September 3, 2021 Coats Museum News
Coats families had many visitors in January of 1988. Doris Tadlock brought hog jowls and black eyed peas for Mrs. Mary Coats and Louise to enjoy. Mayor Alford Johnson came from Fuquay to visit his Aunt Mary Coats. Ruth Anna Langdon, widow of Dr. Bill Langdon, visited her in-laws-Woodrow and Mary Langdon.
Do folks continue to eat hog jowls with black eyed peas on the first day of the year? Black eyed peas yes—but where does one get hog jowls?
News was out now who the Santa Claus was who walked the streets of Coats to visit all the local merchants. He was Wade Stephenson, president of the Coats Chamber. Andy Grimes returned home. He was the son of the late Clyde Grimes. Where was home? Sybil and Opie Wells from Atlanta had visited Lib Guy, Sybil’s mom.
Some of the best news in January was that big things were going to happen in Coats in 1988. One thing for sure that did make an impact in January was the big ice-snow storm. Of the 1,100 miles of roadway, 700 miles of icy roads kept the Harnett County students at home from school. Ted Penny gave an inspiring talk at Wade’s Restaurant and drew a large crowd regardless of the icy conditions (Daily Record Jan. 11, 1988).
Dan E. Stewart grew up in the old Stewart Hotel which had been located across from the Coats Museum until it was brought down in October of 1999. The two story hotel operated from about 1912 until about 1938. Dan attended the original Grove District#3 School when there were five rooms, wood heater, no plumbing and a well with a bucket to draw water which sometimes contained little moving “wiggles “in it.
However, Dan E. Stewart became educated enough to become the Vice-President of CPL and a trustee of Campbell University. If you can get a copy of his book-“Thank You Lord for a Good Life,” you will be amazed at his memories of growing up in Coats and living in the hotel that his mother, Mollie Stewart had operated.
Mr. and Mrs. Darwin S. Whittington of New Bern, but formerly from Coats, announced the engagement of their daughter Rosalie Ann to Bruce Michael Rand. Rosalie was a graduate of Craven Community College and worked for Raleigh F.S. L. Her perspective husband was employed at Montgomery Ward (Daily Record Jan. 19, 1988).
Mack Reid Hudson applied for his first full-term as Commissioner for the HC Board of Commissioners for the Coats area. The retired farmer, businessman and community leader for more than forty years was appointed commissioner to replace Jack Brock (Daily Record Jan. 20, 1988).
The Coats Town Council formed a committee to review water and sewer policies. Hugh Williams told the town council he wanted the Williams Street paved and cautioned the town about sewer lines (Daily Record Jan. 22, 1988). Is it called Williams Street today and how close it is to the Williams Cemetery? By the way, is the Williams Cemetery the first Williams Cemetery in the Grove area?
Do you recognize the name Hugh Williams? Hugh gave years of his life locating and cataloging the cemeteries of Harnett County. In 1999, it was from his Volume One of “Harnett County Cemeteries” that the idea for our Coats Museum to put together a collection of the names of those from the Grove area who had served in the US military began. From collecting military data on tombstones in Hugh’s books, having military open houses, reading news paper obituaries and countless questioning of museum visitors, the Coats Museum volunteers were able to compile the “Defenders of the Red, White and Blue” into a massive collection of military records, pictures, letters and stories of our Grove area veterans. To Hugh Williams, we owe that spark that lit our fire to save more about those who served our country other than what is found on a tombstone.
The engagement of Carolyn Holilis to William Sherrill Strickland was announced in the Record. The bride to be was a graduate of the Coats High School Class of 1985 and a 1987 graduate of JTC. Brent Honeycutt, CPA, employed her. The prospective groom was an Automotive Technician at Dorman-Cadillac-Olds-GMC of Dunn. The wedding was planned for February 14, at the Hodges Chapel Church (Daily Record Jan. 25, 1988).
News came that retired Lt. Col. James Bobby Kelly from Melbourne, FL, was suffering from leukemia but doctors reported that he was in remission. (How many of you remember that his mom was Lucy Kelly, retired postmistress?)
