October 25, 2024 Coats Museum News
While reading last week’s column did you visualize the little wooden vessels bobbling across the wide Atlantic Ocean with wind in their sails? Did your mind’s eye see a single vessel or were there many? According to Henry F. Thompson in the Johnston Family paper, early voyages contained about three vessels while later fleets numbered as high as fifty to sixty ships. The ships became scattered on the trip but there were always some ships in sight of each other.
It may be supposed that the great uncertainty as to the duration of the voyage would have caused some trouble in providing sufficient food and water for so many persons, but the food was composed principally of bread or ship biscuit, salt-meat, peas and cheese, all of which would keep well for many months; and therefore, it was only the space required for enough food and water that gave any trouble.
The passengers were to have the same allowance as the sailors, that is to say “they were to have their daily allowance of bread, butter, and cheese weekly, and the rest of the provisions were to be distributed daily. Each passenger, over six years of age, was to have seven pounds of bread every week, each mess of eight to have two pieces of pork (each piece to be two pounds) with peas five days a week and on the other two days four pounds of beef with a pudding with peas for two days, and in case the kettle could not be boiled, each passenger was to have one pound of cheese every day.
Were you thinking, wonder what those under six years of age were provided? Allowances for the younger children were in the hands of their overseers. Normally, they had an allowance of flour, oatmeal, fruit, sugar and butter.
Next week you will learn the cost of a trip to the new world, but for now, let’s return to 1994 and see what was happening in the Coats area. Two of the more popular twins at Triton were Coats girls. Tonya Renee Denton placed fourth in the Miss Teen Coats pageant. Tiffany Kay Denton was one of the Triton’s cheerleader captains.
I was so fortunate to know these young ladies and even more info is that their grandmother’s family was a neighbor of my family while we were growing up on Johnson Road. Their Grandmother Jewel was also a twin to her sister Judy Grimes. Cancer had resulted in their Grandmother Jewel having to have a leg amputated and some in the Dunn and Coats area came together and paid for prosthesis so she could play with her twin sister Judy. Christmas wishes did come to fruition in Coats.
The Coats Senior Center sent a big thank you to Dr. Linda Robinson, Cheryl Branch, Daniel Broadwell and the Boy Scouts. The group had planted 100 mums around the senior center. Coy Broadwell played a role in that as well. Coy is known for having a giving heart as big as the big as the nurseries he owns throughout the area.
Sparks flew but the school plans to go ahead and build a Dunn Primary and Dunn Middle School by generating 25 million in certificates of participation to go along with$11 million in capital reserve funds went forward. If funds allowed, Coats –Erwin Middle School would also be built.
Craig Matthews of the Coats School District agreed on the projects at North Harnett, South Harnett, Anderson Creek, and Dunn Middle. He favored elimination of the Dunn Primary and Wayne Avenue. Coats supporters agreed with Matthews that a Coats-Erwin School should receive part of the funds (Daily Record Nov. 17, 1994).
Keith Parrish, president of the Tobacco Growers Association of N.C., was the speaker at the Farm City Week. He was also honored as Farmer of the Year (Daily Record Nov. 23, 1994).
Several Coats folks had been very sick. Among those named were Rebecca Turlington, Hubert Rowland and Brittany Carroll. Billy and Peggie Denning Pope had his 35th Coats Class Reunion at their home. The thirty members of the class of 1959.Tallie Dupree and Norfleet Gardner were former teachers who attended the special afternoon. Wayne Parrish had been married longer than anyone else in the 1959 class.
Have you noticed regardless of what year, people in Coats always seemed to enjoy a good birthday party? An excellent example is the one honoring Hautense Denning. It was party time when her sister Clara Denning, nieces, nephews, Sunday school class, and neighbors joined Peggie Pope, Ralph Denning, Larry Denning, and Carolyn Barnes to celebrate their mom’s 78th birthday (Daily Record Dec. 1, 1994).
Don’t you just love to read something and be surprised at what you discovered? Here is an example for this writer. W. Rudolph Williams, 70, of Route 2, Angier, had died on Thursday. The Johnston County native was the son of the late Leola Stewart Williams and Alexander Williams, Jr. He was a veteran of WWI. His wife, Kizzie Denning Williams, survived him as were his son, Johnny Williams, and daughters, Sylvia Adkins, Rennie Bently; stepsons-Tony and Billy Pope. Now my surprise was that Stanley and Bobby Williams and Beatrice Johnson were his siblings. These folks were finest of the fine.
We are so busy at museum and are very happy it is that way. A special thank you goes to Debby Pollard Warrick who has remembered Timothy Pollard, Bobby Pope and David Ferrell with memorials to the Coats Museum. Many of you will remember Debbie as daughter of our beloved Lottie Pollard and as twin to Danny Pollard. Debbie touches the lives of so many people in so many ways and we appreciate Debby so much.
