June 16, 2017 Coats Museum News
The year was 1963-the year in which President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX. On Jan. 14th, George Wallace pledged “segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever” as he was sworn in as governor of Alabama. President Kennedy on Feb. 20 sent a major civil rights message to Congress in which he called for new voting rights, job opportunities and education integration.
What were the trends and fads of 1963? The favorite television show was the “Beverly Hillbillies.” Home saunas were the hot item for those who could afford them. The Kodak Instamatic brought in film in a cartridge. Films like “Tom Jones” and “Lawrence of Arabia” had pulled a lot of people away from TV sitcoms. Fashion focused on the “young look”-sleeveless dresses, knee-high skirts, pleated trousers, turtleneck shirts and sweaters.
President Kennedy visited West Berlin where one million residents of the divided city greeted him. Pope Paul VI became the 262nd head of the Roman Catholic Church in an outdoor ceremony at St. Peter’s Square. Do you remember what president was in office when the cost of the first class stamps rose to four cents? The time had come had come to raise the cost of stamps to five cents. Previously Eisenhower had raised the cost.
Writing about the cost of things, does $37 million sound small or great to produce a movie? To date in 1963, the cost to film “Cleopatra” was the highest budget to date. The number of American troops in Vietnam had continued to climb. In 1963, there were 16,300 troops as compared to 11,300 in 1962.
Two-thirds of all the cars in the world were in the United States and for the first time in history, the American workers earned more than $100 per week. For the first time Americans spent more than one billion dollars on television sets in one year. The average farm worker produced enough food for thirty-one others which was a far cry from the 15.1 in 1950.
President Ngo Dink Diem was murdered in a military coup in Saigon and on Nov. 23, a sniper in Dallas, TX shot President John F. Kennedy. Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office which made him the thirty-sixth president. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested as the assassin and Jack Ruby in turn killed Oswald as million watched it on television.
It was in 1963 that electric cooperatives were helping their members update the indoor wiring for electric refrigerators, freezer chests, barn ventilation systems, electric space heaters and water systems in rural NC ( Dickson, Paul-From Elvis to E-Mail (Federal Street Press-Springfield, Massachusetts 1999) pp130-136.
In the rural Coats area, the Turlington HD Club members had met at the home of Mrs. Garland Johnson. They convened the meeting with their opening song “Listen to the Mocking Bird.” Mrs. Jeff Turlington and Mrs. Ruby Parker had parts in the program, which focused on “Framing Pictures” (Daily Record Jan. 3, 1963).
Rachel Ennis had married Gerald Lynn Hensley in the Glad Tidings Tabernacle Church in Raleigh. Rachel was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ennis of Coats. Attendants from Coats were Rebecca Ann Ennis, Eloise Johnson, Janice Barnes, Donald Ennis and Richard Daniel (Daily Record Jan. 8, 1963).
Elsewhere in the Turlington’s Crossroads area, the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Turlington, had entertained their parents at a reception at the Turlington home. The daughters were Mrs. Ed Barbee, Mrs. Gerald Hayes, Mrs. Fred Adams, and Mrs. J.M. Mewborn (Daily Record Jan. 4, 1963).
An engagement was announced to the public when Miss Thurlene Stancil, daughter of Mrs. H.P. Stancil, was engaged to Dalton Hamilton of rural Dunn (Daily Record Jan. 9, 1963).
Wanda Stone had played basketball during her high school years for the entertainment of students and parents. On Jan. 14, Wanda and her husband, William Charles Grimes, Jr., became parents of a son at Good Hope Hospital (Daily Record Jan. 15, 1963).
The Hodges Chapel Auxiliary had met at the home of Mrs. Elbert Tripp who had co-hosted the meeting with Mrs. Arthur Tripp. The program, “Beside All Waters,” had included Mrs. Rudolph Miller, Mrs. J.T. Barefoot, Mrs. J.H. Miller, Mrs. Blandon Hayes and Mrs. Sell Coats (Daily Record 17, 1963).
The New Year also welcomed a new baby into the house of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Fuquay on Jan. 15th at Good Hope. Mrs. Fuquay was the former Shirley Dupree (Daily Record Jan. 18, 1963).
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wayne Parrish were parents of a daughter on Jan.20th in Good Hope. Mrs. Parrish was the former Shelby McGee (Daily Record Jan. 22, 1963). Is the grandmother of the newborn our beloved Mrs. Parrish, a Coats teacher of so many of the Coats folks? Question-was Mrs. Parrish alive when this grandchild was born?
