THE LUMBER RIVER CONFERENCE
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ORIGIN
"Greeting* to the mem
bets of the Holiness Metho
dist Church: Deady Beloved
Brethren- we esteem h our ?
privilege and duty to recom
mend to you this volume
which contains the Doctrine
and Discipline of our church,
both of which, as we believe,
are ap?*aWr' ,n 'he Word of
jou. (DDHMC, page *.
revised 1%2)
HISTORICAL STATEMENT
On October 26, 1900 six
preachers met at Union Cha
pel Church in Robeson Coun
ty, North Carolina and the
plan by John Wesley, was
submitted to them, and was,
in part, heartily approved.
Thereupon they organized the
Holiness Meuioaisi Church,*
and adopted some articles of
religion. They also enacted
Irws necessary for the gov
ciiuiiciii in uic irew wssuavia.
Such was the origin of the
Lumber River Conference of
the Holiness Methodist Chur
ch. While its policy and rules
may from time to time be
modified to meet changing
conditions and opportunities,
it remains unchanged in doc
trine. It teaches the doctrine
of scriptural holiness in full,
without side issues.
Beloved, we are giau iu
have the privilege of recom
mending to you the Holiness
Methodist Church, which we
believe, is agreeable to the
Word of God. the only and the
sufficient rule oi faun and
practice. She will use the
liberty given to her by the
Lord. We believe that God's
design in raising the Holiness
Church is to evangelize and
spread scriptural holiness
over the world; therefore,
may the Holiness Methodist _
Church in her organic form
and in spiritual power, be
successfully planted in the
different countries. May she
object is to fulfill to the end of
time, divine vocation in evan
gelizing all true reforms and
in the promotion of Holiness
among all branches of the one
Church of Christ. Page 9,
Doctrine and Discipline of the
Holiness Methodist Church.
(Revised 1962).
According to the official
Journal of the Eighty- First
Annual Session of the Lumber
River Conference of the Hol
iness Methodist Church
(OJEFAS LRCHMC) page 13.
RESOLUTION OF THANKS
Whereas, it if fitting, as we
reminisce the place of origin
of the Lumber River
Conference (LRC) that we pay
tribute to Union Chapel
Church and community for
furnishing a place to organize
and set the stage for future
developments and.
Whereas, we pay tribute to
the men: H.H. Lowry, J.H.
iampson, C.C. Lowiy, F.R.
jcmry, Israel Locklear and
Ellas Lockelar for foresight
uid Integrity, etc. This part of
he Resolution of Thanks was
prepared and submitted to the
LRC by the Secretary, Calvin -
Lowry, who has served in this
opacity for 27 years. By {his
knowledge and experience in
working very close with the
Conference for these number
Ti years, he also carries the
isme of Acting Attorney
General on needed informr
don of operations.
For some brief comments
and observations of a docu
ment prepare din 1900 or 82
years ago, there are several
thoughts come about without
knowing about many of the
details. There must be some
one still living today that
could answer to a lot of
information concerning the
historical setting of LRC. It
really would be good to have
this information recorded.
Then we would not have to
wonder about it as we do
about John White'a Lost
Colony or Henry Berry Lowry.
for the authority on the
subject for several years they
reported finding a trace of
Henry Berry Lowry out in the
state of Texas. Now they have
moved the same untruth to
the stte of Tein. etc.
The six preachers that
accepted the plan by John
Wesley that was submitted to
them, the three Lowrys were
my uncles. Who submitted ?
the John Wesley plan? They
also enacted laws necessary
for the government of the new
church.. Now. we have the
Constitution? ,?.vs and rules,
but who all made up they? Do
the families that were involv
ed with this important histori
cal event have any minutes of
this meeting? Someone must
have written up a brief
account of the time and all the
people involved. For example,
int he Preamble of the Consti
tution when we was used it
stated who we were-we, the
ministers and laymen of the
LRCHMC. As we was used at
the beginning of the greetings
"ancf theylatcr on sounifslike
some other parties presented
the plan, is so who were they?
A brief description of the
Original Discipline 1900, a
small black book, the same
size in dimension (4"x6") as
the other two revised editions
1938-1962. The first edition
was forty-six pages, while the
second edition was sixty-nine
pages. The third edition ?
revised 1962 and the last
revised edition has seventy
eight pages. This difference
reflects additional reports and
rules and regulations.
