EDITORIAL
AND OPINION
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by Bruce Barron
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There we two field* of thought: tome minister* (mostly Blocks) get
involved in politics up to their eye teeth: others shun the practice "as
being of this world." I believe ministers of the gospel ought to get
involved in politics. Now, that's just my opinion. If you don't believe
minislen ought to get involved .. .well, that's all right, too. Opinions are
?> like belly buttons. All of us have one. People talk all day long about how
crooked politics is... andthey turn their backs on the sordid practices and
let things go along as is. Who could better teach us how to be responsible
citizens than our ministers? They have a ready made pulpit.
Rev. Joy J. Johnson is one who has involved himself in politics. We are
all better for it. He is not bitter, although he is a Black man from a very
poor background. An unbitter Black man from a past of poverty is a rate
creature, indeed. When we find one, we ought to honor him.
Joy J. Johnson, now serving as a gubernatorial appointee to the North
Carolina Commission of Paroles, was the first minority anything to get
elected to an office in Robeson County beyond the county level. He was
elected to the North Carolina House of Representatives He is the best
representative Robeson County ever sent to the general assembly. He was
competent, engaging, compassionate while in the house.
He also is pastor of Fust Baptist Church in Fairmont. He has legions of
Black Hid Indian and While admirers. He has transcended race. He knows
what it is to look over on the other side.
He recently finished up a term as president of the North Carolina Black
Baptist Association. The real name is the General Baptist Convention of
North Carolina but all of us know that it is the mostly Black Baptist Grou|
the counterpart to the North Carolina (mostly white) Baptist Association.
Now he is talking about running for the North Carolina Commissioner of
Labor. I know one thing: he is starting with one vote - mine! I would not
count him out. He is a remarkable politician and minister.
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Homecoming at "Old Prospect" is something extra special. "Old
Prospect" la actually Prospect United Methodist Church where Rev. Bob
Maogutn is the pastor. A huge throng attended Sunday and heard a
twmdtriM maaaagr on "Who Are They?" by Rev. Joseph Bethea, the
^famecormng at "Old Prospect" is a time of renewing old friendships,
fltty, many people now living away manage to return for homecoming,
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Bat it is the people who make homecoming at "Old Prospect" special,
lone of my Ida folk* still live there and I am flooded with want and
Ihy liai mhii feelings
' Both my grandfather* and gramhgpthers were "raised" in the Prospect
'Community My grandfather. Node Locklear, is buried at "New
tProopect" Methodist Church not loo far away. He, according to those
. who ware privileged to know him, had a wonderful laugh. He knew life
; waa short. He died of some silly thing like an ulcerated stomach at the
.Mrtyageof 39. have never overed it, although I never knew him. He
died before I was bom. Sometime* I stop at "New Prospect" end look at
Me picture thut my grandmother had placed on his tombstone. God! He
Hi Ml whh "that crowd" when they left "Old Prospect" e long time
; ago and started up their own church, "New Prospect." Oh, they say he
could sing and laugh eo gloriously. He was t man of the earth. He liked to
? hnol and fish. Sometime* the spirit would come over him and he would
drop everything to go fishing (or hunting). Orandma would "give him a
? fit" but when the urge came over him a legion of Devils couldn't keep him
< ban that ol' fishing bole.
Oh, I wish I could have known him. They say my brother,Gsrry. is s lot
? like lum, eery going but firm about some things.
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I My other grandfather, Harker Barton, was a genius in his time They
? Celled him the letter writing man. He got a lot of veterans their benefits by
?' writing letters for them to the proper authorities And any kind of letter.
! He was acknowledged aa the one to go and see if you had a problem with
! the authorities. He waa once fined a hundred dollars for "practicing law
1 without a license '' He could have been a great lawyer if the racists in our
imidet had allowed him to go to school and study and develop his mind.
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f ; Like all the flinty Scotsmen who settled in the Indian community and
| intermingled with the lovely Indian lasses, my grandfather was a
; disciplined and taciturn man Ha didn't "over talk." He just said what he
:hnd to say
; A fallow sold me onoe, "Now, your grandfather, Harker. was a man of
jdiscipline except for ...well, he loved his women."
"Papa Harker" had three wives and 18 children. Some laid other
chikhen to him. I am just talking about the official stuff right now.
Anyway, he waa a product of Proapect He thought like a "Prospect
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I waa a wee lad of 11 or so when he died at the ripe age of 76 I miss him I
remember him well I know nothing of hi* faults He brought candy and
things like that to me.
And my grandmothers, both warm and sweet women who could do just
about anything. One I was not privileged to know. I never knew my
daddy'a mama but they say, "why Catherine Am ruined your daddy She
jotted him scandalously" And my grandmother, Ada Locklear, is still
Mvi^ on Pine Street in Pembroke she is a woman of "true grit." She
tombed out a farm aftarOnnddaddy. "Nocie," died in the midat of the
g^mnebm. H? vinos* ma work and bar word. If she tells you something
yon ?M depend on It. Ood Mam her. I love her. And I love my
Omndmothm, Cnhartaa Ann, although 1 never knew her. But I knew her
Mmu0iodmrpeepto. Some say my mama, Berne, is a lot Ilka her. If so,
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LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Inreresred in "JV"
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Dear Mr. Barton:
Since my husband and I and
our family have returned to the
Pembroke area, we have sub
scribed to your newspaper.
