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VOLUME^, NDIOB K PEMBROKE, NC THUMBAT, JUNE 14, 1979 ROBESON COUNTY 15? PER COPY '
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i ?? Chamber Plans Give-a-ways as Part
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Of Lumbee Homecoming Celebration
Amidst rising curfopity and excite
ment Pembroke merchants continue to
giveaway tickets for sJkae drawing with
purcfwaes. A color co^nieTN' and a set
of tires *01 be givesMy 7th right
* .plter the J^umbee Iiqmjjpiuiiiing Paraie
in a drawing tpooaB by the Pain
broke Chamber of'Commerce and
Participating Pembroke Merchants.
"This is exciting. We haven't done
something like this in a long time, and
the response is terrific," says Curt
Locklear, President of the Chamber. "I
hope this wfll be the beginning of great
things for oar Chamber of Commerce
and the merchant* of Ik* town."
"I would not have bOUevod this many
merchants could got together on ?
promotion such as this, but 40 is almost
unbelievable. It really makes you feel
like the Chamber has a future in this
town," another merchant participating
ta the oromotion said.
The promotion is the result of several
Months of organizing by the Chamber of
Commerce in an effort to become more
visible In the community and add new
members. But are% consumers care
more about the po^lbility of winning
the Grant Prize Cohgr TV.
Who will win? WIB it be you?
The only way tf is to shop at
Participating Pcmbsoft Merchants. The
tickets are free m^h a minimum
purchase.
Lumbee Poet Achieves
'literary Knighthood'
Lew Barren
Manteo, the Hatteras Indian
for whom Manteo, North
Carolina is named, became the
first American Indian to re
ceive a title of English royalty
in 1587. Under authority oif
Queen Elizabeth 1, he was
knighted to become Sir
Manteo, Lord of Roanoke and
Dasamonquepeuk. Now a
Hatteras descendant has been
elected to knighthood, Ameri
can-style and literary-style.
He is Lew Barton of Pem
broke and he is a Lumbee
Indian.
"Dear Lew Barton," wrote
Cyrill Clemens, nephew of
Mark Twain and editor of the
Mark Twain Literary Journal,
June 5. "In recognition of your
outstanding contribution to
American Poetry, you have
been unanimously elected this
day, A Knight ef Mark
Twain'
The late poet Robert Host
considered this recognition so
important when it was confer
red upon him in 1937, he went
all the way to Kirkwood,
Missouri to receive his Gold
Medal on March 29 of that
year. Other recipients have
included such writers as Wil
liam Faulkner and John Fitz
gerald Kennedy whose Pro
. flies In Coarage helped to put
him into the White House.
Barton credits the 3rd Cen
tury Artist program for this
high literary distinction. "The
North Carolina Arts Council,
the Robeson County Board of
Commissioners, the Robeson
County Public Library, Maxton
City Schools, the Robeson
County Department of Human
Resources-there could have
been no such achievement
without them. They fed me
while I wrote. Now. I can say.
'Hey, folks, look what we
accomplished! And I really do
mean we!"
Strangely enough, recogni
tion of Lew Barton as a poet of
considerable merit was first
International Who's Whole
Poetry. A number of other
English awards have followed.
Much of Barton's poetry
within recent years has ap
peared in The Carotins Indian
Voice, owned, edited and
published by three of his
children, Bruce Barton, Garry
Lewis Barton and Connee
Barton Brayboy. The 61-year
old Indian poet has worked
with the Poetry-In-The-School
Program and has had poetry
published in a number of
magazines. He is proudest of
his poem, "Nightmare Ca
bin." which appeared in the
North Carolina Folklore
Journal several years ago. Two
recent poems -- "Today Just
Hasn't Been My Day" and
"Two Silhuettes" seem to
have been influential in the
judging, however. Barton,
whose first poem was publish
ed in the 1930's under the pen
name, "The Diamond Kid,"
writes verse for the sheer
enjoyment of creation. "It's
the best way to say a lot in a
little bit of space," he
explains.
The Mark Twain Gold Medal
was first conferred upon Presi
dent Franklin D. Roosevelt in
1933 and the Journal was
established in 1936. Since
then, such writers as Robert
Frost. William Faulkner and
President John F. Kennedy
have been honored. Barton is
the only American Indian ever
so honored.
"I am awed," said Lew
Barton. "Mark Twain is my
favorite American author. If I
in any way fit his ideas as to
what a great poet should be, I
am moat grateful."
