Robesonian (Newspaper) - September 12, 1972, Lumberton, North Carolina THE ROBESONIAN VOL CHINO 140 DAYS AND IN ROBESON COUNTY LUMBERTON NC TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 12 1972 ESTABLISHED 1670 COUNTRY GOO AND TRUTH TEN Cents MOURNING HER OWN Israeli Premiere Gold a Meir weeps at the graveside of her sister Sheina Kreingold during funeral services near Tel Aviv The youngster is her grandson Mrs Kreingold who emigrated to Israel with Mrs Meir in 1923 died at the age of 83 AP Wirephoto To Open For Week Of Sept 25 Jaycee Farmers Festival Plans Being Finalized The County Farmers Festival is set to get under way on Monday Sep tember 25 This will be the annual fair sponsored by the Lumberton Jaycees and Jaycees officials say that this is planned to be the biggest and best fair ever A bevy of entertainment rides and shows are scheduled with the usual farm products displays and exhibitions Farm equipment of the latest types is to be shown also inthe fairground horse arena Arena dealers will have on display there in the arena all varieties of farming tractors harvesting aids for different types of products and other machinery Nightly fireworks will be displayed The public is invited to attend the exhibits where homegrown handmade and other items will Action Line ACTION LINE answers questions from readers with information From local sources It is concerned with the prob lems of individuals relating to public agencies and ser vices and with questions of general interest Write Action Line The Robesonian N C or dial 7394325 What identification can a person use to cash a personal check when he doesnt have a drivers license If a person is cashing a check in a bank he must be recognized by someone employed in the bank or have an account there Also the endorsement of someone who agrees to back the check or a Social Security card will help Can you furnish the address of the Water and Air Quality control division Weather Sunny skies are forecast for Jus afternoon becoming partly tonight and Wednesday Warm temperatures will Winds will be nor 5 to 15 mph Rainfall probability is near jero today 20 per cent tonight ind Wednesday The high reading during the period was 81 legrees and the low was 49 The at noon today was 78 The level of Lumber liver was measured at 650 feet his morning at the Moore fridge checkpoint North Carolina Division of Air and Water Resources Pitt Plaza Greenville 27838 Is there a law or rule that says a person is supposed to get time and a half for working on legal holidays No Holidays are not covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act I live in the country next to Fairmont Every time I want to take a bath and fill up the tub with hot water I cant stand to go in the bathroom because the water smells so awful Is there some agency that I could get to check it to see what is wrong For an analysis of the water contact the Assistant Director Department of Water and Air Resources PO Box 27048 Raleigh 27611 Why is the telephone at Ed Glover Station on Godwin Avenue always busy after ten oclock It would be bad if you had to report a fire The number at Ed Glover Station No 2 is not an emergency number Several men are stationed there and the phone is used for business calls as well as for personal calls I am new to the Lumberton area and recently I was told that there have been developed some type system where by the socially and economically privileged was segregated in the most choice scats in the local high school football stadium and would have to sit beside lesser See ACTION Panama Moves To Regain Canal Zone Sovereignty By LUIS NOLI PANAMA AP Panamas new electoral assembly called Monday for a treaty with the United States restoring Pan sovereignty over the Canal Zone and recommended that the government demon strate opposition to the US control of the canal by reject ing the million annual rent The Assembly of Community Representatives has no tive powers but its action was an expression of popular will designed to strengthen the gov hand in negotiation of a new treaty with the United States to replace the 1903 Canal Pact The US State Department had no immediate comment The 1903 treaty gave the United States perpetual sover and jurisdiction over the zone Talks have been going on since June 1971 on a new treaty but they have been suspended until after the US presidential election Brig Gen Omar Torrijos the National Guard chief who came to power four years ago has made recovering jurisdiction over the zone his major objec tive The United States says it is prepared to negotiate the transfer of control over certain services in the zone but will continue maintaining military forces in the vicinity The United States also seeks an op tion either to expand the exist ing canal or to build a sealevel canal elsewhere in Panama The assembly was Aug 6 in the first elections since Torrijos took over It met to elect a new president and vice president and to approve a constitution sponsored by Torrijos The presidency will be largely a ceremonial post with