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VOLUME 18 NUMBER 38 THURSDAY" SEPTEMBER 20. 199U 25< PER COPY
JONES ANNOUNCES CANDIDACY FOR I
LKEMC BOARD OF DIRECTORS |
ETTAB. JONES
EtU B. Jones of Pembroke
announces her candidacy for
position on the Lumbee
River Electric Membership
Cooperative Board of Direc
tors.
The annual election will be
held October 16. 1990 in
(he Performing Arts Center
on Pembroke State Univer
sity campus. Registration
will start at 6:00 p.m.
Etta B. Jones is a retired
elementary school teacher,
Title IV Indian Education
Parent Committee, JSecro
tary of North Carolina Asso
ciation of Educators and a
Sunday School teacher at
First United Methodist
Church, Pembroke. Etta B.
Jones is a very successful
business woman which ex
emplifies qualified leader
ship and management.
Etta B. Jones promises
the LREMC members to
make an attempt to change
the late charge from 1 day
after due date to 10 days
after due date. This 10 day
grace period after due date
is the policy of CP4L This
due date would be
advantageous to a vast num
ber of members. Etta B.
Jones favors giving the
handicapped and disabled
member who does not have a
spouse a chance to cast his
or her vote in the annual
election. This is a privilege
handicapped and disabled
members are now being
denied. We do not need
double standards as opera
tional procedure. Etta B.
Jones sincerely asks LBEMC
members vote and support
and make her a member of
the LREMC Board of
Directors on October 16
1990. Etta B. Jones is
qualified to serve.
Pembroke Kiwanis Meet
Plugii am Ch aimao Buddy Bell preaented Pumell
r* Owtt Athletic Director ftoyee PIcNefl and football coach
Mark Hefl at last Tuesday night's meeting held at the
Town and Country Restaurant
"We are upgrading our athletic program in volleyball,
track, golf and tennis plus a lag improvement in football.
We have two wins now. We need more in the Booster
Club." And Coach McNeill presented Coach Hefl.
"Hie team has s good start. Every plan we had has
worked out due to hard work of year 'round conditioning,
weight lifting, speed drills to improve our speed. We put
in time as much as anyone else. We had very good spring
drills, three of our starters would not have made it if it
weren't for spring drills. We are 100 percent better
because of it It is a year round sport but sthletes need to
play all three sports. Keep bodies and minds sharp. Be
ready for jour sport year round. OUr top 15 need to play
all three sprats. And we just don't have enoagh of them.
Ike football program realises some kids just don't havw
have the intensity snd dedication needed to compete in
our league. Some just don't want to work. We have good
looking kids walking the halls but don't play sports. We
need every kid involved. This Thursday we dress over 50
but we need more. We want 120 on our varsity. IF they
team it imm a lot of people they may come out
Roddash* imd WcfmtofW MO* participate, since they
an atheltea. We don't have die weight lifting facilities
and enough apace in our little hut for strength building.
We need twice the space. They ahve a gnat space at
Richmond and Anson County. Their weight lifting facility
compares favorable with Hon College. For us to be in this
kind of league we need better facilities. We need an
atmosphere of success. We have no offices for coaches.
We need facilities to create a winning attitude. We have
21 good senior leaden. They talk to their team mates.
They do it because they want to do it We have good body
and leg strength but need more speed. We do have more
speed than last year and we are dealing with people whop
have speed."
Last night's meeting was at outgoing president Ronnie
Sutton's home and was President's Night and the wives
were invited. President Sutton lives in the Fhiladeiphus
community. On the 2nd of October will be Installation
Night with wives invited.
Presiding-Ron Sutton. Invocation- Dorsey Lowiy. Song
Leader-Ed Tests. Program- Buddy Bell. Reporter Ken
Johnson.
Plney Grove Students Visit
N.C. Indian Cultural Center
In observance of Indian
Heritage Week in North
Carolina, first and third grade
students at Piney Grove Elemen
tary School visited the Indian
Cultural Center in Pembroke on
September 14, 1990.
The LRDA and the North
Carolian Indian Cultural Center
co sponsored the cultural field
day as a kick off to North
Carolina Indian Hertage Week
(Sept. 16-23). I here were many
activities lor students to observe
and participate in. including
native
jlancers, pow
wow, and performances by local
artists. Two hour tours were also
conducted during the day.
These students also enjoyed
lunch in the picnic area along
with their teachers and assistants.
Teachers and assistants attending
were: first grade- Mrs. Beiiy U.
Brooks, Mrs. Adrene C.
Locklear, and Mrs. Diane S.
Hedgpeth; assistants- Mrs. Bren
da F. Hammonds, Mrs. Jac
queline Locklear. and Mrs.
Gcraldinc Lowry; third grade
Mrs. Donna B. Smith, Mfs. Janet
Scott, and Mrs. Helen L. Smith;
assistants- Mrs. Betty J. Allison,
Mrs. Karen West, and Mrs.
Margaret A. Oxendine.
Kex Rennert School ^utn
Announces new staff Anniversary
i Rex Rcnnert School is proud lo
i welcome four new teachers and a
new administrator this year. They
are: Larccc Hunt, principal; Gina
Blake, fifth grade; Rosalyn Buie,
second grade; Patty Rhodes, Ex
ccptional Children; and Michelle
?? Taylor, kindergarten.
Shown left to right arc Gina
Blake, Michelle Taylor, Larece
Hunt, Patty Hunt. Patty Rhodes,
and Rosalyn Buic.
R S. and Nora Graham of
Lumberton will celebrate their
SOih wedding anniversary with a
dinner at Riverside Baptist
Church September 22 at 6 p.m.
