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GSXOpposition Confront* State Board
by Brian Kelly Dial
"I see GSX u a cancer
that must be removed,"
declared West White of ?
Robeson County.
ims was just one 01 me
strong statements of protest
made by concerned citizens
of Robeson County last
Thunday, August 21, at the
Governor's Waste Man
agement Board meeting in
Raleigh. Approximately 51
concerned citizens from
Maxton, Rowland, Pem
broke, liimberton and St
Pauls sttended the meeting
in order to show their
opposition to the hazardous
waste treatment plant that
the GSX Corporation pro
poses to construct near the
Laurinburg-Maxton Airport
Although it is said to be the
largest plant of its kind in
the United States, it will
employ only thirty some
workers, the trip was orga
nized under the leadership
of Rev. Mac Legerton, di
rector of the Robeson County
Clergy and Laity Concerned.
Several speakers express
ed their opposition and
concern to the board mem
bers,
Among them was Wyvis
Oxen dine, Robeson County
Commissioner. Oxendine
stated, "We have enough
lecmucai material to wunuit
denying the permit" Hie
Robeson group applauded
Oxendine
murmured words of support
Rev. Mae Legerton, a
resident of Pembroke, said
that the Lumber River "is
our livelihood, our source of
drinking, washing... b is
some of the cleanest water in
North Carolina...If GSX
were permitted to operate,
this water would be contam
inated to its maximum legal
level and become some the
most toxic drinking water in
the United States."
Dr. Harold Teague, a
chemistry professor at Pem
Druse state University, and
Raymond Deeee, Robeson
County Water Department
supervisor, mentioned cer
tain flaws and inconsisten
cies concerning the proposed
GSX plant
Rev. Oscar Cummings,
Brian K. Dial, Mr. John L
Godwin and Mr. Wes White,
all of Robeson County, also
expressed their opposition to
the waste plant
while the Governor's
Waste Management Board
does not set directly as the
decision-making body for the
GSX application, the board
members do have consider
able influential power on the
actual decision makers.
Baby Virginia Dare Turns 399
PYPEGGY HOWE
She's famous, but we
know almost nothing about
her.
Wei mow her birthday,
Aug. 18. We know that she
was bprn and baptized on
Roanoke Island, in what is
now North Carolina. And we
know her name.
She's Virginia Dare,
whose birth in 1587 made
her the first English child
born in the New .World.
Virginia's parents, Elea
nor and Ananias Dare, arri
ved in what is now North
Carolina July 22, 1587. as
part of the second mi Sir
Walter Raleigh's attempts to
colonize the new world. An
exploratory expedition had
reached the Outer blanks in
1584, and a 1585 colony had
failed after a year.
On August 19, 1986 the
Khanu Club treated the
PhMes Team and Coach
VerU Brooke to a banquet at
the Tbum and Country Res
taurant This season was the
first time in Little League
that four brothers have ever
played on the tame team
together. The four boys are
James Stephen LocMear,
Aaron LocMear, Mark Coch
lear, and Everette LocMear.
They art the tons of James
and Brenda LocMear.
The FhiBies art sponsored
by the Pembroke Ktwanis
? dub. They have won the
ana Little League Tourna
ment and the Robeson Coun
ty Tournament for the poet
three years. The Robeson
County JhrmiM Depart
mint JbwmammU miff pioy*
ed July SO, 1986 at Magnolia
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Thorn. The PhOiee soon it
7-4. The team players re
ceived trophies at the end of
On August 9, the Prmbro
kePhdke* mere treated to e
dam at IhliU Lake. The
top' ml cooch
ooceenyanted tkemrlhe JB
semis Cksh emend the
eegensee for their feed.
Ceaek VerU Bneke present
Hie settlers landed on
Roanoke Island in what is
now Dare County. 'Among
the colonists were 100 men,
17 women and nine children.
Together they were to be
come the "lost colony."
