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Pul lis hed each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC /
_VQUJME22NUMBER 22 _ THURSDAYJUT^J^J^
Artist Delora Cummings
Unveils Pembroke
Centennial Painting
Pembroke-Local bustoc sman
Juddie Revels, Jr was the lucky
winner last Friday night when he
bought the first original print of
Artist Ddora Cummings' Cen
tennial punting celebrating 100
years of history in Pembroke.
It was the highlight of the
evening at the Pembroke Jaycee
Hut when upwards pf 200
Pembrokians and friends gathered
to celebrate anew the 100th birth
day of the town. There was music,
dancing, good food and the art
auction of the first ten prints of
Cummings' painting ?yi other
Centennial items such as plates
with the town's Centennial seal
embossed thereon.
The original painting ty Cum
mings, an art teacher at Purnell
Swett High, was commissioned to
capi re the essence of Pembroke's
glori jus post The original point
ing is a monlagr, featuring the
town's historic train depot. Old
Main, Carolina Inn, boy soout hut,,
town hall, high school and Bank of
TTd? ? in 1 i A
remoroke f
Pembroke businessman, Allen
Dial, volunteered asauctkmeer and
the festivities were hoatedby Coun
cilman Greg Cunynings, who
along with Councilman Harry
Oxendine serves as co-chairman
of the Centennial Celebration
Mayor Milton Hunt extended
warm greetings to the festrve crowd
and a good time was had by all
The first 10 prints were auc
tioned oft and ranged from $ 1550
to $500 All ten were sold Ten
commemorative plates were also
auctioned oB, bringing in prices
ranging from $100 to $350.
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The original painting, accord
ing lothe artist, DeioraCumnungh
will hang in the ait gallery at Old
Main until a new municipal build
ing is built, which will than be the
home <if'Visions of Pembroke."
the title given the painting by Cum
tmngs
Limited Edition prints can be
purchased fori 100 at Pembroke's
1 own Hail. Old Main or from the
artist Inquiries and comments can
be made at Pembroke'sTown Hall,
telephone # 521-9758
Local students namedPSU Chancellor's Scholars
CarBm* Lynn Lomty
Carlitta Lynn Lowry, a senior from
Puroell Swett High School, has been
named chancellor's Scholar at
Pembroke State University for the 1995
96 academic year.
Lowry is the daughter of Edsel and
Gwendolyn Lowry of Pembroke
She plans to receive a major in biology
(pre-med).
Chancellor's Scholars at PSU
receive $3,000 a year to attend PSU.
This almost covers the lull expenses of
a student living on campus with a full
meal plan
Chancellor s Scholars take special
courses, do a Master's type thesis,
and received special honors at
commencement
Erin Locklear, a senior from Pumell
Swett High School, 'nas'oeen named
Chancellor's Scholar at Pembroke State
University for the 1995-96 academic
year
Lockler is the daughter ofVickie
Lockkar of Pembroke She plans
to receive a major in chemistry
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Dr. CU/Um Oxenduu
Paul Sampson
Dr, Emrl C. Lamy
Janice Jackson: Single Parent
Combines Family and Career
by Heme StockweU
Special to Care** Indian Voice
Janice Lockkar Jackson, a local
businesswoman, ia opening her sec
ond business, a florist shop on Satur
day, June 10, at 9:00 a.m. in Maxton,
three miles west of the Campbell Soup
Company on Highway 1309 The name
of the shop is "Forsythia." pro
nounced Fer-sith-i-a
Janice named it "for Cynthia, ' alter
her younger sister, because of support
Cynthia gave Janice and her family
during difficult times "Forsythia 'may
seem uncommon but it's the name of a
native shrub that looks like a 4-to-5
foot tall Weeping Willow and has
golden bell flowers that bloom in the
spring Forsythia is an appropriate
name for an idea that blossoms this
spring, don't you think?
