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PEMBROKE, N.C hAW-UcUIS?h," .\ ROBESON COUNTY
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VOLUME 12, NUMBER 1 ??PES COPY^f^ THU1 * JANUARY 5, 1984
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THIS MIGHT BE MY LAST YEAR
AS EDITOR OF THE {
CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
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by Bruce Barton
The Carolina Indian Voice newspaper
was begun in 1973 as a weekly
newspaper with a Lumbee Indian
editorial perspective. The original incor
porators were Uruce Barton and Howard
and Brenda Brooks. Bruce Barton
became editor and sole owner shortly
thereafter when the Brookses decided to
pursue other interests.
The first issue was published January
18. 1973. The headline was "PSU
Convocation...Dedication of Buildings
Today." The buildings were the English
E. Jones Health and Physical Education
Center and the Herbert G. Oxendine
Science Building.
Another headline heralded "Indian
Unrest Tops Poll." And there was a
picture and story about our friend, W.J.
Strickland, being appointed chairman of
the now disbanded CENA (Coalition of
Eastern Native Americans).
One ad. in particular, is recalled with
fondness. The Lumbee Bank, newly
formed itself, offered congratulations to
"The new kid on the block." That was
us. We are happy to report that both
Lumbee Bank and the Carolina Indian
Voice are alive and well.
The Carolina Indian Voice has never
missed a publication date although we
have skirted with disaster from time to
time.
We began publishing with a used
Varityper justowriter and recorder and a
recalcitrant headliner 800. We now use a
typesetter made by Compugraphic Cor
poration.
We began with 73 subscribers and now
Ot"!kk Indian Vaioc out -to *
3,000, mostly by mail and news stands.
Howard and Brenda Brooks, Emma L.
Locklear and the founders of the now
defunct Henry Berry Lowry College were
invaluable in organizing and giying us
direction and encouragement. Also my
father. Lew Barton, has helped us
whenever we have called upon him to do
so. He still contributes an occasional
column when he feels up to it. He taught
us didstly what we know. He charted our
directions a long time ago; he was once
^editor of the Pembroke Progress, a
forerunner of the Indian Voice in the
forties.
And my sister, Connee Brayboy,
continues to stand with me through the
perils of getting an issue out each week.
She is our associate editor, and my
brother, Garry Lewis Barton, has been
with me since the beginning except for a
temporary moment here and there. He is
probably the best typesetter this side of
the Mississippi River. And Connee is ou.
in house "social services bureau."
Heartaches, euphoria, and the like
have been our daily fare. A brother and
sister (Ruth and Emie) have died in the
interim, both victims of car accidents.
Ruth was 39 when she died in 1979 and
Ernie was 31 when he died in 1980. We
put out issues during those grief stricken
days. It was hard, almost unbearable.
But I knew they would have wanted us to
publish and 1 am glad we did. It was, in a
way. a testament to them.
And time marches on. We have cried,
laughed, had good times and bad...
But the need for a communications
vehicle from the Indian perspective is
needed today as much or maybe more
than it ever was.
When we began the Carolina Indian
Voice in 1973 a stamp cost eight cents; it
now costs 20. Costs in the graphic arts
area have skyrocketed, quadrupling over
the last ten years, the economy is crazy,
out of sorts. But The Carolina Indian
Voice continues, correctly billing itself as
the largest weekly newspaper in Robeson
County. We have, from time to time,
attacked dragons, sacred cows, dared to
lament evil doers in our midsts. We are
proud to have championed the breaking
of double voting and other schemes
which denied people basic rights gua
ranteed in the name of the Constitution
and decency.
So, we ask you to consider us as a
possible investment. A newspaper is
only as good as the community it serves
and the people who subscribe and
advertise in its pages. We are proud to
be a part of the Eastern Indian
experience, an exciting adventure for all
of us.
Subscribe, it's as easy as pie.
If you wish to join our effort toward
knowing what is going on in the Indian
community and Robeson County and
points east and west, we invite you to
subscribe, advertise or consider an
investment in this exciting adventure.
If interested in subscribing, our
mailing address is P.O. Box 1075,
Pembroke, N.C. Our phone number is
521-2826 (area code 919).
Thanks again...to all of you, even our
detractors who have kept us reasonably
honest over the years.
