July 29, 2016 Coats Museum News
State Representative Carson Gregory had announced the names of the justices of peace in Harnett County that he had recommended to the legislature. For Grove Township there were Ralvin McLeod, C.J. Turlington, J.B. Williams, H.A. Turlington, Sr., Roy Langdon, Carlos Dixon, and Graham Byrd (Daily Record Apr. 23, 1959).
Were there guidelines for serving as a justice of peace? This I do know. Mrs. Minnie Williams Byrd, 64, of Route 2, Angier had died. Her services were at St. Delight Baptist Church in Angier. The Reverends Ralph Byrd, Verlon Griner, and Fred Pleasant officiated. The burial was in the Bunnlevel Cemetery. She was survived by her husband, Willie Green Byrd; four sons-Fred, Marvin, Rayford and Edison and six daughters-Mrs. Callie Fish, Mrs. Joe Adams, Mrs. Bud Gregory, Mrs. Luther Arrington, Mrs. Denton Hargis, and Mrs. Clarence Holland. Her six brothers were John, Joe, Vander, Woodrow, Mack, and Add Williams.
Wonder if any of the ladies in the Oakdale HD Club knew Mrs. Byrd. I do know that the club met with Mrs. Rob Adams and Mrs. Harvey Barefoot as co-hostesses. Mrs. Johnnie Barnes, Harnett County Council President, and Mrs. Walter Barnes were guests. Mrs. Alonzo Coats was selected to receive the honor as “Mother-in-Law of the Day” on Sunday (Daily Record Apr. 20, 1959).
A Naval doctor from Coats, North Carolina was the center of attention. Lt. Dewey Yarley dealt directly with the Russians in one of the most publicized events since Alaska became a state. A Russian sailor was injured on his Soviet fishing vessel in the Bering Sea. Medical help was needed promptly. Plans were for him to be taken to Anchorage to Elmendorf Air force Base 5040th Hospital. That’s how Lt. Yarley became involved. He was 250 miles from the base hospital but was flown to Cold Bay in the Aleutian Islands where he met the sailor. They then flew to Anchorage. Lt. Yarely was impressed with the friendliness and courtesy of the Russians. Dr. Yarley attended Campbell College and UNC Chapel Hill. He did his internship and one year residency at City Memorial in Winston Salem Following that, he was sent to Pensacola, Florida to the School of Aviation Medicine, US Navy, for additional residency. His wife Ann of Marietta, Ohio, and two children, a four- month daughter Sharon and a two year-old son David, were in Alaska with Dr. Yarely. His mother, Mrs. Brunie A. Yarely lived in Coats (Daily Record Apr. 20, 1959).
Back in Coats, Nassie Dorman challenged Mayor C.J. Turlington for his office of mayor in the town election. Four slots were available. The incumbents running were Lester B. Williams, J.D. Lamm, Charlie Williams, and Albert Regan. Those who challenged the current officials were Sherrill Coats, Grady Matthews, Willie Y. Allen, W.C. Noles, B.L. Godwin, and E.L. Morgan (Daily Record Apr. 25, 1959).
Miss Vickie Gauldin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Gauldin of Coats, thrilled the audience Friday night as she sang for her entry in the Harnett County 4-H Talent Show (Daily Record May 5, 1959). Does anyone know what the future held for Vickie?
I do know the Animal Industry Club of N.C. State College honored Mr. H.A. Turlington, Sr., a Duroc breeder of Harnett County. Mr. Turlington’s portrait was placed in the Hall of Fame of the Animal Industry Club in Polk Hall on the N.C. State College Campus. Elsewhere in Coats, the voters returned Mayor C.J. Turlington to that office with an 89 to 52 for Mr. Z.N. Dorman. Sherrill Coats and Grady Matthews were successful challengers. Two won re-election –Lester Williams and J.D. Lamm (Daily Record May 7, 1959).
Mrs. Fannie Alice Poole, 73, of Coats had died on Thursday. She was survived by one daughter, Pearlie Tart of Coats; two sons-Moses and Hiram Poole and three sisters-Mrs. Mollie Williams, Mrs. Sarah Miller, and Mrs. Lula Ryals (Daily Record May 11, 1959). Does she have lots of descendents in the Coats area?
