May 18, 2018 Coats Museum News
The calendar displayed September 17, 1970. The Daily Record of that date printed that Mrs. Rob Adams had hosted the Oakdale HD Club meeting where the program was on “Cotton Gift Ideas.” The same edition of the paper recorded that Kay Fish, resident assistant, was a freshman at Chowan College. The September 23rd copy shared that Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Blake were parents of a son, Johnny Ray. The birth was at Betsy Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dunn.
Another event covered in the September 23rd edition of the Daily Record was U.S. Congressman Bryan Dorn, a real spellbinder, was to be the speaker at a countywide rally in Lillington. He was an outstanding orator and a crowd of 1,000 was expected. Dorn had been the youngest member in South Carolina House, the youngest in the State Senate and was seated by special vote. He had served in the Ninth Air Force for three and one half years and was discharged as a corporal. He was one of seven brothers who were in the Armed Forces during WWII. Dorn was one of the youngest members in the US House where he and John F. Kennedy were members of the same freshman class. Why would this article be of interest to folks in the Coats area? Congressman Dorn was married to Mildred Johnson, a graduate of Campbell College and UNC Chapel Hill School of Journalism, but most importantly, a graduate of Coats High School.
Wonder if the Dorns connected with H.A. Turlington, Jr. while in the area. If so, wonder if H.A. shared with his former classmate Mildred that his daughter, Miss Linda Turlington, was awarded a diploma from the School of Technology at Johnston Memorial Hospital.
How many of you knew William R. Pope who lived at Pope’s Lake (formerly known as Honeycutt Pond)? How many stores do you think he owned in 1970? The Coats firm was growing in 1970 when he added a 16th store in Chatham, Virginia. Likely the John Wolf family of Coats read about the Pope Store expansion since in that same October 5, 1970 edition of the Daily Record reported that Sandra Wolf had married Henry Nasthington McKellar, Jr. of Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Rena Whittington of Coats had a brother, Junius E. Whittington, 67, of Route 3, Dunn to die on Tuesday, October 6th. Elsewhere, Larry Horton was promoted to 1st Class in the US Air Force. Larry was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy E. Horton of Route One, Coats. News from the local Coats High School shared that Carolyn Holmes and Donna Penny had attended a FHA Rally with Faye Etheridge (Daily Record Oct. 7, 1970).
Coats had observed a successful Farmers Day. The FFA members had displayed farm commodities (Daily Record Oct. 15, 1970). Wonder how those 1970 commodities differed from those displayed in the second decade of the 1900’s.
William Ed Stewart was a patient at BJMH. Mrs. Lula R. Dean had died at age 35. Her mother, Mrs. Odell Glover Ryals, survived her as did her son, Floyd R. Dean, of Coats (Daily Record Oct. 20, 1970).
Mrs. Betty Turner Williams, 80, of Route One, Coats had died. Russell and Homer of Fayetteville, Clay of Raleigh, and Stacy Williams of Maryland survived her. Her daughters were Mrs. Kermit Jackson, Mrs. Talmon H. Penny, Mrs. Thurston Smith, and Mrs. Jack Hunter. Mrs. Williams had 19 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren (Daily Record Oct. 22, 1970).
Who remembers Mrs. Lela Sparks? Her son, Private 1st Class William Sparks of Coats, had flown to Germany (Daily Record Oct. 27, 1970).
Mrs. Jackie Bass of rural Dunn announced the engagement of her daughter, Patricia Sue West, to Robert C. Autry, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Autry of rural Dunn. The wedding was planned for Mingo Baptist Church. Pat was every teacher’s dream student. On the Old Fairground Road at Bailey’s Crossroads lived the Hudson family. Juanita Hudson was one of the 23 Tar Heel homemakers invited to Governor Scott’s office to witness the signing of the proclamation declaring the week of October 25 as North Carolina Extension Homemakers Week. Mrs. Hudson was the state second vice-president of the 40,000-member organization (Daily Record Oct. 23, 1970).
Thanks to the paper for publishing the names of locals who had stays in the BJMH and GHH, we learn that several of the Coats area folks were ill enough to be admitted for health services. Mrs. James Matthews and Mrs. Percy Parrish were patients at BJMH according to the Daily Record Oct 27th edition. Daniel Joseph Norris of rural Coats was a patient at the same hospital noted the Nov. 7th edition of the paper. Mrs. Bobby Jo Norris was a patient at Good Hope on Nov. 6th.
It had been thirty-four years since the Coats High Class of 1936 had graduated and on November 7th, 1970, they met to hold their class reunion (Daily Record Nov. 6, 1970).Does anyone know someone who graduated in that 1936 class?
I do know that Lydia Eason Wood, 81, of Coats, had died on Friday, November 6th. She was survived by her husband, Millard Wood, three sons-Alton, Robert, and Wayne Wood; five daughters-Viola Blount, Thelma Stone, Iva Stone, Bertha Grady and Nora Stevens (Daily Record Nov. 10, 1970). Was one of those sons known as Rock? Wanda Moody called to share the answer to a question about the fishermen in last week’s column. She said the unidentified fisherman was her Uncle Robert but they called him Rock.
