THE CAROLINA INDIAN VOICE
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Published each Thursday by First American Publications, Pembroke, NC
VOLUME 26 NUMBER 3 THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1999 TWENTY-FIVE CENTS
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"Tnrough Native Eyes"
Draws Hundreds For Auditions
By Vinita Maynor-Clark
Pembroke, NC: Through the corridors of the Adolph L Dial Building on
the campus of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke several hundred
people both young and old came to audition for roles in the movie "Through
Native Eyes" the story of Henry Berry Lowrie. on Saturday and Sunday. All
shapes and sizes, all races and creeds came to be a part of th'c forgotten history
of the Native Americans of Robeson County and the story of a great man.
"When you think about it. it is only fitting and proper this building is being
used for the auditions" stated several of the former Strike at the Wind cast
members. The late Dr Adolph L. Dial was the founding father of the former
outdoor drama And many former cast members who were present felt he
would have been proud, if he could have been here with us.
Some of the former SATW member on hand for these auditions were
Robert Locklear (who is going to play Henry). Janet Graham. Margaret
Freeman. Cookie. MychalcncDcese. Camcll Locklear, Stephen Pate. Marcus
Locklear. Willie Lowcry.ChrisHardison. Slim Harris. Robert Bryant. Doloris
Stccn and a host of others.
Several people auditioned that were recently in the movie "Patch Adams"
with Robin Williams Many others who were there had also been in movies
like Roanoke. Ernest Goes to Camp and several othes
But. some of the most precious sights at the audition along w ith the small
children and scnioi citizens were the direct dccscndants of the Legendary
hero, including the Rev. Welton Lowry. a nephew of Henry Berry Low rie
who is over the age of seventy. Rev. Low ry stood on the stage and read his part
w ith the pride of knowing that his uncle's story was going to be told
Rev. Lay mou Lockcarand Mr. Archie Lockcar who arc direct dccscndants
along with several others cantc to be a part of the movie. " 1 ant glad that
Henry 's story is flnallx being told the way that it really happened " Archie said
with pride
"It will indeed be an honor to have litem in this productions" stated Mr.
Van Coleman, the dircclorof the movie. Anothcryoung lady w ho was79 years
old came from Greensboro to read for a part. There were counttessuiumbcrs
of those who did not want a speaking part but just wanted lobe in the movie.
In talking to many of them, they said they w anted to show their support for
the movie and especially the people who raised the funds to bringthis dream
to life." 1 never though that this was ever going to happfcrt in my lifetime "one
elderly lady said " This will work! This w ill work!" said fornicr SATW cast
member Randy Fields "I'm here because of the pride I have for my people"
another person stated 1 believe that there w ere many who wanted to be a part
but could not make the audition for some reason or another.
It was apparent to every one that since the closing of the outdoor drama that
the talent in this area has nearly tripled.
The lecture room where the auditions were held stayed filled until late in
the evening on both days: People lined the hallw ays of the building and there
w as not an ciupiy scat to be found. The staff from The University of North
Carolina at Greensboro worked long and hard for many hours with the
dedication that is definitely going to make this movie a success. Several rooms
were set up w here they filmed actors on v ideo, applied makeup to their faces
and even placed some of the actors in wardrobe. With the assets of the video
the final cast selection will be made within the next week " There is no one
who has been cast in the movie except for Robert Locklear who is going to
play the role of Henry "' clearly stated the director who went on to say " We
will be contacting all of those who auditioned in the next several weeks with
the filming beginning in February We have not turned any one down or told
them to go home"
The technical crew of the movie arc : Van Coleman - Director, Jennifer
Spcciale- Costume Designer. Dawn Shamburger- Hair & Makeup. John
Shamburger- Matte Painter, Bemd Rienhart- Director of Photography, Tom,
Monroe Sound Designer, Jamie Cuthrell- Art Director, Camera AssistantsJesse
Knight and David Jay, Caressa Ottelin, Casting Director, Jennifer
Rogers- Assistant to Casting Director, Disha Coffey- Screen Writer, Sara
Westmoreland, Production Unit Manager, Milissa Russo, Assistant to Production
Manager, Youseff SanSour-PrdductionAssistant,Tri Star-Screen
Writer.
