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VOLUME 13, NUMBER 5 25c FEE COPY THURSDAY, JANUARY 31, IMS
NEW HU T 'S FOOD STORE
ANNOUNCED AT PEMBROKE
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BANQUET
Dewey HIB, guest speaker, is presented a plaque of
appreciation by Harvey Godwin, Jr. Godwin is manager si
Hill's Feed Store on Union Chapel Road In Pembroke. Plans
were snnsnnrsd far a new, 22,000 square foot Hill's Food
Stare to be belt by Adotph Dial. The new Hill's w* front
Highway 711 between Wonderland Day Care Center and the
LRDA Annei. [Elmer W. Hurt Photo]
PEMBROKE-The Pembroke Chamber
of Commerce Installation Banquet last
Saturday night was the setting for an
announcement of a new Hill's Food Store
ticketed for the Pembroke area. The
announcement was made by developer
Dr. Adolph Dial and real estate broker
Horace Barnes. Barnes announced, "we
have commitments from Hill's Food
Store to build a 22,000 square foot store,
as well as a 5,000 square foot building
from Rite Aid Drug Store." Barnes
intimated further development saying,
"there will be more announcements
soon..."
Dial announced the name of the
Shopping Center would be "Colony
Plaza," in a way, an acknowledgment of
the Lost Colony connection with the
Lumbee Indians. Barnes also spoke
highly of Dewey Hill, "I've done
business with Mr. Hill and I can tell you
that Pembroke is fortunate to have him in
the business community."
Dewey Hill was the guest speaker and
enthused, "one can do whatever he
wants to in America." He also paid
allegiance to free enterprise as the
cornerstone of American society. Hill
said, "I have looked forward to this
chamber meeting, more so than any
other I have been invited to." He
pcuqiwed to be a daWe member of the
business community.
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Julian Pierce, chairman of the Instal
lation Banquet Committee, served as
master of ceremonies, and welcomed the
large turn out at the Pembroke Jaycee
Clubhouse. Robeson native, Dwight
Lowry, a professional baseball player
with the Detroit Tigers, was the special
guest of the chamber and gave the
invocation. A dedicated Christian, Lowry
said, "I am not a speaker... but I know
how to pray over food."
Hill was introduced by Harvey God
win, Jr., the manager of the Hill's Food
Store on Union Chapel Road. An
important aside was that Godwin's wife
sent word to him during the proceedings
that she had given birtfi to a son.
Godwin extolled Dewey Hill. "We are
fortunate to have Mr. Hill in our
community," Godwin also presented Hill
a plaque of appreciation in behalf of the
chamber.
Music was provided by Lumbee Pride,
a local band of repute that has developed
its own voice and following in the area.
Officers presented were: Bruce Bart
on, president; Gregory Cummings, vice
president; Dr. David E. Brooks, secre
tary; Lindsey Locklear, treasurer; and
directors: McDuffie Cummings, George
VV. Lo*- j, Jal.'i Drore and Charles Alton
Maynor.
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PcaMn Mayor Milton Hent [second from right In rear]
and speaker Dewey Hill, second from left, are shown with
officers of the Pembroke Chamber of Commerce: [front row,
left to right] Brace Barton, president; Dr. David E. Brooks,
secretary; Charles Alton Maynor, director; and [back row, left
to right] Ihdaey Locfclear, treasurer; Gregory Cummin go,
I vice-president; and McDuffle Cammlngs, director. Not
present for photo were: John Droae and George Lowiy.
[Elmer W. Hant Photo]
FINAL RITES
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MINISTRY
OPEN HOUSE
FEB. 3,3-6 PM ]
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1864-85: 'THE GOSPEL OF EDUCATION' BEGINS TO BE PREACHED
by Lew, Brace end Gerry Barton
"Foe 100 years." stated Federal Judge Algernon N. Butler in a school case
involving Lumbee schools fifteen years ago, "these people paid school taxes but
had no access to an education."
