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VOLUME 6 NUMBER 51 PEMBROKE, N.C. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1978 150 PER COPY
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THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON
by Brace Barton
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Christmas seems to bring out the best I
in folks. Many people have responded to I
the delimma of Ms. Shiriene Chavis and
her children who were thrown out of
their home by the Farmers Home
Administration a few days ago. A
number at people have called offering
Ms. Chavis and her children a place to
stay.
A number of her neighbors have
organised a Christmas Party for Mg,
Chavis and her two chUdiea, The party
will be feeM at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Jacobs, neighbors of Ms. chavis
before she was evicted from her home.
The party begins at 6 p.m. Friday.
Said Mrs. Jacobs, "We just want to
make sure that Shiriene and her children
have a nice Christams. Christmas is a
time to reach out and love one another..
We just want Shiriene to know that there
are Christians in Robeson County,
poeple who care about what happens to
her and her children."
Some of the guys at Lumberton
Correctional Center also contacted me
ind announced that they would like to
helpThey decided to take up a collection
For Ms. Chavis and her children. At last
report, they had collected more than
S30.00. They are planning to present
the monies at the annual Christmas
Program at the prison chapel sponsored
by the Prisoner's Friend Society this
coming Saturday.
Spokesman Timothy Curum said, "We
just want to help. Ms. Chavis' plight
touched our hearts. We would like to
challenge the iavcees. the kiwanians,
rhe * .win etwtw isAonpaiw* ?
ttona to match our contributes and let's
see what we can do to help Ms. Chavis
and these children here at Christmas
time..."
Etc. It just seems like everyone is nice
and respectful and kind at Christmas
time. We wish the Christmas spirit all
year long.
And we wish each of you a very special
and gentle Christmas. May the love of
Christ ever abide in your hearts.
MERRY CHRISTMAS)
Linda Locklear In Top 7
in Miss N.C.-Universe
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Pageant
December 9, the Miss NC Universe
Pageant waa televised live from Queens
College and Linda Lock tear, a Lumbee
Indian was among the seven finalists.
Linda, a former Miss Lumbee and a
contestant of the 1977 Miss N.C.
Pageant is the first Indian to compete in
a Miss Universe preliminary pageant
and therefore the first Indian to win as a
semi-finalist at the Mlaa N.C. Universe
Pageant.
Linda competed with the 7 finalists, as
Mies Raleigh USA, in the areas of
Interview, swimsuH, and evening gown
competition. The competition was
televised from the Dana Auditorium at
Queens College in Charlotte where the
Woe USA-SC Pageant waa also held
Linda, who ia the director of the VISTA
program and the snerdinslor of Intel
?Mtiao sendees for the N.C. Connate
jjra^sf Indian Affairs In
hoonuae a# ednoaffanal benefits and
aaranr appartunMee for toff develop
arafoes^i^rssMutedod aauun and as
i "The Amarfoan Indiana la NX. have
haennw mora dedtealod to panaaaetng
our culture and heritage, the dark
haired beauty taid, "and I like to think
that I am contributing to their efforts
through my work."
After the pageant was over Linda was
contacted by the Triad Public Relations
Company. She is scheduled to appear in
New York in February for photography
sessions and tests for TV commercials
and magazine advertising. She has
already completed 2 TV commercials for
Cato Department stores through Trin
ton Advertising of New York and
models part-time in Raleigh.
Linda graduated from Prospect High
School and attended Pembroke State
University double majoring in Political
Science and Communicative Arts. At
PSU, Linda was a member of the
American Indian Student Association,
Kappa Delta Sorority, PI Kappa Little
Sisters, and the captain of the 1975
cheerleading squad. She also belonged
to the journalism dub, Spanish dub,
PSU homecoming court and was a
campus newspaper reporter.
She began her career In put,lie
relations and information services with
Lumbee Regional Development A no
dal ton (LRDA) and the "Strike At The
Windl" outdoor drama. Unda was
sponsored In the 1976;77 Mies N.C.
Pageant by the Lumbee Homecoming,
Inc. and the Pembroke Jaycees.
During a backstage Interview with
reporters Unda aaid that she would Ilka
to see more Indians Involved In
professions within the aoeiai, .educa
tional, and eeanauik career structures
in dm country
Linda's baslasas manner far the Miss
Universe N.C. Pepaant was Mr. David
?? law student at dm University of
Caret ins, and a farmer "itrika At
The Windl" perfcrmer. Mrs. Plsraass
?anaem. the Mies Lumbee dupmsai
adviser and tompaaaM. fltT,n
Unda la dm afaaa af Mr. aad ftfcd.
Andrew ? Charts a# Mm. *1
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Perseverance Pays Off As Mayor I
Strickland Earns Degree I
by G?| Warm
Major l?||li StMM ef
Pembroke... a 1# year qaeat to
obtain a college degree reach
es Ita fruition at Pembroke
State Unlvermlty.
