I?THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOIl J
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Former United Nations
Official Says: "Even Arab
Nations Admit Khadafy is a
Mad Man"
John Fobes
by Gene Warren
John Fobes, who formerly
worked with the UhltecT
Nations and has visited half
of the nations in that inter
national organization, is con
cerned about the United
States' declining interest in
?h-* U.N ?nd says the
Libyan situation is one to
treat delicately.
Fobes spoke at Pembroke
State University Thursday in
PSlTs Visiting Scholars Pro
gram.
"(Libyan leader Moam
mar) Khadafv is a mad man.
Even the Arab countries
admit that. Therefore, we
must be careful how we treat
him," said Fobes. "Terror
ism is a much bigger pro
blem than Khadafy."
Fobes claimed many of
America's international pro
blems arose because of the
negative attitude of Jeane
Kirkpatrick, U.S. represen
tative to the United Nations.
"Other nations couldn't ne
gotiate with her. And becau
se of that, we have not been
in a position to get more at
the United Nations."
As a result of this and
other factors, U.S. involve
ment in the United Nations
has declined. "We have
reduced our contributions to
a number of voluntary or
ganizations," Fobes said.
"We have also said we will
not accept the compulsory
jurisdiction of the U.S.
World Court When a nation
of our strength says we
won't Comply, it is a blow to
the strength of that organi
zation."
Fobes says the next 10-15
years will be a " very difficult
period" for the United Na
tions. "We are seeing a
decentralization of what has
been a centralized opera
tion," Fobes observed.
He emphasized the United
States "should be dominat
ing the (United Nations)
agenda with our own con
structive proposals" rather
than taking a passive stance.
From a business man's
point of view, the stability of
the world is important if
America wants to continue to
sell. "The United Nations
needs reform and renewal,
but only if the U.S. coope
rates as the strongst na
tion," he argued.
In his talk Fobes, who has
been a visiting faculty mem:
ber at Duke University,
UNC Chapel Hill, and Wes
tern Carolina University,
pointed out the many posi
tive services rendered by the
United Nations-like the
areas of health, agricultural
development, the interna
tional telecommunications
satellite organization, ra
tional uses of resources,
environmental pollution,
poverty, human rights,
illiteracy, water, food, etc.
Tracing the history of the
United Nations, Fobes said
1943-46 was an inspirational
period. "The question was:
What would we do at the end
of the war? A lot of
Americans were involved in
the creation of the U.N.
From 1946-54, we had the
dominant role in the United
Nations. We helped the
devastated nations of the
world recover from World
War n. From 1966-70 was a
period of uncertainty. From
1970 80, we became defen
sive in our posture with the
U.N. Since 1981, we have
been negative."
Fobes said at the end of
World War II, the United
States represented 50 per
cent of the world's gross
product. "This was because
of the devastation to other
countries. Today, however,
we represent 25 percent of
the world's gross product,"
he pointed out "There is a
period of uncertainty today,
whereas before we could
control and dominate."
Fobes stressed the United
Nations is important because
it helps to educate the
nations of the world. "The
organization provides im
portant services--and every
thing should be done to help
education. What would
the world be like without it?
What are the alternatives?
The rest of the world looks to
America for a new order."
In conclusion, Fobes
commented thusly on the
rtext 10-15 years which he
sees as a "tough period" for
the U.N. "I hope to stick
around long enough to per
haps help in the replanning
of the United Nations," he
smiled.
The Cape Fear Council of
the Boy Scouts of America is
sponsoring a Sinlge Parent
Family Weekend May 10-11,
1986.
Hie weekend camp will be
held at the Cape Fear Scout
Reservation, three miles
north of White Oak on
Highway 53. Activities in
clude canoeing, rowing, arch
ery, swimming, cooking, and
riflery. Special entertain
ment will be provided.
