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Honored With Towel & Bas^^waM/r_. M
nev. oiona Burke Brooks, President of As bury theological Seminary s Alumni Boanl,
tents the Towel and Basin Award to Native American James H. Woods. Woods and his
uife, Rosa, live in tri-racial Pembroke, North Carolina, where Woods is a pastor in the
Methodist Holiness Church.
WHmore, AY--Native Ameri
can James H. Woods was
honored on Friday, Septem
ber 28,1986 with a Towel and
Basin Award from his alma
mater, Asbury Theological
Seminary.
Woods, the first native
American graduate of the
seminary, received the award
from the school's alumni
association. Rev. Gloria Burke
Brooks, president of the
alumni board, made the pre
sentation, along with Mr.
Robert Bridges, vice presi
dent for seminary advance
ment It was the second such
award given by the institu
tion. The award is designed to
recognize persons who serve
as a model of servanthood and
ministry in the spirit of Jesus
Christ; who display commi
ment to Christ and His
gospel; and who make a
distinctive contribution to
ministry and exemplify the
Weslevan concept of social
holiness.
James Woods, the son of
poor North Carolina tenant
farmers, struggled to finish
school igtitnx "the dHTTcult
odds , of his father's death, a
large family that needed his
support and eventual circum
stances that forced him to
leave home. He graduated
from high school as class
valedictorian and was named
to Who's Who Among Stu
dents in American Colleges
and Universities as a junior at
Pembroke State University.
He completed seminary work
and returned to North Caro
lina to serve as a pastor in
the Lumber River Conference
of the Holiness Methodist
Church and to work in the
schools of tri racial Robeson
County.
Woods later resigned his
public school position to pur
sue fulltime ministry and
community work. He main
tained his position as pastor
of the Hopewell Holiness
Methodist Church also chair
ed the ecumenical Prisoner's
Friends Society of Robeson
Cbunty, acted as volunteer
chaplain for the local prison
unit , helped to organize the
Lumbee Regional Develop
ment Association (A Lumbee
Indian project of social and
self development) and helped
initiate the ecumenical devel
opment of the Robeson Coun
ty Church and Community
Center (a tri-racial service and
empowerment ministry). He
has served as a delegate to
the National Congress of the
American Indian, the Coaliti
on of Eastern Native Ameri
cans, the Poor People's Con
ference, and has provided
testimony before the U.S.
American Indian Policy Re
view Commission.
A deeply compassionate
man. Woods never forgot his
mother (widowed twice) or his
brothers and sisters. He wor
ked diligently to help the
family build a house and to
see that the younger children
got. an education. James, is
married, has thr?e children
and three grandchildren.
In 1981, Woods tfas elected
bishop of his denomination. In
1984 he assumed responsibil
ities on the board of directors
of Asbury Seminary's Alumni
Association.
Asbury Seminary, true to
the heritage of its founders,
prepares men and women for
effective Christian service. A
unique blend of scholarship
and ministry within the facul
ty fosters the life and thought
of its nearly 800 students from
272 colleges, 50 denomina
tions, 20 countries and 43
states. Over the past 63 years,
mora than 5,000 Asbury
graduates have gone forth to
minster to "the world- our
parish."
Golden Wedding
Anniversary Celebrated
Fall
Democratic
Rally
The Seventh Disuwi Uem
ocratic Party will hold a fall
District Rally at the Bill Sapp
Recreation Center, 11th and
Cedar Streets, in Lumberton,
NC, on Oct 23 at 6:30 p.m.
Hundreds of Democrats from
all over the District are
expected to attend.
United States Senate nomi
nee Terry Sen ford, 7th Dis
trict Congressman Charlie
Rose and a number of state
wide candidates will attend
the rally. A meal will be
served and a keynote speech
will be delivered by a person
at national prominence. Ad
mission is $6 per person.
The rally will be a major
evsnt of the fall campaign in
the 7th District, composed of
Cumberland, Robeson, Co
lumbus, New Hanover and
Brunswick counties. "I am
exrited about the fellowship
that Seventh District Demo
crats will join in at our rally,"
Willis Brown, 7th District
Chairman said. "We feel that
November 4 will be a big
seeeees for Democrats at our
DUriet rally."
Tickets to the rally can be
obtained from an Democratic
Party County Chair in the
Dktriet or at the door. For
mote information, call 7th
District Chair Willis Brown st
?NM*) 48*0147.
Mr. and Mrs. Herdman Revel* o/Rt. 1, St. Paul*, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary
at Magnolia High School cafeteria, Ittmberton, Saturday, October 11, 1989. The event tuu
hotted by their children. Mr. and Mr*. Revels are the jrrrmdjrarentt of four children: Ronald
Revels, Jr. of St. Pauls: Mrs. BiUie Jean Lowry, Lamberton; Mrs. Regina Bell and Mrs. Pom
Bramble, both of Charlotte. The invocation toot given by Jerry Bell of Charlotte. A very
delicious dinner was served and enjoyed by everyone. The honors** received many nice oiftm
\Photo by Sgt Revel*)
| raE CAR^NA^UTOIAN VOICE I
Scholarship Competition
lleidre A. Nicholson, the daughter of Ms.Shirley N.
