THE ZEBULON RECORD
Volume XXXIV. Number 36 Zebulon, N. C., Thursday, September 17,1959 Theo. Davis Sons, Publishers
Bulldogs Trample Rolesville, 40 -0
By Bill Quick
Living up to pre-season expec
tation and predictions, the Wake
Ion Bulldogs smashed a fav
ored Rolesville eleven last
Friday night 40-0. In a
burst of offensive power not seen
locally since the late forties, and
according to one observer since
1934, the Bulldogs, led by quarter
back Ronnie Clark, completely
outmanned a team that manhan
dled them last year 18-12.
Rolesville won the toss at the
game’s beginning and elected to
Teceive. The opposition rolled to
three successive first downs and it
looked as if they would go “all
the way,” gaining big yardage on
their end-around sweeps. The lo
cals got to work and held them on
the ten. Ellis King in some bril
liant broken-field running racked
up yardage downfield. Allen Pul
ley, the fullback, bulled through
the center of the line for ground
when the team needed it most.
And, as if the Rolesville boys were
caught by surprise, Ronnie Clark
passed to Johhny Broughton who
scampered for the first six-pointer.
Ellis King ran the extra point.
The Bulldogs kicked off and on
the first play from scrimmage,
Paul Brown recovered a Rolesville
fumble and the locals were in
business again. The backfield
ground out yardage and when the
half ended the Bulldogs were
knocking again at the goal post.
The half ended 7-0 with Roles
ville on the short end of the count.
The second half had hardly
started when Ronnie Clark sighted
Dan Massey downfield and hurled
a 34 yard pass to the gangling end
and Massey scampered the re
maining 20 yards untouched.
Rolesville failed to gain and gave
up the ball on downs only to see
Allen Pulley score the second
touchdown of the quarter.
Lee Naylor recovered a Roles
ville fumble and only seconds la
ter, Ellis King, the left halfback,
in beautiful broken-field running,
hit paydirt from 30 yards out.
Rolesville was forced to punt as
the third quarter buzzer sounded.
Wakelon opened the fourth
quarter and unable to gain punted
out on the Rolesville twenty-one.
In desperation, the Rolesville
quarterback tossed to his end
downfield only to find Dan Massey
his target and Massey, in one of
the game’s brilliant plays, ran 45
yards untouched. This play, which
came with Rolesville behind 0-26,
completely unnerved the team.
Coach Chapman begun to substi-,
tute his second string and for the
remainder of the time alternated
his teams on offense and defense.
With three minutes left, Ronnie
Clark on a quarterback sneak, scor
ed from the 13. Ralph Boykin
kicked the extra point. This
marker came after Tommy Wood
fell on a Rolesville fumble on the
Rolesville 15.
The game ended with the final
tally 40-0.The only sustained drive
of the game for Rolesville was at
the game’s very beginning after
the opening kickoff. They gained
valuable yardage on their end
sweeps but after the play had
been diagnosed by Coach Chap
man and corrected by the Bull
dog line, the opposition just was
unable to pick up yardage by
charging through the line.
The team hoisted Chapman on
their shoulders as they marched
across the field to meet a solemn
Rolesville coach, Bob Price, who
remarked to Chapman, “You have
a terrific ball team. Everything
hurt us. We have eight boys play
ing for the first time and we just
couldn’t cope with what you threw
us.”
Coach Chapman said after the
game, “I’m real proud of the boys
—they all came through.”
“These boys have got it. I was
real proud of the second line. As
for the first stringers, well, it’s
hard to pick out individual play
ers. Ronnie Clark did a great job,
so calm and cool. He just doesn’t
get excited under pressure. Bobby
Alford, Terry Kemp and Johnny
Broughton were right in there.
They deserve mentioning. Massey
and King and all the boys came
through.”
Might it be said that “the coach
came through also!”
ROTARIANS DISCUSS CONFERENCE PLANS
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SPRING CONFERENCE of Rotary District 771 will be held on the Dare Coast next year and plans for
the event which will bring hundreds of Tarheel Rotarians to the Outer Banks region were being discussed
when this picture was made in Manteo. Julian Oneto, left, is president of the Manteo Club this year.
Ferd Davis, district Rotary governor, is in the center and Manteo club’s vice president, William Ernst,
is at the right. The 1960 Spring Conference will be held at Nags Head with headquarters at. The Car
olinian Hotel of which Rotary President Oneto is resident manager. Photo courtesy Gold Leaf Farmer.
Extension Service Head to Be
Speaker for Farm Bureau
Dave Weaver, head of the North
Carolina Extension Service, has
been secured as the speaker at the
annual Farm Bureau barbecue to
be held in Wakelon School cafe
Youngster Hit By
Auto Saturday
Night Hero
A 4-year-old Negro, Ercelle
Richardson, Jr. of Route 3, Zebu
Ion, suffered undetermined inju
ries Saturday about 6:30 p.m.
when he was struck by an auto
driven by Alpheus Andrew Has
well of Route 2, Wendell.
According to Police Chief Willie
B. Hopkins, Haswell said the
youngster darted in front of his
1057 Chevrolet as he was going at
a slow rate of speed South on
Arendell Avenue.
The officer said investigation
showed that skid marks from Has
well’s car were 21 feet in length.
The child was taken to St. Agnes
Hospital by Peyton-Morgan ambu
lance.
No charges have been preferred
against Haswell until the investi
gation is completed by Officer
Hopkins.
teria on Tuesday evening, Septem
ber 29, at 7 p.m., Raymond Pip
pin, local Farm Bureau president,
has announced.
