March 7, 2014 Coats Museum News
Three Coats students had won recognition for their original works of poetry. Misses Dorothy Pope, Irene Jernigan and Jeanine Ennis had poems published in the “Anthology of High School Poetry.” Dorothy was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pope; Irene was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jernigan, and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Ennis were parents of Jeanine. Wonder what the titles of the poems were? Dorothy’s –“A Christmas Scene”, Jeanine’s-“A Winter’s Night”, and Irene’s- “Poetry” were the names the girls picked. Mrs. Ozella B. Adams was the English teacher of the students (Dunn Dispatch April 28, 1948).
Miss Azaleen McLamb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey McLamb, graduated from the Crawford W. Long Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta, Georgia (Dunn Dispatch May 5, 1948).
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grimes lost an infant son. Grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. D.T. Grimes. Otis Harmon and Leon Pope were picked for jury duty on the civil session. Mrs. Woodrow (Mary) Langdon of Coats was elected President of the Harnett County Home Demonstration Clubs. The Coats PTA events were preserved in a scrapbook and it was presented to school Principal R. Hal Smith (Dunn Dispatch May 7, 1948).
Angier was following the example of Dunn in checking out the feasibility of paving streets. Carl Young, a town commissioner, announced the meeting for those for and against the paving to voice their feelings. Sergeant C.E. Moore, a native of South Boston, VA., was hired by Dunn officials to serve as second in command on the police force. He had been in Harnett for 12 years. Moore had served in Coats and Angier and also a constable in Grove. Precinct officials for the Democrats were named. In Grove, W.E. Nichols was chairman and Mrs. Allene Turlington Honeycutt was secretary. Mrs. W.E. Nichols, C. E. Pollard, Haywood T .Roberts, H.A. Turlington, and Tony Stewart served on the executive committee. In Grove 1, the registrar was Mack Pollard (D); Judge Guy Stewart (D), and Judge L.D. Reaves (R) were named. In Grove 2, the registrar was Haywood Roberts (D); Will Sorrell (D) and Ed Parker (R) were judges.
The Coats Woman’s Club had their program on flowers. Mrs. Carlos Stewart presented the program at the home of Mrs. Reggie Parrish. Possibly some of the husbands went to the Coats movies to see “Ivy” starring Joan Fontaine or Bing Crosby in “Road to Hollywood”.
Some of the businesses advertising in the paper were Byrd’s Grocery, City Market, E.H. Honeycutt, L.M. Johnson Market, Keene’s Grocery, and Ryals Market (Dunn Dispatch May 10, 1948).
Did the Lucy Weaver family and M.E. Ennis also have stores in 1948? What about others who may not have advertised? I do know that Worthy F. Brock, a native of S.C., had moved to Erwin at an early age and Mr. Brock had died at age 60. Surviving him were his wife, Lucille, and children-Clifton, M.H., Fred, and Mrs. Haywood Roberts of Coats (Dunn Dispatch May 12, 1948).
I bet many of you who took drivers education practiced in cars that belonged to Clifton Brock from his Chevrolet car dealership in Lillington while others will recall that M.H. “Jack” Brock served as the Harnett County manager and chairman of the Board of Commissioners.
A community building was being sought at Coats. W.E. Nichols donated land for the site of the building that was to be an U.S. Army building. The Fellowship Club, American Legion, Boy Scouts, Junior Woman’s Club, Woman’s Club, and the Page Book Club sponsored the project. It was planned to purchase an Army Day Room building from the War Surplus Administration. The building would be 90 by 26 feet with two bathrooms and would include a heating system, reading room, lounge, and assembly. The building was to be located 2 blocks from Main Street on the Erwin Highway. M.O. Phillips was named chairman of the Club Council. Mrs. Haywood Roberts was secretary and Mrs. J.R. Butler was treasurer. The Advisory Board was W.E. Nichols, Owen Odum, and A.R. Byrd. Members of the Gifts Committee were Mrs. J.B. Williams, school chair, and Mrs. W.E. Nichols was community chair. On that committee were Mrs. M.O. Phillips, Mrs. Guy Stewart, Mrs. W. M. Keene, L.M. Johnson, Haywood Roberts, F.D. Cade, Guy Stewart, Vic Lee, and Mrs. J.R. Butler (Dunn Dispatch May 12, 1948).
