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MARCHERS RALLY FOR JUSTICE
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Changes Demanded in County
BYCONNEEBRA YBOY
Many people of three races gathered on Monday, April 20,
for a peacful Justice March. The march was held for many
reasons according to the organizers, the Concerned Citizens
for Better Government. Some of those reasons were: to end
the mockery of coroners' inquests, to require thorough
investigations using state and federal grand juries, to demand
fair treatment and respect in the court. The marchers asked
for quality law enforcement, more specifically to solve the
unsolved murders; to stop the use of excessive force; to end
major drug trafficking; to raise the level of education, training
and pay of officers. Hie people, asked also for a Public
Defender's Office in the district. People feel that a Public
Defender's Office would counter the tyranny of the
prosecutor's office; make sure the poor get a fair trial; and
bring more independence & responsibility into the courts.
John L Godwin, Chairman of Concerned Citizens for Better
Government, stated that the first county wide March for
Justice marked a new beginning for Robeson County. He
spoke at the rally held at the Robeson County Courthouse after
the 3-mile march from the Lumberton Fairgrounds to the
Courthouse. He stated that the tri-racial coalition had grown
twenty-fold since the first meeting in January where 156
people were in attendance.
"Those looking on," he said, "saw more than 2500
Robesonians united for one cause. They saw determination.
They saw a commitment for change in the judicial system in
our country. Onlookers saw more than one percent of the
county's population demanding to be treated as first-class
citizens."
Many speakers addressed the crowd after the march.
Although it was hot and people were obviously tired, they
stayed and remained enthusiastic over the speeches. Among
the speakers was Skeet Cummings, brother of Jimmy Earl
Cummings who was shot and killed by Kevin Stone, son of
Sheriff Hubert Stone; Ms. Linda Cromartie. sister of Joyce
Sinclair whose murder in St Pauls remains unsolved; Felicia
Locklear, sister of Kenneth Shod Bullard, whose murder
remains unsolved.
Many dynamic speakers were heard. Among them were
Herbert Locklear. uncle of Jimmy Earl Cummings; Dr. Joy
Johnson. Presdient of the Robeson County Black Caucus ant
Pastor of First Baptist Church in Fairmont. Dr. Johnson*
responded to a local letter from the Robeson County NAACP
advising Blacks not to participate in the march. Hie letter
stated that the NAACP would not take responsibility for the
effort, if the Blacks chose to march, "Go tell that Judas..."
said Dr. Johnson, "go tell that traitor...Go tell the man that
the NAACP has never been responsible for me..."; Rev. Bob
Mangum, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Rural
Advancement Fund, Friend in Court Program; Rev. Franklin
Reeves, National Director of Operatioln Help; and Leon
White, United Church of Christ. Rev. white stated: "I didn't
come here to preach... But I'm going to tell you what the
problem is in Robeson County. The problem is Joe Freeman
Britt...Get rid of Joe Freeman Britt... What we want is justice.
What Hubert Stone needs to do is arrest his son, Kevin Stone,
for the murder of Jimmy Earl Cummings. Joe Freeman Britt
should try Kevin Stone for first degree murder."
And Rev. White continued, "Let Joe Freeman Britt pick a
jury of his (Stone's) peers. Give us five Blacks, six Indians and
one white on the jury. And let Joe FVeeman Britt expound to
the jury how Jimmy Earl Cummings laid in that ditch for five
minutes gasping for breath before life left his body...Let Joe
FVeeman Britt ask this unbiased jury to try and hold their
breath for five minutes to get a feel of how Jimmy Earl
Cummings, the victim felt."
Many interesting signs were seen during the march and the
rally...Much enthusiasm was shown and people left
afterwards more determined than ever to bring about change
in the Robeson County Judicial System.
Fleetwood Homes Completes Upgrading of Facilities
Local businessmen are t ho urn touring the newly expanded facilities of tleetunoa
Despite the feet that the
manufactured housing indus
try nationwide has suffered its
worst year since 1980, Fleet
wood Homes of North Caro
lina appears to.be healthy and
has now completed an upgra
ding of their production facil
ity in Pembroke. NC
Recently, Gregory Cum
mings, President of the Pern
broke tJnamDer ox commerce;
Mr. Hunter Pbole, Director of
the Robeson County Industri
al Commission; Mr. James
Hardin, Executive Director of
Lumbee Regional Develop- |
ment Association; Mayor |
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Milton Hunt and McDuffie I
Cummings, Town Manager of
Pembroke; and other com
munity businessmen, toured I
the newly expanded Fleet
wood facility in Pembroke.
