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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 3 a?c per copy Tg VY. JANUARY 19,1984
Pembroke Chamber
of Commerce activated
PEMBROKE-A good representation
of the business community in Pembroke
turned out Tuesday night to re-activate
the Pembroke Chamber of Commerce.
The meeting was also graced by the
appearance of Mayor Milton Hunt, Town
Manager McDuffie Cummings and
Councilman J.C. Thomas.
Named president was Bruce Barton,
editor of The Carolina IndUn Yoke. Vice
president is Jim Hunt president of
Lumbee Bank. Other officers named
were: Dr. David Brooks, secretary;
Carlton Dial (Dial Insurance Agency),
treasurer; and directors John Drose,
Piggly Wiggly; Charles Alton Maynor,
Pembroke Carpet Service; McDuffie
Cumings, Town Manager, and George
W. Lowry, Pembroke Machine Com
pany.
The next meeting of the chamber is
scheduled for February 15 at ShefTs
Restaurant in Pembroke. The meeting
will be a luncheon and will begin at 12:30
p.m. All businesses are urged to send a
representative, and all those concerned
about the welfare of Pembroke are urged
to attend.
BOBBY DEAN LOCKLEAR
CHALLENGES FOR RED SPRINGS
COMMISSIONER SEAT
Bobby Dean Locklear, Head of the
Guidance Department of West Robeson
High, has filed for election to the
Robeson County Board of Commission
ers, representing the Red Springs
District. The Red Springs District is
comprised of Burnt Swamp, Baft Swamp,
Shannon, Rennert, Philadelphia. Red
Springs #1 and Red Springs Wl Precincts.
Locklear has served two consecutive
terms on that board, from 1972 until
1980. During his tenure on that board he
served in numerous appointed county
positions, including Chairman of the
Robeson County Health Department and
Chairman of the Lumber River Council of
Governments.
Locklear is a graduate of Pembroke
State University and earned his
Master's Degree in Guidance from
Western Carolina University, Cullowhee,
NC. He has served as guidance counselor
at several schools, including Pembroke
Junior High for six years; Hoke County
High for eight years; and Prospect High
for three years. He also served as a
classroom teacher at Prospect School
where he taught Biology. Chemistry and
English for five years.
Locklear is well known in educational
circles, having served on several state,
local and national educational commit
tees. He has been a dedicated member of
many civic organizations. His most noted
contributions have been to the Pembroke
Jaycees where he served as President
and to the Pembroke VFW where he
served as Post Commander and remains
an active member.
Locklear released the following state
ment in making his announcement:
"I have been approached by many
friends, acquaintances and associates
recently, urging me to seek election to
the Robeson County Board of Commis
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and consideration, 1 have deckled to seek
the opportunity to represent the Red
Springs District because I believe our
district needs an advocate. We need a
representative who is outspoken. H has
always been characteristic of me to say
what I felt. It is not a popular trait, but I
feel it is necessary for the advancement
of our county. Problems must first be
recognized, then expressed before they
can be solved.
"I care about the worth, dignity, rights
and opportunities of every Robesonian. 1
am proud of my past record as county
commissioner and believe sincerely that
it speaks for itself. I am proud of our
county, especially the progress all of us
have made in the area of human rights.
Robeson County is becoming, 1 believe,
finally a county for ^nd by all the
people.
"I am making no specific promises to
pave roads for certain individuals, to
keep the tax rate down, or to get jobs for
a select few. I do promise, if elected, to
represent the people in my District, in
particular, and the people of Robeson
County, in general, in their best interest
and to the best of my ability.
"I do promise to keep education as my
Number One priority because I still
believe our children are our greatest
asset."
Locklear. a life long resident of the
Union Chapel Community, is married to
the former Theresa Revels. They have
four children: Gwen, a sophomore at
Pembroke State University; Amelia Kay
and Amira Fay, juniors at West Robeson
High; and Brannagan Ray, a sixth grade
student at Union Chapel School.
