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ROY W. MAYNOR, JR. NEW PRINCIPAL AT
PEMBROKE SENIOR HIGH
?ay W. May?r, Jr.
Roy W. Maynor, Jr. became the new
principal of Pembroke Senior High
School following executive seaaion of
the Robe ton County Board of Education
on Tueaday. Maynor will replace Dr.
V.R. Thompson who haa been promoted
to the central office where he will serve
as director of research and testing.
Maynor. the son of the late Rev. Roy
W. Maynor, Sr. and Mrs. Maynor is a
graduate of Pembroke High School and
Pembroke State University. He comes
into the principalship from a supervi
sory position with the Hoke County
Board of Education.
IN OTHER MATTERS
In other matters board members
agreed to comply with an increase in
Pilot Life Insurance coverage from
students. Instead of the S3.00 pre
viously paid for school insurance,
students will pay 13.50 for the same
coverage.
Members of the Robeson County
NCAE Unit and PACE appeared before
the board. Henry Smith served as
spokesman. In accordance with board
policy, the group had met with the
grievance committee at the May
meeting of the board. Mr. Smith
requested a supplement for teachers
and said they were seeking "no
particular amount." He cited that all of
the neighboring systems, including
Cumberland, Scotland and Lumberton
City Schools, did offer a supplement to
their teachers.
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Smith stated that a supplement would
do several things to improve the
educational system. "1." he said, "It
would attract better qualified teachers.
It would help retain the good
teachers. 3. We believe there is a direct
link between good teachers and good
education. And 4. It would serve as a
morale booster for teachers."
Lillian F. Loddear responded by
commending the group on the manner
of their |in mdMllini Lodtlear is
employed as a teacher in the Cum
be Hand County Schools.
And again according to board policy,
Supt. Purnell Swett said that they would
get a response to their request at a later
meeting.
After some discussion about the
summer lunch program, they approved
the program at 16 cafeterias. Some
schools will serve breakfast, some will
serve lunch and some will serve both.
The program will begin June 23 and last
until August 8. The program provides
free lunches for children age 1-18 and to
any adult who accompanies them for
$1.25. Last year adults paid SI.IS.
Donald A. Bonner reported on the first
graduating class under the mandate of
the competency test law. He reported
that 21 of the 743 graduating seniors in
1980 failed the competency test and
received a certificate of attendance
rather than a diploma.
Bonner, assistant superintendent, re
ported that the county had a 2.8 percent
failure rate and the state had a 2 percent
failure rate.
Due to electrical renovations the
central office will be closed on Friday,
June 13, 1980. For the same reason the
telephones there will not be operational.
Robeson
County Bee
Keepers'
Association
to meet
The Robeson County Bee Keepers
Association wUI meet Tuesday, June 17
at 8 p.m., in the O.P. Owens
Agriculture Building.
The public is welcome. The subject will
be the harvesting of honey.
FUST LADY INVITES GIRL SCOUT
COUNCIL PRESIDENTS TO
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION
Rosalyn Carter invited the presidents
of all 340 Girl Scout councils^ the
United States to a reception at the
White House June 10, 1980. Repre
senting the 20-county Pines of Carolina
Girl Scout Council was President,
Margaret B. Pollitzer, Chapel Hill. The
purpose of the gathering was to
acquaint the First Lady, who is also
Honorary President of Girl Scouts of the
U.S.A., with the new Girl Scout
program and the new uniform for older
girls. Both will be introduced nation
wide this fall.
GOSPEL SING
The Antone Indian Family will be
appearing at ML Haven Church and
Missionary Alliance, located on the
Service Road of 1-95 in Lumberton, N.C.
next to Temptation Hosiery Mill. The
pastor is the Rev. J.C. Huggins. The
Gospel Sing will be held June 17th at
7:30 p.m.
The Antone Indian Family is a genuine
American family representing the Mo
hawk, Oneida, and Tuscarora tribes of
the Six Nations Iroquois Confederacy.
They are a "typical family".,.complete
with Mom. Dad, sons and daughters.
Together they minister throughout the
North American Continent traveling
almost 80,000 miles per year in their .
private MC-7 Challenger bus. Their p
unique family-style presentation hasa
blessed the hearts of thousands--^
whether it be in a church service or on a^
remote Indian reservation or in concert^
in a large auditorium, the Antonos?
always present the same exhuberant.f
soul-stirring program. During this past*
decade of full-time Christian service, I
they have had unusual opportunities isf
present the Ooepel in song as In theirs
live performance at the 1*70 World I
Summer Olympics la Canada. In guest f
appearances at the Oread Ola' Opry In P
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and Missionary CaMaatwi.^tihaii^i
Canadian
Studies
Winner
Rudolph Dial, a 5th grade student in
Rotella Brooks' class at Deep Branch
School, won second place for the state in
a Canadian Studies Poster Contest
sponsored by Duke University.
Although Canada is studied in the 5th
grade. 4th and 5th graders were allowed
to participate. Teachers could enter
cartoons, poems, posters, songs or class
projects for competition.
