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IfOLUME 7 NUMBER 14
PEMBROKE, NC
THURSDAY,
APRIL 5, 1979
150 PER COPY
GOV. HUNT ADDRESSES THE
INDIAN UNITY CONFERENCE
NEW MEDICAL
FACILITY
ASSURED FOR
PEMBROKE
FAYETTEVILLE-More than 700 par
ticipants took part in activities during
tie Fourth Aimua! Indian Unity Con-
|. erence just concluded in Fayetteville.
^The Unity Conference is sponsored by
-Jie North Carolina Commission of
ndian Affairs; the executive director of
he Indian commission is A. Bruce
I’ones.
A concert and pow wow kicked off
nxiceedings Thursday night and Gov.
im Hunt addressed the assemblage
'riday.
Other featured speakers during the
- mpressive gathering included A. David
0\.ester, head of HEW’s Indian desk;
_>ean Chavers, aLumbee Indian himself
' ind president of Bacone College in
Ljiuscogee, Oklahoma; Helen Schier-
£^»edt, a native of Robeson and now
ifRIiated with the International Year of
' he Child, and a long time adherent of
ndian r^hts; Jim R. Lowry, chairman
rf the Indian Commission; Kenneth
daynor, LRDA's executive director;
ind other important leaders in the
ndian world.
iki
Said an observer, “It was mighty
mpressive and an indication that
^ndians are finally learning the meaning
« unity.”
'{Displays and art exhibits were also an
. BqKKTtant feature of the conference, as
kU as worirshops in many provocative
interesting topics of interest and
to Indian people.
Gov. Hunt, in his remarks Friday,
•Vqihasized creating jobs in rural areas
■tiere most Native Americans live.
Herbert Hyde, secretary of the N.C.
department of Crime Control and
'lltblic Safety, also appeared at the
' bnference,. stressing preventive mea-
. |ms concerning the highway patrol.
Rie highway patrol is under the
.iBfpices of Ae department of crime
Jontrol and public safety. Hyde said
ftet he was initiating an advisory
Mvncil on trooper training in human
Matioos with the Indian Commission.
.Also appearing was Eugene Crawford,
■rector ^ the Lutheran Church’s effort
in Indian programming.
Critwford was the guest speaker at the
iMoquet Friday night, replacing La
Donna Harris who was unable to attend
reportedly because of a death in her
llamfly.
The Indian Unity Conference at
Fayetteville’s Bordeaux Motor Inn,
drew participants from far and wide.
Shown at the podium is the erudite
Helen Schierbecfc, daughter of the late
Lacy Maynor and Mrs. Sally Maynor of
Pembroke. A Lumbee Indian, and one
of the authors of the Indian Education
Act, she specie Saturday morning about
her Involvement in the International
Year of the Child, a United Nations
Commission exploring the heeds of the
child in the world.
Left to right are Dr. Dean Chavem, A.
Bruce Jones and on her right, Jim
Lowry.
Dr. Chavers also addressed the
assemblage Saturday morning, giving a
profile of the Indian’s plight, es
pecially in the field of education. He
also championed Bacone College in
Oklahoma of which be Is president.
PEMBROKE—The Pembroke Town
Council had a public hearing Monday night
to consider a request from Pembroke
Medical Services, Inc. to change the zoning
classification of the location of their
proposed facility from RA (Residential,
agriculture) to 01 (Office, Institutional).
The planning board considered the
measure after the public hearing and
unanimously recommended the request be
approved with the added provision that
curbing and guttering be required.
After some debate the measure was
approved unanimously.
The medical facility is being developed
with seeming wide community support.
Hubert Oxendine, long affiliated with the
Pembroke Resque Squad and a local
jeweler, is chairman of the board of the
organization.
Two medical personnel are part of the
developers. Dr. Frank Warriax, a family
doctor will a part of the medical team
along with Dr. Jeffery Collins, a dentist.
Plans also call for a physician’s assistant
with a room built in for expansion.
Gov. Jim Hunt Is shown addressing
the Indian Unity Conference Friday.
