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PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY % ifP?j|jH THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE1 "Building Communicative Bridges - W:{ ? In A Tri-Racial Setting" fl^fl ?. ? ? January II. ^1973^ I VOLUME 7, NUMBER 36 PEMBROKE, N.C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1979 ROBESON COUNTY 20? PER COW MRS. CHRISTINE BREWER HONORED UPON RETIREMENT FROM P.S.U. | Mrs. Christine Brewer, who has served as hoasekeeptag assistant at Pembroke State University for 14 years and 6 months, fa retiring. She was the honored guest at a special university party Aagnst 23 at which she received a toaster-oven and a press are coefcer associates. Shown hers with Chancellor Paul K. Glvens, Mrs. Brewer said the thing she has liked most about PSU Is "the people." A very positive person who has a smile and warm greeting for everyone, she said her goal In life has been "to love and be loved." A widow, she Is the mother of four children and nine grandchildren. Mrs. Brewer celebrated her 64th birthday Wednesday. She Is from Pembroke. I ; 4 Former Gov. & Mrs. Jim Holshouser Visits 'Strike at the Wind!" ?d. ? | ? '?????' n jl. jmmrrrnmmmmmmmm . .. * w v. > ? w _ ? FbMBKUK.b-C.arnell Locklear, wno just finished his fourth season as 'Strike at the Wind's' irrepressible 'Boss Strong' is shown above with Mr. and Mrs. Jim Holshouser (center) and Bill Thompson, 'Strike at the Wind's' general manager. Carnell Locklear was an ardent (and still is) supporter of former Governor Jim Holshouser when he ran and was elected as the first Republican Governor of North Carolina in 72 years in 1972. Holshouser began his campaign in Pembroke and is generally credited by Indians of Robeson County for involving them extensively in state government. The Holshousers. now making their home in nearby Southern Pines where the former governor is involved in a law practice, were in the area to attend a performance of 'Strike at the Wind!' last Friday night as guests of Carnell Locklear (Boss Strong) and 'Strike at the Wind!' officials. Carnell Locklear said, "i like the governor most of all because he is a good and decent man and because he helped Indian people when he was governor." Governor Holshouser expressed plea sure at being back in Pembroke and said, "From all we have heard 'Strike 'at the Wind!' is a great show-we are looking forward to seeing it." 'Strike at the Wind!' concluded its fourth season Saturday night. THE JOHN HENRY WILKINS CASE I -AN UPDATE The incident occurred August 5 when John Henry Wilkins was stopped and charged with driving under the influ ence of an intoxicating drug, after he registered 0% on a breathalyzer test. The arresting officer, M. Humphrey, a highway patrolman found a single librium pill lying in a coke tray after he had stopped Wilkins for an errant signal light that would not quit blinking. Wilkins was jailed briefly, "the first time in my life," and was cited to court in St. Pauls District Court August 23. That court date has been changed until September 6 partly because Wilkins is not. as he sees it. in any condition to withstand the stress of a court ap pearance. He was recently released from Hamlet Hospital after a seven day stay because of complications from his confrontation with Trooper Humphrey, as Wilkins remembers it. Said Wilkins. "He sort of pushed me toward his car ...and I fell down." Wilkins is angry. He claims Humphrey treated him wrong. Wilkins. an Indian, does not take kindly to those who accuse him of "making a racial issue out of it." Says Wilkins. "I would feel the same way whatever color the patrolman might be; 1 just feel like I was treated wrong. The trooper was mean to me; and would not listen to a thing I said. He even left my car side of the road with other people's equipment in it...and when I came back it was gone." Wilkins lost a scanner, two turn tables, a calculator, and some other equipment valued somewhere around $1,000 when he was taken to the police station by Humphrey and his car left unattended. Wilkins said, "1 feel like somebody owes me for the stuff in my car; I asked Humphrey to tow my car in if he was going to arrest me..." Wilkins. who is disabled, works sometimes, "when I feel up to it,"on C.B.s and electronic equipment for friends and neighbors to earn a little extra money. He took a course in electronics offered by Goodwill indus tries. Wilkins takes medication daily be cause of medical difficulties including heart problems, compounded by high blood pressure and poor circulation. He