THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE I
; post office box 1vt5 PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY Pembroke, n.c. 2*372
VOLUME 10NUMBER 17 25c PER COPY IHURSDA Y, MAY 6, 1962
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GOVERNOR'S HONORING
ED JACOBS IS
MOST DESERVING
BY RENE WARKEN
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ED JACOBS...!*?ibtokr
State University camp? po
liceman to receive Governor's
Award for Excellence at Gov
ernor's Mndw f?B H?t
Tuesday, May 18, will be
a big day in the life of Ed
Jacobs, campus policeman at
PSU since 1969. On May 18.
Jacobs will receive the Gover
nor's Award for Excellence in
the special category of "Safe
ty and Heroism."
The award will be present
ed at the Governor's Mansi
on.
In his letter to Jacobs, Gov.
Jim Hunt said in part: "My
i' Commission on Recognition of
State Employees selected you
See Mow PSU Newt P-4
and three other employees
from 62 applications received
state-wide. You. your super
visor. Chancellor (Paul] Ov
ens and a guest of yours (who
will be Mrs. Jacobs) will
receive an invitation to be my
guests at which I will have the
pleasure and opportunity to
present your award to you."
In closing. Gov. Hunt said
in his letter: "Thank you for
this outstanding act of hero
ism and your devotion to your
job and the people of North
Carolina over these many
years."
Jacobs had previously re
ceived a commendation for
bravery from the N.C. Assn.
of Campus Law Enforcement
Administrators.
Last Labor Day. Jacobs
came to the aid of the Town of
Pembroke police when a man
had his wife and the dispatch
er at gunpoint of his automa
tic shotgun. The man brought
his wife to the police station
and caught the dispatcher by
surprise.
In an effort to solve the
situation by talking to the
man. Jacobs placed his own
pistol on the ground to gain
the man's confidence. When
the man later reached for
Jacobs' pistol, Jacobs struck
the man. wrestled the shot
gun away, and the gunman
was quickly subdued by other
police officers who had arriv
ed on the scene.
Congratulations on your
award. Ed!
by Gene Warren
Publicity Chairman of
Carolinas Conference and
NALA District 26
PEMBROKE-Forace Oxendine, Pem
broke State University First baseman who
batted .500 during the baseball season
just completed and led both the Caro
linas Conference and NAIA District 26 in
hitting most of the season, has been
voted "Baseball Player of the Year" in
both the Carolinas Conference and NAIA
District 26.
Oxendine, son of late PSU Athletic
Hall of Famer Forace Oxendine, Sr.,
received overwhelming support in the
voting by the conference and district
coaches.
He was also voted first baseman on
both the all-conference and all-district
teams.
During the past season, Oxendine, a
powerful 6-foot-l, 210-pound senior who
hits right handed and is a native of
Pembroke, collected 44 hits in 88 times at
bat, slammed 13 doubles, two triples,
seven home runs and drove in 31 runs.
He was the team leader in doubles, home
runs, hits, and RBIs, and shared the lead
in triples.
Half of his 44 hits were for extra bases.
A former paratrooper who was in the
U.S. Army from 1437-81. Oxendine
played for PSU from 1974-76. "Following
his service stint, he returned this year for
his senior year with two goals In mind. "1
want my picture on the Pembroke State
Hall of Fame board," he said. "1 also
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New
Landfill
Site
Approved
NEW LANDFILL SITE APPROVED
Lumberton-Although expected to
cost $35.00 an acre more than the
present one. Robeson County Board of
Commissioners voted Monday to author
ize Attorney Joe Pete Ward to draw up a
contract for their consideration in leasiog
a new landfill site.
The county's present site is leased
from Ronald Hammonds, and lies
approximately 11 miles from Lumberton.
The recommendation came from a land
site committee named by Commissioner
Carl Britt and chaired by Bill Herndon.
The committee reported its recommen
dations unanimously. The new site also
belongs to Hammonds and adjoins the
present one.
Hammonds offered the new site fbr
$125.00 an acre per year, plus a one time
access fee of $3,500.
Herndon noted in his report that even
with the increased cost, the landfill site
will still be one of the cheapest operated
ones in the state.
COMPACTER BURNS
County Manager Paul Graham alac
informed the commissioners that a trash
compactor had burned at the landfill sitfc
east of Rennert. The compactor coaj
$100,000 when purchased and would coqf
an estimated $10,000 to repair. Thr#
com miss loners decided to rent acompar
tor for 60 days while county officials
scour the country for a new or used one.
The commissioners also instructed the
county manager to explore the possibility
of securing fire insurance for the next
compactor and other heavy equipment
owned by the county.
IN OTHER MATTERS....
The commissioners also neara an
update and plans for the upcoming
industry on Parade and voted to light the
recreation field at Union Chapel School
at an estimated cost of $22,000. The
motion was made by Jack Morgan, the
county commissioner for the area who
noted that the field was the only one not
- lighted in the county.
Parnet I
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Bids for
Senate
David Parnell
David Parneii has filed as a candidate
for the Democratic nomination to the
N.C. Senate representing Robeson and
Hoke Counties.
Parnell, a Parkton businessman and
farmer is now serving his fourth term in
the N.C. House of Representatives.
During the 1981 session of the General
Assembly, he served as co- chairman of
the Joint House and Senate Base Budget
Committee on General Government and
was instrumental in miking reductions in
the Base Budgets of those departments
of state government that were assigned
to hia committee in excess of 8 million
dollars. As vice chairman of the House
Appropriation Committee, he had an
active roll in the passage of all Special
Appropriation bills that were funded for
Robeson and Hoke counties and was a
member of the Appropriation sub
committee that made the final draft of
the 1981-1983 Appropriation bill.
