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J PEMBROKE. N.C 7n A Tn-racial Setting." RUPCjUW \AJV ?? *
Named new PSU Assistant
Director of
Student Activities
Raymond Camming s... new
assistant director of student
activities at PSU.
Pembroke- Raymond Cum
mings, a 1980 graduate oi
PSU, has been named assis
tant director of student activi
ties at PSU.
Additional staff in this area
has become necessary with
the opening this semester oi
the new James B. Chavis
University Center, which will
be the prime student activities
building on campus.
^Cummings, 29, will assist
Judy Sarvis, PSU director of
student activities since 1983.
A former "Upward Bound"
student at PSU, Cummings
earned his B.S. in elementary
education in 1980. He return
ed to PSU in 1981 -83 to earn a
minor in computer sicnece
I and is only 12 hours short <
completing a B.S. in Business
Administration. He also gra
duated from the PSIT s Army
ROTC program, being com
missioned as a second lieute
nant in the Army Reserves.
In 1980-81 he was employed
as an admissions counselor at
PSU. During the past year he
was operations manager (or
Colonial Motor Freight Lines,
based in Laurinburg.
A native of Pembroke, he is
married to the former Brigitte
Brayboy, "Miss Lumbee" of
1980-81.
Cummings describes his
new responsibilities as "exci
ting and challenging."
? "Having been a student at
Pembroke State, I feel I am in
touch with the way students
today feel," said Cummings.
He is especially looking
forward to the opening of the
University Center, which is
equipped with a bowling
center, game rooms,, student
lounges, etc. "I feel this
building will be a tremendous
asset to the campus. It will
provide new activities for
students. Prior to this, stu
dents have had to travel 10
miles off campus for many of
their activities. Now they will
have the activities here."
Named Associate Executive
Director Of
the NCAE
Frances McArthur Cum
mings, a former president of
the North Carolina Associa
tion of Educators, has been
named Associate Executive
Director of the 45,000 mem
ber organization. The post is
the second most powerful
administrative post in NCAE.
Cummings. who was presi
dent of NCAE in 1983-84 and
who is just completing seven
years on the NCAE Board ol
Directors as an NEA Director,
is expected to be on staff by
September 1, Gladys Graves,
NCAE president, announced.
Cummings will also serve
with Executive Director Tom
Husted as an ex-officio mem
ber of the NCAE Board of
Directors.
An office occupations tea
cher at Lumberton Senior
High School, Cummings won
the NCAE post in a national
search. She was one of six
persons chosen to particiapte
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in a assessment center where
participants did role playing
involving duties the NCAE
Associate Executive Directoi
could be expected to perform.
Cummings, one of 14 chil
dren, eight of whom are still
living, grew up on a Robeson
County farm, did her under
graduate work at Livingstone
College and earned a Mas
ter's Degree at the North
Carolina Central University at
Durham and Vocational Cer
tification at the University of
North Carolina at Greensboro.
She began her first year of
teaching in an all-black school
in Robeson County, then
joined the faculty of Lumber
ton Senior High School in
1965. She was active in her
professie idl organizations
from the beginning and was
president of the North Caroli
na Association of Classroom
Teachers in 1978.
Henry J
Berry t
Band I
Reunites \
August 16 ,
Rob?on Historical Dntma
proudly pr?ontt tkt Horny
Bony Band Musical Fsstival,
tksir first major eomoback m
oooon your*, including Xcsls
mte. LIVE at tks Iako Sido
Amphithsatro on Sunday,
August IS. Qatos opon at 5
p.m. Boa offics ticksts an
$10. Good for two
shows. Tks FsoUvd and out
door drama "Striks at tks
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it ma.
Shown lojI to right ars
Lambsrt Looklsar, Charts s
Hawk, Rodnoy Oxsndins,
Rabbis Vankoy, Mieksy 0?
endine and net pictured:
David "Dee-bo" Dombeowtod
Grand opening ceremonies
were held recently for LRDA's
newest service: the Commun
ity Pool re-opening at the
N.C. Indian Cultural Center.