The couple were married on
September 22, 1940 in Dillon,
South Carolina.
The couple's children are
Peggy G. Brewington of Lumber -
ton; Council Graham or Lumber
ton; Hazel G. Auth of Oxen Hill,
MD; Brawleigh Jason Graham of
Lumberton; Irene G. Lowry of
Lumberton. They have 24 grand
children and 10 great- grand
children.
Reunlon
Planned
Dial reunion
All descendants of the late
Willie and Rebecca Dial are in
vited to attend the Dial reunion
on October 6, 1990 at the Bear
Swamp Church Fellowship Hall
from 1:30 p.m. until 4:00 p.m.
Please brinp a covered dish.
CONGRESSMAN CHARLIE ROSE TO
ADDRESS LRDA AWARDS BANQUET
Lumbee Regional Development Association will hold
their annual community awards banquet September 21st
at the Howard Johnson Hotel and Convention Center,
Payetteville, NC. U.S. Representative Charlie Rose is this
year's featured speaker. Rep. Rose will address issues
regarding the Lumbee federal recognition efforts and the
federal acknowledgement process.
Dr. Ruth Dial Woods, Associate Superintendent for
Compensatory Education, Public Schools of Robeson
County, will serve as mistress of ceremonies. Following
the presentation of awards a dance is scheduled featuring
Disco Unlimited of Pembroke.
This year's recipient of the Henry Berry Lowrie Award
is Raymond "Pete" Clark. Mr. Clark is a retired teacher
who taught 30 years in the Robeson County School System
and currently serves on the Lumbee Tribe's Elders
Review Committee.
The Distinguished Service Award recipient is Mr.
Vernon Cooper of Maxton. For over 73 years, he has
carried on a tradition of herbal and spiritual healing. The
work of Mr. Cooper has been documented in the book T\e
Evidence of 7lunge Not Seen by Margaret Steedly, 1979.
Mrs. Getaldine Clark is the recipient of the
Advancement at Education Award. Mrs. Clark has taught
in the county school system for 27 years. Her philosoohy
is "Teach a Child to Teach" by so doing they will nit
only leave their imprints upon the world, but win.
also be prepared for life here after. Mrs. Clark has ten
a very positive imprint on the lives of the countless
number of students that she has taught
Hie Award for the Businessperson of the Year will be
awarded to Dr. Herman Chavis and Dr. Kenneth
Loddear. Drs. Chavis and LocUear established their
medical practice in July 1982 in Red Springs.
hi 1988 they expanded their horizons and build a
Medical Complex, Chavioek Plaza, a facility that includes
a drug store, Robeson Family Practice and an Optometric
(facility. Also, they have'acquired the Parkton Medical
Clinic. They has become true role models for the Indian
youth, proving that with hard work and perserverance
success is attainable.
Submitted try LRDA
I.ori Winlicc, Indian
storyteller front Charlotte, is
slumn speaking in I'Sl "s Native
American Resource Center on
Morula v. She eailiei told slurics
to linndreds ot public seliool
ehildreti in I'SU's I'orlotnting
Arts C'eiuet. Ms. Wittlrce, 2S.
earned licr U.S. in Ldtiealiotial
Media from Appalachian State
'University. She is an application
engineer with Nkork Ciioup
/
Ievhnotogies, .1 computet com
pany, leaching I he use ot com
puters. She learned lo tell Indian
stories I rout Jacque Garncau, a
Cheiokce storytcllet, and has
been doing it lor lour years.
"Indian stories are passed on
In oial tradition, those telling
tIte stories want to be certain the
blight est students learn them so
they can be retold as if lor the
lust nine," said Wiiilice.
She said stones are told: (I) lo
leach; (2) 10 explain things about
nature; and (3) to entertain in the
winter season.
Winlree was dressed in a red
blouse and black skirt, wlueh she
wore over Indian style trousers.
She also wore Indian moccasins.
She is the daughter of Mrs.
Rosa Winlree, chairperson of the
PSU IJoard of Trustees, and
T'rank Winlree of Charlotte.
featured in surer ford magazine
?-i hi ** t';4K. ..
Henry Bicwei of Lumberton
was surprised 10 llnd a car thai he
had purchased six year aso in
"Super Kord" magazine. His
hobby is high performance
automobiles. He began watching
race cars at the Thunder Valley
Dragslrip of Red Springs and
Chadburn Dragway of Chad
burn. To him it is a challenge to
work on high performance
engines. Being involved with high
performance cars, he came in
contact with someone who owned
a 1971 351 CJ Torino. (I ord only
made 3.054 of them.) Realizing
the value of the car, he became
interested in show quality cars.
With the aid of Brewer's Body
Shop of l.umberton and Holman
Moody of Charlotte, he restored
the 351 CJ Torino to show quali
ty. He entered the car in its first
show at HarreH's Fire Depart
ment , White Lake, and received
first place muscle-car trophy. He
also entered the ear in the Fair
mont Farmers' Festival Car Show
and again received first place '
muscle car trophy. Henry then
decided to send an article on the
Cobra to "Super Ford"
muga/tnne in February 1990.
During the nest four months he
received no response from the
maga/inc. Henry then decided to
stell the car and start another
project. Alter selling the car, he
received a phone call. The person
on the line asked Henry if he
would enter his car in a local car
show and told him (hat his (.obra
was in the September issue of
"Super Ford" magazine.
Although he had sold the car, his
dream of owning a "Super Ford"
had come true. Special thanks
goes to Jenny Britt of Lumberton
for taking the fabulous pictures
of the Cobra that were used in the
magazine. It was a great honoOr
for Henry and Jenny, both of
Lumberton, to get
recognition in such a prestigious
car magazine.
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