JEAN BULLARD IS
CANDIDATE IN MISS UTAH
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Presently Miss Indian Utah
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Jean Bollard, a 22 year old Lumbee
Indian from Pembroke, North Carolina
and former Mis* Lumbee ('75- '76) ia the
recipient of the scholarship given by
Brigham Young University to the
winner of the Miss Indian Utah
Scholarship Pageant. She will enter the
Miss Utah Scholarship Pageant slated
for June 18-21. The Miss Utah Pageant
is a preliminary pageant to the Miss
America which is held in the fall.
Jean is the daughter of Rosa Woods
and the late Spyrgzoo Mack Bullard of
Pembroke, North Carolina.
Mis* Bullard la t senior at Brigham
Young Univeraity hi Provo, Utah with a
double major in dbttentary Education
and Music. She fif performed with
several musical peeps such as the
Lamanite Generation of BYU, the
Singers and S withers of PSU, along
with various other choirs and bands at
these universities. Miss Bullard has
traveled throughout the U.S. and has
performed on national television in
Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland
with the LamanitS Generation. "My
goal is to educate my students to their
fullest potential in the areas of know
ledge, skill, and penonality" says Miss
Bullard upon her paduation in Decem
ber. "Now that 1 have a full year
scholarship, I am delighted to continue
my education in order to obtain my
masters in Elementary Education here
at BYU."
Indian girls representing the Navajo,
Lumbee and OtoejS) awnee Delaware
Tribes vied for thi" ^fie. Teresa Jean,
first runner up and mne Smith, second
runner up are both from American Fork,
Utah.
Miss Bullard, for her talent presen
tation in the atate competition, will
perform a medley of songs, "Maybe
This Time" from the movie, Cabaret,
and "He Touched Me."
? PSU SOPHOMORE WINS NATIONAL
LONG JUMP
BY GABY SP1TLEB
PSU Sports Iafonoalioa
PEMBROKE. N.C.-Julius
Meekins, a sophomore from
Pembroke, won the 1980 Na
tional Collegiate Athletic
Association (NCAA) Division
II Outdoor Track and Field
Long Jump title at the NCAA
Nationals held recently in
Pomona. California. It marks
the first time that a national
champion at PSU has been
from the Town of Pembroke.
Meekins. a former stand-out
at Pembroke Senior High,
jumped 25' 6" in the national
championship which is his best
official jump ever.
"I spent time thinking about
becoming an Ail-American
this year and that was what I
set as my goal for this year,"
said the friendly Meekins.
"My dream was to make Ail
American this year (Finish
among the top sia) and then
shoot for a national cham
pionship."
But the 5-foot-6, 134-pound
long jumper accomplished his
goal at the 1980 champion
ships. 4
"The weather was bad at the
NCAA meet," recalled Meek
ins. "The temperature was a
low 49 degrees and there was a
cross-wind. I did want to do
well in the NCAA meet so I
relaxed and went to work."
Meekins finished ninth in the
NA1A National Meet in Abi
lene, Texas s week earlier. But
what was the difference?
"After the NA1A Meet Coach
(Ed) Crain and myself had a
long talk," Meekins remem
bered. "Coach Crain told me
that he knew I could do it and
that he thought 1 went into the
big meets (nationals) with a lot
of treasure. So, he told me to
enter the NCAA Meet thinking
I wit back home and it waa
juat a normal meet, to I did."
And Meekins won the na
tional title becoming the 10th
national champion at Pem
broke State University in track
and the fifth consecutive
champion for the Braves.
Meekins continued, "I credit
Coach Cfain with a lot. He has
helped me correct some little
things 1 was doing wrong and
has had the patience to work
with me. 1 believe the harder
you work, the more you learn,
and the better you become."
The physical education major
at PSU has been all-Carolinas
Conference for the past two
years and all-NAIA District 26
one year.
Coach Ed Crain, in his 15th
year as head track and cross
country coach at PSU, also had
praise for the national cham
pion.
"It speaks highly that Julius
recovered from a week of
disappointment at the NAIA
Nationals to bounce back and
win the national title," said
Coach Crain in an interview.
"It just tells how good he is.
We are very pleased for him
and he has wotted hard."
Coach Crain continued,
"Meekins is a true great
jumper, but I still believe his
best is in the future. I know his
family is all proud of him and it
is truly great to have a native
of the Town of Pembroke
achieve this honor at Pem
broke State University."
"My philosophy is that if a
person comes in and works
hard It helps the total pro
gram," Crain stated. "If a
person continues to work hard,
then sootier or later, he'll get
his rewards. Julius Meekins
has been working hard and
now he has gotten a reward."
Meekins now becomes the
slsth track individual to win a
national championship in PSU
history. At Pembroke Senior
High. Meaklns played football
and ran track. As a long
jumper. h? was "Moat Valua
ble Player." ' Moat Outstand
ing Athlete." all-confersnee.
all-county all-state, and All
American
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plans, Mrahins hopes to be
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PEOPLE
AND PLACES
AND THINGS |
ECU NEWS BUREAU
GREENVILLE-Students earning ac
ademic honora at Eaat Carolina Uni
versity during the Spring semester
represent 89 of the state's 100 counties,
25 states and the District of Columbia
and nine foreign countries.
