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Art gallery
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memorial
exhibition
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A memorial exhibition of photographs
by Bernard “Bemie” Freemesser will be
presented Sunday through Jan. 15 in the
Photography at Oregon Gallery at the
University’s Museum of Art.
Freemesser, professor of fine arts,
died Dec. 18 at the age of 51, following a
long illness.
Robert James, head of the fine and
applied arts dept., describes Freemes
ser as "a photographer with a national
reputation.
‘Bemie made Oregon visible. He es
tablished Oregon as a place to study
photography in a serious way,” James
says.
According to James, Hal Halberstadt
of San Francisco will continue the
department’s photography program for
the rest of the year. James describes
Halberstadt as “an established artist:’
James says the department is recruit
ing a permanent replacement for
Freemessfir
By PAUL WALDSCHMIDT
of the Emerald
The memorial exhibition will include
about 25 color and black and white prints
as a representative sampling of
Freemesser's extensive work.
Freemesser served as adviser to the gal
lery, which was started in 1966 through
his encouragement.
Freemesser, who was designated as
the University’s official photographer,
taught photography at the School of
Journalism before the program was
transferred to the Department of Fine
and Applied Arts.
Freemesser also served on the board
of directors of Friends of Photography
and was a former chairer of the board of
the Society for Photographic Education.
The exhibition may be viewed during
the museum's regular hours, noon to 5
p.m. daily except Monday. There is no
admission charge.
A show of works by documentary
photographer Bill Owens, originally
scheduled to open Sunday, will begin
Jan. 17 instead.
Local hemophiliac puts out call for blood donations
Eugene resident Ken Baker
needs blood.
He is presently 467 units in debt
due to an operation on his knee
earlier this year. Unless volunteer
blood donors come through.
Jobs for older women
topic of speech by expert
on displaced housewives
Tish Sommers, the woman who
coined the phrase “displaced
homemaker,” will be in Eugene
Friday at noon to talk about "Emp
loyment Opportunities for the
Older Woman.”
The Oregon Center for Dis
Parks program
seeks volunteers
The Specialized Recreation
program of the Eugene Parks and
Recreation Department needs
volunteers for it's Citizen Advo
cacy program. Community volun
teers will help provide a more
norma! life for disabled adults by
developing friendly one-to-one re
lationships.
Anyone age 18 or older who is
interested in the well-being of dis
abled persons can provide recrea
tional and practical activities as a
"friend" and companion.
The Citizen Advocacy program
is part of an effort by the
Specialized Recreation Program
to integrate disabled persons into
community activities and to alert
the community of the needs and
special concerns of disabled per
sons.
Interested persons should
phone Chris Carroll, Advocacy
Coordinator, at 687-5311 or
687-5322.
On Franklin Boulevard
across from Williams*
Bakery. Open 7:30 A.M.
until 10:00 P.M.
placed Homemakers is sponsor
ing Sommers’ appearance at a
brown bag lunch at the Emerald
Baptist Church, 19th Avenue and
Patterson Street.
The public is welcome at no
charge. Coffee and tea will be fur
nished.
Sommers, a national authority
on employment of older persons
is vice-chairer of the California
Commission on Aging and chairer
of the Older Women’s Rights
Committee of the National Or
ganization for Women (NOW).
She initiated the first displaced
homemaker legislation in Califor
nia in 1976 and then became the
founder and co-coordinator for the
National Alliance for Displaced
Homemakers.
. Displaced Homemaker legisla
tion, which is designed to help
those who have lost a spouse
cope with the unanticipated prob
lems of life alone, has now been
introduced in 30 state legislatures
and approved by 14. Sommers
will also discuss the status of na
tional displaced homemaker legis
lation.
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Baker is one of a small group of
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Also known as the Kings Dis
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Afterwards, they wouldn't stop
bleeding. I went through a lot of
tests, and finally it was diagnosed
as 10 per cent hemophilia.”
Baker, who recently graduated
from the University, says he will be
unable to pay for his blood without
outside help. "I'm hurtina.
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members of the community will
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