Several "weeks alter their
arrival, Eleanor gave birth to
a daughter who quickly
became the object of affec
tion of all the colonists. Hie
few children begged to bold
her, neighbors helped care
for her and one chronicler
wrote that "the maid quie
ted her with snatches of gay
ditties."
Colonists remembered the
rituals siiEratihding the new
born, too. Despite being in
the wilderness thousands of
miles from home, the colo
nists clung to their religious
beliefs and after several
days the new parents made
ed trophses to the outstand
ing playen on the team.
Stephen received the hi
Pitcher Trophy and Aaron
received the Hustler Trophy.
They all had an enjoyable
time together.
Shoum left to right are:
Aaron, 11 years old; Steph
en, IS yean old; Mark, 10
yean old; and Eventte, 9
yean old.
The coach mas very proud
of the four boys and their
accompks kments Ait year.
Stephen finished up with a
great four yean on the
Phillies Team. Hie position
for the last two yean hoe
been pitcher. He t oU never
forget having almost pitched
a no-hitter game-only one kit
mas made daring one of their
games played Coach VerQ
Brooke depended highly on
Stephen's pitching ability
He hapet to comtmme playing
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olmsdin Junior Tbsheel next
|fMT? also MUM
crucial catches in center/told
to help mks the area UttU
League Tournament. He atM
hoe one more year to play on
tho tot mi. Although Mark
and Beentte didn't sad
plans for baptism of their
daughter and began to think
of a name for her.
When a neighbor sugges
ted naming her for their
good queen, Elizabeth was
promptly rejected as a name.
Some have since written
that, although a queen,
Elizabeth I was "the veriest
shrew" and "a Vain and
worldly woman."
Finally, John White, go
vernor of the colony and the
baby's grandfather, sugges
ted she be named "for this
fair land to which she has
come, our new home, Virigi
nia " ^ _
Meanwhile, the eotonttfts
were fast realizing they'd
need far more supplies than
they had estimated. Gover
nor White, though reluctant
to leave his family, including
the 10-day-old Virginia, pre
pared for the long voyage'
back to England.
Accounts say that the
colonists agreed with Gover
nor White that if they should
leave the island, they would
carve the name of their
destination on a tree. If they
had to leave in danger, the
same signal would have a
cross carved above it
John White sailed away to
England leaving the tiny
band in the wilderness.
Arriving just as England
faced the powerful Spanish
Annada, White's ship was
needed in the war effort Sir
Walter Raleigh could offer
no help.
Finally, in the spring of
1590, Governor White was
able to outfit a ship and
return to"Roanoak" bland.
He arrived on a night in
mid-August off the coast of
the island, almost three
years to the day after he'd
left Seeing only a bint light
at the north end of the
island, he fired off a cannon.
After no response, he had
the trumpeter play familiar
English tunas. SUB no an
At drat light. White Mar
ched tee island and found it
deserted. The houses wen
dismantled, hot the pali
sadea remained. Bated
chests had been duf up and
rifled. White later suite.
iisreei ww wavset
"One of the chiefs trees or
pastel at the right side of the
off and S. fools bom the
ground in hjn 'Capitol
Isttore ure greuen 'Crae
the ship's captain to tahs
him to the mainland camps
of the Qraatoan Indians
where he ires san he would
And the eateaiste, but a
ate eal tessiL^te'sresunt'af
tehMteA sns^hte hrer
on with the not of'tee
Many legends have per
sisted about the lost colony.
Some believe the English did
indeed go to live with the
friendly Croatoan Indians.
Some believe the colonists
were annihilated by the
Indians or the hostile Span
ish from the south. Others
insist the settlers built a
crude boat, set sail and
were lost at sea.
One legend says Virgini/
grew into young womanhood
and was changed by the
sorcery of a rejected lover
into a white dove. She
roamed the lonely island
until true love restored her
to her human form, ohly to
be killed by a silver arrow
shot by a cruel chieftain.
