Portland challenger., July 31, 1953, Page Page Two, Image 2

Friday. July 31. 1953
OHTLAND CHALLENGER
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P o ï t j , c t\ d 1
Couch io Teach
At Reed College
News In Brief
Among five new faculty m em ­
bers added to th e Reed college
faculty is W illiam Couch J r. of
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P u blished every oth er F rid ay in P o rtlan d , Oregon. T he C h al­
of R oosevelt col-
len g er is not responsible for th e re tu rn of unsolicited m an u scrip ts
W m. C o u ch ^ jr
le8e in Chicago
o r photographs.
and nas nis d o c to rs and m aster's
degrees from the U niversity of
Chicago.
He has tau g h t at Jackson S tate
T eachers college in Jackson, Miss.,
The proposed redevelopment of the area of North Portland West Virginia S tate college ar.d
between the Steel and Broadway bridges and N. E. First the Chicago public schools.
BY W ILLIAM W RIGHT
C h a lle n g er S ta ff W rite r
Rev. and Mrs. Charles Hampton are visiting Mr. and Mrs.
Cleophus Smith, 4736 N. Commercial avenue. Rev. Mr. Smith
js pastor of Bethel Baptist church in San Diego. Mrs. Hamp­
ton is the aunt of Mrs. Smith.
Back in Portland to take the Oregon state embalmer’s ex­
amination is C. D. Vann of Lansing, Mich. Mr. Vann was in
P o rtla n d a y e a r ago w ith his wife I
th e house guest of a sister, Mrs.
and son to check on th e possibili­
ties of settin g up an em balm ing W. M. Giles, and a b ro th er and
sister-in-law , Mr. and Mrs. S u l­
business in the city.
livan
G iven of H ouston.
Mrs. H erm an P lu m m er left r e ­
Mrs. Lee Shepherd, 3228 S. W.
cently for K ansas City, Mo., to be
1st
avenue, is hom e again follow ­
n e a r h e r m other d u rin g a su d ­
ing
a visit w ith her daughter, Mrs.
den illness . . . M elanee H oliday
C
aroline
B enning of S eattle. Mrs.
is bac c on th e job a t the B u tte r­
S
h
epherd
took her niece, C arol
m ilk C orner follow ing a recen t
A
nn
M
orrison,
w ith her on th e
illness.
jau n t. She also visited V ictoria,
N oticed w orking as clerk on
th e m ain floor of M eier and Canada.
Mrs. Elise R eynolds w as re ­
F ra n k com pany w as R obert
cently
elected A ssociated G ran d
Ford, Roosevelt high school
A w arded Fellow ship
avenue ahd the Willamette river is still much in the talking
M
atron
of W ashington and ju ris ­
teacher. New sales lady at the
stage and this page doubts that it will get much further than In 1951-52 Couch w as aw arded C
diction
of
the O rder of E astern
rossroads is M rs. G eneva
that. The plan, authored by Commissioner Nate Boody of the a general educaton fellow ship F ran k lin . Both are non-w hite S ta r . . . Mrs. W ebster R and h ad
from the R ockefeller Foundation.
Portland City Council, would provide for a civic recreation He served as a first lieu ten an t additions to P o rtla n d 's clerk to ru sh to K ansas City, Mo.,
w here she w as called due to th e
center with ample parking space and also include a hall large in the in fan try d u rin g W orld occupation.
W ar II.
The B en n ett G rim m etts w ere d eath of h e r father, Tem ple A.
enough to hold national conventions.
H olland. Mrs. R and w as a re p re ­
Couch has w ritte n articles in hosts recen tly to d in n er guests at sen tativ e to the OES G rand Ses­
Commessioner Boody’s plan sounds and looks good, but the Jo u rn al of N egro Education, th e ir hom e on 33 N. M onroe street
sion in O akland and had to leave
traffic congestion ir> the area makes the site a second choice. the P hylon Q u arterly and was The d in n e r w as given in th e h o n ­ before th e conclusion of the con­
Both east approaches to the Steel and Broadway bridges ed ito r of the Jack so n College B ul­ o r of Mrs. T heressa H oover of fab.
New Y ork City. G uests included
would cause considerable traffic pileups and keep many letin.
H om e w ith a broken ankle is
Miss L ena H illsm an. Mr. and Mrs.