Exciting news came from the Leon Barefoot family of northeast Coats in the Bethel Church area. They announced the engagement of their daughter, Linda Ruth, to Captain Edward Joseph Lunney of Gardner, Maine. Miss Barefoot was a graduate of NCSU where she was a member of the Sigma Kappa Sorority (Daily Record Nov. 4, 1970).
Jerry Allen Dennis, a nineteen- year-old Coats High graduate of 1969, had died as a result of injuries in Vietnam. He was survived by his mother, Vera Norris, and three sisters: Carolyn Cotton, Mary Eakes and Ann Jackson. His three brothers were Donnie, Ronnie and George (Daily Record Nov. 11, 1970).Did you recall that we had lost another Coats soldier, Albert Johnson, in Vietnam on August 26th?
The same issue recorded that Mrs. Larkin Norris of Coats was a patient at BJMH. The Nov. 17th edition printed that Elizabeth Stewart and Ernestine Dorothy Blackman were patients at GHH in Erwin. Pleasant news came from Mrs. Lura Flowers when she announced the engagement of her daughter Louise to Danny Faircloth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Faircloth of rural Dunn. The bride-elect was a1969 Coats High graduate (Daily Record Nov. 17, 1970).
The Coats High seniors had traveled to Campbell College for a day of campus life. Back in the Coats area, Mrs. Eula Parrish had died on Wednesday. She was the seventy-four –year old widow of George Leonard Parrish of Route 2, Angier. The Elder Jack Hawkins and the Reverend Howard Beard held the funeral services at the Bethel Primitive Baptist Church. She was interred in the church cemetery. Her two daughters were Mrs. Estelle Parrish Langdon and Mrs. Mabel Parrish Barnes. She was also survived by four sons: Glenwood, Charles, Edsel and G.L. Parrish (Daily Record Nov. 19, 1970).
It was delightful to welcome back to North Carolina for a visit our friends from Nevada and California. Mike and Ken Tocci are in the area to visit their NC relatives. The WWII Airborne uniform of their dad and their mom’s wedding dress and night gown made by Italian seamstresses from a reserve parachute are on display in the museum. Mike recently sent us a replica of the fighting men of Vietnam on the Vietnam Memorial site in Washington. This visit they brought their Aunt Margaret Johnson and Joann Phillips to tour the museum. It was an honor to spend a few hours with these folks.
Thanks to Susan Hawley Cannady for sharing that one of the unidentified men in the picture with Ann Beasley and Herbert L. Johnson in the column last week was M.T. Strickland. Thanks you Susan for following the Coats Museum News.
The calendar displayed September 17, 1970. The Daily Record of that date printed that Mrs. Rob Adams had hosted the Oakdale HD Club meeting where the program was on “Cotton Gift Ideas.” The same edition of the paper recorded that Kay Fish, resident assistant, was a freshman at Chowan College. The September 23rd copy shared that Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Blake were parents of a son, Johnny Ray. The birth was at Betsy Johnson Memorial Hospital in Dunn.
Another event covered in the September 23rd edition of the Daily Record was U.S. Congressman Bryan Dorn, a real spellbinder, was to be the speaker at a countywide rally in Lillington. He was an outstanding orator and a crowd of 1,000 was expected. Dorn had been the youngest member in South Carolina House, the youngest in the State Senate and was seated by special vote. He had served in the Ninth Air Force for three and one half years and was discharged as a corporal. He was one of seven brothers who were in the Armed Forces during WWII. Dorn was one of the youngest members in the US House where he and John F. Kennedy were members of the same freshman class. Why would this article be of interest to folks in the Coats area? Congressman Dorn was married to Mildred Johnson, a graduate of Campbell College and UNC Chapel Hill School of Journalism, but most importantly, a graduate of Coats High School.
Wonder if the Dorns connected with H.A. Turlington, Jr. while in the area. If so, wonder if H.A. shared with his former classmate Mildred that his daughter, Miss Linda Turlington, was awarded a diploma from the School of Technology at Johnston Memorial Hospital.
How many of you knew William R. Pope who lived at Pope’s Lake (formerly known as Honeycutt Pond)? How many stores do you think he owned in 1970? The Coats firm was growing in 1970 when he added a 16th store in Chatham, Virginia. Likely the John Wolf family of Coats read about the Pope Store expansion since in that same October 5, 1970 edition of the Daily Record reported that Sandra Wolf had married Henry Nasthington McKellar, Jr. of Chapel Hill.
Mrs. Rena Whittington of Coats had a brother, Junius E. Whittington, 67, of Route 3, Dunn to die on Tuesday, October 6th. Elsewhere, Larry Horton was promoted to 1st Class in the US Air Force. Larry was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy E. Horton of Route One, Coats. News from the local Coats High School shared that Carolyn Holmes and Donna Penny had attended a FHA Rally with Faye Etheridge (Daily Record Oct. 7, 1970).
Coats had observed a successful Farmers Day. The FFA members had displayed farm commodities (Daily Record Oct. 15, 1970). Wonder how those 1970 commodities differed from those displayed in the second decade of the 1900’s.
