16lh-Century Spanish Town
Kesurrected
At Marine Base
tolMtenSJ
Nirim) Ci hi ifMr N*?? S?ok?
lid before the sandy wil of
Plum Island drifts oft into the
tndal marsh of iV*t Royal Stwnd.
mm far from the plush course where
off-duty Marines drive golf balk,
archeologists art unearthing a
chapter of eart> American history
that almost was forgotten.
It is the once-thriving town of
Santa Elena, settled by Spaniards
Camp
Easter Visit
Can Help Handicapped
For the handicapped person a
visit to Camp Easter-in-the-Pines
?ear Southern Pines is more than
an opportunity to have some old
fashioned outdoor fun. It's an
opportunity to learn that a dts
amity need not interfere with social
and emotional growth.
Camping sessions also provide
parents with a brief vacation from
the near-constant demands of
caring for a handicapped child.
All campers are paid dose atten
tion by an expert, carefully trained
staff.
The separation of parent and
child is good for both, and there is
always the fun of sharing new
experiences when the camping is
over.
Handicapped North Carolinians,
age b and over, who can benefit
physically or socialhr from a camp
ing experience may attend Camp
Easter. They may be in wheel
chairs, wear kg braces, walk with
crutches, have artificial legs or
arms, be deaf, blind. V* have
difficulty in speaking. Their handi
caps may have been the result of
birth defects, disease or accidents --
it makes no difference. The Easter
Seal Society believes summer is for
Criteria for acceptance and par
ticipation in the program are the
same for oeryooc without regard to
age, race, ethnic background, reli
gion, or socio-economic status. For
further information or application
forms, contact: Easter Seal Society.
Southeast Region. P.O. Box 1914.
Gokhboro, N.C. 27S30; telephone
(919) 73S-7420.
4 Hoke Groups Get
State Job Safety Awards
The Hoke County
and three H*>k.e County hu\in?v?s
rectiwj slate **v>rk - achio*
ment awards May 15 at a dinner in
Lumberton.
The Dyeing Plant of Burlington
Mens* ear received an award lor
the sixth consecutive year, the
county government Burlington
Menswear Raelord Plant, and
Raelord Auto Co. for the third
consecutive year, and Hoke Con
crete Works ol Raelord for the
second eonsecutiw year.
Hie awards *w presented by
Stare Labor Commissioner John C.
Brooks for the State Department of
Labor.
The honors are presented tor
outstanding records of safety on the
job for employees and manage
ment. The award is given to an
organization which has a record of
no km - time injuries or a lost -
lime injury rate at feast 50 per cent
under the state rate for its type
organization.
McNeill Chief Marshall
For Robeson Finals
Tom McNeill, sun of Mr. and
Mrs. Bobby Burns of Raelord. will
be the chief manhal for the 1<W0
graduating class of Robeson Coun
try Day School.
McNeill also had been selected at
Best AH Around Freshman and
Best All Around Sophomore. Last
May Day Sat.
At Daniel's
Temple
May Day will he held Saturday.
starting at S a.m.. at the Daniel's
Temple Recreation Center in Tyler
Town.
A Mas Pole wrap will he held
and games will be played - a sak
race, running and lumping. volley
ball, and horse shoe-pitching.
Sandwiches, sodas, and ice
cream will be offered.
Everyone is invited.
year he was nominated to atteno
the Governor's School and is listed
in "Who's Who in American
Colleges and Schools" and in the
Society of Distinguished American
High School Students.
He also has received the History
Award of the Daughters of the
American Revolution, and the
school Political Science. Geometry.
Biology, and English 11 awards.
McNeill is a member of the
National Beta Club. He served as
dub treasurer in his sophomore
year and vice president in his junior
year. He also has served as secre
tary and treasurer of the Latin
Club, a student government repre
sentative the two years, and trea
surer his treshman year. He also is
on the staff of the school annual.
McNeill also is on the soccer and
baseball squads and was named
Most Valuable Player on the junior
varsity basketball squad.
He is a member of Raeford
Presbyterian Church.
After he graduates from Robe
son, he plans to attend the Univer
sity of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill.
KISDERGARTES STUDESTS PERFORM - The McLiinhhn School
kindergarten undents of" Mn C. C. Wright sang and danced and told in
rrrtWNMii Friday morning snmte of the fmcts they have teamed in their
dosses They arc shown in ih+sr putnres with Mrs. Wright directing during
their performance outdoor* ? the school far feRow Undents. tine hers and
parents. The asstuant teacher of'the class is A. Y. McKinnon. |Staff photos
by Bdl Ltndani
hoped to use it as a base to
SASsSs *":>"?p<**, ?
trx L nrrcraty of South Carolina, a
in the 16th
century. before theTe was a Marine
on Pro Island. evi^??
ihwjTte U.S. Marines, a federal
government, or the British colom
of Jamestown. Dr. Paul Hoffman, a
m*n* S<?e Uonersity profes
sor whose research helpedkad
archeokigtsts to the Pams Island
towV^f"*^0^
41 -ve*n before James
Wk?* " * SUrpHw * ?n>
The significance of it has gone
s,4n<Urd Amencan
hwory books, passed over along
*?h St. Augustine." Hoffman
The significance has not been
i l** significance has not been
a^hJT S?#n!ev South of the
f^heo^lO institute. He hardh has
n? ?SeJ!,S ews MVB?0" to
.TX^rL ^,lc *mb hulS
Irected ' or fce forts they
??* n"<i " 12 houses
and two tons vo far ? South
in rmne sure th*? he and his cr^
S?* ^ whi<*
h?r a while as the capital of
Spanish Florida and stood at the
same time as the better-known s7
dSETt * *"*??*'** earlv
dw^lhngs have never been found.
