Portland Debutantes to Make Initial Bow
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Referendum Movement Faces Setback
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M ISS REBECCA CALDW ELL
In tere sted in sports
M ISS M ILDRED ROBINSON
Young d eb u tan te
Young Girls
Await Debut
M ISS ROMETTA ROBINSON
A m usic lover
(Port/1 o,n d )
BY JO Y BROCK
S o cia l E d itor, T h e C h a llen g er
The breath-taking event is
just about to happen to five
debutantes who will be pre­
sented to society at the Coro­
nation Ball Tuesday night, M onday. Ju n e 15, 1953
June 16.
The outdoor life beckons at­
tractive debutante Rodella
Miller. She likes gardening,
tennis and archery, which is
revealed in her shapely figure.
Woman
R odella, th e d a u g h te r of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy M iller is a g rad u ate of
G resham high school. S he w as ac­
tiv e in h e r G irls’ A th letic associa­
tion w here she w as a m em b er of
th e volley b all a ll-s ta r te am of
G resham high.
College in M ind
The eig h teen -y ear-o ld b eau ty
has a business college in m ind for
h e r te n ta tiv e fu tu re plans. R o­
d ella is excited ly looking fo rw ard
to th e dance an d is being escorted
by C harles W illiam s.
P etite C h arlen e M olden is an
a rtis t at h eart. A t presen t, d ra w ­
ing is h e r hobby, b u t h e r fu tu re
plans cen ter aro u n d a dream of
becom ing a com m ercial artist.
This 17-year-old vivacious deb is
th e d au g h te r of Mr. and Mrs.
A d elb ert M olden.
She is lean in g td w ard s Lew is
and C lark college w ith th e hope
of com pleting h e r four y ears
there. C harlen e w as a m em ber
of Philo, a social club of J e ffe r­
son high school.
She is anxiously w aitin g for th e
big ev en t and w ill be escorted by
P h il H ollim an.
Hopes to G et T rip
E ighteen -y ear-o ld d e b u t a n te
R om etta R obinson, is hoping for
a trip to D etro it afte r h e r debut.
R om etta, th e d a u g h te r of Mr. and
Mrs. Jo h n A ndrew R obinson, is a
m usic lover and enjoys playing
for h er ow n e n tertain m en t. The
sw eet deb also enjoys cooking,
reading and dancing. H er v arie ty
of in terests is rev ealed in h e r w ell
rounded personality.
R om etta is a g rad u ate of G ran t
high school w h ere she w as a m em ­
b er of the m usic club. If h er trip
to D etroit does n o t come through,
R om etta plans to atte n d P o rtla n d
S tate and m ajo r in liberal arts.
Leodis M cD aniel w ill escort th is
lovely deb to th e dance.
L ikes M usic, Sports
Lew is and C lark also beckons
18-year-old R ebecca C aldw ell of
W ashington high school. This deb
w ith a perso n ality sm ile, has in ­
terests in m usic an d sports.
R ebecca is q u ite en th u siastic
about h e r fu tu re plans in elem en-
(C ontinued on Page 3, Col. 3)
M ISS RODELLA M ILLER
Likes tennis, arch ery
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P o rtlan d , Oregon, V olum e 2, N um ber 4
Year
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MRS. LETITIA BROCK
C u ltu re club honors h er.
Mrs. Asa Brock
Receives Award
Mrs. L etitia B rock w as a s u r­
prised b u t happy person w hen she
w as rece n tly aw ard ed a cup for
th e “W om an of th e Y ear.” The
aw ard w as p resen ted to h e r by
th e C u ltu re club a t th e clim ax of
th e A ssociation of Colored W om ­
en ’s C lubs convention in th e a u ­
d ito riu m of H olladay school.
Mrs. Brock is th e first w om an
to receive a cup of this kin d from
th e organization. She received
this honor because of h er o u t­
stan d in g co n trib u tio n s to th e club
as w ell as to th e com m unity, ac­
cording to th e com m ittee.
She w as j resid en t of th e OACW
for tw o consecutive term s, secre­
ta ry and scholarship chairm an.
T he first scholarship ev er to be
aw arded was done u n d er her le ad ­
ership.
She has ed u cated all fo u r of
h er d au g h ters, tw o of w hich are
teachers. O ne is a secretary an d a
fourth is still in college. Because
of h er fine w ork, th e organization
felt h er w o rth y of th e cup as an
exam ple of ex cellen t leadership.
T he follow ing w ords w ere in ­
scribed on th e cup, “W om an of th e
Y ear—Mrs. L etitia B rock—1953.”
Ruling Sought
On Bill Wording
From Attorney
A possible setback faced the
referendum movement against
Oregon’s civil rights bill if the
attorney general or the state
supreme court “corrects an
error” in the petition’s ballot
title.
