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VOLUME 18 NUMBER 1 25$ 'I 'URSDAY. F1BRUARY 18. 1888
ISI . C . Indian Unity
Conf erence To B e
March 17?19
I n R aleigh
The Thirteenth Annual North Carolina Indian Unity
Conference will be held March 17-19 at the North Raleigh
Hilton in Raleigh, NC. The yearly gathering of North Carolina
Indians is sponsored by United TVibes of North Carolina, a
statewide organization.
This year's conference highlights include a forum of
workshops, awards banquet, and a pow-wow. Issues to be
presented include education, employment, economic devel
opment, and other vital concerns of Indian people in North
Carolina. The theme of the conference is "Planning Our Paths
for the Future."
Special conference speakers include: the Honorable James
Martin, Governor of North Carolina; John Sam, Director,
Office of Indian Education, Washington, DC; and a panel of
the 1988 candidates for Governor of North Carolina.
The inter-tribal pow wow will be held on Thursday, March
17, at 8 p.m. The awards banquet will be held on Friday,
March 18 at'7 p.m.
Registration forms are available from the North Carolina
Commission of Indian Affairs, Post Office Box 27228, Raleigh,
NC 27611 7228; Telephone (9J9) 733 5998. Registration is
$45.00 per person; $30.00 for senior citizens and students.
Dance tickets are being sold separately for $5.00.
Pre-registration forms must be postmarked by March 7, 1988.
The public is invited to attend.
West Lumberton
Kiwanis Help
Those In Need
By Barbara Bruyboy-Ltnklear
Special To
The Carolina hid tun Voice
The West Ijumberton Kiwa
nis Club figures the best way
to achieve its purpose is to
help people in need, walk with
them through some trouble
some times.
"The way we help those in
need is not always done
through simply giving mo
ney," says former club presi
dent Horace Hunt.
Since 1984, West Iumber
ton Kiwanians have walked
with the channel of. service to
mankind. Sponsored by the
Pembroke Kiw:anis Chapter,
the club began with 20 charier
members. H. I>?bbs Oxen
dine, Jr. was charter presi
dent. The chapter currently
has 24 members.
Hunt says Kiwanis Inter
national is strict in its mem
hership qualifications. "We
just don't admit anyone to our
club, because we're very
active in the community. A
prospective mem 1st must be
in good standing within his or
her community."
A recent ruling by the
international organization al
lows female membership to
the traditionally all male
clubs.
The Lumberton based
chapter has been active in its
community. In addition to
making charitable donations,
during the past two years
they've constructed eight re
sidential ramps for severely
handicapped citizens. Several
driveways have been paved as
well.
For the pnst two Metier
seasons, club members I ave
cut and hauled dozens of
loads of firewood for elderly
and handicapped people. All
projects have been financed
soley by the club's treasury
/
and members' labor.
Club officers are President
James Ertle Chavis; Vice
president Wendell Luwery;
Secretary Horace Locklear;
and Treasurer Earl Collins.
The club meets each Mon
day 7 ?.m.. Old Foundry
Restaurant, Lumberton.
Membership is by invitation.
Kiutmi# memhrr, ChntU't
Duvitl McNeil mum fininnxl
A m ?
(it (i ncrnt uwHlruttwy.
Kiumit officer* deliver fire
wood to elderly cituen
Left to right: Jotk K. St*en,
recipient; Chevron Lowery, i
helper; Wendell bowery and
Jamrt Erde Ckavie.
SPOTLIGHT ON ^ockeear'S
1 1 fc? 1 ? * HOME IMHFIOV EMEMT
~ LOCAL BUSINESS PERSONS
By Barbara Brayboy-Lwklear
Special To The Carolina Indian Voice. .
His uncle taught him all the trades of a business, now Larry
LockJear competes against his uncle in the common business
of installing aluminum and vinyl siding on residential and
commercial dwellings.
In 1971, Locklear's uncle took him under his wing and
introduced him from the ground up to the techniques of proper
siding installation. "It definitely was from the ground I
started," laughs the 35-year-old businessman.
"I began cleaning up the debris left on the ground." He
later was promoted to a ladder and assisted in actual
installation. The Pembroke native says he thought he knew
how to take a hammer and drive a nail until he began the
siding craft.
"Some people say anyone can drive a nail, but it's not that
simple," he adds. "There's a nailing technique we call flip
hammering."
