PcQfi 4, The Cqrolino Indian Voice
AS THE TWIG IS BENT
BY Lew Barton
Phillip Dana Warrias, 28, son
of Mrand MrsC.S. Warriax of
1200 Delane Avenue in Char
lotte, has always had “a
thing’’ about race cars, auto
mechanics and racing. His
father, an inevitable key figure
in the fateful Klan-Indian
Clash of 1958, has always had
some pretty sound ideas on
child rearing. And the only
other child of the couple,
Michael, 31, has reaped a
harvest of positive benefits
from Dad’s well-known busi
ness acumen as well as Dana.
Charlie, also an ex-policeman
of Pembroke, has come a long
way in quiet business ad
vancement and exemplary citi
zenship since his triumphant
face, along with that of Simeon
Oxendine, first appeared on
the cover of LIFE Magazine
and was flashed coast-to-coast
via TV cameras in ’58. “Shel,”
as he is also sometimes called,
will retire from a quiet, hard-
working but happy business
life, next spring. I’d better
rephrase that statement, be
cause Charlie. says with an
infectious smile, “1 MAY
retire at 65.”
Dana has been interested in
building cars since his dad
built a miniature car for him
and his brother Mike at the
ages of 6 and 9 (see photo).
And so has Mike. Today,
among other things, both are
top auto mechanics and race-
car builders and designers.
Mike has worked for such
famous race car builders and
designers as NASCAR’s Hol
man and Moody who created
many of the cars driven by
such well-known personali
ties as Freddy Lorenzon and
Fireball Roberts, and others of
the NASCAR circuit. Dana is a
top welder by vocation and a
racing enthusiast by avoca
tion. (See pic of Dan with his
own self-built and self-design-
ed racer. Car 97).
As we said, Charlie has some
pretty definite ideas on child-
rearing. “When I was building
that car for the kids,” he
chuckles, “some of the neigh
bors thought that the $300 it
took to build it was a waste of
money. But at least we knew
where our children were and
what they were doing. Which
is something you can’t say
about, a good many parents
and their children today.”
Building, maintaining and
racing specially-built-and-de-
signed cars today is under
standably an expensive
undertaking. Just how is a
race car and its driver spon
sored? Number 97, Dana’s
car, carried in addition to Dana
and the 302 cubic inch engine
it packs, the names of his
sponsors lettered on the side.
A racer’s sponsors are those
people and firms which are
racing enthusiasts and con
tribute a certain amount of
cash toward the cost. Natur
ally, space is limited, but Dana
is seeking more sponsors.
Anyone interested should
write Dana Warriax, 1200
Delane Ave., Charlotte.
Both Mike and Dana are
married and have families.
Mike is also an independent
trucker, averaging about 100,
000 miles of trucking annually.
He says the woes of an
independent trucker, in com
petition with the giant con
glomerates of the trucking
industry today are tremen
dous, because all the big
breaks go to big truckers.
While other independent truc
kers have floundered or fallen
by the wayside, however,
Mike has survived largely
because of his special know
how in repairing his own rig
and also because of his special
knowledge in handling fresh
produce, trucking assignments
usually shunned by the bigger
truckers. Mike pulls a 40-foot
trailer which he can move at 4
miles to the gallon, loaded and
6 miles to the gallon empty.
Mike trucks almost any legi
timate load between here and
the west coast.
Mike could probably write
you a book about the special
advantages that big truckers
have in contrst with the
disadvantages to the smaller,
independent truckers. But he
sees trucking as something
that is here to stay and that
will increase instead of dimin
ishing in coming years. He
thinks that special laws should
be written to protect the
independent from extinction.
In the scheme of business
today, unless something like
that is done, small business
will be gobbled up by big
business completely within a
matter of a few short years, he
predicts.
Innovative Summer
Youth Experience
by Alta Oxendine
'T enjoyed working with all
my srudents!”
This is how Viola Locklear
responded when asked about
her experience this summer
as one of 30 high school and
college age Robeson County
youth taking pari in an “inno
vative” work program. Viola
expects to complete her Police
Science course at Robeson
Technical Institute next
spring. But,- during the past
three months jhe has been
involved in a casework and
tutoring program directed by
personnel on the staff of
Robeson County Church and
Community Center.
‘T’ve enjoyed photography
too!” she exclaimed. ‘T’ve
learned a lot, and I hope to
continue developing pictures
at RTl.”
Besides tutoring and case
work, the young people in the
summer program learned to
take pictures, develop their
own film, and make prints.
Ken Ogle, one of the Vista
workers at the Church and
Community Center, served as
photography instructor.