The Oakdale HD Club met on May 7th with Mrs. David Ennis. Honorary member Mrs. Roena Ennis was selected by secret ballot to be the Oakdale Mother of the Year for 1959. Mrs. Rob Adams received the same honor in 1958. Present for the presentation were three of Mrs. Ennis’s daughters-Lena, Lunette, and Alma along with three daughters-in-law-Mrs. David Ennis, Mrs. Alvis Ennis, and Mrs. Delmer Ennis and four granddaughters –Becky Ennis, Brenda Coats, Sherry Coats and Mrs. Jo Ann Ennis Turlington (Daily Record May 21, 1959).
Patricia Ennis of Coats took the first place in the senior division of 4-H Dress Revue. Miss Laura Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Johnson, was crowned Health Queen of Harnett County at the annual dress revue. She was selected from a total of 600 to represent the county at the 4-H Club Week in Raleigh (Daily Record May 15, 1959).
The Goodwill Home Demonstration met on May 12. Twenty –six members were present. Four visitors-Mrs. Benton Pleasant, Mrs. Riley Pleasant, Mrs. Bertie Young, and Mrs. Harvey Parrish- were presents as were five former members-Mrs. Willie Denning who gave the club the name 18 years earlier, Mrs. Jim Langdon, Mrs. Thelma Mason, Mrs. David Campbell and Mrs. Joe Stewart (Daily Record May 26, 1959).
Army Specialist Four Earl T. Stanley, husband of Linda Honeycutt Stanley of Coats, participated with the 708th Ordinance Battalion in Germany in Arrow Drop, one of the largest airborne training maneuvers ever conducted (Daily Record May 26, 1959).
J.R. Rogers of Rogers Construction Company had begun laying the 50,000 lineal feet of concrete pipe for water distribution. The project cost was $125,000. The board had opted for concrete over the more expensive cast iron pipes. Also in that same edition of the paper it was printed that Harold Dixon, outgoing president of the Coats Student Council, presided over the installation ceremonies. Principal R. Hal Smith installed the new officers who were President-Gayle Johnson, Vice President –Charles Langdon, and Secretary and Treasurer-Sarah Ellen Ennis. The officers from last year were President Harold Dixon, Vice President Gayle Johnson and Secretary-Treasurer Edward Turlington (Daily Record May 27, 1959).
Harley Pearson Stancil, 55, of Route 3, Dunn, had died on Saturday. Rev. J.D. Capps had conducted his services at Hodges Chapel Church with burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Alva W. Stancil survived her husband. His children were Leon, Glenn, Erma Jean, Thurlene, and Mrs. Paul Gregory.
The faculty at Coats School praised their principal-R. Hal Smith. He was a leader that worked with the people he was leading. The example was set together to get the athletic field graded and sodded. The bleachers and $12,000 floodlights took several years to accomplish with team work (Daily Record June 1, 1959).
Rev. David Scott, pastor of the Angier Methodist Church, delivered the baccalaureate sermon for the 54 seniors of 1959 and their guests. Marshals were Chief Ann Beasley, Becky Honeycutt, Hartwell Whittington, Janice Barnes, Charles Langdon, Miriam Ennis, and Joe Gregory. The mascots were Deborah Clayton, daughter of Mrs. Ollie Clayton, and Davy Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Stewart (Daily Record June 5, 1959).
There are individuals who would question why some people would be so foolish as to give dozens of hours a month working with a museum and not receive any pay for the time. Cutting grass, pulling weeds, washing bathrooms, sweeping, dusting, clipping newspapers articles about Coats folks, scanning pictures, researching family history and dozens of other museum tasks are not always fun, but when visitors walk through our doors and share that they are from Cary, Wake Forest, Eastover and from all over the map and that they have come to Coats just to visit the museum, all those manual tasks are paid in full. Last Sunday, a young couple who just moved to Cary from Massachusetts came especially to see our museums and spent two hours touring and sharing their stories. His dad was a retired Marine and his mother once sold Avon-how excited he was to recognize Avon bottles in our Avon collection like some his mom had.
Sometimes people come bringing food as Sid and Annette Sauls from the Coats Bell Museum did last Thursday. Thank you goes to Annette, Sid and Vann Sauls for sharing the brownies and for also placing some artifacts in our museum. Also thank you goes to Janet Bass Lee from Four Oaks for remembering her friend and Gamma Pi Sorority sister-Sandy Kay Howard, principal of Coats Elementary School-with a birthday (museum) donation because she said Sandy loves the museum . These benevolent gestures are some of the reasons that a bunch of mainly retirees give so generously of their time to volunteer at the Coats Museum.