Cutting the ribbon above is
Ms. Kimberly Clark, Miss
Lumbee 1988, Little Miss
Lumbee Carmen Deese, and
also pictured left to right is
Rod Lockiear, vice-chairman
of LRDA, Ms. Celia Ham
monds! LRDA Board, Leroy
Scott, LRDA Board, Miss
Angelia Mat/nor, Princess for
Cumberland County Associa
tion for Indian People in
Fayetteville, Mr. Adolph
Blue, LRDA Board, Ms. Em
ma Locklear, LRDA Board
Secretary, Mr. Grady Hunt,
LRDA Board. Gregg Cam
ming s, manager of pool, and
Dr. Adolph Dial, LRDA Board
member. The public is invited
to visit and use the new pool
facility. The phone number is
521-077J,.
COUNTY BICENTENNIAL
COMMITTEE HONORS
COUNTY RESIDENTS AUGUST 16
Residents of Lumberton and Pembroke will be honored by
the Robeson County Bicentennial Showcase Committee at a
reception at the Bicentennial Museum at 101 S. Elm Street in
Lumberton on Sunday, August 16, from 2 to 4 p.m. The City of
Lumberton and the Town of Pembroke are featured in the
museum during August and September with exhibits prepared
by groups from the two communities.
There will be brief recognition ceremonies at 2 p.m. of the
public officials and the committees responsible for the
exhibits, and the museum will be open to citizens from the
two towns and the public until 4 p.m.
The reception is also in recognition of the fact that August
16 is the bicentennial anniversary of the Lumberton Lattery
Drawing on August 16, 1787, by which the lots of the new
Town of Lumberton were sold and the town came formally into
being. Also open at the same time will be an exhibit in the
Osterneck Auditorium of the Robeson County Public library,
featuring early documents and maps relating to lumberton
and Robeson County, and a portrait of William Tatham, one
of the founders of Lumberton. painted in 1779, and now owned
by the North Carolina Museum of History. This exhibit is
running from August 10 through August 22.
The Robeson County Showcase is a project of the Robeson
County Bicentennial Commission, and it will be open through
1988 to display exhibits relating to the history of Robeson
County and its communities and its people. Community
exhibits are rotating on a two months schedule. Fairmont and
Red Springs were exhbited in June and July.
NCAE District 10
Meeting Planned
The District 10 meeting will
be held Friday, August 21,
1987 at 9 and last until 12:30
for members. Seventy-First
High School, Fayetteville will
be the location with the
dynamic speaker Dale Robin
son, NCAE specialist Faculty
representatives and
officers will be served cold
cuts from 12:30 to 1 p.m. with
the training session lasting
until 2 p.m.
Members, please for your
benefit, plan to attend.
Faculty representatives, if
you can not attend make sure
there is a person from your
school to pick up necessary
materials.
by Kaihy D. Locklear
Corresponding Secretary
Crisis
Intervention
Program
Accepting
Applications
Effective Juiy 1 the Robe
son County Department of
Social Services began accept
ing applications for the Crisis
Intervention Program. The
Crisis Intervention Program is
a public assistance program
designed to assist low-income
persons who are in a heating
or cooling related crisis. At
the beginning of each fiscal
year. July 1, the county
receives an allocation for this
program. This year Robeson
County received an allocation
of $190,969.00 in Crisis Inter
vention Funds.
Currently the program is
intended to assist households
that are in a crisis due to the
hot weather. The program
regulations define a house
hold to be in a heating or
cooling crisis if it is experien
cing or is in danger of
experiencing a life-threaten
ing or health-related emer
gency and sufficient, timely
and appropriate assistance is
not available from any other
source. The program places
particular emphasis in reach
ing elderly and disabled per
sons and persons with health
problems. These groups of
persons are more likely to be
affected by severely hot or
extremely cold temperatures.
To qualify for the Crisis
Intervention Program a house
hold must first be in a heating
or cooling crisis which has
been defined above. Next, an
eligible household's count
able net income must be at or
below 110 percent of the
current non-farm poverty le- _
vel. The allowable monthly
income is ba^ed on the
number of pers<ms living in
the household. For example,
one person living alone is
allowed a net monthly income
of $491.00 while a 3-person
household is allowed to have
$836.00 or less.
