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Hilda Oxendine
Wins $10,000
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Congratulations to $10,000 Top
Dealer winner, Hilda Oxendine of
Pembroke, North Carolina! Hilda is
disabled and unable to get out into the
community as often as she would like.
r btrt^bet^siKxess^sU^^^aaed upon
exclaimed. She has been a Blair Dealer
for over nine years. When she became
ill and was disabled three years ago.
that might have meant the end of her
Dealership ? but it didn't.
"Friends and relatives came to
me and offered to get orders for me."
she explained. They have continued
foVing her substantial orders every
mdbth. Grateful, she shares her profits
with than.
- 'Faith has been important in Hilda's
life. "In God's eyes we ate all one."
She said, but she is very proud of her
heritage as adescendant of the Lumbee
Tribe. Theirs is one of the largest
Native American tribe in North
Carolina and is seeking official
recognition from President Clinton
One of Hilda's relatives became the
First Native American to win the
.primary election for sheriff of Robesoo
County The run off will be in
November
- ; Hilda has been "happily married
fen 28 years" to Louie Oxendine. a
heavy equipment operator. They have
fog children; Donald and Pamela are
Froth married and have families.
Xameliahasacarea, and the youngest,
Tamara, has the highest grade point
Average in ha class
Profits front her Blair Dealership
have been helpful with family
expenses. Her biggest sellers have
been flavorings, pie fillings, gift items
in Friendship Favorites, plus wall
ensembles and Native American
?TfSSSw
with sales, such as the two for ne
bargains on vanilla Some have
remarked that Blair's Home Showcase
prices are as much as 40% to 50%
lower than those on similar items sold
elsewhere.
We asked Hilda for the advice that
she would give to a new Blair Dealer,
and she suggested that honesty is vital.
"First of all, try Blair products for
yourself; then you can recommend
them honestly to your customers."
She adds that "The Blair
Guarantee works." Once in a while, a
customer may want to return
something, especially if he or she had
not read the description carefully and
expected something else. In that case.
Hilda always re rands the money
cheerfully. That customer usually
orders other merchandise and tells a
friend about Hilda's integrity and the
Blair guarantee "You'll win another
customer by being honestshe noted.
She is patient about being paid by
customers; "Trust in others is
rewarded."
Cheery, delightful Hilda Oxendine
has overcome the handicap of her
health problems and become an
inspiration for Blair Dealers
everywhere
Lumbee Constitution
Adopted With
Overwhelming Vote in
Favor
The Lumbee Consituticm was ?
overwhelmingly adopted with 8,040
voting yes and 223 voting no. The
election was heldthe week of Lumbee
Homecoming and was ratified on July
4, 1994. The Constitution Assembly
who drafted the document were
elected fromfotty-twolndian churches
in Robeson and surrounding counties
These delegates met on July 4 for the
purposes of certifying the election
and ratifying the Constitution
The document calls for an election
for tribal council and tribal chairman
to be held within sixty days. The
Constitution also requires that
delegates serve as the elections
committee for the first tribal election
The first tribal election will be held
on Saturday, August 27.1994. Tribal
members will be electing 21-tribal
council members from 21 districts, as
well as a tribal chairman who will be
votedon by all eligible tribal members.
18 years of age or older. The tribal
chairman must reside in Robeson or
surrounding counties, must be 35 years
of age or older, and must not have a
felony on his record during the past
seven years.
Tribal councibnen must reside
within the district for which they are
The CosntitutMiTAssem$hTwill
serve as the elections commission and
when the tribal council and chairman
is seated will cease to perform duties
as a committee.
Those wishing to file for tribal
council or tribal chairman should call
910-521-1647. The filing date is July
II through July 25. Filing fee for
tribal chairman is$75.00 andfortribal
council, $50.00.
Maps of the districts and narrative
discipritons of the 21 districts are
available at the offices of the Carolina
Indian Voice. Copies of these maps
and district descriptions will be
available at various locations,
including the Baptist Building in
Pembroke
First Indian Elected County Wide
JoAnn Locklear Sworn In As Clerk I
of Superior Court, Robeson j
by John B. Brayboy
On Friday morning July I, 1994
Joann Locklear was (worn in as the
t^wCirt(rfCourt ofRotocara Coc^
about Joann Locklear and the changes
thai have come to Robeson County in
tbfe paat five years. Judge Dexter
Brooks is the first non white. Native
American Superior Court Judge in
Robeson County, and probably the
only Native American in the state.
