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??=-?-wsa? a < ?t VT~ 1T IIIIBI A forarunnar of tha modarn computar mm craatad in 1642 whan Blaita Pascal built for hit fathar a small machina that oould add and subtract and was work ad by gaarad whaalt. ? M 1 . I ? Bfi III > m ? m . mi Forerunners of newspapers in Roman times were written newsletters sent by Roman scribes to businessmen and politicians in cities far from the center of the empire. I LRDA IN ACTION ( AGRICULTURE AWARDS BANQUET TICKETS AVAILABLE Tickets for the Agricul ture Awards Banquet, to be held Saturday. July 3, 1982 at 4 p.m. in the PSU Auxiliary Gym. are now on sale. Call 521-8602 or come by the LRDA Public Relations Office located at the Revels Motel Complex on Highway 711 East in Pembroke, rickets are S3 each and door prizes will be given away. T SHIRTS ON SALE LRDA's Community Food and Nutrition Project and LRDA's Talent Search Project have a limited number of specially and beautifully designed T-shirts bn sale. Blazoned.across the top of the T-shirt are the wordfc: "Luna bee Homecoming." There is a striking picture of an Indian head encompassed is en eye ??t^fg circle, with horixoa tal line* that indicate the passing of tine; a rising/ setting sun thai typifies the passing of an old era aad the birth of a aew ana; and stars and stripes that symbolize Lumbee Homecoming, an ac tive part of the New America, while remaining the epitome of the national American- still a Patriot! Words alone could never begin to describe d^e beauti ful T-shirts. You must see- or better yet, buy and wear-one to believe it! Call the CFNP statt at 521-8642 or the Talent Search staff af 521-8664. l ad Foundry Restaurant ? Scene of Homecoming Activities LMbtrtM, M.C.-A wise iw once proclaimed: "You can not know where you aie going. if you do not know who* you have been." With this peemise in mind, the theme for Lumbee Home coming 1982 is: "Keeping Lumbee Pride Alive." In this same vein. Lumbee Homecoming 1982. sponsored by Lumbee Regional Develop ment Association. will begin with a "Kick Off Dance" Wednesday. June 30. at Old Foundry Restaurant in Lum Coronation Bail will alao be held at Old Fouadty Restau rant. Friday. July 2. With the rich Indian history of Old Foundry Restaurant, owned and operated by Hu bert Oxendine (A Lumbee). k is mote than appropriate that Lumbee Homecoming 19B2 begins here. Lumbee Homecoming real izes that it is not necessary to dwell upon the past. How ever, while struggling with the present and equipping oneself to handle die future, it is good and proper to take an occasional backwards glance. If for no other reason than to keep things in their proper prospective while helping us appreciate dur present kit or position in life, let us travel back in time. To 1946. When racial prejudice was rampant, j at times causing a warped mentality to prevail. I History af Old Foundry The present owner of Old | Foundry Restaurant, Hubert I Oxendine, was discharged from the Army in 1945. He began working with his (now deceased) brother, Hilton Oxendine, who operated a single-car garage on Highway 41 in Fairmont. The small garage, that dabbled in sel ling used cars also, was located next to a station operated by his mother. Hubert and Hilton Oxen dine's parents, the late Til mon Oxendine (an Indian) and Daisy Snipes Oxendine (white) were one of the first I mixed marriages in the area. Prejudices were so rife at one I time in their early marriage, | the young couple was forced I to flee to South Carolina in i order to find refuge. They eventually ventured back to Fairmont to deal with the then warped mentality of the time that considered such a mar riage a taboo. The small garage, which Hilton Oxendine had been renting for some time, was 'sold out from under them. The white owner lived in another state. Said Hubert: "We knew nothing ,abo?qJ?? sale until the new owSar arrived one day. He gave us 5 days to vacate the premises' and move everything off his property. We lost a number of cars we had for sale because we simply couldn't move them in time." "Using money accumulated by Hilton," said Mr. Hubert, "we bought a 50' by 350' tract of land at the present site of Old Foundry, here on 5th Street in Lumberton." He smiled: "It was hard for an Indian to buy land in Lumber ton then. I don't know if it was an ordinance, or if it was just an understanding among the land owners that you do not sell land to Indians." The present site of Old Foundry Restaurant was con sidered in the country at the ime of its purchase by the ixendines in 1946. It has since then been incorporated nto the Lumberton City Lim ts. "We didn't know it at the me," Mr. Hubert stated, ashing his ever-present nile, "but we had bought )thing but a big hole. We ad to haul dirt in to fill the lole before we could begin ouilding the Restaurant." The hole was used by an old cast iron foundry business formerly located on the site that manufactured cast iron grates for the stoves. The building was constructed by Mr. Hubert and his two brothers-the late Hilton Oxen din* who was the okjest. and Dobbs. Sr. who was between Hubert and Hitam in age. The reason the business became a success, according to Mr. Hubert, was "Because me and Hilton pooled our resources. We worked to gether. If you done something to Hilton, you done something to me. We were close." After the building was constructed, the three Osen dines were faced with the task of choosing a name for the business. "We considered naming it 'The 3 Little Indians'," revealed Mr. Hu bert. "But, despite this, every time a truck driver, or a customer, would ask for direc tions, people would tell them; 'you know where the old foundry was?" "We realized then," smil ed Mr. Hubert, "that the place already had a name. So we changed the name on a new neon sign our front and it's been called Old Foundry ever since." Shortly after opening for business in July, 1946, Dobbs Sr. parted company with his brothers and moved to the New York area. He sold cars there for 25 years before returning to open a car