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"We cannot know where v
we are going if we do not
know where we have been. *
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1 by Bruce Barton j I
GUESS WHO'S PLAYING
HENRY BERRY Lowirs
DADDY? YEP! ME!
I guess you could cull it i
new challenge. Me as Allan
Lowry...Henry Berry Lowry's
daddy in 'Strike at the Wind!"
Carnell Locklear, the peri
patetic general manager of
the popular outdoor drama,
called me late one night
recently in a near panic.
Seems that the guy who was
to play "Pa" Lowry had to
quit for personal reasons. And
the season was nearing. Who
to get?
It seems, as best as I am
able to reconstruct it, that I
was the only one with my own
grey hair and on the other
forty
So, look for me Saturday
night in my first stage ap
pearance. 'Strike at the
Wind!' begins Saturday night
at Lakeside Amphitheatre on
the grounds of Riverside
Country Club, 3 miles west of
Pembroke (in the Red Banks
Community) on Highway 74
and the banks of the Lumbee
River.
1 am frankly looking for
ward to It. It's my own
personal shot at stardom,
although 1 am only in one
scene and I am killed im
mediately thereafter. Still, it
didn't take Carnell long to
convince me to try it.
This will be die 7th season
of Randolph Umberger's
'Strike at the Windl' begin
ning Saturday (July 3) and
continuing Thursday thru Sa
turday until August 28, 1982.
See you there! Showtime is
8:30 p.m. each Thursday,
Friday and Saturday nights.
POLITICS, ROBESON
COUNTY STYLE!
With three racial winds
blowing, Robeson County is
die strangest place on the face
of the earth. The primaries
Tuesday were as baffling as
ever.
For example, let's look at
Gary Lynn Locklear's race for
district court judge against
incumbent Judge John S.
Gardner. Locklear. an Indian,
came within 1.047 votes of
winning, according to unof
ficial totals. Judge Gardner
polled 12.297 to Locklear's
11,250. Including Scotland,
County totals. Locklear car
ried a whopping 1,804 votes to
Gardner's 127 in the Pem
broke Precinct Great, huh?
Until a note is made that
Pembroke only voted 50% of
the 4,156 voters registered.
Another 1,100 voters in the
Pembroke Precinct would
have carried the day for
Locklear.
Now, let's look at Lumber
ton 06, the predominately
Black precinct. Locklear trail
ed Gardner 595 to 408.
Seemingly, two factions are
operating in 06, with one
faction working for Locklear
and the other tacitly for
Gardner. The question arises:
why? Especially since Sidney
l?*s. the standard-beasee for
the Blacks in Robeson Coun
ty. carried 719 votes in
Pembroke. .Also, Bernard
Lowiy, Kke Locks a candidate
for the house, could only
muster 73 votes in #6.
Locks, according to unof
ficial totals, led the balloting
for the House of Represen
tatives. He will need Indian
support to survive a certain
run off. Will the Indians
support Locks, the Black, in
spite of Locklear's mere 408
votes in #6? I hope so...
because one of the races has
to over come the hard feelings
resulting from a race like
Tuesday s primary. I hope
the Indians will vote for
Locks, in spite of Locklear's
failure to carry the day in #6.
That's just one race. Every
?*ce has its own subleties, its
peculiar nuances, its own,
down-home Robeson County
style history. But we must
keep trying to effect a reas
onable coalition that will
survive the foibles of our res
pective power brokers. If not.
Indians and Blacks will con
tinue to come up short on
election day.
THANKS TO 'STRIKE AT
THE WIND!' FOR
ALLOWING ME TO TAG
ALONG TO THE
WORLD'S FAIR
1 was fortunate enough
to be allowed to travel with a
group from 'Strike at the
Wind!' to the World's Fair in
Knoxville, Tennessee last
week We^^nday morning
and returned Sunday night.
It was a nice and pleasant
experience. The trip was
made possible by a grant from
Robeson County. "Strike at
the Wind!" performed three
times Saturday at the North
Carolina Pavilion. Crowds
were responsive and excited
about the drama. I believe it
was money well spent. The
cast from our outdoor drama
represented Robeson County
and North Carolina well.
Pharmacist
tir**rd$
I A "cool soda" quenches the thirst A chocolate bar |
I satisfies the meat urge. A cup of coflse wakes you up. I
I But have you counted the cost? Th? plain facts are I
?sobering. Caffeintfound ohwtdoiitfy fnsodos, chocc ft
?late, and coffee is nifnoue to pour health The sccuntu* ?
