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AS I SEE IT
by Bruce Barton
SHERIFF'S DEBA TE FIZZLES
HERE'S A SOLUTION...
The great Sheriffs debate fizzled last
Thursday night when Sheriff Hubert
Stone neglected to show up to face his
challengers-McDuffie Cummings, Jesse
Britt, Luther Sanderson and C.A. Brown,
Jr. Cries of "set up" filtered throughout
the courthouse where the young Demo
crats had arranged the debate.
Stone claimed Friday morning that be
was working on a burglary case while the
debate stalled. Even Sheriff Stone's son,
Kevin, Vice President of the Young
Democrats said he had no idea where his
father was Thursday night. Members of
the club expressed embarrassment at his
no show.
A large crowd had gathered in
anticipation of the political fireworks.
The challengers refused to participate
without the sheriff. The Young Demo
crats cancelled the meeting at 8:10 p.m.
when it became obvious that the sheriff
was not going to show up.
Mike Mclntyre, President of the Young
Democrats announced, "The candidates
are very concerned about the conspi
cuous absence of the incumbent sheriff.
The club has found itself in a most
embarrassing situation."
McDuffie Cummtngs, serving as
spokesman for the jilted candidates,
announced to the crowd that they would
not take part without the sheriff.
"We feel a debate -among ourselves
would be in vain. It would be fruitless...
we will discontinue any debate until all
five candidates are present."
Cuminings' remarks drew an outburst
of applause from the disappointed
audience.
Considered to be the most serious
challenger for the sheriffs seat, Cum
mings lamblasted the sheriff for his
absence. "His absence is totally in
excusable and unfair to the Young
Democrats Club and the citizens of the
county. If his record can't stand public
scrutiny then we obviously need a new
sheriff.''
Sheriff Stone announced last Friday
morning that he was involved in the
investigation and recovery of some |
$18,000 in stolen merchandise from the <
home of Barbara Locklear, formerly the j
wife of Representative Horace Locklear.
Stone said, "I wanted to be there, I ]
intended to be there but something more
important than being there came up. 1
made a decision in favor of my work. We
recovered all the stolen merchandise and
made two arrests."
Arrested last Thursday night in
connection with the Locklear burglary
were Needham Hunt, 28, and Gene
Barry Oark, 18, both from the Pembroke
area.
Still, questions remain. The Sheriff
was asked if his participation in the
burglary case was normal. "It is for
something this big," he said.
Anyway, here's a solution. Schedule
another debate, as quickly as possible.
Debate is a necessary part of any political
campaign of any significance.
Let the League of Women Voters, or
some other neutral party, handle the
arrangements this time around to assure
fairness to all the candidates. And, this
time, let's hope that all the candidates
show up.
As one political wag put it, "If we
don't get some answers to our questions
beforehand we'll just answer them in the
ballot box based on what we've been
told...or not told."
?EDITOR'S NOTE: We've moved "AS
I SEE IT" to the front page this week to
rehash the Sheriff's debate that never
was, complete with a solution on bow to
make It come true. '
The public seems quite interested in
seeing this debate take place--an indi
cation that the political season is heating
up.
LORRAINE'S CLOTHING
ADDS DRESS SHOP
DEPARTMENT
Pindfeihs kawinr's Clothing, a top
quality business located on Union
Chapel Road, continues to expand and
add to its offering of reasonably priced
clothing for the entire family.
Saturday, March 27, 1982 is the date
for the grand opening of the Dress
Shop addition to Lorraine's Clothing.
The business complex on the Union
Chapel Road is the brain child of Mr. and
Mrs. Mack Locklear and also includes,
besides Lorraine's Clothing, offices for
the Silhouette Skin Care Clinic, Mack's
Construction Company, and Donald
Bullard, Attorney at Law, who will be
moving into the complex in the very near
future.
The spacious building, containing
4500- 5,000 square feet, was built by
Mack's Construction Company which is
owned and operated by Mack Locklear.
He built end designed the unique and
attractive building.
Lorraine's Clothing is managed by
Mrs. Mack (Lorraine) Locklear, ably
assisted by Ms. Nita Woods.
Special grand opening festivities
will be held Saturday morning between
10 and 11 a.m. with special discounts on
purchases (either 10 or 15 percent) all
day. The business is located next to the
Pembroke Rescue Squad Building.
The Locklears invite all their friends to
come out and share the grand opening
festivities with them.
McDuffie Cummings, Pembroke's
Town Manager, commented, "Busi
nesses like Lorraine's Clothing are
welcome additions to the
Pembroke community. We are delighted
to have them as part of our ever
expanding business community."
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new Pembroke Veterinary Hospital
scheduled to open Monday.
PEMBROKE--Pembroke Veterinary
Hospital announces a new facility located
on th^gembroke-Prospect Highway near
Pembroke, complete with modern design
and equipment for the convenience of
you and your pets.
The new facility is the culmination of a
dream come true for Dr. David E.
Brooks, a 1978 graduate of the renowned
Tuskegee Institute's School of Veterinary
Medicine in Alabama. He was the first
Native American to graduate from Tus
\egee. the world famous school founded
by Booker T. Washington.
Dr. Brooks, one of two Indian
veterinarians in the county, said, "With
out the people's support this dream
would never have been realized. The
local people's response to a veterinary
hospital has been rewarding and over
whelming. I am very grateful."
Dr. Brooks gives special thanks to his
family for their unswerving support. He
is the son of the late Peter and Mattie
Bell Brooks. He remembers. "1 can still
hear my mother saying, 'you have to
keep pushing yourself in order to suc
ceed."' He is especially grateful to his
parents for motivating him to enter
veterinarian school and, more than that,
for encouraging him to finish.
