VOLUME It NUMBER 34 2SC Pgj COPY THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 9, 1982
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ALFRED COOK VS. PEMBROKE
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MOVES TO FEDERAL COURT >
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FAYETTEVULE?The long running le
gal dispute between Alfred Cook, a
property owner, and the Town of
Pembroke has moved to federal court in
Fayetteville.
After the charges were thrown out in
state court, Osborne "Obbie" Lee, Jr.,
Cook's attorney, brought charges in
federal court charging that Cook's civil
rights were abridged. The case began
this week. An irony is that Federal Judge
Earl Britt, one of the federal judges
assigned to the eastern district, was once
Alfred Cook's counsel. Cook had origi
nally asked for 1.5 million in damages;
and the Town counter-sued for SI 10,000.
Originally, Alfred Cook, now a proper
ty owner in Pembroke, sued the Town of
Pembroke and town officials McDuffie
Cummings, town manager; Vernon
Oxendine, chief of police; and Harvey
Builard, then a policeman but now
retired.
Cook filed his suit on July 20, 1979, a
year after the, dispute Ojat .BWMPPted the
writ eecnred on May 20, 1978. Cook
claimed in state courts that he was
plowing up land on his property (located
across from Cliff's Package Store) and
was told by the Pembroke officials to stop
plowing up what they indicated was
public land, a throughfare that had been I
used by the town for years. Cook refused
and was subsequently arrested. Cook
was forcibly removed from the tractor
and charged with damage to town
property and resisting arrest. The lawyer
who came to Pembroke, according to
sources, and secured Cook's release was
Earl Britt, now one of the judges in the
eastern district federal court. Britt
remained counsel, along with Lee, until
April 28, just before former President
Jimmy Carter appointed him to the
bench.
Cook, in turn, charged Pembroke and
the officials with false arrest, trespassing
malicious prosecution and assault and
battery. Judge Henry A. McKinnon, Jr.
later threw out all the charges in
superior court.
The Town of Pembroke is represented
by Dexter Brooks; the town officials are
represented by Dickson McLean, a
Lumberton attorney
In the federal action.
Lee, on behalf of Cook, asks for $1.56
million claiming his client's civil rights
have been abridged; not under the 1964
Civil Rights Act but the 1871 Civil Rights
Act.
WARRIOR[S] OF THE WEEK
?y Steve Tyaer
Wanton of the Week an ikwi above.
Standing la Max Lowry and Eric
111 ? al _ an? ? t. ? .<
and Beany Dimery.
nimor n me wees nonors tor the
Orrum game is shared by the five players
who make up the interior offensive line: .
Eric "Bull" Lock]ear, Thomas Maynor,
Benny Dimery, Max Lowry, and Derwin <
Strickland. In both of the Warriors' wins <
these players have played a large pad in 1
enabling the running backs to get free. In |
the second half of the South Robeson i
game, it was the plat of these five which I
allowed the backs to gain over 200 yards.
in the Orrum game they were responsi
ble for the holes which allowed a total of a
333 yards rushing and 98 yards passing, f
In addition, all five players are often I
ailed on to play both offense and r
lefense-a defense which has held their
first two opponents to a total of six c
points. To the average fan, these players f
may be unsung, but to their teammates
these five serve as the example of what a r
Warrior really is on the football field, a
Horace ^
Locklear
4 Tun in
the Sun"
Golf
Tournament
and Social
Former legislator Horace Locklear is
planning the first annual "Fun in the
Sun" Golf Tournament and Social.
September 18. 1982, from 10 a.m. until.7
p.m. at Riverside Country Gub in
Pembroke, North Carolina.
Tee-off will begin ft 10:30 a.m. for the -
men. At 10:45 a.m., the ladies will toar
Pembroke State University, the Native
American Resource Center. At 17~no<ltr
lunch will be held at the Golden China
Restaurant (Chinese Cuisine) in Lunta
berton, N.C At 12:45 p.m. there' will be
a Shopping Spree at the Outlet Plaza hi
Lumberton, N.C.
At 3:30 p.m. there will be a
Pig-picking at Riverside Country Gub.
Then there will be the announcement
of the winners of prizes and gifts.
Then at 5 p.m., entertainment will be
provided by "The Legends" at Riverside
Country Club. There will be free
admission.
Activities will "Wrap up" at 7 p.m.
For mote information, write "Fun in
the Sun," P.O. Box 1273, Lmberton.
N.C. 28358. Telephone 919 - 739
4071.
OPEN HOUSE 7
The Board of Directors y
7 and Staff of Lumbee Medical ?
