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THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
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“BnUdhig Commonicadve Bridges
POST OFFICE BOX 1075 ^ A Tri-Badsl Setting” IPEMBROKE, N.C. 28372
VOLUME 8 NUMBER SO
25c PER COPY
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1980
WON'T YOU HELP ?
A CHRISTMAS APPEAL!
LRDA’S CcHiimunity Food & Nutiitkxi Project
dlSCRIMINATlOH SUIT
FUEd AGAINST LOT
Mrs. Shirley Locklear and her staff at
JDA's Community Food and Nutrition
tojeci help people daily--especially
hose who have problems receiving
iisiance anywhere else. They sin
gly help people on a person to person
ISIS.
The C.F.N.P. project is administered
by a small grant from Washington
which pays the staff’s salaries and
travel mostly. But every penny they
raise locally is used to pay a basic
need-a light bill, fuel, medicine, etc.
5 G'S Day care Center
set for Saturday
day
* mnsm
Shown left to right are Ms.
Lynnettah Jacobs, Community
Development Director; Mr.
Gene Locklear, Owner of 5-G’s
Fams; Mrs. Dorothy Locklear,
Chairman of the Board; and
Mr. Kenneth R. Maynor,
executive Director of Lumbee
Regional Development Asso
ciation. There will be a grand
opening of the S-G's Day Care
Center on Saturday, December
12 at 4 p.m. This is one of the
newest day care centers to be
operated by LRDA and is the
first in Uiis area to be operated
in conjunction with a private
industry. That private Industry
is University Sportswear, a
divison of MVPiggE.
DRUG BUST SAID
SUCCESSFUL
Sheriff Hubert Stone. Detective Locklear said the operation was run
Banh Locklear, and other law enforce- by a 22 member task force of officers,
penf officials involved inthe big drug including one full time sheriff’s under
^ndup which began early Friday cover agent and law enforcement
Horning (December 5) consider it quite officials from Lumberton, Pembroke.
jSheritf Stone estimates that the more
10100 arrests resulted in the arrest of
Jleast 25 percent of the suspected drug
1" Robeson County.
Jpeie(?tive Garth Locklear, who coor-
the drug bust noted, "This
ffog probe) was not designed to be a
► shol deal.” and pledged to continue
Bdercover drug operations in the
^ntv.
Fairmont and Maxton.
Locklear also spone nighly of the
cooperation extended by local school
.officials, including the superintendents
,of the five school units.
The operation seemed heaviest in
the St. Pauls area where, according to
officials, ‘‘drugs had gotten mighty
loose.”
PARENT'S APPEAL
NOT HEARD
U,S. Supreme Court has
!“6ed to hear an appeal from eight
P^'snts who in 197S sent their
dfen to Prospect Schcnil in spite of
state law which deman'^d that they
0*endine.and other
withm their geographical areas.
parents, all claiming to be
c-Toras. stated that they felt their
'■^n should be allowed to attend
spect School, traditionally an all
school in the past and still
"fninately Indian in student enroll
” and faculty.
lie parents were represented bv
" ^“"ningham. a Southern Pines
UU said. "I’m sure
e parents) are disappointed...
*s»Ppomted too. 1 was hoping the
would hear the case."
The wonderful organization needs an
emergency fund to help those who need
help NOW! 1 can attest that every penny
is put to good use.
There are many good agencies which
help people; but it is impossible to help
all of them. The Carolina Indian Voice
has decided to expend our efforts
toward helping LRDA’s C.F.N.P. Pro
ject raise an emergency fund so that
they can more readily respond to those
in need.
Won’t you help this Christmas season?
LRDA’s C.F.N.P. Project is a worthy
cause this'Christmas.
Our goal is to raise at least $1.000 this
Christmas season. Please send your
contributions to the C.F.N.P. Fund, c/o
Post office Box 1075. Pembroke. North
Carolina.
We publicly promise that every penny
received will be given to LRDA’s,
Community Food and Nutrition Pro
gram (C.F.N.P,). None of it will be used
for administrative costs or salaries:
every penny raised will be,used to help
someone pay a light bill, a fuel bill or
medicine or some other basic need.
Our only disclaimer is that the
C.F.N.P. staff will decide how to spend
the monies. They are more able to
decide who needs help desperately.
Received to date...
The Carolina Indian Voice S25
First American Showcase, Inc. $25
Woodell’s Park N Shop $50
Anonymous gifts $6.20
Pembroke Community Workshop $250
Received to date S356.20
Mr. and Mrs. Woodell operate Wood-)
ell’s Park N Shop in Pembroke. They
said. "We like to help some worthy
cause each Christmas season: it makes
Christmas special for us. We are
thankful for our good fortune this
Christmas and we wish to share in this
wondert’ul cause..."
Come on and get in the Christmas
spirit. Let us hear from you...churches,
civic organizations, jaycees. jaycettes.
kind folk...
Let us hear from you. We’ll be
publishing names of those who are
sharing the Christmas spirit with those
less fortunate in the weeks preceding
Christmas. If you wish your gift to be
listed anonymously ...just let us know
pnd we’ll be glad to do so.
