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? "We cannot know where
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know where we have been."
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^ by Bnict Barton
Bobby Jerry Locklear
looking to the past for
answer* to the identity
Just finished reading the
first issue of "Historical and
Genealogical Bi-Monthly ma
gazine... Indian Nations of the
Eastern United States." The
magazine is edited by Bobby
Jerry Locklear under the
auspices of BJL Publications.
Bobby Jerry Locklear, 30,
resides near Maxton with his
wife, Marilyn, and their three
children. In a recent inter
view, I found him to be a very
intersting man.
I have a theory that the
Indian leaders of the future
are going to have to be strong
men with spiritual depth and
moral character. They are
going to have to stand in the
breech and not be distracted
by the ebb and flow of society.
I believe Bobby Jerry Locklear
is that kind of man.
His mission is to explore
the past so that the future can
be charted with some degree
of certainty. The magazine
will be published every two
weeks. You will find a sub
scription form elsewhere in
the Carotina Indian Voice. I
recommend Bobby Jerry
Lock!ear and his publishing
venture to you.
That's die key...find out
who your forebears were. In a
foreward in the first issue of
his magazine, Locklear said,
"This magazine will be the
instrument of an examination
of the Eastern United States
Indian Nations...I began my
personal genealogical resear
ch in October '79. It was at my
maternal grandmother's fun
eral, Callie McGirt, that I
made a committment to sear
ch and find opt who my
forefathers were. I wanted to
know my Indian blood lines,
but I had no historical Indian
identity except that gleaned
from my paternal grandmo
ther, Mary Cattie Locklear..."
Locklear says, "The day
has arrived that all Indians
will receive an opportunity to
closely examine all records of
the Indian tradition, historical
records and the motives of all
the historians. This magazine
will be an instrument in
bringing these records before
the reader, and will present
the facts add supporing evi
dence. It will then be the
reader's perogative to judge
the historians and their re
cords."
The Carolina Indian Voice
has a saying, "You cannot
know where you are going if
you do not know where you
have been." The answers are
going to be found by men like
Bobby Jerry Lockiear who
dare to explore the past and
document their findings.
' Some people are surprised
when they find out that I
never graduated from a col
lege or university. Of course
my distractors smirk and say,
"no wonder a double negative
creeps in occasionally."
My hither. Lew Barton, did
graduate from Pembroke
State and later received a
master's degree in English
Literature from the University
of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
He and my mother, Bema
Barton, the most educated
person 1 ever met, had nine
children. All of us are rea
sonably bright but somehow
none of us ever went to
college. Except for my baby
brother. JLicky Mitchell Bar
ton. He =
add icing on the cake, my
wife, Barbara, also graduat
ed.
The rest of the Bartons
applaud them madly. 1 am
proud of both of diem. It s
o.k. to be educated, of course,
unless it makes a fool of you.
I'm glad to report that both
Ricky and Barbara remain
approachable and sufferable,
Iin spite of their educated
ways.
Talk of sax draws a
sparse crowd
It was billed as a "For
males only" workshop. And
publicized with the tantalizing
question: "Want to talk sex?"
Evidently not. The workshop
held at the Pembroke Resque
Squad Tuesday night drew
few Indian males, seemingly
the targeted audience.
The workshop was spon
sored by the local family
planning branch of the North
Carolina Department of Hu
man Resources, a consortium
made up of staffers from the
Robeson County Health De
partment and related service
agencies.
Participants included Larry
I Bruce Johnson, a school
counselor from Hamlet; Den
nis O'Brien, director of the
Southeastern Regional Men
1 tal Health Center, Anthony
Valenti. a teacher at Prospect
School; Lloyd Home, health
director, Hoke County Health
Department; Reg Simpson,
health educator, Scotland
County Health Department;
and Dwight McDowell, a
health investigator from the
Robeson County Health De
partment.
There were more staff
people than audience. But
that's o.k. Sex is a frightening
subject to moot of us.
behind closed doors.
The panelists talked about
male sexuality, the anatomy j
of the male and female sex
organs, venereal disease,
methods of birth control and
mote, h was an interesting
sesskft) ,
Sex. n fascinates all of us,
as long as -we don't have to
talk about it. I hope the
organizers will not become
discouraged by the small
crowd. It takes a lot of
courage to talk about sex in
front of our friends and
neighbors. But they ought to
keep trying. Sex is the most
talked about and least under
stood subject under the sun.
