IPubished Each Thursday Since January 18,1973 ,
I ^ M CAROLINA
I W Xl^mfian fDoice
M '? "Building communicative bridges in a trHTKXitstfLfd^ k \ ^*^oke,NC
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"Parade of the
Spirits" to be
I observed
The fourth annual international
ceremony of drums, the Parade of the
Spirits, will be observed on March 12.
1994, dedicated to our homeless street
Indians. All drums will begin at the
same minute across six time zones
from Alaska. Hawaii. Canada.
Mainland USA. Mexico. Central
America and South America.
A single drum at home, or^a few
drums at any gathering, or many drums
at a major pow wow are asked to
consider the special request of
drumbeats, chants, and dancing
prayers to end the plight of the
homeless street Indians
The Parade of the Spints was
presented in a vision in 1986 Orre
Drumrite Walking Heritage was
formed to coordinate the drumming
ceremonies to bring a greater,
awareness towards the homeless street
Indian, and to speak the sac redness of
Indian heritage, along with praying
AIDS will not infiltrate the Indian
communities any further
Information is available by writing
Elizabeth A, Wells. Director. Orre
Walking Heritage. P 0.*ox
221689. Anchorage. Alaska 99522
1689
Self defense classes
planned for children
The Lumberton Recreation
Department and Young Olympians
International will sponsora Children's
I Self Defense Class for ages 4 years
* old and up This fun course is designed
for Self Defense purposesemphasi zing
child safety awareness We do not
teach "Bullying tactics." Self
1 discipline rather than aggressiveness
; is promoted. A certified Black Belt
- will instruct various basic self defense/
; karate techniques and forms No 1
physi cal contact is allowed in beginner
! classes. This class promotes: safety
I awareness, self discipline, physical i
fitness, self confidence, and lots of i
fun! Testing is available for rank <
promotion Registration dates and :
f times are January 19th from 6- 7pm
r in the Teen Room at the Bill Sapp
Recrational Center. The class will run
; each Wednesday beginning January
19th and the cost is $4.00 per child per
lesson A sign up fee of $2.00 is
required at registration. Class times v
will be announced at registration For j
more information call 671-3869 ?
Free screening for
glaucoma, cataracts c
Ophthalmologist Don Whaley.
M.D., is offering free screenings for
glaucoma and cataracts at this office.
4850-E Fayetteville Rd. on Saturday.'
January 29. from 9:00 a m until 12
noon. Screenings are by appointment
only. Call 738-7857 for more
information and to schedule an
appointment. 1
Gospel Sing planned at i
I
Prospect UMC
Gospel Singing Sunday. January 1
16. 1994, 7:00 p.m. Featuring: The 1
Liberty Trio. Mr. Winded Capel and
Other local groups
Prospect united Methodist Church
Rt 3. Box 196 Max too. NC 28364
across from Prospect School The
public is cordially invited
Applications being
accepted for
upcoming pageant
Applications are currently being
accepted for the Miss New Hanover
County Pageant to be held 00 April 9,
1994 at Kenan Auditorium on the
campus of UNC-W in Wilmington
Competition will be held in the
following divisions: Wee Miss, ages ??
3-4 yean. Tiny Mist, ages 5-6; Little ,
miss, ages 7-9; Junior Miss, ages 10
12; Teen Miss, ages 13-16; Miss, ages
17-25.
Wee Missand tiny Miss contestants
will compete in private interview and
party dress. Little Miss Contestants
will compete in party dress, private
interview, and talent. Other
contestants will compete in evening
gown, private interview and talent
This ia great pageant for beginners,
as there will be several rehearsals and
contestants will be instructed in
modeling technique and use of the
microphone The Miss New Hanover
County Pageant isa preliminary to the
Little Miss North Carolina Pageant
and is open to all residents of North
Carolina For information or
applications contact Reba Alper at
(0I0| 350-0351
Instructional
cheerleading
program set
The Lumberton Recreation
Department and Young Olympians
International will sponsor an
instructional cheerleading program
for boys and girls ages 4-14. ' 'Cheer
America" is designed to promote
coordination, confidence, and physical
fitness. This will teach the basic skills
required for middle and high school
tryouts. Registration will be on
Monday, January 24th at the Bill Sapp
Center at 6 p.m. for 4-7 years old and
at 6:45 p.m. for 8 years and older
The class will run each Monday
beginning January 31st. The cost is
S4.00 per class. You may pay each
week. A sign up fee ofS2.00 is required
at registration. Class times will be
announced at registration For more
information call 671-3869 or (9I0>
319-1228.
