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His parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.B, Locklear
of Route 3, Maxton, are plainly worried,
l^ccording to his doctors at Memorial
ipital in Chapel Hill, his chances are
50-50.
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THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
VOLUME 5 NUMBER 27
Publication No. 976^60.
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Dedicated to the best in all of us
PEMBROKE, NC THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1977
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APPEAL MADE FOR
LITTLE CECIL LOCKLEAR
AS HE FACES
OPEN HEART SURGERY
Swett Sworn in As Supt.
astronomical. Some say the bill could run
as high as !!i30,000. Mrs, Locklear’s Blue
Cross and Blue Shield will reportedly pay
onlyasm^l portion of the total bill... The
auction will be held at Brown’s Auction
House near Maxton on August 6, 1977.
of County Schools
people
and places
and things
LOCKLEAR APPOINTED TO HUMAN
RELATIONS COUNCIL
Cecil, hopefully, if the- operation is
successful, will be in the first grade at R.B.
Dean School in Maxton this fall.
Grady Locklear of Pembroke has been
appointed by Gov. Jim Hunt to the N.C.
Human Relations Cuncil.
The Locklears are members of Antioch
Mission Church. Mr. Locklear is employed
at Waverly Mills in Laurinburg.
Cecil Locklear
BY BRUCE BARTON
Cecil’s medical problem is that his heart is
not [ximping enough oxygen and he suffers,
fttjm shortness of breath. Too, his main
bloodvessels and arteries are dryingup. His
only hope for survival is open heart
surgery.
He’s such a handsome child. And he has a
and mischievous smile. But little
Cecil Locklear, at the tender age of 6 years
Did, is facing open heart surgery.
Little Cecil is now in Memorial Hospital
in Chapel Hill. His operation was expected
to take place this week but it has been
tentatively postponed until next week. All
his teeth have been pulled because,
according to his father, they were decaying
and poisoning the rest of his body. The
operation has been postponed until his
gums have heated and the threat of
infection is lessened.
THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
became interested in little Cecil when his
father came to our printing office and asked
usto print some raffle tickets. Mr. Locklear
is auctioning off his 1968 Ford Torino to
raise money to pay the hospital bill that is.
by any reckoning, expected to be
If you would like to helpCecil smile again
and help defray the cost of his open heart
surgery, you may send a contribution or
donation to Mr. & Mrs. C.B. Locklear,
Route 3, Box 367-AA or to his aunt, Mrs.
Donnie Locklear, Route 2, Box 132,
Maxton, N.C. 28364 or to Cecil Locklear ANHISTORIC MOMENT: Superintendent
Fund, c/o The Carolina Indian Voice, P.O. Purnell Swett is sworn in as superintendent
Box 1075, Pembroke, N.C. 28372. of the Robeson County Adi^istrative
The Council, which serves in an advisory
capacity to the governor, studies problems
concerning human relations, promotes
C'-iuality of opportunity for all citizens in the
state, and provides channels of
communication among people of all races.
School Unit by Ben Floyd, clerk of court of
Robeson County. Ralph Hunt. Chairman of
the Robeson County Board of Education,
looks on. Supt. Swett began his duties July
1. 1977. (Bruce Barton photo)
★★★★★★★★★★
Honors Bestowed at Lumbee
★★★★★★★★★★★
Homecoming 1977
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK
TO OFFER 8% SUBORDINATED
CAPITAL NOTES
76TH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
AT GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY
Dr English E. Jones, riuht. is presented the
prestigious HENRY BERRY LOWRY
MEMORIAL AWARD by Purnell Swett.
newly named superintendent of the Gene Eugene Locklear, left, is presented of University Sportswear, a spiirtswear
Robeson County Administrative School the BUSINESSMAN OF THF. YEAR manufacturing concern that eninlovs
AWARD by local attorney Arnold approximately 5(K) workers,
Locklear. Gene Eugene Locklear is owner
MISS BRENDA CAROL HUNT
MISS LUMBEE 1977
Nearly 1,600 persons received degrees
from San Francisco's Golden Gate
Liniversity on Saturday, June 4. at the
university’s 76th annual commencement
exercises. The commencement speaker was
San Francisco Supervisor Dianne
Feinstein. who was one of three to be
awarded the honorary degree of Doctor of
Laws. Honorary degrees were also
bestowed upon U.S. Navy Admiral Issac
C. Kidd. Jr,, Supreme Allied Commander
of the Atlantic, and to Nils Eklund. retired
senior vice president of Kaiser Industries
corporation and immediate past chainnan
of the Golden Gate University board of
trustees.
University president Otto W. Bulz
officiated in the conferring of 56 asscxiiate.
,'^7 2 bachelor’s. 1.14.'^ master’s degrees and
a single doctorate in business
administration upon the Class of '77, the
largest in Golden Gate's history.
VFW NEWS
Lockiear-Lowery VFW Post #2843 will
hold the July monthly meeting Monday.
July i 1 at the post home at 7:.^0 p.in. All
members are asked to attend. Supper will
be served.
ON DEAN’S LIST AT UNC
Ms Helen MaynorSchierbeck is pre.sentcd
the coveted DISTINGUISHED SERVICE
AWARD by Kenneth Ray Maynor,
executive director of Lumbee Regional
Development Association (LRDA). the A s|7ecial award was presented to Ms.
sponsoring aizency of Lumbee Alfrcda Jones, state winner in the VFW
Homecoming. sinmsored ••Voice of DemcKTUcy"
coiiiiTCtition. Ms, Jones is presented her
pla.(ue by Archie Oxendine, a member ot
the l.tHiklear-Lowery VFW Post # J84'^in
Pembroke and Chairman of the Voice ol
DenuKTacy project locally. 1
Sally Hestecna Blanks, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. O. Tom Blanks of Lumberton has
been named to the 1977 spring semester
dean's li.st at the University of North
Carolina at Chajiel Hill.
