November 11, 2016 Coats Museum News
It was fall in the Grove area in October of 1960 and the National Girl Scout Pageant was to be held on October 30 at Campbell College for the district in celebration of their 50th Anniversary. Elsewhere little Miss Elaine Dixon was a patient at Betsy Johnson Hospital and Johnson and Norris Real Estate was to auction off the beautiful home of Jean Maness near Turlington’s Crossroads which is four miles south of Coats (Daily Record Oct. 7, 1960).
If one did not have 25 dollars during the last promotion to add to a savings account, possibly this time they did and took advantage of the First Citizens’ offer of a 4 piece setting of the lovely “Eternal Harvest” pattern for $2.95 by simply adding 25 dollars to a savings account. What does one get for doing that today?
October was football season in the Harnett County Schools and the Coats team was defeated by Angier in its first conference football game. Wonder if Marine 1st Sgt. Silas F. Whittington, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Whittington of Coats, had played football while in high school. I do know that he had participated in extensive field exercises at a training area near Hilo, Hawaii (Daily Record Oct. 10, 1960).
Mrs. Benny Holmes, the former Carol Mason and daughter of Virgil and Thelma Parrish Mason, was entertained at a Floating Shower at the Coats Community Building. The couple was married on September 3rd (Daily Record Oct. 11, 1960).
James P. Lee, 59, of rural Dunn, had died at Betsy Johnson Hospital as a result of a tractor-highway accident. Several other Coats folks were also in the hospital –Clyde Matthews was in Good Hope and Mrs. Nora Parrish and Mrs. Teresa Horton were at the Betsy Johnson.
Mrs. Mary (Roger) Coats, her daughter Mrs. Johnnie Jackson and granddaughter Pat attended a surprise dinner for Mrs. Edwin Hugh Johnson, the former Hazel Byrd of Coats (Daily Record Oct. 14, 1960).
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Carroll Peacock announced the arrival of a baby daughter, Jeannie Carroll on October 15th. The Coats Woman’s Club met at the home of Mrs. E. T. Malone. Those present were Mrs. J.R. Butler, Mrs. H.T. Roberts, Mrs. J.C. Hawley, Mrs. S.R. Moore, Mrs. W.E. Nichols, Mrs. Lucy Kelly, Mrs. Ora Parrish, Mrs. Mattie Highfill, Mrs. Charlie Williams, Mrs. Jack Rose, Mrs. Herbert L. Johnson, Mrs. Vic Lee, Mrs. Percy Parrish, Mrs. Clyde Grimes, Mrs. O.K. Keene, and the hostesses who were Mrs. Mildred Malone and Mrs. Lewis Morgan.
Who remembers Mr. and Mrs. Garland Johnson? Their daughter Rebecca (Mrs. Robert DeLucchi) lived in San Francisco where her sixteen month old daughter had died. Back in N.C., the Harnett County Fair had several winners from Coats High School. Conrey Flowers won first place in the medium size white shell egg division. Charles Langdon won the first place in the extra large brown egg shell class. Edward Turlington took second place in large size white shell, third place large size brown shell and fifth place large size brown shell and fourth in extra large brown shell. Harry Roberts won third place in medium size white shell egg and fifth in the same class (Daily Record Oct. 17, 1960). Was there a connection between this fair and FFA and agriculture classes?
Purvis W. McGee of Raleigh, brother to Mrs. Callie Parrish and Maylon Parrish of Coats, had passed away. Hospital patients from Coats were Nancy Sue Olive in Betsy Johnson and Clyde Matthews had continued his stay at Good Hope (Daily Record Oct. 18, 1960).
Who remembers when your household had its first phone? Were you on a party line? Were there different numbers of party lines and were the costs the same? Were the first phones rotary dials? Do you remember your first telephone number? Was it more or less than four numbers? I do know that all telephones in Dunn were scheduled to be changed on January 15, 1961 from their present system to a new nationwide system that would be comprised of seven digits.
There was another interesting news item about an amphitheater in a natural ravine near Dunn for a historical pageant. The names associated with the article were Mrs. W.E. Nichols and Mrs. A.C. Barefoot, Jr. who were to represent Coats in the five year plan for the establishment of that amphitheater (Daily Record Oct. 19, 1960). Does anyone know anything about this theater? Who was mayor of Dunn in 1960?
