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A Front Page Editorial
KU KLUXKLAN STILL NOT
WELCOME IN
ROBESON COUNTY
KU KLUX KLAN NOT
WELCOME IN KOBESON COUNTY
We assume it was a paid political
announcement but there it was on Page
10B of lhe Robeaonian. the county daily
newspaper and emblazoned with a Black
Border as if it were a sardonic or ironic
statement on uie death of decency and
honesty in racial relations in Robeson
County: "OPEN LETTER TO ALL
CITIZENS OF ROBESON COUNTY
The Carolina Knights of the Kn Muz
Klan wR stage a Klan rally near St.
Paala on Saturday, November 17th,
starting at 4 p.m."
But they gave away their true purpose
in the first paragraph when the adver
tisement stated: "The purpose of this
Klan Rally is to promote pride in the
culture, race and history of White
Southern People. It is a White Unity
Rally!"
Having said that, the ad says
elsewhere, "...We are not coming to St.
Pauls to cause violence..." and there's
even a back handed salute to Indian
people in the body of the ad: "We of the
CKKK have stated our respect and
admiration for the Indian people of North
Carolina and of America..."
And there's more, of course. But you
get the drift, don't you? The rally
location is 4 miles east of St. Pauls on
Highway 20. But we have an editorial
suggestion for you. IGNORE IT! STAY
HOME!
The above mentioned ad appeared
in the Wednesday, November 14th issue
of The Robeson!an and was signed by
Glenn Miller who bills himself as
"Leader, Carolina Knights of the KKK,
Rt. 1, Box 386, Angier, N.C. 27501." He
even lists his telephone as 1-894
5230.
We editorially pray that one day the
Millers of the world will realize that the
content of a man's character is more
important than the color of his skin. As
Indians we can truthfully say that we are
no better than anyone else, nor are we
any less! We are somebody! All of us are
SOMEBODY! Indians, Blacks...and
Whites too! \
We would suggest that all Robe
sonians stay away from the above noted
Ku Klux Klan Rally and, instead, pray
for the brotherhood of all men. Pray for
Glenn Miller and all those who come in
the name of brotherhood (sic) and
disrupt our tri-racial community.
The United States Flag (and the U.S.
Constitution) does not condone discri
mination in the name of race, creed or
color and neither do we.
The KKK was not welcome in 1958
when they were unceremoniously routed
at a Maxton rally by an Indian populace,
and times have not changed since.
Pembroke Chamber of
Commerce Elects Officers
for 1985
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The annual meeting of the Pembroke
Chamber of Commerce was held on
Monday, Nov. 12 at the Pembroke
Courthouse.
Elections for the officers for the
upcoming year were held. They are:
Bruce Barton, President; Greg Cum
mings. Vice President; David E. Brooks.
Secretary; Lindsey Locklear, Treasurer.
The Directors are: George Lowry,
McDuffie Cummings, C.A. Maynor and
John Drose.
The Pembroke Chamber of Commerce
went on record opposing changing the
name of Pembroke State University to
the University of North Carolina at
Pembroke. C.A. Maynor and Mayor
Milton Hunt abstained from voting on
the issue.
The Chamber members also agreed to
co-sponsor a Holiday Benefit for the
Disadvantaged and agreed to raffle off
an original water color of the Pembroke
Railroad Station by local artist, Sandy
Stratil.
Pembroke State's Security Force
Now Officially Police Officers
PEMBROKE?They are no longer
called Security Officers. They are now
Police Officers.
This is the reclassification given
Pembroke State University's campus
police. It means more prestige-and more
money.
The reclassffcation took place because
eight members of PSU's campus police
have passed 240 hours in basic police
training and have been certified by the
state attorney general's office.
In addition, they have had additional
training in: (1) emergency medical
technology; (2) first respondent as
sistance (meaning they know what to do
immediately after an accident-like the
pressure points to stop bleeding, heart
massage, etc.); and (3) fire training.
