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Thanks To Pates Supply
Company, the railroad, town
officials, etc, etc.
BY BRUCE BARTON
Pembroke-Good news...fi
nally! Hie Pembroke Rail
road Depot, long abandoned
by the railroad, has been
given a new lease on life.
Bruce Barton, chairman of
the Pembroke Historic Pro
perties Commission, termed
it "a good day for Pembroke
and her citizens." Mayor
Milton Hunt, a strong sup
porter of die effort to save
and eventually restore the
historic building to the good
use of the citizenry, also
expressed satisfaction with
the effort to date.
Seaboard System Railroad
(now CSX Corporation) gave
the depot to the town and its
Pembnlae Historic Proper
ties Oammissinn on January
27,1966 but with the proviso
that the town "...at its own
ing and clear the site thereof
to the satisfaction of the
donor's engineer prior to
August 1, 1966." There in
was the rub.
Because of insurance inhi
bitions. and aafety reasons,
the railroad company would
not allow the building to be
used on its present site. It
created a dSfOcuit pro
blem, to say die least,
according to Mayor Hunt
and Barton.
That is when Pates Supply
Company entered the pic
ture. Responding to an ap
peal by Bruce Barton, chair
man of the Pembroke Histor
ic Properties Commission,
"Rustv" Livermore, the
chief executive oilicer of
Pates Supply Company, ap
proached the board of direc
tors with Barton's request
that Pates Supply Company
donate a piece of property
(including five lots of various
sizes) to the town and the
commission as a site for the
historic railroad depot
After months of legal
wrangling, and definition of
land use, Pates Supply Com
pany has graciously donated
the property fronting the
Sampson Rest Home. The
site will be the home of the
Pembroke Railroad Depot
Plans are to develop a
branch library of the Robe
son County Public Library
and, possibly, quarters for
the Pembroke Chamber of
Commerce and offices for
"Strike at the Wind!", the
successful outdoor drama
about Henry Berry Lowrie
and the enterprising and
creative Lumbee Indians.
Other uses might include a
teaching and art studio, and
offices for the Pembroke
Historic Properties Commis
sion.
Barton said, "This is an
important step in the right
<Kreet??iLW# now have the
depot, anaa place to move
to that wfll not lessen
appreciably the historic sig
nificance of the building."
Tentative plans are to use
the rest of the land for a
public park. In recognition
of Pates Supply's gift, and in
honor of its late President
R.H. Livermore, the park
will be named "Hie R.H.
Livermore Memorial Park."
Plans are already underway
to develop a park that will
include a flower garden, fish
pond, and evergreen trees,
and park benches for those
who like to relax and repose
in a park.
The Pembroke Historic
Properties Commission will
be responsible to the Pem
broke Town Council for
restoring and developing the
historic building, built in
1888. (Pembroke was not
incorporated until 1895).
Bruce Barton chairs the
commission that was given
life by town ordinance. Oth
er members are: Mrs. Mary
H. Locklear, Mrs. Lucy
Locklear; and Dr. Bob
Hersch who serves an an
ex-officion member. Also
serving on the commission
are Mayor Milton Hunt and
Garth Locklear, chairman of
Pembroke's Panning Board.
Hie Pembroke Historic
Properties Commission will
meet at 6 p.m. on July 7,
1986, prior to a meeting of
the Pembroke Town Council
at town hall. All interested
citizens are encouraged to
attend, and learn more about
the exciting possibilities.
At this meeting, too, Pates
Supply Company will, hope
fully, present the official
deed to the property where
the restored railroad depot
will sit in stately splendor.
Because of the problems
in securing a site, fund
raising effort^ had to be
halted until Pates Supply
Company graciously donated
the property adjoining the
present location of the de
pot That clears the way,
now, for an extended fund
raising effort The North
Carolina General Assembly,
thanks to the efforts of
legislators Danny DeVane,
Pete Hasty, Sidney Locks
and Senator David Parnell,
donated $10,000 to the re
storative effort last year. The
money will be used to move
the building to the new site
(estimated to cost $8,000.00)
and begin landscaping the
park.