How appropriate to have the Honorable
Judge to make remarks and to swear
Mrs. Locklear in as the new Clerk of
Court
The Judge reflected on joann'i
years in the clerks office The
courtroom was packed as Judge
Brooks reflected on how that in 1966
she was the first non white Native
Amen can to be hired in the Clerk's
office. The clerk of court at that time
was Mr. Ben Floyd. The Judge spoke
of her days growing up on chicken
road and of a mother who was very
supportive. In those days with the
situation being what it was it would
have been adrearn out of reach to even
fantasize about being Clerk of Court
of Robeson County. In those days
racism's ugly &ce showed everywhere
across Robeson County. In places
where Indians and blacks were allowed
to go there were three restrooms.
Indian, Black and white. The Judge
told the crowd that he got acquainted
vacancy and finish oat Mr*
Bamngtoo'i tarn.
Mr* LockherMay Ra|W>|ic?a 1 (|
tasurTbe swonntoDtotoSarrttoo
elected clerk <f oourt of Mm
What PoetiC J??OI ?0 hew tollM
Native America "innailie Cawt
udgr to give the oelh of office to toe
First Native An .ericaa to be rwara hi
is C left of Com t of Robe** Counrf.
rhis reporter w a impressed wtth to*
balance of the tieMennitlim caaa to
witness the rveanag ta at Ml 1
Lockiear.Tltttiaiiatfmaekeweior
Mrs. Locklear. laths hook ofPtoveita
he ? pcu>e*a:?tteafloo4a?Hie
tobedeured mere than nchaa or sold
Mrs Locklear.' i reoord over the pat
26 yean soeaki for itself
Attorney Qady Heat tatoototoad
Mrs Joana LonUaar to toe ooart to
toke toe ssto of office lie ffiffie
ug^ofM^ J
dtbrtMe ?jp letoajj'
She wear oa tot Mafc her awtoeretoa
believed ie ha'and her lato Mar
?vhom toe regretted wae not totoi Is
VI mess this ttwr >eotousoccaaoa, Mr*
LocUearthankidhsrbMobaadOMver
for his mnioft ttdkircliUMite
ladtnvdbdmcaoftoeai^toooaM
and wtaees her rweertof to. Thtof i f
ws? toeake iar toe amny ttaato fd
iuppottors wtd that MrsLoodaar
presented some tew chnksaffitopuiy
clerks to toe ctot to he .eMsElfc 3
AfterweetotoeJ idp rlnant toe eparial
?ession of court'vtm prayer, aad celled
toe bcaadictka * Ifvaa a*Sy ifhl
toag rememhetod eepaclalty tor tooee
>i middle ase nod over Many of ne
remember how ttaas* weed to he.
because ifw?d>a??^loarSjre^
where we are ac tog. Aloaea aartoto
forget our tedbtn elder* who fcutol
for change eeaatofwkoto Hi tod ivt
to see thu day. We woaM ato every
Christian to pre/for Mm Locldavae
da embafts on her new journey to
Clerk of Super or Court or Bahama
County.
Congratulatioae Mr*. Joust
ocklear Cleft of Camt of ill III
with Mr* Locklear early in hit tew
career, andlu^edtibUwhenvuu had
the audience and the bar thai w
present that whan a caw wtafc Mrs.
Locklear signature came before him
he knew that everything was in order.
Hie Judge advised the lawyers thai
when they go befbre Mrs. Locklear to
be prepared.
Judge Dexter Brooks went on to
speak about bow minorities could over
come and were overcoming obstacles
He spoke of the changes in Sou*
Africa, of how Nelson \fandeia had
been imprisoned for sneaking out on
the right of Native South Africans'
right to participate in the electoral
process, and that now he has been
elected as President of South Africa
Also thai the transition from a white
ran government to a majority Mack
government hse been rather smooth.
