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VOLUME 7, NUMBER
A.
PEMBROKE, N.C.
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1979
ROBESON COUNTY
200 PER COPY
JAMES A. “PETE” JACOBS SWORN
IN AS PEMBROKE MAYOR
Rev. C.E.
Locklear
Honored
lames A. “Pete” Jacobs, left, is shown
(log sworn in by Pembroke Magistrate
lernard Lowry. Adding grace and
leaoty to the picture is Mayor Jacobs’
wife, Mildred. Jacobs was sworn in
prior to the council session Monday
night.
Possibly the largest crowd in Pem
broke’s fabled history was on hand to
see James A. "Pete” Jacobs sworn ,in
is the new Mayor, replacing out- going
Mayor Reggie Strickland. Jacobs is Tax
Supervisor for Robeson County.
MATTERS BEFORE THE COUNCIL...
The brief session began with a
public hearing relative to the town's CD
(Community Development) Grant pro
posal. The town has been turned down
at least five times in the past. A
representative from the Lumbee River
Council of Governments was on hand to
discuss the alternatives available to the
town.
The council also heard from Pem
broke businessman John Drose, who is
manager of the Piggly Wiggly Food
Store. He questioned the town’s
sanitation fee which saw his fee jump
from $80 to $240. Since the increase.
Piggly Wiggly has installed a paper
compacter which has eliminated, accor
ding to Drose, the need for as many
trash pick ups as before. He said the
trash compacter had cut his refuse to
"maybe a dumpster a week” instead of
the estimated ‘‘four or five trash
pickups a week” before.
security problems in the town and
"other matters.” according to chamber
of commerce president, Curt Locklear.
Locklear said, “We hope we can help
make Pembroke a better town.” Jacobs
agreed readily to the meeting and
instructed the town clerk to schedule
the meeting “as soon as possible.”
The board agreed with a recommen
dation of the planning board and
decided not to allow a mobile home in
the R 2 Residential Zoning Area behind
Miss Millie’s Fashions. The request had
been made by Mrs. Millard Maynard.
Following the meeting a victory
celebration was held at Revels Fish
Camp by Jacobs and his supporters.
Also taking office was new councU-
ao Rod Locklear and Councilman Sam
Hal, re-elected and also re- elected as
mayor pro-tem Monday night. They are
shown with Mayor Jacobs [center].
Councilman Larry Brooks noted that
the council had responded to a
recommendation from the firm that
picks up the trash. Porter Sanitation,
according to Brooks, had recommended
$400 as a monthly charge before the
compacter was installed.
New Mayor Pete Jacobs promised
Drose an answer at the next meeting.
Drose is asking the town to adjust his
present fee of $240 a month.
Mayor Jacobs also agreed to a
suggested meeting with the Pembroke
Chamber of Commerce relative to
Listern Dial is shown asaddle
a camel, one of the primary
means of transportation in the
Middle East.
A TOUR TO THE
HOLY LAND
A number of people from this
area recently returned from a
tour to the Holy Land. The tour
stopped at many of the places
mentioned in the Bible, princi
pally in Jordan and Israel. The
tour-was arranged locally by
Rev, Tony Brewington, direct
or of missions for the Burnt
Swamp Baptist Association.
The largest contingent was
from Whitehill Freewill Bap
tist Church. 4 of 20 members
of the group were from
Whitehill. The group left
Pembroke October 29 and
returned November 9.
Others making the trip were:
kneeling {|n front] left to
right-tour guide, Grady Har
ris, James Locklear, Tony
Brewington, Dennis Maynor
and John Deese; 2nd row, left
to right-unidentified, uniden
tified, Rosa Lee Locklear,
Delphia Loddear, Grace Epps,
Curtis Locklear, Etha Mae
Harris, and Mrs. Albert
Helms, tour leaders; back row,
left to right-Shirley Chavis,
Rev. David Hunt, Annie Ruth
Locklear, Rev. Chalmers
Kerns, James Brewington and
Listem Dial.
Curds Locklear, left, was one
of the group from Whitehill
Free Will Baptist Church to go
on the tour. He is shown with
Rev. Tony Brewington looking
at a map of Jerusalem.
Locklear’s trip was made
possible by the brotherhood of
Whitehill Church. They also
assisted in various ways the
other 3 members of the tour
from Whitehill.
Loddear said, “It made the
Bible come alive for me, even
more so than 1 ever imagined.