It has been pointed out to
Attorney G e n e r a l Robert
Thornton by the Oregon Com­
mittee for Equal Rights that
his staff made a serious error
in writing the ballot title,
George Dysart, head of the
M ISS CHARLENE MOLDEN
D raw ing her hobby.
Petitions Hit
Civil Rights
Petitions are now out against
the Oregon civil rights ordi­
nance passed by the state’s
1953 legislators, according to
Rev. Elbert D. Riddick, rector
PRICE 10 CENTS
[ of the Church of the Good
Shepherd and president and
chairman of the “Civil Free­
dom Committee.” The Rev.
Mr. Riddick and the Civil
Rights Committee object to
the civil rights bill because it
tram p les on the “freedom of the
Action Rewarded
TERRY D. SCHRUNK
“U rban L eaguer of M onth"
com m ittee’s legal staff, said W ed­
nesday.
D y sart said the com m ittee re a l­
izes the m istake is u n in ten tio n al,
b u t fears th a t if it is not co rrect­
ed, prospective signers of th e re f­
eren d u m p etition w ill be m isled.
UL Cilalion Goes
To County Sheriff
S ig n atu res In v alid ated
D y sart believes th a t the “e rro r”
will be corrected and th a t sig n a­
tu res collected up to th a t point
by th e referen d u m m ovem ent will
have to be in validated.
The bill, says D ysart, is d e ­
scribed as forbidding d iscrim in a­
tion “in any place of public ac­
com m odation, reso rt or am use­
m en t.” D ysart m ain tain s th a t the
bill is specific and th a t discrim ­
in atio n is n o t forbidden ju s t “any
place.”
He quoted from section No. 2 of
th e bill and said it refers specifi­
cally to “. . . hotel, m otel o r m o­
to r court, o r any place offering
to th e public food o r d rin k for
consum ption on th e prem ises, or
any place offering to the public
e n tertain m en t, r e c r e a t i o n or
am u sem en t.”
He pointed out th a t this does
n o t include a p a rtm e n t houses,
real estate, b a rb e r shops, beauty
shops and th e like.
R uling Sought
D ysart said he asked T hornton
for a ru lin g and th a t T hornton
ad m itted his req u est p resented a
serious problem . He added th a t it
m ay n o t be in T h o rn to n ’s pow er
to change th e w ording of th e ref-
(C ontinued on Page 2, Col. 4)
M ultnom ah
couty
S heriff
T erry D. S chrunk w as cited
“U rban L eaguer of th e M onth”
by the U rban L eague of P o rt­
la n d ’s public rela tio n ’s com m ittee
in its b i-m onthly bulletin, In ­
terracial Progress.
The citation cam e as a resu lt
of S c h ru n k ’s quick actions in pre­
ven tin g violence in the P arkrose
H eights d istrict recen tly because
of a hom e purchase in th a t area
by C harles G ragg P o rtla n d N e­
gro.
S ch ru n k instructed plainclothes
sh eriff’s deputies to atten d a p ro ­
te st m eeting in a dow ntow n "real
estate office A pril 29 and kept a
group of men u n d er surveillance
who had th rea ten ed physical ac­
tion ag ain st G ragg and kept
w atch over th e home.
E dw in C. B erry, executive sec­
re ta ry of the U rban league, had
this to say of S chrunk: “The U r­
ban league and its 2500 m em bers
salute S heriff S chrunk for his
alertness, courage and in teg rity
This is th e type of enlightened
law enforcem ent req u ired in a
progressive com m unity. We need
enforcem ent agents w ho are
“color b lin d ,” know th e law and
m ake no com prom ise w ith b ig ­
otry. T erry S ch ru n k fills the b ill.”
in d iv id u al.”
The petitions, ab o u t one th o u s­
and of them w ith t ’:ree sig n atu re
sheets to each one, w ere p u t into
circulation M onday. M ost of th e
petitions w ill be m ailed to points
th ro u g h o u t the sta te of Oregon.
A ccording to Jo h n F. Reynolds,
a tto rn ey for the group, the m a il­
ing list is com posed largely of
people holding liquor licenses.
P etitio n s w ill also be placed in
hotels, re s ta u ra n ts and ap a rtm e n t
houses.
O ne R eport In
R eynolds said one rep o rt had
alread y com e in on th e petitions.
The a tto rn e y couldn’t rem em b er
w h eth er th e p etitio n h ad been
placed in a ta v ern or not, b u t re ­
ported sig n atu res com ing in ra p ­
idly.
R eynolds feels th a t th e p e ti­
tions w ill be filled quickly. He
bases this belief on the p ro m p t re ­
tu rn of petitions d u rin g the drive
against th e 1950 P o rtla n d civil
rig h ts ordinance.
T he Rev. Mr. R iddick states
th a t none of the le tte rs he has re ­
ceived thus far favoring his move,
contain any “rancor o r b itte rn e ss”
against the Negro. “ I am sur-
(C ontinued on P age 2, Col. 3)
Sec. 34.66 P.L.&R.
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