Your contributions are
sorely needed, as the effort
is expected to cost in excess
of $150,000. You may send
your contributions to: Pern
broke Historic Properties
Commission, Post Office Box
1075, Pembroke, N.C. 25372
or you may call 521-2826
[Bruce Barton] for further
details. j
Continued From Last Week-Kth In A Series
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merges POSglBILITIEB m bobebow couett
The Indians were happy,
indeed! All those who sued
the Robeson County officials
in the matter expressed
pleasure at the ruling of the
appeals court The Indians
who sued for "appropriate"
relief were: .Tanie Mavnor
Lockiear, James Earl
Brooks, Marie Locklear,
Curley Locklear, Kever
Locklear, Brenda Brooks,
the Eastern Carolina Indian
Organization, and the Task
Force to Break Double Vot
ing. The principle attorney
was Chapel Hill attorney,
Barry Nakell, ably assisted
by Adam Stein, another
Chapel Hill barrister of note.
The suit was sponsored by
the North Carolina Civil
Liberties Union. And the
N.C. League of Women
Voters filed a "friend of the
court" brief in the case.
Barry Nakell remembered
in a telephone conversation,
"Above all else we ought to
give credit to Dexter Brooks,
a Lumbee Indian, who was
then attending law school at
Chapel Hill. He did outstan
dig work in the litigation and
had the fortitude to see the
suit through." Nakell added,
"I think the decision opened
up the exciting prospect of
giving the Indians of Robe
son County full oppportunity
to participate in the running
of their school board and
schools." Dexter Brooks
later served a stint as county
school board attorney, and is
now a notable, Pembroke
based attorney after he was
disposed himself later in a
political tiff among the Indi
ans elected after the elimi
nation of the "Double Vote.'
Following news reports
that local officials might
challenge the outcome of the
suit, one prominent Indian
said: "I am sick and tired of
paying the bills for kicking
my own self in the rear end.
The taxpayers have been
taxed enough. It is time now
to get on with the busines of
providing {in education for
all the children of Robeson
County."
The county political heir
archy eventally decided
against challenging the de
cision, and "double voting"
is now only a painful memo
ry in the educational history
of Robeson County.
But trouble had been
brewing even before "Dou
ble Voting" was outlawed.
The county, with its geogra
phical and*racial criss-cros
sing lines, did hardly any
thing to encourage pupil
desegregation until the 1970
-71 school year, fifteen years
after the momentous Brown
1 desegregation suit Several
years of freedom of choice
can only be termed an
abysmal failure when guag
ed by the number of pupils
then attending schools his
torically foreign to their own
race. The county adminis
tration simply termed the
situation unsolvable in light
of the tri- racial uniqueness
of the pupil population.
HEW (U.S. Department ot
Health, Education and Wel
fare, but now separate as the
U.S. Department of Educa
tion) had never dealt with a
situation exactly like Rob
eson's, and attempted Black
White remedies to lime
avail. They also were faced
with rigid response on the
part ui local school officials.
Perplexed, the U.S. Gov
ernment acquiesed to a
bunch of "good ole white
boys" as a local political wag
termed it at the time. Hie
1970 Plan that eventually
surfaced changed little, as
far as desegregation is con
ceived.
Under the agreed upon
desegregation plan, several
small schools were closed
and a few were paired off.
Said changes mostly effected
Blacks and whites. For in
stance, "Oak Ridge (Black)
was closed, and Proctorville
(Black) was paired with
Orrum (White)." Hie 1970
agreement essentially froze
district lines of the far- flung
school systems, and free
dom-of-choice was abolish
ed. Boundary lines were
closed. The county school
system lost more than two
thousand Indian students in
the process. Integration was
wen as a Black- White issue
by the Indians and even
today, the Indians consider
themselves losers in the
federal embroidery of Robe
son County's crazy- quilt
educational blanket
Continued Next Week
Princess Pale Moon To Be
Special Guest Of
Lumbee Homecoming
Princess Pale Moon, of the
Cherokee and Ojibwa tribes,
will be a special guest of
Lumbee Homecoming 1986.
Pale Moon serves her coun
try and her native people as
Ambassador of Friendship,
performing artist, communi
cator and role model.
As Ambassador of Friend
ship, Pale Moon has served
as Hostess for the U.S.
Reception Center at the
Montreal Olympics, Interna
tional Goodwill Ambassador
in Europe for USO Tours,
and is President and Foun
der of the American Indian
Heritage Foundation.
Princess Pale Moon's per
formances vary from her
native music, to classical and
contemporary music. She
has performed at the Ken
nedy Center, Republican Na
tional and State Conventions
and at numerous Billy Gra
ham Crusades. In addition.
Pale Moon has recorded
three albums and has appear
ed in the feature film, The
Great American Indian.
