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THE CAROLIN#INDI? ni VOICE
PEMBROKE. N.C ?J ROBESON COUNTY
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HOKE TEACHER COMMITS
SUICIDE, TIES
^ TO PORNOGRAPHY
Robert Taylor, a Hoke County high
school history teacher, was found dead
last Thursday, apparently the victim of
suicide. The 40 year old Indian died from
a gunshot wound to the heart. His body
was found hi the Jaycee Hut near
Raeford. Taylor was a former president
of the Hoke County Jaycees, and was
chairman of the Hoke County Indian
Education Committee. He also coached
the freshmen girls' Softball team, and
was a leader in the Hoke County Indian
Community.
Sheriff David Boning two iwffcssnl
Tuesday that Taylor had been under
investigation for taking nude photos of
teen-age boys and for alleged violations
of state obscenity laws.
The day before his death Sheriff
Barrington had obtained a search
warrant and had found incriminating
evidence on his premises at Route 1, Red
Springs where considerable pornography
was found, including film, pictures, and
photographic equipment.
Taylor, right, was shown in a happier
setting here in 1978 when as president of
the then Hoke County Jaycees he
presented Bruce Barton, editor, with a
plaque of appreciation at an appreciation
banquet for the Indian Voice at the Old
Foundry Restaurant in Lumberton.
Taylor had oi appohitmot to meet
with Sheriff Barrington the day of his
death.
He was married and had three
children.
Pembroke Jaycees & Jaycettes
annual Awards Banquet
The Pembroke Jaycees and Jaycettes
recently held their annual Installation
,and Awards Banquet, Saturday, May 5,
1984 at 7 p.m., at the Railroad Express,
in Pembroke, N.C.
The meeting was called to order by
Jaycee President Larry D. Jacobs.
Afterwards he welcomed those attending
and introduced guests, current officers
and incoming officers for 1984-85
Jaycette President Molly 0. Locklea
introduced the guest speaker, Walter G
Oxendine, a J.C.I. Senator and lift
member of the Pembroke Jaycees
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1984-45 Pembroke Jaycee Officer! [left
to right): Virgil Lwrqr, External Vice
President* Larry D. Jacobs, Chairman of
the Board; Billy Bay Oxendine, Pre
sident; Anthony Ckavla, Beard of
Dbecton and Gary LocUear, Tie oarer.
Not plctarod arc; Larry Bedgero,
Internal Vice-President; Gerald Strtck*
land, Ways & Means Vice-President;
William Lewry, Secretary; Jeffery Ox
endlne, State Director and Carttoa Dial
and Timothy Strickland, Board ol
Directors.
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Pembroke Carpet Service....
now SOUTHERN INTERIORS
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Pembroke Carpet is now Southern
Interiors, and is boused in this beautiful
and spacious building on Union Chapel
PEMBROKE?Shelia and Charles
Maynor are proud to announce that they
are now in their new and spacious
building, and that they have changed
their name from Pembroke Carpet
Service to Southern Interiors.
Southern Interiors is the center piece
of a 8.500 square foot building developed
by the Maynors, and designed by Pete
Covington. Each wing also houses a
i business.
Each wing or business contains 1,100
1 square feet. On the left is JoAnns, soon
to open, and owned by Jo Ann and
Jimmy Harris. The new business will
feature quality children's and ladie's
Road. The 8,500 square fool budding is
also home for the Holiday House and
Jo^nn's.
The Holiday House, owned and
operated by Hayes Alan Locklear. 21,
will feature floral arrangements, gift
items and cards for all occasions. Hayes,
a former PSU student, will be catering
for festive occasions. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Hayes Locklear, Jr. and resides
at the family home in the Union Chapel
Community.
Maynor said, in a recent interview,
"Shelia and I have been working for the
last five years, and planning our new
building as -a way to share our
appreciation to our wonderful custom
ers."
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cioimng. is 'Strike at the Wind! 's''
David Oxendine Youngest
Director in the Country?
