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RALPH HUNT FINED $10,000;
HOWARD OXENDINE $5,000;
CHARLES HUNT $2,500;
barred from warehouse activities for 3
years; also 5 years probation
Ralph Hunt
Fayettevllle-Judge W. Earl Britt sen
tenced Ralph Hunt, Howard Oxendine
and Charles Hunt Wednesday afternoon
after the three Robeson County
Indians were found guilty last
Friday of illegally identifying and
marketing tobacco.
Ralph Hunt, until Tuesday night
the Chairman of the Robeson County
Board of Education along with associate
Howard Oxendine. own Lumbee
Warehouse in Lumberton. Charles
Hunt. brother of Ralph Hunt, was an
employee of the warehouse.
The government charged that the
three men bought about 3.200 pounds of
stolen tobacco for SO cents a pound and
illegally identified it as coming from a
farm belonging to Ralph Hunt.
The 15 sheets of tobacco, the
government claimed, were sold on
Ralph Hunt's tobacco sales card August
2. 1979. in the Lumbee Tobacco
Warehouse in Lumberton. The tobacco
brought prices ranging from SI.25 per
pound to SI.48 per pound.
They are also facing charges of
receiving stolen tobacco in state court.
That trial is scheduled to begin Sept. 8.
In addition Ralph Hunt faces two
separate charges of driving under the
influence and transporting an alcoholic
beverage with the seal broken. Hunt
was arrested twice Saturday; at the time
of his first arrest he was charged with
carrying an unsealed alcoholic bever
??c.
THE SENTENCES...
W. Earl Britt placed each man under
?five years probation, with their senten
ces suspended for the life of the
probation. Britt also barred the men
from operating a warehouse for three
years, beginning January I, 1981. He
seemingly set back the time frame so
that the warehouse could Finish up its
present tobacco season.
Ralph Hunt was fined SIO.OOO;
Howard Oxendine was fined $5,000;
and Charles Hunt was fined S2500.
additionally, each man was required to
pay back the cost of the IS sheets of
tobacco which were stolen. The amount
comes to $1,444.04 each. The money
will be refunded via the clerk of court's
office to the two farmers the tobacco
was stolen from.
Governor Hunt proclaims
Indian Heritage Week
Gov. James B. Hunt. Jr. has
proclaimed the week of September
20-26 as Indian Heritage Week in North
Carolina.
Statewide and local activities, which
will call attention to the history and
contribution of N.C. Indiana, are
planned for the week, according to A.
Bruce Jones, executive director of the
N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs,
which is coordinating the week's
activities. The commission, in the N.C.
Department of Administration, is the
only state government agency whose
specific responsibility is to meet the
needs of N.C. Indians.
"When people think of Indians,"
Jones said, "they often think in terms of
arrowheads and bows and arrows.
However, that notion is as outdated as
stories of Jesse James and Wyatt
Earp."
Indians, who are often associated
with the wild West and mountain
wilderness, have a history which takes
them back at least 10,000 years in North
Carolina and a heritage which is still
developing, according to Jones. Today
there are Indians lawyers, doctors,
educators, successful businessmen,
legislators and gubernatorial and presi
dential appointees. The first Indian
Heritage Week in North Carolina brings
statewide attention to the long history
and tradition of Tar Heel Indians.
With 50.000 Native Americans, North
Carolina has the largest Indian popula
tion in anystate ea.t of the Mississippi..
North Carolina Indians comprise five
tribes...Cherokee, Coharie. Haliwa- Sp?
pom. Littnbee and Waceanta*'- Smuafc..
and three major urban concentrations in
Fayetteville. Greensboro and Charlotte.
In Raleigh during Indian Heritage
Week. Indians will perform on the
Capitol grounds in midday each day.
Scheduled to appear are the Lumbee,
Sept. 22; Coharie, Sept. 23; Haliwa
Saponi, Sept. 24; Waccamaw- Siouan.
Sept. 25; and Cherokee. Sept. 26.
Also at the Capitol, a display tracing
the history of Tar Heel Indians will be
exhibited during September, and an
audio-visual production will be presen
ted at 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. daily,
Sept. 22-26. in the Old House
Chambers.
IN addition, an exhibit of N.C. Indian
art will open at the N.C. Museum of Art
on Sunday. Sept. 21.