Again, just write your checks, etc. to
C.F.N.P. and send to Post Office Box
1075. Pembroke, North Carolina 28372.
Or bring your contributions to the
offices of the Carolina Indian Voice.
Highway 711 (located in the Revels
Motel Office Complex) in Pembroke.
The court refused to hear the case on
Monday. Judge Anthony Brannon, a
superior court judge, in 1979, had
sentenced the parents to not less than
15 days and not more than 20 days in jail
for refusing to send their children to the
proper school.
The jail sentences were suspended.
Thirteen children were involved and
ranged in age from 7 to 16 years of age.
All children are reportedly attending
O.vendine School now as ordered bv
Judge Brannon last year.
The,ii*TcBis contended that their
status'as American Indians exempted
them from,_the so called Civil Rights
laws established-by the federal govern
ment in the 1960s.
Lumbee River Legal Services filed a
discrimination suit in federal court
against Libby-Owens-Ford Corp. (LOF)
of Laurinburg. The lawsuit was filed on
behalf of Thomas Moore, a black
foreman who was discharged from the
glass plant. Mr. Moore and other
employees state that there are a great
many Blacks and Indians employed at
the plant but very few have supervisory
positions. The plant, located between
Maxton and Laurinburg. has been
in operation several years and is
reputed to be the largest of its kind in
the world.
Mr. Moore alleges in his complaint
that he was icquttcu lo accoiiipiisn
tasks that white foremen were not and
was monitored on his job where whites
were not. On several occasions, the
complaint alleges white foremen were
given accomodations and privileges not
offered to Black foremen. The complaint
alleges he was ultimately discharged for
discriminatory reasons.
Mr. Moore and several others state'
jthat there is no objective criterion as to
jthf absentee policy and promotions and
thus there is much abuse. Jeanne
CHastain. one of the lawyers in the
case, states that the suit may develop
into a class action on behalf of all Blacks
and Indians employed at LOF.
PEOPLE
AND PLACES
AND THINGS
INDIAN COMM.
CENSORS
GOV.HUNT
Laments Lack of Indian Judges
in Jadicia] System
RALEIGH-Although not calling his
name, the N.C. Commission of Indian
Affairs, censored Governor Jim Hunt
for hi.s seeming reftMal to name an
Indian to one of the judgeships now
open in the Robeson County area at
their quarterly meeting on December 4.
The Indian Commission is peeved at
Governor Hunt and other officials who
intimated before the election that an
Indian would be named to a judgeship
when an opening occurred. The Indian
populace supported Hunt overwhelm
ingly in the recent elections.
The occasion came about when Judge
Henry A. McKinnon resigned as
resident judge in the 16th judicial
district recently. He was replaced by
Lumberton native Sam Britt, who had
just recently been named to a special
superior court judgeship.
Now that Britt has been named to
replace McKinnon speculation is that
Governor Hunt should move District
Judge Craig Ellis (who has applied to
replace Britt as a special superior court
judge) up to Britt’s seat and name an
Indian jurist to replace him. Others
contend that Hunt should name an
Indian to the special superior court
judgeship.
The Indians are reportedly frustrated
because a judicial fuss seems to be
brewing between Henry Ward Oxen-
dine, formerly a member of the house of
representatives, and now a member of
the N.C. Parole Commission; and Gary
Lynn Locklear, who is presently serving
on the district attorney’s staff. Both
Indian lawyers ■ are interested in the
appointment, if it were to become
available.
Said an Indian political wag, “Indians
can never agree on who to support and
usually wind up killing each other
off...as in this case.” Local political
powers that be have seemingly used the
standoff between Locklear and Oxen-
dine as an excuse to look elsewhere for
Britt’s replacement.
Although Stephanie Bass, a spokes
man in Governor Hunt’s office, said
recently that the position was being
held .open for applications until De
cember 13, most knowledgeable poli
ticians assert that the judgeship has
already been filled by someone out of
the 2nd division, which is part of
Robeson County.
The Indian Commission passed a
resolution at the December 4 meeting in
Raleigh entitled “Resolution regarding
Indian judicial representation.”
The resolution reads:
WHEREAS, the Indian people of this
state have’traditionally been excluded
from the judicial process which so
greatly affects their daily lives; and
WHEREAS, various studies and ex
perience have demonstrated that Indian
people have been and are being more
adversely affected by the judicial
process than similarly situated non-
Indians; and
WHEREAS, Indian people have ex
pressed their concerns with regard to
such discriminatory adverse treatment
to the highest public officials of this
THERE IS STILL TIME!
There’s still time to be included in
the fun and fellowship of the 1965 class
reunion. Those class members who
have not paid the $20 a couple. $12.50
single fee. there’s still time! Please
contact Charity Revels at 521 -3862. The
1965 class reunion is set for Saturday,
December 27 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Pembroke Jaycee Hut. Come be a part
of this fantastic class gathering. There’s
still time!
OUTSTANDING YOUNG WOMEN
OF AMERICA SELECTS LOCAL
Rose Marie Lowry of Route 2.
