March 6, 2015 Coats
Museum News
How many of you remember Hugh Turlington, son of the late former Mayor Charles Jefferson Turlington? Hugh was to marry Thelma Rebecca, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Royster Tippet of Henderson according to the Daily Record, Jan. 14, 1952 paper. The same edition reported that the undefeated Lafayette boys basketball team showed off in a 75-36 win over Lillington. Dan Andrews scored 10 points and Norfleet Gardner added 6. Surely you recognize those names.
J.E. Williams’s Grocery and Service Station near Turlington Crossroads had one of the newest and most modern stores along the routes of Harnett County. G.R. Pope at Turlington XRds had moved from an old dingy building into an attractive new building a short distance down N.C. 55. Both were put up for the purpose and both were strictly post war developments. The grocery store sold frozen foods, ice cream and baked goods and sold well-known stock feeds (Daily Record Jan. 15, 1952).
Moving days were happy days at Erwin Negro School. Students at the new Erwin School had left five dilapidated school buildings to go to a completely modern school with W.M. Porter as principal. The schools replaced five smaller schools-Erwin, Smith Grove, Beaver Dam, Mount Pisgah, and Coats Negro. A total of 453 Negro students moved into that new school. The latest consolidation left only three white and six Negro schools unconsolidated. Angier, Bethlehem, Cedar Grove, McLean’s Chapel, Norrington, and Ridgeway were the Negro Schools and Bunnlevel, Buckhorn and Mary Stewart were the white ones.
Mrs. Glenn Morris replaced Mrs. Howard Williams, who had moved away, as the new secretary of Oakdale HD Club. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Collier and children, Pat and Paul, had visited Mr. and Mrs. Roger Collier in Godwin. Mr. and Mrs. Klyce Stewart and son Mark Allen had returned to their home in Madison, Wisconsin after spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Stewart (Daily Record Jan. 15, 1952).
The basketball season is still in full force. Josephine Johnson was high scorer for Coats with 17 points and Dorothy Stewart had scored 7. Coats had earlier defeated Boone Trail, but that was not the case in this second encounter. Rudolph Miller and Hoover Johnson were high scorers in the boys game. Tommy Pope played well and scored 4 points (Daily Record Jan. 18, 1952).
Johnnie Whittington, 64, of Dunn, Route 3, had died Sunday at 11:30 PM. He was the son of John Green Whittenton. His wife was the former Corrine Ennis (Daily Record Jan. 21, 1952).
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lee Johnson of Angier, Route 2, announced the birth of a daughter on January 9, 1952 at Good Hope Hospital in Erwin. The mother was the former Miss Lucille Margaret Creech (Daily Record Jan. 22, 1952).
The possibility of a country Club and golf course site was the talk around Coats. A site with accessibility to Coats, Erwin, Dunn and Benson was wanted according to Chairman E.W. Smith, Jr. However in Coats, the site of the Coats Baptist Church was settled. In fact a trip down NC 27 and 55 it was evident that the church would soon be occupied.
Mayton Upchurch and Vic Lee had attended the GOP Dinner in Greensboro. The 4-H organization was handing out awards. Those receiving awards for excellent work were Jo Ann Ennis for canning and Team Dairy Food Demonstration. She had been a member of the 4-H for seven years. Gertrude Byrd had been a member for 9 years. During that time she had made articles valued at $1478.30. She had made 250 articles of clothing, 120 mending and 173 pieces of remodeling. She was also a talented artist. Among the boys who received awards were Lawrence Matthews, Lacy Langdon, and J.W. Sorrell, Jr. for 4 years of membership and Max Stephenson for 6 years.
The Fidelis Class of Coats Baptist Church celebrated its 35th birthday. Mrs. Frank Hart of Oxford had visited with Wallace and Dennis Barnes families. Mrs. Lillie Wilbourne and Mrs. E.T. Malone were visited by Mrs. Eula Grimes of Raleigh. Mrs. Grimes was aunt of Mrs. Malone. Mrs. Lewis Ennis had spent several days with Mr. W.G. and her daughter, Mrs. Wallace Barnes (Daily Record Jan. 25, 1952).
Mrs. Leslie Parnell of Angier, Route 2, had honored her daughter, Linda Lou, from 2 to 4PM on Saturday, January 10 on her fourth birthday. Mrs. Parnell served strawberry ice cream, cherry muffins, candy and birthday cake to Kenneth and Marie Wilkins, Paulette Stancil, Connie and Sharon Lee, Charles and Dale Parnell, and Junior and Faison Barbour.
Wonder if Linda Lou is living in 2015. This I do know. Junior Barbour is alive and many years after that birthday party, Junior served his country in the Vietnam War. He currently lives in the Baileys Crossroads area and is a very successful businessman. Wonder if Junior’s mother, Clara Barbour, was one of the seventeen ladies who attended a meeting of 17 ladies from Ebenezer Presbyterian which was hosted by Mrs. Clyde Denning. All the Barbours attend Ebenezer (Daily Record Jan. 28, 1952).
