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ROBESON COUNTY, N.C.
Serials Departr.e
Univ. ;;c-i
Pembroke Town Councilman Lee E.
Neville today announced his candidacy for
SA re-election. Mr. Neville released the
following statement:
I have nied and I am announcing my
candidacy for re-election to the office of
Town Council of the Town of Pembroke.
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VOLUME 5 NUMBER 40
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PEMBROKE, NC
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1977
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MORE CANDIDATES ANNOUNCE IN
Lt. Gov. Green announces
Plans for Medical Complex
in Pembroke
CROWDED PEMBROKE MUNICIPAL RACE See Accompanying Story & Photos Page 8
people
build a city government and making
improvements whereby this town can
operate on its own receipted revenue in the
future and stay in the black. Today, we are
receiving over $49,000 in federal revenue
sharing. A good many of our employees are
paid under the county CETA program.
These funds are only for one year at a time.
There is no guarantee these funds will
continue in years to come. These programs
are made available to help a municipality to
build and establish its town to be able to
meet its needs in the future when these
programs are no longer available.
, 'Tflairi' re-elected as your town
councilman, I wilt continue to support the
town of Pembroke for the best interest of
the people. You are the citizens of the town
and you have a right to speak and a right to
be heard.”
Lee Neville
I want to take this opportunity to
thank the citizens of the town for electing
me to represent you on the town board
during these past four years. I have tried
to serve you in every aspect to the best of
my ability and if I am re-elected to the
town board as one of your councilmen in
.November, I will continue to represent
you in the best interest of the town in
trying to make the Town of Pembroke a
place where we can enjoy living, working
and playing a part in making our town a
progressive, educational, industrial and
recreational place w hereby the people of
Pembroke can be proud of its town and
leadership in Town Government.
Lee Neville has been manager of the PSU
Student Union and Supply Bookstore for
the past ten years. He is also a member of
the State and National Association of
College Bookstores. He is Chairman of the
Advisory Council of Pembroke Elementary
School; a member of the Board of Trustees
of the North Carolina Cancer Institute; a
member of First Methodist Church of
Pembroke, and Chairman of the Finance
Committee. He is also a past president of
the Pembroke Kiwanis Club.
James E. Bell, a life-long resident of
Pembroke, announces his candidacy for the
Pembroke Town Council. Bell is the son of
the late James E. Bell, Sr. and Mrs.
Maretha Bel!. He is a graduate of Pembroke
High School and also attended Pembroke
State University. He is a member of Mt.
Olive Pentecostal Holiness Church.
He is married to Clara L. Neville,
daughter of the late John R. Lowry, Sr.,
and they have one son, Myron (Mike)
Neville who is a sophomore in college.
Bell, a political newcomer, made the
following statement:
’We have come a long way in the past
four years, but we still have a long way to
go in meeting all the needs of the Town of
Pembroke.
1 have learned a lot about city
government and I feel that the knowledge
I have gained from my four years in
o^ce and the experience, I can now
represent the citizens of our town with a
much better understanding of city
government and help accomplish more
of the projects that our town is
desperately in need of today.
■‘I am not making a lot of promises that I
could not fulfill. I have a deep commitment
to the people of Pembroke. I will listen to
all the people and make the best decisions
for the town of Pembroke. Extra work will
be put on all issues that come before the
board.
and places
and things
REGISTRATION TO BE HELD
OCTOBER 8, 1977
Ed Chavis, Registrar for the Pembroke
Precinct, will be at the Pembroke Town
Hall on October 8, 1977. He will be there
between the hours of 9:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m.
for the purpose of registering those who
have not registered in the Pembroke
Precinct. Those who have not registered
and wish to vote in the Novembers election
should come by and register. The books
close on October lOth.
ONE WEEK INSTITUTES PLANNED
FOR ROBESON COUNTY SCHOOLS
Dr. David Bruton, chairman of the State
Board of Education said, “the intent of the
legislation is for this Commission to study
the pupil-teacher ratios, program costs, and
the issue of equity and funding. The
Commission will report to the Board as
soon as possible so that the Board can make
recommendations to the Advisory Budget
Commission in early 1978.”
The Robeson County Court Counselors
and other officials of Robeson County
Court System will conduct two one-week
institutes, “You And The Law” .in
Robeson County Schools for grades 7,8,
and 9.
REVIVAL PLANNED AT NEW
BETHEL CHURCH
Coordinating and facilitating the activity
will be Mr. Carey Collins, Robeson County
Court Counselor and Mr. E.M. McKoy.
Director of Pupil Personnel Service in
Robeson County Schools. The sessions
began this week at Magnolia School.
