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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 33 PEMBROKE, N.c. THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 1979 , ROBESON COUNTY 20 CENTS PEE COPY
Pembroke Chances
"Look Good" in Rural
Development Project
Lumber River Council of Government
representative Ricky Locklear said,
"There will probably only be 2 pilot
programs of the Rural Development
Planning Program." And, according to
Sam Dial, Pembroke's representative
on COG, "Pembroke's chances look
good that we might be one of the two
pilot programs."
COG, via the planning project, would
assess the town's greatest needs, with
the assistance of a citizen's council, and
help develop funding proposals and find
sources to develop them.
The town agreed to offer themselves as
a candidate for the pilot program.
The town also heard Planning Board
member John Robinson explain a
proposed new zoning classification. The
new zone, C-4, would create a satellite
business district beginning with a
parcel of land off Highway 711 on the
East side of town and presently owned
by Grover Ozendine. The land is
presently classified I (Industrial).
A public hearing is set for August 27 at
7 p.m. on the matter.
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In Other Matters...
The board agreed to accept a contract
wMk tfce tsMHsusi af Wawa|iei?at*eii
concerning the curbing and guttering of
state road 1SS5 (leading to the new
elementary school). Town manager
McDuffie Cummings was also instruct
ed to look into the possibility of erecting
a sidewalk to the new elementary
school. A red light is also part of the
contract package with the department of
transportation.
The council split on a couple of votes,
mostly in regard to a 701 Planning
Grant and the mapping of the town's
water system.
Both matter* carried on a 3-2 vote with
the mayor, Reggie Strickland, casting
the deciding vote.
Voting for were Council men Larry
Brooks and Sam Dial; voting no were
Councilmen Bob Brewington and Milton
Hunt.
Brewington said, in regard to a town
planner, "We have had a town planner
in the past and received nothing in
return for it."
The town planner will be shared
possibly with the town of Raeford and
the county of Scotland via an arrange
ment with COG and will cost the town a
matching amount of $2,925.
The same vote occurred as the town
accepted a proposal from town en
gineers, Odell and Associates to map
the town's water system for $7,500.
The town did unanimously adopt the
Lumber River Council of Government's
Area Wide Housing Opportunity Plan.
Tubs down eeuty's
water rate proposal
Commissioner Sam Dial's motion to
table the county's proposal to purchase
water from the town carried with
Councilman Larry Brooks opposed.
Brooks made a motion which died for
lack of a second to deny both proposals
offered to the town. One proposal
would have allowed the county to
purchase water from the town at .45 1
cents per 1,000 gallons with the town
maintaining the lines, billing and
collecting and remitting collections to
the county.
The other proposal would allow the |
county to purchase the water at .40 i
cents per 1,000 gallons with the county |
handling all billing and collecting. <
The tan alio set guidelines for doing
business with an elected official of the
town, with Councilman Bob Brew
ington abstaining.
The town set stringent guidelines, with
an elected official (including council
man) having to provide a much needed
service at competitive prices. The
resolution is in conformity with a
recently enacted piece of legislation by
the general assembly.
Councilman Bob Brewington, in times
past, has provided welding services for
the town.
And Town Manager McDuffie Cum
mings proposed that the town con
sider the following streets for paving in
next year's street resurfacing and
paving program: Florence Street,
Mclnnis Street, Fourth Street (from
Baine to Odom), Barker Street and
Morrison Street.
And the town ended its session in
executive session, with no action taken.
It is thought that the town officials
discussed the recent law suit filed by
property owner Alfred Cook against the
town and town manager, McDuffie
Cummings, Police Chief Vernon
Oxendine and Policeman Harvey Bul
lard. The suit concerns an altercation
that allegedly occured on a piece of
property directly behind Woodell's
Park and Shop Convenience Store,
originally owned by Cook's deceased
wife.
The town officials attempted to stop
Cook from barricading the property that
had been used for a number of years as
a public alley way.