Betty Oxendine Mangum
talks about Indian
Education at ECU
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GREENVILLE- 'Indian Education in
North Carolina" was the topic of two
presentations by Betty Oxendine Man
gum. director of Indian education for the
N.C. Department of Public Instruction,
given at East Carolina University Jan.
17.
Ms. Mangum spoke at 4 p.m. and 7
p.m. in Hendrix Theatre. Her visit to
ECU was sponsored by the ECU College
of Arts and Sciences' Multicultural
Education Committee.
A Lumbee Indian and graduate of
Pembroke State and N.C. Central
Universities. Ms. Mangum has com
pleted a year in the Education Policy
Fe How ship Program. Before joining the
state education department, she taught
at the elementary level in North
Carolina. Michigan. Nebraska and Iowa
and served as consultant in a self
image development program.
Lumbees to vote '
on Tribal Council
status for LRD A
There will be a Vote Referendum
January 31, 1984 for Lumbee Tribal
enrolled members, 18 years of age and
older. The referendum is to authorize
Lumbee Regional Development Asso
ciation Board of Directors to act for the
Lumbee Tribe on Federal Recognition
until a Lumbee Tribal Council is formed
and elected by Lumbee Tribal Enrolled
Members.
Voting sites are: Green Grove School
gym. Magnolia School classroom. Oxen
dine School gym, Pembroke Middle
School gym. Prospect School gym, South
Robeson High School office. West
Lumberton School library, LRDA Revels
Plaza (Pembroke), Hilly Branch Career
Center cafeteria, Lumbee Shopping
Center, Union Chapel Community Build
ing, Smyrna Fellowship Hall (Lum
berton) and Rennert Town Hall, all in
Robeson County. Sites in Hoke County:
Native American Council Building in the
South Hoke Community; in Scotland
County: American Legion in Laurinburg.
For more information call the LRDA
Administration Office at (919) 521
8602.
HASTY FILES AGAIN
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Join C. [Pete] Hasty
Representative John C. (Pete) Hasty
has announced that he will seek re
election to the North Carolina Legisla
ture. Mr. Hasty was elected to the House
of Representatives in 1982 to represent
the 16th District, which is comprised of
Robeson, Hoke and Scotland Counties.
Hasty is a native of Maxton, having
graduated from Maxton High School and
served as the Town's Mayor in 1967. He
it actively engaged in the Insurance and
Realy Estate business in Maxton.
The former Betty Upchurch of Raeford
and Mr. Hasty were married in 1955 and
ate the fbrents of three children
John Hasty, Jr. of Maxton, Flora Hasty
McCook of Macon. Georgia and Eliza
beth U. Hasty, a student at Wesleyan
College in Macon. Georgia.
He has been involved in civic and
community affairs for many years,
having served on the Laurinburg
Maxton Airport Commission. Scotland
Memorial Hospital Board of Trustees,
Mormax Club and served two years as
President of Cape Fear Area Council Boy
Scouts of America.
Hasty is a longtime member of St.
Paul's United Methodist Church in
Maxton and served as Chairman of the
Administrative Board and as a member
of many of its committees.
While serving in the. 1983 Session of
fergi?!!M>f?. he was appointed to the
following committees: Finance, Insuran
ce, Judiciary III, Law Enforcement, Local
Go -eminent, Manufacturing and Labor.
Public Utilities, and State Government.
Since the end of the Session, he has been
appointed to several study commissions:
Property Tax Study Commission. Re
gulation of Banks. Savings and Loan
Associations and Credit Unions, and the
Commission to Study Insurance Laws
and Regulations.
Mr. Hasty stated that the 16th District
was well represented during the last
Session of the Legislature, but we need
to return someone with experience. "Our
District needs to elect someone who has
learned how to influence Legislation so
that this District can be as important a
factor in passing Legislation as this
District is important to North Carolina."
} Behan files for
District Court Judge
Lumberton attorney Adelaide G.
Behan Tiled as a candidate for District
Court Judge of the 16th Judicial District
of Robeson and Scotland Counties in the
May Democratic Primary.
An associate of the law firm of I.
Murchison Biggs. P.A . Rehan has
practiced law in Lumberton for seven
years.
