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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 19 PEMBROKE, NC . THURSDAY MAY 10, 1979 ROBESON COUNTY 1S? PER COPY
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DR. JAMES B. CHAVIS
PEMBROKE JAYCEES GUEST
SPEAKER AT INSTALLATION BANQUET
The Pembroke Jaycees held their
Annual Installation Banquet on April
28. 1979 at the Pembroke Jaycee
Building.
The Jaycees were honored to have as
their guest speaker, one of the
community's outstanding leaders, the
personable Dr. James B. Chavis, Vice
Chan cell or of Student Affairs at Pem
broke State University. Dr. Chavis
delivered a very encouraging and
challenging address which served to
accentuate one of the main goals of the
Jaycee Organization, which is to build
leadership among young men of Ameri
ca.
The highlight of the evening was the
installation of officers for the 1979- 80
term, with Mr. Walter Oxendine, past
president, officiating during the cere
mony. Mr. Larry Trent Roberts was
sworn in as President of the Pembroke
jayeee Chapter. Mr. Roberts accepted
the office and also challenged the
members to help make the chapter
number one for the year, as well as
become a more integral part of the
overall community. The other officers
are as follows: Gerald Strickland,
Interna! Vice- President; DavidLoddear
External Vice-President; Doug Lock
lear. Ways and Means vice- President;
Jimmy Goins, Treasurer; Donald Bull
ard. Secretary; Ricky Jones, State
Director, Wesley Revels, Ted Lock!ear,
Tim Strickland and Carlton Dial, Board
of Directors; Gregory Cummings, Chair
man.
Four prestigious awards were pre
sented to Outstanding Jaycees for their
dedicated service during the past year.
The coveted Jaycee of the Year Award
was presented to Doug Locklear. The
Rooster of the Year Award was
presented to Noah Woods. The Key
Man of the Year Award was presented
to Gerald Strickland. The Rookie of the
Year Award was presented to Tun
Strickland.
In addition to the many awards
presented during the evening, several
"S.P.O.K.E." and "S.P.A.R.K."
Awards were presented to some very
deserving Jaycees.
The Pembroke Jaycees wish to
express their thanks to the community
for their continuing support of their
many projects and activities.
Dr. Jum B. Charted ehowa addreaa- I
lag the greop aa the gaeet apeaker far
the laataBattea Banquet.
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Officer* far 1979-Mi Mated left to right.
Dented Brited, secretary; Gerald Strick
Land, Internal vie* president; Larry
Roberts, pmldati David Lock!ear.
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left to rights Greg Cainmhigo, chairman ]
of the board; Carlton Dial, board of
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director*; Jhnmy Goto, treasurer; Ted
Locktor, board of director*; Wesley
Bevel*, board of director*; Ricky
lone*, state director; Tim Strickland,
board of director*.
Blue named as Administrative Law Judge
' Former Commissioner
Brantley Bine of the U.S.
Indian Claims Commission, a
native of Pembroke, and a
Lumbee Indian was recently
appointed an Administrative
L^W Judge la the United
States Department of Labor.
Jtadge Blue assumed his new
position on April 23, 1979.'
Judge Blue Is the first
American Indian to be named
an Administrative Law Jud
ge in any Department of
Government outside the Dept.
ef the Interior.
His duties will require him
to hear and determine cases
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msing under the "Federal
Mine Health and Safety Act"
as well as cases arising under
the "Longshoremen's & Har
bor Workers' Compensation
Act," as well as many others
assigned to him by the Chief
Administrative Law Judge.
Judge Blue was the first
Lumbee to become a lawyer.
He attended Cumberland Uni
versity Law School at Lebanon,
Tennessee and was then ad
mitted to the Tennessee Bar in
1949. He practiced law in
Kingsport, Tennessee for 20
years, during which time he
served as Kingsport City Jud
ge for four years and served as
President of the Kingsport
Bar Association.
. In order to qualify as an
Administrative Law Judge, an
applicant must undergo a
rigid five-hour written exam
ination, submit a detailed list
of cases and the problems i
encompassed by the cases, i
while he served in a judicial !
capacity or as an attorney. The I
applicant then (aces a panel of
judges and undergoes an oral !
interview. He is then graded in !i
competition with others but I
the Office of Personnel Man
agement and if found qualified
is placed on the Register of
Judges, after which he may be
selected for an interview, in
competition with others, by a
Department of Government,
and chosen as an Administra
tive Law Judge in that particu
lar Department.