Town attorneys Locklear, Brooks and
Jacobs reportedly will defend the town
proper, with the officials having to
retain private counsel. The town re
portedly will pay for the additional
raunsel. The officials have retained
Dickson McLean as their attorney in the
matter. Cook's attorney is Lumberton
attorney Osborne Lee.
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Brantley Blue, Judge,
GOP Indian , Dies
By Maureen Joyce
Waihtnston Poet Btftlf Writer
Brantley Blue, 53, an administrative
law judge for the Department of La
bor and the only Indian to serve as a
commissioner on the old Indian
Claims Commission, died Thursday at
his Arlington home after a heart at
tack.
The Indian Claims Commission was
established in 1946 to hear and deter
mine claims against the United States
on behalf of any Indian tribe, band, or
indentiflable group of American Indi
ans living in this country.
Mr. Blue, a Republican, was ap
pointed a commissioner in I960 by for
mer president Richard M. Nixon after
Nixon withdrew former president
Lyndon B. Johnson's nominee, former
.Maryland governor Theodore R. Mc
Keldin, to fulfill a campaign promise
to name an Indian to the commission.
Mr. Blue served as one of four com
missioners until the commission ex
pired last October. He then was a spe
cial counsel to Native American Con
sultants Inc. in Washington before be
ing named an administrative law
judge for the Labor Department in
April.
He was born In Pembroke, N.C. The
Lumbee Indians, although never or
ganized as a tribe, have lived in Robe
yon County, N.C. for hundreds of
years.
Mr. Blue was the first Lumbee In
dian to become a lawyer, having
earned his law degree in 1946 from
Pembroke State College in North Car
olina. In 1949, he earned a doctoral de
cree in law from the old Cumberland
University School of Law in Lebanon,
Tenn., now part of Samford Univer
sity in Birmingham, Ala.
He practiced law In Kingsport,
Tenn., for 20 years and was Kingsport
Hty judge from 1066 to 1969. He also
was a past president of the Kingsport
Bar Association.
A vice chairman of the American
Indian Tribal Leaders' Conference on
Scouting and a member of the Na
tional Council of the Boy Scouts of
America, Mr. Blue was awarded scout
ing'* Whitney M. Young Jr. award for
V"ht* diligent advocacy of the right of
Indian youth to enjoy the benefit* of
ocouting.. .*
\ He served In the Navy In Europe
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BRANTLEY BLUE
and In the Pacific theater during
World War II.
Mr. Blue was a former Sunday
school teacher and a member of Fair
fax Baptist Church.
Survivors include his wife, the for
mer Dorothy Milam, and a daughter,
Patricia, both of the home in Arling
ton; another daughter, Janet Batche
lor, of Jacksonville, NjC- five sisters,
Kitty Sanderson, of Bryson City, N C-,
Rena Mae Cochran, of Madison, Fla,
Cola Dowry, of Gaston, N.C., Bern ice
Lowry, of Towson, and Alicia Wise, ol
Pembroke; three brothers, Adolph, of
Pembroke, Don, of Baltimore, and (
Carl L., of Kingsport, and two grand- (
daughters.
The family suggests that expres
sions of sympathy be in the form of '
contributions to the Brantley Blue
Scholarship Fund, Sill Jefferson Da- <
via Hwy., Arlington, 22202. I
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Reprinted lrnm
The SunrW
< August 5. 197o Edition ,
of The Washington Post ?
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WHkins Man Claims
Mistreatment by
Highway Patrolman
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John Henry WJ kins went to church
Sunday morning, ike he usually does on
Sunday morning. |vt he got to feeling
bad. sweaty. ete.4*> he left early and
werft home and laid down for a spell, he
took a valium pilYpbout 10:30 a.m. and
slept until about $30 p.m., as he recalls
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Wilkins feels bdd a lot of the time, as
he suffers from jleart problems, com
pounded by his pressure and poor
circulation. He^tes medicine, pre
scribed by a dodtor, daily. He has a
prescription of 4lium, to take as he
needs it. His nefves bother him from
time to time, especially since his father
died, January of Nst year. He has also
lost a brother and sister in the last few
years. He is also a diabetic.
