July 28, 2023 Coats Museum News
If you have every witnessed the movement on the floors of the various houses of government, you might have seen young people carrying pieces of information to various members of congress or the legislature. Likely some of these young boys and girls were pages. It is an honor to be selected a page by your representative or senator. The April 1, 1993 issue of the Daily Record printed that Rep. C.P. Stewart had appointed Carra Avery and Heather Ennis for the role.
A new park annexation and school kids’ safety were among the topics of the April meeting of the Coats Town Board. Lorenzo Davis, the representative of the Coats Community Values, addressed the board about land clearing for the park and explained that Mrs. Mary Cameron had given permission for use of the land. The park would be cleared by the town but maintained by the members of the Coats Community Values. Playing baseball and basketball would keep the kids off the street. The park was to be in honor of Mrs. Cameron and her father. The board agreed to assist with the project if they received a signed document put together by the commission.
The board also imposed a five-minute time limit for those who wished to address the board. Walter Weeks expressed concern about annexation of his neighborhood. A concern was voiced about the school children’s safety at the school’s crosswalks. A consideration was to add a flashing light during the hours students were entering and leaving the school campus to support the traffic flow of cars and students.
The board also agreed for Jessie Honeycutt to begin the second phase of the Mobile Home Park. The town had agreed to connect eight units to town water if Honeycutt paid the hookup. Robert Pleasant, Louis G. Byrd and Dorsey Daniel were suggested names to be submitted to the Planning Board. Mayor McKinnie was appointed to the Northeast Metropolitan Water District (Daily Record Apr. 9, 1993).
How many of you have been to Paris? It was printed in the Apr. 15, 1993 Daily Record that M.T. and Doris Strickland had spent eight days in Paris with 189 wholesale grocery people from all over. Elsewhere, Leon Smith had opened three greenhouses and called them the Windmill Greenhouses.
Belle shared in her notes that Carlie McLamb was doubly treated on his birthday. His Sunday school class joined him at the Western Steer where he was treated with a surprise of a birthday song and red roses. Then on Sunday his family treated him at Ron’s Barn. Belle also shared with her readers that the Coats IGA had done some extensive remodeling and Brandon Turlington had brought home first and second place wins in two dirt bike competitions.
One cannot think of the Bethel area or Barclaysville without thinking of the Langdon families. Death went there and took Merchant C. Langdon, 78, of Route 2, Angier. Mr. Langdon was a member of the Coats Baptist Church and a past master of the Angier Masonic Lodge No. 686. Surviving him were his wife Estelle Parrish Langdon and two sons, Clark and Lacy Langdon and a daughter, Barbara Keller. His siblings were Roy and J.A. Langdon, Elsie Barnes, Josephine Bullard and Ruth Barefoot. Funeral services were conducted at the Coats Baptist Church by Rev. Jesse Mooney.
I bet you recognized all those names. Here is another name that is just as familiar-James Walden. I bet you can visualize him on the Coats School campus when you hear his name. My family loved James Walden. We knew him from working at Coats School but we knew him better for helping H.L. make pork sausage.
It was raising hogs that brought James Walden into our home. Twice a year we would make large volumes of sausage to sell to raise money for a scholarship from the retired teachers in Harnett County and for years, Ebenezer Presbyterian Church has raised money for special projects in the church by having a fundraiser in November and many of those years James Walden, H.L.’s siblings (Opal and Keith) , H.L. and I would work all day and into the night making sausage to sell at the bazaar. Some folks actually came to the event just to buy the sausage. That sausage had James Walden’s touch and his presence always made the day more enjoyable.
Hence, we were very saddened when James died in 1993. James was 70 years old and lived on Jay Street in Coats but had died on Friday at GHH in Erwin. His services were held at Cape Fear “A” Conference Headquarters Building in the Riverside Community of Erwin. Rev. Odell Jones conducted the services. Mr. Walden’s survivors were his wife Mary Walden and daughter Sharon Melvin. Jasper and Junior Walden were brothers and Eloise, Verna and Susie Walden Cozart were sisters.
