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^VOLUME 4 NUVIBHR 48 PEMBROKE. N. C. li H IRSI) \ Y Di-Ci'MBIR ^ 1076 20c A COPY'S
First In A Series
ANTIOCH BAPTIST BEGINS HISTORICAL SERIES
in Action
Sat. Night
Fayetteville* Campbell Coll
ege’s ambitious Camels, with
an eye on future NCAA
Division One foes, began their
season with an 86-76 conquest
of Coastal Carolina Monday
and are again favored in the
sixth annua! Campbell Tip Off
Tournament Friday and Satur
day at Fayetteville’s Cumber
land Arena.
Tourney pairings match
PSU against Fayetteville State
at 7 p.m. Friday with host
Campbell meeting Methodist
in the second game at 9 p.m. A
tourney consolation game will
be played at 7 p.m. Saturday
with the championship game
set at 9.
Christmas
Concert
Pembroke- A gala PSU Christmas
Concert featuring the multiple talents of
the PSU concert choir, the university
concert band and the university Singers
and Swingers will be presented Tuesday
Dec. 7 in PSU’s Performing Arts
Center.
The program begins at 8 p.m.
Admission is free for this Christmas
treat to the community. This is the
second year that the PSU Music Dept,
has presented such a combined perfor
mance.
The program of the band will include;
Overture in B Flat, Chorale and
Alleluia. Symphnic Suite. Christmas
Music for Winds. Christmas Hymns for
Bas.s Choir and the Washington Post
March.
The concert choir wilt sing: Sound the
Trumpet. 0 Come, 0 Come Emmanuel,
Deck the Halls, Holy Daly Holly Carol,
Good King Vencesleas, I Saw Three
Ships. Wassail Song, and Hodie Christ
as Natus Est.
The PSU Singers and Swingers will
present; Blues for Stefan, Love Will
Keep Us Together, Send in the Clowns,
Dues Blues, and That’s The Way I Like
It. The latter will be from an
arrangement by William Fritz, director
of PSU Swingers.
Directing the concert choir wilt be Dr.
Harold Slagle, chairman of the PSU
Music Department. Accompanist will be
Randy Guthrie, senior of Lumberton.
The concert band will be directed by
Dr. Robert Romine, and the university
Singers will also be directed by Dr.
Slagle.
Different student conductors for the
choir will be Michael Denison, junior of
Laurinburg, E. C. Shaw, junior of
Bladenboro, Miss Mary Jacobs, junior
of Lumberton. David Freeman, junior of
Pinehurst, and Joel Propst. iuninr of
Rockingham.
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Antioch Baptist Charch
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the
beginning of a series of
articles on the history of local
Baptist churdies,
by Rev. Tony Brewington
Antioch Baptist Church was
' founded by the late Mr.
Haywood Smith and others in
1890. One acre of land was
given by the t'aniilv of Mr.
William K'lZterasa site for the
building. Mrs. Gathia Thomas
and Mrs. Jessie Maynor, wife
of Rev. Dawley Maynor, grew
up under the influence of
Antioch Baptist Church and
their father, Mr, Havwood
Smith, who served his Lord
and his church with deep
dedication.
The church is a member of
Burnt Swamp Baptist Assoct-
aiism and has a present
membership of 91 and Sunday
School enrollment of 134,
Located South of St. Pauls on
Rural Road #1936, Antioch has
recently completed a 32’ .\60’
Fellowship Hall and is now
making plans to expand the
present educational facility of
the church. WeTake our hats
off to the great ministry being
provided by thi.s fine church in
its community and to the Burnt
Swamp Baptist Association
which will celebrate its 100th
anniversary during this asso-
ciatiunal year, 1976-77.
Rev. Steve Brewer. Pastor
Shown are the Deacons of
Antioch Baptist Church. They
arc. left to right, seated: Mr.
Clinton Thomas, Mr. Bracey
Smith, and Mr. Mitchell Car
ter. Standing left to right are;
Mr. Johnny E. Ixtcklear, Mr.
L. H. McNeill, and Mr. Jasper
I.ocklear.
The concert band of PSU practices for
(he special Christmas concert to be
presented Tuesday night, Dec. 7, in the
PSU Performing Arts Center.
The PSU concert choir rehearses for the
special Christmas concert to be presen
ted Tuesday night, Dec. 7. in the PSU
Performing Arts Center.
union Faye
Locklear
To De Seoted
The legal problems encountered by a
Catawba County schoolteacher, elected
to a four year term on the Caldwell
County Btjard of Education, seemingly,*
do not apply to Lillian Faye Locklear
who was elected to the Robeson County
Board of Education November 2 to a two
year term.
Mrs. Locklear is employed as a teacher
by the neighboring Cumberland County
Board of Education.
The Catawba County schoolteacher,
Joseph H. Barringer. 29, has challeng
ed in Burke County Superior Court a
state statute that the att(>rney general’s
office says bars a public schoril teacher
from serving on any city cr county
school board.
