Portland challenger. (Portland, Oregon) 1952-19??, May 29, 1953, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextPage Two F riday, M ay 29, 1953 «'URTLAND CH ALLEN G ER Po i t¿ I d Group Discusses Civil Rights Law j News In Brief Five points w ere emphasized by William Wright judges at the May 24 m eeting of C hallenger s t a ff W rite r the Vancouver National Associa- " " An Independent Newspaper tion for the Advancement of Col- Dave Mann, former Oregon State football player, and TED BURGER WILLIAM A. HILLIARD ored People. Judges reiterated the Miss Geraldine Shirley, 18-year-old Portland girl, were re G eneral M anager Editor and Publisher following points as important fac- cently married in Oakland. M is Shirley is a former student at 3300 North Williams Avenue, Portland 12, Oregon MUrdock 4092 tors. iri mal^ing the W ashington p o r*ia n d state college. Mann is now playing for the Oakland SUBSCRIPTION RATES C11! Participate actively^in com- $2.50 per year munity life; social contacts tend 10 Cents per copy 26 _________________________________________ ______________________ to reduce tension and help to Published every other Friday in Portland, Oregon. The Chal- change ideas and policies of in- lenger is not responsible for the retu rn of unsolicited m anuscripts dividuals and groups. 2. New people can be invited or photographs. to join the Vancouver branch of the NAACP. 3. Keep aw are of w hat is going on in the community and w hat The referendum movement started by a group of Port can be done about it. land citizens in the hope of nullifying the civil rights act 4. Take advantage of facilities Wrong Philosophy passed by the 1953 Oregon legislature warns the democratic- thinking American of the ever present “home danger” to , . . , h is freedom loving life. It puts h im on guard to protect the right of the individual. Led by Rev. Elbert D. Reddick, rector of an Episcopal church, a group called the “Civil Freedom Committee” pro- 0aks’ Pacific Coast lea§ue baseba11 team. While at Oregon Yvonne Johnson First in Contest Miss Yvonne Johnson of Yaki ma, W ashington, won the annual district oratorical contest spon- sored by the Elks in Yakima Sun- day. Miss Johnson now journeys to San Diego, California, where of public accommodation; in the she will compete for regional State he gained wide recognition as a football star and was touted - by manw as one 1 of the top grid k* prospects to hit the Orange cam pus. * * * F u n e r a l services w e r e held recently for Mr s . Beatrice Washington, 121 NE Sacra m ento street, in Dave Mann „ ... the D r a w i n g Ex-gridder m a r.Room of , he Co. ries P ortlander lonial M ortuary. event th at discrim ination occurs, honors. immediate reports should be made The Portland w inner, Miss Ce ,md ac(lon tak<m through propcr Etta Medlock, W ashington high school senior and sponsored by channels. Miss A nna Morrison, was second. Appearances Important O ther contestants in the Port- 5. M aintenance of P r o p e r : fe sse s ’ th e ir a im in filin g \ th , e r e fe : ~ „ . . . ~ a c ..u\ " 1 ^ c 1 land ildred Mrs. W ashington by re n d u m is to m a in ta in th e m aintnaece of resident and per- land contest contest were were Miss ivuss M lvinuieu R .. is T survived c- a daughter, B etty Jea n Searcy; sonal appearance is im portant. Robinson, Jefferson; Lam urel Fos- right of freedom of choice in association.’ sisters, Mrs. Ruby Deiz, Mrs. M in H ow 'm v n n e r a n n ro fe ss to n ro te c t th is rig h t o f th e in d i- The five P °ints w ere the results te r> W ashington; Miss Aline Al- nie M. Smith, Mrs. Mable K anada; H ow a n y o n e c an p ro fe s s to p ro te c t th is rig h t o t th e inch Qf q rise„ m eeting in which bert, Jefferson; Jam es Acreneaux, and brothers Laurence, George, v id u a l by r e g u la tin g th e ch o ice a c c o rd in g to o n e s ra c e is thfi audience was organized into W ashington, and Benney Dean, Eddie and Vernon Butler. b e y o n d th e re a s o n in g of th is n e w s p a p e r. A n y p e rs o n h a s th e severai sm aii groups. Fifteen to W ashington, who came in second. Mrs. Obbie Hardy, in Oakland r ig h t to choose h is o w n a sso c ia te s, it is u p to h im w h e th e r tw enty m inutes were given to dis- Judges for the Portland contest . h e w a n ts to b a se th is choice on ra c e o r re lig io n . B u t a n y tim e cussions by the various groups on w ere Wirb- ^ P dl n<unui““ , upr jn Mrc Ffhol r u e « i • j j. . j . i “TTnw W p Pan Tmnlpmpnt Our teachar at G rant high school; Mrs. . r 111 m °m er, ivirs. ii,mei