Published each Thursday since January 18,1973
The Carolina Indian Voice
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Pembroke, NC Robeson County
"Building communicative bridges in a tri-racial setting"
VOLUME 19 NUMBER SI
THURSDAY. MAY 93, 1991
25 CENTS PER COPY
FORMER AREA REPORTER AWARDED
FELLOWSHIP TO STUDY AT STANFORD
Submitted byLKDA
Kenneth W. Maynor, son of Roy and Lula Maynor of
Hope Mills and former staff writer for The Robe soman
(1986) and The Fhyetteville Observer (1985-1987), was
recently awarded a Yale University Fellowship of
approximately $90,000 and a Stanford University
Fellowship of over $100,000 to study toward the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy in English.
The Yale and Stanford Fellowships were awarded to
Maynor on March 28 and 12, respectively, as a result of
his admission to the Ph.D. Programs in English and
American Language and literature at Yale and Stanford
for the upcoming academic year, 1991-92. The
fellowships, which are four year awards, were also given
in recognition of Maynor's academic performance in the
Master of Arts Program in English at the University of
California at Berkeley where he is scheduled to graduate
on May 18 ranked first among 30 M.A. students who
entered the program in September 1989.
Of the 600-600 applications received this year for study
toward the Ph.D. in English at Yale and Stanford, about
15 students woe admitted separately to each program. At
Yale, a smaller number received full fellowship offers.
According to Professor David R. Riggs, director of
English graduate admissions at Stanford, Maynor was
ranked among the top five candidates admitted there.
Maynor was also admitted to the Ph.D. Program in
English at U.C. Berkeley which received about 1,000
applications for 30 available places this year. He was
ranked first among the six graduating M.A. English
students at Berkeley who were granted transfer
admission into the Ph.D. Program. English Department
policy at Berkeley, however, currently prevents the
department from offering fellowships to M.A. students
who transfer into the Ph.D.
The Yale and Stanford Fellowships are both academic
awards that would pay, in full, MaynoFs annual tuition
and fees of more than $15,000 per year and provide him
with a personal living stipend of $7,000 per year at Yale
and over $10,000 per year at Stanford for four consecutive
years. The Yale Fellowship totals $88,640. The Stanford
Fellowship total is $101,048. To retain the fellowship at
either school, Maynor must accept the school's offer,
matriculate at that school, and remain in good academic
standing throughout the duration of his Ph.D. Program.
Most English and American Literature scholars
throughout the United States consider Berkeley,
Stanford, and Yale to be among the nation's top five
schools for English graduate study.
Maynor is a 1981 graduate of South View Senior High
School in Hope Mills. He took his bachelor of Arts degree
in English from Lee College in Cleveland, Tennessee in
1985.
On April 15. Maynor informed officials at Stanford
University of his decision to accept their offer of
admission to the Ph.D. Program in English with a full
Stanford Fellowship. Stanford University is located
adjacent to the suburban communities of Palo AHo and
Menlo Park 35 miles south of San Francisco in Northern
California. Maynor will enter the program on September
25.
Maynor will also make his poetry debut in May with
three poems from his first collection of verse entitled.
TYtble Shouts of the Generation*. The poems appear in
the 1991 issue of The Berkeley Poetry Review.
?? Hammer Down Racing News?^??
Racing activities at Hammer Down Speedway have
picked up steam in the last few weeks with one of the
largest crowds ever on hand Saturday night to see the
start of motorcycle flat track racing. Racing was intense in
all classes and everyone enjoyed themselves.
In the points race. Tommy Moss of Parkton continues to
lead the 4-wheelers followed by Gary Gotham and Grag
Cain, both of Lumberton.
David Lee of Fayette ville continues to lead the Midgets'
point battle followed by Lenny McBroome of Fayetteville
and Rosemary Ehrenfeld of Atkinson and Michael
Mcpherson of Rockingham tied for third.
Gates open for racing each Saturday night at Hammer
Down Speedway at 5 p.m. with racing starting at 7 p.m.
Hie track is located on Old Lowry Road in Red Springs
between Highways 71 and 211, next to Thunder Valley.
- flat track motorcycle wimten time David Mime
\epontored by Cunning ham i Cycle Woiii\ fad place;
James Berry |sponsored by Cmnmgkam's Cycle WoHdl
first place aad Trophy Dash women <**d Gary Batten of
VCtZfow, third piece.
Midgut women wm Ryan Farmer of Richmond, VA,
winner of the Main Boent and Trophy Dath; Rick Rather,
of Wilmington, fnd place; and Daaid Lee of Fhyettewlle,
3rd place.
4 -WktaUr whtmtrt won Oary Gotham of Immborton,
JM piact; 7bmmy Most of Portion, lit piact m iht
Mam Bunt; md Qrag Cain of Lmmbarton, Trophy Dash
m*mmr and fnd piact m tht Mob Evtnl
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wara: Ifront row fa/I to riflfAt) Kaimatk Cwmmmgt, Cory
Oorkam, Jamtt Coigmva and Dray Kokomda; |back row
laft to rfeAl] Brian MeJkydan, Qatm Owmaay tad plmca,
Brian Mro Allantad ptaea, and Bimiun Qarkmm-tat
piaea fa all avank
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Strawberry Festival
re-established by Tuscaroras
Hie Eastern Carolina Tuscarora
Nation will celebrate the gift of
strawberries from the creator on
Saturday, June 1, 1991. This thanks
giving festival will be held on the
Sovereihn Territory of the Eastern
Carolina Tuscarora Nation located
between Island Grove Church on
Highway 710 and the Old Red
Springs-Maxton Road (State Road
1803).