The "Doctrine and Disci
pline of the Holiness Metho
dist Church" described above
is the Bible of Operations of
the Lumber River Conference.
Amazingly, I believe, it
carries the feelings of just
about all occasions that could
happen in a church. (This will
be given in another article of a
series).
We need come additional
information for a ctoear inter
pretation of historical state
ments at the final meetingof
organisation. Does someone
hold any minutes of any
previous meeting?
This statement is found in
the first paragraph of the
flhtniirsl "t urn* at the
DDHMC page 9. "While its
policy and rules may trom
time to time be modified to
meet changing conditions and
opportunities, it remains un
changed in doctrine." These
minutes and anyone else that
had anything to do with the
writing up of these documents
in 1900 had a lot of foresight
of the changes that may occur
n the future.
rhen too, the formal educa
tion of the people envolved in
the writing whs probably
about the eighth grade level.
As we know today about time
and inflation, the eighth
grade level of formal educa
tion then may equal more
than a todays Master's De
gree from our top university
systems. To paraphrase the
quoted statement from the
DDHMC, "rules may from
time to time be modified to
meet changing conditions and
opportunities, it remains un
changed in doctrine." The
basic rules and regulations of
operations that is found in the
1900 edition of the discipline
is also remain the same as in
the 1938 and 1962 editions.
While we have in the Confer
ence congregation in 1982
several well trained whool
teachers with Masters de
grees. lawyers and pharma
cists. the modified changes
that our forerunner could see
for the future opportunities
spoke of in 1900 remains the
same for our conference ope
rations in 1982. The Lumber
River Conference is a real
interesting organization to
study and see their method of
operations. At each Annual
Conference we have one
delegate from each of the
eight churches elected at the
fourth quarterly conference to
represent the people for only
three days at the conference
session. These eight dele
gates that represent the peo
ple can be out voted on any
issue and any time by what is
known as the "Conference
Bar" made up of 22 ministers.
Elders, Deacons and the
administrative staff. Usually,
these are elder people of the
Conference that has been
trained and promoted within
the Conference school to hold
the line and control any new
ideas, or opportunities that
our forefathers spoke about in
1900. Well, how about it?
There are really some very
rich statements formulated by
this group of Patriarchs. Get a
load of this quoted statement.
"We believe that God's de
sign in raising the Holiness
Church is to evangelize and
spread scriptural holiness
over the world; therefore,
may the Holiness Methodist
countries." yyjm j
the world sad spiritual power '
planted la different countries
is definite proof that the world ,
they spoke of was mora than ,
Just a littla world around then |
as they mention the countries. <
ttrfw any reason this chureB
inference organization 4
1900 his anything to do with
the coming of the Lord, all c| j
us have pMnty of time to wait >
on him. This time limit is
primarily based on the dis- 1
tance the conference has i
traveled since 1900. While it
is estimated to be 25000 mi>^
around the world, we have
added on two more churches
and traveled just outside of
Robeson County into Hoke
County in 82 years.
The second paragraph of
the Historical State?Km! paga
9 DDHMC states, "Beloved,
we are glad to have the
privilege of recommending to
you the Holiness Methodist
Church..."Again the question
is asked who are "we?" Some
of our conference officials
interpret the word "Holi
ness" was just added to the
church conference titles to
differ* us from the Bias.
Rklge Methodist Chrach Con
ference that was already here
when the Lumber River Con^
ference was organized in
1900. For all of us to full)
understand the origin of the
Lumber River Conference wj
need more information sur
rounding the circumstances.
Someone states a law tha<
goes somewhat like this: "Fc
every action there is a r
action."
My vague studies in histo >
of the periods following
the Civil War 1860-64 people
generally were not very well
organised socially, economic
ally, religiously, educationally
and otherwise. There must be
a lot more specific information
known about this period in the
turn of the century in Robeson
County. For the conference
not to have grown statistically
over the years tells us today
that whenever it was organiz
ed to take in certain people
that it had really served its
purpose for the people that
were involved at that time..
There are several ques
tions. What was the economic
conditions in 1900? What
were the educational and
religious circumstances: How
many committees and bow
active were they on race
issues: Were people barred
from attending certain schools
and churches? About ho^
many many little town and
city children were reprimand
ed in the homes for smiling at
little country children that
were not as clean as the
townspeople children? These
and many other questions of
inquiry and the answers may
give some of the main reasons
for a small group of people id
Robeson County to have theit
own oiganization for religious
purposes?
