?THI^CAROLINA INpiAN VOICEf
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VOLUME 5 NUMBER 47 * PEMBROKE, N.C. v THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1977' 15* PER COPY
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PEMBROKE EYEDAS BRANCE
SITE BY ROBESON
SAVINGS AND LOAN
Hearing Date Scheduled Dec. 15
by Bruce Barton
At the monthly meeting of the Robeson
Savings and Loan Association board of
directors held on September 8. 1977. the
following motion was made by Clifford
Bullard. seconded by F.K. Biggs and
approved by all directors present:
"The secretary is authorized to apply to
the Administration of the Savings and Loan
Division. State of North Carolina for the
authority to establish a branch of Robeson
Savings and Loan Association.
Lumberton, NC in the town of Pembroke.
Robeson County. North Carolina
"The motion further authorized the
necessary expenditures that are necessary
and reasonable in order to establish the
putting in place of the branch office..."
addressed to the Administrator of the
Savings and Loan Division. P.O. Box
M-27945. Raleigh, NC 27611.
Any person wishing to present oral data,
views or arguments on the proposal before
the savings and loan division, must at least
ten days before the hearing date, file a
notice with: Administrator of Savings and
Loan. P.O Box M-27945. Raleigh. NC
27611. A/iv person permitted to make an
oral presentation is encouraged to submit a
written copy of the presentation to the
above named person prior to the hearing.
A request to make an oral presentation
must contain a brief summary of the
individual's views with respect thereto and
a statement of the length of time the
individual wants to speak. Presentations
muse no! exceed 15 minutes unless upon
request, either before or at the hearing, the
administrator grants an extension for good
cause.
When the hearing is completed, the
administrator will make a recommendation
based on a study of the facts stated in the
petition.
A decision will be rendered within TOdays
from the date of the hearing,"
The board of directors of Robeson
Savings and loan Association are Henry
Melvin. Clifford Bullard. t-urman Biggs.
Wilson Blackman. J.N. Townsend. and
J L. Townsend. One vacancy exists on the
board.
APPLICATION FOR PERMIT TO
ESTABLISH" A BRANCH OFFICE
FILED OCTOBER 25. 1977
According to the application. Robeson
Savings and Loan Association affirms that
there are 2.214 inhabitants in Pembroke,
according to the last federal census, and
according to their survey. 2.486 at the
present time.
Robeson Savings and Loan Association
has its main office in Lumbetion with a
branch office in Red Springs.
According to Robeson Savings and Loan
Association's survey submitted along with
their application, they interviewed Jim
Paul. General Manager. Pates Supply
Company; Arnold Locklear. attorney; and
Walford Jones, Jones Heating and Air
Conditioning. Robeson Savings and Loan
noted in its survey that "....All those
contacted were extremely familiar with the
area and most encouraging."
Their survey noted that the population
trend is "progressive" and that the
population is "primarily Indian, farming,
middle class average. 5 10,000 to 515.000
per family with Pembroke State University
having a good influence in the area."
Robeson Savings and Loan estimates that
the Pembroke populace is 85% non white.
Robeson Savings and Loan Association
notes that their business volume from the
Pembroke community is now 5500,000 in
outstanding mortgage loans and 5.700.000
in savings deposits. They estimate that it
would take three vears for the proposed
Pembroke branch office to achieve a
profitable basis
LUMBEE AND FIRST UNION
NATIONAL BANKS IN PEMBROKE
Both banks have adopted neutral positions
and declined comments on the matter
Some contend that the branch office,
would be good for business. Some local
businessmen contend that competition is
good for the consumer. But they seem to be
in the minority.
Most say that the branch office would
principally effect Lumbee Bank, a bank
predominately owned by Indian
stockholders. Some stockholders contend
that "Lumbee Bank is just nowgetting on
feet financially and could ill afford to lose
any of its long term deposits."
A random sampling by this columnist
indicates, in preliminary findings, that the
majority of Indians in Pembroke are
opposed to the branch office.
Henry Melvin, President of Robesor
Savings and Loan Association, affirms tha
thev are merely interested in providing i
service to the community. A spokesman fo
Robeson Savings and Loan when ask*
about minority employment, said, "Well
now we are getting around to thai "
But Ihe record seems to show tha
minorities own little stock in the firm, no
do thev work with the firm According a
Oeorge C. King, deptgy administrator o
ihe Savings and Loan Division, the
licensing agency, a tentative hearing data is
set for December 19, 1977
HOW TO IT ATI YOUR OPINION
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Survey Indicates That Pembroke
Is Not Happy With
Robeson Savings and Loan
Association's Intentions To
Establish a Branch
Office in Pembroke
By Bruce Barton
The Carolina Indian Voice is in the midst
of taking a sampling of the Pembroke
community's feelings concerning the
intention of Robeson Savings and Loan
Association establishing a branch office in
Pembroke.
