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COMMANDER
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RONNIE N.
SUTTON RETIRES
FROM ACTIVE
DUTY
Commander Ronnie N. Sutton
The Navy Reserve Officer's
Training Corps Unit (NROTC)
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
received a new commanding
officer on Monday,. 26 July
1982. Commander Ronnie N.
Sutton of Pembroke, NCwas
relieved in a formal chance of
command ceremony and re
tired from active duty 6y
Commander Donald E. Long
of Marion, Ohio.
The NROTC Unit serves the
two major universities in
Baton Rouge. Southern Uni
versity has a 9000 enrollment
and Louisiana State Univer
sity has 27,000 on the main
Baton Rouge campus. The
Unit's Midshipman Battalion
consists of 130 midshipmen
frdm both schools.
Commander Ronnie N.
Sutton, a Lumbee Indian from
Pembroke, North Carolina,
joined the Southern Univer
sity NROTC Unit as executive
officer in January 1980. A
Naval Flight Officer, Com
mander Sutton reported from
Patrol Squadron Twenty-Four
(VP-24) in Jacksonville, Flo
rida.
A 1970 graduate of the
University of West Florida in
Pensacoia, Commander Sut
ton previously attended Pem
broke State University in
Pembroke, NC. Enlisting in
the Air Force in 1958, he
served four years prior to
returning to his hometown
college. He entered the Navy
Flight Program iti 1964 and
earned his Naval Flight Offi
cer wings in 1966.
Upon completion of flight
training, he was assigned to
Patrol Squadron Sixteen (VP
16), Jacksonville, Florida, fly
ing the P-3A Orion. During
this time, he deployed to
Furape and the Western
Pacific, where he accumula
ted more than 600 combat
hoars in the Viet Nam Con
flict. Following this, he taught
Airborne Navigation in Train
ing Squadrom Ten (VT-10) in
Pensacoia, Florida from 1969
to 1971. Subsequent to a tour
as assistant Flight Deck Offi
cer and later as Hangar Duck
Offeror on the Aircraft Carrier
John F. Kennedy (CV-67), he
programs officer and later as
programs officer which en
compassed both officer and
enlisted programs.
Upon completion of re
cruiting duty in 1976'. Com
mander Sutton -eported to
graduate school in the Com
mand and Staff Course, Naval
War College, Newport, Rhode
Island. His next tour was as
the Administrative Depart
ment Head, Patrol Squadron
Twenty-Four (VP-24), Hying
the P-3C Orion, a highly
computerized anti-submarine
warfare aircraft.
Commander Sutton has
earned several awards, inclu
ding the Air Medal with the
numeral "2" indicating a
second award.
A graduate of the Univer
sity of West Horida in Pensa
cola. Commander Sutton, also
has a master of arts degree
from .Central Michigan Uni
versfeyu Personnel Manage
ment and has completed
doctortfgraduate work in
business administration at
Louisiana State University in
Baton Rouge.
Commander Sutton, the
fouth commanding officer of
the NROTC Unit, is married
to the former Genny Chavis,
also from Pembroke, NC and
they have two daughters,
Ronette Alesia (15) and Fonda
Lynn (12). The Suttons are in
the process of moving into
their home in the Philadel
phus community north of
Pembroke.
Principal speaker at the
change of command and'
retirement ceremony wah Dr.
Bobby Dean Brayboy of the
U.S. Public Health Hospital
Carville, Louisiana. Dr. Bray
boy, who is himself a com
mander in the Public Health
Service, is a long time Mend
of Commander Sutton's and
also resides in Baton Rouge.
Following hia-tnUef as
commanding officer. Com
mander Sutton retired after 22
years of active military servi
ce. He is the eon of the late
Willie French Sutton and
'Strike at
the Wind!9
proclaimed by
County and
Lumberton
The Robeson County Board
of Commissioners at a special
meeting held July 21, 1982.
desires to pay tribute to
"Strike at the Wind." a story
of the life and times of Henry
Berry Lowrie:
WHEREAS. "Strike at the
Wind" proudly proclaims the
Iri-raciai heritage of Robeson
County, and
WHEREAS. "Strike at the
Wind" is of cultural, social
and economic benefit toRobe
vm County: and
WHEREAS, the story of
"Strike at the Wind" is
goodwill representation of
Robeson County: and
WHEREAS, upon the mo
| tion of Commissioner W.
Herman Dial, the Robeson
County Board of Commissi
oners wishes to commend the
cast and production crew of
"Strike at the Wind" and
desires to express its appreci
ation and pride by proclaim
ing the week of July 26. 1982
as "Strike at the Wind" Week
in Robeson County; and
WHEREAS, the Robeson
County Board of Commissi
oners encourages the citizens
of Robeson County ,o see
"Strike at the Wind."
NOW. THEREFORE. BE
IT RESOLVED that the Robe
son County Board of Commis
sioners takes this opportunity
to express its sincere pride
and appreciation in the pro
duction of "Strike ?* the
Wind" and hereby on behalf
of the citizens of Robeson
County declares the week of
July 26. 1982 as "Strike at the
Wind" Week in Robeson
County.
Robeson County Board of
Commissioners
Linda A. Hedgpeth, Clerk
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PROCLAMATION
"STRIKE AT THE WIND!"
