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VOWME 15 NUMBER IS 25 CENTS .' THURSDAY, MARCH Iff. 1987
LOCAL POLITICAL ACTIVIST HONORED IN KENTUCKY
SAM DIAL
Sam Dial, long time political activist with the State of North
Carolina recently acquired another award for his service to
mankind. This time Dial was honored by the Governor of the
Commonwealth of Kentucky, the Honorable Martha Iene
Collins. Governor Collins commissioned Dial to the Honorable
Order of Kentucky Colonels.
What makes a Kentucky Colonel? The recipe is no secret,
simply a blend of friendliness, good fellowship, good will, and <
good fun. Add the ingredients of capacity for service and
accomplishments in some worthy line of endeavor. All this s
leads to the Governor's signature and an honorary j
appointment on the staff. offic
How do you become a Kentucky Colonel? This is a familiar i
question and the answer is simple. You must be recommended
to the Governor for outstanding contributions to your
community, state, or nation, or for some worthy endeavor or
achievement. The Governor's approval will soon lead to your
being presented with a commission as a Kentucky Colonel.
The list of Kentucky Colonels resembles a Who's Who.
including many men and women from other countries. The
certificate with the Governor's and Secretary of State's
signatures and the seal of the Commonwealth of Kentucky i
hangs on the wall of many distinguished goverment leaders,
businessmen, and entertainers. The late Bing Crosby, Red
Skelton, John Glenn, Jr., who was commissioned while
orbiting the earth, the late President Lyndon B. Johnson, and
the late English Prime Minister Winston Churchill are among
many to have been honored with the rank of Kentucky
Colonel.
It all began with the first Governor of Kentucky, Isaac
Shelby, who gave his son-in-law, Charles S. Todd, the title of
Colonel on his staff. Shelby later issued commissions to all
who enlisted in his regiment in the War of 1812. Later
Governors commissioned Colonels to act as their protective
guard; they wore uniforms and were present at most official
functions.
The "Honorable Order of Kentucky Colonels" was founded
in 1932 by Governor Ruby Laffoon and has since been officially
incorporated as a charitable organization. The Order's
formation was the idea of Charles Pettijohn, then cheif counsel
of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America,
who was appointed the first National Commanding General of
the Order. This position included responsibility for the
finances of the Order as well as its highest rank. Anna Bell
Ward was appointed Secretary and given the job of i
"organizing" the Colonels.
The Governor and the Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky
serve as the Commander in Chief and Deputy Commander- i
in-Chief respectively. All officers serve with no remuneration.
Serious thoughts are put aside and fun time for the Colonels
comes once a year at the Kentucky Derby, when they arrive in
Louisville from all over the world. Mint juleps are familiar
ights that weekend, for the thousands of honorary Colonels
are oroud of the Southern traditions and hospitality. An
ial dinner the day before the Derby and a barbecue the day
after are two main items on the agenda.
Dial was presented a certificate inscribed with these words:
Commonwealth of Kentucky, Martha Layne Collins, Governor
to all those whom these presents shall come, greeting:
Know ye that Honorable Sam Dial of Pembroke, North
Carolina is commissioned a Kentucky Colonel. / hereby confer
this honor with all rights, privileges and responsibilities there
unto appertaining.
h testimony whereof I have caused these letters to be made
patent and the seal of the Commonwealth to he hereunto
affixed. Done at Prankford, the Sixth Day of March in the year
Year of our Lord 1987 and in the (me hundred 95th gear of the
Commonwealth.
Martha Layne Collins, Governor
DrexeU R. Darns, Secretary of State
Dial was recommended for the honor by a long time friend
of his, Granville Sizemore of Manchester, Kentucky. The two
met in Chicago, 111. in 1966. At that time Dial was being
honored as the Man of the Year by the Music Operators of
America.
Dial, a Iiimbee Indian, is the first Indian to ever receive the
commission as a Kentucky Colonel. Other honors received by
Dial included an award from President John F. Kennedy, the
Great Seal of the United State in Platinum from President
Lyndon B. Johnson. Dial has also been honored by President
Jimmy Carter# Vice President Walter Mondale and Senate
Majority Leader Robert Byrd.