Here are the present stockholders of
record of the Carolina Indian Voice:
1. Bruce Barton, Pembroke, N.C., 20
shares;
2. Connee Barton Braybov, Pembroke,
Garry Lewis Barton, Pembroke, N.C.,
11 shares;
Ricky M. Barton. Pembroke, N.C., 5;
Elias Rogers, Red Springs. N.C., 1;
Gus Bullard, Maxton. N.C., 1;
Carlon and G. Mae Locklear, Maxton,
N.C., 1;
^ Catherine M. Earle, Pembroke, N.C.,
Frank Jacobs, Maxton, N.C., 1;
James & Eula Locklear, Pembroke
N.C., 1/4;
Timothy Strickland, Maxton, N.C., 1;
Ronnie Hunt, Pembroke, N.C.. 1/4;
Catherine M. Earle, Pembroke, N C
1;
Constance Gleave, Pembroke, N.C., 1;
McKeithan Jones, Rowland N C
1/2;
Fayetteville Presbyterian, Fayettevil
le. N.C. 2;
Fayetteville Presbyterian, Fayettevil
le. N.C., 1;
Dexter Brooks, Pembroke. N.C.. 1;
Clinton Thomas, Jr., Pembroke, N C
1/4;
McDuffie Cummings, Pembroke,
N.C.. 1/4;
Phil A. Diehl, Raeford, N.C., 1/2;
Sam Kerns, Custodian for Nancy B.
Kerns, Pembroke, N.C., 1/2;
Sam Kerns, Custodian for Geneen L.
Kems, Pembroke, N.C. 1/2;
Brenda Jacobs, Pembroke, N.C., 1/2;
Grover Oxendine, Pembroke, N.C., 2;
Gus Bullard, Maxton, N.C., 1;
Gary D. Jacobs. Pembroke, N.C.. 1;
Barbara Barton, Lumberton. N.C., 1;
Gus Bullard, Maxton, N.C., 1/2;
United Tribes of America, Fairfax.
Va., 1;
Continental Industrial Chemicals,
Charlotte. 1/2.
The Carolina Indian Voice, Inc. is a
N.C. for profit ' corporation, comprised
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of 100 shares valued at SI,000 per share.
78 3/4 Shares, as of September 30,
1983, are now sold. 21 3/4 Shares remain
unsold.
If you would like more information
about this proposition please i contact
either of the following: Bruce Barton or
Connee Brayboy, P.O. Box 1075. Pem
broke, N.C. 28372, Telephone: (919)
521-2826.
...MIGHT BE MY LAST YEAB
AS EDrroR
1984 might be my last year as editor
of the Carolina Indian Voice. I'm tired,
and sometimes disillusioned. Eleven
years is a long time to do anything.
I want to be cold-blooded and honest
with you. The Carolina Indian Voice has
been stale lately, a sameness to it that
has lulled us all to literary sleep, but
we've avoided bankruptcy, skirted fin
ancial disaster from time to time.
We need a challenge. And I. person
ally, need to trust God more fully in the
coming years.
I'm going to throw myself anew into
the fray in 1984. I'm going to give it my
best shot.
Our goal, as of January 1, 1984, is to
add 5,000 subscribers to our rolls i,:
1984.
And we are going to profile 12
churches and 12 families this year (one
each month), as well as add more ir.
depth investigative pieces and profiles
and new columns on books and success
and more.
And this is what I want in 1984: a
closer relationship with God. Evcy oiher
goal and Avp.ttfxion-ywe j.i vtoo >b -
And 1 want a meaningful relationship
with my family and the Carolina Indian
Voice.
General prosperity. Health. Lack of
envy. Peace. No inner fears. All these
stem from God.
And 1 can know God more fully for
myself it I trust Him in turn. I need to
walk down the corridor of faith for
myself.
So, I claim prosperity for us in 1984.
And vow, anew, to give myself fully to
our enterprise in 1984.
Yet, 1984 might be my last year as
editor of the Carolina Indian Voice. If
prosperity eludes us again this year I will
turn the reins of leadership over to
another.
I do not want to be guilty of crushing
the dreams of the Carolina Indian Voice
to my breast in the attempt to be a big
shot.
So, a fair goal, a reasonable one, for
"our" (note the list of stockholders)
newspaper is 5.000 subscribers added to
our rolls. If that goal is not attainable...
well, maybe I should step down as
editor and let a fresh perspective assert
itself.
We sincerely invite you to join us in
1984. 5,000 new subscribers. Join us on
this Great Adventure!
OUR COUNTDOWN TO 5,000
1. Arlee Oxendine, Ft. Pierce, Fla.
2. Pat Turner, Atlanta, Ga.
And Happy New Year! God bless each
of you. And please pray for me. I need
..your prayers desperately.