Through the yean, histor
ians and researchers have
pored over tne meager
shreds of evidence left by
the colonists to no avail.
Theories abound, but after
four centuries, the fate of the
lost colony is still unknown.
Unknown, perhaps, but
eternally fascinating. The
saga of Virginia Dare and
the "Lost colony," has been
captured in dramatic story
and song in Paul Green's
symphonic drama, "The
Lost Colony," performed
evefv summer on Roanoke
Island. And delvin into its
mysteries is an important
part of the celebration of the
quadricentennial of the en
tire era of Sir Walter Ral
eigh's "Roanoke Voyages."
Celebrations began spec
tacularly in July, 1964, with
the visit of Her Royal
Highness Princess Anne to
Roanoke Island, and conti
nued in 1985 with the major
eahibition of Elizabethan
artifacts from the British
library at the N.C. Museum
of History as well as world
famous drawings made on
the Outer Banks by Virgin
ia's grandfather, John
White.
A further 400th Anniver
sary obeonance took place
in January, 1006, with the
opening of the N.C. Museum
of History exhibit, "Gnat
American Indian Leaden."
Also, on June 10, I960, at
Hattmia, the iMoactment of
the lighting of a signal lbs
commemorated a similar ev
ent 400 yean ago when the
weary nplssen signalled Bkt
fronds Drake's ship, seek
tag passage back to En
gland.
A permanent plaque was
the historic erewt
sary e rents scheduled for
ecstien of the 400th annfrer
sary of ike birth of Virginia
Dare.
^frr details shoot plans for
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^Celebrating The Year Of The
*?r NATIVE AMERICAN
STRIKE at
the WIND!
Floyd ' 'Duck'' Flanders on
Armorer
Zeke Lock lea r
os Allen Lowrie, Sf.
Delia Roe Sanderson
as Aunt Mary
Vonnie Lockleor
os Scuffletown Citizen
Kawanna Sanderson
os Scuffletown Citizen
Paige Lock tear
os Scuffletown Citizen
BY BRUCE BARTON
In this eleventh season of
'Strike at the Wind!', North
Carolina is celebrating the
year of the Native American
throughout 1986. This would
be a good time to come out
and enjoy the bitter-sweet
saga of Henry Berry Lowrie
and the Lumbee Indians,
and their white and black
counterparts. The larger
theme is the story of all the
people of Robeson County,
and how they dealt with the
realities of the Civil War era.
You'll meet your friends
and neighbors on stage,
telling the stoiy of their
heroes, their history. People
like Zeke and Vonnie Lock
lear (Allan Lowrie, and a
Scuffle town citizen respec
tively), and their precious
daughter, Paige _ All three
are part of the most exciting
outdoor drama in America,
appearing on stage.
You'll also meet Delia
Sanderson, emoting in her
first season as "Aunt Ma
ty." Delia's husband, Floyd
"Duck" Sanderson is the
armorer for the show. He's
the one who makes the guns
go "pow!" Kawanna. their
13 year old daughter, is also
in the show as a Scuffle town
citizen. You'U also find
Denise, 10, and Tabitha, 8,
helping their father back
stage. Delia says, "It's
something we can do toge
ther as a family, and we
enjoy ourselves every
night"
So, celebrate the "Year of
the Native American" and
share uie joys and travails of
"Strike at the Wind!", the
most exciting outdoor drama
in America. Join the Sander
son and Locklear families.
It's fun! And you'll have a
good time.
"Strike at the Wind!" is
presented Thursday, Friday
and Saturday nights at the
North Carolina Indian CuJ
tural Center (formerly Ri
verside Country Club), in
the heart of the Red Banks
Community, approximately
3 miles west of Pembroke.
Show time is 8:30 p.m.
Admission is $5.50 for ad
ults, $4.50 for senior citizens
over 65, and $3.00 for
children under 12. For more
information, call 521-3112.
