September 14, 2018 Coats Museum News
The 1972 calendar displayed the month of August and the August 29, 1972 edition of the Daily Record shared that Ann Harmon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Harmon, was the new Miss Coats Junior Order. Ann was a graduate of Dunn High School and Hardbarger Business College.
Does anyone know when the Coats Junior Order discontinued these contests? The yearly event was apparently a big ado for many years and brought contestants in not only from Coats but also surrounding towns? I do know that the town of Coats had received a loan from FHA of $10,000 to purchase a compactor garbage truck according to the same edition of the Daily Record.
Jan Ennis (a former Miss Junior Order), daughter of Mr. Richard Ennis of Coats, had announced her engagement to Steve Dupree, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Tallie Dupree of Angier (Daily Record August 31, 1972).
A Coats senior, Marc Powell, had written an article, “Railroads” in his effort to win a scholarship grant (Daily Record Sept. 16, 1972).
Mayor Ronald Coats announced that the town of Coats was going after the Governor’s Award for Civic Improvement. Mayor Coats said the Lions Club, the Woman’s Club, and the Coats Development Corporation had agreed to cooperate with the town in the project. Max Hayes Beasley, Herbert Johnson, and Grady Matthews were leaders in the effort with Mayor Coats along with the town councilmen-Roger Simmons, Joe Tart, Nassie Dorman, J.D. Norris, and Cecil Fuquay (Daily Record September 16, 1972).
Mrs. Delphie Norris of Coats made the news where it was written that she was the seamstress at the Spinning Wheel Sewing Center in Dunn. Mrs. Norris was an expert in that trade and had been sewing for the public for 33 years (Daily Record September 25, 1972).
Coats Town officials shared that the governing body had adopted a new ordinance regarding mobile homes inside the town of Coats. It also informed the public that Coats had replaced the old type streetlights with bright 7000 mercury vapor lights (Daily Record Sept. 27, 1972).
Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Byrd of rural Dunn announced the engagement of their daughter, Margaret Jeanette, to Michael Wade Godwin of Route One, Coats, son of Mr. Shelton Godwin and Mrs. Lottie Ennis. The wedding was planned for Hodges Chapel in November (Daily Record Sept. 28, 1972).
Who determines where the Sheriff Department and town governing bodies buy the vehicles needed for the safety officers of the county and towns? I do know in 1972, the Coats Motor Co. won the bid for the Harnett County police cars (Daily Record Oct. 5, 1972). Does that mean the Sheriff Department?
Mr. Herbert Rowland and Mrs. Laura Langdon were named to the Coats School Advisory Board by the Harnett County Board of Education. Mrs. Frances Morgan, Coats School cafeteria manager, had attended the countywide meeting to celebrate the National School Lunch Week. Mrs. Mack R. Hudson had attended the NEHC (86th annual conference of the National Extension Homemakers Council) held in Baltimore, MD. Juanita spoke on “Environment, My Responsibility.” Little Amy Matthews was a hospital patient at GHH (Daily Record Oct. 9, 1972).
The Coats Town Board under the leadership of Mayor Ronald Coats passed an ordinance regarding roaming dogs. The ordinance was that any individual making a complaint was required to sign a complaint form at the town hall. If the owner was known, police officers asked the owner to leash or pen the dog. If a second complaint was voiced, the owner had to attend the town board meeting for action. The board also passed new mobile home requirements for the town of Coats. The town of Coats was slighted in not being listed in the phone directory. The Coats Jr. Order had held its weekly auction on Friday night.
A few Coats residents were in BJMH-Mrs. Edna Mae Tart, Mrs. Hazel Roberts and Mr. Alton Williams (Daily Record Oct. 10, 1972).
Kent Turlington ranked the highest in his senior class at Coats High and was one of the Harnett County’s two nominees for the Morehead Scholarship. Kent was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Graham Turlington (Daily Record Oct. 13, 1972).
The Daily Record, Oct 16th lists from local hospitals showed that Myrtle Rose Blake, Polly Nordan and Hoover Johnson were patients.
Coats farmer, Council Williams, was appointed to Jesse Helms farm committee (Daily Record Oct. 17, 1972).
Buddy Creed, president of the local organization, named Larry Bryd, Jaycee of the Quarter. Larry was instrumental in chartering the Angier Jaycees (Daily Record Oct. 18, 1972). Question-Where is the local organization mentioned? Does Angier have a Jaycees today? Was he ever involved in the Coats Jaycees? Did Coats dismantle a Jaycees organization more than one time?
A love letter was found in old papers and was given to J. Henry Parrish 65 years later (Daily Record Oct. 23, 1972).Who remembers Eugene Driver of Dunn? His wife and he announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Ava Lou, to Michael E. Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Richardson. The bride-elect was a student at Atlantic Christian College and Mr. Richardson was a student at Fayetteville Tech (Daily Record Oct. 24, 1972).
