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PEMBROKE, N.C T hAlM-bcUMtfcw" ROBESON COUNTY
VOLUME 11, NUMBER 41 is? PO COPY THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1983
LREMC ELECTION RETURNS S%\
3 INCUMBENTS
'Action Group* slate soundly defeated
by Cnbm Bcayboy
The voter turnout for the 43rd Annuel
Membership Meeting of Lumbee River
Electric Membership Co-op was lower
than expected. Approximately 1600
people attended the meeting at the Jones
Physical Education Center at PSU
Tuesday night. There were 1286 regis
tered voters-actually less than last year
(1309).
tvery candidate mtovaed by the
LREMC Action Group for directors was
defeated. One of these candidates was
Leon Stuart for District 2 who received
471 votes. The incumbent in that district,
J.Sv. Hunt was declared the.winner with
699 votes. In District 4 the Action Group
candidate, Betty Smith received 453
votes. The incumbent, Timothy Strick
land was re-seated with 567 votes.
Trailing behind in that race was^
un-endorsed by any group, Laymon P.
Locklear with 151 votes.
In District 8, incumbent Davis K.
Parker could only muster 161 votes.
Action Group candidate James L. Autry
fell behind newcomer James Hardin.
Autry received 440 votes and Hardin won
handily with 538 votes. Lyndeil R.
Jenkins trailed everyone with 31 votes in
that race.
In the at-large race, incumbent Gus
Bullard defeated Action Group candidate
Eugene H. Shannon by 163 vofot.
Bullard polled 666 and Shannon failed in
his attempt with 503.
The Board of Directors convened
following the conclusion of the Annual
Meeting and voting. As is customary the
Board held their yearly organizational
meeting at that time.
Gus Bullard replaces Rev. Elias
Rogers as president; Lacy Cummings is
vice-president; Alton Dudley is treasurer
and Harold Dean Brewer will continue to
serve as secretary.
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...A helping hand for Josh!
The Pembroke Jaycees and
Jaycettes would like to take
this opportunity to thank
everyone for helping in the
recent financial adventure for
the Josh Brooks Fund. The
project was described as "a
total success."
During the week of the fair
(October 3-8, 1983) the Jay
cees and Jaycettes raised
approximately $600 for the
Fund. Saturday, October 15,
1983, another 4900 was raised
by a Car Warn, Road Block
and Cake Sale. People from
all walks of life came and gave
their financial support, pri
marily because they knew the
importance of helping some
one in need.
The Pembroke Jaycees and
Jaycettes are a classic ex
ample of what our fine
country of America was foun
ded upon~the principle of
people helping one another.
Afterall, life is so uncertain
one must always pray for the
best.
"We do hope a liver is
found in time for little Josh,"
said Carnell Locklear who
along with Jimmy Go ins were
chairmen of the fund-raising
project. "He is so sweet and
that little smile just melts
one's heart. Again we thank
everyone for participating in
the worthwhile project."
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity
of PSU helped with the Car
Wash. Some of the Jaycees
are shown, left to right:
Donald Bollard, Cornell Lock
lear, James Jacobs and Virgil
Lowery. [Bill Hnnl Photo]
Miss Lumbee travels
from Mountains to Coast
Fron tKe Mountains to the Coast
that will be the story for the new Miss
Lumbee, Sandra Locklear, during her
1983-84 reign. She is the daughter of
Mrs. Etta Locklear.
Her first-public appearance out of the
county was on August 13, 1983 when she
helped judge the Little Miss Carteret
County Pageant. Since then she has
attended numerous pageants, participa
ted in Parades. Ribbon Cuttings, Grand
Openings and Festivals. Because of her
charm, enthusiasm, poise and beauty,
she is well received by everyone and
becomes an immediate favorite. Her
business manager, Florence Ransom, is
highly pleased with her performance and
reign so far.
During Indian Heritage Week, Miss
Lumbee visited and performed in many
schools in Robeson and Scotland counties
which was a very rewarding experience
for her. During that week she was also
guest speaker at a luncheon in Charlotte,
NC. She was a guest at the showing of a
film at the Art Museum in Raleigh and
also attended festivities in Greensboro
sponsored by Guilford Native Indian
Association.
Sandra recently took her first flight.
The flight was from Elizabeth City, NC to
Kitty Hawk in a private plane. She is
now excited about flying.
Another area of Miss Lumbee's
activities is visiting in some area.
Churches Mrs. Ransom reports that she
receives invitations frequently for Miss
Lumbee to appear at Pageants, in
Parades, etc. In addition to Sandra's
busy schedule as Miss Lumbee, she is
also a full time student at PSU. A great
financial boost for Miss Lumbee's
educational endeavor was a SI,000
Scholarship awarded to her from the
Miss Lumbee Pageant. >
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Senate Hears
III Infant's
Parents
RALEIGH (AP) ? The parents
of a Laurinburg boy who is waiting
for liver transplant surgery will
testify before a U.S. Senate panel
considering creating a national
network to help distribute organs,
Gov. Jim Hunt says.
