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A Poge 2, The Carolina Indion Voice ASI • SEE IT Brace BaHoo lUMBEE HOMECOMING I like Lumbee Home *?; coming. It is a time for K- Lumbee Indian people and ^ friends to gather and enjoy one another’s company. Also, it is fe^the time of year when we pay .•»t»honor to our own with, the presentation of the Henry Berry Lowry Memorial Award, ‘the Distinguished Service 'Award and the Lumbee Busi nessman of the Year Award. It is fitting and proper that we 'honor our own. This issue is packed through ■and through with news items on Lumbee Homecoming. We hope all of you will attend the festivities and have a good •time. LRDA is to be commended 'for sponsoring the homecom ing. I think they are the proper agency to do so. They have ‘worked hard to have a good 'homecoming. Hope to see you 'there. STRIKE AT THE WIND LRDA had done as much as anyone to make Strike at the Wind a reality. They have According ro Scriprure Evongelisr Ted Brooks Matthew 8:8 “But speak the word only.” The above is part of a verse that a centurion said to Christ ,when he was in great need of help, not only did he believe Jesus was able, but with great ■faith he said. “Lord send thy word only, for I am not worthy of thy visit to my home.” There is a great need in this area today. There is grief in homes near by. We find it hard to find-words of comfort.-But like the centurion, I say, “Lord, send thy word only that there be comfort in this hour of need.” Paul gave us some V/ords of comport in I Thes. 4:18 “Wherefore, comfort one another with these words.” In Verse 14 he said. “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” The Book of Psalms is one of the greatest books with words of comfort. In many verses it speaks of the Lord being our rock, sheild and protector from the enemies. But in the 43rd Psalms it speaks of our hope in God. Yours in Christ. Evangelist Ted Brooks Pembroke, NC There will be two big days of Pow Wow with singers and dancers from many tribes such as Sioux, Crow. Blackfoot, Chippewa; Cherokee, Notto- ways. Catawba Pamlicos, Sem inole,Choctaws. Lumbee and Tuscarora. Everyone is invited to dance. There will be Ceremonial dances and many different war dances, and the dance most people love is the always welcome Blanket Dance. EDITORIAL AND OPINION PAGE Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and. above all, accurately so they will be guided by its lights. Scholarship proviueu uic sioii u: Strike at the Wind working quarters and provided sundry services for them. The two agencies, both committed to showcasing the Lumbee Indian experience have worked well together. ■Joseph Pulitzer _ Sorely $5- LETTERS TO Strike at the Wind owes a tremendous debt of gratitude to the hard working Rock Kershaw, the general manag er. He believes in what he is doing and, seemingly, is hav ing a marvelous but nerve racking time putting all the pieces together. A Kind More From a THE EDITOR Friend and Reader Dear Editor: Tickets are still on sale for premiere night- $10 a ticket for the premiere night only. If you haven’t bought your ticket yet, see any member of the board of directors of Robeson His torical Drama, Inc., the spon soring agency of the drama, or go by or call Strike at the Wind, LRDA Annext Building on Highway 711 East in Pem broke. You may call 521-2401 to reserve your premiere tick et. Or you may purchase the ticket at the Lumbee Bank or any branch bank of Southern National Bank in Robeson County. It is going to be the social event of the year. Hope to see you there. Strike or the Wind sponsors inirioring new progronn for gifts How does a paper such as The Carolina Indian Voice stay and progress when three ot hers have folded? Dear Friend, The Robeson Historical Association, Inc., which spon sors Strike at the Wind, is in the process of initiating a program whereby friends of the outdoor drama may give memorials to loved ones and friends (deceased or living). A memorial gift is a wonderful opportunity for friends to express love in two ways: for a person or persons to be memorialized, and for the county's historical drama. ed on a plaque, at a site to be negotiated with the manage ment of Strike at the Wind. In addition to the plaque, a section of landscaping could be named in honor of a friend. Strike at the Wind is sche duled to begin production in July. Funds are urgentlyneed- ed , so that the amphitheatre and production can begin “out of the red,” and continue throughout the season, July 1 through August 14, without being hampered by financial anxiety. Verse 3 “Oh, send out thy light and thy truth; let them lead me; let them bring me unto thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacles.” The drama, to be produced annually, is made up of a local cast, and represents a tri- racial, cultural undertaking. If is expected to be something for which all Robeson citizens can be proud. If this form of giving appeals to you, please respond by completing the form below. These funds will greatly bene fit this meaningful Robeson undertaking. We had our first local paper September 18, 1911 called the Indian Observer, which was published by the Indian Ob server Publishing Company under the direction of Rev. C. D. Brewington and A. S. Locklear. The weekly paper did not receive enough support and so was discontinued. The next local