September 9, 2016 Coats Museum News
Is February a tornado month? Does anyone remember when a tornado hit down on the home of Carson Suggs near Bailey’s Crossroads in mid February (Daily Record February 19, 1960)?
This I do know. Harold Dixon was home from Wake Forest College to see his parents, Carlos and Helen Dixon in Coats. Also, the members of the Pleasant Memory Church had met on Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Cutts, but the Couple Class had met with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cooke. Special guests were Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill Coats. The Coats Woman’s Club had met at the home of Mrs. O.K. Keene and Mrs. Carl Hough was co-hostess. Mrs. J.C. Hawley attended as a new member. After a program of book reviews, Mrs. Doris Morgan, wife of the Coats Methodist minister, was given a surprise stork shower. Members who attended were Miss Mattie Bain, Mrs. Ray Highfill, Mrs. Lucille Kelly, Mrs. Eva Nichols, Mrs. O.K. Keene, Mrs. Haywood Roberts, Mrs. Carl Hough, Mrs. M.O. Phillips, Mrs. Percy Parrish, Mrs. Ted Malone, Mrs. T.O. Beasley, Mrs. Ben Eller, Mrs. Sam Moore, Mrs. Clyde Grimes, Mrs. Vic Lee, Mrs. Herbert Johnson, Mrs. Doris Morgan, Miss Dixie Bryan, Mrs. Curtis Guy, and Mrs. Charlie Williams (Daily Record Feb. 22, 1960).
Wonder if one of those ladies rode in a 1960 Rambler to the shower- meeting? A two-door deluxe Sedan listed for only $1,785. During the shopping for a baby gift, the ladies could have purchased 2 tubes of lipstick for $1.00. Recall the fad for lipstick color was white in 1960. Wonder if any of them considered giving the expectant mother a half-bushel foot tub for 89 cents? Surely she could find some uses for one. Did Coats have a town water system in 1960? It would surely have come in handy a few months ago when many residents had to carry water from their neighbors’ wells when the owner of the town’s private water system shut it down.
Possibly while shopping, the ladies may have been tempted to purchase a television with a $168.00 price tag. To top off the temptation to purchase the TV for with just one more penny, she could select a mobile or swivel stand to enable the TV viewer to watch the TV selections from several rooms in the home. Did they have mobile telephones in 1960? Certainly a few of the ladies may have taken advantage of the sale on some nylon hose since they were two pair for a dollar.
A stop at the grocery store showed that a dozen eggs were 29 cents. Wonder what price the farmer received that raised the hens that laid those eggs that were sold to the grocer to sell to those who had no hens to lay eggs (Daily Record Mar. 1. 1960).
Mrs. J.D. Fish honored Mrs. Fred Holder with a stork shower. Guests who were interested in the expected child and who attended the shower were Mrs. Willie Strickland, Mrs. Lillian Earp, Mrs. Marie Dorman, Mrs. Owen Bennett, Mrs. Lera Bennett Pleasant, Mrs. Carson Gregory, Mrs. Blainey Godwin and Miss Betty Sue Holder.
A couple of Coats ladies had been hospital patients at Good Hope Hospital. Ethel Poole and Mrs. Anne Moore were the named ladies. Several local college students continued to take breaks from college to visit those who welcomed them back to their Coats homes for short visits. Sybil Beasley was home from Wake Forest, Norma Lee Johnson from ECC, and Phillip Nordan from Campbell College (Daily Record Mar. 7, 1960).
Mr. and Mrs. William Arthur Denning were honored on their 50th Wedding Anniversary by their children (Daily Record Mar.8, 1960). Does anyone know who those children were?
A census taker was needed in the Coats area. Those interested in taking the job had to apply to Curtis Guy, banker and GOP chair for the county. Elsewhere, Mrs. Dallas Jones had hosted the Goodwill HD Club meeting in March (Daily Record Mar. 11, 1960).
A new arrival was a time of sadness for the Leroy Gilbert family who announced the birth and death of a son. The grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. Noah Faircloth of Coats. Mrs. Cornelia Turner, 98, of Route 3, Dunn had died on Sunday. Her services were held at the Black River PB Church with burial in the Turner Family Cemetery. Roscoe M. Turner, Elder W.E. Turner, Mrs. Laura Barber and Mrs. Paul E. Turner survived her.
