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Pune 4-CaroUnu Indiun yoice-Thursilaw Auniisi H, 1996 City-Wide Revival to be held The Lunibcrion Ministerial Alliance will conduct its Annual Cilv-Widc Rc\i\al- August 12 - 16.’ I‘)% The rc\i\al will be held ai Crandleinirc and Marion Roads St. Mark's Holiness C'hurch will be the hosi-churcli and Bishop James ( Bi>ani. Pastor Choirs from the cluirehes of the eil> will render the music for tlie week and the evangelistic w ill be Dr Varnie N. Fuilw'ood. Pastor ofihc Mount Pleasant Missionar\ Baptist Church. Clinton. North Carolina. The Cil\-Widc Rc\i\al Chairperson. Rc\ Willie Spencer savs the prc-re\ i\ ai ser\ ice will be held August 9th ai 7;()() PM at the Mount Sinai HoK Church. Page Street. Re\. Wcsle\ Rogers. Host • Pastor On Thursdas at 500 PM. all pitstorsand ministers w ill be treated to a rc\ i\ al dinner sponsored b\ the host church. Monda\ Night will be All Missionaries Nighl. Tuesda\ Night will be Deacons. I rustecs and Men Night. \Vcdnesda\ Night will be I Ishers and Nurses ^id Nighl. Thursda\ Nighl will be Ministers and Pastors Night; and Frida\ Night will be Choir Members Nighl Dr E. B Turner. President of the l.uiuberton Ministers urges all churches to attend and support the Cit> -Wide Re\ i\ al. and encourage the un-churched and the un-sa\ cd to attend. Meeting New Challenges Jim Lowry Lowi-y Buick/Oldsinc.bile/PoiUiiic/Clicvrolcl-Gco - Thoiiia.sville, Nortli Carolina lie laughs. Say you read it in Carolina Indian Voice. To siihscrihe call 521-2826 .lim Lowry of Lowry Oklsmobile/Ponliac/ClK'\rolc(-Ci00 is one of the levs Native Anieiicaii automobile ilealers in business today. I hough ti aineil as an engineer. Lowry clianged careers and proved as eompelent a ilealer as he was an engineer, lodav. he is the Presiilent ol a highly .suecesslul CiM dealership in North Carolina. Reaeliing this pc'sition in his life was not accomplished without signilieani sacrifice and challenge. I predoniiiianth r fatl PEMBROKE DRUG CENTER & TENDER LOVING CARE HOME HEALTH Services Available: • Asthma Care • High Blood Pressure Care • Diabetes Care ’ Durable Med. Equipment ■ Home Health Care ' 'Hciuding home health aid service “Your Hometown Pharmacy Welcomes All New Customers!” Lowry slaitecl his life ir Nali\e American com North Carolina, where I and giandjxirenis were kev eail\ inthi- ences in his life, lie was educateil in the Nali\e Amei'ican school system through liis lirst year of college, lie then traris- lencd lt> Norlii Caiolina State, where he Oiirned a degree in aeionaiilieal engineci- mg Lowry describes his depailure from tile sheltered Native Ameiic.rn school sys- lem into the larger comimmity as "com- pleie culture shock." I.owry still giadiialeil will) honors and worked as an aeronautical engineer lor Lockheed for three years. He lell Lockheetl and worked lor (ieneial Idectiic for eight years, eventuallv settling into regional managemeiil in the computer division. He began to see that his I'uiuie In 1977. l.owiy met ;t Chevrolet /.one Mtiiiager. who put him in touch with Ceorge Lyles, a successful Nvuth Citioliiia CM dealer and one-lime president ol the National Automobile Dealers' A.s.sociation (NADA). Lyles becitme Lowry's mentor, and the two men began a long and suc cessful business relationshi|). Lyles taught Lowr y till phases of automobile dealership management. Lowry and Lyles eventually purchased a Iryon. NC C hevrolet dealer ship together. Over three years. Lowry bought out his mentor's investment, itnd successfully operated (he business lor' a total of ten years. While operating Lowry Chevi-olet. Lowry afso .ser ved a year-long stint as .State Puichasirtg Oflicer for North Carolina at the retiuesl ofCrwernoi James B. Hunt. Jr. In 