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VOLUME 6 NUMBER 10 PEMBROKE, N.C. THURSDAY, MARCH 9, I978 I5g PER COPY
PEMBROKE HARDWARE'S
CURT LOCKLEAR CUED TO DISTRICT
COURT
For Placing 11 Bicycles & 5 Tin Wagons on Sidewalk
In Violation of Ordinance 6-2002
PEMBROKE- Police Chief Vernon
Ozendine, acting on a mandate from the
Pembroke Town Council, recently cited
Curt Locklear, owner of Pembroke
Hardware, to District Court for "placing
bicycles (11) and tin wagons (S) for sale
on the sidewalk .n the Town of
Pembroke in violation of city ordinance
6-2002."
Locklear will appear March 10 (Friday)
in Pembroke's District Court to answer
the complaint. Locklear has retained
counsel and has announced his inten
tions to contest the complaint.
The warrent was issued following recen
council action when they decided to
strictly enforce the ordinance which
reads: "no person shall place for
display or sale any goods, wares or
merchandise of any kind upon any of the
sidewalks of said town which shall
extend out on the sidewalks..."
Until the council action, acting on a
motion by Councilman Bob Brewington,
the ordinance had never been enforced!
in fact, many merchants were not even
aware such an ordinance existed
The motion was passed over the
streneuous objections of Councilmann
Sam Dial who said, "We have rr.ore
Important things to do than harass our
merchants. We need to be looking for
ways to help them, not hurt them..."
Locklear infers that he was Singled out
for action on the matter. He says that he
was the only merchant approached by
the town manager (McDuffie Cumin
ings) "at the directions of a certain
councilman". Said Locklear, in a recent
interview, "Why was I singled out?"
Locklear also insists that he did not
receive a letter that was purportedly
sent to all merchants in town informing
them that theordinance was to be strict!
enforced. Town Clerk,Ruby Smith, said
that she did not keep copies of letters
sent but that she, to the best of her
knowledge, sent letters to every mer
chant in town.
Mayor Reggie Strickland, Town Man
ager, McDuffie Cummings, and the rest
of the town council are. out of town
attending a national meeting of the
National League of Cities in Washing
ton. D.C. and the Indian Unity
Conference in Raleigh.
But one town official said that Locklear
was singled out because he was the only
merchant displaying goods for sale
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when the matter was brought before the
council.
If the ordinance is strictly enforced,
according to a local attorney, the ban
would also include newspaper racks,
shrubbery and "anythine else that
extends out upon the sidewalk."
Other merchants are expected to speak
in Locklear's behalf tomorrow in District
Court. Many of them consider the
ordinance petty and harrassing in
nature.
Dial next
on Indian
Is... Youth
Forum
Adolpli Dial
The third in a series of five INDIAN
IS...YOUTH FORUM is scheduled for
Monday. March 13th, at the Center for
the Performing Arts at Pembroke State
University at 7:00 p.m.
Professor Adolph Dial, a former
member of the Arrferican Indian Policy
Review Commission, author and lec
yturer, and Chairman of the Native
American Studies Department at
Pembroke State University, will give an
overview and historical perspective of
Indians in North Carolina. The Forum is
being sponsored by the Title IV, Part A,
Robeson County Compensatory Indian
Education Project of the Robeson
County Board of Education.
The INDIAN IS...YOUTH FORUM is
designed to create a higher level of
awareness of Indian culture and heri
tage and is directed toward both youth
and adults.
The series is open to the general public
and admission is free.
Robeson
Indians meet
wirh V.P
Mondole
An all-Indian delegation consisting of
members of the Pembroke Town
Council and one member of the
Lumberton City Council were received
by Vice President Walter F. Mondale in
his office in the White House on March
7th.
Sam Dial, Pembroke Councilman, w ho
headed the delegation, stated that the
group of city officials discussed the
pending Indian Recognition Bill, the
CETA Program, the Indian Education
Program, and other matters ?x general
interest.
Mr. Dial stated that the Vice President
appeared to be well versed on Indian
programs and was sympathetic to the
non-federally recognised Indian situ
ation.
Others making up the delegation that
called upon the Vice President were:
Pembroke Mayor Reggie Strickland and
Pembroke Town Councilmen Robert
Brewington. Larry T. Brooks. Milton
Hunt; Pembroke Town Manager Mc
Duffie Cummings; and Town Attorney
Arnold Locklear; and Lumberton City
Councilman Glenn Maynor.
Said Dial. "It was a thrill for all of us to
visit the White House and have the
opportunity to visit with Vice President
Walter Mondale."
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$1,000.00 Winner At
Piggly Wiggly
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Mrs. Molly l/Ocfcle?i Route 2, Pem
broke, is obvious!) Happy as she
receives a check for JillMW.OO from John
Druse, Jr., manage* of Pembroke's
Piggly Wlgglv Food Store.