Barringer, who lives in Caldwell
County and contends that the law
should not stop him from serving in a
county where he is not employed, asked
Judge Sam J. Erving III to rule on the
law's constitutionality.
William W, Peek, an assistant to the
state superintendent of public instruc
tion, said any decision made by the
Caldwell school board in the next four
years could be invalid if Barringer is
allc'wed to take his seat.
Barringer's attorney. Ted G. West of
Lenoir, contends that the law is in
conflict with the state constitution which
says. “Every qualified voter in North
Carolina who is 21 years of age, except
as in this constitution disqualified, shall
be eligible for election by the people to
office.
He said the disqualification named in
ihe constitution do not pertain to
teachers.
The school board has adopted a neutral
posifiivn and decided earlier this month
ti- ask Ervin to determine whether
Barringer is eligible to serve.
Ft-r some reason that we have not been
able to fathom, Robeson County and
Cumberland County were allowed to get
around the law that has hampered
Barringer’s attempt to be seated by a
special law that was passed in the
general assembly in 1963.
The law. H.B. 113. Chapter 311, allows
Robeson County and Cumberland Coun-
ly to get around the law bv AN ACT TO
AMEND G.S. 115-25, RELATING TO
COUNTY AND CITY BOARDS OF
EDUCATION SO AS TO ALLOW A
BOARD MEMBER TO TEACH IN
ANOTHER COUNTY.
The law applies only to Robeson and
Cumberland Counties. If we interpret
the law correctly. Lillian Faye Locklear
will be sworn in as a member of the
Robeson County Board of Education on
December 13 along with the other
members and can serve without any
conflict because of the special law
affecting Robeson and Cumberland
Counties only.
The amended law simply prohibits a
teacher from serving as a member of the
board of education by which they are
emp!i>yed and does not prohibit a
teacher or employee in one county
school system from serving on the board
of another county...if the counties
affected are Cumberland or Robeson,
people
andplaces
and things
MID-ATLATNIC
CHAMPIONSHIP WRESTLING
TONIGHT AT PSU
PEMBROKE--The Pembroke State
University Gym will be the site for a
super night of very popular Mid-Altan-
tic Championship Wrestling Tonight,
December 2nd, at 8:15 p.m. The big
card is being sponsored by the Alpha
Omega Upsilon Fraternity and Pem
broke State University.
The main event will be a rugged
singles match as Wahoo McDaniel, the
popular Indian star, tangles with
villianous Greg Valentine, the Mid- • • , . ,
4.1 .• Ti; • -T-L. r ‘He original play will be presented
At antic TV Champion. The tans are ®
_ . . . r .• Tuesday and Wednesday, Dec. 9-10, at
certain to witness plenty ot wild action „ _•
, . f G, , .. , .Til 8 p.m. in the PSU Performing Arts
early in this match as Valentine s TV ^ . . T •
. i,. -11 u . . 1 f .V. Center. It is a one-act plav lasting
The Chancellor’s Club is an exclusive
club made up of those giving $1,000 a
year for 10 years.
PSU STUDENT FROM
FAYETTEVILLE WRITES, DIRECTS
AND PRODUCES OWN PLAY
PEMBROKE--Connie Cummings, a
senior from Fayetteville who is majoring
in Communicative Arts at Pembroke
State University, is directing and pro
ducing a play she has written entitled,
“1 Don't Want A Walkv-Talkv Doll!’’
Championship will be at stake for the
first fifteen minutes of this match and
that means that Wahoo will be going all
out for a victory right from the opening
bell
approximately 45 minutes. Admission is
free.
Mrs. Cummings, who is a contracting
major in writing with a concentration in
Valentine has proven that he will do f™""' ‘'S®" "’"'‘"S 'he pLy during
.... . I.- . v . the summer and completed it in
anything he can to win his matches and . '
... ® , ... . .. October,
that the rules mean nothing to him.
However, Wahoo has shown that he can
get just as rough and tugged as his y|,e pi,, pa,
major roles, all
opponent wants to get in the ting, f^^ale and all played bv PSU students
Anything could happen when these two tor that of Dolly, which is
portrayed by Mrs. Cummings’ seven-
year-old niece, Renee Holland. Others
in the play are Cathy Locklear, senior of
Pembroke; Katy Brown, sophomore of
Fayetteville; and Vivian Glover, sopho
more of Dunn. Miss Cummings herself
is taking a bit role.
rivals square off in the ring.
This action packed singles main event
will be a one fall battle with an hour
time limit.
In tag team action Mike “The Judge’’
Dubois and Sgt. Jacques Goulet, two
rugged veterans, go against Red ‘Tt is a dramatization of the socializing
Bastein and Johnny ,EagVe. There will process chiidren go through and
be plenty of free-swinging fireworks more." she said, ’’fr’s not for kids, but
right from the opening bell of this jg about them, what we do to
them—and what was done to us.’’
