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Anderson *s complaints found
to be "A belly full of nothing "
oy Bruce Barum
Lumberton-U was ironic, even
amusing to insiders like this re
porter because a hearing about so
called election fraud was held in
the Carolina Civic Center, the re
stored Carolina theatre which was
segregated in its heyday It is said
that Robert Anderson and his fol
lowers chose the Civic Center, a
symbol oTRobeson's apartheid past
where segregated setting at an
afternoon movie smacftd of elec
tion fraud at its worse
Robert Anderson told a Con
gressional task force that he lost to
U.S. Rep Charlie Rose (D? NC)
because of election fraud in Robe
son County Rose, in turn, said
Anderson gave the task force "a
belly full of nothing "
At the hearing last Friday.
Anderson presented four wit
nesses- Charles Bullard, O H
Lewis, Mildred Jackie Tyner. and
Herman Richardson They testi
fied about voting irregularities, but
offered little hard evidence, or first
hand knowledge Tyner com
plained that information from even
second and third hand sources
should be used "as the SBI (State
Bureau of Investigation) only
wants what I know first-hand
All of the testimony before the
three-panel House Oversight Com
mittee which is considering Re
publican Robert Anderson s chal
lenge of Rose's .1. MX) vote victory
and Rose's motion to dismiss the
challenge, was a report of allega
tions Anderson has made in vari
ous forums (especially the press)
since the election
A favorite complaint of
Anderson's is that votes were
bought in Robeson for $5 In re
sponse to a question from Rep
William Jefferson (D L A). Ander
son could not produce a name of
anyone who had been paid $5 for
thcirvotcsbul trumpeted. No sir
but I'll tell you what...give mc
subpoena power and I'll get it "
Rose, a long-time champion of
federal recognition for the Lum
bcc. denied emphatically that there
was any vote buying in Robeson
County He beat Anderson. Rose
said, because the Lunibcc Indians
supported him. and because Glenn
Maynor. a Lumbcc. was running
for Sheriff, an office he would w in
in the contested IW4 Nov ember
election Rose, in part, won on the
si rcngth of May nor's st rong show -
ing thai carried R06C to his 3800
\otc victory over Anderson. Rose
opined "These people were not
about to mess up May nor's elec
tion with petty politics and cheap
tricks To do it in an underhanded
way would have been a blight on
their heritage "
After the four-hour hearing.
Rose said that he was glad the task
force met in Robeson County al
though he noted that "... they got
a belly lull of nothing '
The task force was made up of
Jefferson, the Democrat, and two
republicans-Rep VcrnEhlcrs(R.
Mich ), and John Bochmcr (R.
Ohio) A final report was prom
ised in the very near future
A smattering of onlookers,
seeming to be mostly Anderson
supporters looked on in the audi
ence which seemed to fill up about
a third of the seals
D A Johnson Brill, in April,
ruled that lie found no illegal ac
tivities by Rose or his supporters,
after reviewing the SBI report of
the matter Bntt rev iewed his find
ings with the Committee also
Rcbekah wishes to thank the many friends and few
nesses that bought raffle tickets on the beautiAil hand
made quill she raffled to help pay expenses to the pow
wow Ms Joyce Lowery of Lumberton was the htcky
w inner of the quilt ,
Rcbckah has been chosen as the Robeson County
Indian High school Student of the Year, United Tribes of
North Carolina's Indian High School Student of Year,
James B. Hunt's Young Citizen Award winner fbr
Robeson County (scM.ushippending), Robeson County
Fair high school level essay winner, and a st. Pauls High
School marshal She was also nominated for the Discov
ery Card Award Scholarship and the All American
Academic Team Scholarship (pending).
Rcbekah is a member of Ten Mile Center Baptist
Church where she has a lifetime perfect attendance
record. She has completed k-l I grades in the St. Pauls
School with a perfect attendance record
As Junior Miss Lumbec. Rcbekah baa traveled and
performed extensively during her reign She won the
Junior Miss Lumbcc Pageant in October in October 1993.
