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I L13RAKY I *' | TSAIfiE BRANCH PORT OFPTCE [? 2*c^Sl ^y?^Bi^ll>M???*M?"!?*'#f)ri,<*11 P""*" |"Wtalfi?j ,|B^?^mam L--j| Cbr Carolina plnirtan Jloicr Infl^F ?BEL?LlL^JB PUBLISHED MdH THURSDAY ' * ^^^Mcro!<pPY i^???? PEMBROKE POSTMASTER EXPECTED TO BE NAMED SOON PEMBROKE-Pembroke is expected to learn in the next few days who their new postmaster will be. Returning from interviews with the postal management board recently were: Dosey Chavis, a postal employee with the Laurinburg Post Office: Boyce Maynor, employed at LOF; Grady Chavis, brother of Dosey Chavis and Federal Jobs Coordinator with the county. Paul locklear, Jr., employed as foreman at Housing by Vogue; and Harvey Godwin, Jr., asstsunt store manager at Pembroke's Piggly Wiggly store. Dosey Chavis is con??fe??d the front runner because of his experience with the postal service; the postal service has a reputation of promoting from within. The candidates reportedly were inter viewed on July 7. The announcement of the new postmr.ster could come at any time. Pembroke is assured of an Indian postmaster since all five of the final candidates are Lumbee Indians. The Indian postmaster will come from a field of candidates expanded to accept applications from those residing within the Pembroke service area. The last two postmasters have been non-Indians. Cleo Maynor retires after 30 years of service CSm Miynor, left, Is iWwb being prcMotod i est Uflcitc denoting Ma 30 years of service with the Pembrahe Pest Office. Preeeotlag hhn the certificate of appreciation to Freddy Bread**, toe officer to charge. Breedea to on leave from hto Job as a supervisor with the St. Paoto Poet Office. PEMBROKE-Cleo Maynor. long time rural mail carrier, has retired from service with the Pembroke Post Office after 30 years of service. He began work with the Pembroke Post Office No vember 1950. J.R. Lowry was the postmaster when Maynor began his stint of service with -? a. ret tne posi onicc. Other postmasters he served under include: Lowry, Reece LockJear, James Dial. Thaddeus Osendine. John H. Sampson. Jimmy McVickers and Jake Curtis. He also served under a number of officers in charge, including the present officer in charge. Freddy. Breeden. on leave from his station of work at the St. Pauls Post Office. Pembroke is presently engaged in the postmaster selection process, with five candidates vying for the position. Breeden lauded Maynor upon his retirement calling him, "a dedicated and good man; one who has always gone out of his way to help me." Maynor began working at the Pem broke Post Office when the rural route was only SI miles; the route grew to 103 miles before it was split between a route 1 and a route 2. Maynor covered a 68 mile route on Route 1 when he retired; route 2 is serviced by Elery Sampson. Sim Osendine will replace Maynor on Route 1. When Maynor began the mileage pay was .8c a mile. The postal service now pays rural mail carriers .26c a mile. Maynor estimates that he has bought some 30 cars since he began his rural route. His reasoning was, "1 never wanted to be late ...so I always swapped or bought cars early before 1 began having trouble with them." Maynor has also logged over a million miles without an accident. In his 30 u?ar? nf wrvirv h? was onlv out of work three times. "All three times were for surgery." he recalls. Maynor is a veteran of the second world war. returning from overseas and combat a disabled veteran. Maynor took the place of the late and esteemed Rev. D.F. Lowry on Pem broke's Route 1. Lowry also retired after 30 years of service in 1949. Maynor was appointed by the late Congressman F. Eartle Carlyle. He and his wife Magenta reside in Pembroke. They have two children: Boyce. 29. who is one of the five being considered as postmaster; and Pat, 19. a sophomore at Pembroke State Uni versity. He is chairman of the Pembroke Senior High Advisory Council and is a member of the Pembroke Gospel Chapel. Maynor affirms. "I have no regrets; the postal service has provided me a good career, with good pay and benefits. I am thankful to God that I had the opportunity to work with the postal service all these many years without having any accidents or major problems. J I You've Come A Long Way, Baby! bat... 