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OLENE SAMPSON SWORN
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Oiene Carter Sampton was sworn in to die North Carolina
.Bar on Thursday, September 95,1986. Ceremonies were held
at the Mecklenburg County Superior Court ? Charlotte,
North Carolina. Judge James B. McMillan of the Federal
District Courts, Judge Francis Parker of the State Supreme
Court and Judge Marvin Gray of the Mecklenburg County
Ssperior Courts officiated. Following the ceremony, a
vcevtion was held at the Adams Mark Hotel.
Mrs. Sampson received her law degree from Wake Forest
University and is currently employed by the law firm of
Ferguson, Stem, Watt, Wallas and Adbns. Mrs. Sampson is
the daughter of Mr*. Mary E. Carter and the late John L
Carter of Pembroke, NC. She is married to James M.
Sampson and they reside rn Matthews, NC with their son
Jaime and daughter Jana.
Mrs, Sampson is show above with Judge James B.
McMdton.
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As unvewmgs lake tVice
47 YEARS OF SERVICE REPRESENTED BY PORTRAITS
OF PSTT CHIEF EXECUTIVES
fry Gene Warren
Pembroke-Five handsomely framed portraits of chief
executives of PSU were unveiled Oct 15, representing 47
years of service as an institution which is celebrating its 100th
birthday this academic year.
As the coverings were removed from each, it was an
emotional moment for those in the audience who have known
or worked wiui utese men-especially the families there Oi
those chief executives.
Four of the five chief executives are deceased. They are
Rev. W.L Moore, the first headmaster from 1887-90 of what
was then Croatan Normal School; Dr. Ralph Wellons, the
school's first president from 1942-56; Dr. Walter Gale,
president from 1956-62; and Dr. English Jones, president and
then chancellor from 1962-79.
The present chancellor, Dr. Paul Givens, who has served in
that capacity since 1979, listened as the records of his
precedessors and his own administration were recounted.
Moore's grandson and granddaughter, Dr. Adolph Dial and
Deborah Sampson, were present for the honor of this man,
one of the founders of this institution
Children of Wellons were on hand for the occasion. Ihey
were a son. Alfred El JVe lions of New Bern, and two
daughters, Rebecca Wellons Rissmiller of Ocala, Fla. and
Janet Wellons Smith of Lumbertno ?
Gale s widow, Dr. Barbara Rausel Gale of Brandywine, ML),
was also present
Family representatives of Givens at the unveiling were his
wife, lee, son Rodney and his wife Susie of Tampa, Fla., son
Gregory of Greenville, NC, a daughter Deborah of Charlotte,
and Deborah's children, Nikole and Andrew.
After the portraits were all unveiled, the famfly members of
each of those men who have served as chief executives of the
institution were asked to stand.
The five portraits will hang in the rotunda of PSlTs
Sampson HUT Administration Building for an to see.
Painting the portraits were Bill Fields and Tom Moore of
Fayetteville and Charles Tucker of Charlotte.
Also on the program was a 28-minute premiere of a PSU
centennial video entitled: "Pembroke State Univerisity: In A
Class By Itself." Prepared by the N.C. Agencv for Public
Telecommunications in Raleigh, the video was introduced py
Dr. Oscar Patterson, PSU director ot telecommunications.
Pictured on it at the outset was Mrs. ftancesca Adler
of Fayette ville, a former "Miss PSU" who was "Miss North
Carolina" of 1984-86. Mrs. Loeffhe told how much attending
PSU meant to her. From that point there were many scenes
and activities of the school with different PSU faculty and
administrative members and students doing the narration.
The video closed following remarks by Chancellor Gtvens
with a backdrop of the university seal.
The video will be made available throughout the CarsUnas
and Virginia and public service announcements aril be made
from it for 30 television stations in those three states.
Patterson, in introducing the video, said: "For those who
ask what does PSU look like, here it is."
