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Charles David Locfdear Bids
For Another Term County
Board Of Education
Charles David LockUar
Incumbent Charles David
Locklear formally announces
his candidacy for a second
term on the Robeson County
Board of Education.
Locklear, 38, of Route 2,
Macton is. married to the
former Inez Snuggs of Laur
inburg; they are the parents
of Charles Anthony, 16, John
W. n, 13, and Kelvin Wade,
11. All three sons are students
in the county system. Locklear
is the son of the late and
esteemed John Winston Lock
lear and Mrs. Addie Mae
Harris Locklear.
A farmer, Locklear believes
he can continue to be a
positive and influential mem
ber of the county board of
education. Locklear notes: "I
have always been concerned
about boys and girls. After
all, they are the leaders of
tomorrow. I believe that every
child should have the oppor
tunity to reach his or her
full potential.
If re-elected to the board of
education, I will continue to
perform my duties as a
servant of the people. I will
strive anew to be reasonable
and make decisions in the
best educational interest of
students to the best of my
ability."
Locklear believes unselfish
ness is the key to service, and
that all of us must work
together to achieve the best
education for all of our
fkilHran
A long time volunteer in the
schools, LockJear has workea
diligently since he has been in
office to foster more total
participation by the parents,
teachers and staff. Locklear
believes volunteerism in the
schools is a good way to
express support and to en
hance the motto of the county
schools" Robeson County
schools are good and getting
better." Locklear believes the
key to education is simply
getting involved and sharing
one's talents with their local
school
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Carolina Indian Circle
To Hold Annual American
Indian Culture Week
Hie Carolina Indian Circle,
the campus organization for
American Indian students at
the University of North Caroli- .
na at Chapel Hill, will be
holding its annual American
Indian Culture Week, March
17-22. The Circle, as it is
commonly called, works to
promote the recruitment, ad
mission, and retention of
American Indian students to
UNC-CH, and to aid those
students in any way possible.
Another of the Circle's goals
is to promote the cultural
awareness of American
Indians in the University and
surrounding communities. It
is with this in mind that the
Circle announces the Culture
Week activities, which in
clude several speakers, a
luncheon, and a Cultural
Festival, accompanied by
educational displays across
campus.
On Tuesday, March 18, in
Haymakers Theatre, Chief
Robert Youngdeer, chief of
the Eastern Band of Chero
kee, will address the past and
future of the Cherokee. On
Thursday, March 20, in How
ell Hall, Arnold Richardson,
Durham Technical Institute's
Visiting Artist, will present a
program on Indian music.
'Die culmination of the
week's activities will be on
Saturday, March 22, with an
Awards Luncheon and a Cul
tural Festival. For the first
time, American Indian "stu
dents will be honored at a
luncheon sponsored by the
Circle. Students will receive
awards for scholastic, athle
tic, and leadership achieve
ment Ruth Dial Woods, UNC
Board of Governors, will be
presenting the awards. Am
ong those being honored for
leadership are Alicia Hardin,
daughter of Dr. Ben Hardin of
Lumberton; Kerry Bird, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth
Bird of Pembroke; and Ter
rence Brayboy, son of Mr.
Robert Brayboy. Among those
receiving scholastic achieve
ment awards are Rose Parrish
of Raeford, and Christopher
Wade Hunt of Pembroke.
Among those receiving for
athletic achievement are Devy
Bell, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Larry Brooks of Pembroke and
Paul Cummings of Pembroke.
Both Bell and Cummings wfll
be representing the Tar Heels
in their respective sports at
that time, and therefore will
have designated representa
tives accepting the awards for
them. Hie luncheon will be
held at 1 p.m. at the Carolina
Inn (tickets: $10, $7.50 for
students).
Following the luncheon, the
Carolina Indian Circle will be
sponsoring an American Indi
an Cultural Festival, 4-9 p.m.,
Ehringhaus Intramural Field.
The Steering Committee of
the Circle solicited support
from many organizations to
procure the finances to coor
dinate this event. Area chur
ches and schools, as well as
the entire University com
munity have been invited to
participate. Everyone is en
couraged to attend.
Anyone with questions con
cerning the Carolina Indian
Circle, the American Indian
Culture Week, or with any
information concerning the
history of the Circle, may
contact Ms. Alicia Hardin at
(919)962-2333, or write to:
Hie Carolina Indian Circle,
Room 201 Campus Y Building
151-A, the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill, Cha
pel Hill. North Carolina 27514
SOUTHEASTERN TRIBES
BECOMING MORE
SELF-SUFFICIENT
In a special report Nebruary
28, the Atlanta Journal and
Contdtution said southeas
tern Indians "are relying less
and leas on government sub
sidies and more and more on
their own efforts to improve
their standard of living." In
addition to an introductory
general article, the paper, did
stories on the Cherohees of
North Carolina and Oklaho
ma, the Choctaw* 0i Mississi
ppi, Seminole* of Florida,
Poarch Creeks of Alabama,
Catawbas of South Carolina
and the Lumbees of North
Carolina. Interior Assistant
Secretary Ross Swimmer waa
quoted, saying: "The south
eastern tribes are some of our
moot progressive tribes.
