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I Negro Family To Remain Students Elect Negro Despite Flaming Cross President at Jefferson County police are still inves she and Gragg could see the cross tigating the Sunday morning burning on the lawn. Gragg took cross-burning on the lawn of a his family to his m other’s home Portland Negro family. The cross and notified the Portland branch was burned on the front lawn of of the National Association lor Charles Gragg, 11261 NE K nott the Advancement of Colored street, in the Parkrose Heights People and the Urban League of district. 1 Portland. Many Letters Received Earlier, several neighbors had attem pted to get Gragg to move Gragg said he has received elsewhere after it was learned about 100 letters, all in favor of that he was a Negro. The. Graggs I him staying in the neighborhood. have lived in the community for ! One of the letters came from three weeks. Washington, D. C. “I am deter Sunday m orning Gragg’s wife, mined to stay,” said Gragg. “This Joyce, was awakened by a noise. j is a challenge.” She paid little attention to the Nearby residents told police in- noise and only became aroused estigating the burned cross that when a rock was tossed upon the they did not hear of the cross front porch. From the bedroom burning and none could offer a clue to the officers. Many Parkrose citizens and neighobrs have come forw ard in behalf of the Graggs. They have expressed a welcome to them, and regret that a few people seem to be fearful of having the Graggs for neighbors. The NAACP notified the FBI and they too are carrying on an investigation of the burniqg cross. Sheriff Terry Schrunk feels con fident that the guilty party or parties will be apprehended and is making every effort to protect the Graggs Oregon’s A ttorney General, Robert Y. Thornton, has also been notified and is watching the situation. A surprised but happy 17-year-old Jefferson high school junior, Lewis Montague, was elected president of his school’s student body for the 1953 fall semester. His election marked the second time in the history of Portland public schools that a Negro has been so honored by his school companions. In 1951 Caley Cook was elected student body president of ___.................... (Portal an d J alK-ngcr Volume 2, Number 2 Portland, Oregon. Wednesday, May 20, 1953 First Negro D.C. Opens Business Oregon’s only licensed and reg istered Negro chiropractor, Dr. Robert T. Irving, has opened his office at 212 N. Broadway. A na tive of Miami, Fla., Dr. Irving’s office is open to the public be tween the hours of 1 and 5 p.m. and 6 and 9 p.m. Dr. Irving did his premedical work at K entucky State college and received his D. C. degree upon graduation from W estern States College of Chiropractic and N aturopathy here in Portland. He is currently engaged in post grad uate work in naturopathy at that school. In Portland Five Years A resident of Portland for five years, Dr. Irving is the first Negro to pass the Oregon State Board. He is m arried and is the father of one son. DR- ROBERT T. IRVING Dr. Irving describes chiroprac Chiropractor opens office. tic as a system of treatm ent based on the premise that the nerve ticulations of the bony frame system controls all other systems and all physiological functions of work of the hum an body, and the the hum an body; that interfer employem nt and practice of phy ence with the nerve control of sio-therapy, electrotherapy, hy these systems impairs their func drotherapy and m inor surgery. It tion and induces disease by ren includes the uses of antiseptics, dering the body less resistent to local anesthetics, and foods for infection or other exciting causes. the diagnosis, cure treatm ent and System of Adjusting m itigation or of dis Chiropractors adjust the struc eases or abnorm prevention alities of man. ture of the body, especially those those of the spinal column, to re Dr. Irving planned and did all store the normal nerve function, the work on his office. thus giving the body’s protective and restorative power an appor- tunity to function normally, ac cording to Dr. Irving. Dr. Irving further defines chiro practic as a system of adjusting w ith the hand or hands the ar- j A joint meeting of the Portland and Seattle branches of the Urban league is chedule^ for May 22 and 23 in Seattle, according to John Holley, neighborhood sec retary of the Portland branch. Miss Irene Porter, a junior at j Holley is slated to m ake the trip Girls Polytechnic high school, can from Portland, to be accom pan currently be heard over radio sta ied by the league’s executive sec tion KBPS w ith her own disc retary, Edwin C. Berry, and its jockey program. Miss Porter is industrial secretary, E. Shelton on the air every W ednesday from Hill. 5 to 5:30 p.m. There is a probability that The daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Smith and W illiam Van E. S. Porter, she is a student of M eter of the Oregon Labor com- ballet and a mem ber cf her high rnmision will make the confer school’s drill team which is seen ence. Fair Employment Practice in all of the m ajor parades in staffers for the state of Wash ington may also make the confab. Portland. \ High School Girl Airs Disc Show UL Schedules Joint Meeting PRICE 10 CENTS Let Us Know! LEWIS MONTAGUE Students elect him chief. Realtors, Boards Should Educate, Says Bill Berry M c