f ? - , I } . - ^ ^ I A . jNpKnifflliLfinMji PROGRESS SENTINEL " < . . ^ VOL. XXXXVI1 NO. 43 USPS 162-860 KENANSVILLE. NC 28349 OCTOBER 27. 1983 16 PAGES THIS WEEK 10 CENTS PLUS TAX Indian Legacy Alive A BUCKHEAD - Scientists ^ speculate that Lake Wacca mt' vas formed by a crash ing .met ? that ij is simply the water-filled footprint of a falling star, according the Waccamaw-Souian Indians. "That's the scientific ex planation," said firenda Morgan, a Waccamaw Souian and director of the Waccamaw t)ay Care Center ? in Buck head. "But there is an Indian legend that says Lake Wac camaw was made from a mound of flowers," she said. The legend goes something like this. Two lovers, a maiden and a brave, argue. He threatens to destroy her mound of beautiful flowers. She prays to tHe Great Eagle to protect ? the spot by making it into a place that will always'belong to her people. "The Great Eagle answered her prayer with Lake Waccamaw. After this, the Indians came in to make it their home," Morgan said. Eventually, those Indians were dispersed by white settlers. But 1.200 still live nearby in the towns of buck head, Chadbourn and St. James in Columbus and Bladen counties. A play, "Over the Water," based on the legend and written by Waccamaw-Souian Shirley Freeman, was performed Friday and Saturday as part of the 13th annual Wacca maw-Souian Indian Pow wow. The play and competitive Indian dancing were high lights of the heritage that the three-day event celebrated. Organizers estimate up to 2,000 Indians and non Indians took part_ in such events as weightlifting, cake walks, three-legged racing, disco dancing and a greasy pole climb. Traders sold everything from handcrafted Indian vests to machine made "Indian pride" bum per stickers. "But the Indian dancing always draws the biggest crowd and holds their atten tion," said Efvin Jacobs, chairman of the Waccamaw Souian Development Asso ciation. About 40 dancers com peted for trophies. Competi tors included Waccamaw Souians, Lumbees from Robeson County and Coharies from Sampson County. Raymond Cochise Clark, 16, of Hope Mills, is a Lumbee who won second place in one of Saturday's competitions. "My dad started me, but 1 taught myself mostly, just going around to the different powwows and watching the older guys," Clark said. "The prize monejr is pretty good in some places," up to S50(Jor $600. The Buckhead powwow featured only "fancy dan cing," a free-form style used by younger Indians. It origi nated in Oklahoma about 25 years ago. "It's more of a showoff dance to get everybody's attention," Clark said. "The traditional is the original way to "do it."' As dancers get older, they often turn to the more digni fied, slower movements of traditional dance, according to "Jimmy Tall Deer, a 23 year-old Waccamaw-Souian who came from Wilmington to compete, Traditional dancers' cos tumes imitate nature, pos sibly turning a man's arms into wings of real feathers. A creature's head, claws or talons might decorate the bustle ? adornment carried on the dancer's back. "You have to be careful," Clark said. "You can't get more than two parts of an eagle. They'll throw you in jail." The fancy dancing has no profound meaning. "Most of all, I just think it's fun," Clark said. But powwow organizers say it's enough to remind young Indians of their heri tage. Saturday's fancy dancing competition began with a pipe ceremony. The pipe was pointed toward the sky and the four cardinal directions representing four races of men. "They end by pointing it down to Mother ?arth, be cause that's where you start out, and that's where you return to," Clark said. ? Tobacco Awards Program Honors Grady Steve C. Grady, of Route 2, Mount Olive, was recog nized in Raleigh Oct. 8 as a regional winner and semi finalist hi the Outstanding Young' Tobacco Farmer awards program. Grady, 30. was one of 12 - Tar Heel tobaceo growers A honored at a luncheon at the N.G. State Faculty Gub on the NCSU campua. The Duplin County farmer will be i * eligible to receive the state outstanding grower award, which will be announced in November. The awards program is designed to recognize excep tional achievements in tobacco production and com munity leadership. It is sponsored in all flue-cured and burle'y tobacco produc ing states by Philip Morris U.S.A. and cgnducted in North Carolina by the Agri cultural Extension Service at NCSU. Grady, who grows about 29 acres of tobacco, received a cash award and a plaque. Awards were presented by Dr. Larry Sykes, director of agricultural programs for Philip Morris, and Dr. Chester Black, director of the N.C. AES. Duplin County extension agent J. Michael Moore was recognized. A graduate of Lenoir Com munity College's .vocational educational program. Grady is in farming partnership with his father and they farm corn, soybeans, wheat, rye, cucumbers, hogs and beef cattle in addition to tobacco. He has won a number of farm leadership recognitions and is extensively involved in community, church and farm-related activities, in cluding being a member of the county tobacco advisory committee, county agribusi ness council and the N.C. Tobacco Growers Associa tion. Grady is married and he and wife Betty have two children, Stephen and , Stuart. t Medical Board Reaches Possible Solution By Emily Klllette Goshen Medical Center Board of Directors announc ed a possible plan relocating medical center physicians as full-time staff members at Duplin General Hospital during the Sunday afternoon special meeting in Faison. Currently, Goshen Medi cal Center physicians Jeff Margolis and Ken Lee are full-time staff members at Sampson Memorial Hospital. Last week Lee also received appr ival as a full-time staff men ber at Duplin General Hospital in Kenan^ville. Loc'l citizens and Goshen Medical Center staff were pr.sent to meet with the titedjn#l center board of dijrecwiis prior to an exe cutive.