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VOLUME 11,, NUMBER 47 Mc PES copy THURS 3 DECEMBER 1, 1983
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IN LOVING
MEMORY...
Joshua LeGrande Brooks,
February 1, 1983- November ?
26, 1963. His gift to ost i
Strength sad love.
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note about Little Josh and his
e mark able We in Ma colwmi
'As I See It" oa Page 2.
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Hill's Food Store
Grand Opening today
in Pembroke
PEMBROKE. NC-The oranri orwnino : -1- - '
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of the new Hill's Food Store, located on
Union Chapel Road in Pembroke, began
with ribbon-cutting ceremonies today
(Thursday) at 10 a.m.
The Pembroke store is the 18th unit in
the fast-growing food store chain which
has its headquarters in Whiteville. A
19th store is planned for Fairmont and is
scheduled to open early next year. The
new store in Pembroke features all-new
energy-saving refrigeration equipment
and the latest in front-end, check-out
equipment. It contains 11,000 square
feet of floor space.
"We've made every effort to insure
that the Pembroke grocery shopper
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icttivo me unesi in iooa products ana
the maximum service," said Dewey t.
Hill, Chairman of the Board of Hill's
Food Stores, Inc.
The new Pembroke store and the one
planned for Fairmont are part of an
expansion plan started two years ago by
Hill's. In the past two years, nine of the
Hill's stores have been enlarged and
remodeled. Also, one store in Whiteville
and the Clarkton Store have been
completely rebuilt. Hill's operates stores
in five counties, Columbus, Bladen,
Brunswick, Robeson, and Scotland, in
North Carolina, and in Marion County,
South Carolina.
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LUMBERTON SCHOOLS CASE
FAYCTTCVIIfC T ...L. ^ ? ? ? ? . ..
>ni^iiuiiLbL,-'inu aciurucjrs wiiu
successfully challenged three Lumberton
school district changes have been
awarded payments of $23,335.00 in legal
fees by the U.S. District Court in
Fayetteville. The decision was rendered
by Judge Franklin T. Dupree, Jr.
November 18.
The legal fees were sought from the
Lumberton School Board and the Robe
son County Bo4d of Elections.
Julian T. Pierce with Lumbee River
Legal Services, Inc., of Pembroke and
Laughlin McDonald of Atlanta, Ga., filed
the motion in March in U.S. District
Court in Fayetteville.
Pierce was awarded $11,875.00 for
services rendered during the three-year
federal civil case against the Lumberton
City Board of Education and the Robeson
County Board of Elections. The suit
challenged the city school district's
expansion into Lakewood Estates sub- <
division, the Barker-Ten Mile area and i
the Clyburn Pines-Country Club area. J
McDonald was awarded $11,460.00 for i
professional services. 1
The attorneyea were also given J
expense reimbursement of. $1,302.89, I
court documents show. (
The motion cited "significant litigation
difficulties" by the two attorneys for the t
plaintiffs. These included an emergency i
injunction they sought and obtained from i
the U.S. Supreme Court shortly before i
the Now. 3.1981 Lumberton school board f
election, preventing any residents of the
contested areas from voting in the city c
school board election and from partici- f
pating as candidates. i
Lumberton was cited for violating the s
196A Voting Rights Act originally for 1
ucgiciung 10 maie su omissions xo xne
Justice Department as mandated by law.
Monies awarded will go to Lumbee
River Legal Services (LRLS) and the
American Cicil Liberties Union (ACLU).
Pierce is executive director of Lumbee
River Legal Services and McDonald is
affiliated with the American Civil
Liberties Union.
Hunt's
running
against
Helm s
LUMBERTON-Governor Jim Hunt has
lone everything but put it in writing. He
s definitely running for senator against
lesse Helms. He said it out loud Monday
light at an appearance at the Ramada
nn in Lumberton. Hunt told a crowd at a
1100 a ticket meeting, "I want you to
tear it from me tonight. I intend to run
'or the U.S. Senate next year."
Some 250 tickets were sold for Monday
light's kick off in Robeson County,
iccording to Eddie MUsselwhite, chair
nan of the county's Jim Hnnt Explor
atory Committee, netting some S2S.000
or Hunt's campaign coffers.
Hunt said he would support better
education, more jobs, temily terming and
trograms for the elderly. He accused
ielms of supporting a national, con
etvative agenda instead of the needs of I
forth Carolinians.
ijjft
J.C. Thomas named
to Pembroke
Council vacancy
...HIS SELECTION NOT APPLAUDED
BY NEWLY ELECTED
HENRY WARD OXENDINE
AND VERNON OXENDINE
PEMBROKE -When Mayor-elect
Milton Hunt ran for Mayor and won
earlier this month a vacancy was created
on the council, namely his seat. J.C.
Thomas, an unsuccessful candidate for a
council seat on November 8, was named
last Friday, the day after Thanksgiving,
to fill Hunt's council seat which expires
in 1985. Some folks liked it and some
didn't.