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| David Oxendlne
Yes, according to a spokesperson at
the Outdoor Drama Institute in Chapel
Hill, David Oxendine. 24, is the youngest
director of an outdoor drama in the
country. And also the possibility exists
that he may be the only Indian to direct
an outdoor drama. Pretty impressive
credentials for sufli a nice young man
who is the son of Grady mod Lettie Mae
Oxendine of Pembroke. N.C.
David graduated from Pembroke
Senior High in 1978 and attended
Catawba College majoring in drama with
a minor in speech. He graduated from
Catawba m 1982. This talented young
man toured for a year with the Reper
atoire Theatre of America from coast to
coast. He also worked at Rat Rock
Playhouse in the mountains for two
summers. In the summerof 1961. he was
with the National Shakespeare Reper
atoire.
Coming home. David has directed and
( acted in two of the Robeson Little
, Theatre productions of the "Rainmaker"
and "Never Too Late." Last year he
shared the character of "Boas Strong"
with Carnell Locklear in "Strike at the
Wind!". When he wasn't on stage, he
was assistant director under Shawn
Smith.
Davis is very excited about the
upcoming season of "Strike at the
Wind!" He sees some additions and
changes in Robeson County's very own
outdoor drama depicting the exploits of
Henry Berry Lowry and the Lumbee
Indians. Included among the changes
will be data commemorating the 400th
Anniversary in the prologue segment of
the drama, changes in several scenes, in
particular the scene of Allen Lowry,'Sr.
and William being executed on stage
instead of behind stage as in the past.
David was quoUd as saying. "I feel I
am closer to Strike at the Wind! than
anyone who has directed the drama since
I am distantly related to one of the
characters. On his mother's side of the
family, Brantley Harris was her great
great-grandfather. David also reported
that he would "take individual parts and
improve the credibility of the character
and the actor."
AD in all, we commend this fine local
young man for his accomplishments so
far. And we look forward to the splendid
job he will do as he directs this year's
* Iproduction of "Strike at the Wind!".
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1 PEOPLE
PLACES
AND THINGS
PSU OPEN TENNIS TOURNEY
SET JUNE 11-16
The Pembroke State University Open
Tennis Tournament will be held June
11-16 at PSU. Events will include: men
and women single and doubles, junior
boys singles and doubles, senior men
and women singles and doubles (35 and
over). Entry fee will be S5 for single and
S5 for doubles team. Each player must
furnish a can of new balls. Deadline for
paying entry fee will be Friday, June 8 at
6 p.m. Send fees to: Ken Johnson, 1
Dogwood Lane, Pembroke, N.C. Or call
521-4694 for further information.
GOSPEL SING AT SANDY GROVE
HOLINESS CHURCH
The gospel singing group. Quinton
Mills and Deliverance, from Hollister,
N.C. will be appearing at Sandy Grove
Holiness Church, May 27, 1984 (the 4th
Sunday) at 6 p.m. For more information
call 844-3910 and ask for Sister Alfair
Bullard.
ROBESON LITTLE THEATRE
PRESENTS "JESUS CHRIST
SUPERSTAR"
"Jesus Christ Superstar," a Rock
Opera depicting the last seven days in
the life of Jesus of Nazareth, will be
presented by Robeson Little Theatre
May 17, 18. 19, 24, 25 and 26 at 8 p.m.
And May 20. Sunday Matinee at 2:30
p.m. in the Carolina Civic Center.
Director is Bob Johnson. Lyrics are by
Tim Rice. Music by Andrew Lloyd
Webber. Producer is Lee Wiggins. And
choreography is by Anne Johnson.
Native
son
Promoted
Mr. Hollia Loddcar
NORTH CHICAGO, IL.-Abbott Lab
oratories* Health Care Worldwide Cor
porate Headquarters recently announced
the promotion of Mr. Hollis Locklear.
Mr. Locklear has assumed the position of
Manager of Abbott's Lake County Illinois
Drug Dispensing and Local Cartage
Operations. He has worked at Abbott's
Corporate Headquarters in various man
agement positions for the last six years. I
Also, he was previously employed atf
their Laurinburg, North Carolina plant.
Locklear's new position carries with it
the responsibility for managing the dis
pensing of raw drugs td the Hospital.