He is expected on th e Reed col­
M
arvin M cK inney w ho w as ru n
would-be ball fans and other people from the area.
lege cam pus tw o w eeks before B illy Law , Rev. and Mrs. J. H a r­ over by a scoopm obile F riday,
old Jones II, and Miss Sadie
One good aspect of the plan is that it would clean up a the fall sem ester gets underw ay. G rim m ett.
w hile w orking. Says h e ’ll be “off
his fe e t” for about six w eeks.
messy situation that has evidently been allowed to exist due Classes are slated to begin S ep ­
tem ber 21.
Mrs. Jam es R. W aldon, 2836
G eorge H ill is expected in from
to a laxity on the part of the cit> officials to do anything O th er in stru cto rs added to the No. W illiam s avenue, has r e ­
about it. That situation is the rampant vice conditions existing faculty included: Jo h n A. D ud- tu rn e d hom e from a trip to L. A. ab o u t the 17th of A ugust for
m an, assistan t professor of m a th e­ A lexandria, La., w here she was a sh o rt visit.
in the so-called Williams avenue area.
Mrs. D ew ey D ennis from S eat­
m atics; W arren L. Susm an. h is­ ivisiting her seriously ill m o th ­
The acceptance of Boody’s plan could result in the “break- tory and hu m an ities; R onald C. er, Mrs. D ave G ivens. Mrs. tle w as th e w eek end guest of
and M rs. R euben O verton,
ing-up” of a district popularly referred to as the “Negro area” F raser, biology; E dw ard J. Heu- W aldon also spent th ree days Mr.
1437
N. Ross avenue.
in H ouston, Tex., w here she was
of Portland. It would decentralize the Negro population and, bel, political science.
O ut-of-tow n guests for th e
tend to put an end to the popular conception of the area and
Bogle-Boyd w edding included
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd K ing of M ount
the reign of the civicly and socially unproductive no-gooders.
V
ernon, N ew Y ork; Mrs. N athan
These individuals have nothing constructive to offer and tend
H ow ard of St. Louis, Mo.; Mr. and
to perpetuate a stereotype harmful to the integrated program
Mrs. W illiam P ay n e of K ansas
so necessary in the country today if America is to stand proud­
City, K ansas; Mrs. B uelah C haney
The wedding of Miss Joy Brock to Mr. Clarence O. Pruitt and Mrs. M arth a B row n of Los
ly in line' with nations of the rest of the world in the concerted
took place July 5 on a sunny afternoon at Bethel AME church. A ngeles; Mrs. D udley C haney of
effort to find peace nd acceptance of the individual.
The bride was given away by her father Mr. Asa L. Brock, T ulare, Cal; Mrs. Belle R unyon
of S an Diego; Mrs. A lm a Boone,
The acceptance of Boody’s plan could mean better environ­ with Rev. Jesse Boyd and Father L. O. Stone officiating.
Miss T hera Boone of Tacom a; Mr.
ments for many minority youngsters that are more-or-less
The
bride
wore
an
ankle-length
gown
of
white
chantilly
and Mrs. C harles A dam s of S eat­
forced (o grow up amid vice conditions that get little or no re­
tle, and Mrs. Eunice M yles of S an
lace over ice blue slip p er satin.
lief from the Portland police department.
Francisco.
She w ore a delicate, pearl-
New arriv a ls in P o rtla n d in ­
nedveil and carried a b ou­
Boody’s plan is a god one, but other areas seem more ac­ q crow
clude Miss J u a n ita Reese, now
u et of red, long-stem m ed roses.
ceptable when more factors are taken into consideration. Miss B everly Brock, m aid of
trav elin g w ith th e W ings O ver
Perhaps the city will see its way clear to give better govern­ honor and sister to th e bride,
Jo rd a n choral group, and Second
Lt. D oris F rye, of the arm y nurse
ment to the people in the area proposed for redevelopment by w ore an an k le-len g th orchid
corps.
Miss Reece is in P o rtla n d
gow
n
w
ith
a
dipped
neckline
Commissioner Boody.
due to the serious illness of h e r
and long-sleeved m atching gloves.
father, Jim Reese.
She carried a nosegay of pastel
In v itatio n s are o u t for th e A u ­
flow ers.
gust 16 reception of Mr. and Mrs.
O th er bridesm aids w ore ankle-
W ilson Sm ith. Mrs. Sm ith is the
length gow ns of pastel colors m ade
form er Ozie M ott. The couple live
The state of Oregon now has a civil rights bill and to its of nylon organdy, corresponding
a t 1326 N. B enton avenue.
citiens must go the credit for the commendable measure.
long-sleeved gloves and sm all,
V isiting w ith her m other,
d ain ty head pieces of m atching
Mrs. R achael G reen, 1613 N. E.
