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VOLUME 6 NUMBER 17 PEMBROKE, N.C. I ifURSDAY. APRIL 27. P>7X 150 PER COPY
WHO'S RUNNING FOR WHAT?
A Look at Some Interesting Races
by Brace Barton
May 2 looms near a lot of Cinderalla
(Political Candidates) will find that their
jaunt after dark ended with a rude
awakening on May 3. the day the
pumpkin became a pumpkin again.
After all. didn't everyone say. "hey,
sure. I'll vote for you." If all of them
voted for you ...well, how come you
lost? That's the refrain one will hear
May 3rd. But right now everyone has a
chance to be Cinderella in the voting
booth. A few -- the winners! will rejoice.
The rest of us will sort of sidle off (after
the votes are counted), not as sure of
ourselves as we were: a little wiser,
certainly less assured of brotherhood.
We'll add a snatch of cynicism to our
psyche and shake it wildly. We'll not be
disillusioned again. That's for sure. As
Jimmy Carter likes to say, "You can
depend upon it."
Here's how some of the races shape
up.
District Court Judge: The hardest
working candidate in the race, as we see
it, is Governor Barnes, Jr. If you come
within 3 miles of him he'll lay a card on
you and ask you to vote for him. He is
opposing Sam Britt, the resident Chief
District Judge in the 16th judicial
district. Barnes is running hard. He
might surprise some folk although many
contend that Britt has it wrapped up.
We rate it too close to call. It's the
young Indian layman against the
lawyerly white
C.A. Brown is opposing Charles G.
McLean in the other race. Brown, the
perennial candidate, has not been able
to get the electorate to take him
seriously. He has run a hard race,
scurrying about from one pig picking to
another chicken and barbeque plate
sale.
John Gardner, the other district judge
up for election, does not have any
opposition. He goes back on un
challenged.
Sheriff: This is an interesting race. The
Sheriff s race brings out the best (and in
some instances) the worst in folk around
election time. Nothing but non-Indians
s running in this one. You'ld think
Indians would be laid back waiting to
see if there is a run off but that ain't the
case at all. Indians are choosing up
sides, noisily even. Running seemingly
head to head are three candidates:
Hubert Stone. Dixon Britt and Tom
Gibson. Candidate Purvis Thompson is
not given much chance of over taking
these three. Too close to call. It looks
like a run off between two of the three
mentioned above in no particular order.
Robeson County Board of Education:
There are four seats up for grabs on the
Robeson County Board of Education.
Four incumbants are running for
re-election. They are L. Harbert Moore,
Rev. Bob Mangum and Lillian Faye
Locklear, and Shirley Britt. Moore and
Locklear are Indians; Mangum and Britt
are white.
Challenging them for one of the four
seats are Morris L. Britt, white; Earnest
Roberts. Black; Ruby Hammonds,
Indian; Richard Davis, white; Jerry
Lowry. Indian; Welton Lowry, Indian;
Gladys Pierce, Indian. The race is too
unpredictable to call. It has not been a
noisy race. Most folk have been content
to just wait and make up their minds
later.
It is as predictable as the rain
seven of these candidates will not win.
N.C. Hawse of laps?fffcm It's
another interesting race. In recent years
the 21st congressional district (Robeson
and Scotland) has sent a tri-racial house
delegation to the house of representa
tives. That mold might be broken this
year.
Incumbants Horace Locklear, Indian;
and David Parnell, White; are running
for re-election. The other incumbant,
Rev. Joy J. Johnson, did not run for
re-election. He was appointed to the
North Carolina Commission of Paroles
by Gov. Jim Hunt.
Running in his stead, as chosen by a
Black delegation and the house
committee of the Democratic Party, was
Robert (Bob) Davis, a Black from
Maxton.
They (the above) are challenged by
Tracy Britt, white; William Gay, white;
Adolph Dial. Indian. Six running for
three seats. Interesting race, indeed!
Senator Luther Britt is running
unopposed, as is clerk of court, Ben G.
Floyd and District Attorney, Joe
Freeman Britt and Coroner Chalmers
Biggs.
County Commissioner! PEMBROKE
MAXTON DISTRICT--Incumbant Her
man Dial is running for re-election for
county commissioner from the Pem
broke-Maxton Commissioner District.
