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THE CAROLINA INDI14 VOICE
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j PEMBROKE, N.C hA?3aBSSSSr x, ROBESON COUNTY ^
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PEMBROKE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
PLANS SPECIAL MEETING TUESDAY
TO DISCUSS SAVING THE
RAILROAD STATION AND SPECIAL NIGHT
AT 'STRIKE AT THE WIND!'
PEMBROKE-Pembroke Chamber of
Commerce President, Bruce Barton, has
called a meeting of the Chamber
membership for Tuesday, July 31, at
ShefTs Restaurant in Pembroke. The
meeting will begin at 12:30 p.m. All
members, and interested townspeople
are urged to attend the meeting.
One topic of 'concern will be an
organizing effort by the Chaml>er to save
the Railroad Station in Pembroke which
has been abandoned by Seaboard System
Railroad. .
In a recent letter to E.S. Wilkes.
Superintendent of Seaboard System
Railroad, Barton said, "We ask you to
issue a six months moratorium on your
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long range plans to tear down the
facility or, as we have heard, possibly
allow the Pembroke Fire Department to
use it as a training exercise in fighting
fires.1'
Barton said in his letter to Wilkes that
the Chamber, and other interested
parties, needed time to assess the
situation and develop a plan to save the
Railroad Station, long a center piece in
the architectural line of the town.
In the interim Barton asked Wilkes,
and the railroad, to install some security
lights to discourage vandalism which has
occurred on the abandoned site and to
clean up the area as it has become an
unsightly eyesore for the town citizenry.
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Interested parties are urged to call
Barton at 521-2826 with ideas and
suggestions on how to save the Railroad
Station in Pembroke.
'PEMBROKE CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE" NIGHT ALSO PLANNED
AT 'STRIKE AT THE WIND!'
Barton also announced that the Pem
broke Chamber of Commerce is planning
a "Pembroke Chamber of Commerce
Night" at 'Strike at the Wind!' on
August 10 as a way to help 'Strike at the
Wind!', the exciting outdoor drama now
in progress at the Riverside Country
Club's Lakeside Amphitheatre in the Red
Banks Community.
It will also be a salute to the Pembroke
Chamber of Commerce, long a supporter
of 'Strike at the Wind!', an exciting part
of the greater Pembroke Community.
All members, and interested citizens,
are encouraged to attend this meeting. It
will also serve as a business session of
the Chamber, recently organized and
making great strides in enhancing the
Pembroke business community.
LRDA
sets
Elections
Lumbee Regional Development As
sociation, Inc. announces there will be -an
? OPEN ELECTION" on Tuesday. Au
gust 28, 1984. This election will be 10
nominate a men***#- -.?.-?serve o. *ve
North Carolina Commission of Indian
Affairs Board of Directors for a three
year term. Mr. James Sampson, a
resident of the Five Forks Community,
currently serves in that capacity.
The election sites are as follows:
Hilly Branch Career Vocation Center
for Lumberton 1-8, Smyrna. Back
?Swamp. Britts and Otrum.
South Robeson School Auditorium for
Rowland and Thompson Precincts.
Evans Crossing Fire Dept. for Union
and Alfordsville.
Gaddys Community Building for Ster
lings. Gaddys, Marietta, and Fairmont 1
& 2.
On election day, the polling places will
be open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. The
ballots will be counted after the polls are
closed and the winner will be publicly
announced. The candidate obtaining the
highest number of votes cast shall be
declared the winner (plurality). A
"write-in candidate" may be elected to
the Board of Directors of NCCIA.
Eligibility to vote: Any Indian, 18
years of age or older, and residing in the
above listed districts/precincts may be
eligible to vote.
Those interested parties should de
clare their candidacy no later than Aug.
20, 1984 at the Executive Director's
Office. Lumbee Regional Development
Association. Inc. (521-8602).
COMMITTEE TO RE-ELECT
EUAS ROGERS TO THE LREMC
BOARD SPONSORS PLATE SALE
The Committee to Re-Elect Elias
Rogers to the Lumbee River Electric
Membership Co-op Board of Directors
will host a plate sale on Thursday.