The video presentation received an ovation at Us
conclusion. Ben Kittner & Mike Stroud of the NC Agency for
Public Telecommunications were present for the premlem
and received warm congratulations.
It was another big day as PSU continues to celebrate its
founding.
lateUr. EmjliJtk E biu,****?*****t president
and then chancellor ofpSU from 1969-79, are mepitfers q/his family [left to right] wife
Margaret, tone Steve and Randall, and daughter, Judy. The painting was unveiled at
a special PSU centennial program Oct IS.
Present Oct 15 for the unveUmg of this portrait of Dr. Ralph Wellons, the first
president of PSU, are his two daughters-Janet Wellons Smith of Lumberton and
Rebecca Wellons Rissmdler of Ocala, Fla.-and Wellons' son, Alfred K Wellons of
New Bern. Dr. Wellons served as president from 19+2-56. Portraits of five chief
executive officers of PSU were unveiled m the special ceremony.
Several memberi of Chancellor ftad Qivens' funeiy were pre tent for the ?imOing of
his end other former PSXJ chief executive officer*'portraits Oct ISatPSU. Left to right
are: ton Rodney and hit wife Susie of Tizmpa, Flu., daughter Deborah of Charlotte, son
Gregory of Greenville, Chancellor and Mrs. Givens and two of their grandchddren,
Andrew and Nihole.
Dr. Adolph Dial and Deborah Sampson admire a new portrait of than
grandfather, the Rev. W.L Moore, which woe unveiled daring a epecial
PSU centennial program Oct IB. Moore woe one of the founders of PSU
and served as ite first headmaster from 1887-90.
I NC COMMISSION OF
mNDIAN AFFAIRS SPONSOR
OF EXHIBIT AT
NC STATE FAIR
The North Carolina Comm
lission of Indian Affairs is
?sponsoring a special Native
?American exhibit at the N.C.
Bute Fair. The exhibit is
displayed at the Geodesic
\ yome at Gate 2, south of
Borton Arena.
I "We are proud and excited
Bd have an opportunity to
Showcase the Native Ameri
can art," said A. Bruce Jones,
Executive director of N.C.;
?Commission of Indian Affairs.
?'' The exhibit at the fair is part!
* of a year-long observance of
Native Americans by the
State."
Hie exhibit is noted as one
of the major exhibits at the
State Fair.
RewsaHuLErom The Roleiah Nex
PARENT/TEACHER
CONFERENCE NIGHT AT
WESTROBESON
West Robeson Senior
High School will have a
Parent/ Teacher Conference
on Monday, October 27, 1986
from 6-8 p.m. The first
reporting period is over and
report cards were to be given
to students October 20.
Report cards are being done
by computer this year in
Robeson County High Schools
for the first time. Due to some
unexpected problems With the
new procedure, report cards
are not ready as scheduled.
Grades should go home be
fore the scheduled parent/ tea
cher conference night
JUach parent of West Rob-.
eson is encouraged to come
and discuss student program
progress with teacher*
ut^JMuervei.
Minority Suit Seeks To Halt Election Of Judges
plaintiffs could have that right as
quickly as possible, the difficulty
being that judges will be elected
on Nov. 4 who would hold terms of
eight years.
"Our motion says the right to
this relief is so clear that the court
ought to go ahead and do that
rather than waiting until the next
election," Robson said.
James M. Wallace Jr., an assis
tant attorney general who handles
election matters, said the attor
ney general's offiee-srill defend
the state's judicial election sys
tem.
"As far as the request for an
injunction is concerned, we will
resist that full force," Wallace
said.
The lawsuit contends that mi
norities ' would have a better
chance of electing judges of their
choice in district ? rather than
statewide ? elections, especially
if some districts are created
where non-whites are the majori
ty.
Although the lawsuit addresses
racial minorities, it *ould, if'
successful, make it easier for
political minorities, such as Re
publicans, to be elected to the
Superior Court bench. Registered
Democrats outnumber registered
Republicans by more than 2 to 1 in
North Carolina.