According to the plant's
General Manager, Mike
Kelley, a strong preference
for larger manufactured
homes has developed in the
Carolines and Virginia during
the past three years.
"Before the remodeling,"
Kelley stated, "we were
limited to producing 70 foot
long structures. Now, with all
sf this added space and new
equipment, Pembroke can
:ompete in the 76 and 80 foot
housing markets," he said.
The parent company. Fleet
wood Enterprises, Inc. is the
ration's largest housing sup
plier, and is ranked 260th
unong the Fortune 500 com
panies and was named by
Fortune as the most admired
company in its industry. Fleet
wood purchased the Pembro
ke plant, which is situated on
10 acres outside of city limits,
in August of 1982. Since that
time, the economics of the city
and surrounding county have
benefitted greatly from its
presence. Wage earner in
come from jobs created by the
giant manufacturer and the
purchasing power of the com
pany support local businesses
and industry to the tune of
almost 15 million annually.
"We run two shifts," Kell
ey told reporters, "and em
ploy close to 260 hourly
workers. During the past year
we have produced 2600 horn
es." The Fleetwood homes
built in Pembroke are shipped
to retail dealers and com
munity developers throughout
a 10 state area in the. mid
Atlantic region.
Andrew Ransom Retiring From PSU After kO Y$ars
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ANDREW RANSOM... A??ociat? prof* nor of pkytical teiene*
at PSU rttiring afttr AO ytan of teaching for tk* itaU.
Andrew Ransom has' spent many an hour in scionco
laboratories, but after 40 yean of teaching for the State of
North Carolina, he is retiring with Pembroke State
University'! commencement May 9.
Of theee 40 yean, 81 of them have been at PSU instructing
in the Physical Science Department The previous nine were
. teaching at Fairgrove High School in the Robeson County
Sehoel System when he taught ehemistry. mathematics and
gem ml science from 1947-88.
. Ransom, aa associate professor'at PSU, is 70 yean old. He
iiau v-unaiucicu >vui iai w, uui wneii uic manuaiory age
was extended to 70, he said, "Why not continue? I like what
T m doing."
Even after retiring, he said he wouldn't mind teaching
part time.
"It has been a wonderful 32 years at Pembroke 9Ute," he
reflected. "I"ve enjoyed every minute of it I don't know of
anything that could happen to me that could be any better than
this."
On Wednesday a reception in Ransom's honor was held at
PSLTs Performing Arts Center.
In 1982, Ransom's wife, ?hna, who flfcd taught in the PSU
Music Department, also had retired. "However, ahe taught
part-time here in the fall of *85," smiled Ransom.
A native of Pembroke, Ransom and his wife now reside near
Rowland, about one mile from the residence of the late
Chancellor English E. Joint. "Dr. Jones and I joined the PSU
faculty in the same year, 1968. We both taught in Locklear
.Hall, which housed the agriculture and mathematics
departments as well aa science. In '67, Loddear Hall became
the Education Building. & now houses ail"
Ransom spoke of the 188 students who were enrolled at PSU
in his first year at PSU. "We had only 13 or U faculty
members. The only one remaining from that group after I
retire will be James Ebert of the Biology Department"
Ransom enjoyed talking about some of hii former
students--people like Puntall Swett, superintendent of
Robeson County 8choois; Tommy SuaH, PSU director of
special services; Dr. Gilbert Sampson, chairman of the PSU
Mathematics and Computer Science Department; Dr. ?Mtoa
Brooks, PSU director of Institutional Rssearch; and Jot
McGirt, associate professor of biology. % *
For mom news on Ransom's hdftb incut and Jfrmbreha State
IMwereftpyec Gene Warren's r shim a en J^pe $.
Kelvin Sampson Becomes
Head Basketball Coach at
Washington State University
Washington State University head basketball coach, Kelvin
Sampson.
BY GENE WARREN
Speaking by phone from Pullman, Wash., Kelvin Sampson
sounded like his same old self warm, polite, friendly, affable.
But his station in life had changed dramatically at a press
conference there on April 10.
The 31-year-old Sampson, a '78 rum laude graduate of
Pembroke State University where he had been a varsity
athlete in both baseball and basketball, had been named head
basketball coach at Washington State University, an NCAA
Division 1 school of over 16,000 students.
