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HAPPY ECHOES S
CUMMINCS FAMILY TO SINI
I M 3RD ANNUAL RSU
COS RE L_ MUSIC REST I VAL
I The Happy Echoes/ Cummings/
Gummings Family mil he among the
gru.pt performing in the third annual
PSUGospel Music Festival Saturday,
April 25, at 7 p.m. Left to right, the
above are: front rorw-Brenda Bull
( Last m a series of articles about
groups which will be performing in
the third annual PSU Gospel Music
PsUval Saturday, April 25, at 7 p.m.
the Giyens Performing Arts
' by Gene Warren
Pembroke-The Happy Echoes of Red
Springs and the Cummings Family of
Pembroke will combine their talent
as featured attractions in the third
annual PSU Gospel Music Festival
Saturday, April 25, in PSlTs Givens
Performing Arts Center.
The pre-concert begins at 6:45
p.m. The festival itself starts at 7
p.m. Tickets are $5 for everyone and
can be ordered by telephoning the
Givens PAC box office at (919)
521-0778 (local residents) ir 1-800
?867-0778 (long distance).
The Happy Echoes began singing
in 1970 whereas the Cummings
Family started its singing ministry in
1969. In 1990 the groups combined to
form the Happy Echoes/ Cummings
Family.
* They sing Southern gospel music
mid some old hymns. In '89 the
-Happy Echoes produced a record
entitled "Lord, I Thank You." In '90
the Cummings Family also had a
.record with the title being "This
Striaght Road to Heaven."
: The groups appear singularly, but
elso use some personnel from the
other group.
They have performed at churches,
fi benefit sings, at the Carolina Civic
It Center in Lumberton, and in Greens
| boro.
1 Brenda Cummings said it is a thrill
for them to be on the same "Gospel
Music Festival" program with a
W* WM
and, Eunice Chavit, Glenda Dial,
Sheila LocUear; back row-- Jeffrey
LocUear, Jeremy LocUear, Brenda
Cummings, Gary LocUear, and Jam
ie Chavit. Not pre tent for the picture
wot Gene DiaL
national group like the McKameys of
Tennessee. "We appreciate
the opportunity." she said.
Glenda Dial of the Happy Echoes
also described this as a "great
opportunity" for the groups. She has
written the lyrtcs for much of their
nVMic with the musk itself being by
Eunice Chavis, Brenda Billiard and
herself
The Happy Echoes are made up of
Gene Dial, singing baritone; Genda
Dial, lead and alto; Brenda Bullard,
tenor and lead; and Gary Locklear,
alto and tenor.
Members of the Cummings Family
include; Eunice Chavis, singing lead
and alto; Brenda Cummings, alto and
lead; Sheila Locklear, tenor and lead;
and Jeff Locklear, baritone.
In addition, Eunice Chavis also
plays the piano, Jamie Chavis plays
the bass guitar, and Jeremy Locklear
plays the drums. Brenda Bullard also
plays the piano in a rotation situation
with Eunice Chavis.
"Since we joined our groups, the
results have been wonderful," says
Brenda Cummings. "We just per
form and let the Lord have His way."
For more information about the
Gospel Musk Festical, telephone
(919) 521-4214, ExL 4213.
Tickets are also being sold at the
following places: Pembroke- Burnt
Swamp Baptist Association, Lumber
River Christian Supplies; Lumberton
Christian Book Store, Merrimac
Musk; Red Springs- Red Springs
BarberShop; Laurinburg- the Gospel
Musk Store; and Fayetteville- Cum
berland County Association for Indi
an People.
Wins March of Dimes Raffle
Vn. Helen Sampson of Pembroke
woe the winner of the 19" color TV
raffle held by htmbee River EMC
employee! to benefit the March of
Dime*. The drawing wa* held April 7
at the headquarter* office mi Red
Springe.
Heading up the drive, mi which
LREMd employeei held a bake eale
to addition to the raffle, woe Francee
Chavi*. A four mU* walk through
Rod Spring*, in which LREMC
employee* wiU join member* of othei
organization* and butmet***, wit
culminate the March of Dime* event<
for 199%.
Shovm making the pruentation I
Mr*. Sampson, left, i* France
Chavi*.
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Lumbee Bill to be voted on soon
On April 7, leaders of the Lumbee
Tribe received word from the office
of Senator George Mitchell, Majority
Leader of the United Stats Senate,
that he willc all for a second cloture
vote on H.R 1426, the Lumbee
Recognition Bill, the last week of
April or the first week in May. The
purpose of the cloture vote is to cut
off a filibuster on the bill organized
by Senator Helms. Although passage
of a bill only requires a simple
majority of the senators present at
teh time, a vote on cloture requires
60 votes.
