PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY Se;~ial3 Deparinent Univ. iJC-Chapel Hill . .a 1 ■.on'.i'arary 024-A. ;n. 2V514 a n the CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE ‘‘Building Communicadve Bridges In A Tri-Racial Setting** 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 L AND THINGS... C E 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. CONTINUED ON PAGE 8

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