March 9, 2018 Coats Museum News
The 1968 calendar displayed that the year was almost history. However, a few events were to be recorded in those last few days. Banner Chapel Advent Christian Church in Benson was the setting for the candlelight, double ring ceremony of Miss Charlotte Ann Tart and Gerald B. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Tart and Mr. and Mrs. V.B. Allen were parents of the couple (Daily Record Dec. 30, 1968).
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pleasant had announced the birth of a son at Good Hope Hospital. The mother was the former Jeanette Stewart (Daily Record Dec. 30, 1968).
Mrs. Nolia Johnson had died on Friday in Good Hope Hospital. She was widow of J. Louis Johnson, an early Coats merchant. Services were held at Gift Primitive Baptist Church by Elder A.D. McGee and Rev. R. O. Byrd. Burial was in the Coats City Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson was survived by Mrs. A.T. (Maude) Avery, Mrs. H.B. (Monnie) Dixon and L. Marvin Johnson. Jonah C. Johnson was her only surviving brother.
Airman David L. Coats, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Poole, had completed his basic training. Mrs. Leslie Weaver, 62, of Route 2, Angier, had died on Saturday. Rev. R.O. Byrd conducted her services at Cromartie Funeral Home and Hodges Chapel Cemetery. She was survived by her husband, Robert Wade Weaver; four sons-Robert, Bobbie, Wade, Jr., and Fred Weaver. Her two daughters were Mrs. Wade Turlington and Mrs. Glenda Lucas and her mother, Mrs. Cora Whittington (Daily Record Dec. 31, 1968).
The year was 1969-the year in which Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. After 147 years, the Saturday Evening Post closed down its presses. The Boeing 747 flew for the first time and ushered in the era of the wide -body, jumbo and stretch jets. Burglar alarms became a common household product. American flag decals were seen everywhere. The Vietnam War deaths reached 33, 641 -more than had been killed in the Korean War.
In June, President Nixon had ordered the first troops out of Vietnam. A one-day sale of Alaska oil fields leases had netted $900, 220,590. The crime rate had doubled since 1960. The FDA reported sixty-five hijackings; most of the planes ended up in Cuba. The Reader’s Digest sold 17 million copies and Life 8.5 million in 1969. The cost of the Nixon-Agnew inauguration was 2.5 million, up from 2.1 million for LBJ’s in 1965.The salary of Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 moon mission astronaut, was $30,054. Fifty-eight percent of the Americans thought the war in Vietnam was a mistake (Dickson, Paul, From Elvis to E-Mail, Federal Street Press, Springfield, MA, 1999, pp. 171-179).
In the Coats area, the New Year had come in like a lamb while many churches had midnight services throughout the area (Daily Record Jan. 2, 1969).
Auto tags had to be displayed by February and were currently on sale. Some of the tag money went to fund driver education training of high school students. Governor Robert Scott’s inauguration was televised. In our area, Alfred Lemuel Moore, 54, of Route One, Coats, had died on Wednesday night at GHH. His services were at Skinner-Drew and Erwin Memorial Garden. The thirty-five year pin recipient at Erwin Mills was survived by his wife, Mrs. Mae Avery Moore (Daily Record Jan. 2, 1969).
Marvin Denning, 63, of Route One, Coats, had died at GHH. Rev. Howard Beard conducted his services at Coats Baptist Church with burial in the Coats City Cemetery. His survivors were his wife Beatrice W. Denning and daughter Kay Denning Lloyd (Daily Record Jan. 8, 1969).
On the national level, Richard M. Nixon took his oath of office as the 37th president giving a 1700 word inaugural address on the steps of the U.S. Capitol (Daily Record Jan. 20, 1969). (That was about the length of this column today.)
Good news was shared from BJMH that Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Champion were parents of a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Tripp were honored on their anniversary by their children-Mrs. H. A. Turlington, Jr., Elbert Tripp and Dwight Tripp (Daily Record Jan. 22, 1969).
