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DEEP BRANCH IS HOME
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? I guess everyone feels
nbout their home place like I
?feel about Deep Branch: I love
??the place, the lay of the land.
?yny neighbors, my church, the
" school, the sense of commun
ity. The Deep Branch Com*
jnunity is home to me.
Recently I bought my little
girl Brand! a couple of
rabbits. Cute and bob tailed.
And my neighbor's dog, big
and ferocious , came and
killed them. And my neigh
bors, Mr. and Mrs. Gaude
Sampson Jr., surprised us
this morning by offering
AprfegfearandjMtethan ttrts.
'?ringing Brmndi two more
rabbits. It made me feel good
about my neighbors and my
community all over again. It
was a nice gesture and well
received by me and my
family, especially Brandi.
Neighbors can make one's
home place pleasant or other
wise. I am thankful to my
community-Deep Branch
and my nice neighbors like
Mr. and Mrs. Gaude Samp
son, Jr. it sort of renews ones
faith in his feliowman, espe
cially since the abject apology
was good enough for me. But
the extra step, the gesture of
being a good neighbor moved
me very much. Life is simply
neighbors and home and work
and one's relationship with
God.
Planes crashed overnight,
the Milwaukee Brewers were
crushed 13-1 last night, fight
ing flared here and there, but
the most important thing that
happened to me was to see my
neighbors act out a good and
proper gesture-replacing
Branch's dog- decimated rab
bits.
LREMC ANNUAL MEETING
A PLACE WHERE
DEMOCRACY FLOURISHES
Listen! I like democracy,
pure democracy, not the
socialized and watered down
kind that moat of us have
come to expect... but real and
vibrant democracy. Like at a
Lumber River Electric Mem
bership Corporation annual
meeting. The moat recent one
? ems held at Pembroke State
University's Performing Arts
Center Tuesday night and it
was exciting Hke moat of those
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I have attended in recent
years. And. believe me, de
mocracy is alive and well at a
co-op annual meeting.
Each year the cooperative
meets and elects four board of
directors to represent them,
and provide policy and guid
ance to the general manager
and his administrative staff.
And those of us who live on
Lumbee River's electric lines
take it personal and get
involved. The politicking is
fierce.
And the members have an
opportunity to have their say,
whether it is a common
complaint about spifaling
light bills or to present
motions for the board of
directors to consider in the
coming year.
This year I presented three
motions. One, I asked that the
general manager serve "at
the pleasure of the board"
rather than on a fixed con
tract; second, 1 asked that
the board of directors serious
ly consider hiring a local law
firm to represent the coopera
tive's legal interest rather
than depending on a fancy
lawfirm from Raleigh; and
thirdly, I asked that the board
consider policy dictating that
the general manager hence
forth live on the electric line of
Lumbee River. All three mo
tions passed resoundingly.
Now, I hope the board of
directors will listen to the
consumers and honestly and
fully consider these reason
able wishes. I believe they
will. The directors know that
the membership will vote
them out of office if they are
nor responsive to their senti
ments and needs. This is
democracy in its purest form.
And that's the way it ought to
be.
PSHS
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Homecoming
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Competition U based on
fund-raising events hejd by
each contestant and their
backets. The money is used
for school purposes.
The 13 contestants and .the!
homerooms they represent
are:(10th Grade) CletU Cum
mings-Morgan: Patricia
Hupt-Carmichael; Beverly
Blue-Haakins; Christina Vkk
Hicks; Gwen Jones-Tyner;
filth Grade) Penny Locklear
G. Lovrry; Veronica Oxendine
Stover; Sheila Locklear-R. Lo
cklear; (12th Grade) Christina
, Low ry-Harriet Karia Miller
Brayboy; Bridget Oxendiae-E
Lock I ear; Tracy Oieadine
Thomaa; Sissy levels-A thle
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It's Simplistic,
Impractical and
Hasn't Worked
HOOVER-GOLDWATER
REAGAN REPUBLICANISM
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by Lew Betlee
There are some Republi
cans in history whom 1
admire. Such as Abraham
Lincoln, who abolished slav
ery and became a martyr in
the process. And Dwight
David Eisenhower, who was
commander in chief of allied
forces during World War U.