Awards ceremony
at Fleetwood
You are cordially invited to attend
the National Customer Satisfaction
AiuMila CaaamiuM*. fAP ?h?
Manufact u red-fusing ?roup of
Fleetwood Enterprises at Fleetwood
Homes of NorthCarolina, Inc.. East
Railroad Street" Pembroke. NC on
January 13, 1994 at 10:30 a.m.
The National Championship Award
will be presented by Glenn Kummer.
Resident Fleetwood Enterprises.
AISES Conference
to be held
The Pembroke State University
Chapter of the American Indian ]
Science and Engineering Society is ,
hosting a Regional Conference for
Regions VI and VII "We Are As
One" on February 4-6, 1994 on the
Pembroke State University campus.
Registration fee is SI0.00 For more
information contact Brett Locklear at
19101521-3571 ,Linda Bullard at (910)
518-0519. or Brantlv Chavis at (910)
S2I-29S5
Kids Count
to meet
KJDS COUNT of Robeson County
vill hold its next meeting on January
15th at 12:30 p.m This meeting will
e held at the Village Station. Anyone
s welcome. If you would like to attend
>r need more information lease call
rordham Britt at the Lumberton
hildren's Clinic. 739-3318
Baptist
Association's
quarterly singing
The Burnt Swamp Baptist
Quarterly singing will be held Sunday
January 16, at Bear Swamp Baptist
Church at 2 p.m. All church groups
are cordially invited to portKipate The
Rev Anthony Locklear. pastor, and
the congregation of Bear Swamp
Baptist Church invites to public to
attend
Congressman I
Charlie Rose j
to seek re
election
Today Congressman Charlie Rose
announced that he has filed for re
election to represent the 7th district of
North Carolina Congressman Rose is
presently a senior ranking member of
the committee on agriculture and
chairman of the subcommittee on
specialty crops and natural resources
This subcommittee is primarily
responsible for the tobacco and peanut
programs, as well as forestry
As Dean of the North Carolina
delegation. Mr Rose also chairs the
committee on house administration
As one of the principal committees of
the house, this committee oversees
funding for all operations and
committees in the House of
Representatives
Congressman Rose introduced
several mqjor pieces of legislation
which passed the House of
Representatives in this last session of
congress This legislation included
the family and medical leave act.
campaign finance reform,and Lumbee
voter bill which became law
'' I believe that there is much more
that can be accomplished for the 7th
congressional district and North
Carolina in the upcoming session of
the 103rd Congress. " Congressman
Rose said. "I look forward to
continuing to serve the people of the
7th district and to doing as much as I
can to make sure that North Carolina' s
interests are folly and effectively
represented in Washington."
Congressman Rose added
Congressman Rose, a native of
Fayetteville. North Carolina, has
served in congress, representing the
7thCongressionalDistrict.since 1973.
Gene Warren to retire as PSU
Public Information Director
Gene Warren
Gene Warren, who has served as
public information director of
Pembroke State University for 25.1/2
years, is retiring effective March I.
Warren will be 65 years old on
Feb. II.
"It has long been my plan to retire
when I reached 65 years of age.'' said
Warren "Now the tinwfchere My
family and I have discussed it for
always wanted to do. but haven't had
the rime to do because of mv work at
PSU "
Among those things, said Warren,
is "being more with our children and
grandchildren, perhaps writings book,
traveling, and perhaps finally Teaming
to swing a golf clob the right way.''
