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VOLUME 5 NUMBER 48 PEMBROKE, N.C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1. 1977 15# PER COPY |
Survey Resoundingly
Against Robeson Savings &
Loan Branch In Pembroke
BY BRUCE BARTON
43 professional and business people in and
about the town of Pembroke were surveyed
in a poll by this reporter. 30 of those
surveyed said "no" to this question: "Are
you in favor of Robeson Savings and Loan
Association establishing a branch office in
Pembroke?" 6 people were neutral on the
question and 7 were in favor of Robeson
Savings and Loan establishing a branch
office in Pembroke.
SOME RESPONSES, PRO & CON
in responding to the question, many
people in Pembroke spoke harshly against
the proposal, reviving memories of
Pembroke's painful past.
Said one interviewee, "It smacks of
condescension. Where were they when we
needed them?"
Another said, "If they come to town it
will forestall the possibility of the
Pembroke community ever establishing
their own savings and loan, when the
appropriate moment comes..."
But most of those interviewed were
concerned about the effect the branch office
would have on Lumbee Bank, a bank
owned predominately by Indians.
' 'They are coming to rip us off... we need
to support Lumbee Bank, a creation of
Indian people."
"They would take away from Lumbee
Bank and First Union, we need to support
them." -
"We will need a savings and loan soon but
not now. We need to give Lumbee Bank
time to get on its feet financially."
THE OTHER SIDE
Some Indian businessmen encouraged
Robeson Savings and Loan to come to
town, inferring that the competition would
be good for the customer.
"I don't care if it is the Ku Klux Klan, we
need the service a savines and loan would
provide the citizens of the town."
Another said, "I am for it. It should have
happened 25 years ago."
One Indian businessman said, "I would
have to be for it, I have a lot of money
invested in it in savings."
Another businessman interviewed said,
"I am for it. It would make the other
financial institutions work harder Besides
a savings and loan is mostly concerned with
long term mortgages anyway. I don't see
how it would hurt either of the banks in the
long run."
OTHER CONCERNS
Some of those interviewed were mostly
concerned about the lack of Indian
employment at Robeson Savings and Loan
and the fact that no Indian (or black) has
ever served on the board of directors of the
financial institution.
One interviewee said, "I will be against it
as long as there is a lack of Indian
participation, it is a reminder of the past.
Pates Supply Company, the governor
appointing the mayor and city council,
etc."
Another said, "I will always be against it
as long as no Indians have anything to do
with the management of it."
One of those polled said, "Pembroke
needs a savings and loan but we need to
establish it ourselves. If Robeson Savings
and Loan comes to town that will kill that
possibility forever."
Those interviewed were given a cloak of
anonvmitv so that they could respond
freelv. A careful record has been kept of
those polled. Notarizing the accuracy of the
poll is the fact that those polled will
recognize their responses.
The minority businessman's directory
compiled by Lumbee Regional
Development Association was used in the
survey as well as a random sampling of the
Pembroke business community.
IfcA
Committee
Meets
Al the meeting of the Title IV-A Parent
Committee of the Robeson County
Compensatory Indian Education Project
held on Monday, November 28, at the O.P.
Owens Auditorium, several items of
business were discussed and approved as
part of the FY 79 program planning and
development process.
A quorum was readily recognized with 31
members of the Parent Committee and I
.Alternate member in attendance. Also in
attendance were ten guests/visitors and 26
members of the Title IV-A Project Staff.
Ms. Ruth Dial Woods, Project Director,
discussed rules and regulations for making
protect applications, categories for
programs and service under the auspices ol
Title IV-A Indian Education programs, and
procedures for developing a process to
determine the educational and cultural
needs of Indian students. Ms. Janice
Oxendine, a member - of the Parent
Committee and of the Subcommittee on
Needs Assessment, reported on the meeting
of this subcommittee on November 13.