And even Richard M. Nixon,
who made grievous errors,
shut also brought help to the
I Indians and new horizons to
J our foreign policy. He also
honorably brought our fight
ing men home from the most
mistaken war we ever fought.
It was no small service Nixon
performed for his country,
Watergate notwithstanding.
But Hoover-Gold water
Reagan Republicanism is not
my cup of tea. It is a political
philosophy I liken unto the
planter who plants but then
feels he should leave every
thing else up to Mother
Nature. Don't dung the
plants. Don't hoe out the
weeds. Don't do any water
ling. Just trust everything to
good old Mother Nature. Let
things work themselves out.
Free enterprise, like Moth
er Nature, is supposed to
solve all our problems, unaid
ed. unassisted, unasked. ?
Surely, that is a simplistic
view of things. And even
Hoover founded RFC!
1 remember the Great De
pression. And Herbert Hoo
ver's general remedy of doing
nothing. And how the people
suffered. And suffered and
suffered.
And I remember a song
which went like this: Ten
cents cotton and forty-cents
meat! How in the hell ean a
poor man'eat?
1 remember the two faded
pairs of overalls I owned and
the one pair of shoes per year.
1 remember the merchants
who foreclosed on us. taking
VI ?! >"?
our car. two mules and
fanning equipments I remem
ber plowing from sun-to-tun
for S04 kfd sometimes, being
unable toicoOect that because
nobody had any money during
the Hoover years. Like Nero,
Hoover fiddled while Rome
burned. He'd never held a
political officer before, and so
far as the poor were concern
ed, his administration reflec
ted that fact, too. For four
years they practically sucked
their thumbs for subsistence.
Yes, I've lived through hard
times and unemployment and
proibition and all the rest of it.
I've seen people compelled to
park their cars and start
riding on Hoover carts. And
I've seen people buried in
county home-made coffins
when their families couldn't
even put them in the ground.
So pardon me if I'm not
thrilled and enthralled by
Reagan-Hoover- Goldwater
simplistic economics and po
litical philosophy.
Conservative Republicans
are always talking about
balancing the budget. But
George Washington was the
first President to unbalance it.
So they can forget about
blaming that one on the
Democrats.
People need jobs. They
can't pay bills with charm. Or
excuses. Or the promise of
lower prices tomorrow. The
baby needs a new pair of
shoes now.
I believe it is the inherent
right of every American who
is able to work and wants to
work to find work, honest
work, of one kind or another.
And if I had my way, that
right would be written into
our Constitution. Nations
which refuse to assume such a
responsibility for their citi
zens. inevitably end up pay
ing the cost of such employ
ment...and more...in terms of
crime.
WARRIOR HIGHLIGHTS...
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by Stfvt Tyner
[Due le a recent illneea, this
writer wee unable to preeent
an article laat week for the
PSHS Clinton football game.
What follows is last week's
game coverage as well as
coverage of the West Cohan
boa game.
PEMBROKE VS. CLINTON
The Warriors' offense
sputtered and almost died
against the Clinton Dark
Horses in their first conferen
ce game of the season as the
opponents held Pembroke to
just eleven yards rushing
while handing them their first
loss of the season.
Bad things began happen-'
ing from the very beginning.
After taking the opening kick
off, the Warriors turned the
ball over on the first play from
scrimmage as quarterback
Devy Bell fumbled on the 34
yard line. Five plays later.
Dark Horse Alton Williams
plunged over from the one
yard line. After W.E. Spell's
kick, Ginton had a quick 7-0
lead.
