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VOLUME 13 NUMBER 19 25c PEB COPY Vr w *' ' THURSDAY. MAX. 9, 1985
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GOVERNOR JIM MARTIN
TO BE HONORED AT
PEMBROKE STATE
Jim Martin, Governor of
the State of North Carolina,
wll be at Pembroke State
University on Friday, May 10.
A reception in his honor wBI
be fccW in the Oh! Main's 7
Native American Reooorce
Center on Friday at 4:30 p.m.
The public is cordially invited
to attend this reception.
See the Pembroke State
University Column by Gene
Warren elsewhere in this
issue for . is .'V,
Governor's visit.
Local Doctor Still
Makes House Calls
Sitting on the edge of his
brown leather desk chair with
his barbequed spare-rib lunch
in front of him. Doctor Frank
Woriax talked about his work
and house calls.
Dr. Woriax. 46. is a native
of Pembroke. NC and was the
first American Indian to at
tend Duke University Medical
School after one year at
Pembroke State University.
'He passed his State's exam in
1976 after three years and a
half at Duke. "One year of
that time was spent in Physi
cian's Associate School," said
Dr. Woriax. After his resi
dency at Duke from 1976 to
1979, Dr. Woriax came home
to Pembroke to set up his
office. He has been in practice
for six years.
When 1 asked Dr. Woriax
how he was able to finish such
hard work he said. "After ten
years and nine months in the
Navy as a coreman. I was
determined and ready to work
hard for what 1 wanted."
Dr. Woriax said. "I have
one of the best jobs there is
serving the body of man. God
serves the soul qf man. and
the way I see it. the body is
the next aspect of man that
needs serving the most."
Dr. Woriax often makes at
least four house calls a day.
He said. "I don't see how one
can be a doctor and not make
house calls. I feel obligated to
my patients. And to anyong
else who calls for my ser
vice."
He says while making hou
?e calls he can see the real
problems. For example he
?hated a story about visiting
an elderly mother last week
who, according to her family,
didn't real well at night Dr.
Woriax said, "1 stayed with
her an hour talking about
things that happened decades
ago, because lier memory of
the present isn't ^ood at all.
Later I learned that she slept
all night. All she "ceded was
someone to bring her back to
the reality she knows."
Dr. Woriax continued,
"The reward in making house
calls is knowing you helped
someone in need." He said he
will answer a house call more
readily for an elderiv person
than he will for a fourteen or
fifteen year old because the
young person is more able to
get out at night.
I asked Dr. Woriax if tl ere
was ever a house call he did
not answer. He responded
with a serious look. "Yes,
there was a call a few years
ago when the grandson of a
prominent family in the
community had a cold. They
asked me to come out and I
refused. The boy could have
made it to my office. However
the family would no longet
speak to me when they passed
me on the street. But when
the grandfather got seriously
ill they called me to come out
because they knew I was the
only physician in the area w ho
would make a house call, and
I went."
Dr.Woriax says he is very
thankful for the opportune\ to '
serve his fellow man. He sattl. ?
"It is hard to be successful.
without being thankful."
Dr. Woriax and his wife.
Carolyn, have five children.
Mrs. Woriax is a major in
missionary at Wake Forest
University. Cedric. If. and
Cathy, 21. arc enrolled at
Pembroke State University.
The family resides across
from Dr. Woriax's office on
the Pembroke-Prospect Road.
They also attend island Grove
Baptist Church on Highway
710.
by Cheryl II ? I
-A Continuing Saga
Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Education
in Robeson County
by Bruce Barton
There is an interesting
interview of J.A. MeCormick,
then listed as the oldest
citizen of Pembroke, found in
the Pembroke Progress
Newspaper edition of July 24,
1947. The interview was con
ducted by Lew Barton, then
the editor of the Pembroke
Progress, and the father o the
of the present editors of the
Carolina Indian Voice.
in the interview. MeCor
mick. who was then 78 years
old, remembered the birth of
a village. IPembroke). In
reference to what is now
Pembroke State University,
MeCormick' said, "I don't
believe any other group in the
world has ever progressed so
much in such a short time."
MeCormick referred to the
school (now PSU) as the
"little seed." McCorrnick ex
claimed. "If 1 hadn't lived
through it (the growth of the
school). 1 would not believe
it."