A preview copy of the FY 79 Needs
Assessment instrument to gather data for
program planning and development
purposes was reviewed by the Parent
Committee and approved. Also approved
by the Parent Committee was a change in
program implementation for the
Emergency Medical, Health and Dental
Services Component In order to provide for
services for Indian students
Ms. Woods announced that the amended
by-laws had been forwarded for review and
approval by the IBA Board. A calendar of
future meetings of the Parent Committee
was approved. Also announced wan plans
for an Open House to be held at Pint
American Warehouse on December lb,
1977 Awn 7:00- KhOO where exhibits and
displays relative in Title IV-A Indian
Education programs and sendees will be
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WILLIAM L. (BILL)
OXENDINE AND
TBS SERVICE CO.
bv Connee Bravbov
"All great ideas begin as a dream.
Someone has a dream, believes it can be
done and works diligently to achieve that
dream. Then the dream becomes a realitv. I
believe if you want to do something you can
do it. And you don't have to make a whole
lot of commotion to do it. You just ease out
and do it and things begin to fall into
place."
The above statement was made bv
William L. (Bill) Oxendine of Pembroke
who does not find anything unusual or
outstanding about a man succeeding in one
business after having served until
retirement in another career.
Oxendine is President of TBS Service
Co., Inc. (The Best Service), a companv
which contracts food service and janitorial
services. "What TBS does," said
Oxendine, "is provide services for dining
facilities for the United States
Government, military bases in particular."
TBS Service Co., Inc. operates three
dining halls, one bake shop and one In
Flight Kitchen at Maxwell Air Force Base
in Montgomery, Alabama. In addition, it
operates six dining halls at Eglin Air Force
Base in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.
Bill Oxendine has served in the United
States Army and has retired after "twenty
years and twenty-one days." After
retirement from the Army, he went into
Civil Service for seven years at Fort Bragg,
NC?five of those years were spent in food
service. He served as a Contract Monitor
and Quality Assurance Specialist. During
his years in food service, part of his
responsibilities included helping to prepare
food service contracts. In carrying out his
F duties.Oxendine became acquainted with
Clarence Pharo who had the food service
contract for Fort Bragg. Pharo offered
assistance to Oxendine as he prepared to go
into his own business. Said Oxendine, "I
owe a lot to Clarence. He not only gave me
direct assistance with paper work, but he is
my friend."
Oxendine said that he had his dream of
going into food service contracts for several
vears before he finally got it off the ground
on October I, 1976 which is the date he
received the contract for Max well Air Force
Base. "I had the idea in my head for quite
some time. I even went so far as to discuss it
with a local attorney, but the time was not
right or something. Anyway, it did not get
off the ground immediately." said
Oxendine. "My brother and I (James
Oxendine of Atlanta, Oe.) are very close,
but somehow my idee just never came up
for a few years," ha continued "One night
I mentioned It to him, and things began to
fall into place " TBS Service Co. Inc. is
incorporated in the Stats of Oeorgia where
Oxendine's brother is an attorney.
Oxendine applied to the Small Business
Administration Regional Office in Oeorgia
through their minority program in 1974
Misapplication was approved and accepted
a the MA and In 197ft they aaaiancd Mm
?wafl Air Perm Beae'i feed sendee
contract. Net aaly dtd T?S Service Co.,
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fend sendee TMs war d?v were presented
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an award for winning second place in
outstanding food service in the United
States Air Force.
SBA not only assigned TBS the food
service contract for the first vear. but thev
also assigned a sponsor to teach how to
operate and furnish all the finances for a
percentage of the net profits for the first
vear. Sponsor for the first vear was Happv
I. Franklin from California.
TBS Service Co.. Inc. is composed of
three persons: Oxendine, President; his
wife, the former Lou Henrv Lowrv.
Vice-President; and his brother who serves
as Secretarv-Treasurer. They have three
office^, one in Atlanta, Georgia; one in
Montgomery. Alabama; one at Eglin Air
Force Base. Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.