This I do know. Mrs. Ester Barber was a patient at Betsy Johnson Hospital and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Odum were patients at Good Hope Hospital. Other Coats news shared that approximately 200 parents had attended the Coats PTA meeting on October 4th. A skit portraying the story of parents had as the cast Mrs. McRay Stewart, Mrs. Woodrow Langdon, Mrs. Mack Reid Hudson, Mrs. Maude Avery, Mrs. Johnny Barnes and Mrs. Nelson Currin. Elsewhere in the area, the Turlington HD Club had met at the home of Mrs. Dorsey Daniel. Mrs. M.C. Stewart presented “The Home Business Center”.
The death angel had visited the home of Mr. Willie M. Williams, 76, of Coats on Tuesday. His survivors were his wife, Mrs. Effie Williams; his daughter, Mrs. Ralph Avery and three sons-Council, Coy, and Curtis Williams. Is this Stacy Avery’s grandfather?
It seems that the news does not have so much mention of jurors as in the past; however, this issue of the paper posted that jurors for the November Court term who had been notified were P.H. Denning, R. Edwin Penny, Thelbert Whitman, Deveraux Parker, Paul W. Altman, Bobby Stone, Ballard Jones, Willie Strickland, Chelton Stephenson, Lunder Byrd, Junius B. Barbourr and Luther Barefoot (Daily Record Oct. 20, 1960).
In the early 1900’s, someone living to be in their forties was considered to be one of the oldest people in the community. This column about the year 1960, you read that a Coats man reached his 100th birthday. William Graymon Williams, the first Coats citizen to ever span a complete century, celebrated his 100th birthday when the whole town threw a “Bill Dad Day” in his honor. He had seen whole generations rise and fall, had seen the confederate soldiers march by him, had watched motorcars and airplanes, and the arrival of satellites. During his lifetime, he had owned 3 or 4 cars but had never learned to drive. One of his cars, an early Chevrolet, was bought for $675.00. Bill Dad traveled early by steer and cart to Raleigh and Clayton to make purchases such as fertilizer. Bill Dad was the father of 13 children, 63 grandchildren, 167 great-grandchildren, and 39 great-great grandchildren in 1960. Wonder what that number would be in 2016? Wonder how many of his descendents continue to live in the Coats area.
With the election only a few days away, the paper reported the voting sites for Grove Townships 1 and 2. For Grove 1, voters found the polling place at the Stewart Garage with registrar (D) M.O. Phillips and judges (D) Eddie Parrish and (R) L.R. Reaves. For Grove 2, the polling place was the Coats Municipal Building with registrar (D) Allene Honeycutt and (D) Will Sorrell and (R) J.H. Parker were judges (Daily Record Oct. 21, 1960).
A death and engagement made the October 24, 1960 Daily Record news. Mr. Joseph (Joe) Stewart, 77, of Buies Creek had died on Monday. He was the son of David and Kathryn Robinson Stewart. Bessie Beasley Stewart survived him. His five sons were Gaither, Howell, McRay, Marvin and Martin and his three daughters were Mrs. H.D. McLamb, Mrs. Callie Alphin, and Mrs. V.O. Tilley, Jr. His sister was Mrs. Charlie Bayles of Coats.
The wedding announcement in that same paper was that of Miss Betty Lou Sorrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lentis and Maude Penny Sorrell, who was engaged to marry Jerry Byrd, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Jackson of rural Dunn. This couple would be the parents of Dr. Alan Byrd of My Eyes Optometry. Other news reported was that the Coats football team had lost to Lillington 21-6 when the Lillington team celebrated their homecoming. Some disturbing news was the Harnett County received only $165,000 for road improvement and only one mile had been paved in Harnett County in two years.
Volunteer time at the museum is always exciting, rewarding and humbling as community people walk through the doors bearing artifacts that are so dear to their families. Stewart Ackerson, son of Christine Parrish and grandson of Guy Stewart, donated to the museum the bill of sales for car purchases at the Stewart Motor Company for the 1939-40 years. You must visit to see if someone you know has a bill of sale in that collection. He also brought us his granddad’s razor which I promise you is not the typical razor you will expect to see. Thank you goes to Becky for remembering Lynda Butler’s birthday with an honorarium to the museum.
There will be lots of excitement at the Coats Farmer’s Day this weekend. We surely hope you will come for all the food and fun and please find time to come by the Heritage Square and enjoy the Lions Club BBQ and walk over and tour the Cotton and Heritage Museums—Volunteers will be there to give tours and talk history.