For time and space let us
look at just two more items in
the first paragraph of the
Historical Statemeat: "The
plan by John Wesley, waf
submitted to them (six prea
chers) and was, in part,
heartily approved." Now, in
part of this statement signi
fies that the six preachers
accepted what they )the prea
cers) wanted to accept. We
assume that we the conferen
ce have what was accepted
shown in the DDHMC. Then
we may wonder about what
else was in the full package of
the plan by John Wesley the
representatives had with
them. Then we assume furth
er that the parts of the full
plan by John Wesley that was
accepted by the six preachers
struck their fancy that these
parts are the most important
ones for thepeople at this
time.
Secondly, "They also er>-,
acted laws necessary for the
government of the new chur
ch." We will discuss the
constitution and by laws at a
later time, but lets consider
for now some of the parlia
mentary procedures carried
out by the top administrators,
die Bishop and the "Bar"
composed of the eight dele
gates representing the people,
and about 22 elders, Deaconi
and staff members of the
administration of the confe
rence. For sure, the order qt
business la not carried out by
the standard rules of Roberts
Rules of Order. Wn are
making some progress along
this line of authority. For the
first JJu?? fe the history of thik
conference, it was difficult,'
but wu elected Rev. Mks^jj
Harold Woo* a* Bishop, ?
graduate of PSU and. Asbury
lioionj at Wlomo, K?
tucky. Ha of course is flatter
with Roberts Rules of Oidar
and w*l take some tea far it
to futy wort with the troop.
Previously wo bora had what
Mft might ffH ft ""multiplicity
?? a,.A J J-J M
system lufti oepenoeu on
largely who waa oo tfcc floor
or what they were saying. The
Bmnop would take tue poat
ttoa of ruling one out of order,
or tabling a piece of buaineaa
lor the term of hie office. For
another example of ope nation,
the Bishop appointed a com
mittee along with him as
chairman jto study aad up
grade the "Discipline" a very
touchy thing with the confe
rence, to not call the commit
tee together for more than
five years to make a report.
Just to report some of the
remarks made by individuals
who are disenchanged with
the ministerial meeting held
tour nmes a yetu M^,r ug...
security. "This organhrt<r>n
will out shine the Court House
Ring (the crew that ran the
politics in the county for more
than 50 yearv Ul LUiuov. JUU.
(A personal note by the
writer This organization may
rank right next to the A MA
(American Medical Associati
on).
Next time, The Constitute
on and by-laws.
Pembroke
Kiwanis
holds
annual
Christmas
meeting
Program Chairman Ira Pate
Lowry welcomed members of
Kiwanis and their wives at the
annual Christmas meeting of
the Club. He spoke of the
influence of the women, par
ticularly at this season of the
year, and of the four pages of
letters from the children to
Santa Claus which appeared
ia this evening's Robesonian.
Mr. Lowry introduced the
speaker, the Reverend Ray
Sparrow of First Methodist
Church of Pembroke. Rev.
Sparrow asked that we turn
our hearts and minds to the
account of the journey of the
Wise Men as given in the 2nd
Chapter of Matthew. These
wisemen saw a star and
followed it. Who were they
and why did they feel com
pelled to go on this journey?
Their reasons have never
been revealed so we can only
speculate. Clearly these wise
men were inquisitive. They
wanted to learn about the
meaning of this star; they
were open to change and
responsive to new ideas. The
star is a vision that gives a
goal in life that saves us from
decay and apathy.
In discussing the impactof
change. Rev. Sparrow cited
the impact of the development
of the little park in Pembroke
the children love the play
ground, the citizens remem
ber those who served their
country, and all enjoy the
picnicing and fellowship
which the park provides. It
meets the needs of people.
Difficulties are encountered
in real life in "following the
star" such as Herod destroy
ing the first born in attempt
ing to kill Jesus for he feared
he would lose his crown. Had
Herod had his way, we would
not be here tonight celebrat
ing Christmas. The "Herods
of Life" can put to death the
good things of life. There are
always people who have the
wrong ideas of life. We must
go on just as the wise mer
pursued and persevered. The
Star of Christmas beckons us
home to serve God as a source
of life and a life of eternity
under the star, is our greatest
goal.
Following Rev. Sparrow'i
Christmas message, Ira Pate
Lowry led a discussion on .the
meaning of Christmas to eacl
individual. Concluding the
program was carol singin(
accompanied by Mrs. Ma
Alice Teets, pianist.