Weaver has been an outstand
ing leader in the field of agricul
tural extension work in North Car
olina for several years. He is well
qualified to give Farm Bureau
members information on things to
do to make the business of farming
sound in the future, Pippin said.
Tickets are being mailed to
members this week by the Bureau
secretary, Robert Edd Horton. It
is necessary that members notify
him whether they will attend the
supper so plates can be prepared.
This is the first in a series of
meetings being planned by the
program committee of the local
unit.
Song Fest Set
The W. I. Green Vocal Union
will meet Sunday at Lee’s Chapel
Baptist Church on Route 1, Mid
dlesex. The public is cordially in
vited to attend this singing which
begins at 1:30 p.m.
This singing event was named
for the late William Irvin Green,
long-time member, faithful work
er and song leader of Lee’s Chapel.
First Polio
Case
The first polio case for the vicin
ity of Zebulon was reported Tues
day, September 8.
Dorothy Lee Richardson, 15
year-old Negro of Route 4, Zebu
Ion is the victim. She is the daugh
ter of Mrs. Ruth Williams.
The victim is confined to her
home and is doing “all right,” ac
cording to her physician, Dr. Dur
wood Stallings, Jr. Her right hip
and leg were affected, but Dr.
Stallings reported that he feels it is
not real paralysis and the girl will
only suffer a muscle weakness.
The Richardson child became
ill before school opened this year.
The child’s brothers and sisters,
who have attended school, have
been quarantined.
According to reports, the girl
had not received polio shots.
ALA To Meet
Tonight At Eight
Members and all other inter
ested persons of the American Le
gion Auxiliary will meet tonight
(Thursday) with Mrs. Sidney
Holmes, hostess.
Mrs. Ralph Bunn, president, said
all eligible women who are inter
ested are urged to attend this meet
ing to get underway at 8 o’clock.
Beautifying the Park
Long Range Program
Of the Garden Club
Carmen Flowers Garden Club voted to under take a long range
beautification program of Zebulon Community Park Monday night at
their first 1959-bO meeting.
This long range program, Mrs.
Carsey Tippett, president, said,
will be planting flowering shrubs
and trees, the construction of a
rock garden, the planting of a
hedge to separate the boundary
lines and other things.
The proposal was presented to
the club by Mrs. Thomas Scarbor
ough, program chairman for the
meeting.
Mrs. Tippett accepted the presi
dency of the club again after serv
ing two terms. She informed the
club of her wish to withdraw, but
the members prevailed upon her
to accept the position again.
New girdles and older ones
were stretched Monday night when
the club held a covered dish sup
per at the home of Mrs. Ed Hales,
a club member. The buffet sup
per, held in the family room of
the Hales manor on Church Street,
consisted of chicken salad on let
tuce decorated with miniature to
matoes, asparagus casserole, string
beans with onions, relishes, hot
rolls, apple pie ala mode, tea
and coffee.
The new members recruited for
the new year were seated at a
banquet table centered with an au
tumn arrangement of a mallard
duck with marigolds, autumn
leaves and pine needles. The old
er members at auxiliary tables,
centered with nosegay bouquets.
The new members are Mrs. Le
roy Pittman, Mrs. Condon Debpam,
Mrs. Roy Beck, Mrs. Lawrence
Liles, Mrs. Bill Tucker, Mrs. Hor
ace Gay and Mrs. Fred Chamblee.
The buffet table was centered
with an arrangement of bronze
mums flanked with burning tapers.
Telephone Service
To Be Added Soon
Local approval has been given
to burying approximately 10,000
feet of cable along Highway 96
south of Zebulon to that telephone
service may be provided for the
following customers: Henry Wil
son Bailey, Jesse Holder, J. Mal
lie Upchurch and W. R. Richard
son.
To provide these new telephone
facilities, Bell Telephone Company
is spending approximately $4,045.
This is another step in keeping up
with the telephone growth around
Zebulon, company officials said.
PTA Membership
Drive Beginning
The Wakelon Parent-Teacher
Association will meet Monday
night at 7:45 in the school audi
torium.
After a short business session, a
musical presentation and the devo
tional, Principal John Hicks will
introduce all the teachers. Fol
lowing the introductions, everyone
will be invited to attend a recep
tion in the school cafeteria.
Asked to be in the receiving line
are Fred Smith, county superin
tendent of schools: Mrs. Eldred
Rountree, county PTA president;
and local school board members
Ben Thomas, Raymond Averette,
Hardin Hinton, J. R. Sawyer, and
F. B. Wall. Miss Mary Lacy Pal
mer and her hospitality committee
will prepare and serve the refresh
ments.
Mrs. u. H. Temple, PTA presi
dent, says that two tables will be
set up in the entrance hall prior to
the September 21 meeting. At one
parents and patrons of the school
may pay the annual membership
fee of 50# per person. At the oth
er table they may subscribe to the
PTA magazine.
Mrs. Temple urges parents to
join the PTA and participate In its
activities. Particularly interesting
this year, she believes, will be a
series of programs based on curric
ulum studies. A local group of
parents and teachers Joined sim
ilar groups throughout the state in
trying to pinpoint problems in the
school. The committee tried to
find what keeps each child, with
in the limits of his own abilities,
from taking full advantages of
the courses offered at Wakelon.
“The PTA,” according to Mrs.
Temple, “does not seek to enter
tain. Its objects are:
“To promote the welfare of chil
dren and youth in home, school,
church, and community.
“To raise the standards of home
life.
“To secure adequate laws for the
care and protection of children and
youth.
“To bring into closer relation the
home and the school, that parents
and teachers may cooperate intelli
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