He lives in the Union Chapel
Community with his mother, and a
sister who is paraly/ed since birth. John
Henry Wilkins H JS years old. He is
considered disabled
WHAT HAPPEN*!), AS RECALLED
BY JOHN HENRY WILKINS
Wilkins remembers it this way: "1
decided to visit kNy late brother's wife
and her children, sfter 1 got up. After
leaving there iWg,-a? on Ihe porch and
talked a long tiowtbovt old times, etc.),
1 headed home, thinking about atten
ding revival services at our church...
and I was stopped by state trooper M.
Humphrey about 6 p.m."
According to Wilkins, Humphrey
stopped him because one of his turn
signals kept blinking...asking him to go
and sit in the patrol car while he
checked it and examined the car.
According to Wilkins, until this
incident, he had never been arrested for
anything, and had never been in a jail
cell. He was concerned about a scanner,
two turn tables and some other radio
equipment in hit car. (Wilkins, sort of I
as a hobby, works on C.B.s, radios,
etc...having taken a course in electron
ics sponsored by Good Will Industries).
Wilkins remonstrated with Trooper
Humphrey. "If you are going to take me
in would you tow in my car? That is
other people's equipment in my car... I
do week on other people's equipment,
sort of to try and earn a little extra
money, when I feel up to it. And it is
impossible to lock my car..."
Wilkins reported that Humphrey told
him he would only be gone a little while
and sort of pushed him toward the
trooper car. telling him to come with
him. Wilkins, who suffers some paraly
sis on his right side, fell when
Humphrey purportedly pushed him.
worsening his condition.
Wilkins remembers his stay at the jail
vividly with tears welling up in his eyes.
"I have never been in anything like
that: that tight little place, with the little
white commode in the corner....!
couldn't belive it...nobody could ever
have told me how bad it is in
there...They took all my pills but one...
and I can't scream loud, if 1 needed
help, because 1 have had a number of
vocal cord operations..."
WHkins stayed ta Jail about an boor,
was subjected to a breathalyzer test on
which records show he registered "O"
and was cited to St. Pauls District Court
on a charge of... "While under the
influence of a narcotic drug."
His trial is set for August 23.
Wilkins is mad. and rightly so. as he
sees it. He says. "I was treated wrong,
and I want the whole world to know it...
Humphrey acted like he wanted to start
something with me. And I told them
that I would hold the county responsible ?
if my stuff was stolen from my car."
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While in jail, being arrested and
placed in jail, Wilkins' stuff in his car
was stolen, at a value of S800-S 1,000.
Wilkins recalls: "He (Humphrey) 1
talked rough to me... and wouldn't !
listen to a thing I tried to tell him... <
nobody should be treated like I was 1
treated, putting me in jail...taking my >
heart pills..if he had listened to me, he '?
probably would have taken me to a I
hospital instead of jail...I have never '
bothered no one..." I
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Humphrey seemingly was going to I
just write Wilkins a warning ticket
about the blinking turn signal until he
reportedly saw a libriumpill .lying in a
coke tray. Wilkins said, "The pill has
been there since my father died..in ? Q
case I ever need it like the doctors ? .
told me."
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When Humphrey saw the pill his
attitude, according to Wilkins, changed.
He became suspicious and asked him to
return and sit in the patrol car with him.
Humphrey's superiors would not
_as lI a. a m LSI a!
aiiow mm 10 comment tor puoncation.
District Sergeant A.H. Campbell, con
tacted at home, said, "We are bound by
civil and constitutional law... we cannot
comment on a case in the public...we
have to protect Mr. Wilkins' rights and
the rights of the patrol too."
Sgt. W.M. Denning, who was on
vscation during the incident said, "We
have not received a complaint... There
is nothing I can tell you." c
Wilkins admits, "If a person didn't
know me. with my problems and all, a
person might think I was under the
Influence of something- the way I walk
and everything."
