CELEBIATWG 1M/**?<* ' INDIAN ^EDUCATION IN 10BBB0N Celebrating 100 Years of Education in Robeson * /?? *??"<=rT "jrT too 03AI30JM i --u,? ~ ? ?i. ?k*.??, \r- ca , k ??. ; n C PEMBROKE, N.C . MATiMmMS*!*," ROBESONCC "U VOLUME 13, NUMBER 1 Mc PEK COPV THURS t 3, 1BSS GRAND OPENING FESTIVITIES Woodell's Park and Shop - ?4^C-.-v. - ? Shown at the Grand Opening of Woodell's Park and Shop are: left to right Town CouncQmen Vernon Oxendlne and J.C. Thomas; Fairley Wooded, owner and operator of the new store; Lee Pam Oxendlne, Miss Lombee; Milton Hunt, Mayor of Pembroke; and McDuffie Cnmmings Pembroke's Town Manager. [Elmer Hunt Photo] The Gragd Opening of Woodell's Park I and Shop was held Thursday, December 27, 1984. Woodell's is the newest gas and convenience store in Pembroke, owned and operated by Fairley Wood ell. The Grand Opening featured a ribbon cutting cei emony with the ribbon being cut by Lee Pam Oxendine, Miss Lumbee. There were many prizes given away. Receiving free gas were Harold Bell, Jr., Mary Jacobs, Wellie Wilkins, Mark Simmon* Jane Lewis, Shirley Jacobs, Hardy Bell, J.R. Chavis, Joyce Gandy, and Libby Beasly. Other prize winners included Fredia Smith, a watch; Trent Smith, a raft; Mitchell G. Byrd, a TV; and Libby Beasly, a cooler. IN.C. PUBUC TELEVISION PRESENTS COVERAGE OF MARTIN'S GUBERNA f"ORlAL INAUGURATION The Univtfsity of North Carolina Center for Public Television will carry live coverage of the inauguration of governor-elect James G. Martin on Saturday. >Junuary S, at 11:30 a.m. The Center will broadcast coverage produced b> .he North Carolina Associa tion of Broadcasters and coordinated by WRAL-TV in Raleigh. Followi ip Martin's swearing-in cere ^ 'begin its own^ coverage of the inaugural parade -a* 1:30 p.m. 'The coverage will be made available to all commercial networks. John Dalzell and Audrey Kates-Bailey will serve as co-anchors for the parade coverage, which should conclude around 3 p.m. -i Rebecca Wright and her son, David, 8, of suburban Detroit prepare to mount the motorcycle she bought with the $2 million prize she won earlier this year in an American Family Publishers sweepstakes. Next year's first prize is $10 million. $10 Million First Prize Announced in Largest Ever Sweepstakes NEW YORK--The largest sweepstakes prize ever--$10 million-was announced this week in a national advertising campaign. 1 Envelopes bearing the fa miliar face of Ed McMahon are arriving in homes all across the country. Enclosed are nine exclusive numbers, one of which may have been selected already to win the $10 million prize. Recipients must return the entry card by January 31 to be eligible to win. McMahon will award the prize to the winner in a ceremony during NBC's To night Show. The sweepstakes, sponsor ed by American Family Pub lishers, promotes magazine subscriptions. It offers more than 110,000 prizes in ad dition to the $10 million first prize, including awards of $1 and $2 million. That easily makes this the largest cash sweepstakes in America, ac cording to Fred C. Shotwell, American Family president. An independent company, Ventura Associates, is re sponsible for selecting the winners. "All' prizes abso lutely will be given away," Jeffrey Feinman, president, said. Sweepstakes "have never been more popular," Fein man said, but "there's never been one as large as the coming S10 million first prize." The use of the computer assigned numbers assures that each entrant has an equal chance of winning. All he has to do is return the card enclosed in his envelope. "It takes only a moment and a 20 cents stamp to have nine chances to win S10 million," Shotwell said. The top prize of $2 million last year was won by Rebecca Wright, 27, who lives in a Detroit suburb. The divorced mother of an eight-year-old son, she was out of work when she learned the news of her good fortune. 10th Annual Indian Unity Conference Indians from across the state will gather at the Bordeaux Motor Inn in Fayettevllle March 14-16, 1985, for the Tenth Annual North Carolina Indian Unity Conference. The conference sponsor, United Tribes jof North Carolina (UTNC), is currently finalizing plans for the annual conference I which will have as its theme, "Memories of Our Past, Visions of Our Future." Workshops will be held at thel conference on such topics . as Indian health, economic development, women's issues, education, employment and training and Indian history and culture. Other highlights of the conference will include a banquet, art and essay contests, and an intertribal powwow. The banquet speaker will be Artinda Lock! ear, a staff attorney with the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) and a , > member of the Lumbee tribe of North Carolina. Locklear has the distinction of being the first female Indian attorney to present argument before the United States Supreme Court. The conference pre-registration fee will be $30 per person. The registration fee at the conference will be $35. Separate tickets for the banquet