\ Center cordially invite you to ?
4 attend an Open House on 4
4 Sunday, September 12, 1982 I
I from3 p.m. until 6 p.m. at the 7
X new location on Highway 711
? East, Pembroke. The public is
? invited to attend. y
Marcus
& Elizabeth
Dial
Family
Reunion
Planned
Sept. 18
at 4 p.m.
The descendants of the late Marcus
ad Elizabeth Dial are planning their
amily reunion for September 18, at
?respect United Methodist Church <di
ectly in front of Prospect School). ]
Descendants are encouraged to bring
overed dishes. A special program is ;
fanned.
All direct descendants and those
elated by marriage are encouraged to
it end.
RUTH DIAL WOODS NAMED
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ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT
OF SCHOOLS
Rath Dial Woods
Ruth Dial Woods has become the first
female in the Robeson County School
System to be named Assistant
Superintendent. She will be responsible
for overall administration and supervi
sion of approximately $3.5 million
budgets in Title IV Indian Education, ]
Chapter 1 Compensatory Education and
Migrant Education. Ms. Woods will fill j
the position vacated by Albert C. Hunt
\*fco retired last year.
Ms. Woods holds an A.B. Degree from .
College lUfilgh. ir spulttth ,
and English and a M.A. Ed. degree in
Educational Administration and Super- |
vision from Pembroke State University.
She has had additional study at Wayne ?
State University, Detroit, Mich.; the |
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, (
Mich.; East Carolina University; the j
University of North Carolina at Chapel |
Hill; and North Carolina Central Univer- j
sity. ' {
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Ms. Woods has served as Director of
Indian Education for the Robeson County
Schools since 1977. As Director she has
provided all administrative, supervisory
and fiscal responsibilities for this com
pensatory education program beginning
with a an annual budget of $770,000 to
the $1.2 million dollar budget for the
current fiscal year. She has been
responsible for supervising a staff of 43
paraprofessional and professional em
ployees, coordinating subcontract and
contractual services with individual
consultants and agencies and organi
zations.
Other experience includes ten years in
the field of education as a teacher of
Spanish, English and School Educational
Media Services. She has served seven
years in administrative positions with the
North Carolina Fund, a state private non
profit organization developed to combat
poverty in the State of North Carolina in
the areas of rural manpower develop
ment and training programs funded by
the U.S. Department of Labor and with
Southeastern Area Community Action
Programs, Inc. and Tri- County Com
munity Action.
Ms. Woods has participated in train
ing for consultants in the areas of
Headstart, Model Cities, and Rural
Program Planning and Development and
tt*s served as a consultant to numerous
federal programs.
Ms. Woods has been recognized for
ler service on numerous occasions. In
1979 she was awarded the Woman of the
fear Award by Pembroke Business and
Professional Women's Club and the
Community Leadership Award by the
S.C. Human Relations Commisson. In
1980 she received the Henry Berry
Lowry Award for community leadership
ind service by Lumbee Regional Devel- i
>pment Associaton.
She has served as a member of the 1
tate Coordinating Committee for Inter- '
lational Women's Year; vice chair of j
forth Carolina State delegation to the *
National Women's Conference and in |
978 was appointed by President Carter |
0 the National Women's Committee of i
he Conference.
Ms. Woods has held offices and 1
nemberships in local, state and national i
Tganizations. She has served as Nation- i
1 Chair of the Native American ]
Vomen's Caucus of the United Metho
list Church, Division of Global Minis- i
ries, and as a member of the planning i
ommittee for the National Women's ?
assembly sponsored by the Women's I
Kvision of the United Methodist Church. I
She was appointed by Governor Jim
Hunt to the Advisory Council of the
Robeson County Prison Unit and after
public election, to the North Carolina
State Commission of Indian Affairs. She
is a past president of the Pembroke
Business and Professional Women's
Club and Past Southern Area vice
President of the North Carolina Federa
tion of Business and Professional Wo
men's Gubs. She has chaired the Fall
Forum of the North Carolina Council of
Women's Organzations, the Robeson
County Governor's Leadership Confe
rence for Women, and is past Secretary
of the North Carolinians United for the
Equal Rights Amendment.
Ms. Woods is a member of the North
Carolina Women's Political Caucus and
served as a member of the steering
committee for the organization of this
caucus. She is also a member of the
North Carolina Women's Forum, a group
of selected women leaders, including
state legislators and government offici
als, from across North Carolina. Ms.
