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VOLUME 6 NUMBER 37 PEMBROKE, N.C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 197B 15? PER COPY
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JULIAN PIERCE SELECTED
AS LEGAL SERVICES CHIEF
IN PEMBROKE
Pembroke--Washington, DC attorney
Julian Pierce, a Lumbee Indians and
Hoke County native, has been selected
as executive director of the newly
formed Lumbee River Legal Services
(LRLS) Program, according to Denison
Ray, executive director. Legal Services
of NC.
"We are extremely pleased that
Julian Pierce will be joining the LRLS
program as executive director," said
Ray. "As a native of the area, and as an
attorney, Mr. Pierce is well aware of the
civil legal needs of low income Indian
and non Indians of Southeastern North
Carolina."
Ray, who was a member of the LRLi
advisory board selection committee saic
that Pierce will officially assume hi<
duties on October 16. However, befor*
the program begins operation, Pierc*
and the other new staff members wil
participate in extensive legal service:
training at both state and nationa
levels.
LRLS was organized this summer t<
provide free civil legal assistance to lov
income residents of Robeson County
The program hopes to be fully opera
tional by January 1, 1979. Progran
offices will be located in the forme
Locklear and Son Funeral Home Build
ing on Union Chapel Road in Pem
> broke.
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i Funds for LRLS and nine other legal
i services programs in North Carolina are
; provided by Legal Services of North
1 Carolina, a statewide non- profit
5 organization, by the National Legal
1 Services Corportation in Washington,
DC.
J
v Pierce received his bachelor of
science degree in chemistry from PSU
- in 1966. Following a career as chemist
3 with the Newport News and Norfold
r Naval Ship Yars in Va. he attended law
I- school at the North Carolina Central
i- University Law School in Durham.
He received his juris doctor degree
from NCCU in 1976. And he has
recently earned as advanced law degree
from Georgetown University Law School
in Washington.
Pierce is currently serving as an
attorney in the General Council's Office
of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission in Washington, DC.
Pierce is licensed to practice law in
North Carolina and Virginia.
Pierce and his wife, Patricia, and
their children, Julian, Julia and Avery
will be making their home in the
Pembroke area.
Rev. Elios Rogers
Announces Did On LREMC
Board
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Ellas Rogers
The Rev. Elias Rogers, President of
the Lumbee River Electric Membership
Board of Directors, has announced his
candidacy for re-election to that board.
Rev. Rogers is completing his first year
as president and his 11th year as a
member of the board of directors. He is
a candidate at large. In making his
announcement. Rev. Rogers released
the following statement:
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"1 am honored to have had the
opportunity to serve you the members
of the Lumbee River EMC. New
programs, policies and ideas have been
implemented this year.
"Two of the major member- benefit
ting programs have been load manage
ment residential central air condi
tioners, heat pumps, and electric water
heaters and the joint LREMC- Farmers
Home Administration Home Weatheri
zation Improvement Program.
"This past year, peak demand for
electricity was reduced significantly
through load management of these
appliances, and over approximately
$10,000 was credited on participating
member's power bills. Under the Home
We etherization Program, 38 members
wen helped financially to add insula
tion and storm windows to their homes,
and another 200 members were given
Home Weatherization advice by co
operative employees. Members on low
and fixed incomes were helped to pay
their electric bills through the coopera
tive's participation in a federally funded
program."
Rev. Rogers continued, "This year as
president of the cooperative seems to
have gone by rapidly. I have been busy,
learning and applying what 1 have
learned to make Lumbee River EMC the
best member-owned cooperative in the
nation.
"1 humbly ask that you consider me
as a candidate fdr re-election to the
LREMC Board of Directors. I urge each
of you to attend the 38th Annual
Meeting of the Members on Tuesday,
October 17 1978 at the Pembroke State
University Performing Arts Center.
Your support will be greatly apprecia
ted."