PSU Chancellor Jospeh Oxendine,
the third PSU chancellor for whom
Warren has worked, commented:
"Gene Warren has served Pembroke
State University with distinction for
over a quarter of a century His
knowledge of this institution over so
many periods of change and his
professionalism in telling its story
nave meant a great deal to this
University. I deeply appreciate his
fine work and loyalty to this
University. Pembroke State
University will plan an occasion to
honor him for his many yeareof service
to this institution. "
Warren has provided funds for a
Gene Warren Endowed Journalism
Scholarship, which will be presented
annually at PSU beginning this April
on "Awards Day "
He has been writing for newspapers
since 1945. a span of 49 years. Priorto
joining Pembroke State in August
1968. he was a sports writer and sports
columnist for 13 1/2 years with the
Greensboro Daily news. Before that,
he was a sports writer and sports editor
with the Wilmington Star-News,
beginning to write for the Wilmington
newspaper at the age of 16. For four
years prior to that he carried a Star
News newspaper route. "I've been
working for $3 years - since I was 12
vears old." Warren reflected
While writing for the Greensboro
Daily News, he wrote feature stones
about the Atlantic Coast Conference
for The Spotting News, a national
sports weakly, and was ACC
of the National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association, being elected to
that position in Omaha. &b. He has
won two national first place awards
writing about collegiate baseball, four
state writing awards, and IS national
athletic brochure awards
In 1978 Warren was chosen the
winner of the second Clarence (Ike)
Pearson Award as National Sports
Information Director of the Year as
selected by the National Association
of Intercollegiate Athletics The award
was presented in Kansas City. Mo.
Warren served as publicity director
of NA1A District 29 for nine years,
publicity director of N Ai A District 26
for six years, and publicity director of
the Carolina! Intercolleuiate
Conference for Ave yean
When he joined Pembroke State,
he handled not only the dutiea of
public infotmation director, but sports
information and theatre information
as well He also advised the Pembroke
State student newspaper. The Pine
Needle
"My first year at Pembroke State
was the most memorable." said
Warren "Dr. English E. Jones, who
was president then and whose title
was later changed to chancellor,
praised the fact that suddenly articles
about our institution, then with only
1.495 students, began appearing in
newspapers state-wide and on
television The faculty and staff were
so appreciative of our efforts. That
first year (1968-69) was the one in
which we worked so hard publicity
wise to gain university status for
Pembroke State College - and got
it." reminisced Warm
Two other big moments Warren
reflected upon were twice going with
the PSU baseball team (coached by
Harold Ellen and Ray Pennington) to
the NA1A World Series si Pfcoenu.
Ariz., in 1970 end 1973 and going
with the PSU basketball team (ranched
by Laeey Gene) to its first NA1A
National Basketball Tournament at
Kansas City. Mo., also in 1973
"Those were greet year*. Those fine
athletes gained a lot of publicity for
Pembroke State." said Wanen.
Wanen it a member of the PSU
Chancellor's Club and served as
executive secretary in 1978-79 of the
C hancellor Search Committee which
helped tocbooea Dr. Joseph Oxendine
from WilnungtwCoilegetnowljfic*
Wilmington) and a Bachelor of Arts
degree in English from UNC-Chapel
Hill
From 1952-54 be served in the
U.S. Array during the Korean War
period, being a member of the Special
Forces Airborne..
Wanes isamcmbcrofFlrst Baptist
Church at Sixth and Walnut St. in
Lumbertoo He has served there since
1971 as a deacon and has been a
Sunday school teacher for 36 veers
He has beenamember of the Robeson
County Chapter of the Full Goapel
Business Men's Fellowship
International since 1977. its founding
VMf
Warren is married to the former
Sharon Newnam of Greensboro They
liai e two sous. Gene. Jr. ofQteensboro
and Reed of Greensboro, and three
grandchildren
His office complex at PSU has
files after files of articles that Warren
has written about Pembroke Stale
University since 1968. "It seems like
I've written a million stories about
PSU." smiled Warm. "It wtl! be
strange hanging up the typewriter and
computer at PSU after aU of these
yeara-but I'm sure this it foe right
time to do it"
In The
Armed Forces
AsrW Jt failm
Army Pvt. David K Goins has
completed basic training at Fort
Jackson. Columbia. SC.