Fam ily
Burned Out
A local family's house was destroyed
by fire Sunday evening. The family lost
everything.
Anything anyone would like to donate
(such as clothes, furniture, housewares,
etc.) would be appreciated. If you would
like to help, please contact Helen
Locklear at 521-8661 at the Pembroke
Community Workshop or Leanne Jacobs
(the victim) at 521-0738.
Call
CALL EITHER
OF THE ABOVE FOR
CLOTHES SIZE AND
other
pertinent
Inform atlon!
Won't you please help?
| Indian boy's plea gets father a job
r WASHINGTON ? The
Reagan administration, re
sponding to a "Mr. President:
Do you like Indians?" letter
from a 12-year-old, has found a
job for the boy's Oglala Sioux
' father who served during World
WarH.
In a two-page handwritten
letter written to President Rea
gan on Nov. 1 and sent to the
White House without his fa
ther's knowledge, Little Beaver
Canoe pleaded for Reagan's
help in finding work for his fa
ther, Buffaloboy Canoe, 99.
"Mr. President, do you like
Indians?" the boy asked "Be
cause I never hear or read
about you trying to help our
people. My father voted for you
and has always liked you. ...He
served bis country well, and
now this country won't give him
a job."
a
Little Beaver Canoe said that
his father, a World War II para
tamper with the 82nd Airborne
Division and former Hollywood
stuntman who now lives in Hay
ward, Calif., was out of work
and deeply in debt.
It was not clear whether the
letter reached Reagan. But it
reached high-level White House
aides, who referred it to the La
bor Department.
Through the Center for Com
munity Economics in Santa Ro
sa, Calif., a private organiza
tion providing job referral ser
vices under contract to the La
bor Department, Buffaloboy
Canoe was put to work in a
824,000-a-year job helping lo
cate native Americans who
might benefit from the Job
Training and Partnership Act.
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Subscription
R^ites
Going
Up
Subscription rates, like everything else
in America, continue to creep up with the
Iccompanying increase in the production
bosts of the Carolina Indian Voice.
> As of February 1, a one-year sub
scription of the Carolina Indian Voice will
cost S10.00 in North Carolina (we pay the
taxes). Out of state will be $13.00.
Senior citizen* [tboae 65 year* old and
fcbovej and prisoner* may receive the
Carolina Indian Voice free of charge
?imply by requesting It.
Subscriptions will be for the length of
One year only, beginning February 1,
1984 to facilitate and Improve our record
keeping. i
You may renew at the old rate until the
new rate* become effective.
A Front
Page
Editorial
A Job
W ell.Done
for
Retiring
County
M anager
Paul
,i... Graham
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Paul Graham, 61, citing personal
reasons, has resigned as county manager
for Robeson County. Graham held the
job 21 years and said, at a meeting of the
county commissioners Monday night,
that he had intended to resign in 1983
but stayed on the job after he - was
indicted in the much ballyhooed RobCor
probe. Graham, like most of those
indicted, was eventually cleared of any
wrong doing. Graham said, "1 stayed on
because I wanted to prove that I was not
guilty." And, of course, he did.
Graham was always courteous and
helpful as county manager. He most
times rose above the provincial and racial
politics of Robeson County and exercised
the duties of his office with care and
decency, never losing sight of the fact
that he worked for the county commis
sioners who represented the taxpayers of
Robeson County.
Graham will be hard to replace and we
join others like Sammy Cox, vice
chairman of the commissioners, who
said, "You've done an excellent job."
We wish Graham well in whatever he
chooses to do after he retires.
Graham's retirement will be effective
January 1. 1985.
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fHOPLE
A ND PL A CES
AND THINGS
AMERICA'S TASTIEST TRADITION
It's Girl Scout Cookie time! Starting
January 13, Pines of Carolina Girl Scouts
will be taking orders throughout their 20
counties. The annual Girl Scout Cookie
Sale is 50 years old this year! In the
beginning there was only one cookie, a
vanilla shortbread in the shape of the
Girls Scout trefoil. Today there are seven
varieties to choose from!
Now, more than ever. Girl Scout
activities depend on the proceeds from
this annual sale. These proceeds, plus
allocations from the United Way, make
many learning and growing opportun
ities possible, from ballet and back
packing to camping and career days.
If you are not contacted by a Girl Scout
and wish to order cookies, call 738
2383.