Last year Janice becafds an , .de
pendent beauty consul tain for Mary
Kay Inc., amulu-billion doSsr skin care
and cosmetics company based in Dal
las, Texas Janice is putting her busi
nesses under one root to combine fam
ily and career
"It takes a great deal of tune and
energy for a woman to really care for a
family and build a career at the same
tune," according to Mary Kay Ash.
founder of the Mary Kay Inc.in her
autobiography. "If she's going to sur
vive. she must choose her hats wisely,
learn when and bow to balance them
and discard those which distract from
ua pcisoaalmgntmL''MuKgyuses
the term "hats" to describe the vari
ous duties a person has throughout
their lives.
Before becoming an independent
businesswoman, Janice wore several
hats
A doctor diagnosed her with crip
pling rheumatoid arthritis at the age of
12, said her mother, Frances Dale
Locklear of Saddletree, who nursed
Jamoe through her disabilities. Janice
wasn't suppose to be able to walk
when she reached 18 years of age
Nevertheless, at age 17 she danced in
front of thousands of people, winning
the crown of Miss Lumbee 1967-68
She graduated as "Most Athletic"
from Pembroke Senior High School in
1969. In leas than three years later she
marched across the stage at Pembroke
State University with a bachelor's de
gree in Physical Education and a minor
in Biology.
Janice manied Marshall Jackson in
1971. They have threechikfcen, Amelia,
and twins. Brandy and Mark.
She worked outside the borne for 10
years as secretary, accountant, chief
of payroll and substitute teacher. In
1988 she began teaching Physical Edu
cation full time at Roecnwald Elemen
tary in Fairmont
"1 think the best of her." said the
school's former principal, Lanes
McLean, who is now the community
schools coordinator for the Public
Schools of Robeson County. "We
selected Janice as Teacher of the Yeer
in 1989 because of the priceless im
provements she made with the kids
and for her innovative personality She
was not only my P?. teacher, she dem
onstrated, she planned programs and
motivated good behavior There was
nothing she wouldn't do for the chil
dren."
Each week Janice taught 800 stu
dents, held 33 classes, and drove 350
miles back and forth to work. What's
more, she found enough energy to
begin her Mary Kay career.
After returning home, she put on
her Mary Kay hat for a couple or hours,
then transformed into the laundress,
teacher, nurse, errand boy, social di
rector, house maintenance staff, cook,
manager and mom
InNo\ ember 1993 Jamoe put on a
new hat after the untimely death of her
husband. To her children, she became
dad too.
"Losing my husband was the hard
est continual stress I've had to deal
with," she said "I'm mil coping with
that lose.;' t
the sisterhood of the Mary Kay com
pany was very consoling Janice said
" I heard from women from all over the
world It was amazing!"
Janice confessed she was burning
the candle at both coda, trying to work
two jobe, care for her kida, and tolerate
a physical disability. She said her dis
ability is getting worse every day, and
working away from home was cxcruci
atingly painful With encouragement
from Iter children, Janice decided to
quit teaching. May home and sell ooe
metks AiU tan*
"I hated to see her leave, "McLeen
added He also said be understood ?
why Janioa had to leave and waa ooo- *
fideut (he will be suooeaaAil m any
thing she does
She'idiung very well,"her mother
added. "She deaarvea her auooeaa af
ter what abe'a been through. She's
always bean ao kind end pedant."
