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GRAND OPENING FESTIVITIES
Woodell's Park and Shop
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Shown at the Grand Opening of Woodell's Park and Shop are: left to right
Town CouncQmen Vernon Oxendlne and J.C. Thomas; Fairley Wooded, owner and operator of the
new store; Lee Pam Oxendlne, Miss Lombee; Milton Hunt, Mayor of Pembroke; and McDuffie
Cnmmings Pembroke's Town Manager. [Elmer Hunt Photo]
The Gragd Opening of Woodell's Park
I and Shop was held Thursday, December
27, 1984. Woodell's is the newest gas
and convenience store in Pembroke,
owned and operated by Fairley Wood ell.
The Grand Opening featured a ribbon
cutting cei emony with the ribbon being
cut by Lee Pam Oxendine, Miss Lumbee.
There were many prizes given away.
Receiving free gas were Harold Bell, Jr.,
Mary Jacobs, Wellie Wilkins, Mark
Simmon* Jane Lewis, Shirley Jacobs,
Hardy Bell, J.R. Chavis, Joyce Gandy,
and Libby Beasly. Other prize winners
included Fredia Smith, a watch; Trent
Smith, a raft; Mitchell G. Byrd, a TV;
and Libby Beasly, a cooler.
IN.C. PUBUC TELEVISION PRESENTS
COVERAGE OF MARTIN'S
GUBERNA f"ORlAL INAUGURATION
The Univtfsity of North Carolina
Center for Public Television will carry
live coverage of the inauguration of
governor-elect James G. Martin on
Saturday. >Junuary S, at 11:30 a.m.
The Center will broadcast coverage
produced b> .he North Carolina Associa
tion of Broadcasters and coordinated by
WRAL-TV in Raleigh.
Followi ip Martin's swearing-in cere
^ 'begin its own^
coverage of the inaugural parade -a* 1:30
p.m. 'The coverage will be made
available to all commercial networks.
John Dalzell and Audrey Kates-Bailey
will serve as co-anchors for the parade
coverage, which should conclude around
3 p.m.
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Rebecca Wright and her son, David, 8, of suburban Detroit
prepare to mount the motorcycle she bought with the $2
million prize she won earlier this year in an American Family
Publishers sweepstakes. Next year's first prize is $10 million.
$10 Million First Prize
Announced in Largest
Ever Sweepstakes
NEW YORK--The largest
sweepstakes prize ever--$10
million-was announced this
week in a national advertising
campaign. 1
Envelopes bearing the fa
miliar face of Ed McMahon
are arriving in homes all
across the country. Enclosed
are nine exclusive numbers,
one of which may have been
selected already to win the
$10 million prize. Recipients
must return the entry card by
January 31 to be eligible to
win.
McMahon will award the
prize to the winner in a
ceremony during NBC's To
night Show.
The sweepstakes, sponsor
ed by American Family Pub
lishers, promotes magazine
subscriptions. It offers more
than 110,000 prizes in ad
dition to the $10 million first
prize, including awards of $1
and $2 million. That easily
makes this the largest cash
sweepstakes in America, ac
cording to Fred C. Shotwell,
American Family president.
An independent company,
Ventura Associates, is re
sponsible for selecting the
winners. "All' prizes abso
lutely will be given away,"
Jeffrey Feinman, president,
said.
Sweepstakes "have never
been more popular," Fein
man said, but "there's never
been one as large as the
coming S10 million first
prize."
The use of the computer
assigned numbers assures
that each entrant has an equal
chance of winning. All he has
to do is return the card
enclosed in his envelope.
"It takes only a moment
and a 20 cents stamp to have
nine chances to win S10
million," Shotwell said.
The top prize of $2 million
last year was won by Rebecca
Wright, 27, who lives in a
Detroit suburb. The divorced
mother of an eight-year-old
son, she was out of work when
she learned the news of her
good fortune.
10th Annual
Indian Unity Conference
Indians from across the state will
gather at the Bordeaux Motor Inn in
Fayettevllle March 14-16, 1985, for the
Tenth Annual North Carolina Indian
Unity Conference.
The conference sponsor, United Tribes
jof North Carolina (UTNC), is currently
finalizing plans for the annual conference
I which will have as its theme, "Memories
of Our Past, Visions of Our Future."
Workshops will be held at thel
conference on such topics . as Indian
health, economic development, women's
issues, education, employment and
training and Indian history and culture.
Other highlights of the conference will
include a banquet, art and essay contests,
and an intertribal powwow.
The banquet speaker will be Artinda
Lock! ear, a staff attorney with the Native
American Rights Fund (NARF) and a
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member of the Lumbee tribe of North
Carolina. Locklear has the distinction of
being the first female Indian attorney to
present argument before the United
States Supreme Court.
The conference pre-registration fee
will be $30 per person. The registration
fee at the conference will be $35.
