June 26, 2020 Coats Museum News
Numbers were big in 1985. The highest damage award in history was made and upheld when Texaco was told to pay Pennzoil $11.4 billion as a result of Texaco’s interference in Pennzoil’s takeover of Getty Oil. The cost of $1.8 billion was reached before the Sergeant York missile program was cancelled because the missile did not work very well. NASA selected schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe from among 11,000 applicants to join the space shuttle. Treasure hunter Mel Fisher located a Spanish galleon sunk by a 1622 hurricane off Key West, Florida. It contained $400 million worth of treasure (Dickson, Paul. From Elvis to E-Mail. Massachusetts: Federal Press, 1999, pp.279-280).
Numbers were large in Coats when the Daily Record Jan. 2, 1985 printed that 48 donors had donated blood at the Coats Bloodmobile on Dec. 14, 1984. Those named were David Barnes, Charles Campbell, Jr., Charles Coats, Nora Cole, Kathy Colville, William Cox, Jr., Nelson Currin, James Eason, Charles D. Ennis, Marilyn Ennis, Roderick Ennis, Delwin Forrest, Jr., Doretha Garris, Talmadge Gregory, Jack Griffin, David Holt, Betty Honeycutt, Susan Jenkins, Dudley Langdon, Diane Jones, Norwood Earl Jones, Daywood Langdon, Cynthia Langdon, Rannie Lee, Peggy Mason, Michael Matthews, Linda Matthews, Lanita Matthews, Beverly McLamb, Karen Neighbors, Joseph Norris, Michael Parham, Mark Penny, J. L. Pleasant, Doris Knox, Foy Pope, Donald Pope, Gail Pope, Elizabeth Pope, Glenda Williams Pope, Evelyn Proctor, James Rose, James Stephenson, Lisa Stephenson, Mary Stephenson, Douglas Stewart, Ruth Stewart, Angela Stone, Eurice Stopes, Francis Tyson, Rhonda Williams, Wanda Williams, Shirley Williams, Jenny Young and Penny Young.
Thieves had broken into the walk-in-safe at CHS. According to Police Chief Dan Ferrell, most of the $20,000 to $30,000 property belonged to Principal J.C. Hawley, who had numerous personal items in the safe for their protection. It was believed that the safe was robbery proof. Chief Ferrell reported that the thieves had entered the building through a rear window and made their way to the office. They drilled hole in the large door’s exterior and used some device to peel the door’s outer cover back, revealing the latch mechanism. All this was done without setting off the security system.
The same Daily Record Jan. 2, 1985 edition of paper shared that Mrs. Mary Caudle Norris, 82, of Coats, had died and was buried in the Moore cemetery. Surviving were her sons-William Braston, Hugh Shelton, and Bill Norris. Her daughters were Mrs. Mabel Magdalene Rambeau, Mrs. Mary Kathryn Dodson and Mrs. Joyce Ann Tart. Mrs. Rena Young was her sister. Mrs. Norris had 16 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
The second annual CACC banquet was held on Jan. 17th in the CHS cafeteria. The guest speaker was Wally Ausley, “Voice of the Wolfpack” and special guest was heavyweight fighter, James “Bonecrusher” Smith. Awards were presented at the event: Woman of the Year-Betty Gregory; Man of the Year-M.T. Strickland; Farmer of the Year-Max Matthews; Rescue Squad Members of the Year-Wade Norris and G.R. Stephenson; Fireman of the Year-Ricky Tart. Special awards were presented to Coats teacher Marie Salmon and Superintendent of Public Works-Haywood Penny. Pres. Max Matthews introduced the CACC Board of Directors: Nelson Currin, Billy Pope, M.T. Strickland, Marvin Johnson, Wallace Pollard, Mrs. Dottie Tyndall, David McKnight, Mike Hardin, Mrs. Betty Weaver, Mrs. Frances Avery, Grady Matthews, Randy Rambeau and ex-officio M.O. Phillips. Dignitaries introduced were VP Tim Brown; Sec.-Treas. Phil Bradley and past Pres. Earl Jones. Those attending the banquet were entertained by Jill Pleasant, a Coats School eighth grader, who impressed the audience with her singing (Daily Record Jan. 18, 1985).
Again we thank you, Ralph and Lorena Denning, for your generous donation to museum and especially for remembering Frankie Colville with a memorial to the Coats Museum. The museum volunteers are so appreciative of your giving to the Coats Museum to honor so many of your many friends and family from the Coats area. A thank you goes to Robie and Lynda Butler for giving an honorarium for Blair Smith, a 2020 graduate of the North Carolina School of Science and Math. Blair volunteers at the museum where she digitalized the Coats High School yearbooks for the Research Library. It is interesting to note that Robie’s son is a past graduate of the NCSSM.
