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PEMBROKE, N.C _ hAU-hdriSMte" ?< ROBESONCOUNTY
frolame 12. Number IP McPElCOrr ariidiv. Mttfli ??. 1984
PROSPECT SHOWS ITS HEART
AS GOSPEL SING IS
SCHEDULED FOR 4th GRADER,
CARL OXENDINE, JR.
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PROSPECT-Prospect has a reputation
for its heart, and its capacity to take care
of its own. It's a pure Indian community
with a good and decent heart. When
someone is in trouble in Prospect the
other members of the community pitch in
and help.
And that's what Prospect School
Principal James Arthur Jones. Prospect
Squire Harbert Moore, Ed Melvin and
others are doing by planning an old
fashioned gospel sing featuring Day
Spring, one of the area's newest gospel
groups in concert.
The gospel sing will be held Sunday
afternoon. March 11, beginning at 2 p.m.
There is no admission charge but a free
will offering will be taken in behalf of
precious little Carl Oxendine, Jr., a
fourth grade student at Prospect School,
who is suffering from cancer of the leg.
Carl's condition is stable at the moment
but chemeotherapy will most likely
continue for another six months.
Carl is the son of Carl Oxendine. Sr. of
Prospect and Fairy Locklear of Shannon.
He stays with his father and grand
mother, Ms. Tyson Oxendine. during.the
week and stays with his mother on the
week end. He is loved by the community,
and especially his school chums who
cheered him wildly as he returned to
schooi Tuesday after returning from
Duke Medical Clinic where he had a
biopsy.
Carl. Jr., 9, has a sister, April
Miche'le. 13, and a brother, Danny, 15.
He is in Ms. Cindy Thrower's class. The
school is sponsoring the gospel sing.
Principal James A. Jones, and all the
students and faculty and support people,
cordially invite you to come out and help
them help Carl Oxendine, Jr., a precious
member of the Prospect Community.
Lauch Faircloth
visits
Robeson in
in quest
for Governor
Lanch F aire lath
PEMBROKE-North Carolina candi
date for Governor Lauch Faircloth said
today that his program to combine "the
compassion people want of government
with a no-nonsense approach" was
attracting broad support across the state.
Faircloth made the comments during a
full day campaigning in Robeson County
Monday that included stops in Fairmont,
Rowland. Maxton. Pembroke, Red
Springs, Parkton, St. Pauls and Lum
berton. He was accompanied by his
campaign's county chairman Frank
Floyd.
In two recent polls, one conducted by
one of his opponents, support for
Faircloth has risen far faster than any
other candidate. He is virtually dead
locked for first place in the most recent
poll done by the ChariaMa Observer.
Faircloth said. "People want a
government that is compassionate and
helps those so badty la need, bat they
also want intelligent and practical use of
their tax dollars We mm da both."?
Faircloth concentrated his remarks on
the three areas of education, jobs and
efloctive government. He also said he
#ovid oppose higher uiss.
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Cart Oxendine, Jr.
Purnell Swett and
Gov. Hunt featured
speakers at 9th annual
N.C. Indian Unity Conference
by Ben Jacobs
A host of distinguished local, state,
and federal officials will be the featured
speakers at the Ninth Annual North
Carolina Indian Unity Conference to be
held March 15-17 in Raleigh.
Purnell Swett, Superintendent of
Robeson County Schools, will address
the conference Thursday, March 15.
Swett has served in education as a
teacher, principal, and assistant super
intendent in Robeson County, and as a
chief administrator with the United
States Department of Education, in
Washington, D.C.
Governor James B. Hunt, Jr. will
address the conference Friday, March
16. Indians of North Carolina made
substantial progress under the Hunt
administration. During the past seven
years. Gov. Hunt has implemented the
observance of Indian Heritage Week,
established the Indian Housing Author
ity, and continued work on the North
Carolina Indian Cultural/Tourism Cen
ter.
William L. Engles, Commissioner of
the Administration for Native Americans
(ANA), of the Department of Health and
Human Services, in Washington, D.C.,
will address the conference Friday.
March 16.
Dr. H. "Lindy" Martin, professor of
American Studies at Samford University,
Alabama, will be the keynote speaker for
the conference banquet to be held Friday
night, March 16. Dr. Martin is also
Chairman of the Board of the Society for
the Preservation of American Indian
?Culture and serves as an Indian
historian, culturalist, and economic
development specialist.
The North Carolina gubernatorial can
didates will be the guests of honor and
featured speakers for the conference
Saturday morning, March 17. Candi
dates who have confirmed as of this date
include: Rufus Edmisten, Lauch Fair
cloth, Tom Gilmore, Jimmy Green, Ruby
Hooper. John Ingram, Eddie Knox, and
Jim Martin.
Other featured speakers for the
conference include: Robert Youngdeer.
Chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokees;
Eugene Crawford, Director of Indian
Services of the Lutheran Council in the
U.S.A.; and Ray Combs, Assistant
Secretary of the U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development
(HUD).
Lor! Ann Lockleat,
instead of Ge^ri Hunter,
appearing for Tom [m ie] Dial
Tom(mie) Dial, Pembroke business
man who is challenging incumbent Rep.