Separate tickets for the banquet only will
be available for $15.
Persons wishing more information
about the conference should contact one
of the member organizations of UTNC,
which includes seven North Carolina
Indian community organizations and the
N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs.
The UTNC member in the Pembroke
area is Lumbee Regional Development
Assoc., P.O. Box 68, Pembroke, N.C.
27844. For more information you may
call (919) 521-8602.
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- Directory of 5,000 Plus |
Indian Businesses in U.S.
is Published
A comprehensive, nationwide direc
tory of more than 5,000 Indian-owned
businesses in the United States has been
published by the LaCourse Communi
cations Corporation. The 325-page book,
costing $65, lists the businesses by
category or type of business and
alphabetically by state. Including both
tribaily and individually owned firms, it
provides the Standard Industrial Gassi
fication (SIC) code and definition of
function, product of service, fuD com
pany name, mailing address and tele
phone number and the name of a contact
person. Richard LaCourse, president of
the publishing company, sAA the Indian
businesses are expected by the Minority
W?*?lnej <? n<-vek>pment Agency to have
' ' a
combined gross receipts of $500 million
in 1985. LaCourse says the "growth
patterns of Indian businesses mirror and
reflect the configurations of the area
economies which surround them. There
are Indian firms in Silicon Valley,
military-industrial production units in
Texas, oil drilling companies in the
Rockies, seafood processing plants in the
Northwest, rocket fuel production in the
Southwest. The true nature at bur
geoning Indian businesses is, to date, a
largely unreported story." To order lei
ca, send check or money order to
LaCourse CoaMaunketfoM Cfp., Post
Office Box 431, Toppenish. Wellington.
98948. I
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JUDGE ELLIS TO SPEAK AT
ANNUAL SCOUT MEETING
Judge Craig Ellis of Laurinburg will
be the guest .speaker at the Cape Fear
Council, BSA Banquet to be held at
Bladenboro on Friday, February 1, 1985.
Judge Ellis has been involved as an
officer of Cape Fear Council for many
years. As a youth, he was an Eagle Scout
in Troop 203, sponsored by The Church
of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in
Wilmington.
The banquet is held each year to honor
volunteers from Scotland, Hoke, Robe
son, Bladen, Columbus, Brunswick,
Pender, and New Hanover counties. The
prestigious Silver Beaver Award will be
given to several of the Council volun
teers.
AUDITIONS FOR MUSICAL HIT,
"WORKING" SCHEDULED
The Robeson Little Theatre will hold
auditions for their spring production of
the musical hit, Working, from 7:30
9:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday,
January 16 and 17 in the Osterneck
A toil tor Him of the Robeson (bounty
Public Library in Lumberton. There are
excellent parts available for 7 men and 7
women and 2 boys (ages 8-12) of all
races. Scripts are currently available for
reading; music will be provided at the
audition. For more information, call
Director Sherry Levy at 738-3457.
REVIVAL AT MOUNT OLIVE
Mount Olive Pentecostal Holiness
Church of Pembroke, N.C. will begin
revival services Monday night, Jan. 7,
and continue through Sunday, Jan. 13,
with services beginning at 7:30 p.m.
nightly. The guest speaker will be the
Rev. Tommy Spikes of Raleigh, N.C. The
pastor, the Rev. Johnie Pollard cordially
invites the public to attend.
AEROBIC CLASSES AVAILABLE
Aerobic classes will be taught at
Pembroke Jr. High School on Tuesday
and Thursday nights from 7:30-8:30
beginning January 3-Feb. 7. Registration
fee is S10. Instructor is Rebecca Lowry
and the classes are sponsored by the
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OBSERVE 42ND WEDDING
ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Oxendine of
Pembroke observed their 42nd Wedding
Anniversary on December 20, 1984. The
event was celebrated by a family dinner
at their home. In attendance were their
fice children and their families. The
children are: Gervais Oxendine of Spar^
tanburg, S.C.; Sue Kerns of Pembroke;
Teresa Oxendine of Pembroke; Mickey
Oxendine of Pembroke; and Terryl
Oxendine of Pembroke. Also present
were the Oxendine's seven grandchild
ren. Attending from Detroit, Mich, was
Charsie McNeill, Mrs. Oxendine's sister.
Mrs. Oxendine was the former Nancy
Chavis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
French Chavis of the Philadelphus area.
Mr. Oxendine is the son of the late Mr.
and Mrs. Sonny Oxendine. They were
married December 20, 1942.
DWIGHT LOWRY TO SPEAK AT
PEMBROKE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Professional baseball player Dwight
Lowry. a player with the Detroit Tigers,
will speak at the Pembroke First Baptist
church January 13, 1985 at 7 p.m. He will
be joined by the Young People's Choir
from Bear Swamp Baptist Church.
Everyone, especially the young people,
are encouraged to come and hear this
professional christian athlete.
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