Mrs. W. E. Nichols was a busy lady. She was appointed by Charlie Johnson as his Woman’s manager of Harnett County. She was vice-chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee.
Teachers were picking candidates for house seats to support $100.00 increment in pay for 12 years to insure an increase in salary range from $2400 to $3600 .They also wanted only 30 students in a classroom. They wanted pay by calendar month rather than 20 tracking days. Mrs. W.T. Sorrell was hostess to the Turlington Home Demonstration Club. Miss Arlene Turlington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Turlington, was a student at Peace College where she was a member of the Junior Class and a member of Sigma Pi Kappa Society (Dunn Dispatch May 17, 1948).
Coats won its first baseball game for the Cape Fear League by defeating Linden with a 6-4 score. Jack McLean was on the mound for Coats. Whittington and W. Ennis had 2 hits for 4. Coats also defeated Kipling for Coats’ second win. Lefty Stephenson pitched brilliant ball for eight innings when he was relieved by Lamm (Dunn Dispatch May 19, 1948).
Harnett County had 3762 workers who averaged $38.77 weekly. The Coats Senior Class presented a play entitled Seniorella” on May 20th. The play was based around Cinderella. Gaynelle Mitchell was Seniorella and Cecil Langdon played the prince. Those taking parts in the play were Marian Ennis, historian; Hayes Beasley, talent scout; Jenny Grimes and O Max Langdon, giftorians; Thelma Lucas, poet; Mary Gregory, prophet; and Jane Stewart, testator. Alice Stewart was valedictorian and Marie Byrd was salutatorian. Doris Bowden, Jacqueline Johnson, Grady Matthews, Marshall McLamb, Mary Lee Pleasant, Edna Williams, Edith Turner and Billy Cutts had speaking parts. Jone Godwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Layton Godwin, and Harry Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Roberts, were class mascots.
Edna Mae Avery, Sallie Pat Hawley, R.L. Johnson, A.R. Bradley, and Joyce Grimes attended The Cape Fear Presbyterian Church near Lillington for an old fashioned Homecoming Day. Laura Frances Pope, the sixteen year-old sophomore at Coats, was declared the Southern District winner of the 1948 essay contest sponsored by the Cotton Growers Exchange. She won $25.00.
The Junior Woman’s Club enjoyed a program by Miss Naomi Smith who gave a paper on “American Music” and sang several selections. Members of the club present were Mrs. W.M. Keene, Miss Zenobia Surles, Mrs. Lottie Lamm, Mrs. Herbert Johnson, Mrs. James Robertson, Miss Louise Coats, Mrs. Christine Akerman, Mrs. Elizabeth Beasley, and Miss Ruth Langdon (Dunn Dispatch May 21, 1948).
Some readers will remember Fayetteville resident, Delaney Turlington Ingraham, who was an outstanding Coats School graduate. She has shared many of her family’s heirlooms for display in our museum. She has shown her generosity again by giving three memorials to honor Allene Honeycutt, Laura Grace Ennis and Emily (Johnny) Turlington. Thank you again, Delaney.
A thank you goes to the CACC for recognizing the Coats Museum as the recipient of the 2013 Beautification Award. Patsy Avery and H.L. Sorrell, Jr. who were recognized as Woman of the Year and Man of the Year for 2013 are both active volunteers at the museum. Thank you, CACC.
The museum volunteers enjoyed 20 residents from Walton Wood Living Center in Cary last Friday. So much can be learned from these seniors who have lived all over the world. They had lunch at Ma’s Grill and visited Angier to look at the gourd collection. Levin Beasley, who grew up in Coats, was with the group.