but due to lack of participation in the 1994 pageant, her
reign was extended to the July 1993 pageant Being
Junior Miss Lumbcc for 2D months instead of 12 months
has been a wonderful and e vening experience for her. the
stud Rcbckah will end her reign on July 5. 1993 at the
Givcns Performing Arts Center of the rSU campus
Rcbekah is the daughter of J D and Deem Revels of
St Pauls NC
Junior Miss Lumbee enjoys exciting
experiences during her reign
Rcbekah Chantay Revels, the reigning Junior
Lumbee and Miss St Pauls High School attended the Red
Earth National Pom Wow in Oklahoma Citv. OK on June
8-11 1995
. Pembroke
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Kiwanis Report
The weekly meeting was held
at the Town and Country Reslau
rant on Ius?Jav jy pninj; The
speaker was Mr Kent Chavis. Pro
gram Planner of the Lumber River
Council of Governments Mr
Chavis was introduced by
Kiwanian Larry Chavis
"The Robeson County Entre
preneurial Empowerment Grant
was made in 1994 to set aside
funds for community assistance
The Governor's office awarded
$7()5.(HX) for six projects includ
ing postal service, a multi-tenant
Business Dev elopment Center, a
Child Care Facility, a Community
Development Resource center, so
much awarding of fund? depends
so much on community'!! ' ;litvto
handle waste water of i 1 .tries
There arc task forces : i up to
evaluate and to make recommen
dations A community's poverty
lev el is ev aluated to determine it?
status to receive a grant Indi
vidual capacity levels programs
arc also in the future planning ."
Prcsiding-Bob Lowry. Invoca
tion-Vardcll Swell. Song Leader
Ray Lowry. Rcporier-Ken John
son
Next week's meeting will be a
cookout at Fcrnic Lambert" s home
on Route 71 near the Campbell
Soup Plant
Indian solidarity saves Pembroke High School
by Barbara Braveboy-I ocklear
She was born in I9 V)
Abandoned at age V> years
Rescued hi iv)2
Now lov ed and restored she
TKSTSTa position off QieKifional
Registeroniistorical Places Come
fall, she'll learn whether she won
the coveted listing
She is the former Pembroke
High School
The old Pembroke brick school
house w here t Inn isa nds of students
studied for decades fell ill in the
late 80 s In February IV)I the
Publ ic Schools of Robeson County
announced t lie intended closure of
the education facility (then Pem
broke Middle School). Two month
later the PSRC Board voted to
declare the site as surplus property
no longer needed by the school
district and to return the property
to the Robeson County Board of
Commissioners.
Empty site stood
Vagrants and birds used her
rooms for toilets
Failed arsonists tried five tunes
to burn her down
Vandals broke all her window
panes except for 15. then regularly
splashed gallons of paint on her
walls and wood floors
Then appeared Indian Solidar
ity. a private, non-profit corpora
tion based in Pembroke
Among the purposes of the or
ganization is to safeguard Indian
heritage by preserving any prop
erty that embodies important cte
arehitcctural history
"By the time we procured a
lease on the building front the
Robeson County Board of Com
missioners in March of 1992. the
birds everything had discovered
it." laments Lindberg Lock lea r
an Indian Solidarity member
The most immediate task for
the new lessees was to physically
protect the site from vandalism
Locks secured doors Plywood,
w indows
' Our goal the entire time was
to save that old schoolhousc " in
terjects Clifton Sampson. Jr . or
ganization chairman "It was the
first Indian high school in Robe
son County "
The preservation group, con
sisting of less than 12 members of
the organization, began in earnest
to preserve a piece of the indian
community 's cultural heritage
Sampson says upon assessing
the financial needs of the restora
tion. the group wondered aloud as
to how they would secure suppon
for such a monumental project
A lot of support, given by few .
helped the organization reach their
goal
i * A
Dr Ruth Puil Woods, along
with the Parent Committee of the
mdian Education Project. Public
Schools of Robeson County ap
propriated monies for thcpun-liasc
orbiiil?ng materials Fonhcr th
dian Solidarity Chairman. Samuel
Kems. says thai Florence Ran
som. manager of the Community
Sen ice Work Program, and her
staff assisted with assigning per
sons who were ordered by the
Criminal Justice System to per
form community service hours
? These people alone rendered
more than 6.(XX> man hours to
wards (lie program. Kerns savs
oflhcCSWP participants With
out their help this job would not
hat e been completed"
Among the few community
persons instrumental in support
ingthc renovation project was Gary
Wayne Locklcar. a Libby Ovens.
