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ROBESON COUNTY
SCHOOI.S
1WWS AND BRIEFS ;
by Loretta Hani I
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B
V County Seniors Receive
? Special Diploma Seats
Z Across North Carolina
! approximately 4,000 senion
received gold aeals of recog
- nition attached to their di
plomas designating the stu
dents as North Carolina
Scholars.
SupL Puroell Swett an
nounced that 50 seniors in
the 1986 graduating classes
of Robeson County Schools
have been designated by the
State Board of Education as
recipients of the gold foil
seals.
The North Carolina Schol
ars Program began in 1984
and was established by the
State Board of Education to
recognize students who suc
cessfully completed
requirements for a balanced,
challenging high school pro
gram.
High school course re
quirements total twenty two
. units for the scholars pro
. gram and include four units
of English and Mathematics;
three units of science and
social studies; two units of
foreign languages; one unit
of health, vocational educa
tion and arts education; and
three units of electives.
Br addition to the required
twenty two units, partici
pants must have an overall
four year grade average of a
* "B" or its equivalent
Participants are encour
aged to begin planning for
the program before they
enter the ninth grade to
insure flexibility in high
. school course selection.
The North Carolina State
Board of Education institu
ted the Scholars' Program
with the belief that the
success of our State and
Nation depends on the full
development of our youth
and that some students
should be encouraged to
pursue a well- balanced but
more vigorous high school
program.
Retiring Teacher* Honored
at Banquet
Twelve retiring educators
with the Robeson County
School System were honored
on June 2 at Pembroke
Junior High School with an
Awards and Retirement Ban
quet hosted by the Robeson
County Unit of the North
Carolina Association of Edu
cators.
Ms. Lee Helen Thompson,
president of the Robeson
County Unit, NCAE, provid
ed welcoming remarks to the
retirees whose teaching
services totaled 304 years'
and seven months in the
county system.
Keynote speaker for the
banquet was Ms. Jo Ann
Norris, NCAE Mitical
Affairs Specialist and former
1979-1980 N.C. Teacher of
the Year. ?
"Education must be in
volvedin politics because 85
percent of educational funds
are allotted by the North
Carolina General Assembly,
25 percent by county com
missioners and 10 percent by
the Congress. Funding is
decided by the politicians
and politicians are decided
by us who vote.
"All political candidates
support education in theory
and decisions are made by a
majority of politicians who
are not educators. It is the
task of NCAE to find candi
dates who support education
in fact
"NCAE provides creden
tials to represent educators
and make the necessary
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contacts to relay concerns to
politicians in Raleigh and
Washington and even to
follow up those concerns,"
stated Norris.
Supt Purnell Swett pre
sented certificates of appre
ciation to: Mrs. Sarah S. Bell
for 32 years of service
retiring from Magnolia;
Mrs. Phoda J. Godwin for 33
years retiring from Prospect
School; Ms. Omega Foster
Johnson for 26 years retiring
from Omim School; Mrs.
Ethel 0. Locklear for 30
years retiring from Long
Branch School; Mrs. Grace
D. Locklear for 27 years
retiring from Deep Branch
School; Mr. John T. Mills for
34 years retiring from
Magnolia School; Mrs. Dor
othy P. Nichols for 29 years
of service retiring from
Southside/ Ash pole School;
Mrs. Fannie M. Oxendine
for 30 years retiring from
Union Chapel School; Mrs.
Cletus 0. Ransom for 30
years retiring from Union
Elementary; Mr. Herbert H.
Robertson for 36 years retir- (
ing from Orrum; Ray Chavis
36 yrs. from Farigrove; &
Bessie Lewis-21 yrs. from
little field.
A candlelight service was
conducted in memory of
Mrs. Mable L Zeigler and
Mrs. Wanda M. Brayboy
who were former NCAEV
NEA members and teachers
in the county system.
Installation services for
the new officers for the 1986
87 Robeson County Unit
NCAE were conducted by
Judith Nixon, President of
the District 10 NCAE. New
officers installed were:
Jimmy Strickland, Presi
dent; Agnes Chavis, Ptesi
dent-EJect; Fodie M.