During the training, students
received instruction in drill and
ceremonies, weapons, map reading,
tactics, military courtesy, military
justice, first aid. and army history and
traditions
Gouts is the son of Joyce A Gouts
of Rural Route 3. Maxton. NC
Slucy F, Jacobs
Navy Seaman Recruit Stacy F.
Jacobs, son of Howard W Jacob# of
Laurinburg. NC recently completed
basic training at Recruit Training
Command. San Diego.
During the cycle, recruits arc mucin
general military subjects designed to
prepare them for further academic
ana on-the-job training in one of the
Navy's 15 occupational fields
Studies include seamanship, cktse
ordar drill, naval history and first aid
Although the Navy is getting
smaller, the state-of-the-art ships,
aircraft and high tech systems hi
today's flaat require bright, talented
voung men and women to operate
ihem The Navy has over 60.0W job
openings this year, most of which
in Iuoc ^'UA/iifivrro traimiK'
The 1993 graduate of Richmond
Senior High School of Rockingham,
joined foe Navv in july 1993
New medical
officers named
The medical staff of Southeastern
Regional Medical Center has named
the following new officers for 1994
95 They are Waoen L. Williamson.
M.D. president. Charles R Beasley.
M D. president-elect; and Samuel E
Bntt. II. M D. secretary'treasurer.
Ernest H Brown. Jr .M D .and A
Eugene Douglas. M.D. will continue
their two-year terms as chairman of
the departments of surgery and
medicine, respectively.
Dr Williamson isaboard-cenifled
ueneral surgeon atsotcated with the
Lumbedon Surgical Associates He is
a graduate of the Medical School of
Louisiana State University and
completed his residency at the LSD
Medical Center-University Hospital
in Shreveport He began his surgical
practice in Lumbedon in 1975
Dr Beasley. a native of Robeson
County, is a graduate of Duke
University Medical School and
completed his residency in internal
medical at the Umversitv otTennessee
Center for the Health Sciences in
Memphis. Tennessee He is board
certified m both internal medicine
and pulmonary medicine and is
associated with the Lumbertoa
Medical Clink
Dr Bntt. also a board-certified
general surgeon with Lumbedon
Surgical Associates, is a graduate of
Hm- Bo wman Gm School of Medic me
He completed his residency at the
ramliiMM Megral C(f!*CT tf OlSftOfff
in 1985
*
Observe 60th anniversary
Mr. tu?4 Mr*. George Dim! of Pembroke. NC celebrated their
bOth wedding anniversary at White Hill Freewill Baffin Church
at 2 p.m. im Saturday, December II, 1993.
The huffel reception iw honed by the couple't children"
George Dial, Jr. of Myrtle Beach, SC; Berude Cabinet* of
Monckt Corner, SC; Effie Liwkeiar of Gust out a, SC; Darlene
Dial of Dalian, SC; J.T. Dial, Bobby Dial, Janice Jones, and
Johnny Dial, all ttf Pembroke. SC.
In armor of their bOth anniversary. their granddaughter.
Jamie Jones, presented them with ?i video which showed their
many year* together and the direction of the live* thateachef
their ten children lead. In addition, the video also paid tribute
to the memoriy of their two children, Harlis (Billy/ Dial, and
Pemell Dial, and their grandson, J tones tJimmy) Dial Saudi.
Mr. and Mr*. Dial hare eight children, 3d grandchildren and
39 great-grandchildren.
The Dial* extend* their appreciation to all the family and
friend* who helped make their bhth anniversary celebriation
possible. They are grateful to all who shared the occasion with