Shown to his ri^t are Jim Lowry,
chairman of the N.C. Commission on
Indian Affairs, and Ken Maynor,
executive director of LRDA [Lumbee
Regional Development Association] In
Pembroke.
Lumbee River Legal Services
Elect Officers
! The board of directors of Lumbee Reiver
ILegal Services met recently at their offices
In Pembroke,
I The meeting was chaired by Julian Pierce,
pwcutive director of the organization that
B charged to provide legal assistance to
bhMr people in Robeson, Richmond,
Scotland, Hoke, and Cumberland
jrvioes organization also offers
•s to non-reservation Indians
4orth Carolina, principally *e
ians of Robeson and ^joining
River Legal Services, Inc. is part
te-wide Legal Services if North
a program responsible for pr^
gal services to f>oor people in
operation since October of last year.
Elected as officers were: Pemim^ attOT-
ney Dexter Brooks, President; Lumberton
attorney W. Earl Britt, Vice-president;
Sally Hunt, Secretary; and Lumberton attor
ney Angus Thompson, Treasurer.
Serving three year terms on the "board are
Attorney Chris Smith, Brooks, and Britt,
Serving two year terms are attorneys
Angus Thompson and Herbert Richardson.
Elected to one year terms were attorneys
Arlie Jacobs and Earl Strickland.
Client members serving a three year term
were Vashti Sinclair and Cornelius
Coleman. Serving two year terms from the
community are Sally Hunt and Bobby
Chavis. Sadie McMillian also was elected
to a one year term on the board.
"Dr. English E.
Jones Day”
Dinner Apr. 20
Pembroke-“Dr. English E. Jones
Day,” a little over two weeks away
(April 20), PSU, has received a number
of inquiries from people who cannot
attend the 7:30 p.m. appreciation
dinner that evening, but wish to
contribute toward the gifts and
scholarships in honoring Dr. and Mrs.
Jones. Dr. Jones retires as PSU
chancellor in June after being president
or chancellor of the university for 17
years.
“Anyone who would like to send in a
check for this cause is asked to make it
payable to the PSU Foundation, inc.,
and send it to the PSU Office of,
Resource Development, PSU, Pem
broke, NC 28372,” said Walter Oxen
dine, director of that office and
coordinator of the “Day.”
The gift is tax deductible, emphasiz
ed Oxendine.
Over $6,000 has been raised in
preliminary efforts for the “Day.”
A total of 1016 tickets have been
distributed for the dinner to be held in
the varsity gymnasium of the English E.
Jones Health and Physical Education
Center April 20. Tickets to that dinner
are $15 per person and $25 per couple.
Many benefactors of PSU are paying
much more for their tickets than that as
a gesture toward the fund raising
efforts.
Ground breaking for the facility will be
announced later this month. Construction is
ready to proceed at the proposed site off
Union Chapel Road.
Financing details were not released but it
is understood that some federal and state
financing is involved with a proviso that the
medical personnel will have an option of
buying the facility out right at the end of the
financing period.
Reportedly Farmer's Home
Administration is backing the venture to
encourage medical personnel to practice in
rural settings like Robeson County. Both
Warriax and Collins are Indians and natives
of Robeson County.
In Other Matters...
The council, with Councilman Milton
Hunt voting “no,” awarded the contract
for their proposed $145,000 maintenance
facility to Stan Hatcher Construction Co. of
Rockingham,
And the council, after some debate,
decided to install two hour parking signs
along Main Street beginning approximately
at the Sunoco Station and running down
past Town and Country Restaurant. It was
done at the behest of local businessmen
who complain about parking spaces being
tied up indefinitely.
The council aE:* awarded the contract for
the town's auditing to Edward and Lewis
Accountants.
“I’m tired of it” says
Councilman Milton Hunt...
Said Councilman Milton Hunt. “I’m tired
of it,” when informed that the appraisers
had not agreed on a mutually satisfactory
price for the condemned property now
undergoing condemnation proceedings. The
property is being condemned for parking
facilities at the Marvin Lowry Recreation
Field at the end of the Pine Street extension.
