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I As I See It
by Bruce Barton
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LUMBEE HOMECOMING...
I am grateful to Lumbee
Regional Development Asso
ciation (LRDA) for activating
Lumbee Homecoming. It is a
nice time of the year, a
welcome respite from our
labors.
It is a time to welcome our
loved ones home.
Welcome home, everyone, I
am looking forward to teeing
all of you and just relaxing for
the next few days at Lumbee
Homecoming 1980 unfolds.
And Another People Protue:
BETTY SHEHDAN & DAUGHTERS
BELLY DANCE
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lk-year aid daughter Serine
Betty Shehdan | Jamil la) is an
American Lumbee Indian from
Pembroke, and the daughter
of Timothy and Sally Clark.
Many years ago the was
introduced to the art and
culture of the middle eastern
countries. She attended the
Arabic Nights at State Univer
sity in 1971 which was held at
the student union on the
Raleigh campus. Needless to
say. she fell madly in love with
the art and culture and was
completely mesmerized by one
of the dancers. From then on
she attended the Arabic Night
for the nest five consecutive
years.
In 1976 the heard there were
belly dance classes being held
at one of the centers in
Raleigh. She jumped at the
chance to join. Her daughter.
Serine (Amirs* was then twel
ve. Bv this time ehc had
already had quite a bit of belly
* dancing esperience. At age
five she took her over to the
college to try out for a solo part
in a Middle Eastern Wedding
Dance. She had never had
professional training but won
the solo. She was a self
taught belly dancer. For the
neat five consecutive years she
danced at the Arabian Nights'.
?y this time, she had another
daughter. Sawnika (Katerij
age sis. Again she had a
natural born dancer. She en
roled the three of them for
belly dancing classes. They
have danced for the past four
years at every opportunty that
has arisen. They formed and
choreographed their own rou
tine Cnie Fred Shehdan Ha
rem Routine!. Her husband
had always joked about having
Ms very own Harem. Her I
daughters and she wanted to
esseminn hssews Cn ilu>. u.naAa<i
surpwc linn. jo inc> wonca
out and perFscted their ten
?iHe# " ngn n wri penwieu.
they surprised Mm with It. He
loved It: he was one proud
taker and husband. He said
that was just what he had
always dreamed of. He has
siwsvs given ihrm hu totsl
support. They eely pe^Fo^^o in
Ms preeoMO. Their most
enjoyable and memorable
ddhee was far him
. s
I Antra 11 aad tha youngest
- daughter of I*, Sawalfca [Ka
lari|.
Pennsylvania. We are the only
rpother and daughter pro
fesstonal group in or around
the State of North Carolina."
CHARllE BROWN'S STEAK
HOUSE-AUGUST IS*
U.S. 1 NarW-DMaer Starts
7 p.m.-] Haar
Mrs. Shehdan continues:
"This brings us to where we
are today in planning our
dinner, show and dance to the
world famous recording artist.
George Abdo. This live per
formance by Mr. Abdo will be
his first within a five hundred
mile radius of Raleigh and the
Fred Shehdan Harem takes
great pleasure personally in
being able to bring our friend
to our town."
Mr. Abdo it the ton of a
Lebonese actor. Hit mother
was a Syrian vocalist. A Salem
native, he began by singing
Blues, then formed his
"Flames of Araby Orchestra"
in 1961. Middle eastern and
Creek Music was a stable in
his home. In the late 60's
George and his orchestra
started recording and are now
on Monitor records, which is a
New York label specializing in
ethnic music. He sings in
seven languages--Arabic. Ar
menian. Turkish. Greek.
Yiddish. French and English.
His orchestra is equally ver
satile. containing some of the
world's best musicians. Ed
ward Melikian. from Wor
Chester, piavs the mandalin
like Olid. John Haddad. Ab
do's 22-year-old nephew and
student at the New England
Conservatory, plays the Elec
tric Violin and Viola. Martin
Yuffe. who was a Harvard
Music instructor and played
with the London Symphony
when he was 14. plays Oboe.
Manny Retro is "the king of
middle eastern guitar." Mit
chell Kaltsunas. from RosHn
dale, is a standout percus
sionist. The esntlc music
which is accompanied by the
dancers Angers cymbuls. in
volves a considerable mani
pulation of the singer's voice,
along with a lot ef chanting, h
can all be summed up m one
nurd. FEELINGS
The sale of George s sis
albums were lad b* almost
J00.000 salts worlds tde ef Ms
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1^ In UltHfM #IMI
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Ah hMkao hsat pawhand
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vn 1119 icwuius ui ivmsi
attending lectures in Texas.