They employ between 175-200 personnel
in the two bases.
Oxendine is well known around
Pembroke for his out-spoken manner. He
has been very active in various civic affairs,
including the Pembroke Senior High
Booster Club and has served as Chairman
of the Board of Commissioners for the
Pembroke Housing Authoritv and
Redevelopment Commission. Most people
who know him will admit that he is not a
politician, in the sense that we sometimes
think of politicians as people who will say
anything you want them to say in order to
get what they are after. He is straight
forward, blunt and directly to the point.
After conversing with him a few minutes,
you will find that he is just that way. He just
says exactly what is on his mind with no
fanfare. He does not hesitate to make his
opinion known. If he does not agree with
something, he says so quite franklv.
He completed the tenth grade at Fairmont
Indian School under the principalship of
Mr. Albert Hunt. He remembers the late
C.D. Brewington as an outstanding
teacher. However, he says that, "Each
teacher left some quality that I have carried
with me. There is something about even
the worst teacher that is good. They are all
a part of me." He completed his schooling
while in the Army.
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Mr. and Mrs. Oxendine are the parents of
two children. Barbara Cummings and
William L. Oxendine. Jr. Mrs. Oxendine is
a teacher at Ashpole School and between
flights to Alabama, Florida and Oeorgia,
Mr. Oxendine is at home in Pembroke with
his wife and son.
IJp is the son of the late Roy Oxendine'and
Hettv Hammonds Oxendine and for a few
minutes he recalled the positive influence
his perents had on his life. "They taught me
to think good positive thoughts " he
recalled. "There is no end to whet can be
accomplished if we all think positive
thoughts For instance, we should all learn
to express positive thoughts in our speech
I aatsed of saying the glen is half empty, wt
should say dw glees is half full We need to
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Local Receives
Unique Navy
Scholarship
Doua Campbell. Nav> Recruiter, is shown his scholarship award. (Bruce Barton
left as he congratulates Joseph Brooks on photol .
hv Donnie Locklear
Joseph Anthony Brimks. son of Mr and
Mrs. Sherman Brooks ot Pembroke, a 1977
graduate of Pembroke Senior High School,
will depart Tuesday, December 6 for eight
weeks basic training in San Diego.
California.
He enlisted in the N ov on June 77. 1977
and with the help ? ?:- .r. recruiters. Chief
Doue Campell and Pett\ Officer Ken Bean,
he became the first l.uinbce Indian to
receive a full scholarship from the Navv
under the BOOST program.
BfXJST is a College Preparatory School
for Selected enlisted Navv and Marine
Corps personnel. Acceptance to these
programs is not guaranteed. The student
must strive for acceptance through use of
his own talents and diligence.
After finishing his basic training in San
Diego, Mr Brooks will attend one vear of
college prep courses p Monterev,
California beginning March I, 1978. Mr.
Brooks has been accepted at the Citadel, a
military college located in Charleston,
South Carolina, where he plans to continue
his education in Marine Biology. Upon
completion of this schooling he will
become a commissioned officer.
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PSU 'BRAVES
CLUB OFF AND
RUNNING
BY GENE WARREN
PEMBROKE-The charter members of
the newlv organized Pembroke State
University "Braves Club" could not have
been riding higher Monday night at the
initial dinner meeting here for them and
their spouses.
Thev were trulv in the clouds. The
reasons? (I) Garry Henry, a PSU
sophomore, had fust won the NAIA
national cross country championship at
Kenosha, Wis.; and (2) the undefeated
Braves' basketball team had just swept the
Campbell Tip-Off Tournament ?
championship, beating two NCAA
Division I teams in the process.
"You organizers of the Braves Club know
what vou are doing." quipped PSU
Chancellor English E. Jones. "First, you
form the club; then, our athletes turn in
three superlative performances
back-to-back." It was a good omen,
indicated Dr. Jones.
