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PEMBROKE RESQUE SQUAD
GRAND OPENING ACTIVITIES
NOVEMBER 28, 29 & 30
how n above are the spacious and new
acilities of the Pembroke Rescue
? Squad. The volunteer organization will
be observing Open House this week
end. (Elmer Hunt photo|
Marvin Carter
Hubert Oxendine
FOOD STAMP COALITION
CHALLENGES ROBESON
COUNTY DEPT. OF
SOCIAL SERVICES
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umoenon-1 ne 100a stamp coalition
aok up the gauntlet last Friday
norning at a press conference called to
lir their grievances against the Robeson
bounty Department of Social Services,
he agency which administers the food
itamp program in Robeson County.
The press conference was concerning
he need for general satellite certifica
ion programs in Robeson County.
Uthough some 23.1 percent of all
leople in the county receive food
tamps, there is only one food stamp
iffice in Robeson County- Lumberton.
there the social services office is
x-ated.
An offer to fund an eligiblity
specialist to work outside Lumberton
has been made by the Migrant and
Seasonal Farmworkers Association.
The social services board met Tuesday
and decided to seek CETA workers to
man satellite stations for all social
services programs, including food
stamps. Until now the matter had been
tabled with Russell Sessions, the social
services director, intimating that the
eligibility specialist was not needed.
But the social services board did, by
their action seeking CETA workers,
once again bypass the offer of a worker
from the Migrant and Farmworkers
Association.
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THANKSGIVING HOLIDAYS \
BRING SAFETY REMINDERS
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With the additional traffic of
the Thanksgiving holidays in
creasing the likelihood of acci
dents. Crime Control and
Public Safety Secretary Burley
B. Mitchell today urged mo
torists to drive safely and '
defensively. "We're not only
asking motorists to comply
with the posted speed limits
and other traffice laws, we're
asking them to stay alert and
watch out for other drivers."
Mitchell said. Accident statis
tics indicate many innocent
people are killed or seriously
injured each year due to the
unsafe acts of other drivers.
This year's Thanksgiving
holidays begin at b p.m.
Wednesday and end at 12
midnight Sunday. Highway
Patrol records Indicate seven
teen people died on the
highways during the same
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Highway Patrol Commander
John T. Jenkins, in emphasiz- A
ing that troopers will be on the d
roads protecting highway us- 4
ers from unsafe motorists. J
quoted R.A. Doughton, Chair
man of the Highway Commis
sion in 1929. the year the
Patrol was first organized.... 9
"The Patrol is not out to
harass or annoy or restrict any 9
person engaged in the legiti
mate use of the highways, but
they are intended to afford the
utmost possible assistance and A
protection to all good citizens
who in a proper way are 4
engaged in the use and
enjoyment of this great invest
ment that the state has made
%r the social and economic
welfare of its people." Jenkins
pointed out that although this
statement was made fifty- one
veers ago. it is aopropriate for
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SUPERIOR COURT VACANCY
OPEN...AT LEAST UNTIL
DECEMBER 12
RALEIGH-Contrar^ to rumors flying
about Robeson County the special
superior court vacancy will remain open
until December 12. 1980. according to
Stephanie Bass, a spokesman in Gover
nor Jim Hunt's Raleigh office.
According to Ms. Bass, "those appli
cants wishing to apply for the vacant
special superior court judgeship have
until December 12. 1980 to apply."
Applications should be sent to:
The Judicial Nominating Committee
Jack Cozort, legal counsel
Governor's Office
116 West Jones Street
Raleigh. N.C. 27611
Rumors abound in the county that the
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COUNCIL
MEETS
DECEMBER 8
The regular meeting of the Town
Council of the Town of Pembroke,
scheduled for Dec. 1, 1980. has been
re-scheduled for December 8, 1980 at 7
p.m.
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PEMBROKE-The Pembroke Resque
Squad will officially move into their new
facilities located on Union Chapel Road
Saturday, November 29. 1980, accord
ing to Belton McMillian. Jr.. the chief of
the voluntary organization.
A number of activities are planned on
Friday. Saturday and Sundav to cele
brate completion of the new quarters.
On Friday beginning at 7:30 p.m..
November 28. a gospel sing will be held
at the Pembroke Middle School. Ad
mission will be free but donations will
be appreciated.
Saturday at 9 a.m. will be the official
grand opening date for the spacious and
modern Pembroke Resque Squad lo
cated on Union Chapel Road. A radio
telethon will also be held from 9 a.m.
until...
Sunday will be a day of Special
Recognition for Mr. Marvin Carter, the
oldest member of the squad and one of
the most faithful over the years. A
special presentation will be made to Mr.
Carter at 2 p.m. ai the new facilities. A
Blood Pressure Ginic will also be held
from 2-4 p.m. there.
Some background...
The new resque squad base contains
some 3500 squre feet. And was built at
an estimated cost of $90,000. The
resque squad has 3 vehicles and is
comprised of 23 members. As noted
earlier, Belton McMillian. Jr. is the
present chief.
The Pembroke Resque Squad began in
1956 as an auxiliary police force.
According to knowledgeable sources
Mr. H.B. Locklear was the first chief.
Of the original members only Mr.
Hubert Oxendine and Mr. Marvin
Carter remain active on the roster.
Remembers Mr. Oxendine. "The res
que squad was something the town
needed and I want to stay around until
some of these young fellows can take it
and run with it. It has been a wonderful
opportunity for me to serve with a fine
organization like the resque squad and I
am better certainly for the experience."
Mr. Oxendine has long been active in
civic affairs in Pembroke; he presently
serves as chairman of the board of
directors of the Pembroke Medical and
Dental Clinic, Inc. which was sponsored
in part by the Pembroke Resque Squad.
