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"The Year of the Native American"
LUMBEE HOMECOMING 1986 I
Hie 17th Annual Lumbee
Homecoming began June 27
with the Pow Wow held at
the Pembroke Junior High.
The festivities concluded on
July 5 with the opening night
of the eleventh season of
Strike at the Wind. Other
activities included a Gospel
Sing held June 29 at Oak
Grove Holiness Church; a
kick off dance held at the
Pembroke Jaycee Hut
One of the highlights of
the annual homecoming fes
tivities was the little Miss
Lumbee Pageant held July 2
at the PSU Performing Arts
Center. At this time Shelly
Denyale Scott relinquished
her crown to Kelli Wallace,
Miss Lumbee 1986. Kelli is
the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Efland Wallace. On
July 3 the Awards Banquet
was held at Pembroke Junior
High. At this time many
outstanding Lumbee Indians
were honored. Dexter
Brooks received the coveted
Henry Berry Lowry Award;
Janice Jacobs Hunt received
the Advancement of Educa
tion Award; Bill Deese re
ceived the Business Person
of the Year Award; and Rev.
Mike Cummings received
the Distinguished Service
Award. Kenneth R Maynor
who recently resigned as
executive director of LRDA,
the sponsoring agency of
Lumbee Homecoming, was
awarded a plaque of appre
ciation for his fourteen years
of service to the agency and
the Indian community. This
award was presented by
LRDA Board member Adol
ph Dial.
The Miss Lumbee Pageant
was held July 4 at the PSU
Performing Arts Center. At
this time Brenda Lowry,
Miss Lumbee 1985, relin
quished her crown to Leshia
Gail Rogers, daughter of
Ethel and Johnny Rogers.
Hie Miss Congeniality
Award was presented to
Sandra Goins of Fayetteville.
Janet Brown of Fayetteville
was named second runner
up and Kim Clark of Red
Springs was chosen first
runner-up. The coronation
ball followed at the Old
Foundry Restaurant in Lum
berton.
Other activities included
activities in the park on
Saturday, July 5 as well as
bow and arrow competition.
The parade was also held on
Saturday and attracted an
estimated 15,000 people. In
addition to queens, com
mercial floats, etc., many
political figures appeared.
Riding in the parade were
Congressman Charlie Rose;
Rep. Danny DeVane; former
governor Jim Holshousen
Senator Jim Broyhill; am
Tommy Hairellson, the Re
publican candidate for Con
gress; Senator David Parnell
and several others.
AWARDS BANQUET
Shown above are the win- Henry Berry Lowry Memori- Any dapUsl
ners of the various award* al Award; Janice Jacob* ent of the Distinguished
presented at the Awards Hunt who received the Ad- Service Auxtrd; and Kenneth
Banquet, one of the high vancement to Education R- Maynor, former executive
lights of Lumbee Home- director of LRDA, who was
coming. Award; Bill Deese, owner of presented a plaque of
Deese Coach Lines, winner appreciation for fourteen
Left to right they are: of the Businessman of the years of service to the
Dexter Brooks, Pembroke Year Award; Rev. Mike agency and the Indian coin
attorney, recipient of the Gumming*, pastor of ML munitv.
1986 MISS LUMBEE
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Sing Planned
For
San tana Britt
A benefit gospel sing will
be held at Island Grove
Baptist Chnich on Saturday,
October 25, 1986 at 7 p.m.
Proceeds will be used to help
cover medical expenses for
nine-month-old San tana Lyn
Britt who was bora with
multiple birth defects. San
tana spends much of her
time in the hospital and
when she is at home she
(equina several machines,
including a respirator.
Featured singers will be
the Singing Mean, the
McNeill Family, the White
Hill Quarter and the New
Bethel Quartet
A love offering will be
tahen. The event is being
sponsored by San tana'?
grandmother, Mn. Mercer
Britt
Anyone wishing to make
contributions to help the
family with medical expen
ses should send them to:
Saatana Britt Fund, P.O.
Bon MK. Pembroke. NC
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Little Miss Lumbee
Kelli Wallace, daughter of ace, uas crowned Little Miss
Mr. and Mrs. Efland Wall- Lumbee 1986
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Coffee Break Planned
For Mary Alesia Maynor
The Area C.B. Club will
sponsor a Coffee Break at
the junction of Highways 74
and 710 on July 11 and 12.
The event is being sponsor
ed to raise funds to help
defray medical expenses for
May Alesia Maynor, 14
month-old daughter of Mary
Ann Maynor. Alesia was
bora with a cleft palate and
more surgery is required to
correct the problem. Every
one is invited to come by and
donate to this worthwhile
cause.
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Mt&?e$0ossibiUties in Robeson County
Should Robeson Merge Its
Five School Systems
Into One I
As long as this writer
can remember, most pro
gressive Robesonians have
been against the present
school situation in Robeson
County.
In my capacity as editor of
the Carolina Indian Voice, I
stated in a May 29, 1980
column (AS I SEE IT):
"As long as I can remem
ber I have been against the
present public school struc
true in Robeson County. 1
was one of the first ones to
stand up and say in no
uncertain terms that "Dou
ble voting" is not only wrong
but evil besides.
"I lihe me for having
taljen that stand. I have not
been so forceful on other
matters
"Racism is still rampant
in Robeson County, evident
mostly in five separate and
unique school systems. We
had six systems but the
number was reduced to five
because of the leadership of
the present Robeson County
Board of Education and
count* schools superinten
dent, Purnell Swett, when
Maxton was talen into the
county system last year.