Opposing him are Wyvis Oxendine from
Maxton and Ted Brewington from
Pembroke. Dial resides in the Prospect
Community.
ST. PAULS DISTRICT--Incumbant
Bill Hemdon is being challenged by
Eugene Smith.
LUMBERTON DISTRICT-Sam
Noble, incumbant. and Sammy Cox,
challenger will vv for the I.umberton
Commissioner seat up for grabs this
year.
DISTRICT JUDGE-Incumbant* Sam
Britt and Charles G. McLean ace being
challenged respectively by Governor
Barnes. Jr. and C.A. Brown.
Coroner: Chalmers Biggs is unop
posed in the coroner's race.
Fairmont Board of Education: W.
Linwood Floyd. James A. Freeman.
Percy Hill. Jill Hough, Larue T. Jones.
Patricia P. Lennon and H." Fay Sellers
will run for four seats on the Fairmont
Board of Education.
Yep, interesting races - all of them.
Some wBI win and most of us will lose.
Pembroke Volunteer
'Firemen Identified
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The flrat two n adorn to Identify the
photograph which ptbllihed last week
In The Carolina Indian Voice of the 1960
Pembroke Volunteer Fire Department
were .Mr*. Theodore ay nor and Mr*.
Eva I xk-Id ear. Both efthem win a year's
subscription to the CIV, either for
themselves or for a friend.
Here they are: Iront ro*. left to right:
Harry Weal LockJear; Fred Maynor;
Bellon Smith; Sim Oxendlne; and
Governor R. Barnes. Second row, left to
right: Elmer W. Hunt; Theodore
Maynor; Dr. Walter G. Gale; J.W.
Chavia; Calvin Chavia; Red Bell; Willie
Chavla; Wood row Sampson; and Henry
Smith. Back row, left to right: Carl
Lowry; Clayton Bell; Grady Oxendlne;
Gin H. Locklear and Plummer Locklear.
fElmer W. Hunt photo|
TICKETS FOR MISS
M.C. PAGEANT
AVAILABLE
Tickets for the Miss North Carolina
Pageant to be held June 17 in Winston
Salem are now available.
Cost for the Coronation performance
on Saturday night is $9.00 each. Price
per ticket for preliminary performances
on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
nights, are S5.00 each.
To order your tickets send a self
addressed stamped envelope to:
Miss N.C. Pageant Tickets
c/o Arts Line
610 Coliseum Drive
Winston Salem. N.C. 27102
Or call Arts Line Monday-Friday at
(919) 723-1666.
Rod Griffin to address 1st Droves Club Awards Danquet
PEMBROKE - All-America
Rod Griffin of the Wake Forest
basketball team will be the
guest speaker at the first an
nual Braves Club Athletic
Awards banquet at Pembroke
State University Saturday
night at 7:30 p.m. in the Jones
Health and Physical Education
Center.
Athletic awards in each of the
PSU men's and women's sports
will be presented. The athletes
are guests of the Braves Gub.
Tickets are $10 for everyone
except athletes.
Tickets may be purchased at
the following places in Pem
broke: the Brsves Gub office
on the second floor of Pates
Supply Co., the Carolina Indian
Voice offices, Lumbee
Regional Development Aaan.,
main office and annex, Pate's
Men Shop, the Pembroke State
University athletic office, and
from members of the steering
committee. The Braves Gub
phone number Is (til) 811-2701
with the mailing address being
P. 0. Box 13M, Pembroke. N.C.
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Tickets may also be obtained
at Sailers Sporting Goods in
Lum barton
Griffin S-foot-4, SSI-pound
forward from h sirmont who
PSU Summer Haaketball
Camps, was a Aral team All
American chaise af the UJ.
SaWathall Writers and The
Sporting News. Me wan
"Basketball Player af the
Year" last year la the Mlaatir
Griffin became only the
fourth player in Wake Forest
history to have his Jersey (32)
retired, and Feb. 25, 1978, was
proclaimed as "Rod Griffin
Day" in Winston-Salem, home
of Wake Forest University.
During his four-year career
as a starter at Wake Forest,
Griffin compiled scoring
averages of 13.9,17.9, 20.5 and
21.5 in his senior year. His 56.2
career shooting precentage set
a school record. He finished his
career as the fourth all-time
leading scorer in Wake Forest
history with 1,986 points.
