GROWING UP IN
ROBESON COUNTY
by RoTiald Lowery
Virginia Beach, VA
Since the year 1987 will
mark the firet one hundred
years that Pembroke State
Univeisity has been providing
educational opportunities for
its students, I have been
doing some cogitating about
the way this institution opera
ted in the forties during the
Worid War n era when I
received my first exposure to
college academia. When I
matriculated at then Pembn
ke State College as a fresh
man in 1943, most of our able
bodied mature boys were
serving our country in some
capacity. At age 16 I was too
young for the draft, and
decided to obtain some coll
ege edification before my time
came to serve my country in
the war effort. I wasn't a.*-
anxious to leave Robeson
County as many of the local
boys did by volunteering to
serve our country, but the
draft picked me up before 1
completed my sophomore
year in 1945. I found college
to be quite different from high
school regarding extra- curri
cular activities. In high school
competition for participation
in sports eliminated me from
an active role. In high school
I did make an attempt to learn
how to manipulate the valves
on a comet, after the school’s
principal took $15.00 of his
own monev to ourchase the
instrument for me. Not being,
musically inclined, I had some
problems in trying to get the
air I blew in one end of my
comet to come out the other
end as a pleasing sound.
When I went out to the crib
bam to practice at home, even
the mules would cringe their
ears in attempts to muffle the
sounds coming from the large
end of my hom. I even put
forth an effort to play my
comet by ear, but I would get
notes from “Row-Row-Row
Your Boat” mixed up with
notes from “Twinkle-Twinkle
little Star.” jAnd the sounds
flowing from my hom would
not present a mental picture
of a boat blowing down a
peaceful stream. When I
pressed the,, valves down on
my comet and blew in the
small end, something went
round and round, but it
wasn’t music coming out the
big end most of the time.
The year, 1943-44, on the
then campus of Pembroke
State College depicted a
noticeable shortage of male
students. I had no problem
with making the basketball
team during my freshman
year in college because most
of those good ball players in
high school were now wearing
a uniform forournation. I was
even recruited to play instru
ments in the college orchestra
and band, and even agreed to
do some stage acting in
college plays during my fresh
man year. I soon found out
that one’s status as a fresh
man put no limits on the
amount of extra-curricular
activities one could partici
pate in during the forties on
the campus of them Pembroke
State College.
The college president, Ur.
Ralph D. WelJons, was an
excellent leader and motivator
of students, both in group
situations and on an individu
al basis. He was interested in
more than just one’s educa
tional development. He work
ed to enhance the moral and
social development of college
students. I received some
individual attention from Dr.
WeUons during the fall quart
er of sophomore year in 1944
a few months before being
drafted into the Army. Before
coming to Pembroke State
College, Dr. Wellons served
as a missionary in India for
several years, and became
well acquainted with Dr. R
Stanley Jones, a prominent
missionary, woridwide speak
er and author of religious
books and literature. In the
fall of 1944, Dr. R Stanley
Jones conducted a series of
speaking engagements in the.
coliseum in Raleigh, NC. Dr.
WeUons talked me into atten
ding the opening weekend of
these meetings with he and
his wife, the head of the music
departinent, and the head of
the foreign language and
dramatics departments at the
coUege free of charge. Having
grown up on a family farm in
Robeson County and then a
sophomore in college, I had
only left the county a couple of
times and the farthest I had
been from home was Fayette-
Lumberton Wins
PEMBROKE — Mario Lorick led five players
in double figures, scoring 17 points, as Lumberton
maintained its share of the lead in the
Southeastern 4-A Conference with a 78*70 victory
over West Robeson in a boys high school basket
ball game Tuesday night.
Kenny Floyd added 15 points as Lumberton
improv^ to 6-1 in league play and 13-3 overall
LUMBERTOH (7i) - Lorick iT^FToyd IS, Smith 13, Lesone n Ooil n
PIdk ins 3. McMillan 3. Barnes 2. Colon 2.
WEST ROBESON (70) — McEochen 16. Lockleor 36. Sampson 11,
Golbreolh 7. Belheo 6. J. Locklear 4, Brldpes 4, Crahom 2. McGin 2,
McMillan 2.