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stone of the Senior Citizens Village had their best Christmas ever when their children reserved the day room and kitchen so the family could be together. Can someone share with me more information about this Stone family? I do know that Owen Cobb had been on the travel route for quite a spell. He had visited his daughters Kathleen for three weeks in Anniston, AL and spent two weeks with Barbara in Memphis, TN. (This family lived in my neighborhood when we were in school. I don’t remember his having a daughter named Barbara. Could this be Josephine who lives in the Benson area now?)
H.A. and Rachel Turlington became grandparents to their sixth grandchild, a little boy (Daily Record Jan. 25, 1988).
The Coats Board of the CACC had its monthly meeting at Wade’s. Those present were Jeff Turlington, Sue Penny, M.T. Strickland, Dee Kelly, Earl Jones, Tim McKinnie, Margaret House, C.J. Johnson, Ann Jones, and Dottie Bowden and President Wade Stephenson. The CACC had 164 members. The newest members were Jesse Ray Mann. Frank’s Auto, The Kitchen, and the Trophy Case. Eighty-four of the members were from Coats, thirty-four from Dunn, twelve from Angier, seven from Erwin, four from Fayetteville, two from Sanford and one each from Fuquay, Four Oaks and Starr Route One (Daily Record Jan. 26, 1988).
Stewart’s Tire Service was the CACC Business Focus of the Week. Leroy Stewart, who had recently retired, turned the operation over to his son Ronnie. The business had started over twenty years earlier. Both of the Stewarts were Coats High graduates. Ronnie, a NC State graduate, left teaching Vocational Agriculture to take over the family business. Jerry D. Pope was one of the company’s experienced supervisors (Daily Record Jan. 29, 1988).
Several of the Coats High School Class of 1973 worked in the sweltering heat to beautify the grounds of the Coats Museums. Folks such as them make Coats a wonderful place to live or visit so thank you goes to Lenny Parker (organizer), Marc Powell, Danny Gardner, Randy Holmes and Ronnie Stewart and to their cheerleaders-Donna Penny, Debbie H. Honeycutt and Sarah Flowers.
Coats families had many visitors in January of 1988. Doris Tadlock brought hog jowls and black eyed peas for Mrs. Mary Coats and Louise to enjoy. Mayor Alford Johnson came from Fuquay to visit his Aunt Mary Coats. Ruth Anna Langdon, widow of Dr. Bill Langdon, visited her in-laws-Woodrow and Mary Langdon.
Do folks continue to eat hog jowls with black eyed peas on the first day of the year? Black eyed peas yes—but where does one get hog jowls?
News was out now who the Santa Claus was who walked the streets of Coats to visit all the local merchants. He was Wade Stephenson, president of the Coats Chamber. Andy Grimes returned home. He was the son of the late Clyde Grimes. Where was home? Sybil and Opie Wells from Atlanta had visited Lib Guy, Sybil’s mom.
Some of the best news in January was that big things were going to happen in Coats in 1988. One thing for sure that did make an impact in January was the big ice-snow storm. Of the 1,100 miles of roadway, 700 miles of icy roads kept the Harnett County students at home from school. Ted Penny gave an inspiring talk at Wade’s Restaurant and drew a large crowd regardless of the icy conditions (Daily Record Jan. 11, 1988).
Dan E. Stewart grew up in the old Stewart Hotel which had been located across from the Coats Museum until it was brought down in October of 1999. The two story hotel operated from about 1912 until about 1938. Dan attended the original Grove District#3 School when there were five rooms, wood heater, no plumbing and a well with a bucket to draw water which sometimes contained little moving “wiggles “in it.
However, Dan E. Stewart became educated enough to become the Vice-President of CPL and a trustee of Campbell University. If you can get a copy of his book-“Thank You Lord for a Good Life,” you will be amazed at his memories of growing up in Coats and living in the hotel that his mother, Mollie Stewart had operated.
Mr. and Mrs. Darwin S. Whittington of New Bern, but formerly from Coats, announced the engagement of their daughter Rosalie Ann to Bruce Michael Rand. Rosalie was a graduate of Craven Community College and worked for Raleigh F.S. L. Her perspective husband was employed at Montgomery Ward (Daily Record Jan. 19, 1988).