Dial is a former member of the Pembroke Town Council
where he served during three decade under the administra
lions of Mayors Karlie B. Maynor, Reggie Strickland and Pete
Jacobs. Dial has been honored many tiems locally for his
contributions to the betterment of life for the citizens in and
around Pembroke. The most notable of these is his efforts for
low-income housing for the Pembroke area. One housing
development. Dial Terrace, was named in his honor. Dial is
often referred to as the "Father of Public Housing."
Local Principal To Improve
Management Stalls Through
Techniques Gained At
UNC Institute
Chapel Hill-Robeson Coun
ty principal Kelly K. Sander
son, Prospect School in Max
ton, is among the state's most
informed school administra
tors on management techni
ques following completion of
an intensive education pro
gram at the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill
March 20.
Sanderson is one of 35
administrators participating
in the 10th Principal's Execu
tive Program at the UNC
Institute of Government. The
program began Jan. 5 and
met -six three-and a-half-day
sessions. The graduates im
proved their knowledge in 23
.management and education
areas.
Other Robeson County
principals who have partici
pated in the program are
Howard Davis, R.B. Dean
Elementary; Barry Harding,
Green Grove Elementary;
Wade Hunt, Union Chapel
Elementary: Colon lane. Park
ton Public School; Jack Mor
gan, Rex Rennerl School; Ma
bel Revels, Southside/Ash
pole Elementary; and Bruce
Walters, Omim High School.
More than 350 principals
have completed the program,
which began in September
1984. The program gives
these administrators a chance
to stay up-to-date to maintain
their effectiveness, hone their
?kills and continue their com
mitment to professional de
velopment
The Principal's Executive
Program was developed in
response to concerns about
school management express
ed by Chancellor Christopher
?. Fordham ID and C.D.
Spangler Jr., former chair
man of the N.C. Board-of
Education and now UNC
system president. Nine pro
grams for principals and one '
for superintendents have
beep completed. Classes sche
duled through September
1987 are filled.
"The program brings prin
dpi la back to the classroom to
learn new administrative
?kills and to think creatively
f
about management in a school
setting," said Robert Phay,
program director. He said
that the curriculum teaches
principals how to run more
effective instructional pro
grams and leaves its mark on
participants long after the
program has ended.
During the program inslmc
tors will teach more than 150
hours in such areas as leader
ship, personnel management,
personal development, im
provement of instructors and
curriculum, students and le
gal issues. Also included are
special presentations by the
UNC faculty in the arts and
humanities. Many of the 118
sessions of the program are
taught by the case method,
and all classroom teaching
tries to involve principals in
thoughtful inquiry of an issue.
Program faculty come from
the Institute of Government,
the School of Education and
the School of Business Ad
ministration at UNC, the N.C.
Department of Public Instruc
tion; private consultants; and
faculty members at other
universities.
Principals are selected
through nominations by their
superintendents. One princi
pal can be nominated for
every 10 principals in the
school district.
Program costs, including
housing and meals for partici
pants, are covered by legisla
tive funding.
Upon satisfactory comple
tion of the course, principals
receive a special certificate.
Annual update conferences ,
will bring the principals back
for advanced work in school
management
Through the principals' pro I
gr*m. a session for superin- (
tendenta was developed. Thir- I
ty-two superintendents bom ?
across North Carolina worked I
a four-week management pro- ?
gram and 150 hours of
claaaroom instruction into i
their schedules. The program ,
ended in February. <
Phay and Dra. EUen Bur- . i
??" end Joseph F. Miller ,
^Jhe Principals' Execu ,
Historical Marker Designating Site Of Forerunner Of
Pembroke State University Now Up
I NORMALSCHOOL!
I'Est in 1887 to educate I
I teachers of Indlanyouth I
I Forerunner of Pembroke I
I State Unlversity^Bulld' I
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This it the new historical marker near the site of the first
building which evolved into what is now Pembroke State
University. The sign it located at the intersection of NC 710
and State Road 1515 near New Hope Church .}?/? miles from
Pembroke.
A historical marker has been erected near the site of the loi
vanished wooden building which was the forerunner of
Pembroke State University.
The marker is located at the intersection of NC 710 and
State Road 1515, approximately eight miles south of Red
Springs and IV* miles west of Pembroke. The marker is only
two-tenths of a mile from the wooden building's original site,
which was in what is now a field adjacent to New Hope
Church.
Following approval by the NC Highway Historical Marker
Advisory Committee, the NC Department of Cultural
Resources' Division of Archives and History requested that
the work be done. It was completed March 17 by the NC
Department of Transportation.