'STRIKE AT THE WIND!' KICKS OFF 5TH SEASON A Mostly uncritical review I think about Unto Tbooo HOW a lot when I turn my mostly uncritical gaze toward 'Strike at the Wind!', now into its 5th season. Unto These Hills is the outdoor drama about the Cherokee Indians. The drama is about them but they have little to do or say about it. Non Indians run it and shape our images about Cherokee Indians. As I see it, Indians ought to get involved with 'Strike at the Windl' and make sure our story is told in proper fashion. We should get involved in the telling of the story, the image making. We ought to make our own symbols. I was on the original board of directors of Robeson Historical Drama, Inc. for a number of years but resigned recently' because of administrative differences... not creative ones. I feel quite strongly that Indians ought to grab hold of the administrative and creative reins of the outdoor drama so that continuity will always be assured. Robeson Historical Drama, Inc. is the sponsoring agency of 'Strike at the Wind!' I am of the opinion that it is time for an Indian (qualified, of course...) to be general manager. Ditto for the lighting man, the director, make up, dress and all the rest of it. We ought to be learning the creative and administrative facets of 'Strike at the Wind!' Then If one of the creative forces leave us in a lurch as has been done in tie past we will have someone prepared to take over without a break in the action. Too, 'Strike at the Wind!' ought to spend more of its monies locally. Spending a creative dollar in Tezas or Tennessee or some other far away place will not turn the desperately short dollars over here at home. Other than the above 'Strike at the Wind!' is a marvelous night of entertainment. The 5th soason might be the best one of all, creatively speaking. The roles are cast well, and direction is controlled and patterned. The director, David Arial. has a nice way about him; he gets the very best performances out of the cast. And I like his patterned staging, the straight lines, the use of the stage, the movement. He knows exactly what he wants the cast to do and they mostly do it. The production is reallv a lively testimony to Arial. a director who is going places. Willie Lowery's music is pulsating and almost haunting. It has a slightly scary sound to it that makes one look backward to that time in the 1860s and 70s when paranoia ran rampant in Robeson County. The passions of the time made men (and women, too) a little crazy; Willie Low cry has an ear for that kind of slightly off center music. He is a brilliant composer, as I see it. Of course, the best thing about 'StTike at the Wind!' is the cast. Melton Lowery (as Henry Berry Lowrie) and Hope St. Pierre (as Rhoda) work well together; they create and emote as well as the roles can be interpretated. as I see it. A so called professional would over state the case and understatement is the key to the roles. Lowery has played his role three times; Hope four times. They are now M / as professions) as can be. And Julian Ransom is stentorian and stately in his role as the leader; young Raymond Anthony dark relates well to Ransom. Young Cart throws out his lines like a seasoned pro. You can hear him on the back row, too. As Ransom says in one place in the show," That's good, boy!", and so it is. The Lowrie family consists of John Pat Locklear as Allen lowne. Sr.; Mag daline Lowry as Mama Cumbo; Dora Chavis as Aunt Maty; Cochise Clark as Young Allen; Maurice Lowery, Jr. as Wesley; and Patrick Chance as William Lowrie. They are all good; especially young Maurice Lowery, Jr. who is a budding star in his own right. He understands a stage and how to move upon it. He is a superb singer and accompanies himself on the guitar apart from the role he plays in the drama. Keep an eye on him; he's going to be a star. And of course Carnell Locklear and Robert Bryant are funny and enter taining as Boss Strang and Shoemaker John respectively. Both have been in *Strike at the Wind!' since its inception. It will be a sad day if and when either leaves Carnell Locklear is* comic in the pure sense; people just lHap to be around him. Laughter follows hiatwherever he goes. He u tk most utd^pe talent in the show. He has real charisma; people are attracted to him. He's likeable...isn't that a nice comment to make about someone? And Bryant has a booming baritone. His diction is crisp and loud; two prerequisites for actors on an outdoor stage. The audience can understand every word he says and every lyric he sings. We give