"1 eqjcy helping people like my
father did/' Janice said, deaeribing
oontnbubcns her fhlhar, Eddie Mac
Lockiear, made before his stroke in
1992. "Dad had a good mind for busi
ness If ha oould tak, I think he'd any
that's my gal "'
When asked if ever wansed to
throw in the towel and quit, Jaoioe aaid
yea. 'It waa difficult to keep going, but
1 had a need I had to put braoea an two
children sod put three through college
"My children ire my lire Without
them, I don't have a lot of oonfldanoe
in myself," Jantoe said, talking about
the enoouragemant aba receives from
her children
When asked what rite ssgoya naoat
?bout having bar businesses walking
distance from bar bourn. Janice said
' Family time." Hsrdau^Man, Amelia
a senior at PSU, and Brandy, a junior at
Red Springs High School, help around
the house and make Mary Kay dabvar
ws. Her son. Mart, a junior at Had
Springs High School, haa a green
thumb, plana to help tun the floriat
?hop . make deliveries, and ast up his
own produce market
Janice aaid she cqjoya the flexible
hours, rewards and recognition aha
gets from her career For miSMila. laat
year Mary Kay Inc. recognized Jantoe
for her outstanding auccesa and J
awarded her with a round tnp ticket to
Dallas, Texas where Mary Kay aAah
publicly congratulated bar
Her income isn't eo bad either In
fact, ber Mary Kay income afforded her
theopporomtytoopen her eeoond
a sucoesaftil career, and anjoyt them
both
When asked if she had advice for
single parents who are oonaarimng a
buameas, Jamoe aaid, "Be analgetic
Be hornet Love people and love what
youhre domg And moat importantly,
|>ui Ood first, family second, and career
"If you loee your fhnily in the pro
oeaa. then you've failed Suooaaa is ao
much more wonderfhl when you have
someone to dure it with."
Pembroke area men andMcKendree
College have strong tradition
St Don Gersh
niversitv Relations
Pembroke-When Chancellor
Joseph B. Oxendine of Pembroke
State University recently received
an invitation to represent the Uni
versity at the installation of the
president of McKendree College,
two thoughts crossed his mind
First, the strong tradition of
Pembroke area men who attended
McKendrec College during the
1920s and '30s. These included
Chancellor Oxendine's uncle. Dr.
Clifton Oxendine, longtime dean
and history professor of education
atPSU;ElmerT Lowiy,Chancel
lor Oxendine's principal during
hisvearsat Pembroke High School ,
James Thomas Sampson, former
PSU coach and a member of the
University Hall of Fame; Delton
Lowry who attended Mdtendrce
" in 1927; Frank Enps, a 1931 gradu
ate; Dr. Earl C. Lowry, and Carlie
Lowry who graduated in 1936.
. The Chancellor's second
thought was Mr. Paul Saapaon, a
1937 McKendree College gradu
ate, a
PSU, and now a resident of Illi
nois What a perfect way to keep
the PSU/McKendree College coo
""cSwdtor Oxendine
Mr Sampson at his Illinois home
and admd him to represent PSU at
the April 29 installation of Dr
Junes M Dennis at McKendrec
Codeae in Lebanon. 01.
Mr ?'"!?"* was thrilled at
the opportunity to i crura to his
altM mater, representing the Pem
broke area, andarrangements were
ouckly made for him to do aa.
But what is the PSU/
McKendree Connection'7 Its aboul
a time when college-bound Ameri
can Indians from Robeson County
looked to a small co-educational
liberal arts college in Illinois
founded by the Methodist Church,
that offered admission to anyone
who was academically eligible to
attend McKendree did not look at
a student's race, ethnicity or reli
gion when determining to offer
admission to a prospective stu
dent
McKendree College is Illinois'
oldest, the 97tholdest in the United
States, and the oldest with con
tinuous ties to the United Method
ist Church. It is named for Bishop
William Mckendrec. America's
tint native-barn Methodist bishop
Lebanon, HI, is located less than
20 miles from St Louis, Mo. The
oldest building on campus is Old
Main, a Georgian style building
similar in destoi to Pembroke
State's oldest bui Idi ng. also called
Old Main but not by coincidence
More about tins connection later
The year was 1924. A year ear
lier the first permanent structure
housing classrooms, offices and
an auditorium was completed
A.B. Riley was principal of the
Cherokee Indian Normal School
(toady we would call a normal
school a teachers college). And
seven local students were prcpar
*T woofthose graduates. Earl C.