McMillian, Corresponding
Secretary; Catherine Loretta
Hunt, Recording Secretary;
ind Lee Helen TVmipeon,
Treasurer and Past Presi
dent
Public Invited to WIACS
Open Home
On June 20 from 9 a.m. to
12 p.m. the general public is
invited to attend an open
House hosted by the Teacher
decertification Industrial
Automation and Computer
Systems .TRIACS) projects
it the Robeson County
Board of Education.
Teacher participants in
the IRIACS Project which is
funded by the National Sci
snee Foundation will
demonstrate new concepts
learned and newly develop
ed equipment during the
5pen house.
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Pre-Menstrual Distress
If you're a woman between
the ages of 14 and 50, you may
recognize these symptoms
which occyr approximately 7
to 14 days pfior to menstrua
tion: cramping in the lower
abdomen, breast tenderness,
fluid retention resulting in
weight gain, backaches,
headaches, acne, irritability
and anxiety, migraines,
lethargy and depression.
Until recently, this condi
tion had no name. Today, it
has been identified as "pre
menstrual syndrome" or PMS.
Today, many women have
found relief from at least one
symptom of PMS, fluid reten
tion, with a diuretic such as
Aqua Ban. This clinically
proven water pill helps to
eliminate the bloated feeling
caused by excess water. Ex
perts report it helps women
look good and feel good all
month long.
It is also reported that be
tween 20-30 percent of all
women of childbearing age
suffer symptoms sever?
enough to warrant treatmen
for PMS. It has been estimat
ed that as many as 140 mil
lion working hours are lot
each year, and that pre-mer
strual symptoms are probabl
a leading cause of women's
absence from work or school
. + %.
~ OPERATION DOGWOOD *
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View of Dogwood Trees near
Pembroke Pint Methodist
CkUrck. [Etmer W. Hwtt photo]
View of Dogwood trees
beside First Methodist
Church, Pembroke. [Elmer W. Hunt vhotol
Fsmbrakt-Wu it worth the
effort? 77
If you have doubts look
what it did to beautify two
streets around the First
Methodist Church in the
Pembroke area. The im
provements were the result
of efforts put forth bv the
Pemoroke uui dcouts w
years ago.
Operation Dogwood was a
project involving Girl Scouts,
their leaden, parents,
friends and some members
of the Pembroke Kiwanis.
Two thousand trees were
dug up in the woods and
carefully transported to a
vacant lot in Pembroke
where they were placed in
the ground until the planting
date March 4, 1976. On this
day members of the Pem
broke Jaycees turned out,
each with a specific job
whether driving a truck,
operating the post-hole dig-j
ger, distributing trees, super
vising scouts in planting,
fertilizing trees or watering
trees. Die Pembroke PCX
donated the fertilizer.
March 4, 1976 was a
beautiful cold, summer day
& a rewarding day in more
ways than one. Hardees invi
ted the Girl Scouts & all the
workers to be their guests
for hamburgers Awoft drinks
Many of the 2000 trees
planted did not live for one
reason or another. In the
following year of 1977 over
200 tree replacements were
planted where the original
trees had died. The trees
that did grow help the
beauty of our community ten
yeam later.
i Two Pembroke Golfers
Signed to Play Golf at PSU
victor Ron Locktear it
thoum with his father, Bun
dy Rott Locklear, left
LeMark Harris
PSU golf coach Ray Pen
nington has announced the
signing to a grant-in-aid two
Pembroke golfers for the
1986-87 Braves golf team.
Signed to an athletic grant
in-aid are Lemark Harris, a
1984 graduate of West Rob
escn Senior High and Victor
Ross Locklear, a 1986 grad
uate of West Robeson
Senior High.
Lemark Harris: Harris
was a two-year letterman in
golf at West Robeson and
was the team's "Most Valu
able Player" in 1984. He has
played in the Highlander
Cup Tournament and Robe
son County Golf Tourna
ments. A transfer from
UNC- Chapel Hill, Harris is
_the son of Mr. and Mrs.'
Grady C. Harris of Route 1.,
Pembroke. He plans to ma
jor in business administra
tion.