A tranquil spot now between
C^arlesto^. SX and Savannah.
S* palmetto trees and live
?<aks dnpp,nj{ with Spanish moss
IT f 4m as ,he> shovel.
ni ?!? Jeems an un,?kclv
starting p,Hnl K>r a
|K.ni. But the Spanish lord there
,^ nH rV '^an >**rs. dogged by
JrtT l u damKd ,hc ?*t>d and
^retK-h Huguenots. who had an
T Ti'i n'iH^ ol dollars* worth
o?-'ng shipped to Spain.
Santa Elena. founded in I5bt> bv
Spanish seaman named
?*lro Menender de Aviles. had bO
bouses three fom. and a peak
mutton of 400 before it was
abandoned. The soldiers and
"*???ts left in 1587 to consolidate
? he garrison at St. Augistine after ?
aUacked b> Sir ^?nc? Drake
They never returned.
Otad ImmnImi
- Menen4az had laid a solid
toundaiion h>r settling the New
? up a svstem of
g??vernmen, tor St. Auguwine and
Santa Ek.ia as well av a sUpp|v
nmte t.?r arms ami food. From
Santa Ekna he had sent expkwers
f\,jr JN ,hc Appalachians, and
had arranged tor missionaries from
, Pf,n ?" rt,"<e in and convert the
Indians.
* Santa Elena did no, ^
smoothly. At one point in 157b the
Indian attacks grew so tierce that
VE ,<m"speople and soldiers tied.
I he stubborn general of the fort
??me witnesses said, refused to
leave and finally was earned to a
hivat by the fnghtened. desperate
women of the town. As thev ?ikd
ou. .of the harbor the col^S
watched their homes and fort burn.
ut they returned the next vear and
rebuilt.
manv ^ them
opantsh sharecroppers, found the
uland soil too sandy for cultivation.
Most of ,1* wheat, com. oats,
beans and pumpkins thev planted
a^ 1>r devoured bv their
cattle and predators. Some
colonists starved to death
? J?" ** land * ^ hundred
V* tht tkW m?rsh
and eighth hole of the Marines' golf
course, the archeologists are resur
retting "downtown Santa Elena."
Ten ot the 12 house* found so tar
form a ribbon parallel to the shore,
a layout similar to St. Augustine's.
At least one other block of houses.
South believes, is underwater now.
lost to a rising sea level.
The unearthing of Santa Elena ts
sponsored by the National Geo
graphic Society and the Institute of
Archeology and Anthropology at
ihe University ot South Carolina in
cooperation with the U.S. Mann*
Corps.
Upcj of a Fire
In the postholes ot Santa Elena's
houses South has found lartte
quantities of fire-baked daub, the
plastic used to build walls. The
orangy-red daub, baked when In
dians burned the village, is all that
is left of some of the town's early
h<?uses.
When the townspeople went to
rebuild they made some roots of
oyster shell mortar instead of the
more common palmetto thatching.
Bits ol this mortar fill the potstholes
that remain trom the rebuilt Santa
Elena.
The floor of one house - a
D-shaped but probably occupied b\
a sla\e ??r soldier - was rich in
artilacis: It contained tired daub.
Spanish pottery, an iron spike, and
several charred ears off corn.
In and around the postholes the
team has found an almost endless
supply of pottery shards - from
Spain. Italy. Mexico. and even
China. The Spanish pottery is a
tvpe called Columbia Plain, the
signature ot Ibth-centurv Spanish
sites in the New World.
The abundance of Spanish pot
,er>' serve* as one more bit of proof
that the site is Santa Elena.
Inventories of the town's supplies in
l>Tb listed 110 olive jars. 15t> do/en
plates. 135 doren bowls. 14 do/en
pots. 39 doren pitchers, and a
do/en earthenware tubs.
The excavators hit pavdirt one
muggy day last July when thex dug
42 test pits within a rectangle laid
out bv South. To their amazement,
they found pottery bits or daub in
almost every hole.
On the F?mrth of Julv thes found
a linear trench 14 feet wide and 5
leet deep that matched the descrip
tion of part of the moat of San
Felipe II. the second fort built at
Santa Elena. Further digging
turned up bastions and other" parts
ot the ton. showing they had sureU
found San Felipe, a surprise be
cause scholars had thought it mas
on a now-submerged island in the
sound.
