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VOLUME 13 NUMBER 23 2Sc PER COPY ' thursday. mat M, ims
PEMBROKE ELEMENTARY
QUEENS
Two lovely little ladle*
became queen* at tbe Pem
broke Elementary School'*
Little Mloo Pageant. Nakeaba
LocUear la tbe newly crowned
Mloo Pembroke Elementary
School, representing grade*
three through five. Heather
Mayner t? new the litti* Mae
reprooentlng kindergarten
Qneen Nakeaba la tbe
daughter of Mr. and Mm.
Gary LocUear and ia in tbe
fourth grade class of Miss
Cindy McClenney. First run
ner up Is Mary Lowery,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Lowery and fourth grade
student of Mrs. Shirley Lock
lear. Second runner-ap is
Kristie Revels, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wesiey Revels
and fourth grade student of
Mies Cindy McCleaney.
- Quoea Heather Is the dau
ghter of Mr. sad Mrs. Gerald
Mayaor, Jr. and Is hi Mrs.
Rhonda DeHlnger's Kinder
garten class. First raaner up
is Jaetata Salcido, the daugh
ther of Ms. Suxette Salcido
and
the kindergarten student of
Mrs. Reba McMillan. Tying
for second runner up were
Jennifer Pickens and Emily
Love. Jennifer is the daughter
of Ms. Wanda Dial and is in
Mm. Joyce Sampson's first
grade. Emily's parents are
Mr, and Ma. Waxen Love
and her first giade teacher is
Miss Joan Morris.
Each of the fifteen contest
ants received a trophy. The
girls showed their apprecia
tion to Mm. Sandra Drawhorn
for giving so much time and
love as the pageant chairper
son by giving her flowers and
a trophy.
Know Your
Policemen...
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Jerry Woods, 27, is a
certified police officer of the
Pembroke Police Dept. Off
icer Woods completed his
'training at Robeson Tech
nical College on June 22,
1981. He said, "Police certi
5 fication requires 284 hours of
basic training." According to
Officer Woods, police certifi
cation is a three step process.
He said," First, there is a
probationary period, then
f. general and intermediate."
| Officer Woods also comple
l ted a IS hour Human Rela
g tions course at RTC on
* February 28. 1985. In addition
| he is a member of the
National Rifle Assoc., which
involved 16 hours of training.
Woods said.
Woods said, "1 was also a
police officer for the Rowland
Police Dept. for two years and
a dispatcher for the Maxton
Police Dept. for three years.
Woods also enjoys fishing
and playing baseball for the
Pembroke Police Dept.'s
ball team.
Officer Woods, his wife
Hazel Woods and their seven
year old daughter live in
Pembroke and attend Union
Chapel Methodist Church. He
is the son of Rev. Monroe and
Cora Lee Woods of Pembroke.
? STOP
SMOKING
CLINIC
The Robeson County
Health Department will be
Offering an evening Quit
Smoking CKnic beginning on
June II at 7 p.m. Participants
i will meet at the health
department for sfa consecu
tive Tuesdays.
To mat?r for the dale or
?or farther inform at?, con
tact Oaytea Hayes, 736-7231.
VBS Begins
Mt. Airy Baptist Church
will be having Vacation Bible
School June 10-14 from 6 p.m.
until 9 p.m.
Registration will bo Satur
day June 8 from 2 p.m.-3 p.m.
at the church which k located
on Hwy. 72 nine miles west of
Lumberton. Than wfl be ftu
and games sad a cook oat
p.m. until 6 p.m. after
The pastor, lav. Mike
to come out and epjoy the
LUMBEEBANK
PARTICIPATES
IN CREDIT
AGREEMENT
NEW YORK MAY 20
Lumbec Bank, Pembroke,
NC is participating in the
largest single credit agree
ment between a major US
corporation and a consortium
of minority-owned financial
institutions.
Avon Products, Inc. ann
ounced today that Lumbee is
among 45 minority-owned
banks from throughout the US
taking part in a S25 million
revolving predit agreement
with the company. Under the
agreement, Avon has the
right to borrow up to $100,000
from the bank during the next
three years. Freedom Nation
al Bank, New York City, acted
as the Agent for the revolving
credit arrangement.
Representing Avon in the
development of the credit
agreement were Jules Zim
merman, group vice president
and chief financial officer ,
and John E. Donaldson, Jr.,
Avon resident and treasurer.
Corporate Advisory Board to I
Corporate Advisory Board to I
the National Bankers Assoc., I
a trade association represent- I
tag satoority banks. The com- I
pany has S34 million in cvadB I
arrangements, including (Ms
agreement, with minority
owned banks. It also math- l
fits and places all of its tax
deposits is several of these
a beauty health care and
A^toS than
S3 billion a year.
