May 15, 2015 Coats
Museum News
The July 4, 1952, Daily Record was filled with names of Coats folks who were involved in all kinds of newsworthy activities. Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Keene and Michael had visited Washington, D.C. and Arlington, VA as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Holt Heritage. Mrs. Malcolm Stewart was critically ill at Rex Hospital. Mrs. W.E. Nichols had visited her sister, Mrs. Hale Herring, at Rose Hill. Mr. Sherrill Willis had had a tonsillectomy at Highsmith Hospital. Johnny Barnes and family had spent a few days at White Lake. W.C. Noles was a patient at Duke Hospital. Carolyn Phillips, Gwen Dixon, and Sue Ennis spent a few days at White Lake. Master Johnny Malone had spent some time with his aunt, Mrs. P.A. Rejuney, in Washington, D.C. Shelton Ennis spent time at Kure Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parker of Asheville were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Dixon. Mrs. H.T. Roberts, Harry Roberts, and Bland Fleming went to Fort Caswell for the R.A. Camp.
Other activities shared in the paper were that the Woman’s Club had entertained their families with a picnic at the community house. Strenuous games were precluded due to extreme heat. Mr. and Mrs. T.O. Beasley were recognized for their 36th wedding anniversary. Mrs. C. Guy Stewart had spent a month at Carolina Beach. Her son, Eugene Stewart, and his family spent some time with her.
The Coats FFA Chapter went to FFA camp at White Lake where 400 boys from statewide competed in sports. Coats students placed second in overall games in water sports. Several Coats students won first place in contests. Do you wonder who was able to leave the farm for a week during the busy farm season for some summer fun? These students were named in the paper-J.B. Jernigan, Ronald Smith, Leon McLamb, Conray Byrd, Dunbar Stewart, Connie Mason, T.J. Barnes, Billy Barnes, Bobby Smith, McRae Turlington, Donald Blalock, Dorsey Daniel, Franklin Westbrook, Rudolph Miller, and Harold Dixon. Carlos Dixon and Gerald Hayes attended with the group as parent advisors (Daily Record July 4, 1952).
Do you recall reading about the need for a new Harnett courthouse in 1952? The issue had been on the agenda again for the Harnett County Board of Commissioners. They adopted a bond order calling for $490,000.00 to be used to erect a new courthouse. There was an air of controversy over whether schools or the courthouse should be the priority. Two million dollars was needed for school facilities.
There was a wreck on the Benson Highway north of Dunn that had airplane motors on the truck that burned and resulted in over a $200,000.00 loss. Does anyone remember that accident? This I do know. The paper reported that Harnett County got its million dollar rain. The rain had started late at night and trickled on the parched fields of the area for most of the night and morning. Wonder if the rain prevented the farmers from treating the tobacco plants with Penn TSC, a new method to control suckers (Daily Record July 7, 1952).
Can someone tell me how it worked? Was this the method where a spoon or dropper was used to squirt or drop the treatment on the top the tobacco stalk that had just been topped of its flower. Did the treatment have to go all the way to the base of each leaf to prevent the growth of a sucker? Help me out.
I do know that the HC BOC kept the tax rate at $1.30 on $100 valuation. Did people back then say that taxes were going to break them up? Did it to some? The Dunn Health Center continued under construction and controversy still raged over a new courthouse construction. In Harnett County during the 1951-52 farm year, there were 326,007 acres of farmland, but only 117, 630 acres were used for crops harvested. Corn represented 37 percent, tobacco was 18 percent, and cotton hit the 17 percent mark. There were 1,125 beef cattle, 2,406 milk cows, 2,758 hogs and 121, 816 chickens. Do the numbers sound small?
This I do know. Over in Benson, “The Kingdom”, a pageant planned for the fall in the town, was to have Coats people in roles. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Capps and son Jerry and Patricia Gregory of Ebenezer Church were those selected to have permanent roles.
Does anyone use a pressure cooker to cook or can in 2015? When did they come on the scene? A pressure cooker clinic was held to teach homemakers the how of pressure-cooking. Mrs. J.A. Ennis, Mrs. Kirkland Ennis, Miss Jean Creech, and Mrs. Hubert Creech attended the clinic as members of the Oakdale Home Demonstration Club (Daily Record July 9, 1952).
Miss Pattie Sue McLamb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Carlie McLamb, spent some time with Sgt. and Mrs. S.F. Whittington in Bethesda, MD. Upon returning, she was accompanied by the Whittingtons and also Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Whittington of Lynn, Massachusetts who visited relatives in Coats.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Barnes of Fort Benning, Georgia visited the Everett Barnes and James Willis families. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Watson Bryant and son Kenneth returned home to Portsmouth, VA. after visiting Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Bryant. Master Billy Moore, son of Dr. and Mrs. Donald Moore, was confined with mumps. Nick Tyner was visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Nichols. Mrs. Jack Harper and daughter of Annapolis, MD. had visited Mr. and Mrs. Rob Adams. They also visited the T.O. Beasley family while in the area. Mrs. Harper was the former Lina Coats. Cpl. Stacy Byrd and Cpl. Sherrill Willis were in Coats for the Fourth of July.