Mrs. lockk-ar won he $1,000.00 by
participating in Plgg' Wiggly's Bingo
Game named ''St'-'ch and Score
Bingo." More than >70,000 in prize
DIAL t AMES
OXENDINE TO
CmMPA&N STAFF
Adolph Dial, candidate for one of the
three house seats in the North Carolina
General Assembly, recently named
Walter Oxendine as treasurer of his
Adolph Dial for the N.C. House
Campaign.
Oxendine. long active in the Javcccs,
and generally considered the founding
father of the Pembroke Javcees, is
employed as development officer at
Pembroke State University.
Dial, who is head of the American
Studies Program at PSU. lauded
Oxendine as "on< of the finest young
men I have ever met. I am honored that
he has decided to join me in niv
campaign." Oxendine was named one
of the five outstanding Javcees in North
Carolina two years ago.
money has been awarded by Plggly
Wiggly In the promotion.
Mrs. I.ocklear, an avid player In Plggly
Wiggly's weekly Bingo Gaines, previ
ously won SIOO.OO. A member of
Harpers Ferry Baptist Church, she said,
"I will give my church 10% and I might
help a couple of elderly people I know
who need some help."
Embezzlement
in Pembroke
A former clerk at the Pembroke ABC
store received a 10-year suspended
sentence in Robeson County Superior
Court. Thursday,, for the embezzlement
of $15,500 from that store.
Fugene Wilkes, a former state trooper,
who was working full-time ABC clerk
while attending Pembroek State plead
ed guilty to the charge.
Wilkes admitted taking S|5,500 from
the store's cash register between July 1,
1975 and February 9, 1977.
Wilkes received his suspended sen
tence after he promised the court he
would pay back the embezzled money.
He presented Judge Robert Gavin with
a cashier's check for $15,500 and $500 in
cash. Judge Gavin said Wilkes' repay
ment of the money pluse his behavior
indicated he was apparently sorry for
breaking the law.
Wilkes willalso have to pay court costs
plus SI,600 for eztra accounting cost
created by the missing funds.
Preschool
Clinic
PEMBROKE-A preschool registration
clinic for next year's kindergarten
students and first graders will be held 9
a.m. to noon Friday at Pembroke
Elementary School.
Parents are asked to complete regis
tration forms and return them to the
school before Friday. Most parents have
probably received the forms through the
mail, Mrs. Patricia Ward said. Those
who have not teceived them may pick
them up in the principal's office at
school.
Children must be Syears old by
October 16, 1978 to register for
kindergarten and 6 years old by that
date to register for first grade. Children
who are already enrolled are not
required to register.
Children's birth certificates and im
munization records will be required for
registration. Parents are asked not to
bring their children to the registration
clink.
Stone Takes Leave Of Absence
Hubert Stone, chief depyty of crimi
nal investigations for the last eight
years, has taken a leave of absence from
the Robeson County Sheriffs Depart
ment. as he put it in a letter to Sheriff
Malcolm McLeod, "...in order that I
may devote greater effort to my
i
campaign."
Stone announced the leave of absence
at a press conference Tuesday. Stone
has been with the sheriff's department
for more than twenty years.
INDIAN UNITY
CONFERENCE UNDERWAY
Gov. Jim Hunt Speoks ot Banquet
I oot. m worn
Some 700 Indians and friends gathered
at the Royal Villa Hotel in Raleigh last
night to hear Governor Jim Hunt deliver
the address at the gala banquet, the
highlight of the North Carolina Indian
Unity Conference.
The Indian Unity Conference, an
annual event, haa become a high water
aoctal mark for the Indian community In
North Carolina.
The conference, co-sponsored by the
Pasnlln a Cnaaml ? atnsi j%na In<4 la as
WOmB wMvilliB v Ovslfsil MlOii Oft ino HI n
Affairs and Lembee Regional Devel
cement Association, Includes work?
shops, Job fake, and a social setting tor
getting to know owe another aa Indians
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Governor Jim Hunt talked glowingly of
the Indian community in North Carolina
and uaed the occasion to announce that
Ms. Jeannie Jo Bell was being named to
head the newly created youth develop
ment project for North Carolina.
A Bruce Jones, director of the Indian
Commission and Kenneth R. Maynor.
executive director of Lumber Regional
Development Association were on hand
to welcome friends and dignataries.
including Dr. Dean ('havers, just named
aa President of Bscone College in
Oklahoma,
The eon fere nee concludes today with
the presentation of resolutions
More nest week.
Demos
Plan
Precinct
Meetings
Please bc^advised that in accordance
with Article I. section 2 of the North
Carolina Democratic Plan of Organi
sation, Precinct meetings have been
scheduled forThursday. March 16, 1178
at 8:00 p.m.
Please notify your precinct members
and proceed to plan for this meeting.
The purposes of these meetings are:
1. Elect delegates to the Robeson
County Democratic Convention to be
held. April 21. 1178.