The Coats town board was planning the annexation of 175 people-70 homes and two businesses. A Coats soldier was in Thailand. U.S. Air Force Sgt. Tim McKinnie was on duty at Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand. Carol Stone Zimiga, formerly of Coats, helped flooded refugees in South Dakota and praised the volunteers (Daily Record Oct. 24, 1972).
Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Roberson McKoy of Coats had announced the birth of a daughter, Katrina Nicole (Daily Record Oct. 26, 1972).
Margaret Pope and her daughter, Beth Pope, were pictured with the junior varsity cheerleading squad (Daily Record Oct. 26, 1972).Does anyone know which school was represented by the cheerleading squad?
The last two editions of the Daily Record for the month of October shared that Mr. William Dallas Norris was a patient at BJMH and Mr. Rossie Hobson, 81, had died at GHH (Daily Record Oct. 27 and Oct. 31, 1972).
The November 3, Daily Record edition shared that the following were hospital patients-Master Joseph Wayne Capps, Miss Alma Walden and Mr. Robert Walters).
Does anyone remember when the schools had a dentist to come and check the teeth of some students? I shared a hut one year with a wonderful dentist at Coats. Many years earlier in 1972, “Dental Instruction Kits “were introduced in the Harnett Schools by Mary Jo Mann, Harnett County Supervisor, and Annabelle Stewart (Daily Record Nov. 3, 1972).
Funeral services were held for W. Dallas Norris, 72, retired farmer of rural Coats, who had died on Wednesday. His services were held at Red Hill PFWB Church and were conducted by Rev. J.K. Brown, Rev. Joe A. Allen, and Rev. R. M. Keene. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving him were his wife, Mrs. Lucille Parrish Norris; five daughters, Mrs. Minnie Henry, Mrs. Claudia Whittington, Mrs. Maude Daniel, Mrs. Juanita Pope and Mrs. Geraldine Griffis; a son, Utley Norris. His three half- sisters were Mrs. Eunice Norris, Mrs. Trudy Norris and Mrs. Craig Johnson (Daily Record Nov. 5, 1972).
Carson Gregory was re-elected to head the Harnett County Farm Bureau. Elsewhere, Dr. Donald Moore chaired a new program to assist stroke victims. Mrs. Nancy Williams was a Good Hope Hospital (Daily Record Nov. 7, 1972).
When the first brick building was built in 1920 on the Coats School campus, did the school have running water and sanitary equipment? According to the Harnett County News May 13, 1926 edition, it was printed that “Architect Cannady had made necessary measurements in order to draw plans for the new heating plant and sanitary equipment at Coats School. Bids would be let shortly.” Did you notice that was six years after the school was built?
Then in the October 21, 1926 edition of the Harnett County News, it was recorded that the “Coats High School had opened on October 11 for the 1926-27 session. During the summer an up-to-date modern heating system had been installed. The building was now supplied with water from the J. McKay Byrd’s tank which received water from the cement cistern at the Coats spring. Indoor toilets were ready to be installed.”
It might be of interest to point out that the Coats School had an average daily attendance of 288 students or a little over 90 percent of the 317 enrolled at the school in May of 1926 (Harnett County News May 13, 1926).
Water issues, or lack of it, had been a topic of concern for years in Coats. This is verified by the Daily Record Nov. 9, 1972 edition which shared that Coats School was forced to close because of water shortages after two of the town’s wells went dry.
Lack of water has no bearing on the fact that Norfleet Gardner, coordinator of the Harnett County Driver Education and Traffic Safety, had announced the schedule for four sessions of classroom work.
Question-do they continue to have hours of classroom work for young drivers? I often hear drivers commenting that drivers have little regard for crossing yellow lines, passing on curves and being impatient with a driver who is driving at the marked speed limit?
This I do know. Coats continued to have a hunting and fishing club because it was announced that the club would sponsor an Amateur Trial Event (Daily Record Nov. 9, 1972).
Apparently the area had some needed rain because the Nov. 13, 1972 edition of the Daily Record printed that the water crisis in Coats eased. The news that the Post 770 Coats Explorers had held a Camporee and had conducted a Klondike Derby was also shared in that edition.
Other local citizens were in that same news. Mrs. Marie Capps and Mrs. Lena Stanley were hospital patients. Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Jones had announced the birth of Katrina Leigh. Grandparents of the newborn were Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Sorrell.
Have you had a chance to go to the coatsmuseum.com website yet? If not, there is much history relevant to Coats through the pages of time.
