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STRIKE AT THE WIND!'
"CHURCH NIGHT'
IS AUGUST 25
I just like 'Strike at the
Wind!', our exciting outdoor
drama about the exploits of
Henry Berry Lowty, the Lum
bee Indians and their Black
and White counterparts dur
ing the crazy Civil War days.
Men were crazy then, and
passions ran high, necessary
ingredients for a delightful
story of one man's attempt to
overcome his times, his sur
roundings.
Each year we try to do
something to help 'Strike at
the Wind!' This year is no
different. Our idea this year is
CHURCH NIGHT!
I have promised Carneil
Locklear, the irrepressible
general manager and some
times "Boss Strong" that I
will fill up the amphitheatre
this year with good and hearty
church folks. And, with your
help, of course, it can be
done.
Here's how easy it is
simply come with your church
group on August 25. And
we'll spill out of the 1551 seat
amphitheatre.
"Strike at the Wind!' is
positive, wholesome, and
something I can recommend
to church groupa. It's a good
outing for all of us. Something
we can do together.
Last year we did fairly well
but we didn't fill the place up.
This year we will. 1 guarantee
it. Just count yourself and
encourage your church to take
part.
We're going to give a
mammouth trophy to the
church that brings the most
members this year. And pla
ques to second and third place
winners. Last year's winner
was Be res Baptist Church.
This year we hope you Ml get
excited about this and let's fill
up the place.
I'm going to go out on the
limb and predict that we will
fill up the Lakeside Amphi
theatre on the grounds of the
Riverside Country Gub in the
Red Banks Community this
year. Help me! get off the
proverbial limb by attending
Church Night August 25.
Hope to see you and your
church group there.
STALWART MEN AT
BEAR SWAMP
BAPTIST CHURCH
I went to a singing at
Bear Swamp Baptist Church
Sunday night, and renewed a
lot of acquaintances. Like
Rev. Tommie Swett, the pas
tor. He is now 85 years old (or
young) and still afire for God,
still carrying the torch of
freedom for all those who will
believe in a Risen Savior.
It speaks well of Bear
Swamp Baptist Church that
| ihey (till honor "Preacher
Tommic" and count him ?
I their pastor, h is a mark of
| respect for a Man of God who
has been oo the righteous
and fulfill manner) men 1
ever knew. Also. Mr. Jim
Chavis, probably the best
friend I ever had. who was
also a longtime member of
Bear Swamp Baptist Church
and my spiritual mentor,
1 before departing this life in
I 1979.
It is good to honor our
elders; we honor ourselves
when we do so.
, Another stalwart man who
was recently honored in the
Deep Branch Community was
Mr. Claude A. Sampson,
erudite and still teaching the
Senior Adult Men at Deep
Branch Baptist Church where
he has been a member for
many years. Mr. Claude was
honored with a dinner at the
Deep Branch fellowship hall
by his family and friends on
the advent of his 82nd birth
day.
A PLEASANT ENCOUNTER
Mrs. Georgie Ann Dial
calls Julian Pierce "the smar
test student I ever had" in the
many years she was a teacher
in the Hoke County Schools.
Recently Ms. Dial invited Mr.
Pierce, now executive director
of Lumbee River Legal Ser
vices in Pembroke, and my
self, to a delicious dinner at
her home in the Prospect
Community.
It was a delightful en
counter, a time of reminisc
ing, as we were joined by
Mrs. Mary Lee Goins, another
retired Hoke County Schools
teacher, and Jeff Moore, a
Prospect scholar, now intern
ing at legal services before
returning to law school where
he is a student.
The comraderie was de
lightful. the food was de
licious and the fellowship was
uplifting. "We can be joyful
and kind and agreeable, as
evidenced hv Mrs. Dial and
Mrs. Goins who enjoy their
retirement years by doing
good deeds, visiting die sick
and seeing America in style as
they go on many tours to
exotic places.
Utters To
TIm EdHor
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Not a fan
of the FBI
To the Editor:
Conditions of sorts have not
changed since the discovery
of what is now called the
United SMtes of America.
To help settle and colonize
this country in its e*rly
discovery and infancy, the
prisons of Europe were emp
tied and brought to this
country. These people were
given their freedomin this
country to serve the purpose
of the politicians even then.
These persons from the
prisons of Europe were pros
titutes, whores, rapists, mur
derers, thieves and all the
regular prison clientele.
The persons at the top in
this era or time slot made sure
that their cohorts and or
followers were well trained in
the forming and the continuity
of a society still very positive
in this country. Society in this
country today is a monster.
There is no one or no group at
the top, bottom, or in between
who knows how to cope with
it.
In my opinion if a person
has the right contact, the right
amount of money, he or she
can walk out of any circum
stance with a clean slate. That
is why I have little or no
confidence in elected or ap
pointed officials, whatever
tneir status at tne local, state
or national level.
Pertaining to the recent
indictments by the FBI in
Robeson County as per CETA
workers and displacement of
monies, I am sure that the
Indians involved are victims
of association with the Blacks
and whites in this issue. Some
of them perhaps have become
tainted with die offspring of
the early settlers ot this
country. These allegations
and accusations by the FBI
have to be proven in court.