She is a 1976 graduate of Wake Forest
University Law School and took an
undergraduate degree in business ad
ministration with Cum Laude honors.
Behan is chairman of the Lumberton
Planning Board and is in her second
term. She is also past president of the
Robeson County League of Women
Voters and is a member at-large of the
North Carolina League of Women
Voters.
"1 feel that 1 have acquired the legal
knowledge and have accumulated the
experience to serve the people of
Robeson and Scotland Counties in a fair
and equitable manner in both criminal
and civil cases." Behan said in making
her announcement. "Efficient use of the
cqpfts should be a prime goal for any
judge, attorney and administrator."
Behan is a member of the American
and North Carolina Bar Associations.
She is a graduate of the National
Institute of Trial Advocacy and certified
by the North Carolina Coliege of
Advocacy. She is also a member of the
ftorth Carolina. Association of Women
Attorneys. ^
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PEOPLE
A ND PL A CES
AND THINGS
PROSPECT AUXILIARY FIRE DEPT.
SPONSORS BUFFET DINNER
The Prospect Auxiliary Fire De
partment invites you to a buffet dinner
on the 5th of February. The cost is $5 for
an adult plate and S3 for a child's plate.
The time is from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the
Prospect Fire Department.
TOBACCO DAY JAN. 27
Congressman Charlie Rose will host
"Tobacco Day" January 27, 1984, at 9
a.m. at the Chadbourn Civic Center. All
farmers are welcome. Guests will include
Fred Bond. Carlton Blalock,
Bruce Flye, Kirk Wayne, Jim Oliver and
officials from USDA.
a luncheon will be held from 12:30
1:30 p.m.
BOY SCOUTS HAVE SUMMER
POSITIONS AVAILABLE
Cape Fear Council, BSA will be
holding interviews at Camp Bowers
Scout Camp on Highway 53 near
Elizabethtown on Saturday. January 21
for summer employment starting at 9
a.m. Positions will be available for high
school, college, and adults with special
skills or training in Water Safety,
Handicrafts. Environmental Science,
Campcraft. Archery, and Rifle and
Shotgun. Openings for adults over 21 are
Aquatics Director. Fieldsports Director,
Environmental/Conservation Director
and Camp Cooks.
For morts information can 76z-lft2V of'
write Cape Fear Council, BSA, PO Box
1626, Wilmington, N.C. 28402.
ROBESON COUNTY RECREATION
AND PARK COMMISSION'S
ANNUAL FREE THROW
COMPETITION
The Robeson County Recreation and
Park Commission recently held their
annual Free Throw Competition being
sponsored by the Elk's Club of Lum
berton. Finals were held at Pembroke
State University Tuesday, January 10,
1984. The participants came from 30
schools within the County. The top
finishers were awarded with trophies
donated by the Elk's Club. Winners are:
8-9 year old boyat 1st place -Jamie
Locklear, 2nd--Jason Sessoms.
8-9 year old glria: 1st--Patricia Brewer
and 2nd--Bridgette Revels.
10-11 year old boys: lst-Eric Jones.
2nd-Thomas Tilson.
10-11 year old girls: lst-Lynn Gra
ham. 2nd-Sonya Harper.
12-13 year old boys: lst-Larry Hunt.
2nd--Clif Currie.
12-13 year old girls: lst--Jennie Buck
ner, 2nd--Nancy Locklear.
LUMBER RIVER BASIN COMMITTEE
TO MEET
The Lumber River Basin Committee
will convene its January meeting at 7
p.m. in the McLean Room of the Robeson
County Public Library on Thursday the
26th. Guest speaker will be Dickson
McLean. Jr. who recently received the
Chairman's Award from the N.C. Nature
Conservancy for his efforts in preserving
several local Carolina bays. McLean will
be talking about the bays and the
Conservancy. The public is invited to
attend the meeting.
COUNTY CHECKER TOURNEY
JANUARY 31, 1984
The Robeson County Recreation and
Park Commission wiN sponsor a County
Checker Tournament on Tuesday. Janu
ary 31. 1984. tournament will be held at
the Recreation Department located at
108 Elizabethtown Road near the County
Jail House. Registration begins ar 6:30
7:00 p.m. Tournament starts at 7:15
p.m. Entry-fee per person is $2.00.
