Page Two
F riday, M ay 29, 1953
«'URTLAND CH ALLEN G ER
Po i t¿ I
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Group Discusses
Civil Rights Law
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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- "
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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daughter,
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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
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Miss
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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
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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
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“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
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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
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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
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For the benefit of all concerned
it . will
do well
for Rev.
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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
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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.
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N ineteen delegates attended the
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Yakima conference. O ther cities
w ith representatives were Bil-
lings, M ontana; Pasco, Bremer-
ton, Tacoma, Seattle and Yakima,
W ashington.
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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
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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
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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
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classes will end August 18.
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The classes, scheduled for Mon-
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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.
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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-
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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
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Music and the M aster of Music
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Degrees from the U niversity of
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Southern California, ^ Los Angeles,
C a lifo rn ia H e has also studied
the Parig Conservatory Paris
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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.
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day evenings at the branch.