Sumter Builders Refuse To Pay
More.
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Strike For Higher Wages
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Mazfee-Said Charlie Scott,
. one of the lineman, "We are
asking for SI.00 mote on the
hour and we are not going to
return to wdfo until we get it."
Scott was one of a force of
some 25 men who went on
strike against Sumter Builders
Tuesday morning.
They were at the sub office in
Maxton Tuesday waiting for
General Foreman Robert E.
Lee from the District office in
Aberdeen to come and talk to
tliem. Random sampling of
comment from the men were
"We're going to get more
money or else"...and "This is
the dirtiest work in the con
struction business."
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The men are linesmen and
support crews on the ground.
They are doing sub contract
work presently in the area for
Carolina Power and Light.
They work with "hot lines"
being called in when heavy
duty electric lines must be
removed or circumvented or
repaired or replaced.
Said Scott. "The thing 1
guess touched this off was
Timothy getting hurt." (One
of the men in the crew.
Timothy Drake Oxendine was
seriously burned recently after
faling across "hot" electric
lines. Said another of the men,
"He will probably lose a leg."
The men also complained
that their pay was not com
parable to-others in the
building trade; that inexper
ienced workers were allowed
to climb; and that there was
not enough attention paid to
?safety by Sumter Builders."
Lee, who arrived about mid
afternoon Tuesday evening,
called the men into the sub
office and told them that he
could not guarantee higher
wages, that he would have to
call the Sumter. S.C. office.
After meeting with Lee. and
then huddling amongst them
selves, the men decided not to
work anymore Tuesday.
Later, after meeting with one
another, the men decided to go
back to work for .SO cents on
the hour. The company refus
ed to budge.
There the matter rested at
press time. Most of the men
said they would look for work
elsewhere if Sumter did not
budge.
No one at Sumter Builders
would comment publicly, al
though a-spokesman at the
Maxton office did affirm that
the men were striking for
higher wages.
A linesman for Sumter can
make top pay of S7.60 an
hour although they contend
that their pay is lower than
others in comparable work,
including the linesmen for CP
&L and other utilities.
The workers affirmed to the
man. "We're in this together -
use our names." Those in the
photo are: Ronald Oxendine.
Curtis Locklear. Charlie Scott.
Earl Scott. Jack Scott. Charlie
Bullard. Thomas Scott. Tho
mas Hunt. Bobby Scott. Harrel
ton Woodell. Clenentt Lock
lear. Johnson Locklear. Terry
Locklear. Glonnie Scott. Jackie
Locklear. Floyd Sanderson.
Glenn Locklear. Harmon Ja
cobs, Bobby Ray Scott. O.J.
Oxendine. Randv Oxendine.
Clem Pierce, and Leander
Locklear. Not shown in the
picture but supportive are:
Douglas R. Mincey. and Frank
D. Locklear.
Harrelton Woodell acted as
spokesman for the striking
workers.
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Saddletree on -
The Move
by Judith Locklear
Summertime ? Summertime
Sum - Sum- Samniertime.
Familar words to an old song
bring back childhood memo
ries of life on thf farm.
-cropping tobacco
-picking cotton
-eating ice cream on the 4th of
July
-going skinny-dipping in the
river
-bursting and rating water
melons in the ftfld
-fresh vegatables cooking on
the stove
-syrup bisquets at the tobacco
bam
-no TVs people sitting around
on porches actually talking to
each other *
-old fashioned church revivals
in the "day time" people
walking miles to church-barefo
oted"
-"those were the days"
-and then a sudden pop from a
back fire off an old truck
brings, you back to 1979. The
days of to many taxes and not
enough gasoline.
-The days when going to
church means - if "I don't get
a new dress I'm not going"
-The days when the old mule
has been put out to pasture
and the crate< hps been used
for fire wood. 1
-The days when you can't pick i
polyster out of a field
-The days when people nod
instead of speaking - call
instead of writing. i
-Days when parents think they (
know where their children are t
and what they are doing
- "These are the days"
t
But they are good days. In <
years to come our children will J
look back on these days and (
think about the good times t
they had in the "good ole e
days". So lets talk about now
Now that school is out-watch
out for the kids playing
everywhere. Now that teacher
are out of a job-drop by with a ?
smile and a bag of vegatables :
every now and then. SMILE! i
c
Now that Vacation Bible I
Schools has begun - go to
church more.
Now that the days are longer- \
take a walk and .visit your I
neighbors. t
Now thai I've rambled eno
ugh on with the news:
BETHEL HILL
Congraulation Cecil an Ma
t-ell!
The Vacation Bible S,h.?.|
begins Sunday June I'th at
Bethel Hill. Sunday night
school starts at - ono
Monday thru Friday 0:30 .
U-JO. For more information call
'.W.-'SOh.
Visiting Bethel Hill Sunday
were Mr. and Mrs. W.J.
Strickland.