August 2. at 8 p.m., at Lewis' Seafood
Restaurant. Plates of chicken and fish
will be served for &5 each. Tickets may
be purchased from the office of the
Carolina Indian Voice, John L. Godwin in
Pembroke, or from Elias Rogers. Connie
Gleave. or Madie Locklear. Plates may
also be purchased The night of the sale.
Mb* North Carotins, Franc* Adler, a former "MIm Pembroke State University,"
ia shown with "Dollar BOI" Oxendine, President of the Pembroke Jaycees. Mr.
Oxendine recently presented Miss North Carolina with a gift on behalf of the
Pembroke Jaycees.
Upon accepting the gift, Miss North Carolina said, "The generosity and support
from the Pembroke Jaycees me overwhelming. I remember meeting Billy Oxendine
while I was a student at PSU and as 'Miss PSU' was fortunate enough to meet and
get to know so many of the special people of Pembroke. I share this
accomplishment [being crowned 'Miss N.C.'] with the people of Pembroke for
making me feel so 'at home' for 4 years. I love you!"
A SPECIAL MESSGE TO
THOSE WITH DIABETES
Part I of a 7 Part Series
Submitted by Lam bee Medical Center
Many facts presented herein may
seem frightening or discouraging to you,
because we have tried to present a
completely frank and honest picture of
just how serious a disease diabetes is.
But proper control under the supervi
sion of a qualified doctor generally
means you will be able td live a full and
happy life with minimal complications. It
is the considered view of the American
Diabetes Association that early diagnosis
and good, enthusiastic, individualized
control, particularly in young and
middle-aged patients, can postpone and
may even prevent the onset of serious
complications such as in the eyes and
kidneys.
If you are in good medical hands and
totally adhere to instructions regarding
medication, diet, exercise, rest and
timing provided by your professional
health team, we're not talking to you.
When we explain the truth about
diabetes, we're addressing the message
to three groups of people:
?We're talking to the two out of every
five diabetics who either don't know they
have the disease or are ignoring it and
not receiving proper medical attention.
?We're talking to diabetic parents or (
grandparents-because of the hereditary
nature of the discase--who may not
recognize the importance of watching for
the warning signs in their children, and
to adults who allow themselves to
become overweight, substantially in
creasing their chances of contracting the
disease.
?And we're talking to all of the people
who consider diabetes a minor problem,
not worth their concern, in the hope tfiev
will recognize the seriousness, prevalen
ce and growing incidence of the disease
and will want to do something about it.
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Special
School
Board 4
Election
Tuesday
The special election to elect a member
to the Robeson County Board of
Education representing District VI will
be held on Tuesday, July 31. 1984.
District VI is comprised of Back Swamp,
Thompson and Gaddys Precinct. The
district also encompasses portions of
Lumberton Precincts #4, #5. #6 and #7.
Anyone who resides in these precincts
and has a child who attends the County
School System is eligible to vote in this
special election. The polls open at 6 a.m.
and close at 7:30 p.m.
The voters will be deciding who will
represent them on the Robeson County
Board of Education. Larry W. Chavis. Sr.
is running against Pete Clark, the
incumbent who serves as Chairman of
the County Board of Education.
Voters are urged to exercise their right
to vote in this special election.
Muscular
Dystrophy
Skate-a-thon
A Muscular Dystrophy Skate-A
Thon, sponsored by the Pembroke
Jaycees, will be held July 28, 1984, from
9 a.m. until 6 p.m. at the Pembroke
Skateland in Pembroke. N.C. Sponsor
sheets may be picked up at the Pembroke
Skateland or from any Jaycette member.
New-Election
Decision
For Robeson
Up To State
LUMBKRTON ? The Robeson
County Board of Elections voted
Friday to include no recommenda
tion of its own when it forwards
the investigative results of a
disputed county commissioners'
runoff race to state election
officials
The local board decided not to
recommend whether a new runoff
in District 3 between Commission
er J.W Hunt and challenger Henry
Douglass should be held The final
decision on the June 5 runoff rests
.. ilh the stale Board of Elections.