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WHEREAS1, in July, 1976, Randolph Umberger's "Strike at the Wind!" was
declared the most successful new outdoor drama In America due
to attendance of over 17,000, seven sellout performances and
numerous positive reviews; and,
WHEREAS, "Strike at the Wind!" continues to be a major contributing factor
to the rise in tourism and the increase in cultural awareness in
the City of Lumberton and Robeson County; and,
WHEREAS, The seventh season of "Strike at the Wind!" started on July 3, 1982,
and will end on August 28, 1982, at the Lakeside Amphitheatre,
Riverside Country Club near Pembroke N. C.;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Furman K. Biggs, Jr., Mayor of the City of Lumberton,
?? do hereby proclaim Saturday, July 31, 1982, as "STRIKE AT THE WIND!"
DAY and urge all citizens of Lumberton to participate in the
commemoration of this occasion by attending the July 31, 1982,
performance of "Strike at the Wind!"
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T* Furman" KV Biggs, Jr. . Mayor/ J 7J~
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Dorothy McG. Biggs, City Clerk
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WYVIS OXENDINE BESTS
DIAL IN PEMBROKE
SMITHS-MAXTON DISTRICT
Beats incumbent Herman Dial
in all Three Precincts
In one of the most bitter campaigns
seen in these parts in years, newcomer
Wyvis Oxendine beat long time incum
bent Herman Dial in the run off for the
right to carry the Demociatic banner
1976 to 1642. Oxendine will face
Republican Bob Brewington in Novem
ber in the general election.
Oxendine beat Dial in all three
precincts, including Smiths, the home
precinct of Dial. Oaendine won in
Pembroke 855 to 845; in Maxton 731. to
439; and in Smiths 390 to 358 for Dial.
Oxendine enjoyed the advantage of
having the endorsement and support of
Larry T. Brooks, a Pembroke councilman
who finished a close third in the
Commissioner's race in the June 29
primary.
In the final days of the campaign
Brooks ran 2 ads in the Robesonian per
sonally endorsing Oxendine and encour
aging his sujiporters to do the same. Also
Brooks and his supporters worked the
Pembroke polling place all day in
Oxendine's behalf. Many political obser
vers consider Brooks' help the difference
in Oxendine's margin of victory.
The campaign was sullied with implied
threats of intimidation and more. Clinton
k. Thomas. Jr.. the head of the
Pembroke Housing Authority, worked
openly in Oxendine's behalf, incurring
complaints of subtle intimidation to
residents ot the housing authority. The
Robe son ian, the local daily, made at
leant two trips to Pembroke Junior High
School. Pembroke's polling place in
response to inquiries received about
Thomas' activity in behalf of Oxendine,
according to knowledgeable sources. The
board of elections also received a
number of complaints about political
activity at Pembroke, and elections
officials spent a good part of the day at
Pembroke looking into the allegations.
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OXENDINE, LOCKS, DeVANE
AND HASTY LEAD BALLOTING
The long electoral season finally
ground to a halt Tuesday as the run offs
produced some surprising winners.
The biggest surprise, probably, was
the relatively easy win Wyvis Oxendine
rang up over Herman Dial, the longtime,
incumbent Commissioner from the Pem
broke - Smiths-M axton District. Oxendine
outpolled Dial in all three precincts. (See
story elsewhere).
LOCKS, DeVANE AND HASTY
FOB THE HOUSE
The returns from the House were
even more surprising. Leading the ticket
was Rev. Sidney Locks, a Black minister
from Lumberton, and the only minority
candidate left in the race. Locks poDed a
high of 5,788 in Robeson and added
totals of 1,301 in Hoke County and 881 in
Scotland for a combined vote total of
7,990. Some talk had swept the County of
Robeson thA the Indians might abandon
Locks but the defections did not take
place. Locks polled 749 in the huge
Pembroke Precinct, the largest pre
dominate Indian precinct in Robeson
County. The surprise was Danny De
Vane, the Hoke County Commissioner,
who was making his first race for the
House. DeVane outpolled the field in
Pembroke with 1,025. He also led the
balloting in Hoke. County with 2,499 and
finished third in Scotland County with
751. His combined totals of 7,404
brought him in second in the six man
field. John (Pete) Hasty finished a
distant third with 6,663. Hasty led the '
Scotland balloting with 1,235, picked up
1.321 in Hoke County and 4,107 in
Robeson.
Finishing out of the money in fourth
place was Tommy Wellington, a farmer
from the Saddletree area. Wellington
finished third in Pembroke with 678.
Wellington's combined vote total was
5,856. Finishing fifth was BUI Gay, the
only incumbent in the field with 4,934.
V. Louise Sanderson, the lone female
in the balloting finished last with 3,578.
BILL OXENDINR AND
RONALD RKVKLS WIN SEATS ON
COUNTY BOA KD OF EDUCATION
m Oxeodine. . Pembroke busi
Faye Locklea* for a seat on the County
Board of Education with 1.369 to 911 in |
the ana seat up for grabs in District 4. '/S
>i- ict 4 encompasses Pembroke, Raft
ciacta.
Lori Ann
Locklear
In Concert,
and 'Strike
at the
Wind!;
August 6
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Lori Ann Locklear, the brilliant young
country Music star, will be in concert
Friday night. August 6 preceding the
regular performance of 'Strike at the
Wind!' that night.
Said Bruce Barton, who is promoting
the event as a way to help 'Strike at the
Wind!', "1 want everyone to come out
and hear this upcoming Country Music
star. She's dyhprnttel"
The baa office opens at 6:30 p.m. this
night only. The presto* concert by Lori
Ann Locklear and the regular per
formance of Strike at the Wind!* to an
estra added attraction. Both events srr
being offered for the price of one. Tickets'