State Representative Carson Gregory had announced the names of the justices of peace in Harnett County that he had recommended to the legislature. For Grove Township there were Ralvin McLeod, C.J. Turlington, J.B. Williams, H.A. Turlington, Sr., Roy Langdon, Carlos Dixon, and Graham Byrd (Daily Record Apr. 23, 1959).
Were there guidelines for serving as a justice of peace? This I do know. Mrs. Minnie Williams Byrd, 64, of Route 2, Angier had died. Her services were at St. Delight Baptist Church in Angier. The Reverends Ralph Byrd, Verlon Griner, and Fred Pleasant officiated. The burial was in the Bunnlevel Cemetery. She was survived by her husband, Willie Green Byrd; four sons-Fred, Marvin, Rayford and Edison and six daughters-Mrs. Callie Fish, Mrs. Joe Adams, Mrs. Bud Gregory, Mrs. Luther Arrington, Mrs. Denton Hargis, and Mrs. Clarence Holland. Her six brothers were John, Joe, Vander, Woodrow, Mack, and Add Williams.
Wonder if any of the ladies in the Oakdale HD Club knew Mrs. Byrd. I do know that the club met with Mrs. Rob Adams and Mrs. Harvey Barefoot as co-hostesses. Mrs. Johnnie Barnes, Harnett County Council President, and Mrs. Walter Barnes were guests. Mrs. Alonzo Coats was selected to receive the honor as “Mother-in-Law of the Day” on Sunday (Daily Record Apr. 20, 1959).
A Naval doctor from Coats, North Carolina was the center of attention. Lt. Dewey Yarley dealt directly with the Russians in one of the most publicized events since Alaska became a state. A Russian sailor was injured on his Soviet fishing vessel in the Bering Sea. Medical help was needed promptly. Plans were for him to be taken to Anchorage to Elmendorf Air force Base 5040th Hospital. That’s how Lt. Yarley became involved. He was 250 miles from the base hospital but was flown to Cold Bay in the Aleutian Islands where he met the sailor. They then flew to Anchorage. Lt. Yarely was impressed with the friendliness and courtesy of the Russians. Dr. Yarley attended Campbell College and UNC Chapel Hill. He did his internship and one year residency at City Memorial in Winston Salem Following that, he was sent to Pensacola, Florida to the School of Aviation Medicine, US Navy, for additional residency. His wife Ann of Marietta, Ohio, and two children, a four- month daughter Sharon and a two year-old son David, were in Alaska with Dr. Yarely. His mother, Mrs. Brunie A. Yarely lived in Coats (Daily Record Apr. 20, 1959).
Back in Coats, Nassie Dorman challenged Mayor C.J. Turlington for his office of mayor in the town election. Four slots were available. The incumbents running were Lester B. Williams, J.D. Lamm, Charlie Williams, and Albert Regan. Those who challenged the current officials were Sherrill Coats, Grady Matthews, Willie Y. Allen, W.C. Noles, B.L. Godwin, and E.L. Morgan (Daily Record Apr. 25, 1959).
Miss Vickie Gauldin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Gauldin of Coats, thrilled the audience Friday night as she sang for her entry in the Harnett County 4-H Talent Show (Daily Record May 5, 1959). Does anyone know what the future held for Vickie?
I do know the Animal Industry Club of N.C. State College honored Mr. H.A. Turlington, Sr., a Duroc breeder of Harnett County. Mr. Turlington’s portrait was placed in the Hall of Fame of the Animal Industry Club in Polk Hall on the N.C. State College Campus. Elsewhere in Coats, the voters returned Mayor C.J. Turlington to that office with an 89 to 52 for Mr. Z.N. Dorman. Sherrill Coats and Grady Matthews were successful challengers. Two won re-election –Lester Williams and J.D. Lamm (Daily Record May 7, 1959).
Mrs. Fannie Alice Poole, 73, of Coats had died on Thursday. She was survived by one daughter, Pearlie Tart of Coats; two sons-Moses and Hiram Poole and three sisters-Mrs. Mollie Williams, Mrs. Sarah Miller, and Mrs. Lula Ryals (Daily Record May 11, 1959). Does she have lots of descendents in the Coats area?