Wilkins says. "I have nothing against I
the highway patrol...they have helped I
me in the past. I just feel like Humphrey <
treated ma wrong...and now my equip- <
ment in my car is goon...Who is going <
to replace it? The people it belongs to 1
are going to be asking for k."
Wilkins recalls. "I know about a your
ago I had a sweating spell and a young
his wa^o^lelpk me^thet's what
Humphrey should hivf donr friod to
LJ. ??
Dr. Frank Woriax
decides not to associate
with Pembroke Medical
and Dental Clinic
Pembroke-Here it part of the over flow
crowd that turned out laat week
(Wednesday) as dedicatory services
were held for the long awaited
Pembroke Medical and Dental Clinic.
Dr. Sarah Morrow, Secretary of the ?
North Carolina Department of Human
Resources, was the guest speaker.
But something has gone amiss since I
he dedicatory services. The clinic has i
men unable to sign Dr. Frank Woriai to
i contract, leaving the half-million
lollar clinic without a physician. Hubert <
htendine, chairman of the board of I
11 rectors of the non profit corporation i
hat sponsored the clinic said. "I don't tl
inow what to tell yon; the only thing I 1
mow is that we have been unable to I
tgree on a contract..."
Dr. Frank Worias. in the meantime, i
iss opened his practice in a building i
leside the Play Skool Nursery in |
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Pembroke, directly in front at the
parking lot of Mt Olive Pentecostal
Holiness Church Woriax has not made
himself svailable far comment, and at
press time, we hsd been unable to reach
him by phone. WhJfe visiting his new
offices, we were unable to talk to him.
because his office was over flowing
with patients. .
In the mesntime, the clinic is open
for dental patients wtth Dr. Jeff Collins
the dentist.
None of the parffanlers were able to
tell us whet would happen In the hi tare.
Rumors are rampSat that money and
the right to hire |iiannil and decorate
he offices were contributing factors
toward Woriax drsldlag not to affiliate
himself with the dUc.
Mqsj knowledgeable folk In the
medical profession^ assume that the
:linic will begin recruiting far a new
physician.
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REGISTRATION FOB PEMBROKE
SCHOOL DISTRICT
AH students, except those students
who will be registering st Pembroke
Junior High School, who have not
registered for the 1979-80 school year
who are now living in the Pembroke
School District, should come out and
register for the 1979-80 school year on
Friday. August 10 between 9 a.m. and
3:30 p.m. Students in grades k-7 will
register at Pembroke Elementary Scho
ol. Students in grades 10-12 will register
at Pembroke Senior High. Then on
August 13-14 between 9 a.m. and 3:30
p.m., students in grades 8-9 will
register at Pembroke J.unior High
School.
ROVING REGISTRARS
TO BE APPOINTED
The Robeson County Board of
Elections is now receiving names to be
considered for appointment as special
registration commissioners (roving re
gistrars). All correspondence should be
addressed to Mrs. Elizabeth M. Mor
ton. Supervisor of Elections. Robeson
Co. Board of Elections. P.O. Box 313,
Lumberton. NC 28358. Closing date for
names to be submitted is August 16.
The wwwnwtmanss MM ha wWitW
on August 17. 1979 at 10 a.m. hr the
office of the board of elections. Each
commissioner s district will receive 5
special registration commissioners (ro
ving registrars).
PBOSPECT CLASS OF '*4
PLANS REUNION
The Prospect High School Class of
1964 will have their reunion at the Town
and Country Restaurant in Pembroke on
August 11. 1979 at 7:30 p.m. Contact
J.C. Thomas at 521-8356, Curtis Pierce
at 521-9707 or Artie Jacobs at 521-3413
For further information.
PLATE SALE AND GOSPEL SING
The Men's Bible Class of Saddle
tree Church of God, Lumberton, NC is
sponsoring a plate sale and gospel sing
August 18. The plate sale consists of
:hicken and barbecue at S2.50 per plate
and will begin at 12 noon. The gospel
sing will convene at 7:30 p.m. The
Featured singers will be The Jacobs
Sisters, Felix Deal, McNeil Trio, the
Heavenly Bound Boys, and the Saddle
tree Church of God Youth Choir. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
BURNT SWAMP BAPTIST CHURCH
PLANS CENTENNIAL
Burnt Swamp Baptist Church will
bserve their Centernnial August 19,
979 beginning at 10 a.m. The public is
ordially invited to attend.