PSU Coach Ray Penning
ton said: "Lemark could be a
valuable addition to the golf
team. He has been partici
pating in a number of
amateur tournaments since
his graduation and with
regular practice and good
competition should make a
good college player."
Victor Ross LocUean Vic
tor has been a four- year
letter-man for West Robeson
? where he has been named
the team's MVP for three
years and was all- confe
rence two years. He played
the No. 1 position on the
team all four years and
qualified for the sectionals
all four years.
He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Bundy Ross Locklear ot
Pembroke and was coach-;
ed by Richard Thomas at
West Robeson.
PSU Coach Ray Penning
ton said: "I am very happy
that Victor has decided to
attend PSU and participate
in our golf program. He is a
fine young man and a good
student I anticipate that he
will be a regular player for
us with the opportunity of
playing different courses
and gaining tournament ex
perience. Victor should de
velop into a good college
player."
These two signess make
three players added to the
golf program in 1986-87.
Signed earlier was Lumber
ton's Scott Benton.
HELPFUL
iCA HINTS ON
|^GROOMING
By Danny Sullivan
1985 Indianapolis 500 winner
For many a man the most im
portant aspect of dressing is
the hair on his head?or on
his face if he has a moustache
or beard?because it's so vis
ible. A good haircut should be
versatile enough to give a
man two looks, one controlled
and authoritative that spells
success in the business world,
and another less rigid and
more casual for evening or
weekend activities. A clever
hair stylist can recommend a
"two-way" haircut suitable
for an individual's hair type
and texture, facial features
and lifestyle.
For quick and easy daily
grooming, many men use the
styling foam known as mousse
to keep hair in place naturally
without being sticky or stiff.
For example, Alberto V06
Hair Grooming Mousse for
Men keeps my hair looking
good all the time on or off the
race track.
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Mousse makes hair look
fuller and thicker. V06 even
has a special Thickening for
mula mousse for the fullest
look possible aa well as a
Natural Control formula.
PEMBROKE KWARE
BY KEN JOHNSON
Monme Ckavu
Ronnie Chavis, Head Base
ball coach at West Robeson
High School and the coach ot
the Pembroke American Le
gion Team, was the principle
speaker at the Tuesday night
meeting held at the Town
and Country Restaurant He
was introduced by Buddy
Bell, program chairman for
for the evening.
"I am here to thank
theKiwania Club for their
support and to tell you that I
am mors concerned with
what the baseball program
of the American m Legion
has done for the players.
Fairmont's Chuck Baxley
has just recently returned
from playing with Methodist
College in Division ID of the
College World Series anc
will be with us this week.
Other players going to coll
ege are Richie Griffith to
North Carolina State and
plans to major in engineer
ing. Pitcher Jerome Hunt,
from South Robeson's State
Champions will be playing
with us. South Carolina,
North Carolina, East Caro
lina and Wilmington are
interested in recruiting him.
William Deese is recruited
by South Carolina-Aiken.
Kelvin Oxendine is con
sidering Methodist and
Pembroke State. Dickie Britt
will go to Wilmington. Spea
king of our games, we feel
we have left a good impres
sion wherever we have play
ed. This week we play Hoops
Mills, away; Flrday, Laurin
burg here; and Saturday
Hamlet is here with an
exceedingly good team, their
17 year olds are the best
team on the high school
level, they are just a diffe
rent group ofplayers. Rae
foid will be here on Sun
day," Chavis said.
Ronnie has kept in touch
with Dwight Lowiy and Devy
Bell. Dwight has seven hits...
in 14 times at bat and will be
in Baltimore on Monday,
Tuesday. Wednesday and
Thursday. Ronnie will be at
the games on Monday and
Tuesday. Devy Bell may be
drafted or be may return for
his senior year at Chapel
HOI. It is still unsettled, but
he had a fine year, hitting 24
home runs and is exceed
ingly pleased with his coll
ege career at North Carolina.
Presiding-Wade Hunt; hi
vocation-Marshall Locklear
Ray Lowry-Song Leader,
Buddy Bell-Program; Photo
Bill Brewington; Reporter
Ken Johnson.
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