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" VOLUME 17 NUMBER 5* . j "" ; 25e THURSDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1989
Dr. Teacher
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Living As His Grandmother Taught,
Jim Jones Follows A Simple Calling
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By Carol Tver
December 18,1988 Tilt DAILY REFLECTOR Green vile, NC
Dr James G. (Jim) Jones, the Greenville resident
who is the new president of the 57,000-member Ameri
can Academy of Family Practice, says he regrets that
the Lumbee Indian woman who reared him did not live
long enough to know that he has become a teacher as
well as a physician.
Jones has been a physician educator, chairman of the
East Carolina University School of Medicine Depart
ment of Family Practice for 13 years
But when his grandmother Dovie Jones was alive, he
was "only a doctor."
He recalls going home from college to Pembroke in
1959 and telling his grandmother with some pride that
he had qualified for entrance into the Bowman Gray
School of Medicine and would be the first non-Caucasian
to be so accepted. She listened attentively while he
shared his news, then asked why he wasn't going to be a
teacher instead.
r Jones, who has chaired the East Carolina University
School of Medicine Department of Family Practice
since its earliest days, smiled as he talked about his fa
ther's mother who was the prime motivator and sus
tainer of him and his four brothers and sisters
throughout their childhood.
"My grandmother was a teacher before she was mar
ried.-' he said. "She really believed that teaching was
the highest profession. She didn't live long enough to see
me become an educator, but I know she'd be proud of
me."
"To understand why my grandmother raised my
-. brothers and sisters and me when our mother and fa
; ther were living, you have to understand what a power
ful woman my grandmother was. When my parents said
they were divorcing and my father wos moving to Buf
falo. N.Y., and my mother to Washington. D.C., she
said, 'You're grown. Do what you have to. But you're
not going to drag these children around.'
"She demanded that all of us be left in the care of her
and my grandfather Arthur Jones. They had raised
seven children of their own and were iust at the stage of
life when they could have begun to take it easy. Instead
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Ife recalls that tits -was a loving home, a home
grounded in the work ethic and the faith of the Baptist
Church. '
"We always participated in all the activities of our
church," he said, "And some of my best role models
were the people in the church."
"And all of us children worked hard, just like our
grandparents did."
From the time he was in the second grade until he
graduated from high school, he was the newspaper
delivery person for his hometown. From the fourth and
fifth grades on, he had a large route ? about 10 miles ?
that had to be delivered every morning, so he was up at
4 o'clock each day. And he did his collections in the
afternoons and on Saturdays.
He said it was always a given in their home,
regardless of there being virtually no money, that his
two sisters, two brothers and he would go to college. He
knew from the time he was in first grade that he needed
to make grades that would warrant scholarships. So he
did - he graduated in 1951 from Pembroke High School
in Robeson Couify with a 98 average
; During his youth, the schools of Hobeson County were
- tri-segregated, i.e. there were separate schools for
- whites who made up 10 percent of (he population, for
. blacks, also about 10 percent, and for Indians, who
- composed 80 percent of the community "It was a
- community," he said, "where your racial background
meant everything. I know a large part of my lifelong
drive to excel has been to prove tliat I, as an Indian,
could do anything that anybody else could, and perhaps
do it better if I'd w ork really hard."
From the time he was a child he planned to be a doc
tor. At the time he thought he would be a medical mis
sjonary lie was steeped in the values of the Missionary
Baptist .Church and lie felt this was what God would
have him do.
He recalled one of the most hurtful experiences of his
young life. Whem he was in the eighth grade he asked
his biology teacher about preparation for medical
school llis teacher suggested he call a local doctor and
request advice. "I thought I knew this man " he said
"I'd delivered newspapers to him. carried him eggs
from iny grandparents, worked in his yard. I really lik
ed and respected him. I called him on the phone and
posed my question. As soon as the words were out of my
mouth. I heard a loud boisterous laugh on the other end
of (lie line. It cut through my heart like a knife "
llis commitment to become a doctor was no less
strong after this experience.
When he started thinking of going to college, he said
he never considered going to anything but a Baptist
School And because of his devotion to Mr Underwood,
the director of the Baptist Children's Home in Pern
broke, who had been his friend and mentor, he chose
Mars Hill College in the mountains of North Carolina.
"Going so far away from home to college was a good
experience," he said. "It was the first time in my life 1
could think of myself as an ordinary person, not a little
Indian boy."