Some of those who did like it, of
course, were lame duck councilman Rod
Locklear, and Councilman Larry T.
Brooks, who voted for Thomas. Sam
Dial, wlio opted to run for mayor in a
losing effort against Hunt, did not attend
the meeting. An effort had been made to
have Dial appointed to the seat to no
avail.
Hunt resigned his seat and stepped
down before the vote, leaving the matter
to Locklear and Brooks. Mayor James A.
'Pete" Jacobs did not express an opinion
on the matter.
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Before stepping down as councilman
Hunt was lauded by Locklear who said,
"Milton Hunt has taught me a lot...1
believe he is the right man for the job (as
mayor)."
Thomas was nominated for the
vacancy by Brooks who said, in part, that
it seemed right to appoint someone who
had shown an interest in the position.
Thomas had finished third in the
balloting for two council seats in the last
election with 274, a mere 9 behind Henry
Ward Oxendine with 283. Vernon
Oxendine led with 359.
But a number of citizens expresed
dissatisfaction with the choice of Tho
mas. noting that the new council would
take office December 5 and that new
councilmen Vernon Oxendine and Henry
Ward Oxendine should have input into
the election process. Both Oxendines
expressed some bitterness at the way
Thomas was chosen. Henry Ward
Oxendine said, "To me this is a power
play...a way to maintain the status quo."
And Vernon Oxendine said, "This is an
under handed deal...it just shows that
(they) don't have confidence in me and
Henry...in our judgment."
A CLOSER LOOK...
Rev.
Isaiah
Locklear
Rev. Isaiah Locklear
BY CONNEEBRAYBOY
Few people enjoy life as much as the
Rev. Isaiah Locklear. He is always
smiling and sees much to laugh about in
things and people around him. He is 84
years old, but he says "You are only as
old or as young as you feel. Sometimes I
feel like I'm 16." And he laughs with
glee as he relates: "I tell all the women
I'm 39." He frequently intellects into his
conversation laughter and terms of en
dearment, calling ladies "Sug" and
"Darling."
"Preacher Isaiah" as he is affec
tionately called, has his moments of
seriousness. "God has blessed me," he
said, "except for a small problem with
my eyes (cataractf), I'm in good health. I
eat whatever I want and drive my car
wherever.I want to go." He admits,
however, that he doesn't do much
driving at night anymore.
Rev. Locklear is still an active member
of the Burnt Swamp Association. And a
member of Island Grove Baptist Church
which he founded in 1952. He served
there as pastor for 10 years. He served as
pastor of Galilee Baptist Church, Red
Springs, for 20 years and six months. He
retired from full time ministry because
he was "not physically able to carry the
responsibility."
Rev. Locklear vividly recalls accepting
Christ as his Savior when he was 13 years
of age. He was called to preach at the age
of 28. He recalls in detail his First
sermon. "And when 1 see the blood I will
pass over thee," taken from Exodus
12:13. He delivered his first message at
Cherokee Chapel Methodist Chnrch
where the Rev. Zack Jacobs was serving
as pastor.
? Being raised in the Cherokee Chapel
area, he belonged to the Lumbee River
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J.R.
Hunt
by Cormc
"I believe that people should be doing
something to help someone," said J.R.
Hunt of the Deep Branch area. Hunt not
only believes that he should help, he puts
his beliefs into practice. He is a volunteer
in the Emergency Room of Southeastern
General Hospital, Lumberton. He assists
in the Emergency Room doing "anything
they need me to do." He has volunteered
his services to that hospital for six years.
He is there usually on Wednesday and
Friday from 8 a.m. until 12 noon. His
schedule varies, of course, "according to
when they need me," he said. "Some
times they need me most at night. When
they do that's when I go."
Hunt was recently selected as one of
the five North Carolina Volunteers of the
Year from Robeson County. This dis- #
tinction was given to him because he
contributed over 1600 hours in the past
six years.
When asked why he worked so
diligently without pay. Hunt replied: "I
thought that was where I was needed
most."
Hunt is a retired TSgt. with the United
States Air Force where he served 21
years of active duty.
He feels a certain kinship with patients
^te stated, which comes first of all from
his basic desire to be of service. He has
himself been hospitalized for extended
periods of time. He has had open heart
surgery twice. In 1975 he underwent
surgery at Wilford Hall United States Air
Force Hospital in San Antonio, Texas.
And again at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center, Washington, D.C.
in addition to nis service to the
hospital. Hunt is choir director of Deep
Branch Baptist Church and secretary of
the Deep Branch Volunteer Fire De
partment.
He is married to the former Annie T.
Jacobs, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Starling Jacobs of the Saddletree area.
They have two daughters: Tanuel Hunt
wo is earning her Master's degree in
business at East Carolina University; and
Ttminer Bennett who is a 'graduate of
Radford University where she is em
ployed as assistant director of admis
sions. Both pre also graduates of
Pembroke State University,
i Mr. Hunt stated that his roots "run
deep" in the Deep Branch Community.
The son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Hunt, he traces iifa family to that area as
far bach as 1896.