Pharmaceutical, Diagnostics, and Che
mical Operations at the North Chicago
si^e and International locations. Another
additional responsibility of his position is
to manage the Lake County portion of
Abbott's Private Fleet which consists of
private fleet trucks handling local
cartage within a ISO mile radius of the
North Chicago Plant.
A native son of Robeson County,
Locklear grew up near Maxton, North
Carolina and graduated from Pembroke
State University and Robeson Technical
College. Before joining Abbott he was
employed as a Financial Aid and Veteran
Affairs Officer at Robeson Tech.
Mr. Locklear b the son of Jemce H.
Cummings of Maxton and Nancy Lock
lear Sanderson of Pembroke. He is
married to the former Jeanette Revels
Locklear, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Curtis Locklear of Red Springs. Mr. and
Mrs. Hollis Locklear reside in Vernon
Hills. Illinois, with children Dene, Tonya
and Quentin. Mr. Locklear is a member
of Saint Mary of Vernon Catholic Church.
Chavis
registers
Complaints
about Voting
Irregularities
l.UMBERTON--Thc Robeson County
Board of Elections met Monday night
and heard allegations from Larry W.
Chavis concerning voting irregularities
jn the District 6 County School Board
race May 8 in which Chavis trailed
incumbent and chairman Pete Clark
567-527.
The board decided to allow the staff to
investigate the allegations, and then to
make a recommendation to the state
Board of Elections later.
Chavis originally submitted a letter of
protest to the county Board of Elections
on May 14. in which he listed some
alleged irregularities. But Monday night,
after securing the legal services of H.
Mitchell Baker. Ill, Chavis presented an
"amended and enlarged" petition and
affidavit contesting the election.
In the petition, he alleged:
?That he had not been informed that
portions of Lumberton 4. 5, 6 and 7 also
vote for District 6 of the county school
board;
?That at least 11 people (names were
provided) who are listed as having voted
in Thompson Precinct do not reside in
Thompson Precinct or any other precinct
that votes for District 6;
?That nine Thompson Precinct voters'
names (names provided) were listed on
the poll books but not in the poll binder.
In addition to raising the question of
their registration, he alleges that pre
cinct workers would not know which
school board ballot to give the voter
without going to the binder;
?That 10 Thompson Precinct voters
(names provided) were listed in the poll
book as having voted but n< such
designation had been made in the poll
binder;
?That 21 Back Swamp Precinct voters
(names provided) who are residents of
the Fairmont City School District were
not so noted on the poll binder, raising
questions as fb whether they voted in the *
proper school board race;
?that five Back Swamp Precinct voters
(names provided) were marked on the
poll book as having voted but were not
marked in the poll binder;
?That two Back Swamp voters' names
were found in the poll book but not in the
registration binder;
?That in the Back Swamp Precinct, 23
more county school board votes were cast
than there were county district residents
listed on the poll book;
?That 10 Gaddys Precinct voters
(names provided) who reside within the
Fairmont City School District were not so
designated in the poll binder and may
have been given a ballot to vote in the
county school board election;
?That two voters (names provided) in
Gaddys Precinct do not reside in Gaddys
Precinct or in any precinct encompassed
by District 6;
?That in Gaddys Precinct the official
card in the poll binder was not marked
"Special Election" for 91 voters who
reside in the Fairmont school district and
that those voters could have been given
ballots for the Fairmont or county school
district;
?That 191 names were shown on the
Gaddys Precinct poll book but only 187
votes were shown on the official canvass;
?That five felons who are still on
probation were allowed to vote, which
Ms. Morton says is virtually impossible
to check;
?That one registered voter who asked
was asked by a judge if she was 67 years
old and. when she answered negatively,
was not allowed to vote. The 67, Chavis
alleges, was not her age but die year in
which she first registered;
?That the Back Swamp registrar.
T\ ? I? 1 m n nk m j m fS | ?foiatants
Udfon ???Coosi picicc itbo is>ni?nis,
one being his daughter. Sharon Jacobs,
to serve at the poDing area in violation of
North Carolina law. That neither of the
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