In singles action tough Bill White faces
In another singles match Doug Som
mers meets Randy Hall.
To open the action Steve Bolus takes
on Terry Sawyer.
PROSPECT SCHEDULES
20 GAMES
PROSPECT-The Wildcats of Pros
pect, rested from their trip into the 1-A
state football playoff, began their
basketball season Wednesday.
First game for Prospect was against
Magnolia, and the game was played on
the Wildcat's court. Prospect’s regular
season is filled with conference tilts,
starting with Magnolia and ending with
Rowland Feb. 2.
Season tickets for the Cats' home
. games went on sale at the school
Monday.
Update on
‘Missing
Funds’
According to town officials, the inves
tigation into the alleged ’’nrissing
I'linds" is still under inve.stigation in
Pembroke.
Mayor Reggie Strickland and Ihe town
council have asked the SBt to look into
the irregularities in the recent audit
completed by Preston Douglas Asso
ciates in Lumberton.
I'ho audit found ’’maybe as much as
$20.IKK)”, according to a town official
who asked not to be identified, missing
or unaccoiinled for.
The town has impounded Ihe -records
of Ihe town and have notified the di.stric(
aiiorncy and the State Bureau I'f
Invesiigatioii. Town officials are now
wailing for llie SBl to respond to their
rcqucsi for a full fledged investigation.
No further inforniatK'ii was available at
press lime.
Dec. 1 Magnolia; Dec. 3 at Fairmont.
Dec, 7 Red Springs; Dec. 10 at
Magnolia: Dec. 11 at Pembroke; Dec. 14
Williams; Dec. 16 Fairmont; Jan. 4 at
Red Springs: Jan. 7 at Williams: Jan. 8
Pembroke; Jan. II at Orrum; Jan. 14
Maxton; Jan, 18 Parkton; Jan. 21 at
Fairgrove; Jan. 25 at Rowland: Jan. 28
Orrum: Feb. 1 at Maxton; Feb. 4 at
Parkton; Feb. 8 Fairgrove; Feb. 11
Rowland,
CHANCEL OR’S BALL TO BE HELD
FRIDAY NIGHT ATS
The annual Chancellor’s Christmas
Ball will be held Friday night from 8
p.m. until midnight at Pinecrest Coun
try Club in Lumberton and hosted by
Chancellor and Mrs. English E. Jones
of Pembroke State University.
Always one of the highlights of the
holiday season, the ball will be semi-
formal.
Music wi'' be provided by Bob Bass
and the i 'dinaN.of Fayetteville.
PSU CHANCELLOR'S CLUB
TO GATHER
PEMBROKE—Members of the Pem-
br'ke State University Chancellor’s
Club along with the boards of directors
of the PSU Foundation and Endow
ment organization will have a dinner
meeting Tuesday. Dec. 7, at 6 p.m. in
the Chancellor's Dining Room on the
PSU campus.
The fund-raising programs of the
university will be discussed along with
projections for the future.
Mrs. Cummings is the wife of Jimmie
Cummings, and they have a seven-year-
old daughter. The Communicative Arts
major started her college work as an Art
major several years ago in Tennessee,
then changed to Urban Affairs. But
when she enrolled at PSU in June of
1975, she had decided to concentrate on
writing.
’’I then took a class in acting last fall
and discovered I really liked drama as a
medium of expression.’’ she said. She
thus tied in her love for writing and
dramas as her independent studv in
Communicative Arts.
Mrs. Cummings also had a part in the
PSU student production, “The Effect of
Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon
Marigolds.” which was staged last
spring. She decided then that directing
a play would be an even more exciting
challenge than acting in one.
In the play. Mrs. Cummings is using
music from the “Switched On Bach”
album. Volunteering to help with the
sound is Rob Van Hoy. junior of Red
Springs. Don Dalton, a member of the
Communicative Arts faculty, is also
helping as lighting designer. '
PEMBROKE READING CENTER
In cooperation with the Robeson
County Church and Community Center,
the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association is
providing the Baptist Building Library
for use- on a scheduled basis- as a
community Reading Center.
Through the Literacy Program head
quartered at the Robeson County
Church and Community Center, many
adults in thi.s area have already
imrpoved their reading and writing
skills. One goal has been to prepare
non- readers to take advantage of the
Adult Basic Education classes sponsor
ed by Robeson Technical Institution.
VISTA and CETA workers involved in
the tutoring program are now in the
process of setting up-local Reading
Centers in several communities. Each
center will provide a place to keep
tutoring materials, to give information
to tutors and students and- in some
cases- to tutor individuals or small
groups.
The Pembroke Reading Center will be
available to persons of all ages, races,
and denominations. For further infor
mation. call Ms. Patsy Pipkin. 521-4291;
Ms. Alta Oxendine, 521-4619; or the
Baptist Building at 521-9850.