19X7. Lowry rejoined his mentor in High I’oiiit. Nortli Carolina to serve as Vice-PiesitlenI tind Ceneral Manager of Lyles' automotive industry holdings. He still holds tliis position today. In 1989. Lowry purchased his current Irarr- ehises from Lyles; this business is the dealership known as Lowry Buick/Oldsmobile/Pontiac/Chevr-oiet- the customer is always right, “Even if they're wrong. Unless we cair jirove the cirslorner is wrong, to his satisfaction, he's right." says Lowry. He believes that his staff is the key to meeting his etrsiomers' high e.spectations. “1 believe in developing my peo(>le. anti in nmU ing sure that everyone is in an apinopri- ate role for their talents and abilities." Lowry also believes in leading by exam|)le. and routinely works longer hoirrs than any of Iris staff. Jim Lowry ha times by go' entities, anti is religious and been r ^ ariothe 10% Off Next Pfescrrplion I Pembroke Drug Ctr. | 1 (Only valid with cash purenase) | I Not valid with any third borfy , 1 Expires 06-31-96 1 I One Coupon per visit ' Please show ad to Pharmacist with I Prescription I PH. 521-4805 (pharmacy) PH. 521-4329 (home health) FAX 521- 2850 fhe career change into sale tiitimtilic tiansitioii (or Lowiv. As an engi neer, he knew the technical siile of the business. Selling computers for- (ieneial l.lecti'ic taught him skills in handling peo ple anil builgels, TIu'ugh Lowiv once again proved more than up for' the itisk. his business education vvtis not painless, "I wDukln't want lo start out like that toiltiv." Lowi v sees his college-tige litinsitiori from the Niitive Amerie;m comniunily into (he laiger world ;is a cluinge (hat tiffecls him still, "As a Native Americtin, I suffeietl from an inferiority complex, i found, how ever. (hat the more I tr ied, the more I could do." L.atei'. when Lowry moved from (he corporate world to sales opertitions. iie found his determintition ;ind ability lo iulapl served him vvell. The engineer- lurned-entie|)ieneur ;ilso believes that his state government experience helped broailen his outlook on business and regu lations. wliich assisted iiim when he moved from his lelativeiy small CheviDlei dcalershij) lo the hetid ot Lyles' holdings. ecogni/ed many ■rnnient ;uid corporate involved in numerous ics. Mr L(>vvry‘s honors include being reeoo- ni/etl by (lenenil Llecli ic as a Division Nominee for' the (ierttltl Phillippe Award iind being elecieil by his fellow detilers to the (ieneral Motors Miiioritv Dealer Advisory Council fora two-year term as Native Americtm repieseiit;i- live. Additionally, he hits served on the North Carolina .Stale Commission of Indian Allairs loi' the last eighteen yetirs. eight years of which he served as Chairman. The ilealer h;is been avviirii- ed the Oriler of llie l.ong Leaf I'inc Award by (ioveiiior Hunt. Lowry has been married for ,31 years. He and W'ife Phyllis, have two children, a daiiglilei. age 2b. ;md ;i son, age 24. UjJJ] fhe dy namic aulomobile dettler has a sim ple. classic cusiomci' sci'vice philosophy; ReprintedJrom the \ational Association oj Minority Automobile Dealers "The Place For All Pharmacy and Health Care Services" Locklear, Jacobs, Sutton & Huk Attorneys and Counselors at Law V i ) y. V'"SvJ YVONNK MARIA LKOW FR.\N(:KS M. Cr.MMINGS FRANCES M. CUMMINGS NC HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES DISTRICT 87 ROBESON COUNTY VOTERS WILL "SHADE THE OVAL" HOKE AND SCOTLAND COUNTIES' VOTERS WILL ’TULL THE LEVER” NEXT TO THE NAME ... FRANCES M. CUMMINGS YOUR SUCCESSFUL LAWMAKER AND A HEAVENLY SOLDIER ON THE POLITICAL BATTLEFIELD FOR ALL PEOPLE WRITTEN BY YVONNE MARIA LEOW PEACE BE UNTO YOU. AMEN PAID FOR BY CUMMINGS FOR NC' HOUSE COMMITTEE P() Box 999 • 203 S. 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