I can honestly say that I
enjoy reading each and every
article and that the newspaper
as a whole is very informative.
However, my reason for
writing this letter is - Why is
there no articles concerning
the successes and/or failures
of the Junior-Varsity football
team at Pembroke Senior High
School?
I feel that the member* of
the "JV" aquad are just as
important as the Varsity team.
Sometimes people are over
sighted because others feel
these people are not important
These boys on the "JV" team
work Just as hard, practice as
hard, and perhaps play better
as a team than does the
Varsity team. And I feel they
should be recognized.
Thank Yes,
Mrs. Terry J. Btesha
Rt. 2 Bex 100
Marfan, N.C. 283*4
Purvis School plans
Harvest Carnival
Purvis Elementary School i
planning a Harvest Carnivi
November 3, 1978, beginnin
at S p.m.
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There will be food, gamei
la and prizes,
tl
g Principal Ma. Ann Brink Icy
invites parents and friends of
the school to attend.
Pre-Registration
For Night
Classes
Announced
PEMBROKE -Pre-regis
tration for Pembroke State
University's Continuing
Education Division for the
Spring semester will be held
Nov. 6-9 from 5:(30-6:30 p.m.
in Sampson Hall Administra
tion Building.
Dr. Sylvester Wooten, direct
or of this program, says adults
irtBmwpi Trtin wish to take
' evening courses should be
aware of this pre-registration
period and the many courses
offerings in the spring.
Regular CED registration for
PSU students will be Jan. 8
from 6-7 p.m. in Sampson
HaO.
Fifty-one courses are being
offered, either in the late
afternoons or evenings Mon
days through Thursdays. One
course is offered on Saturdays.
These courses include: ART
Indians of the Southeast;
ART-Photography, Art
Education in the Public
Schools; Lettering 1, Letter
ing D; BIOLOGY-Principles of
Biology, General Botany;
BUSINESS ADMINISTRA
TION AND ECONOMICS?
Marketing Management,
Business Law II, Managerial
Accounting, Intermediate
Accounting I, Investment and
Personal Finance; COMMUN
ICATIVE ARTS-Com position
I, Composition II, World
Literature Language and
Society, Speech Education;
EDUCATiON-Educstiooal
Psychology, Foundations of
Education I, Human Growth
and Development, Psychology
of Reading, Tests and Mea
surements in Reading, Intro
duction to Mental Retarda
tion, Teaching the Emotionally
Handicapped; GEOLOGY
AND GEOGRAPHY-Soils and
Land Use Plan; HEALTH.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
AND RECREATION-Scuba
Diving, Advanced Lifesaving,
Safety Education and First
Aid; HISTORY-Introduction
to American Civilization,
History of North Carolina;
HOME ECONOMICS-Middle
Grades Occupational Explor
ation: Service Laboratory;
MATHEMATICS-Introduc
tion to College Mathematics.
Plane Trigonometry, Intro
duction to Data Processing and
Computer Science; MUS1C
Basic Music for the elemen
tary Teacher, Introduction to
Meaic Appreciation; PHILOS
OPHY AND RELIGION
MedicaJ Ethics. Literature of
Man's Origins; PHYSICAL
SCIENCE-Development of
Physloil Thought I, Oaeersl
Chemistry; POLITICAL
Americas Natioeal Oevara
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PSYCH OLOOY--latra4Mtt?i
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RTT helps with Community Projects
RTI P80JECT--New Mena
ce signs to the town of
Pembroke ?fl be wMltoUiid
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Robeson Technical Institute
building trades students will
provide labor for community
construction projects in Fair
mont, Pembroke, Red Springs
and St. Pauls this year.
The RTI board of trustees
Me ilalili alaag KL 711 at
each sad rf team. Oaa riga
will be located along this
recently approved the projects
which will give students prac
tical work experience in their
chosen trades under expert
supervision, while the com
munities obtain public works
improvements for the cost of
materials alone.
strata* af raad ap tfce road
bra offices mt the Carafes
Indian Vale*. [ITI Phsto]
In Fairmont, a brick retaining
wall around a memorial gar
den in front of Fairmont High
School will be provided by RTI
masonry students. The project
is expected to start this week
and should be finished in a few
days.
In Pembroke, brick foun
dations for entrance signs will
be constructed on Rt. 711 at
town limits on both ends of
town. The project will require
about a week.
In Red Springs, a brick wall
and pillars will be constructed
along the street side of Allo
way Cemetery. Masonry stu
dents are expected to com
plete the project within two to
three months.