Said Mrs. Shehdan. "We are
so very proud, fortunate,
honored and grateful to have
this dream of four years to
come true, since the very first
time I heard his voice. Time
and time again I have dreamed
of dancing to the live voice of
the one and only 'King of Belly
Dancing Music,' George Abdo
and his Flames of Araby
Orchestra."
Questions
Principal
Selection
To the Editor:
1 would like to express my
opinlcpi. for the public record,
of the politicking parading as
"good educational decision
making" in the matter of
choosing a principal for the
R.B. Dean School in the
Maxton School District.
We lost a good man when
Mr. McBee retired and i hope
him many years of happy and
useful retirement.
My source of concern and
irritation is not with the new
principal but with the Robeson
County Board of Education
and their manner of choosing a
replacement for Mr. McBee.
In my mind the board took an
unwarranted and unnecessay
slap at the Indian people in the
Maxton School District. We
have worked long and hard
trying to better the educational
offering in Maxton. We have
tried to help all students get a
better education, but we fall
short when we can't get an
Indian principal. Indian people
as well as other people need
positive role models. In other
words, our children need to
h4ve ? principal in the Maxton
District they can look up to as a
leader in their education. It
just makes good common
sense. We cannot understand
why an Indian was not chosen
for a principal's postion. we
have qualified people avail
able
When will our people quit
playing politics with our chil
dren? The children are our
future and when we play petty
politics with education we
short change our children as
well as all our futures.
Looking at the action taken I
can't help but wonder how
nlanv votes were promised or
what political debts were paid.
However. I don't have to look
hard to see the cast of
characters behind the scene.
One doesn't have to use much
imagination to predict what
will be expected in the future.
The list of names recom
mended by the Maxton
District Advisory Council did
not include the principal se
lected It seems that thev weft
over ruled Why go through
the formality and time and
expense of having onetf they
are not going to be heard? h
seems we are only raiting the
false specior of hope and going
through meaningless motions i
running our alfclrt I am ,
vers upset and I have talked to
mans other residents of the 1
Maxton District that are also 1
upset l
JE*lfced!r
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR -)
Writer Counters Fluoridation
Claims in Pembroke
rVar Sir
Communities considering the
fluoridation of water should
consider the following facts:
Antigo. Wisconsin. (Fluoridat
ed 25 years) has had a
tremendous rise in heart
deaths (court house records).
This has happened also in
fluoridated cities in Michigan
and Nebraska.
It has been proven in court
that fluoridation contributes to
cancer. Dr. Dean Burk. found
er of the National Cancer
Institute, says that fluoridation
causes 25.000 extra cancer
deaths per year in the U.S.
In nine out of nine teferen
dums in April. 1980. fluorida
tion was defeated. This should
tell city councils something.
In the Congressional Labor
HEW appropriations bill hear
ings. the Public Health Service
could not come up with a
single study that showed that
fluoridation water at 1 part per
1 million was effective in
reducing cavitigg.
They could not show any
double blind tests in the U.S.
or a single unbiased stu4y
showing that fluoridation was
safe.
The 1981 Physician* Desk
Reference | [Ik bible of the
medical pnkssion) carries
warning* of at> erse reactions
with the ut i it. fluoride.
The F.D7 . (Federal Regis
ter 3-28-80) a* proposed niies
that would t squire fluoridated
toothpaste If carry a warning
label.
A U.S. HEW study cites
findings of 1.8 ppm. of fluoride
in daily food intake. Almost
two times as much as recom
mended by the Public Health
Service and 6 times as much as
children under the age of two
should be getting. (See PDR
1980).
With toothpaste. mouth
wash, tablets, drops and foods
high in fluoride readily avail
able why is there a need for
fluoridated water simply be
cause funds are available?
Why poison the whole well
with a prescription drug? Why
waste you tax money in this
way? ^
Isabel J?*? an, R.N.
608 Gewan Rend
Anitge, Wis. 54409 N
President, OtUcna Action
SOUTHEASTERN GOSPEL"
SINGING ASSOCIATION -
P. O. Box 188 Pembroke. N. C. 28372
To all gospel music lovers:
Another first Saturday Night
Singing has come. It's that
time when we can meet
together to enjoy, ourselves in
the Lord. It seems to me that
after meeting so many people
(weekly) that God's people are
the happiest* people in the
world. So many people are not
free in churches, and aa a
result of this they are weak in
spirit.
We know tW we have a let of
competition that our attendan
ce this month may be off, with
Strike at the Wind and other
programs going on for this
Saturday Night people may
have to decide where to go,
but we cannot give our ser
vices up, for even one month.
