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PORTLAND INQUIRER
CLARK CO U N TY N EW S
Thos. J. f.nd Nancy R. Hall, 145F Wintler Drive
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH OF
BURTON HOMES
519 B. Hathaway Drive, Room 1205
Rev. James W. Brown, Pastor.
Sis. F. M. Turner, Sec., Sis. Strain,
Clerk, Bros. A. Rollins and L. Don
ald, Deacons.
A man asked me, “ What is
L ife?” to which I made this reply
— “ Life is not measured by years,
but by deeds.” And I ask you, my
readers, “ What Is Your L ife?”—
Pastor Brown.
Send us your children for their
Christian training. In our Sunday
School we have some of the best
teachers available, here or else
where.
One is a former public
school teacher in her home, and a
specialist in the art of instructing
small children. Her name?— Sis.
Moton. Here your children will be
taught, step by step the real fun
damentals and basis o f Christian
living, and receive real training on
Bible subjects, unsurpassed any
where. “ Teach a child the way it
should go,” is the word of one of
the wisest of philosophers, given by
Divine inspiration, and that is our ing the close o f the session. Any
Sunday School, motto. There are members wishing to go, may see
also classes for Juniors, Intermedi the pastor and receive Clergy Fare
ates, Adults, Seniors and YES, for Certificates, which enables passage
MINISTERS as well. Here the way First Class at one half.
is made so plain, “ until a fool can
B. Y. P. U. at 7:00 p. m. each
not error.” Our Sunday School be Sunday, with Rev. G. D. Smith in
gins at 11:00 a. m. and You and charge, assisted by able Bible men
Your Friends are Welcome!
and women
Immediately following our Sun
Now comes a special treat . . Sis.
day School, we begin our Devotion C. Smith of St. Louis, Missouri, an
al, led by the Deacons and partici Evangelist of prominence, and a
pated in by the Congregation. Time superb ringer of the Songs of Zion,
— 12:30, and if you want to receive will do the singing and Rev. L.
a Blessing, Come to First Baptist Brown will do the preaching at our
and take part. Pray your prayer, 8:00 p. m. services this Sunday,
sing your hymn, solo, ballad or an August 27. Some early and prepare
them.
for a feast you shall not be able
Welcome Here Means Welcome
to soon forget. This Sunday is Wo
Our pulpit services and preach men’s night; so women, prove your
ing begins immediately following self.
the Devotional services. The pastor
The official staff o f 1st Baptist
— God willing—will deliver the ser is: Rev. J. W. Brown, pastor; Rev.
mons at the next two services in G. D. Smith, Supt. of Sunday
the daytime, and the sermon on the school; Deacons Rollins and Love;
first Sunday for Communion; after fPastor’s and Sunday School secre-
which he is going to attend the Na- tary Sis. F. M. Turner; Clerk Sis.
tional Baptist Convention, and Strain; Teachers Sis. E. Taylor,
shall return immediately follow- I Strain and the aforementioned.
Vancouver and Vicinity
ways, there never was or will be
in any Kaiser enterprise any dis
crimination. The better Negro of
this area would like to talk to their
employer personally. We are sure
he is not aware of the condition of
things and have just taken it for
granted that there are no Negroes
qualified for anything except that
training received at Kaiser com
pany.
Mr. Allen Jackson, a chipper,
Swan Island yards, became sudden
ly ill with penumonia. Mr. Jackson
recently came here from Houston,
Texas, and resides at 10015 North
Dave, East Vanport, and is a vete
ran of World War I.
By Doris Mae Williams
Mr. Frank Reddic, a former em
ployee of thd Cotton club of Van
couver, has been called into serv
ice and is now spending his four
teen days furlough. Mr. Reddic’s
home is in Washington, D. C.
An article appeared in the
March issue of Weekly Unity by
Edgar Kaiser, reprinted from the
Journal by permission. The write
up was freedom for those who have
lived in freedom, life is impossible
without it. From this point I will
speak. So far we, the Negros of
America, are only half free. To my
Miss Bertha Mayes of 606 H.
knowledge there are a number of
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jKiggins
at Bagley Downs will be
women j employed by the Kaiser
.v’^aving
for
a month’ vacation with
compariy that are capable of doing1
her
mother,
who
has been ill a num
other than labor with all necessary
qualifications, but are not quite ber of years and is now recovered
free enough to do any but shipyard and home. Miss Mayes has been an
work. Believing that Mr. Kaiser is employee of Kaiser Co. Vancouver
a Christian man after reading his for the past eight months as a
editorial, and knowing him to be welder.
one of the greatest builders of all
times, we the Negro people appeal
to the Christian side, knowing in
any enterprise he will have follow
ers, it would be a step toward the
freedom for which we are all fight
ing for him to let down the bar
riers of office work and put faces
in the personnel that would not
look at a fellow and not see him.
Of course the same story as al
There have been a number of
burglaries reported in and around
Ogden Meadows, the Roach family
were victims of a prowler who took
everything of value that could be
found. So it will pay all to be sure
that you take the extra precaution
to lock your door before leaving
home.
For all news pertaining to Ne
groes read your Portland Inquirer.
THE M A N W H O C A M E TO D IN N E R
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INPUSTRy
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Negroes in War
in Pacific
SAIPAN (Delayed)— Among the
Negro soldiers taking part in the
war in the Pacific was one who
writes that “ this war is for keeps;
Private First Class John M. Jen
kins, 20, son of Mrs. Berlina Jen
kins, 1218 “ C” Street, S. E., Wash
ington, D. C., knocked out a Jap
machine gun with a hand grenade.
“ They moved us up to the front
to lnlp halt a counter-attack,” he
said. “ This gun opened on me from
close range. It must have thrown
20 shells as I jumped into a ditch.”
“ I could see three Japs moving
about the gun. After pulling the
pin on a grenade, I got to thinking
they’d have time to throw it back,
so I held it a few seconds and let
it go. It landed right on the gun.
Guess it got ’em all.”
Back in 1942, at New Orleans,
another of the Marines, Leo Mann,
knocked out Lew Jenkins, former
welterweight champion. Mann, 2 1 ,:
son of Mrs. Daisy Mann, 1308 Hei-
ner Street, Houston, Texas, is now
a sergeant. He directed one of the
unloading groups.
“ I jumped into my foxholes when
the mortar shells began moving in,
for about the 10th time,” he said.
When I looked up, I was lying out
side the foxhole. Guess I was blown
out.” Sergeant Mann, who fought
variously as a light, welter, and
middleweight won 24 of his 27 pro
fessional bouts.
Patrons of The Bam, unique Cin
cinnati night spot, recall a Negro
who nightly tried to tear a sturdy
piano apart. Here he manned a .30
caliber machine gun during a brief
Jap Charan-Kanoan counter-attack.
“ Don’t know for sure whether I
hit any Japs or not, but I shot up
a lot of ammunition,” said Private
First Class Robert Payne, 20, son
of Mrs. James Brown, 418 Cutter
Street, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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