Three Coats students had won recognition for their original works of poetry. Misses Dorothy Pope, Irene Jernigan and Jeanine Ennis had poems published in the “Anthology of High School Poetry.” Dorothy was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Pope; Irene was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jernigan, and Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Ennis were parents of Jeanine. Wonder what the titles of the poems were? Dorothy’s –“A Christmas Scene”, Jeanine’s-“A Winter’s Night”, and Irene’s- “Poetry” were the names the girls picked. Mrs. Ozella B. Adams was the English teacher of the students (Dunn Dispatch April 28, 1948).
Miss Azaleen McLamb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey McLamb, graduated from the Crawford W. Long Hospital School of Nursing in Atlanta, Georgia (Dunn Dispatch May 5, 1948).
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grimes lost an infant son. Grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. D.T. Grimes. Otis Harmon and Leon Pope were picked for jury duty on the civil session. Mrs. Woodrow (Mary) Langdon of Coats was elected President of the Harnett County Home Demonstration Clubs. The Coats PTA events were preserved in a scrapbook and it was presented to school Principal R. Hal Smith (Dunn Dispatch May 7, 1948).
Angier was following the example of Dunn in checking out the feasibility of paving streets. Carl Young, a town commissioner, announced the meeting for those for and against the paving to voice their feelings. Sergeant C.E. Moore, a native of South Boston, VA., was hired by Dunn officials to serve as second in command on the police force. He had been in Harnett for 12 years. Moore had served in Coats and Angier and also a constable in Grove. Precinct officials for the Democrats were named. In Grove, W.E. Nichols was chairman and Mrs. Allene Turlington Honeycutt was secretary. Mrs. W.E. Nichols, C. E. Pollard, Haywood T .Roberts, H.A. Turlington, and Tony Stewart served on the executive committee. In Grove 1, the registrar was Mack Pollard (D); Judge Guy Stewart (D), and Judge L.D. Reaves (R) were named. In Grove 2, the registrar was Haywood Roberts (D); Will Sorrell (D) and Ed Parker (R) were judges.
The Coats Woman’s Club had their program on flowers. Mrs. Carlos Stewart presented the program at the home of Mrs. Reggie Parrish. Possibly some of the husbands went to the Coats movies to see “Ivy” starring Joan Fontaine or Bing Crosby in “Road to Hollywood”.
Some of the businesses advertising in the paper were Byrd’s Grocery, City Market, E.H. Honeycutt, L.M. Johnson Market, Keene’s Grocery, and Ryals Market (Dunn Dispatch May 10, 1948).
Did the Lucy Weaver family and M.E. Ennis also have stores in 1948? What about others who may not have advertised? I do know that Worthy F. Brock, a native of S.C., had moved to Erwin at an early age and Mr. Brock had died at age 60. Surviving him were his wife, Lucille, and children-Clifton, M.H., Fred, and Mrs. Haywood Roberts of Coats (Dunn Dispatch May 12, 1948).
I bet many of you who took drivers education practiced in cars that belonged to Clifton Brock from his Chevrolet car dealership in Lillington while others will recall that M.H. “Jack” Brock served as the Harnett County manager and chairman of the Board of Commissioners.
A community building was being sought at Coats. W.E. Nichols donated land for the site of the building that was to be an U.S. Army building. The Fellowship Club, American Legion, Boy Scouts, Junior Woman’s Club, Woman’s Club, and the Page Book Club sponsored the project. It was planned to purchase an Army Day Room building from the War Surplus Administration. The building would be 90 by 26 feet with two bathrooms and would include a heating system, reading room, lounge, and assembly. The building was to be located 2 blocks from Main Street on the Erwin Highway. M.O. Phillips was named chairman of the Club Council. Mrs. Haywood Roberts was secretary and Mrs. J.R. Butler was treasurer. The Advisory Board was W.E. Nichols, Owen Odum, and A.R. Byrd. Members of the Gifts Committee were Mrs. J.B. Williams, school chair, and Mrs. W.E. Nichols was community chair. On that committee were Mrs. M.O. Phillips, Mrs. Guy Stewart, Mrs. W. M. Keene, L.M. Johnson, Haywood Roberts, F.D. Cade, Guy Stewart, Vic Lee, and Mrs. J.R. Butler (Dunn Dispatch May 12, 1948).