Torrijos retaining control of the govern ment The resolution about the Ca nal zone said rejection ofthe See PANAMA Lumberton Neighborhood Plan Disinter 1200 Bodies Gets Final Approval From Council be shown in the exhibit hall The exhibitions booths will be fur by the fair committee headed up by cochairmen John Richardson and Coble D Wilson Jr The exhibits committee working under these chairmen are Jerry Barnes Bruce Davis and Jerry Giles Morris Bennett again this year will serve as fair manager along with Alfred Smith as and assistant general manager Jaycee President Phillips said that plans were going very well and that he expected that this would in fact be the best fair ever Phillips also said that every precaution would be taken See JAYCEE Girl Killed When Struck By Automobile Death came to seven year old Edna Lee Locklear late Monday when she was struck by an on coming auto six miles east of Maxton Driver of the car Dorothy Ward of Lenoir told in officer state Trooper T R Thomas that the child ran across the road in front of her and she couldnt avoid hitting her The accident occurred on heavily traveled highway 74 No charges were filed against the driver Funeral will be held Friday at White Hill Baptist Church conducted by the Rev T M Swett and the Rev Davis Locklear Surviving are her parents Mr and Mrs Herman Locklear her brothers Herman Ray and James Locklear her sisters Lena and Adele of the home her grandparents Mr and Mrs William H Locklear and Mr and Mrs James Locklear of Maxton Route 3 INDEX Classified Comics Editorial Entertainment Obituaries Sports Television Womens News 9 8 G 5 2 7 5 4 By LEE LINDER Associated Press Writer FORTY FORT Pa AP Still missing 1200 bodies more or less from recked Forty Fort Cemetery Its a tragedy said Harry B Schooley Jr cemetery pres ident But for still shocked residents who live near the Susquehanna miles from the burial ground in northeastern a horror to find parts of bodies 12 weeks after the flooding caused by tropical storm Agnes The bodies were gouged out of their graves when the river swelled to record heights and tore through a dike on June 23 The river came roaring over the steel piling like ocean waves and began to lift the grass and dirt and knocked down the tombstones like matchsticks recalled ceme tery caretaker John Novak It was frightful I saw vaults and caskets popping out of the ground Bodies tumbled out of broken boxes Some look ed like they were standing or walking on the water Schooley a bank trust officer in nearby WilkesBarre said 2000 bodies at least and maybe 2500 were washed See FLOODWATER Page 2 By OLIN BRIGGS Robesonian Staff Writer City Council polished off a routine agenda in near record time Monday night finishing the nights work in less than an hour There were no hitches as the council gave final approval to the West Lumberton Neigh Development Project a multimillion dollar develop ment plan which is tied into the controversial Glenn Street Bridge Gerry Hill Executive Director of the Redevelopment Com mission had hardly settled into his chair when the council gave final approval to the project which includes a public housing project to be built near the Glenn Street Bridge The required public hearings on the West Lumberton Project were held earlier and nothing came up to impede the progress on the projects second year However Mayor Earl Musselwhite suggested that the council meet jointly with the Redevelopment Commission Thursday night at pm in council chambers No subject for the meeting was announced Ingram Hedgepeth attorney for Twin States Builders won council approval for a 91 acre housing subdivision to be built just outside the city limits on 7th Street Road Hedgepeth told the council that his firm would run the water line up to the point where the citys water and sewer con end just inside the city limits The tract will be broken into 210 lots according to the plans submitted to the council The project is to be called CEMETERY City Attorney Luther Britt told the council he had been unable to establish the ownership of the old Hollywood Cemetery located on East 2nd Street Council agreed to have the city work crews take over the task of cleaning up the cemetery which at one time was used for burial of poor people who died while living at the old county home which at the time was located nearby However the council chose to make the action a af See W LUMBERTON Page 2 Garbage Battle Erupts Again Over Terminology By DELORES BRIGGS Robesonian Staff Writer The second skirmish of Robesons garbage franchise battle fought out briefly in Superior Court yesterday once again centered around the meaning of the word garbage and the legality of the franchise The two lawsuits heard concurrently by Judge Henry McKinnon in civil session Monday afternoon were brought by the holders of the countys garbage franchises against those collectors still picking up trash and garbage in the county The attorneys for both sides relied heavily on facts in at the July lawsuit involving Lafayette Tran Service After hearing additional