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Vol.1 No. 51 Portland, O re. AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Thursd
Ralph
NAACP Meeting
in Corvallis
Bunche
AMA new agency for
D a y /N ig h t care
Retires
I wo beautiful girls wearing African fashions and Afro-stvled
wigs. Caucasian women find the African fashions appealing,
comfortable and relaxing
Dla< k manufactured goorls
are getting more opportunity
to be retailed In the Portland
area through the e fforts of a
new corporation called "D Is -
trlhutlon Enterprise».”
Located at 1(534 northeast
A lberta, the company whole
sales ami retails Items manu
factured by m inority group
businesses throughout
the
United States.
Presently, products whole
saled by D istribution Enter
prises are available In four
major Portland area stores
Including: JCPenney’ s,M e ie r
and Frank, Fred MeverandG.
I. Joe’ s. Those four outlets
c a rry mens and women’ s
African fashions and A fro -
natural wigs.
In an effort to capture the
teen-age market, romjianv
the near future a public sale
of stock w ill begin. He plans
to market the stock at ten-dol-
lars a share.
Distribution
Enterprises
has a line of credit silyhtlv
over a quarter m illion dollars.
This w ill be Important as they
expand. Hollowsv savs he ex
pects to Import goods man
ufactured In several West
coast African nations.
Holloway
Is keeping an
eagle eye open for potential
franchise holders since D is
tribution
Enterprises
has
franchise openings In twelve
western states.
présidant liai Holloway has
I tie ta le i al food pi ogram was
cans of a single vegetable."
audioi ized by the A gricultural
Act of 1935. T h lrty -s lx states
participate In die p ru g r a m.
M r. Choate and h is staff
v tailed 14 of d n states in con
ducting U m r investigation.
Ills report was highly c ritic a l
of die A griculture Depart
ment. Commudatlons d ls trt-
lu ta l are diuse of which there
is an agricultui al surplus: ap
ple sauce, d ry tw ins. flutter,
cheese. C o rn ,g rits,co i nmeal,
egg m ix, canned chopped meat,
di i« l prunes, rice , corn syrup
and wlieat floui .
Installed
Multnomah County D is tric t
Court Judge Mercedes Diet
installs officers of the student
council at Portland King Ele-
ementary School,theceremony
w ill be held at 9:15 a.m. dur
ing a special assembly In the
s« h«»ol auditorium at 490*5 N .F.
8th Avenue. Student t«dy elec
tions were held October 1.
want CYO¡2
as a saver
llc n j.0 Franklin
f id ia a l
Anniversary
Two employees recently
elehrated service anniversa
ries with Shell OH Company at
Its W lllbrldge plant, Portland.
Svend P. Svendsen, a P o rt
land resident and senior plant
operator, w ill observe 30
years of service.
Clare D. Boyd, a Portland
resident and senior c le rk at
the plant, w ill observe 10
years of service.
Both Svendsen and Boyd
Joined the company as yard
men at W lllbrldge.
Black Studies
Lenwood G. Davis
D r. Ronald Cease, Dean for
Undergraduate Studies, has
announced the up(x>lntnient of
Lenwood G. Davis as Acting
D ire cto r of tin Black Studies
Program at Portland State
U niversity. M r. Davis has
been an instructor at tie local
university fo r the past year
an] taught coui ses In both hls-
to iy and th e Black Studies
NAACP Challenges Quality of schools
*^5 ^
Celebrate
Now Director
hired seven lovely highschool
g irls to wear clothing and wigs
sold by D.E. The g irls re fe r
interested classmates toa re -
R obe: t C boa to, J r . a fm me r
hungei consultant to (tie Nixon
Adm inistration, cliarg»! that
tl» fodeial surplus fowl pro
gram Is a “ national dis
grace." He said I lie D irect
D lsti llu tio n Program should
1» call “ The Indirect and I r
regular
M aldlsti lhutlon of
highly lim ited foals to the
I» : slstent p o o r."
Tin ctaiiges were made In a
report prepaied foi tin Senate
select Committee onNutrltlon
and HumanNceds, for which he
serves as a convertable.
M r. Choate was ci ideal of
almost eveiy asjwct of tin
program.
M r. Choate said th e p rig ram
was pa: ticu la rly had In light of
tin fact that the Department of
A griculture a n a ly z e d die
nutrition of Americans by eco
nomic level aitl found that die
poor do have inadequate diet.
He said foods deliveied pro
vide between 50 and
of nu
trients needed. "How can a
couple with two children meet
d n n daily vegetable needs for
th irty days from foui No. 303
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of some students falling in their
system ," M rs. Alexander said.
Although she did not specify
what cities would be the tar
gets for this new area of
concern fo r tlie NAACP, M rs.
Alexander said the associa
tion's work in this area was
munity action and if necessary
legal action” to co rre ct in -
eijulties within present public
education systems. “ There's
something wrong with schools,
standards, teacliers and ad
m in istra to rs,” M rs . Alex
ander
sakl.
C iting
one
c rite rio n on which the local
associations w ill be able to
hold school systems “ accoun
table** Is to check the reading
progress of students in the
schools. “ The simplest way
of finding out how good schools
• re is to find out how well
a child reads," she said.