In 1969, President Richard
Nixon nominated Blue as
Judge and he was confirmed by
the U.S. Senate to serve as a
Commissioner on the U.S.
Indian Claims Commission,
replacing the Honorable The
odore McKeldin, former
Governor of Maryland. Judge
Blue was the only Indian ever
to serve on the Indian Claitna
Commission. He continued to
serve as a Commissioner until
the expiration of the Commis
sion in October, 1979. Cases
remaining before the Com
mission st its expiration were
transferred to the U.S. Court
of Claims.
At the time of his recent
appointment. Judge Blue was
serving as special counselor to
Native American Consultants,
Inc., based in Washington,
D.C., the president of which is
Louis R. Bruce, former Com
missioner of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs.
In recent ceremonies held in
Washington. D C . Blue was
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one of 12 persons in the nation
to be awarded the Whitney M.
Young, Jr. Award from the
National Boy Scouts of Ameri
ca. This award is commemo
rative of Mr. Young for his
challenge to the Boy Scouts to
involve the poor and the
deprived in the Scouting pro
gram. The late Hubert H.
Humphrey was among the
recipients of the award, his
posthumously. Mrs. Whitney
M. Young, Jr. made the
presentation -of the awards.
Judge Blue was selected for
"his diligent advocacy of the
right of Indian youth to enjoy
the benefits of scouting and
his seeking innovative me
thods to assure that they will
have that opportunity." Blue
haa served for eight year as
Chairman of the National
Indian Reiationa Committee of
the Boy Scout a of America.
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Judge Blue resides in Ar
lington, Va. and is married to
the former Dorothy Milam of
Kingsport, Tennessee They are
the parents of two daughters:
Janet (Mrs. Donald Anthony
Batchelor) of Jacksonville, NC)
and Patricia, a student at
WiUam and Mary Col lege,
Williamsburg. Vs. Judge and
Mrs. Blue are the grand
parents of two granddaughters
Camlle and Stacy Bstchrior,
ltso of Jacksonville, NC.
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Price for the Carolina
Indian Voice going np
...reluctantly
Pembroke-Alas, Aists (and gallo
ping inflation) arefc jing ua to raise the
price of single issn : of The Carolina
Indian Voice, as well < one and two
year subscriptions.
Beginning June 15. the single cost of
The Carotfaa Initios Voice will increase
to 20c. The price Ibr single^ issues has
remained constant at 15c since we
began publication January 18, 1973.
Beginning Jane 15. the cost of e one
year subscription to The Carolina Indian
Voice will increase as follows:
INSTATE
[WITHIN NORTH CAROLINA)
One year was $7 and 28c for tax for a
:otal of $7.28.
The new price wili be $9.00 and 36c
or tax for a total of $9.36.
A two year subscription was $10.00
md 40c tax for a cost of SI 0.40. The new
nice will be $1&00 60c tax for a
rost of $15.60.
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Out of state subscriptions will increa
se as follows:
From $8.00 for a one year subscrip
ion to $12.00 and the costof a two year
?ubscription will increase from $12.00 to
116.00.
This will be only our second increase
since The Cmttu Indian Voice was
incorporated in 1972. But printing costs
have ineraassd Hve times in the same
time frame. uns : -P% increase at a
timet sad Uncle Samjthe postal service)
has just recently increased mailing costs
by 10% not including the seemingly
yearly increase of stamps for mailing
letters, statements, etc. Plus everything
in America has increased in a feeble
attempt to keep up with inflation which
seemingly eats everything in its path.
We pray fervently that ve will
continue to subscribe Id The Carolina
Indian Voice, still one of he best
bargains around at an^ "rice. We oo
sincerely need your sniper*, boih
financially and morally. We a<*o solw'
your prayers. N
To lessen the blow as much as
possible, we have extended the date for
beginning the new rates to June J 5,
1979. You may extend yrut present
subscription before this da*-? for tb
existing rates.
Wo appreciate yen* ^.
subscriber. But we must increase our
prices like the rest of the business
community or perish.
