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J" 7 ,,t J VOLUME 12, NUMBER 24 TSc HER COPY A' ' - t THURSDAY, JUNE 14, 19>4 |
Wanbll Sota, Jonathan Merrill Dunn,
4-year-old son of Michael and Daphne
Dnnn of Pembroke, and the grandson of .
Mrs. Soe Jonaon of Pembroke and Mrs.
John M. Dunn of Norfolk, Vbginia, la
expected to be one of the many exciting
participants In the Lombee Homecoming
Pow Wow Dance Competition. Wanbll
Sota (Jonathan Merrill Dunn] recently
won first place In the boys age group at a .
Pow-Wow held In Wilmington, N.C.
Juanite
Locklear
retires i
by Gene Warren
Juanlta Lock] ear... She wm hired at
Pembroke State University 33 yean ago
when there were only 125 stodenU. PSU
now has over 2,100 students.
In 1951, Harry Truman was presi
dent. and the Korean War was raging. In
that July. Juanlta Locklear came to work
as a 23-year-old at what was then
Pembroke State College.
At the end of this month, Mrs.
Locklear retires after 33 years of service.
Only Mrs. Berllne Prine. who is
completing her 42nd year of service, has
been at Pembroke State University
longer.
Mrs. Locklear is director of the Native
American Resource Center in PSU's Old
Main building--a position she has held
since the Center was opened in the
restored Old Main in December 1979.
"Someone once told me you'd always
know when the time comes to retire. In
January. I decided this June was the
time for me. Before, I'd never thought
much about it." said the kindly,
soft-spoken Mrs. Locklear.
2 H?r husband. Jamea Aahford Lock
lear, has already retired. He was a
mechanic They live on a farm near
Pembroke. "He likes to hunt and
fish-and I fish in lakes and ponds." said
Mrs. Locklear. "I've never fished at the
coast, but might try it."
Mrs. Locklear says she is not
interested in going to Europe or Hawaii
after retiring. "I like to take small trips."
she says. "I'm going to stay busy, but I
don't want to watch the clock and stay on
a schedule. I like going to Cherokee and
visiting Blast Mountain where one of our
former professors. lags Ilka Isrksndssf,
Uvea." Mrs. Cochlear s hobbies are
collecting recipes and crafts.
CALENDAR OF EVENTS -- LUMBEE HOMECOMING 1984 ' J ? ?
Friday, June 29th ? " V -
Archery Contest and Pow Wow--Pembroke Junior High Football Field at 5:00 p.nf.
Admission $1.00
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Saturday, June 30th
Archery Contest and Pow Wow--Pembroke Junior High Football Field at 5:00 p.m.?
Admission $1.00
Sunday, July 1st
Gospel Singing?Performing Arts Center, Pembroke State University at 2:30 p.m.?
Free
Wednesday, July 4th
Little Miss Lumbee?Performing Arts Center, Pembroke State University at 7:30 p.m.
Admission $3.00 (Children 12 Yrs. & Under) $4.00 Adults
Wednesday, July 4th
Kick-Off Dance Presenting Contestants?Old Foundry Banquet Room at 10:00 p.m.?
Admission $3.00
Thursday, July 5th -- j i
Business & Awards Banquet-- Pembroke Junior High School at 7:30 p.m.--Admission $6.5(
Friday, July 6th
Miss Lumbee Scholarship Pageant?Performing Arts Center, Pembroke State University
at 8:00 p.m.?Admission $5.00
Friday, July 6th
Coronation Ball?Old Foundry Banquet Room at 11:00 p.m.--Admission $12.00 per
couple (breakfast included)
Saturday, July 7th
Agriculture Awards Breakfast?Auxi1iary Gym, Pembroke State University at 8:00 a.m.
Admission $3.00- >
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Saturday, July 7_th
Activities in t,he park? Pembroke Town Park at 7:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, July 7th ^
Lumbee Homecoming Parade--Downtown Pembroke at 10:00 a.m.
Saturday, July 7th
Reception and Art Display?Old Main, Pembroke State University at 11:00 a.m. until
1:00 p.m.
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Saturday, July 7th
"Strike at the Wind" ? Riverside Country Club at 8:30 p.m.--Admission Children (12 Yrs
& Under) $2.50, Adults $5.00, Senior Citizens $4.00 and Reserved Seats $6.00
Mrs. Lockiear was hired as secretary
to the PSU librarian in 1 S)51. There were
then only 125 students and 19 faculty
members at Pembroke State College. Dr.
Ralph D. Wellons was president. "The
only other secretary was Bertine Prine.
who was secretary to the president, and
there was a bookkeeper. Mrs. Inez
Freeman." she reflected. "Our school
was small, hill it was nice. Everyone
knew everyone else. Now faculty mem
bers come and go. and you don't get to
meet many of llient." (Note: PSU now
has over 2. KM) students and 135 faculty
members).
Looking back over the past 33 years,
Mrs. Lockiear said she never dreamed
Pembroke State would grow like it has.