The 1972 calendar displayed the month of August and the August 29, 1972 edition of the Daily Record shared that Ann Harmon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Harmon, was the new Miss Coats Junior Order. Ann was a graduate of Dunn High School and Hardbarger Business College.
Does anyone know when the Coats Junior Order discontinued these contests? The yearly event was apparently a big ado for many years and brought contestants in not only from Coats but also surrounding towns? I do know that the town of Coats had received a loan from FHA of $10,000 to purchase a compactor garbage truck according to the same edition of the Daily Record.
Jan Ennis (a former Miss Junior Order), daughter of Mr. Richard Ennis of Coats, had announced her engagement to Steve Dupree, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Tallie Dupree of Angier (Daily Record August 31, 1972).
A Coats senior, Marc Powell, had written an article, “Railroads” in his effort to win a scholarship grant (Daily Record Sept. 16, 1972).
Mayor Ronald Coats announced that the town of Coats was going after the Governor’s Award for Civic Improvement. Mayor Coats said the Lions Club, the Woman’s Club, and the Coats Development Corporation had agreed to cooperate with the town in the project. Max Hayes Beasley, Herbert Johnson, and Grady Matthews were leaders in the effort with Mayor Coats along with the town councilmen-Roger Simmons, Joe Tart, Nassie Dorman, J.D. Norris, and Cecil Fuquay (Daily Record September 16, 1972).
Mrs. Delphie Norris of Coats made the news where it was written that she was the seamstress at the Spinning Wheel Sewing Center in Dunn. Mrs. Norris was an expert in that trade and had been sewing for the public for 33 years (Daily Record September 25, 1972).
Coats Town officials shared that the governing body had adopted a new ordinance regarding mobile homes inside the town of Coats. It also informed the public that Coats had replaced the old type streetlights with bright 7000 mercury vapor lights (Daily Record Sept. 27, 1972).
Mr. and Mrs. Ottis Byrd of rural Dunn announced the engagement of their daughter, Margaret Jeanette, to Michael Wade Godwin of Route One, Coats, son of Mr. Shelton Godwin and Mrs. Lottie Ennis. The wedding was planned for Hodges Chapel in November (Daily Record Sept. 28, 1972).
Who determines where the Sheriff Department and town governing bodies buy the vehicles needed for the safety officers of the county and towns? I do know in 1972, the Coats Motor Co. won the bid for the Harnett County police cars (Daily Record Oct. 5, 1972). Does that mean the Sheriff Department?
Mr. Herbert Rowland and Mrs. Laura Langdon were named to the Coats School Advisory Board by the Harnett County Board of Education. Mrs. Frances Morgan, Coats School cafeteria manager, had attended the countywide meeting to celebrate the National School Lunch Week. Mrs. Mack R. Hudson had attended the NEHC (86th annual conference of the National Extension Homemakers Council) held in Baltimore, MD. Juanita spoke on “Environment, My Responsibility.” Little Amy Matthews was a hospital patient at GHH (Daily Record Oct. 9, 1972).
The Coats Town Board under the leadership of Mayor Ronald Coats passed an ordinance regarding roaming dogs. The ordinance was that any individual making a complaint was required to sign a complaint form at the town hall. If the owner was known, police officers asked the owner to leash or pen the dog. If a second complaint was voiced, the owner had to attend the town board meeting for action. The board also passed new mobile home requirements for the town of Coats. The town of Coats was slighted in not being listed in the phone directory. The Coats Jr. Order had held its weekly auction on Friday night.
A few Coats residents were in BJMH-Mrs. Edna Mae Tart, Mrs. Hazel Roberts and Mr. Alton Williams (Daily Record Oct. 10, 1972).
Kent Turlington ranked the highest in his senior class at Coats High and was one of the Harnett County’s two nominees for the Morehead Scholarship. Kent was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Graham Turlington (Daily Record Oct. 13, 1972).
The Daily Record, Oct 16th lists from local hospitals showed that Myrtle Rose Blake, Polly Nordan and Hoover Johnson were patients.
Coats farmer, Council Williams, was appointed to Jesse Helms farm committee (Daily Record Oct. 17, 1972).
Buddy Creed, president of the local organization, named Larry Bryd, Jaycee of the Quarter. Larry was instrumental in chartering the Angier Jaycees (Daily Record Oct. 18, 1972). Question-Where is the local organization mentioned? Does Angier have a Jaycees today? Was he ever involved in the Coats Jaycees? Did Coats dismantle a Jaycees organization more than one time?
A love letter was found in old papers and was given to J. Henry Parrish 65 years later (Daily Record Oct. 23, 1972).Who remembers Eugene Driver of Dunn? His wife and he announced the engagement of their daughter, Miss Ava Lou, to Michael E. Richardson, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Richardson. The bride-elect was a student at Atlantic Christian College and Mr. Richardson was a student at Fayetteville Tech (Daily Record Oct. 24, 1972).