He had been moved up from an assistant's position for two
years when his boss had taken the head basketball coaching
job at the University of Nevada at Reno two weeks earlier.
"This is a tremendous opportunity," said Sampson, the son
of PSU Athletic Hall of Fame great John W. (Ned) Sampson
and Eva Sampson, PSU nurse supervisor. "It is the kind of
things Tve been looking for. I've been very lucky. I've been at
the right place at the right time."
Sampson inherits a team which during his assistantship has
had records of 1018 and 15-16, but among their victims have
been UCLA and Wake F'orest.
His salary--counting base salary, the school's summer
basketball camp (which Sampson says is the largest in the
northwestern part of the nation), TV-radio show, and
endorsements from Converse- will run over $80,000.
He will have a staff of two full-time assistants, one part time
assistant, two graduate student assistants and a secretary.
After the press conference April 10, Sampson and his
wife, the former Karen Lowry, were flown to different parts of
the state to meet other press people. Washington State
University used one of its two private jets for this purpose.
Accompanying them were members of his staff. One of his
staff members is Chip Motta, the son of Coach Dick Motta of
the Dallas Mavericks.
Washington State University has a 13,000 seat arena "right
on the campus," said Sampson. He also spoke of the thrill of
taking his team to places like Pauley Pavilion where UCIA
plays.
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ill Uie glow ui nis success, lit; paiu inuuie ut ma idiner iwr ?
the good basketball background he provided me."
"You have to remember that I played for my dad in high
school- and I've been around basketball forever."
Sampson was recruited to Pembroke State by Iacey Gane.
played one year for him, and three years under Joe
Gallagher, now an assistant coach at Boston College. "The
coaching philosophies of my dad and Coach Gane were very
similar," said Sampson. "Coach Gallagher called me to
congratulate me. I had seen him in New Orleans during the
NCAA Tournament."
Sampson said on a previous trip to Kansas City when he was
head basketball coach and athletic director at Montana Tech
College. Coach Gane. Dr. Howard Dean (chairman of the PSU
Athletic Committee), and he had met at a hotel andgone out to
dinner together.
Sampson was a head coach at the youthful age of 25 at
Montana Tech College. His team there the first year was 7-20,
but then it improved to 22-9, 22-9. and 22-7. His club lost in
the district finals twice, once by a point on the road. But its
success led to the assistant job at Washington State -and now
to the head coaching position.
"I hope to do well here and eventually get closer to home,"
?aid Sampson.'
He wanted to reflect about the folks at home in Pembroke
before concluding his telephone conversation.
*T ve tried to Uhe advantage of my opportunities, but I want
to especially Uueik my mother and father," he said. "They
have been such a big influence on my life, always wanting me
to do the right thing. They have given me the values to live
by."
He also spoke of his love for the community of IVmbrohe.
"My heaH and my loyalties are still in the community of
Bsaabreke," he said. "Wherever I go, I tell people I'm a
Lumbee Indian. IVople always comment that is the most
interesting thing and want to know more about the Lumbees."
When will ho be home again?
"I really don't know," Sampson replied. 'Til have to check
my calendar. I know I wfli have to be in Atlanta in eariy July ao
I would Hhe to tie that in with a trip home July 4 for the
Lumbee Homfcofning "
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STRIKE A T THE WIND A t m/TJONS PtANNED
Strike at the Wind is looking for a few Rood actors, dancers
and technicians. Auditions for the outdoor drama will be held
Friday. April 24, 1987 from 6 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the
Performing Arts Center at Pembroke State University and on
Saturday, April 25 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. at Moore Hall
Auditorium at PSU. Auditions will also be held on Sunday.
April 26 from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Carolina Civic Center
in Lumberton.
Technicians are asked to bring resumes, pictures and
portfolios where applicable. Positions an* available for
production stage manager, technical director, choreographer,
costume designer, lighting and sound technicians, and
armorer.
Be a part of an exciting experience in outdoor theater. Plan
ahead to attend one of the auditions. If you can't attend, be
sure to send a resume and picture so you may be considered
for the 1987 cast of Strike at the Wind.
BENEFIT SINGING PIANNED
Temple Baptist Church, Hwy 211, South of Raeford, will
sponsor a benefit sing on April 25, 1987 at 7 p.m. Featured
singers will be Sis. Pink Barton, New Bethel Singers. St.