*;?lin Giunfy, has not re "^(?u\W*all tjie customers it 1 expected.. the Duplin Co -Sty f. commissioners learnedl&st week. Gail Bailey, a spokesman for the company, said cable service is available in all towns, and the next step is to extend service to the rest of the county, The company had been expecting 55 percent of resi dents to buy the service. but has achieved only 41 percent coverage, Ms. Bailey told the commissioners. She said the company will hgve to find out why it has had trouble get ting customers and fix the problems before extending any more cable lines in the county. When the county commis sioners agreed to the cable franchise, the company said it would supply program ming to 80 percent of the county by April 1984. Ms. Bailey said she may have to ask for a six-month exten sion. Also, the commissioners approved a budget transfer for the Duplin County Board of Education to buy a school bus for trainable and mul tiple-handicapped students, Superintendent L.S. Guy said he needed to transfer $20,564 into the capital out lay budget to buy the bus. Ihe county owns three buses used to transport handicapped children, and some of the routes require three hours of travel eacn way. The state has said the county needs six buses for the handicapped, and will lend Duplin two if the county buys one. The additional buses will halve travel time. In other business, the commissioners: ? Met Ronnie Lambert, who will coordinate the Driving While Impaired community work program in Sampson and Duplin counties. ? Tabled action on ac cepting bids for a company to do the 1984 revaluation of county property untif the tax supervisor could get more information about the com panies that participated in the bidding process. W.P. Ferris of Charlotte offered to do the work for $10 tor each of the 22.2% parcels of land. Pearson's appraisals of Wijson said it would charge $b.6S per parcel. Southern Appraisals of Wil mington. which did the work eight years ago, iffered a bid of $8,47 per parcel. ? Approved letting the county library use $40,000 from the state to pay part time librarians in branch offices. ? Agreed to let the county inspections office take over inspections in Kenans ville. After" Kenan^ville comes under the county jurisdiction. Wallace will be the only town operating its own inspections office. ? Met in secret to discuss legal and personnel matters. Warsaw Autumnfest This Weekend The Warsaw Recreation Department is sponsoring an Autumnfest \his Saturday at the park and proceeds from the event will be used for the renovation of the Thompson Gymnasium, Recreation Di rector bebbie Shem'll said. Food, sports and arts and crafts have been secheduled to begin at 11 a.m. Saturday, Sherrill said. The program will begin with the annual punt, pass and kick compe tition for Warsaw area 9- to i2-year-olds. No fee is re quired to partjcipate in the punt, pass and kick competi tion; however, Sherrill said contestants must pre register for the event. When registering, each entrant must funiish legal proo" age at the time tnc tration forrn is returned. Regristration forms may be obtained and returned to the Warsaw Recreation Depart ment, Phelps Salvage in Warsaw, or any Warsaw Midget Football coach. The competition is open to both male and female contestants. Schedule of Autumnfest Events - October 29,1983 11 a.m. - Punt, Pass and Kick Competition on the Softball field 1 p.m. - Slow Bicycle Race: Djvided into different age groups 1:30 p.m. Tug of war and . Jump Rope 1-3 p.m. - Horse and Buggy Rides 1-3 p.m. - Face Painting by Malcolm Williams and Robert Hall Noon-4 p.m. - Horseshoes for all ages Noon - 4 p.m. Volleyball for all ages 2p.m. - Show of Fire, Rescue and Police vehicles 2 p.m. - Apple Bobbing 2-3 p.m. - Balfoon Dart Throw 3 p.m. - Frisbee Show and Competition Noon-4 p.m. - Dunking Booth 3:30 - Fishing for Halloween grab bags 4-5:30 p.m. - Ocracoke Con nection - musical group 5:30-6 p.m. - Warsaw See Saws - square dancers 6 p.m. - Halloween Costume Contest - divided into age groups 7:30 p.m. - Stray Cat Strut dance performance 8-9:30 - Ocracoke Connection - musical group Admission is free and bar beque and plain chicken dinner plates will be on sale throughout the Autumnfest Day at the Park. Duplin County FmHA Activities The farmers Home Ad ministration approved some $7,176,400 in loans and grants_ in tJuplin County during fiscal year 1983, J.M. Mills Jr., county supervisor, announced. Farmer program loans led the investments with some $4,184,700. Mills'stated the farm loan funds were used for farm operating expenses, equipment purchases and to purchase or improve farms. Sixty rural housing loans for $1,779,800 were made during the year. This^ in cluded some $6,500 in loans and grants to ?very low income senior citizens for dwelling repairs! ' Mills stated one rural rental housing loan was ap proved for 12 apartments in Beul^ville. In community programs, loans and grants totaling $1,211,900 were approved for water system projects for the town of Calypso and the Albertson community. Farmers, rural residents or communities desiring infor mation' on FmrtA programs should contact the office located^ in the Agricultural Building in Kenan|ville. AWARD ? Dr. Larry Sykes (left) of Philip Morris, presents tobacco award in Raleigh to Steve Grady, Route 2, Mount Oljve, with assistance from Chester Black.- director of the N.C. Agricultural Extension Service, and Duplin County extension agent J. Michael Moore {right), (NCSlf photo) (