July 8, 2016 Coats Museum News
Last week you read about the death of Mrs. C. L. Ryals and today you learn of the death of Mrs. Minnie Ryals Snipes, 85, wife of the late A.C. Snipes. She was the daughter of J.L. and Ann Morgan Ryals (Daily Record Nov. 12, 1958). Were these families connected?
I do know that the Coats Tractor Rodeo was labeled as a “must do” every year in Coats. However, the Maylon Avery family was likely more concerned with the wedding of Faye to Francis Allen Dunbar. The ceremony was held at 5:00 in the Prospect Free Will Baptist Church (Daily Record Nov. 17, 1958).
The Goodwill HD Club was voted the best in Harnett County and Mrs. E.L. Parrish received the award for the members of her club. The Ephesus, Oakdale, and Turlington Clubs had 100 percent present and Mrs. U.M. Ennis won the reading award. Mrs. Johnnie Barnes was president of the County Council (Daily Record Nov. 17, 1958).
What comics did people read in the 1958 newspapers? Captain Easy, Dick Tracy, Freckles, Lil Abner, and Nancy were choices. Should Coats folks prefer to watch some TV rather than reading, Captain Kangaroo, Peggy Mann Show, Jimmy Dean Show, Death Valley, Zane Grey Theater, Lone Ranger, and the Real McKoys were programs to view (Daily Record Nov. 19, 1958).
Good news came to the Broadwells up near NC 210. Sharon Elaine was born to Dwight and Janice Woodell Broadwell. Mrs. Broadwell was originally from Coats (Daily Record Nov. 28, 1958). However, down in the Oakdale area there was a marriage announced. Miss Lucinda Matthews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Matthews, had married Kirby Lee Coats, son of Mr. and Mrs. Booker Coats of Smithfield. The bride had worn a two-piece suit of Oxford gray and white styled with a shawl collar (Daily Record Nov 21, 1958).
Surely the family of A.F. Tart of Coats was happy that he was out again after suffering from a broken foot due to a tree falling on him (Daily Record Nov. 25, 1958). Gwen W. Flowers, 49, of rural Angier, had died at the Good Hope Hospital. Elders J.T. Lewis and Shepard Langdon conducted the services at Bethel PB Church. Burial was in the Harnett Memorial Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Neatrice King Flowers; his mother, Mrs. Cora Flowers; one son Harold C. Flowers and one daughter, Gwen Flowers. His brothers were Fletcher Flowers and Dalton Flowers and sisters were Mrs. Thera Gregory, Mrs. J.R. Pleasant, Mrs. Herman O. Byrd and Mrs. R.J. Walker. Was there another sister?
Mrs. Charles Blackman, the former Josephine Cobb of Coats, had arrived in Herkheim, Germany to join her husband, Pfc. Blackman who was stationed with the 237th Battalion of US Engineers. Mrs. Blackman was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Cobb and her husband was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Blackman of Benson (Daily Record Nov. 28, 1958).
Mrs. Bob Morrison and her mother, Mrs. Silas Moore, honored Mrs. Lucinda Coats with a shower at the American Legion Building in Benson. Did any of you go to that shower? Possibly some of you visited Mr. Jeff Turlington who was ill in the Good Hope Hospital (Daily Record Dec. 1, 1958).
The Alphin name is a familiar one in Harnett County. Did any of you know that one of the Harnett Alphin brothers had died in Fuquay in 1958. Ernest Velton Alphin, formerly of Dunn, resided in Fuquay for six years and was employed by O.W. Godwin. He was survived by Mrs. Callie Stewart. He had two sons, Jackie and Donnie Alphin. Jane Alphin was his only daughter. Jesse and Jarvis Alphin were brothers. He was the son of Ernest and Lula Sorrell Alphin (Daily Record Dec. 2, 1958).
Good news came to two Coats families. Larry Edward Denning and Harold Dixon were Morehead Scholar candidates (Daily Record Dec. 8, 1958).
The Daily Record December 9 edition had several bits of interest to the area. The Dunn FCX store fire had caused 40 thousand dollars damage. Mrs. Howard Gregory of Buies Creek announced the engagement of her daughter Frances to Jerry Sercy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Sercy of Dunn. Did Frances play basketball and did she have a brother? I do know that the Coats Glee Club was practicing for the Christmas concert (Daily Record Dec. 9, 1958).