M in n v i l l e , May 19 (Spe- Jcial)—Edwin C. Berry, executive secretary of the Urban League of Portland, called up on the real ty boards of Oregon cities—part icular Portland— and the Ore gon state real estate commission er, to establish a state-w ide ed- uactional program which would dispel the myth of property value depreciation due to the presence of non-white residents in a speech at the annual banquet of Pi G am ma Mu, social science honorary, at Linfield college, Tuesday night. Berry suggested a three-point program for the state commiss ioner of real estate. If carried out vigorously, said Berry, such a program would make it impos sible for a repeat perfm ance of the fiery cross-burning which Several youth delegates from occurred on the lawn of Charles Portland attended a youth con Gragg in Portland. Gragg a P ort ference on civil rights May 1 at land-born Negro, recently pur Camp Asilomar, California. The chased a modest home in the delegation, which was from the Portland Parkrose Heights dis Youth Council of the NAACP, left trict. April 30 w ith Mrs. De Norval Myth a Disgrace Unthank, and arrived Friday Berry said he called upon the morning for the opening of the realty boards of the state and the conference. real estate commissioner’s office Oregon’s youth representatives because he said these organiza were: Grover Campbell, Samuel tions are basically resposible for W hitney Jr., Joan P. Johnson, the creation and perpetuation of Berna Deane Plum m er, Thomas the m yth of property values. and Jam es U nthank and Willie Berry said the myth is causing Kent. disgraceful and reprehensible be The age group ranged from high havior in the state. “It is dis school to college. The conference turbing our peace, understand offered speakers as well as w ork ing and tranquility. Therefore, shops in which to carry on dis the groups which are responsi cussions. ble for circulating m isinform a Thurgood M arshall Speaks tion have the duty to correct it The three main speakers were: if they are operating in the public Thurgood M arshall, head of legal interest,” said Berry. council of NAACP; H ubert T. Invisible Walls Erected Delaney, from New York; and Berry pointed out that segre Bishop Show from Baltimore. The gation would be a great evil if topics were all centered around it applied only to shelter. “But civil r i g h t s . The conference the implications of residential housed 300 people out of which segregation go far beyond this. 94 were youth. For once it is achieved, we find O ther representatives from Ore all activities within the segrega gon were Otto Rutherford, presi ted area also sergregated, e.g. dent of Portland’s NAACP, and churches, schools, recreational Ulysses G. Plum m er, who attend activities and business. ed the regional lawyers confer “W hat is even worse, we have ence. Phil Burton, Seattle attor erected walls which keep A m eri ney, also attended the conference. cans separated one from the oth The conference lasted three er, and have arbitrarily affixed days and the representatives re the badge of inferiority upon a turned to Portland the following group—non whites—by virtue of Tuesday morning. race.” Have you moved? Better let us know that new address if you have. It takes from two to three weeks to assure our read ers of a change in address on our mailing records. A prom pt report of an add ress change will mean continued "on tim e" Challenger deliver ies to your home. Send new address to: Portland Challen ger, 3300 N. Williams avenue. Portland 12, Oregon. Youths Attend NAACP Confab Jefferson. Cook is now attending Lewis and Clark college and is a standout on the Pioneer football and track teams. He was presi dent of the freshm an class at Lewis and Clark. Native of Dallas Montague came to Portland in 1947 from Dallas, Texas. He lives with his mother, Mrs. Erie Mon tague, at 2831 N Borthwick ave nue. It was not Louie’s idea to run for the president’s post. In fact the current student body presi dent, Hans Neville, had begun circulation of petitions for the new president a day before Mon tague knew he was going to run. A m em ber of Cheops, Jefferson service club, and a basketball let- term an, Jefferson’s new president plans to enter college following graduation. He is still undecided as to a m ajor field, but leans to ward radio engineering or den tistry. University of Portland may be his future school. Proud of Office Very popular among his fellow students, Montague had this to say of his election: “It was a big surprise when I won the election, but I consider it an honor and a privilege to be elected to such an im portant office. “I will try at all times to do w hat is expected of me and w hat is best for the all-around welfare of the school,” said Montague. He keeps himself busy after school hours listening to music and attending the W ednesday night Y-teen sessions at the Wil liams avenue Y. M ontague placed first in the student body elections among a field of four. O ther candidates running were Eddie Graves, A1 Owen and Wayne Sherwood. No Most One at Home of The Challenger's business is conducted by mail, however, advertising paym ents may be made at our office simply by dropping rem ittance and bill In our mail slot. Cash paym ents can be made at Ellis Cleaners, 3304 N. Williams av enue. Please ask for receipt. 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