The Dale 4-H Club had met on March 15, 1960. The ten girls had a window display at O.K. Keene’s store in Coats for 4-H Week. One display item was a dress made by Becky Ennis (Daily Record Mar. 21, 1960). You have seen the name Becky Ennis many times in regard to the Dale 4-H Club. Folks this is the Becky Ennis Adams who continued to give thousands of volunteer hours to her community as an adult by serving through the Coats Kiwanis Club as a president, the1985 Coats High School Reunion Project, the 2005 Coats Centennial project and currently as the secretary of the Coats Museum Board of Directors and a weekly volunteer at the museum. She is one of the unspoken heroes for the contributions she has and continues to make to the Coats community.
Betty Parrish of Route 1, Coats was in Good hope Hospital where she had given birth to a son. Mr. James F. Parrish was the husband and father. Near Bailey’s Crossroads, the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church women met at the home of Mrs. Roy Denning. Back in Coats, Mrs. Vance Hamilton, Mrs. Norfleet Gardner, and Mrs. Jim Hall honored Mrs. Shirley Fuquay with a cradle shower. The Woman’s Club met at the home of Mrs. Lucy Kelly. The program was about music. Lois, Laura, and Susan Johnson (sisters) sang while Susan played the piano. Ann Beasley and Jone Godwin also sang for the ladies while Janice Barnes played the piano.
The men in the community honored the boys and girls basketball team and the cheerleaders with a supper at Luke’s Grill. Those attending were Rumel Taylor, Judy Williams, Janice Upchurch, Sue Holder, Pat Collier, Diane Holmes, Becky Honeycutt, Sarah Ennis, Wanda Stone, and Gayle Johnson who was recognized for making the Harnett County “All County Team” for two years in a row. The girls who played but were unable to attend were Faye Byrd, Mary Carol Parker, Carolyn Grimes, Kay Bowden, Brenda Norris, Eva Carol Miller, Dottie Bowden and Mary Etta Wilmoth.
The boys who attended the supper were Bobby Pope, Kenneth Ennis, Edward Turlington, Charles Langdon, Jerry Williams, Jimmy Wade, Hartwell Whittington, Larry Williams, George Campbell, Conrey Flowers, and Harry Roberts. The girls who cheered on the teams who were present Carol Jones, Frances Hamilton, Eloise Johnson, Barbara Langdon, Topsy Wiggins, Judy Byrd, Carolyn Phillips, and Ann Beasley (Daily Record Mar. 24, 1960).
How many of you have said the expression “Things have changed”? For those of you who have been reading the museum column since 2009, you can verify this statement. Do you remember reading about years ago that a deceased person was washed and prepared for viewing by a family member or neighbor? The body was placed in the family parlor or a designated room on a door or table to be viewed. Early on, the deceased who was likely not embalmed and was buried the following day. When the death toll from the family bell or from someone who carried the news to the community, it was not uncommon for neighbor ladies to rush to the deceased’s house to clean and prepare for people to come and pay their last respects. Individuals in the neighborhood were picked “to set up” up with the body overnight. Do you remember my sharing that one museum visitor remembered as a child viewing a relative who had blocks of ice under the table to help slow down the decomposition? There were rules to be followed for mourning which varied from man and woman and from the relationship of persons mourning to the deceased. Twelve veils and 12 months of mourning were expected from the widow. The number and size of floral tributes were a sign of status. The fragrant flowers were originally used to cover the odor of death. Flowers were thrown out of a plane when Alton Stewart was being buried in the Coats Cemetery.
Today, many families requests no flowers and that memorials be given to a worthy cause such as the Coats Museum where volunteers wish to thank the many people this week who have given memorials to the museum rather than fowers to show their love and respect for several who have died recently. Melanie and Gregory Collins, Wallace Pollard, Linda Pollard Cobb and Lynda and Robie Butler have remembered Mrs. Verle Pollard Flowers. Lynda and Robie remembered Etheline Faulkner while H.L. Sorrell, Jr. remembered Judy Avery Norris and Lela Turlington with donations to the museum endowment.
