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' >bwAj'' e PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY /sT * ^ ?\ >, THE CAROLINA INDIAVOfOICE ffl "Building Communicative Bridges ^feSSSti? * Jry , PEMBROKE, N.C h AW-ltodilSentag" ROBESON COUNTY VOLUME 8. NUMBER 1 20* PER COPY THURSDAY, JANUARY 3,1980 .-I ni_rLj-u-u-u-^-u-un_ru-u-u-j-T-j-ij-\jnj''L-ri_n nnn-in * . - . - - ,? -? i^fcaLTig '' LRDA PROGRAM HELPS THOSE IN NEED CFNP Project Establishes Rebecca Sampson Fund by Connee Brmy boy As the new year begins Mrs. Dorothy Sampson finds herself once again waiting for a telephone call. She waits anxi ously. cries openly and prays continuously. She is waiting for a call from Duke Medical Center where her daughter. Rebecca, is hospitalized. The 16-year-old is suffering from a brain tumor. Mrs. Sampson is waiting for a report from the doctor. A report which will tell her whether or not the medication is reducing the size of the tumor. "The doctor said there was no way he would operate." she said. So she waits and prays the medication will work or that some other miracle will occur. Waiting, praying and visits to Duke Medical Center have almost become a way of life to this mother of six. She ex plained her long ordeal. Said she. "In August of 1977 Rebecca was riding her bike. She fell with her bike and hurt her right knee. It began to swell. I took her to a doctor in Lumberton who made x-rays. He discovered she had bone cancer and sent us to Duke." When Rebecca and her mother arrived at Duke, the doctors amputated Rebecca's right leg to the thigh. She was at Duke for a week and a half and then returned home. Following her surgery, dur ing a regular check-up, the doctors discovered that Re becca had lung cancer. Again she was hospitalized for su^ gery. The doctors removed a part of her lung. After a stay in the hospital she returned to her Route 1, Rowland home. For a while things seemed to be going reasonably well for Rebecca. But on the Friday betore Christmas she began having severe head aches. Although the pain was severe, she insisted on staying at home for Christmas. Christ mas night, however, the pain was acute and her mother was forced to call her doctor. Upon her examination at Duke the next day. they diagnosed a brain tumor. For over a year now the Community Food and Nutri tion Project staff of Lumbee Regional Development Asso ciation has been working with Mrs. Sampson who resides with her daughter Rebecca and one son. Mrs. Louise Hunt. CFNP counselor, has been assigned to the case because the Sampsons reside in her area (Fairgrove). She visited the family last year and helped them get what services she could from local social agencies. Mrs. Sampson receives no income and Rebecca recieves Supplemental Security In come. The son is a. skilled laborer. They receive $86 a month in food stamps. The income is not enough to covri transportation to and ftrt.m Duke Medical Center, or to allow purchases of bed clothes for Rebecca. Mrs. Hunt has established the Rebecca Sampson Fund. First contribution for the fund came from Mr. Grady Chavis' class at Piney Grove Baptist Church and other members there. Mrs. Hunt believes that there are other people in the various communities who will contribute to this fund. She asks that any donations be sent to Rebecca's mother, Mrs. Dorothy Sampson, Route I Box 224, Rowland. NC 28383. phone 738-4121, or to Mrs. Louise Hunt, Route 3 Box 980, Fairmont. NC 28340, phone 628-7238. ????????I JHVHHaHHOTBH ? REBECCA SAMPSON Parents Continue to Question Rex-Rennert School Site by C rxmnr Bnyboy A group of parents from north Robeson County gather ed at Magnolia School Thurs day night, Dec. 27. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss what could be done to get a new high school, instead of t the proposed plan by the Robeson County Board of Education to convert Rex Rennert Elementary School, with additions, etc into North Robeson. The board has pro posed to consolidate Magnolia and Parkton High Schools into North Robeson High at the Rex Rennert site. The meeting was chaired by Ronald Revels. Board member Ronald Hammonds was on hand to enlighten people in that area on the district lines. He passed around maps of the Robeson County School Dis tricts add talked about what those lines meant. His wife. Linda Hammonds, teacher at Parkton School, read a prepar ed speech. She began by explaining to those in atten dance the definition of con solidation. She said that she wanted the students in north Robeson to receive the same thing tha><- in West Robeson would receive. She ask for consolidation in the sense of a broader curriculum, adequate classrooms and media center. Some time was spent in discussion and questions and answers. O. Tom Blanks, new employee of the Robeson County Board of Education at the Hilly Branch Vocational Center, also expressed his feelings on the matter. They all seemed to feel that their students were being short changed in north Robeson because they were being plac ed in a renovated high school while students in West Robe son were getting a new high school. (West Robeson will consist of the students at Pembroke, Prospect and Max ton high schools.) A committee was selected to seek legal means of petitioning the court for an injunction to halt the construction of the proposed SI.4 million North Robeson High School. Included on that committee were Mrs. Aileen Holmes, Mrs. Gladys Pierce, Ronald Revels, Mrs. Shirley Locklear and Mrs. Bill Herndon. "Get Yours Early!" Campaign