That access really began-or the division of it-on a fateful day during the latter
part of 1864. For it was then that Col. Hamilton McMillan, then a Confederate
officer, was dispatched to investigate Indian unrest in Robeson County.
A great concourse of Indians had gathered, presumably in what came to be called
the New Hopes area of the Indian community. The faces of the Indians were grave,
heir dark, piercing eyes brooding, aathey contemplated the grim situation at hand.
An inquest had just been held into the death of two Lumbee braves, both close
blood relatives of daring, young Henry Berry Lowry. They had been shot while
resisting conscription into the malaria-infested slave camp at Fort Fisher..
"We have always been bee!" thundered the uncle of Henry Berry"Lowry, George
Lowry, rising to his full height.
Now, he said, or implied, it had come to this!
It was not to be borne! it would not be borne!
During the course of his long, sorrowful discourse, George Lowry- related many
facts and traditions of our past; intriguing concepts fraught with pathos.
Col. Hamilton McMillan, whatever his thoughts, attitudes and feelings at the
outset of the gathering, must have left knowing one thing; Neither his life not the
lives of the Lumbee people would ever be the same again!
Hamilton McMillan was a Confederate officer who served with distinction. He
was a statesman, a lawyer, | scholar, an historian, a humanitarian. But most of all.
he was a great human being.
It is worthy of note that he and Henry Berry Lowry launched careers at roughly
the same time, each in his own way, seeking to correct the injustices inflicted upon
the Indians.
No oiier man could or would have done for us what he did. He showed us all a
better way. He gave us New Hopes, which is why one of our communities bears that
name to this day.
The Lowry Uprising dates from 1864 to 1874. But the efforts of Hamilton
McMillan on behalf of the Indians extended to the end of his life in 1913.
indeed, they extend to this present day...and nobody knows how far beyond they
wfll extend.
How proud he would be ef the RobesooCounty School System and Pembroke
State University if he could atalize today he planted them both yesterday, largely if ?
not completely as a labor If lovej
Because one man dared fc> stand tag tharwghout fifty years of his life for what he
PEOPLE
A ND PL A CES
AND THINGS
WEST ROBESON BOOSTER
CLUB TO SPONSOR STEAK DINNER
The West Robeson Senior High
School Athletic Booster Club will sponsor
a steak dinner on Friday, Feb. 1 in school
cafeteria from 4:30-8 p.m. Cost $5.50
single and $10.00 per couple. Come out
and support the athletic club and see the
West Robeson Rams take on the
Lumberton Pirates in basketball on the
same evening.
WEST ROBESON PLAYERS OF WEEK
The West Robeson Players of the
Week for January 21-25 are James Blue,
6 foot 2 senior forward, who scored 15
points against Pinecrest and 8 points
against Hoke County. James is the son of
Annie Hines of Maxton.
And Lisa Locklear, a 5 foot 10 senior
forward, who scored a total of 19 points,
grabbed 15 rebounds, and had 11 steals
in the loss to Hoke and the victory over
Pinecrest. Lisa is the daughter of
Monque Locklear of Pembroke.
CORRECTION
_ln last week's article concerning
Myohalene Deese, contestant In the Miss
N.C. Teen Pageant, we inadvertently
stated that she was a junior at West
RobesOn and Captain of the Cheerlead
ing team. The article should have read:
"Mychalene is a sophomore at West
Robeson and a member of the cheer
leading team." We regret the errors.
LRDA'S HEAD START PROGRAM
RECEIVES GRANT
The Head Start Program of LRDA
has been awarded a grant of $900.00
from the Training and Technical Assist
ance Services of Western Kentucky
University.
This was a competitive grant for Head
Start programs in North Carolina,
Kentucky, and Tennessee. Applicants
were asked to submit a proposal stating
their need and use for such a grant.
Mrs. Patricia B. Locklear, Director of
LRDA's Head Start Program was re
sponsible for submitting this application.
