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I; TMMW|jf Cl|IIMIIIHljlU^| ifpp#*Irt^'frfJf141L!.^ KokwonCounty ? * 1 mmma~m^mm^m^mmrn??^mmm?mmm^mmmmm??mmmm^?mmmmmmmmmm^?__mmmm?mmmmmm^Mmm?mmm^mmMM VOLUME 28 NUMBER 41 THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14,1993 230 Ml CORY ^1 Town Creek FestivalTo ? Kick Off Indian Heritage Throughout November. North Carotina's Native Americans will join their brothers all across the United States to celebrate National Indian Heritage Month. Gov. James B Hunt Jr has proclaimed November as Indian Heritage Month in North Carolina. North Carolina celebrations will include the kickoff festival at Town Creek Indian Mount Stme Historic Site near Mt. Gilead. Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 6-7. From 1[S p.m. both days visitors can experience traditional Indian dancing, arts, crafts and demonstrations, as well as Native American foods and crafts The site will be open each day from 9 a m until 5 p.m. lite festival will take . from 1-5 p.m. Besides traditional inter-tribal dancing, several special groups will offer dance performances Registered ' native American dancers are compete for S1,000 prizes each day Other activities will include storytelling, a film festival and a demonstration of the ancient Indian game of stickball. Lucky visitors can A win door juices and buy tickets for a Pendleton Indian blanket raffle. For -philatelists, a one-day stamp* cancellation will be offered. Masters of ceremonies for the two day even include Jim Chavis of Richmond County on Saturday and Ray Littleturtle of Pembroke for Sunday. Sponsors are Friends ofTown Creek Indian Mound. Lumbee Regional Development Association. N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs and United Tribes of North Carolina. The participants will represent North Carolina's Indian population, whichencompassessix tribes and more than 65,000 people, more than in any state east of the Mississippi River. According to Town Creek site manager Archie Smith, the Indian Heritage observance is an opportunity to show that today's Indian culture is as exciting and colorftil as yesterday 's Archaeologists have dated the site at Town Creek to about 1450 A.D. more than a century before the first E nglish explorers landed on Roanoke Island. The site includes a log palisade and an earthen mound topped with a temple reconstruction. At the height of Creek culture, only temple priests lived within die palisade. Today, thousands of tourists each year explore the buildings and team si'hat decades of archaeological excavation have revealed about the people who worshipped there. The site also has a modem visitor center with interpretive exhibits and a 15 minute slide presentation. The Town Creek festival will kick off the month long statewide observance in celebration and recognition ofNorth C arolina' s Native American heritage Events scheduled across the state will include such activities as a senior citizens festival, various tribal pow wows and a wild game festival with demonstrations of hide tanning, trapping and tool making. For details and schedule of the statewide observance, call Wanda Burns Ramsay, N.C. Commission of Indian Affairs in Raleigh at 919-735 5998 Admission to the Town Creek kickoflfis-free. For details, call the site near Mt. Gilead at 919-439-6802; Town Creek Indian Mound, an agency of the Department of Cultural Resource^ is located in Montgomery County, 5 1/2 miles southeast of Mt. Gilead on SR 1542.Signs point the way south from NC 731 and north from NC 73. Shown left to right, Helen Ann LocUear, daughter of Corletter Lockleor, granddaughter of Richard LocUear, great granddaughter of Elias LocUear; Ret. Isiah LocUear, ton ofBias LocUear; Rev. Ehas Rogers, sen of Rath LocUear Rogers, grandson of Elias LocUear; GrmmJduUren and great grmmtkEBr^^T EBas LackUar Revival Services Pastor Douglas Locklear and Congregation extend a special invitation to the public to attend Pomecoaiag services * Pembroke Wit* Baptist Church Sunday. October, ?24 1993 Sunday School will begin at ? 45 followed by Preaching at 11:00 h.m with a noon day meal to be followed by an afternoon singing at K:00p.m. I A special invitation is extended to Mil former Pastors and members Birth Herbert and Connie Lowry are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Altmarm Mackensee Lowry. who was born on Saturday. August 28, 1993, at St. Eugene Community Hospital in Dillon, South Carolina Altmarm Joins an older brother Jordan who is four years ok) Her maternal grandmother is Sarah Locklear of Pembroke and paternal grandparents are BetbenjJimbo) apd Rev. Elias Rogers Announces Candidacy for Seat on LREMC Board of Directors '? [:?" I \ j?