Some in the Coats area might not have been so excited in July. There were several citizens who were called to do their civic duty by serving on jury duty. Those summoned for the July 28 session were James T. Pleasant, L. Marvin Johnson, Ed Byrd, Mrs. Leola Stewart, John Campbell, Mrs. J. Gid Johnson and Johnnie Barnes. Elsewhere Mr. Clayton Stewart was likely concerned about the condition of his wife, Annie Ruth, who was a patient at Good Hope Hospital (Daily Record July 11, 1952).
When Peggy Robinson, Lynda Butler, Becky Adams and I are working in the Research Library on Thursdays, we never know who is going to walk through the door that day but we know before they leave we will have enjoyed every minute of the visit. That was the case this past Thursday when Charles Malone of the Coats High Class of 1966 made his first visit to the Coats Museum. He shared so many stories of his days “Growing up in Coats”. He talked about his memories of meeting Ronnie Womack who was the first black student to graduate from Coats School and how the students reacted to his being there and how it took so little time for them to respect each other and accept Ronnie as just another classmate. Charles told stories of our late beloved principal, Joe Hawley, and how he worked to make sure that integration went smoothly. Charles was well aware of what it was like to come to a strange place and make new friends because he had moved to Coats when he was younger.
Charles was a former editor of the Harnett County News and has been a candidate for US Congress in his younger days. He is writing his memoirs and will surely include much about his days in the Coats area. Becky scanned several pictures, 1966 graduation program and the speech that Charles gave at graduation as the president of the Student Council. We also displayed a pair of baseball shoes that he wore on the Yellow Jacket team. Thanks-Charles.
The past few months, death has taken so many in the Coats area who will be deeply missed by the museum folks. The museum volunteers truly appreciate those remembering these loved ones or family members with memorials to the museum. Joy Dan Clayton Spivey and Vernon and Melba Clayton Moore gave memorials for Carsie Denning, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Boyce, Ms. Martha Goff, Margaret House and Rhonda and Randy Stephenson honored the memory of Pauline Johnson Daniel while Margaret House also remembered Dennis Adams.
The July 4, 1952, Daily Record was filled with names of Coats folks who were involved in all kinds of newsworthy activities. Mr. and Mrs. W.M. Keene and Michael had visited Washington, D.C. and Arlington, VA as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Holt Heritage. Mrs. Malcolm Stewart was critically ill at Rex Hospital. Mrs. W.E. Nichols had visited her sister, Mrs. Hale Herring, at Rose Hill. Mr. Sherrill Willis had had a tonsillectomy at Highsmith Hospital. Johnny Barnes and family had spent a few days at White Lake. W.C. Noles was a patient at Duke Hospital. Carolyn Phillips, Gwen Dixon, and Sue Ennis spent a few days at White Lake. Master Johnny Malone had spent some time with his aunt, Mrs. P.A. Rejuney, in Washington, D.C. Shelton Ennis spent time at Kure Beach. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Parker of Asheville were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Dixon. Mrs. H.T. Roberts, Harry Roberts, and Bland Fleming went to Fort Caswell for the R.A. Camp.
Other activities shared in the paper were that the Woman’s Club had entertained their families with a picnic at the community house. Strenuous games were precluded due to extreme heat. Mr. and Mrs. T.O. Beasley were recognized for their 36th wedding anniversary. Mrs. C. Guy Stewart had spent a month at Carolina Beach. Her son, Eugene Stewart, and his family spent some time with her.
The Coats FFA Chapter went to FFA camp at White Lake where 400 boys from statewide competed in sports. Coats students placed second in overall games in water sports. Several Coats students won first place in contests. Do you wonder who was able to leave the farm for a week during the busy farm season for some summer fun? These students were named in the paper-J.B. Jernigan, Ronald Smith, Leon McLamb, Conray Byrd, Dunbar Stewart, Connie Mason, T.J. Barnes, Billy Barnes, Bobby Smith, McRae Turlington, Donald Blalock, Dorsey Daniel, Franklin Westbrook, Rudolph Miller, and Harold Dixon. Carlos Dixon and Gerald Hayes attended with the group as parent advisors (Daily Record July 4, 1952).
Do you recall reading about the need for a new Harnett courthouse in 1952? The issue had been on the agenda again for the Harnett County Board of Commissioners. They adopted a bond order calling for $490,000.00 to be used to erect a new courthouse. There was an air of controversy over whether schools or the courthouse should be the priority. Two million dollars was needed for school facilities.