Preliminary findings show an
overwhelming negative response to the
question: "What do you think about
Robeson Savings and Loan Association
coming to Pembroke?"
Of X) random samplings so far, 24
opposed the intention of Robeson Savings
and Loan Association to establish a branch
office in Pembroke.
Some random samplings of opinion...
"It doesn't seen, at this time, to be a good
thing...we've been used too much..."
"If they come to town Indians ought to be
fairly and equitably represented on their
board of directors..."
"They are coming tc rip us off, not to give
us service....We need to support Lumbee
Bank, a creation of Indian people..."
"I am against it...it smacks of
condescension..."
"Thev want our money...that's all..."
"We need a savings and loan association
but we need to establish it ourselves."
"They would take awav from FUNB and
Lumbee Banks, we need to support
them.
THE OTHER SIDE
But not everyone interviewed spoke
against Robeson Savings ana Loan coming
to Pembroke
One Indian businessman interviewed
said. "I have to be for it.... I own stock in
it..."
Another businessman said, "I don't care
if the Ku Klux Klan heads it. We need the
services it would provide."
Another sampling noted, "Competition
would be good for the business life in
Pembroke. It would make the other
financial institutions work harder."
Another interviewee said, "I am for it. It
should have happened 25 years ago...the
only reason it hasn't happened before is
because of the late Russell Livermore..."
Two interviewees did not express a
preference, pleading ignorance on the
matter.
The complete polling will be catalogued
in next week's issue of The Carolina Indian
Voice.
We have used the minority business
directorv prepared by Lumhee Regional
Development Association as a source.
Polling was conducted two ways: bv
telephone and or personal interview.
The intention of The Carolina Indian
voice is to sample 100 Pembroke citi/ens to
more abl v express the opinion of the greater
Pembroke community.
A cloak of anonymity was given freely to
those interviewed so that thev would be
able toexprcss .'heiropinions freely without
undue retaliation
But. for the scoffers, the poll is notarized
by those interviewed and a careful record
kept bv the pollster.
r Parent Committee
to Meet Nov. 28th
A meeting of |he Title IV-A Indian
Education Parent Committee for the
Robeson County Compensatory Indian
Education Projoct^will be held at 7 p.in at
the O P. Owens Auditorium in Lumherton
on Monday, povember 28th. The
newlv-elected paftm committee will be
meeting to revfew the plans for the
follow-up of the Pecds Assessment which
is a preliminary activity prior to scheduling
public hearings ip each school district and
prior to making application tor next vcar's
project.
All meetings of the Title IV-A Indian
Education Parent Committee are open
public meetings and the public is invited to
attend. Indian parents, students and
teachers are encouraged to attend the
meetings in order to discuss programs and
issues affecting Indian education and
particularly the Title IV-A Indian education
program.
Matching Grant Awarded
The Robeson Historical Drama. Inc. of
Pembroke is receiving a matching grant of
'S 1.000 according to Sara W. Hodgkins.
secretary of the N.C. Department of
Cultural Resources. The grant will be used
for salarv assistance lor a stage manager
during the coming season of the outdoor
drama "Strike at the Wind!".
Recommendation for support was made
bv Theatre Arts the section of the
department concerned with the
encouragement of North Carolina's
professional, non-piofit theatre--at the fall
meeting of its I J-niember board
. In announcing the grant. Secretarv
Hodgkins comment J. "We are delighted
that this bicentennial drama has become a
lasting part of the Robeson Countv
community. 'Strike at the Wind!" has heen
a leader in the employment of minorities in
professional theatre and I want to commend
their efforts "
Among the other professional theatre
companies receiving grants are: Carolina
Plavmakers Regional Theatre. Chapel Hill;
Roanoke Island Historical Association
("The Lost Colonv"). Manteo; the North
Carolina Shakespeare Festival. Inc.. High
Point; Southern Appalachian Historical
Association. ("Horn in the West").
Boone; The Cherokee Historical
Association ("Unto These Hills").