During the past session. Representa
tive Parnell also served as vice chairman
of House Committees on Public Utilities
adn Courts & Judicial Districts and was a
Continued Page 2
Senator
Noble
announces
Re-election
Campaign
State Senator Sam R. Noble
announced this morning that
he will seek re-election for his
third term in the North
Carolina Senate.
A native of Lumberton,
Noble has served Robeson
and Hoke counties since July,
1978, when he suceeded the
late Luther Britt, Jr. Before
joining the. Senate, Noble
'represented the Lumberton
District Robeson County
Board of Commissioners for
ten years, of which the last six
years he served as the Chair
man being unanimously elect
ed by his fellow commission
ers.
In 1976, Noble was honored
by the State Association of
County Commissioners in be
ing elected their President. In
his four years in the Senate,
Noble has been listed as a
"friend of education" by the
North Carolina Association of
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Judge
Gardner
announces
Rejection
Bid
Chief District Court Judge John S.
Gardner today announced the following
statement as he announced his candacy
for re-election.
"1 am a candidate for re
election as District Court
Judge for Robeson and Scot
land counties subject to the
Democratic Primary to be
held Tuesday June 2f), 1962.
At the close of this current
term 1 will have served as
District Judge for 16 years
and will be 58 years of age.
When first elected, 1 dedi
cated myself to do the best job
possible and to keep fully
informed of the law, as it is
being continually developed
by the Legislature and the
Appelate Courts. I have con
PSU'S FORACE OXENDINE VOTED
"BASEBALL PLAYER OF YEAR"
want to be Ail-American real badly."
Being voted district "Player of the
Year" is a giant step toward possible
All-American status.
When informed that he had been
chosen both conference and district
"Player of the Year." Oxendine was
almost speechless with emotion."You've
made my day," he said. "I think it's
great. I can't describe it in words."
Coach Harold Ellen of the PSU base
ball team praised Oxendine's abilities to
the skies. "This is the first time I've ever
had a .500 hitter," said Ellen, who has
coached at PSU since 1968. "And he
could have been a .600 hitter. Forace was
so far ahead of the pitchers in the
conference and district."
Ellen continued: "I believe Forace can
hit any man who's living if he throws a
baseball. Forace has natural ability. You
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can't teach it. He can hit the ball out of
any park in the country. He has such
tremendous strength in his arms and
wrists. He also can hit to all fields. The
home run he hit against the University of
South Carolina went over the scoreboard
in right-center field."
Ellen followed this with another
profound statement: "I know there's
people in the major leagues who can't hit
as well as this young'un."
The PSU coach quoted Coach June
Raines of South Carolina as saying.
"Oxendine is the best college hitter I've
seeij since Bob Horner (Atlanta Braves
third baseman) played by Arizona
State."
Ellen said Oxendine is a major league
prospect. "If I were a major league
scout, I'd sign him and ktart him off in
Triple-A ball," said Ellen. The baseball
draft is in June.
Ellen also recalled a statement Coach
Jim Speight of High Point College made
about Oxendine during the season. Said
Speight: "Tell Oxendine he had better
get in all of his swings in the batter's
on-deck circle because we're going to
walk him every time."
"Another feature about Oxendine's
hitting is that he strikes out very few
times for a power hitter," noted Ellen.
Oxendine struck out only nine times in 88
times at bat during the past campaign.
What made a player who was a .255
hitter in 1976 (with 9 home runs and 29
RBIs) blossom into a .500 hitter this
season?
"Maturity was part of it," said Ellen.
"He decided what he wanted to do~and
went after it with intensity and self
discipline. He had the same tools before,
but not this intensity and self disci
pline."
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Oxendine said after listening to drill
sergeants for four years, he was ready
upon his return to college to obey the
strict discipline that characterizes Coach
Ellen's baseball philosophy.
Forace's deceased father, who starred
for Pembroke State in both baseball and
basketball in the early 1950's, would be
proud of the determination shown by his
talented son today.
During the season as Forace walked
past his father's picture in PSU's
Athletic Hall of Fame room. Forace said:
"I want to be the first father-son
combination to make this Hall of Fame. I
would really like that."
Blessed with God-given baseball abil
ity, Forace Oxendine. Jr.. has shown
what one can do if one uses that ability to
the ultimate.
For some basetball scout, there is a
rich prize waiting at Pembroke in this
young man with super hitting ability.
Improved
Security at Car
Wash Pembroke
Council Highlight
by Connie Cleave
An agreement between the Town of
Pembroke and the Oxendine family
operating the Car Wash next to Bo's
Supermarket was a highlight of the
Monday night Town Council meeting.
Mr. Oxendine voiced his willingness to
correct and improve conditions around
the Car Wash area such as installation of
more lights, improve fencing and post
signs that would clearly declare that
unauthorized vehicles would be subject
to be towed off the premises unless the
occupants were availing themselves of ?
the car wash facilities.
The Town members approved the
agreement and stated that the Town
would do it's up most to protect anc
maintain order in that area which had
recently been the location of a recent
shooting.
Monday night's Town of Pembroke
City Council meeting included several
resolutions and amendments voted on
and passed by the board. The proposal of
Si 10,000 for the West Robeson school
sewer hook-up was amended to change
the initial payment date of July IS to
October IS; the second and thW
payments being due on October IS of
subsequent years.
A public hearing of an amendment to
allowing mobile home sales within the
toned C-l district was jtfso^on^ the
was referred*^ the^tonlng board,
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