HUMBLE BEGINNINGS
PSU Remembered as a
"Little Seed"
McCorrnick referred to
Croatan Normal School (the
first name of present day
Pembroke State University) as
the "little seed" planted
which is responsible for the
progress of the Indians of this
county (Robeson County, and
the present day Lumbee
Indians). McCorrnick, in the
interview, believed that the
late Rev. W.L. Moore (first
Normal School Princpal) and
the late Oscar Sampson a
member of an early board of
directors, did more for educa
tion among the Indian popu
lation than anyone else.
McCormick remembered that
the Indian people, initially,
were bitterly opposed to edu
cation. They mistrusted those
who might misuse it against
their best interests. But, said
McCormick, these men (
Moore & Sampson) never
gave up preaching the gospel
of education. "They gave
freely of their time & resour
ces," recalled McCormick.
Pembroke State Uni
versity's beginnings were,
indeed, humble ones. From
that "little seed," the school
is now a member of the state
wide university system and is
probably Robeson County's
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most prestigious asset.
For that reason, it is good to
look back to the early days.
Here is a picture of the First
and second buildings on what
is now the PSU campus. We
are developing this year- long
series to remind our readers
that Pembroke State Univers
ity was founded for and by
Lumbee Indians. It would be
good if PSU's present-day
administrators would remem
ber this unalterable fact and
note it with some permanent
legend on their correspon
dence. What would be wrong
with adding the tag, "Found
ed by the Lumbee Indians" on
Pembroke State University
stationary and, more than
this, make it a permanent part
of tne school's logo or public
relations look?
r THEN
1887
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the first ? ik #7
Jn 11*!.. iimlti I In- influence of Htm. Huiiiillnii MiMillan. representative in llif leti-lalui. li.ttt li.l~M.tt
county. a lau was pat? ed providing for tin- establishment of a normal school for tin- Italians ..I tods ml*
"for the payment of leathers salaries anil for no otln r pin pose." was appioptiati <1. I lit1 liitli.oi iliaen
of thr counts rofitrUnited funds ami labor ami theiehv seemed a building to rood ml a school. |i \?.i- located
about one and on* bail miles northwest ttt 1'ates, on an acre of lantl bought from llrv William |a?ob% tor SI.
Rev. W. L. Moorr wa> thr Inst principal. The ( luolliiicni *as fiftet-n. Thr lammi.ilurr appointed llii. W. I..
Moore, James Oxetnliin\ James Dial, and Preston l.oiklear as members of the Hoard of Trustee*.. I Irese loin
were given authority to associate with themselves three other Indian citizens of the tininlv. ami liter M-let lnl
Mal.it hi Locklear, Benjamin (Taxis, and Isaat Itrayboy. In Uttff the a|i|>ro|iriatiou v*a- rai-etl to ?l.n?*t ami
remained the same for many years. In P.NI3, the Legislature made an appropriation of >|i?n l..i t ilin- and
seating the first building. Her. D. I . Lowry received the first di|dotna issued bv the school in I'ati. hivunr
completed a scientific course.
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IN 190M. the normal arheol was moved to the <Hr near I Vinbrnkr. l is- Indian* |Hinha- rt I'D
?act*- traet at ?SO an am? and hajl it deeded to thr Stair Board of Kderatiae. and also retributed -Mae
thr building of llu- housr, thr General Aasrinhly having a|i|>ro|>riated toward lid rod id thr" I .ml.It..- ,
Phif. H. L. Edens moved thr whool to Prmhr.Ae with little interruption ami graduated the ~..md student m
thr history of the Wtdml, Mr. John A. B. lavry, in 1912.
CLASS REUNION PLANNED
The Pembroke High
School Class of I960 will
celebrate their 25th reunion
on Saturday, August 31. at
the Pembroke Jaycee Club
house in Pembroke. NC.
AU persons who were in
school with the class of ,1%0
are invited and encouraged to
attend the reunion.
For more information, you
may contact or call one of the
following penons: Hampton
Brayboy at 52^*397; Judy
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an<f Oennis Lowery at (704)
M5-68Q5: Clavton H. Maynor
at 521-2157; Eunice Oxendine
at 521-2593; Jerry C. Oxen
dine at 521-8556; Walter G.
Oxendine at 521-3670; Or
Monnie Sanderson at 521-89
83.