The Warriors, however,
? came right back
driving the ball downfield 65
yards and tying the score
behind a pass from Bell to end
Jambs Bird. That was perhaps
the Ipst bright sport for the
Pembroke team. Plagued by a
stiff Clinton defense which
quite simply out- muscled the
Warriors, Pembroke managed
only one more score late in the
fourth quarter while Ginton
was chalking up three scores.
STATISTICS
PSHS CLINTON
Total Yds 159 272
Passing 159 272
Passing 148(22/13/1)34(9/5-0
Rushing 11 238
First Downs 9 14
Penalties/ydge ? 7/48 2/30
Fumbles/lost 3/1 0/0
Kick return ydge. 5/63 22
Pt. return ydge. 3/75 6/59
PSHS VS WEST COLUMBUS
Bad experiences are best
forgotten, and the West Co
lumbus game is one experie
nce the Warriors probably
wish they could erase com
pletely. Behind three inter
ceptions, one lost fumble, and
100 yards of penalities, the
Warriors were ambushed by
the high-flying Vikings in a
16-14 loss bringing the War
riors' conference record to
0-2.
The most important and
costly of these mistakes came
with only 36 seconds left in
the game as the Warriors
were driving for the winning
score. On third down from the
Vikings' seven-yard line
quarterback Devy Bell threw
' 1
Linwood Chestnut just inside
the goal line stopping any
chance of victory.
The Warriors never were
able to shake the determined
West Columbus tean through
out the entire game. Exhibit
ing some of the careless
mistakes reminiscent of some
of the earlier games of the
season, the Pembroke squad
could never get things in
gear. A big factor for the
second week in a row was the
lack of offense from speedster
Lee McRae who was held to
only seven yards rushing.
The Warriors must now
regroup for a three week
home stand beginning to
morrow night in the Home
coming game against Pender
County. Starting 0-2 in the
conference, the Warriors
must win all the remaining
games plus get some help
from other conference teams
if they hope to have any
chance of post-season play.
Right now, it's one game at a
time. Look out Patriots!
STATISTICS
PSHS West Columbus
Total Yds. 292 213
Passing 143 41
Rushing 149 172
First Downs 16 11
Penalties/ydge. 12/100 4/27
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITO^
Writer responds to
Ms. Elmer Lowry's letter
To The Editor:
The recent letter from Ma.
Elmer lowry inpugns the
motives of V' w^? desirt open
exchange of ideas and philo
sophy ! I w only 2 things of
those who wish to criticize my
actions: First, have your facts
correct and second, show me
a better way to got Don't
preach me a sermon, Hve H/l
The Wilmington Morning
Star, in its October 6th
editorial, summed up the
situation very well when they
said, "If Rose really believes
that only politicians of the
dominant party can help their
constituents, perhaps he can
explain why local democrats
stood meekly by while a
shyster proposed a phantom
aluminum smelting plant in
Columbus County and the
Democrat controlled Depart
ment of Commerce did every
thing but lay the corner stone I
And where has party effec
tiveness been hiding all these
years while good, high pay
ing, and clean industry was
routed to the Piedmont and
points West?"
The crushing blow came
when the editor said, "To
argue that a party-line vote is
conducive to good govern
mentis hypocrisy!" Oh, my is
that heresy?
As for my concern for
Indian representation, it does
concern me that there is no
Indian representation on
Charles Rose's staff. If my
memory serves me correctly,
the Indian Community spent
considerable time and money
to break "double voting" so
that they could have fair and
equitable representation of
their own!' They were not
satisfied with tokenism on a
school board and should not
be satisfied with the current
situation!
1. FACT: According to our
Washington sources, when
you take the 18 staff members
Ms. Lowry named and add all
the aides of the various
committees and subcommit
tees (such as intelligence,
argiculture. communications,
etc.), Mr. Rose has over SO
staff people who serve at his
pleasure and his influence I
_2. FACT: David Lester told
Bruce Barton and myself that
there had been a death in his
family and he has rescheduled
his visit for October 28th. Ms.
Lowry is very close to calling
Mr. Lester a liar.