The FBI has a long record of
manufacturing stories to fit
their fii^ose.
The arrest procedures of
the persons indicted, will be
remembered by the Indian
voter in Robeson County for a
long time. If not by newspa
per. by telephone and or word
of mouth. We will remind
each other of this no class
operation.
Remember the ancesters of
these persons in charge of this
ten cent escapade were
brought out of European
prisons, hundreds of years
ago. In my opinion these
people or persons in charge of
the investigation have little or
no ethici, idea'i, resjx t or
compassion for others.
JofanL. Godwin
Pembroke, NC
Slightly over 46 percent of
the land in America is
given over to agriculture. 5
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-An Editorial Expression
RETURN SAM DIAL'S PORTRAIT
TO RIGHTFUL PLACE -UP!
Alter an aborted before
the Pembroke Tom Cooatl Monday
eight, this editorialist Is appearing
before tbo board of dh octets of tbo
Pembroke Honsteg Aatbeiity teaigbt
atelag tbeoB to toe tin t Qbtoo Thomas,
Jr., tbo execatlve director, to gat
Coancllmaa Sore Dial's portrait back
where It bslaaga apl
to take any acttea ? tbo reader, taktag
advantage of tbe fact tbat Sore Dial was
absent to "take ao actfon," as Csaad
area Larry T. Break's reedaa was stated.
Brook's resttoa was sstsndsd by Cean
cBnrei Miltoa Haret ?d canted. A
mottea by CoaacBrerei Bed Lscktere "to
take tbe reader aader advbsresnt" died
for lack of a second.
Coanclaure Sam Dtel staled to tbte
writer that be was at the hospital wttb his
mother who is serioasly IB at the p res sat
IIm hi aaswer to asy qaeqr m to why he
Bat, to ?pita ?f the htatosJ fajfcjj
sad the ? wB geaaratod by the taeae, we
knew hew?retoaa Seat Dial's portrait to
Ito Hghttol place-apt
Editor's eetot dtotoa Thesses "ad
?toistiatliely" had a permit of Sm
Dial haag at Lechlear ceart la a
prostigleas cars assay to 1977 at which
Peastoahe Pahttc Hoestog." The permit
wae takea dewa fallowing the last
ataaletoal electtoa whea Dial aude a
spirited bid far asayer ealy to case ap
Dial hJetcr-Jr prftfcal ene
mies. The pertralt aew leaqahhra to
Theasae's deeet. We untsaii that the
pertndt sheald be retansed to ito dghtfal
place?apt
"The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which
lose color the most." John Ruskin
HERITAGE
NEWS
FORUM
IE HERITAGE FOUNDATION ? WASHINGTON, DC.
ASK AMY ABOUT LEAK
IBy Edwin Feulner
The hypocritical double standard of Washington'*
trendier journalists and politicians is certainly rearing it'*
ugly little head with the current flap over Jimmy Carter's
1980 briefing book.
Assorted Reagan-haters from the Perrier set are having
a field day feeding the fires of the unfolding saga of how
President Reagan's campaign operatives obtained draft
copies of briefing material prepared for former President
Carter. Perhaps they should ask Amy. Anyone smart
enough to advise a president on nuclear war probably keeps
a pretty keen eye open to the goings-on in the White House.
Judging by those portions of the material printed in
the press, it's hard to understand what the fuss is all about.
The allegedly "strategic" material seems pretty bland.
Even the recipients of the material described it at the time
as "nothing spectacular." Shock! Horror! Reagan knew
in advance that Jimmy Carter would denounce Republican
proposals for tax cuts! Big deal. Anyone with half a brain
could ? and should ? have expected as much.
Jimmy claims the material was a "serious loss" to his
campaign. But even Tip O'Neill, the most partisan
Democrat of them all, says baloney. "Briefing book or
no briefing book, our candidate was extremely unpopular
in the last election," he said.
So, if Carter was a turkey and bound to lose anyway,
and the material varied little from a standard rafshooning
of the Carter record, what's the big deal?
The press corps and Carter cronies are telling us it's
the "ethics" of how the Reagan camp obtained the
material. Although the details are still unknown it's clear
that Carter insiders, for whatever reasons, presented it to
the Reagan camp. "Theft!" the media cries. I call it a
"leak".
There in a nutshell is the trendy set's double standard.
No one is accusing the Reagan campaign of plotting to
steal this material.
If this represents a "theft" from the White House
deserving federal prosecution, WASHINGTON POST
editor Ben Bradlee had better call his lawyers. Because
this is a classic example of a White House "leak". You
know what leaks are ? the press is always complaining
about the Reagan administration's attempt to plug them.
| "Leaks" seem to be the primary source of most stories
on administration policy run in the POST, THE NEW
YORK TIMES, and on the T.V. network news shows.
Somebody within the White House loses a power struggle,
or doesn't like a policy, so he calls up one of his journalist
friends and spills the beans about what's going oo. And,
even if the information is classified, die press gladly runs
the story in the interest of the' 'public's right to know."