Presiding at the meetinj
was Gub President Alvin Raj
Lowry and the invocation wat
given by Albert Hunt. Pianie
for the opening songs was in
Pate Lowry.
A Christmas gift of mone?
was presented to Cathy Cha
via. Toera and County Rent
I Mrsnt waitress.
ttvmo park Will be launching a week-lone, six-city talent aearch
?HKMbtttry 30 to February 5 to find singers, dancer and musician*,rot
HHP*!yW ahows proqrasi. Representation* of Carowlnda Will be hol.unq
Hb* carewinds (Jan. JO), university ot South Carolina In
Jan. U), last Carolina University In Greenville, N.C. (Nb. 1),
of north Carolina In Chapel Hill (Fob. 1), University of north
'?srss:
HORACE L. PAUL
Mr. Horace L. Paul, age
61, of louta 1. Pembroke died (
Thursday hi Southeastern
General Hospital following an <
extended illness. Funeral set- i
vices were held Sunday at <
Biggs Funeral Chapel. Offld- '
sting ministers were lev. <
JcDmie Pollard and Rev. Eltoa i
Bryan. Burial followed in 1
Oiendine Cemetery. i
Survivors include his wife,
Mrs. Peggy Paul of the home; i
three sons, Mr. Horace Lay
ton Paul, Jr. of Thomasville, I
Mr. Gregory Scott Paul of i
Pembroke and Mr. Kent Paul
of the home; one sister, Mrs. 1
Zelma Brown of Milmont I
Park, Penn.; and four grand
children. 1
Pallbearers were Mr. Ros- I
coe Sanderson, Mr. Mkheal <
Sanderson, Mr. Ancil San- I
derson, Jr., Mr. William <
Caulk, Mr. Henry Chavis Jr.
and Mr. Gary Moody.
HENRY [FiStij BREWER
Mr. Henry (Fish) Brewer i
age 52, son of the late Levi i
and Qunnie Bell Brewer of i
Route 8, Lumberton, died at <
11 a.m. Thursday in a Fay
etteville Hospital following an
extended illness. Funeral ser
vices were held at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday at Liberty Holiness
i- Church with the Rev. Luther
Locklear, Jr. and the Rev.
James M. Bell officiating.
Burial followed in Mt. Olive
Chruch Cemetery.
Survivors include one dau
ghter, Miss Evelyn Brewer of
Baltimore, Md.; four broth
ers, Mr. Henry C. Brewer,
Mr. Clayton Brewer, both of
Lumberton, Mr. Furman
Brewer of Pembroke, Mr.
Basken Brewer of Winter
Haven, Florida; four sisters,
Mrs. Grace Bell, Mrs. Rose
Anna Sanderson, Mrs. Suz
annah Brewer and Mrs. Mar- ?
garet Hammonds, all of Lum
berton; and one grandchild.
Pallbearers were Mr. Clyde
Brewer, Mr. Venson Sander
son, Mr. Lester Sanderson,
Mr. Larry Brewer, Mr. Don
nie Brewer and Mr. Luther
Brewer. Flowers were ar
ranged by Mrs. Teresa Jones
assisted by the ladies of
Liberty Holiness C
MBS.KA3KTAH4CX
11, at Route 3, Fairmont died
Saturday in Southeastern
S^^^al^^tngj
Mf? beta et z:jQ p.m.
Tuesday et Raynham Fall
Sospel Indian Church. Offici
ating ministers were lev.
Phyllis Bellinger, lev. John
nie Chavis, and Rev. T.M.
Swett. Burial followed in the
:hurch cemetery.
Survivors include her hus
band, Mr. Dozier Tadlock
at the home; two sons- James
William Hunt at Faiunont and
Douier Tadlock Jr. at low
land; nine daughters-Mrs.
Julia Mae Hunt; Miss Ruth
Neiia Tadlock, both at low
land; Mrs. Myrtle Woolbright
at Orlando, Fla.; Mrs. Ester
Harmon of Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma; Miss Kstherline
Tadlock of Kentucky; Mrs.
RendeU Jones, Mrs.4 Lillie
Jane Fields, Mrs. Judy Car
roll Hunt, all of Lumberton;
and Mrs. Linda Lee Campbell
of New Jersey; two adopted
daughters-Miss Penny Car
ter and Miss Janet Carter,
both of Lumberton; one sister
Mrs. Annie Hester Chavis of
Rowland; 21 grandchildren.