Photos Dv Elmer W, Hunt
When the Rainbow is no Longer enough...
!
To make the Dean’s List, a student must
earn a .L2 grade average on the 4.0 scale
(A=4. B = etc.) while taking 15 or more
letter grade hours of credit, or a .^.5 average
while taking at least 12 but less than 15
letter grade hours.
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LRDA BOARD NOMINATIONS
SLATED JULY I 1-12. 1977
Mary Elizabeth sampson
LITFLE miss lumbee 1977 -
SEE more photos FROM LUMBF.F.
••HOMECOMING ON PAGES 6 and 7
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The General Community Programming
Project of Lumbee Regional Development
,Associatu>n will conduct two community
meetings on July I I and 12. The |7urp*ise of
these meetings will be to receive
nominations to serve on the LRDA Board
of Directors for one three year term. The
LRDA Board is the policy decision
unit of LRDA. Once the nominations have
been completed, the community persons
present will then elect, by voting, their
representative to serve on this Board:
pending approval of the existing LRDA
Board.
Locklear, the only Indian on the
20-member council, is assistant principal at
Pembroke Junior High School. He has
worked closely with various youth
organizations and has served as the
institutional representative for the Boy
Scouts of America. He has also served as a
member of the Robeson County Parks and
Recreation Commission.
One July 11 the meeting will be at the
Rennert Community Center to nominate a
person from East and West Howeilsville,
Saddletree. St. Pauls. Rennert, and Parkton
area. Mary Lois Locklear is presently
representing these areas.
On July 12, the meeting will be held at the
LRDA Annex to nominate someone to
represented Pembroke, Smiths and Union.
Rev. James H. Woods and Curt Locklear
are currently serving these areas.
ON THE DEAN’S LIST AT WESLEYAN
COLLEGE IN ROCKY MOUNT
Miss Leah Denise Juren, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Jerry Jay Juren of Pembroke, has
been named to the Dean’s List for the
spring term at N.C. Wesleyan College in
Rocky Mount.
In order for community persons to
participate in these important meetings,
they must live in that particular designated
area and be of registered voting age.
CAR WASH PLANNED
The Dean’s List ranks a student in the
upper 15 percent of the student body. To
vjualify for the Dean’s List, a student must
carry 10 semester hours, and at least 25
percent must be graded "A” with no grades
below a "B.” Miss Juren is a sophomore
mathematics major at Wesleyan.
The Pembroke State University
Cheerleaders are sponsoring a car wash
July 16 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. The car
wash will be held at the First Union
National Bank in Pembroke. Price is S 1.50.
N.C. Wesleyan is a four-year
coeducational liberal arts college closely
associated with the ' United Methodist
Church.
Many reap
honors
during
festivities
CHARLOTTE. N.C.-Firsl Union
National Bank, headquartered in Charlotte,
North Carolina, announced today that it has
received approval from the Comptroller of
the Currency to sell up to S25.000.000 in a
new issue of 8% Subordinated Capital
Notes due December ?• 1, 1984. The notes
will be offered for sale to the public in
denominations of SI.OOO beginning
Wednesday. July 6, 1977 through the
Bank's branch offices. An offering circular
describing the new issue may be obtained
from any branch.
Many Lumbees were honored during the
four-day Lumbee Homecoming activities
held June 30-July 3.
Special events began Thursday, June 30.
with an air performance by the Golden
Knights Parachute Team. TTie event was
held at Pembroke Senior High School at 5
p.m.
Evening activities for the same date
included the Little Miss Lumbee Pageant
and the Awards Banquet.
Little Miss Lumbee was highlighted by
the crowning of Little Miss Lumb^, Mary
Elizabeth Sampson, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Willie F. Sampson and the late Willie
Foster Sampson. Mary Elizabeth sang
“Baby Face’’ during the talent
competition.
Other awards included swimsuit winner
Audra Mae Chavis, test dressed, Kimberly
Sampson and the talent winner, Chandra
Ransom. Approximately 300 persons
crowed Moore Hall on tte PSU campus to
observe the event.
Three prestigious awards were presented
during the Awards Banquet. Awards
presented included the Businessman of the
Year Award which was given to Gene
Eugene Locklear, owner and operator of
University Sportswear; the Henry Berry
Lowry Memorial Award which was given
to Dr. English E. Jones, Chancellor of
Pembroke Slate University and the LRDA
Distinguished Service Award which was
presented to Helen MaynorSchierbeck who
also served as guest speaker for the event.
A steak supper was catered by the
Pembroke Jaycees and Pembroke Jayceltes
to more than 100 persons in attendance.
Entertainment was provided by Gene
Lowry’s Short Circuit Disco from
Lumberton.
The second day of Lumbee Homecoming.
July 1, was highlighted by the crowning of
Miss Lumbee 1977, Brenda Carol Hunt,
sponsored by the Pembroke Jaycees and
Lycurous Lowry. During the pageant
which began at 8 in the PSU Performing:
Arts Center, three other contestants
received awards. Karen Sue Lowry was
named first runner-up and Miss
Congeniality. Second runner-up was Joan
Bullard. Betty Carol Maynor was
awardedmost talented non-finalist.
CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
Preceding the pageant, a contesta^l^
luncheon was held earlier in the day at
Sim’s Restaurant. Following the pageant a
coronation ball was held at the Pembroke
Jaycee Clubhouse.