In a serious vein. Dr. Jones told the 107
people who gathered in the PSU Student
Center: "If spbrts at this institution are
going to be what they ought to become, it
will depend upon the people in this. room.
In mv *>1 vears at this university, this is the
most significant thing that has been done to
support our athletic program."
Dr. Jones said the PSU athletic teams have
worked hard to win even without adequate
financial support-but have won anvwav.
"These teams deserve all this communitv
can muster in their behalf." urged the
Chancellor. "You people have supported
them bv vour verv presence here tonight "
The 100 charier members of the "Braves
Club" gave 110 each since August in
raising a quick 11,000 for tha new
organization Brace Barton, chairman of
the Braves Club's steering committee and
master of ceremonies Moodsv night
charted each of those present to sell three
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membership tickets each for (I) MS for
individual memberships and (2) 1*3 far
familv memberships
"last's make this Breves Club sumetMng
CONTINUED PAOfi ft
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IN THE ARMED FORCES
Lloyd G. Oxendine
Ft. Bragg. NC--Llovd G. Oxendine.
whose wife, Mary Alice, lives in
Pembroke, recently was promoted to Army
specialist five while serving as a survey
computer operator with the XVIII Aitbome
Corps Artillery at Fort Bragg. NC.*
He entered the Army in June 1971. The
?Specialist is a 197 I graduate of Pembroke
High School. His parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Grover C. Oxendine, live on Route I,
Pembroke
Sergeant Randy L. Bartlev
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Kalrsruhe. Germany?Sergeant Randy L.
Bartlev, whose wife. Holly, and mother,
Mrs. Earlene Bartlev, live in Pembroke,
recently was assigned as a communications
team chief with the 7 2nd Signal Battalion in
Karlsruhe, Germany.
Sgt. Bartlev entered the Army in
November. 1975. He is a 197 2 graduate of
Pembroke High School.
Private Rickic D. Strickland
Ft Gordon. Georgia-Private Rickie D.
Strickland, whose wife. Junie Fave. lives
on Route 7, Hersev's Trailer Park,
Lumberton, recently completed a radio
teletvpeoperation course at the U.S. Army
Signal School. Ft. Gordon, Georgia.
During the training, students learned to
operate radio transmitting and receiving
sets, using voice and teletvpewriter
equipment.
Pvt. Strickland entered the Army last
Februarv. He attended Robeson Technical
Institute in Lumberton. His parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jimmy Strickland, live at 205 E.
18th St., Lumberton.
WRITER S WORKSHOP TO BE HELD
The Robeson County Public Library,
through a grant from the Library Services
and Construction Act (LSCA) will hold a
writer's workshop January 18 from 7-10 in
the main reference room of the librarv. You
are invited to participate. The writing
workshop planned to simplify reference
materials and develop a collection of high
interest-low vocabulary materials for use
by the new adult reader, in the county.
Resource persons will be avaiUMe to assist
new writers with clarity, variety, restating
words and ideas, usirtg word tools, favorite
techniques and planning. No writing
experience is necessary, just a willingness
to participate.
WEEKEND REVIVAL PLANNED
A revival will begin at Union Chapel
Community Church on Thursday night,
December I, 1977 and continue through
Sundav night. Services will begin at 7 p.m.
Ministers for the four-night revival are:
The pastor of the St. Pauls Church the
Assembly of God; Rev. Roy Clark: Rev.
Jerrv Groves, pastor of Sandv Ridge
Church near Fayettevillc, NC. The pastor
of Union Chapel Community Church is
Rev. Monroe Woods who extends a cordial
invitation to the public to attend these
services
PEMBROKE KJWANIS ANNOUNCE
PANCAKE SUPPER
Pembroke Kiwants Board of Directors
met Tuesday evening in a planning session
for their annual Pancake Supper.