lot in Lumberton. "In the 40's. 50 s and 60's, " according to Mr, Hubert, "Indians could not go into a' restaurant and sit down to eat. If he wanted to order food he had to stand outside until his order was ready. Then he had to take his food off the premises before he could eat II**' Old Foundry Restaurant was the first restaurant in the Lumberton area to allow Indians to sit down and enjoy a meal in an eating establish ment. Also, most public bus inesses had 3 different bath room facilities--1 for whites, 1 for Indians and I for Blacks. Old Foundry Restaurant, ac cording to Mr. Hubert, never complied with standard preju diced procedure. There was only one bathroom per sex for all races in Old Foundry Hfftauunl In all liktilfMg. Old Foundry was the first, to break the ice in this regard, also. "It used to be hard," said Mr. Hubert. "Highway 301 used to come right by our place (now 5th St.) If a white traveler or customer came into the restaurant and saw a dark face, he would load up his family and simply walk out. I've seen as many as 3 car loads at a time get up and leave. It was heart-breaking. Especially at first when money was so tight. "Although we owned the restaurant and land, lien free," Mr. Hubert explained, "local banks refused to lend us $500 because we were Indian." "If I would have changed the spelling of my last name to E-x-e-n-d-i-n-e instead of O-x-e-n-d-i-n-e," he kidded, "things would probably have been easier for us. But we weren't in it just for money; we were proud to be Indians and thought In dians deserved a place where they could sit down and eat with their heads held high." "Throughout it all," Mr. Oxendine maintains, "the doors of Old Foundry Restau rant have been open to Indians." "That's why." he flashed his smile again, "I am glad to see that Lumbee Regional Development Association has not forgotten the past, even though it's evident their eyes are on the future." ?Alt schools in the Robeson County School System have achieved full state accreditation by the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction; ?New and modern facilities have been completed at East Robeson Primary School. Pembroke Elementary School and South Robeson High School and new facilities are underway for West Robeson High School and are proposed for North Robeson High School with additional facilities and renovations at existing school sites; ?A high level of support has been given to identifying additional resources for improved educational programs and services in the Robeson County Schools including: -The establishment of the Hilly Branch Vocational Center to provide for vocational, technical and career orientation and training, advanced studies, and date processing and computer programming; -The Community Schools Program which has elicited a broad base of community support and involvement by extending the role of the school into the larger community; -The Title I Reading and Math programs which have contributed to imrpvoed student achievement and performance on standardized tests in grades 1-7, with students scoring at the national average on mathematics during the 1981-82 school year; -Title IV Indian Education funds have contributed to expanded educational opportunities for gifted and talented students, cultural enrichment programs, focus on improved student performance on standardized and competency testing, and provision for medical and dental services to eligible students; -Identification, recruitment and referrals of students interested in pursuing health careers and related professions through the Health Careers Project, and -Additional programs focusing on improved school attendance, drop-outs, out of school programs and alternatives to suspension. MMMMUMiimMiMiiMnnfflSMRianMuiiiiiiiiiuiiniimiuiininnnRiianflniBUflbiiflaiimimi RE-ELECT Lillian Faye | Locklear DISTRICT IV i ?Pembroke ?Burnt Swamp ?Raft Swamp *Union A Vote For LILLIAN FA YE Will Maintain Progressive Leadership for Quality Education in the Robeson County Schools ?Board policies have been developed to initiate teacher and administrator performance evaluation; incentives for teachers to pursue advanced study; teacher assignments in accordance with training, experience and certification, and the establishment of a division of testing, research and evaluation; ? * a ?Successful negotiations for a smooth transition during merger of the Robeson County Schools and the Maxton City Schools. )? M?W?UMMI??IliliWIIIIIIIHIHIimilllllllllMKW^???BUMM?i? [ SAM R. NOBLE I j To The NORTH CAROLINA j STATE SENATE j And You Will | Vote For A Candidate Who: i * Hm demonstrated continuing support far equal rights and human rights of all citizens; * Has continuously supported equality d opportunity for All. citizens; I ? Has supported legislation for the special needs and Interests of a special constituency--White, | * Has continuously supported quality education and Improved education; * Has continuously supported STRIKE AT THE WIND with state grants and resources, and * Has the Experience at the local government level to work to ensure participatory governance involving local, state and federal Involvement, and * Has nmdaiit avaRaMo and srrsaafcis to dtiseas of Us dbtrict while ssrvtug In the Legislature 1 and wll remain so aftor the ballots have boon counted. VOTE TO 1 RE-ELECT I I SAM R. NOBLE j 1 FOK j I ISTATE SENATE I J The Candidate For ALL The People Paid for hy PEMBROKE Supports* of SENATOR SAM NOBLE * u ^ "Old Finty imwl" ? h fptwl hi l?4i wh? Bwl baft. The late Htttoa Oxeadl? [Owner of Old Fooadry] PROGRESSIV E savings & loon, ltd. | / * MONTH C MOMYMAMH ) 13.281% Rat* Iff*clh?* thru Jun* S ?10,000 MINIMUM DiPOflIT ? MONTH nwMmli BSfflL. / f TO * months \ \iJowiY emwKAn/ 11.00% Rata Effaettva Thru Jww M i jm DEPOSIT 30 DAYS TO ? MO. MATURITY n*At rt KM tAIKT WlMOtAWM 8%" MM Minimum ??lunou NO SERVICE CHARGE FOR - BALANCE DEPOSITS INSURED UP TOSIQO.OOO BY NCSGC PROGRESSIVE savings &LOAN, US. niN Cov'tSq MEMBER NCSCC Lumbtrton N C 73I-W5
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