Creative Writing
Workshop to be Held
At PSU
PEMBROKE-A workshop designed
to encourage the aspiring writer and to
develop the skills and strategies of the
practicing writer will be held at
Pembroke State University. June IS
Idly 6. when PSU offers a creative
^>|daIM A -.nffL a k nn
wniing wornnop
"The workshop la open to under
as any nstintlal er serines writer able to
attend the workshop." eapialned Dr.
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iiitikij He wff j?dust Mm
mm grain set ef IngMoh at PfU.
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The instruction will center on writing
iniciei. iviiurri. ncriofi, IRQ p^iITi
The three-week wetkahop will begin
with a review of journalism end then the
?eoood week will focus on how to write a
short story. The third week's sessions
will oeneentrste mainly on poetry.
The amative writing weritahop is one of
Peruana wiahksg"'te MgSor tor the
thats week s irtthsp In ntthi wfctna
may OOfliSCl lif W rM?
Oiheen at Pembroke State, (fit)
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RALLY SCHEMED
JUNE 23 AT Nf
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To Express Feelings Abut
ChanceDor Selection at FSU -
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PEMBROKE-As a result of a neeting
of the North Carolina Commission of
Indian Affairs last Thursday it has been
decided to have a "real" rally concern
ing the selection of Dr. Paul Givens aa
chancellor of Pembroke State University
over two Indian nominees. Dr. James B.
Chavis and Dr. Joseph Osendine.
The action follows a "non rally" when
At/Hi rs went ?? ? ?? afumytaat'.d;
concerned Indian" calling for a rally in
the Pembroke Park recently and no one
showed up to claim credit for the so
called rally.
This rally is being backed fully by the
North Carolina Commission of Indian
Affairs, and just about every Indian
organization in the two Carolinas,
including Lumbee Regional Develop
ment Association (LRDA) quartered in
Pembroke.
Janie Maynor Locklear is serving
locally as coordinator for the rally
scheduled for June 23 at 7 p.m. in the
football stadium of Pembroke Senior
High School. Organizers are hoping to
have some barbequed pigs for the
enjoyment of those who will be
attending. The program, still tentative,
is expected to be addressed to Bill
Friday, head of North Carolina's
university system (of which Pembroke
State is one of the 16 campuses).
The board of directors of the Lum
bee Regional Development Asspciation
(LRDA), in a letter sent to Bill Friday
last week, demands that the UNC
system president hold a public meeting
with the board to answer the charges.
Friday last month named Dr. Paul
Givens to succeed Dr. English Jones,
who is retiring this week after 16 years
as the school's only Indian chancellor.
Givens was selected from a list of four
candidates, including two Indians, that
had been recommended by the PSU
Board of Trustees.
A search committee appointed by the
trustees had recommended one Indian
and two whites, but the trustees added
the name of a second Indian to the list
before sending the recommendations to
Friday.
"We understand that the search
oammittee was not duly appointed by
the Board of Trustees according to their
provisional by-laws*" the letter from
James Woods. LRftA chairman says.
, "TV"efore. we ?a-t^ this oammittee
to have been an illegal constituted
group and any. activity or decisions
made by this group to be illegal," the
letter says.
Woods says the PSU trustees were
aware the committee was illegally
constituted, but "overtly approved this
committee's activity...
"In any event, you seriously - and, we
believe, intentionally-neglected your
responsibility and duty by failing to
inform the Board of Governors of these
facts.
"To cover up your own irrespon
sibility, and that of others, statements
have been released to the press
declaring the lack of unity in the Indian
community to be the primary reason an
Indian was not named as chancellor,"
the letter says.
The letter concludes the integrity of
the university system has been damag
ed by Friday's action, and asks Friday
to appear before the board in a public
meeting to explain his actions.
Friday has reportedly agreed to meet
with the group in Chapel Hill, refusing
to come to Pembroke. The Indian
Commission is also threatening to use
its subpoena powers to question Friday
concerning his selection of Givens over
two seemingly qualified Indian can
didates.
One of the Indian candidates by passed
is Dr. Joseph Oxendine, presently
chairman of the school of health,
physical education, recreation and
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Local
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Indians
Elected as
Methodist
Delegates
Fayetteville-A Maxton man and a
Pembroke minuter were elected here
June 7, 1979 as delegates to a regional
United Methodist conference, the South
eastern Jurisdictional Conference. Lu
ther Herbert Moore, of Maxton and the
Rev. Simeon F. Cummings. Pembroke
were elected by the North Carolina
Annual Conference meeting here, June
4-7.
This Southeastern Jurisdictional Con
ference, which includes delegates from
a nine-state area in the Southeast, will
be held July 15-18. 1980. at Lake
Junaluska, N.C.