In St. Pauls, a new rescue
unit building will be erected on
Blue St. across from city hall.
An existing house will be
removed. The work will
employ RT1 masonry, carpen
try and electrical students.
The building is scheduled for
^;fomplf$ion by .the end of
James W. Lawsoc, RT1 dean
jectt offer several idvuU|es.
"The pebllc gets needed
construction presets for the
cost of materials, and oar
ballding trades students get
aa-the-job training thst cannot
be given In classrooms and
learning labs."
Dean Lawson said that he is
constantly looking for com
munity projects for Us classes
to do. "We've done downs of
things in Robeson County in
the past several years," he
said, "And most of them are
still a permanent part of the
community."
"We can only accept re
quests for projects from
government agencies and from
non-profit charitable, civic or
community organizations,
excluding non-secular and
fraternal groups," Dean
Lawson said.
"Once we have the request,
we check the scope of the plan,
the legalities, and determine if
it is an appropriate project for
our students to gain practical
experience," he said. "Any
project expected to cost more
than SI,000 must also be
approved by the RTI board."
"If the project is approved,"
he said, "our students and
instructors then provide the
labor and tools, while the
sponsoring organizations pro
vides materials and reim
burses us for any travel
expenses."
When asked what type of
requests he normally receives,
Dean Lawson said most of the
requests are for masonry
work. "Usually sponsors want
cinderblock construction
because it's less expensive, so
we really appreciate any brick
work requested."
"We also like projects that
require framing construction,
welding, electrical work, and
heating and air conditioning,"
he added. "We particularly
like projects that will allow all
our building trades students to
participate."
He said that most construc
tion projects also take longer
than they would if done by
private firms. "Each of our
students must spend about
half hU time in.cUtt#M hcuid.
"Then by thelhne they tXvef
to and from the construction
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thtos ko?i a day on the
protects. That's aa averags of
only IS troth-hoars par wash,
so aaoot projects go rather
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siowly.
"Some of oar Mggsr projects
have takes aaoo thaa a year to
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COfllplCtC i LawlOB Shlu .
"Probabiy oar Mnsot pro
blem with soch projects Is
scheduling. Walk caa ooly
tboroogbly tralaed in the
basics. Uafortaaately, we
don't have sdvaaced classes la
all trades available year
round."
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When asked to name some at
RTl's previous projects. Dean
Laws on said that Lumberton
projects have included con
struction and wiring of the.
storage building next to the
Recreation Center baDfield
and of the Godwin Heights
recreation building; erection of
the Mesdowbrook Cemetery
wall; electrical work in the
high school vocational bald
ing; and playground swings,
climbers and other equipment
for several city playgrounds.
In Red Springs, brick pillars
and metal fencing were pro
vided for the Garden Club's
midtown rose garden next to
the railroad; and new elec
trical circuits and lights for the
vocational-agricultural build
ing at the junior high.
St Pauls projects have in
cluded construction of the high
school field house, partitioning
and electrical work; and the
building of outdoor grills,
picnic shelters and playground
equipment for the Old Stage
Road Jaycee Playground.
Other county projects have
been construction of the
Howellsville and Lumber
Bridge fire stations; brick
veneering the Parkton city hall
and Shannon fire station;
constructing an addition to
Greengrove School; and in
stalling electrical circuits and
lights at the Parkton High
School vocational building.
For further information on
submitting requests for com
munity projects or on the
various building trades
courses offered by RTI, con
tact Dean J.W. Law son, RTI,
.Prawet A. Uimbetlon, N-C,,
283S&; telephone (919) 738^ -
7101.
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PSU Attraction
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Drifters" and Steve Bennette,
an Elvis Presley impersonator,
will present a special concert
at Pembroke State University
Wednesday, Nov. 8, in the
PSU Performing Arts Center
at 8 p.m.
Their visit is co-sponsored by
Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity and
the Pembroke State University
Foundation, Inc., both of
which hope to raise money for
their organizations.
Advance tickets are S2.S0 for
PSU students and S3.SO for
everyone else. At the door,
prices will be $3.50 and $4.
Tickets can be obtained from
the PSU Foundation Office in
Sampson Hall or from a Pi
Kappa Alpha member.
"The Original Drifters" will
play beach band music from
me iw s. roimoen uiey ?rc
expected to play are "On
Broadway," "Under The
Boardwalk," "Save The Last
Dance For Me," and "There
Goes My Baby."
Bennette, a native of Johnson
City, Tenn. who takes with
him a five-piece band, has
performed on the Grand
Strand in South Carolina and
also in Tennessee. On the
Grand Strand, it was repotted
he was held over for 14 weeks.
He has been Impersonating
Presley for the past 10 months.
Biggest crowd ever attracted
to the PSU campus for a
concert was last January when
"Mother's Finest" drew 3,033
paid to the Jones Health and
Physical Education Center.
The PSU Performing Arts
Center, location of this
attraction, seats 1,700.
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