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Published each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC
VOLUME 26 NUMBER 12 THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1999 TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
Mr. Ernest Demery Honored
by Pembroke Church of God
By V'inita Maynor-Clark
The members ofThe Pembroke
Church of God proclaimed March
14. 1999 as Ernest Demery Day at
their church. Family, friends and
members joined together to honored
Mr. Demery for his 49 years
of service to the Pembroke Church
of God without missing a Sunday.
The program was opened by the
pastor. Rev. CC Allen Jr. who
turned the program over to Mrs.
Joyce Chavis. the oldest daughter
of Mr. Demery. Joyce told the audience
about coming to church on
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the back of the pickup truck with
nine children and wrapping up in
toe sack just to keep warm. "My
father ntade a point about us going
to church." stated Joyce.
Jan Bullard.his granddaughter,
stood up in front of the audience
proudly and read a poem that she
had w ritten about her grandfather.
Mrs.Vashti Smith, the sister
of Mr. Demery's late wife.Eunice,
told how the couple met. fell in
love and got married.
Earl Demery, the son of the honoree\
Geneva Smith a family friend
and Rev. Jack Hunt, the former
pastor of the Pembroke Church of
God, also made comments on the
life of the honoree. The singing
group. Heart Sang, provided the
special music for the occasion..
The members of the church decided
to make Mr. Ernest a money
tree by pinning dollar bills -on his
coat. The ending count reached
an amount of S312.00. After the
service everyone went into the Fellowship
hall and ate a dinner
prepared by the ladies of the
church
Photo: Rev. CC Allen Jr. Pastor of the Pembroke Church of God
with Mr. Ernest Demery decorated with sports coat that was made into
a money tree. (Photo by Vinita Maynor-Clark)
Senior Ladies Donate
$1,000 to Pembroke
Public Library
By Vinila Maynor-Clark
The Senior Adult Living Triumph
in the Pembroke Community
recently completed the sewing of a
handmade quilt and raised over
$1,000 for the Pembroke Public
Library.
The group of eight young at
heart ladies who are led by Ms.
Mary Oxeridinc meet every Tuesday
to sew quilts for fund-raising
events. This time it took about a
month to make the quilt and the
members sold tickets to raise their
goal of $1,000.
The quilt was won by Allean
Maynor of the Pembroke Community
who said " I have a nice place
for this at my house." The beautiful
quit was presented to her by Ms.
Mary Oxendine. Ms. Mary presented
Mr. Robert Fisher the
Director of Robeson County Publ
lie Libraries with the check for
SI.000.
On hand for the event was Mr.
McDuffie Cummings. Town Manager
for the town of Pembroke who
showed the gratitude of our town
by presenting each of the ladies
with a pin that had the Town Seal
on it
. "I believe in education" said
one of the ladies. "1 have a great
grandchild that comes here and
checks out books." another said.
When I asked the ladies to raise
their hands in the air if they have a
grandchild that comes to the library.
there was not one single
hand that stayed down.
"This is really great," stated Mr.
. Robert Fisher.
"We want to show everybody
that we Seniors Ladies can do a lot
if we just put our mind to it" stated
Ms. Mary Oxendine.
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Ms. Mary Oxendlne with the Senior Adult I.lying Triumph group
presented Mrs. Mattle Locklear, Head Librarian for the Pembroke
Public Library with a check for $1,000 as Mr. Mc Duffle Cummings,
Town Manager and Mr. Robert Fisher, Director of the Robeson County
Public Library looks on. Mr. Cummings presented each lady with a pin
with the Pembroke Town Seal on It.
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Celebration held for
renovation at Prospect
A celebration of ground breaking
was held at Prospect School on
Thursday, March 18 at 5 p.m. Taking
part in the ceremony was the
principal of Prospect School, Mr.
David Locklear; the Superintendent
of Public Schools, Dr. Barry
Harding; the Chairman of the Robeson
County Board of
Commissioners, Mr. Johnny Hunt
who has also served as principal of
Prospect School; and the architect
for the project, Mr. Michael Clark
of Native American Design.
On hand for the festivities was
Mitchell "Bosco" Locklear. a native
of the community, who was
instrumental in securing the funds
for the renovation and new construction.
Also in attendance was
long time principal (now retired)
Mr. James A. Jones; District Court
Judge Jeff Moore; and others.
The renovation and additions at
Prospect includes three building
additions to the existing facilities.
The additions will be (I) a 12classroom
addition with boys and
girls rest room facilities; (2) a computer
lab and boys/girls shower
facility addition' and (3) and administrative
building addition. The
renovations include a new metal
roof over most of the ex ist i ng bu i Idingsto
match the new addition roofs.
Additionally, new communication
wiring and emergency lighting is
being installed in theexisting wings.
The plans also include a new corridor
that connects the new additions
with the existing buildings.