The first cloture vote on the
Lumbee Bill was held on February
27. At that time the tribe obrained 58
votes--54 Democrats and 4 Republi
cans. Three Democrats were on
the campaign trail on that day and
missed the Lumbee cloture vote.
Those three Democrats have since
returned to the Senate and are
commited to vote in favor of cloture
on the second Lumbee vote. With
those three additional votes, the tribe
now has sufficient votes to cut off the
Helms organized filibuster.
Senator Helms has said he sup
ports and alternative to the Lumbee
Bill proposed by Senator Nickles of
Oklahoma. This alternative would
repeal the 1956 Lumbee act, which
makes the tribe ineligible for admin
istrative recognition, and would
require the tribe to apply for
recognition from the Department of
the Interior. Hie Department of
the Interior has opposed recognition
of the Lumbee Tribe for one hundred
years because of the large size of the
membership. And in its comments on
H.R 1426 last fall, the Department
indicated that a Lumbee application
to it for recognition would likely be
denied. Senator Nickles refuses to
formally offer his alternative to H.R.
1426; instead, he and Senator Helms
use it to block consideration of
Lumbee recognition altogether on
the filibuster.
Adolph Blue, Chairman of the
LRDA board, indicated that the tribe
is optimistic about the second cloture
vote. "Based on the seantors'
recorded positions on this issue, we
now have the votes to close off the
filibuster. We know that Senator
Helms has been giving away his vote
on other bills in an effort to strip
away our Republican votes, but we
don't know of votes we've lost so far.
We also know that Senator Helms'
staff is spreading a lot of misinfor
mation about our people?saying
that ChairmanInouye of the Senator
Senate Select Committee on Indian
Affairs no longer supports our bill,
that the National Congress of Ameri
can Indians opposes it, and that meet
Lumbees aren't really Indians any
way. But none of these things is true.
Chairman Inouye remains committed
to the Lumbee Recognition Bill and
the National Congress of American
Indians has passed a resolution in
support of Lumbee recognition. And
on the race thing, even the Depart
ment of the Interior admits that
Lumbees are Indian and the Con
gress said so in the 1956 lumbee
Act We're just gald we have a little
more time to get this truth out to all
Senate offices."
[Submitted by LED A]
COMMUNITY BRIERS
rrnrPAr.Y workshop PLANNED
TW^HoBeson County Cbuich
and Community Center will sponsor
a literacy Workshop on April 27, 28
and 30th at the Center offices at 210
E 15th Street, Lumberton. The
workshop will be held from 6 p.m.
until 9:90 p.m. and will be held to
train tutors. The public is encourag
ed to attend. Call 738-5204 to register
for this workshop.
COMMUNITY MEETING SET
A community meeting will be
held Aprfl 30. 1992 at 7:30 p.m. at
the Pembroke Courthouse. The pur
pose of the meeting is to provide
awareness and information on the
Palmer Drug Abuse Program. Inte
rested persons are urged to attend.
APPLICATIONS FOR UTILE MISS
LUMBEE NOW A VARABLE
Applications are now being
accepted for the Little Miss Lumbee
Pageant sponsored by LRDA. The
age category is 4 to 6 years of age by
June 28th, 1992. The first 15
applications accepted and child must
have talent
The pageant will be held on July 1
at 7 p.m. at the Performing Arts
Center on the PSU campus.
Applications may be obtained at
the Day Care Office in Pembroke.
Questions may be directed to Helen
Hunt at the office or call 919-521
8M5. Application deadline '? April
30.
APPUCATONS FOR MISS LUMBEE
PAGEANT A VAHABLE
Applications are now being
accepted for the Miss Lumbee
Pageant sponsored by LRDA Must
be a high school graduate, 18 to 26
years of age.
Hie pageant will be held on July 3,
1992 at the PSU Performing Arts
Center.
Applications are available at the
LRDA Revels Complex Administra
tive Office. Questions may be
directed to Patricia Locklear at
521-8602. Application deadline April
30th.
NOTICE OF MEETING
WALKING THE SAME PATHE INC.
Notice is hereby given that a
meeting of the officers and directors
of Walking Hie Same Path, inc. has
been called for April 17 at 8 p.m. at
the Walking Hie Same Path Building
locatedon East Third Street, next to
the U.S. ft>st Office, Pembroke.
Hie purpose of the meeting is to
elect new officers and directors and
to adopt organization by laws.
A notice of the meeting has been
sent to the initial board of directors at
their last known legal address.