Rodgers, has been recognized by the National Achievement
Scholarship frogram for Outstanding Negro Students as being
a semifinalist in the 1987 Acheivement Scholarship
competition.
Iieidre is a 17 year old senior at West Robeson Senior High
School and is ranked #2 in her graduating class of 1987. After
graduation she plans to attend an accredited college in North
Carolina.
Some 1,500 semifinalists throughout the country are being
named in the 23rd annual National Achievement Scholarship
Program for Outstanding Negro Students. These high school
senior will have an opportunity to continue in the competition
for about 700 Achievement Scholarships, worth over $2
million, to be awarded in 1987. Achievement Scholarships are
made possible by grants from 180 sponsor organizations and
contributions from a large group of program donors.
Semifinalists in the current Achievement Program were
designated from among some 80,000 black students who
requested consideration when they took the PSAT/NMSQT in
1985. In order to include able participants from all parts of the
nation in the competition, semifinalists are named in
geographic regions consisting on several states in numbers
proportional to each region's Negro population. Semifinalists
represent the highest-scoring black students in each region,
and those announced attend 995 high schools located in 46
states.
Hie enxt step for semifinalists is to qualify as finalists by
meeting the academic and other standards of the program.
About 1,200 semifinalists are expected to advance to finalist
standing and compete for awards in 1987. All winners of the
three types of Achievement Scholarships to be offered will be
chosen from t(je finalist group.
Each finalist will have a chance to win one of the 350 Nation
al Achievement $2000 Scholarships to be distributed on a
regional representation basis. A committee of college and high
school educators will judge the abilities and accomplishments
of all finalists in a region and will select those who appear to
be most academically promising an recipients of these
single-payment awards.
Of the 350 four-year scholarships to be awarded, about 225
will he sponsored by corporations, foundations, and
professional organizations for black students with special
qualifications. To encoum#? interest in particular careers, a
number of grantors specify their scholarships for finalists
planning to pursue related college majors; some sponsors
designate their awards for residents of communities they
serve, or for children of company employees. Corporate
sponsored four-year Achievement Scholarships provide
between $500 and $8000 for each of the winner's college
undergraduate years.
An additional 125 renewable Achievement Scholarships will
be provided by colleges and universities which sponsor them
for finalists who will attend their institution. Winners of these
awards will receive between $250 and $2000 for each of the
four years of study at the sponsor college.
The Achievement Program, which is administered by
National Merit Scholarship Corporation, began operations in
1964. Hie 1987 class of winners will bring the 23 year total to
over 11,700 outstanding black youth who have received
Achievement Scholarships worth more than $35 million.
THF CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
P O Box 1075 Phone 521-2826
Pembroke N C 28372
ISN'T THIS A i
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Celebration! Hie Year Of
The Native American: To Be
Held November 7-9 At PSU
iUc Native American Resource Center of Pembroke State
University will host the Celebration/ The Year Of The Native
American: A Festival Of American Indian Arts And Culture on
November 7-9, 1986. This celebration will be one of the final
events of the Year of the Native American which has been
observed in N.C. this year. It is also a part of the Centennial
Celebration of PSU. "Hie final event of the celebration will be a
"Dinner on the Grounds" and gospel sing from 1:00-6:00 p.m.
on Sunday, November 9. The dinner on the grounds is a
tradition of the Indian churches of Robeson County and it is
fitting that the state-wide celebration end with this tradition
and the gospel sing.
Ms. Donna Chavis, a native of Pembroke and a graduate of
PSU, is coordinator for the dinner on the grounds. In
describing the event, Ms. Chavis explains: "I will be
contacting our Indian churches throughout the area and
requesting their participation in the dinner. Our chjirch
tradition of 'dinner on the grounds' is one that is well-known
for its food and community-building. As the host community,
we are inviting many people into our area. This community is
our home. The dinner will be a special celebration of our
heritage and a special opportunity for our churches to work
together in fellowship. What we hope to have on November 9
is a lot of good food and good company."
The dinner on the grounds will be a covered dish dinner and
be held in the Clock Tower Courtyard on the PSU campus
Churches or church representatives who are interested ir
assisting in the dinner can contact Ms. Chavis at 521-3209.
The three day celebration will bring a distinguished amy of
Native American musicians, dancers, artists, craftspeople,
writers, scholars, and public officials from throughout N.C.
and the U.S. for special performances, demonstrations,
symposiums, and exhibitions. Events will include a traditional
arts festival, music and dance programa, concert, banquet,
forums, writer's conference, and gospel sing as wed as file
dinner on the grounds.
Celebration! is a special pseesntstlwi of the Native
American Resource Center sad the North Canfina Aria
PEOPLE {
AND PL A CES j
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HALLO WEEN CARNIVAL &
AUCTION OCT. U
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Bryan Memorial School for
the severely and profoundly
handicapped children is hav
ing and auction and carnival
to raise needed monies. Bryan
Memorial School is located on
Highway 72 near the Robeson
County Board of Education.