Yes sir, I can still hear that hearty laugh and see that broad smile when I hear the name James Walden.
Brian and Marie Collins of Coats announced the birth of Tabitha Brooke on Saturday, April 2nd. Mrs. Collins was the former Marie Cashwell and paternal grandparents were Obie Collins and Joyce Lambert. James Parrish was the great-grandfather (Daily Record Apr. 20, 1993).
The town of Coats proposed the annexation of about 425 acres of land and 300 residents that the town stated would bring in around 106 thousand dollars to pay police, fire, and water services. Coats expected to pay about 66 thousand dollars to provide sanitation, street maintenance, streetlights and others services. Coats had not annexed in 20 years. The proposal brought mixed reaction. Wayne West, a businessman and homeowner in the proposed area liked the idea but Shirley Flowers and Carolyn Moore were totally opposed to the plan due to tax increases and fear of hardship on the retired homeowners (Daily Record Apr. 26, 1993).
Last Thursday was so busy at the museum. We had distant visitors from both Finland and Chile. Despite language barriers, they were able to enjoy tours through the museums. A special thank you goes to the anonymous donor who has honored Ralph Denning, Lenny Parker, Randy and Rhonda Stephenson and Keith and Linda Sorrell with honorariums to the museum. Helen S. Pope Norris and Roger Faircloth have had memorials given in their honor. Helen Norris was a favorite Avon lady and Roger Faircloth upon seeing my husband trimming the shrubbery on the Heritage Square hurried home and retrieved tools needed to help H.L. finish the job. H.L. mentioned this many times about how good the people in Coats are to help out when needed.
The current museum volunteers surely agree and are so appreciative of Lenny Parker and several of his Coats High Class of 1973 buddies and along with Jack Johnson work diligently to help make our museum grounds well groomed and beautiful. A big thank you also goes to the Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce and the Coats Museum for paying to have the Heritage Square parking lot resurfaced and marked. Coats is loved by so many.
If you have every witnessed the movement on the floors of the various houses of government, you might have seen young people carrying pieces of information to various members of congress or the legislature. Likely some of these young boys and girls were pages. It is an honor to be selected a page by your representative or senator. The April 1, 1993 issue of the Daily Record printed that Rep. C.P. Stewart had appointed Carra Avery and Heather Ennis for the role.
A new park annexation and school kids’ safety were among the topics of the April meeting of the Coats Town Board. Lorenzo Davis, the representative of the Coats Community Values, addressed the board about land clearing for the park and explained that Mrs. Mary Cameron had given permission for use of the land. The park would be cleared by the town but maintained by the members of the Coats Community Values. Playing baseball and basketball would keep the kids off the street. The park was to be in honor of Mrs. Cameron and her father. The board agreed to assist with the project if they received a signed document put together by the commission.
The board also imposed a five-minute time limit for those who wished to address the board. Walter Weeks expressed concern about annexation of his neighborhood. A concern was voiced about the school children’s safety at the school’s crosswalks. A consideration was to add a flashing light during the hours students were entering and leaving the school campus to support the traffic flow of cars and students.
The board also agreed for Jessie Honeycutt to begin the second phase of the Mobile Home Park. The town had agreed to connect eight units to town water if Honeycutt paid the hookup. Robert Pleasant, Louis G. Byrd and Dorsey Daniel were suggested names to be submitted to the Planning Board. Mayor McKinnie was appointed to the Northeast Metropolitan Water District (Daily Record Apr. 9, 1993).
How many of you have been to Paris? It was printed in the Apr. 15, 1993 Daily Record that M.T. and Doris Strickland had spent eight days in Paris with 189 wholesale grocery people from all over. Elsewhere, Leon Smith had opened three greenhouses and called them the Windmill Greenhouses.
Belle shared in her notes that Carlie McLamb was doubly treated on his birthday. His Sunday school class joined him at the Western Steer where he was treated with a surprise of a birthday song and red roses. Then on Sunday his family treated him at Ron’s Barn. Belle also shared with her readers that the Coats IGA had done some extensive remodeling and Brandon Turlington had brought home first and second place wins in two dirt bike competitions.