UNION CHAPEL PTA
The final PTA meeting
will be held on Tuesday. May
14 at 7 p.m. at Union Chapel
School. Parents are encour
aged to attend.
The chorus will perform for
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the group. Mrs. Dale Low cry
directs the chorus which is
composed of 4th, 5th and 6th
graders. \
UNION CHAPEL
The May Day Program
will be held at Union Chapel
School on the outside on May
24tfi beginning at 4 a.m. t his
year's theme ia "Udder The
Big Top. "
The different classes wiH
dance in honor pf the king and
queen. Kobia Lowery and
Myra Michelle Oxendine.
SINGLES TO MEET
Don't forget the next "Sin
glet" meeting on Tuesday,
May 14, 7:30 p.m. at First
United Methodist Church
(across from Big John's).
Our program Inidhtg
Healthy Iliad i ll ii^ is the
second in a series of reports
on the Singles Seminar at
Greensboro College which
four of us attended recently,
If you are single, coma by
yourself or brine a friend.
PEOPLE, PLACES & THINGS
oxendine family
reunion planned
The descendants of "Big
Dock" Oxendine, Sr. and
Lena Jacobs Oxendine will
meet at New Bethel Holiness
Methodist Church in the
fellowship hall May 11 at 12
p.m. Everyone is encouraged
to bring a covered dish. A
program will be presented
and special guests and lots of
fellowship. For more infor
mation call Rev. John West
Locklear at 422-8112; Grover
Gibbs at 483-6479; Mazell
Hunt at 843-3706.
The children are Melba
Oxendine. Lannie Locklear.
Julie Michell, Rev. Dock
Oxendine, Jr.. Ella Gibbs.
Frank Oxendine, Johnnie
Oxendine.
deadline for
pageant applications
may 15
I he deadline for accepting
Little Miss Lumbee applica
tions is Wednesday, May 15
Rehearsals will begin on
hursday. May 23. For addi
tional information, call Ms.
Marilyn Locklear at LRDA,
521-8489.
ladies auxiliary
of union chapel
to hold bake sale
TfW Lfdte< AwxWKV,
from Union Chapel Methods
Church will hold a bake sale
on Saturday. May 11, at
Maynor's Center on Highway
72. The sale will begin at 9
a.m. and run until all items
have been sold.
will celebrate
60th birthday
Ophelia (Bitsy) Oxendine
of Route 2, Pembroke will
celebrate her 60th birthday on
Saturday, May 11. She will
observe the occasion at the
Town and Country Restaurant
for dinner.
She is the daughter of the
late Norman Oxendine and
Ophelia Oxendine Lockleat\
She is the granddaughter of
the late Mily and Redmond
Locklear.
She resides with her sister.
Louise Barton, on Rotue 2,
Pembroke.
INDIAN fOUIMuNtl Y
CONFERENCE SET
JUNE 26-28
The sixth annual Indian ,
Youth Unity Conference is
scheduled for June 26-28 at
FSU.
The conference provides an
opportunity for students to
explore their Indian heritage,
improve their self-image and
develop academic and social
values. They will attend work
shops on college planning,
cultural enrichment, drug and
alcohol abuse prevention,
postponing sexual involve
ment. test-taking skills, pub
lic speaking and youth invol
vement.
Special events will include a
tribal basketball tournament,
princess pageant, banquet
and art and essay contests.
The conference is sponsor
ed by the North Carolina
Native American Youth Or
ganization and will have the
theme "Indian Youth in the
'80s, Striving for Success and
Unity."
Indian youth ages 14-18 or
in grades 9-12 are eligible to
participate. Registration will
be limited to 300 persons.
The $45 registration fee
must be submitted by May 31.
It covers accommodations for
two nights, four .a*id a
banquet. use o{ fweitional
Atu. auvH *Wet*g*
?<i(i hdmmistrttf ive materials.
To register or for more
information, contact Danford
Groves, Conference Coordi
nator, N.C. Commission of
Indian Affiars, P.O. Box'
27228. Raleigh, NC 27611,
Telephone (919) 733-5998.
PUBLIC NOTICE
Kirby Ammons, Pembroke
Chief of Police issued the
following statement: "1 am
instructing the department
officers to be especially ob
servant of town stickers for
1985. Legal action will be
taken where citizens have
failed to purchase or display
these stickers; they are $5.
Legal action could result in an
expense of up to $45. Know
your law."
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