"We are no longer just guards, we are
policemen," said Charles Bryant, police
'chief at PSU for the last three years.
"Chancellor (Paul) Givens took steps to
have us reclassified on the basis of our
training."
The eight-man police force at PSU
besides Bryant includes in years of
seniority: Ed Jacobs, 15 years; Larry
McNeill, 11 years; Larry Roberts, 11
years; Donald Godwin, 6 years; Solomon
Sanderson, 5 years; Don Williamson, 4
years; and Harry Strickland, 2 years.
There are also two guards: Lam berth
Brewington and Dennis Sanderson.
Chief Bryant, who has been a member
of the PSU force since 1967, is proud of
the record of his staff of officers. "We
Ave a central police building in front of
the women's dormitories from which we
monitor all calls, watch traffic, and listen
to radio dispatches from the sheriffs
office, local police and state highway
patrol. We watch everything very closely
24 hours a day-and are proud of our
record." said Bryant.
"We are safer than most campuses
anywhere, our campus is well lighted,
and we take pride in the fine record our
police force has achieved."
Officially entitled Polk* Officer* under
their new rechwffksOen baaed en thb
hewn mi training, the Pembroke State
Lirfvenky officer* ahowa aheve fectwde
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Bryant. Ed Jacobs, Larry McNeill; bacft
row-Don Godwto, Harry Strickland, and
Larry Bah arts. Abac at Inn the photo
were Solaaar Sanderson and Don
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ADOLPH DIAL TO
RECEIVE HONORARY
DOCTORATE FROM
GREENSBORO COLLEGE
Adolph Dial...To receive honorary
doctorate from Greensboro College.
GREENSBORO-Adolph L. Dial, a civic
and religious leader in Pembroke, will be
awarded the Doctor of Humane Letters
degree (LHD) at an Academic Con
vocation at Greensboro College on
January 10, 1985.
Dial is Associate Professor and
Chairman of the Department of Ameri
can Indian Studies at Pembroke State
University and is widely known in United
Methodist circles. A native of Robeson
County, he received the B.A. degree at
Pembroke State College for Indians, the
Ed.M. and C.A.G.S. at Boston Uni
versity specializing in Social Studies.
Prior to his appointment at Pembroke
State, he taught at Prospect High School.
Pembroke High School. Magnolia High
School and served as Principal at
Prospect High. He holds memberships in
several professional organizations.
Dial, a native AiSyCmaifi has written
extensively on tfjp lfttWU:/ ?Pnd ct/ifiir? of'
the Lumbee Indians. Ih 1982 he
published such an article in World Book
Encyclopedia.
He has served as President of the
American Indian Committee on Indian
Work of the United Methodist Church,
holds membership on the Church's
Commission on Archives and History and
was a board member of United Metho
dist Retirement Homes in Durham. Also,
he has served on the Board, American
Indian Historical Society, San Francisco;
and the American Indian Policy Review
Commission, and serves on fhe board of
the Robeson County Church and Com
munity Center, Lumberton; Lumbee
Regional Development Association,
Pembroke; and. Great American A
chievements, Washington, D.C.
Dial is the grandson of the Rev.
W.L. Moore, the founder of Pembroke
State University, and the son of teacher
parents. One of his major accom
plishments wap to provide the leadership
which led to the establishment of the
Department of American Indian Studies
at Pembroke State, the first such
department east of the Mississippi River.
While this interdisciplinary department
attracts students from all backgrounds, it
has been particularly important in giving
Lumbee students a greater under
standing of their past, and thus a greater
sense of identity and worth.
For his work in community services
and development, Mr. Dial was named
Pembroke "Kiwanian of the Year" in
1976 and, in that same year, was given
the prestigious "Henry Berry Lowry
Award," tha highest honor bestowed by
the Lumbee community.
Earlier this year. Dial established at
Greensboro College the Adolph L. Dial
Endowed Scholarship for Native Amer
icans.