The Coats town board was planning the annexation of 175 people-70 homes and two businesses. A Coats soldier was in Thailand. U.S. Air Force Sgt. Tim McKinnie was on duty at Korat Royal Thai AFB, Thailand. Carol Stone Zimiga, formerly of Coats, helped flooded refugees in South Dakota and praised the volunteers (Daily Record Oct. 24, 1972).
Mr. and Mrs. Jackie Roberson McKoy of Coats had announced the birth of a daughter, Katrina Nicole (Daily Record Oct. 26, 1972).
Margaret Pope and her daughter, Beth Pope, were pictured with the junior varsity cheerleading squad (Daily Record Oct. 26, 1972).Does anyone know which school was represented by the cheerleading squad?
The last two editions of the Daily Record for the month of October shared that Mr. William Dallas Norris was a patient at BJMH and Mr. Rossie Hobson, 81, had died at GHH (Daily Record Oct. 27 and Oct. 31, 1972).
The November 3, Daily Record edition shared that the following were hospital patients-Master Joseph Wayne Capps, Miss Alma Walden and Mr. Robert Walters).
Does anyone remember when the schools had a dentist to come and check the teeth of some students? I shared a hut one year with a wonderful dentist at Coats. Many years earlier in 1972, “Dental Instruction Kits “were introduced in the Harnett Schools by Mary Jo Mann, Harnett County Supervisor, and Annabelle Stewart (Daily Record Nov. 3, 1972).
Funeral services were held for W. Dallas Norris, 72, retired farmer of rural Coats, who had died on Wednesday. His services were held at Red Hill PFWB Church and were conducted by Rev. J.K. Brown, Rev. Joe A. Allen, and Rev. R. M. Keene. Burial was in the church cemetery. Surviving him were his wife, Mrs. Lucille Parrish Norris; five daughters, Mrs. Minnie Henry, Mrs. Claudia Whittington, Mrs. Maude Daniel, Mrs. Juanita Pope and Mrs. Geraldine Griffis; a son, Utley Norris. His three half- sisters were Mrs. Eunice Norris, Mrs. Trudy Norris and Mrs. Craig Johnson (Daily Record Nov. 5, 1972).
Carson Gregory was re-elected to head the Harnett County Farm Bureau. Elsewhere, Dr. Donald Moore chaired a new program to assist stroke victims. Mrs. Nancy Williams was a Good Hope Hospital (Daily Record Nov. 7, 1972).
When the first brick building was built in 1920 on the Coats School campus, did the school have running water and sanitary equipment? According to the Harnett County News May 13, 1926 edition, it was printed that “Architect Cannady had made necessary measurements in order to draw plans for the new heating plant and sanitary equipment at Coats School. Bids would be let shortly.” Did you notice that was six years after the school was built?
Then in the October 21, 1926 edition of the Harnett County News, it was recorded that the “Coats High School had opened on October 11 for the 1926-27 session. During the summer an up-to-date modern heating system had been installed. The building was now supplied with water from the J. McKay Byrd’s tank which received water from the cement cistern at the Coats spring. Indoor toilets were ready to be installed.”
It might be of interest to point out that the Coats School had an average daily attendance of 288 students or a little over 90 percent of the 317 enrolled at the school in May of 1926 (Harnett County News May 13, 1926).
Water issues, or lack of it, had been a topic of concern for years in Coats. This is verified by the Daily Record Nov. 9, 1972 edition which shared that Coats School was forced to close because of water shortages after two of the town’s wells went dry.
Lack of water has no bearing on the fact that Norfleet Gardner, coordinator of the Harnett County Driver Education and Traffic Safety, had announced the schedule for four sessions of classroom work.
Question-do they continue to have hours of classroom work for young drivers? I often hear drivers commenting that drivers have little regard for crossing yellow lines, passing on curves and being impatient with a driver who is driving at the marked speed limit?
This I do know. Coats continued to have a hunting and fishing club because it was announced that the club would sponsor an Amateur Trial Event (Daily Record Nov. 9, 1972).
Apparently the area had some needed rain because the Nov. 13, 1972 edition of the Daily Record printed that the water crisis in Coats eased. The news that the Post 770 Coats Explorers had held a Camporee and had conducted a Klondike Derby was also shared in that edition.
Other local citizens were in that same news. Mrs. Marie Capps and Mrs. Lena Stanley were hospital patients. Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Jones had announced the birth of Katrina Leigh. Grandparents of the newborn were Mr. and Mrs. Thurman Sorrell.
Have you had a chance to go to the coatsmuseum.com website yet? If not, there is much history relevant to Coats through the pages of time.