Holftime: Lomperton 47-22.
Records: Lumberton 13-3, 6.1; West Robeson S-11, 1-6.
Girls
LUMBERTON 481 - Potlerson 23, Horris 7, Tonv McNeil & Sollers4.
Tanvo McNeill 4, Smith 2. Glover 2.
WEST ROBESON (27) - Lockleor 10, Carter 10, HammondsZSmith
Z Swell Z Bullard 1
Molfllme: Lumberton 26-9.
Records: Lumberton 2.11,2.S; West Robeson 0.1Z 0.7.
Bovs Junior Varsity
Lumberton 6Z West Robeson 50.
Leodino Scorers: Lumberton — Crump 17; West Robeson — Kevin
Pipkins 12.
Records: Lumberton 2-11, west Robeson 1-lZ
viUe. NC. I figured it was
about time for me to get some
experience in city life and
agreed to be a member of this
trip to our state’s capital.
Along with the many posi
tive experiences one could
gain from growing up in a
rural area on a family farm,
you also faced some negative
aspects in the growing up
process. You were isolated to
a large extent from the
outside worid and customs
considered to be proper.
When I was growing up in
Robeson County on a famOy
farm, we practiced a rural
type of table manners. The
entire famOy had to be seated
at the table before any food
consumption took place, and
this event didn’t start until all
the food had been blesse(i.
The prime prerequisite to a
meal at our table was the
washing of your hands. This
was important because right
much food came in direct
contact with our hands and
fingers before being passed
on to our stomachs. We
seldom got the napkin, knife,
foric, and spoon setting at our
table, except when special
company shared a meal in our
home. When I was growing
up in Robeson County we
never referred to visitors in
our home as guests, they
were “company” and we had
a special bedroom reserved
called the “company bed
room” for any visitors wh(?
spent the night with us. Even
when we had company and a
formal meal I didn’t get' the
chance to practice proper
table manners because I
would be assigned to the
kitchen for the meal due to
space problems. In my ex
perience under a rural type
meal consuming procedure
you seldom used the knife.
The spoon was the most used
utensil to transfer food from
your plate to your mouth, and
it was used many times when
the forte should have been the
correct utensil to choose. Like
most homemakers in the rural
area of Robeson County dur
ing the famOy farming era,
Mama was an exceUent pre
parer of tasty food. Most of
her finished food dishes had
Itos of juices and pot liquors
which were quite tasty, "i^ere
were three ways you got these
liquids to their destination,
i.e., using a spoon, sopping
with a hot biscuit, or by
drinking the liquids directly
from a bowl, saucer, and
sometimes even the plate if
you were in a hurry and the
spoon method proved to be
too slow. I was usually
reprimanded if I attempted to
use the direct drinking meth
od from something other than
a cup or glass, I have even
seen my Dad, on occasions
seen my Dad, on occasions
while eating his breakfast,,
drink his coffee from his
saucer instead of the cup
when he was in a hurry and
had a piping hot cup of coffee
by his plate. He would pour
some coffee into his saucer, a
process which cooled it down
fast, then drink the coffee
from his saucer.
When I was growing up in
Robeson County we used the
‘‘biscuit sopping method”
quite often to get liquids,
which were not normally
considered a cup or glass
liquid, into our stomachs. We
always had lots of bread at our
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nouse, both the wheat and
com varieties. Many times we
used bread as a stomach filler
when there was a shortage of
meat and other stable type
food. My Mama prepared and
cooked 36 biscuits eveiy mor
ning, 24 in the big pan and 12
in the little pan. During the.