paper was the Pembroke Progress in 1947 which was handled by Red Springs people such as Dou- gald Cox who sold out his failure to a Hamlet man, a Mr. Chester Martin. After two years it too was discontinued and we didn’t have a news paper again until 1966 which was named The Lumbee. Everyone felt it was going to be successful, biit we really can’t sit down and pin-point ■exactly^ whose fault it was that it did not continue to grow, but we all went through a time I call the Dark Stages of the Lumbee Indians. There was a time when 1 was younger that I remember the church would sing. “Send the light, the blessed gospel light. Send the light and let it shine from day to day.” When Jesus went back to his father he left us great many words and the Holy Ghost to guide #lld' td help us along this way. It sometimes seems we’re not going to hold out, but He (God) said to hold on to the unchanging hand. “For there is a river the stream where of shall make glad the City of God, the Holy Place of the Tabernacle of the most high.” Ps. 46:4. Any gift would be greatly appreciated. For moderate gifts, letters of acknowledge ment will be sent to donors and to the families honored. For larger memorials, $500 or more, given by individuals or groups, names will be engrav- Memorial gifts live forever. Honor gifts thank the living. Memorial Committee Robeson Historial Drama Association (Mrs.)Barbara B. Locklear (Mrs.) Helen S. Sharpe Tommy Dorsey Swett Being knowledgeable of our failures in the past history of our papers made me really appreciate the struggle of The Carolina Indian Voice and its existence since 1973, Bruce Barton and The Caro lina Indian Voice say it all and say it so you and I can understand it, and you’ve got to admit whether you like it or not. it makes you feel good to pick up a newspaper and read about your own kind. We have so much to be thankful for. The Carolina Indian Voice serves as a media to help us to understand what is going on- leaving no one in the dark and unaware without a sensible and proud direction. Bruie Barton, the editor, and The Carolina Indian Voice recognize people for what they are and brings forth reality in I feel like there are so many people doing so many good things, and so much to write about, that my good friend Bruce Barton and The Carolina Indian Voice will continue to serve as the media that is "dedicated to the best in all of Willie Lowery The next verse is enough to make you shout. Verse 5 “For God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved. God shall help her and that right early.” Christians, don’t look back, but stand fast, it won’t be long now!!! Two Days of Pow Wow Planned June 25 & 26 Inc. Robeson Historical Drama, Post Office Box 1059 Pembroke, North Carolina 28372 Enclosed is my gift which I am making to Robeson Historical Drama, Incorporated in memory of in honor of: Whose Address was: Please send Notice of Gift to: (Relationship) Whose Address is: This is an honor gift: Birthday Anniversary Special Occasion My Name is: Address NOTE: Immediately upon receiving a memorial gift, an appropriate letter is sent to the family of the deceased, or individual being honored. The letter will show- the name of the person being memorialized or honored and the name of the donor (not the amount of the gift). it'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'k'k 4- .. Educational Views . if 4- by Dr. Dalton Brooks ^ i'k'kir'k'k'k'k'k-k'k'kif'kif'k'kir Mogolio Groduores orrendonce record Sandwiches and soft drinks will be for sale. TEST SCORES OTHER REASONS Please leave your liquor and beer at home. The date is Friday and Saturday, June 25 and 26 from 2 p.m, until. The place is Clarks Landing, next to Lumbee Shopping Center, one mile east of Maxton. For further information call Bill Sargent at 521-4046 or Reatha Locklear at 844-3352. THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE Published Each Thursday by The Lumbee Publishing Company Bruce Barton- Managing Editor Connee Brayboy, Garry L. Barton- Associate Editors SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS Mrs- Bazie.Hardln Violet Locklear B. Locklear Bmer W. Hunt •tckle Lugene Lowery MAILING ADDRESS The Carolina Indian Voice Post Office Box 1075 Pembroke, NC 28372 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Instate-1 year- $5.20 2 vears- $8.32 Out of State 1 vear $7.28 2 years $9,36 American Indian Pres* N. C. Press Associatio As of today, achievement test scores have been declin ing for about a decade in all grades from five upward, with the more pronounced decline occurring in the higher grades (high school). The decline is more severe in the verbal testing, but holds for other areas as well. These are the facts and they describe a natiopal problem. WHY DID SCORES INCREASE IN THE MID SIXTIES? Most effects are cumula tive. If television viewing keeps older pupils from learn ing activities traditionally con sidered to be important, then TV is certainly a hindrance. If pupils take fewer basic courses (physics, algebra, English), they will have reduced acqui sition of these basics. Most of our students do not want to get involved in the basics, even though they know that basics are fundamental. Two Magnolia High School graduates of 1976 have distin guished themselves in the area of school attendance. Eugene Jones and Roger Dell Chavis are to be commended