There will be the following age
categories: 6-9 years old. 10-15 years old.
16-19 years old, 20-29 years old. 30-39
years old. and 40 and over. First srri
second place awards will be given. For
further information contact Cathy Mitch
ell at 738-9061.
GOSPEL SING AT DEEP BRANCH
The Deep Branch Recreation Dept.
is holding a Gospel Sing Friday. January
20. in the Deep Branch School cafeteria.
If you have purchased a dinner ticket,
refunds ?41 he made at the Singing
Friday niahi
ROBESON COUNTY LIBRARY
SPONSORS 1984 LOCAL QUIZ BOWL
JAN. 23 A 25 AT 7:30 P.M. IN THE
OSTERNECK AUDITORIUM
The Quiz Bowl, much like various
television bowls, is a program of
academic competition among teams of
North Carolina high school students.
The program gives students a chance to
participate in competition and receive a
share of the spotlight normally reserved
for high school athletes.
There are four levels of Quiz Bowl
competition, beginning with the local
bowl. Local winners then advance to the
District Quiz Bowls (March 27th).
Winners from a number of counties meet
at this level, with both the winner and
runner-up advancing to the State finals
(April 14th) at the Archives/State
Library Building in Raleigh.
All surrounding" high schools both
public and private in Robeson County
were invited to participate in the local
Quiz Bowl.
On January 23rd the following schools
will compete in the first round of the local
Bowl: Lumberton vs. West Robeson.
South Robeson vs. Parkton and St. Pauls
vs. Littlefield.
On January 25th the following schools
will participate in the second round of the
local Bowl: Orrum vs. Red Springs and
Fairmont vs. Magnolia.
The final rounds will be played also on
January 25th to determine the local Quiz
fkrol Wim?|t)? represent Robe .on
"County in tne District Quiz Bowl.
The Honorable Judges for the 1984
Quiz Bowl are: Mrs. Ann Wells, Dr.
Frank Schmalleger, Mrs. Mable Floyd.
Mrs. Roxanne Maynor. Mr. Ertyl Knox
Chavis and Dr. Sylvester Woolen. The
Moderators are: Mr. James "Pete"
Jacobs and George Gilpin. The Score
keeper and Timekeeper are: Ms. Carolyn
Buckelew and Ms. Valarie Cummings.
SINGING AT PEMBROKE
CHURCH OF GOD
PEMBROKE-There will be a gospel
singing January 27th at Pembroke
Church of God. Rev. Jack Hunt is pastor.
The singing will take place at 7 p.m.
and will feature the DAL Gospel
Singers, the Rockingham Singers, the
Calvary Singers and others.
The singing is being sponsored by the
Ladies Auxiliary who will also host a
plate sale from 10 a.m. until the same
day at the church, featuring barbeque
and chicken and pastry. The plates will
cost $3.00.
The ladies, members, and Rev. Hunt
cordially invite everyone to share with
them.
PSU's
District
Directors
W orkshop
set for
Saturday
PEMBROKE-Pembroke State Uni
versity's first "Alumni District Directors
Workshop" will be held Saturday. Jan.
21. at the Ramada Inn in Lumberton, it
has been announced by the PSU Alumni
Office.
Directors from the eight PSU alumni
districts in North Carolina have been
invited for the special program which
begins at 9 a.m. with registration. Lunch
will be served at 12:15 p.m. The directors
will then be taken to Pembroke State
University for campus tours.
The program includes: 9:30 a.m.
welcome and introduction by M McRae.
president of the PSU Alumni Asso
ciation; 9:45 a.m.-"Volunteerism." by
Jan Koellner of Fayetteville. executive
director of the Cape Fear Chamber of the
March of Dimes; 10 a.m.-"Bequest and
Trust Programs" by John Wheeler of
Fayetteville,. who is with Metropolitan
Life Insurance Co. of Fayetteville: 10:45
participants; 12; 15 p, m.--hunch keynote
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