Dr. William H. Likins, President of
Greensboro College, in announcing the
honorary doctorate said:
"The awarding of an honorary degree
to Professor Dial is consistent with
Greensboro College's history and mis
' swn; The college has pioneered in
educating women and others traditional
ly excluded from higher education. As a
United Methodist affiliated college, we
are pleased to recognize a distinguished
civic, church and educational leader."
A Holiday Benefit for the Disadvantaged
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advantaged will be held December 15 at
the Performing Arts Center at PSU. The
variety show will feature top name
entertainment of the region and the area
with a lively mi* of popular music,
country, gospel, rock, and comedy.
According to Willie Lowery, spokesman
for the committee organizing the benefit,
the proceeds of the benefit will be used
to help persons who are confined to their
beds by severe handicaps or disabilities.
"There are many peopple who can't get
off their beds, who are alone most of the
time and need some holiday cheer," said
Lowery. "We want to help them."
The benefit hopes to educate the
public to the problems of persons
suffering with profound disabilities. A
friend of the spokesperson is repre
sentative of the plight of the persons the
Committee wishes to assist. "He has
been paralyzed and confined to a bed for
a year, explains Lowery. mere are
many people like him who suffer in
isolation and despair. During the holi
day, we want to give them cheer,
friendship, comfort and concern."
Featured entertainment for the event
will include Willie Lowery. popular
Lumbee singer; T.V. personalities, seve
ral gospel groups, and many others.
Guest speakers will present infor
mation on the plight of persons confined
by severe disabilities.
The Holiday Benefit is co-sponsored
by the Pembroke Chamber of Commerce
and supported by local civic clubs and
community organizations.
The Holiday Concert, in PSU's Per
forming Arts Center, on December 15,
beginning at 7:50 p.m., will be priced so
that anyone who wants to attend will be
able to. Tickets, now going on sale, are
$5 for adults and $2 for children under
12.
PSU SUGGESTED NAME CHANGE
PROVOKED COMMUNITY RESPONSE
by Bruce Barton
PEMBROKE-Opposition has mount
ed quickly in the face of the fooent move
by the PSU Board of Trusteed endorsing
a name change of Pembroke State
University to the University of North
Carolina at Pembroke.
Many of those in opposition consider
the proposed name change, at the behest
of Chancellor Paul Givens. as a denig
ation of the Town of Pembroke. Town
and Gown relations have not always been
good with most of the faculty and
administrators of the regional university
choosing to live in Lumberton and other
nearby towns.
And, on the eve of the 100 year
anniversary of the once all Indian college
(1987), the name change debacle has
exacerbated a less than perfect marriage
between Pembroke and the university.
Already on record opposing the name
change is Lumbee Regional Develop
ment Association, Inc. (LRDA), the
Pembroke Chamber of Commerce, and a
local organization recently organized to
oppose the name change. The Pembroke
Town 'Council is expected to face the
matter when it convenes again on
November 19.
Ah estimated 40 former students and
alumni and community people met last
Thursday night at LRDA's Annex
building in Pembroke to voice opposition
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organizing effort by local political acti
vist, John L. Godwin. The group named
Dr. Adolph Dial, chairman of the
Pembroke State University Indian Stu
dies Department to chair -the ad hoc
group. Beside presenting more than 1200
petitions against the proposed name
change, the group also named Dial,
Carnell Locklear, general manager of
'Strike at the Wind!'; Ken Maynor,
exeoutive director of LRDA; Bruce
Barton, editor of the Indian Voice;
Godwin; and alumnus Dorothy Lowry
and Dona Chavis as a delegation to meet
with Givens and present the opposition
of the group.
The University of North Ca'r'olitta
Board of Governors did not consider the
reqfiest last Friday when it met in Chapel
Hill.
The Board of Gote-nors meets next on
Jan. 11.