"Medical advances are making
organ transplant surgery an in
creasingly accepted practice,"
Hunt said Monday in a news
release. "As this occurs, the need
for a nationwide network to match
organs with recipients is becoming
urgent. We must have a national
policy in this area."
Hunt said Rick and June Brooks,
whose 8-month-old son, Josh,
needs a liver transplant, will
appear Thursday before the
Senate Committee on Labor and
Human Resources. Doctors have
said Josh win die witnin tnree
months without a transplant.
Josh was transferred Monday
from a Laurinburg hospital to the
Duke University Medical Center.
~ Hnrlnrc said
he's getting
into advanced
stages of liver
failure, with a
bloated ab
domen and
internal
bleeding.
Meanwhile,
Reagan ad
ministration
health of- ?.
JOSH
ncials Monday spoke against a
House bill jo establish a federal
center and computer network for
organ transplants, saying the
matter is best left to the private
sector.
Dr. Edward N. Brandt Jr.,
assistant secretary for health in
the Department of Health and
Human Services, said "the present
voluntary system of organ pro
curement can be managed well by
the private sector. Beyond pro
viding advice and assistance,
interference by the federal gov
ernment Is unnecessary."
Rep. Albert Gore Jr., D-Tenn.,
author of the legislation, called
this "a true knee-jerk reaction by
the administration automatically
opposing a federal role" in
overseeing the transplant situation
because of ideology.
The Senate committee also will
explore the Issues surrounding
health insurance coverage for
organ transplant surgery.
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fiiecuon
officials
return,
resignations
"refused"
Fdfor Over Appohating
Indian Republican aa Lamberton
Precinct Registrar Continues
LUMBERTON-Elizabeth Morton,
elections supervisor for Robeson County,
ended her walkout Wednesday morning.
She had handed in her resignation Friday
afternoon, along with assistant super
visor Periene Revels, following a furor
over appointing an Indian Republican as
registrar of Lumberton Precinct 6, then
rescinding the action and placing Mrs.
Naomi Maultsby in the position, ousting
William L. Hunt who promised a law suit
to keep the seat.
Mrs. Morton said, "I made up my
mind about 11 p.m. ...I would not have
come back if all parties and races had not
asked me to return for the welfare of the
voters of Robeson County."
The Robeson County elections board
supervisor and her assistant resigned
Friday following the dispute over whe
ther the Indian precinct registrar could
.be removed from the post.
Both were in tears Friday and claimed
their resignation was prompted by more
than Hunt's removal, citing "differ
ences" between the board and staff.
In overturning Hunt's appointment,
Mrs. Emma Locklear, board chairman,
chastised the supervisor and her staff for
allowing the appointment to be made
without advising against it and, as was
shown later, not pointing out that the
registrar had to be of the same party as
the person replaced.
Mrs. Locklear, in overturning the
appointment, as is her perogative as
chairman, said, "We made a mistake...
and we're all going to eat our oats and go
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on...
"Bo" Biggs, the only Republican on
the elections board, voted against the
removal. The other two board members
are Democrats.
Earlier last Friday, Biggs held a news
conference in which he threatened to sue
the board if it removed Hunt.
Hunt's removal was made at the
request of precinct representative, the
Rev. E.B. Turner and precinct chairman
Howard Davis, both of whom are black
Democrats.
Biggs said in an interview that the
officials resigned after the other board
members argued that Hunt could be
replaced because elections officials had
not adhered to statutes in swearing Hunt
in as a precinct registrar.
" Biggs said in his news conference that
the only reason for the removal was race.
"Dr. Turner is returning to old social
laws of bigotry that we have been
striving to eliminate: he is attempting to
set back years of civil rightji ac
complishments and light racial rftes in
this county that have been put out," said
Biggs. who is white. Turner also is a
Lumberton town council member.
Precinct #6,\ ha was pointed out by
Turner, is predominately black.
Bob Brewington, head of the county
Republican Party, and bead of the
Tuacarora Indians of North Carolina, also
severely chastised the board when he
appeared in behalf of Hunt Friday
afternoon.
Brewington aaid, "1 don't appreciate
thia board doing what it has done, just
because E.B. Turner told you to do It"
import of Hunt
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PEOPLE
A ND PLA CES
AND THINGS
KING HOUDAY BACKERS WIN
SENATE VOTE TEST
Washington-Sen. Jesse Helms. R-NC
Tuesday lost a key vote as the senate
voted 76-12 to crush efforst by Sen.
Helms to block establishment of a
federal holiday honoring the' late Martin
Luther King. Jr.
A few hours after Helms' arguments
on the Senate floor, a federal judge
rejected his appeal for release of sealed
FBI files on King. Helms had said the
documents would further his case that
King, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, was
influenced by top aides in the civil rights
movement who were communists. He
had argued that the Senate should have
access to wiretap files from 1963 to 1968
before voting.
Helms said the Senate has not had
time to examine King's activities, which
he claims were influenced by commun
ism. The Senate rejected his request to
send the holiday bill back to the Judiciary
Committee for consideration.
