Page 8, ;Fhe Cai/blina' Indian Voice
Thursday, November II, 1976
Indians Seek To Turn Community Info Trade Center
RED BANKS—A group of Indi
ans is seeking to turn this small
Robeson County community into a
farm trade center with its own
tobacco market.
The group calls itself the First
American Cooperative and, has
lined up support from more than
300 area farmers who have agreed
to s?lf about six million pounds of
tobacco here if the new market is
set up.
The cooperative has requested
federal market services for the
proposed flue-cured tobacco mar
ket. which would be the first
established in the state in about
seven years.
“We’ve been needing a trading
center for years and years.” said
Bradie Locklear . chairman of the
group. “We thought we could go
with a tobacco market and use it
tthe area) year around.”
Chairman Locklear of Pembroke
said the tobacco market would be
part of a farmer-oriented develop
ment at the community near
Pembroke.
He said most of the supporters
are Indians, but the association is
open to all farmers in Robeson and
surrounding counties.
He said the campaign has been
lished tobcacco markets in Lum-
berton and Fairmont.
State officials working with the
assocfetion agreed that opposition
is likely.
"I personally feel they would
have an uphill battle in getting a
. . market,” said John A. Cyrus, chief,
low key during the past year of the field crops section of the
because of opposition from estab- North Carolina Department of
Agriculture.
A tobacco market designated by
the USDA receives free inspection
and market Inspection and news
services under the Tobacco Inspec
tion Act. Government price sup
ports are available on tobacco
assigned to the markets for sale.
A hearing on the Robeson County
group’s application for market
services- had been scheduled last
Thursday in Pembroke, but it was
canceled.
NEW APPOINTMENTS
ARE TOM BLANKS
& RAY LOCKLEAR
Two local persons have been
named to the State Advisory Council on
Career Education. They are 0. Tom
Blanks or Blands Insurance Agency in
Lumberton and Phillip Ray Locklear,
plant manager at University Sports
wear Manufacturing Co. of Pembroke.
Board Member
Asks Diselosure
For Test Seores
Reprinted from
The Fayetteville Times
By DFNW*« PATTERSON
LUMBERTON - A mem
ber of the Robeson County
Board of Education said
Tuesday he intends to keep
working for public dis
closure of comparisons of
college board scores be
tween schools and races in
the county.
L. Harbert Moore, who
was reelected to a two-year
term on the board last week,
asked in September that the
average college board
scores for each school and
each race be compiled to
show how the school system
was doing.
The school board, at its
October .meeting, voted in
stead to have an indepen
dent analyst examine the
system and point out its
strengths and weaknesses.
The analysis proposal is
fine, Moore said Tuesday,
but he added that he still
wants to see those Scholas
tic Aptitude Test (SAT)
comparisons.
“I don’t want to threaten
anyone,” Moore said, “but
if it's legafly possible for us
to get those scores I want us
to have them.
“If we have a problem I
think it's important that we
have the data and statistics
to show us what needs to be
done,” Moore said. “With
out the information it's
impossible for us to pinpoint
the problem and correct it.”
Moore said he became
interested in the SAT scores
when Pembroke State Uni
versity trimmed its special
program aimed at high
school graduates who
scored less than 750 on the
college boards. Top score on
the test is 1600.
Trimming the program,
Moore said, also trimmed
the chances some county
students had for a college
education.
“With the university
program cut down, many of
our students would have to
go the community college
route, and then transfer
their credits after two
years,” Moore said.
“For many of our students
that would mean driving to
Southeastern Community
College (near Whiteviliei for
two years,” Moore said.
"We figured that could
run as much as $60 a week in
transportation, and many of
our students can’t afford
that.”
Moore’s request for the
SAT scores drew quick;
criticism from system ad
ministrators, principles and;
guidance counselors. The
educators said releasing the
scores would harm students’
self-esteem.
