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PEMBROKE NATIVE
BEGINS SECOND CAREER
Ronnie Sutton, the newest
member of the Pembroke
based law firm of Lockiear,
Brooks, Jacobs and Sutton is
shown being swom in as a
member of the bar. Sutton
was presented to the bar by
Arnold Locklear, the senior
member of the firm. Looking
on are [Left to right): Dexter
Brooks, Arlie Jacobs, Bill
Davis and Ken Ransom.
[Elmer W. Hunt photo)
Wednesday morning. Sep
tember 11. 1985 was an
important day in the life of
Ronnie Neal Sutton of Pem
broke. On that morning he
was sworn in as an attorney at
law in North Carolina. This
ceremony had a very special
significance in that Ronnie
was beginning a second ca
reer.
Ronnie retired from the
United States Navy in 1982
after completing twenty two
years of active service in the
ifflfifary!',,H@; -was in "ftie Atr 1
Fot*tf*for four years prior to
entering the Navy's flight
training program in 1964.
Retiring with the rank of
Commander, Ronnie was a
Naval Flight Officer and had
flown more than 3500 hours
while on active duty. He had
600 hours of combat experi
ence in Vietnam in 1966-67.
Commander Suttongradua
ted from the University of
North Carolina School of Law
last May with a juris doctor
degree. Prior to entering law
school he earned a BA degree
from the University of West
Florida in 1970 and a MS from
the Naval War College in
1977. In addition, he earned a
MA from Central Michigan
0**v*rsity .VTt. Pita-ant
Michigan in f979
Married to the former Gen- \
ny Chavis. daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John French Chavis
of the Philadelphus Com
munity near Pembroke, Ron
nie is the son of the late Willie
French Sutton and the late
Vergie Mae Oxendine Sutton
of Robeson County. He is the
father of two daughters, Ron
ette Alesia, a freshman at
PSU and Fonda Lynn, a
student at West Robeson
Senior High School.
The formal swearing in
ceremony was conducted in
the Pembroke District Court
bouse by District Court
RbftJiie
has joined the law Firm of
Locklear. Brooks, and Jacobs
in Pembroke. He and his
family reside in the Philadel
phus community, between
Red Snrings and Pembroke.
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Mayor Milton Hunt
Proclaims Community
Health Center Week
Mayor Milton R. Hunt
TOWN OF PEMBROKE
PROCLAMATION NO. 1985-3
WHEREAS, on behalf of
the Town of Pembroke, Mayor
Milton Hunt recognizes the
importance of community
based health centers in pro
viding high quality, accessible
and affordable health care in
this community; and
WHEREAS. community
health centers provide pri
mary care services to the
medically underserved in our
region; ^nd
WHEREAS. preventive
care is emphasized as well as
the delivery of primary care
services, resulting in an im
proved program of health
promotion and disease pre
vention in our community;
and
. WHEREAS, research
shows that community health
Centers reduce hospitalization
and that health center pati
ents have fewer operations,
fewer visits to physicians for
illness, and higher rates of
protection against medical
problems than the general
populace; and
WHEREAS. The National
Association of Community
Health Centers has declared
the second week in October as
National Community Health
Center Week, using the
theme "Community Health
Centers: Keeping You
Healthbound Yearound"; and
WHEREAS, a local, state
wide and national effort has
been launched to assure the
continued growth and de
velopment of community-bas
ed health care;
NOW, THEREFORE. I.
MILTON R. HUNT. Mayor of
the Town of Pembroke, do
hereby proclaim the week of
October 6-12. 1985 as Com
munity Health Center Week
in the Pembroke Health Care
Corporation of Pembroke, and
urge all citizens to participate
in its activities and become
better acquainted with the
services offered by
community health centers in
this area.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I
have "hereunto set my hand
and caused the corporate seal
of the Town of Pembroke to be
affixed, this the 30th day of
September, 1985.
MILTON R. HUNT
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Blind Coed Learns To Swim
b PSU't Indoor pool, blind
CarU Earies of Pembroke get*
help in learning to swim from
[left to right] Ellen Jackson of
St. Pule, Coach Harold Ellen
of PSU, and Sharona Stone of
Hope Mills.
PEMBROKE-Since she had
glaucoma at the age of three.
Carla Earles. a student at
Pembroke State University,
has been blind.
The 21-year-old senior who
is majoring in special educat
ion has always wanted to
learn to swim-and this se
mester the dream of the
Indian girl from Pembroke
has been realized.
Using mostly the freestyle,
she has swam the distance of
the 25-yard PSU indoor pool
twice without stopping and
has also jumped into the PSU
afoteifHtvranb tne'Xi >
feet across the tank.