Is February a tornado month? Does anyone remember when a tornado hit down on the home of Carson Suggs near Bailey’s Crossroads in mid February (Daily Record February 19, 1960)?
This I do know. Harold Dixon was home from Wake Forest College to see his parents, Carlos and Helen Dixon in Coats. Also, the members of the Pleasant Memory Church had met on Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.L. Cutts, but the Couple Class had met with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cooke. Special guests were Mr. and Mrs. Sherrill Coats. The Coats Woman’s Club had met at the home of Mrs. O.K. Keene and Mrs. Carl Hough was co-hostess. Mrs. J.C. Hawley attended as a new member. After a program of book reviews, Mrs. Doris Morgan, wife of the Coats Methodist minister, was given a surprise stork shower. Members who attended were Miss Mattie Bain, Mrs. Ray Highfill, Mrs. Lucille Kelly, Mrs. Eva Nichols, Mrs. O.K. Keene, Mrs. Haywood Roberts, Mrs. Carl Hough, Mrs. M.O. Phillips, Mrs. Percy Parrish, Mrs. Ted Malone, Mrs. T.O. Beasley, Mrs. Ben Eller, Mrs. Sam Moore, Mrs. Clyde Grimes, Mrs. Vic Lee, Mrs. Herbert Johnson, Mrs. Doris Morgan, Miss Dixie Bryan, Mrs. Curtis Guy, and Mrs. Charlie Williams (Daily Record Feb. 22, 1960).
Wonder if one of those ladies rode in a 1960 Rambler to the shower- meeting? A two-door deluxe Sedan listed for only $1,785. During the shopping for a baby gift, the ladies could have purchased 2 tubes of lipstick for $1.00. Recall the fad for lipstick color was white in 1960. Wonder if any of them considered giving the expectant mother a half-bushel foot tub for 89 cents? Surely she could find some uses for one. Did Coats have a town water system in 1960? It would surely have come in handy a few months ago when many residents had to carry water from their neighbors’ wells when the owner of the town’s private water system shut it down.
Possibly while shopping, the ladies may have been tempted to purchase a television with a $168.00 price tag. To top off the temptation to purchase the TV for with just one more penny, she could select a mobile or swivel stand to enable the TV viewer to watch the TV selections from several rooms in the home. Did they have mobile telephones in 1960? Certainly a few of the ladies may have taken advantage of the sale on some nylon hose since they were two pair for a dollar.
A stop at the grocery store showed that a dozen eggs were 29 cents. Wonder what price the farmer received that raised the hens that laid those eggs that were sold to the grocer to sell to those who had no hens to lay eggs (Daily Record Mar. 1. 1960).
Mrs. J.D. Fish honored Mrs. Fred Holder with a stork shower. Guests who were interested in the expected child and who attended the shower were Mrs. Willie Strickland, Mrs. Lillian Earp, Mrs. Marie Dorman, Mrs. Owen Bennett, Mrs. Lera Bennett Pleasant, Mrs. Carson Gregory, Mrs. Blainey Godwin and Miss Betty Sue Holder.
A couple of Coats ladies had been hospital patients at Good Hope Hospital. Ethel Poole and Mrs. Anne Moore were the named ladies. Several local college students continued to take breaks from college to visit those who welcomed them back to their Coats homes for short visits. Sybil Beasley was home from Wake Forest, Norma Lee Johnson from ECC, and Phillip Nordan from Campbell College (Daily Record Mar. 7, 1960).
Mr. and Mrs. William Arthur Denning were honored on their 50th Wedding Anniversary by their children (Daily Record Mar.8, 1960). Does anyone know who those children were?
A census taker was needed in the Coats area. Those interested in taking the job had to apply to Curtis Guy, banker and GOP chair for the county. Elsewhere, Mrs. Dallas Jones had hosted the Goodwill HD Club meeting in March (Daily Record Mar. 11, 1960).
A new arrival was a time of sadness for the Leroy Gilbert family who announced the birth and death of a son. The grandparents were Mr. and Mrs. Noah Faircloth of Coats. Mrs. Cornelia Turner, 98, of Route 3, Dunn had died on Sunday. Her services were held at the Black River PB Church with burial in the Turner Family Cemetery. Roscoe M. Turner, Elder W.E. Turner, Mrs. Laura Barber and Mrs. Paul E. Turner survived her.
