THE ZEBULON RECORD
VOLUME 36. NUMBER 68. ZEBULON. N. C.. MAY 31. 1662
Mr. and Mrs. Rolan Cordon
Rolan Gordon Cooking Carolina
Folks' Favorite Food, Barbecue
A Second Primary Is Likely
In Commissioner, Education Race
BOARD OF EDUCATION
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Rolan Gordon is pleasing the
palates of local folks with North
Carolina’s favorite food—barbecue.
Gordon will have an official
opening of his barbecue restaurant
Saturday, June 2. He, however,
has been open for business for
about two weeks.
Gordon’s chicken and pork bar
becue and brunswick stew is some
of the tastiest you’11 ever put your
lips to. He uses his own special
seasoning and slow, unhurried
cooking.
He admits he likes to cook. He
has all his life.
Gordon said he gradually got
into the business. He started
cooking a small quantity of chick
ens and pork in his backyard and
on his back porch for churches and
relatives and friends. They liked
it. Then recently he decided to
go into it in a big way.
He has a modern .barbecue pit
behind his grade A restaurant
which has a dining area that will
seat 20 persons. The pit has fa
cilities for cooking chickens and
fish, when parties desire fish for
suppers.
Gordon was the first cook in the
CCC camps at Stantonsburg and
Morehead City. This was inval
uable experience for him. He
said he has two underling cooks
beneath him.
The majority of his life he has
been with construction companies,
until his retirement a couple of
years ago. He declared he was too
old—even if he is just 47—to fol
low construction work now. There
is too much .moving and he wanted
to be with his family more.
He is the son of Mrs. Bessie
Gordon of Zebulon and the late W.
Oscar Gordon. He was born i*
Duplin County but came to this
area when he was a youngster
with his family.
He is a member of Zebulon Bap
tist Church, belongs to White
Stone Masonic Lodge, and is as
sociate patron of the Wakefleld
Zebulon Order of the Eastern Star.
One of his very favorite pastimes
is working with youth, especially
boys. He is Scout Master of Troop
525 and said he is having a won
derful time with them.
Gordon is married to the former
Vivian Perry. They have two
children, Danny, 12, and Vicky,
Layman's Day Service
Rev. G. W. McDowell announces
there will be a special Layman’s
Day Service on Sunday, June 3,
at 11:00 o’clock at the Pilot Baptist
Church. The speakers for the
morning worship service will be:
Norwood Martin, Jarman Finch,
Eugene Perry, and Louis Mangas.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend this service.
10. Mrs. Gordon is active in Zeb
ulon Baptist Church, where she
is a member of the Senior Board
of Deacons and a counselor of the
Junior Girls’ Auxiliary. She is
also an active OES member.
Gordon said his business will
be open from 9 until 9 week days
and from 12 until 9 on Sundays.
He will not only serve individ
ual orders but is available for
catering service, too.
When he isn’t working, this
husky genial gentleman can be
found managing his farm and par
ticipating in his hobbies of pond
fishing and rabbit and squirrel
hunting.
The restaurant is located on
Highway 64 mid-way between
Zebulon and Wendell.
Zebulon Attorney Ferd L. Davis
has not made up his mind to call
for a second primary to seek a
seat on the Wake County Board of
Education.
Davis was third high man in a
six man race for the education
position in the Saturday Democrat
ic primary.
“With respect to a second pri
mary, I think that eastern Wake
County ought to have representa
tion on the Board of Education,”
Davis said. “At the same time I
realize that the opinion of the peo
ple of this area is more important
than my own view in this matter,
and I am still trying to ascertain
the wishes of the majority of the
people. All views expressed to me
will be appreciated.”
Wendell Restauranteur Is
Discoverer Rosin Potatoes
Who is it that doesn’t like a
baked potato smothered in sour
cream and chives or smooth
creamy cheese along with a char
coal broiled steak?
We’ll vouch there isn’t a soul
who can deny he doesn’t like this
taste-tempting delicacy.
But 'had it not been for a Wen
dell restaurateur baked potato eat
ers would never have known the
wonderful taste of rosin baked po
tatoes.
Dolphin Griffin claims he is the
originator of the rosin baked po
tato. He told it this way: he spent
about half a day with an elderly
gentleman some years ago who
had been in the turpentine distil
lery business. This old gentleman
would drop sweet potatoes into the
rosin and cook them for his lunch
or supper. He vowed they were
delicious.
An idea came to Griffin’s mind,
who is very food conscious any
way. Why not use the same meth
od for cooking white potatoes for
customers. He tasted the old
man’s concoction. They were good,
very good. And would be just the
thing for steaks.
Griffin found the potatoes had
a very good consistency. They
would stay hot longer and still re
tain their goodness, quality and
special texture.
The idea didn’t remain just an
idea long. Griffin put the idea
into being. And the customers
loved them. He gave his origina
tion to the firm he was working
with, bringing it, however, with
him when he came to Wendell to
open a restaurant.