A snow came and paralyzed eastern N.C. but not the launching of a monkey into space (Daily Record Dec. 11, 1958). Did the snow close the schools?
I do know that Lloyd McNeill Ryals, 95, of rural Erwin died at his home where services were conducted by the Rev. A.B. Hardin and the Rev. Ralph Byrd. The burial was in the family cemetery. He was survived by his two sons-I.V. and and J.L. Ryals. His six daughters were Mrs. Lura Holmes, Mrs. Beulah Knight, Mrs. Maddrey Vann, Mrs. Lola Ann Byrd, Mrs. Oris Stewart and Mrs. Ruth Burnsides (Daily Record Dec. 13, 1958).
Another death occurred in the Angier area. Joel Everette Lee, 79, had died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hubert Smith. Burial was in the Dupree Family Cemetery. Four children-Percy and Coy Lee and Mrs. Hubert Smith and Mrs. L.R. Stancil- survived him. His three brothers were U.L. and Edward Lee and one half -brother, Junior Lee.
Surely the young students of Miss Ann Pleasant had been excited that she was getting married. The teacher at Coats School and daughter of Hon. Jarvis and Mrs. Pleasant was married to Donald Blalock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Blalock. The bride had worn a gown of ivory satin fashioned with a Basque bodice and a sweetheart neckline. The bride was a graduate of Campbell College and ECC and her groom was a senior at NC State College (Daily Record Dec. 16, 1958). Is this couple living?
The year was now 1959-the year in which Fidel Castro took over Cuba while Alaska and Hawaii achieved statehood in the US.
On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro had led his guerrilla army into Havana and his revolution had succeeded after the Batiste regime was ousted. No connection but two days later, Alaska was admitted as the 49th state and the 49th star was added to our American flag. On that same day, Buddy Holly and Rickie Vallens were killed in an aircraft crash in Iowa. Mattel, Inc. introduced the original Barbie doll. Congress appropriated $650 million in a billion dollar housing bill for slum clearance. Detroit turned its eye on compact cars and the names Falcon, Lark, Rambler, Valiant, and Corvair hit the car market. Folk singing became popular with such songs as “Tom Dooley” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand”. Quiz show scandals killed off the big quiz show giveaways. White lipstick was the thing.
Collegiate telephone booth stuffing became a national phenomenon. How many college students could fit into a booth? The record was 34 in 1959. Do you think more or less could fit in today if we had those same booths?
Numbers became larger as the years passed. The total number of Americans killed in automobile accidents in this century had reached 1.25 million. That was more than had died in American wars to date. In 1959, there were 2,340,000 arrests in America and 60 percent were made on individuals less than 25 years of age. Thirty percent of all Americans lived at or below the poverty level (Dickson, Paul-From Elvis to E-Mail, Springfield, Massachusetts: Federal Street Press, 1999, pp99-107).
How exciting it is to get calls about the Coats Museum News. Peggy Senter shared that Lonnie Stewart‘s daughter did marry Henry Clay Stewart. Peggy also shared that her mom, brother Buck and she lived in the old wooden Lonnie Stewart Store when they moved to Coats in 1948 after Peggy’s father had died. The store site was located on the current parking lot of Teddy Byrd’s Nationwide insurance on Main Street. The old store had an apartment in the back and a well was on the site as was a toilet. Do any of you know other businesses once located in that building?
Some readers will know that the oldest known school in the Coats area was the Rufus Beasley School. Rufus was a fifer for the Black River Tigers of the Civil War. His daughter Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Beasley married Joseph Neighbors. Two of their granddaughters, Judy Neighbors Blackman of Birmingham, Alabama and Patsy Neighbors Morgan of Federal Road Benson came to the museum with the spinning wheel, cotton cards, handmade washboard, plantation blanket; child’s shoe last, a slatted bonnet, and a Seth Thomas mantle clock from the Joseph Neighbors household. These loaned items are now on display thanks to the hard work of Kathy Weeks and Robie and Lynda Butler. A big thank you also goes to Patsy and Judy for sharing.