The new thrust toward
holding school o fficials “ ac
countable" Is one of four
areas the education division
of the NAACP w ill work on
this
school year. Others
Include: (I) Continued pres
sure fo r desegregation of
public schools in Southern
urban areas: (2) Elimination
of discrim inatory practices
w ithin
newly desegregated
continued page 3 col. 3
Program.
He s u c c e s s e s
P hilip M cLaurin, who re
signed at the end of the spring
term to take a s im ila r position
in Boston.
P rof. Davis is a fo rm e rS a l-
isbury, North Carolina resi
dent, and was a Livingstone
College h lstoiy Instructor be
fore Joining the H istoryD e-
p a r t m e n t and the Black
Studies Program at PSU. The
history professor declared “ 1
«ni basically a teacher and
w rite r and not an adm inistra
tor, however, 1 w ill do my best
to uphold tl« high academic
standards of the program .”
The b rillia n t young scholar’ s
view Is expressed in his most
recent work, “ Blacks In the
State of Oregon: 1788-1971, A
Bibliography” that w i l l be
published by the Council on
Planning L ib ra ria n s ofM onti-
cello, Illin o is in November of
this year. It Is the most com
prehensive and exhaustive
work ever compiled on Blacks
in the State of Oregon. The
bibliography is p rim a rily de
signed as a reference fo r those
cont
Credit Cards
Have you received a new kind
of cre d it card in the mail
lately? If so, be suspicious.
T h e Consumer Protection
Program is In the process of
investigating. There is reason
to believe that this is a scheme
to get your money In the form
of a membership fee but that
you w ill not receive any kind
of service fo r this fee. Be-
warel There are many rep
utable credit card companies.
Call tl« Consumer Protection
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tigate before you invest.
P O IN T S TO REMEMBER
WHEN USING CRIDIT CARDS
I. Cost of c re d it. If a con
sumer uses his cre d it cani to
spread payments over a per
iod of tim e, it may cost as
much as 18% annually fo r the
use of tlie money.
2. overspending. How much
of a b ill can you run up without
tl« danger of not being able to
|My up? Remember when using
a cre d it card to keep a safe
debt load.
3. If your card is lost or
stolen, call or w ire the com
pany immediately. Follow this
up with a le tte r.
4. Destroy or return any un
solicited card which you re
ceive and do not intend touse.
Destroy all expired o r cancel
led cards.
5. He sure your card is
returned to you after each
use.
6. Never lend your credit
card - you assume all respon
s ib ility fo r Its use or loss.
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Gloster B. Current
Gloster B. Current, Director of Branches
and Field Administration of the NAACP
headquarter in New York City will be
banquet speaker October 9, 7:00 p.m. on
the OSU Campus.
Delegates from NAACP
chapters from Alaska, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington w ill
meet in C o rva llis, Oregon,
tins weekend, October 9,10 for
the fall Northwest Area Con
ference, according to E llis H.
Casson, president of the P ort
land chapter of the National
Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People.
A number of members and
friends of the Portland chapter
w ill be in attendance, M r.
Casson said. Those interested
may make ove: night reser
vations at the Towne House
M otor Inn, 350 S. W. 4th.
C orvallis 97330 or the city
Center Motel, 315 S. W. 4th
Street,
C orvallis
97330.
There w ill be social hours
planned fo r Friday evening,
particularly since many dele
gates w ill be a rriv in g on
Friday evening.
Registration w ill begin at
9:00 a.m. Saturday morning at
the F irs t United Methodist
Church, 1165 N. W. Monroe
Street in C o rva llis. Following
the morning sessions and
lunch, the afternoons w ill be
taken up with five workshops
on the following subjects:
Justice and the M inority,
Black Student Union rap ses
sion, Federal
and State
housing programs.
Branch
development and Regional
Youth Workshop.
A t 7:00 pun. on Saturday
night a banquet w ill be held
in the Memorial Union on the
Oregon State U niversity cam
pus.
Speaker at the banquet Sat
urday night w ill be Closter
B. C urrent, D ire cto r of
Branches and Field Adminis
tration, of the national NAACP
headquarters in New York
city.
He w ill be introduced
c ris is since he Joined the
secretariat in 1946. He was
active in negotiations during
the Congo c ris is and is con
sidered to be the UN’ s top
expert on the .Middle East.
He received the Nobel Peace
P rize in 1950 fo r his ro is
in achieving the 1949 arm is
tice between IsreaJ and the
Arab nations.
Bunche worked his way
through high school by laying
carpets. He attended the Uni
versity of C alifornia at Los
Angeles
on
an
athletic
scholarship and graduated a
Phi Bet Kappa.
He earned
his M aster’ s and doctorate
at Harvard U n iv e i.ity .
Bunche Joined government
service as an A frican expert
in the o ffice of the Coordi
nator of Information in 1944.
He later moved to the Office
of Strategic Services and the
State Department before going
to the United Nations. Hewas
the top America in the UN
secretariat.