"The record is clear about his
associations with far-left elements and
elements in the Communist Party."
Helms said.
The conservative Southern senator's
remarks triggered a bitter confrontation
with Sen. Edward Kennedy. D-Mass.,
whose family was close to King.
Kennedy said the FBI has stated it has
never had'evidence King was a commu
nist. He quoted from a 1976 Senate
committee report finding no proof the
civil rights movement was exploited
by members of the Communist Party.
CORRECTION
SEVENT CITIZENS HONORED
BY MT. OLIVE
In last week's issue of the Carolina
Indian Voice it was reported that the
Men's Fellowship of Mt. Olive Pente
costal Holiness Church had declared
Oct. 10-16 as "Senior Citizens Week"
and Mrs. Ada Locklear, 83, was named
Senior Citizen of the Year.
She was feted at a dinner party at
ShefFs Seafood in Pembroke last Thurs
day evening and was recognized Sunday
morning during church services.
In last week's article we noted that
Mrs. Locklear "was baptized in 1080."
We meant to state that she was
"baptized in 1980..."
We apologize for the typographical
error and join with Mt. Olive in saluting
Mrs. Locklear, truly a remarkable
woman.
CORRECTION
PSU CAMPUS POLICE CALL IN SBI
NOT BOX MASON
In last week's issue of the Carolina
Indian Voice we noted than an estimated
$10,000 was stolen from the PSU
Business Office.
We incorrectly noted that Bill Mason,
Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs,
requested that the State Bureau of
Investigation be called in to deal with the
matter.
The SBI, in fact, was called in to'
investigate the matter by the Campus
Police, according to Charles Bryant,
Campus Police Chief.
No arrests have been made yet in the
matter.
PEMBROKE MAN &ELLED AT
RESTAURANT
A Pembroke man was killed Sunday
in a shooting at a Pembroke restaurant;
and Pembroke police charged a Mast on
man with murder. Shot once in the head
and killed was Charles E. Chavis, 33.
Police charged Roy Ricky Locklear, 26,
of Route 3, Mart on with first- degree
murder, according to Kirby Ammons,
Pembroke's Police Chief.
The shooting occurred about 5:30 p.m.
at Allen's Cafe and Package Store also
known as the Lumbee Drive In on East
Third Street in Pembroke, Amnions said.
The victim, shot once in the head with a
.32-caliber carbine was dead when police
arrived on the scene, he said.
MORGAN ANNOUNCES FOR NC
COMMISSION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS
thev hive two daughter* Jackie and
.1
She is currently working with the
Robeson County Housing Authority
where she has been employed for the
past five years. Prior to that she was
employed with the Lumberton Housing
Authority.
Mrs. Morgan will be seeking the seat
which represents residents of northern
Robeson. Scotland and Hoke Counties.
Mrs. Morgan would like to be a voice
for the people of these areas to insure
equal representation, delivery of services
and a strong commitment on behalf of
the Indian Commission to the Indians of
North Carolina.
ANNUAL BENEFIT GOSPEL
SING PLANNED
On November 12. 1983 the Robeson
County Department of Social Services
will hold a 4th Annual benefit gospel
sing beginning at 7 p.m. at the Oak
Grove Holiness Churchin the Union
Chapel Community. The gospel sing is
one of a series of events scheduled by
DSS for the purpose of raising funds
needed to purchase Christmas Gifts for
the many foster children in Robeson
County.
Many local gospel groups who have
agreed to donate their time and talent
will be appearing. There will be no
admission charge but all donations will
be added to the Foster Children's
Christmas Fund. The public is cordially ?
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FAMILY REUNION
The descendants of the late Robert
and Rachel Locklear of the White Hill
area will meet at Baker's Chapel Baptist
Church on October 30, 1983 at 1 p.m.
The church is located off Highway 74.
All members attending are asked to
bring a covered dish and other
refreshments.
For more information on this reunion
call 521-4586 and ask for Lucy.
Play \Anne9
Frank9 set
Oct. 20-23
"The Diary of Anne
Frank" will open the 1983
84 Robeson Little Theatre
season on Thursday, Oct.
20, for a four-performance
ran at the Carolina Theatre
Civic Center.
Curtain-time for per
formances will be at 8 p.m.
on Oct 20, ^l and 22, with a
matinee performance at
2:30 p.m. on Oct. 23.
Directed by Sarah
Grimes and produced by
Lana Dial, the play deals
with a young Jewish girl
growing up in hiding during
the Nazi occupation of
Amsterdam, Holland.
Performing in the cast
will be Darryl Locklear as
Mr. Frank, Liz Mclntyre as
Mrs. Frank, Anne Marie
Rice as Arnie Frank, Jen
nifer Eastworth as Margot
Frank, George Dixon as
Mr. VanDaam, Lisa Pitt
man as Mr* VanDaam,
Jamie Locklear as Peter
VanDaam, Alison Sprague
as Miep, Ed Nicholson as
Mr Kraler and Jeff Geller
as Mr. Dussel.
Tickets will be on sale at
the box office end) day of
production
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