It was fall in the Grove area in October of 1960 and the National Girl Scout Pageant was to be held on October 30 at Campbell College for the district in celebration of their 50th Anniversary. Elsewhere little Miss Elaine Dixon was a patient at Betsy Johnson Hospital and Johnson and Norris Real Estate was to auction off the beautiful home of Jean Maness near Turlington’s Crossroads which is four miles south of Coats (Daily Record Oct. 7, 1960).
If one did not have 25 dollars during the last promotion to add to a savings account, possibly this time they did and took advantage of the First Citizens’ offer of a 4 piece setting of the lovely “Eternal Harvest” pattern for $2.95 by simply adding 25 dollars to a savings account. What does one get for doing that today?
October was football season in the Harnett County Schools and the Coats team was defeated by Angier in its first conference football game. Wonder if Marine 1st Sgt. Silas F. Whittington, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.T. Whittington of Coats, had played football while in high school. I do know that he had participated in extensive field exercises at a training area near Hilo, Hawaii (Daily Record Oct. 10, 1960).
Mrs. Benny Holmes, the former Carol Mason and daughter of Virgil and Thelma Parrish Mason, was entertained at a Floating Shower at the Coats Community Building. The couple was married on September 3rd (Daily Record Oct. 11, 1960).
James P. Lee, 59, of rural Dunn, had died at Betsy Johnson Hospital as a result of a tractor-highway accident. Several other Coats folks were also in the hospital –Clyde Matthews was in Good Hope and Mrs. Nora Parrish and Mrs. Teresa Horton were at the Betsy Johnson.
Mrs. Mary (Roger) Coats, her daughter Mrs. Johnnie Jackson and granddaughter Pat attended a surprise dinner for Mrs. Edwin Hugh Johnson, the former Hazel Byrd of Coats (Daily Record Oct. 14, 1960).
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Carroll Peacock announced the arrival of a baby daughter, Jeannie Carroll on October 15th. The Coats Woman’s Club met at the home of Mrs. E. T. Malone. Those present were Mrs. J.R. Butler, Mrs. H.T. Roberts, Mrs. J.C. Hawley, Mrs. S.R. Moore, Mrs. W.E. Nichols, Mrs. Lucy Kelly, Mrs. Ora Parrish, Mrs. Mattie Highfill, Mrs. Charlie Williams, Mrs. Jack Rose, Mrs. Herbert L. Johnson, Mrs. Vic Lee, Mrs. Percy Parrish, Mrs. Clyde Grimes, Mrs. O.K. Keene, and the hostesses who were Mrs. Mildred Malone and Mrs. Lewis Morgan.
Who remembers Mr. and Mrs. Garland Johnson? Their daughter Rebecca (Mrs. Robert DeLucchi) lived in San Francisco where her sixteen month old daughter had died. Back in N.C., the Harnett County Fair had several winners from Coats High School. Conrey Flowers won first place in the medium size white shell egg division. Charles Langdon won the first place in the extra large brown egg shell class. Edward Turlington took second place in large size white shell, third place large size brown shell and fifth place large size brown shell and fourth in extra large brown shell. Harry Roberts won third place in medium size white shell egg and fifth in the same class (Daily Record Oct. 17, 1960). Was there a connection between this fair and FFA and agriculture classes?
Purvis W. McGee of Raleigh, brother to Mrs. Callie Parrish and Maylon Parrish of Coats, had passed away. Hospital patients from Coats were Nancy Sue Olive in Betsy Johnson and Clyde Matthews had continued his stay at Good Hope (Daily Record Oct. 18, 1960).
Who remembers when your household had its first phone? Were you on a party line? Were there different numbers of party lines and were the costs the same? Were the first phones rotary dials? Do you remember your first telephone number? Was it more or less than four numbers? I do know that all telephones in Dunn were scheduled to be changed on January 15, 1961 from their present system to a new nationwide system that would be comprised of seven digits.
There was another interesting news item about an amphitheater in a natural ravine near Dunn for a historical pageant. The names associated with the article were Mrs. W.E. Nichols and Mrs. A.C. Barefoot, Jr. who were to represent Coats in the five year plan for the establishment of that amphitheater (Daily Record Oct. 19, 1960). Does anyone know anything about this theater? Who was mayor of Dunn in 1960?