For a more detailed schedule of
Indian Heritage Week activities, contact
the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs.
P.O. Box 27228. Raleigh. NC 27611.
appointed
to
Presidential
Council
Washington, D.C.-Congressman Char
lie Rose recently announced that Sandra
Lucas has been appointed to the
Intergovernmental Advisory Council on
Education by President Jimmy Carter.
Ms. Lucas, a recent graduate of
Brigham Young University in Utah, just
completed an internship in Rep. Rose's
Washington. D.C. office. Earlier in
the summer she worked in the office of
Robeson County native Tom Oxendine.
acting director of public information in
the Bureau of India^ Affairs.
Ms. Lucas it the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Lucas of Pembroke.
Twenty applicants were chosen out of a
field of 1100 for the presidential council
to which the was named.
The appointment it for one vear; the
council will provide assistance and
make recommendations to the secretary
of education and President Carter on
Intergovernmental policies relating to
the general field of education.
Ms. Lucas is presentlv visiting her
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parting for the Mlaa America Pageant
Sunday afternoon are |left) Mlaa
Brigette Brayboy, Mht Lumbee 1980;
and her chaperone, Mra. Florence
Random.
They were on Ikclr way u> Atlantic
City, New Jereny l->r the week's
v
leaiivitiea which wH culminate with the
crowning of a new Mitt America
Saturday night.
Said Ms. Braybov, "We're going to
obaerve ...and root for Miaa Utah, Jean
Bui lard." another Lumbee beauty, who
entered and won the Miaa Utah Pageant
while a atudent at Brigham Young
Univeralty In Utah.
Jean Bui lard, the daughter of Mr. and
Mr*. Jamea Harold Wooda of Pembroke
wBI be on national t.v. aa the Miaa
America Pageant wU be ahown Satur
day eight.
Beaidea Miaa Lumbee and Ma. Ran
aom Miaa Bui lard'a parent* and a boat
of relativea and friend* will be in
attendance at the pageant to cheer
madly for Jean, the flrat Lumbee to ever
participate In the National event.
Her parent* realde on Pbie Street! bet
uncle, Herman Dial, la chairman of the
Robeaon County Commlaalonera.
Jean la alao the daughter of the late
Spurgeon Bullard: her twin aiater, Joan,
la married and make* her home In Utah,
too.
Mis* Utah, Jeaa Billiard
RALPH
HUNT
RESIGNS
by Connee Brayboy
There was silence and a feeling of
sadness in the air Tuesday night as
Ralph Hunt resigned his position as
chairman of the Robeson County Board
of Education at an emergency meeting
of that body. Hunt tendered the
following resignation with dignity:
"During the past several months,
increasing publicity related to my
personal business affairs have been
aligned with an attack on my ability to
carry out my elected duties and
responsibilities as a member of the
Robeson County Board of Education. In
spite of this. I have continued to Till the
office as Chairman of the Board in the
vested interests of the electorate and
have constantly made an effort to
separate personal vs elected issues.
"The increasing publicity and re
peated references have served to
infulence public opinion to the eitent
that the two issues arrnpw inseparable.
Consequently. I am tendering my
resignation as Chairman of the Robeson
County Board of Education effective
noon. Wednesday September 3. 11*0
I am appreciative to the members of
the Robeson County Board of Education
for their continuing confidence and
support which ihcv lave demonstrated
during the period of dme in which I
have served as C hairman
"lean assure vou that I shall continue
to wertf in the be* interest and a
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Census
Figures
"Might be
wrong" in
Pembroke
Count
PEMBROKE-Pembroke Town Mana
ger McDuffie Cummings noted, in his
manager's report to the Pembroke
Town Council, that the town's census
figures "might be wrong." Cummings
recounted the details of a phone call
from Pat Timmons. the area bureau
chief, who informed him that the town's
initial figures of 3,925 might have to be
revised "...something in the area of
2500." Cummings said Mrs. Timmons
informed him quickly because the
Fayetteville office was in the process of
being closed down. Mrs. Timmons said,
"the telephone is in the process of
being removed ...and I wanted to call
you myself."