Security was handled by the members The Tuscarora Nation of the
Kautonoh. Warrior Society These warriors aided the production team by
escorting Ihcm to locations and provided security for the building These
members arc Carncll Locklear Chris Hardison. Ray Locklear. Charles
Locklear. HdHcss Smith; Robert Locklear. Timothy Jacobs. Ronnie Dial
Kenneth CKendinr AdnnvfKondinc and Donald Ray Oxcndinc.
upgrades MRI Equipment
Scotland Memorial Hospital's
mission is-to provide high-quality,
cost-effective customerfocused health
care services. As part of that mission
the hospital is now in the process of
upgrading its current magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) equipment
The equipment upgrade will
take approximately two months to
complete The current equipment, a
Philips T5-I1 MRI Scanner, will be
upgraded to a 1.5 MRI system This
upgrade will result in a significant
increase in technology and a decrease
in the amount of time it takes to
perform a MRI
The new system will scan patients
in thirty (TO) minutes or less, a
significant dccrcascovcrthchourmost
MRI scans lake to complete on the
current equipment Because patients
are not allowed to moveduringa MRI
this decrease in lime will positively
impact patient comfort and satisfaction.
In addition, more patients can be
scheduled also decreasing the wail
ing time for the next available appointment.
The Radiologists at Scotland
Memorial Hospital have been cxtcnsivcl>
involved in the planning arid
arc vers supportive of the MRI upgrade
Dr Joseph Burke, chief
radiologist, commented. "This new
equipment is the best you can get
Most hospitals our size have equipment
the size of, our current MRI
scanner. We arc upgrading Jo a 1.5
system, which most of the bigger
medical centers now have. This puts
us on the same equipment level as
Duke University Medical |Ccnter "
Completion of the upgrade to
the new MRI equipment is scheduled
for March 15. |During the construction
.process MRI patients will be
scheduled in the mobile MRI unit,
which will be located adjacent to the
physician parking lot
For more information concerning
Scotland Memorial Hospital MRI
upgrade, contact Andre Benjamin.
Director of Imaging, at 910X291-7733
Pembroke Kiwanis
by Dr. Ken Johnson
The weekly meeting was held Tucsday
evening at the Jade Garden
Restaurant with President George
Kenworthy presiding.
Program Chairman Ray Lowry
presented Miss Peggy Hunt, Manager
of the North Carolina Travelers and
Visitors Center, located on 1-95 in
Rowland.
Miss Hunt has worked there for 25
years. "We really go all out to help
visitors when they come to North
Carolina." she said "Wegiveout road
maps We make hotel and motel reservations
We make telephone calls.
We help find shelters in hurricane
seasons. We have over a million visitors
a year. We give brochures and
booklets describing the many tourist
attractions all over the State of North
Carolina and the many fine eating
places across the State. We meet all
kinds of people from all walks of lift
and in 25 years of working at tin
Welcome Center. I have never had i
single problem " Miss Hunt make:
one very proud of North Carolina.
Representative Ronnie Sutton an
nounccd that he is looking for slat
house pages They must have goot
high school grades. The term is 31
days They get paid and their school
excused them to work in the Stat
House Students interested shoul
contact Rep. Sutton's office.
The First Annual Kiwanis Dinnc
Dance will be held Easter Friday
April 2nd Tickets will be $50 pc
couple Tickets may be acquired fror
any Kiwanis member. Furnic Lam
bcil is chairman of the fund raiser
Invocation-Albert Hunt. So
leader- Ray Lowry. Rcportcr-Kc
Johnson
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The direct descendants oj Henry Berry Lowerie came out to show their
support and auditioned for the movie. Left to right are shown: Rev. Layman
Lockeor, I inita A (aynor-Clark and Mr. Archie l.ockear:
Robert l.ockleur has already been
cast as Henry Rcrry I.onrie in the
movie, "Through Native Eyes." He
is shown in costume.