The plate sale begins at 11
a.m. and lasts until...Barbe
cue plates will sell for $3 and
sandwiches will sell for $1.50.
The carnival begins at 6:30
p.m. with games and prizes,
costume judging, door prizes,
food and drinks.
The auction begins at 7:45
p.m. featuring State Repre
sentative Daniel Devane at
the auctioneer. Many new
items will be auctioned, do
nated by local merchants and
industries.
SUHWXRAY
HALLOWEEN TREATS
Children look forward to
Halloween as a fun time.
Southeastern General Hospi
tals wants to help make sure
it's a safe time, too.
. On Halloween night, Fri
day, October 31, from 7 to 9
p.m., SGH will X-ray Hallo
ween treats to make sure
they act free of foreign
objects. TVer* is no charge for
this service and it will be
available at the hospital's
Diagnostic and Treatment
( "o ntor
"Except for a few stones,
no foreign objects were found
in the treats examined last
year," said Bruce Bergstres
ser, SGH radiology manager.
"Still we feel that this is a
worthwhile service that we
can provide again for the
safety of our children."
Free parking will be avail
able in the parking deck for
trick or treaters who should
use the Floyd Avenue entran
ce to the hospital.
COMMUNITY ROUND UP
COORDINATOR N* MED
me Easter Seal Society of
North Carolina announced
today that Ms. Lela Brooks of
Pembroke will coordinate the
local "Community Round
Up ' campaign of the business
area, held annually in the fall
to raise funds for disabled
North Carolinians. Donations
to the campaign are used to
purchase special health needs
such as wheelchairs, medical
equipment, and rehabilitative
appliances for the physically
disabled. Funds are also
used to operate Camp Easter
in-the-Pines, a year-round
camping facility for physically
and multiply disi.nlec indivi
duals, located near juthern
Pines. Additionally, the funds
are used to support the
Society's Summer Speech
Therapy Clinics, Equipment
Loan Progrtun, Stroke Clubs,
Telephone Reassurance Pro
grams, and Hearing Screen
ing Services which are offered
free to the general public.
Edward L Kershaw, State
Executive Director for the
Easter Seal Society of North
Carolina said about the "Com
munity Round-Up" cam
paign, "ft is becoming a
major source of income for the
Society annually and is ex
tremely important to the
future services offered to
disabled children and adults
in our state."
Easter Seals has the reputa
tion for spending local dollars
for local services, which
mates ft important for local
U^ U>*ir time and
TAE Kijin OOKARATC
SCHOOLOPENS
Tae Kon Do Karate School
announces registration and
open house on Saturday after
noon, October 18, from 5:00
until 7:00 at SheNan's School
of Dance, Vance Street, Pem
broke. All interested students
and parents are invited to
meet the instructions and
view the facility.
School instructors are
George Ran dell, first degree
black belt; Michael Oxendine,
second degree brown belt)
and Junior Lock!ear, second
degree brown boh. Instruc
tors will perform an exhibition
during open house, beginning
at 5:30. - |
Classes will begin on Tues
day, October 21. For more
information, call 628-8076 or
628 9132.
SURGING MEARES COMING
TO PEMBROKE
The gospel singing group, ?
The Singing Meares, from
Fayetteville, NC will be pre
senting a concert on the lawn
of the Pembroke Seventh-day
Adventist Church on Satur
day, October 18, "1986 at 2
p.m. Pastor Qodfrev and the
alurch family invite all of
their friends in the community
to come and join them for this
musical treat. There will be no
admission charge, but a free
will offering will be taken to
hep defray some of the cost of
sponsoring the concert
This is "homecoming week
end" for the members of the
church and you are invited to
come and share with them.
Sabbath School begins at 9
a.m., church service will be at
10 a.m. The speaker will be
Dr. A. Leroy Moore, Coordi
nator for North American
Native Ministries. Dr. Moore
has experience as a teacher,
author, missionary, evange
list and pastor.
After the church service we
inyite all who will to stay and
enjoy a fellowship dinner with
us. Then enjoy the concert of
the Singing Meares at 2 p. m.
The church is located at the
junction of Highways 710/711
just two miles west of FVm
broke State University. Every
one is invited and welcome.
Don't foiget to bring your
lawn chairs and blankets for
the Singing Meares concert.
OBSERVE HOMECOMING
Homecoming services will
be observed st Union Chapel
Community Church on Sun
day, October 19, 1986. Sun
day School will begin at 9:45
a.m. Worship service begins
at 11 a.m. The pastor, Rev.
Jimmie Strickland will deliver
the homecoming aeaaage.
Lunch will follow in the
fellowship hall. A singing is
planned for the afternoon
beginning at 2:00 p.m.
The pastor and congrega
tion extend a cordial invitation
to the public to attend.
N.C. INDIAN MINISTERIAL
ASSOCIATION TO MEET
The monthly meeting oI the
North Carolina Indian Minie
terial Association will be held
on Monday night, October M.
1966. The matting wffl be
hold at thejCMcfesa Mai U
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