History Rewrites Itself
A few hundred feet from San
Felipe II stands a handsome mar
ker. erected to Charlesf?>rt. a tort
built by the French in 15t>2.
Professor Hoffman and others sav
the discovery of San Felipe II and
Same Elena mean the "Charles
tort" site actually is that of San
Marcos, the third fort built to
protect Santa Elena. Excavation ot
that site in 1923 by Major George
Osterhout ol the Marines appears
to have left the fort's .remains
intact. South said.
The work on the site so tar is
like looking "through keyholes at a
civilization, he said. More excava
tion should tell the shape and si/e
of the houses and might turn up a
church and other structures that
historians say were part of the
village.
Meanwhile, as military police
patrol the site, a computer is
combing the data, analyzing the
geographical patterns of daub and
pottery to project where the town
might lead. It seems to be edging
toward the fairway, but that
doesn't bother some Marine gol
fers.
"We wouldn't mind if thev had
to take out a few trees." said a statl
sergeant who plays the course.
Things that Matter
By I.uci?-n (olrman
A Matter of Time
Thai loony Red queen in Alicr
Thrvugk ik? Limiting Glass sure
had it right:
It lakes all the running you can
do. to keep in the s^me place. If
you *ant to get <on*where else.
V>u must run at least Nice as fast
as that!"
When lite is moving at a frenetic
pace ? and it usually is - little
delays can be annoying. If you're in
a hum. a 90-second wait at a
traffic light seems like an eternity.
A six-minute holdup at the railroad
crossing can be positively nerve
fra/zlin'.
But these small insults to our
sense of timing would fade into
insignificance, if we could just view
them in the proper perspective.
For instance, on the Indiana side
of the Ohio River, just across from
Louisville's skyline, you can walk
along a rocky ledge where there are
thousands oil small fossils. Those
fossils are from 345- to *05-million
vears old.
But that Devonian fossil bed is a
mere youngster, compared to the
age of our planet Earth, which
scientists reckon to be something
like 4.5 billion years old!
Our universe is even older than
thai. Eighteenth-century European
astronomers thought the universe
had been around a mere b.000
years. But modern astronomers
alio* as to ho* b.000-million vears
is more like it.
Our solar system reaches out
3.h~"0.000.000 miles across space
It took the spacecraft Voyager II
nearly two years to travel from
Earth to Jupiter, just two planets
away. You can imagine ho* long it
would take to span the whole solar
system.
Yet. the si/e of our o<m# ^oiar
system is almost negligibl^jJpen
you consider the monstrous pro
a?rtions of our galaxy, the Vfilkv
'ay. There's now considerable
evidence that this galaxy contains
something like lOO-billion solar
systems like ours. And our nearest
neighboring galaxy is about lt>0
trillion miles away. That's 21
zeroes'
No*, the next time vou get stuck
at a long traffic light. just let your
brain s*eep across these mind
boggling vistas of time and space
Then ask yourself. " What differ
ence will 90 seconds make, a
million years from now?"
SOLTH HOKI ARTISTS ? Mrs. Saruh Woodard held a Book An?
Poster Coxiest rex-entlv lor her m> students in the Fourth Grnir of Somth
Hoke k'lewentary School. Slice so wimv students competed, more thmm one
poster mo fudged as hanng earned a place tn each of the top three
positions. These 4m the students <*hose posters won places in the top three
positums. on?* mw hi'HowNe mention. In the largergroup or*. L~R front ?
Chris Harden, sec ond: and Shammm Lock (ear. Michael Etbs and Chris
dark, first place ?iich. Rear. L-R ?? Frankte McLean, third: Twamda
Pickett, second and Schandro McLeod. third. The three girts in the other
ptcture art? showing their posters. They are Twanda Ptckect. Schandra
McLeod. and \rtght\ Daphne Mayer, whose poster won Honorable
Mention. |Staff photos by Btll Linda?l
U.S. Honor Group
Inducts 9 Student
Darryl A. Crabtree. hcadniAster
of Robeson Country Day School,
announced this month that nine of
its students have been inducted into
the Society of Distinguished Amer
ican High School Students.
Students awarded this honor
include: Anthony Ahumada. Steve
Amnions. Beth McArthur. Tom
McNeill. Meg Wicker. Sarah Kat
Hughes. Millicent Locklear. Todd
Buie. Lesia Sampson.
The society , one of the nation's
foremost high school hoooraries.
tapped the students because of
their demonstrated excellence in
scholastic leadership and civic
achievement. Only 2% of all the
students in the United States are
accepted for membership. Nomina
tions can only be made through the
student's school or church.
The society's National Awards
Program is sponsored by over 90
colleges and universities through
out the United States. Thousands
of dollars in scholarship funds from
these institutions are earmarked for
society members each year.
The students' sponsor. Yvonne
C. Cook, received a National
Appreciation Award from the so
ciety on behalf of the students foe
the interest shown in honoring and
rewarding excellence on the se
condary school level.
The purpose of the society is to
promote both academic and civic
achievement by recognizing in its
Membership Registry, which is
published annually arid distributed
throughout the United States and
parts of Europe.
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