He found various employment throughout college, of
ten holding two full-time jobs during summers Each
June he would travel by bus to Buffalo where he would
live with his father and work in his father's auto body
simp and at a second job like serving as a steel mill
plant security guard. "I never did learn to do auto body
work well." he said, "but I bet I could paint a car right
now if I had to." ? ,
In addition to scholarships, he got personal and
educational loans to see him through school His older
brother Bruce and sister Gloria gave him money when
they ct hi Id.
It was while he was in medical school at Bowman
Gray that he came to the realization he didn t have to
become a medical missionary to please God. "There
was one professor there," he said, "who helped me see
that a life of service is a life of service This was a
tremendous relief to me. I still wanted to be a doctor.
bun wilawwi fu>lMwi4?heami?iowary."
Soon after he conipfeieii rneoicai Sciiooi. ne was innr
riff? and he and his wife moved ta-Atlanta where he
completed a rotating internship at Grady Memorial
Hospital. He then began a general practice residency at
the U.S. Naval Hospital in Camp LeJeune "I joined the
Navy to see the world," he said, "and I never got over
100 miles from my home, down in the swamps of Onslow
County.
' "But 1 grew to love that area so much that when I got
out of service, f wanted nothing more than to go into
private practice right there.''
He and his wife had two sons. James Jr and Robert
Glenn, both born in Jacksonville Jim, now 26. is a
pharmaceutical salesman living in Chapel Hill. Robert.
23, is a law student at Campbell University.
He said he threw himself passionately into serving the
people of Jacksonville as a family doctor And, as he
was developing his practice, he was becoming a com
munity leader in Onslow County and rising in the ranks
of family physicians in the state The year he turned 38
he was president of Ihe North Carolina Academy of
Family Practice and became its spokesperson. Gradu
ally he began to see the value of the East Carolina Uni
versify's having a medical school and began to champi
on this cause with the legislature, too He was in
strumental in the academy's coming out in support of
the school when the state medical society was vocally
against it.
He says that his inflated concentration on his work
undermined his relationship with his family and led to a
divorce, "f was starling over when I came to Green
ville," be said. "I have a lot of regret about that phase
of my life "
Once here, he began to build the faculty of the medi
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Dr. Jamil O. Jonti
PEMBROKE JC * S
PJL.AM DANCK
F-KBRUJKJIY 11
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aor a Vaiantino'a Dane* Saturday,
Fabniary 11 at tha Pambroka JijrtH
Clubhouaa. Tha danca will bagin at ?
p.m. and laat until t a.m. Daajay far
tba awning wfll ba Nafcy Browing
ton. Tlehata may ba pviabaaad bam
any Jaycaa far IS. Par mara
Information, anil SS1M17 ar Hi
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Governor MaAes
Apj^oJLratmont .& To Human
ji ti orrus Couinc d. 1
Governor Jim Martin haa announ
ced the appointment of Robert Henry
Linebeiger Jr. of Lincoln ton, H.
Dobba -Oaeodine Jr. of -Lumbeiton
and Dr. Annie Biaka Shuler of
RaMfh to the N.C. Human Relation a
Council (HHC).
Urn 20-member council eervee to
create an attitude and climate which
will promote the opportunity for
eodal and ecooomie equality for
North Carolina reaidenta and aervea
aa a focal point for developing,
maintaining and improving human
ralfltiom.
Mr. Lineboifor, 80. ia a aenior
purehaaiag agent and import mana
ger with Vermont American Tool
Company in lineolnton. Ha haa
wurtlod with the Lincoln County
Department of Social Servicea aa an
eligibility apeeialiat A graduate of
the Univenity of North Carolina. Mr.
LinobOgor ia a member of the Boy
Seouta of Amortoe Wehio Review
Boerd. He haa alao aarved aa a.
member of the Council on Mlaietriee
and Rw Adminiatrotive Board with
(Be Vint UeMad Methodiat Church
Hie term of aarotoe with the round!
w? ecpbe June SO, ISIS.
Mr. OmnMar, 10. to proaidont of
Dehha fctoipAil A graduate of
Pembroke State University, he
taught elementary school in Ft.
Washington Force, Maryland. Mr.
Oxendine was instrumental in the
founding of the Kiwanis Club in
Lumberton and served as its first
president. He also served as vice
chairman of the Robeson Drams
Strike at the Wind Association. Hi;
term of service with the council will
expire June 30, 1990.