Numbers were big in 1985. The highest damage award in history was made and upheld when Texaco was told to pay Pennzoil $11.4 billion as a result of Texaco’s interference in Pennzoil’s takeover of Getty Oil. The cost of $1.8 billion was reached before the Sergeant York missile program was cancelled because the missile did not work very well. NASA selected schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe from among 11,000 applicants to join the space shuttle. Treasure hunter Mel Fisher located a Spanish galleon sunk by a 1622 hurricane off Key West, Florida. It contained $400 million worth of treasure (Dickson, Paul. From Elvis to E-Mail. Massachusetts: Federal Press, 1999, pp.279-280).
Numbers were large in Coats when the Daily Record Jan. 2, 1985 printed that 48 donors had donated blood at the Coats Bloodmobile on Dec. 14, 1984. Those named were David Barnes, Charles Campbell, Jr., Charles Coats, Nora Cole, Kathy Colville, William Cox, Jr., Nelson Currin, James Eason, Charles D. Ennis, Marilyn Ennis, Roderick Ennis, Delwin Forrest, Jr., Doretha Garris, Talmadge Gregory, Jack Griffin, David Holt, Betty Honeycutt, Susan Jenkins, Dudley Langdon, Diane Jones, Norwood Earl Jones, Daywood Langdon, Cynthia Langdon, Rannie Lee, Peggy Mason, Michael Matthews, Linda Matthews, Lanita Matthews, Beverly McLamb, Karen Neighbors, Joseph Norris, Michael Parham, Mark Penny, J. L. Pleasant, Doris Knox, Foy Pope, Donald Pope, Gail Pope, Elizabeth Pope, Glenda Williams Pope, Evelyn Proctor, James Rose, James Stephenson, Lisa Stephenson, Mary Stephenson, Douglas Stewart, Ruth Stewart, Angela Stone, Eurice Stopes, Francis Tyson, Rhonda Williams, Wanda Williams, Shirley Williams, Jenny Young and Penny Young.
Thieves had broken into the walk-in-safe at CHS. According to Police Chief Dan Ferrell, most of the $20,000 to $30,000 property belonged to Principal J.C. Hawley, who had numerous personal items in the safe for their protection. It was believed that the safe was robbery proof. Chief Ferrell reported that the thieves had entered the building through a rear window and made their way to the office. They drilled hole in the large door’s exterior and used some device to peel the door’s outer cover back, revealing the latch mechanism. All this was done without setting off the security system.
The same Daily Record Jan. 2, 1985 edition of paper shared that Mrs. Mary Caudle Norris, 82, of Coats, had died and was buried in the Moore cemetery. Surviving were her sons-William Braston, Hugh Shelton, and Bill Norris. Her daughters were Mrs. Mabel Magdalene Rambeau, Mrs. Mary Kathryn Dodson and Mrs. Joyce Ann Tart. Mrs. Rena Young was her sister. Mrs. Norris had 16 grandchildren and 23 great-grandchildren.
The second annual CACC banquet was held on Jan. 17th in the CHS cafeteria. The guest speaker was Wally Ausley, “Voice of the Wolfpack” and special guest was heavyweight fighter, James “Bonecrusher” Smith. Awards were presented at the event: Woman of the Year-Betty Gregory; Man of the Year-M.T. Strickland; Farmer of the Year-Max Matthews; Rescue Squad Members of the Year-Wade Norris and G.R. Stephenson; Fireman of the Year-Ricky Tart. Special awards were presented to Coats teacher Marie Salmon and Superintendent of Public Works-Haywood Penny. Pres. Max Matthews introduced the CACC Board of Directors: Nelson Currin, Billy Pope, M.T. Strickland, Marvin Johnson, Wallace Pollard, Mrs. Dottie Tyndall, David McKnight, Mike Hardin, Mrs. Betty Weaver, Mrs. Frances Avery, Grady Matthews, Randy Rambeau and ex-officio M.O. Phillips. Dignitaries introduced were VP Tim Brown; Sec.-Treas. Phil Bradley and past Pres. Earl Jones. Those attending the banquet were entertained by Jill Pleasant, a Coats School eighth grader, who impressed the audience with her singing (Daily Record Jan. 18, 1985).
Again we thank you, Ralph and Lorena Denning, for your generous donation to museum and especially for remembering Frankie Colville with a memorial to the Coats Museum. The museum volunteers are so appreciative of your giving to the Coats Museum to honor so many of your many friends and family from the Coats area. A thank you goes to Robie and Lynda Butler for giving an honorarium for Blair Smith, a 2020 graduate of the North Carolina School of Science and Math. Blair volunteers at the museum where she digitalized the Coats High School yearbooks for the Research Library. It is interesting to note that Robie’s son is a past graduate of the NCSSM.