Cherokee
100 CHARIbK MbMBbKS
OF BRAVES CLUB
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The 100 charier members of the new
Pembroke State' >,i ity "Bra1 cs Club"
and their spouses will gather here Mondav
night. Nov. 'hi. at 7: M) p.m. for their first
annual dinner meeting to which thev have
been invited free of charge.
From all indications, the event in the PSU
Student Center should be a gala affair as
these 100 continue to show their strong
support for the PSU athletic program.
A total of S5.000 has alreadv been raised
as each of the l(X) has given S50 "to back
the Braves."
To cmphasi/c the importance of this
nucleus of 100. their naines have been
painted on a huge gold-and-black sign to he
displaced at all Pembroke Slate basketball
games. Gold and black are the official PSU
school colors. The sign is a gift of the
Luinberton Coca-Cola Bottling Co.. whose
general manager is Bill Hutaff. a member
of PSU's Chancellor's Club.
"We like to call these KM) charter
members the 'hard v hundred'." savs Bruce
Barton. editor-publisher of THE
CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE of
Pembroke who has chaired the seven-man
steering committee that led in the formation
of the Braves Club.
Barton, who has taken a great interest in
Pembroke State athletics, has been the
expediter of the committee which includes
James F. (Buddv) Bell, assistant principal
of Pembroke Junior High School; Dr. Ed
Crain. track and cross country coach of
Pembroke State University; Arnold
Locklear, Pembroke attorney; Dr. Gerald
D. Mavnor, dean of student affairs at
Pembroke* State University; Walter
Oxendine, development officer of
Pembroke State Universitv; and Jim Paul,
secretary-treasurer of Pates Supplv Co of
Pembroke. Serving as an ex officio member
of the committee has been Gene Warren.
PSU public information director
The club's initial objective is to raise
funds for *l"j full scholarships (valued at
approximate!v S50.000*) These are the
number of scholarships PSU is permitted
as a member of the Carolina Conference.
A previous Braves Club was organized h\
Crain and operated from 197.*-76, but
never strew as Crain hoped it would
because, as he said. "It was then mostlv
campus-based. Now we have citizens from
the outside interested, and this club is
operating from the outside in instead of
from the inside out."
The program for Morulav night's meeting
will include the following with Barlon as
master of ceremonies:
?Invocation bv Purnell Swell,
superintendent of Robeson Counts
schools
?Welcome bv Dr. English E. Jones,
chancellor of Pembroke State Universitv
?Comments bv Alphon/o McRae.
Pembroke State Universitv honorable
mention NAIA All-American basketball
plaver of the 1971-74 era
?Introduction of PSU athletic staff bv
l.acev Gane. athletic director of Pembroke
Stale Universitv
--Charge bv Bruce Barton, chairman of
the Braves club steering committee
?Election procedure, led bv Arnold
I .ocklear of Braves Club steering
committee.
--Benediction bv Rev. Wclton Lowrv.
The Braves Club is also planning a special
awards banquet for all PSU athletes in the
spring.
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OXENDINE SCHOOL HOLDS
THANKSGIVING PROGRAM
The third, fourth, and fifth grades at
Oxendine School held a Thanksgiving
program on Tuesdav. November 22. at 7:00
p.m. in the school auditorium. The
program was about the First Thanksgiving.
AMERICA S ONLY INDIAN
RELIGION
America's onlv Indian Religion is the
Native American Church The Native
American Church of America has its roots
right in Robeson County. Jim Chavis is
president of the Church and has recentlv
visited the Sacred Indian Lands where it all
started was back before the first European
settlers
We have Indian remedies for anv tvpe of
disease or sickness We have the original
Indian ceremonies passed down from the
ages
For more information please write or call
The Native American Church of America. ?
b78-C Archdale Dr . Charlotte. N C or
704-5 V- <474
If vou have anv problem please feel free to
contact us
REVIVIAI. PLANNED AT ISLAND
GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH
Revival services are scheduled at Island
Grove Baptist.Church beginning November
"^-December V Services will begin on
Sundav and continue through Saturdav
beginning each night at 7:00. The Sundav
nieht service will begin at 6:00
The Rev James Vincent of Greenville,
Kentucky will he the guest speaker. The
Rev. Mike Cummings of New Bethel will
be the singing evangelist.
The public is invited to attend these
services. The Rev. Coolidge Cummings is
the pastor.
CABLE T V OFFICIALLY
ACCEPTED BY TOWN COUNCIL
IN PEMBROKE
In a special called meeting November 18.
the Town Council officially passed a
motion accepting a contract from N.C.