These are requirements for
completing the "Beginning
Swimming" course taught at
PSU under Harold Ellen.
"I've been teaching people
to swim for 25 years, but this
is the first time I've ever
taught a blind person to
swim," said Ellen, who also
serves as head baseball coach
of Pembroke State.
Miss Earles, the daughter
of Mrs. Nancy Ragsdale (her
father is deceased), says she
had always wanted to learn to
swim because she loves "to
go boating and fishing" and
wanted the skill for safety
purposes. So she decided to
enroll i^ Coach Ellen's "Be
ginning Swimming" course.
With tke valuable help of
two othcV PSU swimming
students, Ellen Jackson of St.
Pauls and Sharona Stone of
Hope Mills, Coach Ellen
instructed her.
"I put the two girls with
her. They yould take her
hands and demonstrate while
I was talking to her. She
learned to swim one lap in six
lessons," said Coach Ellen.
"In so doing, she learned to
swim both the freestyle and
backstroke."
Ms. Jackson said Carla was
very easy to work with. "She
has a great sense of humor
and was very energetic. She
did have a fear ot being on her
back because, being blind,
she would become disorient
ed," Ms. Jackson added.
Ms. Stone commented:
"Carla was scared to get into
the water initially. We were
there to keep her on course
direction-wise."
Carla was also concerned
about losing her glass eyes,
especially when she took her
first leap into the water. But
she never did.
Her biggest moment came
when she jumped into the
PSU diving tank, which is 13
feet 6inches at its deepest
point. That test is in the latter
part of the instruction. Be
cause of the diving tank's
extreme depth, most swim
ming students are psycholop
ically afraid of it even
though they have learned
swimming proficiency in the
more shallow depths of the
adjacant'pool.
"When 1 jumped in. I
thought I had died. I was
concerned about whether I
would come up or not." said
Carta.
But as her instructors ex
plained to her. it is easier
swimming in the deeper div
ing tank than the shallow pool
because of the depth of the
water makes one's body more
buoyant.
After the initial leap into
the diving tank, Carta did it
again two 01 three more
times.
Coach Ellen gave Ellen
Jackson and Sharona Stone
tremendous credit for helping
this blind girl learn to swim.
"Those girls worked so well
with her. They built up her
confidence. She had been so
scared of the water at first."
Ellen said. "She didn't want
to leave the edge of the pool
initially. Of course, we must
remember she can't see
where anything is located."
Today Carta is extremely
proud of her new swimming
skills.
And she is one up on her
boy friend who is also blind.
He can't swim, but at her
encouraging perhaps he may
soon take his first big plunge
in learning that valuable skill,
too.
"Indian Days" In the Park
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Indian Heritage Week In
North Carolina was Septem
ber 15-20. 1985. As a part of
the week's many festivities.
LRDA hosted "Indian Days"
ill the Pembroke Town Park.
"Indian Days" in the park
was held on Thursday. Sep
tember 19 from? a.m. until 3
p.m. The LRDA staff ditssed
like their ancestors did in the
early 1900's. The local senior
citizens' chapters were invol
ved and everyone dressed
"old timev".
There were several actWlt
made butter, lye soap, and ice
cream. They cooked a chicke*
bog (rice and chicken), cooked
collard greens with hogheadA
and cooked chhtlinga.
There was also a display of
tools from the late lftOO's and
early 1900's used in farming
such aa the corn shelter, corn
shucker, plows, and mule
harness. Some of the house
hold Hems or display was a
coffee grinder, a sausage
grinder, iron pot*, and a
wooden grape huiler.
MifRoccoe Jacobs, a LRDA
staff Krson d^iponstrated the
sample the catfish.
- The senior citizens' group
showed off some of the
^projects they hid done such
M quilts, dols. pillows, and I
Wet items. Mr. CLeveland
mcobs also displayed basket
ytsttaliiiiiiiit was ptovid
^?Mr. Ear He Maynor and
MtlViiioughby Jones .on the
luvWfea. LRDA's School of
abC V t^h",hl5r rltoo
DCOP'C MBino thrOUffnCHJt Inf
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OXENDINE NOUNCES
HIS CANDIDACY FOR
, COUNTY COMMISSIONER
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Henry W. Oxendine
Henry Ward Oxendine has
announced his candidacy for
county commissioner in the
Pembroke, Smiths and Max
ton districts. He is married to
the former Susan Lowry of
Pembroke and they have
three children-Stacy, 9, Brit
tany, 6. and Brad, 2.
Oxendine is presently serv
ing on the Pembroke Town
Council. Lumbee Regional
Development Association's
Board of Directors and the
Cardinal Health Board of
Directors. He is a Baptist
minister and pastor's Taber
nacle Baptist Church located
near Pembroke.