for Preserve Old Main Take pride in. its memory . CONCLUSION God, grant me (he serenity tn accept the things I cannot change; courage tn change the things I can; and the wisdom to know the difference. Students, especially juni or and high school youngsters, are influenced by educational and societal changes that tremendously affect their achievement scores. Some of these changes have to do with the influx of new programs introduced in the Sixties- PSSC physics, BSLS biology, Howard physics, etc. The new curriculum forced the students to develop improved ways of reasoning, emphasizing under standing and creativity. Dur ing the sixties students pro bably were beginning to focus on what was really happening outside the classroom. Con sequently, more learning was • occurring outside of the class i room than inside. The achieve ment tests that are in use j would not measure that type of •j unstructured knowledge. Even though this drop in achievement scores poses a threat to educators, parents and curriculum developers, 1 belive we should be careful not to completely change the total instructionaly program and focus on the increase of achievement scores, per se. If we do. we then fall in the pit of preparing our children for the test rather than prepara tion for becoming a functional, intelligent person. We also run the risk of returning to tradi tional learning, a retrench ment from educational frills and a reinstatement of the “authority” at the expense of the autonomy of the student. Our children are different! Dalton P. Brooks Title IV Advisory Connell "REGinWAI PRIDE RUNS DFFP IN THIF 1 ANDMARK" Patronize Pembroke Drug Center Enjoy its tradition of low prices, prescrip tion conveniences, and friendly atmos- phere. Howard Brooks, r.ph. pemBRoke \ 1 DRUG CENTER Odom & W. 3rd Ph. 521 4805 Pembroke, N.C. Needed Dear Fellow Lumbee Indians and Other Indians in Robeson and Surrounding Counties: all the subjects that they talk about. Reality, as you know, is not always the easiest thing to accept, but never the less, we don’t want to escape from it. Reality meaning, Bruce Barton and The Voice when they speak out on issues such as double- voting, equal educa tion, local elections, the future of Old Main, the local drama. Strike at the Wind, the defen se of the Lumbee Indian in so far as the National Congress of American Indians is concerned, farmers of our county, Indians in trouble who need a friend, Lumbee Day and anything concerning our own people. Since the state of North Carolina took over our college in 1953 and up-graded the teaching profession to allow their children (white mostly) to attend at a nominal cost as compared to the University of North Carolina or NCU at Raleigh, parents and society have been encouraging us (Indians) to get an education. Since the ’60s and civil rights movement, most college bound Indians want more than a teaching degree from the colleges and universities in the world. They want, but they cannot get it. Oh, they can get it, but it costs an arm and a leg or a delay of 2-10 years after completing college. To get that education early, they have to have good grades and they have to get a scholarship, loan or grant from an organization that gives them out indiscrim inately. Statistics will show that we are the most learned Indians on the average, but we will not help our own. E. Ray Brooks PembnAe, NC perfect attendance from grade one through twelve. Eugene is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James A. Jones, Roger Dell is the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Itely Chavis. Protect your people If you employ between 3 and 9 people, Nationwide now has an employee insurance plan designed just for you ... a plan with life and health coverage with high maximum benefits. Features Include weekly income, major medical and hospital coverages. Protect your people with Nationwide’s Employee Family Plan*, For com plete information call a Nationwide agent. Nationwide is on your side. 2I.. ' u Willie V. Lowry P.O. Box 246 Pembroke. N.C. 28.^72 Phone: 32 !-43 ]9y NATIONWIDE INSURANCE Thursday, June 24, 1976 Writer of slain brother questions Potrolman Humphrey's conduct Dear Editor: This is to North Carolina Highway Patrolman M. J. Humphrey. How do you feel every night when you go to bed after having committed the act of murder? 1 hope you are just like myself and can’t sleep. Jimmy Free man whom you chased into a tree at 100 MPH and killed, was my brother. authorities, and I plan to do just that. Don’t get me wrong, 1 believe in the law. But let it be carried out the right way. Mr Humphrey, you recognized my brother, and it would have been very easy for you to have obtained a warrant and served it at a later date. Mr. Humphrey, I’m sure you are aware that North Carolina hasn’t carried out the death sentence in a number of years. Not even for murder, rape or other crimes of a high nature, but you pronounced the death sentence for my brother just for driving without a driver’s permit, and fully executed it. 1 feel that you have violated the ruling of the United States Supreme Court, and you should be tried for it. Mothers, I hope you never have this happen to you like it did to my mother. And, Girls, I hope you don’t lose a brother like 1 did mine because of pure carelessness and a patrolman that doesn’t care about human lives. Humphrey, there