One cannot think of the Bethel area or Barclaysville without thinking of the Langdon families. Death went there and took Merchant C. Langdon, 78, of Route 2, Angier. Mr. Langdon was a member of the Coats Baptist Church and a past master of the Angier Masonic Lodge No. 686. Surviving him were his wife Estelle Parrish Langdon and two sons, Clark and Lacy Langdon and a daughter, Barbara Keller. His siblings were Roy and J.A. Langdon, Elsie Barnes, Josephine Bullard and Ruth Barefoot. Funeral services were conducted at the Coats Baptist Church by Rev. Jesse Mooney.
I bet you recognized all those names. Here is another name that is just as familiar-James Walden. I bet you can visualize him on the Coats School campus when you hear his name. My family loved James Walden. We knew him from working at Coats School but we knew him better for helping H.L. make pork sausage.
It was raising hogs that brought James Walden into our home. Twice a year we would make large volumes of sausage to sell to raise money for a scholarship from the retired teachers in Harnett County and for years, Ebenezer Presbyterian Church has raised money for special projects in the church by having a fundraiser in November and many of those years James Walden, H.L.’s siblings (Opal and Keith) , H.L. and I would work all day and into the night making sausage to sell at the bazaar. Some folks actually came to the event just to buy the sausage. That sausage had James Walden’s touch and his presence always made the day more enjoyable.
Hence, we were very saddened when James died in 1993. James was 70 years old and lived on Jay Street in Coats but had died on Friday at GHH in Erwin. His services were held at Cape Fear “A” Conference Headquarters Building in the Riverside Community of Erwin. Rev. Odell Jones conducted the services. Mr. Walden’s survivors were his wife Mary Walden and daughter Sharon Melvin. Jasper and Junior Walden were brothers and Eloise, Verna and Susie Walden Cozart were sisters.
Yes sir, I can still hear that hearty laugh and see that broad smile when I hear the name James Walden.
Brian and Marie Collins of Coats announced the birth of Tabitha Brooke on Saturday, April 2nd. Mrs. Collins was the former Marie Cashwell and paternal grandparents were Obie Collins and Joyce Lambert. James Parrish was the great-grandfather (Daily Record Apr. 20, 1993).
The town of Coats proposed the annexation of about 425 acres of land and 300 residents that the town stated would bring in around 106 thousand dollars to pay police, fire, and water services. Coats expected to pay about 66 thousand dollars to provide sanitation, street maintenance, streetlights and others services. Coats had not annexed in 20 years. The proposal brought mixed reaction. Wayne West, a businessman and homeowner in the proposed area liked the idea but Shirley Flowers and Carolyn Moore were totally opposed to the plan due to tax increases and fear of hardship on the retired homeowners (Daily Record Apr. 26, 1993).
Last Thursday was so busy at the museum. We had distant visitors from both Finland and Chile. Despite language barriers, they were able to enjoy tours through the museums. A special thank you goes to the anonymous donor who has honored Ralph Denning, Lenny Parker, Randy and Rhonda Stephenson and Keith and Linda Sorrell with honorariums to the museum. Helen S. Pope Norris and Roger Faircloth have had memorials given in their honor. Helen Norris was a favorite Avon lady and Roger Faircloth upon seeing my husband trimming the shrubbery on the Heritage Square hurried home and retrieved tools needed to help H.L. finish the job. H.L. mentioned this many times about how good the people in Coats are to help out when needed.
The current museum volunteers surely agree and are so appreciative of Lenny Parker and several of his Coats High Class of 1973 buddies and along with Jack Johnson work diligently to help make our museum grounds well groomed and beautiful. A big thank you also goes to the Kiwanis Club, Lions Club, Chamber of Commerce and the Coats Museum for paying to have the Heritage Square parking lot resurfaced and marked. Coats is loved by so many.