Lownr and Clifton Oxendine,
would be the first of aine local men
during the 1920s and Ms to travel
wato to attend college According
to Pant Sampaon,a l937 graduate
of McKendree College. > lot of
people think that these were ten of
as Lambeee from Robeaon County
at McKendree But that 'snot right
Raimen Lowry was an American
Indian and he didn't come from
North Carolina ."
As Dr Lowry transferred the
following year to the University of
Chattanooga, also a Methodist
college, to pursue a pre-mcdical
degree Dr . Lowry earned his medi
cal degree and became a physician
to General and later President
DwightD Eisenhower Dr, Lowry
is a retired colonel in the Army
Medical Corps and lives in Des
Moines, Iowa.
Dr Clifton Oxendine remained
at Mckendrec and graduated in
1928 earning a degree in history
and secondary education He re
turned to Pembroke and began a
long and distinguished teaching
career Oxendine earned a Master
of Art's degree in history from
George Pea body College for
Teachers (Nashville. Tenn) in
1934 He also studied sociology
and economics at Louisiana State
University in 1932.
It was Dr Clifton Oxendine
who in 1949 referred to the two
story brick building as Ok) Main,
for it reminded him of the similar
structure at McKendree Dr
Oxendine became principal of
Pembroke Graded School in 1932
and then principal afPromect High
School in 1936^la I939> joined
Pembroke Stale College as its dean
and history professor He served as
dean until 1937. Dr Oxendine
retired as professor emeritus of
history at Pembroke State Univer
sity in 1970 and was awarded an
:=5?r??s:?
He died the following year at agr
87.
during 42 years of teaching,
Clifton Oxendinc motivated many
Robeson County students to enter
the field of education One who
credits Oxendinc as his inspira
tion to attend college and devote
himself to being an educator is
John Paul Sampion.
Mr Sampson was born July 20.
1912, one or 15 children of Oscar
R and Susie Jane Sampson of
Pembroke Oscar Sampson, a
farmer, preacher, and school
teacher and administrator, was one
of the pioneers in Lumbee educa
tion. He served as the chairman of
the Board of Trustees for Pem
broke Stale for 30 years
Paul Sampson graduated from
the Cherokee Indian Normal
School ofRobeson County in 1933
and entered McKendree College
" I was influenced by my teacher
Clifton Oxendinc. a McKendree
graduate, to attend the college."
he recalled. "It was a Methodist
Conference and open to anyone I
was there from 1933 to 1937 and
earned a liberal arts degree "
"It felt great to return to
McKendree, Mr Sampson said
"I saw a lot of friends and the
program was nice. I was a delegate
representing Pembroke State and
was in the procession."
After his graduation in 1937.
Mr Sampson and his wife, the
former Kathrya Paget of
Effingham. 01. returned to Pem
broke end taught French during
fell term. He eleo coached and
what PSU became a four-year
school during the 1939-40 aca
demic year, wae Pembroke State s
first athletic director
"I stayed a I Pembroke until the
early '40c." Mr Sampaon ex
plained. "and then became
principal Jf years During the
early pan of World War II, I ca
rolled in a government safety pro
gram at PSU and then left North
Carolina to work in a government
ordnance plant in Decatur. III. I
worked in the weights and mea
sures office "
After the war. Mr Sampaon
returned to leaching "1 taught
social studies and coached at
Mount Zion High School for about
six years and then went to
Taylorville to do the same
Mr Sampson left leaching for a
short time lo become ? salesman
for Compton's Picture Encyclope
dia
He returned to teaching at
Decatur's Roosevelt Junior High
School and taught social studies
Mr Sampson earned a master s
degree in liberal arts from the
University of Illinois in 1941 He
also completed 64 post-graduate
noun towards a doctorate
Mr Sampson has Hum ataasrs
living in Pembroke and a brother
in Baltimore His nephew. Dr
? Gilbert Sampson of Pembroke, is
profesaor and chair of the math
and computer science department
at Pembroke State University
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