It was a revelation to me to
realize that ail the history in
the New Testament took place
within a 125 mile radius. It was
a blessing spiritually for me,
and for all those who went on
our trip. They brought back
bottled water from the Sea of
Galilee and other places of
interest mentioned in the
Bible.
Locklear, a student of the
Bible, has taught Sunday
School for 47 years.
There will be a special screen
ing of the slides made during
Ihe Holy Land Tour the second
Sunday night. Dec. 9. Mr.
Curtis Locklear will provide
the commentary.
PEOPLE AND
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AND THINGS...
C
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S
REV. C. E. LOCKLEAR
The Burnt Swamp Baptist Association
* will honor its senior active pastor. Rev.
C.E. Locklear, in the dedication of its
1979 Associational Minutes. Rev. Cla
rence E. Locklear represents an era, a
tradition, a giant pillar of spiritual and
community development. In many ways
he is an anachronism to his time; always
deeper in thought, broader in vision,
bolder in business, and wiser in the
ways and events of his days than his
peers and associates. He is definitely a
man to be honored, respected, and
endeared by Burnt Swamp Baptist
Association.
Rev. Locklear found his roots and
grew to maturity in the Fields of
Robeson County. At the age of 20 he
was called to preach and began a
ministry that shared his pastoral
leadership with thirteen associational
churches. His first pastorate was Piney
Grove and others include Mt. Moriah,
Ten Mile Center. New Bethel. Antioch.
Reedy Branch. Harpets Ferry, Burnt
Swamp. Oak Grove, Gray Pond, Union
Baptist, Pembroke First, and New Hope
where he has been shepherd now for
Over thirty years.
His aggressive leadership and power
ful preaching has been felt and utilized
across the association with service as
Associational moderator four years,
several years as Union moderator, and
many more years as chairman and
member of numerous committees and
agencies. It was his urgency that led the
association to organize the “Orphans
and Mothers Aid Soceity” in 1929. a
foundation for the Odom Childrens
Home. He was also one of a committee
of five to attend the N.C. Baptist State
Convention Annual Meeting in Raleigh,
1930, to petition membership for the
Burnt Swamp Baptist Association. His
associational administration also led to
the construction of a Baptist summer
camp in Pembroke for boys and girls.
His powerful preaching could be
heard on streets in Pembroke and towns
of South Carolina from the public
address bulUhom mounted atop his car.
Earlier, he traveled between churches
and preaching engagements with one of
the first motercycles to dust the roads of
Robeson County.
With his wife, the late Annie L.
Oxendine Locklear, and mother of
fifteen children, three having died soon
after birth, he masterminded and
coordinated a multifarious business
operation in the county including one of
the first among two clothes cleaning
operations, the first road grader a house
extermination business, the invention
and sale of fireplace protectors, and the
purchase and cultivation of several one-
hundred acre farms.
In addition to these adventures he
received a certificate from the Indian
Normal School and served as a teacher
and principal for several years. Another
important first among his record of
many was as the first elected mayor of
Pembroke.
Following the sudden death of his
wife and a second marriage having
ended with the tragic death of this wife,
he later married Mrs. Lela Brooks
Locklear!
As noted by one__of his sons, Rev.
Locklear would have made a great
military general. Those of us who have
encountered his penetrating personality
his authoritative presence, his natural
wisdom and his spiritual dynamite,
salute him this year as a great general
in God’s army.
Rev. Tony Brewington
CHRISTMAS PARADE FRIDAY
The Pembroke Jaycees Christmas
Parade will be Friday, December 7,
1979 at 10:00 a.m. in downtown
Pembroke.
PROSPECT HIGH CLASS OF
1959 TO REUNITE
The Prospect High Class of 1959
will have their 20-year reunion on Dec.
29, 1979 at 7 p.m. at the Golden China
Restaurant in Lumberton. Class mem
bers who are planning to attend in the
Pembroke area should contact Grady
Chavis at 521-9783 and in the Maxton
area should contact Aggie Deese at
844-5946.
SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL
MENTAL HEALTH BOARD TO MEET
The December meeting of the
Southeastern Regional Mental Health
Area Board will be held on Tuesday,
December 18. at 6:30 p.m. in the
Executive Dining Room of Southern
National Bank in Lumberton. Normally
scheduled for the fourth Tuesday in
each month, the date is being changed
this month due to the holidays.
Beginning in January, meetings will
again be held on the fourth Tuesday.
All Area Board meetings are open to
the public.