Charlie Rose III in the upcoming
Democratic primary, nays Nashville
performer Geri Hunter is ill and will not
be able to appear at the benefit sing
planned for Saturday night.
The festival is being held to raise
funds for Dial's campaign.
Dial says Hunter will be replaced by
ban Ann Locklear of Red Springs.
Hie she of the festival has also been
moved from Riverside Country Gub Park
to the Pembroke Skateland because of
the threat of inclement weather this
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weekend. Dial said Monday. The show
begins at 8 p.m.
Others appearing on the bill will be the
fabulous Willie Lowery, and the hard
driving and talented Henry Berry Band.
The Henry Berry Band, well known
locally, is made up of Lambert Locklear,
Bobby Van Hoy, Jamie Scon. James
Ward and Rodney Oxendine.
A $5.00 donation will be charged with
proceeds going to the Tomfmie) Dial for
the House campaign. Dial will also use
the occasion to announce openings of his
offices in Pembroke. Lumberton and
Fayetteville. .
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BRAVES I
WIN!
M ore '
next w eek...
PEMBROKE ? Pembroke Stale
earned a berth in the NAIA
national basketball tournament
with a 50-46 win over UNC
Asheville in the District 26 final
Wednesday night.
The win was Pembroke's 11th in
a row and gave the Braves their
first Pistrict 26 title. PSU won the
championship of the now defunct
District 29 in 1973 and played in
the nationals.
PSU advances to Kansas City,
Ma., for the national champion
ships March 14-20. The pairings in
the 32-team tournament will be
decided Sunday.
Plate Sale
planned for
Tracy Britt,
House Aspirant
PEMBROKE-Organizers of the Tracy
Britt for the House Campaign have
planned a Plate Sale in Pembroke Town
Park as a fund raiser.
The Plate Sale will be Friday. March 9.
beginning at 11 a.m. until, and will
feature chicken or barbecue for the price
of $3.00. ..
Other special activities are planned,
and other candidates for various political
offices are expected to attend. Everyone
is invited to come out and meet the
popular Britt, the grassroots candidate.
'Strike at
the Wind'
Telethon
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on schedule
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Maurice Lowerv
PEMBROKE--A telethon to raise
funds for "Strike at the Wind!" is
scheduled for Sunday, April 8. from 1 to
7 p.m. on Channel 40 in Fayetteville.
"Strike at the Wind!" is Robeson
County's very own outdoor drama that,
using local talent, tells the story of Henry
Berry Lowry and the Indians of Robeson
County. The show is approaching its
ninth season. The goal for the telethon-is
to raise 510,000.
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PSU Indian Studies
expected to
receive
full degree
A full degree program in American
Indian Studies is expected to be
approved for PSU Friday when the UNC
Board of Governors meets at Chapel Hill.
The program has already passed the
UNC Committee on Educational Plan
ning, Programs, and Policy.
If approved, it will be one of the few
degree programs in American Indian
Studies in the Nation. ? ? ??
"I've never Inown a degree program
which has gone this far not to be
approved." said Rosalie Neville of the
UNC General Administration late Wed
nesday. '
Adolph Dial. Chairman of the Ameri
can Indian Studies Department at PSU.
says he is delighted about the degree
program, saying. "It w ill mean much to
PSU. which began as a school for Indians
in 1887 and has a rich Indian heritage."
Old Main, which houses Dial's depart
ment. w hich will lead >? teaching this i
program, also is headquarters for the
Native American ReAnirce Center and
offices for "Strike althe Wind!", the
outdoor Indian dran* portrayed each
.summer near Pembnle.
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PEOPLE
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A ND PL A CES
AND THINGS
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REVIVAL AT RIVERSIDE
INDEPENDENT BAPTIST CHURCH
Revival begins at Riverside Inde
pendent Baptist Church, March 11 and
runs through March 16th. Services begin
at 6 p.m. Sunday, the 11th, and 7:30
weekly. Evangelists will be Rev. Donald
Bullard and Rev. Manford Locklear.
Pastor is Rev. Cheslev McNeill.
The church is located 3 miles west of
Interstate 95 on US 74. The public is
invited to attend.
UNION CHAPEL SCHOOL PTA
Union Chapel School will hold its
monthly PTA meeting Tuesday, March
13, in the school cafeteria, beginning at 7
p.m. All parents and interested citizens
are encouraged to attend.
Union Chapel School will also sponsor
a Science Fair. Monday, March 12 at the
school. Projects will be judged the same
day.
RESCHEDULE OF SADDLETREE
PRECINCT MEETING
A meeting of the Saddletree Pre
cinct has been rescheduled for Thursday,
March 8, 1984 at 8 p.m. at Piney Grove
School.
Mildred Rogers, Chairperson, will
convene the meeting for the purpose of
organizing the precinct, electing dele
gates to the county convention and to
take care of any other business that
would come before the precinct.
REGISTRATION FOR ADULT BASIC
EDUCATION SCHEDULED FOR
MARCH 13 A 27
Registration for Adult Basic Education
and Adult High School will be held at
Magnolia High School on Tuesday and
Thursday nights. March 13 through
March 27 at 6:30 p.m.