31ST ANNUAL PO W WOW
OFHALIWA SAPONI
Hie 21st Annua) Row
Wow of the Haliwa Saponi
Indian Tribe will be held
April 18th and 19th, 1986 at
the Haliwa Indian School, at
the Old Bethlehem Cross
roads. Hie first dance begins
FIrday at 7 p.m. Grand
tin try begins at 11 a.m.
Saturday. Guest speaker will
be Richard Crowe, Cherokee
Traditionalist
RBGtSTKATTONFVR
LOCKIEARS PRE SCHOOL
Registration for children
ages 2 to 5 are now register
ing for the summer program,
with planned activities and
field tripe. Two meals and one
snack per day. 120 per week.
W* mora information, call
821-4M7. Verdia Loektoar.
Robeson County Student
Wins Regional Spelling Bee
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Kris H Elena Woods
Kristi Elena Woods won
die regional competition in
the Spelling Bee among
third through eighth grade
students. Kristi defeated 50
other students from 26 coun
ties in North and South
h
Carolina in the regional
spelling bee sponsored by
The Charlotte Observer.
Kristi will travel to Wash
ington D.C. May 26-30 to
compete in the National
Spelling Bee.
Kristi is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Murphy
Woods of Pembroke, She is
an eighth grade student at
Pembroke Junior High
School where Bill James
Brewington is principal.
Coaching and teaching spell
ing to Kristi is Mrs. Marga
ret Lewis Moore.
The Carolina Indian Voice
congratulates Kristi and
wishes her well and is
confident she'll return a
winner.
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Historic Canoe On Display
At Pembroke State
The remains of a historic
canoe discovered last year in
the lumber River are now on
display at Pembroke State
University's Native Ameri
can Resource Center. The
canoe is 1,025 years old,
according to scientific exam
ination. It was returned to
Robeson County after being
treated, for preservation at
Ft. Fisher's Maritime Mu
seum Underwater Archeol
ogy Unit near Wilmington.
Shoum with the canoe is
Linda Oxendine, director of
PSUs Native American Re
source Center. She said the
canoe is "on indefinite loan
to Pembroke State Univers
ity. "
Lumbee Homecoming 1986
Tentative Agenda
Lumbee Homecoming
1986 is scheduled for the
week of June 27 through
July 5, 1986. The following
activities are tentatively plan
ned for that week.
June 27-28: Pbw Wow at
Riverside Country Club. Ha
rold Dean Chavis, chairper
son.
July 2: little Miss Lumbee
Pageant at the Performing
Arts Center at PSU. Helen
Sampson, chairperson.
July 3: Awards Banquet at
the Pembroke Jaycee Club
House. Garv Deese. chair
person.
July 4: Miss Lumbee
Pageant at-jhe Performing
Arts Center at PSU. Flor
ence Ransom, chairperson.
July 5: Activities in the
park in the Pembroke Town
Park. William Locklear and
Greg Cummings, chairper
sons.
July 5: Parade on Third
Street, Pembroke. Willie
Fay Sampson, chairperson.
July 5: Art Display at PSU
Old Main. Delora Cumm
ings, chairperson.
SENIOR CITIZENS ACTION
GROUP CELEBRATES
FIRST ANNIVERSARY
Hie Senior Citizens Action
Group Incorporation will be
celebrating their first year
anniversary of incorporation
at the Maxton High School in
Maxton. NC, April 22. 1986.
The celebration will begin at
7:00 p.m.
Everyone is invited! Come
out and celebrate with us.
There will be special singing
and door prices given away.
Guest speakers will be pre
sent for this great event
The guest speakers will be
Hewitt Fnlton, FVrsonal
Manager of the LO.F. Co.;
Frank Williams! Xdministra
tor of the East Coast Farm
Workers Support Network
Inc.; BObby G. Suggs, Man
ager of the Division of Public
Affairs for the Telephone
and Telegraph Co. of Pay
ette ville, N.C.; < Rosa Gal
bert, member of the Board of
Directors for the Senior
'itizens Action Group, Inc.;
and Mac Lngerton, president
of the Clergy and Laity
Concerned in Lnmberton,
NC.