Another birth was announced in the January 28, 1969 edition of the Daily Record. Mr. and Mrs. James Ray Wood of Coats were parents of a son. Mrs. Mack R. Hudson of the Oakdale HDC was Club Woman of the Year (Daily Record Feb. 2, 1969). Miss Sybil Annette Lamm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Lamm of Coats, was a Miss Dunn contestant (Daily Record Feb. 4, 1969).
The Coats Junior Order had planned a Western Musical Talent Show for February 13, 20, 27 and March 6 and 13. The “Wandering Rebels” would be special musicians (Daily Record Feb. 11, 1969). Does anyone remember that group or better yet, does anyone remember any locals who competed for the prize?
I do know that Jennifer Flowers, a freshman at Chowan College, was named “Miss Jenkins Hall” at the college (Daily Record Feb. 27, 1969).
The Langdon name is a very popular one in the Grove area. Are the families from the same ancestor? I do know that Ernis H. Langdon, of Coats, who was widely known in the furniture business, had joined the sales staff of the G.S. Tucker Furniture, Co. in Dunn. He was formerly with Johnson Cotton Co., Pepsi Cola, and Tart Coal and Oil, Co. (Daily Record Mar. 4, 1969).
Who remembers when the Belk Store was located in downtown Dunn? Did any of you go to the shoe department where a young Earl Taylor worked? With Earl’s charismatic personality and hard work, he rose to be manager of the Belk store located in the shopping center. He made the Daily Record news in March 11, 1969 edition where Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henry Wilmoth of Coats announced that he was engaged to marry their daughter, Rebecca Wilmoth. Mrs. Rossie Taylor was his mother.
What company in Harnett County has the largest number of employees? Wonder how many companies had 450 employees in 1969? I do know that the third expansion of Terre Hill Manufacturing Company in Coats was to begin. The Coats Industrial Development Corporation headed by Grady Matthews disclosed that the expansion would add another 150 jobs to the current 300 working. The original plant had cost $100,000. The second phase also had a $100,000 price tag. Much of the money that had gone into the building was raised by the people in Coats (Daily Record Mar. 12, 1969).
Wonder if any of the women who were members of the Goodwill Homemakers Club worked at Terre Hill. I do know that they had held their monthly meeting with Mrs. Rebeth Mitchell and Mrs. Rupert Parrish. Mrs. Virginia Stewart was president. Members of the Barclaysville club present were Miss Janice Young, Mrs. Merchant Langdon, Mrs. Everette Denning, Mrs. Minnie Barnes, Mrs. Howard Campbell Mrs. Myers Bryant, Mrs. Eddie Parrish, Mrs. Al Weddings, Mrs. Shirley Guy, Mrs. Jarvis Pleasant, Mrs. J.B. Jordan, Mrs. Carson Carter, and Mrs. Johnny Barnes (Daily Record Mar. 13, 1969).
A new baby was born to a Coats couple. Sammy and JoAnne Tart Pope were parents of a daughter at Rex Hospital (Daily Record Mar. 13, 1969).
Attorney Joe Tart is a household name to most folks in Harnett County. Joe was the attorney who worked with the Coats Museum on several occasions such as being the liaison between the museum and Dr. William Thornton in acquiring Dr. Thornton’s space suit which is on display in our museum. The volunteers have always deeply appreciated Joe’s involvement with the museum.
What many don’t know is how often his late parents, Mr. Lindsey and Mrs. Hazel Pope Tart, stepped forward to help the museum by sharing their historical knowledge and items that could be used in our numerous open houses. If Mr. Tart ever saw me on the street or at an event, he would always make a quick beeline to me to share historical information that needed to be preserved in print. I specifically remember his sharing that he had heard that some item was stored in the porch column of a prominent house when it was being built in Coats. That mystery lives on. He shared pictures of the hosiery mill in Coats that was burned in 1920 and Lindsey was spot on in his facts that corresponded exactly with those included in Dr. Bill Patterson’s book about his father’s business ventures in Coats from 1912 to 1920.