Cable T.V., Inc. to operate a cable T.V.
franchise in Pembroke The agreement is
for a fifteen vear period.
The town had originallv asked that N.C.
Cable T.V.. Inc. operate an office in
Pembroke but was pcrsauded by the
company that it would he too expensive to
do so.
The cable T.V. company will set up a
complaint and pavmcnt box in front of
Pembroke Town Hall and provide a toll free
number to its main office in Red Springs for
the henifit of its customers.
Futher details wll be given in the next
issue of the Carolina Indian Voice. One
feature of the lease agreement between the
town and the cable T.V company provides
a free channel for the use of the town and its
citi/enrv subject to the control of the
Pembroke Town Council
CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE ROSE S
DISTRICT MOBILE OFFICE
. . SCHEDULE
WASHINGTON. D C. -Congressman
Charlie Rose. D-N.C., announced the
Seventh Congressional District Mobile
Office schedule lor December Id77
Rip Collins, Congressman Rose's
administrative assistant and representative
in the district, announced that the mobile
office will he parked as close as possible hi
each post office
Cumberland Count v
December I. Thursdav: Hope Mill* Post
Office KM 10 a m - * INI pnt.i December
IS, Thundev: Stedmaa Post Office, 10:00
a.m.* Mil p m,
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December \ PrOai lamtbernm. ?lees
btti fboppsmt Cemer, (Ta.m-Jp.m.1
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December 7. Wednesday; Fairmont Post
Office, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.; December
8. Thursday: Rowland Post Office, 10:00
a.m.-3:00 p.m ; December 9, Friday:
Ma*ton Post Office, 10:00 a m.-3:00 p.m.;
December 16. Friday: Lumberton, Biggs
park Shopping Center. K) a m. - 3 p.m.
CORRECTION
JAMES E. BELL INCORRECTLY
IDENTIFIED IN LAST WEEK S
REPORTAGE OF THE PEMBROKE
COUNCIL MEETING
In last week's issue of THE CAROLINA
INDIAN VOICE, the following item
appeared in reporting happenings at the
Pembroke Town Council meeting:
"James Bell, one of the defeated
candidates in the recent municipal election,
in a letter to the council, said that he had
alwavs paid taxes although he found (H"
recenllv that he is not in the corporate
limits He asked to have his property
annexed or refund his tax monies paid to
date..."
We have since learned that we incorrectly
identified the wrong James Bell. James E.
Bell is a long lime resident of Pembroke
and resides on lones Street within the
corporate limits of Pembroke
We apologize profusely for our error.
The James Bell in question is James F.
"Buddy" Bell, who resides off Cherokee
Street James F Bell is assistant principal
at Pembroke Junior High School.
Following is the actual letter from Bell:
Dear Mayor Strickland and Board of
Commissioners:
I would like lo advise the town officials
that I w as told by one of the former Mayors.
Mr. Earlie B Mavnor. that the proper!v
where my house sits and part of my
father-in-law's farm and that general area
where I now live was within the city limits.
I have paid town taxes for the last several
vears with the assumption that my house
was within the Town of Pembroke. I have
been told in the last few weeks that I was
not in the corporate limits and I was also
denied the right to vote in the last election I
informed your Town Manager. McDuffte
Cummings. and after an investigation, he
informs me that the maps had been drawn,
the lines had been run-off to where it could
be annexed, but there is no record as to
where the Board ever took official action on
this.
I would also like lo sav that my
father-in-law and I would like to have our
propcrtv annexed in the Town, if possible,
and jf it is not possible to have this done
then we request that we be refunded our tax
monies plus interest.
I look forward to hearing from you in a
few davs; thank vou for vour cooperation in
this matter
Sincerely.
James F. Bell
The Council has taken the matter under
advisement.
PSU BRAVES BASKETBALLERS
READY FOR TOURNAMENT
The PSU Braves will take pan again.in the
7th annual Campbell Tip Off Tournament
beginning Fridav night
Tile Cumberland Arena. 3.116-capaehy.
will again be the loumev battleground with
the following parings in Friday's firat
rounds: 7 p.m.-PSU < 16-14 last year) *?
Georgia State (10- III; tlp.m.- Campbell
<}*? 10 and runner-up fbr the NAIA
national champtonaMpI ?a. Waal ChMK
P? . State (11-14) On Saturday a
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game at 9pm
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