This I do know. Mrs. Ester Barber was a patient at Betsy Johnson Hospital and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Odum were patients at Good Hope Hospital. Other Coats news shared that approximately 200 parents had attended the Coats PTA meeting on October 4th. A skit portraying the story of parents had as the cast Mrs. McRay Stewart, Mrs. Woodrow Langdon, Mrs. Mack Reid Hudson, Mrs. Maude Avery, Mrs. Johnny Barnes and Mrs. Nelson Currin. Elsewhere in the area, the Turlington HD Club had met at the home of Mrs. Dorsey Daniel. Mrs. M.C. Stewart presented “The Home Business Center”.
The death angel had visited the home of Mr. Willie M. Williams, 76, of Coats on Tuesday. His survivors were his wife, Mrs. Effie Williams; his daughter, Mrs. Ralph Avery and three sons-Council, Coy, and Curtis Williams. Is this Stacy Avery’s grandfather?
It seems that the news does not have so much mention of jurors as in the past; however, this issue of the paper posted that jurors for the November Court term who had been notified were P.H. Denning, R. Edwin Penny, Thelbert Whitman, Deveraux Parker, Paul W. Altman, Bobby Stone, Ballard Jones, Willie Strickland, Chelton Stephenson, Lunder Byrd, Junius B. Barbourr and Luther Barefoot (Daily Record Oct. 20, 1960).
In the early 1900’s, someone living to be in their forties was considered to be one of the oldest people in the community. This column about the year 1960, you read that a Coats man reached his 100th birthday. William Graymon Williams, the first Coats citizen to ever span a complete century, celebrated his 100th birthday when the whole town threw a “Bill Dad Day” in his honor. He had seen whole generations rise and fall, had seen the confederate soldiers march by him, had watched motorcars and airplanes, and the arrival of satellites. During his lifetime, he had owned 3 or 4 cars but had never learned to drive. One of his cars, an early Chevrolet, was bought for $675.00. Bill Dad traveled early by steer and cart to Raleigh and Clayton to make purchases such as fertilizer. Bill Dad was the father of 13 children, 63 grandchildren, 167 great-grandchildren, and 39 great-great grandchildren in 1960. Wonder what that number would be in 2016? Wonder how many of his descendents continue to live in the Coats area.
With the election only a few days away, the paper reported the voting sites for Grove Townships 1 and 2. For Grove 1, voters found the polling place at the Stewart Garage with registrar (D) M.O. Phillips and judges (D) Eddie Parrish and (R) L.R. Reaves. For Grove 2, the polling place was the Coats Municipal Building with registrar (D) Allene Honeycutt and (D) Will Sorrell and (R) J.H. Parker were judges (Daily Record Oct. 21, 1960).
A death and engagement made the October 24, 1960 Daily Record news. Mr. Joseph (Joe) Stewart, 77, of Buies Creek had died on Monday. He was the son of David and Kathryn Robinson Stewart. Bessie Beasley Stewart survived him. His five sons were Gaither, Howell, McRay, Marvin and Martin and his three daughters were Mrs. H.D. McLamb, Mrs. Callie Alphin, and Mrs. V.O. Tilley, Jr. His sister was Mrs. Charlie Bayles of Coats.
The wedding announcement in that same paper was that of Miss Betty Lou Sorrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Lentis and Maude Penny Sorrell, who was engaged to marry Jerry Byrd, son of Mr. and Mrs. S.M. Jackson of rural Dunn. This couple would be the parents of Dr. Alan Byrd of My Eyes Optometry. Other news reported was that the Coats football team had lost to Lillington 21-6 when the Lillington team celebrated their homecoming. Some disturbing news was the Harnett County received only $165,000 for road improvement and only one mile had been paved in Harnett County in two years.
Volunteer time at the museum is always exciting, rewarding and humbling as community people walk through the doors bearing artifacts that are so dear to their families. Stewart Ackerson, son of Christine Parrish and grandson of Guy Stewart, donated to the museum the bill of sales for car purchases at the Stewart Motor Company for the 1939-40 years. You must visit to see if someone you know has a bill of sale in that collection. He also brought us his granddad’s razor which I promise you is not the typical razor you will expect to see. Thank you goes to Becky for remembering Lynda Butler’s birthday with an honorarium to the museum.
There will be lots of excitement at the Coats Farmer’s Day this weekend. We surely hope you will come for all the food and fun and please find time to come by the Heritage Square and enjoy the Lions Club BBQ and walk over and tour the Cotton and Heritage Museums—Volunteers will be there to give tours and talk history.