Ruth Denning reported that the Coats High School students were taking those dreaded midterm exams. A number of students entertained at a chapel program. Jo Ann Ennis, Grace Ennis, Maynard Moran, Sue Ennis, Faye Dean Moore, Shirley Norris, Doris Gregory, Carolyn Turner, Marilyn Yarley, Kay Barnes and Ann Pleasant were the talented student performers.
Miss Denning also reported that the basketball teams had played Erwin. Sue Langdon, Imogene Williams, Josephine Johnson, and Dorothy Stewart had done outstanding work for the girls. Tommy Pope and Rudolph Miller did trustworthy play for the boys. The Coats JV team defeated Erwin by 56-36. Stewart Hough and Leon Johnson had 19 and 14 respectively (Daily Record Jan. 29, 1952).
Coats had played the Dunn Greenwaves. Coats girl players were Ann Pleasant, Sue Langdon, Imogene Williams, Josephine Johnson, Becky Upchurch and Dorothy Stewart. Coats boys were Dennis Pope, Mac Turlington, Rudolph Miller, Tommy Pope, and Hoover Johnson (Daily Record Jan. 30, 1952).
The next issue of the Daily Record gave some details of the encounter between the two teams. It reported that the Coats girls had lost but Becky Upchurch and freshman Sue Johnson had both scored 5 points each. In the boys game, Tommy Pope had a busy second half as he led his team to victory over Dunn when he scored 20 points. Fifty-four fouls were committed and many more inconspicuous ones (Daily Record Jan. 31, 1952).
For years the folks in Coats had been on record for wanting a gymnasium on the Coats High School campus. Well apparently it was going to happen because the Feb.1, 1952 copy of the Daily Record printed that the construction of the Coats gymnasium was nearing completion. What would you guess the cost to be in 1952? The gym which was to be completed for spring use was to cost $100,000.00. R.M. Turlington was the general contractor.
The same paper reported that Mrs. Sherrill Coats had visited her husband at Petersburg, Virginia while he was stationed at Camp Lee. In Dunn, Chief of Police George A. Jackson swore in John Brockington and Alex Thomson, two Negro policemen.
The death of King George shocked the world. He was 56 years old and his 25-year- old daughter Elizabeth became the reigning sovereign of the British Commonwealth and Empire. However in Harnett County, a two million dollar school building project was studied b the HCBOE. Part of the money would go toward building a lunchroom in Coats to replace the one in the basement (Daily Record Feb. 6, 1952).
The volunteers at the museum were very saddened by the death of Mary Stevens and are so pleased that she was able to visit the new addition before she became so ill. One of our volunteers has given a memorial donation in her honor to the Coats Museum Endowment so she can live on in the preservation of the heritage of our community.
How many of you remember Hugh Turlington, son of the late former Mayor Charles Jefferson Turlington? Hugh was to marry Thelma Rebecca, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Royster Tippet of Henderson according to the Daily Record, Jan. 14, 1952 paper. The same edition reported that the undefeated Lafayette boys basketball team showed off in a 75-36 win over Lillington. Dan Andrews scored 10 points and Norfleet Gardner added 6. Surely you recognize those names.
J.E. Williams’s Grocery and Service Station near Turlington Crossroads had one of the newest and most modern stores along the routes of Harnett County. G.R. Pope at Turlington XRds had moved from an old dingy building into an attractive new building a short distance down N.C. 55. Both were put up for the purpose and both were strictly post war developments. The grocery store sold frozen foods, ice cream and baked goods and sold well-known stock feeds (Daily Record Jan. 15, 1952).
Moving days were happy days at Erwin Negro School. Students at the new Erwin School had left five dilapidated school buildings to go to a completely modern school with W.M. Porter as principal. The schools replaced five smaller schools-Erwin, Smith Grove, Beaver Dam, Mount Pisgah, and Coats Negro. A total of 453 Negro students moved into that new school. The latest consolidation left only three white and six Negro schools unconsolidated. Angier, Bethlehem, Cedar Grove, McLean’s Chapel, Norrington, and Ridgeway were the Negro Schools and Bunnlevel, Buckhorn and Mary Stewart were the white ones.
Mrs. Glenn Morris replaced Mrs. Howard Williams, who had moved away, as the new secretary of Oakdale HD Club. Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Collier and children, Pat and Paul, had visited Mr. and Mrs. Roger Collier in Godwin. Mr. and Mrs. Klyce Stewart and son Mark Allen had returned to their home in Madison, Wisconsin after spending some time with Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Stewart (Daily Record Jan. 15, 1952).
The basketball season is still in full force. Josephine Johnson was high scorer for Coats with 17 points and Dorothy Stewart had scored 7. Coats had earlier defeated Boone Trail, but that was not the case in this second encounter. Rudolph Miller and Hoover Johnson were high scorers in the boys game. Tommy Pope played well and scored 4 points (Daily Record Jan. 18, 1952).
Johnnie Whittington, 64, of Dunn, Route 3, had died Sunday at 11:30 PM. He was the son of John Green Whittenton. His wife was the former Corrine Ennis (Daily Record Jan. 21, 1952).
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lee Johnson of Angier, Route 2, announced the birth of a daughter on January 9, 1952 at Good Hope Hospital in Erwin. The mother was the former Miss Lucille Margaret Creech (Daily Record Jan. 22, 1952).