While reading last week’s column did you visualize the little wooden vessels bobbling across the wide Atlantic Ocean with wind in their sails? Did your mind’s eye see a single vessel or were there many? According to Henry F. Thompson in the Johnston Family paper, early voyages contained about three vessels while later fleets numbered as high as fifty to sixty ships. The ships became scattered on the trip but there were always some ships in sight of each other.
It may be supposed that the great uncertainty as to the duration of the voyage would have caused some trouble in providing sufficient food and water for so many persons, but the food was composed principally of bread or ship biscuit, salt-meat, peas and cheese, all of which would keep well for many months; and therefore, it was only the space required for enough food and water that gave any trouble.
The passengers were to have the same allowance as the sailors, that is to say “they were to have their daily allowance of bread, butter, and cheese weekly, and the rest of the provisions were to be distributed daily. Each passenger, over six years of age, was to have seven pounds of bread every week, each mess of eight to have two pieces of pork (each piece to be two pounds) with peas five days a week and on the other two days four pounds of beef with a pudding with peas for two days, and in case the kettle could not be boiled, each passenger was to have one pound of cheese every day.
Were you thinking, wonder what those under six years of age were provided? Allowances for the younger children were in the hands of their overseers. Normally, they had an allowance of flour, oatmeal, fruit, sugar and butter.
Next week you will learn the cost of a trip to the new world, but for now, let’s return to 1994 and see what was happening in the Coats area. Two of the more popular twins at Triton were Coats girls. Tonya Renee Denton placed fourth in the Miss Teen Coats pageant. Tiffany Kay Denton was one of the Triton’s cheerleader captains.
I was so fortunate to know these young ladies and even more info is that their grandmother’s family was a neighbor of my family while we were growing up on Johnson Road. Their Grandmother Jewel was also a twin to her sister Judy Grimes. Cancer had resulted in their Grandmother Jewel having to have a leg amputated and some in the Dunn and Coats area came together and paid for prosthesis so she could play with her twin sister Judy. Christmas wishes did come to fruition in Coats.
The Coats Senior Center sent a big thank you to Dr. Linda Robinson, Cheryl Branch, Daniel Broadwell and the Boy Scouts. The group had planted 100 mums around the senior center. Coy Broadwell played a role in that as well. Coy is known for having a giving heart as big as the big as the nurseries he owns throughout the area.
Sparks flew but the school plans to go ahead and build a Dunn Primary and Dunn Middle School by generating 25 million in certificates of participation to go along with$11 million in capital reserve funds went forward. If funds allowed, Coats –Erwin Middle School would also be built.
Craig Matthews of the Coats School District agreed on the projects at North Harnett, South Harnett, Anderson Creek, and Dunn Middle. He favored elimination of the Dunn Primary and Wayne Avenue. Coats supporters agreed with Matthews that a Coats-Erwin School should receive part of the funds (Daily Record Nov. 17, 1994).
Keith Parrish, president of the Tobacco Growers Association of N.C., was the speaker at the Farm City Week. He was also honored as Farmer of the Year (Daily Record Nov. 23, 1994).
Several Coats folks had been very sick. Among those named were Rebecca Turlington, Hubert Rowland and Brittany Carroll. Billy and Peggie Denning Pope had his 35th Coats Class Reunion at their home. The thirty members of the class of 1959.Tallie Dupree and Norfleet Gardner were former teachers who attended the special afternoon. Wayne Parrish had been married longer than anyone else in the 1959 class.
Have you noticed regardless of what year, people in Coats always seemed to enjoy a good birthday party? An excellent example is the one honoring Hautense Denning. It was party time when her sister Clara Denning, nieces, nephews, Sunday school class, and neighbors joined Peggie Pope, Ralph Denning, Larry Denning, and Carolyn Barnes to celebrate their mom’s 78th birthday (Daily Record Dec. 1, 1994).
Don’t you just love to read something and be surprised at what you discovered? Here is an example for this writer. W. Rudolph Williams, 70, of Route 2, Angier, had died on Thursday. The Johnston County native was the son of the late Leola Stewart Williams and Alexander Williams, Jr. He was a veteran of WWI. His wife, Kizzie Denning Williams, survived him as were his son, Johnny Williams, and daughters, Sylvia Adkins, Rennie Bently; stepsons-Tony and Billy Pope. Now my surprise was that Stanley and Bobby Williams and Beatrice Johnson were his siblings. These folks were finest of the fine.
We are so busy at museum and are very happy it is that way. A special thank you goes to Debby Pollard Warrick who has remembered Timothy Pollard, Bobby Pope and David Ferrell with memorials to the Coats Museum. Many of you will remember Debbie as daughter of our beloved Lottie Pollard and as twin to Danny Pollard. Debbie touches the lives of so many people in so many ways and we appreciate Debby so much.