ROBESON COUNTY, N.C.
ACQUISITIONS DEPARTMENT
UNC
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VOLUME 5 NUMBER 11 PEMBROKE, N. C. THURSDAY. MARCH *17. 1977 15^ PER COPY ^ X
1 St American Cooperative
Warehouse Announce
Opening of Office
The board of directors of First
merican Cooperative Warehouse, Inc.
day announced the opening of an
[ fice located on highway 711 (Maxton
3ad) between Pembroke and Lumber-
Ground-breaking ceremonies are ex-
Jcted to take place next week; with
imediate construction anticipated.
Warehouse founder, Braddie Lock-
ar of Rowland stated, “this warehouse
a good thing for the communities of
abeson County and its people. One of
e greatest assets of the First
^merican Cooperative Warehouse is
that it’s a co-op - a people warehouse.’’
He continued, “not only can farmers
geta just price for their goods, they will
be able to own a share in the business.’’
Bids for construction on the brick and
metal structure were let recently during
a business meeting of,the tri-racia! '
board.
Stock in the (corporation is; now
available. Anyone wishing to invest in
the co-operative warehouse may do so
by telephoning the office at 738-6671, or
by contacting any of the board
members. The corporation is maintain
ing business office hours from 8:00 a.m.
BDOOBBia
Indian
Si Education
: In Robeson
* County:
II
The Pros
& The Cons
Indian Education in Robeson County
IS many pros and cons. In some
garters, the lEA program is almost
fcrosanct. In others, the lEA program
dammed, mostly by administrators as
M detriment to education and racial
stations in general.
kiWe shall explore the subject fully in
Ife weeks ahead. Look for the first
rial next week.
What is Indian Education? What is
Ifl’e purpose of the program? Who
jnefits in Robeson County? What is
e attitude of administrators toward
6e program?
Who really profits firom IEA in
)beson County? Is it for Indians only?
hy?
ft
j Look for answers to these questions
d others in the weeks ahead.
Look for Indian Education in Robeson
' innty: The Pros and the Cons
ginnig next week
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PSU Band to Present
Spring Concert
with Dr. Robert Romine, band
director, conducting the 41-
member band. Admission is
free and the public is cordially
invited.
Prior to the concert, the
band will go on tour on
Tuesday, March 22, playing
concerts at Fairmont High
School at 9:40 and 10:40 a.m.
and 1 also having one concert
at Tabor City High School that
afternoon at 2 p.m.
The PSU band will play on
the tour basically the same
music that will be part of its
spring concert. On Wednesday
March 23, the band will have
an outdoor music presentation
in thee center of the PSU
campus at 11 a.m.
“Our concert will be light in
nature, almost like a pop
concert,” said Dr. Romine.
Dr. Robert Romine
Pembroke-The annual Spring
Band Concert of Pembroke
State University will be held
Thursday, March 24, at the
PSU Performing Arts Center
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LUMDEE RIVER EMC COMMENDED
DY GOV. JIM HUNT
Governor Jim Hunt commended
mbee River Electric Membership
rporation Tuesday for its leadership
ll’l in reducing energy consumption
•ough a new load managment pro-
im designed to trim power usage
ring periods of peak demand.
He called the program “an example
' North Carolina’s traditional resour-
'fulness,” and cited the EMC’s board
:idirectors and management for this
^^meering effort.
The Governor, who has made energy
Ifnservation a major issue of his
ministration, said he believes the ,
iigram “will truly prove worthy of
emulation by all other electric utilities in
North Carolina.”
Governor Hunt made his remarks in
presenting a special citation to the
board of directors of the Red Springs-
based electric cooperative during a
session of the 1977 Annual Meeting of
North Carolina Electric Membership
Corporation, the state association of
electric cooperatives. The manager,
Deri J. Hinson, and the president of the
board, Hubert Prevatte, accepted the
citation.
, The load management program now
underway at Lumbee River involves
installation of radio controls to auto
matically cut off service to air-
conditioners and water heaters for brief
periods during times of peak demand.
About 2,000 air-conditioners and 6,000
water heaters will be linked to the
cooperative’s head quarters as part of
the conservation effort which is expec
ted to save the EMC about $300,000 a
year in power costs.
Thus far, about 4,000 of the EMC’s
consumers have volunteered to partic-
pate in the program. The program is the
first of its kind for the utility industry in
North Carolina.
OXENDINE NAMED TO
SECONDARY ROADS COUNCIL
-5:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday.
Tobago growers are encouraged to
go by the mobile unit office and
designate their tobacco poundage with
this warehouse which promises to be
built and ready to serve the people this
tobacco-selling season.
The First American Cooperative
Warehouse has met all U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture requirements to
become licensed.
Locklear stated that this new
warehouse is now officially affiliated as
a member of the Lumberton Tobacco
Board of Trade.
Hemy W. Ozendlne
Raleigh' Former Representative Henry
Ward Oxendine of Pembroke is one of
14 newly appointed members to the
North Carolina Secondary Roads Coun
cil that will be sworn in next week
during formal ceremonies in the State
Capitol.