?rapid heartbeat anxiety, and wore. Yet, m feed It to V
lour kids, ourselves, and think nothing about Itf
1 Caffein* Is a sqft bet far an axpewetoe futurtl .
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WHO WAS HAMILTON McMILLAN?
by Lew Barton
Hamilton McMillan was born August
29, 1837 in Cumberland County to
William McNeil and Ann Neiboo Mc
Neil. An only child, he was educated at
the University of North Carolina at.
Chapel Hill. 1 believe he was reared by a
grandfather who was a McMillan and
thus took his grandfather's name but 1
am certain as tothis.
A lawyer and teacher, he taught
Hebrew and Latin.. He was married
February 17, 1863 at the age of 28 . ^
It was in the latter part of the following
year (1864) that the interest of the young
man was sparked in the history of the
Indians of Robeson County as he was
present at a great concourse of them who
had met <b discuss their unbearable
plight.
George Lowry, the uncle of Henry
Berry Lowry, spoke movingly of the
several young Lumbees who lay dead
because of their refusal to be inducted
into a malaria-infested slave camp. The
Indians veiwed the situation as an overt
attempt to enslave them.
"We have always been free!" lament
eo George Lowry whom son* iay ucao
even now. And then he spelled oat
certain facts at oar history.
That meeting sparked a rebellion, led
by Henry Berry Lowry, probably also
present, which was to last for 10 years, h
has been called, among other things, the
Lowry Rebellion and also the Lowry
I I Uprising.
That meeting also sparked a haif
' century at scholarly investigation into the
historical background at the Lumbee
Indians by Hamilton McMillan.
McMillan was later elected to the
General Assembly of North Carolina
where he gained state recognition for the
Indians and established schools for
them. The first schools were established
in 1885 and In 1887, what is now
Pembroke State University was estab
lished.
This is the man a committee connected
with Pembroke State University current
ly seeks to memorialize. It is composed of
Adotph Dial, Chairman, Jack Sharpe,
Clifton Oxendine, Dr. Dalton Brooks,R.
D. McMillan and myself. Lew Barton.
Help us!
Cont'd from Page 1
DR. SAMPSON HEADS MATH DEPT.
sity in 1958, his M.A. in mathematics at
the University of Arkansas in 1965, and
his doctorate in mathematics education
at New York University in 1980.
His wife, the former Nancy P. Morgan
of Richmond, Va., also earned her
doctorate at New York University at the
same time. She is associate professor of
education and director of the Pre
school Center at Fayetteville State
University.
Prior to joining the faculty of Pem
broke State University in 1966, Dr.
Gilbert Sampson taught at >high schools
in Pembroke, Baltimore, Md., and
Ellicott City, Md. ?
He is a member of the Mathematics
Association of American, the American
Mathematical Society, the National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics, and
the Jean Piaget Society.
His scholarships, grants and fellow*
ships include a National Science Foun
dation Summer Institute in 1961, a
National Science Foundation Academic
Year Institute in 1964, a National
Teaching Fellowship in 1968, a Ford
Foundation Fellowship from 1971-74,
and a UNC Board of Governors Doctoral
Fellowship in 1979-80.
The Sampsons are parents of five
children: Gregory, 13; Chris, 12; Julie, 7;
Glenn, 4; and Daniel, 2.
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CURATOR NAMED AT OLD MAIN
principal and teacher of the Indian
Normal School which became Pembroke
State University. Moore Hall on the PSU
dine has been serving as planner for the
Lumbee Regional Development Asso
ciation, based in Pembroke.
Dr. Charles Jenkins, PSU academic
dean, said in announcing Ms. Oxen
dine's appointment: "We are delighted
to have someone of Mrs. Oxendine's
background and experience to serve in
the position of curator of Pembroke State
University's Native American Resource
Center. In this position and with her
qualifications, Mrs. Oxendine can ac
complish a great deal in the additional
development of the Center."
At the same time Dr. Jenkins praised
the work of Mrs. Juanita Locklear, who
will continue to serve as director of the
Native American Resource Center. "I
would like to compliment Mrs. Lock!tar's
work. She recently developed a new
brochure highlighting the services of the
Native American Resource Center. We
have heard many fine comments about
this brochure and her work with the
Center."