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South African Foe of Apartheid
Vlsita Pembroke Area
A
Dennis Mumble, an exiled
South African and foe of
apartheid visited Pembroke
last Thursday and discussed
religious and racial issues of
South Africa with concerned
citizens who met with him at
the Baptist Building in Pem
broke.
Mumble, an ardent Christi
an, spoke out strongly against
the white government in
South Africa, lamenting the
fact that whites control the
w. urn
country although they are. in
fact, in the minority in the
country. Whites make up only
4'/j million of a nearly 29
million populace.
Mumble chastised the U.S.
government for economic co
operation with the South
African country saying that
America is sanctioning a
country that systematically
discriminates against the
Black majority populace.
Mr. Mumble's visit was
sponsored by the Robeson
County Clergy and Laity
Concerned. Mr.Mumble is
traveling throughout the
country telling the story of the
maligned and opressed black
people of South Africa. He
encouraged economic sanc
tions against South Africa
until a sharing of power with
all the people of South Africa
is realized.
Dennis Mumble (left) is
shown expressing his con
cerns for his beloved South
Africa. Listening intently is
Mac Legerton, executive dl
rector of Robeson County
Clergy and Laity Concerned.
[Brace Barton]
I
Bus Driver of Year
i
Honored
by Lro-I. H?| * """ 1 '
The Tracy Lea Calhoun
Award has been presented to
Barbara Jane Lowry for out
standing achievement and
school bas driver in the
Kobe son County School Sys
tem tor the 1984-1935 school
year. The Tracy Lea Calhoun
Memorial Award is given by
the North Carolina Petroleum
Marketers Assoc., a 750
member statew^e wholesale
pciroleuth trade association.
I he purpose of the award is to
V* .
honor an outstanding school
bus driver in each county
worthy of recognition for
outstanding contribution in
school bus safety during the
current school year.
Mrs. Barbara Lowty has
been driving the handicap bus
for seven years. She is
gurrcntly driving for Pent
Moke Elementary under the
supervision of Mrs. Verdia A.
Unese. the assistant prind
pal.
CANOE RECOVERY
INDICATES INDIAN
PAST
by Bruce Barton
Paul Valenti lives in the
Clybourne Pines Area near
Lumberton, and works for the
City of Lumberton at it's
water filtration plant. But his
real love is diving and explor
ing Lumber River. He dives
for pleasure, and finds
many interesting items that
tell of the area's past in the
depth of the black and mys
terious Lumber River.
On Monday. May 20, Va
lenti watched as underwater
archaeologists from Fort
Fisher pulled his latest find
from Lumber River. It was the
remains of a canoe that seems
to be hundreds of years old,
and was probably used by
Indians of the area as much as
500 years ago.
Valenti discovered the ca
noe near the bank of Lumber
River at McNeil's Bridge.
Before the canoe was recov
ered, Valenti contacted Linda
Oxendine at PSU's Native
American Resource Center
and she, in turn, contacted
the state. Bringing the canoe
to the surface were Leslie
Bright and Mark Wilde-Ram
sing, two divers and under
i water *w.iwie9tafp*to f?v>n?
Fort Flstier. They work for the
North Carolina Department of
?Cultural Resources.
Bright said the canoe seem
ed to be cypress or pine, and
was hollowed out by a burning
process known to have been
used bv Indians Ions before
the whites came to Robeson
County in the 1730s. Burn
marks were quite evident as
the canoe was brought to the
surface by the divers sporting
scuba diving gear. The divers
worked for some 30 minutes
positioning the canoe on a
'wooden platform devised by
the under water archaeolo
gist.
Valenti said he discovered
the canoe while scuba diving
earlier in the month. Valenti
collects old bottles and other
items that seem of historical
worth and said, when be
observed the canoe that it
looked unusual.
Ms. Oxendine was excited
about the find and said, "It's
an incredible find. Most
things found to date have
been contemporary or, at the
least, in the 1800s. This will
be from a period that is little
known." Ms. Oxendine, who
has made arrangements for
carbon 14 dating of the canoe
envisions the canoe being on
eventual display at the Native
American Resource Center if
preliminary conjectures are
confirmed b, testing of dating
of the can* that measures
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Valenti, *it ardent Mstorica:
buff, indicated his wishes for
the find to be displayed at
PSU. He remembered, "1
took swimming and scuba
diving lessons at PSU. It
would be nice if it goes to
pmi ??
The canoe la shown being
lifted from Lumber River's
murky waters. The canoe,
estimated to be jnoie than 500
years old, ?u discovered by
Pad Volenti, a local diver. If
confirmed as historically sig
nificant, as preliminary find
eventeelly be dkplayed at
PSlTi Native AmtHtnm Be
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