THE NEW YORK TIMES won a Pultizer Prize because
of a leak ? the Pentagon Papers. And, unlike the briefing
book ? a campaign document ? the Pentagon Papers were
highly classified files recounting years of national security
policymaking. The press can't have it both ways. If printing
the Pentagon Papers was ethical, then no one should expect
campaign suffers to pass back a leaked briefing book
unopened.
Of course, we mi?to ferrnvr. some the Democr*??
* ^ ine ?4# nuke ??.) . ...*. . ?* iy .
figures show the economy is going to be booming like
gangbusters by next fall. By the end of 1983, the O.N.P.
will have grown by S.S percent, unemployment is expected
to fall by another point, and inflation will have been cut
to 4.6 percent. The opposition needs a scandal, to cover
up its own sorry record and cloud the success of
Reaganomics. Somehow, I fear they'll have to keep
looking, though. This one is definitely third-rate.
(Feulner is president of The Heritage Foundation, a
Washington-based public policy institute.)
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A FOREIGN
WOMAN
Aagast7,1983
l?rtn"< Scriptwc Ruth.
DmlM I ii Hug: Luke 10:38-42
Ruth hud two strikes aga
inst her. First, she was a for
eigner. And secondly, she
was a woman. There seem
ed to be little reason for any
one to either acknowledge
her or remember her. Yet,
she is one of only two women
to have a Biblical book nam
ed after her and the story of
Ruth is one of the better
known ones of the Old Testa
ment.
How remarkable it is when
we consider that Ruth was
not a Jewish maiden, but a
Moabitess, a native of a land
that sometimes was the bitter
enemy of Israel. The Book
of Ruth was for some Jews a
bitter pill to swallow. Not
only was this foreign woman
held up before them as a
model of love and selfless
loyalty, but in the very last
verae of the book we discov
er that Ruth ?i to become
the great-grandmother of
the greatest of all Jewish
kings: David!
THE CHOSEN PBOPLZ
There were times in the hb
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a nuu kcu tendency tor Uk.
Jews to turn inward upon
themselves and emphasize
the exdusiveness of their e
iectios by Ood. In these times
Jews were enjoined not to
or have anything to do with
them. The purity of their ls
l^mahtc bloodlines wasatrea
Yet, here was Ruth, a na
tive of accursed Moab, held
up as a model of virtue to the
Hebrew nation! Galling as
they might have found that
fact, there was no denying the
validity of Ruth's stature. For
she personified both love and
loyalty, two qualities so often
in short supply. Though she
was not a native Jew, she
possessed the very qualities
that were to be expected of
God's chosen people. A Mo
abite woman showed the Jews
what God wanted them to be.
It was not the last time that
the Bible would point to a
foreigner as an example for
God's people. As Jesus was
to remind his people, there
were many lepers in Israel at
the time of Naaman, but only
the Syrian general is recorded
as having been healed. Jesus
himself lifted up the parable
of the Good Samaritan?
and Samaritans were just
as feared and despised as Sy
rians and Moabites ? as the
example of neighborly com
passion and love.
FAVOR IN GOD'S EYES
At one point in the story,
Ruth asks Boaz, "Why have
I found favor in your eyes,
that you should take notice
of me, when I am a foreig
ner?" The answer is apparent
to us, if not to her. She has
found flavor in the eyes c f all
who read her story beca jse
it is evident that she has
found favor first of all in the
eyes of God, who recognizes
and acknowledges true love
and selfless loyalty wherever
they are manifested in peo
ple's Mm, regardless of race,
cr'f-. cretJ, or sex. No occ
has ever made a declaration
more pleasing to God than
Ruth's: "For where you go I
wtIUo, and where you lodge
be ay people, and your Ood
myOod."
No one with such love and
loyalty can be a "foreigner"
in Ood's eyes.
I PLATE SALE FRIDAY j
8 - 0
MM Freda's Kwik Stop
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I I Union Chapel Rd.
Pembroke, NC
521-0640
"I would like to take this opportunity to I
thank all the fine people who have I
patronized Freda's Kwft Step since our I
Grand Opening in August, 1981.
"I am proud to be a part of the Bl
Pembroke Community, and Proud to be a I
Lnmbee. That's why Freda's Kw* Stop is I
sponsoring "laadbes Pride", one of the I
newest and best country bands to come out I
of this area. Featured singer of 'Laadbee Ml
Pride' is Saly Lowry Notrie, truly a B
fantastic singer.
"Come by Freda's KM Step Friday, I
Aagnet S and dine with us. Inndiao Pride I
will be performing out in front of Freda's I
Klwk Step and the band wfll be having a I
Plata Sale at the store to raise money for fefl
musical equipment. I invited them to hold I
the Plate Srie at Freda's KM Step I
because I wanted to help...and I know you I
will want to help too. R
"Socomeua v, . ''
at Freda's Khrit Step. There will be Mj
Chicken er Barbs ca a Plater Plus plenty of H
free entertainment.
"Thanks for your patronage. And thanks I
for supporting ?! 11 Pride'."
- TTwi nami
Owner