Rowland Parade Next in Line Ali Rockett Orrum, Will Lead the Parade As Staff Writer Begins Saturday at 10 A.M
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Lumberton, N.C. Established 1870 www.robesonian.com Heartland Publications, LLC All Rights Reserved Friday November 25, 2011 Volume 141 No. 206 he obesonian Daily T R Sunday 50¢ $1 City man dies in boating accident Staff report Wilmington, the fishermen were returning p.m. and dark when the boat struck the the damaged boat back to the station, to shore about 3 p.m. when they contacted southern jetty at Masonboro Inlet. He told where emergency medical medical person- WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH — A 71-year- the Coast Guard and reported what they the Star News that it was likely the men nel were waiting. A coroner pronounced old Lumberton man on a salt-water fishing believed was engine trouble. The fisher- believed they were at the Carolina Beach Bryant dead at the scene. trip died Tuesday night after the boat he men said they couldn’t get the boat to go inlet, but entered the wrong inlet because The boat reportedly had a hole in the was on struck a rock jetty. more than 8 mph. it was dark. The Carolina Beach inlet does side below the water line and was taking Henry Bryant was fishing with two According to Wildlife Resources not have a rock jetty. on water. According to officials, the boat other men from Lumberton when on the Commission Officer Fred Gorchess, the A member of the crew contacted the would have sunk if it had not been towed return trip from Frying Pan Shoals their men turned on the bilge pump and after Coast Guard to report that one of the men by the Coast Guard. boat, the 20-foot-long center-console Sea some water was pumped out of the boat, on the boat was seriously hurt. The names of the men who were fishing Hunt, rammed into the jetty at Masonboro the Sea Hunt picked up speed and drove According to reports, a 25-foot boat with Bryant were not available. Inlet. fine. from Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Bryant is survived by his wife and two According to the Star News of Gorchess said that it was about 6:30 Beach responded. The Coast Guard towed children. Shoppers hunting for deals Shots fired at Cross Creek Mall Mae Anderson Associated Press Thousands of shoppers lined up at Macy’s, Best Buy and other stores nationwide to buy every- thing from toys to tablets on Black Friday despite the econom- ic downturn and some planned protests of the shopping holiday. Some stores had crowds rush- ing in when they opened their doors at midnight — several hours earlier than they normally do on the most anticipated shop- ping day of the year. A few that even opened on Thanksgiving Day were filled with shoppers. The openings were mostly peaceful, but Los Angeles author- ities say 20 people at a local Amanda Munger | Robesonian Walmart store suffered minor Nearly 20 volunteers put together more than 300 meals Thursday for needy families, shut-ins and elderly citizens. injuries when a woman used pep- per spray to gain a “competitive” shopping advantage shortly after the store opened on Thursday “Around evening. In Fayetteville, N.C., Sacred Pathways serves up Thanksgiving, peo- police are looking for two people after gunfire erupted early today ple start to think at Cross Creek Mall. Adding to that, there are planned pro- of what they are tests in places like Chicago and Thanksgiving for the needy thankful for and Washington, D.C. to get people to reconsider shopping at national Amanda Munger spent part of his Thanksgiving thinks it is the perfect way to what they have. chains on Black Friday. Staff writer helping to prepare more spend the holiday. Elsewhere, about 600 shoppers than 300 meals for shut-ins, “Thanksgiving is the most … The holidays were in line at a Target store in PEMBROKE — Each meal elderly residents and needy important time of year because open people’s eyes Brooklyn in New York when it that Vinson Jacobs helps pre- families during Thanksgiving you don’t have to worry about opened at midnight. By the time pare on Thanksgiving in some Community Day at the giving anything, except maybe to those that are it opened, also at midnight, nearly way honors his late son. Pembroke Fire Department. love,” Jacobs said. “… There 2,000 shoppers wrapped around a Jacobs’ son, 28-year-old “When we meet a person isn’t that Christmas pressure. without, but peo- Best Buy store in St. Petersburg, Vinson Corey Jacobs, died in who is homeless or hungry, It’s a humble time for me.” Fla. And more than 9,000 people 2005 as a homeless person. it is our Christian duty to Inside the station, about 20 ple are without all were outside the flagship Macy’s “When he passed, it