“I was a bit surprised at
all the opposition,” Moore
said. “I've talked to many
educators outside our coun
ty who seem to think no
harm would be done by
comparing the scores.
We’re talking about com
paring averages, not indi
vidual scores.
“What we’re interested in
is improving the opportunity
for each child in our
schools,” Moore said. “The
children are the ones we’re
interested ii
The Rev. Bob Manpum,
who also was reelected to a
two-year term last week,
supported Moore’s original
request and still supports
the idea.
“The issue is, ‘are we
preparing our kids to enter
and succeed in college,’”
the Rev. Mr. Mangum said.
“There are members of
the board that have serious
reservations about re
vealing the SAT scores
because it will affect the
children adversely.
“We’ve got to convince
the board members that this
will help our children.
“The opposition has been
that revealing the scores
will be dehumanizing to the
kids,” the Rev. Mr. Man-
gum said. “In this world you
either make it or you don’t,
and you dehumanize a child
if he’s not prepared to make
it.
“What could be more
dehumanizing than to know
you’ve not met a standard
(to enter college) and that
you’ve got to go around that
standard to get in?”
The Rev. Mr. Mangum
said he has no fear of
embarassing blacks and
Indians by revealing the
“I’m not afraid of blacks
or Indians looking bad,” the
Rev. Mr. Mangum said.
“There are too many
examples of excellence in
black and Indian students
for them to be crushed by
SAT averages.
“I believe the scores, in
fact, will reveal some excel
lent work that will boost our
schools."
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23 PSU Droves
Basketball gomes
PEMBROKE-WJSK Radio
in Lumberton, 102 on FM, will
broadcast 23 Pembroke State
University men’s- basketball
games this season, including
the Braves' participation in the
WJSK Radio in Lumberton
will broadcast 23 Pembroke
State University basketball
games this season with Thad
Moil [left] doing the play-
by-play and Bob Watters doing
the color. The station plans to
have another man at conrt-
side.
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ing in the street talking.
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talk becatise of the slow
business. “You know, if I
had Rockefeller’s money.
I'd be even richer than
Rockefeller,” one peddler
predicted. “How could that
be?” asked his friend.
“Because I’d have all of
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what I make ivith my push
cart.”
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into each other on a city
street and began discussing
the cute little dog one gent
ivas taking for a walk. “Oh.
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my wife.” beamed the other.
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Carolinas Conference Tourna
ment and the NAIA District 29
Tournament.
Thad Mull, sports director of
WJSK, will do the play-
by-play, and Bob Walters,
news director of WAGR (WJ
SK’s AM affiliate), will do the
color.
In addition to these two,
WJSK plans to have a third
announcer at courtside plus a
guest analyst.
“We plan to have a five-
minute show before each of
our broadcast with Coach Joe
Gallagher of Pembroke
State,” said MulL “We will
have halftime color and also a
post-game wrapup.”
Mull says his station is
seeking to stimulate greater
interest in PSU basketball and
“we hope to eventually have a
network.” he believes
through the basketball broad
casts, he can promote all
aspects of the university.
Waters, in doing the color,
says he wants to expand on the
basketbali personalities both
on and off the playing court.
“We want to explore what the
players are like when they are
not playing basketball, how
the coaches motivate them,
etc. We want to elaborate on
the overall PSU program,”
said Waters.
Mull, 38, is a native of
Laredo, Tex., who has been
with WJSK for four years. He
received his B.A. in Business
from the University of Colora
do. He has served as sports
and news director of KSFM
Radio in Sacramento, Calif.,
and as a sports announcer for
television in Laredo,
Tex. He is a member of the
North Carolina Sports Broad
casters Association.
He is married to the former
Peggy Ann Rogers of Fair
mont. They have two children:
Tanya Lea, 2, and Alethea
Nichol, bom last Oct. 12. The
Mulls reside in Fairmont.
