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- -'444)^HH3H Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Education in Robeson ^ n_ * ?? ?- i? d < WW bf wbb tiniti rf MM H.C. ?*?"?* Law a, Cb. 51 fealgaatlM IrtwM RMBBBS an **Cw?Un ftsdhitfB** ? o PUBUSHED EACH THURSDAY .2^ STtlSS > \\ j 1 CENTENNIAL OF EDUCATION. |? EJTHE CAROLINA INDIAN VOI : "BaMlat C?au?lcallve Bridge* % PEMBROKE. N.C taATH-a?talSrtitat" J/ROBESON COUNTY ' VOLUME 13, NUMBER 7 2Sc PER COPY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, IBM SIX GENERATIONS! Shown alxn c arc the six gcni-ralintis nl Mrs. I ui'\ (haxis and the laic Kcx. Groruc ( haxis. N|r>. ( haxis is Mill xcars ok) and is a tvsfcfcui of KIngsdoK-Manor in Lumhcrlon. She is shnsn altoxi* surrounded by. fmm left In right: (.cnc Chance (son of Truly Mao Chancel: Truly Mac Chance Idaughlcr of Rosa Jane lowryl: Rosa Jane I.own Idaughlcr of Mrs. Lucy Chavisl; Gene Chance, Jr. |son of Gene Chancej; and Corey Chance (son of Gene Chance J r. | The six generations >>1 chronological order are:Mrs. I.ucx C ha\iv: her daut>h ler Rosa Jane Loan: Mrs. I nun's daughter Truh Mae Chance; Mrs. Chance's son. Gene Chance: Mr. Chan ce's son. Gene Chance Jr.: and Mr. Chance Jr.'s son. (ores Chance. The Chance families reside in I nni bcrton and Mrs. Kosa Jane loun resides in Pembroke, i Photo ht hlmci W. Huntl Johnny Dial Signs with Detroit Tigers Johnny Dial, who starred at Pembroke Senior High and Pembroke State University as a baseball player, is shown seated as he signed his professional baseball player's contract with the Detroit Tigers last week at West Robeson Senior High School in the offices of his former coach, Ronnie Chavls | in rear, far right |. Sharing the "dream come true" with Dial were left to right in rear. Dwighl Lowry, a former teammate of Dial in high school, and himself a major league catcher with the parent club, the Detroit Ti gers; Hardy "Red" Bell; Grady Chavis, Dial's uncle; Rudy Locklear and Ronnie Chavis. Grady Dial said, "Johnny has a zeal and desire to play professional ball unlike any one I have ever known. I have high hopes for him...he is a fine young man as well as a great athlete." Dwight Lowry, who was intrumental in interesting the Tiger* in Dial, said, "I might have made a telephone call for him but Johnny Dial made it on his own with his stats and ability." Dial finished his career at Pembroke State and won just about every award given, including Carolines Confe rence "Pl^y^r of the Year." he batted .492 with 13 home runs and 37 RBIs in 1984. He signed a class A con tract and is expected to report to the Detroit Tigers' Spring Training Camp in early March for assignment. The Tigers hold their training camp in Orlando. Florida. Dr. Maynor to Keynote Jaycees Awards Banquet Dr. Gerald May nor J President Billy Kay Uxendine ot the PembrokeJaycees. hasB announced the annual Awards Banquet on Saturday.I February 23. at 7 p.m. at the Jaycee Clubhouse in Pembroke.I Dr. Gerald Maynor, Chairman of the Department ofl Education at Pembroke State University, a former recipient of I the 1978 Jaycee Boss of the Year Award will be the keynote I speaker. Dr. Maynor. a native of Pembroke, studied at I Pembroke State University, completed graduate studies at > Appalachian State University, and received a Ph.D. in Educational AdmiiiisWotior from the University of Miami. He has experience in bbih\public school teaching and higher ? education, and was recognized in 1981 as the recipient of the Lumbee Homecoming Educational Advancement Award. In addition to his Chairmanship of the Education Dept.. he serves as Chairman of the Teacher Education Committee and the Bicentennial Celebration Committee at Pembroke State University and as Chairman of the Robeson County Board of Education. Annual awards are presented in keeping with criteria ?established by the North Carolina Jaycees and the United States Jaycees. The Pembroke Jaycees will recognize outstanding service and leadership in the areas of Education. Rescue Service. Law Enforcement. Corrections, and farm operations. Distinguished Service and Boss of the Year Awards will also be