bur- feed them,” Jacobs said as he volunteers formed a receiving year long.” store in New York’s Herald Square dened me to help someone warmed up ham on the grill. line, filling up Styrofoam con- at its midnight opening. else,” Jacobs said. Jacobs has helped out all — Christie Poteet Jacobs, a Pembroke resident, six years of this event, and he See SERVES | A3 See DEALS | A3 Rowland parade next in line Ali Rockett Orrum, will lead the parade as Staff writer Begins Saturday at 10 a.m. its grand marshal. Santa Claus will ride atop the town’s antique ROWLAND — The town of local merchants and store own- set to begin at 10 a.m. Line-up fire truck, followed by a herd of Rowland is decking its halls, ers for the best decorated store will start at 9 a.m. at Rowland hoofed animals to include horses streets and store windows in windows, with the winners being Middles School. and oxen. anticipation of its annual announced today. The parade will start at the The parade will also include Christmas parade on Saturday. The frosted windows and spar- school, proceed toward U.S. 301 classic cars, antique tractors, The town’s Celebrations kling trees will set a wintry on Main Street, then round the race cars, queen and kings. WALTERS: The senator will Committee is hosting a friendly backdrop for the 75- to 100-unit block back to the school. serve as grand marshal of the yuletide competition among its flotilla on Saturday, which is Sen. Michael Walters, of See PARADE | A8 Rowland Cristmas parade. WEATHER INDEX OBITUARIES SPORTS Classifieds . 5B Mary Sellers, 64, Lumberton Comics . 4B Henry Bryant Jr., 71, of Lumberton Vashtie McEachern, 74, Lumberton Big game Editorial . 4A Ruby Pittman, 85, Fairmont Nation . 5A Jeffrey Jones, 51, Lumberton Arkansas and LSU Religion . 6A Shirley Britt, 57, Lumberton Sports . 1B Joseph Locklear, 70, Pembroke meet in a clash of SEC Charlie Chandler Sr., 83, Raeford West powerhouses. State . 2A James Church, 37, St. Pauls World . 10A 69/54 Page 8A Page 1B 20% OFF ENTIRE STORE Excludes Phone Cards | Expires 3/31/12 Cell Phones & Ladies Puses, Perfume, & Cell Phone Accessories Men & Women’s Clothing *Brand Names For Less* 2755 N. Roberts Ave • Lumberton, NC (910) 739-2004 2A — The RobesoniAn, FRidAy, novembeR 25, 2011 STATE www.robesonian.com Marine Corps supporters seek museum for Carolinas JACKSONVILLE (AP) said. "We use layers that — Marine Corps support- shift from roughened to ers near Camp Lejeune smooth and walls that run are launching a national through the building. It effort to build a $12 mil- tells the story of the rough lion museum document- civilians, the individuals ing the service's histo- who enter boot camp and ry in North and South emerge as refined, elite Carolina. Marines," he said. Dubbed "Museum of The museum will be the Marine," backers see privately funded, but the visitors entering a spi- city of Jacksonville has ral-shaped building that pledged $1 million in tax- recreates the image of payer funds for the con- Marines advancing from struction of the building, the sea to shore on the said city manager Richard crest of a wave. Woodruff. "The history here is "We are very proud of very rich, very important, the fact that we are con- and it needs to be told," sidered the home of the says retired Marine Col. Marines," Woodruff said. Bill Ayers, the interim Dave Brown, another executive director for the retired Marine who works effort. Associated Press as the executive director The museum will show- Depicted artist rendering of what the ‘Museum of the Marine’ would look like is courtesy of www.museumofthemarine.org. of the Second Marine case the service's devel- Division Association, said opment of amphibious years in the Reserves, Navy is leasing the group architect on the project Its garden-like setting he thinks the group will and airborne battle tac- said Marines are taught a 27-acre site for the for the architectural firm includes water and rough- need to raise $28 million tics along the shores of they are a special, elite museum for $1 annually, CMJW, said the building ened materials that merge overall to fund the $12 North Carolina, as well as fighting force from the Ayers said. is designed on the Marine into smoother forms, he million building, the col- the inclusion of females moment they enter basic The land is just outside theme "of riding ashore said. lections and its ongoing and the training of the training. the Marine Corps base on the crest of a wave." "It's a big spiral," Lahr operation. first blacks to serve in its "Marine Corps history and next to the Lejeune ranks. is taught from Day One Memorial Gardens, In contrast to other and it never stops," said where a site is dedicat- "257&5'4-&)'%// military-centered col- Ayers, 72.