LOCALS MEET TO DISCUSS
KUKLUX KLAN RALLY
PEMBROKE-A meeting of con
cerned cidsens has been hastily called to
discuss the Ku Klua Klan Rally that has
been announced in the St. Pauls area
Satusday afternoon. All concerned citi
zens are urged to attend.
The meeting will be held Friday night,
beginning at 7 p.m.. in Pembroke's
district Courthouse.
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DINNER PLANNED
There will be a gathering at Lewis'
Seafood Restaurant, Eureka Road, Pem
broke, on Friday nigty, Nov. 16, 1984 at 7
p.m. Dinner tickets are available for $5
each. Supporters of the directors of
Lumbee River Electric Membership
Corporation will be there. This dinner
will serve a two- fold purpose. It will be a
celebration of the re-election of LREMC
Board of Directors and will be a fund
raising effort. Proceeds will be donated
to a local family who are experiencing
extreme medical expenses.
The public is cordially invited to
attend. Tickets may be purchased from
the Carolina Indian Voice, Violet
Locklear, Leacie Brooks, Lacy Cum
mings, Elias Rogers, Timothy Strickland,
Bradford Oxendine, Ronald Hammonds.
Entertainment will be provided by
Roscoe Jones, John L. (Langford)
Godwin and Mr. and Mrs. Ronald
Strickland.
KI WAN I AN PANCAKE SUPPER
AND BREAKFAST
The annual Pancake Supper and
Breakfast will be held at Pembroke
Elementary School on Friday, Dec. 7
from 5 til 9 p.m. and breakfast Saturday
morning, Dec. 8 from 6 a.m. until 10
a.m. Tickets are S3 andmay be obtained
from any Kiwanian.
Speaker at the recent meeting was
Henry W. Oxendine. Presiding was
President Arnold Locklear. Invocation
was given by Adolph Dial. Ticket
chairman is Reggie Strickland. The
weekly meeting was held a' 7 p.m.
Tuesday at the Town and Country
Restaurant.
AUCTION SALE
The Fairgrove Lumbee Longhouse
Learning Center will be having an
auction Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. at the
Fairgrove Elementary School gymnasi
um. Anyone wishing to donate items may
call Shirley Jones at 628-7963. There wil
be a variety of items to be auctioned. The
money raised will go toward trips and
supplies for the students at the center.
Please come and help support this
fundraising drive.
REVIVAL AT ISLAND GROVE
Island Grove Baptist Church will
hold their annual fall Revival beginning
Sunday night, Nov. 18, and ending
Saturday night, Nov. 24, 1984. Meeting
time Sunday will be 6 p.m. Monday
through Saturday services will begin at 7
p.m. Special singing will be presented
each night. Evangelists are Rev. Wolf
heally Bullard and Rev. Grady Cum
mings.
Rev. Coolidge M. Cummings, pastor
of Island Grove Baptist, cordially extends
an invitation to everyone to attend.
PEMBROKE SR. HIGH SCHOOL
CLASS OF 1969 REUNION
The Pembroke Senior High School
Class of 1969 will observe its Reunion
December 28, beginning at 7 p.m., at the
Pembroke Jaycee Hut. Tickets will be on
sale for S12 single, and S24 per couple.
Contact Gwendolyn Lowry, Ed Chavis,
Randall Jones or Lillie Deese. Or, for
further information, contact Lilly Deese
at 738-9351 during the day, or Randall
Jones at 521-2371 at nights.
OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Ritchie "Bib Daddy" McCrimmon,
6' 2", 235 lb. offensive and defensive
tackle, was selected as this week's
Offensive Player of the Week. He plans
to throw the shot-put in track this spring.
Being a junior, McCrimmon wfll return
next year to lead the Rams' line play.
BOOK SALE AT ROBESON COUNTY
PUBLIC LIBRARY
Attention readers of all ages!