There was a wreck on the Benson Highway north of Dunn that had airplane motors on the truck that burned and resulted in over a $200,000.00 loss. Does anyone remember that accident? This I do know. The paper reported that Harnett County got its million dollar rain. The rain had started late at night and trickled on the parched fields of the area for most of the night and morning. Wonder if the rain prevented the farmers from treating the tobacco plants with Penn TSC, a new method to control suckers (Daily Record July 7, 1952).
Can someone tell me how it worked? Was this the method where a spoon or dropper was used to squirt or drop the treatment on the top the tobacco stalk that had just been topped of its flower. Did the treatment have to go all the way to the base of each leaf to prevent the growth of a sucker? Help me out.
I do know that the HC BOC kept the tax rate at $1.30 on $100 valuation. Did people back then say that taxes were going to break them up? Did it to some? The Dunn Health Center continued under construction and controversy still raged over a new courthouse construction. In Harnett County during the 1951-52 farm year, there were 326,007 acres of farmland, but only 117, 630 acres were used for crops harvested. Corn represented 37 percent, tobacco was 18 percent, and cotton hit the 17 percent mark. There were 1,125 beef cattle, 2,406 milk cows, 2,758 hogs and 121, 816 chickens. Do the numbers sound small?
This I do know. Over in Benson, “The Kingdom”, a pageant planned for the fall in the town, was to have Coats people in roles. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Capps and son Jerry and Patricia Gregory of Ebenezer Church were those selected to have permanent roles.
Does anyone use a pressure cooker to cook or can in 2015? When did they come on the scene? A pressure cooker clinic was held to teach homemakers the how of pressure-cooking. Mrs. J.A. Ennis, Mrs. Kirkland Ennis, Miss Jean Creech, and Mrs. Hubert Creech attended the clinic as members of the Oakdale Home Demonstration Club (Daily Record July 9, 1952).
Miss Pattie Sue McLamb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. Carlie McLamb, spent some time with Sgt. and Mrs. S.F. Whittington in Bethesda, MD. Upon returning, she was accompanied by the Whittingtons and also Mr. and Mrs. J.P. Whittington of Lynn, Massachusetts who visited relatives in Coats.
Mr. and Mrs. Neal Barnes of Fort Benning, Georgia visited the Everett Barnes and James Willis families. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Watson Bryant and son Kenneth returned home to Portsmouth, VA. after visiting Mr. and Mrs. M.D. Bryant. Master Billy Moore, son of Dr. and Mrs. Donald Moore, was confined with mumps. Nick Tyner was visiting his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Nichols. Mrs. Jack Harper and daughter of Annapolis, MD. had visited Mr. and Mrs. Rob Adams. They also visited the T.O. Beasley family while in the area. Mrs. Harper was the former Lina Coats. Cpl. Stacy Byrd and Cpl. Sherrill Willis were in Coats for the Fourth of July.
Some in the Coats area might not have been so excited in July. There were several citizens who were called to do their civic duty by serving on jury duty. Those summoned for the July 28 session were James T. Pleasant, L. Marvin Johnson, Ed Byrd, Mrs. Leola Stewart, John Campbell, Mrs. J. Gid Johnson and Johnnie Barnes. Elsewhere Mr. Clayton Stewart was likely concerned about the condition of his wife, Annie Ruth, who was a patient at Good Hope Hospital (Daily Record July 11, 1952).
When Peggy Robinson, Lynda Butler, Becky Adams and I are working in the Research Library on Thursdays, we never know who is going to walk through the door that day but we know before they leave we will have enjoyed every minute of the visit. That was the case this past Thursday when Charles Malone of the Coats High Class of 1966 made his first visit to the Coats Museum. He shared so many stories of his days “Growing up in Coats”. He talked about his memories of meeting Ronnie Womack who was the first black student to graduate from Coats School and how the students reacted to his being there and how it took so little time for them to respect each other and accept Ronnie as just another classmate. Charles told stories of our late beloved principal, Joe Hawley, and how he worked to make sure that integration went smoothly. Charles was well aware of what it was like to come to a strange place and make new friends because he had moved to Coats when he was younger.
Charles was a former editor of the Harnett County News and has been a candidate for US Congress in his younger days. He is writing his memoirs and will surely include much about his days in the Coats area. Becky scanned several pictures, 1966 graduation program and the speech that Charles gave at graduation as the president of the Student Council. We also displayed a pair of baseball shoes that he wore on the Yellow Jacket team. Thanks-Charles.
The past few months, death has taken so many in the Coats area who will be deeply missed by the museum folks. The museum volunteers truly appreciate those remembering these loved ones or family members with memorials to the museum. Joy Dan Clayton Spivey and Vernon and Melba Clayton Moore gave memorials for Carsie Denning, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Boyce, Ms. Martha Goff, Margaret House and Rhonda and Randy Stephenson honored the memory of Pauline Johnson Daniel while Margaret House also remembered Dennis Adams.