The site work includes a new.
parking lot, new driveway and
canopy covered sidewalks.
community meeting scheduled
on natural gas pipeline
Residents of Robeson County
are invited to attend a public meeting
on Tuesday, March 30, to learn
more about a planned natural gas
pipeline. This informational meeting
will be the first in a series of
meetings designed to provide details
about the planned Palmetto
Interstate Pipeline project and to
allow the companies building the
pipeline to receive comments from
the public on how to improve the
plans.
The meeting will be held at the
Pembroke Courthouse on Main
Street. It will follow an open house
format, allowing interested citizens
to come and go as they please.
Representatives cfCarolina Power
& Light and Southern Natural Gas
Company will be available between
6 and 8 p.m. and experts in the
areas of pipeline safety, environmental
compliance, construction
practices and rights of way will be
available to answer specific questions
about the plans for the
Palmetto Pipeline.
CP&Land Southern Natural Gas
announced March 3 that they plan
to build the Palmetto Pipeline from
Aiken, SC to Robeson County, cov-.
ering a 175-mile corridor through
Aiken, Lexington, Richland,
Sumter, Lee Darlington, Malboro
and Dillon counties, and eventually
interconnecting with existing
facilities operated by North Carolina
Natural Gas Company in
Robeson County, NC. The planned
pipeline will be a 30-inch diameter
underground natural gas pipeline
capable of transporting between
200 and 300 million cubic feet of
natural gas per day.
Additional maps and other visual"
displays will be available at
the local meeting.
The pipeline is needed to provide
fuel for electric generation in
the Carolinas, as well as to enhance
the supply of natural gas in the
region. Among the benefits to counties
along the pipeline route is an
estimated $3 million in total annual
property taxes that the pipeline will
generate in the nine counties along
the proposed route.
The meetings will provide
CP&L and Southern Natural Gas a
forum to gather information to assist
the companies in making
decisions on the ultimate route for
the proposed pipeline. The companies
will work extensively with state
and federal environmental agencies
in the route selection.
Other supporters of the school Included left to right, llarhert Moore,
former member of the Robeson County Board of Education; Rev.
Wilton Cummlngs who owns the Cozy Corner Restaurant; and Rev. Bill
James Locklear, Pastor of Prospect United Methodist Church.
Plate sale and car wash planned
On April 10, 1999. New Point
Baptist Church Brotherhood along
with the W.M.U. is having a plate
sale and car wash They plan to raise
money to help rebuild flood victim's
, homes in Honduras. Their goal is
$2000. The Church is located South
of Lumbcrton on Martin Luther King
Drive near the Village Station Restaurant
Everyone is invited tocoinc
to be a part of this
Shown at the podium is Principal of Prospect School Mr. David
Lock/ear who is completing his first year in that position. Seated behind
him are: left to right, Mr. Rober t Deese, Chairman of the Board of
education for the Public Schools; Mr. Johnny Hunt, Chairman of the
Robeson ( aunty Board of Commissioners; Dr. Barn Harding, Superintendent
of the Public Schools of Robeson County; Ms. Lunette
Lock tear, I ice president of the Prospect PTA; and Rev. Larry Lock/ear,
Pastor of Island Grove Baptist Church.
Shown right is J. Michael Clark, Registered Architect with Native
American Design Services, Pembroke, who designed the renovation
and new construction of Prospect School. He is shown discussing the
design with Mitchell "Bosco' Locklear, member of the Board of
Education who was instrumental in securing thefunds for the renovation;
and Jimmy Coins, owner of NC insurance Services, Inc. and
grandparent of Prospect students.
I Supporters of Prospect School attended the event. Shown left to right
are Air. James A. Jones,former principal of Prospect School; Cherlyn
l.ocklear; Madie Locklear, PMC Board member; District Court Judge,
Jeff Moore; and Robeson County Commissioner Noah Woods. Ail
these supporters with the exception of Woods are graduates of Prospect
School.
Dr. Ruth Dial Woods Named
to UNC Board of Govenors
In the state gallery in Raleigh
Tuesday Dr. Ruth Dial Woods, a
Lumbee Indian and native of Pembroke,
North Carolina sat very
patiently as the votes were counted.
Afierthe votes were counted it was
announced that she would be on the
North Carolina Board of Governors.
Dr. Woods had sprved on the
Board of Governors from 1985 to
1993. This time she received the
second highest vote total of the atlargc
candidates. The North
Carolina I louse of Representatives
selected nine members Tuesday to
serve on the 32 member panel. Dr.
Woods went through a seven week
nominating process that began
when the North Carolina General
Assembly went back to work in
January.
In 1997 Dr. Woods retired as an
assistant professor from Fayettevillc
State University.
Dr. Woods was nominated for
the Board of Govenors by Reps.
Ronnie Sutton of Pembroke,
Donald Bonnor of Rowland and
Doug Yongue of Laurinburg.. The
Board of Govenors set policies for
the 16 campus University of North
Carolina system.
" It has been a long time since
UNCP has had any direct representation.
It will give us a stronger
voice" stated Rep. Ronnie Sutton.