The Senior Citiseea Action
Group encourages everyone
to come out and barn of the
pre-construction plans of the
new Total Life Center being
built for their senior cMaens.
GROWING UP IN
ROBESON COUNTY
LEARNING THE FACTS Ot
LB-EON A FAMILY FARM
When I was growing up
in Robeson County, my par
ents never did clearly explain
the facts of life, or even talked
about the birds and the bees.
The stork didn't bring the new
arrivals either, but when
Mama gained an excess
amount of weight every two
years and the nurse came to
our house with the doctor
carrying her black bag, I knew
she was bringing a new
addition to the family. Grow
ing 'up on a family farm
provided the opportunity for
one to observe tl^e facts of life
from a practical viewpoint.
You grew up amongst the
chickens;: cows, hogs, dogs,
and cats, and you saw the
propagation of the species
taking place on a daily basis..
My first farm chore was
feeding the chickens, and I
became well informed about
the way a rooster took care of
his duties around the chick
en and barn yeards. A virile
rooster was an important part
of the family farm scene, and
a healthy one could keep a
lai^ge nupibe' of hens conten
ted and productive. The
prowess of the rooster with
members of the opposite sext
h*>s been used to charaeeriae'
those members of the human (
race who exhibit a high*
degree of virility. In the,
early 60s, I did some relief
work for a pharmacist from
the old school. He establish
ed his business before the
FDA began promulgating
and enforcing more string
ent laws pertaining to the
dispensing of drugs to the
public. Pharmacists from the
old school formulated pro
ducts for various maladies
and sold them in their stores
without much objection from
outside agencies. A fast
mover in this store was a
bottle of tablets the pharma
cist kept under his dispens
ing counter under his own
label called "rooster pills"
aimed toward his male clien
tele for the purpose of
enhancing their manhood. In
discussing the effect of this
formulation, the pharmacist
told me that I was seeing the
practical application of the
"Placebo Effect" or mind
over body. About 85% of his
customers for the rooster
pills seemed to he satisfied
Oy Ronald H. Lo%ury
VffytpMiBttck, Vfiyi'ma
with the results, and were
bringing in new customers
by word-of-mouth communi
cation.
In the early spring of each
year we would round up all
the pigs running loose in the
fields and woods, and a man
living across the river named
John would pay us a visit
& perform rear end surgery ,
on the male pigs. Before I j
was old enough to help with
the pig round up, I was not ,
allowed to observe this activ- ,
ity. When I questioned my 1
Dad about what was going s
on out behind the crib barn |
causing the pigs to squeal so
much, he would Say they
were being fixed so they
could be be penned up in the
fattening pens to provide us
with meat the next winter. '
When I was growing up in '?
Robeson County there were I
a lot of people named John, <
and some of them were 1
tagged with a descriptive
title in order to differentiate
between them. The man 1
living across the river who
fixed our pigs each spring
became known to me as pig
fixing John. When I was old
enough to help catch the
pigs each spring, I became
aware of why all squealing
went on behind the bam
when pig fixing John carried
out his part of the operation.
All he needed was his pocket
knife St a whet rock, because
my Dad provided the kero
sene. I don't know why he
used the kerosene after each
procedure, unless it was a
cleansing agent Usually one
or two healthy male pigs
were left with the capabili
ties to propagate their kind.
Our pugs down on the farm
were mostly conceived in a
haphazard manner without
any planning for selective
breeding.
I recently heard a Georg
ian relate his experiences
with selective hog breeding
when he first began farming
in a rural community in
Georgia. He had 2 sows
which were ready for some
interaction with the male
element of the species. He
loaded them upon his truck, i
and went over to a friend's
farm who had a healthy & i
virile registered boar. While '
the 2 farmers chatted with '
each other as friends, the 2
sows & boar became more
sociable with one another.