Waters, 29, from Lumberton
has been with WAGR 2 1/2
years. He completed his high
school work in Camden, S.C.,
Military Academy and earned
a B.A. in English at The
Citadel where he served as
student assistant to the sports
information director. He also
broadcast the Citadel basket
ball games on inter-campus
radio.
Waters has been employed at
WCSC-TV in Charleston. S.C.,
the Palmetto Radio Network in
Columbia, S.C., and WLOS-
TV in Asheville, the latter as
sports director. He resides in'
ffroctorville.
The first WJSK radio broad
cast will be from Asheville
Thanksgiving weekend Nov.
26-27 when the Braves take
part in the UNC-Asheville
Tournament.
The complete list of broad
casts is as follows:
Nov. 26-27-UNC Asheville
Tournament.
Dec. 3-4-Campbell Tip-Off
Tournament at Fayetteville’s
Cumberland Arena.
Jan. 3-4-Pembroke State In
vitational Tournament; lO-Ca-
tawba; 13"at Campbell; 17—
UNC-Wilmington; 24—at Ca
tawba: 27-Coastal Carolinas;
29-At!antic Christian; .il—Fay
etteville State.
Feb. 2—at Francis Marion;
5-at St. Andrews: 10-at UNC-
Wilmington; 14—Fayetteville
State at Fayetteville’s Cum
berland Arena; 21-Campbell;
22 and 25-26-Carolinas Con
ference Tournament; 28-Mar-
ch 2—NAIA District 29 Tour
nament.
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REPORT FROM
U.S. Senator
JESSE -k-k
HEIMS
Senator Helms will be traveling extensively the next
few weeks. During ^is period his weekly Washington Report
will be written by his Executive Assistant, dint Fuller, a
former North Carolina newspaper editor.
By CLINT FULLER
WASHINGTON—Working on a Senatorial staff is a
privilege that comes to very feyv, Americans. 1 consider it a
privilege—as do the others on the Senator's staff. It is a
position of trust and one which gives continuing opportunity
for service.
Our office receives a telephone call on an average of one
every three minutes during the working day. We also receive
many, many calls at night and weekends—and oftentimes
at home. Many of these are calls from people with real prob
lems.
We take the position that when we are called, chances
are good that the citizen has already tried to get help from
other sources. None of these calls for assistance are ever routine
with us. Each is handled with as much care and concern as
we can give it.
Books could be filled with the human interest stories
emanating from the thousands of cases handled by our offices
in Washington, Raleigh and Hickory. But, they will never be
reported. You see, that's why we're here—to be helpful.
There are other aspects to being in Washington and being
a part of so much history. One has only to think back to
January of 1973 to realize just how much has happened in
these past few years—most of which could not have been
predicted even by a wild dreamer.
Things are a bit quieter now, particularly since the
Congress has adjourned; but much of the work goes on. Some
of the crush of visitors in the Capitol has eased, although many
people await the fall to come to Washington. During the
summer months, large numbers of school groups visit the
Hill.
We welcome hundreds to our office each summer.
Senator Helms enjoys visiting with young people—so much so
that we have a problem keeping him on schedule when such
groups are around. He rides them on the subway from our
building to the Capitol; takes them into the Vice President's
ceremonial office; places them in the visitors' gallery to watch
the Senate in action; and when he can spare the time, sits
on the Capitol steps talking history with them. Most of these
youngsters leave Washington with the feeling that someone
up here cares.
Like these fine young people and their sponsors, those
of us here full-time, are still awestruck by the thought of
walking through the corridors of the Capitol or walking onto
the floor of the United States Senate. If you truly love your
country, you get this feeling every single day you're here.
It is impossible to escape the realization that so many
really great Americans have walked these same paths many
times over the years.
These things, and many others, make us mindful that
from North Carolina's five million plus population, we are a
very fortunate few who enjoy the privilege of serving all the
others. Let us know anytime we can serve you.
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Thank Youf
for
Electing me ;
Bob Mangum
to the
Robeson County
Board of Education
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