We must carry on for God in
trying to win souls for God,
and to be a blessing for his
people that may be weak. WE
can offer a place for the
children of God. And anyone
else who wishes to attend to
come together and sing
praises to God, but we cannot
make you come, so if you will
come and sing praises with us.
I know you will be happy.
By the time you get this letter
our day time revival at the Oak
Grove Church will be in pro
gress two services daily 10
a.m. and at 2 p.m. beginning
June 30. thru July 4, 1980.
Please if you can come even,
for just a day we will be
delighted to have you. Yoo are
free at Oak Grove and can
worship God to His choosing
and your desire. If you can
duly come, 1 believe God will
bless you Monday through
Friday which is the 4th of July,
come on by and worship with
'us. '
Our guest singers for this
month, July Sth at 8 p.m. at
Deep Branch School is: The
Singing Miracles from Troy,
North Carolina; The Jubilee
Gospel Singars from Lum
berton, NortkPtarOlina; The
Truth Goapt! Singers from
Fayetteville, North Carolina;
and many others. Come on out
and enjoy the blessings of
God. I feel that you will enjoy
yourself in this Gospel Sing
ing. Now remember there is no
charge to get in. Come on out.
On July 26th, Saturday night
there will be a great Gospel
Singing at the Lumberton
Senior High School in Lum
berton. This singing is spon
sored by the McNeill Quartet,
Singers for this event are The
Scott Sisters. The Heavenly
Bound Boys, The McNeill
Quartet, and the Singing Sa
maritans.
Come on out and help in thia '
singing. Come prepared to
receive your . blessing from
God. Looking for you on
Saturday July Sth, 1980 at the
Deep Branch School at 8 p.m.
Grever Osaodhw
Pembroke Eye Clinic director
thanks public for response
To: The Editor end Citizen* of
the Pembroke Area:
Dr. John Adams and I wish
to express our appreciation to
the many citizens of the
Pembroke area who have
contributed to our warm wel
come and have assisted ua in
establishing the Pembroke
Eye Clinic. Your newspaper
very ably presented our philo
sophies and experience and
caused our open house and
reception oti Sunday afternoon
to be very successful.
Wf are grateful to the many
citizens who came to the new
clinic to express their interest
and concern and support.
There is no way that any
community could have been
more cordial and we shall not
forget these overtures of kind
ness and courtesy.
On Sunday afternoon at the
open house and reception, we
dedicated our new building
and our practice to the glory of
God. and Reverend Dawley
May nor led us in prayer. I
stated at that time that this
would be our purpose, and if
we did this, to please tell Him.
and if we did not function in
this mood, to please tell us.
Again, we would like to
publicly thank Mr. and Mrs.
Bernard Lowry. the owners of
our new building, for their
wonderful assistance. Also.
Mayor Pete Jacobs and his
fine wife who introduced our
guests to us at the reception. 1
learned many thing* from Mr.
Jacobs, and we are proud to be
part of the future growth that
is predicted for the Pembroke
community.
We feel we are very fortu
nate to have Mrs. Lycurous
(Helen) Lowry to serve as our
receptionist-secretary. She has
been so helpful to us already,
and she has further agreed to
allow persons to make appoint
ments with her at her home on
the days we are not at the
office. If she can not be
reached at home or the office,
please call our Fairmont Op
tometric Clinic. A part-time
clinic requires some temporary
inconveniences, but I predict
we will soon be in Pembroke
fo&r to five days each week.
Mr. Barton, your newspaper
is making a tremendous con
tribution to the Pembroke
area, and as a subscriber to
your newspaper. I want to
thank you. congratulate you.
and challenge you to continue
the strong efforts that
you are making to provide
the Pembroke area with an
effective newspaper. As you
know, a growing newspaper is
necessary to a growing com
munity.
With kind personal regards
to you and the citizens of the
Pembroke area and a prayer
that God will bless all of you at
all times and in all ways. I am
Appreciatively yours,
Haraid C. Herring, O.D.
MY NAME IS LUMBEE
My name is Lumbee
My perverters would say Lumber.
Just a crooked little Hver,
44 miles in length.
But I know many secrets.
And I fathered a people.
And few there should be who would
harm me. /
My nameis Lumbee. /^
1 join Drowning Creek ) t*
At the one end, / jm
And the Little Peedee / C
On the Other.
Why do people deny I exist?
I who have birthed them?
I who have nursed thee, /
Like a mother from my bosom? ?
Am I really unworthy qf them? M
Or are they really unworthy of Me? K
They have fished; in tnyeoal waters. "
And they have swum, in my swift
stream.
Yet they have despised me.
They have rejected me.
And they have scorned the father.