The North Carolina Annual Confer
ence, meeting for four days, is the
annual business session for the 847
United Methodist Churches in the
eastern 56 counties of the state. Over
1350 lay and clergy members have
registered.
A member of Prospect United Metho
dist Church. Moore has held numerous
church offices and is currently on the
Administrative Board and is Church
School Superintendent.
He serves on several conference
agencies including the Council on
Ministries, the Committee on Episco
pacy and is a trustee of the Methodist
Home for Children.
He is the chairperson of the Southeast
ern Regional Native American Commit
tee and is on the denomination's
Commission on Religion and Race.
Cummings is the director of the
Robeson County Cooperative Parish,
which is made up of seven Native
American Churches in Robeson County.
He formerly served on the Council on
Ministries staff of the conference with
offices in Raleigh. During his five years
on staff, the minister was responsible
for the evangelism, mission and health
and welfare work of the conference.
Cummings was the pastor of Prospect
United Methodist Church for 20 years.
He is currently active on regional and
national committees working on Native
American concerns.
The men are among 21 laypersons and
21 clergypersons who will represent the
North Carolina Annual Conference at
the 1980 Jurisdictional Conference.
One of the most important decisions to
be made there will be the election of
new bishops.
At least three of the jurisdiction's
bishops will be retiring due to the
church's rules for retirement, so it is
expected that the Jurisdictional Confer
ence will elect three bishops.
Price for the Carolina Indian Voice'
going np ...reluctantly
Pembroke- Alas, rising costs (and
galloping inflation) are forcing us to
raise the price of tingle issues of Tha
CareBna Indbn Voice. as well as one
and two year subacriotiona.
Beginning June IS. tha single cost of
Tha Cars Baa Indian Voice will increase
to 20c. The price for single issues has
remained constant a( ISc since we
began publication January 18. 1973.
Beginning June IS. the cost of a one
year subscription to The Csisilss Indian
Vaiee wll increase as follows:
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(Wiram NORTH CABOUNA)
Mil of 87.21. * "
The now prise w? bo g|40 and Ms
Ms fee a ratal of 19JO.
A two roar WifpBae woe 81040
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and 40c tax for a coat of 110.40. The new i
price will be S15.00 and 60c tax for a i
cost of SIS.60.
Out of state subaoriptfcas will increase |
at follows:
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From M.00 for a one year subscription ]
to 812.00 and the cost of a two year
subscription will Increase from 812.00 to
SI6.00.
This wll be only the eeeand Increase ,
since fte Caseins Men Velee was ,
incorporated In 1972. let printing easts ,
have lectured tea Hums In the same
time frame. eeeaNy 10% iaareeeea at a
time, and Un4e 8am(lfre^po? tsl eervtea) ,
free liiet seeotdB|^dll880ddlllsotdl^l^i^|^i6686
by 10% net lustedtn? foe mills0V ,
jtearty fosreaae^af many for
in Aamitaa baa Inmeeeed In 6 Me
ittempt to keep up with inflation which
leetningly eats everything in its path.
We pray fervently that you will
-Ofiunuc to tuuscnoc to i in urMM
Uhi Vetse, still one of the best
bargains around at any price. We do
ilncerely need your support, both
in socially and morally. We also solicit
four priyert.
To leaaen the blow as much as
possible, we have extended the dew for
mginning the new rates to June IS,
lift, Yon may extend yoar present
liiWeitel^d^M oheAw jSOSA also
mwiwipiwn Dviurf inn un vue inv
txlsting rates. ,rtW
We eppeeslete year support ea e
mbosrtbor. Sw u^o ^aast ineroese oar
prises Iks the rest ef the baahwoi
maatoaify or perish.
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NC COMMISSION OF INDIAN
AFFAIRS BOARD ELECTION
TO BE HELD
A meeting will be held at 8 p.m. on
June 18. 1979 at the Lumbee Regional j
Development Association. Inc. Annex
Building for the purpose of electing a
member to the Board of Directors of the
North Carolina Commission on Indian
Affairs.
The elected member will represent
the Pembroke. Philadelphus. Maxton
and Smiths townships. Eligibility
requirements to be elected or to vote
at this meeting are: (I) must be Indian;
(2) must be eighteen (18) years or older
(3) must reside in one of the above
named townships.
Mr. Ertle K. Chavis is currently
serving in this position and his term
expires on July I. 1979. The elected
member will serve a three year term.