Only one black ? Clifton E.
Johnson, who is now a judge on
the state Court of Appeals ? has
been elected a Superior Court
judge in this century. No Republi
cans have been.
Creating districts where blacks,
who usually vote Democratic,
predominate would decrease the
voting strength of Democrats out
side those districts and increase
the relative voting strength of
Republicans.
Twenty-five of the state's 64
Superior Court judgeships are up
for election this year. Twenty-two
Democrats are running unop
posed; one is running head-to
head against a Republican. In
Mecklenburg County, two Demo
crats, including the only black
seeking election to the Superior
Court bench, are competing with
one Republican for two judge
ships.
Also filed Thursday was a sworn
statement by Theodore S. Arling
ton, chairman of the Mecklenburg
County Board of Elections and
political science professor at the
University of North Carolina at
Charlotte.
Arlington suggests that North
ampton, Bertie, Hertford, Hah- \
fax. Nash, Edgecombe and Wilson
counties be joined into one judicial
district with three Superior Court
judges. Within that district, a
smaller predominantly nonwhite
election district encompassing all
of Bertie, Hertford and North
ampton and parts of Edgecombe
and Halifax counties should be
carved out to elect one of the three
judges, he said.
He also proposes five predomi
nantly non-white single-judge dis
tricts in Wake, Durham, Forsyth,
Guilford, Cumberland and Hoke
counties.
In Mecklenburg County, Arring
ton said, a predominantly non
White district can be created
where two of the county's five
judges would be elected.
Arlington also notes that! tbe
district that encompasses Robe
son and Scotland counties is pre
dominantly black or Native Amer
ican.
"taken together, these majori
ty non-white judicial election dis
tricts forth a base of nine judicial
positions that will assure that
blacks have a chance to influence
Superior Court elections" if judg
es arc elected by district, Arriog
ton said in his statement
?% The lawsuit comes on the heek
of a unanimous U S Supremo
Court decision this year upholding
tbe redrawing of four of North
Carolina's multimember legisla
tive districts into single-member
districts. The multimember dis
tricts were found to dilute minori
ty voting strength.
The lawsuit also follows a par
tially successful and still pending
legal challenge of Superior Court
judge elections by C. Allen Foster,
one of Robson's law partners who
also is involved in the new law
suit.
In response to Foster's earlier
challenge, the U.S. Justice De
partment rejected the state's
practice of requiring judicial cai*
didates to seek nomination to. run
for specific, or numbered, seats.
The department also rejected the
Staggered terms for seven judge;
in six judicial districts.
Numbered seats and the reject
ed staggered terms prevented
minorities from concentrating
their votes for sainority
dates, the department said
The General Assembly repealed
the nombered-eeat requirement
durtng the short eeesion this sum
mer. Attorney General Lacy H.
Thcrnburg hai asked the OA
District Court In the District of
ment's rulings as to staggered
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By DIANE LUBER
Staff Wrltar
.Nine blacks and one Native
American have asked a federal
judge in Raleigh to halt the
November election of Superior
Court judges until a trial is held to
determine whether the method of
electing judges discriminates
against minorities.
The request, filed Thursday in
U.S. District Court, is part of a
class-action lawsuit that challeng
es the statewide election of Supe
rior Court judges and the exis
tence of certain multijudge judi
cial districts.
- It calls for district elections of
Superior Court judges and the
creation of seven predominantly
black or American Indian dis
tricts that would elect eight Supe
rior Court judges. Some of the
districts that the lawsuit seeks to
have redrawn encompass Wake,
Mecklenburg, Durham, Guilford
and Forsyth counties.
' Basically we're seeking a sys
tem which would allow ...
blacks and native Americans to
elect judges of their choice,"
Charles B. Robson Jr. of Raleigh,
one of the attorneys representing
the plaintiffs, said.
"We're seeking ... to block
the Nov. 4 election so that the