The ceremonies have been set for
Friday, March 18, at 10:00 a.m. and will
be held in the House Chamber of the
Capitol Building.
Governor James B. Hunt. Jr. is
scheduled to deliver brief remarks at
the swearing-in ceremony, while Secre
tary of State Thad Eure will administer
the oath of office.
Oxendine, a Robeson County native,
practices law in Pembroke. He was
educated at Pembroke State and N. C.
Central Law School. A member of the
North Carolina Bar and the American
Bar Association, Oxendine, 36, is
• married. He and his wife, Sandra, have
two children: Hampton. 11; and Hugh
es, 9.
Active in community and civic affairs,
Oxendine is a member of the Board of
Directors of Pembroke Jaycees.
He was named to the highway policy
group last week by Governor Hunt.
As a member of the Secondary Roads
Council, Oxendine will represent resi
dents within Department of Transpor
tation’s 6th Highway Division, which
encompasses Bladen, Columbus, Cum
berland, Harnett and Robeson Coun
ties.
The Secondary Roads Council assists
the Board of Transportation in admin
istering the construction and mainten
ance of secondary roads throughout the
State.
PRIVATE scon & GENERAL GAVIN
Private Frank Scott looks at an
aotographed photo he recently received
from General James Gavin, his com
manding officer when he served with
the SOSth Regiment of the 82nd
Airborne daring World War 11.
The aotographed photograph from
General Gavin followed an article we
did on the war time exploits of Scott
which percipitated an exchange of letter
between the two.
Scott, who admires the now retired
Gavin highly, says, “only those who
TO BE GIVEN AT P.S.U,
Pembroke- A series of three
lectures on Judaism will be
given by Rabbi Arnold Task of
Temple Emanuel in Greens
boro at PSU on Wednesday,
March 23.
The rabbi’s appearance is
being arranged by the Philo
sophy and Religion Depart
ment of the University and the
Jewish Chautaugua Society.
The rabbi will discuss “Ju
daism in Today’s America” at
10 and 11 a.m. in two religion
classes in Room 301 of Educa
tion Center and “Jewish Back
ground at the Time of the New-
Testament” in another religi
on class at I .m. in room 223 in
the Education Center.
Rabbi Task, who has been
spiritual leader of his synago
gue since 1968, is currently
president of Family Serivce
Left to right: Deri T. Hinson, Hnbert Prevatte and Gov. James B. Hont.
and Travelers Aid. He is a
member of the executive board
of the Central Conference of
American Rabbis and serves
on the Joint Commission on
Israel of the CCAR.
He is also a board member
of the Drug Action Council,
the General Greene Council of
the Boy Scouts, the Greensbo
ro Chapter of the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews, the Greensboro YMCA,
Goodwill Industries and the
Fisher Park Community Pro
gram.
The Chautauqua Society,
the educational arm of the
National Federation of Temple
Brotherhoods, seeks to foster
better interfaith understand
ing by endowing college credit
courses and lectures on Juda
ism at campuses throughout
the United States and Canada.
eople
and places
and things
INDIAN UNITY CONFERENCE
NOW IN PROGRESS
The Second Annual Indian Unity
Conference sponsored by the N. C.
Commission on Indian Affairs in
Raleigh and the Lumbee Regional
Development Association in Pembroke
is now in progress at the Hilton Inn in
Greensboro, NC. The Conference will
last through Friday, March 18, and
began on Wednesday, March 16.
Special banquet speaker will be Howard
Lee, Secretary, Department of Natural
and Economic Resources.
LOCAL DENTIST TO BE HONORED
The Pembroke Kiwanis Club will
sponsor a reception on Sunday, March
20 at Sims Restaurant in honor of Dr.
E. E. Livingston, DDS. Dr. Livinston
recently moved to Pembroke from
Kinston. His office is located in the
College Plaza in Pembroke. He is in his
office Thusday- Saturday of each week.
It is anticipated tKat he will be here full
time soon.
Mrs. Florence Ransom and Mrs.
Jerry Juren will be hostesses of the
event. Everyone is invited to call
between the hours of 3:00-5:00 p.m.
LREMC SPECIAL MEETING HELD
The Board of Directors of Lumbee
River Electric Membership Corporta-
tion have unanimously called a special
meeting of the members. The sole
purpose of the meeting is to enable
Lumbee River EMC’s manage^nt and
representatives of the affiliated organi
zations including REA and CFC to give
complete reports on the condition and
operation of the cooperative. They will
also provide a forum for the mutual
exchange of views between the mem
bers, the Board of Directors and the
management of LREMC. The meeting
began today at 10:00 a.m. in the
Cumberland County Memorial Audito
rium, Fayetteville, NC.
SPRING REVIVAL ANNOUNCED
Revival services will be held at The
Cherokee Chapel Holiness Methodist
Church March 27-April 1, 1977. Servic
es will begin at 7:30 p.m. Speakers for
the week are Rev. Monroe Woods, Rev.