testimony from Wayne Rabon of Suburban Sanitation Service and Cooper Logan of Logan Disposal Service Judge McKinnon gave the attorneys until Monday to present their arguments to him in writing He indicated that he hoped to have a decision on the matter before the current session of civil court is over NO GARBAGE MEN In the course of yesterdays session both Rabon and Logan Over 90 Drive Workers Attend Kickoff Community Concert Membership Campaign Gets Under Way Here By LEE HAMILTON Entertainment Editor More than 90 workers and officials of the Lumberton Community Concert Association gathered Monday night at he Restaurant here to give a resounding kickoff to the 197273 membership campaign which will be under way al week Headlining the concert season this year will be a per by Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians on January 30 1973 The other two presentations will be the Ronnie Kole Trio on Nov 17 the opener and the National Ballet of Washington D C on March Is 1973 President James Cheek pointed out that the goal for this years membership campaign is 1300 a number chosen because of the seating capacity of the Lumberton Senior High School auditorium where the Community Con cert presentations are held MEMBERSHIP COST Adult memberships this year as for the 197172 season are each and for students There is a special family plan by which for a total of two adults and all students living in the home are entitled to tickets Mrs Eve Lauder Columbia Concerts representative and a resident of Albemarle pointed out to the workers that in the past period the concert associations budget has increased by nearly 50 per cent The entire budget she said for the Lumberton association two years ago was and a year ago it was budget for the upcoming season Mrs Lauder explained is a whopping indicative of even higher quality presentations to come AREA CANVASS Workers will not only be canvassing Lumberton but all other communities in Robeson County and several towns outside Robeson All members of the association for the 1971 72 series will be contacted for renewals and nonmembers and new residents of the city and surrounding areas will be called upon by workers wherever possible Membership Chairman Mrs Elwood Coley pointed out that those persons wishing to renew or buy new memberships and not contacted by a worker may do so by mail to Community Concerts P 0 Box No 1 Lumberton or by calling the campaign headquarters at 7385331 anytime during the hours from 10 am and pm daily The campaign closes on Saturday at pm See CONCERT Page 2 OFFICERS AND COMMITTEE chairmen along with more than 90 workers gathered Monday night to kickoff the Lumberton Community Concerts annual membership campaign From left standing are Miss Alice Kelly treasurer Miss Lillian Beasley secretary Dr C P Osborne publicity chairman Jim Cheek president Mrs Eve Lauder Columbia Concerts representative and Mrs David Cross cochairman for out memberships Seated are Mrs Worth Womick Jr membership Mrs Elwood Coley membership chairman and Mrs Hector MacLean patrons chairman Norment Photo maintained that they were primarily in the business of picking up and disposing of Delegation Of N Koreans Visit Seoul SEOUL AP The first del of North Koreans to visit South Korea in 27 yean arrived in Seoul today for the second round of Red Cross talks seeking to arrange the re union of 10 million Korean fam ilies separated since the end of World War II Observers expect the meeting Wednesday to be largely ceremonial like the opening session in Pyongyang last month More than a million South Koreans lined the streets wav ing and cheering to welcome the visitors from the North A newsman from the North Ko rean government paper said it was a heartwarming and emotional sight to see so many South Korean citizens welcom ing us with such enthusiastic applause There were no crowds when the South Koreans visited Pyongyang last month Tots Drowning Is Believed To Be Murder The death of Latina Carol Scott early Sunday night was actually a drowning but investigating officers have also concluded it was murder A girl neighbor of the Scott family is being given a hearing today before Judge Samuel E Britt in the case She is believed mentally deranged Deputy Sheriff Luther San derson said he was called to the Scott home after the father Kenneth Scott missed the child and began a search Sanderson and Deputy Bobby Sessoms went to the scene and the child was found in a small pond on the Sammy Cox property Deputy Sanderson said he believed the child had been In the water about an hour An autopsy revealed that death was due to drowing The deputy was concerned that such a young child could wander that far and continued investigation until the girl ad mitted she had thrown the baby into the pond Funeral services will be conducted Wednesday at 4 pm at Oak Grove Church by the Rev Grover Oxendine and the Rev Melvin Bell Burial will be in Oxendine Cemetery Surviving besides the parents Mr and Mrs Kenneth Scott are her brothers Michael Lynn and Kenny Ray Scott of the home