Recollections of Artifacts
From the Family Farm
Having grown up on the family
farm in Robeson County during the
first half of the 20th century. I have
retained possession of A FEW ITEMS
USED TO KEEPTHE OPERATION
UNDERWAY. A small acreage could
maintain a large family if managed
properly, I could stand in our backyard
and see all or part of farm lands
supporting 4 families or sit on our
front porch and see 4 more homcsteads
with families relying on the
farm for their sustenance. My Dad
was raised by his aunt Fanny Dial
because of existing circumstances,
and he inherited her possessions including
her house. At the beginning
ofthe 1930's he decided to have a new
house built on the site occupied by
aunt's old house. The contractor tore
down the front half of the old house,
but rolled the back half off the site to
serve as our living quarters-while the
?new house was being constructed
After we mov ed into the new house,
the back half of the old house was
used as a packhousc to store tobacco
and cotton until ready for market.
Some of the siding on the old house
w as made from the heartwood of the
southern long leaf pine trees. This
ty pe wood will last a long lime and
resist deterioration by the weather
Along with artifact? I transported
lroin the farm in Virginia. 1 included
sonic of the heartwood siding and
some burlap cotton sheets we used to
ijold the cotton we picked.
License Office's new
hours announced
Effective February 1. 1999 lie Satellite
Drivers License Office w ill be
opened onlv on the following days:
Pembroke-Tuesday. FairmontWednesday.
Red Springs-Thursday.
Statewide Spay/
Neuter Program
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Fuquay - Varina, NC - January ,
14.1999 - The North Carolina Vctcri- '
nary Medicine Association (NC VMA)
today announced that many of its
members would be participating in a
statew ide program to offer discounted
spay/neuter surgery duringthe month
ofFcbruaiy.
Danny T. Allen. DVM. president
of the association, said that, "this voluntary
program is one way for
NCVMA members who want to bo
proactive about helping clients improve
their pets health and to
participate in a statewide effort to
reduce cat and dog overpopulation "
* Dr. Allen pointed out that the pet
' health benefits of spay/neuter arc
I many. First, it significantly low ers the
5 risk of uterine and mammary cancer
infcmalccatsanddogs Italsosignificantlylowersthcriskofccrtaintumors.
} hernias and prostate problems that
* male cats and dogs have Spaying/
neutering quite oflcn improves your
? pet's social behavior by lowering agCj
grcssivcncss. A final important benefit
is that spay/neuter will help to reduce
r the number of cats and dogs who die
' each year because they do not have
x homes.
II Pet ow ners w ho would like to have
i- a pet spayed or neutered as part of this
special program can call their local
n veterinarians to find out if and when
n they arc participating in the program
When one of my daughters was a
pre-schooler . her maternal great
grandmother would conic \isit on
occassions and help keep this \cr>
active toddler occupied. She did not
exhibit am of the tranquil charactci islics
of her Dad. Her mother was \ci>
appreciate e of these visits . because
she would have some time to undertak^some
activities without interruptions.
One of the projects m> daughter
and her great grandmother completed
was the depiction of a rooster
011 a piece of the burlap cotton sheet
nailed to some plywood Thc> used a
variety of colored corn and bca n seeds
with different shapes glued to a diagram
of a rooster drawn on the burlap,
A picture iranic was made front
some of the hcartw ood siding to hold
the barnyard rooster Recently ni\
granddaughter was told the Story behind
the picture of the rooster hanging
on the wall at her granpa's liou>e
by her mother.