plaudits to the rest of the Lowrie Gang, including David Penny as Zachariah T. McLaughlin; Bill Ray as Henderson Osendine; Stephen McGirt as Calvin Osendine; and Sammie Harris as George Applewhite. Other member* of the caat... Bob Durrett, a new comer, is very good in his role as Sheriff Reuben King: Juliana* Morgan is o.k. as Doily King although she camps it up a bit; Larry Burke and Richard Pait stay in control as Reverend Sinclair and Hector McCord. Both are sympathetic to the plight of Henry Berry Lowrie and the Indian people. There are others in the cast, like Steve Pate, who plays the villianous J. Brantley Harris. He's properly nasty and mean, with an especially de meaning sneer. Q.B. Cummings creates his own interpretation of Donahoe McQueen, another nasty villian. He's quite good in the role. And Polly Oxendine as created by Ruby Hammonds; Tom Cope's creation of Sheriff Roderick McMillian; and all the rest. They are all good -- everyone of them. A lot of verbiage has been cut out of the previous productions; a nasty word here and there has been excised; the lighting has improved. There is order in front of the camera and behind it. The show, except for my disquieting com ments in the beginning of this critique, is better in every way. It is safe to say, paraphrasing the cigarette commercial for Virginia Slims ..."Baby, you've come a long ways." And h has. 'Strike at the Wind!' continues to grow and improve. Life is change; stagnation (no change) is death. 'Strike at the Wind!' is alive. All of us who wish the drama well are thankful for that. Still, the general manager, director, playwright, stage manager, technical director, lighting designer, costume designer, master electrician, sound' technician, choreographer, assistant costume designer, master carpenter, production assistant, wardrobe mistress etc. are all non-Indians. Henry Berry Lowrie would have raised hell about that...if what they say about him is true. The drama is about Henry Berry Lowry and the Indian people's struggle for their rightful place in Robeson Society. Yes, we've come a long ways, baby, but we've got a long ways to go. Registration m Begins If you are a male born in I960 or 1961. then you must regis ter at the nearest post office sometime during, the neat two weeks. While there are many who would be exempt from the draft, everyone must register. Those who don't are subject to a S 10.000 fine and the possibility of up to five years in prttofi. The only ptftom not fo^utr* to roglttof Oft nonimmi grant aliens, members of the or midshipmen at the service ? % REGISTRATION DATES YEAR mO 1990 1M0 1960 11991 1991 1991 1991 ANO MN APR JUL OCT JAN APR JUL OCT M0RTH FEB MAY AUG NOV FEB MAY AUO NOV 40FilRTiy4MARj4^ iigflf iff f iff' UUUVUfc I pa mn Nn MhJmfi * mt, par NMki Nf to Mm. A* ti.HN.lpNi MM Ml Apa ? Mil. VNT mbmmmNv to lMJay, Jay mTim. PEOPLE1 ' AND PL A CES A ND THINGS | BOY'S CAMP The community boys camp, spon sored by the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association, will be held Aug. 6-9, Wednesday afternoon thru Saturday morning. Boys, ages 8-13 are invited to participate. The camp activities will be held on the three campuses of Pembroke State University. Berea Baptist Church, and Odum Home. The daily activities will involve Bible Study, Worship, Recre ation and Entertainment. Coat for the camp is S25. Deadline (or Registration la Monday, Jnly 21, Rev. L.P. Hardy is Camp Director. Please pay registration fee of $10 at Baptist Building. Call S21-98S9 for further information. Robeson Technical College announces Photography course Robeson Technical College is pleased to announce that a 2 weeks mini course in Photography will be regis tering on Monday, July 21st at 7 p.m. on the R.T.C. Campus. The dass will meet Monday-Thursday evenings from 7-10:45 through July 31st. Frank Pierce will be the instructor. Students must be 18 years of age or older, and pay a $5 registration fee. Those students over 65 will not be charged the registration fee. All students will be responsible for a $10 supply fee. Please call the Enrich ment Education Department at 738 7101 for additional information. A. BRUCE JONES APPOINTED TO GOVERNOR'S COMMISSION A Bruce J one*. Executive Director of the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs, has been appointed by Gov. Hunt to serve as a panel member of SCORP (Statewide Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan). Developed