*' -'.'U - '$ ? ? '? **'->>' ^-3!N ' ^ Wlw&ji The Rev Elias Rogers announces his candidacy for a seat on the Board ofduectorsof Lumtpe River Electric Membership Corporation. He is seeking a seat in the at-largeposition Rogers has previously served as a member of the board of directors of the local rami electric cooperative He was tbe first Indian and the first minority to be elected to that board. His initial tenure was preceded by a highly publicized court battle in the late 1960s. Rogers was continuously elected for several years following He is now seeking to be elected again to the board la making his announcement. Rogers released the following "I am very concerned about the rural electric cooperative. I have a great deal of knowledge relative to the program and I would like the opportunity to share my experience and expertise as a members of the board of directors "Then is not a great deal I feat I oead to my about myself Those who know me. are aware that I am capable and concerned. Even thoee who are not friends of mine will admit that I am more knowledge abont the rural electric program mat most anyone elee When Tain convinced that lam right. I will fight for my beliefs This c haractenstic has not made RtC popular with everyone. but it has earned * great deal of reaped for me. "I feel that I have been an aaeet to the LREMC Board ofDirecton in the post, and know that 1 can make a contriubtion -now, if given the opportunity. I aolicit the support and vote of all member consumers. And look forward for seeing you all at the LREMC annual meeting to be held at f the PSU Performing Am Center on I Monday. October 21.1993 Your vote I and support will be greatly! appreciated." it#* EMm Mwgm % say iou Kead it In I '-"r-TtaMUmafaivcici ?i I Decendents ofThe Late Elias and I Delphia Locklear Meet | The family of Mr. and Mrs. Eliat Locklear recently held their reunion The couple were married 103 years ago He was born on June IS. 1874 and died on January 11,1961, she was bom in January, 187S and died June 17, 1945 The couple were married and had 8 children They were Magaline Locklear Woods bora April f, 1895 she was married to Henry Woods born December 4, 1913 and died May 7. 1908 they had 3 children (Roberta Woods died at age 2. Rev Monroe (Bill) Woods, and Henry Woods Jr both deceased). Rev. Isiah Locklear manied to Mandy Locklear'they had three children (George Locklear. deceased, I Isaac Locklear, and Steve Locklear, deceased, later he married Bethina , Locklear and they had 5 children.* Flora Jane Locklear, Jeanette, Pauline. Jervis. and Ezra (Boas) Locklear. Richard Locklear married to Lisa Bell Strickland they had 12 children (Catletter Locklear. Vency Scott. Clementine Woods. Dorothy Lowry, Betty Jane Walker. Lottie Mae Strickland, Richard Jr. Locklear. Daniel Locklear. Geonie Ree Britt, Allen Locklear. deceased and Joyce Locklear, (deceased) later married Roste Jane Locklear and had 3 more children, ( David Ronald Locklear, Hanford Locklear and Martha Fkye Locklear). Polly Edwards Oxendine marned Leslie Edwards and had 5 children they ate (Bertha Mae Edwards. Leslie Edwards Jr., Delphi* Chavu, Thelma Bullard. Teddy Edwards, and later married Edward Oxendine and they had one child (Mary B Oxendine). Nancy L.Locklear married to Mack Locklear and they had 4 children, they are (Halbert Locklear. Herbert Locklear, Laura Locklear. Cutwity LuCkitm). Rudue Rogers married to (Son) Rogers they had 2 children they are ( Elias Rogers, and Thomas Rogers) Mary Bullard married to James L. Bullard they had 9 children they are ( Ella Mae Hammonds. Steve Locklear. MyntaScott, Reedy Locklear. Donald Bullard, Dottie Locklear. Elaine Strickland, Aibertiae Hum. Chester Bolted). Catherine Chavis married to William Chavis, they had 6 children ( Pearl Oxeadme, Vernon Chavis. Linda Oxendine. Annie Mae Chavis, Gloria Chavis, DebtsLowiy). The beginning of the reunion was very touching fcr every one there. The opening comments were given by Mrs. Myra Lockkar about me tenily history and she did a tetastic job Thank You Myra! Prayer was given offered by Rev Isiah Locldear who will always bring tearsofioy The scripture was given by Rev. Donald Bullard who inherited his incredible talent for speaking from the best of the breed (Uncle Isiah) First let me explain to you that this was not just another family reunion it was the best one yet Just as I arrived Uncle Isiah was making his traditional speech which if you have ever heard him speak or preach you know just how great he is at it, and this particular time was no exception. It was very special to hear him talk of his childhood and remember things that had happened just as if it were yesterday, that's no small task for a 93-year-old let me tall you I personally was very moved just to be one ofthe listeners in the crowd and as I looked around I could see that I was not the only one. It is an honor to have been born into a family with someooe like Uncle Isiah and I for one am thankful it. He spoke of the love we share as a family and of bow good looking he thought everyone was whichnoooediaputed I noticed! Later when I finally got a chance to get in a word with him. I told him that he was the reason that we all looked so good in the first place. He thanked me with asmiieandabug I remember thinking that I wish he could hold on forever There were so many familiar faces there that I remember seeing so often as a child and remember playing with when we were small and our families would get together and now our children are doing what we were doing 35 yean ago mare some less The faces have