An investigation by the county
elections board concluded thai 21
votes were cast illegally in the
runoff.
Only 33 votes separate Douglass,
the apparent winner, and Hunt,
according to a recount conducted
last month.
Hunt claimed that votes were
cast by 5t people who were
ineligible to participate in the
runoff.
On Wednesday, the county elec
tions board ruled that 33 votes
were cast by ineligible people. But
that figure was reduced by It) after
Hal Kinlaw Jr., the board's
attorney, conducted additional
research this week.
An additional name of a voter
who did not live in District !t yet
cast a ballot was also added to the
list of illegal voters.
Hunt claimed that some people
were ineligible because they either
were not registered to vote or
were registered but lived outside
the district. Others were convicted
felons who had lost their right to
vote, he said.
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Robeson Gives 217 Employees Pay Raises
Free 1WI Hwerls
LUMBERTON ? During a special meeting
Monday evening, the Robeson County Board of
Commissioners voted to give a S percent pay
raise to 117 of the county's more than MO
employees.
In a 0-1 vote, officials approved spending an
extra $72,007 that was not Included In the
llM-tt budget approved last month. The action
will give all ?mplaym at least a live percent
Increase and ie retroactive to July 1, when the
new f27J million budget took effect. The 217
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employees will see the new increase beginning
with their Sept. t paychecks, money owed
them for July and August being included in
their paychecks, said County Manager Paul
Graham.
The rest of the county's more than SM
employees are already receiving raises of at
least fhre percent, which came from a $650,000
stipend set aside for salary hikes in the budget
approved last month.
During budget work sessions in June
commissioners had abandoned a $1 million
I merit pay plan for county employees in order
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to reduce a proposed property tax hike of 10
cents to four cents. But in passing the new
budget, they instructed Personnel Director
T.Y. Hester Jr. to upgrade the pay scale, using
the $650,100 limit for across-the-board pay
increases of Ave percent.
All employees received some Increases, but
217 did not receive the full five percent raises
the commissioners had intended, since the
budgeted amount for pay raises was insuffi
cient. Monday's action rectified that inequity.
The only vote against Monday's pay raise
was cast by Commissioner H.T. Taylor. ,
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PEOPLE
A ND PL A CES
AND THINGS
PRESTON AND EMMALINE
LOWRY LOCKLEAR FAMILY
REUNION
A Family Reunion of the Preston
and Emmaline Lowry Locklear family will
be held August 11, at 12 Noon, at the
Preston Gospel Chapel in the Red Banks
community. Participants and family
members are encouraged to bring a
covered dish. For more information call
John Pat Locklear at 521-9024 or Lillian
Harris at 521-4107.
CLASS OF '45 PLANS CLASS REUNION
The Pembroke Class of 1945 is in
the process of planning a class reunion.
Those class members interested in
attending the class reunion are urged to
contact class members Jaunita Locklear
at 521-4549 or Samuel Locklear at
521-4149.
In last week's issue we used the name
Cleo Maynor instead of Samuel Locklear.
We apologize for the error, and stand
corrected.
SPECIAL SINGING AT THOMPSON
Thompson Baptist Church will host
a special singing on Saturday. August 4
at 7 p.m. The singing will be held m i
behalf of Mrs. Mable Dial who has been
hospitalized since February. There will
be no admission charge, but a love
offering will be lifted for her. For more
information call Mrs. Pansy Sampson at
738-3446. The pastor. Rev. Wilton
Cummings and the congregation extend
A cordial .invt'atton to the public.
FIRE DEPT. SPONSORS BOX SUPPER
AT UNION CHAPEL SCHOOL
The Burnt Swamp-Philadelphus Ru- '
ral Fire Department will sponsor a Box j
Supper at Union Chapel School on
Saturday. July 28. at 7 p.m. The public is '
invited to come and support this activity
to raise funds for the rural fire
department. Membership in the fire
department may be purchased at this
event.