Hope to see you there! The
show runs through Septem
ber 6, 1986.
AND WATCH FOR
THESE SPECIAL NIGHTS:
"Student Night for all
students/all Counties"-Au
gust 28, 1986 $3.00 per
student-$2.00 per student
under 12.
"Veterans of Foreign War
(VFW) Night" August 29,
1986 $1.00 off per person.
"Chamber of Commerce
Night" for all counties-Au
gust 30, 1986-$1.00 off per
person.
"PSU Student/Faculty/
Staff Night"-September 4,
1986-$3.00 per person.
"Church Night"-All chur
ches/all counties/all deno
minations-$1.00 off per
member September 5, 1986.
"Organization & Industry
Night-September 6, 1986
$1.00 off per person.
Non-Profit Senior Center
Begins Fund Raising Efforts
Thirty Senior Citizens Ac
tion Group, Inc. members
tuned in s very optimistic
and gratifying report on
August 19, 1980. These are
members of the advisory
board who are raiaing funds
by selling household and
other items to raise funds for
the purpose of constructing a
Senior Center in Robeson
County to serve Senior Citi
asna in Robeson. Scotland
and Hofce Counties.
Senior Citizens Action
Group,-fee. filed its Articles
of Incorporation with the
Stale of North Carolina on
Mareh 20, 1960. The orga
nisation was fonnhd by
sanior citizens, churches ^
coneemsd dtissns in re
sponse to the growing needs
of senior cMasne in Robe
son, Scotland and Hoke
Counties. ^ \
relationships, skills sharing
and development, cultural
enrichment and spiritual de
velopment The intent of
Senoir Citizens Action Group
Inc. is to develop, construct
and manage a Senior Center
that will provide both resi
dential and day services for
the senior citizens of south
eastern North Carolina, par
ticularly Robeson, Scotland
and Hoke counties.
Senior Citizens Action
Group, Inc. is a non- profit
organization in the State of
North Carolina and is ex
empt from Federal income
tax under section 801 (c)(8)
of the Internal Code.
Senior Citizens Action
Group. Inc. is Bee need by
the State of North Carolina
to solicit funds.
Senior Citizens Action
Group, be sincerely HMti
bads for this very much
ended Senior Center thro
the efforts of ehtuehoo, dvk
Thank yon for your met
StmiorCtHmm Achoa Group
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Magnolia Teachers Receive
GTE Grant
Two instructors at Mag
nolia School have been nam
ed co-recipients of financial
grants under the auspices of
the "Gift" program which is
funded nationally by the
GTE corporation.
Mrs. Patricia M. Blue, a
high school science instruc
tor, and Mrs. Amelia Clark,
an eighth grade math and
science instructor, were
notified this spring that their
proposal had been reviewed
and accepted.
The award winning pro
posal called for the con
struction of a green house on
campus at Magnolia School
which would serve as an
on-site resource center for
the Magnolia science depart
ment. By extension, it wB
also serve as a resource for
other schools in the county
system.
"GIFT' an acronym for
Growth httadTO FV* lynch
ers, is a special program of
financial gmnte to ssteeted
public ffboftl math, and
amount dTlo.000 00 white
Il^upi Mhte i SM00
matching funds by the lasal
IMfereate arc teteuded to
Miv? the dual purpose cm
providing for the profession
al growth of the teachers
involved and the improve
ment of the science facilities
in the particular schools. The
ultimate and long-term goal
is to provide students with
the beet possible instruction.
While the bulk of the
grant is earmarked for capi
tal outlay expenditures re
lated to the construction and
supplying of the gissn
house, a specific amount !r
allocated to each of tbt
instructors far a program of
which they cea*dsi?n "for
their particular naods and la
'"nuT'aad dark an the
third pair of Hob ssoe Couaty
teachars to aver receive this
grant ia the fsur years of the
NMrfe'cLretoa alTwity d
investing in to ewa hi tins.
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