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Page Two F riday. A pril 17. 1953 PORTLA ND CH ALLEN G ER Williams Elecied To School Post W illis A. W illiam s, 2854 SE T ibbetts street, becam e th e first Negro to serve on th e P o rtla n d An In d ep en d en t Newspaper G rade School T eachers A ssocia tio n ’s Board of D irectors, w hen he W ILLIAM A. H ILLIA RD TED BURGER was appointed to the board last E ditor and P u b lish er G eneral M anager w eek. T he board com prises 12 3300 North Williams Avenue, Portland 12. Oregon MUrdock 4092 m em bers. A seventh grade te ach er at P u b lish ed every o th er F rid ay in P o rtlan d , Oregon. T he C h al F ailing elem en tary school in lenger is not responsible for th e re tu rn of unsolicited m anuscripts so uthw est P ortland, W illiam s is or photographs. cu rren tly w orking on his m a ster’' SUBSCRIPTION RATES degree in education. H e has 10 Cents per copy__________ -'tJET ^6 S2.50 per year tau g h t a t F ailing school for five years. He is p ast regional d irecto r of the D ep artm en t of Classroom Oregon legislators are to be commended for the fine act of Teachers, O regon E ducation asso ciation, and rep resen ted P o rtla n d democracy they emphatically showed by overwhelmingly in on the state board. He served tw o dorsing the civil rights bill. The whopping approval of the years in this capacity. Civil Rights Action Good equality measure is another step forward in the ever-con- scious battle for true Americanism in a country that has so much to gain by democratic practices at home. Morris Riden The state house of representatives’ more than 4 to 1 ma Joins Otis Band jority passing of the bill left little doubt in the minds of sup BY RICHARD BOGLE S t a f f W riter, T h e C h a llen g er porters of the measure that it is a just and fair bill, certainly An o p p o rtu n ity of a life-tim e necessary if education is to play a part in the elimination of w as ex ten d ed to M orris Riden, racial hatreds among the American people. The passing of the bill by no means presents a new prob lem to the proprietors of restaurants, hotels, taverns and places of amusements. It simply eliminates the problem that tended to prevent the individual from utilizing his own rea soning power and choose his own acquaintances from his own mind, not that of some tavern owner. Abuse of the bill by the religious and racial minority is not at all evident. Both our neighboring states, Washington and California, have had such legislation for years and have en countered little or no difficulty of the advantageous type. The racial and religious factors will not always enter into a refusal of service to an individual or group of individuals. The pro prietor mutt be protected from disorderly people, regardless of race or religion. There will always be elements of our population that cause trouble. These elements are composed of all races, creeds and religions. Stereotyping o f races will have to disappear. The American society is becoming educated enough to cast aside conditioned prejudice thoughts of races and religious groups. Only with an open mind can we understand and solve for the good of all. * There is a possibility that the measure will be referred to the people. Such a move for a referendum would be useless and enwise. Representative Mark Hatfield hit the nail on the head when he said t*hat a campaign in defense of discrimina tion would stir up racial and religious hatreds. Such a move would in all probability undermine the aim of the bill itself, that is to make such prejudices disappear through intelligent administration of the act. An editorial in the April 15 issue of the Portland Oregonian summed the passage of the bill most appropriately: We are convinced that a fair trial for the measure, so overwhelmingly approved by both houses of the legisla ture. will soon eliminate the conditions that made it nec essary. On the one hand, it will demonstrate that the pro prietors who have discriminated have nothing to lose but their prejudices. On the other, it will remove the basic reasons for minority resentment in which lie the seeds of ill will and violence. Indeed such action coming from a state governing body gives the minority the spiritual guidance needed. It swells their pride in the democratic process of government and gives them the feeling that progress is being made to eliminate a "problem” that had no business in our society in the first place. Such actions lessen racial tension nationwide. It is in this type of state legislation that many of America’s citizens pin their hopes for solution of a stigma that hurts so deeply that only the offended can fully realize the injustice done. Oregon is definitely moving ahead in its sincere attempt to rectify a wrong in our society. The citizens of this state arc in order when they bless the legislators and the organizations that worked so fervently to see the civil rights measure passed. 