Ford (LOF) plant executive, whose ?
manufacturing plant donated all
of the glass for necessary window
repairs John Deere Company of
Faycticvillc and WRAI Televi
sion Station of Raleigh assisted
with grounds improvements and
beaut i Heal ion l ocal paint con
tractors from the Indian commu
nity donated hundreds of gallons
of paint used in the project
'' A handful of men and women
in this organization with the help
of the Community Services Pro
t
gram, alone did (he renovation of
this school building." comments
Carolyn Coronado an organiza
tion member
fhc Indian education Resource
Center The Center features a Na
tive American museum in what
once was the old school audito
rium. The restoration group says
approximately $2tXMXX) in icpNirs
were nuidc at an actual moncian
cost of S60.(XX>
Sampson savs that while work
on the main building is completed,
there remain two others on the site
in dire need of repair A current
litck Of funds hinders progress on
such a project
Organization members agree
thev must now direct energies to
ward getting the"' prized' school
house on lite National Register of
Historical Places list Buildings
on (he National Register arc pro
tected from state and federal
projects that could upset them
The group says such buildings also
have a belter chance of getting
gov ernment funds for repairs
L ast fall Indian Solidarity con
tracted a consultant to write the
National Register application for
Pembroke High School Next
month arguments w ill be formally
made to put (lie high school on the
National Register A final dcci
sion is expected in September
It is believed by the group and
their consultant that since the build
ing ts still being used tor tha
Indian coin hiuwtt ?" the
organization's application wflf be
stronger
In order to pursue efforts to
hate the building placed on the
National Registry. the organiza
tion needs funds to defray costs
involved in the application pro
cess.
' The general community docs
not know Indian Solidarity exists
and was the catalvst in restoring
llic historical building.'' comments
Sampson "We hope that those
interested in the preservation of
this landmark will respond to our
requests for donations to complete
our immediate goal of seeing (he
National Register application
project completed "
The projected cnmplction oflhc
application process is July IV95
Indian Solidarity was estab
lished by Charter of the Slate of
North Carolina as aprivatc. non
profit corporation Tnc organiza
tion is also federally designated
with its ow n 501 (c) 5 tax-exempt
status Persons interested in the
continued preservation of Pem
broke High School mav send do
nations to Indian Solidarity Inc.
PO Box 2400 Pembroke NC
2*172
J &0 Tae Kwon Do
win championship
J AO Toe hwon Du Karate Team, sponsored
by Road Runner of Pembrokem NC is shown
ohoce. This new team on the black came home as
champs from the Buseh Gardens Nalumni Ka
rate Tournament held in Hampton, Virginia on
June 10. 1995 This is one of the biggest karate
, tournamentsheldin the I irginia. Sew York. Sew
? Jersey. Washington. P (' area
Shown left to right are ('hrislin Brooks. ('hrts
, /"eh/ear. Crystal Hemlerson. Instructor ()J
/ lemlersrm. Sunshine waters. A hwcir Henderson
and Peanna Brooks
his sign on the inside of the steps states "federal Works
Igency, Public Works Administration... Franklin /).
Roosevelt, President of the I'nitetl Stales... Pembroke High
ichool, 1939."
Sampson to coach
USA Junior
Basketball Team
C otoradn Spring*, (otorado
Thc rosier of USA Basketball t
junior learn was completed Mon
d;iv as 12 players were named lo
the team The\ arc Trcmainc
Fowlcs of California Trajan
I angdon and sics c Wojeieehowski
of Duke Tim Young of Stanford
Mike Maddos of Georgia Tech.
and Stephen Mewbern who has
also signed wtih Georgia Tech
These pavers arc returning from
last year s unbeaten IW4 junior
world championship tea
They arc joined by Vincc C 'arter
who has signed to pa\ at North
Carolina. TaymonDoni/alskiwr ho
has signed with Duke Charlie
Miller of Indiana Sinaki walker
of I ouismIIc Jahidi White of
This it a front toew of the historic Pembroke High School titter the renovatum.
(iocrgclown mid Mark snnlord of
Washington
The team will be couched bs
Pembroke name and Oklahoma
Coach Kelvin Sampson
Oklahoma s sanipson will be
assisted b* Perry ("lark of lulanc
and Bill llcrrion of Drexd
The UBS Junior World Cham
pionships arc act for Jul) 12-22 in
Athens Greece
Hammonds
receives degree
from The Citadel
(horU*tm, .V<'--Pamela 1 own
Hammonds of Pembroke NC re
ceived a specialist degree in pat
ehotogy ai The Citadel ? College
of (irnduntc and ProHiaonnl Stud
ies during commencement exer
tmc* May 111 One hundred gradu
ate degrees and 22 undergraduate
degree* were awarded
Mr* T Graham Fdwards.
pr indent and chief executive offi
cer of the South Carolina PubMc
Service Authority (Santee Coo
addreaa During the ceremony each
graduate received a congratula
tory handshake from Lt Gen
Claudius E Watts III prcaident