The historical markersays: "Croatan Normal School. Est. in
1887 to educate teachers of Indian youth. Forerunner of
Pembroke State University. Building was 2/10 mile east."
The marker evolved in a chain of events beginning last
summer when Dr. Clifton Oxendine, 87 year old Iximbee
Indian patriarch, was interviewed by PSU public information
director Gene Warren concerning the exact site of Croatan
Nonnal School, the forerunner of Pembroke State University.
Oxendine took Warren to the exact spot and explained the
history concerning that first school's construction. After
Warren's article appeared in the newspapers, the PSU public
information director received a telephone call from Winfned
Lowry of the Iximbee Regional Development Association of
Pembroke suggesting that a historical marker be placed near
the original site.
With the assistance of Dr. Adoloph Dial, chairman of PSLTs
American Indian Studies Department who suggested the
wording for the sign. Warren followed up on lowry's
suggestion.
Material concerning the significance of a historical marker
there had to be submitted to the NC Highway Historical
Marker Advisory Committee. Official word that the sign had
been approved was received by letter on Jan. 21, 1987.
As people pass that sign on NC 710, they can reflect about
the two-story wooden building erected near there in 1887 by
the Indian people at their own expense, how 15 students
enrolled in the first classes there in the fall of 1887, how in
1909 the school was moved to Pembroke- and how that school
has grown into what is now Pembroke State University, one of
18 campuses in the University of North Carolina System.
LREMC Members Honored
At Annual Statewide Meeting
Hi* manager of Lumbee
River Electric Membership
Corporation, Red Springs, has
Men re-elected as an officer
>f the power supply branch of
North Carolina's statewide
>rganization of EMCs.
Ronnie Hunt of Fairmont
was elected to a second term
is vice president of North
Carolina Electric Membership
Corporation (NCEMC). a
generating and -transmission ;
eoojrerativc serving EMCs
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The election came during
the 1987 Annual Meeting of
the statewide EMC organisa
tion in Raleigh.
NCEMC functions as a
power supply agency of the
statewide EMC group. It is
headquartered in Raleigh,
along with two sister corpora
tions whiek provide other
services to the EMCs.
Hunt, who has beea an
employ* of Lumboe River
EMC since 1977, was named
menajsr t^eie in 1961
J.W. Hunt of Ronto J,
Rmrmont, a dinctor of bom
boo Moor Electric Mombor?
it ml 'in Pm J
intp torpomnon, AM cipnnQ*
kft, kao boon citod for kit
toon of oorvieo on tft? co-op'$
board. Ho %vat pntontod with
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qno doting tho 1987 Anmol
Mooting of North CaroMnn't
i tatewide EMC organisation
m Raleigh. The award cited '
Mm for IB yean of lervice at
n EMC director Pre tenting
the plague it R.W. Btimchard
Jr. ef Route J, Ttote* ?
tirectorof Four County EMC,
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leitigf the SC Attociation
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LEUKEMIA SOCIETY OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES
BIKE-A- THON CHAIRPERSON FOR PEMBROKE
The Leukemia Society of America, North Carolina Chapter
announced today that the 1987 Spring Bike-A-Thon
Chairperson for the town of Pembroke will be Delora
Cummings. The Leukemia Society of America is dedicated
towards the conquering of leukemia. Proceeds from the
Bike A-Thon will be used for research and patient-aid. At the
present time, the Leukemia Society of America, North
Carolina Chapter is supporting $1.8 million in research
projects in the state of North Carolina. These research projects
are being conducted at Duke University, the University of
North Carolina Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University. The
leukemia Society of America is also providing financial
assistance to 795 patients in the state of North Carolina. In
spite of remarkable medical advances in the last ten years,
leukemia remains the number one killer disease of children,
leukemia is no longer a hopeless disease. There is hope for
children and adults with leukemia due to the research that has
helped in treatment and diagnosis. When a rider comes by
asking you to sponsor them in the upcoming Bike-A-Thon,
please consider that the funds will be used here in North
Carolina for research and patient-aid. Anyone wanting further
information about the event should please contact Ms.
Cummings at 521-9831.