MEMORIAL
In loving memory of my mother.
Christine L. Clark. 1 recognize her
birthday. July 24. 1984. She is sadly
missed by her husband, Solomon J.
Clark and family.
Anna C. Sloan and Family
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
FOOD DISTRIBUTION PLANS
The Robeson County Department of
Social Services will distribute surplus
food beginning Tuesday, September 4.
Organizations, groups, churches, and
various agencies in the county may pick
up the food for persons who might not
otherwise be able to go to the agency to
pick up the food. Such persons include
elderly and handicapped persons who
might not be able to stand in a line at th-e
agency.
Organizations, groups, churches, and
agencies who wish to pick up the food
should send a representative to the
Department of Social Services to obtain
an explanation of distribution procedures
and of the necessary forms that must be
completed. This request is being made
because of the very detailed records the
agency must keep on the food that is
distributed. The representatives may go
to the agency during office hours from
8:15 a.m. until 5:15 p,tfi. Monday
through Friday. The representatives
should go to get the explanation on or
before Friday. August 24.
BAPTIST UNION TO MEET
The Burnt Swamp Baptist Union will
meet at 'the Harpers Ferry Baptist
Church on Saturday. July 28 at 10 a.m.
The program theme is "The Church
Today: Unity .ys. Disunity." Speakers
include the following: Kenneth Revels
from Lowery's Chapel. Tommy Gist from
Burnt Swamp. Bruce Swett from Reedv
Branch, and Graylin Mitchell from
E]izabeth Heights.
Special music will be provided by
choirs from Union Chapel and Bakers
Chapel.
VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL AT
BEREA BAPTIST
Berea Baptist Church of Pembroke
invites you to come to Vacation Bible
School at the church building on July 30
August 3 at 5:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m. Please
Sums and bring a friend.
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5TH SUNDAY SINGING AT
MT. OLIVE P.H. CHURCH
Mt. Olvie Pentecostal Holiness
Church in Pembroke will be holding their
5th Sunday Singing on July 29. The
singers will be the White Hill Youth
Group, Joy Singers, Oxendine Family,
Mt. Olive Trio, Mt. Olive Choir and
possibly other groups. The public is
invited to attend. Rev. Johnie Pollard is
the pastor.
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HAPPY BilTHDAY
Dicy Ann Sampson celebrated her
75th birthday on Thoraday, July 12,
1984. The celebration waa held at her
home In Pembroke.
[Photo by Elmer W. Hunt|
MEETING OF PEMBROKE
PRECINCTS PLANNED
Wyvis .pxendine has called a -
meeting of the north and south Pem
broke Precincts. Thursday night, August
2 in the Pembroke Courthouse at 8 p.m.
Purpose is to receive input from his
constituents in his district.
MOCK DISATER DRILL SET
SATURDAY MORNING AT PSU
A "Mock Disaster Drill" will be
held at Pembroke State University's Belk
Hall Saturday morning around 10 a.m. in
which rescue units from throughout
Robeson County will be participating,
said Larry Roberts of the PSU Campus
Police. . . :
."Taking part will be county rescue
units plus hospital units of Southeastern
General Hospital." said Roberts.
"There will be 'victims' with all of
types of problems who will be trans
ported to the hospital." added Roberts.
"If anyone didn't know differently, it
would look for real."
The hospital participates in such a
"mock drill" once a year. Roberts
added.
Roberts said television representatives
will be present to film the disaster drill.
INDIAN ASSOCIATION TO MEET
SOCIAL SERVICES BOARD
The N.C. Indian Assoc. of Christian
Ministries and the Robeson County
Clergy and Laity Concerned will meet
with the Department of Social Services
on Tuesday. Jaly 31 at 3:30 p.m.
Representatives of each of these organi
zations will be addressing grievances
relative to the Crisis intervention
Program funds
of the Robeson County Clergy. dtpJWCjb &&^
f m i ii n il UitKKaeH I rmm am U aanartn i
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to speak on^behaff of the N.C. lndtea P
Association^of Christian Ministries.
Interested persons are encouraged #
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