Cummings disputed her revised find
ings which is some 1400 or so less than
the town had anticipated and will make
the town the third largest behind Red
Springs which has an initial count of
3276 and just ahead of Fairmont which
has counted 2349. Lumberton leads the
census count in Robeson County with
17.1 S3.
The council seemed shocked. Mayor
Pete Jacobs said. "I recommend that
we do whatever is legal and reject the
figures.
Cummings noted that the appeal
period had aspired before the town was
informed of the revised figures The
council also decided to approach
Representative Charlie Rose a office la
Washington. O.C. for help.
anises
Cannoned no Page II
PEOPLE ^
AND PLACES
AND THINGS
MAXTON MINISTER TO KEYNOTE
ANNUAL MAYOR'S PRAYER
? BREAKFAST
The Kev. Robert A. Kairley. Pastor
of St. James United Methodist Church
of Pembroke will be the guest speaker
at the 1980 Jaycee Mayor's Prayer
Breakfast on Sunday. September 7th. at
7:30 a.m. at the Pembroke Jaycee Hut.
All pastors of Jaycee members and
other area ministers have been invited
to attend this annual event as have
rtembers of the Pembroke Town
Touncil.
Co-chairmen of this event are Noah
Woods and Milton Hunt, both members
of the Pembroke Jaycees.
BREAKFAST SET BY
BLACK CAUCUS
The Robeson County Black Caucus
is hosting a breakfast for Black pastors
in the county on Saturday at the Holiday
Inn in Lumberton. Music will be
furnished by the Carolina Mass Choir,
an interdenominational group.
BIBLE STUDY FOR FALL
What's new in Bible Study will be
the theme of the ten-week Bible class to
be taught by 1. Ruth Martin, beginning
on Tuesday. September 9.
Three main themes will be used: the
latest finds of Biblical Archeology in
and around Jerusalem, common words
that have changed meanings inthe
English and so confuse the Bible
reader, and the book of Hebrews. The
author of Hebrews presents Christ as
Superior and these comparisons will be
the center of the study.
Miss Martin spent the month of July,
1980 digging on Mt. Zion in Jerusalem.
In addition, she was able to study with
archaeologists who were digging at the
City of David and with an international
ly known Biblcal geographer.
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The class will meet in the home of
Miss Martin. 1308 Patton. Lumberton.
Each Tuesday night session will run
from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. The sessions
are sponsored by Robeson Technical
College as part of the Adult Enrichment
program. As such they are open to all
who wish to attend. There will be a
small registration fee.
LOCAL STUDENT B SUMMER
GRADUATE AT UNC-CH
Suzanne Gay Sampson was among
the ,l?80 summer graduates af the
University of North Carolina af Chapel
Hill.
SUDE AND SOUND SHOW .
PRESENTED TO OLD MARK <
A. Bruce Jones. Executive Director
and the N.C. Commission of Indian
Afffairs has arranged for the Commis
sion's slide and sound show to be
permanently available at the Native
American Resource Center located in
the Old Main Building at PSU.
The show, make in 1978. consists of
two parts: the first half covers the
history of the N.C. Indians while the
second part explains the Commission's
role in serving Indians today across the
state.
Jones, in making the presentation,
said. "This gift is to mark the
continuing partnership of PSU and the
Commission of Indian Affairs is creating
awareness of the heritage of N.C.
Indian people. It is appropriate that this
gift be presented in time for Indian
Heritage Week, proclaimed by Gover
nor Hunt for the week of September
20-26. 1980.
"PSU has been a significant element
in the development of Indian people in
North Carolina. We look forward to this
role continuing and expanding," Jones
continued.
The presentation was made to Adolph
Dial. Chairman of the Native American
Studies Department at the University,
and Juanita Locklear. Director of the
Native American Resource Center.
Dial expressed his thanks this way:
"We are very appreciative to the N.C.
Indian Commission for this contribution
to the Native American Resource
Center. This slide-and-sound show
depicting N.C. Indians and the work
that the N.C. Indian Commission does is
well received by the American Indian
Studies Department."
Mrs. Locklear was also delighted to
receive the addition to the center. "We
are very glad to receive it," she
commented. "This is something we
have been working toward for two
months. We plan to show it during
Indian Heritage Week September 20
2b. It complements so well our other
slide-and-sound program. 'The Lumbee
A People Proud and Free.' "
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