I>. Shuler, 36. is a pediatrician.
She attended Claslin College in
Orangeburg. South Carolina: Me
harry Medical College in Nashville,
TO; and served her residency at East
Carolina University's School of Me
dicine. Dr. Shuler has served on the
Governor's Commission for the Fa
mily and the Board of Trustees at
Good Hope Hospital in Krwin. She is
a member of the Child Medical
Examiners Program Advisory Com
mlttoe. Board of Trustees for the
Methodist Home for Children. N.C.
Pediatric Society and the N.C.
Medical Society. She also serve* as
director of the Women's Division of
the Hoard of Global Ministries for the
United Methodist Churrh. Her term
of service with the cuunrtl will espirv
June SO. 1900.
SAM DIAL. RETURNS TO
HIS FIRST IO\SE : MUSIC
Sam Dial
Pembroke native Sam Dial has an
opportunity few people get in a life
time. He is in a position at this time
to return to his first love-MUSIC.
Dial is in the process of purchasing
Diamond Records, located in
Wordorf, Maryland. With the owner
ship of the recording company will
come the rights to all the artists who
are under contract with Diamond
lie cords. Among these artists are
IWlociv X>v* v v tuiti TVmVj V/iiitvi-o?
The purchase includes all equip
ment for a recording studio. The
operation will be managed for Dial by
Bill Sizemore.
This purchase allows Dial the
distinction of becoming the first
Indian to own a major recording
studio and a major record label.
Dial's love of music has been
demonstrated around the Pembroke
area. He owned and operated Dial's
Music Company from 1956 until
1974. While operating his own
business he kept local establish
ments supplied with a juke box and
maintained the current record chan
ges on these boxes. During his
tenure with Dial's Music Company,
Dial worked in promotions with RCA
in Nashville, Tenn. It was during
this particular phase of his employ
ment that he received the biggest
thrill of his musical carrer. He met
and traveled with Elvis. He spent two
weekends at Graceland visiting with
his friend. "That was the highlight of
my career," Dail said. "Of course, I
met and traveled with various other
you Know, El via was
J?*-"
The musk lover has also been
involved in various civk and com
munity affairs. He served during
three decades on the Pembroke Town
Council and enjoyed a impeccable
reputation for honesty and fairness.
He has been called the "Father of
Public Housing" in Pembroke. Dial
Terrace, Pembroke, is named in his
honor.
Dial is presently employed with
the North Carolina Department of
Corrections.
Hie community can expect to hear
more about the man who has now
returned to his first love--MUSIC.
Uu.rribGjr-t.on rea V-i stox* 's
Bujre<au CJ&tzs
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Two businessmen have joined the
leadership team of the Lumberton
Area Visitors Bureau as it begins its
second year of operation, according
to Paul O. Francisco, general mana
ger of the Lumberton Ramada Inn
and Bureau president.
He said that Bobby Stogner,
proprietor of House of Quality, and
Sammy Cox, Robeson County
Commission chairman who owns Cox
Motors, were added to the Bureau
Board at its January meeting at the
Crackerbarrel Restaurant and Old
Country Store. Cox wDl represent the
County and Stogner the Downtown
Lumberton Association.
Cox was the County Commission
choice to fill the unexpired term of
former Commissioner H.T. Taylor of
Lumberton who had resigned when
he lost a bid tor re-election to the
Commission last year. Stogner will
replace Greg Phelps of Bob's Jewel
ers, who resigned from the Board for
business reasons.
Francisco noted that John
McLellan of John's Restaurant was
elected to a full three-year term at
the Board meeting. McLellan had
been serving the last year of the term
of Ms. Norma Martin, motel
manager who was promoted to a new
position in another city.
The Board also elected Ms. Betty
Hall Williamson, manager of Riggs
Park Mall, secretary, replacing
Phelps Officers i* elected to one
year terms were Francisco. Lumber
ton City Councilman Dr. K II
Timer, vice president, and Trea
surer James R. (Randy) Rust,
president of Rust. Inc. (McDonald'si.
Francisco said he had also appoin
led the following Standing Commit
lees:
Kaecuiive- PVanrueo. chairman,
Coble Wilson, Jr. of Freeman
Motors, lumberton City Councilman
Glenn Maynor, ms. wimamson, ur.
Turner and Rust,
Nominating- Maynor. chairman.