William Ed Stewart was a patient at BJMH. Mrs. Lula R. Dean had died at age 35. Her mother, Mrs. Odell Glover Ryals, survived her as did her son, Floyd R. Dean, of Coats (Daily Record Oct. 20, 1970).
Mrs. Betty Turner Williams, 80, of Route One, Coats had died. Russell and Homer of Fayetteville, Clay of Raleigh, and Stacy Williams of Maryland survived her. Her daughters were Mrs. Kermit Jackson, Mrs. Talmon H. Penny, Mrs. Thurston Smith, and Mrs. Jack Hunter. Mrs. Williams had 19 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren (Daily Record Oct. 22, 1970).
Who remembers Mrs. Lela Sparks? Her son, Private 1st Class William Sparks of Coats, had flown to Germany (Daily Record Oct. 27, 1970).
Mrs. Jackie Bass of rural Dunn announced the engagement of her daughter, Patricia Sue West, to Robert C. Autry, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Autry of rural Dunn. The wedding was planned for Mingo Baptist Church. Pat was every teacher’s dream student. On the Old Fairground Road at Bailey’s Crossroads lived the Hudson family. Juanita Hudson was one of the 23 Tar Heel homemakers invited to Governor Scott’s office to witness the signing of the proclamation declaring the week of October 25 as North Carolina Extension Homemakers Week. Mrs. Hudson was the state second vice-president of the 40,000-member organization (Daily Record Oct. 23, 1970).
Thanks to the paper for publishing the names of locals who had stays in the BJMH and GHH, we learn that several of the Coats area folks were ill enough to be admitted for health services. Mrs. James Matthews and Mrs. Percy Parrish were patients at BJMH according to the Daily Record Oct 27th edition. Daniel Joseph Norris of rural Coats was a patient at the same hospital noted the Nov. 7th edition of the paper. Mrs. Bobby Jo Norris was a patient at Good Hope on Nov. 6th.
It had been thirty-four years since the Coats High Class of 1936 had graduated and on November 7th, 1970, they met to hold their class reunion (Daily Record Nov. 6, 1970).Does anyone know someone who graduated in that 1936 class?
I do know that Lydia Eason Wood, 81, of Coats, had died on Friday, November 6th. She was survived by her husband, Millard Wood, three sons-Alton, Robert, and Wayne Wood; five daughters-Viola Blount, Thelma Stone, Iva Stone, Bertha Grady and Nora Stevens (Daily Record Nov. 10, 1970). Was one of those sons known as Rock? Wanda Moody called to share the answer to a question about the fishermen in last week’s column. She said the unidentified fisherman was her Uncle Robert but they called him Rock.
Exciting news came from the Leon Barefoot family of northeast Coats in the Bethel Church area. They announced the engagement of their daughter, Linda Ruth, to Captain Edward Joseph Lunney of Gardner, Maine. Miss Barefoot was a graduate of NCSU where she was a member of the Sigma Kappa Sorority (Daily Record Nov. 4, 1970).
Jerry Allen Dennis, a nineteen- year-old Coats High graduate of 1969, had died as a result of injuries in Vietnam. He was survived by his mother, Vera Norris, and three sisters: Carolyn Cotton, Mary Eakes and Ann Jackson. His three brothers were Donnie, Ronnie and George (Daily Record Nov. 11, 1970).Did you recall that we had lost another Coats soldier, Albert Johnson, in Vietnam on August 26th?
The same issue recorded that Mrs. Larkin Norris of Coats was a patient at BJMH. The Nov. 17th edition printed that Elizabeth Stewart and Ernestine Dorothy Blackman were patients at GHH in Erwin. Pleasant news came from Mrs. Lura Flowers when she announced the engagement of her daughter Louise to Danny Faircloth, son of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Faircloth of rural Dunn. The bride-elect was a1969 Coats High graduate (Daily Record Nov. 17, 1970).
The Coats High seniors had traveled to Campbell College for a day of campus life. Back in the Coats area, Mrs. Eula Parrish had died on Wednesday. She was the seventy-four –year old widow of George Leonard Parrish of Route 2, Angier. The Elder Jack Hawkins and the Reverend Howard Beard held the funeral services at the Bethel Primitive Baptist Church. She was interred in the church cemetery. Her two daughters were Mrs. Estelle Parrish Langdon and Mrs. Mabel Parrish Barnes. She was also survived by four sons: Glenwood, Charles, Edsel and G.L. Parrish (Daily Record Nov. 19, 1970).
It was delightful to welcome back to North Carolina for a visit our friends from Nevada and California. Mike and Ken Tocci are in the area to visit their NC relatives. The WWII Airborne uniform of their dad and their mom’s wedding dress and night gown made by Italian seamstresses from a reserve parachute are on display in the museum. Mike recently sent us a replica of the fighting men of Vietnam on the Vietnam Memorial site in Washington. This visit they brought their Aunt Margaret Johnson and Joann Phillips to tour the museum. It was an honor to spend a few hours with these folks.
Thanks to Susan Hawley Cannady for sharing that one of the unidentified men in the picture with Ann Beasley and Herbert L. Johnson in the column last week was M.T. Strickland. Thanks you Susan for following the Coats Museum News.