Dr. Brooks comes from a family of
professionals, including a brother. Dr.
Martin L. Brooks, a family physician in
Pembroke. Dr. Brooks said, "Martin has
counseled mc in practical expertise and
even provided me a temporary facility to
begin my practice on Highway -7L1.
Another brother, Virl, a proficient brick
layer, has helped me whenever I needed
him without question."
Dr. Brooks' wife, Wanda, has also
been understanding and helpful in
helping him establish his practice.
Dr. Brooks enjoys visiting schools to
i talk to the children about being a
veterinarian. He said, "1 like the wonder
. in their eyes when I give a presen
tation."
Dr. Brooks and Dr. Curt Locklear (now
in practice in the Lumberton area) were
the first Indians to enter Tuskegee
Institute. They were recruited by Dr.
Ellis Hill, formerly from Fairmont, now
on Tuskegee's staff.
Dr. Brooks hopes Dr. Hall will be
present when he has his grand opening
in the near future. He says about Dr.
Hall, "He was willing to give me and
Curt Locklear the opportunity to apply
ourselves in the field of veterinary
medicine. I can't say enough good things
about him. He's a unique and good
man."
Pembroke Veterinary Hospital consists
of 13 rooms (2 exam rooms; lab,
pharmacy, reception, business office, a
private office and library, wash room and
kitchen, treatment and exercise rooms,
x-ray, dental and surgery rooms and
exercise areas for the animals) on a large
and spacious acreage.
The modern facility is also designed to
house animals for extended periods. The
hospital will be able to care far animals
from x-ray to treatment under one roof.
Dr. Brooks also maintains a mobile
unit for visits to farm or home. He invites
the public to come by and see him,
especially when pets or animals are
ailing.
The hospital will open for business
Monday, moving from their temporary
quarters on Highway 711. A grand
opening be set and announced
in the near future.
Pembroke Veterinary Hospital is pro
bably the first facility developed and
built by an Indian in the country. Pem
broke is proud to add Pembroke
Veterinary Hospital to its thriving
business community.
Ms. KimOxendine
crowned Miss Pembroke
Jr. High
More than 500 people gathered Friday
night, March 19, for the crowning of the
1982 Miss Pembroke Junior High School.
The event, emceed by Mrs. Sallie
Bullard and Mr. Timmie Hunt, was held
at the PSU Performing Arts Center an
culminated weeks of work on the parts of
the ten contestants, the entire school
faculty and many others who donated
their time and talent.
Entertainment, interspersed between
competitions, was provided by the LRDA
Singers and Dancers, the Cherokee
Quartet, Miss PJHS 1981 Pamela
Oxendine and Miss Lumbee, Jackie
Jacobs. The pageant was honored by the
presence of several area beauty queens.
After the talent and gown competitions
Wendy Blue was named Miss Congeni
ality, receiving a trophy to commemorate
the honor. The judges then selected as
the 5 finalists: Michelle Harris. Wendy
Blue, Kim Oxendine, Delind Maynor and
Stephanie Locklear, each of whom
d answered a randomly selected question
as the last competition.
Tension built as the final computation
of the judges' score sheets was comple
ted. The crowd held its breath as the
runners up were announced: fourth
runner up, Michelle Harris; third runner
up, Wendy Blue; second runner up,
Delind Maynor; and first runner- up
Stephanie Locklear.
The new Miss Pembroke Junior High
School. Kim Oxendine. was crowned by
Miss PJHS 1981 Pamela Oxendine amid
the cheers and applause of the crowd.
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The Time is
Here Now For
A McMillan
Memorial at PSU
by Lew Barton
Have we forgotten so soon? Or is it
simply petty politics? Or a matter of
race?
Whatever the reason or reasons,
there is no suitable memorial to the
father of Pembroke State University on
campus.
Doesn't this bother anybody except
me?
You might think there would be some
red faces and nagging consciences
around.
Practically everybody else has been
memorialized, especially people who had
little or nothing to do with the
institution's earliest beginnings.
That is okay. Their powerful, influen
tial friends have placed them there. But
how about the man who began the whole
thing?
I want to see a suitable memorial of
some kind to Hamilton McMillan during
my lifetime.
Won't you help me?
Don't you believe in credit- for whom
credit is due, honor for whom honor? The
Bible advocates that.
There are enough people indebted to
Hamilton McMillan to make the acquisi
tion of such a memorial simple, easy and
inexpensive.
How many alumni, employees or .
students can honestly claim they owe
this great Robesoaian of yesteryear
nothing? Not one!
Two bits eech from all who have
benefitted from the institution he
established would buy a magnificent
monument.
We all know this is right. How long
will we coottape to procrastinate?
CaH the CareBaaladhm Votes and give
your ideaa along these lines today!
You Christian people, please pray fat,
the effort. It's the Christian thing to do.
"Honor for whom honor is dne."
commands the Bible.
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Hamilton McMillan was a white
man. But he belongs to all the people of
the area. HI was able to transcend racd
and further the cause of education during
the most troubled period in Robeson
County history.
Karen Blue has claimed that Hamilton
McMillan was prejudiced in favor of the
Indians. And this may be so. But his
friendship came at a time when we
desperately needed a friend.
Let us face the central historical fact of
the matter, however, which is that there
would be no university or college in
Robeson County today, had it not been
for Hamilton McMillan.
Other institutions of higher learning ?
have sprung up in Robeson from time to
time, only to flounder and fail, eventual
ly.
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Surely, it must be that Hamilton
McMillan and the people he worked
with, planned well, for huge success has
crowned their initial efforts.
Just remember this: without a begin
ning, there could be no ending, and no
progress in-between.
"Little red school house"?
Speak softly, reverently when yarn say
that!
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