The Dale 4-H Club had met on March 15, 1960. The ten girls had a window display at O.K. Keene’s store in Coats for 4-H Week. One display item was a dress made by Becky Ennis (Daily Record Mar. 21, 1960). You have seen the name Becky Ennis many times in regard to the Dale 4-H Club. Folks this is the Becky Ennis Adams who continued to give thousands of volunteer hours to her community as an adult by serving through the Coats Kiwanis Club as a president, the1985 Coats High School Reunion Project, the 2005 Coats Centennial project and currently as the secretary of the Coats Museum Board of Directors and a weekly volunteer at the museum. She is one of the unspoken heroes for the contributions she has and continues to make to the Coats community.
Betty Parrish of Route 1, Coats was in Good hope Hospital where she had given birth to a son. Mr. James F. Parrish was the husband and father. Near Bailey’s Crossroads, the Ebenezer Presbyterian Church women met at the home of Mrs. Roy Denning. Back in Coats, Mrs. Vance Hamilton, Mrs. Norfleet Gardner, and Mrs. Jim Hall honored Mrs. Shirley Fuquay with a cradle shower. The Woman’s Club met at the home of Mrs. Lucy Kelly. The program was about music. Lois, Laura, and Susan Johnson (sisters) sang while Susan played the piano. Ann Beasley and Jone Godwin also sang for the ladies while Janice Barnes played the piano.
The men in the community honored the boys and girls basketball team and the cheerleaders with a supper at Luke’s Grill. Those attending were Rumel Taylor, Judy Williams, Janice Upchurch, Sue Holder, Pat Collier, Diane Holmes, Becky Honeycutt, Sarah Ennis, Wanda Stone, and Gayle Johnson who was recognized for making the Harnett County “All County Team” for two years in a row. The girls who played but were unable to attend were Faye Byrd, Mary Carol Parker, Carolyn Grimes, Kay Bowden, Brenda Norris, Eva Carol Miller, Dottie Bowden and Mary Etta Wilmoth.
The boys who attended the supper were Bobby Pope, Kenneth Ennis, Edward Turlington, Charles Langdon, Jerry Williams, Jimmy Wade, Hartwell Whittington, Larry Williams, George Campbell, Conrey Flowers, and Harry Roberts. The girls who cheered on the teams who were present Carol Jones, Frances Hamilton, Eloise Johnson, Barbara Langdon, Topsy Wiggins, Judy Byrd, Carolyn Phillips, and Ann Beasley (Daily Record Mar. 24, 1960).
How many of you have said the expression “Things have changed”? For those of you who have been reading the museum column since 2009, you can verify this statement. Do you remember reading about years ago that a deceased person was washed and prepared for viewing by a family member or neighbor? The body was placed in the family parlor or a designated room on a door or table to be viewed. Early on, the deceased who was likely not embalmed and was buried the following day. When the death toll from the family bell or from someone who carried the news to the community, it was not uncommon for neighbor ladies to rush to the deceased’s house to clean and prepare for people to come and pay their last respects. Individuals in the neighborhood were picked “to set up” up with the body overnight. Do you remember my sharing that one museum visitor remembered as a child viewing a relative who had blocks of ice under the table to help slow down the decomposition? There were rules to be followed for mourning which varied from man and woman and from the relationship of persons mourning to the deceased. Twelve veils and 12 months of mourning were expected from the widow. The number and size of floral tributes were a sign of status. The fragrant flowers were originally used to cover the odor of death. Flowers were thrown out of a plane when Alton Stewart was being buried in the Coats Cemetery.
Today, many families requests no flowers and that memorials be given to a worthy cause such as the Coats Museum where volunteers wish to thank the many people this week who have given memorials to the museum rather than fowers to show their love and respect for several who have died recently. Melanie and Gregory Collins, Wallace Pollard, Linda Pollard Cobb and Lynda and Robie Butler have remembered Mrs. Verle Pollard Flowers. Lynda and Robie remembered Etheline Faulkner while H.L. Sorrell, Jr. remembered Judy Avery Norris and Lela Turlington with donations to the museum endowment.