Under state law when a price cannot be
agreed upon between the municipality
condemning a property and the family,
both can appoint an appraiser. Afterwards
those two are supposed to appoint a
mutually agreed upon third appraiser. Two
of the three appraisers must then agree upon
a price, subject to approval of the court and
the parties involved in the dispute.
The appraisers have thirty days to agree
before the courts step in,
Initially. Pembroke offered some $8,000
for approximately 2 acres to the heirs of the
late Marvin Lowry, The family did not
accept the offer and condemnation
proceedings were begun on almost three
acres of property, including enough to
provide for a 60 foot right away at the end
of the Pine Street extension.
The family is reportedly asking for
.somewhere in the neighborhood of $25,000
for the property,
The deadline for the appraisers to agree on
a price is April 12,
The town has been trying to claim the
property for almost three years.
PEOPLE AND
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AND THINGS...
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REVIVAL PLANNED
A Revival meeting will be held at Mount
Olive Pentecostal Holiness Church of
Pembroke April 9 thru 14. Services begin at
7:30 p.m. eadh evening with the Rev.
Vernon Clark of Lumberton as speaker.
The pastor, Rev. Elton Bryan extends a
hearty welcome to everyone.
Also Easter Sunday night at 7:00 p.m. the
church will show a film titled A Distant
Thunder. This is a gripping story of how
conditions might well be during the Great
Tribulation,
BASEBALL MEETING
The Tri-County Baseball Organizational
Meeting will be held on Wednesday. April
11 at 7:00 p.m. The meeting will take place
at the Robeson County Recreation Depart
ment's office.
RUMMAGE SALE
The Ladies of the First United Methodist
Church, Pembroke will hold a rummage
sale next Saturday. .April 7. The sale will be
at the church from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. You
are invited to attend and bring your friends
and neighbors,
HARPERS FERRY PLANS REVIVAL
Harpers Ferry Baptist Church is planning
a revival for April 8 thru the 13. Evening
services will begin at 7:30 p.m. with the
Sunday evening service beginning at 7:(K)
p.m. Preachers for the week will be the
Rev. Alonzo Oxendine and the Rev.
Chesley McNeill. Everyone is cordially
invited to attend by the pastor Rev. Steve
Jones.
REUNION PLANNED
Any member of the Class of 1974,
Pembroke Senior High School, who has
not been contacted regarding the
forthcoming reunion, please call Robin
at 521-8252 or contact any class officer
before Sunday, April 15, 1979.
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS
ADMINISTERED AT P.S.H.S.
During the week of March 19-23, tenth
grade students at Pembroke Senior
High School were administered diag
nostic tests in Reading and Mathama-
tics. By adopting a solid approach and
concentrating on those areas of skills
deficiencies that are so critical to
success, efforts can be made by the
school to provide adequate instruction
for those students with identified skill
deficiencies or difficulties in Reading
and Math. In view of this fact conference
times have been scheduled for parents
April lOth and 11th from 3:00 p.m. until
7:00 p.m. in the Pembroke Senior High
Media Center. Parents are asked to make a
special effort to come during these hours to
discuss their child's test results and
deficiencies with the guidance counselors
and the remediation specialists.
REVIVAL BEGINS
Revival services begin Sunday at 7
p.m. at Bear Swamp Church. Services
will be held Monday night through
Friday night at 7:30 p.m. Guest
speakers will be Rev. Johnny Chavis
and Rev. David Hunt. Special singing
presented nightly. The pastor of Bear
Swamp Baptist (Thurch is the Rev. T.M,
Swett. He extends a cordial invitation to
everyone to attend,
BALLET TO BE PRESENTED
AT PSU TONIGHT
Ballet Folclorico National de Mexi
co will be presented at PSU’s Perform
ing Arts Center tonight. A presentation
of the Robeson Community Concert
Association, the change from the
Lumberton High School to PSU, was
precipitated by the recent fire at
Lumberton High.