A total of 3,182 ECU students earned
places on the university's official honors
lists for the semester, compared to
3,136 for the fall semester.
Most elite of the honora is all A's.
Those making the Dean's List have
earned a B plus average with no grade
below C. The Honor Roll includes
students with a B average and no grade
below C.
UNION WINS IN SCOTLAND
On Thursday, June 5th, the plant
workers at Lee L. Woodard, Inc. voted
to be represented by the United
Furniture Workers Union of America.
With this vote, they became the first
industrial union to be organized in the
history of Scotland County.
After the election. Ken Chastain, a
Lumbee Indian and labor organizer with
the Industrial Union Department, AFL
CIO, said: "Plant workers in the area
are beginning to see that, not only do
they need insurance for their cars ar.d
homes, buttbej also need to be insured
around the most Important property
they have-their two, old hands. Con
trary to a lot that is said against labor
unions. Indian people can see that labor
organizations have helped their rela
tives who left Robeson Counly for better
paying jobs in Baltimore and other
Northern cities. There is no reason why
out young people must be. forced, like
Indians before them, to leave their
homeland to find a secure standard of
living somewhere else."
The Industrial Department, AFL-CK),
is also working with laborers in other
plants in the area. The Department has
petitioned the National Labor Relations
Board for an election this summer at
John Manville Co. in Marion. A union
elections has alro been re-scheduled at
LOF Glass Plant in June after the
company was found to be in violation ot
past election procedures.
ATTENTION!!
All hunters. Law Enforcement Of
ficers, Retired Military Personnel and
all other interested persons-There will
be an organizational meeting on Satur
day, June 14, 1980 at 6 p.m. The
meeting will be held at the Locklear.
Lowery V.F.W. Post 02843, located on
Union Chapel Road. Membership in the
National Rifle Association will be
discussed. All interested persons
should attend this meeting.
For further information contact: Har
old Hunt at 521-8152 or Anthony Chavis
at 521-9526.
NAMED TO DEAN'S LIST AT N.C.
A AT STATE UNIVERSITY
GREENSBORO. N.C.-The following
Robeson County students have- been
named to the Dean's List at North
Carolina A k T State University for the
1980 spring semester.
Carey D. Campbell (Orrum); Carey
Ford and Ronnie A. Ford of Fairmont:
Beverly Godfrey (Pembroke); Jamie M.
Jones (Red Springs); John H. Kennedy
(Lumberton); Elaine Monroe (Sow
land); Constance Pteder. Shirley D.
Pittman. Sterlin A. Powefl. Larry
Richardson. Arthela Thompson, and
Elton L. Tyndall of Lumberton; and.
Vivian A. Wilson of Shannon.
PEMBROKEJATCEE SOFTBALL
ROUND ROBIN TOURNAMENT
The Pembroke Jaycee Softball Round
Robin Tournament will be held at
Oxendine Field in Pembroke. Jane 21st
and 22nd. We will take the first six
teams to pay their entry fee of $75.00. A
team trophy will be given for the 1st and
2nd place winners and 18 individual
trophies for the winning team.
Contact Ed Chavis. 521-82S3 or 521
8237.
Saturday
Enrollment
In order for the Lumber Enrollment
Program to be more accessible to more
people, beginning June 14th, the office
will be open each Saturday. The office
hours on Saturday will be from 8:30
a.m.-12 noon. 1 p.m.- SjMft- If yow are
working during the week and cannot
pick up your application for the Tribal
Roll then, by all means, drop by
Saturday to do so.
The Lutnbee Enrollment Program is
funded by the U.S. Dept. of Labor for
the Lumbee Regional Development
Association, Inc.
You may want to pick up your
applications at any of the L.R.D.A.
outreach centers. If so, you may call or
drop by any of these places.
Lumbee Longhouse Learning Center at
Reedy Branch Church--628-7963.
Neighborhood Service Center at Fair
grove (WOW Building)--628-9546.
Lumbee Longhouse Learning Center at
Saddletree-738-8060.
Neighborhood Service Center at Bethel
Hill-738-6955.
Neighborhood Service Center at Evans
Crossing-S21-2006.
Smithtown Neighborhood Service Cen
ter -844-3903.
L.R.D.A. Main Office--52l-9761.
L.R.D.A. Annex-521-2401.
Lumbee Enrollment Program (Rooms 4
and 5 at Revels' Motel)--S21-82S3.
Or write; Lumbee Enrollment '
Program, L.R.DA., P.O.
Box 68. Pembroke.
North
Carolina 28372.
ROBESON COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
CLOSED ON SUNDAY FOB SUMMER ?
' Beginning Sunday. Jane S. and
continuing through the summer, the
Robeson County Public Library will be
closed on Sunday afternoons. The
Library will resume Sunday afternoon
service starting September 7, 1980.
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