and maintained by the Division of Parks and Recreation SCORP guides the state in providing recreational opportunities for citizens and tourists while ensuring the pro tection of N.C.'s natural and cultural resources. Jones, a Lumber Indian, has been the director of the N.C. Indian Commission within the N.C. Department of Ad ministration for 4 years. He holds other state and national offices, including that of chairman of the Governor's Interstate Indian Council. BRIDGE CLOSING IN ROBESON CO. RALEIGH- The Division of Highways yf the North Carolina Department at Transportation (NCDOT) has closed the bridge on Powersville Road (Secondary County. The sued wflf be dosed indefi nitely, according to Division Engineer E.J. Butler. The temporary closing will allow bridge maintenance crews to replace two damaged girders. The bridge is located approximately (bur miles north of Lumberton. Traffic will utilize local roads. S.P. Cain, bridge maintenance super visor. said that every effort is being made to complete the project as soon as possible to minimize any inconvenience to the traveling public. POTTERY DESIGN AND PRODUCTION ALSO AVAILABLE AT R.T.C. Robeson Technical College is pleased to announce that a 2 weeks mini course in Poettery Design and Pro duction will be registering on Monday, July 21st at 7 p.m. on the R.T.C. Campus. The class will meet Monday Thursday evenings from 7 - 10:45 through July 31st. Jim Tripp will be the instructor. Students must be 18 years of age or older, and pay a SS registration fee. Those students over 65 will not be charged the registration fee. All stu dents will be responsible for a SIS supply fee, Please call the Enrichment Education Department at 738-7101 for additional information. PEMBROKE KIWANANS ENJOY SONG FEST Bernard Lowry, program chairman at the Tuesday evening meeting of Pem broke Kiwanis, introduced Mrs. Ger trude Godwin, pianist, and Mr. Lank ford Godwin, baritone, who presented a song-fest of melodies papular in the 1920-1040 era of American music. Following the program. Mrs. Dide Ann Sampson who prepares and aorvue the Kiwanis dinners each Tuesday evening was honored by a gift of money on the occasion of her birthday. Theodore Maynor announced the appointment of Eddie Mac leefclear aa Chairman ef the local Bay Scout Find Drive. The goal lor the entire Cape. Peer Ana of Scouting is Mty-etpM be need to further the dtanletiaa of ftMftj v t Bop Steal Camp aVwbtte Oak. &| ire Pate Uwry reminded theRMndMKa of the meeting ef |||^ ?t 7i jg p.m. at UmhaMaS^^^H PEMBROKE CHESS CLUB PLANNED There will be an organizational meeting for the Pembroke Chess Club on July 24, I960 at Maynor Manor Community Building at 7 p.m. All chess players, beginning cheia players, and non chess players who may be .nterested in learning how to play the game of chess are cordially invited to attend this meeting. Rock of Bethlehem now affiliated with Assemblys of God PEMBROKE-The Rock of Bethlehem Church is now affiliated with the North Carolina District of the Assemblys of God. The young church, located off Deep Branch Road near Pembroke was established thanks to the missionary zeal of Mrs. Alester Sampson (Pink Barton) and her co-workers. There are a number of local Assembly of God Churches: probably the best known is the Shannon Assembly of God. pastored by the Reverend Montana Locklear. Lock I ear is also the district Presbyter. Other churches are the Faith Assembly of God, Pastored by i Rev Roy Clark; and the Fayetteville As sembly of God, pastored by Reverend Herbert Boese. The state office for the AssemMys of God is located in Dunn. N.C.; national headquarters is Springfield. Missouri. The first service in what is now the Rock of Bethlehem Assembly of God was held Sunday. July 13 with the Rev. Montana Locklear delivering the mes sage. Rev. Locklear says, "The Lord has led us to the Pembroke area to do His will - five people were saved Sunday - and we are about our Father's business..." A psstor has not been officially assigned to Rock of Bethlehem Ss yet although Locklear. Clark and Reverend Mitchell Osendine will serve as supply pastors for the time being. REVIVAL PLANNED Rock of Bethlehem Assembly of Oed also announces Its first revival be* ginning July 20 and running thru ugh set tha week. lervicea wtR begin 7 34 p.a. nightly. Reverends Locklear. Clark and MR chad wW share the pulpit during Em ngiilijsl ?WVIVRIi ?