NEW PROGRAM AT LRDA
TECHNICAL AND SUPERVISORY
ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
The Technical and Supervisory
Program of Lumbee Regional Develop
ment Association is designed to reduce
the current Robeson County Farmers
Home Administration rural housing
delinquent rate through the offering of
financial and budget counseling, con
sumer counseling, home maintenance
and management counseling. Also,
families who are delinquent with
payment of taxes and insurance will be
monitored and new borrowers who are
potential delinquent borrowers also will
be monitored in an effort to prevent
delinquency.
This program will strive to increase
the awareness and availability of
adequate housing for low income
families residing in Robeson County
through guidance, assistance in the
preparation and processing of loan and
grant packages and the encouragement
of other public and private groups to
attack the problem of substandard
housing.
For more information, contact Dennis
Chavis, Project Director, LRDA, P.O.
Box 68, Pembroke. NC at 521-9761.
WACCAMAW INDIAN COMMUNITY
MEETING SCHEDULED
The regular community meeting in
the Waccamaw Indian community wUl
be held Dec. 10. 1079 at 7 p.m. in the
Community Center on Highway 1740,
five miles north of Bolton, NC. All staff
and Indian citizens of Bladen and
Columbus County are urged to attend.
VFW NEWS
All members of the Locklear- Lowry
VFW Post 2843 are asked to attend the
10th Annual VFW Sunday at Ashpole
United Methodist Church near Rowland
on Dec. 9. 1979. Morning, worship will
begin at 11:00 a.m. After worship
service, all members are invited to the
Old Foundry Restaurant in Lumberton
for lunch. Harold B. Locklear is Post
Commander.
PASTORS AND DEACONS MEETING
The ministers and deacons of Burnt
Swamp Baptist Association will hold
their regular conference Monday and
Tuesday night, Dec. 10-11, at the
Baptist Building. 7:30 p.m.
The program will consist of a survey
and general study of the January Bible
Study Book. Paul’s letter to the Ephe
sians. Rev. E.C. Wilkie, representative
of the Stewardship Division of the
Baptist State Convention and widely
respected Bible scholar, will lead the
study. Study books will be available for
purchase at $1.50 per copy.
Other interested participants are wel
come.
PEMBROKE JAYCEITES
CELEBRATE 10 YEARS WITH A
DINNER AND DANCE
The Pembroke Jaycettes are cele
brating their 10 years of existence with
a dinner and dance at the Pembroke
Jaycees Clubhouse. The dance will be
held Saturday night, December 8, from
7:30 p.m. until 1 a.m.
The dinner and dance will cost $15 per
couple. For further ticket information
contact Frances Chavis or any member
of the Pembroke Jaycettes.
PEMBROKE JUNIOR HIGH PLANS
FOOD & CLOTHING DRIVE
For several years, Pembroke Junior
High School, has taken pride in
providing food and clothing for needy
femilies at Christmas time. This year is
no exception.
Beginning Monday, December 10, the
school will begin its annual drive. The
students, faculty, and administration
look forward to its drive. People areT.
fortunate to have a surplus of clothes
and non perishable food are asked to
share with those who are less fortunate
this Christmas.
The school offers the community a
chance to participate. Parents are
encouraged to help promote this
endeavor through their children.
Anyone knowing of a family whr needs
food and clothing should contact the
school. The drive will end December 20;
clothing and food which are still on
campus at this time will be taken to the
Church and Community Center.
ARREST MADE IN AREA ^LAYING
Pembrrfie-Welton “Penny Jack” Oxen
dine, 50, has been arrested and charged
with first degree murder, according to
Vernon Oxendine, Pembroke Chief of
Police. Oxendine is charged in the
slaying of Don Jacobs Saturday night in
Pembroke.
HERMAN DUL RENAMED
CHAIRMAN OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
Herman Dial, long time commis
sioner from the Pembroke- Maxton
District was re-named Chairman of the
Robeson County Board of Commission
ers Monday during re-organization. St.
Pauls Commissioner Bill Herndon was
renamed as vice chairman.
Dial, the second Indian ever to serve
On the board of commissioners, will be
serving his second term as chairman.
He has farming interests and owns Dial
Insurance Agency in Pembroke. He
resides in the Prospect community
where he and his family attend Prospect
United Methodist Church.
Garden
Spaulding
Trial
Underway
Raleigh-A Central Prison in
mate testified Monday that he
slipped a homemade knife past
prison guards and then used it
to kill a fellow inmate.
Cardell Spaulding testified in
Wake Superior Court for al
most two hours Monday. He is
charged with the Feb. 10.1978
.prison yard slaying of Hal
Roscoe Simmons.
The trial is in its second week.
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