presented. Special recognition is also planned for Past Presidents of the Pembroke Jaycees. Tim Brayboy [seated on the left] Joined his brother, Ray [right], to become the only brothers in the 21-member Pembro ke State University Athletic Hail of Fame. Tbn was inducted Saturday at PSU's Alumni Awards Banquet. The proud parents standing behind them are Mr. and Mrs. T.B. Bray boy of Pem broke. Both Tim and Ray were baseball stars far Pembroke State University. Robeson School Board Endorses Merger LUMBERTON ? Merger of Robeson County's five school systems was endorsed Tuesday by the the Robeson County Board of Education. Th# board's decision was unanimous and comes two weeks after a Robeson County Schools Commission recommended that the merger issue be decided by a countywide referendum. The board agreed unanimously, to endorse the merger if it were equitable and workable with officials in all five systems. The merger resolution adopted by the schools commission states that merger place no carder than July 1, MtfT, Car minimal disruption to students. Included in the resolution is a guarantee that the per-pupil expenditure in the new system will hie 75 percent of the state average. The Robeson County Board of Commission ers must approve the referendum, and could take action within the next month. The guarantee to increase per-pupil expen ditures would mean an increase fat coonty taxes, according to Jack Morgan, "co-chairman of the study commission and a member of the board of commissioners. The eost per pupil for the 1982-83 school year ranged from 1337 hi the Robeson County schoet system ? 45 percent of the state average ? to 1357 in the Lumberton school system ft percent of the state a vera*} 0 ? 1 ?' t ? The proposal to Merge school systems serving Robeson County, Lumberton, Fair mont, Red Springs and St. Pauls was recommended last November by the1 Mate Department of Public Instruction. The St Pauls board said it would not fight merger if. county residents approved it in a referendum. The Fairmont Board of Education gave its unanimous approval to a countywide vote if a merger plan is disclosed before the vote la held The board of education In Rod Springs did The Lamhortoo Board of Bdooution, the only thinm*mmrilrt ?**** ? *. ^ * "* , *; ? 'X'l" I'h ^ ! PSU HOMECOMING QUEEN Pandora Sampson of Rowland...PSU's 19&S Homecoming Qeen. "I've never been that excited about anything before. It was a great honor." So said Pandora Sampson, sonhomore from Rowland planning to major in either accounting or mathematics who was crowned PSU's "Miss Homecoming' of 1985 here Saturday night. She won in competition with II other coeds. PSU's homecoming queen is selected in a campus wide vote. Sponsoring Miss Sampson, the daughter of Quessie B. Sampson, was PSU's Native American Student Organization. "It was the first time I had ever been in any kind of contest like this." explained Miss Sampson. She was crowned by Chancellor Paul Givens. received a trophy, and flowers. "My mind went blank as they were * giving me those things, i can remember Chancellor Givens placing the crown on me. Otherwise. I can't remember who gave me what." she said. Miss Sampson was a 1983 graduate of South Robeson High School where she was class salutatorian, "Who's Who Among American High School Students.' and a member of the Beta. Science and Math clubs. At PSU she has been a Chancellor's Scholar and is a member of Pi Beta Chi Fraternity. She is a member of the Native American Student Organization. She has two aunts. Doris Sampson and Rosalyn Locklear Sampson, who gradu ated from PSU. Miss Sampson said PSU was the only school to which she applied. "I didn't want to go to a big school." she said. "I had thought about transferring after my first two years, but now I'm going to stay all the way. I May go to graduate school in accounting if I choose that major." ? Although she is a commuting student Miss Sampson tries to go to all of the ball games, dances, and other student activities as possible. She is attending PSU on an Indian Fellowship Grant from Washington, D.C. "It pays for my tuition, books and provides a monthly stipend," she