PSU SINGERS AND SWINGERS
TO PERFORM FRIDAY NIGHT
PSU’s Singers and Swingers wOl
present their annual spring concert
Friday night at 8 p.m. at PSU’s
Performing Arts Center. Admission is
ft-ee.
PEMBROKE DISTURBANCE
Seven persons were arrested Sa
turday following a disturbance at a
Pembroke car wash. More than 100
persons congregated during the inci
dent which was broken up following the
arrests.
ROBESON PLANS DEFENSE IN SUIT
Robeson County attorney Joe P.
Ward was authorized Monday to
represent the county manager and
county sanitarian in a suit brought
agsunst thern_ by a former garbage
collections service owner.
The action was taken by the Robeson
County Boardof Commissioners after
J.D. Odum, former owner of Sanitation
Services, added county manager Paul
Graham and county sanitarian Ed
Wilkins to the lawsuit last month.
River Ugal Services ahs been in The board will meet quarterly.
Chief W.R. Richardson, longtime
Chief of the Hallwa Indians, listens
intently. Chief Richardson was one of
the original organizers of the Nortii
Carolina Commission of Indian Affairs
and served for many years as chairman.
He still serves on the board.
Directing ticket sales for the PSU
faculty is Dr. Howard Dean, director of
the PSU Graduate Program, while
directing ticket sales for PSU admini
strators and staff personnel is Dr.
James B. Chavis, vice chancellor for
student affairs. Both are long- time
friends of Chancellor Jones.
In charge of Pembroke community
sales is Oxendine.
Other committee members for Jones
Day are: Dr. Gerald Maynor, dinner
committee; William S. Mason, ticket
committee; Bruce Barton, publicity
committee; Dr. David Kuo, facility
committee; Dr. Harold Slagle, program
committee; Miss Ruth Martin, gifts
committee; and Gene Warren, slide
presentation committee.
Plans are to set up a huge thermo
meter in front of PSU’s Sampson Hall
Administration Building to dramatize
each day the progress of the fund
raising campaign.
New Members of Board
».u. jiuiiioi wvEv viTOwv w ine pown w
govemon «f the Untvenlty of North
CuoUna laat week hi ballotiiig fn the
North Carolina General Aaaembly.
Mrs. Eppa, a long time mident ot the
Saddletree Commiinity, waa nomhiated
by Robeaon legjalat«, Horace LocUear.
Although ’’bnaler ttan ever,” Mra.
E^IM recently retired as an edocator hi
the Robeson Coonty Scboola. She Is the
widow of the late and esteemed Frank
Epps, longtime pitedpal of MagnoBa
School.
Mrs. Epps becomes the first Indian to
serve on the board of govetiKHS of the
16 campns University system. Pem
broke State University is one of the 16
constituent members of Che university
system.
Dr. Turner, a Black City Council
member in Lumberton, is also chair
man of the Robeson County Demo
cratic Party. Dr. Turner, after a hard
fight in the legislature, was
re-elected to the board. Both will
serve 8 year terms.
Odum last year sued two health
department employees for allegedly
following his trucks and harassing him
in an effort to put him out of business.
The suit seeks $120,000 in actual and
punitive damages.
The two employees sued earlier,
Charles Jamin and William Hall, said in
affidavits they had followed Odum’s
trucks into Bladen County, where
garbage was picked up and later
dumped in the Robeson County landfill.
Odum had operated a landfill for the
county until Dec. 31, 1977 when the
county began its own landfill operation.
Odum later lost his franchise for
garbage collection in the county, but
continued to operate in surrounding
counties as a private garbage collector.
Late last year, he sold that business,
according to one report. In other
business, the board authorized a five
year contract with Carolina Power and
Light Co. to provide electricity for a well
water pump in the Maxton area.
The well is part of a county wide
water system approved by county voters
last fail, and will serve a shipping
operation and proposed processing
plant of the Campbell Soup Co. just
north of Maxton. No figure was set on
the CP&L contract, which will run until
1984, reportedly because of the uncertain
ties over the amount of electricity that will
be needed or the rates involved.