The fund-raising supper will be held in the
cafeteria of the Pembroke Elementary
School from 5 p.m. until 9 p.m. on Friday,
December 9, and on Saturday morning,
December 10 from 6:30 a.m. until 10:00
a.m. Tickets may be purchased from.Club
members at the door. The coat is $2.00 for
all you can eat.
Committees for the supper include
TICKET COMMITTEE: James A.
Sampeon. chairman: Albert Hunt;
Theodore Mavnor and Jerry J una;
PANCAKE COOKS: Charlie Walters and
Purnell Swatt; SAUSAGE COOKS: Jim
Paul and BdCrain; DINING ROOM: Bddie
Mac LockJaar. COfFBB: Id Uviagatoa;
MILK: Id Teats; SOFT DRINKS: Bernard
Lowrr. PUBLICITY: Kan Mm*,
William X. Oaeadine and Jerry Jumk
CLEAN-UP: Adoiph DM. Mm L C*r
and Ira Pali Lnwry.
The public ie erpad te enppart *a paejM
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PEMBROKE JAYCEES "M"
NIGHT PLANNED
Pembroke Jayceet"M" night will be held
Wednesday, December 7, at the Jayoee
Clubhouse at 7:30 p.m. Any young man
between the ages of 21 and 36 is invited to
come out and find out about the Jaycee
organization and what the Javcees are
doing to help in building young men while
at the same time helping to build their
community by working on and with the
many community projects that Jaycees are
involved with.
This is our annual membership night, so
come out and see what you can do for the
Jaycees and what the Jaycees can do for
you.
We are looking forward to seeing every
young man who wants to become involved
with the Jaycees on Dec. 7th.
GERALD STRICKLAND A
WALTER OXENDINE
Membership Co-Chairmen
BICYCLE SAFETY CLINIC
A bicycle safety clinic is coming soon. It
will take place during the early winter.
People of all ages may learn the rules of
bicycle safety, have their bicycles
registered and secure a tag More on this
later.
A CALL FOR BROTHERHOOD
Become a member of a planned Indian
Communitv Coalition to access, coordinate
and assist in resolving the Imminent social,
educational, economic, legal and spiritual
needs of Indians throughout the
surrounding communities and counties.
Now, recollect: Do you see situations of
social services discrimination every where
in vour area? And no one seems to care?
Have you not seen situations of illiteracy
and crime day in and day out and no one,
again, seems to care or is able to do
anything for the situation? Do you not see
and hear almost every day about your
fellow man legally misrepresented in legal
affairs? Have you seen and heard about
your fellow man being Tired or refused
employment for no apparent reason?
Furthermore, have you not had manv mote
injustices that tear the spirit from men's
souls?
Then listen: Would you like to be a part of
doing something about this? Would you
like to see the unresolveabte resolved? Do
we have the leadership for such a noble
effort? Can such an organization succeed
where others have fallen far short of
success? Sure, there are more questions mat
could be listed, but the answer lo all would
be simply yes.
Fellow Indians, we must transcend our
apparent failures and believe that the times,
the suffering, the isolation and the
dejection among our fellow Indians ring
out for all communities of Indians to be
counted, to contribute and to work together
to carry out this long past due and needed
effort.
All interested replies to this call ran be
mailed to me: Rev. James D.Dial, Rt. 2
Box 311. Pembroke. NC 28372.
CORRECTION
In the November 17. 1977 edition of The
Carolina Indian Voice an article appeared
entitled READING ACADEMY. The
article was about the Robeson County
Church and Community Center sponsoring
a reading center in the Pembroke area. The
title of that article should not have read
"Reading Achdemy" but should have read
"Reading Center." There are Reading
Academies in the area, however, they are
sponsored by the Lumbee Regional
Development Association's Right to Read
Pro pet. Our apologies to the Robeeoe
CouitvChurch and Community Center aad
to the Lumbee Regional Development
Association.
PSU'S STEVE BURTON WINS
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