One item which remained m
iny Dad's inventon from his aunt's
possessions is the homemade
cornshuek scouring broom She used
tins broom io scrub the wood floors 111
her home using hot soapy water. The
cornshuek broom was never used to
scrub flOors in our home but we did
make use of another one of her possessions
The cast iron kettle was
used by my family to heat water m
front Of the fireplace for our Saturday
night baths. This same iron kettle sits
on the hearth of riiy fireplace today .
and usually contains a \ aricty of niits
w hich 1 munch on from lime to time
The broom was crudely constructed
of hardwood for the handle. and two
2.\4 pieces w ith slots hew n out to hold
the cornshucks held together by 2
bolts. Even though w c never used the
cornshuek broom . I have retained
ow nership of it along with the milk
churn . 2-man crosscut saw . and
oilier artifacts which we used
c\stciisivcly on the farm to help sustain
us.
RunuUl H. / .oiyry
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Janice Wardlaw showing her five year old daughterKyndall
the Barnyard Rooster picture she helped her maternal great
grandmother create in the early 1960s.
The Home made corn shuck scouring broom with remnants
of the last refill of corn shucks used by my dad's aunt
Fannie Dial to scrub her wood floors in the early part of the
20th century.
Local Ladies join
Breeders* International
(hinffsvilli', Texas) It is;i pleasure
to announce that Dcanna Brooks .
Christin Brooks and Angela Brooks
all of Pembroke, North Carolina has
become a member of Santa Gcrtrudis
Breeders International. |Santa Gcrtrudis
cattle were developed in
Kingsvillc. Texas, on the King Ranch
The Santa Gcrtrudisisa 3/8 Brahman
and 5/8 Shorthorn cross |Dcveloped
to thrive, prosper and gain weight in
the South Texas brush countrv. these
cattle have proven their worth to far
more places than South Texas .
In 1940 the USDA recognized
Santa Gcrtrudis cattle as a pure breed
Eycn today Santa Gcrtrudis are rc
fcrrcd to as "America's first beef
breed " From a modest beginning on
the King Ranch, the Santa Gcrtrudis
breed has advanced in leaps and
bounds Todav there arc breeders
located throughout thc^nilcd States
and in all major beef producing countries
throughout the United States and
in all major beef producing countries
throughout the world SGB1 prov ides
association services for all new members
including registration,
transferring, performance data and
breed representation. For more information
on jSanta Gcrtrudis cattle or
the association please contact Santa
Gcrtrudis Breeders International at
PO Box 1257 Kingsvillc. Texas
78363 or (512)592-9357.
Funds Approved to
Construct Turn
Lanes atSwett High
The North Carolina Board of Transportation
at its December meeting
approved an additional $100,000.00
toconstruct turn lanes at Purnell Swett
High School.
These turn lanes were requested by
Rep. Ron Sutton following input from
Principal of Swett High, Wesley Revels.
outlining a specific need. Sutton's
initial request was made last year
following numerous accidents near
the school
OutgoingSpcakcrHarold Brubakcr
prov ided some contingency fundsand
also recommended the project to the
Department of Transportation Board
Actual construction time is not
known but should be sometime this
year. Rep. Sutton emphasizes that the
turn lanes will improve traffic flow
and increase safety for students, faculty.
parents and guests entering and
lcaving the PurnclI Swclt High School
campus.
Pembroke Area
Chamber of Commerce
to host
Annual Dinner
Pembroke -- The Pembroke Area
Chamber of Commerce will hold its
annual banquet and awards dinner on
Saturday. Jan 23 in the Chavis University
Center on the campusof UNCP
North Carolina Attorney Gcncrai
Mike Easley is the guest speaker. The
chamber's Business of the Year will
be recognized and the new officers
will be installed
Individual tickets arc $20.00 and
corporate tables arc $120.
The reception begins at 6:30 p.nt
Followed by dinner at 7. Reserved
corporate tables are $120. Indiv idual
tickets are $20 and may be purchased
from one of the banquet committee
members Ernestine Bulifant, 5212433;
Diane Jones. 521-6226; Ken
Freeman. 521-9707: Bryan May nor.
521-4206. Frank Daughtrcy. 5219776;
Ron Brown. 521-4244.