From 1971-72, Ms. Oxendine was
assistant program director for the
National Congress of American Indians
in Washington, D.C. From 1972-73,
while a graduate student at Pennsylvania
State University, she participated in the
Native American Education Adminis
tration Graduate Program. From 1973
74, she was education consultant for the
Coalition of Eastern Native Americans in
Washington. D.C. From 1974-75, she
was special assistant to the deputy
commissioner for Indian Education in
Washington, D.C. From 1975-76, she
was director of education for the Minne
sota Chippewa Tribe.
From 1976-79. she was based in
Bemidji, Minn., being self-employed as
an education consultant and technical
assistant and also a part-time instructor
at Bemidji State University.
Then from 1970-60, she was director of
the Bug-O-Nay-Ge-Sheg Alternative
School at Leech Lake Indian Reservation
at Cass Lake, Minn., prior to joining the
Lumbee Regional Development Asso
ciation.
Ms. Oxendine,36, attended Pembroke
State University .as an.. undergo Awfr
from 19OT5 beforr^ansferrtnf lo *
UNC-ChafiflHill where she received her
B.A. in mathematics in 1967. She earned
her M.Ed, in Educational Administration
from Pennsylvania State University in
1973.
In pursuing her higher education, she
received an American Indian Scholarship
from the N&onal Congress of American
Indians and also a Pennsylvania State
American Indian Graduate Scholarship.
She has also received a cash merit award
from the U.S. Office of Education in
Washington, D.C.
Dr. Jenkins said her duties at PSU
will include obtaining new artifacts for
the Center and writing grant -proposals
for further development of the Center.
Ms. Oxendine is enthusiastic about the
opportunities provided by being Curator.
"I see building up the archives relating
to North Carolina Indians and particular
ly to Lumbees," she said. "This would
include linkage with other Native Amer
ican museums, such as one in Santa Fe,
where an institute for American Indian
art is located; the tribal museum in
Buffalo, N.Y.; and the Smithsonian in
Washington, b.C.
"I envision our Native American
Resource Center expanding not only in
the area of displays but into the research
area. There are a great deal of original
documents within families in this area,
and it would be nice to house them here
where they would be available to the
public.
"I also hope to see this Resource
Center become more an integral part of
'?the University, working with other
departments so it will be of greater
interest to the University population as a
whole."
Ms. Oxendine, who uses her maiden
name professionally, is married to Albert
Conner of Iowa Falls, Iowa. They are
parents of a one-year-old son, Chris
topher.
Last year 8,639 people visited the
Native American Resource Center. Dur
ing Lumbee Indian Homecoming Week
last July. 386 visited.
I
My sincere
Thanks to those
who voted for
.
me on June 29.
LARRY T. BROOKS
?
Little
Miss
Aimee Elisabeth Dwim,
daughter of Mr. and Mn.
Michael Dana of Pembroke
was tiowned Little Miss
Lnmbee last alght as the 1982
Lnmbee Homecoming activi
ties began.
More details wfll be forth
conhg next week.
viewpoint
' When you **e a motor- '
cydist on the road what
kind of image do you have
in mind? Many driven?who
aren't familiar with motor
cycle*?have a mistaken
image of what rider* are
like. It's built from old
movie* from the 50a, tale*
of outlaw motorcycle gangs
and, in some cases, the
actions of a few irreaponsi
ble riders
The Motorcycle Safety
I Foundation auggests, how
ever, that riders are more
likely to be like you and
your neighbors than you
imagine. The average age of
today's riders is 29 years.
He (97 percent are male)
probably works at a white
collar job and has a couple
years of college behind him.
And, he's interested in the
same things as you?fuel
economy and rising trans
portation costs. The only
difference is he's chosen a
different means of transpor
tation than you?a motor
cycle.
MORE ELECTION DETAILS
PAKNELL OUSTS NOBLE IN SENATE;
STONE SWAMPS OPPOSITION IN
SHERIFF'S RACE; LOCKLEAR LOSES
JUDGE'S SEAT ETC. ETC. ETC. ETC.
It was a bad day generally for Indians
and Blacks as white conservatism
carried the day in Robeson County
in Tuesday's primary balloting. Even
those white candidates purported to be
close to Indians and Blacks, like Sam R.