Last week you read about the death of Mrs. C. L. Ryals and today you learn of the death of Mrs. Minnie Ryals Snipes, 85, wife of the late A.C. Snipes. She was the daughter of J.L. and Ann Morgan Ryals (Daily Record Nov. 12, 1958). Were these families connected?
I do know that the Coats Tractor Rodeo was labeled as a “must do” every year in Coats. However, the Maylon Avery family was likely more concerned with the wedding of Faye to Francis Allen Dunbar. The ceremony was held at 5:00 in the Prospect Free Will Baptist Church (Daily Record Nov. 17, 1958).
The Goodwill HD Club was voted the best in Harnett County and Mrs. E.L. Parrish received the award for the members of her club. The Ephesus, Oakdale, and Turlington Clubs had 100 percent present and Mrs. U.M. Ennis won the reading award. Mrs. Johnnie Barnes was president of the County Council (Daily Record Nov. 17, 1958).
What comics did people read in the 1958 newspapers? Captain Easy, Dick Tracy, Freckles, Lil Abner, and Nancy were choices. Should Coats folks prefer to watch some TV rather than reading, Captain Kangaroo, Peggy Mann Show, Jimmy Dean Show, Death Valley, Zane Grey Theater, Lone Ranger, and the Real McKoys were programs to view (Daily Record Nov. 19, 1958).
Good news came to the Broadwells up near NC 210. Sharon Elaine was born to Dwight and Janice Woodell Broadwell. Mrs. Broadwell was originally from Coats (Daily Record Nov. 28, 1958). However, down in the Oakdale area there was a marriage announced. Miss Lucinda Matthews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Matthews, had married Kirby Lee Coats, son of Mr. and Mrs. Booker Coats of Smithfield. The bride had worn a two-piece suit of Oxford gray and white styled with a shawl collar (Daily Record Nov 21, 1958).
Surely the family of A.F. Tart of Coats was happy that he was out again after suffering from a broken foot due to a tree falling on him (Daily Record Nov. 25, 1958). Gwen W. Flowers, 49, of rural Angier, had died at the Good Hope Hospital. Elders J.T. Lewis and Shepard Langdon conducted the services at Bethel PB Church. Burial was in the Harnett Memorial Cemetery. He was survived by his wife, Mrs. Neatrice King Flowers; his mother, Mrs. Cora Flowers; one son Harold C. Flowers and one daughter, Gwen Flowers. His brothers were Fletcher Flowers and Dalton Flowers and sisters were Mrs. Thera Gregory, Mrs. J.R. Pleasant, Mrs. Herman O. Byrd and Mrs. R.J. Walker. Was there another sister?
Mrs. Charles Blackman, the former Josephine Cobb of Coats, had arrived in Herkheim, Germany to join her husband, Pfc. Blackman who was stationed with the 237th Battalion of US Engineers. Mrs. Blackman was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Owen Cobb and her husband was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Blackman of Benson (Daily Record Nov. 28, 1958).
Mrs. Bob Morrison and her mother, Mrs. Silas Moore, honored Mrs. Lucinda Coats with a shower at the American Legion Building in Benson. Did any of you go to that shower? Possibly some of you visited Mr. Jeff Turlington who was ill in the Good Hope Hospital (Daily Record Dec. 1, 1958).
The Alphin name is a familiar one in Harnett County. Did any of you know that one of the Harnett Alphin brothers had died in Fuquay in 1958. Ernest Velton Alphin, formerly of Dunn, resided in Fuquay for six years and was employed by O.W. Godwin. He was survived by Mrs. Callie Stewart. He had two sons, Jackie and Donnie Alphin. Jane Alphin was his only daughter. Jesse and Jarvis Alphin were brothers. He was the son of Ernest and Lula Sorrell Alphin (Daily Record Dec. 2, 1958).
Good news came to two Coats families. Larry Edward Denning and Harold Dixon were Morehead Scholar candidates (Daily Record Dec. 8, 1958).
The Daily Record December 9 edition had several bits of interest to the area. The Dunn FCX store fire had caused 40 thousand dollars damage. Mrs. Howard Gregory of Buies Creek announced the engagement of her daughter Frances to Jerry Sercy, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Sercy of Dunn. Did Frances play basketball and did she have a brother? I do know that the Coats Glee Club was practicing for the Christmas concert (Daily Record Dec. 9, 1958).