Robeson County Public Library an
nounces that the Friends of the Library's
annual Book Sale will be held on
Thursday, November 15, 6-9 p.m.. on
Friday. Nov. 16 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and
on Saturday, Nov. 17. 9 a.m.-noon in
Osternock Auditorium. Donations of
books for the Book Sale will be accepted
during the library's business hours. For
more information, contact the Robeson
Cbunty Public Lfcrary.
...Original Railroad
Station Watercolor
to be Raffled off
DONKEY BALL GAME
COMING TO MAGNOLIA
The funniest and wildest show on
earth is coming to Magnolia School on
Nov. 16, 1984. The Magnolia FFA
chapter is sponsoring a donkey ball
game. You will be absolutely delighted
as donkeys of Professional Animal
Frolics attempt to rid themselves of their
riders during the ball game. The thrills,
laughter, and surprises never end at a
donkey ball game produced by Profes
sional Animal Frolics.
You will see your neighbors and
friends attempt to ride donkeys that are
specially trained for the game. Some
have not been ridden very far even after
hundreds of attempts.
The entire bail game will be comedy
filled. There is one production that you
will want to bring the entire family to
see. Game time is 7:30 p.m. Come see
the wildest and funniest show on earth Sc
decide who makes a jackass out of whom.
REVIVAL AT ISLAND GROVE
Revival services began Nov. 18, at
7:30 p.m., and run through Nov. 25th at
Island Grove Church located on Highway
710, Pembroke. Guest evangelists will be
Rev. Grady Cummings and Rev. Wolf
healy Buliard. Rev. C.M. Cummings,
pastor, and congregation, extend a
cordial invitation to the public to attend.
DIAL FAMILY REUNION
A Family Reunion for the descend
ants of Marqis and Elizabeth Dial will be
h??l December 29. 1984. beginning 3**2 ,
p.m.. at Prospect United Methodist
Church. Descendants are encouraged to
bring a covered dish and a photo of
parents if possible.
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VERY SPECIAL PEOPLE SUPPORTERS
TO MEET
The Very Special People Supporters
I will hold its monthly meeting at the
House, across from PSU's Performing
Arts Center in Pembroke, on November
18, at 3 p.m. Parents, grandparents, and
friends of handicapped children are
invited to attend. For more information
concerning this support group, please
call Rosa Sampson at 521-9967.
QUARTERLY SINGING PLANNED
The Quarterly Singing of the Burnt
Swamp Baptist Association will be held
Sunday, Nov. 18, 1984 at 2 p.m. at Mt..
Airy Baptist church. Local singing
groups and individuals are invited to
participate. The public is invited to
attend.
YARD SALE EVERY SATURDAY
There will be a Yard Sale every
Saturday at Lumbee Arts and Crafts
located on Highway 74. Gothing and
miscellaneous household items will be on
sale beginning at 8 a.m. and lasting
until...
RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION
TO MEET
, The Robeson County Retired Tea
chers Association will meet on Wed
nesday, November 21, at 2 p.m., at O.P.
Owens Auditorium, Lumberton. There
will be a program entitled, "The
Legislative Report." Special music wfll
be presented by the West Robeson
Senior High Chorus.
COMMUNITY THANKSGIVING
SERVICE
The annual Community Thanksgiv
ing Service will be held at Mt. Airy
Baptist Church on Sunday, November
18, at 7 p.m. This event la sponsored
annually by Mt. Airy Baptist church,
SMdy Plains Methodist Church, Union
Chapel Methodist Church, and Union
Chapel Community Church.
The Rev. Simeon Cummiogs will
deliver the Thanksgiving message. Mu
sic will be presented by the choirs of the
four churches.
The public is cordially invited to
ittcid.
RAMS FOOTBALL
DEFENSIVE PLAYEE OF THE WEEK
Richard Hunt. Sr.. 5? II". 175 lb.
comerback, is this week's Defensive
Player el the Week. In the game against
Pinecrest Hunt had 10 individual tackles
and 3 assists. In addition to plaving
guard. Richard plans to run track in the
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