"But five school systems
is still four too man. One
school system is enough
period.
"Some say we maybe
could have two, with Lum
berton hanging on to their
present system^ No! Two
would be as evil and wrong
as 20 or 30 or some other
indeterminate number.
"One is enough. Then all
our children would be treat
ed the same. No special
favors, no special taxes, no
special nothing. This is
America, the land of the
brave and free. Every citizen
is entitled to equal but fair
treatment" ^
Some Indian parents initi
ated a Federal law suit to
disbar d the five school sys
tems in 1980. (The suit was
settled politically before
coming to trial.)
In a statement accom
panying the suit, the parents
stated:
"We are parents of chil
dren enrolled in the public
schools of Robeson County
and we are taxpayers. We
believe in the principles of
free public education and
equality. We further believe
in the right and obligations
of citizens to seel, relief from
practices which violate
either the spirit or the letter
of the law.
"We do not enter this
action lightly. We have
examined our motives as
well as the educational sys
tetn and find that for the
sale of our children and
generations to come, we
must actively work toward
the development of a public
school system which pro
vides equal educational
opportunities to all children.
This action necessitates the
dissolution of long estab
lished customs in our tri
racial county..
"Our suit asks that fede
ral, state and local tax
monies i?ot V* used to
support the five school sys
tems that have each selected
to perpetuate segregation
through manipulation of
school district boundaries.
Our suit also asl.s that
construction be prohibited
on the $4.5 million consoli
dated western high school
and on the proposed $1.5
million renovation of a con
solidated northern high
school and the proposed
Ash pole/ Rowland High
School consolidation, since
we believe that these schools
will further guarantee seg
regation for untold years to
come.
"We ash, however, as our
most important goal that the
school system in our county
be required to submit a
complete plan for a unified
and non-discriminatory sys
tem that will eliminate all
vestiges of past and present
racial discrimination.
"It is our firm conviction
that our suit is just and that
it will bring ultimate benefits
to the children of Robeson
County, that it will result in a
better return on tax dollars,
and that it will insure
compliance with the laws of
our nation."
In 1982. in spite of voci
ferous and. sometimes, un
believable knee-jerk reac
tions from many of the
affected residents, the N.C.
General Assembly passed
legislation in the Senate that
de-annexed the Clyburn
Pines-Country Club area
from the Lumberton City
School District and returned
it to the Robeson County
School District from which it
was unlawfully taken more
than a decade ago.
The legislation was en
dorsed by all of the local
legislators, and sponsored
by Rep. Horace LoclJear, the
then Indian Representative,
in an effort to resolve the
long-standing controversey
concerning the illegal an
nexation of areas outside
I iimberton proper which
occurred In th^Tlte 'UVs and
early '70s. The renegade
annexations occurred at the
height of the desegregation
pressure by federal authori
ties. and many believe that
they were engineered so as
to allow the predominately
white residents to avoid
sending their children to the
predominately Indian county
schools.
The illegal annexations
were brought to federal
attention by Dexter Brool_s
during the summer of 1974
while he was a law student
intern with the Civil Rights
Division of the United States
Department of Justice. The
U.S. Attorney General then
formally objected to the
annexations under the pro
visions of the Voting Rights
Act of 1965 in early 1975,
though no enforcement ac
tion was forthcoming by the
federal authorities.
Dials Arrested for
Breaking and Entering
Lumberton-The Robeson
County Sheriffs Department
today is still sorting stolen
merchandise recovered ear
lier this week following the
arrest of a Pembroke man
and a woman identified as
his wife.
Over $15,000 worth of
stereos, microwaves, VCR's,
sterling silver, TVs, jewelry
and guns have been recov
ered from Robeson, Cum
berland, Scotland and possi
bly Hoke counties and in
vestigation is still under
way.
Sheriff Hubert Stone said,
"Most of thia merchandise
--was recovered from known
drug dealers in this -and
other counties. Our infor
mation indicates the stolen
property was traded for cash
and drugs, possibly traded
for drugs for personal use."
Arrested and charged with
?even counts of breaking,
entering and larceny was
George Allen Dial, 29, of
Pembroke. Dial was also
charged with failing to
appear in court on prior
charges of breaking, enter
ing and larceny and was
jailed under a total bond of
$18,400.
"About six months ago,"
according to Sheriff Stone,
"this department arrested
Dial and charged him with
several breakins. At that
time he made bond and then
failed to appear in court to
answer the charges. Moat of
the property we recovered
this week was stolen since
Dial made bond and then
failed to appear six months
ago."
"Most of this property
mi stolen from homes dur
ing daylight boon," Stone
said, "and in most caass
evidence shows s door to the
home was simply crashed
open to gain entry."
Arrest reports on file with
die sheriffs office indicate
Dial jumped from his car and
ran when stopped by officer
while driving near 1-95 and
US-74 near Lumberton.
Assisted by a trained dog,
officers arrested Dial a short
time later at a mobile home
neaifev.
Also arrested and charged
with possession of stolen
property was Alice Fay*
Dial, 29, of Route 4, Lira
berton.
Detectives Arthur Own
dine, Thunnan Mitchell and
Jimmy Maynor said investi
gation of toe thefts and the
leu/vsred merchandise was
continuing and that no pro
perty mould be leleesed or
returned until positive idsn
tjficatioa was made and the
Say yon nad Kku.
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