cnase, a p la c e is lic e n se d to s e rv e th e p u b l.c , it is d e d ic a te d to d o so " T Can ,? plem cnt ° ur Edilh G reen torm er candldate for is expected home n ex t week. I f th e p re s e n c e o f d if f e r e n t ra c e s h in d e rs th e e n jo y m e n t o f Each £ selected a reporter secretary of state, and E. Shelton About 200 guests attended tile b ig o te d patrons, th e n th e y m o s t c e r ta in ly h a v e th e fre e d o m tQ ent its findings. The re- Hill, industrial secretary of the second annual Alpha Phi Alpha to le av e . porters formed a panel and gave U rban League of Portland. spring form al given bp Epsilon Portlanders Attend Zeta Lam bda chapter at Holy W hen a n in d iv id u a l a tte m p ts to u se th e w o rd fre e d o m to sum m aries which were discussed The P ortland committee con- Rosary hall last Friday night, d e s c rib e a c ts of p re ju d ic e s th a t h e a p th e m a n y h u m ilia tin g pro and con by the panel and sisted of Thomas Vickers, exalted The hall was beautifully decor- in c id e n c e s on n o n -w h ite A m e ric a n s su c h a s re s tric tio n s to audience. ru ler of Billy Webb Lodge; Don ated in the black and gold colors .... ;..r public swimming pools, restaurants, theatres, hotels and places of amusements, he has lost control of logic and is at tempting a twist of the interpretation of the Bill of Rights to satisfy his ignorant hunger for race superiority. He is lower ing in rank and dignity a word that is symbolic to the word America. That the leader of th is group is a minister is sad indeed, It is in religion that th e majority of our principles are founded, For a preacher of God’s word to sanction overt a c ts of discrim- ination based on color presents a challenge to the American church. T h is fuzzy logic on th e p a r t of R ev. M r. R e d d ic k a n d h is cohorts in a tte m p tin g to m a k e it a “c iv il r i g h t ” to d e n y r ig h t s contradicts th e v e ry essence o f th e p h ilo so p h y of th e B ill of R ig h ts * For the benefit of all concerned it . will do well for Rev. , ,,, . . M r. R ed d ick a n d all th o se w h o fo llo w h is re a s o n in g to th in k of the international danger of such a philosophy, h or if the people of Oregon choose to be exclusive on racial or religious lines, they will find themselves to be a perilously minority in a hostile world. Such a philosophy is morally wrong and has no justification whatsoever. Youth Shows Way What better proof of democracy and the worth of the indi- vidual than that shown bv young people in the Portland area recently.’ Right on the heels ot Jefferson high school s election of a Negro student body president for the fall term comes the eleetio nby popular vote of a Negro May Queen at Clark junior college in Vancouver, Washington. During the same week, students at Washington high school in Portland came close to nominating an attractive Negro girl for Rose Festival Princess. Miss Thelma Graham was the choice of Clark students and Miss Adalene Olden was one of six finalists for Princess honors at Washington. Such eventful happenings on the part of young America . certainly justifies th e democratic teachings a n d preachings 0ÀCW to Hold Annual Confab The Oregon Association of Col- ored Women will hold th eir 36th annual convention May 28 and 29> at tbe W illiams »venue branch of the YWCA. A ctivities of 16 club m embers will be given and new officers will be elected. A t 2 p.m. Thursday Mrs. Mar- garet Sharpe will speak on “Com- m unity Responsibilities.” An exhibit by the arts and crafts departm ent and a talent show by the young people’s de- p artm ent will be given. The pub- lie is invited to this program, Fashion Show Slated An election of officers will be held Friday. “A Day W ith Fashions” is the them e of the annual fashion show given by the arts and crafts de partm ent. The program is to be given at Holladay school Friday, May 29, at 7:30 p.m. At this ses- Strahan, local director; Mrs. Min- nie Payne, local directress; Miss Morrison, Mrs. Mable Neal and Mrs. A. L. Randolph, Dt. Ruler. At the Yakima conclave, P o rt land was aw arded the convention site for next year and a past D aughter R uler of Portland, Lor- etta M artin, was elected feature queen, P o rtlander F rank M cIntosh was reelected president of the North- w est States association. Three other P ortland Elks were reelect- ed to offices they held last year, They w ere Vickers, N orthw est director of education; Olver E. Smith, recording secretary, and H erbert guard. .... . Lewis, , . inner . .. , , N ineteen delegates attended the ... Yakima conference. O ther cities w ith representatives were Bil- lings, M ontana; Pasco, Bremer- ton, Tacoma, Seattle and Yakima, W ashington. ----------------------------- Fun Classes Due Youngsters at Y *rophl? ** the art ' “ps Ketiring president of the or- “Accracosesis” is the new word ganization is Mrs. Ulysses G. m embers of the W illiams avenue b r a n c h of th e YWCA have Plummer, Jr. Y to Sponsor Camp, Harvest The North B ranch YMCA, lo- cated at 120 NE Russell street, is sponsoring a combination harvest th a t co m e w ith fre e -th in n k in g p e o p le. and day camp for boys 11 through le . O n ce a g a in th e fa lla c y th a t c o lo r m a k e s a “ d if f e r e n c e ” is 15 years of age. The session begins „ - . , , , Tune 15 and ends Ju lv 17 p ro v e n w ro n g . H e re is v iv id p ro o f th a t d e m o c ra c y w o rk s a n d ,, dream ed up for all the fun in store for girls who are seventh and eighth graders—or prospec- tive seventh and eighth graders— who will be taking classes start- ing at the branch Ju n e 29. The . classes will end August 18. # „ The classes, scheduled for Mon- rr J . ... , , I imc i and Wonnocnavc da>’s. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, w ill be in acting, crafts, cooking, sewing, singing and swimming. Registration fees for the activity program s are $1.00. , , , qvc b e tte i > et, pi oof ot how it s h o u ld w o rk . G iv e th e in d iv id u a l dav p icking berries and part time a«y Tuesday afternoon betw een 3 the opportunity to make his own choice and democracy pays engaged in regular camp activi- and 5:30 p.m. at the Williams ave- off in a big way. ties. The campers will have an nue Y, or any day at the main Let those who oppose the right of the individual to make opportunity to earn money during branch of the YWCA, 834 SW his own friendly ties take note o f th e a c tio n s o f th e s e y o u n g tho harvest P01^ 00 of the day' ®roadway- R egistration c l o s e s °f *be fraternity. Tables lned both sdes of the spacous dance floor and Alpha pledges served the famed “P ru itt Punch” to guests. Music was fu r nished by Bob B radford and group Bethelile Group Presents Pianist Jules Haywood, an internation al concert pianist, gave a recital, under the auspices of the Bethel- ite club of Bethel AME church Sunday evening, May 24. The program was presented at Cen- . j - * u tenary W ilbur M ethodist church on S. E. 9th avenue and Pine street. Some of the num bers presented w ere spirituals arranged for choir by Mr. Haywood, such as “Lora I ’m A l m o s t Home,” “Higher G round,’ “Couldn’t H ear Nobody P ray ” and “Get Away Jordan.” The choir of Bethel AME church participated in the program. Jules Haywood is director of music at j ones M ethodist church in San Francisco. He has been in San Francisco for the past sea- son, has played concerts on two continents and has been ac- claimed widely by music critics fQr his musicianship. He holds both the Bachelor of w ,, ■ _, ,, Music and the M aster of Music t -. __ . „ .. . ,. . Degrees from the U niversity of ~ . . , ____ Southern California, ^ Los Angeles, C a lifo rn ia H e has also studied the Parig Conservatory Paris 7ii . . K onservator ___ . ’ France, and . Zurich ium, Zurich, Switzerland. While in Portland Mr. Haywood was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Will Gragg. Watch this section for de tails of the June 28th m eeting pt’oplt'. I hose s tu d e n ts a r e s tr iv in g to liv e d e m o c ra c y a n d „ , 12 „ „ rcBistr, , ion fcc Each session will be from 3 to of the Vancouver National A s for the Advancement P ro v e to th e ir managers that there is n o su c h thing ns " n a t- of $4. The num ber of boys is 5 p.m., except cooking which sociation is of Colored People. A national ural race association." lim ited and it is advisable to con- from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. figure w ill be presened. Mark It us a wonderful thing to watch, th is action on th e p a r t of tact thc North branch immedi- Mrs. Ila Hamilton is now work- this date on your calendar. Be v o u n g America. Let’s hope that h o m e foes of democracy ta k e a t‘ ly’ accordin* to " ,inston R°g- ing as co-advisor w ith J. Sidney sure to reserve June 28lh for h e e d o f th e s e a c tio n s, a d m it th e i r o b v io u s s e lfish n e s s and d o m t, rested are urged to call C.A coed group which meets Thurs- this very special occasion. a w a y w ith th e ir b ig o te d feelin g s. 0017. day evenings at the branch.