Pembroke has been selected for inclu
sion in the 1980 edition of Outstanding
Young Women of American. The
program is designed to honor and
encourage exceptional young women
between the ages of 21 and 36 who have
distinguished themselves in their hom
es. their professions and their com
munities.
Ms. Lowry is coordinator of the
Health Careers Awareness Program of
the Robeson County Schools. She is
the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Welton
Lowry.
PEMBROKE JAYCEES TO SPONSOR
NEW YEAR’S EVE DANCE
The Pembroke Jaycees will sponsor
a New Year’s Eve Dance December 31,
1980 from 8 p.m. until at the Pembroke
Jaycee Hut. Price for the event is $9.00
a couple or $5 for a single. For more
information, call Bill Oxendine at
521-3346 or Jimmy Goins at 521-2116.
CHRISTMAS AUCTION AND MINI
BAZAAR PLANNED
Do Christmas shopping early!!
Come to the Christmas auction and
mini- bazaar and bring the whole
family. It will be held at Pembroke
Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 12
from 7:30 until 9:30 p.m.
LRNACA PARENT MEETING
SLATED DEC. 16
The Lumbee River Native American
Center for the Arts, a component of
Lumbee RegionalDevelopment Associ
ation. will holds its first oarent meeting
on Tuesday, Dec. 16, at 7:30 p.m. at the
LRDA Annex in Pembroke. Items on thej
agenda include an overview of the Arts
program, plans for the coming year, the
organization of a parent committee, and
a performance by the LRNACA voice
students.
Parents who have children attending
the center are urged to attend.
SOUTHEASTERN REGIONAL
MENTAL HEALT AREA BOARD TO
MEET DECEMBER 16
The December meeting of the South
eastern Regional Mental Health Area
Board, normally scheduled for the
fourth Tuesday in each month, will be
held on Tuesday. December 16 instead
of December 23. The meeting will begin
at 6:30 p.m. in the Executive Dining
Room of Southern National Bank.
Meetings will return to the regularly
scheduled time beginning in January.
All Area Board meetings are open to
the public.
PROSPECT PTA SPONSORS
TRIP TO PLANETARIUM
The Prospect P I'A will sponsor a
visit to the Robeson County Planetarium
on Tuesday. Dec. 16. Parents, teachers
and students are invited to attend.'
There is no admission charge. The bus
will be leaving Prospect School at 6 p.m.
Elementary students must be accom
panied by a parent. The purpose of the
trip is Ip view the Christmas show. Star
of Bethlehem, which'begins at 7 p.m.
PEMBROKE JAYCEE CHRISTMAS
PARADE SET FOR DEC. 12
The Pembroke Jaycees are very
excited and proud to be sponsoring the
Annual Christmas Parade for the Town
of Pembroke. They would like to
cordially invite the community to
participate in the parade. The date is
Dec. 12 and starting lime is 10 a.ni. For
further information, contact Gregory
Cummings. Chairman, at 521-9761 or
521-2784. Santa Claus is expected to
travel the parade route and take
requests from the children and groVvn
ups alike.
SANTA CLAUS WIU^APPEAR AT
WOODS FRIDAY, DEC. 12, ALONG
WITH THE PSHS MARCHING BAND
FROM 6:30 P.M. UNTIL 8 P.M.
•CONtINU^ on PAGE 2-
PTA TALENT SHOW
Do you recognize this man ? He serves
the best food on Highway 710 at the
Prospect and Highway 710 junction.
Famous for his banana pudding?
you guessed it?
Have
It .s Rudy Strickland, owner and
operator of Rudy’s Restaurant.,.,Rudy
will be one of the featured acts in the
First Annual Variety Show sponsored by
the Prospect PTA. The evehl will
‘jield on Saturday evening, Decemhi^
13, at 7:30 p.m.
In addition to Rudy’s cooking special
ities. he is also a great pianist. He will
display his talents at the variety show,
along with many many other students
and members of the Prospect commun
ity. There will also be ' some very
entertaining surprises. The event wii
, be make more enjoyable by the antics of
Carneil Locklear who will serve as
Master of Ceremonies. Admission to
the event will be SI.00. Jimmy Goins.
Ih-esideiit of the Aspect PTA. ^vrends
'a cordial inwtation -to the" public to
■attend. Pre-schoolers admitted free;
Robeson Fireman
Wins Serviee Award
LUMBERTON — Robert Wilkins, a volunteer fireman
in the Shannon community, has been named a recipient
of the isaa Firehouse Heroism and Community Service
Award.
The national awards, given to 70 of the nation’s volun
teer and paid firemen annually, were announced Tues
day, according to Wilson McNeill, Robeson County’s fire
marshal.
The award, given by Firehouse Magazine, a national
publication, cited Wilkins for his efforts to save a woman
from a burning car last spring.
Wilkins, a farmer and member of the Shannon Fire
Department near Red Springs, was driving a tractor
when he heard of the accident.
“He rescued this lady trapped in a car that was pinned
between two trees,” said McNeill.
“The doors were pinned shut. He went to it and
worked her out. Flames were coming up around the dash
but he got her through a door,” the fire marshal said.
McNeill said the fireman then called a rescue squad
which took her to a hospital where she was -jreated for
injuries.