Indian, Patrol
Relations Eyed
RALEIGH (AP) ? If the Highway Patrol troop In Robeson
County had equal numbers of white, blacks and Indians, and if
troopers in certan areas of the county were required to live
there and become familiar with the Indian point of view, rela
tions between the patrol and the Lumbee Indins would im
prove.
Those are some of the recommendations of the North Caro
lina Commission of Indian Affaire, made Thursday in an effort
to Improve relations between the two groups. That relationship
has been strained lately by complaints from Indians of abuse by
troopers. However, the commission's recommendations did not
deal with any of those specific complaints.
Currently, the Highway Patrol troop In Robeson County has
two Macks, IS whites and no Indians. However, the county's
population Is about one third of each race, according to the
report.
And almost all the patrol officers live in Lumberton, which Is
predominantly white, according to the report, which was writ
ten by a committee of representatives from the commission,
the stats Human Relations Council and Robeson County rao
Idsnts.
The recommendations, which wen sent to J. Phil Carlton,
secretary of Crime Control end Public Safety, Included:
gmpanilon of a patrol rule that patrolmen cannot return to
their heme counties until they have been with the force for M
years. The reperi said the rule keeps Indiana to ths petrol Horn
serving to Reheeen County.
?Organtiitton of e lot felling campaign among Indians In the
eonMtoa that have ilpMlcenl Indian populeUana. The report
showed that than an asven Indians earn* the t,IM highway
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Willie
Lowery
by Brace Barton
Pembroke* Willie Lowery is an artist.
He writes music and performs it. He is
constantly expanding his limits, seeing
how far he can go. The sky is the limit.
Willie recently combined his talents
with those of Lumbee Regional Devel
opment Association's Lumbee Indian
Education Project.
The result was a children's musical
drama named STAND AS ONE. Created
and written by Willie Lowery, the show
was presented at the Strike At The
Wind's outdoor drama amphitheatre at
the Riverside Country Gub in nearby
Red Banks. It was a good and snappy
show. A sing a long type of composition
that made one want to dap and smile
broadly. The children cavorted and had
a good time. And the audience enjoyed
the production immensely as evidenced
by k>ud and frequent outbursts of
applaud.
Yes, It was a salute to Willie Lowery,
too, a talented Indian who has returned
home after wandering up and down the
musical trails in America. He has
returned home to make his roots part of
his music. The wildly successful music
maker for Strike At The Wind!. Willie s
latest effort, STAND AS ONE, shows
him still growing and learning and
expanding.
A special presentation preceding the
production were live performances by
Willie, Carnell Locklear, Miriam Oxen
dine and Brenda Hunt, a former Miss
Lumbee. It was a special fun filled two
days of entertainment.
The play was presented on Friday and
Saturday nights (Sept. 6 A 9). Except
for an occasional mosquito bite, and
inferior microphones. It waa a lovely
w?y.to spend an evening.
Too, the play produced ? bonaflde star,
Maurice Lowery. Jr., who has a crystal
dear tenor voice that tingles like a bell.
He might grow Into a Henry Berry
Lowry type In a Mure Strike At The
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An Open
Letter To
Indian Parents
Dear Indian Parents:
The Title IV, Part A Indian Education
Project will hold open public elections
for representatives to the Countywide
Title IV, Part A Parent Committee at 8
school districts on Monday, September
18 and Tuesday, September 19.
Although the elections will be held by
school district, it is important for each
school to have a representative or
representatives.
Indian parents, teachers and students
have a vital role to play in Indian
Education, and the representative from
the school on the countywide parent
committee is elected to assure that the
feelings and attitudes of the Indian
community are expressed in the plan
ning and operation of the Indian
Education Project.
In order to serve, a person must
attend the parent elections or the
nomination cannot be honored.
If you are concerned about represen
tation and the Title IV Part A Project in
your school, then , rUi should make ?
every effort to attend the parent"
elections and make certain you have
good representation from your school on
the countywide parent committee.
