m if-'-" Celebrating 100 Years of Indian Education in Jobeson Laws, Ch. 51 4fil|i*tia| laklna CawtyJWjpm m ,c>?^UlMiij| -PUBLISHED EACH THURSDAY ?l uT^Sl nrn throughout IMS In celebration of enr CENTENNIAL OF EDUCATION. raTHE CAROLINA INDIAN VO'^E I ? -nesssr- ??,. tit ^ ?j ? i -q 2^'Kfl?Of , Si! VOtUME ? NUMBCT ? Pit COPY ^ S- "1, ? * ?" ft REV. ISAIAH LOCKLEAR GRAND MARSHALL FOR HOMECOMING PARADE Rev. Iui?h Locldear (his ye?r Len-hce Home coming honors Rev? Isaiah Lodricar of Rout* 2, Maxton. .rs tJwt/iraad Marsh*1.1 fcT the Lumbee Horoecomihg pa rade. -- Rev. Locklear is a retired minister who has pastored at all the churches in the Lumber River Methodist Conference and several in the Burnt Swamp Baptist Association. He served Galilee Baptist Church of Red Springs for over 20 years. Of his woti, Rev. Locklear said, "1 have been blessed to work in one of the happiest fields on earth." Rev. Locklear was born in 1899 in Robeson County. He and his wife, Bethanie, have six children. Rev. Locklear was selected Grand Marshall by a unani mous vote of the Board of Directors of LRDA at its June 1st meeting. It gives the Board of Directors of LRDA and Lumbee Homecoming great pleasure to honor one of our most deserving senior citizens. Thank you, Rev. Locklear, for your outstanding contri bution to the spiritual well feeing it ihe ladica coroimin tty Submitted bv LRDA Staff THE TUSCARORA START OFFICIAL TRIBAL ROLL The Tuscarora Tribe of North Carolina are now taking applications for tribal enroll ment at the Tribal Office at Highway 710 and 711 inter section in the Prospect com munitv. The official roll is be headed under the leadership of Chief Young Bear and Council Chairman Cecil Hunt. This is the first official tribal roll taken for the Tuscarora Tribe of North Carolina and is also a first step in the long road to federal recognition. If you are interested in identifying your Tuscarora Heritage and federal recogni tion, come by the office and let the staff assist you in filling out a tribal enrollment form. See a sample copy of the first page of the Tribal Enrollment Form on Page 9 of this issue of The Carolina Indian Voice. FREE MEALS OFFERED BY COUNTY SCHOOLS 1 he Robeson County Board of Education will again offer meals for children this summer. All meals will be served free to children be tween the ages of one year to eighteen years old. The pro gram begins June 24th and ends on August 9th. Serving time for breakfast is 8 a.m. and lunch will be served from 11 a.m. thru 1 p.m. each day, Monday thru Friday. Schools participating in the USD A Summer Feeding Pro gram are: Bryan's Learning Center, Deep Branch, Fair grove, Long Branch, Magno lia, Oxendine, Parkton, Pem broke Middle, Piney Grove, Proctorville, Prospect, Rex Rennert, Rowland Middle, Smiths/ Alienton, Town send Middle, Union Chapel and Union Elementary. In the operation of the Summer Feeding Program, no child will be discriminated against because of race, color, sex, handicap, or national origin. AH children will be served the same meals and there will be no physical segregation of any child. For farther information re garding thia program, please contact the principals of the above naiueti acttoeis or con tact the Robeson County School Pood Service Office at 73MS41. ? V Miss Lumbee To Participate In Miss NC Pageant Lee Pun Oxeadiae Miss Lumbee, Lee .Pun Oxendine, will be leaving on Sundav. June 23. to represent the Lumbee people in the Miss North Carolina pageant in Raleigh at the Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. The preliminary events will Include swimsuit, talent and evening gown competition on the 26th, 276th, and 28th, Respectively. Her talent will be singing "Razzle Dazzle" from "Chicago." The pageant will air Saturday. June 29, on Channel 6 at 8 p.m. Everyone Is invited to attend, tickets are 88 for preliminaries and $14 for the pageant. H Miss Lumbee feels very positive and excited goto* into the Miss North Carolina pageant. She believes dee It the experience, everyone comes out a winner. "The Miss America program la a self actualization process. You lb only get out of the system what you put into it. That's your incentive." according to Miss Lumbee. That is the advice she would like to pass on to the next Miss Lumbee. During Lee Pain's reign as Miss Lumbee, she has made approximately S6 appearan ces. Two of her most exciting ones attending the NBC Christmas Party in Washing ton, D.C and the Governor's Inaugural Parade. Lee Pam is a junior major ing in Psychology at PSU. Upon receiving her Bachelor's degree, she plans to pursue her Master's in Psychology. Miss Lumbee wishes to say thank you to Ms. Florence Ransom. LRDA. James May nor, Debbie Locklear. Ron Andrade, Kim Herring, and to everyone for making the Miss Lufnbce ptgetnt potsi* Me. Lirrte Miss Lumbee II 1 i-l Conresronrs On July 4, 1985 the reign ing Little Miss Lumbee, Ver onica Beard, will relinauish her title during the annual Little Miss Lumbee Pageant, innmnwrt hv I.umbee Home coming. The pageant will be held at the Performing Arts Center and will begin at 7:30 p.m. Admission is $4.00. This year there are 25 beautiful little rirls vying for the title of "Little Miss Lumbee 1985." Below the contestants are pictured. Shannon Nicole Nutting Mr. & Mrs. William Nutting Shelly D. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Randy Scott Late is ha Lee Roger* Mr. & Mrs. Melvtn Roger* ChMsidy T. Scott Ms. Gloria J. Scott Ms. Sozette Salcldo Heather Brooke Maynor Mr. t Mrs. Gerald Maynor uawn narie Oxendine Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Oxendine SunSarae Locklear Mr. & Mrs. Darlton R. Locklear T-tt. - Brittany Somer Oxendinc Mr. & Mrs. Henry Oxendlne Canadee Marie Oxeodhae Mr. A Mrs. Larry OiendbM '* - V. A Jasmine H. Moore Mr. & Mrs. Richard Moore Jen Lynu l/ocwear Mr. ti Mrs. Fredrick R. Lock lew ?? - ? - ? Luisa Coleen Martinez Mr. & Mrs. Mlauel Martinez Chlsa B. Walnwrigbt Mr. ft Mrs. Michael Wain wright f / W fmi Kefll Yvonne Waliece Mr. * Mn. EfUnd E. WallnM ?*Tj Mmrl Shmora Locklev Mr. Mtfn. Vmm LocUmt Andrea M. Strickland , Mr. ft Mre. Kent Strickland , ? '