Griffin has been interested in
the preparation of foods for a long
time. Since his childhood he has
liked to cook. He began his life’s
work in earnest in 1947.
After six months with his broth
er who ran a restaurant in Ra
leigh, Griffin decided to go out on
his own and opened a restaurant
in Wendell. He stayed in Wen
dell until 1951 when he decided
to buy a Raleigh supper club. He
was in the Raleigh establishment
for four years.
The gypsy got into his heels
again and Griffin joined the Char
coal Steak House chain. He was
sent to Jacksonville, Fla., where
he was put in charge of a supper
club, and where he discovered the
potato liked by so many.
Griffin stayed in Florida for six
years, coming back to Wendell
last year and opening one of the
most modern restaurants in North
Carolina.
Griffin, with his gourmet know
how. prepares and sees to the
preparation of the food in his res
taurant with personal supervision.
He has the customers’ interests at
heart—and stomach.
He said he serves no fabricated
foods. All the steaks—which he
specializes in—are fresh and cut
in his own kitchen. There are no
frozen or breaded seafoods.
His delightful roquefort and
French dressings are concocted
with his own special recipe and
are a treat to the taste buds.
Griffin said the looks is 50 per
cent of the preparation. He be
lieves a pretty salad or a well
prepared, good-looking steak or
platter of seafood is more appe
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If Davis does not seek another
primary, eastern Wake County
will go without the chance of rep
resentation on the school board
unless the Legislature makes an
appointment disregarding the vote
of the people.
Davis said: “I am extremely
grateful for the fine vote I received
last Saturday, particularly from
my home folks, because it repre
sents largely the efforts of my
friends. One month before the
primary it was necessary for me
to enter the Wendell- Zebu Ion Hos
pital for a total of three operations,
which cut my personal campaign
ing practically to zero, and so I
appreciate all the more the help
I have received.”
Davis polled a total of 5,111
votes. High man was Henry R.
Adams of Cary with 7,924 votes,
will William J. Booth, Sr., of Apex
coming in second with 5,710 votes.
William B. Cooper of Cary trailed
Davis with a total of 4,272 votes.
Lincoln Hodge of Knightdale was
fifth runner-up with 3,089. Carl
Grad of Wendell was low man
with a total of 1,440.
There is a strong possibility
that a second primary may be
called in the two races for Wake
Comity Commissioner.
These involve District One
where Tom Bailey of Wendell led
the race with 5,912 votes and Billy
K. Hopkins of Zebulon was second
high man with 4,303 votes. Hop
kins is eligible to call a second
primary.
Carl Goerch Is
WS Finals Speaker
One of North Carolina’s well
known citizens will deliver the
commencement address to the
Wakelon senior class Friday night.
Carl Goerch, the speaker, came
to North Carolina in 1914 from
Tarrytown, New York, after doing
newspaper work in his home
town for a couple of years.
It was also in 1933 that he
started The State, a weekly mag
azine devoted to things of interest
in North Carolina.
Commencement exercises get
underway Friday at 8 p.m., Princi
pal C. V. Tart has announced.
Special awards will be presented
that night.
Wakelon is graduating 51 sen
iors.
Tonight (Thursday) class night
will be held, entitled “The Sen
iors Farewell at Tara." This pro
gram gets underway at 8 pjn.
Baccalaureate services were held
Sunday, May 27, with the Rev. W.
K. Quick, pastor of Zebulon Meth
odist Church, delivering the mes
sage. The Rev. Troy J. Barrett of
Warrenton, former pastor of Zeb
ulon Methodist Church, was sched
uled to deliver the address but
was unable to be present because
of a voice problem.
Shepard School Presents More
Than $1500 In Scholarships
Scholarships totaling more than
$1,500 were given at Shepard
School May 24 at the annual Hon
or’s Day program.
Dr. T. R. Sepigner, professor
of geography and resource-use ed
ucation at North Carolina College,
was the speaker. In his address
he pointed out that motivation for
achievement should begin in the
lower grades if it is to be accom
plished at a higher level.
The following essentials were
listed by the speaker: moral char
acter, humility, perseverance,
leadership, service and under
standing. He advised each student
to include God in formulating
plans for life.
He expressed the importance of
being humble.
“If boys and girls get along in
the atomic world, they will have
to be submissive to ohange,” he
said. “No one can use the same
plan for 40 years and expect it to
bum out proficient scholars.”
Scholarship recipients were:
Talladega College, $250 each to
Harvey Horton, Dewarner Perry
and George Blackwell; Delta
Sigma Theta Sorority, $50 to
Geraldine Fox; Southeastern Bus
iness College, $200 each to Lore
tha Mayo and Willard Williams;
Civella Beauty College, $50 to
Barbara Horton; Shepard Faculty
Scholarship, $50 to Romas Horton;
and Wake County Teachers Schol
arship, $50 to Clementine Ferrell.
Awaiting to be awarded are two
$300 scholarships to Shaw Univer
sity; and a $150 scholarship to
Barber-Scotia College. These
scholarships will be given to stu
dents among the upper ten per
cent.