Pictures taken by the sum
mer youth workers were used
to help publicize their pro
gram. Paul Addae. from Gha
na, Africa, now living at
Pembroke, was publicity di
rector for the summer pro
gram.
Viola Locklear has spent
considerable time each week
working in the darkroom at the
Center. Pictures of her co-
Whattodoabontthe
eost of eleetricity. Besides
jnstcomplainiiig.
Everybody knows that the
amount of electricity you
use this month directly
affects the amount of your
electric bill next month.
But what few people
know is that the amount of
electricity you use now also
affects how future electricity
prices are determined.
\ou see, right no\y we re
going through one of the
hottest times of the year.
When air conditioner usage
reaches its peak. And when
electricity usage reaches
its peak.
Naturally to avoid having
blackouts or brownouts, we
must have the generating
capacity to handle these
R ;ak load" periods of time.
obody knows exactly when
they will come, but they
usually occur during the
summer Last year our peak
load period occurred on
August 25. Whenever it
comes this yeai; it determines
the maximum generating
capacity we have to suppy
During recent years, peak
load has continued to climb,
requiring us to invest in more
generating capacity And
with building costs higher
than ever before, eventually
this means higher prices for
your electricity
’Ibu don't want that. And
neither do v/e.
The trick is to keep the
peak load as low as possible.
during early morning or late
evening hours, preferably with
cold water.
When you have to use the
dishwasher, wait until it's
full and turn it on just before
you go to bed.
Try to take showers before
9AM or after 10PM.
Try serving cooler meals,-
avoid cooking as much as
possible during peak load.
And finally keep your air
conditioner at the warmest
possible comfort setting.
Of course, these and other
conservation measures we
Monthly Deak Hourly usage
demand for electricity, on a hot summer day.
The best way to help do
that is to use less electricity
between the peak load hours
of 9 AM and 10 PM during
the hottest months, June
through September (As you
can see from the chart,
summer usage starts getting
high around 9AM and stays
high until 10 PM),
Do your laundry either
talk about will always help
you keep your costs down.
But, during these critical
"hot times,"they can also help
us keep future construction
costs down.
And, in the long run, the
less we have to spend to
make electricity the less
you'll have to
spend to use it.'
workers-Bonnie Sampson and
Robert CummingS—on this
page were taken and develop
ed by her.
Bonnie, an accounting major
at East Carolina University,
has also had some unique
experiences this summer. One
of the adults she started
tutoring was Mrs. Eva Lee
Jacobs. “Miss Eva”,has had
very little formal schooling,
but was eager to learn. She
had attended several sessions
of the adult classes sponsored
by RTI. Many of the other
students bad already learned
“Today he seems to be'a
proud fellow. Why? Because
he now is an affiliated writer
with BMI, a major publishing
company and has songs distri
buted out to professional gos
pel groups across the country.
“My experience with this
young man can be summed up
in an old slogan: Tf once you
don't succeed, try try again.’ ”
Patsy Pipkin, from the Moss
Neck Community, has been
supervisor of the Pembroke
youth workers in the summer
program. A Vista Volunteer,
Patsy has worked in the
Pembroke and Maxton areas
with the Church and Com
munity Center’s literacy pro
gram for over a year.
The three Pembroke young
people, along with youth from
Maxton, Rowland, St. Pauls,
Lumberton, Fairmont, and ot
her areas of Robeson County,
Thursday, September 30, 1976
to read andwrite were more interewere assigned to work with
ed in other subjects, such as persons in their own commun-
math. Although “Miss Eva”
made real progress in writing,
she did not get much personal
attention in reading. When
“Miss Eva” was assigned a
tutor who concentrated on
working in the Laubach read
ing book, she made more
progress in her reading. Be
fore long “Miss Eva” had
completed Skill Book I.
Bonnie had promised to
bring her a diploma the
following Monday, “Miss Eva'
was so thrilled that she told
her family and neighbors
aboui her achievement.
But that week-end, all of us
who knew “Miss Eva” were
shocked to learn that she had
nas.sed away. On Wednesday.
B'.nnie attended her funeral.
The next week Bonnie anil 1
stopped by to see “Miss
Eva’s’’ sister, Mrs, Sarah
Oxendine. Right away Miss
Sarah asked if she could have
her sister’s diploma to keep.
Bonnie had promised it to her,
when Miss Eva’s son came up
and made the same request.
Since the diploma meant so
much to family members, I
suggested riving one to each
memberwifr^Miss Eva’s.name
on it.
Since Miss Sarah had riso
shown an interest in having a
tutor, Bonnie started working
with her in Skill Book I. By the
time Miss Sarah left Pembroke
for a visit with her brothers in
South Carolina and Florida,
she was ready for her own
diploma!