ENTERS
STATE
PAGEANT
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Me Undo. Roe Combe, 15 year old
daughter of Melvin and Sandra
Combe of Pembroke ie a conteetant m
the Southern Satey Beauty Pageant
to be held m FhyettevOle m May.
Melinda will be competing in
beauty, eportewear model, eweim
wear, photogenic, portfolio, prettiest
hair, prettieet dress, most beautiful,
best personality, and severl other
optional categories. Melinda also
hopes to accumulate the highest
points overall to turn the title of
Southern Sassy Grand Champion.
Shealso willbe competing m talent
and overall talent winner.
For more information of the Sassy
Beauty Pageant, contact Patricia
Tolbert, Director at 803-938- 7897 or
write Box 913, Walhalla, SC 99991.
WALLACE WI IMS STATE TITLE
Kelh Wallace recently won the
Young Milt Southern Sweetheart
State Title at Valdett, NC. She ii the
duaghter of Bart and Yvonne Wallace
of Lamb erton. She attends Mt.
Olive Baptist Church and is a sixth
grader at Pfney Grove School tn Mr
Larry Cox's room. Kelli enjoys dance
with Ms. Donna Martin DiChiara of
Lumberton and takss piano under
Ms. Dehavea Drake Cummingt of
Lumberton.
At the state pageant, KeUi won all
arias of of compeition, including
beauty, sportswear, private inter
view, country western, swim wear,
pgphotogenic, portfolio, costume,
sleepwear, fifties, and overall port
folio.
Numerous awards received were a
state crown, banner, eleven trophies,
^ five crowns, a crown pin, robe, a
savings bond, and a scepter. She will
' compete at the Nationals *? June
Kelk's sponsors for the pagenat
1 wen Strickland's Paint and Wall
paper, Mr. mod Mn. Robert Strick
land, owners; and U-Save Auto
? Rentals, Mr. and Mrs. Herbie
* OXsndine, owners.
PSU Grounds
Supervi sor~
To Retire
April 30
ALEX STRICKLAND
Alex Strickland, 58, who has been
employed by PSU since 1959 and ahs
been grounds supervisor for the past
25 years, is retiring effective April
30. {
Strickland supervises a staff of
seven and takes pride in the fact that \
President C.D. Slangier Jr., and
other top UNC system officials have
repeatedly described PSU as "hav
ing the neatest campus in the UNC
system."
A native of . Robeson County,
Strickland joined the maintenance
staff of PSU in '59 when the late
Walter Pinchbeck was the mainte
nance superintendent. "We did
everything, both inside and outside,'
he said of the four man crew in those
days. The total number of PSU
maintenance personnel now totals
60.
Strickland's staff now is responsi
ble for keeping the grass and shrubs
trimmed, the garbage picked up, and
the paper on campus picked up.
In retirement he plans to " work in
my yard and keep my car cleaned and
waxed," he said. "I enjoy things like
that" He also wants to do some
fishing at Myrtle beach.
Trip-wise, he would like to go to
The Bahamas.
Strickland is married to the
former L?Llie Brayboy, a native of
Pembroke. They are parents of a
daughter, Elaine Strickland Lowry,
who is a PSU graduate and teaches
eighth grade mathematics at Pem
broke Middle School. The Stricklands
have two grandchildren, a boy and a
giri.
PEMBROKE
K IWAN IS
RERORT
Program chairman KenJohnson
presented Dr. Robert Britton and
Mrs. Anne Britton as speakers at the
weekly meeting held at the Town and
Country Restaurant Dr. Britton is
coordinator of Vocal Development at
PSU. Mrs. Anne Britton is the
general manager of the drama. Strike
at the Wind with offices in Old Main.
Both speakers outlined plans for
the PSU Special Arts Festival to be
held Wednesday, March 17, 1908.
Over 2.000 handicapped children will
participate in all types of fine arts
activities. Die event compares favor
ably with the Special Olympics for
sports but this Very Special Festical
is in all kinds of Fine Arts.
Die Pembroke Kiwanis Club plus
other Kiwanis Clubs, along with PSU
and many other chibs will be aaked to
help sponsor the Arts Festival. Just '
to give these youngsters a chance to
perform their accomplishments in
musk, art cists, etc. will increase
the awareness of the public to the
aesthetk accomplishments of the
crippled children. Plans are already
under way for fund raising for the
Tri County Special Arte Festival.
Mis. Hope Sheppard is secretary of
the tri- county committee for the
Special Aria Festival.
Presiding Mitch Lowry. Invoca
tion- Garth Locklear. Song Leader
Ed Tests. Program- Ken Johnson.