Expresses appreciation for honor
Ben Rich, of Newport News, Va., spoke of his appreciation for Chowan College in his
acceptance address after being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Rich was the captain of
the 1954football squad.
Former quarterback inducted
New Castle, Del., resident, Dave Whaley, outstanding quarterback of the 1963
Braves' football team and a new member of the Chowan Sports Hall of Fame, ad
dresses the audience attending the banquet on November 14.
Garrison, Hawkins honored with
naming of stadium, baseball field
Continued from Page 3
School in New Castle, Del. He was
All-Conference, team captain and
All-State his senior year.
Whaley played in the Delaware
Blue-Gold All-Star Game and was
captain of the victorious Gold
Team.
Enrolling at Chowan in 1962,
Whaley was an All-Conference
choice and Honorable Mention All-
American in 1963 as a quarterback.
Played Professionally
Leaving Chowan, he attended the
University of Connecticut where he
started as the quarterback and
place kicker for two years. As a
senior, Whaley quarterbacked the
first team in state history to defeat
Yale University, passing for 228
yards, kicking two field goals and
an extra point.
Honorable Mention All-East
Coast as a senior, Whaley went on
to play professionally with the
Wilmington Clippers of the Atlantic
Coast League and was second in
the league in passing in 1969.
Whaley finished his career with the
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Harrisburg Capitals of the same
league.
Whaley is currently employed by
General Chemical Company of
New Castle where he lives wito his
wife Kristine and their daughters.
Dawn and Shannon, and son,
Justin.
Gary Maftison,
fop cage player,
signs with State
Chowan sophomore basketball
player Gary Maattison, of Raleigh,
has signed a letter of intent to at
tend North Carolina State Universi
ty, according to Bob Biu-ke, head
basketball coach.
Mattison, the second Chowan
player to sign with North Carolina
State in three years, cited being
close to his faniily and the educa
tional support that North Carolina
State could provide as the deciding
factors in his signing.
Burke said that Mattison is the
first player to sign with N. C. State
this year.
Town of Murfreesboro
W. W. 'Billy' Hifl
Alfred W. Greene
Town Admin/strsior
(919) 398-S90S
P. O Bos 6
MurfrceRboro. NC 27856
(919) 898-69M
PROCUMATIOH
for
James G. Garrison and Jerry Lee Hawkins
By placing their names in the Hall of Fame
It William W. Hill, Mayor and the Town Council of the Town of Murfreesboro, North
Carolina, do hereby Honor these two men for their outstanding achievements with
the Athletic Department of Chowan College, Murfreesboro, North Carolina, and for
their many years Coaching.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT I William W. Hill, Mayor of the Town of
Murfreesboro, North Carolina do hereby proclaim November 14th, 1987, as
Garrison and Hawkins, Hall of Fane Day,
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this lOth day of November, 1907,
and caused to be affixed the Seal of the Town of Murfreesboro.
William W. Hill., Mayor
Town of Murfreesboro
STffe
Tovrti Administrator
ProclamatioT} issued bii Murfreesboro’s Mayor.