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Some Stuff I Wrote (2001) H. Morris Williams

Two Coaches Who Moved Up
December 7,1993

Ed and Peahead.. .CHS has had two head football coaches who later became coaches at
major colleges, Ed Williamson and Peahead Walker. Peahead coached here in 1923, later coached

at Wake Forest University. Ed Williamson coached here in 1943 (his team captains were Fred
Rozelle and Buck North), later coached the first football team at FSU. Peahead Walker also coached

at Elon College in North Carolina where Lake Citian Ruby Briggs attended school and knew
Peahead’s brother Archie.

Didn’t it rain!... Football fans who attended this year’s Florida-Georgia football game in
the Gator Bowl saw a lot of rain. But Doyle Cason saw even more rain at the Gator Bowl back in

1984 when the USFL Jacksonville Bulls played the Pittsburg Maulers. So much rain fell that the
lower part of the team bench on the east side was under water. As a result, both teams sat on the
same bench on the west side throughout the game.

Blue Horse bicycle______ Years ago, local kids used to buy “Blue Horse” notebook paper so

they could clip the coupons and send them in to the company for prizes. But did you ever know
anyone who actually won the grand prize? Well, now you know. Ernest Williams, CHS 1940 class
salutatorian, won one. With the help of friends, he collected hundreds of the coupons and won the

fabled Blue Horse bike. But he never got to ride it much because he had to go to World War II.
When he returned from service, the bike was still sturdy and strong and being used every day. Do

you know anyone else who ever won a Blue Horse bike?
Memorial Stadium dedication ... When our Memorial Stadium was dedicated in 1949 to

those who had died in war, the Rev. E. F. Montgomeiy, Sr. gave the dedication prayer, “We call to
mind those boys who, in days gone by, acquitted themselves so well on the same field where we play

today. Short days ago, they lived, played, felt the thrill of victory. They were praised and cheered.
They loved and were loved; but now they lie in honored graves among the heroes of our fatherland.

Our lives are richer and better because they played so well the game of life. . . . Therefore, in the
name of the Father and Son and Holy Ghost, we dedicate this stadium to the noble who here once

strove to win and who now wear the immortal crown of victory, to the glory of God and for the

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