It might further interest
Ms. Lowry to know that out of
19 people employed by me, 7
are Indian. Three of those
Indian employees came to me
by way of the Robeson County
Department of Human Re
sources and were considered
hard core unemployables.
Thru the OJT program (which
I vigorously support), one has
completed his training and is
doing well and the other 2 are
advancing!
I am concerned, Ms. Lowry,
because good jobs and job
opportunity for all 3 races are
going not to the 7th Congres
sional District but points
west. Congressman Rose has
had 10 years to change this
situation.. I think we, in
Robeson County, should de
mand more of our Congress
man after 10 years than to
save the tobacco program
with the farmers' money (no
net cost) and to complete 1-40
(after Mr. Rose could not
prevent 1-95 from bypassing
his own home town). We need
jobs for the hard working
people of the 7th Congressi
onal District and not 10 years
from now.
Eric Prevatte
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First Inaugural, 1961
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U.S. Senator
WASHINGTON?U. S. Senator Jeremiah Denton of Ala
bama, elected in 1980, is one of the true heroes of our time.
He is also an unfailingly gentle, courteous and compassion
ate man. He was a prisoner of the communists of North
Vietnam for more than seven years. Throughout that time
he was horribt? tortured by the communists who tried in
vain to force him to reveal military secrets.
At the time of his capture, he was a captain in the
Navy, a distinguished aviator whose plane was shot down
over North Vietnam.
FILM?Millions of Americans saw a movie on tele
vision based on his heroism while a prisoner-of-war. It was
entitled, "When Hell Was in Session." Jerry Denton is a
deeply religious man; he was sustained by his faith in God
during those terrible years of torture.
He was the leader of, and spokesman for, the first
contingent of American prisoners-of-war to be returned
to the United States. I shall never forget that moving, mem
orable scene on television when he strode down the ramp
of that giant plane. When he touched American soil, he knelt
down and kissed it, and said "God bless America." On be
half of his men, he thanked God for being allowed to return
to a free country.
LOVE?Senator Denton is known nationwide for
his love of God and country. He is a thoroughly decent man
who has earned the deep respect of the people of Alabama.
He was literally drafted to run for the U. S. Senate in 1980.
In January 1981 he became die first Alabama Republican
in history to take the path of office as a U. S. Senator elect
ed by the people of Alabama.
Jerry Denton believes in the tree enterprise system,
and he has vigorously defended America's fundamental prin
ciples from the day he came to the Senate. He believes vol
untary prayer should be returned to our schools. He is op
posed to the wholesale slaughter of innocent unborn children.
He is opposed to forced busing. He believes that unless Ameri
ca's moral priorities are restored, the very survival of our
country is in peril.
And for holding that kind of beliefs, he immediately
became the target of the leftwing media and politicians.
PEACE?No American yearns more deeply for peace
than does Senator Denton. But he understands that there
:an be no peace if America surrenders to communism. And
ie perceives that many Americans today are being misled
ibout the threat of communism.
I was astonished to hear a series of "liberal" Senators
castigate Jerry Denton on the Senate Floor ??on the evening
of October 1. They rose up in self-righteous wrath because
Senator Denton had objected to Senate endorsement of an
organization known as "Peace Links." They pretended?
falsely?that Senator Denton had impugned the integrity
of a liberal Senator's wife who helped found "Peace
Links"?whep, in fact, Jerry Denton had done no such thing.
Immediately the ultra-liberal news media, including
big-city newspapers in North Carolina, jumped on Senator
Denton, accusing him of "McCarthyism."
Next week I will quote the precise statements by Sen
ator Denton. You can judge for yourself whether this genuine,
decent American hero, Jeremiah Denton, was misrepresented
by the "liberal" Senators and the media.
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people carried their own folding spoons to banquets.
PEMBROKE STATE UNIVERSITY
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ANNOUNCING OUR 1982-83 ANNUAL GIVING CAMPAIGN
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