also is bothered by his nerves, especially since his father died last I year. He also has lost a sister and t brother in the last few years. He lives is the Union Chapel Community with his mother and a sister who has been paralyzed since birth. He is also a diabetic. The librium pill is prescribed; Wilkins has kept it open in his car since his father died, "in case 1 need it." Wilkins says that he has been contacted by a Glenn D. Russell, a major with the internal affairs de partment of the highway patrol. Wilkins said. "I told him I was not in any condition to talk to him right now..." Wilkins. who had attended church the morning of the day he was arrested, says. "I was treated wrong and 1 want the world to know it. ...If Humphrey had just tried to listen to me and been a little bit patient he would have found out I was right and that I didn't need to be put in jail and done like 1 was..." Humphrey has not been available for comment. His superior. District Ser geant A. H. Campbell says, "We cannot comment on a case in public before it goes to trial. We have to protect Mr. Wilkins' rights and the patrol's rights too." : -*$: ? 1 James Howard Locklear Assumes Coaching Reins at Pembroke I James Howard Locklear, long time coach at Prospect High School, and a legendary sports figure locally, will lead the Pembroke High Warriors Friday night as they open the season against St. Pauls away. Locklear will be beginning his "first" year of coaching duties at Pembroke. i* I Ned Sampson Sampson, last year's football coach at Pembroke, will again coach basketball, assist Coach Locklear, and devote more of his time to being a full time athletic director at Pembroke. Locklear's long time assistant at Prospect, Royce McNeill, replaces him at Prospect. ? Burnt Swamp Baptist Church Celebrates Centennial Observed Sunday, August 19 See Page 7 For More News Stories on Centennial Celebration iStal.1!!! Mb? Cmm, Am, ?n? a Mrf ttmrnf m Mm u ttmi Im. ? 1 * f ' mfc?. TWf m Nr. ami Mm. W.O. Nvm, Mr. mi Mm. Qmm CMrti, Mr. ami MJ. ? i I jl ii, IfcwBw flMN ? Registration Underway at PSU * J ' i i I?l7f ?M mlHwHiB ?4faMlag ? i < i - i I./; LOCAL YOUTHS MAKE BICYCLE TRIP TO ROCKINGHAM AND BACK "We challenge anybody to ride on a bike from Pembroke to Rockingham and back." This challenge .was extended by Earl Sampson. Johnny Scott, Mitchell Ox endine and Ronnie Cummings who rode their bicycles to Rockingham and back, approximately 75-80 miles, Sun day, August 26. 1979. The trip took approximately 8 hours. When asked why they made the trip the young men replied: "It was a challenge and plenty of exercise." Said the youths: "We'rt planning to ride our bikes to White Lake Sunday. We will meet on the Piggly Wiggly parking lot at 7:30 a.m." Anyone wishing to make the trip with the young men are urged to "Be there!" And to "Bring twta trunks, If weather permits." TOWN HALL MEETING CHANGHB Pembroke's regular monthly meeting scheduled for Monday, September 3 hen been changed to Tuesday, September 4 because of the Labor Day Weekend. Meetings begin 7 p.m. Mike Cross Heads PSU Lyceum Series PEMBROKE-Mike Cross, a mountain minstrel and humorist who is adept at playing both the guitar and fiddle, will bring his homespun but high energy . performance to Pembroke State Uni versity Thursday. Sept. 6, as the first of the university's Lyceum Series for the 1979-80 academic year. Cross' performance begins at 8 p.m. in the PSU Performing Arts Center. Admission is SS for everyone except Pembroke State University students with I.D. cards who win be admitted free. This is the second straight year he has appeared at Pembroke State. Cross' first album. '*child Prodigy" was released in 1976 to an overwhelm ing reception. His second album. "Born In The Country," followed in 1977 and received a recommended LP Pick in Binboard Magazine. He now travels across the country, delighting audiences with 12-striag bottleneck blues. Irish jigs and reels, old-time mountain fiddle tunes phis a ? wealth of his own tunes fall of backwoods humor characteristic of WW Rogers and Mark Twain. Born in Maryville. Tena., the 13-year aid Croes was raised in Lenoir, N.C., "back is the Appalachian mountains," as he tells It. in a region well known tor storytellers and soagwitlen. While attending the University of North Carotiaa at Chapel HW. Cross took up guitar. Within a year, he was Mk dSo In various smaU ctabsMMtad New Tort City and Naahvtte and dM a short stint in a rnrk nod isB. bond. In 1972 he began to wortunt a^aotoart
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