During the past season,
Griffin scored 30 or more points
on three occasions, 20 or more
points 20 times, and was in
double figures 28 times. In 18
games he was in double figures
as a re bounder. He led his team
in scoring in 18 games and was
the leading rebounder in 19
contests.
The PSU Braves Club now
has 119 members who have
given a $4,000 donation to the
PSU Athletic Department for
promoting university athletics, j
Chairman of the steering
committee la Bruce Barton,
editor of the Carolina Indian
Voice of Pembroke who was the
leader In the Braves Club's
formation.
Barton urges support of
Saturday's event, saying,
"Lot's honor our Una ablates
by giving thorn the roooBsBlsn
they so richly deserve" Mo
sold Braves CM doools have
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near future
Othor aMabors of the Braves
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Gub steering committee are:
James F. (Buddy) Beii, Dr. Ed
Crain, Arnold Locklear, Dr.
Gerald Maynor, Walter
Oxendine and Jim Paul, all of
Pembroke
?I U? first aaaaal IranToIk AUtMft Aararia
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In Memory of
Owen Grove
The North Carolina Commission of
Indian Affairs deeply regrets the death
of Reverend Owen Lawrence Grove, the
30-year-old CETA Project Director and
extends its heartfelt sympathy to his
family and friends.
Owen, a resident of Raleigh, passed
away on April 17, 1978 and was
remembered in a Memorial Service
April 19 at the Georgetown Church of
God. He was a Coharie Indian from
Harnett County and the Indian Commis
sion's CETA Director for over three
years. Owen was husband of the former
Judy Brewington and the father of two
sons. Mark and Matthew, ages 1 and
2'/i.. '
Through his work and dedication, the
CETA Project grew from a minimally
funded project to a program providing
services to over 700 Indians per year all
over the state. The success of the CETA
Project is in large measure due to his
concern, dedication, and love for Indian
people. His leadership brought addi
tional resources into the Indian com
munities. and he continually worked to
make the nun- Indian community aware
of the needs of his people.
His work was recognized and lauded
not only in the communities around the
state but on a national level as well. He
graduated from Campbell College with
a degree in Business Administration
with emphasis on Accounting. He was
the first Indian to he appointed stale
wide Emploved and Training Council.
Under his leadership, his church is
completing a new building.
To his staff he was a fair and sensitive
taws, to his parishioners a gentle and
loving minister, and to his family and
friends a kind and special man. And
though his life has been a short one, his
wort and example will continue to art
the standard for Indian people seeking
to holler their lives. Owen earned the
respect and admiration nf all who knew
him and wW he sincerrtv missed by all
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WARRIORS WIN OVER WHITEVILLE
Gregory Lewis ran his singles
record to 11 -1, defeating Randolph
Strong 8-3, as Pembroke downed
Whiteville 7-2 in 'TRC tennis action last
Thursday.
WARRIOR SPOTLIGHT
by David Malcolm
If not for a loss to St. Pauls, Gregory
Lewis would have a perfect singles
record, 12-0.. But the loss suffered that
day has not taken away from the
excellent tennis Gregory has been
playing for Coach Al Parnell and the
Warriors Boys Tennis team.
A senior at PSHS. Gregory is in his
last year as a member of the tennis
team. An all- around student, he is
one of the best players on a team that is
currently 10-2 overall, 7-2 in the
conference.
WARRIORS FALL
Michael Sampson got Pembroke's
sole hit- a single, as the Warriors lost to
3-Rivers Conference foe Whiteville 2-0
last Thursday afternoon.
Errors were again fatal to the visiting
Pembroke squad as they^fommitefJ four
miscues while the fiome team Wolf pack
played spotless defense. Whiteville had
four batters with a single each.
LADY WARRIORS VICTORIOUS
Pembroke's girls softball team
gained their 11th win in 13 starts,
defeating Whiteville's girls 5-3 last
Thursday afternoon.
Genevieve Sampson, the winning
pitcher, paced the Warriors with three
hits in three plate appearances. Thread
gill led Whiteville. hitting a home run
and single in three trips.