Integration because of the 1954 Supreme
Court decision brought a lot of it to what
was an all-Indian school until then. "I
was glad to see the white students
come," she said. "We really started
growing under Dr. (Engllsh| Jones. We
had more people and more faculty. I
didn't ever think we'd expand this
much."
In 1967, after 16 years of being
secretary to the librarian, Mrs. Lockiear
became periodicals librarian. Five years
later she became circulations librarian.
She was in charge of the Indian artifacts
in the Mary Livermore Library long
before the Native American Resource
Center in Old Main became a reality in
1979.
The Native American Resource Center
is one of the showplaces of the campus.
Last year 14.273 people visited the
Center. Many receptions and talks by
special guests are held there. Many film
showings about American and Lumbee
Indians also take place there.
Mrs. Locklear's association with Pem
broke State goes back to 1946 when she
started attending PSU for two years.
She then took a one-year secretarial
course at Bryoe Commercial College in
High Point, working there for a short
lime before returning to Pembroke in
1951.
The Locklears are parents of three
children: Carel Jean a PSU graduate
who teaches at Alexandria. Vs.; Harry, a
mechanic in the motor pool at PSU; and
Pattic, a PSU graduate, who is a
counselor at West Robeson High School.
She said In completing her 33 years of
service: "I feel very fortunate to have
had an opportunity to play a very small
part in the growth of this school, lite part
I will miss most wiM be the association
with the many people here on campus."
Juanita Locklear's gentle and krnd
ways will be remembered by her
co-workers as wilt her long and faithful
service to Pembroke State University.
News ea page b. *
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'Strike at the Wind!'
Author on ' 'Carolina People'
Randolph Umberger of
Chapel Hill, actor, director
and author of several outdoor
drama including Pembroke's
"Strike at the Wind" and
Kenansville's "The Liberty
Cart" was the guest of UNC
President William Friday on
North Carolina People Mon
day, June 4, at 7i30 p.m. and
again on Sunday, Jane 10 at 6
p.m. on the UNC Center for
Public Television. Dr. Um
berger, a professor of drama
tic art at North Carolina
Central University, discussed
the theatre in North Carolina,
the increasing popularity of
opera, and the creative pro
cess of writing a drama.
Death Date set
for Velma Barfield
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Aug. 31 was designated Wednesday as
the execution date for Velma B. Barfield,
the 51 -year-old grandmother who may
become the first woman in the nation in
22 years to pay the death penalty.
After a nine-minute hearing in Bladen
County Superior Court, Judge Robert L.
Farmer of Raleigh ordered that Mrs.
Barfield be executed "between 12:01
a.m. and 11:59 p.m.." 69 days from
today.
Mrs. Barfield's attorney and children
told reporters after the hearing that they
would continue their efforts to save her
life.
"Velma Barfield wants to live as long
as the can,", said her attorney, James D.
Little of Raleigh.
Mrs. Barfield. 51. of Lumberton. the
only woman on North Carolina's death
row. was convicted m 1978 in the
poisoning death of Stewart Taylor, bet
fiance and a Si Pauls' farmer She also
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confessed to poisoning her mother, Liliie
Billiard, and three others. However, she
was not charged with those -crimes.
Appeals have delayed her execution,
which has been set five times.
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The execution date was set one week
after the termination of a stay by U.S.
District Judge Franklin Dupree.
Robeson County District Attorney Joe
Freeman Britt. who prosecuted Mrs.
Barfield in 1978 told Farmer, "...this
matter has lingered now in the criminal
pipelines of this state and the federal
government for about as long is it took
Mrs. Barfield to kill her five victims
about sis years."
"It has been up and down the
appellate ladder through about a half
dozen courts anywhere from one to three
? ?rimes each.. The slate's position is that
enough is enough and there must be
> some finality to these cases." Britt said.
PEOPLE |
A ND PL A CES
AND THINGS
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CANOE TRIP PLANNED
On 25 June 1984, the Lumber River
Basin Committee will sponsor a canoe
trip on the Lumber River from Boardman
to Red Barn as part of its celebration of
American Rivers Month.
This trip will be led by Sherwood
Hinson and is scheduled to leave
-j Boardman at 1 p.m. and take about three
hours. Participants will need to furnish
their own canoes. Those who do not own
canoes can rent them in Lumberton from
either Robeson County Parks and
Recreation Commission or Al's Furniture
Factory Outlet.
For more information please contact
Sherwood Hinson at 628-8633.
AUCTION SALE PLANNED
As pari of Lumbee Homecoming,
West Robeson High Booster Club will
- sponsor an Auction Sale. The auction will
be held in the Pembroke City Park on
July 7, 1984. Th^activity will begin at 12
noon and conclude before 2 p.m.
Approximately two hundred items will be
auctioned such as shotguns, recliners,
coolers, watches, lawn furniture, as well
as clothing articles, plus many other
useful household items.
The public is encouraged to participate
in this activity.
N.C.Indian
Youth
Unity
Conference
set at
PSU
June 20-22
PEMBROKE--Some 300 Indian young
people from all over North Carolina are
. expeated at Pembroke State University
Wednesday through Friday. June 20-22,
for the fifth annual N.C. Indian Youth
Unity Conference.