The following is a schedule of parent
elections in the Robeson County Scho
ols:
Monday. Sept. 18: Prospect/ OXendine
at Prospect School; Parkton/ Rex
Rennert at Rex- Rennert; Fairgrove/
Green Grove at Fairgrove; Allenton /
Smiths and Littlefield at Littlefield. The
meetings will begin t 7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, September 19: Magnolia
Piney Grove at Magnolia; Pembroke
School District at Pembroke Senior
High (includes Union Chapel; Pem
broke Elementary; Pembroke Junior;
Pembroke Senior; Deep Branch; Union
Elementary and Purvis); Rowland/
Southside at Rowland; Orrum/ Proctor
ville/ Long Branch at Orrum. Meetings
will begin at 7:30 p.m.
The following is a breakdown of
representation from each school district
for the 1978-79 parent committee
elections:
Fairgrove and GreenGrove- 3 parents
and one parent-teacher. Littlefield,
Allenton and Smiths. 2 parents; Mag
nolia, one student, one parents, one
parent-teachers; Orrum, Long Branch
and Proctorville- one parent and one
parent-teacher; Parkton and Rex- Ren
nert, two parents; Pembroke Senior,
two parents and one student; Pembroke
Junior, two parents and one parent
teacher; Pembroke Elementary- three
parents and one parent teacher; Deep
Branch, one parent, one parent teacher;
Purvis, one parent; Union Elementary,
one parent and one parent- teacher;
Union Chapel, two parents; Prospect,
one student, two parents, and one
parent teacher; Oxendine. one parent;
Rowland, Southside and Ashpole, two
parents and one parent-teacher. Piney
Grove. I parent and 1 parent teacher.
You are encouraged to contact
persons in your school district who are
interested in serving on the parent
committee and encourage others to
attend the parent elections. Members of
the Title IV Project Staff, the Board of
Education and Principals are not
eligible to serve on the parent commit
tee. Only kriha parents, teachers and
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REVIVAL PLANNED FOR CHEROKEE
METHODIST CHURCH
Cherokee Methodist Church will hold
their revival the week of September
17-22nd, 1978. Sunday night service will
begin at 7:00 p.m.. and week nights at
7:30 p.m,, Rev. Roy Oart and Rev.
Monroe Woods will be guest speakers.
Everyone ik invited to attend. Rev.
Julian Ransom is pastor.
GRADUATES FROM UNC
Peggy Lowry Strickland of Pem
broke received her B.S.P.T. Degree
from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill this summer. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
Lowry of Barker Street, Pembroke, and
is married to Earl Homer Strickland of
Route 1, Pembroke.
TRIP TO HOLY LAND PLANNED
Educational opportunities offers
you a great deal- Travel to the Holy
Land with Ruth H. Mundy, direct
from Charlotte, NC. Nine days of
inspiration and learning about Jesus.
His life. His time. His and, his faith is
olanned. The croup leaves
red. u, cuu is only joiSi r<*r
more information, call 738-5635.
APPRECIATION DINNER PLANNED
You are invited to join your friends
at a Celebration Appreciation Dinner at
the Old Foundry on Saturday night,
Sept. 16, at 7 p.m. for good food, good
fun and good fellowship as Rev. Bob
Mangum leaves his post as Director of
the Robeson County Church and
Community Center and becomes pastor
the Prospect United Methodist Church.
Cost of tickets $4.00 and you can get
your ticket at the Robeson County
Church and Comunity Center or from
the following persons: Rev. J.F.
Cummings. Sidney Locks, Charles
McDowell, Adolph Dial. Ms. C.L.
Hocker, Howard Cooper. Tommy Swett.
Call today to reserve your place.
VISITS CADET AT AIR FORCE
ACADEMY
Mrs. Mildred Davis, a teacher at
Union Elementary School, visited her
son. Howard D. Davis, Jr.. a cadet at
the United States Air Force Academy.