Nobles, the incumbent state senator,
were walloped.
bi the acute race David R. Parnell, a
conservative from the Parkton area, gave
up his seniority in the house to challenge
Sam R. Noble and beat him by some
3,500 votes. Noble carried only 6 of the
39 precincts in Robeson County and was
also outpoDed in Hake County by a 2534
to 1549 margin.
Noble was only able to carry South
Lumberton, Pembroke, Smiths, Back
Swamp, and Gaddys with his largest vote
total coming in Pembroke where he
tallied 1065 to Parnell's 809. Noble even
lost in his home precinct, Lumberton #1,
i*< to Parnell 986 to 460.
,.># Parnell polled an unofficial 14,138
(including Hoke County) to Noble's
10,419. Parnell's easy victory came as a
surprise as the senate race was forecast
as "too close to call."
ha the Sheriff's race incumbent Hubert
Stone swamped his opposition easily,
even avoiding a seeming inevitable run
off over four challengers, including
McDuffie Cummings, the only minority
in the race, who polled 2,657 with 987 of
his vote total coming in the
predominately Pembroke Precinct. Stone
even polled 696 votes in Pembroke where
he spent a good part of the day
politicking. Other vote totals were Jesse
Britt, 3660; Luther Sanderson, 1,934;
andC.A. Brown, Jr. bringing up the rear
with 332. Said an observer, "It was
strictly no contest." The contest had
been tainted with what some called
"Dirty tactics" by some of Stone's
opponents.
JUDGE GARDNER PREVAILS OVER
LOCKLEAR
Judge Gardner prevailed over Lock
tear in the race for District judge seat as
he polled 10,320 to narrowly avoid an
upset by Locklear, a young Indian
lawyer, polled a convincing 9,601.
Locklear's biggest margin of support
came from the Pembroke Precinct where
he tallied an overwhelming 1804 to
Gardner's 127. But it was not quite
enough as most people in Robeson
County seemed to vote along racial lines.
In the house race nine aspirants ran for
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three seats. Leading unofficially was
John (Pete) Hasty with 9268, Sidney A.
Locks with 9253, and Bill Gay with
9214. Locks was the only minority
candidate to win a county wide or district
race. Locks, a Black minister, presently
serves on the Lumberton City Schools
Board of Education.
Other totals were J.T. (Tommy)
Wellington with 7878, Daniel Devane
with 7244, V. Louise Sanderson with
6590, Tracy Britt with 5453, Bernard
Lowry with 5400, and Frank McDuffie,
Jr. wth 4000.
The totals include votes from Hoke and
Scotland Counties.
A run off is almost certain as no
candidate polled enough votes to escape
the possibility.
AROUND THE COUNTY....Pembroke
Precinct did not finish tallying up until
4:30 a.m. Wednesday morning because
of a number of malfunctions with its
voting machines.- It was like old times
because Pembroke is the largest precinct
in the county and, in the days before
voting machines, used to be the last
precinct to repdrt to election central. It
was a reminder of those days when the
county used to "wait on Pembroke." In a
way, those were exciting days.
Congressman Charlie Rose had an
easy time of it in his 'bid to return to the
U.S. House of Representatives from the
7th District. He easily outpolled Lum
berton challenger Tom Gibson. In
Robeson County he polled 5128 to
Gibson's 4548 but won an estimated 80
% of the vote district-wide.
IN OTHER RACES...
In the coroner's race, incumbent
Chalmers Biggs defeated challenger
Edward V. Maultsby, Jr. by a 13,178
5,749 margin.
All Kahn led the Lumberton School
Board race for three seats with 2,617
votes. He was followed closely by
Henrietta Fox with 2,599 votes and Grace
Flynn with 2,343 votes. Incumbent E.A.
"Pete" Sundy was fourth with 1,989
votes.
In the Fairmont School Board race,
incumbents Hal Fay Sellers, Percy Hill
Sr. and Jill F. Hough were re- elected,
but a run-off may be held between H.
Biggs Johnson and John Jackson for the
fourth seat.
A run-off may also be held between
Robeson County Board of Education
member Ronald Hammonds and Ronald
Revels Jr. They received 425 and 553
votes respectively.
Incumbent J.R. Musselwhite was re
elected to the county board of education
in District 8.
"1 am sincerely grateful for the
| votes of confidence cast for me by |
| the voters in District IV
I WILLIAM [BILL] OXENDINE g
I Robeson County |
I Board of Education 1
1 DISTRICT IV ?
H *Raft Swamp ?Pembroke |
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