Rust, Ms. Janice B. Davis of
Robeson Community College, and
Dr. Ray V. Beatty of Pembroke State
University;
Marketing -Wilson, chairman;
Stogner, Davis, Dr. Beatty and Ms.
Williamson; Advisory
member- Corky Hickman, proprietor
of His and Hers and president of the
Lumberton Outlet Center Merchants
Association;
Public and Governmental Rela
tions-Dr. Turner, chairman. Cox and
Ms. Williamson; Advisory
members- County Manager James
Martin, Lumberton Economic Devel
oper Kirk Mattson. City Manager A.
Ray Griffin and Dr. Joe Sandlin;
Finance and Membership- Rust,
chairman; McLellan, Dr. Turner and
Cox; Advisory
members Membership Campaign
Chairman A1 Kahn, proprietor of
WAGR-WJSK radio. Griffin and
Martin.
SGH HONORS
EMPLOYEES
EOR SERVICE
President Donald C. Hiscoft, presi
dent of SGH Healthcare Corporation
and iu affiliate Southeaslem^General
Hospital, presented service Mkrds
to SB employees and three retirees at
the annual employee awards dinner
held at the Ramada Inn Monday,
January 9.
Sara Watson I Food Service I re
ceived a service pin and luggage (or
her 40 year* of service to the
hospital.
Three employees Thomas Cano
won I Building Services!, Vashtl
I'ittman <Pediatrics! and Margie
Tyson (Fiscal Services! were pre sen
ted service pins and watches for their
35 years of service.
Alene Lamb (Carolina Manor),
Jessie Stephens (Laboratory) and
Patricia Stephens (Laboratory) were
recognised for their 30 years of
service.
Three employees James Baldwin
(ICU). John Gavin (Linen) and Annie
Stevenson (Central Shipply) received
pins in recognition of their 25 years
of service.
Seven 20-year service awards went
to Glenda Bellamy (Housekeeping),
Donald Hiscott (Administration),
Marveil Leonard (Housekeeping),
Barbara Prevatte (Pediatrics), Phyllis
Richardson (Long Term Care), Val
dorena Rowell (ICU) and Mary
Washington (Obstetrics).
Nineteen employees received 15
year awards. They are: Earnestine
Jamin (Medical Records), Frances
Locklear (Outpatient Surgery), Fhan
ces Prevatte (Emergency Depart
ment). Ruby Pittman (Communica
tionsl, Virginia Lewis (First East),
Mary Hunt (Central Supply), Docia
Owndine (Long Term Care), Sherrill
Stone (Obstetrics), Sadie Chavis
(Housekeeping), Anne Hendren
(Business Office), Dors Sutton (Lab
oratory). Patricia R>wers (Delivery),
Ruth McKinnon (long Term Cars),
Joyce Britt (Business Office), Gale
Blackmor (Food Srrvice), Mary L
Locklear (Laundry), Josephine Wal
lace (First East), Terry Carter
(Delivery) and Oetavia Anderson
(Fourth West).
In addition. 28 employees were
honored for 10 yean of service and
three retirees, Agnes ftpaulding.
Lester Edding* and Cora McRryde,
received plagues.
Kenny
Buffaloe To
F* resent
Karate
3 emo n s -fc r~ a t i o r?
Kenny Buffaloe, Lumbee Indian
Martial Art* Star, will do a special
live karate demonstratom at Biggs
Park Mall m Lumberton on Saturday,
February I, at 1:00 p.m. Buffaloe
recently began filming on a fourth
video action movie that will be
released this spring to all area video
stores. This demonstration is Buffa
loe's third Uve appearance in Robe
son County and he is asking for
' support from the Lumbee commun
ity. There are two it>. stations
scheduled to cover Mr. Buffaloe's
appearance.
SCHOLARSHIPS
AVAILABLE
Scholarships worth VS.OhO eaph are
available to America*. I?4Un
students in their junior year 'ofhigh
school for six weeks of eoHega.{?vel
study in the summer of 1989 at
Cornell University.
The students, who must
demonstrate outstanding academic
ability plus financial need, will be
awarded Jerry M. Rivers Summer
College Scholarships. The awards
cover tuition, room and board, but
recipients must pay for their own
travel and books; the books usually
total about $100.
American Indiar students are also
eligible for other scholarship awards
in varying amounts for the summer
program, which offers more than 120
courses. . Academic details about
Cornell s American Indian Program
are available from Sandra Rourke,
American Indian Program. Caldwell
Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
14853. Her phone number is
(607)255-6587.