Page 2, The Corollno Indion Voice
EDITORIAL
AND OPINION
PAGE
AS I SEE IT
Druce Dorron
Pembroke Needs on Indian
Town Manager
R.D. Locklear, III was an intelligent and
hard working young man. I am not joyful
that he was dismissed by the Pembroke
Town Council. I believe that Mr. Locklear
learned quite a bit during his tenure in
office. Probably the most important lesson
he learned—maybe too late—is that the town
manager is only as effective as the citizenry
and town council will allow him to be.
One cannot be a town manager of
Pembroke (or any town) without good
vibes between himself and the
townspeople. The town council is the
expressed will of the people. The town
council is elected to serve the needs of the
people who put them in office with their
votes.
It is a known fact that Pembroke was
suffering from economic woes when the
present administration assumed office. But
Pembroke’s history is as much to blame for
the difficulties they inherited as anything
else.
Until the middle ’40s, the governor of the
state of North Carolina appointed the
mayor and town council for the town of
Pembroke. He invariably appointed
whites. That was the beginning of Pem
broke’s economic woes. Those whites
appointed by the governor always looked
after themselves first. That was their
number one priority.
The only position filled by Indians was
town police. The mayor was white, the
clerk of the town was white, everything
was white except the policemen and the
townspeople. The Indian citizens of
Pembroke (sometimes as much as 95% of
the town population) had nothing to do with
the administration of their town except to
pay their water bills and taxes.
Pembroke is now experiencing only it's
second oll-Indian town council and
administration.
Rev. C.E. Locklear was the first Indian
mayor of Pembroke and he was elected to
office in the mid 40s. But whites remained i
in effective positions of leadership until the
administration of former mayor Juddie
Revels in the 70s.
Out of that evil and racist and
condescending past came the brunt of
Pembroke’s economic woes.
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^ Pembroke Dr . Center
Physical Htness is
the ultimate test
I’ve always admired
physical fitness. And to
me the marathon-run
stands out as the ultimate
test. Imapne 26 miles run
at five minutes a mile or
under?
An Olympic marathon
runner is said to burn some
2600 calories in a race —
100 per mile. Since the
body can store but 1200
calories in blood sugar and
supply another 800 from
its fats, additional suste
nance must be consumed
along the way by the run-
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Put it before them briefly so they
will read it. clearly so they will
appreciate it, picturesquely so they
will remember it, and, above all,
accurately so they will be guided by
its lights.
Now, with the dismissal of R.D. Locklear
as town manager, some are saying that we
need an outsider as town manager. An
outsider is another word for a white. I say
never! Give us time to work out our own
problems. Do not saddle us with the bitter
reminders of the past. Zillions of Indians
are qualified both by education and color to
be town manager of Pembroke.
Pembroke must have an Indian town
manager period. If not, we will return to the
condescending attitudes of the past. Give
us a brother, an Indian, that we can relate
to. Give us an Indian who understands our
problems, our peculiar natures. Give us an
Indian who loves us and thinks well of
himself.
We will accept a white as town manager in
Pembroke when Lumberton hires its first
Indian city manager—not before!
Pembroke is growir^g and leorning...
Pembroke is learning and growing and
joining the 20th century. Do not send us
back into the 19th century by reminding us
of our sordid past when Indians had nothing
to do with the management of their own
town.
R.D. Locklear and the present council,
seemingly, moved too quickly to solve the
economic problems in Pembroke. People
do not like to be jarred; they do not like to
be jangled and nudged to correct problems
that they had nothing to do with creating.
Let’s progress easily and at a moderate
gait. Do not charge us more than we are
able to pay.
Right now, seemingly without a vote of
confirmation by the Pembroke Town
Council, Pembroke has employed a white
to collect our delinquent taxes. I resent it
very much. Are they grooming him to be
the new town clerk? The new town
manager? The people want to know who
hired him.
One answer given is that CETA funds are
being used to pay him. Well, why not use
those same funds to hire an Indian? Is this
our town or not?
Do not offend the people—they are
Pembroke period. One cannot govern
without employing the time proven maxim
that “You have to earn their trust and get
them to do what you want them to do
without letting them know the difference. ’ ’
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comes a matter of simply
holding on. Recuperation
is said to take a month ...
Whew! So much for fit-
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New
Businesses
in town
Sec Page 8
for photos
TV’S MINI MART
Ty’s Mini Mart, located on
the Union Chapel Road, b now
open for business. Ty’s Mini
Mart, open form 7 a.m. until
11 p.m. Monday through
Saturday, and 1 p.m. until 11
p.m. on Sunday is a modern
convenience market featuring
grocery items, beer and wine,
and other cash and carry
items.