PEMBROKE JAYCEES TO NOLO
LABOR DAY DANCE
The Pembroke Jaycees Labor Day
Dance wiH be held Friday night, August
31, from 8:30 p.m. until. Free
refreshments Admission is $3.00 per
person. Place: Jaycee Hut (Pembroke).
YOUTH REVIVAL
Island Grove Baptist Church of
Pembroke, N.C. wMI host a Youth
Revival beginning August Mi tkroagk
August 12th. The services wN be held
each evening starting at 730 p.m. Rev.
Ttttstopher Hunt will be feast ?psaker
Everyone is weioome.
STATE VRDt YOUTH
EVENOEUBM MOHT
The Baptist State Convention is (
iponsoring its 9th Statewide Youth ,
Evangelism Night Friday evening.
August 17, at me Greensboro
Coliseum Speaker Is Rev. Bteve Devts
of Tulsa, Oklahoma andaotoNt Cynthia
Clawaon, Bom NaabvMa, Term. Tha
service begins at 7:16 p.m.
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The Robesoe County Cnmnriasloa
en voted Monday to ghie the Eaaftoy
ment Security Commiastna ? 60-day
reprieve oa its coatrect to take
applications for CETA jobs. The cm*
tract, slated to expire Sepiainbee 30
had been slated to transftr back to the
Department of Human Baeoawea after
Chris Antwt, the hoMS reeearces
head, had complained about ESC's
inability to process applications at aa
acceptable rate.
ESC head, Jesse Beetty, Massed the
problem on s break down in communi
cations between the two departments.
Beatty pledged to upkeep the require
ments of the contract, accepting port at
the blame for the seeming dlsagree
ment between himself and Antwi.
SCHOOL BOND SALE AMOVED
BY COUNTY
The Commissioners approved the
sale of S8 million in school bonds taker
this month Monday- a move that wfll
force a tax increase at at least IS cents
in fiscal year 1961-42.
The bonds represent half of ? Sib
systems. The other half of the bond
issue is expected to be sold some tor
next year.
Officials from the Local Government
Commission said two weeks ago the
county will have to raise the tax rate by
21 cents in fiscal 1961-82 because of
bond issue. That projection, however,
was based on current property values.
In 1961 a property revaluation win be
completed. That adjustment will trim
the expected hike to about IS cents.
The resolution adopted Monday
includes a 23-year-old payback plan,
which state ofhdals say represents the
21-cent tax increase.
During the fiscal year beginning July
1, 1960, the county will pay $400,000 in
interest on the bonds, but in the year
beginning July 1. 1961. the county will
pay SI.6 million in principle and interest
on the bonds.
. MAXTON FAVOHS SCHOOL
CONSOLIDATION
Maxton expressed overwhelming
support for the proposed consolidation
of Pembroke. Maxton and Prospect
High Schools last Monday night at
Maxton's Townsend Middle School. No
one at the brief meeting Monday night
spoke against the proposal. Former
Maxton Superintendent Douglas Ton
gue moderated the meeting, open to
public comment. Yongue is now assis
tant superintendent of the county school
system with his primary re ipoaafcilky
being the new school.
Aggie Deese, a counselor in the
county school system, sad s resident at
Maxton. stressed the increased curricu
lum sad educational opportunities hi s
consolidated high school. Others achsed
her sentiments. The meeting lasted
barely an hour.
Earlier Rufus Graham was named to
the county board, replacing the
deceased Robert Buchamaa. Graham
end in the fall at 19S2.
pkmbkou hkffl BOOdTEB cum
plans nencxBto
The Pembroke High Booster CMb is
Massing a^ free **'
Lycurous Lowry is donating one of his
purebred llanipslilius and Jeff Mayuor