Mary's Choir, the Jacbos Family. The Traveling Kchoes,
Sister Clare Belle, the Creek I toad Church Choir, the Gospel
tabernacle Trio, the Raeford Trio, the Zion Young Adults and
the I) & I.Gospel Singers. Pastor of Temple Rev. Klias Rogers.
Proceeds raised at the singing will be used to defray medical
expenses for Shahara Gales, 8 years old, of Wagram, and
Kenneth Brayboy, 20 years okl, of Pembroke. Both of them
suffer from kidney failure and are on dialysis three limes a
week. Gales also suffers front Asthma and Braybov has high
blood pressure.
Any contributions for this event may be sent to ftoute 1 Box
489, Red Springs, NC 28.177.
The public is invited to attend.
A7.H' GA MLS /- KS771VI/. A TPS!' A PHIL 27
The fourth annual New Games Festival will he held
Monday, April 27, 1987 from 2 I p.m. at the Pembroke State
University soccer field. There will he activities for everyone.
The public is invited to atumd.
FRIENDS OF DIE ROBESON COINTY PVRIM UBRARY
IX) MEET APRIL 27
The annual meeting of the Friends of the Robeson County
Public library will be held on April 27 at 3:30 p.m. in the
Osterneck Auditorium at the library. Flection of directors of
the Friends will take place at this meeting. The public is
invited to attend.
SLVC SPONSORS LX)R) M ON WOMEN A HIE I A W
Zeta Amicae of Iumherton and lumber River Legal
Services, Inc. will sponsor a Forum on Women and the law at
6:30 p.m. on Monday, May 4, 19H7 at the Robeson County
Public library. Information on domestic law and domestic
violence, housing, consumer and employment law, public
benefits and social security law will be provided. Discussion
and questions will follow.
Scheduled presenters include Judge Adelaide Rehan,
Attorneys T. Diane Phillips, Kay B. House and Robbie N.
Redding, and Paralegals Alice Mclean Melvin and Francine
Chavis. A discussion of the services and resources provided by
the Southeastern Family Violence Center will be presented by
Carolyn Rishop Mcleod. ??
Registration is free. All interested persons are invited to
come.
The Forum is co sponsored by the Southeastern Family
Violence Center, Robeson County Association of Working
Women and lumbee Regional Development Association.
1TJAM0N CORPORATION 70 RELOCATE LOCA L OFFICE
Telamon Corporation's Pembroke office an noun* ed recently
that it will be closing on April 30, 1987 and will relocate to
Iiimberton, N.C. The new office in liimberton will open for
business on May 1, 1987 and will be located at 204 North
Chestnut Street in the liimberton Downtown Plaza which is
across from the Robeson County Public library.
The Iumherton office will assume resionsibility for
provding employment and training opportune.es in Robeson -
and Hoke County and will assist the Rockingham office in
serving Scotland County. A new office in Whiu-ville. N.C. will
serve Brunswick. Columbus and New Hanover counties.
Telamon Corporation Ls a private, non profit corporation
funded through the Job Training Partnershin Act to assist
farmworkers in securing full-lime employment with local
business and industry. By providing job training opportunities
supported by testing, counseling, job development, referral,
placement, follow-up, and supportive services, farmworkers
are given the skills to become more competitive in the local
labor market.
Telamon Corporation began in North Carolina in 1966, and
has grown to become a multifaceted employment and training
<a*eney currently funded to operate employment and training
programs in seven states.
ANNUAL SESSION OF BURNT SWAMP
MISSIONARY UNION TO BE HELD
The annual session of the Burnt Swamp Women's
Missionary Union will be held at Gray Bind Baptist Church
April 25, 1987. The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. with Mrs.
Catherine Locklear, associations! director presiding.
The theme, "Gifted to Serve-Called to Act," will be
emphasised throughout the session. An interesting program'
is planned.
The guest speaker will be Mrs. Barbara Joinerhomemaker
in Cohtmniana. Alabama, graduate of the University oi
Alabama, writer of WMU magazines, and author of "The
Dynamic Woman 1 Am" and "Yours for the Giving."
NEW BETHEL HQUNESSMKIHODBT PLANS REVIVAL
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new DfuiQi nounets mvuioaiii vnurcn wui nov s revival
April 26-May 1. Special music will be provided nightly. The
guest evangelist will be Heat
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