Bonnie helped another stu
dent study for her driver’s
test. She now has her license
and can drive car herself
when she needs to go'-some
when*.
Konert Cummings is a Chem
istry major at Pembroke State
University, is also interested
in music. He tells about one of
his students, an vemazing
young man from Red( Springs.
"John A. Bullard is a
mamea man with a wife and
three ktds in grammar school.
He actually had less than a
third grade education before
he even anticipated improving
his educational standards.
“There was also an unusuri
talent thab John had been
given. Being a Christian young
man, he believed his God-
^ven tatent is serving God. His
talent was writing lyrics to
songs. The average man would
give up all hope of using hla
talent, because irithout an
aitecation this wouM seeml
aftnost hopelesjt.
“After recririag hdp thru
tike Robeson County ^ntdi
aM Commutthy Center, be Ik
im able to wiM sone «ot^
^ also looks forward fo
obtaining moce '
thprthrou^llft*
ities.
Hunger was another area of
concern for the summer youth
workers. Besides helping with
the Food Drive--to build up a
supply of mostly- canned food
for emergency situations- the
summer workers took part in
community surveys conducted
by Outreach co- ordinators at
the Center to locate families in
need of food stamps or referral
to other agencies. Outreach
co- ordinators have been Bob
Doares, now in Ohio doing
graduate work, Francine Cha
vis, a PSU graduate who is
taking Bob’s place, Jesse
Brunson, and Sandy Hart.
The entire youth program
has been under the direction of
Church and Community Cen
ter CETA worker, Russell
McDonaldd of Lumberton.
Youth were referred to this
program from three sources:
the Summer Youth Experience
Programs of LRDA and the
Robeson County Board of
Education and froth the Center
itself.
Harold Deese, now working
with the state-wide Office of
Employment and Training,
helped to set up the program.
Through one of four “innova
tive” summer youth programs
in the state, the youth work
experience offered through the
church and community center
was unique. Those enrolled
were given an opportunity to
render a real service, earn
money, and learn first hand
about the problems of persons
around them.
As Robert Cummings ex
pressed it: "This summer
actually showed me how valu
able education is to a person. 1
would probably not have re
alized things of this nature
without the summer work
program at the Robeson
County Church and Commun-
ONLY THE NEWSPAPER lets
you pick the time ond place to •
read and relax to become
“carried away ’ with the wide, I
wonderful world of happenings '
Yoath workers met
Cmuaiinity Center each Wed*
SaperviMHr Patsy Pipkin s&ys
“on the go.”
N. C. Federation of DPW Clubs
to meet in Charlotte
j^proximately 200 representatives from
clubs in the Southern Piedmont Area of the
N. C. Federation of Business and Profes
sional Women’s Clubs will meet at the
Downtowner.East, Charlotte, NC Saturday
and Sunday, October 2-3, 1976.
Members and guests from 22 clubs are
expected to register Saturday.
The 12:00 noon luncheon will kick off the
meeting. The Mint Hill and Monroe BPW
Clubs will serve as hostesses, and Mrs.
Geneva Milton, President of the Monroe
Club and Mrs. Frances Pressley, President
of the Mint Hill will act as their
representatives.
Saturday afternoon workshops will
introduce the special issues to be studied' by
the BPW clubs across the nation this First
Year of the Third century. Many of those
involve the rights and freedoms of
individuals, responsibilities of women to
America, the World and to themselves,
education and equality in work opportuni
ties, economic barriers, prison reform and
modernization of rape laws.
Mrs. Joetta Rinehart, State president of
N. C. Federation of Business and Profes
sional Women’s Clubs, Inc., of Salisbury
will bethe keynotespeaker at the Saturday
evening banquet. Mrs. Mary Robinson,
President of the Amity Club and Mrs.
Evelyn Berger, President of the Charlotte
Club, will represent their clubs.
Mrs. Mary Lents, President of.the
Concord Club and Mrs. Nancy Gilmer,
President of the Harrisburg Club will be ip
charge of the Sunday morning inspirational
breakfast. BPW member Margaret Prather
of Concord will speak.
The Southern Piedmont area is one of the
four major subdivisions of the more than
4,100 member state BPW federation which
strives to elevate the standards of women in
business and the professions.
Planning to attend from the Pembroke
BPW Club are Ms. Ruth D. Woods, club •
president, Ms. Grace Epps, Ms. Dorothy
Blue, Ms. Clara Neville, Ms. Deannal
Lowry. Ms. Deborah Sampson and Ms.
Sandy Baker.
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