September 9, 2022 Coats Museum News
Here are some interesting facts that occurred in 1991.The average American in November of 1991 watched 30 hours and 25 minutes of TV per week; women over 55 watched 43 hours and 31 minutes and children 6-11 years of age watched 21 hours and 10 minutes. Wonder how many hours the men watched?
I do know that the median age for first marriage in the U.S. was 26.3 for men and 24.1 for women. There were 123.3 million cars on the road and their average age was 7.9 years. The seven largest banks in the world were Japanese. “Roseanne”, “Murphy Brown”, and “60 Minutes” were the three top TV shows watched. Everyone seemed to be watching the Gulf War on television. The first prototype high definition television was introduced. The Soviet Union self-destructed (Dickson, Paul. From Elvis to E-Mail. Massachusetts: Federal Street Press, 1999, pp.319-324).
The January 14, 1991 edition of the Daily Record printed that Jessie Lee Cutts, 76, of Route 2, Angier had died and was buried at Lakeside Memorial Gardens. Kristy Parrish had celebrated her 11th birthday on December 26 with a movie and pizza party in Raleigh.
Desert Storm rained destruction on Iraq. Allied planes flew 750 missions as war began in the Persian Gulf. In the Coats area, Amy Parrish had made the Dean’s List at UNC Chapel Hill. She was the daughter of Keith and Patsy Parrish. Once again the CACC had recognized a business in its organization. The Coats Pharmacy recognition focused on Donald Smith, the owner of the pharmacy (Daily Record Jan. 14, 1991).
Their only child, Kenneth Ennis, honored his parents-Chester and Edna Ennis on their 50th anniversary. Mrs. Ennis was the daughter of the late Minnie Ellen Ennis and M.E. Ennis. The celebration was at the Seven Sisters in Angier (Daily Record Jan. 8, 1991). How many of you recognized that this is the Kenneth Ennis who made a name for himself on the basketball court for the Coats Yellow Jackets?
Some of the readers might have been the audience when Staff Sgt. Lee Johnson spoke to the Coats student body about his duty with Desert Storm (Daily Record Jan. 21, 1991).
Gina Wheeler and Greg Wade Weaver announced plans for a Mar. 2 wedding. Tina Michele Graves and Toby Ennis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ennis, made February wedding plans also.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hawley of Coats announced the birth of Justin on January 20th. The mother was the former Ruth Tart and grandparents were Janice and Robert Tart (Daily Record Jan. 22, 1991).
The Coats Junior Order named a new leader, announced the Man of the Year and made a presentation for special contributions. The Man of the Year was Tommy Williford; the new Counselor was Dorsey Daniel, and M.T. Strickland was recognized for community service. The Coats Woman’s Club met at the home of Laura Langdon with Linda Massengill as co-hostess. Joseph and Alisha Das spoke on the Persian Gulf Crisis. D. Keith Parrish was appointed to the Flu-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee (Daily Record Jan. 24, 1991).
Andrea Ennis, daughter of Charles and Marilyn Ennis, had made Dean’s List Honors at NCSU (Daily Record Jan. 24, 1991).
Wayne Parrish had sent pictures to the Daily Record of debris found on the Delma Grimes Road and reminded the public on how trash revealed the secrets of the ones who dumped their trash on the wayside or on other people’s property (Daily Record Jan. 29, 1991).
How many of you constantly have to pick up beer cans, bottles, food containers from fast food chains that are not even within ten miles from your house, and furniture on the road or street in front of your house. Yes, you did read the word furniture. One morning while pulling out of our driveway, a huge couch was blocking our entrance into the highway. We surely wondered why anyone who could purchase or acquire a new couch would think other people would want or should dispose of their property.
So if Wayne Parrish were living today, he would be kept busy photographing all the trash that litters the highways in our area. However, there were some good activities being carried on by local Coats ladies. The Coats Liberty Club had a Certificate of Honor for their outstanding 1990 community programs (Daily Record Jan. 31, 1991).
Years ago, my parents gifted H.L. and me five acres of land covered in pine, hickory, oak and dogwood on the Big Branch. Under the trees were bushes and all kinds of running vines –some poisonous and others that were fragrant smelling. Some had thorns that dug into our flesh through work gloves while pulling them from the hard earth. Even our friends asked “Why”? It took us several years to turn the area into our dream gardens filled with camellias, azaleas, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, hosta and daylilies. My mom, a lover of flowers, died a few years afterwards and never got to see the finished product, but my dad did and he shared many cuttings from his yard to add to our camellia and azalea collection.
How many of you have visited the Rabbit Ridge Nursery behind the former teacherage and Baptist Church? The transformation is really a place to see all the hard work that Fred Robinson has put into developing those woods into a nursery for the purchase of his fruit bushes and trees. I wonder if his dad got to see all this hard work and how much did Drs. Donald and Ann Moore get to appreciate the hillside gardens of Fred and Linda? I do know that Fred Robinson received sympathy for the death of his father as printed in the January 31st edition of the 1991 Dunn paper.
Don’t forget that tomorrow--Saturday -at 1:00 in the Coats Community Building there will be a fascinating presentation by L.D. “Lenny” Parker about his perspective as a Deputy Commander of Disaster Mortuary Operational Response and Weapons of Mass Destruction. His work experiences at 9/11/2001 Ground Zero, NYC; Airplane Crashes and Natural Disasters/ Hurricanes will be shared by this retired SBI agent. See you there and then at the Coats Museums.
