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? ''W'' 3 ^ ~ 111 uary ' uj !o f ?==?? | - *"MI""?TOW?"?m"?Mt~M. ^MMmaii. fmrn?^~* ~ "Mwvu-.Juan.T^ ^ ^WB / Photo: Ivan Hinrkfcs, left. General Afent for Con necticut Mutual Life Inmaace Company and Jim Ollis, Connecticut Mutual Associate, present Dor othy Locklear with her company's Blue Chip BaMr prise Award. Rev. Sanford Locklear Honored For His Faithfulness "Moreover it is required of a steward that he be found faithful" (I Corinthians 4:2). This scripture seems to adequately describe the Rev. Sanford Lockiear. pastor of Thompson Baptist Church. It was this theme of faithfulness for which the Burnt Swamp Baptist Asso ciation chose to honor Rev. Lockiear at the quarterly union May 29,1993. Rev. Roscoe Jacobs and Rev. C.W. Maynor spoke to the accomplishments of Rev. Lockiear as the association honored him for 43 years of : faithful, perfect attendance of both unions and the annual meetings of the Burnt Swamp Baptist Associa tion. The theme was "Our Heritage: Honoring a Faithful Leader" and Rev. Maynor presented a plaque to Rev. Lockiear in recognition of his faithful service to the Baptist Association. Rev. Locklear*s service to the Association includes 43 years of perfect attendance at the unions and annual meetings: 41 years as reading clerk for the Union meetings; clerk of Church and Deacons Committee; two years as Moderator for the Union; and two years as Moderator of the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association, service on the Advisory Board of the Association for 20 years; and has served on ail committees and boards of the Association. He is presently a member of the Historical Committee. Faithfulness has been a trademark of Rev. Lockiear. He recalls that he has only missed 4 Sundays in his life and those times were because of a death or illness in the immediate family. Rev. Lockiear is 76 years old. He recalls the day in 1949 when he was saved. "1 was saved at Mt. Airy Baptist Church during a revival. 1 will never forget the time. Rev. Purcell Lockiear was preaching the revival. We were school buddies and 1 remember it as if it were yesterday. When the Lord saved me, nothing has been the same since that night in 1949." Rev. Lockiear accepted the call to the ministry a year later. For 43 years he has served as a pastor of various churches in the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association. His years of service has included Galilee Baptist Church where he began preaching in 1951. He has also been pastoral Leach Creek. New Point; Harpers Ferry, Cedar Grove in Fairmont and Thompson Baptist where he continues his pastorate. Many times he served as pastor of two churches simultaneously. A life long member of the Mt. Airy Baptist Church and community. Rev. Lockiear is proud to be affiliated with that community and church. He was born in Mt. Airy to . the late Deacon R.D. Lockiear and Rockie Jane Cummings Lockiear. He is the grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Temus (Sarah Catherine Lowry) Cummings and the Rev. A. D. and Susan Lockiear. who donated the land for the Mt. Airy Cemetery. His background includes distinction for commitmentand faithfulness to Mt. Airy Baptist Chinch fur generations. Id addition to his pastoral duties and service to the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association. Rev. Lockiear also taught school for 43 years at Union Chapel Elementary School. His teaching career was from 1938 until 1982 when he , retired from teaching. He received a B.S. degree in the spring of 1936 from the Indian Normal School and a < Begree in 1954 from Pembroke State College. , a - Rev. Locklear says thai he was manned "to the prettiest woman in Robeson County." Beatrice Hardin, daughter of Martha Beil and Richard Hardhi of the Saddletree community. They were married May 7,1937 on her 16th birthday. Mrs. Locklear succumbed loan illness in 1980. On April 19. 1981 Rev. Isnfclwtr married Anna Margaret Hum. daughter of Wgher Hum and Mary Revels Hunt. They continue to made in the Mt. Airy Community. Mrs. Locklear was on hand for the Union honoring her husband on May 29, along with twoof his sisters and one of his sons. When asked if he was planning to retire. Rev. Locklear replied "No. The call of Cod is without repentance." When God calls a man to preach, he has to preach. "I will J continue to preach, until God calls me out," he said. Rev. Locklear has no intention of stopping his faithfulness to the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association either. At 76. he describes himself as "in perfect health." Rev. Sanford Locklear. Native American Bone Marrow Transplant Fund Contributing to the Native American Bone Marrow Transplant Fund was the employees of Rae Magnetic Wire: $27.00. The total for the fond on the way to a goal of $100,000 is $1,630.04. A running total will be held each week as the Fund moves toward its goal to help with the expenses in a Bone Marrow transolant not covered bv insurance. Father's Day Gospel Sing A Father's Day Gospel Sing featuring the DAL Gospel Singers wiU be held at God's Holy Comforter church Sunday evening. June 20.1993 at 6:30 pm The Chtach is located on the Rennert Rd. 4 miles West of Saddletree Church of God Pastor Ted Brook* and members invites everyone to attend. 