Mrs. W. E. Nichols was a busy lady. She was appointed by Charlie Johnson as his Woman’s manager of Harnett County. She was vice-chairman of the Democratic Executive Committee.
Teachers were picking candidates for house seats to support $100.00 increment in pay for 12 years to insure an increase in salary range from $2400 to $3600 .They also wanted only 30 students in a classroom. They wanted pay by calendar month rather than 20 tracking days. Mrs. W.T. Sorrell was hostess to the Turlington Home Demonstration Club. Miss Arlene Turlington, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Turlington, was a student at Peace College where she was a member of the Junior Class and a member of Sigma Pi Kappa Society (Dunn Dispatch May 17, 1948).
Coats won its first baseball game for the Cape Fear League by defeating Linden with a 6-4 score. Jack McLean was on the mound for Coats. Whittington and W. Ennis had 2 hits for 4. Coats also defeated Kipling for Coats’ second win. Lefty Stephenson pitched brilliant ball for eight innings when he was relieved by Lamm (Dunn Dispatch May 19, 1948).
Harnett County had 3762 workers who averaged $38.77 weekly. The Coats Senior Class presented a play entitled Seniorella” on May 20th. The play was based around Cinderella. Gaynelle Mitchell was Seniorella and Cecil Langdon played the prince. Those taking parts in the play were Marian Ennis, historian; Hayes Beasley, talent scout; Jenny Grimes and O Max Langdon, giftorians; Thelma Lucas, poet; Mary Gregory, prophet; and Jane Stewart, testator. Alice Stewart was valedictorian and Marie Byrd was salutatorian. Doris Bowden, Jacqueline Johnson, Grady Matthews, Marshall McLamb, Mary Lee Pleasant, Edna Williams, Edith Turner and Billy Cutts had speaking parts. Jone Godwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Layton Godwin, and Harry Roberts, son of Mr. and Mrs. Haywood Roberts, were class mascots.
Edna Mae Avery, Sallie Pat Hawley, R.L. Johnson, A.R. Bradley, and Joyce Grimes attended The Cape Fear Presbyterian Church near Lillington for an old fashioned Homecoming Day. Laura Frances Pope, the sixteen year-old sophomore at Coats, was declared the Southern District winner of the 1948 essay contest sponsored by the Cotton Growers Exchange. She won $25.00.
The Junior Woman’s Club enjoyed a program by Miss Naomi Smith who gave a paper on “American Music” and sang several selections. Members of the club present were Mrs. W.M. Keene, Miss Zenobia Surles, Mrs. Lottie Lamm, Mrs. Herbert Johnson, Mrs. James Robertson, Miss Louise Coats, Mrs. Christine Akerman, Mrs. Elizabeth Beasley, and Miss Ruth Langdon (Dunn Dispatch May 21, 1948).
Some readers will remember Fayetteville resident, Delaney Turlington Ingraham, who was an outstanding Coats School graduate. She has shared many of her family’s heirlooms for display in our museum. She has shown her generosity again by giving three memorials to honor Allene Honeycutt, Laura Grace Ennis and Emily (Johnny) Turlington. Thank you again, Delaney.
A thank you goes to the CACC for recognizing the Coats Museum as the recipient of the 2013 Beautification Award. Patsy Avery and H.L. Sorrell, Jr. who were recognized as Woman of the Year and Man of the Year for 2013 are both active volunteers at the museum. Thank you, CACC.
The museum volunteers enjoyed 20 residents from Walton Wood Living Center in Cary last Friday. So much can be learned from these seniors who have lived all over the world. They had lunch at Ma’s Grill and visited Angier to look at the gourd collection. Levin Beasley, who grew up in Coats, was with the group.