They've certainly gained ac
cess to the economic main
stream of American society.
Obviously, the indicaton are
still there showing that they
have unemployed people, that
they have people living below
the median income and all
that But on the other hand,
they're showing some real
strength in building their
reservations and providing
jobs and helping their people
reach a standard at living
that's acceptable." The story
on the Chortaw of Mississippi
referred to the tribal chair
man, Phillip Martin as the
"Indian lacoeea" for his
success in bringing jobe and a
sense of self-determination to
the reservation's 4,609 Choc
taws.
Indian Unity Conference
Begins Today In Greensboro
The Eleventh Annual Indi
an Unity Conference, spon
sored by the United Tribes of
North Carolina, will for the
second year present com
munity awards at the banquet
on Friday, March 14, 1986 at
the Four Seasons Convention
Center, Holiday Inn, Greens
boro, North Carolina, accor
ding to United Tribes ai North
Carolina President, Kenneth
R Maynor.
The Recipients for this
year's prestigious award are:
1. "Indian Elder of the
Year''-Rev. Welton Lowry of
Pembroke, Pastor of West
End Baptist Church, Lumber
ton, and retired educator.
2. "Outstanding Indian
Student"-Miss Pam Brew
ington of Fayetteville, NC.
student at University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill. Former
chairperson of North Carolina
Native American Youth Or
g&nization.
3. "Distinguished Service
to Indian Education"-Dr.
James B. Chavis, Vice Chan
cellor for Student Affairs,
Pembroke State University
and Member of State Board of
Education.
4. "Distinguished Service
to the Indian Community"
the late Chief Clifton Freeman
Sr., Bolton, NC. First Chief of
the Waccamaw-Siouan Indi
ans of Bladen and Columbus
Counties. He strived to
improve the quality of life for
his people.
8. "Economic Advance
ment of Indian People"
Arnold Richardson, Hollister,
NC. Economic Development
Specialist, Tribal Planner,
Craftsman and Sculpture.
Presently Artist in Residence
at Durham Technical Institute
Princess Pale Moore, Pres
ident of the American Indian
Heritage Foundation, Falls
Church, Virginia, will be the
keynote speaker at the ban
quet
Dennis Lowiy, President
Continental Industrial Chem
icals of Charlotte, will be the
Master of Ceremony.
Tickets for the Banquet
may be reserved through
LRDA Administrative Office,
919-521-86092..
Southern States Cooperative
Begins Operations Locally
Hie re is a new farm cooperative in Robeson County located
at Pembroke. It occupies the former PCX, Inc., retail facility
and is a part of the distribution system of Southern States
Cooperative, Inc.
The new isciiuy is known as Southern States Pembroke and
the manager is Roy Lacy Cummings.
"We will carry a full line of lawn and garden items, as well
as most everything our local farmers need to operate their
business," says Manager Roy Lacy Cummings.
Southern States Cooperative (SSC), a farm supply and
marketing cooperative in Maryland, Virginia, Delaware, West
Virginia and Kentucky, has bought most of PCX* s assets in
North Carolina and began operating in the state on Feb. 17.
Southern States was organized in 1923 as the Virginia Seed
Service by 150 farmers who pooled their seed orders. Now,
more than sixty years later, it has grown to be one of the
largest farmerowned cooperatives in the nation.
A full range of farm production supplies, as well as home
and garden products, are sold through a retail distribution
system that will now total over 530 outlets in six states.
Southern States also provides custom services, such as
pesticide and plant food application, at many of its stores. The
cooperative has expanded into grain marketing, feed and seed
research and fertilizer blending.
"We are looking forward to working with the many good
farmers in North Carolina," says Gene A. James, president
and chief executive officer of Southern States. "We hope to
earn their support We also hope that, over time. North
Carolina fanners will become involved in and committed to
this cooperative as it attempts to serve them efficiently and
economically."
Second City Touring
Company To Perform At PSU
He Second Citv Touring
Company will perform at the
Pembroke State University's
Performing Arts Center on
Saturday, March 15, at 8
p.m. as part of The Season
85-86.
For more than 20 years, the
prolific Second City has earn
ed high regard from stage
and television producers and
directors. Recognized as the
starting place for new talent,
He'Second City has groomed
Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi.
Bill Murray, Alan Alda, John
Candy, Joan Rivers, Valerie
Harper*,, Robert Klein, Ed
Asner and the list goes on.
Social satire and impro
vised comedy skits are the
specialty of Second City's
talented road show troupe.