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IN THE i
ARMED
\
FORCES
Sgt. Rory C. Eddlngs,
Cam pany B 9th Battalion, 2nd
infantry Brigade, Fort Ben
ning, Ga. has completed
Primary Leader*hip Comae
and has been accepted to
attend Drill Sgt. School. Sgt.
Eddlngs is ui_med to the
former Phyllis Ann Cam
mhigs and Is the son of
Rsndotph and Katheryn B.
Eddlngs of Route 3, Maxt?
I ogt. Ldaiogs joined the
> Army In 1978.
L '
; Birth
i Announcement
i Mr. and Mrs. Randolph
i Eddings Jr. announce the
i birth of their daughter,
Corinne born Nov. 23, 1982.
> She weighed 8 lbs. 5 oz She
I is the granddaughter of Glen
and Cars Lowry and Ran
i dolph and Katheryn Eddings.
Temperatures of the wa
ters in the Red Sea often
rise to abcyt 100 degrees F.
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'The applause of a single
t human being it of great
Samuel Johnson
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Pembroke ,
Sr.. High
\
Honor
Roll
Mr. Roy Maynor, Jr., Prin
cipal of Pembroke Senior
High School announces that
the students below have been
named to the Honor Roll for
the Second six weeks grading
period:
12di Grade "A" Honor Roll:
Ana Fonseca and Christopher
W. Hunt.
11th Grade "A" Honor Rols
Mark Graham and Kimberly
Oxendine.
10th Grade "A" Honor Roll:
Melody Diane Chavis and
Tyron Delton Lowry, Jr.
12th Grade "B" Honor Rol:
Michelle Alkins, Lisa R. Ba
ker, Sherry A. Brooks. Debbie
Butler, Felicia Carter, Miriam
Chavis, David Cummings,
Rena Cummings, Sharon E.
Daniel, Susan Deese, Bruce
L. Dial, Donna M. Dial,
iClaudia Fonseca, Rosearia
Gomez, Roger Hammonds,
Carol Hunt, Gregory Hunt,
Joseph Johnson, Deano
Jones, Robert Jones, Alan
Locklear, Arlene Locklear,
Belinda Locklear, G are nee E.
Locklear, Doreen Locklear,
Gertie Lynn Locklear, Jackie
R. Locklear, Jeffrey L. Lock
lear, Cathy Maynor, Laura
Denise Maynor, Tracy Lynn
Maynor, Rose McGirt, Karl a
Jo Miller. Carol Moore, Sher
ry O'Briant, Bridget Oxen
dinc. Burney Oxendine, Car
lenc Oxendine. Annie Powell,
Sheila Regan. Leslynn O.
Revels. Jimmy" Sampson,
Pamela Kaya Sampson, Tam
my R. Sampson. Paula Smith,
Denein: Strickland. Mark
Strickland. Terry Strickland.
Jacqueline Swett.
UTH GRADE B HONOR
ROLL: Audrey Brayboy, Ca
thy Brayboy, Penny Brooks,
Paul Cummings, Richard
Kelvin Demery, Julie Duna
van, Lemark Harris. Kenneth
Hunt, Marlene Hupt, Michael
Lynn Jacobs. Ann Dora Lock
lear, Christopher Locklear,
Christopher S. Locklear, She
Ita L. Locklear, Teresa L.
Locklear, Jacqueline Low cry,
Jennifer Morgan. JerTy
Newman, Phillip Edward
Odum, Nancy Oxendine,
Tammy Sue Oxendine, Gale
Sampson, Julika Sampson,
Tyra Sampson, Janet Iris
Sutton, Deborah Ann Swett
and Alan Townsend.
10 H GRADE B HONOR
ROLL: Pamela Brooks, Kim
berly Chavis. Kimberiy Dale
C ha vis, Tongee Chavis, Cletii
Cummings, Andrew Lee
Hunt, Cassandra Hunt, Ray
ford Hunt. Jr., Ronald Ja
cobs. Winded C. Jacobs,
Angela Jones. Gwendolen
Ju.ac?, David Locklear, Ellei
Beth Locklear, Paul Lockleaf,
Stacy Locklear. Jr.. Lisa J,
Lowry, Robert Marctniak,
Kimberiy McCartney, BnMt
Oxendine. Hughes Oxendtne
Delina Sampson and Sbeny
Pembroke
Middle
School
Honor
Ron
rSlTta.
leaaod the foRewing honor
ran. AH students arc in the
seventh grade.