October 3-7. 1977 and will be held at
Pembroke Junior High School October 31
thru November 4. 1977 with area schools
participating.
New Bethel Church of Route 3. Rowland
will have a revival beginning October 9
thru 15. Ward Clark, Jr., Rev. Alonzo
Oxendine, Rev, Bob Mangum and Rev.
James H. Woods will be the speakers.
Special music will be provided and the
public is cordially invited to attend.
VFW MEETING PLANNED
Dr. Martin L. Brooks shows the audience what an artist’s conception of the
proposed medical complex will look like when completed.
ONE DAY RETREAT PLANNED FOR
LOCAL METHODIST WOMEN
Locklear-Lowry Memorial Post 2843 will
hold their regular monthly meeting
beginning at 7:30 p.m. Monday. October
10 at the Post Home in Pembroke. All
members are urged to attend. Supper will
be served.
Chamber of Commerce
”I believe in recreational facilities for all
ages. I am in favor of improvement for the
town of Pembroke that will make it a better
place to live. If elected, I will be available
to hear the citizens of Pembroke at all
times. I will also work for the economic
improvement of the town.”
Contributes to Needy Projects
A one day retreat or “day apart” will be
held by the Rockingham District of United
Methodist Women on Saturday, October
15th at Chestnut Street United Methodist
Church, Lumberton. NC.
The VFW of Pembroke will sponsor the
Annual Veterans Day Parade beginning at
10 a.m. on November 11, AM schools,
industries, business, clubs, or any
interested individual may participate by
contacting Simeon Oxendine, Parade
Chairman, of Pembroke.
LRDA Receives
Indian Education
Grant Award for
‘One of the great needs of the town of
Pembroke today is to correct the flooding
stage we are faced with when we have
heavy rainfall in our town. This is a must
and we are going to try and do something
about it. I realize it has been because we did
not have the funds to tackle this project, but
if we are funded under the grants that we
now have being processed, I am sure this
need will be corrected and a new drainage
system and waste treatment plant will
become a reality for the town of Pembroke.
Ira Pate Lowry
Ira Pate Lowry,, a long time citizen, of
Pembroke, a farmer, and a retired educator
has announced his candidacy for a seat on
the Town Council of the Town of
Pembroke,
Adult Education
Mr. Lowry released the following
statement in making his announcement:
‘The town board is now in the process of
trying to negotiate on two acres of land fora
new parking lot for the town’s recreation
park at the end of Pine Street. We feel that
this project will be accomplished and the
parking lot should be ready by next season.
“The town board has been looking at
annexation of the town for sometime. I
personally support annexation and have
discussed this many times in our board
meetings in the past. But there is a problem
in some of the areas that we have taken a
look at for annexation. First there is
a need for lift stations and the cost of a lift
station is approximately $25,000 to
530,000. This would have to be completed
in order to take sewer lines to the residents.
According to the law, the town would have
to supply the residents with water and
sewer lines within twelve months from the
date of annexation. This can be done and
should be done. It is just a matter of getting
down to the nitty gritty and doing
something about it and I feel under our new
manager-council type of government that:
we now have, we will do something about
additional annexation of our town.
“1 have done some serious thinking
before making this decision. Most of you
know, however. I have served on the town
council for 17 years over the last several
years. It was during those years I often
reminded the members of the board and the
mayor that we have a position of trustand
that all tax money should be spent wisely
and equally divided among ail citizens of
Pembroke regardless of race of where he or
she lives.
Lumbee Regional Development
Association, has received a grant award
from the Office of Education/Office of
Indian Education to administer a Part C
Indian Adult Education Program in three
rural Indian communities in Robeson
County.
“This fact is true more now than ever
before because of inflation and the
cheapness of the dollar.The average person
simply cannot stand the continued pressure
put upon them when their water bills,
sewage bills, taxes and all the hidden
revenue taken out of their pay check every
month.
The Adult Education Program will
establish three Developmental Learning
Centers at New Point Church, Lumberton:
Shoeheel Holiness Methodist Church,
Maxton; and Rex Rennert Neighborhood
Service Center to provide individualized
and small group reading instruction to 75
functionally illiterate Indian youth and
adults. Centers will be operated two nights
per week, three hours per night for a period
of approximately thirty weeks.
Additionally, the project will proviue
instruction to thirty home boundk
functionally illiterate Indian youth and
adults. I
All members of the United Methodist
Women of the Rockingham District, which
is comprised of Robeson. Scotland and
Richmond counties, are invited to attend, •
Each woman is asked to bring a bag lunch,
a Bible and one of her favorite devotional
books or periodicals. Drinks and dessert
will be provided.