COMMEMORATIVE STAMP WILL
HONOR JIM THORPE
The design of a United States
commemorative stamp honoring the
great Indian athlete Jim Thorpe was
unveiled recently in ceremonies at the
Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton,
Ohio. Thorpe, a Sac and Fox Indian, was
the star running back of the Canton
Bulldogs, one of the earliest pro football
teams. The 20-cent stamp will be
officially issued May 14, 1984 in
ceremonies at Shaw nee, Oklahoma, near
Thorpe's birthplace. U.S. Postmaster
General William Ei' Iger said that honor
ing a sports hero liV Thorpe, along with
other national heroes like George
Washington, Joim F. Kennedy and
Martin Luther King, was entirely
appropriate. "Every now and then,"
Bolger said, "a Figure comes along who
transcends the world of sports." Thorpe
is the First football player and the Fifth
athlete to be honored with a com
memorative stamp. The others were
Jackie Robinson. Babe Ruth, Bobby
Jones and Babe Didrickson Zaharias.
The stamp shows Thorpe standing
upright in his Canton uniform, holding
his helmet in his right hand. The name
Jim Thorpe is printed across the top and
in the lower right portion of the stamp
are "USA" and "20c." The stamp was
designed by Richard Gangel, former art
dire tor of Sports Illustrated magazine.
He used an early photograph of Thorpe
as his model.
GOSPEL SING
The Deep Branch Recreation As
sociation will hold a Gospel Sing and
Dinner on Friday, January 20, 1984 at
the Deep Branch School Cafeteria.
Singers featured will be the McNeill
Quartet.
Tickets available at Superior Office
Supplies. Pembroke, N.C. Call 521-0100
for more information.
M ayor Hunt
buys
first jar
of Jaycee
Jelly
The Pembroke Jaycees will begin their
annual sale of Jaycee Jelly Monday,
January 9, 1984. The proceeds will go to
the North Carolina Burn Center. Pem
broke Mayor Milton Hunt was the first
person to buy a case of jelly.
Other activities the Jaycees are
involved in are a Membership Re
cruitment Night, Januftry 4, 1984.
President Larry Jacobs encourages all
young men, ages 18-36, who are
interested in helping their community to
come to the Pembroke Jaycee Hut
Wednesday night to learn more about
the Jaycees.
There will be a Jaycee Charter
Member Pig Pickin', January 14, 1984,
at the Pembroke Jaycee Hut. More
details of the Pig Pickin' will appear in
next week's issue of the Carolina Indian
Voice.
Billy Oxendine is chairman of the
Jaycee Jelly Sale. Jimmy Goins is
.cfcairn?jM"of Javcee Wei^. William
Lowry yFl .tcrnal vice presUew. '
in hffnor of the many accomplishments
of the Pembroke Jaycees, Milton R.
Hunt. Mayor of Pembroke, proclaimed
the town's appreciation of the Pembroke
Jaycees by issuing the following pro
clamation:
IN THE MATTER OF PROCLAIMING
JAYCEE WEEK
WHEREAS, the Pembroke Jaycees
provide leadership training and personal
development to young men between the
ages of 18 and 35; and
WHEREAS, the Pembroke Jaycees
believe that "Service to Humanity is the
Best Work of Life"; and
WHEREAS, the Pembroke Jaycees
strive to make their community a better
place in which to live; and
WHEREAS, the Pembroke Jaycees
feel that government should be of laws
rather than men; juid
WHEREAS, the Pembroke Jaycees
have contributed substantially to the
progress of the Pembroke Community;
NOW, THEREFORE I. Milton R.
Hunt, Mayor of the Town of Pembroke,
do hereby commend the Pembroke
Jaycees for their many accomplishments
to the Pembroke Community and to the
State of North Carolina and Salute the
Pembroke Jaycees during U.S. Jaycee
ur a. i a tc tnoi
Tree* January f-io, ifao.
The Honorable
Milton R. Hont, Mayor
Town of Pembroke
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Pembroke
Town Council
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Meets
The Pembroke Town Council meeting
was called to order at 7 p.m.. Tuesday.
January 3, 1984 by Mayor Milton Hunt.
Minutes of the last meeting were
approved.
Matters coming before the Town
Council included the Public Hearing
1982 Community Development Program.
Mr. Reed Whhsell (employee of Talbert.
Cox and Associates who administered
the grant) gave an update on the target
area. No nation was taken by the board (it
was a public hearing). v
The Council approved the transfer of
oeanahip of Jones Intertable to Alert
Cable.
The Council also adopted a resolution
of intent to doee an alleyway and
hotaa.
M RS. ESTELLE CLARK
RETIRES...WITH A SMILE
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"tfcat, "I laved a very aienl of It."
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