A HONOR ROLL
Shsrie L. Billings, John
Bracks, Charlotte D. Chavis,
Patricia Cummings, Teseae
Cmnmings, Carmen Deeac,
Nancy R. Ford, Patrice Hunt..
Scot R. Hunt, Samuel Jacobs,
Ginger Kilgore, Nina Lack
tear, Roger R. Locklear, Clif
ton B. Loony, Julia N. Loony,
Monica L. Loony, Monica. L.
Loony, Melanie R. Obriant,
Jamie C. Osendine, Reginald
Oxendine, Anthony Q. May
nor, Angela D. Revels, Jere
my Sampson, Rose Strick
land, La-Meecha Swett, Brian
T. WoodeU, Bruce T. Wood
?M I
BHONOB ROLL
Mike Baxley, Sandra K.
Biedaoie, Timothy Brewing
ton, Travis Bryant, Lee C.
Bullard, Tammy Chandler,
Dacia Deese, Betty Dial, .
Melissa Dial, Angela Frances, ,
Grant Florita, Sean Graham,
Cheryl Hammonds, TarreukC
Hammonds, Brian Henry,
Sean Hunt. Priscilla M. Ja
cobs, James R. Jones, Jamie
L. Jones, Natasha Jones, Tina
A. Jacobs, John Kremski Jr.,
Nancy Kerns, Carol Locklear,
Henry Locklear, Jamie Lock
lear, Jeanie Locklear, Jennie
Locklear, Kimberly Locklear,
Mark D. Locklear, Marine
Locklear, Pamela C. Locklear,
Rhet A. Locklear, Ritchie
Locklear, Ronald Locklear,
Rose Locklear, Scarlette
Locklear, Tina Locklear, Von
dra Locklear, Wanda Lock
lear, Darnell W. Lowery,
Lome A. Lowery, Stephen
Lowry, Joshua Malcolm, Lev
lis C. Maynor, Patrick May
nor, Nichole McLemore, Alice
McRae, James T. Nogowski,
Gina Ozendine, Jennifer Ox
endine, Karry Oxendine,
Kelvin B. Oxendine, Carolyn
Parson, Sandra Pipkin, Suz
ette Pipkin, Chandra Ransom,
kimberiy Rayas, Buffy Revels,
Shauna Revels, Tammy Rev
ds. Chm Sanderson, Sabrina
Sanderson, ^by Saxon, Karen
Scott, KelR^SbeffVeld, Siane
Smith, Paula Stickney, Gary
Strickland, Tina Strickland,
Virginia L. Taylor, Hilton
Woodell, Roger D. WoodeU,
Sherry Wynn.
I Locals Part of
Peace Keeping
Force in Lebanon
GREGORY HUGGINS
Navy Hospitalman Greg
ory Huggins, son of the Rev.
and Mrs. J.C. Huggins of
Lumberton, NC is serving as a
member of the international
peace keeping force in Leba
non.
He is a member of Marine
Service Support Group 24,
24th Marine Amphibious Unit
(MAU), Camp Lejeune, NC.
DALLAS HARRIS
Marine PFC Dallas Har
ris, sonof Margaret Harris of
Maxton, NCis serving as a
member of the international
peace keeping force in Leba
non.
He is a member of Marine
Service Support Group 24,
24th marine Amphibious Unit
(MAU), Camp Lejeune, NC.
, DARRYLK.THOMPSON
Marine Lance Cpl. Darryl
K. Thompson, son of Ray P.
and Mary L. White of Lum
berton is serving as a member
of the international peace
keeping force in Lebanon.
He is a member of Marine
Service Support Group 24,
24th Marine Amphibious Unit
(MAU), Camp Lejeune, NC.
In conjunction with Leba
nese Army, French and Itali
an troops, approximately 1200
Marines of the 1800 member
24th MAU began patrolling
East Beirut.
The 24th MAU relieved the
1 32nd MAU of peace keeping
efforts in early November.
The 32nd MAU had been
.ordered to the war torn
nation in June to participate
' in the evacuation of American
citizens and foreign nationals.
The 32nd MAU returned to
Lebanan in August to super
vise Ae evacuation at the j
PLO, Lid in September as
part c^the multi-national