He is firm in his Chris nan beliefs and
has reached the same conclusion as King
Solomon at Biblical days: "Let us hear
the concluaion of the whole matter: Fear
God and keep his commandments for this
Is the whole doty of man." (Ecclesiastes
12:13)
Hunt's life exemplifies one of the
greatest commandments--"Thou shalt
love thy neighbor as thy sa^." And he
serves God by serving Ms ^Hew man.
PEOPLE
A ND PL A CES
AND THINGS
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Retiring
Here is JULIAN RANSOM
In his magnificent portrayal of
"Leader" doHug the flnt five
summers of "Strike At The
Wind," the outdoor drama
presented annually since 1976
near Pembroke.
See related story In Gene Warren's
PSU column on page 9.
UNION ELEMENTARY PTA MEETING
Union Elementary School will hold a
P.T.A. meeting on December 13. 1983 at
7:30 p.m. A brief business meeting will
be held followed by a program of
Christmas music from students in grades
K-6.
R.B. DEAN ELEMENTARY
STUDENT BOOK FAIR
R.B. Dean Elementary School in
Maxton will sponsor a student book fair
from December 14 to December 21.1983.
Students will be able to browse and
purchase books. The book fair will be
open during the hours of 8 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Books will be on display in the Media
Center.
All students, parents and visitors are
invited to attend the fair. The fair will
encourage student interest in reading
and in building home libraries, and will
also contribute to a worthwhile project.
All profits will be used to purchase new
library books for the media Center.
. DEEP BRANCH PTA MEETING
Deep Branch Elementary School will
have a P.T.A. meeting on Tuesday,
December 6. 1983. beginning at 7 p.m.
There will be a short program held in the
school cafeteria, immediately following
the program, parents are invited to visit
their child's classroom for conference.
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Pancake
Supper &
Breakfast
The 21st annual Fund-raising pro
ject will be held Friday, December 2nd,
from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., and Saturday.
December 3rd. from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.
Tickets are S3. The benefit is for the
Youth Programs and the supper and
breakfast will be held at the new
Pembroke Elementary School. Reggie
Strickland is the chairman for this event.
Tickets may be obtained from any
Kiwanian.
SGH EMERGENCY ENTRANCE
RELOCATED
Due to construction, the South
eastern General Hospital emergency
parking lot and entrance will be closed
for about six weeks. Emergency patients
will be received through the West 27th
Street entrance near the east end of the
main hospital building beginning Tues
day, Nov. 29, at 7 a.m.
All ambulances and rescue vehicles
should use the special ramp built from
West 27th Street to the entrance way.
Private cars should use the marked
parking area adjacent to the right of the
entrance.
This area will be well-lighted and signs
will direct emergency patients through
the hospital to the emergency dept.
Hospital visitors and employees are
requested not to park in or* Mock tins
temporary emergency receiving area.
YOUTH BASKETBALL PROGRAM
The Robeson County Recreation and
Park Commission will begin a youth
basketball program on Saturday, Dec. 3,
1983 at the following schools: Maxton Jr.
High, Prospect Jr. High, Pembroke
Middle School, Union Chapel Ele
mentary, Magnolia High. Red Springs
Middle. Fairmont Middle, Littlefield
High, St. Pauls High. Parkton High.
Rowland Southside Elementary and
Or rum High School.
Times: 5th & 6th grade boy?-9 a.m.
7th & 8th grade boyv-10 a.m. All 5th
through 8th grade girls--11 a.m.
CHRISTMAS PARADE
There will be a Christinas Parade,
sponsored by the Pembroke Jaycees and
the Town of Pembroke, Friday, Dec. 9 *
through downtown Pembroke. The par
ade will begin at 10 a.m. Line-up will be
at 9 a.m. at the PSU Performing Arts
Center. Interested participants should
contact Gregory Cummings at 521-9761.
Entries will include marching bands,
local queens and floats. Last year 92
entries and over 4,000 spectators par
ticipated and a'bigger turnout is
expected this year.
JAYCETTES EXPRESS
APPRECIATION TO FAMILIES
In observance of Family Week, Nov.
20-25, 1983, the Pembroke Jaycettes
expressed, their appreciation to their
families. The Pembroke Jaycettes and
their families met at the Pembroke
Skateland for a night of fun. The
Pembroke Jaycettes also provided snacks
for their families.
The Pembroke Jaycettes are involved
in activities to better their community as
well as the state. These activities often
take them away from their homes and
their families. The Pembroke Jaycettes
want their families to know they love and
appreciate them very much. Theresa
Locklear was the chairperson for the '
project and made all the plans with the
owner of the Pembroke Skateland,
Reginald Oxendine.
Also, on Wednesday night. Nov. 23,
1983. the Pembroke Jaycettes showed
another family they cared. They took
canned goods and Thanksgiving dinners
to a family in the Pembroke Community.
The Pembroke Jaycettes are involved in
numerous projects within the Com
They welcome any young lady. 18
years or older to join in their efforts to