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2. Pill any vacancies that exist among
your precinct officers and committee
members.
J. Fmphasire Voter Registration.
4. Announce a. Democratic District
Convention. Whiteville Court House.
May 20. 1478
h, Democratic Hate Convent am, June
24. 1478. Raleigh N.C.
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Submitted by Or R.I, Tenter, t batr
man. Robeson (ounty Democratic
Pset olive Committee.
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RTI COSMETOLOGY DEPT.
TO SPONSOR HAIRSTYLING
SEMINAR
The Robeson Technical Institute
Cosmetology Department will sponsor a
hairstyling seminar on Monday. March
13, at Pine Crest Country Club,
Lumberton. Guest artist for the one-day
workshop is Pat Gordon of Bruno's
International School of Hair Design,
Toronto, Canada.
Persons licensed in hair care may
attend the seminar. Registration begins
at 9:00 A.M. with the first session
starting at 9:30 A.M. The S9.50
registration fee includes lunch. Mrs.
Betty Biggs. RTI Cosmetology instruc
tor. is coordinator for the Seminar.
PEMBROKE YOUTH CENTER
'OPEN FOR BUSINESS'
Mr. Charles Graham. Director of the
Pembroke Youth Center, announced
today: "We're open for business. The
remodeling of the building is nearly
complete. We've nearly finished with
the survey of youth in the area. And
we're ready to start some of the
activities foe the youth in the com
munity."
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The first of these activities will be a
ping-pong tournament at the Youth
Center, which is located at 2nd and
Jones Street just behind Central Auto
Sales in Pembroke. The tournament,
which will begin March 20th, is open to
boys and girls age 13-21 from the
Pembroke area. Registration forms*
should be picked up at the Center by
Tuesday. March 14th. There will be a
meeting of all participants Tuesday,
March 14th at 7:Q0 p.m. at the Center to
decide pairings.
Age categories are as follows:
19. 20. 21 - 1st Place
16. 17. 18 - 1st Place
13. 14. 15 - 1st Place
The tournament will be double
elimination.
Beginning Mondayr March 13th the
Center will be open from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. for youth who want to talk, get
help with school work, or just have a
place to be with one another. Evening
and weekend activities will be an
nounced as those plans develop.
1978 4-H PUBLIC SPEAKING
CONTEST TO BE HELD
The 1978 4-H Public Speaking contest
will be held on March 13 at 7:00 p.m.
The program will be held in the O.P.
Owens Agriculture Building. According
to Willie Alford. Assistant Extension
Agent. Robeson County will have some
very good speakers this year.
TWO AMERICAN INDIAN SITES
TOURS SCHEDULED BY PSU THIS
SUMMER
The American Indian Studies Depart
ment of Pembroke State University,
which last year sponsored a tour of
American Indian historical sites in the
Far East, will have that tour again thia
summer plus a new one to the Northeast
and Great Lakes.
Bath are being directed by Adoiph Dial .
chairman of the PSU Indian Studies
Department, and William R. tullard,
Jr., PSU assistant professor of history.
The Northeastern tour Is June 16-30,
whereas the Southwestern tour Is July
22-Aug. S.
Each tour is limited to 44 participants
and is open on a first-come, first-serve
basis. Four semester hours of college
credit can be obtained for each.
Participants must register with the
PSU Dean of Admissions. Applications
must include a check or money order for
$100 payable to Pembroke State Uni
versity no later than April 29, 1978.
Total cost of the Northeast and Great
Lakes tour is $450, while the South
western tour is $460.
The cost of the Northeast tour includes
travel and lodging, a chartered tour of
Boston. Mass. and highway tolls.
Southwestern tour costs includes tra
val, lodging, tickets to the Grand Old
Opry, and pageants at Cherokee and
Tahlequah. Okla.
The Northeastern tour itinerary in
cludes visits to Washington, D.C., New
York City, Boston, Maine, Montreal,
Buffalo. N.Y., Detroit, Marinette, Wis..
Chicago, and Corbin. Ky.
The Southwestern tour itinerary in
cludes visits to Cherokee, Meridian,
Miss., Dallas, El Paso. Phoenix, the
Grand Canyon, Albtlrquer^ue. It.ML.
Muskogee. Okla. and Nashville, Tenn
An orientation meeting for the North
eastern tour is scheduled June 9, while
the same type meeting is set for the
Southwestern tour July 14. Both will be
held at 8 p.m. in Room 100 of the
Oxendine Building on the PSU Campus.
For further information, call (919)
521-4214, Ext. 266.
GOVERNOR BARNES, JR. K1CKOFF
TONIGHT
Governor Barnes, Jr., waging an
aggressive elective battle against in
cumbant District Judge Sam Britt. will
appear at Sims Restaurant in Pembroke
tonight to officially kick off his
campaign.
The kickoff begins at 7:30 p.m.
Everyone-friends and supporters-is
cordially invited.
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