Applications for the Crisis
Intervention Program are ac
cepted at toe Department el
Social Sendees which is loca
ted at the intersection of
Highways 72 and TIL
1987-88
Ms. Indian
NCToBe
Crowned
Sept. 20
i_nited Tribes of North
Carolina is pleased to
announce plans to crown a
"Ms. Indian North Carolina"
in September during the 1987
Indian Heritage Week kickoff
celebration at Town Creek
Indian Mound located near
Mt. Gilead, NC on September
20. 1987.
Candidates must be at least
18 years of age, single, a
student and a member of a
state recognized Indian Tribe
or organization in North Cara
Una. Applications will be
accepted through August 31,
1987. An entry fee of $100
must accompany each appli
cation (non-refundable), the
applicant must submit an
essay on the .topic "Why I
Would Like To Be Ms. Indian
North Carolina" also two
photographs must be submit
ted with the application (one
8"xl0" color and one 8"xlO"
black and white). The winner
will go on to the Ms. Indian
USA Pageant in November.
Applications can be obtain
ed by contacting: Patricia
Manynor, Secretary, Ms. In
dian North Carolina Pageant
Committee, c/o Cumberland
County Association for Indian
People, 102 Indian Drive,
Fayette ville, NC 28301. Tele
phone number (919)483-8442.
For additional information
contact: Gregory A. Richard
son, Chairman, Ms. Indian
North Carolina Pageant Com
mittee, c/o N.C. Commission
of Indian Affairs, P.O. Box
27228, Raleigh. NC 27611
7228. Telephone number:
(919)733-5998; or Shelby Pat
rick, Vice-Chairman, Ms. In
dian North Carolina Pageant
Committee, c/o Waccamaw
Siouan Development Associa
tion, P.O. Box 221, Bolton,
NC 28423. Telephone num
ben (919)452-3708.
Countdown
Id 6,000
Subscribers
Continues
Our countdown to 5,000
subscribers continues. Won't
you join us as we continue to
grow. This weeks subscribers
include:
104. Claude Sampson, Lum
berton
106. Johnson T. Lowry, Lum
berton
106. Larry Van Busldrk. MO
107. J.T. Pierce, Pembroke
108. Evelyn Hampton, Ger
martron, NC
109. Charies M. Holmes, OK
110. Thurman Locklear, Pem
broke
111. Wilma Chavis, Lumber
ton
112. Elsie Hammonds, Pem
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113. Essie D. Locklear, Pem
broke
114. Floyd Locklear, Maxton
116. Ronald Beasley, Lum
berton
116. James W. Thomas,
Lumberton
117. Henry B. Wilkina, RI
118. Cleo Hammonds, FL
119. Susanna Sampson, AL
180. Mary Bell, Pembroke
121, Hughie Barnes, Pembro
ke
122. Deborah Dial. Fhyette
183. Kayota Clark, Laurin
ta*
184. Vail Carter, Matthews,
NC ,
186. Thomas H* Wynn, IN
UhJWjinald L Oesediae.
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WEST ROBESON PRINCIPAL SCHEDULES MEETING
WITH NINTH GRADERS, PARENTS
Prospect-Mr. Ray Oxendine, West Robeson High's ney*
principal, has scheduled a meeting next Tuesday evening.
August 18, at Prospect School to meet with the newly assigned
ninth graders, and their parents.
Hie meeting is set to begin at .30 p.m., tentatively
scheduled in the cafeteria.
All interested ninth graders a::d their parents are
encouraged to attend. Mr. Oxendine will be answering
pertinent questions, and introducing the programs and
activities of Vest Robeson to the new students and their
parents.
PEMBROKE MEETING TO ADDRESS GRIEVANCES OF
FIRED INDIAN EMPLOYEES
Pembroke-A meeting is scheduled Friday night at the
Pembroke District Courthouse to address the grievances of
two Indian employees recently fired by the County
i Commissioners.
Hie meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:30, and the two
employees-Grady Chavis and Carol Locklear are expected to
be present to field questions and counter charges leveled
against them.
At their last meeting the commissioners fined county water
department supervisor, Grady Chavis, and Carol Locklear, a
computer technician II at the department on a 4-3 vote.
The motion was made by Lumberton Commissioner H.T.