Lindsey was a master with woodworking. We had several of his items on display several years ago and have the C.D. Stewart desk that was the only item saved when the Ennis School burned. Mr. Stewart’s granddaughter, Dorothea Stewart Gilbert, had Lindsey build her top to the desk and she used the desk in her office while she was teaching at Campbell University and donated it to the museum after her retirement.
No open house can be outstanding at the Coats Museum without the dozens of community people who come through the doors sharing items and information needed to make for a beneficial and successful event. When we did one of our many military open houses, I specifically recall Hazel sharing with us a very thorough and beautiful scrapbook put together on Lindsey’ s military experiences in WWII.
The volunteers at the museum were humbled when we read that Joe and Linda had specified that memorials could be given to Coats Museum to honor the memory of their mom. Even before her funeral, donations began to come in. Friends of Joe and Linda’s who have honored Mrs. Hazel Pope Tart are Jeanette D. Johnson, Jeanette and Robert Pleasant, Gary and Betty Thompson, Dan and Lou Ann McLamb, Robie and Lynda Butler, Jonathan and Leslie Pope, Hilda Pope and H.L. and Gayle Sorrell. Much appreciation goes to all these individuals and to the Tart family.
We also want to thank those who are remembering Willa Dean Pope Powell who also died this past week. Ralph Denning, Hilda Pope and H.L. have honored her memory. Hilda also remembered Lee Roy Williams. A special thank you goes to Becky Adams, Lynda and Robie Butler and Ralph Denning for their honorariums to the Coats Museum Endowment to honor volunteers at the museum. Also thank you goes to Barbara Gardner and Karen and Keith Parrish for their donations to the museum.
Please drop by the museum and view the new exhibits and go to the coatsmuseum.com website, and discover what was going on in Coats years ago by reading the early Coats Museum News columns which were printed in The Daily Record beginning in 2009.
The 1968 calendar displayed that the year was almost history. However, a few events were to be recorded in those last few days. Banner Chapel Advent Christian Church in Benson was the setting for the candlelight, double ring ceremony of Miss Charlotte Ann Tart and Gerald B. Allen. Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Tart and Mr. and Mrs. V.B. Allen were parents of the couple (Daily Record Dec. 30, 1968).
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Pleasant had announced the birth of a son at Good Hope Hospital. The mother was the former Jeanette Stewart (Daily Record Dec. 30, 1968).
Mrs. Nolia Johnson had died on Friday in Good Hope Hospital. She was widow of J. Louis Johnson, an early Coats merchant. Services were held at Gift Primitive Baptist Church by Elder A.D. McGee and Rev. R. O. Byrd. Burial was in the Coats City Cemetery. Mrs. Johnson was survived by Mrs. A.T. (Maude) Avery, Mrs. H.B. (Monnie) Dixon and L. Marvin Johnson. Jonah C. Johnson was her only surviving brother.
Airman David L. Coats, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter E. Poole, had completed his basic training. Mrs. Leslie Weaver, 62, of Route 2, Angier, had died on Saturday. Rev. R.O. Byrd conducted her services at Cromartie Funeral Home and Hodges Chapel Cemetery. She was survived by her husband, Robert Wade Weaver; four sons-Robert, Bobbie, Wade, Jr., and Fred Weaver. Her two daughters were Mrs. Wade Turlington and Mrs. Glenda Lucas and her mother, Mrs. Cora Whittington (Daily Record Dec. 31, 1968).
The year was 1969-the year in which Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. After 147 years, the Saturday Evening Post closed down its presses. The Boeing 747 flew for the first time and ushered in the era of the wide -body, jumbo and stretch jets. Burglar alarms became a common household product. American flag decals were seen everywhere. The Vietnam War deaths reached 33, 641 -more than had been killed in the Korean War.