I do know that the Ruth Eller Class at Coats Baptist had assembled in the fellowship hall where Mrs. Marilyn Whittington was hostess. On the program were Belle Williams, Hilda Pope, Eloise Lee, Mary Stevens, Sue Benner, Wilma Byrd, Barbara Gardner, and Clara Langdon. Several other ladies joined the party to honor one of the members of the class with a cradle shower. They were Betty Johnson, Glenda Denning, Nina Barnes, Ruth Barefoot, Mary Jo Mann, Jean Coats, Susie Thomas, and Frances Langdon.
Another question-who were they honoring with a baby shower?
Another group from the same church had a meeting. The Gleaners Class met at the home of Edna Ennis with Kathryn Phillips as co-hostess. Elma Langdon gave an impressive program on “Prayer.” Members of the class were Thessie Daniel, Louine Stewart, Florine Penny, Gwen Parrish, Audrey Stewart, Blanche Gregory, Mrs. Ravon Stewart, Isobel Wolf, Dixie Ruth Smith, Mary Stewart, Julia Stewart and Virginia Pollard.
The members of the Fidelis Class at Coats Baptist met at the home of Iris Barnes with Mrs. Carl Hough as co-hostess to celebrate the 46th anniversary of their class. Mrs. Ray Highfill was class teacher. The class had begun 46 years ago with Mrs. Alice Grimes Parker, a former Dunn resident. The only charter member present was Mrs. Lucy Kelly who brought out some of the history. Three of the former presidents were on hand-Mrs. Lucy Kelly, Mrs. Myra Bryant and Mrs. Mabel Barnes. Mrs. Eva Nichols was unable to attend due to health issues. Mrs. Nichols had been the first president of the class. Others present were Miss Mattie Bain, Miss Katie Yates, Mrs. Newton Byrd, Sybil Beasley from Wake Forest University, and Miss Eleanor Allen of Lumberton who was visiting with Sybil at the Curtis Guy family (Daily Record Jan. 24, 1963).
Wonder what delicious food Lib Guy served for the girls? She could have served peaches and cream for dessert. Piggly Wiggly had peaches on sale for three cans for 69 cents. Living next door to Luke’s Grill, Lib could have sent the girls over for a milkshake and hamburger for a quarter each (Daily Record Jan.24, 1963).
The ladies over at Bailey’s Crossroads at the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church had met at their church where 23 women heard a program on “Our Unity in Christ” led by Mrs. Grayden Stewart. Those who assisted were Mrs. Lela Ennis, Mrs. Kirk Ennis, Mrs. Ada Barefoot, Mrs. Wynona Ennis, and Mrs. Louise Ennis, Mrs. J.D. Richardson presided (Daily Record Jan. 25, 1963).
Wonder if the husbands watched “Huntley-Brinkley”, “Arthur Smith”, “Donna Reed”, “My Three Sons”, or “McHale’s Navy” while their wives attended all the church meetings.
The Kress and Nell Penny Williams Exhibit Hall was crazy busy last Sunday afternoon and was abuzz with chatter, laughter and questions. Revs. Jason and Joni Williams came by with their family. Then there were descendents of the John Floyd and Margaret McNeill Collier who had met for a family gathering in the community building. They had held an auction and gave half of the proceeds to the museum. While there they viewed their Grandmother Estelle Collier Stewart’s dress on exhibit in the parlor. Andy Cole and Lynda and Robie Butler guided the tours and added interesting stories about so many of the exhibit items.
The research library was filled with laughter and questions as the father-son duo, Karl Barbee from Garner and his son Karl Barbee, Jr. from PA. sought their Barbee connection to Christopher Barbee who is documented as donating the land for the site of UNC Chapel Hill in 1792. Becky Adams and Myrtle Bridges were able to find the family connection and furnished the men all the documentation they needed to be proud of their heritage. Myrtle then presented them her research on Barclaysville which was named for Mildred and John Barclay whose daughter Kesia had married Christopher C. Barbee. The men then followed Myrtle to Barclaysville for her to point out the site of the Barclays Inn and the Barclay Cemetery. Of course, the inn is no longer standing but the Barbee descendents did get to see some of the lumber from the old inn that Ken Stewart of Buies Creek had constructed into benches that are on exhibit in the museum. Thank you to JoAnne Turlington for her memorial donations for her husband T.J. Turlington, Jr. and Katherine Wasserman and to the 1953 Coats High Class. H.L. Sorrell gave a memorial to the Coats Museum Endowment for Katherine Stewart Wasserman. The museum volunteers are so appreciative of the generosity of people who care about the town’s museum.