Oxendine received a Bach
elor of Arts degree in Political
Science and a Masters of Arts
degree in Educational Admin
. istration from Pembroke State
Uirwicrsity in 1964 He is
employed by Southern Nati
onal Bank of N.C.
Oxendine says Robeson
County is getting into a
desperate economic, situation .
due to the loss of jobs in local
industry and agriculture. Rob
eson County cannot and must
not continue in the ways of the
past but must look forward for
new and innovative ideas and
ways to bring the -better
paying industries to our citi
zens. We have the potential
through our people, but we
have not nurtured and devel
oped that potential so that it
would entice the better paying
jobs as our neighboring coun
ty of Scotland has done over
the years. Local government
officials must address the
problems we now face and not
make excuses but use that
time to come up with solutions
to our problems. The govern
ing body of Robeson County
must become more respons
ible in their decision-making
and more responsive to the
needs of the people.
He is especially concerned
in the areas of education, new
industry and industrial devel
opment, economic growth,
evaluation and usage ef tax
dollars and alcohol and drug
related problems among the
youth in particular.
Oxendine stated that he
would like to serve the
citizens of the Smiths, Maxton
and Pembroke commission
er's district and work toward
building a future for our
people. He also added that he
would be a visible and hard
working ooijtousiojjet for his.
district. OxeCome concluded
by saying that if anyone is
willing to work hard in this
endeavor, they should contact
him at 521-4143.
Exciting Events Planned For
PSU's Centennial Celebration
Dr. Paul Givena
"This all sounds very excit
ing," commented Chancellor
Paul Givens in listening to the
enthusiastic reports of PSU's
12-member Centennial Cele
bration Council which met
Monday for an update report
on the various committee
activities.
"From listening to you, our
Centennial Celebration will be
both informative and inspir
ing," extolled the Chancellor.
"We indeed want to make
this a celebration for the total
Pembroke family. Everything
seems to be moving along
fine."
The Centennial Celebration
will be a year long event
during the 1986-87 school
year, but the climax will come
March 4-6, 1987, when a
"Founder s Day Week" wil
be celebrated.
Tentative plans for that
March period call for a
Student Dedication of the new
University Center on Wed
nesday, March 4. at 11 a.m.,
followed by lunch on the
grounds and an "Open
House." Beginning at 1:30
p.m. that day wfll be student
activities all afternoon. In the
evening, a semiformal dance
will be held in the University
Center for students, faculty,
staff and community people.
Although PSU's birthday is
actually March 7. 1987, PSU
is observing its "Founder's
Day" on Thursday, March 5,
because that is when the
student body will be fully
present. A formal convocation
is planned Maaeh 5 at 10 a.m.
in the Paul R. Givens Per
forming Arts Center with the
faculty attired in their aqfar&j
denric regalia and people ltk?
ci otr? fe
LRDA Taking
Energy Applications
Applications will be taken
from October 7th to Novem
ber 27th, 1985, for fuel
assistance through North
Carolina's Low-Income Ener
gy Assistance Program. Low
income households that need
help in paying heating bills
may apply for assistance at
designated offices and centers
of Lumbee Regional Devel
opment Association, Inc.
Efigible households will re
ceive a check through the mail
in February, 1986. Persons
who think they are eligible
and wish to apply are urged to
contact the LRDA office or
center near their home.
Social Services recipients
should bring the following
items when 'they- apply:
(1) Food Stamp JD Card
' 12) Social Security numbers
for household members.
Non-Social Services" recipi
ents should bring the follow
ing items:
(1) Information about your
household's income. If any
one worts, wage stubs for the
month of October should be
included.
(2) Information about your
bank statements, bonds, and
other eaaet*. -
checks if possible.)
(5) Verification of Income
from rental property, farm
income, etc.
The LRDA offices and
centers taking applications
include:
1. JTPA Building-521 -9761.
2. LRDA Office-Lumberton
738-7906. (In back of E.M.C.
Building/Food Lion Shopping
Center)
3. All LRDA sponsored Day
Care_ Centers--3 to 5 p.m.
only. -
/4. N.C. Commission of
Indian Affairs, Lumberton
Offlce-738-6272 Oct. 17, 24.
5. Benton's Court-Rowland
739-3032 Oct. 15 ONLY.
6. JTPA Outreach Center
Scotland County-276-6256
7. Lumber River Electric
Membership--Red Springs
OfBce-738-7906 Oct. li, 23, 9
34.
8. LRDA Talent Search
Office-521-8602.
9. Cherokee Indian Mission
Hoke County [Ma Te Be
Announced).
10. Lumbee Shopping Cen
All applications will he
taken from^nv until 4 p^n.
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