A snow came and paralyzed eastern N.C. but not the launching of a monkey into space (Daily Record Dec. 11, 1958). Did the snow close the schools?
I do know that Lloyd McNeill Ryals, 95, of rural Erwin died at his home where services were conducted by the Rev. A.B. Hardin and the Rev. Ralph Byrd. The burial was in the family cemetery. He was survived by his two sons-I.V. and and J.L. Ryals. His six daughters were Mrs. Lura Holmes, Mrs. Beulah Knight, Mrs. Maddrey Vann, Mrs. Lola Ann Byrd, Mrs. Oris Stewart and Mrs. Ruth Burnsides (Daily Record Dec. 13, 1958).
Another death occurred in the Angier area. Joel Everette Lee, 79, had died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hubert Smith. Burial was in the Dupree Family Cemetery. Four children-Percy and Coy Lee and Mrs. Hubert Smith and Mrs. L.R. Stancil- survived him. His three brothers were U.L. and Edward Lee and one half -brother, Junior Lee.
Surely the young students of Miss Ann Pleasant had been excited that she was getting married. The teacher at Coats School and daughter of Hon. Jarvis and Mrs. Pleasant was married to Donald Blalock, son of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Blalock. The bride had worn a gown of ivory satin fashioned with a Basque bodice and a sweetheart neckline. The bride was a graduate of Campbell College and ECC and her groom was a senior at NC State College (Daily Record Dec. 16, 1958). Is this couple living?
The year was now 1959-the year in which Fidel Castro took over Cuba while Alaska and Hawaii achieved statehood in the US.
On January 1, 1959, Fidel Castro had led his guerrilla army into Havana and his revolution had succeeded after the Batiste regime was ousted. No connection but two days later, Alaska was admitted as the 49th state and the 49th star was added to our American flag. On that same day, Buddy Holly and Rickie Vallens were killed in an aircraft crash in Iowa. Mattel, Inc. introduced the original Barbie doll. Congress appropriated $650 million in a billion dollar housing bill for slum clearance. Detroit turned its eye on compact cars and the names Falcon, Lark, Rambler, Valiant, and Corvair hit the car market. Folk singing became popular with such songs as “Tom Dooley” and “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand”. Quiz show scandals killed off the big quiz show giveaways. White lipstick was the thing.
Collegiate telephone booth stuffing became a national phenomenon. How many college students could fit into a booth? The record was 34 in 1959. Do you think more or less could fit in today if we had those same booths?
Numbers became larger as the years passed. The total number of Americans killed in automobile accidents in this century had reached 1.25 million. That was more than had died in American wars to date. In 1959, there were 2,340,000 arrests in America and 60 percent were made on individuals less than 25 years of age. Thirty percent of all Americans lived at or below the poverty level (Dickson, Paul-From Elvis to E-Mail, Springfield, Massachusetts: Federal Street Press, 1999, pp99-107).
How exciting it is to get calls about the Coats Museum News. Peggy Senter shared that Lonnie Stewart‘s daughter did marry Henry Clay Stewart. Peggy also shared that her mom, brother Buck and she lived in the old wooden Lonnie Stewart Store when they moved to Coats in 1948 after Peggy’s father had died. The store site was located on the current parking lot of Teddy Byrd’s Nationwide insurance on Main Street. The old store had an apartment in the back and a well was on the site as was a toilet. Do any of you know other businesses once located in that building?
Some readers will know that the oldest known school in the Coats area was the Rufus Beasley School. Rufus was a fifer for the Black River Tigers of the Civil War. His daughter Elizabeth Jane “Bettie” Beasley married Joseph Neighbors. Two of their granddaughters, Judy Neighbors Blackman of Birmingham, Alabama and Patsy Neighbors Morgan of Federal Road Benson came to the museum with the spinning wheel, cotton cards, handmade washboard, plantation blanket; child’s shoe last, a slatted bonnet, and a Seth Thomas mantle clock from the Joseph Neighbors household. These loaned items are now on display thanks to the hard work of Kathy Weeks and Robie and Lynda Butler. A big thank you also goes to Patsy and Judy for sharing.