This festival is celebrated to give
thanks to the Creator for the
strawberries and other berries that
He has given his children the "Ho
dee-no-show-nee" (Mohawk, Onon
daga, Seneca. Oneida, Cayuga and
Tuscarora) or Six Nations. This
Thanksgiving Festival is celebrated
each year by the 9w Nations in New
York State and Canada, but this is
the first time that the Tuscaroras in
North Carolina have celebrated it
since the 1800*s. This is to start
being a yearly event
Events at the festival will include
an Indian soccer (futbol) game put on
by the Indians of Mexico and
Guatemala. The two teams partici
pating are "Los Indios Correcami
nos" vs. "Los Indios Piel Rojas."
Indians participating in the game
represent the Aztec, Mixteca, Zapo
teca, Chkhimeca, and Maya Nations
of Indians. Hie teams play bard and
the event should prove very enjoy
able. A trophy will be presented to
the winners. The game will begin at
11 a.m.
Other festival events will include a
big meal with plenty of strawberries
and food for sale to the public,
blow-gun events, shot-gun competi
tion, children's games, and Tueea
rora social dancing.
Hie festival will begin at 9 a.m. La
case of rain the festival wQl be held
on the following Saturday. No alcohol
or drugs allowed on Nation Territory.
For more information call (919)521
4966 or 521-8878.
Pembroke Kiwanis
Program chairman Jimmy Harris presented Mr. Robert
Chavis of the North Carolina Indian Commission. The
weekly meeting was held at the Town and Country
Restaurant on Tuesday evening.
The services of the Commission were outlined by Mr.
Chavis as overcoming difficulties in minority arrests by
the State Patrol, as happened 14 years ago, the emphasis
is now spread over the three races, not just the Indians,
the Public defenders Office has been put in place, this
helps in serving justice. The Dispute Resolution Center
has helped in relationships. Mr. David Parnell has
introduced the Indian Scholarship Program. Hi it program
is monitored by the Indian Commission, lite University
Advisory Board has been implanted in an advisory
capacity. Hie Commission operates six programs with its
17 membership, a staff of 25. Questions and answers
followed Mr. Chavis' presentation.
President Mitchell Lowry presided having been gone
for two weeks for military service with the National
Guard.
Invocation by Garth Locklear; Song Leader was Albert
Hunt; reporter- Ken Johnson.
Circus to Perform at
Cultural Center
Allen Bros. Circus will show at the Nbrth Carolina
Indian Cultural Center near Pembroke on Friday, May 24.
The circus big top will set up at the ball field at the Center
and performance will be given at 5 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Allen Bros. Circus is one of ten tent circuses which
operate in the United States. The circus features
elephants, lions, acrobats,'aerialists, jugglers, clowns,
and much, much more. You can enjoy exciting, fun-filled,
family entertainment at the circus.
Allen Bros. Circus is an opportunity to relive the
childhood excitement of the circus or to experience this
special excitement for the first time. The circus provides a
few magical hours of daxxling marvels, romance, and
incomparable entertainment that materialises mysteri
ously in town one day, and is gone just as mysteriously
with the morning's light
The show is sponsored by the N.C. Indian Cultural
Center which is developing a major educations!, cultural,
and recreational enterprise. The Center is located off
Highway 74. two miles west of Pembroke.
Advance tickets are free for children 11 and under.
Advance adult tickets are $5.00. Children and adult
tickets can be obtained at the following businesses: North
Carolina Indian Cultural Center, Pembroke; Charles'
Convenience Store, Pembroke; Ron's Bibles, Pembroke;
Lowry's Country Store, Prospect Community (Maston);
Mady's Outlet, Rowland; and Union Mini-Mart Highway
710, Rowland.
For more information, contact the N.C. Indian Cultural
Center at (919)521-2433.
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Summer
Session
Classes
Begin
at PSU
Classes for Pembroke State Uni
versity's summer session, which last
year attracted 1,192 in the first
session and 833 in the second session
will begin Thursday, May 30, oa
Memorial Day.
Anyone who has not pre registered
may register May 28 29 from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. in the different PSU
academic departments or the PSU
Registrar's Office.
The first session of PSU" s under
July 1. An intra-session is scheduled
June 11-July 1. The second session is
Ju(y 2- Aug. 2.
Graduate program registration for
its first session will be May 27-29
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. with the first
class beginning May 29 at 8 p.m.
First session classes end July 1. An
intra session is scheduled June 11'
through July 1. The second session of
the Graduate Program is July 1 to
August 2. All Graduation Program
registrations will be in the Graduate
9tudies Office of the PSU Educatio
nal Center.
For more information about the
P8U summer session, telephone
921 9949.
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Miss Lumbee Receives Gift
From Pembroke Eye Glinial
Mitt Lttmbtt 1990-91, Nakir lockiear, it tkoum
receiving giattet from Dr. Sandra Lockiear at the
Pembroke Optometric Clinic.
The reigning Miss Lumbee, Nahir Lockiear, had her
eyes examined recently at the Pembroke Optometric
Clink. Afterwards, she was presented with a pair of
glasses for her personal usage. The Pembroke Eye Clink
located at 204 Union Chapel Road is open Monday
through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., and
Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 12 noon. The practice is
owned by Dr. Mary Ann Masters and Dr. Sandra
Lockiear. an associate, operates the dink. Dr. Masters
also owns and operates practices in Lumberton and
Rowland.
(Carolina 3nbian?oicr
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