History was made in courtroom
Number I in Lumberton, Friday
morning July 1.1994. Mrs. Locklear
in a Four Way Race for the Clerk of
Court came out with the Democratic
nomination. When Mrs. Dixie
Barrington the clerk of court
announced that she was going to retire
earl) the resident superior court Judge
the Honorable Joe Freeman Btitt
appointed Mrs. Locklear fill the
punt Names Three
flo Inspection
I Board
Gov. Jim Hunt today named H.
Sheitoo CastleberTy of Smithfieid,
.Hubert L. Ellis of Max too and C.B
? II SI ? Afr,|. nl, -| r (I, ,
dock riarain of ureensooro to tne
N.C. Gasoline and Oil Inspection
w* .a
ooard
The board adopts grading
jisndards and sett grade ratings for
petroleum products like kerosene,
gasoline and diesel fael. Three of the
board's five members are appointed
by the Governor.
Caatleberry is the retired president
of Caatleberry's Inc., oil jobber
company, when he waked for 38
years He is a member of the Rotary
Club, the Smithfieid Chamber of
Commerce, the N.C. Petroleum
Marketing Association and the
Petroleum Marketing Association of
Aawrici.
Ellis is a retired mathematics and
science teacharinfte Anson. Robeson
and Scotland county schools He is a
member of the N.C. Association of
Educators, Robeson County's
Enterprise Community Task Force
and the NAACP He also heeds the
(jwntrtt^pfsickni
of Hardin Oil Con^aay Inc.. a
Greensboro-based petroleum
marketing and mcwattonal vehicle
dealer Heservesas the Greensboro
As^Greensboro Fuel Dealers
To Attend U.S.
Naval Academy
Keevin Lowery will be attending
the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis
with the class entering in July 1994.
Lowery attended Purnell Swett Senior
D*vnlw/\Ln VI/1 * II * ? ^ i a a, ft
HlgD, remwOtt, Nt rill paicDKI are
Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Lowery
Senior High School. Lumberton. will
be attending the U.S. Naval Academy
ia Annapd n with the daaa entering in
July I9W Hit parents an Mr mid
Mn Bobby B. Hammond*
CtsSrewaaChririiw**
veewy.
I Gov. Hunt Signs Lease^For^^Cujtural Cjnttj^
Leaden from the state's Indian
community, state officials and others
witnessed the signing at a ceremony
si the Capitol. Some of the persons
scheduled to sttend included Katie
Donett. secretary of administration.
Betty McCain, secretary of Cultural
Resources, Brace Jones, executive
director of the N.C. Commission of
Indian AflBurs, Ruth Revels, board
chairperson ofthcN.C Indian Cultural
Center Inc.; Martin Rice. CEO of the
N.C. Indian Cultural Center Inc.; Paul
Brooks, chairman of the N.C.
Commission of Indian Affairs, and
Lucille Dawson, director of the
Eastern Division of Administration
for Native Americans. Washington.
DC
The cultural center will create a
cultural and educational park,
highlighting the historical
contribuoom of Native Americans
throughout fee state, which include
the Coharie, Eastern Band of
Cherokee. Haliwa-Sapooi. Lumbee.
Mehcmnandthe Waccamaw-Siouan
tribes, making up most of fee state's
?0.000 Native Americans Three
urbaa Indian organizations in
Orsensboro, Charlotte and
CuaabariandCouuty are also included
ia the total Native American
P?*Hua?s support of fee oeatar dates
back tolas flrstadaaiaisBafemm 1977.
when ht helped develop fee timftf
to bnng tourist dottan to eastern North
' The ante bought Moat of the lad
between l9l2andlW5 for the Indian
Cultural Center and agreed to deed it
to dn Indian Cultural Center lac.
provided the doun rniaes money to
MM the thdUbee The aon-profll
organuabaaofTambrohewil operate
the facility. The Oeneral AaeemMy
^proved the traaaacnoa in May 1494
ft4loOHMM^ato! bsStTtoSa
courts, Mruwuiagjpool, picnic anus.
8M" SLTL w2f\Sp?5j
Lumbsas m Hotara County durtog
tha Civil War
^OAer auracttoaa to b^aMud