In June, President Nixon had ordered the first troops out of Vietnam. A one-day sale of Alaska oil fields leases had netted $900, 220,590. The crime rate had doubled since 1960. The FDA reported sixty-five hijackings; most of the planes ended up in Cuba. The Reader’s Digest sold 17 million copies and Life 8.5 million in 1969. The cost of the Nixon-Agnew inauguration was 2.5 million, up from 2.1 million for LBJ’s in 1965.The salary of Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11 moon mission astronaut, was $30,054. Fifty-eight percent of the Americans thought the war in Vietnam was a mistake (Dickson, Paul, From Elvis to E-Mail, Federal Street Press, Springfield, MA, 1999, pp. 171-179).
In the Coats area, the New Year had come in like a lamb while many churches had midnight services throughout the area (Daily Record Jan. 2, 1969).
Auto tags had to be displayed by February and were currently on sale. Some of the tag money went to fund driver education training of high school students. Governor Robert Scott’s inauguration was televised. In our area, Alfred Lemuel Moore, 54, of Route One, Coats, had died on Wednesday night at GHH. His services were at Skinner-Drew and Erwin Memorial Garden. The thirty-five year pin recipient at Erwin Mills was survived by his wife, Mrs. Mae Avery Moore (Daily Record Jan. 2, 1969).
Marvin Denning, 63, of Route One, Coats, had died at GHH. Rev. Howard Beard conducted his services at Coats Baptist Church with burial in the Coats City Cemetery. His survivors were his wife Beatrice W. Denning and daughter Kay Denning Lloyd (Daily Record Jan. 8, 1969).
On the national level, Richard M. Nixon took his oath of office as the 37th president giving a 1700 word inaugural address on the steps of the U.S. Capitol (Daily Record Jan. 20, 1969). (That was about the length of this column today.)
Good news was shared from BJMH that Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Champion were parents of a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. J. Arthur Tripp were honored on their anniversary by their children-Mrs. H. A. Turlington, Jr., Elbert Tripp and Dwight Tripp (Daily Record Jan. 22, 1969).
Another birth was announced in the January 28, 1969 edition of the Daily Record. Mr. and Mrs. James Ray Wood of Coats were parents of a son. Mrs. Mack R. Hudson of the Oakdale HDC was Club Woman of the Year (Daily Record Feb. 2, 1969). Miss Sybil Annette Lamm, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M.W. Lamm of Coats, was a Miss Dunn contestant (Daily Record Feb. 4, 1969).
The Coats Junior Order had planned a Western Musical Talent Show for February 13, 20, 27 and March 6 and 13. The “Wandering Rebels” would be special musicians (Daily Record Feb. 11, 1969). Does anyone remember that group or better yet, does anyone remember any locals who competed for the prize?
I do know that Jennifer Flowers, a freshman at Chowan College, was named “Miss Jenkins Hall” at the college (Daily Record Feb. 27, 1969).
The Langdon name is a very popular one in the Grove area. Are the families from the same ancestor? I do know that Ernis H. Langdon, of Coats, who was widely known in the furniture business, had joined the sales staff of the G.S. Tucker Furniture, Co. in Dunn. He was formerly with Johnson Cotton Co., Pepsi Cola, and Tart Coal and Oil, Co. (Daily Record Mar. 4, 1969).
Who remembers when the Belk Store was located in downtown Dunn? Did any of you go to the shoe department where a young Earl Taylor worked? With Earl’s charismatic personality and hard work, he rose to be manager of the Belk store located in the shopping center. He made the Daily Record news in March 11, 1969 edition where Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Henry Wilmoth of Coats announced that he was engaged to marry their daughter, Rebecca Wilmoth. Mrs. Rossie Taylor was his mother.
What company in Harnett County has the largest number of employees? Wonder how many companies had 450 employees in 1969? I do know that the third expansion of Terre Hill Manufacturing Company in Coats was to begin. The Coats Industrial Development Corporation headed by Grady Matthews disclosed that the expansion would add another 150 jobs to the current 300 working. The original plant had cost $100,000. The second phase also had a $100,000 price tag. Much of the money that had gone into the building was raised by the people in Coats (Daily Record Mar. 12, 1969).