Brace Batten, Editor
The Carolina Indian Voice
COUNTY BRIEFS
THE CAROLINA INDIAN
VOICE AWARDED DELINQUENT
TAX LISTING
The Carolina Indian Voice was
awarded the listing of county delinquent
tax listings for the second year in a row.
with a low bid of ,70c per name at
Monday s meeting of the County
Commissioners The Red Springs
Citfzen/St. Pauls Review was next low
with a bid of 80c.
Approximately 7500 names are
counted as delinquent this year with
publication scheduled to begin in this
issue of The Carolina Indian Voice
SALE OF SCHOOL DONDS TABLED
The expected sale of $8 million of the
$16 million total approved by county
voters was tabled Monday until the
county commissioners are told more
fully what the educators plan to use the
money for, prompting St. Pauls
Commissioner Bill Hemdon to take a
! swipe at the press by saying "the press
misled the people that there would be no
tax increase if the school bond issue
passed." County Manager Paul
Graham noted. "I don't know about the
press-l never said there would be no
tax increase." The bonds, when sofd.
will add $360,000 in interest alone in
1979-80.
JUDGE DISMISSES LIBEL AND
SLANDER SUIT AGAINST COUNTY
OFFICIALS. TURNER AND McDOWEU
LUMBERTON-A libel and slander suit
filed against the chairman of the
Robeson County Democratic Party, and
the chairman of the Robeson County
Board of Elections has been dismissed
Superior Court Judge Anthony
Branrton. in an ^rder issued last
Thursday, granted a request by E.B.
Turner, the party dulrman and Charles
McDowell, the election board chairman,
that a suit brought by Mary Imogens
Horton, a Lumbar Bridge elections
registrar, be dismissed.
Mrs. Horton filed suit for $1 million
charging that MdOowell and Turner
libeled and slandered her In 1977 when
they attempted to remove her from
office.
Mrs. Horton. a Republican, charged
Turrtpr and McDowell slandered and
libeled her by allegedly questioning her
character in considering her removal
from the post
Turner and McDowell denied any
slander or libel
CETA WORKERS TO LOSE
JOBS IN RODESON
LUMBERTON-With chagrin the
county commissioners heard from Chris
Antwi, the county's director of the
Human Resources Department
Monday, as he told them that the county
can expect to lore as many as 125
CETA workers because of newly
mandated federal regulations under
the federally-funded Comprehensive
Employment Training Act of the U S
Labor Department.
It is estimated that more than 500
workers in county and municipal jobs
are funded by CETA, some since 1975
After considerable debate the board
decided to lay off those hired first by the
end of June, meaning as many as 125
people (including policemen, clerks,
maintenance supervisors. town
planners, etc.) will be looking for jobs at
the end of June. Those to be dismissed
will be those hired between January
1975 and December 1976.
The federal regulations are being
supposedly teflned to help the
unemployed become employable and
then ease them into the private sector
instead of using the funds to pay for
permanent, federally funded jobs.
School Board
Keeps
Prospect Principal
Mr. J.R. MuuHwhite, the
most recent appointee to the
Robeson County Board of
Education received quite an
initiation at his first official
*etintf on Tuesday evening.
With a relatively short agenda,
the board set a record of sorts
by staying In executive sesaion
for approximately five hours
Cont'd aa P^e |
southeastern regional
mental health area board
meetings to be held
LUMBERTON-Beginning on May 22
regularly scheduled monthly meetings
of Southeastern Regional Mental
Health Area Board will be held at 6:30
p.m. instead of at 7 p.m as previously
scheduled Meetings will continue to be
hold on the fourth Tuesday of each
month.
The May meeting wiH take place in the
Executive Dining Room of the Southern
National Bank in Lumberton. All Area
Board meetings are open to the public
senior high school
thletic awards banquet slated
format 12
The Pembroke Senior High School
i nosier Club will sponsor the Athletic
A* *Ms Banquet in the Pembroke Senior
Hign School Cafeteria May 12. 1979
beginning at 7:00 p.m
Pry. single --s6 00; ?nd
oou^e-s Tickets car. u* otM^nsd'
from any Booster Club member, or thay^
wiH be sold at the door Guest speaker
will be Assistant Superintendent
Donald Bonner.
The public is encouraged to attend.