Roy Clark and the pastor, Rev. Julian
Ransom. The church is located near
Wakulla, N.C. Everyone is cordially
invited to attend.
CEDAR GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
ANNOUNCES SPRING REVIVAL
The Cedar Grove Baptist Church, on
Morro Street Fairmont, will hold its
Spring Revival the week of March 20
thru 25th. Services begin Sunday night
at 7:00 p.m. and 7:30 the following
nights. Different ministers will speak
each night. The public is invited to
attend. Rev. Sanford Locklear is the
pastor.
R.B. DEAN BEGINNERS’ DAY
Beginners’ Day Registration at R. B.
Dean School will be held Wednesday,
March 30, 1977 from 9:00 a.m. until
12:00 noon. The clinic will be held in the
Kindergarten Building. All children
living in the Maxton City School District
who will be five ( ’5) or six (6) years old
on or before October 16. 1977 should be
registered by their parents or guardian.
The parent or guardian should bring
their child’s Birth Certificate and
Immunization record to R. B. Dean
School for registration. Please do not
bring your child on this day.
Children now enrolled in Kindergar
ten at the R. B. Dean School will not
attend school on Wednesday, March 30,
1977.
Further information may be obtained
by contacting Mr. B. C. McBee,
Principal of R. B. Dean School or Mrs.
Teresa J. Deese, Chairman of Begin
ners’ Day Registration. The telephone
number at the school is 844-5982.
have been In combat can ^predate a
commanding officer like General Gavin
who always led by example. He was
always first to jump with a fall combat
load.”
In a recent letter to the editor after we
sent Gavin a copy of oar article on Frank
Scott, General Gavin wrote, “men like
Frank Scott paid dearly for onr freedom.
We can never repay them for the
sacrifices they made in behalf of their
country and fireedom...” [Brace Barton
photo]
AMERICAN INDIAN HISTORICAL
SITES STUDY
The American Indian Studies De
partment of Pembroke State University
will conduct an American Indian
Historical Sites Study on June 17
through July 1, 1977. He tour will be
conducted by Professor Adolph L. Dial
and Professor William R. Bullard, Jr.
This will be a conducted tour of
selected American Indian sites with
emphasis on reservation life. The tour
will cover parts of the following states:
Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, New
Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming,
South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Missou
ri. and Kentucky.
Special
Olympics
to be held
Saturday
Visits will be made to selected
museums, buildings, historical sites
and Indian reservations. Participants
who take the tour for credit 4 semester
hours) will be required to maintain a
journal.
The tour is limited to 44 students and
is open on a first come first served basis.
Participants must register with the
Dean of Admissions. Applications must
include a check or money order for $100
payable to Pembroke State University
not later than April 30, 1977.
An orientation meeting is scheduled
for ail participants at 8:00 p.m. on June
10, 1977 in Room 100 of the Oxendine
Science Building on the PSU campus.
At this meeting details of the trip to
include names and phone numbers of
motels, advice on clothing and weather
will be supplied. For more information
call Dial or Bullard at 521-4214.
UNION CHAPEL ANNOUNaNG PRE
SCHOOL CLINIC
Union Chapel School will hold its
e-school clinic onWednesday, March 23.
1977 at 9:00-11:30 a.m. This is for all
children entering kindergarten or the
first grade for the first time. •
Parents are asked to bring with them
to the school the following documents:
child’s birth certificate and record of
immunization shots. It will not be
necessary for the child to attend
registration for pre-school.
Robeson County’s third annual Spe
cial Olympics will be held Saturday,
March 19, at Lumberton Senior High
School with some 250 special students
from 12 Robeson County schools
participating, according to Lumberton
Jaycee, John Hasty, project coordina
tor. Any emotionally troubled, physi
cally handicapped, or mentally retarded
child living in Robeson County for which
a parents’ consent form has been
received may participate.
Registration will start at 8:30 a.m.,
with opening ceremonies beginning at
9:30 a.m., and competiton at 10:00 a.m.
Events include at 50,100 and 220-yard
dash, a standing and running broad
jump, a softball throw, and a basketball
free throw. Lunch will be served at
■noon. Sponsors for the 1977 Special
Olympics are MacDonalds, the Pepsi
Cola Bottling Company and Southern
National Bank of Lumberton.
After lunch, the awards ceremonies
will take place. MacDonalds will
present a plaque to the school who has
the most winners. First and second
place winners will go on to compete in
the Area Events which will be held April
22. at the Hedrick Stadium at Fort
Bragg, NC. “If they win at Fort Bragg,
they will be eligible to compete in the
State Events which will be held at High
Point College on May 20-22.” said
Hasty.
Robeson County schools participating
this year are Red Springs, St. Pauls.
Maxton, Rowland-Southside, Proctor-
ville High School, Union Elementary,
Fairmont and Parkton. Lumberton City
Schools participating are Rowland-
Norment, Joe P. Moore, and South
Lumberton Junior High. The Sheltered
Workshop will also partiepate.