only will be available for $15. Persons wishing more information about the conference should contact one of the member organizations of UTNC, which includes seven North Carolina Indian community organizations and the N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs. The UTNC member in the Pembroke area is Lumbee Regional Development Assoc., P.O. Box 68, Pembroke, N.C. 27844. For more information you may call (919) 521-8602. J - Directory of 5,000 Plus | Indian Businesses in U.S. is Published A comprehensive, nationwide direc tory of more than 5,000 Indian-owned businesses in the United States has been published by the LaCourse Communi cations Corporation. The 325-page book, costing $65, lists the businesses by category or type of business and alphabetically by state. Including both tribaily and individually owned firms, it provides the Standard Industrial Gassi fication (SIC) code and definition of function, product of service, fuD com pany name, mailing address and tele phone number and the name of a contact person. Richard LaCourse, president of the publishing company, sAA the Indian businesses are expected by the Minority W?*?lnej pment Agency to have ' ' a combined gross receipts of $500 million in 1985. LaCourse says the "growth patterns of Indian businesses mirror and reflect the configurations of the area economies which surround them. There are Indian firms in Silicon Valley, military-industrial production units in Texas, oil drilling companies in the Rockies, seafood processing plants in the Northwest, rocket fuel production in the Southwest. The true nature at bur geoning Indian businesses is, to date, a largely unreported story." To order lei ca, send check or money order to LaCourse CoaMaunketfoM Cfp., Post Office Box 431, Toppenish. Wellington. 98948. I a PEOPLE -f ! AND PLACE* AND THINGS r - ] ; JUDGE ELLIS TO SPEAK AT ANNUAL SCOUT MEETING Judge Craig Ellis of Laurinburg will be the guest .speaker at the Cape Fear Council, BSA Banquet to be held at Bladenboro on Friday, February 1, 1985. Judge Ellis has been involved as an officer of Cape Fear Council for many years. As a youth, he was an Eagle Scout in Troop 203, sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Wilmington. The banquet is held each year to honor volunteers from Scotland, Hoke, Robe son, Bladen, Columbus, Brunswick, Pender, and New Hanover counties. The prestigious Silver Beaver Award will be given to several of the Council volun teers. AUDITIONS FOR MUSICAL HIT, "WORKING" SCHEDULED The Robeson Little Theatre will hold auditions for their spring production of the musical hit, Working, from 7:30 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday, January 16 and 17 in the Osterneck A toil tor Him of the Robeson (bounty Public Library in Lumberton. There are excellent parts available for 7 men and 7 women and 2 boys (ages 8-12) of all races. Scripts are currently available for reading; music will be provided at the audition. For more information, call Director Sherry Levy at 738-3457. REVIVAL AT MOUNT OLIVE Mount Olive Pentecostal Holiness Church of Pembroke, N.C. will begin revival services Monday night, Jan. 7, and continue through Sunday, Jan. 13, with services beginning at 7:30 p.m. nightly. The guest speaker will be the Rev. Tommy Spikes of Raleigh, N.C. The pastor, the Rev. Johnie Pollard cordially invites the public to attend. AEROBIC CLASSES AVAILABLE Aerobic classes will be taught at Pembroke Jr. High School on Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7:30-8:30 beginning January 3-Feb. 7. Registration fee is S10. Instructor is Rebecca Lowry and the classes are sponsored by the Robeson County Recreation Dept. - OBSERVE 42ND WEDDING ANNIVERSARY Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Oxendine of Pembroke observed their 42nd Wedding Anniversary on December 20, 1984. The event was celebrated by a family dinner at their home. In attendance were their fice children and their families. The children are: Gervais Oxendine of Spar^ tanburg, S.C.; Sue Kerns of Pembroke; Teresa Oxendine of Pembroke; Mickey Oxendine of Pembroke; and Terryl Oxendine of Pembroke. Also present were the Oxendine's seven grandchild ren. Attending from Detroit, Mich, was Charsie McNeill, Mrs. Oxendine's sister. Mrs. Oxendine was the former Nancy Chavis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. French Chavis of the Philadelphus area. Mr. Oxendine is the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sonny Oxendine. They were married December 20, 1942. DWIGHT LOWRY TO SPEAK AT PEMBROKE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Professional baseball player Dwight Lowry. a player with the Detroit Tigers, will speak at the Pembroke First Baptist church January 13, 1985 at 7 p.m. He will be joined by the Young People's Choir from Bear Swamp Baptist Church. Everyone, especially the young people, are encouraged to come and hear this professional christian athlete. ...HISTORY'S CORNER b?d -Haary Beny Lmjf.