Mrs. Julia Mae Hunt was
admitted to Southeastern Gen
eral Hospital Sunday for sur
ge rv. Prayers went up for her
Sunday keep praying.
Mrs. Marie Hammonds is
back at home and doing Fine.
Keep praying that she'll be
back in church soon.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Locklear.
and family w ere back at church
Sunday after a brief absence.
All were glad to see them.
We're still praying for Ms.
Mattie Bell hope she'll be back
K'ifh us soon.
Our revival was a huge
success. Good ole time preach
ng from two preachers that
;?uld put it to go. Souls were
saved and people were blessed
Rev. Glassie Locklear Jr. was
juest pastor at the Open Bible
rhurch in Fayetteville Sunday
June 3. The Young Adult
-.hoir and several church
nembers went with kins. All
-'"joyed a good service.
4-H
The Bethel Hill 4-H
?nembers who won demon
?trations on the county level
Vl" be 'raveling to district
?ompetition Friday. June 22.
A'ish them luck!
Attention 4-H's. A meeting
"ill be called in the near
uture- be on the look out for
he posters.
PINEY GROVE
The eighth grade da** at
Pine* Grove prevented Mr.*
Grady LivUear with a picture
of the first graduating das*
since he's been there.
Visiting at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Venus Looklear
Saturday were Ms. Julie Woe
riax and friend. Bill Johnson.
Please say a prayer for
Chris Pierce, son of Gladys
and Cleemiller Pierce of Sad
dletree. Chris is in the hospital
undergoing some tests.
See you in two weeks!
. > * ORITIJ/
*
. CHARLIE CHAVIS
Funeral ?rnk*n ?nv held
Wedheaday. June IJ. I*'"'* for
Charlie S. Chavis at J p.m. at
Berea Baptist Church.
Mr. Charlie S. Charts ?a?
horn May 1-4. !?**>. He depart
ed this life Mtmday. June II.
!??"??) at Cape Fear Valley
Hospital at the ajte of ""J.
liam P. Loctlear (Buddv). and
daaptMrr-in-la*. Edna Fare:
ihrro grandchildrea: Mar**'
Dcese. Antoinette L?K-klear
and Sandra Bmrr ft* ftnH
grandchildren: Scariene and
Amanda Itvklear. William A.
Dcese. Jamie Marric Beeae.
and Chad Brewer: and ? h?l
of friends and relatives.
Rally Scheduled For June 23
At PSHS Football Field
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Cont'd Ftmm F?fe I
dance at Temple University in
Philadelphia. Pennsylvania.
The other Indian candidate bypassed is
Dr. James B. Chavis. presently serving
as vice chancellor for student affairs at
Pembroke State.
At its Thursday meeting the Indian
commission decided to take its com
plaints to Joseph Califano. head of
HEW.
A number of Indians appeared before
the commission to express its dis
pleasure at the apparent selection of
Paul Givens as chancellor. Among those
appearing were Janie Mavnor Locklear.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mavnor. Mrs. Ruth
Revels. Ed Chavis and others.
Said Mrs. Locklear. "If they want to
have a rally we'll have a rally. I believe
people will be shocked at the bitter
feelings in the Indian community about
this. People do care: especially Indian
people. The school is part of us. We do
not pretend otherwise."
It is considered significant that the
Indian Commission is supporting the
views of those who feel Givens is not
the best qualified candidate. Its support
could lead to a confrontation with Gov.
Jim Hunt and the State Democratic
Party.
Said one of the organizers. "What
really makes me mad is Gov. Jim Hunt.
He did not exercise any muscle in this
situation at all. even though Dr. James
B. Chavis served as his Chief Om
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budsman for nearly a year and ?a?
considered a close associate. Hunt just
let Bill Friday push him around on this:
acquiescing to the fact that Friday once
again has gone outside the state to pick
a chancellor."
Friday has stuck to his guns, claiming
that Givens is the best qualified
candidate. Many Indians disagree with
him. especially after perusing <he
resumes of the final four candidates
from which Givens was chosen.
The local board of trustees sheepishly
admits that Fridav out manuevered
them when they agreed to support
whomever he recommended to the
board of governors. Several of the board
members affirm that Friday told them
he would choose a candidate that was
sympathetic and understanding of the
Indian community. Many of the local
trustees took that to mean that Friday
would choose an Indian as chancellor.
The majority of the local trustees
(especially the Indian members) ex
pressed bitterness toward Friday say
ing. in essence, that Ihev had been
misled and betraved bv Fridav.
Said Mrs. Lock lea r, "'litis is what the
rally is about: to let people- hear the
truth for once about the chancellor
selection at PSU: Dr. Paul Givens is not
nor will he he the subject of the rally.
He's not what the rally is all about. Dr.
Oxcndine said it best when he ' said
recently in an interview. 'I do not want
to be chosen necessarily because I am
an Indian and I do not wish to be passed
over because I am an Indian either.' "
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