Colorado Springs. Colorado. The occa
sion was annual parents weekend.
Cadet Davis is one of more than 1400
cadets officially accepted into the cadet
world after completing six weeks of
Basic Cadet Training (BCT). This was
extensive field training. Acceptance in
the wing as a 4th G ass man is equal to
the freshman year in a university.
WOODS STORE MANAGER
RECEIVES PROMOTION
Woods Store manager Clarence E.
Hall of Pembroke has been promoted
and transferred to Elixabethtown. NC.
Mr. Hall haa been with the Woods
Co. for over 11 years. He is a native of
Roanoke. Va. He is married to the
former Geraldine Edwards of Roanoke.
Va. They have three children, Mrs. Stan
Davis of Savsnnah. Ga.. two tons,
Ronnie and Donnie Had who are also
with the Woods Stores. The Halls have
three grand children. They reside in
Lumberton at the present time.
Said Mr. HaR: "I would Hke to
expresa my appreciation to the people of
Pembroke I enjoyed the past three
years that I managed the Weeds Store
In Pembroke, finding It a IHendly teem
with friendly people. I feel aa though I
made a lot of new friends that wM ha
missed hat never forgotten. Thank you
so much for your support aa friends and
cue tamers during my nmnagmnant In
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OPEN HOUSE FLAMMED
AT OXEFONNE SCHOOL
Oiendine School wiH hold their
first Open House of the school year on
Thursday, Sept. 21, in the school
cafeteria beginning ?t 7 p.m. Patoata
are encouraged to be present , by the
principal, Noah Woods, to w mare
informed about parental involvement,
promotion and retention, fund raising
projects, etc.
MAGNOLIA SCHOOL PLANS
OPEN HOUSE
Magnolia School on Highway 301,
will holds its first opea house for this
school year. Open House will he
Monday night. Sept. 18, from 7 until 9
p.m. All teachers and staff members
will be in their respective areas during
that time to speak with visitors. The
cafeteria staff will prepare and serve
refreshments in the school cafeteria.
Parents and community members are
encouraged to attend.
MAGNOLIA SCHOOL MEMBERS A1E
ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND EEA
ELECTIONS TUESDAY NIGHT
A meeting will be huM aw Tuesday.
Sept. 18 at Magnolia School to elect
three parent representatives from Mag
nolia School to the 40- member IBA
Committee. Members of the Magnolia
School District are encouraged by the
principal, J. Mark Brooks, to attend.
LOCKLEAE FOUND GUILTY OF
SECOND DEGREE MURDER
Harold Fred Locklear was found
guilty last Thursday of second degree
murder in the death of Annie Sue
Anderson on September 18. 1977.
Sentence was pronounced by Judge
Henry A. McKinnon. The jury delibe
rated 25 minutes before returning with
their guilty verdict. District Attorney
Joe Freeman Britt had asked for death
in the case.
Locklear was defended by Pembroke
attorney Arnold Locklear and Lumber
ton attorney Bruce Huggins.
McKinnon sentenced the defendant
to 20-25 years.
BOARD OF EDUCATION TO MEET
TUESDAY, SETT. 19
The Robeson County Board of
Education will meet Tuesday evening at
4 p.m. in the Board of Education
Building. Lumberton for their Septem
ber meeting.
Revival To
Begin At
Sandy Plains
Revival services will begin Sunday,
Sept. 17. at Sandy Plains United .
Methodist Church near Pembroke.
Services will be held each evening.
Sunday through Friday at 7JO p.m.
There will be special music each
evening.
The guest speaker win be the lav.
Thomas 0. Hoitsdaw, pastor of the
Concord Uaited Methodist Church,
Rosboro. NC Presently nerving Ma 6th
appointment. He is a graduate of Mania
Harvey CoRege. receiving Ma Master Of
Divinity Degree horn Divinity School at
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