I was embarrassed by the
small crowd but encouraged
by the noble attempt to bring
the subject out of the closet,
locker room and the dark
recesses of our minds,
e ? e e
The man or woman
without faith in anything
or anyone gives evidence
against themselves.
? ? * *
Regardless of what
some people say, most of
us want to do the right
thing, even though we
don't do it.
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The -
Sunday
School
Lesson
A Ministry of the
Bumi Swamp
Baptist Association ?
BY lev. Weltou Lewiy *
Revelations: Chapter 6-7
Focal Passage-Rev. 7:9-17
Many different interpreta
tions are expressed in ex
plaining this part from the last
book of the Bible. Let us
remember Chapter lr3 of the ?
blessings for thosewho read |
Revalations, those who hear]
and those who keep those!
things which are written f
therin: for the time is at hand. 1
The first eight verses deal t
with two groups of people. I
One group is composed of}
144,000 Jews. Why twelve I
tribes with twelve thousand 1
each? We have read several i
interpretations, 1 am satisfied |
that they are safe. The other 1
group includes you and I with I
people of all corners of the I
earth who have accepted 1
Jesus as Savior by faith, I
bringing about a washing
away of our sins and present
ing us as clothed with white
robes. White is of course, the
heavenly color; white thrones;
wuite horses are in this book,
inu the white is not of dead
but lustrous, like our Lord's
garment on the Mount of
Transfiguration. The dress,
(he habit of the spirits is of
lustrous purity, or glory to put
it in one word. We are
cleansed by Christ's blood
and are perfect in all and all
fit for Heaven and dressed in I
his rightoncn*** Shouldn't J
we sing, praise, and adore
Him forever? The angels
stand outside the redeemed
because the saved are closer
to God than the angels. When
we were created we were a
little lower than angels, but
redeemed, we became higher
than the angels.
Verse twelve is an expres
sion of unlimited thanksgiv
ing. Unlimited thanksgiving is
when we get sight of God at
last. They are here today; the
same best grounds for unlim
ited thanksgiving. We now
should be thankful for:
1. God's love displayed in
Christ. |
2. Our opportunity to grow as
sons of God. 1
3. Our privilege to work for
Christ and our fellow men.
4. The glorious meit and
women we have known and
know now.
Everyone should be thanks
giving.
The Twenty-third Psalms is
the present shepherd of his
earthly children and it be
comes a heavenly reality in
verse seventeen. God be- j
comes the Father 6f our !
comfort for He has perfected a I
place of paradise free of ]
trouble resulting in the end I
icating of tears. Psalms 16:10
says "In thy presnMd is j
fullness of joy. Amen." i
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Barbara mmI Kkky Barton
proudly dlaplav their d^lo
?mm fron Pembroke State
University.
MeDUFFIE
CUMMINOS
FOR
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Robeson County Sheriff
THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE
?Crime continues to increase
in Robeson County. Let's
work towards solving this
prihlim by VOTING FOR A
CHANGE Is the SHERIFF'S
DEPARTMENT.
VOTE MePUFFIE j
CUMMINGS FOR SHERIFF!
L ?A vote for Cummings is a
w vote far integrity and Christ- *
ian principle as well as
capable leadership.
-Rev. Jamoo D. Dial J|
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Earfie B. Maynor
A #1 Volunteer
I'?}.
Mr. Eartie B. Maynor, volnn
teer, is shows shove address
ing local stndents. His perfect -
attendance pins from Mt.
Olive Pentecostal Holiness
Church arc shown oa his Mat
to the right. These pins are
always a highlight for the
photo]
by Connee Brayboy
Volunteers in the Robeson
County School System come
from varied backgrounds.
Among them is EarHe B.
Maynor of Pembroke.
Mr. Maynor's background
includes many business
interests. He served as mayor
of the Town of Pembroke for
seven years. He taught school
in the county system for 25
years. He helped set up the
Commission of Indian Affairs
and served as its head for four
years. For six years, Mr.
Maynor owned and operated
Indian Maid Manufacturing
Company in Pembroke. A
factory which employed 140
employees.