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL BE
BUSY DAYS FOR PSU
ATHLETIC TEAMS
Registration will begin at 9:30 and the
meeting will begin at 10 a.m. and will last
until 3 p.m. This will be a time for spiritual
renewal and sharing. Leaders will be Mrs.
Ruth Mundy, Rev. Hennan Winberry,
Miss Betty Purkey and the meeting will
close with an inspirational message by Rev.
Gladvs Williford,
PEMBROKE-Friday and Saturday will
be busy sports days formen’s and women’s
athletic teams from Pembroke Slate
University.
Three teams will be in action Friday, At 2
p.m. the PSU women’s tennis team (0-2)
ALUMNI COOKOUT, PICNIC
SCHEDULED FOR PSU
hosts Campbell to whom it previously lost
7-2. At 4 p.m. the PSU men's soccer team
(1-8) takes on Catawba here. .And at 5 p.m.
the PSU women's volleyball team (3-1)
entertains both Methodist and Atlantic
Christian,
A family cookout and picnic is being
planned by the PSU Alumni Association
for Saturday, October 15. with both alumni
and PSU students invited. The picnic will
be held from 11 a.m. until 7 p.m. at the
Riverside Country Club near Pembroke.
The Braves’ undefeated cross country
team, which has captured four meets this
season, is on the road Saturday to Baptist
College of Charleston. S.C. Jeff Moody,
sensational junior from Southern Pines, is
seeking to win his fifth straight race against
the strong Baptist school. That meet is set
for 10 a.m.
John H. Sampson, president of he Pembroke Chamber of Commerce (far right), is
shown presenting a check for >1.000.00 to Dr. English E. Jones, chancellor of
Pembroke State University, and chairman of the building program underway at
Odum Home. Odum Home Director I.arry Sawyer (left) looks on. The
contribution will be used towards construction of the Indian Memorial Cottage on
the Odum Home campus.
Cost will be $2 for ail those over 12 years
of ago and SI for those 12 and under. There
will be an additional .50 cents charge at the
gate for those using the Riverside County
Club facilities.
During the picnic, the PSU .•\lunini
.Association will have a general business
meeting to make a proposal for changes in
its constitution.
The 10th nationally ranked PSU harriers
will be minus the services of Jim Vogt,
all-district from Fayetteville a year ago.
Vogt has tendonitis and is out for the
season. He ranked as the third best runner
on the team last season.
The Pembroke Chamber of Commerce
and Agriculture, Inc. met in a work .ses.sion
Monday night and decided to contribute
toward' several needy projects in the
community.
“The way our government has been
pouring money into our town in the form of
revenue sharing, the Powell Fund and the
revenue tax from the sale of beer it seems
that our tax should be lowered instead of
raised each year They say we only pay so
much on the $KX) but someone slips around
and raises the values of our properly and
that is bug in the wood pile.
Special unique features of the Indian
Adult Education Program are; 1) Cultural
enrichment tours; 2) Native American
Studies, and 3) units developed in
life-coping skills dealing with consumer
education, management and occupational
infonnation, legal and health information.
After considering a number of interesting
proposals, the chamber of commerce
decided to help financially in the following
areas of concern:
When the city manager, McDuffie
Cummings, presented the board with
his proposed budget for the new fiscal year
of 1977-78,1 was glad to see that he was not
asking for any increases in water and sewer
rates or lax increases, because last year this
became a dilemma and was out of reason.
Today, we have a budget for the next year
Ihat I feel the citizens can live with and not
be driven into an inflation type situation.
“Do you remember the CRY when we got'
beer in our town we then can do this and
that and even lower the tax rate? Boo! Boo!'
It is the goal of this project to increase the
reading level of 105 functional illiterate
Indian youth and adults by a minimum of
2.5 grade level with a minimum of ten
percent of program participants obtaining a
General Equivalency Diploma by the end
of June, 1978-
$500.00 toward construction of a press
box in the stadium field house complex
being developed at Pembroke Senior High
School;
which is part of the Medical Clinic complex
being developed by Dr. Martin L. Brooks.
The nursing home, and a proposed day care
center for needy children, are being
developed as non-profit organizations by
Dr. Brooks. The chamber also presented a
letter of support at the meeting last
Saturday at Dr. Brook’s medical center. Lt.
Gov, Jimmy Green was the special speaker
at the affair where he presented proposed
plans for a medical clinic complex to Dr.
Martin L. Brooks of the Pembroke
community.
For advance tickets and other infonnation.
interested persons should write Pembroke
State University Alumni .Association.