The business, part of the
shopping center being develop
ed by Jerry Cummings, is
managed by Tryon Lowry.
Tryon Lowry invites everyone
to shop with him and watch in
the pages of the Carolina
Indian Voice for the date of his
Grand Opening.
FABRIC CARE CENTER
Jerry Cummings is another
of the new merchants in town.
He is now open for business
and features one of the most
modern washerettes in the
area. The business is also
located on Union Chapel Road
(directly behind Ty’s Mini
Mart) and is named Pembroke
Fabric Care Center, featuring
new Speed Queen Washers
and dryers.
The modem business will
also feature a Pick Up Service
and is equipped with stereo
and TV.
The Washerelle is well
lighted and is open from 7
a.m. until 11 p.m. 7 days a
week.
Ty’s Mini Mart and Pem
broke Fabric Can Center are
the third and fpurth business
es to locate irtj i\e shopping
center on Union Chapel Road
being developtd by Jerry
Cummings. Other businesses
located in the shopping center
are NAPA Wholesale Auto
Parts and Pembroke Tire
Service.
PUNCH LINE
Ray Oxendine, son of Mr.
Tom Oxendine, is now princi
pal of East Montgomery High
School. I recently r*iet Mr.
Oxendine in Raleigh where he
was at the time, a member of
the Human Relations Division.
His associates in the Depart
ment of Public instruction
know him as the challenger,
the negotiator, the facilitator.
Mr. Oxendine is a students
coach. He inspires the team to
play with such viatality as to
make a mediocre team win.
The players like his hard facial
expressions which provide the
needed signals that translate
into a big win.
Mr. Oxendine is a student’s
principal, providing academic
and administrative leadership
that motivates students to
excel physically, emotionally
and scholastically. His philos-
phy of education reflects that
every student is different,
requiring different teaching
strategies that incite learning.
He sees the student as acting
and reacting with a learning
style that’s peculiarly his. Ray
sees the teacher as a doctor,
diagnosing and prescribing
New Courthouse Ready
by Bruce Barton
It’s official, the new Robe
son County Courthouse is now
in use. After two years of using
makeshift quarters, the county
offices are busy moving in and
getting acquainted with their
new home.
And it is some new home,
with an estimated price tag of
$2.4 million. The new court
house was built with revenue
sharing funds and sits on the
same site as the old court
house in down town Lumber-
ton.
Not everyone agreed with
expending $2.4 million for a
new court house that will fill
the same bill as the old one:
take care of county business
and house the courtrooms
(both district and superior)
that will send mostly Indians
and Blacks to prison.
But one prominant Indian
said, “1 was in favor of the
new court house. The old one
evoked bad memories for
Indians and Blacks and did not
even have bathroom facilities
for men and women.” Other
Indians, including the reporter
of this piece, emoted quite
emphatically that ‘‘$2.4 mill
ion is a steep price to pay for
new bathrooms.”
But. neverthe less, the court
house is now a reality. The
structure was built by Nye
Construction Company of Fair
mont and 'the architectural
design was by Lee and Thomp
son of Lumberton.
First to move in were the
clerk of court and register of
deeds. They began moving in
last Monday week.
The new structure i\s
78,000 square feet and is four
i * . , . . . i i stories high. ^ ^dest cat of them all?
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THANK YOU
For your many expressions of
friendship and votes of
confidence and support in the
Rowland commissioner District.
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the appropriate course work
for each student’s cognitive
style. Mr. Oxendine is a
community builder. Having
moved to Biscoe, Ray and his
family joined the First Baptist
Church there. He believes that
the community is built by men
who dare to stand on the
fundamentals of Christianity.
One of the community leaders
said. “We haven’t seen his
equal. Look at his children, his
wife, standing there and giv
ing themselves to the com
munity by being an example to
our children spiritually and
intellectually.” Ray has that
flexibility to adapt.
Ray is an inspiration. He
says, “Get up and let’s run
five miles this morning before
breakfast. Brother Brooks, you
have got to start taking your
exercise, for you and Mr.
Deese are just too fat.” At
6:00 a.m. in the foggy Raleigh
weather the Lumbees, fat,
slim or muscular, go trotting
by.
I certainly will miss Ray at
the Education Building in the
Capitol City where big things
happen!
The basement floor, will
house the sheriff’s depart
ment and the magistrate’s
offices and provide vault space
for the register of deeds and
clerk of court, both of whom
occupy first floor offices along
with the tax department and
switchboard.
Two court rooms (one supe
rior and one district) are
located on the second floor
along with head quarters for
District Attorney Joe Freeman
Britt and a jury assembly
The third floor features two
additional court rooms, a
grand jury room, law library,
and probation offices.