The year was 1963-the year in which President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, TX. On Jan. 14th, George Wallace pledged “segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever” as he was sworn in as governor of Alabama. President Kennedy on Feb. 20 sent a major civil rights message to Congress in which he called for new voting rights, job opportunities and education integration.
What were the trends and fads of 1963? The favorite television show was the “Beverly Hillbillies.” Home saunas were the hot item for those who could afford them. The Kodak Instamatic brought in film in a cartridge. Films like “Tom Jones” and “Lawrence of Arabia” had pulled a lot of people away from TV sitcoms. Fashion focused on the “young look”-sleeveless dresses, knee-high skirts, pleated trousers, turtleneck shirts and sweaters.
President Kennedy visited West Berlin where one million residents of the divided city greeted him. Pope Paul VI became the 262nd head of the Roman Catholic Church in an outdoor ceremony at St. Peter’s Square. Do you remember what president was in office when the cost of the first class stamps rose to four cents? The time had come had come to raise the cost of stamps to five cents. Previously Eisenhower had raised the cost.
Writing about the cost of things, does $37 million sound small or great to produce a movie? To date in 1963, the cost to film “Cleopatra” was the highest budget to date. The number of American troops in Vietnam had continued to climb. In 1963, there were 16,300 troops as compared to 11,300 in 1962.
Two-thirds of all the cars in the world were in the United States and for the first time in history, the American workers earned more than $100 per week. For the first time Americans spent more than one billion dollars on television sets in one year. The average farm worker produced enough food for thirty-one others which was a far cry from the 15.1 in 1950.
President Ngo Dink Diem was murdered in a military coup in Saigon and on Nov. 23, a sniper in Dallas, TX shot President John F. Kennedy. Lyndon B. Johnson took the oath of office which made him the thirty-sixth president. Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested as the assassin and Jack Ruby in turn killed Oswald as million watched it on television.
It was in 1963 that electric cooperatives were helping their members update the indoor wiring for electric refrigerators, freezer chests, barn ventilation systems, electric space heaters and water systems in rural NC ( Dickson, Paul-From Elvis to E-Mail (Federal Street Press-Springfield, Massachusetts 1999) pp130-136.
In the rural Coats area, the Turlington HD Club members had met at the home of Mrs. Garland Johnson. They convened the meeting with their opening song “Listen to the Mocking Bird.” Mrs. Jeff Turlington and Mrs. Ruby Parker had parts in the program, which focused on “Framing Pictures” (Daily Record Jan. 3, 1963).
Rachel Ennis had married Gerald Lynn Hensley in the Glad Tidings Tabernacle Church in Raleigh. Rachel was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ennis of Coats. Attendants from Coats were Rebecca Ann Ennis, Eloise Johnson, Janice Barnes, Donald Ennis and Richard Daniel (Daily Record Jan. 8, 1963).
Elsewhere in the Turlington’s Crossroads area, the daughters of Mr. and Mrs. H.A. Turlington, had entertained their parents at a reception at the Turlington home. The daughters were Mrs. Ed Barbee, Mrs. Gerald Hayes, Mrs. Fred Adams, and Mrs. J.M. Mewborn (Daily Record Jan. 4, 1963).
An engagement was announced to the public when Miss Thurlene Stancil, daughter of Mrs. H.P. Stancil, was engaged to Dalton Hamilton of rural Dunn (Daily Record Jan. 9, 1963).
Wanda Stone had played basketball during her high school years for the entertainment of students and parents. On Jan. 14, Wanda and her husband, William Charles Grimes, Jr., became parents of a son at Good Hope Hospital (Daily Record Jan. 15, 1963).
The Hodges Chapel Auxiliary had met at the home of Mrs. Elbert Tripp who had co-hosted the meeting with Mrs. Arthur Tripp. The program, “Beside All Waters,” had included Mrs. Rudolph Miller, Mrs. J.T. Barefoot, Mrs. J.H. Miller, Mrs. Blandon Hayes and Mrs. Sell Coats (Daily Record 17, 1963).
The New Year also welcomed a new baby into the house of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Fuquay on Jan. 15th at Good Hope. Mrs. Fuquay was the former Shirley Dupree (Daily Record Jan. 18, 1963).
Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wayne Parrish were parents of a daughter on Jan.20th in Good Hope. Mrs. Parrish was the former Shelby McGee (Daily Record Jan. 22, 1963). Is the grandmother of the newborn our beloved Mrs. Parrish, a Coats teacher of so many of the Coats folks? Question-was Mrs. Parrish alive when this grandchild was born?