Pembroke, NC 28372 or telephone
521-4214. ext. 252. Tickets may also be
purchased at the gate.
Nexl Monday and Tuesday, the PSU golf
team also swings back into action, playing
in the Atlantic Christian College
Tournament at Wilson. The Braves are led
by All-American Willis (Junior) Nance of
Bladenboro. who tied for sixth place in the
recent All-American College Golf Classic
at Foxfire Country Club in Pinehurst.
)ur manager-council type government
'orking, but there is much more to be
2. According to our financial
Jments of the town, we are now
rating in the black, but this is not
ugh. We have to continue trying to
“Speaking of inflation the average stay in
the hospital in 1965 was S1300 and now the
average is $2600. And it has been estimated
that by 1980 it will be two times that,
$4200. Unless this trend is changed most of
us will face some very difficult times in the
not too distant future. This is why I have
become a conservative in my thinking and
spending. If the people don’t wake up to
some of the rip-offs, we are sunk. I am
sure a good many of you understand.
Persons interested 'n participating in the
project as a student or volunteer, should
contact Henry W. Oxendine at the LRDA
Annex or call 521-2401 Monday through
Friday 8:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.
$1,000.00 toward the production of
brochures heralding the phenomenal
growth of Pembroke and Pembroke State
University. The venture will be a joint
effort by the Pembroke Chamber of
Commerce and Pembroke State
University’s Development Office headed
by Walter Oxendinc.
The chamer of commerce also decided to
contribute $1.0(X).00 toward the
construction of the Indian Memorial
Cottage on the Odom Home campus.
"Wlial better time can one have than a
cookout at which old classmates and
frienils from college day s get together,
have fun and relax?" asked Wayne Bailey,
director of alumni affairs at PSU, .Acting as
liaison ivetwoen the alumni association and
PSU stuilcni biHly is Elvera L.K-klear. a
junior at PSU.
PEMBROKE COED TO PLAY ROLE
IN PSU PRODUCTION OF
“GOODBYE, CHARLIE”
In an earlier meeting, the chamber paid off
approximately $1500.00 worth of debts
incurred at the Boy Scoqt Hut in Pembroke,
and decided to name the boy scout hut in
honor of the late and beloved scoutmaster,
Walter Pinchbeck.
APPOINTED TO COMMISSION
TO STUDY TEACHER/PUPIL
RATIOS
PEMBROKE-Debra Sue Pate, a senior
drama major from Pembroke, plays
“Franny Saltzman” in the Pembroke State
University student production of
“Goodbye. Charlie," to be staged in the
PSU Perfonning Arts Center Thursday
through Saturday (Oct. 13-15).
have said, we need to strive every day to
build our community more spiritually and
morally because that is the way the LORD
want.s us to live.
The chamber also donated $2,()(K).()0 to
the Pembroke Resque Squad toward their
building fund and land acquisition drive.
The Pembroke Rescue Squad is at work
raising funds to creel a building for the
resque squad.
Said John H. Sampson, who is presently
serving as president of the chamber, “We
want to show by these monetary gifts that
we care about our community.”
Ralph Hunt. Chairman of the Robeson
County Board of Education, has been
named a member of the Commission
to Study Fonnuias Funding
PriKcdures of the State Board of
Education and Allocations of Funds to
Local Administrative Units by the Slate
Board of Education.
The curtain rises nightly on the comedy at
8 p.m. Admission is $2 foreveryoneexcept
PSU students, who will be admitted free
with I.D, cards.
“Franny Saltzman” is the wife of the head
of Charlie Sorel’s movie studio.
“Even more important than anything I
“I humbly ask you for your vole and will
not feel bad towards anyone who docs
The chamber also decided to .set aside
$2.()()0-(X) to be used toward furnishing up
to two rooms in the proposed nursing home
The chamber encourages all members of
the Pembroke community to join the
Pembroke Chamber of Commerce and help
make Pembroke a better place to live and
work and plav.
Appointed by the State Board at the
September meeting. Rep. Malcolm
Puncher (D)-Cataret has been named
chairman of the 15-member commission.
The Commission will hold an
organizational meeting on Friday. October
14 at 10 a.m. in the Board Room of the
“Debra has a good drama background,
being involved in a lot of different things,”
said director Dick Smith, a member of the
PSU Communicative Arts faculty.
Miss Pate is the daughter of Mr, and Mrs.
William Edward Pate and a graduate of
Pembroke Senior High School.
Education Building. Members will be
briefed by State Superintendent Craig
Phillips, Controller Joe Porter and staff on
the needs, relationships to program thrusts,
and general program.