Mr. Oxendine operates Oxendine Jew
elry Store in downtown Pembroke.
Some of the original members were;
Hubert Oxendine. Marvin Carter. H.B.
Locklear, James Fulton Lowry. A.G.
-Dial. Tommy Dial. Sim Godwin. Thad
dcus Oxendine. Sanford (Sam) Locklear
and others.
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 30,1980
PROCLAIMED "MARVIN CARTER
DAY" IN PEMBROKE
Mr. Marvin Carter is one of the most
active and faithful members of the
Pembroke Resque Squad. He was one of
the original members, as noted earlier,
of the completely volunteer organi
zation.
Mr. Carter is 72 years old and is a
retired school teacher and principal but
he has not retired from life.
He maintains his allegiances not only
with the resque squad but with the
Woodmen of the World, the Lion's Club
and the Pembroke Chamber of Com
merce. He has also served for over eight
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Bring the Kids!
Santa Claua wll ba appearing. In
paraan, Sanday at Wood. lOc-SIO In
Pembroke ?
Santa Is coming...
TO WOODS I?a4l? IN PEMBROKE
PEOPLE |
AND PLACES
A ND TH[
FIRST TRADITIONAL INDIAN
SEMINAR PLANNED
The Heliwa-Saponi Indian Tribe of
Hollister will host the First Traditional
Indian Seminar Nov. 28 and 29 at the St.
James Inn. 134 Rowan St.. Fayetteville.
The purpose of the seminar will be to
create a sense of pride in Indian
traditional values and spiritual under
standing to both Indian and non- Indian.
The opening ceremony will begin at
9:30 a.m. Friday.
PEMBROKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
OPEN HOUSE
Pembroke Senior High School will
have an open house on Thursday,
December 4, 1980. Teachers will be in
their classrooms from 7-8:30 p.m. to
talk with parents about the progress of
their children. All parents are invited
and encouraged to attend.
PEMBROKE JAYCEES CHRISTMAS
PARADE
The Pembroke Jaycees are very
excited and proud to be sponsoring the
Annual Christmas Parade for the Town
of Pembroke. The Jaycees would like to
cordially invite the- community to
participate in the parade. The date is
December 12th and beginning time is
10 a.m. For further information please
contact Greogory Cummings. Chairman
at 521-9761 or 521-2784.
Jaycees
sponsor
Christmas
Needy Family
Drive
The Pembroke Jaycees are sponsor-.
ing a "ChristmasAleedy Family Drive."
Toys, clothes and food will be accepted
from members of the community. Those
interested in donating such items can
bring them by the Pembroke Jaycee
Hunt every Wednesday night from now
until Christmas. Jaycee members will
be there from 6-9 p.m.
Anyone wishing to give names of
needy families, please contact Buddy
Bell at 521-4227 or 521-4622.
Any and all donations will be greatly
appreciated.
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ODL'M HOME WELCOMES
VISITORS
The campus of Odum Home in
Pembroke has undergone radical
change in the last several years. With
the addition of a director's residence,
recreation building and family-style
cottage for 12 children, and with
another cottage under construction, the
whole complexion of the campus has
been transformed.
That's why many people enjoyed
attending the Pembroke Area session of
the Baptist Children's Homes of North
Carolina's annual Area Conference. It
provided an opportunity to see the latest
development on the campus and to
learn about new programs offered by
the child earing institution.
For people in the 10 counties served
by the Pembroke Area Family Services
Center, the session was held Tuesday.
November 25.
The program included presentations
by se> era! members of the ChMeew's. -
Homes staff, combined with represen
tation by the local community.
Presiding and giving the welcome and
recognitions was Baptist Children's
Homes' president Dr. W.R. Wagoner,
who also spoke on "Child Care: Mission
and Ministry." "Family Services Have
Evolved" was the topic of an address by
director of family services Dr. Elizabeth
Wagoner. Melvin Brown of Pembroke
recently named as the new director for
the Pembroke Family Services Area and
resident director of Odum Home, also
reflected on "Emergency Care-How
You Can Help."
The Pembroke Area session of the
Annual Conference follows four ses
sions previously held March 13 in
Charlotte. April 24 at Kennedy Home
near Kinston. Aug. 26 at Mills Home in
Thomasville and Sept. 4 at Broyhill
Home near Clyde.
Annual conferences were begun by the
Baptist Children's Homes in 1960 as an
effort to inform the institution's
friends of the program being under
taken across the state.
The Pembroke Area Family Services
Center serves Bladen. Brunswick. Co^
lumbus. Cumberland. Harnett. Hoke,
Richmond. Robeson. Sampson and
Scotland counties.
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Lumbee suit seeks
patrol hiring goals
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Lawyers representing Lumbee Indians filed a motion
in U.S. District Court in Raleigh Monday asking that
hiring goals be set for Indians in the state Highway
Patrol.
The action was in response to a proposed consent de
cree reached earlier this month in two lawsuits against
the patrol.
Under that proposal, the patrol would reserve 90 per
cent of its training class openings for qualified blacks
and 25 percent for qualified women.
But the Lumbee Regional Development Association
of Pembroke and Michael W. Chavis. 20, of Robeson /
County, plaintiffs in Mooday's motion, contend the de
cree should include Indians.
Chavis is a Lumbee Indian whoee application to join
the patrol, according to the motion, was turned down
despite the fact that he met all "objective require
ments" for Joining.
Attorneys for Lumbee River Legal Servians Inc. of I
Pembroke noted In the motion that there ware only
about 10,000 Indians in the state
But, they argued: "The specter of dlo?Mti
again* Indians In North CareUna is aolaos insidious by
virtus of their numbers. Any effort to remedy such in
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