For more information call Peggy
Chavis or Violet Rose Wilkins at
739-4885.
GOSPEL SINGING AT ANTIOCH
MISSION CHURCH
The Ladies of Antioch Mission
Church will sponsor a Gospel Singing
March 10. 1984. The following night.
March 11, Revival at Antioch Mission
Church begins with the speakers being
Evangelist Montana Locklear and the
Rev. Clyde Locklear, pastor. Services
begin promptly at 7 p.m. nightly. There
will be prayers nightly for the sick by
Evangelist Montana Locklear, Rev.
Clyde Locklear and Deacon Alton
Oxendine. The public is cordially invited
to attend all these services.
PRE SCHOOL CLINIC
The Pre-School Clinic for Deep
Branch Elementary Kindergarten will be
Friday, March 9, 1984 from 9 a.m. to 12
noon. If your child will be five years old
by October 16, 1984, you are encouraged
to bring the following items to register
your child: Birth Certificate. Shot
Records. Principal is John N. Sampson.
PEMBROKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PRE SCHOOL CLINIC
, Pembroke Elementary School will be
holding Pre-School Clinic on Friday,
March 16. from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon.
If your child is five years old or will be 5
by October 15, 1984, you are urged to
come on the 16th to register your child
for kindergarten. You must also bring
your child's shot recortT and birth
certificate. The clinic will he held in the
kindergarten pod.
ROBESON BOARD TO TOUR JAIL
LUMBERTON-Members of the
Robeson County Board of Commis
sioners will tour the Robeson County jail
next Monday to see the "serious
problems" of overcrowding described by
Sheriff Hubert Stone at Monday's
meeting of the Commissioners. The jail
is housing 118 prisoners in the 108-bed
facility. Stone said.
In other business, the board approved
the hiring of an additional county
detective.
Arthur Oxendine was hired to the
$14,700-a-year position by a vote of 5-1.
Commissioner Bill Herndon voted
against Oxendine seemingly because he
is a cousin of Wyvis Oxendine, the
Maxton-Pembroke-Smiths commission
er.
RESCHEDULE OF NORTH SMITHS
PRECINCT MEETING
A meeting of the North Smiths
Precinct has been rescheduled for
Thursday, March 8, 1984, at 8 p.m. at
Oxendine School gym.
Randall Chavis, acting precinct chair
man. will convene the meeting for the
purpose of organizing the precinct,
electing delegates to the county con
vention and to take care of any other
business that would come before the
precinct.
RESCHEDULE OF PRECINCT
MEETING ISOUTH PEMBROKE]
County Chairman J.F. Cunrnings
authorizes a meeting of the South
Pembroke Precinct to be held on
Thursday, March 8, 1984 at 8 p.m. at the
Pembroke Junior High School. Deep
Branch Road, Pembroke. Henry Smith
will convene the meeting for the purpose
of organizing the precinct and electing
delegates to the county convention and to
take care of any other business that
would come before the precinct.
NEW INDUSTRY IN THE COUNTY
Help Yourself, Inc. is a new industry
in Lumberton and is celebrating its
opening at 123 West 3rd Street and
Water Street. Services provided will
include the introduction of specialized
screen painting (embossing of textiles)
and the locating and selling of hard to
find valuables.
The president and founder of Help
Yourself, Inc., Dr. Joy J. Johnson of
Fairmont, will sponsor a voter regis
tration rally Friday, March 9 at 9 a.m.
through Saturday evening. The purpose
of the rally is to insure that 100% of
Robeson County voters are registered.
All registrars and candidates for all
offices should be present for the "Meet
the Candidates" program and the
monthly meeting of the Black Caucus
which will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at
the Help Yourself, Inc. building at 123
West 3rd and Water Street, Lumberton.
NOTICE
Town of Pembroke Ordinance ?
7-1011 requires that each town resident
that owns a motor vehicle to purchase
and display a town license plate.
Effective March IS. 1984, citations will
be issued to those citizens not displaying
a plate. If you have not purchased your
Town Plate, please do so immediately.
Klrfay C. Abuboih, Chief
Pembroke Police Department
Political Rally planned
in Saddletree
The Saddletree Ja^cees and
concerned citizens of the
community are sponsoring a
political rally the weekend of
April 7, 1984.
Festivities will include a
bar-b-q plate sale, a public
forum at 1 p.m. Saturday and
a Country and Western dan
ce. as wei as other scheduled
activities.
The Rally wffl serve two
purposes. 1-A0ow candidates
and community the oppor
tunity to meet and internet;
2-Allow the community to
sponsor a project with the
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proceeds providing a re ere- >
ation program for seniors
citizens and youth.
The Rally will be held at the
Saddletree Community Build
ing. Ronnie Hammonds, pub
licity chairman, expects a
large turnout and notes that
commitments have already
been received from candi
dates ranging ?p to the
jovcroof.
AD candidates are encour
aged to contact Mr. Ham
monds for scheduling at the
public forum by calling 739
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