INDIAN HEALTH SCHOLARSHIPS A VAILABLE
The Indian Health Scholarships are now available. You may
pick up an application at Lorn bee Regional Development
Association, Revels Plaza-Room 12 or you may request one by
writing to Belinda Harris, LRDA, P.O. Box 68, Pembroke, NC
28372 (919)521 8602.
Areas to be funded are pre-nursing, pre-accounting,
pre medicine, pre dentistry, dentistry, engineering, health
records, medicine, nursing, accounting, pharmacy, public
health MPH.dietitician/nutritionist, sanitarian, medical tech
nologist, health care administration, statisticians, dental
hygiene, health education, and chemical dependency.
The deadline date is April 30, 1987.
IHREE WEST ROBESON STUDENTS ADVANCE
TO DISTRICT COM PETITION
Three students from West Robeson have been chosen as
finalists for the North Carolina Teaching Fellows Award. TTiey
are Deidre A. Nicholson, daughter of Mrs. Shirley Rodgers of
Pembroke; Monique Anne Cayton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John Cayton of Maxton; and Cheryl Lynn Chavis, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Zeak Chavis of Pembroke.
The interviews are scheduled for Saturday. March 28 at the
Holiday Inn in Fayetteville, NC.
The scholarship is worth $5,000 each.
A CHIEVEMENT TEST SCHEDULED A T WEST ROBESON
The California Achievement Test will be given at West
Robeson Senior High School on Tuesday, March 31 through
Thursday, April 2. All sophomores are urged to be present for
testing.
ROCKINGHAM DISTRICT VACATION CHURCH
SCHOOL WORKSHOP
The Rockingham District of the North Carolina Conference.
United Methodist Church, will sponsor a Vacation Church
School Workshop on Thursday, March 26 at Galilee United
Methodist Church, McGirts Bridge Road, Laurinburg, NC
from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Classes Jo be taught are as follows:.
Age-level curriculum; Younger, middle and older elementary;
Music, Arts and Crafts, Camping and Special Days. Rev.
Theodore Carter is host pastor, Rev. William Sherman,
District Superintendent. Mrs. Roberta Scipio is Coordinator of
Children's Ministries for the District. All workers with
children in all areas are invited to be present for this occasion.
-NORTHERNPLAINS TOUR" JUNE 16-30 ANNOUNCED
BYPSUS AMERICAN INDIAN STUDIES DEPARTMENT
An American Indian Studies "Northern Plains Tour" from
June 16-30 has been announced for Pembroke State University
by Dr. Adolph Dial, chairman of PSU"s American Indian
Studies Department.
Cities to be visited chronologically will include: Wheeling,
W. Va.; Mackinaw City, Mich.; Green Bay, Wis.; St. Pauls,
Minn.; Sioux City, Iowa; Rapid City, S.D.; Billings, Mont.;
Cheyenne, Wy.; Omaha. Neb.; St. Louis, Mo.; and Nashville,
Tenn.
American Indian historical sites will be visited on the tour
plus other places of interest.
Four semester hours credit will be provided for participants.
The trip, based on 30 participants, will cost $800. This
include; rooms, bus transportation and tuition. Transportation
will be by Deese Coach Line of Pembroke.
Por those interested, the first deposit of $100 is due April 1.
Hie remaining $700 will be due June 1.
For additional information, please contact Dr. Dial at the
American Indian Studies Department, Pembroke State
University, Pembroke. NC 28372, or telephone (919)621-4214.
Ext. 266. Dr. Dial's home address is Route 2, Box 295
Pembroke. NC 28372, phone (919)821 4638.
The trip is on a first come, first serve basis, said Dr. Dial.
CLEAN UP DAY AT THE CULTURAL CENTER
The N.C. Commission of the Indian Affairs aod N.C. Indian
Cultural Center respectively request your assistance in
holding a Clean Up Day on April 4 at the N.C. Indian Cultural
Center. We would like to get a-large force of volunteers from
Robeson County and from Indian communities about the state
to assist in the Cle* Up Day. Phase contact Ban Jacobs,''
Economic Develop n^jt Specialist, at 919- 733-6998.
GOSPEX SINGING PLANNED
There will be a gospel singing Friday. March *7 from 7pm
until at the Rex Rennsrt Qem. School gym. Coast afcitto
groups will include The Pierce Family. DAL Gospel fljUp
^ T^Mc^a^ Trio.^The singing wffl he spoaateaflpp
The Prospect High h <