He subject matter is adult in
nature and deals mostly with
topics of current interest
While some of the routines
are taken from the material of
the original Second City
group, new parodies are also
a pari of their present reper
toire. Energy and the ability
to be tastefully funny seem to
be strong points of the young
cast Hey agree diet delicacy
is called for in the Second City
style of comedy especially
when audiences regularly
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contribute idMl for im pro vis
ed skits that are potentially off
color.
In 1969, the first group
of actors, taking the name
from the title of the late A.J.
Leiblings derisive profile of
Chicago in the New Yorker,
debuted as Hie Second City
on the second floor of a closed
down Chinese laundry. Suc
cess was almost instant Be
fore the startled actors knew.it
they were innundated with
praise from the press. Chi
cagoans packed the place
every night Hie small club
became a "must see" stop
over.for professionals of the
acting worid. From its early ,
struggles in Chicago, The
Second City has flourished to
become America's most fa
mous comedy company.
To become a member of one
of the three Second City
troupe* is not easy. The
competition in fierce and
auditions are extremely diffi
cult
This appearance of Second
Qtty Touring Company pro
vides the audience an oppor
tunity to see the comedy stars
of tomorrow now.
Tickets are $4.00,18.00 and
18.00 and may be purchased
at the bos office or at
Crumplere on Wssley Pines
Road behind ths Credit Union
in Lumber**. Call 801-0778
lor reservations or informs
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MAGNOLIA CLASS OF 19 ??r
HOLDS CLASS REUNIOI ? |
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Hie MipoHi Class of 1956 recently held their third Class Reunion at the Holiday Inn in
Lumberton. Those in attendance, front row left to right are: Beatrice BoHn Oxendine,
Magdalene Jacobs Oxendine, Trudie Muggins Ekmanuel, Doris Jacobs Brooks, Faye Locldear,
Catherine Bell Robinson, Annie T. Jacobs Hunt, Gladys BeO Vonfecht, Mary D. Lowery
[Advisor). Back row left to right: Carol J. I joc Id ear Oxendine, Evelyn D. C ha vis Hammonds,
Hazel Locldear Hunt, Lioyd Locklear, Howard Canady, John C. Revels, Stacy Locldear [Class
President], Nellie Locldear Wflldns and Johnnv A. Locldear [Advisorl.
Robeson little Theatre To
Resent "The Music Min"
Robeson Little Theatre pre
sents "The Music Man"
beset) en ? ataxy by Meridith
Willson and Franklin Lacey.
This highly praised musical
offers fun for the whole
family.
Performances to be held in
the Carolina Civic Center,
Chestnut St Lumberton.
Days of production will be
limited to Friday March 14,
Saturday March 15 at 8 p.m.
Sunday Matinee March 16 at
2:30 p.m. and Friday March
21 and Saturday March 22 at 8
p.m. Tickets will be sold at
the door. Adults $4, Students
$2 and Senior Citizens $3.
Making her debut as direc
tor is the very talented Ms.
Jane Martin. Heading up the
musical direction is Mrs.
Cindy FYitz. Mrs. Fritz is
currently director of the Robe
son Civic Chorale.
Hie orchestra will be direc
ted by Mrs* Fritz's husband,
Dr. William fritz. Associate
Professor of Music at PSU.
The realization of having a full
orchestra petforming in the
musical is very efeiting. The
orchestra will be composed of
an all star line up of area
music educators.
Headlining this production
are two outstanding enter
tainers. Firstly, portaying the
part of Professor Harold Hill
is a very talented young man,
Len Ketner, who hails from
Dillon, SC. Mr. Ketner has
starred in many musical pro
ductions put on by the Benn
ettsville and Marion Little
Theatres; most recently "Hie
Fantastics" and as Daddy
Warbucks in "Annie." His
tremendous voice and stage
presence are outstanding. Ro
beson little Theatre and the
Civic Chorale are pleased that
he could join them.
Playing opposite Harold is
Marion the librarian, sweetly
portrayed by Lumberton's
Mrs. Pat Stone. Mrs. Stone
has a Bachelors Degree of
Music in Voice Performance
from UNC at Chapel Hill. She
is the busy mother of three,
who teaches private voice, is
in the choir at the First
Presbyterian Church and a
soloist in the Robeson Civic
Chorale.
Miss Beth an n Souza, a
teacher at Lumberton Middle t
School and a dartce instructor
will be choreographing th
musical. Her expertise will
add increased interest and
entertainment to the musical.
Diligently heading up cos
tumes is Kay House, attorney
with Lumbee River Legal , -t
Services. Costumes are to be
as true to the 1912 time frame
as possible; making for an
exciting added dimension to
the overall enjoyment of the
musical.
Producing the musical is
Pamela Baehre. She is also
working with set design and
construction. The limited
space of the Carolina Civic
Center stage has presented
many challenges in the execu
tion of this 2 act, 18 scene
play. Much thought and plaa
nuig has gone into the scene
design and construction.
All who are involved are
proud to say that this musical
promises to be entertaining to
all ages. Families are urged to
bring their children. For more
information call: Day 738
4841, Night 789-8249.
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