is not an hour in the day that 1 don’t think about you and your interpretation of the due pro cess of law. I feel that this matter should be brought to the attention of the public and the proper Margaret Freeman Hammonds P.O. Box 514 Pembroke, NC MCKINNON DECLARES LEE OUTLAW But there is a catch here. First, you have to know what organizations have money. Next, how much money or how many scholarships or loans do they give out each year. When do you have tofile an applica tion? Do they give scholar ships, loans or grants in your aea of study? There are certain areas of study where no funds are available. To a person going into the ministry, there is no public organization giv ing scholarships, loans or grants. Only private and re ligion related organizations give out funds for the ministry. The Armed Forces do not need horses today, so the Federal Government does not provide scholarships or loans for stu dents to attend Veternarian School. My point is this, it is tirile for the Indians to put their money where their mouth is. If you want your children, grand children, nephews, nieces or friends’ children to go to college to get a good education, provide some money now. It is time for civic organizations, religious organizations, com munities, local teachers asso ciations, etc. to start $10,000, $20,000, $40,000, even an $100,000 scholarship fund drive to aid the Lumbee children to get an education. An education is costly outside Robeson County. The world is prepared to help its own, but to Indian people are not. It is time we done something in stead of looking for a handout. Let the students know where the money is available. LUMBERTON — A man wanted in the wounding of a highway patrolman near here last week has been declared an outlaw by Superior Court Judge H.A. McKinnon Jr. Edison Delane Lee, 29. an escapee from the McDowell County prison unit of the State Depart ment of Correction, is wanted in the shooting of Trooper John H. Flynn. 33. Under state law, a citizen cannot be prosecuted for shooting an outlaw. Disl. Atty. Joe Freeman Britt sent the procla mation to McKinnon Monday while he was attending a judges conference in Myrtle Beach, S.C. The judge signed the paperwork late Monday night, Robeson County officials said. The trooper was shot once in the groin with a .22-claliber pistol after he stopped a motorist on U.S. 301 about six miles south of St. Pauls June 16. Lee allegedly was driving a stolen car that was found the next morning behind an empty house in St. Pauls. Britt said the proclamation was “a pretty drastic move. We simply cannot tolerate such activities when a man starts shooting at a uniformed law officer without any provocation whatsoever.” he said. Lee was known to use the aliases of Dale Lee and Dale Hammonds. Bulletins of his being declared an outlaw were put out to law agencies throughout North Carolina and South Carolina, deputies said Tuesday. A MINI EDITORIAL We Oughr ro Ourlow Norrh Carolina's Ourlow Srorure North Carolina is the only state in America that has such an antiquated statute on the books. North Carolina also has the most people on Death Row in the nation. Most of them are Blacks and Indians. ted- are law breakers them selves. Also, the Outlaw Statute ought not to be used in any state or county where Civil Rights legislation is in place. Robeson County is under the voting rights act for violations of Indian and Black voting rights. In other words, Robeson County, by various nefarious means, denied In dians and Blacks the right to vote and take part in a participatory and democratic form of government. So, how can they sanction outlawing another citizen? Ro beson County has recently undergone redistricting. Dou ble voting has been declared unconstitutional. The county does not have an affirmative action plan in employment. Indians and Blacks do not have their fair share of elected offices, jobs or the economy. Robeson County’s list of crimes against the citizenry is long and damaging to the psyche of the people. In essence, the county offi cials- both elected and appoin- Shooting a highway patrol man is certainly not condon- able. But turning loose a horde of law breakers and conserva tives and crew cuts with the right to shoot at will is equally deplorable. In Gloria's Kitchen by Gloria Gates Since beginning this column we have slowly begun to collect some very tasty reci pes. All were submitted by housewives, like you and 1. If you have one you’d like to share with us, be sure and send it in. This week’s recipe was submitted by Eva Carter. CHERRY CHEESE CAKE Separate egg whites and yolks. Beat egg whites until stiffb*Add one half sugar called tor above. In separate bowl, beat cream cheese, remaining sugar, flavoring, egg yolks. Fold in egg,whites. Pour into prepared graham cracker crust (these come already package or you can make your own). Bake ar 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and add cherry pie filling. Serve cold. 3 eggs room temperature 2 8 oz Pkgs. of Cream cheese 1 t, almond flavoring 2 graham cracker crusts (or make your own) V* c sugar 1 can cherry pie filling (ready to use) If you want to make your own crust, you’ll need: 1 St. margarine 2 tbs sugar graham cracker crumbs. Melt margarine in glass baking dish. Add sugar. Pat crumbs into dish.
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