Woods is completing a two- year
appointment to the North Carolina State
Evaluation Committee on Teacher Edu
cation by appointment of Dr. A. Craig
Phillips and serves as a member of the
Board of the North Carolina Center on
Public Policy and Research. She is a
member of the Advisory Board of
National Women's Program Develop
ment, Inc. funded by th"e Wotftfr'-.
Educational Equity Act. She has alsp
served as a member of the Committee on
Minority Presence for Girl Scouts, USA,
New York City.
Ms. Woods has published articles
including "Native American Women's
Issues," in Response, a magazine of the
United Methodist Women; a paper
entitled "Cross Cultural Networking,"
recently published by the OHOYO
Resource Center as a collectionof papers
by Native American women in Words of
Today's American Indian Women: Ohe
e Makachi. Excerpts from free lance
vriiting and personal speeches and
papers by Ms. Woods are to be
published in Southern Magazine later
this year.*
Ms. Woods is married to Noah Woods,
Principal of Magnolia School. She is
mother to Constance, Stephanie, OUin
and Reuben. The family resides in
Pembroke"
In announcing Ms. Woods' appoint
ment as assistant superintendent, Pur
Dell Swett, Superintendent of the Robe
son County School System, referred to
tier as "very competent." He expressed
iis pleasure to have her fill the positions.
Lumbee *
Medical Clinic !
Zoning !
Approved
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By Connie Cleave a
a
The September meeting of the Town of \
Pembroke was held on Tuesday Septem- d
ber 7, at 7:00 p.m. t
In addition to the regular agenda, was c
the public hearing of Mr. Charles /
Maynor's ordinance change request to [
permit the building planned to house the -
Lumbee Medical Clinic. The original Q
public hearing on the matter brought up f
questions of the council about the C
wording, "Conditional and/or Permitted *
use." So the council, with all members ,
present, took up this matter first. After *
discussion, the matter was approved and ?
the motion for the change was made and *
seconded. *
New business included changes of <
speed limits on several roads. The town i *
council approved of a change of the <
speed limit on the Philadelphus Road *
from 35 to 25. But there was a few <
objections to the changing of the speed ,<
limit on the road bordering the Seaboard C
Railroad on Union Chapel Road, from <
Welling St. to the city limits from 45 to 55 \
MPH. The town officials feel that no road <
vkhin the city limits should exceed 45. *
rhe board accepted the first/part of the <
proposal but rejected the latter part.
The meeting came to a close with an ?
approval of some tax releases and the <
Board adjourned to an executive session 1,
concerning the Cook case. . J
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMOOOOOOOOf
| Appreciation Banquet planned |
o for Herman Dial
=> <cx
g 1
^ The residents of the Pem
=> broke-Smiths-Maxton Com
^ missioners District, and
3 other, have united to show a
=> token of their appreciation to
out-going Commissioner Her
=> man Dial. '
^ There will be an Appreda
=> tion Dinner in Dial's honor,
? September 25, 1962 at fcJO
d ;p m. at the Old Feendry
Restaurant. Lumherton.
?, Tickets for the occasion era
av.n.ble for S8.00 stogie, and
o $15.00 per couple,
g Serving as chairman of the
? Arringemeuts Committee is
=> Barbara MeMn of Shannon.
q Dehon Oxendhw of Pembroke
is chairman of the Public Itj
? Committee and L.H. Moore is
=> serving as chairman of Jbp
g Program Committee,
o Tickets ere available now
o
c>
The following persons also ?
have tickets for stte:Usfo B. o
Lnhlsas,* Panl Hants, Jndy ^
Ch*vh, Pntih la UtHw, o
^LTcZ- g
GMy Mllm, MkaOsn g
?m, Cants MaM Jnn, 3
J?M A. Jeaos, Nism g
wi lk Hhn. S
Said om member of the g
Dial haa ma dated Id years of
service to the area...We ap
prove Ms sacrifice. soo' g
?Hah to sap thank yon la onr o
own small way...So many ^ g
JLftW^tdie^tt < v
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INDIAN
HERITAGE
WEEK IN
NORTH
CAfOJNA
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Indian Heritage Week in North Carolina has been proclaimed for 2 I
Sept. 19-25,1982. Activities have been planned to call w '
attention to the more than 10,000-year history of North U ;
Carolina Indians, who today comprise the largest Native American U !
population of any state east of the Mississippi The NX. Commission U
of Indian Affairs, the only state government agency whose specific
responsibility is to meet die needs of the state's Indians, is coordinating
the varied activities of Indian Heritage Week in North < uroiina. U C