A fast learner, Locklear quickly understood all the
techniques of the siding business. He became intent on
learning all aspects of home improvements and enrolled at
Robeson Technical Institute where he studied carpentry. With
study and on the job training he became a do-it-all carpenter.
He even learned roofing. A few years with a regional
construction company gave him added experience in
construction.
He formed his own business, Larry Locklear's Home
Improvement and brings seven years experience to his
customers. He says "freedom of time" was a major factor in
going on his own. And adds that being self-employed enables
him to set his own hours. A typical work week for the Lumbee
Indian is 50 hours. He is sole owner and operator and spends
most evenings meeting with customers to discuss "specifica
tions on jobs.
He rarely argues with the customer's selection. "I leave the
final decision up to them. Siding isn'tcheap. Once it's cut, it's
cut and can't be returned." he explains. While the color white
is the most popular, he tries not to re;c{nmtnd c^li.-s.
"Color selection is a one-time thing.yIt's something the
customer has to live with," he adds.
Locklear admits counselling becomes a vital part of his work
in dealing with customers. He points out that vinyl is rapidly
gaining on aluminum in main coverings for residences. "Vinyl
offers a broader range of warranties." Aluminum is ideal for
wrapping trim work like window casings and sills.
"We try to eliminate as much painting for the homeowner
as possible. With a complete job. the only things needing
painting are sases and doors." he says.
Other services offered by Locklear s business are gutter
installation, window additions, building additions as well as
substractions. "You have to learn to do a little bit of
everything in home improvements," he comments.
Locklear recommends that the homeowner in need of
replacing windows should look at the advantages in having
vinyl or aluminum replacement windows installed. "They are
permanent and upkeep-free. Thusly eliminating maintenance
costs." The business offers them with insulated or tinted
panes. For wooden windows already installed in need of
maintenance, coverings are available. Another service offered
is storm window installation.
With a laugh, Locklear says, "There's no such thing as an
assigned territory in which to practice this business. My uncle
trained me to hang siding as well as hang with the
competition."
For service contact:
? Iirrry locklear's Home Improvement
Post Office Box 549
Pembroke. North Carolina 28372
Telephone: 919/521 8854
defense
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f"i ere
An office for the Robeson 3
Defense Fund will open on
Thursday, February 18. in
Pembroke. N.C. The office
will be located in Hie Gather
ing Place beside the Post
Office and Shoe Store in
Pembroke. Office hours will
be 9:00-5:00 from Monday
Friday and night houre will be
announced. The office is
being opening in order to
coordinate the efforts to raise
funds primarily for the de
fense of Fddie Hatcher and
Timothy Jacobs. In opening
the office. Ms. Thelma Clark .
mother of Eddie Hatcher,
stated : "It is important that
? he public know that the
Defense Fund is being well
coordinated and managed in a
professional manner. The
office will allow us to keep
close records and accounting
of all funds raised. The office
will provide a place that the
public can con\e.kgive their
donations, and find out what
is going on with the case.
Receipts will be given with
each donation and the book
keeper for the fund will issue
weekly and monthly reports
beginning next week. What
Eddie and Timothy did, they
did for all of us. We now have
an opportunity to help them in
their time of need."
A ftisl Office Box has been
established for the Defense
Fund."" The Box Number is
P.O. Box 1389, Pembroke.
N.C.28.172. A phone will be
placed in the office and
operable next week.
Hie Robeson Justice Com
mittee. a new citizens support
group which is coordinating
the petition drive, will hold a
ftess Conference at the Gath
ering Race in Pembroke at
11700 a.m. on Hiunday Feb
18. This press con
ference will respond to the
decisions made at the Bond
Hearing, report on the peti
tion drive, and shore informs
lion on the olans of the Justice
Committee The Press Con
ference is open to members of
the media ibid the public.
_F?r information, call
Thelma Clark or Connie Brar
boyat 821-2826.
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By Barbara Bmyboy-Lucldear
Special To The Carolina Indian Voice
"Don'l dan- me to do anything! If you do. Til try hard to do
it," says daredevil Hurlin Rogers.
The 68-year old's ^rurious mind has taken him on many an
adventure throughout his life. Growing up on a farm in the
Hopewell community of Robeson County lent little social
excitement for the liumbee Indian. In between farm chores
and attending classes at Hopewell and Cross Roads schools,
l)p worked as a carpenter's helper with a construction
company building homes under the Government's Resettle
ment project in 1936.