County Manager Paul Gra
ham and county commission
ers will occupy the fourth or
top floor which alst contains a
pair of hearing rooms, a
commissioners meeting room,
and offices for court counse
lors.
Was it worth $2.4 million? Jt
is a matter of opinion. Many
contend that the monies shou
ld have been used for educa
tional needs. This reporter
agrees with that view.
But who knows what the
value of spic and span bath
rooms are? And luxious quar
ters?
Anyway, said another Indi
an wag, “It’s done now.
Maybe they will hang some
pictures of reputable Indians n
in this one.’’ I have a
suggestion; how about Dr.
Herbert G. Oxendine? Horace
Locklear, the first Indian at
torney in North Carolina? Or
Henry Berry Lowrie, the bad-
PLEASE VOTE FOR ♦
CARNELL LOCKLEAR
Robeson County Board of Education H
Nov. 2, 1976 i
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-An Editorial View Point-
Pembroke Needs
An Effective and Active
Chamber of Commerce
The Pembroke Chamber of Commerce
and Agriculture, Inc., seemingly, is a
secret and fraternal organization designed
and controlled by a handful of people in the
Pembroke community.
The last news we (The Carolina Indian
Voice) heard about the chamber (sic), the
late Harry West Locklear was president.
Now, according to street talk, John H.
Sampson is acting as president. We can’t
prove it. We frankly do not know what the
Pembroke Chamber of Commerce and
Agriculture, Inc. is doing.
When do they meet? Who is eligible to be
a member? How much money does the
organization have on certificate of deposits
from the recent sale of the old fair ground
property? How many members are in the
Pembroke Chamber of Commerce and
Agriculture, Inc.? What do they do to help
the image of Pembroke? Do they sponsor
special sales days? Do they have a telephone
number? We simply don’t know.
The only thing we know is that Pembroke
needs an active and open chamber of
commerce. Said one merchant, “I agree
that we need a chamber of commerce: I am
getting 25 dollared to death by
organizations and causes, some of them are
good and some are rip offs. An effective
chamber of commerce could serve as a
medium through which such gift bearers
and givers and promisers of the moon could
be filtered.’’
Also, an effective chamber of commerce
could work diligently to improve campus-
community relationships with Pembroke
State University and our high school, junior
high school and elementary school.
Too, the chamber of commerce should be
a voice for the merchants of Pembroke. The
merchants and .professicinal people n
Pembroke need a voice in unison.
We call upon those in charge of the
Pembroke Chamber of Commerce and
Agriculture, Inc. to publicly encourage
new members, activate their existing
structure and get involved with Pembroke.
Too, The Carolina Indion Voice, a
weekly newspaper quartered in Pembroke,
would like very much to join the Pembroke
Chamber of (Commerce and Agriculture,
Inc. Whoever is in charge of new
memberships, please call upon us. We
want to join. We need an active and effective
chamber of commerce in Pembroke.
A note to merchants and professionol
people in Pembroke: please let us know
how you feel about this editorial. Are you
a member of the chamber of commerce? If
so, how about inviting The Carolina
Indian Voice to join. If not, would you like
to be a member? Do you feel that we need
an active and effective chamber of
commerce in Pembroke?
Know Your Bible
By Rev. D.F. Lowry
We owe all we are the
Triune God of the Universe. To
Satan, the Deceiver, we owe
nothing. The scripture refers
to the Devil as one going up
and down in the earth seeking
whom he may DEVOUR. Old
tradition refers to Satan seek
ing whom he may burn in hell
forever and forever.
The Bible says that every
thing bad will be destroyed.
For our God is a Consuming
Fire. John 3:16 says God gave
his son to save us from
perishing. Perish means de
stroyed, lost, consumed or
annihilated. Empires perished
came to nothing.
Peter asked: "What shall
the end be?” I Peter 4:17, Eze.
18:4 The soul that sinneth
shall die. Not burn forever.
The Devil and the fallen angels
must die. Eze. 28:18, Heb.
2:14. The Lord is not willing
rtfiv s’’onH perish- de
stroyed- See 2nd Peter 3:9.
Now read John 8:51. If we live
for Christ we will never see
death. This means the second
death. Again John 11:26 Who
soever believeth in me shall
never die. This also means the
second death.
Rev. 20:14 Death and hell
were CAST into the lake of
fire. This is the second death.
Death here means all lost souls
that were never found and
buried. Hell here means the
graves where ail lost souls
were buried- ie the persons.
Isa. 1:28 That that forsake
the Lord shall be CONSUMED
Read Phi. 3:18 Enemies of God
whose end is destruction.
Rev. 21:8 shows every class
of lost souls or person will be
cast into a lake of fire and
brimstone and be destroyed
which is the second death.