months when school was in
session the family would
consume all those biscuits,
which averaged about 4 per
family member. Some of us
older ones would eat as high
as 6 biscuits for breakfast
when the appetites of some of
the younger ones were below
par. Before we got electricity
and refrigeration on the farm,
we ate non-breakfast type
food such as fish for breakfast
in order to prevent spoilage. I
have eaten some real tasty
Lumber River red breasts for
breakfast which were caught
the previous evening. During
school sessions some of the
biscuits would be used to
make biscuit sandwiches for
school lunches when I was
attending the lower elemen
tary grades in school. Some of
the more popular biscuits
sandwiches I took to school for
lunch included ham or sausa
ge, mashed boiled eggs,
peanut butter and jelly, and
preserved grape hulls. I really
like the grape hull biscuits,
because by the time lunch
period came the biscuits were
soaked with grape juice and
were sweet, soggy, and easy
to chew. I have seen a lot of
different type biscuit sand
wiches, but the most unappe
tizing ones I ever saw occur
red when I stayed home sick
from school one late fall day
while still in elementary scho
ol. A man who lived across the
river was hired by my I^d to
dig stumps out of some new
ground we were cleaming for
farm land.He brought his
lunch with him from home
that day in a 5-pound size lard
bucket, he was invited to eat
his lunch at our table during
his meal break from work. I
saw him take 4 coUard biscuit
sandwiches from his dinner
pail and eat them along with
some fat back and sweet
potatoes. Collards are a stable
nutritious southern dish, and I
learned to eat them early in
life, but I found them to be
more palatable consumed
with bread derived from corn
rather than wheat.
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You are probably among the
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Lemon juice and ground
lemon peel help to ten
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West Robeson Wresding
News
WhyUpsBecomeClup,
Wrestling fever is still in
those fans of the West
Robeson Wrestling Team as
over 200 were on their feet
routing on the Rams to the
final bout. The Rams lost a
close match last,‘Friday,
against Scotland County, but
that didn’t dampen the spirit.,
of the fans as they cheered
and stomped all the way to the
final bout of the evening.
Wrestling fever is.'.still ''hry
much alive and supporting the
Rams even despite a losing
season. It was great to see
once again a good crowd of
followers, said Coach Ban
croft They really get into the
matches and it helps our
wrestlers.
Some of the Ram wrestlers
that get the fans going are
Shane Jacobs, Joshua Mal
colm, Marty Locklear and
Larry Sanderson. Larry can
really turn the crowd on. He
is very strong and physical
and the fans get behind him.
Joshua is another newcom
er to the team and sports a
14-7-2 record. His constant
drive and never stop attitude
gradually wears his opponent
down. The fans like that
his bouts are always filled
with excitement. Shane foll
ows Joshua in the line up. He
uses more moves and has a
’i*iat-like finesse to wiggle and
squirm out of unusual predi
caments. His opponents are
usually worn out and end up
pinned. Shane has a 19-2
record with 14 pins.
Finally comes the heavy
weight bout “ Our conference
has a lot of good hut” says
Coach Bancroft. “So the
spectators are going to see
some pretty good duals and
the Rams’ Marty Locklear
has really surprised a lot of
people. His record stands at
10-7 for the first year wrest
ler. Marty is small for most all
he has faced but his aggress
iveness and hard woric has
paid off.
Another crowd pleaser and
favorite is Spencer Carter. His
record stands at 17-7. Will
iam Oxendine is presently
holding down Spencer’s spot
because of injury. WUliam is
quick and exciting to watch
too.
Freshman 98 pounder
Matthew Locklear starts every
thing off and presently sports
a 16-8 recorf. He too is
another first year wrestler and
is beginning to use a lot of
wrestling technique. Another
freshman Dallas Locklear has
also been winning lately. He
stands 4-1 in conference and
10-11 over all.
Uoyd Kline, Chuck Lock
lear, Jack Hunt, Dan Davis,
Elric Clark, Matthew Locklear,
Rodney Owens, Kirby Am
mons, Mark Locklear and
Andre Mitchell round out the
other Ram wrestlers.
Just to make it through the
season is tough. This is a very
physical and demanding
sport. Not eveiyone has what
it takes to be a wrestler. F m
proud of each of these young
men because they have done a
good job. They all woric hard
in practice and on their own.
'The Rams next home match
is this Friday night at 7 when
they host Hoke County. Hoke
is presently in first place in
the conference standings.
J.V. matches begin at 6:45
p.m.
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help soften the crusts andri
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Dr. Zugerman advises, be\^
ilant:
• Drink lots of water,a
keep a humidifier going j
your bedroom at night,
• If you have a tendeaj
towards herpes simplii
avoid excessive exposure”
wind, sun and glare.
• If you have a cold, cul
trol irritation to the no8ea«
upper lip to protect lipsfn*
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