FELLOWSHIP DAY SCHEDULED
AT PEMBROKE CHURCH
A special Fellowship Day will be
held at the Mount Olive Pentecostal
Holiness Church df Pembroke this
Sunday. April 30th. The Rev. Clifton
Turpin. Supt. of the Falcon Children;
Home will deliver the morning message
at 11 a.m. Special singing will be
rendered by the Facon Childrens Home
Choir. A covered dish luncheon will
follow around 12:30 p.m. in the
fellowship hall and an afternoon singing
will begin at 2 p.m. featuring the Jay
Stone Singers from Fayetteville and
others. Pastor Timothy Creel extends a
cordial invitation to everyone to come,
bring a covered dish, and share in a
great day of spiritual refreshment and
fellowship.
NEW CHAIRMAN OF THE PINES
OF THE CAROLINA GIRL SCOUT
COUNCIL
Charles Gaddv. WRAL-TV News
Producer and Anchor, has accepted the
position of volunteer chairman of the
Pines of Carolina Girl Scout Council
Sustaining Membership Enrollment
campaign scheduled to kick off this
month. The fund drive, conducted
annually, supplements United Way
allocations and cookie sale profits,
helping to provide direct and supporting
services to troops and adult volunteers.
Individual county chairmen have been
appointed in each of the council's
twenty counties. Pines of Carolina
Council serves 20.000 girl and adult
Scouts in more than 800 troops
throughout its jurisdiction in central
eastern North Carolina.
FREE KARATE LESSONS
The Pembroke Youth Center spon
sors Karate Lessons which began
Thursday. April 20th. The lessons are
five In anyone between the ages of b- 21
(hoys and girls).
Anyone interested In taking these
lessons should contact the Youth Center
at SJI J.MM or wnr by the Center
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NOMINATIONS FOR N.C. AWARDS
North Carolina citizens are being
asked to submit nominations for recip
ients of the N.C. Awards to be
presented by Gov. James B. Hunt Jr.
this fall.
The annual awrards are presented in
four categories--the arts, literature,
science and public service- and are
considered the highest awards given by
the state.
Nominations will be considered by a
five- member citizens' committee,
which will recommend recipients to the
Governor and to Sara W. Hodgkins,
secrectarv of the Department of Cul
tural Resources.
Nominations should be sent to Larry
Wheeler, Assistant Secretary of the
Department of Cultural Resources.'109
E. Jones St.. Raleigh. NC 27611. The
deadline for nominations is Ma_v 1?.
PROCTOR VILLE SCHOOL
SRPING FESTIVAL
The Proctorville Elementary
School will have its annual Spring
Festival on Friday. April 28th beginning
at 10 a.m. All festival activities will be
held on the school play ground and the
public is invited to artei.d.
The theme is "A Salute to Mother
Goose." The theme will be dramatized
by the various classes dancing to the
music of Mother Goose Rhymes in
colorful uniforms. Fairgrove Spanish
Dancers and Green Grove Square
Dancers will be extra added attractions.
One of the most colorful events w ill
be the crowning of the Proctorville
School Queen. The queen will be the
student who raises the highest amount
of money. She will be crowned by the
1977 queen. Roneicc Strickland.
At the end of the program, prizes w ill
be given to the lucky ticket holders.
MISS LUMBEE APPLICATIONS
NOW AVAILABLE
Lumbee Homecoming, sponsored
by Pembroke Javcees and Lumbee
s Regional Development Association, are
pleased to announce that it is time once
again for all perspective Miss Lumbee
contestants to pick up and complete
necessary entrance applications.
Applications may be obtained from
Florence Ransom at the LRDA Annex
and should be submitted by May 22.
Any girl wishing to enter must be
between the ages of 18 and 25. must
never have been married and must be a
high school graduate.
Current plans are that the pageant
will be held on June 30. For further
information, contact Ms. Ransom at
521 2401.
GOSPEL SING PLANNED
The will be a gospel sing Wednesday.
May 5. 1978 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jaycee
Fairground. Highway 87. Fayetteville.
N.C. Admission charges are S2.S0 for
adults and SI.00 for children. Featured
groups will be: The Jacobs Sisters. The
Scott Sisters and The Carter Fgmily.
All proceeds will go to the Cumberland
County Association for Indian People
Senior Citizens Club.
PEMBROKE SENIOR CITIZENS PLAN
PLATE SALE
The Pembroke Senior Citizens are
sponsoring a Chicken Plate Sale Toes
day. May 2 at the Town Park. Plates are
S2.00 a piece and will be eoM all day.
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