Taylor, who rationalized his actions by saying there had been
"just enough complaints that the action was justified." Taylor
offered no explanation for his actions; he was joined in his
motion by Carl Britt, Henry Douglas (the only Black on the
board) and Sammy Cox. Opposing were Jack Morgan and
Wyvis Oxendine (the two Indians on the board) and Gary
Powers.
Pembroke-Maxton Commissioner Wyvis Oxendine is also
expected to be at the meeting.
All interested citizens are encouraged to attend the meeting
Friday night (August 14) at the Pembroke District Courthouse.
INDIAN COMMISSION BOARD ELECTIONS
Lumbee Regional Development Association will conduct
an OPEN ELECTION on August 27, 1987 to nominate a
member to serve on the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs
Board of Directors for a three year term. Mr. James Sampson
Jr., a resident of Fairmont, NC, currently serves in that
capacity. ?.
The following election sites have been established and will
be open from 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m.: Evans Crossing
Volunteer Fire Department, Mohr Plaza, South Robeson High
School, Hilly Branch Career Vocation Center, Gaddys
Community Building. Precincts included in the district include
Union, Alfoidsville, Lumberton (Townships 1-8), Rowland,
Thompson, Back Swamp, Smyrna, Britts, Orrum, Sterlings,
Gaddys, Marietta, Fairmont (Townships 1 & 2)
Criteria for voting: must be Indian, must be 18 years or
older, must reside in above districts.
ROWLAND CONCERNED CITIZENS MEET AUGUST SO
Hie Rowland Concerned Citizens Group will have its next
meeting on Thursday, August 20th, at 7:30 p.m., at the
Rowland Courtroom. Eric Prevatte, the guest speaker, will
discuss the proposed school merger plan. Everyone interested
in the Rowland area schools is urged to attend.
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HISTORIC ITEMS FROM ROBESON COUNTY
FEATURED IN EXHIBIT ; \
The Robeson County Public library and Historic Robeson *
are sponsoring an exhibit of some of the earliest items from.!
Robeson County's history. Hfey will be on display in the>"
Osterneck Auditorium from August 10 to August 22 from 2
p.m. until 5 p.m. each weekday and from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m.
on Saturday. .
Featured at the exhibit is a portrait of William Tatham, one
of the founders of Lumberton. painted in 1779, which is on
loan from the North Carolina Museum of History.
You are invited to attend a special presentation on Sum*?. *
August 16. The exhibit will be open from 2 p. m. until 4 p. St to -
commemorate the 200th anniversary of the foundktf of
Lumberton.
Also on Sunday, August 16, the Robeson County S?fr?ese .'
will be open from 2 p.m. until 4 p.m. to recognise^ new
exhibits from Lumberton and Pembroke.
AIRSHOW PASSES GOING PUBLIC J
The Robeson County Bicentennial Airshow Co*jlfee has
begun distributing airshow passes for sale to ? j^blic.
Initial efforts on parking pass sales began in Fk*"i#ry when
local businesses and industries were contact /"h's first
effort resulted in almost 2,400 passes beinfPu/h*s?i by
employers for distribution to their employs'*' m follow-up
mailing is going out this week. t
"We are extremely grateful to those wir^f PUPebosed
passes for their employees," said ^al?ownsend,
co-chairman of the Airshow Commit!?'
purchased are now available and may ? P'W^ up at the
Airport Terminal," he said. M ' __ ^
Additionally, three governmental un& h> County
have already purchased passes for their jd*
Robeson County, Fairmont and PerahT* Mere H?
in obtaining the group rates for empfy?' fou'd c*1'
Price at the Lumberton Airport, Jo-' ? ?*'
Businesses interested in selling tiekjh b ft Pu^ic *houki
call the above numbers for consigfpont formation.
BABE RUTH SEA?jfNE^f
Robeson County Recreation aid Parklortinisaioo ended
its Babe Ruth Season on Itamdv. ***?
Magnolia won the North RobLefcf ? I*e0*' *
12-0. Maxton won the South Rafpon l*Wf *d*h a recoed ??
12-0. %Q FE. ' ^ .van '? I
On July 10. Maxton and MjfafMM 44 far Mr Mj"'
County Babe Ruth rhaimtflihlp_1 Wf 1
Maxton. ' " W
Maxton da Mated Magneto 0-4 on ttf pitching of Bgla
| Z Emanuel who pitched a ^Rtter
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