All inhibitions were overco
me, & the 2 sows received
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equal attention from the
boar. This - was one love
triangle where nobody was
cheated. TOe owner of the
boar told his friend to check
on the sows early in the
morning & call him. The
fanner went out to the
pasture early in the morning
& found both sows lying in a
nud hole. When he called hie
rriend and reported wnat they
were doing, the boar's owner
replied, "it didn't take, load
them up on your truck and
'ring them back." The 2
lows were loaded on the
pickuptmck and hauled baca
over to the boar's abode for a
second session. There was no
time wasted getting acquaint*
ed, and tljey were even more
affectionate toward .one an
other the 2nd time. As the
sows owner was leaving for
home, his friend told him to
:heck on his hogs the next
Tiorning, & if they were
lying in the mud holp, "it still,
didn't take," his fnend told'
him that his sows would be
sunning themselves. Upon
checking on his two sows the
next morning, the farmer
found them still lying the mud
hole. He called his inpna and
told him he was going to load
up his sows in his truck &
take them back over because
they were lying outside in
the mudhole. This was the
3rd trip, & the Georgia
Idruier was btfujAifog ?
cerned over the time be was
losing from his other duties.
The 2 sows & boar showed
no curtailment of their ami
cable affection for one ano
ther. On the 4th morning the
Georgian slept a little late,
because he had developed a
sore back from loading &
unloading his sows for the
last 3 days. He was in the
process of shaving when he
asked his wife to check on
his sows. When his wife
returned he wanted to know
if they were lying in the mud
hole.
When she rqplieu in
negative, the Georgian's dis
position improved as he said,
Good they mast be sunning
themselves." When his wife
infdrmed him that his sows *
weren't sunning themselves
either, the Georgia farmer
wanted to know what they
were doirig. His wife replied,
"They're out in the cab of
your truck honking the hom.
Continued Next Week
Chavi.
Named
Recipient Of
Josephus
Daniels
Scholarship
Audrey Don Cnavis oi
Pembroke has been named a
recipient of a Josephus Dan
iels Scholarship for the 1985
86 academic year at North
Carolina 9tate University.
A senior majoring in nuc
lear engineering and electri
cal engineering, he is the son
of Mr. and Ma. Lynwood N.
Chavis, of Route 1, Pern
tinnlrn
DT0R6.
He ia president of the
Native American Student As
sociation and ia a member of
the Triangle Native American
On ?Lt?i
society?
The Josephus Daniels Scho
larships are awarded in honor
of Josephus Daniels, a foun
der of NC8U, publisher of
"lbs News and Observer."
Area Students Awarded
Scholarships At Wake Forest
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Two high school students
from Robeson County have
been awarded George Foster
Hankins Scholarships at
Wake Forest Unversity.
They are Darby Celene
Eliades, daughter of Mrs.
Celene R Eliades of 120 Bee
Gee Rd., Lumberton, and
Dr. David K. Eliades of
Pembroke; and Michael
"* Dwayne Brooks of Pem
broke.
Miss Eliades is a senior at
Lumberton Senior High
School. Brooks is a senior at
West Robeson High School.
Hankins Scholarships are
based on "need, scholarship
and leadership ability." The
awards range from 16,000 to
187,600 for four years.
This year's Hankins Scho
lars rank in the top three to
five percent of their high
school classes and in the
90-98 percentfle nationally
on the Scholastic Aptitude
Test
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The program was estab
lished in 1956 through in
come from an estate of mora
than $1 million left to Wake
Forest by Col. George Foster
Hanions of Lexington.
Miss Blades is vice presi
dent of the National Honor
Society and drum major of
the marching band. She is
president of the Lumberton
Junior Jaycottes. She was a
marshal during her junior
year.
Brooks is a member of the
National Honor Society, re
ceived the American Gov
ernment Award and was
named outstanding math
student and best all-around
chemistry student He has
studied in the summer pro
gram at Gardner-Webb Col
lege and Appalachian State
University. ?
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