Democracy in action aptly describes the efforts of the peo­ colo. B ridem aids w ere Miss Ruby
Going, is M rs. L illian F rancois
ple in a final realization of basic human freedoms. Oregon B rock (sister to the bride) from
and d au g h ters H onoré and Con­
can now boast proudly of an enlightened citizenry. The state C alifornia, Mrs. E. R olland W orth
stance. Mrs. G reen is from M us­
from Itoseburg, O regon; Mrs. Ar-
kegon, Mich., and plans to stay
is certainly in line with the American democratic tenets.
ville Rae and Mrs. D ennis Mor-
in P o rtlan d indefinitely v isit­
Bill Berry, executive secretary of the Urban League of lan of P o rtla n d and Mrs. Pat
ing w ith relativ es and friends,
Billy W right, son of Mr. and
Portland, expressed the thoughts of this page when he said: S m ith of M cM innville, Oregon.
MRS. CLARENCE PRU ITT
F low er girl w as four-year-old
Mr
?. R obert W right of S eattle,
F orm erly Joy Brock
The public record of our state now shows—undoubted­ Teri A llard.
Wn., w as in P o rtlan d last w eek.
ly where the people stand. This should be an object les­
Dr. R ichard A llard w as best a te ach er in the P o rtla n d public W right p articip ated in th e P a ­
cific N orthw est G olf association
m an to the groom. O ther ushers ! school system .
son to those on the far left who say to disadvantaged
to u rn ey at C olum bia-E dgew ater
w ere, Joseph B ow m an, W illiam
T he couple are now a t hom e C ountry club.
people, “Follow us, we are your only friends”; and to those
H illiard, W illis W illiam s, H o w -| a t 617 N. E. Cook,
on the fringe right who have dedicated themselves to the
Dr. W alter R eynolds w as in
ard Jacobson and .B elton H am il­
P
o
rtlan d recently. Dr. Reynolds
paradoxical proposition that some men are created equal.
ton. O rganist w as Miss Rose
is
the
son of Mr. and Mrs. P h il ’
Furthermore, this demonstration should give time for
M arie Brock, sister to the bride.
Reynolds,
1326 N. B enton avenue,
Bob H erndon, vocalist, sung “B e­
pause to the hordes of citizens who are “social bystand­
j
and
has
been
tak in g residency in
cau se“ and th e “L ord’s P ra v e r.”
By B ertha Baugh
ers" whose basic attitudes are right on matters of inter­
Sail M ateo. Cal. He plans to p rac­
C h allen g er S ta ff W rite r
racial justice, hut who also believe that effort is useless.
The church w as adorned w ith
tice in P ortland.
Mrs. B razola R eddick recently
p astel gladioli and candleabra.
Effort for human decency is never useless. Together we
to V ancouver a f t e r 1
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Reception w as held at the hom e re tu rn e d
can change the world or at least the part of the world
stu
d
y
in
g
for
nine
m
onths
at
the!
of the b rid e’s parents, following
in which we operate.
th e im pressive cerem ony. The ; U niversity of W ashington in Seat-
tie. She r e c e iv d a M aster’s De-!
Oregon citizens proved that democracy is still very much new lyw eds took a short trip to j gree in sociologiy.
Last rite s w ere held for D avid
,he coast for th e ir honeym oon.
alive in their state and the\ proved it in a decent manner.
H aving w orked for seven years K urney at the graveside in Co-
There was no book burning, hurling of irresponsible or anony­ The groom is affiliated w ith in the W ashington d e p artm en t of lum bian cem etery recently. He
mous charges, or name calling. Democracy can work and the Alpha Phi A lpha fra te rn ity a n d , S tate P ublic A ssistance in the was the son of Mr. and Mrs. B en­
atten d s the U niversity of O regon C lark county office. Mrs. R eddick
in K urney, 100 N. Cook street.
actions of citizens, channeled in the right direction, can make D ental school. The b: ide is a resum ed h er position on J u n e 29 Z jam
eller F u n e ra l chapel w as in
it work so beautifully.
g rad u ate of L infield college and i s , as a child w elfare case w orker.
charge of th e arrangem ents.
Redevelopment Plan
Pruitt-Brock Say 7 Do'
In Colorful July Wedding
Citizens Deserve Credit
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j DAVID KURNEY