The possibility of a country Club and golf course site was the talk around Coats. A site with accessibility to Coats, Erwin, Dunn and Benson was wanted according to Chairman E.W. Smith, Jr. However in Coats, the site of the Coats Baptist Church was settled. In fact a trip down NC 27 and 55 it was evident that the church would soon be occupied.
Mayton Upchurch and Vic Lee had attended the GOP Dinner in Greensboro. The 4-H organization was handing out awards. Those receiving awards for excellent work were Jo Ann Ennis for canning and Team Dairy Food Demonstration. She had been a member of the 4-H for seven years. Gertrude Byrd had been a member for 9 years. During that time she had made articles valued at $1478.30. She had made 250 articles of clothing, 120 mending and 173 pieces of remodeling. She was also a talented artist. Among the boys who received awards were Lawrence Matthews, Lacy Langdon, and J.W. Sorrell, Jr. for 4 years of membership and Max Stephenson for 6 years.
The Fidelis Class of Coats Baptist Church celebrated its 35th birthday. Mrs. Frank Hart of Oxford had visited with Wallace and Dennis Barnes families. Mrs. Lillie Wilbourne and Mrs. E.T. Malone were visited by Mrs. Eula Grimes of Raleigh. Mrs. Grimes was aunt of Mrs. Malone. Mrs. Lewis Ennis had spent several days with Mr. W.G. and her daughter, Mrs. Wallace Barnes (Daily Record Jan. 25, 1952).
Mrs. Leslie Parnell of Angier, Route 2, had honored her daughter, Linda Lou, from 2 to 4PM on Saturday, January 10 on her fourth birthday. Mrs. Parnell served strawberry ice cream, cherry muffins, candy and birthday cake to Kenneth and Marie Wilkins, Paulette Stancil, Connie and Sharon Lee, Charles and Dale Parnell, and Junior and Faison Barbour.
Wonder if Linda Lou is living in 2015. This I do know. Junior Barbour is alive and many years after that birthday party, Junior served his country in the Vietnam War. He currently lives in the Baileys Crossroads area and is a very successful businessman. Wonder if Junior’s mother, Clara Barbour, was one of the seventeen ladies who attended a meeting of 17 ladies from Ebenezer Presbyterian which was hosted by Mrs. Clyde Denning. All the Barbours attend Ebenezer (Daily Record Jan. 28, 1952).
Ruth Denning reported that the Coats High School students were taking those dreaded midterm exams. A number of students entertained at a chapel program. Jo Ann Ennis, Grace Ennis, Maynard Moran, Sue Ennis, Faye Dean Moore, Shirley Norris, Doris Gregory, Carolyn Turner, Marilyn Yarley, Kay Barnes and Ann Pleasant were the talented student performers.
Miss Denning also reported that the basketball teams had played Erwin. Sue Langdon, Imogene Williams, Josephine Johnson, and Dorothy Stewart had done outstanding work for the girls. Tommy Pope and Rudolph Miller did trustworthy play for the boys. The Coats JV team defeated Erwin by 56-36. Stewart Hough and Leon Johnson had 19 and 14 respectively (Daily Record Jan. 29, 1952).
Coats had played the Dunn Greenwaves. Coats girl players were Ann Pleasant, Sue Langdon, Imogene Williams, Josephine Johnson, Becky Upchurch and Dorothy Stewart. Coats boys were Dennis Pope, Mac Turlington, Rudolph Miller, Tommy Pope, and Hoover Johnson (Daily Record Jan. 30, 1952).
The next issue of the Daily Record gave some details of the encounter between the two teams. It reported that the Coats girls had lost but Becky Upchurch and freshman Sue Johnson had both scored 5 points each. In the boys game, Tommy Pope had a busy second half as he led his team to victory over Dunn when he scored 20 points. Fifty-four fouls were committed and many more inconspicuous ones (Daily Record Jan. 31, 1952).
For years the folks in Coats had been on record for wanting a gymnasium on the Coats High School campus. Well apparently it was going to happen because the Feb.1, 1952 copy of the Daily Record printed that the construction of the Coats gymnasium was nearing completion. What would you guess the cost to be in 1952? The gym which was to be completed for spring use was to cost $100,000.00. R.M. Turlington was the general contractor.
The same paper reported that Mrs. Sherrill Coats had visited her husband at Petersburg, Virginia while he was stationed at Camp Lee. In Dunn, Chief of Police George A. Jackson swore in John Brockington and Alex Thomson, two Negro policemen.
The death of King George shocked the world. He was 56 years old and his 25-year- old daughter Elizabeth became the reigning sovereign of the British Commonwealth and Empire. However in Harnett County, a two million dollar school building project was studied b the HCBOE. Part of the money would go toward building a lunchroom in Coats to replace the one in the basement (Daily Record Feb. 6, 1952).
The volunteers at the museum were very saddened by the death of Mary Stevens and are so pleased that she was able to visit the new addition before she became so ill. One of our volunteers has given a memorial donation in her honor to the Coats Museum Endowment so she can live on in the preservation of the heritage of our community.