Here are some interesting facts that occurred in 1991.The average American in November of 1991 watched 30 hours and 25 minutes of TV per week; women over 55 watched 43 hours and 31 minutes and children 6-11 years of age watched 21 hours and 10 minutes. Wonder how many hours the men watched?
I do know that the median age for first marriage in the U.S. was 26.3 for men and 24.1 for women. There were 123.3 million cars on the road and their average age was 7.9 years. The seven largest banks in the world were Japanese. “Roseanne”, “Murphy Brown”, and “60 Minutes” were the three top TV shows watched. Everyone seemed to be watching the Gulf War on television. The first prototype high definition television was introduced. The Soviet Union self-destructed (Dickson, Paul. From Elvis to E-Mail. Massachusetts: Federal Street Press, 1999, pp.319-324).
The January 14, 1991 edition of the Daily Record printed that Jessie Lee Cutts, 76, of Route 2, Angier had died and was buried at Lakeside Memorial Gardens. Kristy Parrish had celebrated her 11th birthday on December 26 with a movie and pizza party in Raleigh.
Desert Storm rained destruction on Iraq. Allied planes flew 750 missions as war began in the Persian Gulf. In the Coats area, Amy Parrish had made the Dean’s List at UNC Chapel Hill. She was the daughter of Keith and Patsy Parrish. Once again the CACC had recognized a business in its organization. The Coats Pharmacy recognition focused on Donald Smith, the owner of the pharmacy (Daily Record Jan. 14, 1991).
Their only child, Kenneth Ennis, honored his parents-Chester and Edna Ennis on their 50th anniversary. Mrs. Ennis was the daughter of the late Minnie Ellen Ennis and M.E. Ennis. The celebration was at the Seven Sisters in Angier (Daily Record Jan. 8, 1991). How many of you recognized that this is the Kenneth Ennis who made a name for himself on the basketball court for the Coats Yellow Jackets?
Some of the readers might have been the audience when Staff Sgt. Lee Johnson spoke to the Coats student body about his duty with Desert Storm (Daily Record Jan. 21, 1991).
Gina Wheeler and Greg Wade Weaver announced plans for a Mar. 2 wedding. Tina Michele Graves and Toby Ennis, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ennis, made February wedding plans also.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hawley of Coats announced the birth of Justin on January 20th. The mother was the former Ruth Tart and grandparents were Janice and Robert Tart (Daily Record Jan. 22, 1991).
The Coats Junior Order named a new leader, announced the Man of the Year and made a presentation for special contributions. The Man of the Year was Tommy Williford; the new Counselor was Dorsey Daniel, and M.T. Strickland was recognized for community service. The Coats Woman’s Club met at the home of Laura Langdon with Linda Massengill as co-hostess. Joseph and Alisha Das spoke on the Persian Gulf Crisis. D. Keith Parrish was appointed to the Flu-Cured Tobacco Advisory Committee (Daily Record Jan. 24, 1991).
Andrea Ennis, daughter of Charles and Marilyn Ennis, had made Dean’s List Honors at NCSU (Daily Record Jan. 24, 1991).
Wayne Parrish had sent pictures to the Daily Record of debris found on the Delma Grimes Road and reminded the public on how trash revealed the secrets of the ones who dumped their trash on the wayside or on other people’s property (Daily Record Jan. 29, 1991).
How many of you constantly have to pick up beer cans, bottles, food containers from fast food chains that are not even within ten miles from your house, and furniture on the road or street in front of your house. Yes, you did read the word furniture. One morning while pulling out of our driveway, a huge couch was blocking our entrance into the highway. We surely wondered why anyone who could purchase or acquire a new couch would think other people would want or should dispose of their property.
So if Wayne Parrish were living today, he would be kept busy photographing all the trash that litters the highways in our area. However, there were some good activities being carried on by local Coats ladies. The Coats Liberty Club had a Certificate of Honor for their outstanding 1990 community programs (Daily Record Jan. 31, 1991).
Years ago, my parents gifted H.L. and me five acres of land covered in pine, hickory, oak and dogwood on the Big Branch. Under the trees were bushes and all kinds of running vines –some poisonous and others that were fragrant smelling. Some had thorns that dug into our flesh through work gloves while pulling them from the hard earth. Even our friends asked “Why”? It took us several years to turn the area into our dream gardens filled with camellias, azaleas, rhododendrons, hydrangeas, hosta and daylilies. My mom, a lover of flowers, died a few years afterwards and never got to see the finished product, but my dad did and he shared many cuttings from his yard to add to our camellia and azalea collection.
How many of you have visited the Rabbit Ridge Nursery behind the former teacherage and Baptist Church? The transformation is really a place to see all the hard work that Fred Robinson has put into developing those woods into a nursery for the purchase of his fruit bushes and trees. I wonder if his dad got to see all this hard work and how much did Drs. Donald and Ann Moore get to appreciate the hillside gardens of Fred and Linda? I do know that Fred Robinson received sympathy for the death of his father as printed in the January 31st edition of the 1991 Dunn paper.
Don’t forget that tomorrow--Saturday -at 1:00 in the Coats Community Building there will be a fascinating presentation by L.D. “Lenny” Parker about his perspective as a Deputy Commander of Disaster Mortuary Operational Response and Weapons of Mass Destruction. His work experiences at 9/11/2001 Ground Zero, NYC; Airplane Crashes and Natural Disasters/ Hurricanes will be shared by this retired SBI agent. See you there and then at the Coats Museums.