The Oakdale HD Club met on May 7th with Mrs. David Ennis. Honorary member Mrs. Roena Ennis was selected by secret ballot to be the Oakdale Mother of the Year for 1959. Mrs. Rob Adams received the same honor in 1958. Present for the presentation were three of Mrs. Ennis’s daughters-Lena, Lunette, and Alma along with three daughters-in-law-Mrs. David Ennis, Mrs. Alvis Ennis, and Mrs. Delmer Ennis and four granddaughters –Becky Ennis, Brenda Coats, Sherry Coats and Mrs. Jo Ann Ennis Turlington (Daily Record May 21, 1959).
Patricia Ennis of Coats took the first place in the senior division of 4-H Dress Revue. Miss Laura Johnson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Johnson, was crowned Health Queen of Harnett County at the annual dress revue. She was selected from a total of 600 to represent the county at the 4-H Club Week in Raleigh (Daily Record May 15, 1959).
The Goodwill Home Demonstration met on May 12. Twenty –six members were present. Four visitors-Mrs. Benton Pleasant, Mrs. Riley Pleasant, Mrs. Bertie Young, and Mrs. Harvey Parrish- were presents as were five former members-Mrs. Willie Denning who gave the club the name 18 years earlier, Mrs. Jim Langdon, Mrs. Thelma Mason, Mrs. David Campbell and Mrs. Joe Stewart (Daily Record May 26, 1959).
Army Specialist Four Earl T. Stanley, husband of Linda Honeycutt Stanley of Coats, participated with the 708th Ordinance Battalion in Germany in Arrow Drop, one of the largest airborne training maneuvers ever conducted (Daily Record May 26, 1959).
J.R. Rogers of Rogers Construction Company had begun laying the 50,000 lineal feet of concrete pipe for water distribution. The project cost was $125,000. The board had opted for concrete over the more expensive cast iron pipes. Also in that same edition of the paper it was printed that Harold Dixon, outgoing president of the Coats Student Council, presided over the installation ceremonies. Principal R. Hal Smith installed the new officers who were President-Gayle Johnson, Vice President –Charles Langdon, and Secretary and Treasurer-Sarah Ellen Ennis. The officers from last year were President Harold Dixon, Vice President Gayle Johnson and Secretary-Treasurer Edward Turlington (Daily Record May 27, 1959).
Harley Pearson Stancil, 55, of Route 3, Dunn, had died on Saturday. Rev. J.D. Capps had conducted his services at Hodges Chapel Church with burial in the church cemetery. Mrs. Alva W. Stancil survived her husband. His children were Leon, Glenn, Erma Jean, Thurlene, and Mrs. Paul Gregory.
The faculty at Coats School praised their principal-R. Hal Smith. He was a leader that worked with the people he was leading. The example was set together to get the athletic field graded and sodded. The bleachers and $12,000 floodlights took several years to accomplish with team work (Daily Record June 1, 1959).
Rev. David Scott, pastor of the Angier Methodist Church, delivered the baccalaureate sermon for the 54 seniors of 1959 and their guests. Marshals were Chief Ann Beasley, Becky Honeycutt, Hartwell Whittington, Janice Barnes, Charles Langdon, Miriam Ennis, and Joe Gregory. The mascots were Deborah Clayton, daughter of Mrs. Ollie Clayton, and Davy Stewart, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Stewart (Daily Record June 5, 1959).
There are individuals who would question why some people would be so foolish as to give dozens of hours a month working with a museum and not receive any pay for the time. Cutting grass, pulling weeds, washing bathrooms, sweeping, dusting, clipping newspapers articles about Coats folks, scanning pictures, researching family history and dozens of other museum tasks are not always fun, but when visitors walk through our doors and share that they are from Cary, Wake Forest, Eastover and from all over the map and that they have come to Coats just to visit the museum, all those manual tasks are paid in full. Last Sunday, a young couple who just moved to Cary from Massachusetts came especially to see our museums and spent two hours touring and sharing their stories. His dad was a retired Marine and his mother once sold Avon-how excited he was to recognize Avon bottles in our Avon collection like some his mom had.
Sometimes people come bringing food as Sid and Annette Sauls from the Coats Bell Museum did last Thursday. Thank you goes to Annette, Sid and Vann Sauls for sharing the brownies and for also placing some artifacts in our museum. Also thank you goes to Janet Bass Lee from Four Oaks for remembering her friend and Gamma Pi Sorority sister-Sandy Kay Howard, principal of Coats Elementary School-with a birthday (museum) donation because she said Sandy loves the museum . These benevolent gestures are some of the reasons that a bunch of mainly retirees give so generously of their time to volunteer at the Coats Museum.