said. The new homecoming queen is no stranger to hard work. "Since I was 12 years old. I've helped on the farm in putting in tobacco. " she says. "Last summer I worked as a student assistant in the PSU Financial AM Office." She is a mombfcr cf Phic^Orove Baptist Church of Fairmont. Her hobbies are dancing, listening to music, and meeting people. Escorted at homecoming by Floyd Locklear of Pembroke, she later attended PSU's Victory Dance after the twin basketball victories over Pfeiffer by PSU's men and women and "danced with 'Mr. Homecoming', David Cumm ings of Pembroke." One song was played just for her. The person Miss Sampson would most like to meet? "TomSelleck of 'Magnum', she smiled. Other coeds who placed in the competition: first runner up-Kay Thompson, Rowland; second runner up Sharon Williams. Salemburg; third run ner up- Delores Osborne. Miami, Fla; and fourth runner up- Caroline Chang, Dix Hills. NY. Banquet for Starving Ethiopians Saturday Night Robeson County Clergy and Laity Concerned issued the following statement this week regarding the upcoming, county-wide Banquet for the Starving Ethiopians to be held at the Bill Sapp Recreation Center on Saturday night, February 16. at 7 p.m.: "In light of the growing famine in Ethiopia and Africa. Robeson County Clergy and Laity Concerned wholehear tedly supports the county wide Banquet for the Starving Ethiopians to be held on Saturday night, February 16. 1985. Though most churches in our county have individual ly collected offerings for the famine in Africa through their own denominational pro grams. there has got been a copimpnity or county-wide public display of Christian and citizen concern for .the tragedy in Africa. We are grateful for the individuals and churches in the county who are selling tickets at this time and gathering friends to attend the Banquet. We are particularly grateful to Mr. Curtis Henderson for his devotion to make the Banquet a success. Outreach into the county for the Banquet has touched all of the major races, h is oar hope that the Banquet CONTINUED PACE 4 to meet Rev. James D. Dial an nounces an Indian meeting at the Baptist Building on Feb. 25,*T985 at 7 p.m. The public is invited to attend. ; ? McMillan discovers the language of the lumbee by Lew, Bruce and Garry Barton One of the most intriguing things about our people discovered by Col. Hamilton McMillan more than a century ago. was their language, not their lack of one. Although the first permanent White settlers in the Lumbee area of the state were French and Scotch, the Indians spoke a broken form of ? . | English, plus, of course, whatever other language remnants may have still remained. Thus, it was highly significant that they spoke any English at all! tfui our people not only spoke some English, bui a specific vintage of English, which is to say. largely Etiaabethen English. It was during the Elizabethan era that the English colonization of America began, back in the I580's! HeyywHere'd you folks come from? he hastened to ask them/ family head after family head. Invariably, came back the same reply: "Our people came from Roanoke in Virginia." McMillan investigated this universal tradition in depth. Tell me all you know about this Roanoke in Virginia! The Indians referred to a time frame when North Carolina was still Virginia, or a part of it. The descriptions they gave McMillan led unerringly to Roanoke Island, once in Virginia but now in North Carolina! This is the site hailed today by historians as "The Birtli Place of English America." It was from this meager beginning that the present United States of America baa evolved. * The Indians not only spoke the iangaage of these Brat Englishmen in America ns McMUttr discovered. They also bore their names. There is much more evidence,x circumstantial and otherwise. But we gre now dealing with the educational development of the Robesan Indians during dm paat M> years. And the Lost Colony connection is only incidental to **? . ? j What la the Iangaage of 4* Lumbee Ma today? Perhaps, we shall delve matt deafly Into that sahfa* shortly. J
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