I do know that the Ruth Eller Class at Coats Baptist had assembled in the fellowship hall where Mrs. Marilyn Whittington was hostess. On the program were Belle Williams, Hilda Pope, Eloise Lee, Mary Stevens, Sue Benner, Wilma Byrd, Barbara Gardner, and Clara Langdon. Several other ladies joined the party to honor one of the members of the class with a cradle shower. They were Betty Johnson, Glenda Denning, Nina Barnes, Ruth Barefoot, Mary Jo Mann, Jean Coats, Susie Thomas, and Frances Langdon.
Another question-who were they honoring with a baby shower?
Another group from the same church had a meeting. The Gleaners Class met at the home of Edna Ennis with Kathryn Phillips as co-hostess. Elma Langdon gave an impressive program on “Prayer.” Members of the class were Thessie Daniel, Louine Stewart, Florine Penny, Gwen Parrish, Audrey Stewart, Blanche Gregory, Mrs. Ravon Stewart, Isobel Wolf, Dixie Ruth Smith, Mary Stewart, Julia Stewart and Virginia Pollard.
The members of the Fidelis Class at Coats Baptist met at the home of Iris Barnes with Mrs. Carl Hough as co-hostess to celebrate the 46th anniversary of their class. Mrs. Ray Highfill was class teacher. The class had begun 46 years ago with Mrs. Alice Grimes Parker, a former Dunn resident. The only charter member present was Mrs. Lucy Kelly who brought out some of the history. Three of the former presidents were on hand-Mrs. Lucy Kelly, Mrs. Myra Bryant and Mrs. Mabel Barnes. Mrs. Eva Nichols was unable to attend due to health issues. Mrs. Nichols had been the first president of the class. Others present were Miss Mattie Bain, Miss Katie Yates, Mrs. Newton Byrd, Sybil Beasley from Wake Forest University, and Miss Eleanor Allen of Lumberton who was visiting with Sybil at the Curtis Guy family (Daily Record Jan. 24, 1963).
Wonder what delicious food Lib Guy served for the girls? She could have served peaches and cream for dessert. Piggly Wiggly had peaches on sale for three cans for 69 cents. Living next door to Luke’s Grill, Lib could have sent the girls over for a milkshake and hamburger for a quarter each (Daily Record Jan.24, 1963).
The ladies over at Bailey’s Crossroads at the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church had met at their church where 23 women heard a program on “Our Unity in Christ” led by Mrs. Grayden Stewart. Those who assisted were Mrs. Lela Ennis, Mrs. Kirk Ennis, Mrs. Ada Barefoot, Mrs. Wynona Ennis, and Mrs. Louise Ennis, Mrs. J.D. Richardson presided (Daily Record Jan. 25, 1963).
Wonder if the husbands watched “Huntley-Brinkley”, “Arthur Smith”, “Donna Reed”, “My Three Sons”, or “McHale’s Navy” while their wives attended all the church meetings.
The Kress and Nell Penny Williams Exhibit Hall was crazy busy last Sunday afternoon and was abuzz with chatter, laughter and questions. Revs. Jason and Joni Williams came by with their family. Then there were descendents of the John Floyd and Margaret McNeill Collier who had met for a family gathering in the community building. They had held an auction and gave half of the proceeds to the museum. While there they viewed their Grandmother Estelle Collier Stewart’s dress on exhibit in the parlor. Andy Cole and Lynda and Robie Butler guided the tours and added interesting stories about so many of the exhibit items.
The research library was filled with laughter and questions as the father-son duo, Karl Barbee from Garner and his son Karl Barbee, Jr. from PA. sought their Barbee connection to Christopher Barbee who is documented as donating the land for the site of UNC Chapel Hill in 1792. Becky Adams and Myrtle Bridges were able to find the family connection and furnished the men all the documentation they needed to be proud of their heritage. Myrtle then presented them her research on Barclaysville which was named for Mildred and John Barclay whose daughter Kesia had married Christopher C. Barbee. The men then followed Myrtle to Barclaysville for her to point out the site of the Barclays Inn and the Barclay Cemetery. Of course, the inn is no longer standing but the Barbee descendents did get to see some of the lumber from the old inn that Ken Stewart of Buies Creek had constructed into benches that are on exhibit in the museum. Thank you to JoAnne Turlington for her memorial donations for her husband T.J. Turlington, Jr. and Katherine Wasserman and to the 1953 Coats High Class. H.L. Sorrell gave a memorial to the Coats Museum Endowment for Katherine Stewart Wasserman. The museum volunteers are so appreciative of the generosity of people who care about the town’s museum.