Pale Moon is dedicated to
inspiring excellence in to
day's youth. She has served
as both speaker and awards
presenter at high schools
throughout the country, and
was the 1983 recipient of the
American Indian Society's
Distinguished Indian Lea
dership Award.
Lumbee Homecoming is
honored to have such a
varied and distinguished ta
lent as Princess Pale Moon
as a special guest at this
year's celebration of our
Native American heritage.
Grand Opening of CG'i
Car Waek loaded on High
way 7S, Weit of Lumberton
at Jamettown Shopping
Center. A it one of the
modern four bay ear wathet
m Robetnv County. The
tgetem i? HYi o, if cuttom
ert want th^Jtigh prettme
spray tysh m RYCO hat it
ine customer* have five
option* to chooee from:
foamyimuk, wax, tiro clea
ner, tin**, gentle vask.
Customer* can alio dam
tketr automobile* with
the RYCO economy vecnwm
system, the tope on the
market Customer* are alio
encouraged to try the Magic
Mitt cm fratk auto fragvm
ca, wSd charm or carnation
to choott from. "Wt alto
have other valuing machht
at bg Armor All to katp you
clam your cm tto bright*.
Wa ma hart to tarva auto
mata with tarviea. courtaty
md a mailt," taid Chariot
"Wt umi oU d*rty amu."
State Youth Bible DHU
Champion
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of ** Y~* Ml
Team at Mt Atrg Bagmet
Chunk, who umm liiihurf
the ttaU winner during ike
Youth Bible Drill Ibmmn
ment held m Atheboro, Meg
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Kritta uxu among 97
participants m the tourna
ment re vre tenting Southern
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LUMBEE HOMECOMING \
AWARDS BANQUET if
One of the highlights of
Lumbee Homecoming 1966
will be the Lumbee Awards
Banquet Hie banquet will
be held at Pembroke Junior
High School on July 8. 1966
at 7:30 p.m. Hie purpose of
this affair is to present four
prestigious awards to Lum
bee s who have dedicated
their lives to the plight of the
Lumbee People. Hie four
awards are: 1 j Lumbee Busi
ness Award; 2) Henry Berry
Lowiy Award; 8) Distin
guished Service Award; and
4) Advancement of Educa
tion Award.
Mistress of Ceremonies
for this affair wfll be Miss
Vickie Ransom, a 1978 gra
duate of Pembroke Stats
University. VkUe is current
ly employed with the North
Carolina Department of Hu
man Resources as Program
Consultant with the Office of
Volunteer Services. She ser
ves on the Governor's Mi
nority Executive Committee
and.. represents Secretary
Phil Kirk on the N.C. Indian
Commission Board. Vickie
has received many honors
during her career todudhig
Outstanding Young CMaao
of Robeson County. Out
standing Young Woman of
America. She is a farmer
Miss Lumbee, 1916. and
participates in the jsdgiag of
local and state beauty pag
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Mr. Paul Van Zandl
"Indians For BroyhiH"
Committee To Meet June 27
A mwring will be held
June 27,1986 at 7:80 p.m. at
the Pembroke Court Room.
You are cordially invited to
attend to diacuas and plan
waya to develop support for
Broytaill in the upcoming
election.
Mr. Leland'Oxendtoe and
Sylvia Bulked have been
?elected to spearhead the
campaign. If further infor
mation is needed, please call
Ms. Bullard at 521-2796
(home) or 848-8682 (office)
or Mr. Oxendiae at 521-4977
(home) or 521-4796 (office).
Guest speaker will be
Sylvester Williams, an em
ployee of the Broyhill cam
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BLUE FAMILY REUNION
PLANNED JUL
in* Hw runfly Reunion
wfl be held oa July 0, 1MI
at 2:00 P.M. Tor won
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information pieaae call
Adolf Blue at 521-4271.
DEMERY
(DIMERY)
FAMILY
REUNION
PLANNED
The Dtmery \Dimery)
Reunion it being
Pienned for Saturday, Jala 5,
IMP at the Deep Branch
Sehnol Cafeteria at 1:00
'? Tb all of the deecendmu
efthekeU Brvm ami AMce
Denary tekaee children were
Uayi, Bank, Willie Bank
Javan, nod Alamo: yen are
cordially invited to attend,
tkie femdy reunion.
RekmlUed by
Robert R JXmery
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Carolina hdim Veke wM be Jillfiiirfl
on A% t, IINI ffttt
deadNme /or off fw*t mUtk$ M
will be 5 p.m. J* iS!?|
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