Pembroke- len yean is a
long time lo pursue a college
degree, especially when it
means taking usually one
course a week at night.
But Reggie Strickland, mayor
of Pembroke, is a person with
remarkable perservance and
one who was determined to
graduate from Pembroke State
University. So after holding
down a full-time job in the
daytime, be went to class at
night year-rou ad.
With the end of this semes
ter, he opnpl' ted all require
ments to earn p B.A. degree in
Sociology?"! saved the tough
heateeefsa^ke,asH kaes.'l?
r-amlhsd SttMMnd, referring as .
College Algebra.
This mayor of Pembroke
since 1975 (he's now in his
second term) will have to wait
until nest May to walk down
the aisle for the official
commencement exercises be
cause there is only one gradua
tion ceremony a year at PSU.
But that's all right with Strick
land. He knows the coveted
sheepskin is his.
This has been a big year for
41-year-old Strickland, a Lum
bee Indian. Strickland Height*
a 100- unit development by the I
Pembroke Housing Authority,
is being named in his honor.
Under his leadership, the
Town of Pembroke is in the
best financial shape in the I
town's history. |
All of this good fortune at
Christmas time seemed to
have has its beginning when
10 years ago a young man
decided he had to have a
college degree. He had always
wanted one, but being from a
family of five brothers and
eight sisters, he didn't have
the financial resources to go.
After finishing Pembroke High
?Straw trs^.*wasiissii?dsi?~
?fcrmertdHfi Pgy* Lewry and v- -
took a job with PCX (Farmers
Cooperative Exchange), which
he held for eight years. During
this time he sent his wife to
PSU and was kept busy trying
to provide financially for their
four children who were born
during this time.
Dr. James B. Chavis, now
vice chancellor for student
affairs at PSU but then mana
ger of the PSU Book Store,
suggested that Strickland be
come employed with the Uni
versity as assistant book store
manager. This Strickland did
in 1966. When Chavis was
promoted to assistant to the
president in 1968, Strickland
sought the job of book store
manager-but was informed
that the position demanded a
person with a college degree.
"So 1 embarked, through my
wife's encouragement, on a
course of obtaining a degree,"
said Strickland.
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Jones Pleads
"No Contest"
James A. Jones, principal of Prospect
ichooi, and his son, Jimmy Jones.
Meaded nolo contendere to a charge of
limple asaault in the District Court in
Maxtoo on Wednesday, Dec. 30. 1978.
rhe charges stemmed from an incident
nvaiving Ricky Hunt, a 19 year old. who
illeged that the two Jones men followed
Mm down a state highway and asaaulted
Mm with a gun. According to Webster's
Dictionary nolo contendere means "a
plea by the defendannt In a criminal
case declaring that he will not make a
defense, but not admitting guilt."
NOTICE OF
PUBLIC HEAPING
Notion la hereby given. In
amardansa with the mguba
ments of the Community Do
v elan meat Act of 1974, that
the Town Canned of Pombmbe,
N.C via held public hearings
?i fMMRGflilfy
meat gut application an
January lad and January 10th,
1979 at 741 p.m. al the Town
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A VISIT WITH MRS.
LOUISE BROOKS
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Mr*. Louise Brooks, a resident of the
Extended Care Un<t of Southeastern
General Hospital, ir ?hown with some of
her craft creations, including Mr. and
Mrs. Santa Claus (made from Reader's
Digest pages) ant* stuffed animals
(made from yarn).
She also makes potnsettas and "more
corsages than I can keep made."
Mrs. Brooks, wife of Dr. Martin L.
Brooks, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Carter of Pembroke aaye, "I uae
crafts to fight boredom. If I cannot sleep
I get up and work on my projects at
hand, and when I get tired I just lay It
down."
Mrs. Brooks, who professes an abiding
faith in Clwist, naa been battling cancer
for a long time She has been a resident
.?f the Est ended Can Unit fcr mart than
a year.
She says, "Crafts la a vary (tad
therapeutic taai--K heaps my nerves
eefm and gives me same thing m da."
g|u Bdaa Inmg linage Milken
Mfvi wlro
heads the^het^tesjaem at the
and all of ua herc-to develop our skill* j
In craft* and help* ua get the materials ?
we need to work with." I
Mrs. Brooks stays busy. When the
weather permits, and she feels up to it, |
she attends Pint Baptist Church in |
Pembroke and visits her family.
Remembering Jesus' Biblical admon
ition to visit the sick, Mn. Brooks had
her kindest words tor those who visit
and minister to her. She fondly recalled
the late Rav. Harvey Lowry. "I could
look for him at a certain time. I could
depend on him. He was a good and
faithful man of Ood."
One of her favorite fop persons is Mrs.
Janiee Lowry, many times accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. Bsnford Lowry.