SEVENTH ANNUAL CREEK INDIAN
POW WOW PLANNED
Vau araicoadlntty wrwtedux ?a*nnd<he
Seventh Annual Creek Indian Pow Wow
to be held July fourth through the
seventh, nineteen hundred and seventy- f
nine, at Tama State Indian Reservation, ,
Cairo. Georgia. I
HAL1WA RURAL HEALTH CENTER, (
INC. OF HOLLISTER.N.C. RECEIVES
OPERATIONAL GRANT
W.R. Richardson. Chief of Haliwa
Tribe and acting project Director of the
Haliwa Rural Health Center, received
word from Congressman L.H. Fountain
that the center had been awarded a
grant for the amount of SI59.S22 for
operational money and S26.9I0 Non
Federal share making a total of SI86.
432.
It is anticipated that the Health Clinic
will be built near Essex. The clinic will
?work in conjunction with the Lake
Gaston clinic at.(.ittleton. N.C.
ARC Plans ,
Reunion
The Robeson County Alcohol Recovery
Center is gearing up for its very first
Gass Reunion on Saturday, June 16, at
the Rieglewood Tree Farm Park. A full
day of fun and food is in store for i
everyone who has graduated from the
A.R.C. treatment program since it
began operation in 1976.
The Reunion is set for 10 a.m.-6 p.m.,
with dinner on the grounds planned for
I p.m. A sample of the day's
recreational activities includes dancing,
pingpong, horseshoes, bingo, and
volleyball. Heading the bill of live
entertainment is the well-known Willie
Low cry of Pembroke. Also scheduled to
appear are the Midnighters of Lum
berton; the Lumber Jacks and Jills, who
will present a square dance exhibition;
and a group from Robeson Little
Theatre who will perform selections
from The Sound af Mnslc.
A committee composed of A.R.C. staff
and alumni is spearheading the organ
ization of the festivities. The purpose of
the Reunion, according to one Planning
Committee spokesperson, is "to pro
vide a day of good, clean fun and to -
celebrate the fact that many folks t
troubled by alcoholism can and do
recover."
The Alcohol Recovery Center ie a part
of the Alcohol Treatment Unit of tile
RcjioviAl
Center. In addition to the 14-day A.R.C.
residential treatment program, the
Alcohol Unit also operates a Halfway
House for ^ii^mil^ll ^t^itl^lgkien
out pitiful cottfiitR ssrvicSBi
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Several Robeson County Schools wR
igain offer meals far children fat
summer. The schools are: AHewSon.
Deep Branch, hirgmvc, Green Grove.
Long Branch. Magnolia. Osendine. ?
Parkton. Pembroke Elementary. Pem
broke Junior High. Piney Grove.
Proctorvillc. Prospect. Rcs-Rcnnert.
Union Chapel and Union FJcmcMMry.
Pembroke Hlementary will offer a
breakfast program for the children of
Locklear court and Maynor Manor, with
Pembroke Junior High catering the
unchcs.
The program begins June 18th and
rnds August 17th. Serving time for
unch begins each day at II a.m. and
:nds at I p.m. Serving time for
breakfast begins at 8 to 8:30 a.m.
In the operation of United States
Department of Agriculture Feeding
Programs, no child, will be djafrimi
bate^tgams^ecwgeofrMeJ^rentor^^
For further information regarding this
brogram, please contact the principal of
he above named schools or contact the
Robeson County School Food Service
Dffice.
PROSPECT DECADE REUNION
There will be a Decade Reunion for
Masses 1947-1956 of Prospect School. If
irou graduated during these years or if
^ou would have graduated during these
irears, please come and be with us. The
reunion will be held in the high school
gym on June 30th at 6 p.m. The price is
14.00 single and 57.00 if you bring your
spouse. Please pay your money by
June 20th so that we can make adequate
plans. Make check payable to Verdi a
Locklear and sent to Rt. 2. Bos 43,
Pembroke, N.C. 28372. Verdia's phone
number is S21-4S97. We are looking
Forward to hearing from you.
Note: Tkla article submitted by
planners fur tba Prospect Decada
pembroke senior hiom school
Class of 1974 planning reunion
The Pembroke Senior High School
clam of 1974 is planning a class reunion
at Quincy's old place in Lumberton for
July 7. 1979.
Class members interested in attending
should contact any of the class officers
or Robin Cummings at 52I-82S7.
Tickets are $20 a couple and $12 for
singles.
Quincy's is reserved that night for tMS
class reunion. Only classmates and their
invited guests may attend. Tickets will
be available until July I, 1979. Don't
miss this opportunity to visit with your
former classmates.
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Tony Blue
Found
Guilty
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to impose an active sentence today eg