Encourages Early 1980 Registration Renewal wmm // Angela Godwin, an employee of (he North Carolina Depart ment of Transportation's Motor Vehicles Division in Kaieigh, prepares to mall 1980 vehicle registration renewal notices. The Motor Vehicles Division mailed over 4.S mil ' lion renewal cards last week to the state's vehicle owners. Sales of 1980 validation stick ers and license plates begin January 2. The 1980 stickers or tags must be displayed no later than midnight February IS. '"fc*RALEIGH--Thc state's Motor Vehicles Division has launched a communications campaign to encourage North Carolina ve hicle owners to purchase 1980 validation stickers and license plates early. Sales of the 1980 stickers and tags begin January 2. The new stickers or tags must be displayed no later than mid night February IS. The theme for the com munications effort is "Get Yours Early!" Gonzalie Rivers, director of the division's vehicle services section, said posters and coun ter cards have been distribut ed to each of the MS'license plate agencies across the state. In addition, public ser vice announcements will eonvey the message. The stickers and tags may be purchased in person from the license plate agencies or by mail from the Motor Vehicles Division. "We hope the state's citizens will take advantage of these offices or the mail order system to buy and display their tags or stickers early," Rivers said. "We feel the communications campaign will aid in the reduction of waiting time and provide better efficiency at the agencies and in our Raleigh operations." MVHV9HNP ?is grcsl -1 t Financial Aid Workshops atPSHS The Guidance Dept. of Pembroke Senior High School will host a Financial Aid Workshop Tuesday evening, January 8, 1980 from 7:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. The workshop is basically for pa rents of seniors to 'find out about financial aid and how to apply for it. Workshops Planned for Local Methodists LmiMmi*-United Methodist Church leaders in RichmotRI. Scotland and Robeson Coun ties will be trained at a work shop Thursday, January 10, at 7:30 p.m. Host church for the event is First United Metho dist Chruch, Laurinburg. This January Training Work shop is sponsored by the' North Carolina United Methodist Conference, which encom passes the eastern S6 counties of the state. The work shop incude 17 classes to train church officers in their responsibilities. Similar workshops are being held in the 12 districts of the conference, with a total of 4000 persons trained. Body Found LUMBERTON ? Robeson County Sheriffs deputies Monday identified a body found near Interstate M last week as that of James D. Todd of Route 2, Rowland. Detective Thurmon Mitchell said the SO-year-oid man had been reported miss ing from his homo in late Sep tember. The N. C. Medical Examin er's office in Chapel HID has been unable to determine the cause of Todd's death, hut of ficers have ruled out foul play. Todd's decomposed body was found Friday about CS feet east of the Interstate and near the N.C. Welcome Cen ter. Hunters found the body lying face down In a muddy section of the Ashpole Swamp. Mitchell said Todd, who suffered from hardening of the arteries, occasionally walked through the swam pland to reach his homa. 0 Baptists Plan Witnessing Workshop A Lay- Witnessing Team under the leadership of Thom as R. Allen, President of Andco Industries in Greens boro and member of Green Street Baptist Church in High Point, will lead a workshop on Witnessing Tuesday evening, January 8, at the Baptist Building in Pembroke at 7:30 p.m. This team is a group of volunteer laymen who for several years have led witnes sing conference throughout the states. The team will be sharing ideas on developing witnessing skills and attitudes and distributing witnessing materials. All ministers and lay persons are invited to participate. EARNS MASTERS DEGREE ZoeAnn WoodeU of Che-^ pel Hill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Braddy Wooded of ton . a ? ? ? M '*? J ? yp Piggly Wiggly Shopper Wins $1,000.00 Mr. Mm Dmw, ML It Mnvs I I lliaij ? M br ftlJM ? Mr. feMf M*mt M MbA PUT?wbPiaii I Mr. M*r? ? *? IIJM ptap. Dum la Sa Mm mmmm. Mf. May?r, a Im| mm wmm ? PEMBROKE "FUND RAISER" SUCCESSFUL FOR CARTER The political season got underway in Robeson County last Thursday night at a "house party" for the Jimmy Carter re-election campaign. The party was held at the Pembroke home of Mr. and Mrs. Noah Woods. Some SI200 was raised by Robeson County Democrats. The reci pient was Wallace Hyde, one of President Carter's national fund raising team. A number of Robeson County Democratic Patty no tables attended the successful affair, including J. Mark Brooks, chairman of the Robe son County Democratic Party . Ben Floyd, clerk of court of Robeson County; State Sena tor Sam Noble; Chalmers Biggs, who heads Carter's re election effort in Robeson County; John McArthur. long time Democratic party leader and a member of the National Carter Campaign staff and some 100 party faithfuls. Said a political observer, "a couple of things were obvious; it was a successful fund raising affair...and it was done throu gh the auspices of the local Democratic party." Party Chairman Brooks not ed. "The fund raising effort early in the campaign season shows a lot of fence mending and harmony in the Democra tic Party. The future looks good for the Democratic Party locally." ftoMtf Mil***m N? MM! Mh?# Pl??ll iMMtBf t ? ?a Cmmti m4 VHUn I III
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