Serials Department Univ. i'JC-Ghapel Hill i'ilsontabra;-/ ':24-A 1 1 ,^,c 27pl4 USA PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE Dedicated To The Best In All Of Us 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 L AND THINGS... C E S 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.

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