Mack Reid Hudson applied for his first full-term as Commissioner for the HC Board of Commissioners for the Coats area. The retired farmer, businessman and community leader for more than forty years was appointed commissioner to replace Jack Brock (Daily Record Jan. 20, 1988).
The Coats Town Council formed a committee to review water and sewer policies. Hugh Williams told the town council he wanted the Williams Street paved and cautioned the town about sewer lines (Daily Record Jan. 22, 1988). Is it called Williams Street today and how close it is to the Williams Cemetery? By the way, is the Williams Cemetery the first Williams Cemetery in the Grove area?
Do you recognize the name Hugh Williams? Hugh gave years of his life locating and cataloging the cemeteries of Harnett County. In 1999, it was from his Volume One of “Harnett County Cemeteries” that the idea for our Coats Museum to put together a collection of the names of those from the Grove area who had served in the US military began. From collecting military data on tombstones in Hugh’s books, having military open houses, reading news paper obituaries and countless questioning of museum visitors, the Coats Museum volunteers were able to compile the “Defenders of the Red, White and Blue” into a massive collection of military records, pictures, letters and stories of our Grove area veterans. To Hugh Williams, we owe that spark that lit our fire to save more about those who served our country other than what is found on a tombstone.
The engagement of Carolyn Holilis to William Sherrill Strickland was announced in the Record. The bride to be was a graduate of the Coats High School Class of 1985 and a 1987 graduate of JTC. Brent Honeycutt, CPA, employed her. The prospective groom was an Automotive Technician at Dorman-Cadillac-Olds-GMC of Dunn. The wedding was planned for February 14, at the Hodges Chapel Church (Daily Record Jan. 25, 1988).
News came that retired Lt. Col. James Bobby Kelly from Melbourne, FL, was suffering from leukemia but doctors reported that he was in remission. (How many of you remember that his mom was Lucy Kelly, retired postmistress?)
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stone of the Senior Citizens Village had their best Christmas ever when their children reserved the day room and kitchen so the family could be together. Can someone share with me more information about this Stone family? I do know that Owen Cobb had been on the travel route for quite a spell. He had visited his daughters Kathleen for three weeks in Anniston, AL and spent two weeks with Barbara in Memphis, TN. (This family lived in my neighborhood when we were in school. I don’t remember his having a daughter named Barbara. Could this be Josephine who lives in the Benson area now?)
H.A. and Rachel Turlington became grandparents to their sixth grandchild, a little boy (Daily Record Jan. 25, 1988).
The Coats Board of the CACC had its monthly meeting at Wade’s. Those present were Jeff Turlington, Sue Penny, M.T. Strickland, Dee Kelly, Earl Jones, Tim McKinnie, Margaret House, C.J. Johnson, Ann Jones, and Dottie Bowden and President Wade Stephenson. The CACC had 164 members. The newest members were Jesse Ray Mann. Frank’s Auto, The Kitchen, and the Trophy Case. Eighty-four of the members were from Coats, thirty-four from Dunn, twelve from Angier, seven from Erwin, four from Fayetteville, two from Sanford and one each from Fuquay, Four Oaks and Starr Route One (Daily Record Jan. 26, 1988).
Stewart’s Tire Service was the CACC Business Focus of the Week. Leroy Stewart, who had recently retired, turned the operation over to his son Ronnie. The business had started over twenty years earlier. Both of the Stewarts were Coats High graduates. Ronnie, a NC State graduate, left teaching Vocational Agriculture to take over the family business. Jerry D. Pope was one of the company’s experienced supervisors (Daily Record Jan. 29, 1988).
Several of the Coats High School Class of 1973 worked in the sweltering heat to beautify the grounds of the Coats Museums. Folks such as them make Coats a wonderful place to live or visit so thank you goes to Lenny Parker (organizer), Marc Powell, Danny Gardner, Randy Holmes and Ronnie Stewart and to their cheerleaders-Donna Penny, Debbie H. Honeycutt and Sarah Flowers.