The father who fathered them.
And they have heaped abuse upon my
name
For my name is Lumbee.
What have I done to deserve disfavor?
Have I not harbored them?
Have I not hidden them?
Have I not kept their very lives safe
til uiiica vi wiu pcMVi f ^
And have I not lulled their
Restless children to sleep at nignt
With the gentle trickle of me. j
Oh. listen to my sad murmuring!
And tell me. do tell me,
For which of these things
Do you now persecute me?
?Law Bart?
"Prevention is the daughter of
intelligence." Walter Raleigh
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?Your Fishing Headquarters
(Bait, Crickets, Worms) |
?Golf ?Tennis ?Baseball ^Hunting
?Rifles, Guns & Ammunition
?Full Line of Trophies & Plaques
?We Also Do Engraving
FREEMAN'S
SPORTING GOODS
Has Added
a Tee-Shirt Outlet.
?On-the-spot Lettering ?Decals
Located on Main Street - Pembroke, N.C.
I LED A IN ACTION I
by Lew Barton
? HOMECOMING 1988
A dozen year* have patted
since (he inception of LRDA.
Homecoming 1980 it a far cry
from Homecoming 1970. The
past decade hat teen tome of
the most marked and motl
remarkable changca in the life
of our Indian community in our
history. Teh years ago. many
people were worrying about
the loss of our identity because
of the lots of our schools at
Indian schools. Now. ten years
later, the Robeson Indian
Community is mote stable,
more cohesive, more prosper
ous than ever before.
In short, despite sweeping
changes, we have prevailed.
One big reason is that we have
organized and coordinated our
efforts in greater measure and
in more ways than ever before.
We have a central organiza
tion. a centralized organiza
tion. capable of dealing in one
way or another with all the
problems inherent in our exis
tence as an Indian community.
For this, we should all be
thankful.
Homecoming 1980 is reflect
ing much of our phenomenal
growth and development dur
ing the past decade. This year
as never before, we should
focus attention on those ele
ments of our community which
are now serving us. Focus and
be proud of our accomplish
ments.
1. Visit LRDA's facilities. Ask
questions. Take stock of our
resources. Think of new ways
we can improve and/or serve
the Indian community better.
Then write, suggesting what
ever changes appear to be
desirable. Remember that
LRDA has an open door policy
and your suggestions are sure
to be considered.
2. See Strflw at *? WW.
Suggest any changes that may
be indicated. Communicate!
3. Visit Lumbee River Legal
Services. Inc. Ask questions
Here is another service which
was not available to us ten
years ago.
4. Visit Old Main on the
Pembroke State University
campus, remembering that ten
years ago the building re
presenting our community was
listed as a liability rather*
than an asset and was on its
way to everlasting destruction.
5. Visit the new quarters of
the Revels Motel facilities.
Just think: Until January I.
1973. we didn't really have a
community voice. 'A commun
ity. Indian or otherwise, is a
sad thing without its own
voice.
7. Take note of Pembroke's
growth within the past ten
years. Suggest ways that we
can make our streets safer now
that traffic flow has increased
to such a point as to have
become really hazardous.
8. Check on recent plans to
make the romantic old Lumbee
River a Canoe Trail. If the
effort meets with your appro
val. or doesn't, make your
feelings known.
9. Just wander around,
meeting old acquaintances and
renewing old friendships.
10. Have the time of your life
this year!
WELCOME HOME. FEL
LOW LUMBEE! WELCOME
BACK TOGO^frpDUNTRYl
Pharmacist
0ev*ssrd
k Pembroke Drug Center
(Worn and W :ird. Prrnhndh'. SI'
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A July 4th fireworks: Be cautious!
I well recall the excitement of July 4th fireworks But if
you're planning fireworks this 4th. do so with catrtlort
for safety's sake! j
Make certain an adult is present to supervise chil
dren. Half of the nearly 10.000 people seriously in
jured last year were under age 16. Light only one de
vice at a time, well away from other people, houses and
flammable materials, such as dry bushes. Keep a bucket
of water handy in case of fire. Don't touch or try to re
light malfunctioning fireworks.
Enjoy the 4th ? Do so.
Safely!
IXal A2I-4MI5
Dr. Harold Herring and the Staff of
Pembroke Eye Clinic
wish to thank all the citizens of the Pembroke area
for their warm welcome to us;
also, we are grateful for the
splendid attendance at our
Reception and Open House on Sunday afternoon .
Dr. John Adams
Optometrist
P. O. Box 1627
Pembroke, NC
Mrs. Helen Lowry
Receptionist-Secretary
Clinic Tel. 521-9744
Home Tel. 521-9931
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