And Bar. Store Jones sod Ror,
Chosloy Hammonds sod Ror. Bob
Mangom ood maoy, maoy others,
"Peoplehero knsosoiiifol to mo."
She ootos, "Ood Is hoopiog mo how
for some ^od parpen." In foe msoo
tone, I slip Bwtp wBB ?p onto, m
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PROSPECT CLASS OF 58' PLANS
CLASS REUNION
Prospect School Class of '58 is
planning its class reunion December
29th at the Town and Country restau
rant, Pembroke, at 7 p.m. For more
information, call Emma Locklear at
521-4464.
CLASS OF 1974 MAKES PLANS FOR
REUNION
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A moating of all and any classmates
interested in planning the first fifth (1st
5th) year reunion for the Class of 1974
Pembroke Senior High School is sched
uled for December 24, 1978 at 3:00 p.m.
in the home of Robin Cummings.
If conflict of "holiday interests" arise,
please call Robin at 521-8252 and
favorable arrangements will be made.
CLASS OF 1968 PLANS REUNION
The Pembroke High Class of 1968 is
planning their 10th class reunion. It will
be held at the Pembroke Jaycee Hut at
7:30 p.m. December 22. 1978.
Contact Robert Chavis at 521-3737. or
James Maynor at 738-2593 for further
information.
WATCH NIGHT SERVICE AT SANDY
PLAINS UNITED METHODIST
Watch Night Service: The Robeson
County Cooperative Ministry is spon
soring a Watch Night Service. Sunday.
December 31, 1978 at Sandy Plains
United Methodist Church, beginning at
8 p.m.-12 midnight.
Sandy Plains and Branch Street United
Methodist Churches will join together in
celebrating this significant event of the
year. A very interesting program is
planned for the evening.
The program will consist of special
music, choirs, quartets and a Men's
Chorus, one of Billy Graham's World
Wide pictures. "Heart is a Rebel." a
memorial service and Holy Communion.
Refreshments will be provided for the
Fellowship Hour. A nursery will be
available for the children. Special music
is under the direction of Mrs. Panthia
Locklear. Johnnie Bullard and Harold
D. Jacobs.
The program committee is Mrs. Maty
F. Reagan, chairperson. Mrs. Peggj
Thomas. Jerry Cummings and Herbi?
Oxendine.
A cordial invitation is extended to ths
public by the pastor, the Reverent
Simeon P. Cummings.
CHRISTMAS PLAY
A Christmas play entitled "Birth ?
Our Saviour In Words and Songs," wfl
be presented Thursday evening, Dec
21. at Sandy Plains United Methodic
Church. The Christmas play will begb
at 7t)0 a.m. and conclude with <ht
esc hanging ef Christmas gifts h]
mcmbari ef the Church School
The Christmas play was wtidou and h
directed by Mrs. Deters Cumaiinga and
CHRISTMAS PLAY
The Christmas play, "A Mtrade' will
be presented Sunday, Christmas Eva,
December 24th at the Branch Street
United Methodist Chinch. The Christ
mas play will begin at 6:30. p.m. and
conclude with the eschaaglaf of
Christmas gifts around the Christmas
tree by members of the Church School.
Dm Christmas aim . kmafrnuAl*
direction c? Mo. James Powfty, assist
ed by Gary Wrttebol and rferot*
Oiendine. The musk is directed by
Harold D. Jacobs, Asbury Seminary,
Wilmore, Ky.
A cordial invitation is extended to the
public. The Reverend Simeon P.
Cummings is the pastor.
BAND BOOSTERS RAFFLE
POSTPONED
The Band Booster's Raffle will be
postponed until after Christmas. The
drawing is rescheduled for January S,
1979.
SECOND ANNUAL PSU WRESTLING
HIGH SCHOOL TOURNEY SET
PEMBROKE-Eight high schools are
participating in P.S.U.'s own second
snnual high school invitational wrest
ling tournament and dink today (Thurs
day, Dec. 21) at Jones Health and
Physical Education Center.
High schools participating in the dink
and tournament Include Lumberten,
Reid Ross of Fayetteville, Terry San
ford of Fayetteville. Randleman, Cape
Fear of Fayetteville, SummerviOe of
Charleston, S.C., Lsurinburg, and
Southern Nash.
Tap teams in the tournament are Cape
Fear, which hat finished in the top 10 in
the state tournament for the pad three
years, as well as Lnmberton and
Summerville who both have Strang
wrestling programs.
The match will begin at 10 a.at. with
the finals at 6:30 p.m. All matches sriH
have a six-minute time limit. There wfl
be 13 weight divisions ranging from M
pounds to heavy-weight.
Individual trophies will be awarded far
' the first four places with team tragUm
[ being awarded to the champkMhlB
' team and runner-ap. la add^Kj
! moat pins, sad wrestler with the
quickest pin.
Last year's team ehamptaa was
Douglas Bvrd High School af Payetfr
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