1 i Dorothy Locklcar: Surviving Castastrophes I 5G'sMgf. Honored as Blue Chip Enterprise F' ? ?" . x_- . ,, by Barbara BravetM w-Lucklear Surviving catastrophes is nothing new tor Pembroke businesswoman Dorothy Locklear. And on June 4 at a recognition and awards ceremony in Charlotte, the veteran manufacturer felt as though she had graduated from the school of hard knocks. The 52-year-old presi dent and owner of 3G's Manufacturing, Inc. was honored by the Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative. Mrs. Locklear s cut and sew company was one of the region's sis "Blue Chip Enterprises" for 1993. The Initiative program, launched three years ago and sponsored by Connecticut Mutual, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Nation's Business, seeks out and honors small businesses who have demonstrated exceptional management of key resources to meet challenges, overcome adversity and emerge stronger. Tune-after-time 3G*s /Mfg. could have qualified as an award nominee. In 1973 Mrs Locklear and her husband. Gene, founded University Sportswear and began opera tion in a rental building in the town of Pembroke. Two years later the couple built their own plant on Red Banks Rd. in rural Pembroke. Contracts for both civilian and military clothing swelled company employment num bers to mute than 500 during the late 70V Catastrophe cut its first figure when, after ten years of winning markets and seeing them fade, the compan> shut down. Fourteen months later 5G'? Mfg. began making military clothing, mostly fatig ndltoail 1 at bases. Soon military outlets became the revamped company's sole market It was a ttee of immense growth far both Around the corner, though, awaited another catastro phe. In May 1987 the Locklean discovered a company embezzlement by two employees. Two days later a dreadful midnight telephone call to the couple's resi dence in the Saddletree Community alarmed them that their plant was burning Mum uf ttM company* official records. along with machinery were destroyed M At arsonists fire Equipment damage cut SI00.00U and rebuilding $ 175,1100. "Gene was Jilsnninad that we would not allow tbis tragedy to run us out of business." Mm. LockJcnr comments. We worked (leys tad nigMs to tuupta the factory tan weeks later. I felt nothing could keep us from continued success." But a greater catastrophe lay ahead. Gene Lockiew contracted cancer in fail of im Ha died a year later, working until just four weeks before Ma demise in November. "I truly dtd nut know if I uwid keep die business going." she says of bar husband's absence. Mrs I in hlnitr rrsilita nprimmsl inner Bfrs^|l*l and life insurance that had been kept in farce during tough times as seeing her through. Conscientious em ployee* with pride in jobs well dune helped, ton. she adds. The company cnMMtnuns. *o someone can always maid in fur another employee, and it provides financial incentives fur improved performance According to Mrs. LocUenr 5G's hnd shown ea average employment uf 105 over the pest five yeere. She says not a singie employee has sutler ed acompnny layoff daring the same period. Annual sales. SI A million the year her hoeband died, were up to 12 mUHoa In 1991. Today. mm iikJclctf k ioinid by Im two mm privately owned company. The team reaps the benefits For the covarsd Blue Chip Dweipilse this. hks.LocfcJaaf's company will be profiled in a widely diswitarsJ hook. As she looks at her company's citation in the March 199? issue uf Nation s Business magazine, she modestly comments. "I hope I have added to thai success." David Oxendine Returns To Direct This Year's "Strike At The Wind" David Oxendine returns again as Artistic Director of SATW! for the 6th time this season after a two year absence. David is a native of Pembroke and holds a B. A. in Drama from Catawba College. Upon graduation he toured 40 states on a national tour for 10 months. In 1985, David was hired by American Playhouse in New York to assist in casting local American Indians for the mini-series ROANOKE. Afterwards David moved to New York City where he studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts for two years. David has appeared in such movies and television shows as BIG. SHAKEDOWN. WORKING GIRL. ARTHUR II. KOJAK. and THE EQUALIZER. David is currently enrolled in the Master of Science program in Counselor Education at North Carolina State University. Oxendine has put together a very strong cast including Robert Locklear as Henry Beny Lowrie.Carol Oxendine as the Leader. Allan Emeoia as Sheriff King. Barbara Collins as Dolly King. Willie Harris. Jr. ax J.B. Harris, and Carolyn Oxendine ax Moma Combo. Kelvin Luwry returns as Hugh McGreggor, Zeke Locklear ax Old Allen Lowrie and the bounty hunter Donahue McQueen, and Wanda Hams as the widow Lina McNair. Several new cast members include Tanya Carter as Rhoda Smmg. Brandon Lucklear as gang member Steve Lowrie. Scott Witten as Ceorgc Applewhite and LaOnnnaLockkaraattoeGiii. Last and certainly nut least, is Robert Bryant who returns for a remarkable 18 years as Shoemaker John. Heading the backstage team is stage manager Sieve Tyner. the Drama Teacher at Pumell Swett High and South Robeson Senior High. AsHistam Stage Manager and playing the role of McMillan is James Baas. Props Mistress is Lisa Willis all from Lumberton. SATW is written by Randolph Umberger. tells the amy of Henry Berry Lowrie and his fight against racial prejudice and injustice in Robeson County during and after the Civil War. It premiered on July 1.1976. Oxendme feel* that this stury is very relevant today and will continue to be so. As compared to the other mote "well known" outdoor dramas. Oxendiae states that SATW has more of the "meat and potatoes" that histori cal shows need, us far as action, humor, and human drama is concerned along with historical accuracy. SATW is a show everyone in Robeson County should see. It opens July J and runs every Friday and Saturday night at K: I? pm through September 4at the Adoiph Dial Amptthcatre on the North Carolina Indian Cultural Center site three miles west of Pembroke. David Oxeadine Named To Dean's List Three students from Robeson County are among >21 students named to the Western Carolina University dean's list hn spring semester IW3. atosdng to an announcement by John Wake ley. WCU. vice chancellor fur academic affairs. To qualify fur the dean's Hat students must achieve at least a 3.5 grade point average out of a possible 4.0 on a regular semester's nosh of not lew than 12 hours, esc hiding rents ilinl courses, with no grades of Dor F. Area students on the WCU dean's Hat ate: Cheryl Renee Goetz. 3X90 N. Walnut St.. Lumbar ton. Charles Thomas Boiton Jr.. Rt. 2. Saint Paula. Vance Locfclear. Shannon.
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