For further information contact Jim
Poorboy at 521-3367
oak grove holiness church
revival
The Oak Grove Holiness Church wiH
be having a Revival, beginning May 6.
1979 at 7.00 p.m. Rev. Chesley McNeill
and Rev. Jake Mitchell will be doing the
preaching Come one and all and enjoy
the Blessings of God wfth Oak Grove
Holiness Church* If you cannot come
your prayers are solicited in order that
many souls may be saved
locklear named mental health
bellr1nger chairperson
Mrs. Ruby Locklear of Pembroke has
been named Mental Health Beltringer
chairperson for the May 1979
campaign, announced Cecil Merritt,
President of the Mental Health
Association in North Carolina. May is
Mental Health Month throughout the
United States and the Mental Health
Association is doing its campaign in this
month to make people aware of the
problems of mental illness and the fact
that help is available.
The Mental Health Association is the
largest citizens' voluntary advocacy
organization in the United States
fighting mental illness and promoting
mental health." said Mr Merritt of
Goldsboro He added thai the
Association is proud to have First Ladv
R?satyn Cartef as an active member
and supporter.
Since the organization is non-profit
and non-governmental, its entire
hom contributions
such as those collected In May.
The original and continuing purposes
of the Association are to'
?improve attitudes toward mental
educattorv mentaHy iH through public
Improve services lor the rnentaitv in
"J*-.** ** l**venbon of mental
and emotional Illness and the
promostion of good mental health
Through the eoctal action end aubfie
?<*ucatton programs of the AeeodeHon
Boetal action and
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appropriate funds are available in
to protect the rights of the mantMty w
Pjjjon^to humane and dfrVRad
For furtoer intormaBon about mental
i
illness or ttte work ot the Association
contact 919-782-7862.
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LT GOVERNOR JIMMY GRSBN
TO ADORESS COUNTY
DEMOCRATS
The Annual Convention of the
Robeson County Democratic Party wN
be tpid on Saturday. May 19th, 12:00
noon in the Superior Court Room of the
Robeson County Court House.
Dr. E B Turner. County Chairman
states that election of County Party
Officers wR highlight the annual
convention wAifch will also hear reports
from the County Resolutions. OategatR
Selection and Affirmative Action
'Committees.
State Senator Sam Nobles, County
Commissioner Chairman Herman DM
and Senior State Representative David
Parnell will extend greetings to the
County-wide Delegates from the 39
precincts
Note Speaker tpr ths ,
Governor Jfnwey Green.
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Chairman Turner urges aX Precinct
Chairmen to notify theirprednct ofHcars
and delegates to arrive early for
registration which wilt begin at 11:30
a.m.
All Democrats and Visitors are
welcome.
CLASS OF *74 REUNION PLANNED
The Reunion of the Class of '74,
Pembroke Senior High School. wiN be
held July 7,1979. Please contact Robin
Cummings (521-8252) or any class
officer to make payment. Deadfcne is
May 31.
NAMES OMITTED
The following students' names were
omitted on the Honor RoH at Pembroke
Senior High School. These students
made aH "A's" on the third nine weeks at
our school. They are Roderick Locktear
and Paula K. Collins.
, INDIAN SPRING JAMBOREE
The public is invited to attend the Pee
Dee Tribe Indian Spring Jamboree
scheduled to start Saturday, June 2,
1979 at 10 a.m. at Red Bluff U*e. CRo.
South Carolina.
There will be dancing, gospel music,
crowning the new princess, pony rides,
craft and trader booths at S10.
Refreshments for sale.
?EVTVA1
Revival is scheduled to begin at ML
Moriah Baptist Church Sunday: May 13.
1979, to run through the 18th. Everyone I
is welcome.
PLATE SALE
The Piney Grove PTA is sponsoring a
Plate Sale Friday. May 11. 1979 bom
11:30-2:00 p.m and*4:30-B:00 p.m. I
Price per plate tf $2.50.
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MAGNOLIA PAGBAJVT
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The Yearbook Staff of Mm*
will apoaaor a little Mtas UaganBa
Pageant on Friday. May 11, at 9p.*. fei
the school gytn. Adintaafcm wM be fi tor
adults sod SI.SO tor cbBdNto. Tbe
public is invited te attead.
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