changed and time has gone, by but the strong bond we share as Locklean will always be there. We are the heirs of Elias and Delphia Locklear and we art prood of the fact that they started a sensation of people that will always unite and give thanks to them and the Lord for starring such a fine breed. I don't think there's a Locklear alive that would argue that point. The reunion was bigger and better than I could image it to be but that just goes to show that when word gets out that we are getting together for good food and good company no one wpnts to miss out. I iust know thai I'm gonna miss something about the events of the day but believe me it's not ratentioual. I just have a bad memory and I didn't take any notes and I have not called mother to verify anything an<1 sgonnabe mad, but It's aknost 7 00 oa Morula v and I'm used and whenever 1 forget picaac forgive am I was so busy enjoying the good ?V . ' .pf ? . " ; , company and hoping I would get to food before all the cotlarda got gone ( I was to late) that I forgot to take my notepad. But thank God I got lots of picture* and that should be sufficient. If you don't aee yourself don't worry I won't have enough room in the paper to put all the pictures in but I will try to get the beat ones, so you're probably in there somewhere I don't have a lot of space so I better make my special thanks now while 1 can Aunt Clementine and Uncle Russell Woods you are remarkable people to so to all the trouble that you have anal want to say my hat's off to you. You did what I don't think to many people would do. You opened your hearts and home to us all and you deserve a medal There were a lot of people (about 300) and I probably would have been panic stricken had I looked out in my front yard and so all those people coming. But you guys took it with a grain of salt and 1 want to say thank you again from me and all the rest of The Locklears. Now before I close I want to say that I hope ws can do the same thing same time next year but with the missing faces that could not show up for one reason or another We missed you! 1 also want to say a special thank you to Aunt Gennie and Uncle Ralph Bntt You always make me feel like a five year old when I see you and the reason 1 say that is because as a child when mother would say Aunt Gennie and Uncle Ralph are coming home I would fed up with such joy and happiness because I knew mere was gonna ben big fiunily get together. I remember feeling so good inside from the time you came home until way sfrer you had gone back to California. You still make me feel the same way inside as an adutt because you have so much love for each and everyone of us and you bring that out in ut with each and every visit Thank you for being you. I hope mother likes this article although I don't think so because she thinks I should have consulted with her about it first but again lam pressed fortune 1 just want her to know that she and Aunt Lonie Mae didn't have to aland and cook that chicken the whole time we would have offered to help but Ae just looked like As was having spchagim id fit and it seemed hand. I don't think the fried cfckhen would have tasted right had As not had a hand in cooking it MMin InMMl remise yeu reader % ^^^ejrlnr,ad if iherej . '? ; *?? ~ * ... ??'??y PSHS I Students | by foetus* Bmmn Dkd A dark cloud mrmflukd PurneB Swett High Mouday for Ike taneral services lor two well known students who died is m automobile accident, Friday, October t. .1 J?w>e?J5wett High Schoofogyn friends, relatives and supporters occupied seats bleachers as the bodies of Branloo Woodeil and Jeremiah Hewy "Mia" Cummings lay instate. Branlon Woodeil. a junior, was bora September II. 1977 and is survived by his parents. Ilsnehou and Flora Woodeil. one brother. Hilton WoodalLsnd one sister, Fhsbe Woodeil Jeremiah, also a junior, was ? rvr%".iwai| HiM. n j9 bora April 25.1977. He is the son of Delora and McDuffle Cummings. town manager of Pemhroc. He has two brothers. Mc Duffle k and Patrick Hayes and two sisters. Lota Gail and Kieaa Cummings Tommy Lowry and David Emanuel, teachers and coaches. Purnell Swett, spoke la honor of Jeremiach and Branlon sharing their words ofjpraise. sports tffimpl'*1'1*''** of Jeremiah and Branloo and condolences to the and Emanuel pre viouslyoMchodbtS young men m baseball Principal Bill Brewington. counselors, couches, teachers and otehrs have united together to teach out to comfort end console r*udrift Mho were friends of Branlon add Jeremiah ? in recant yean, the school has encountered several deathsof ttudoMi winch have made ssipnficant impact on the^Pumell Swett student body. Democratic Women To "f ' * ''i.4 I Meet PeBMXXtie WowoftolwM County will hold a special meeting on Thursday. October 28. 1993 at 7:00 am at the Robeson Coaaty C ourthnuse . The agenda will include making final arrangements for Ac upcoming fail dinner meeting which is scheduled for November 9ft; election of the second and ftnd vice presidents, and the formation of Robeson Coaaty are urged to attend Formosa infcrmtoa. call Ire Helen Thompson after 7 p^n. at 628-6642.
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