Theme of the three-day conference will
be "Reaching Our Goals In The Spirit Of
Our Ancestors."
Speaker at the opening general
assembly at 1 p.m. June 20 will be Jim
Lowry, chairman of the N.C. Commission
of Indian Affairs. He will be introduced
by Bruce Jones, executive director of
that organization.
Other speakers during the week will be
Ruth Revels, executive director of the
Guilford Native American Association,
and Herbie Oxendine, president of The
Car Company in Lumberton.
On Thursday, June 21, four members
of the faculty and staff at PSU plus others
will lead workshop sessions for the
Indian young people.
On Friday, June 22, activities will
include the election of officers and
representatives of the N.C, Native
American Youth Organization.
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engage in recreational activities, includ
ing a basketball tournament, princess
pageant, awards banquet, and dances.
Tommy Swett, director of special
services at PSU, will welcome the Indian
youth to the campus. A leader in making
the arrangements js Alec Price, dean of
students at PSU.
The topics of the workshop sessions
beginning at 10:45 a.m. on June 21 and
the. leaders -of each are as follows:
Leadership-Eleanor Blakely. PSU soci
ology professor; College Planning/Fi
nancial Aid-Esther Jacobs. PSU director
of financial aid. and Anthony Locklear.
PSU dirqptor of admissions; Test
Taking Skills--0r. Bay Beatty, PSU
direotor of counseling and testing;
Postponing Sexual Involvement--Debra
Houston, health educator of Robeson
County Health Department; Hew To
Mak^ Motley-Wayne Stellar, consultant
of oodrdinaird financial.planning; Drug
and Alcohol Abuse-Nnth B Locklear,
for 1$: ,N.C. Commilftor of' Indian
AffairC aAd Cultural Enrichment -Linda
Oxendlne. curator of fill's Native
VBS AT MT. AIRY
The Mt. Airy Baptist Church will be
having their Vacation Bible School June
18-22. The hours will be from 6-9 p.m.
Registration will be Saturday. June 16 at
Mt. Airy Church from 2-3 p.m. All kinds
of fun and games will be at the church
park from 3-6 p.m. In order to be .nitte
admitted to the park, you must go by the
church and register. The pastor is Rev.
Mike Cummings.
FAMILY REUNION
The family of the late Mr. and Mrs.
John E. Woodell are planning a reunion
on Saturday, July 7, 1984 at 4 p.m. at the
Old Home Place (Gladys Sampson's
residence on Chavis Street, Pembroke.
Please come and bring a covered dish.
LRDA BOOK DISTRIBUTION
CENTER OPEN
The LRDA has established a Book
Distribution Center. The purpose of the
Center is to allow individuals in the
county to receive books, especially the
elderly and low-income. The Center is
designed to enable people to come by
and get a book, free of charge. The books
are on a variety of subjects.
The Center is located at the LRDA
Annex Building (the old skating rink) in
Pembroke. It is open on Tuesdays and
Thursdays from 1 p.m. until 4:30 p.m.
For more information call 521-2401
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TENNIS LESSONS TO BEGIN
The Robeson County Recreation
Department will sponsor tennis lessons
for children 10-15 years of age on
Monday and Thursday from 8-10 a.m. for
four weeks. Registration will be June 18,
1984. The fee will be $8. Instructor will
be Cathy Everette.
For further information call the
Robeson County Recreation Department
at 738-9061.
ROBESON COUNTY TO HONOR
JIMHUNT
The people of Robeson County will
honor Governor Jim Hunt with a
reception to be held Friday, June 22, at 7
p.m. at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Coble
D. Wilson, Jr., 2600 Kenan Avenue in
Lumberton.
Tickets for the reception are $50 per
person and all proceeds will go to the Jim
Hunt Committee, which is organizing
Hunt's campaign for the U.S. Senate.
Governor Hunt will speak at the event.
"We are looking forward to this
special event," said Eddie Musselwhite
of Lumberton. one of the chief organizers
of the reception. "The Senate race will
be tough this year, but I'm confident that
with strong support like the ones here iri
Robeson County that we can elect a new
Senator with a positive vision of the
future and a true concern for all of the
people of North Carolina."
The reception is being organized by
the Robeson County Jim Hunt Commit
tee. Hosts for the event are Mayor and
Mrs. Coble D. Wilson Jr. and Mr. and
Mrs. Coble D. Wilson, Sr.
Tickets may be purchased from the
hosts or by contacting Eddie Mussel
white at 738-5277.
EVANDES BLUE FAMILY REUNION
The descendant* of Evander and
Euphrasia Blue are invited to attend a
tamiiy reunion on Saturday, July 7, 1984.
For more details call 521-4271 or
521-4708.
CLASS REUNION PLANNED
The 1971 class of Pembroke Senior
High will hold their reunion July 2 at
ShefTs Seafood Restaurant in Pembroke.
For more information classmates may
call Kevin Lowry at 521-2595 or Dr. D.E.
Brooks at 521-8116 or call 521-8365.
ROBESON COUNTY YOUNG
DEMOCRATS TO MEET
Tbe Robeson County Young Demo- .?