Wonder if any of the women who were members of the Goodwill Homemakers Club worked at Terre Hill. I do know that they had held their monthly meeting with Mrs. Rebeth Mitchell and Mrs. Rupert Parrish. Mrs. Virginia Stewart was president. Members of the Barclaysville club present were Miss Janice Young, Mrs. Merchant Langdon, Mrs. Everette Denning, Mrs. Minnie Barnes, Mrs. Howard Campbell Mrs. Myers Bryant, Mrs. Eddie Parrish, Mrs. Al Weddings, Mrs. Shirley Guy, Mrs. Jarvis Pleasant, Mrs. J.B. Jordan, Mrs. Carson Carter, and Mrs. Johnny Barnes (Daily Record Mar. 13, 1969).
A new baby was born to a Coats couple. Sammy and JoAnne Tart Pope were parents of a daughter at Rex Hospital (Daily Record Mar. 13, 1969).
Attorney Joe Tart is a household name to most folks in Harnett County. Joe was the attorney who worked with the Coats Museum on several occasions such as being the liaison between the museum and Dr. William Thornton in acquiring Dr. Thornton’s space suit which is on display in our museum. The volunteers have always deeply appreciated Joe’s involvement with the museum.
What many don’t know is how often his late parents, Mr. Lindsey and Mrs. Hazel Pope Tart, stepped forward to help the museum by sharing their historical knowledge and items that could be used in our numerous open houses. If Mr. Tart ever saw me on the street or at an event, he would always make a quick beeline to me to share historical information that needed to be preserved in print. I specifically remember his sharing that he had heard that some item was stored in the porch column of a prominent house when it was being built in Coats. That mystery lives on. He shared pictures of the hosiery mill in Coats that was burned in 1920 and Lindsey was spot on in his facts that corresponded exactly with those included in Dr. Bill Patterson’s book about his father’s business ventures in Coats from 1912 to 1920.
Lindsey was a master with woodworking. We had several of his items on display several years ago and have the C.D. Stewart desk that was the only item saved when the Ennis School burned. Mr. Stewart’s granddaughter, Dorothea Stewart Gilbert, had Lindsey build her top to the desk and she used the desk in her office while she was teaching at Campbell University and donated it to the museum after her retirement.
No open house can be outstanding at the Coats Museum without the dozens of community people who come through the doors sharing items and information needed to make for a beneficial and successful event. When we did one of our many military open houses, I specifically recall Hazel sharing with us a very thorough and beautiful scrapbook put together on Lindsey’ s military experiences in WWII.
The volunteers at the museum were humbled when we read that Joe and Linda had specified that memorials could be given to Coats Museum to honor the memory of their mom. Even before her funeral, donations began to come in. Friends of Joe and Linda’s who have honored Mrs. Hazel Pope Tart are Jeanette D. Johnson, Jeanette and Robert Pleasant, Gary and Betty Thompson, Dan and Lou Ann McLamb, Robie and Lynda Butler, Jonathan and Leslie Pope, Hilda Pope and H.L. and Gayle Sorrell. Much appreciation goes to all these individuals and to the Tart family.
We also want to thank those who are remembering Willa Dean Pope Powell who also died this past week. Ralph Denning, Hilda Pope and H.L. have honored her memory. Hilda also remembered Lee Roy Williams. A special thank you goes to Becky Adams, Lynda and Robie Butler and Ralph Denning for their honorariums to the Coats Museum Endowment to honor volunteers at the museum. Also thank you goes to Barbara Gardner and Karen and Keith Parrish for their donations to the museum.
Please drop by the museum and view the new exhibits and go to the coatsmuseum.com website, and discover what was going on in Coats years ago by reading the early Coats Museum News columns which were printed in The Daily Record beginning in 2009.