Itching for a better paying job and a little excitement, the
18 year-old moved to New Beat to live with relatives. There he*
found a job, but something else came along which he liked
better-a circus.
"The circus was based in New Bern and was leaving for a
tour of several states. I got a chance to join it and signed on as
a partner in one of the cook' tents," he laughs. He says the
German owner needed an assistant cook, and he was willing to
learn, Tlte tourwas to take the farm boy through Virginia,
West Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The traveling and having to
put up feith hard-to-please circus patrons took its toll on
Rogers, and a year later he left the circus behind.
He says he hooked up with a buddy and hitch-hiked to
Florida. "I didn't mind doing it, 'cause fd never been to Fla.
and always wanted to go," ha recalls. Once there he took a
short course In tractor trailer driving. The slay lasted a little
over a month. He figured he didn't like the assignment and
returned to Robeson County.
b never bothered the adventurer to come home. "My
mot her was always glad to tee me," he smiles. He was one of
nine children beni to Willie French and Mandy Jane Rogers.
In 1940, Rogers and a "bunch" of local hoys volunteered for
military service in the U.S. Army. I hiring a furlough to his
native county, he gathered addresses of girls and returned to
camp to share them with his buddies. Among the addresses
was that of Martha Jacobs, a I urn bee Indian. When Jacobs
received a letter from a complete stranger, a soldier buddy of
Rogers's, she ignored it. Curious minded Rogers learned of
the incident and became determined to write one to her. "I've
never seen a girl yet that I could write to and not get an
answer," he boasts.
He got an answer in the mail shortly thereafter. A few
furloughs later. Rogers married the dark-haired girl he
couldn't get out of his mind.
After service, the couple settled on a farm outside Rowland,
N.C. The farm could not support the growing lamily. and the
war veteran took on construction work. He joined a union and
followed various assignments for several years before beinj
lured to Norfolk, Va. by a brother in construction.
In 1959, the father of five founded Rogers Construction
Company in Virginia Reach jind began his own general
contracting business. Twenty eight years later, the business
man went into semi retirement. He outright denies lieing
retired. He still draws on his carpentry skills and does
occasional small i?<bs for old friends.
His 12-arre tract ? f land in Suffolk, Va. where h ivos keeps
him busy in the flower and vegetable gardens. The widower
takes care of all household duties. He lost his wife of Jh years
in a fatal auto accident in 19K2. Much time is donated to his
eight grandchildren who live in the area.
Travel consumes much of the grandfather's tinu nding
Native American pow wows has become a favor time.
And every chance he gi s, he motors to his nail ouniy fot
sor ? fool-lapping, ha clapping gospel sing*
ie energetic Roger ays he enjoys good hea ,id feels it
duty to stay physic.i y fit. A night's daneii. once a week
t is. "Ilove to dance, he comments. He say te learned I
d .ace when he was in the military.
"When I joined the service. I was a farmer. idn't drin
And there was nothing else to do hut sit in the ? and wan
other guys drink." He * vs he knew theiv ?? a better I.
than rinking. So one day he "moseyed" inti dance stud
and nounced, "I'm a farm boy. Can you <h me how
dam." He says while .he fox trot is hi- tvorilo style
darx-ng. he can do any of it when <t Co* Ui dancing.
The self professed adventurer says. "D i give me the ci
with its bricks and concrete. Give me the j-itryxide with i
woods at i beautiful lakes." Then with a *?> grin, he add
"Give me God's nature and throw in a li ie adventure."
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5 Otzti BJL u a ? Gold
Anniv?j-s?ry
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Fo< the first time in the history of Ri>'?eson County a roup of
Cub Scouts will have their own special dav. In honor of the
50th Birthday <' Cub Scout Pack 32thi Pembroke Town
Council and Maynor Milton Hunt hav n'roetaimed February
?3rd as "Cub Scout Pack 827 Day" in P broke.
This special day comes in addition other honors which
include: a Sute Flag from Governor JL Mart : and letters of
honor hate been received from Gov nor ? irtin, Senator
Jesse Helms, RepresenUtive Martin le..caste Congressman
Charlie Rose, ft N.C. RepresenUtive Oaniel teVanw
^Businesses supporting this Pac^fordufr SOU Blue ft Gold
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