Mr. Maynor's volunteer
program evolved from a clus
ter meeting which was held
earlier this year at Prospect
School. At this meeting spon
sored by the Adopt-A-Schools
Program, a component of the
Community Schools Program,
each principal had 10 slots to
fill with volunteers. James
Dial, principal of Pembroke
?
BmMMv School had Mr.
Maynor on his list. From this
meeting. Mr. Maynor decided
to adopt the enthn school
system. He has visited eight
schools recently and address
ed 400 students in grades 3-8.
Maynor's program includes
visual aids, the daily news
paper and he talks to the
students about OMbaw. He
explains to them that almost
everything they do in life
includes obeying some kind of
rule. He always concludes his
presentation to the students
with a rendition on his
harmonica.
Archie Oxen dine, director
of the Robeson County Com
munity Schools Program, sta
ted that the students were
really enthused about Mr.
Maynor's program. He repor
ted that Mr. Maynor always
asks the students how many
of them attend Sunday Scho
ol. He then displays his
perfect attendance pins from
Mt. Olive Pentecostal Holi
ness Church in Pembroke. He
has had 21 years of perfect
attendance at that church. He
serves as a Deacon there and
has taught Sunday School for
30 years. The students are
always fascinated by this and
make promises to attend
Sunday School regularly them
selves.
Mr. Maynor has attended
Mr. Maynor has already
earned his T-shirt from the
Governor's Office far volun
teering fifty hours to school
students. He is in excess of
that and continues to visit the
various schools. Mr. Maynor
attended the recent Volunteer
Workshop in Greensboro spoo
sored by the State Depart- ^
ment of Public Instruction. r
Why does he spend so
many of his retirement hours
in volunteer service? "If I can)
get one child interested in
Sunday School....or get one '
child to change the direction .
of his life...it will be worth all
the time and expenses involv
ed. 1 do believe that tome
times children just need some
one to encourage them...some
one to say you can be what
ever you want to be...You can
do whatever you want to do....
Who knows how many of the
students Fve talked to will
begin to attend Sunday School |
regularly?....My visit might
be the turning point in some
student's life...If so. I'm
humbled by it and always
thankful to God for the
oppport unity to help someone
along life's way."
Manhunt
Continues
LUMBERTON ? FBI agents
continued their search Wednesday
for a Robeson County man ac
r cused of shooting at federal agents
who tried to arrest him Friday.
Huel Locklear, 36, was still at
large Wednesday night, according
to a clerk in the FBI's Charlotte
office.
Looklcar reportedly fired at
three agents with armor-piercing
bullets as they attempted to arrest
him on charges of robbing a
Charleston, S.C., bank. Officials
said there were no injuries in the
incident, which occurred near
Locklear's home on State Road
1166 near Lumberton.
Names Park
For Jacobs
HOPE MILLS ? The Hope Mills
Board of Commissioners named
the northern Brower Park ball fie Id
off Rockfish Road Thursday night
in honor of the late Calvin "Jack"
Jacobs, who died April 18.
In a resolution adopted Thurs
day night, the commissioners
praised Jacobs for his civic
leadership and municipal recre
ational activities.
During an executive session,
board memberfs discussed Hope
Mills Police Department personnel
needs caused by the recent re
signation of Capt John Hodges,
assistant police chief.
An agenda was completed for
the dedication ceremony for Hope
Mills Muncipal Park on Rockfish
Raod at 9 a.m. Saturday.
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"LET'S PUT THE CHILDREN FIRST"
QUALIFICATIONS:
?Certified in Educational )
Administration /
?Experienced in Government
?Extensive Business )
Experience )
?Concerned Parent: The Only
Candidate with Children
(Four) In The Local )
Public Schools
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( LARRY T. BROOKS
| GOALS as your County Commissioner: |
| ?The Highest Priority for Public Education
I *A Public School System Second to None
?Elimination of Outmoded Physical Facilities |
and Mobile Classroom Units |
?Eliminate the Waste of Five (5) Local School |
Systems (i
| ?No Teacher or Chile! Should be Subjected to the |
| Combination Classroom (2 grades in 1 room) jj
| ?Reduction in Class Size ))
Paid for By The Committee To Elect Larry T. Brooke ft .