Ms. Yvonne Carter, Early Childhood
Coordinator in Indian Education at LRDA
and Dr. Kathryn Sullivan, Education
Professor from Pembroke State Univer
sity assisted Mrs. Locklear in the
preparation of the proposal.
This program entitled Technology
Transfer is sponsored by Western
Kentucky University. It is designed to
disseminate good program practices,
developed and tested in Head Start to
other Head Start Programs.
These grant proposals and Head Start
materials will be shared with other Head
Start Programs from all three states at a
conference.
This is the first time that the Head
Start Program of LRDA has ever
competed in such a'competition and they ..
were awarded.
Congratulation to LRDA Head Start.
The program is to be commended for a
job well done. /
OPEN HOUSE AT PEMBROKE AREA
PRESBYTERIAN MINISTRY
The Pembroke Area Presbyterian
Ministry will be having Open House at
f the Pembroke Community Workshop, in
Pembroke, Feb. 3, from 3-6 p.m.
Everyone is invited to come and see what
'?.. b being done.
LRDA'S TALENT SEARCH
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
The Indian Health Service and
Indian Fellowship applications will soon
be available to new students. For more
information, contact: Ms. Belinda S.
Harris, Talent Search Director, P.O. Boa
68, Pembroke, N.C. 28372 (919) 521
8602, ext. 5.
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Barton of
Pembroke announce the blessings of
God-a daughter, Ashley Marie Barton,
born January 30, 1985. She weighed 8
pounds 1 ounce when torn at 1:59 p.m.
at Scotland Memorial Hospital, Laurin
burg.
Ashley has one sister. Holly Dinez
Barton, 6 years old.
A SOCIAL NOTE
Family and friends have planned a
covered dish 77th birthday celebration
for Mr. Fred Sampson of the Deep
Branch community on Sunday, February
3 at the Deep Branch Volunteer Fire
Department immediately following chur
ch services.
APPLICATIONS FOB FELLOWSHIPS
UNDER INDIAN EDUCATION ACT
B9BMABCR4
The Department of Education has
, published notice in the Federal Register
that applications for continuation fellow
ships under the Indian Education Act
must be received by March 4, 1985. The
purpose of these awards is to enable
Indian students to pursue courses of
study leading to postgraduate degrees in
medicine, law, education and related
fields or undergraduate or graduate
degrees in business administration,
engineering, natural resources and re
lated fields. Application forms and
program information may be obtained by
writing to the Director, Indian Education
Programs, Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington,
D.C. 20202. The average fellowship
grant in 1984 was S10.S82.
BURNT SWAMP BAPTIST ASSOC.
SPONSORS WMU FOCUS FAD
The Burnt" Swamp Baptist Asso
ciations! W.M.U. will sponsor a W.M.U.
Focus Fair Feb. 10,1985 from 3-5 p.m. at
Island Grove Baptist Church to inform
the public of programs in the area like
crime and drug prevention and other
programs. The public is cordially invited.
PLATE SALE AT DEEP BRANCH
VOL. FIRE DEPT.
There will be a Plate Sale Friday.
February 8, 1985, from 11 a.m. until, at
the Deep Branch Volunteer Fire Dept.
Chicken and home-cooked barbecue
plates will be on sale for 83 each. Will
deliver for orders of 10 plates or more. To
order, call 739-2221.
Come by and see the fire truck buih by
the volunteer firemen for the Deep
Branch Fire District which will be on
display.
TOUR TO FLORIDA APRIL 9-13
You are invited to spend 3 nights and 4
days, from April 9 through April 13th hi
Florida, visiting such sites as Walt
Disney, Cypress Gardens, Kennedy
Space Center and St. Augustine. Deposit ;
must be paid by Feb. 28th. Far more '
information call Haxel L. Haat at
521-0542 or 521-4892.
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FINAL SITES FOR...
REV. THOMAS MACK SWXTT
Funeral services for Rev. Thomas Mack Swett, hot* 1MB, were hell WeAteedey^
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