15-year-old R oosevelt high school junior, w hen Jo h n n y Otis, pop u lar blues bandleader, took Angeles to fm singing engage m ents w ith the O tis orchestra. The “kid,” as O tis refers to him , started singing before a u diences at the E liot recreatio n center. A bout tw o w eeks ago at O tis’ dow ntow n dance Riden w as req u ested to sing a n u m b e r by some of the p atro n s present. He ended up by singing th ree songs. Finally, w hen O tis re tu rn e d to P o rtla n d to fill an engagem ent at B enny’s F ra t House, M orris w as “jo h n n y on th e sp o t” and sang again. O tis w as so im pressed th a t he th e n ex ten d ed his offer to the youngster. Voice Sounds Mature R iden .’s voice gives no clue w hatsoever to his age as it sounds full and com ple;eiy m atu re. His voice should fit in w ith the Otis group as it is rem in iscien t of Mel W alkers’ w ho used to sing w ith the band. M orris w as born in A tlanta, G eorgia, and m oved to P o rtla n d w ith his fam ily w hen he was eig ht y e a rs old. His m o th er says th a t betw een him and the fam ily record player, th e re w as little q u iet in the house. M any people w ill rem em ber O tis as popularizing L ittle Es th e r w ho joined him at the te n d er age of 14. She, how ever, is no Elks Give News In By William Wright C h a llen g er S t a f f W riter Frank Hannibal was in town last week to be with his moth er, Mrs. Jeanette Hannibal, 1804 SE Franklin street, who is ill. Hannibal is now with the army and is stationed at Camp Crowder, Mo. He was attending McGill university in Mont real, Canada, where he was a member of the basketball team. Hannibal's w ife, Thea, is in St. Louis, Mo. . . . Phi Nu Phi, Port land social sorority, sponsored a am session at Bennie's Fvat ouse Easter Sunday night. The 'sorority has been active for five years. President of the civic- minded sorors is Mrs. A llie Mae Tyler. L ittle C arlton and G ary A lan Boddie are recu p e ra tin g from a case of m easles. M other, Mrs. Dolores Boddie, has been con fined to M ultnom ah hospital w ith v iru s pneum onia, flu, etc. O utside playing on th e side w alks again a f t e r dow ning m easle cases are G w en and Bob by S arpy, d au g h ter and son of Mr. and Mrs. F ra n k S arpy, 4414 N. H a ig h t'a v e n u e , . . . Two of Mr. and Mrs. Bill B row n’s chil dren, B illy and Janice, 4225 N. H aight avenue, recen tly reco v ered from the m easles. A letter from Herbie Williams, son of Mr. and Mrs. Belvin W ill iams, 2403 N. E. 7th avenue, re veals plans for probable attend ance this summer to Washington State college for graduate work. Williams plans to return to Nome, Alaska, for another year's teaching experience in that far Northen territory. He is leach ing the eighth grade. The Les Gai Copians, a social club, gave th e ir first inform al dance M arch 26, a t th e A m eri can Legion hall. T he pupose of the group is not ju st social, it is also to do good w henever needed. M em bers of the club include: B ehula Mills, B eatrice G orderiy, E lizabeth Taylor, V erna W illiam s, L o rretta M artin, B eartrice W ash ington, Estee M organ, M arie P a t terson, N orm a G abner, D orothy Pinson, R ita Jones, A rline G rice, B ernice A lbertie and H eline Jackson. Sub debs of Les Fem m es w ere addressed by Miss G w ladys Bow en on e tiq u ette a t th e hom e of Mrs. O teria Nicholson, recently. Miss Bow en is society ed ito r of the P o rtlan d O regonian. T h u rs day the group had ta b le-settin g exercises a t the hom e of Mrs. M ercedes H arding. Work Underway On New School Éìè G rounds have been cleared and construction begun on the New Eliot school a t N. P age street and F lint avenue. The $619,000 p ro j ect is expected to be ready for occupancy by S eptem ber, 1954. The two^stoity building w ill house 16 classroom s plus special room s for hom e economics, in d u s tria l arts, k in d e rg a rten and a gynasium . T here w ill also be a com bination au d ito riu m -c afete ria. S how er and locker room facil ities w ill be provided for adults groups and the school site is a d ja cent to th e play g ro u n d a t N. F lin t avenue and Russell s tre e t so th a t this area can be utilized for school purposes. The new school w ill accom o date m any pupils now atten d in g Boise, H olladay and Irvington schools. Its d istrict w ill be bound ed by U nion avenue, Hollada> street, th e W illam ette riv e r and eith e r G raham , S tan to n or M orris streets. Accused Slayer Still in Custody (P icture on page 4) Sim K night, 27. 221 N. E. M on roe street, was ordered held w ith out bail for th e gran d ju ry F ri day. He is in custody for the shotgun slaying of Jo h n W. Dailey, 27, an a ir force m an from Louisville, Ky. D ailey w as alledgedly killed by K night in a n o rth ea st ap rt- m ent A pril 6 in w h at police call ed a feud over a w om an. The w om an, H elen R uth C h am bers, 24, is being held as a m a terial w itness. She related u n d er cross exam ination a t a p relim in ary hearin g in m lunicipal court how the airm an left h er side, clad only in an u n d ersh irt, to be shot dow n a t the door. K night told detectives he had fired one blast from a 12-gauge shotgun at the servicem an. Gilt tor Interracial Progr Sorority Initiates New Pyramids The Beta Psi ch ap ter of D elta M olden, E rn estin e P alm er. Olga Sigm a T heta so ro rity in itiated Ann P lum m er. Ann W illiam s and M arlene H ardy. five m em bers into th e ir pledge The in itiatio n took place at club M onday night. A pril 13. The th e home of Mrs B ennett G rim - pledges w ere Misses G w endolyn m ett. | : On hand at the Elk presentation of a $100 check to the Portland Branch of the NAACP were, left to right, E. Slaughter. Edward Marshall, L. C. Ellison. William Travis. Tom Vickers, Lillard Evans. Jim Walden. Louis Scott, Fred Golden, O. Smith, Mrs. Rpth Haeffner. Edgar Williams, Otlo Rutherford and U. G. Leverett. Seated are Mrs. Otto Rutherford and Mrs. Lorna Marple.