Secretary-General U Thant
praised Bundle's “ unique and
invaluable services to th-
United Nations since the
founding of this organization."
S ir Alec Doglas Home, foreign
secretary of B rita in , said,
"T he United Nations is losing
the services of an inter
national statesman of the firs t
ra n k."
y care mother, reads to her child-
and Day Care children Brandi and
i of M r. and M rs. Hardy W illiam s.
On October I, with the
signing of the contract by
Reverend John H. Jackson,
Chairman of the Albina M inis
terial Alliance, and A. Lee
Henderson, Chairman of the
Board of D irectors of the
Metropolitan Area 4-C Coun
c il, Albina M inisterial A l
liance became the operating
agency fo r the Fam ily Day
and Night Care Program .
The F am ily Day and Night
Care Program provides care
fo r children in certified day
care homes. The day care
mothers, who are paid S3 -50
Hamilton
medical problems of children,
child development, nutrition
fo r young children, and ed
ucational activities and play.
Equipment such as baby beds
and potty chairs are provided
if the day care mother does
not have her own. The pro
gram also provides books and
toys for the use of the children.
Children served are resi
dents of the Model C ities area
whose parents are employed
o r attend school, or who need
care outside their own home
because of emotional or social
problems of either the child
or the parents.
Children
cared for in fam ily homes are
p rim a rily those under three
years of age; children who
because of physical, intel
lectual o r emotional handicaps
cannot attend
child care
centers; and older children
who need care in the evening
or at night. Also included
are
fam ily groups whose
parents prefer that they be
kept together, children whose
parents prefer that they be
con’t. on pg. 6 coL 3
seeks
Mayor’s
Life Center a Service Center
Post
cont. on page 2 co l. 5
Where
is Due
Hecause of tlie one-hour television program, "P ortland:
Business in tlie Black” shown on KPTV last Sunday night,
DC toiler 3, 9:00-10:00 p j n , a number of black-owned and
operated business firm s received much-deserved publicity,
well-present by KPTV’ s news staff.
The Portlatxl Observer wishes to commen all the people
who helped to make the program possible. News D ire cto r
Don Stellges and Producer L a rry C urran were in charge.
Chuck Wlnkenwerden film ed it, Sylvia Battise was consultant
and did the fine opening and closing graphics, and Judy
Spannagel wrote the scrip t.
Black owners of th e ir own businesses were shown at work,
discussing problems of getting started, keeping going, and
looking toward the future when they can see profits ahead.
Each person mentioned tlie hard work and long hours as
"being worth i t " , and gave credit to advice and encourage
ment from lixlivkiuals who were specialists.
The outstanding thing about the program was that it
presented these people not just as blacks but as individuals
with problems who were struggling but proud to be on their
own arxl determined to make good. We wwere proud of them.
Shown during the program were M rs. Vivian Barnett of
Barnett Real Estate, Booker Pannell of Rose C ity Cah,
B ill Benton, J r . of Neighborhood B ill's Sausage, L td - M rs.
It could Just be a rum orl
Ed Hamilton Is planning to
run for mayor. But look at
tt this way too, " I t could be
tr u e l"
Ed Hamilton has been a
successful businessman for
fifty rears. He Is not Just a
man In the fur business. He
Is something different, this
garrulous old man. He has
heart, body and soul In any
thing he undertakes.
If he
enters the race, it should
be Interesting. Watch the
Observer next week for the
full story.
The Albina Lions Club
w ill be selling "T ric k or
Treat” Candy.
Help this
worthy organization by pur
chasing your Halloween sup
plies from them.
The \lb in a Lionsarealways
doing helpful things for the
neighborhood.
They give
scholarships to many youths.
Don Oman of the Young World Develop
ment Foundation presented a check for
$4,482 to Mrs. Gertrude Crow, Director
of the Life Center, The money was
obtained by some of the local youths who
marched 30 miles in the "Hike For
Hunger" and pledged donations to centers
in the area who helped with the march.
Life Center manned a station at Reed
College.
by Bonnie Andrews
Life (Low Income Fam ilies
Emergency) was started by a
group of community service
workers under the auspices of
the Albina Neighborhood Ser
vice Center. It has been in
operation fo r about t h r e e
years at 321 N. E. Russell at
the corner of Union and Rus
sell. It is funded by United
Good Neighbors, citizens’ do
nations, letters to friends,
churches and benefits.
The L ife Center is under the
direction of M rs . Gertrude
Crow. Working along with
M rs. Crow is M rs. Mary Foi
lings, Secretary, M rs Mattie
Harden, who is lncharge of the
furniture department and M rs.
Mary Johnson who Is in charge
of the clothing department.
The Center is designed to
provide low income fam ilies
with items they are in need of.
It operates on a self-help basis
which enables low income
fam ilies to come into the Cen-
te r and do volunteer work in
exchange fot the things they
need. F o r example, theCente:
has a “ head start closet'*
where mothers or teachers of
head start aged children can
get shoes and clothing so that
the children w ill have some
thing to wear to school. There
is also a c.otliing department
fo r adults who are in need of
clothes. The Center makes
layettes forexjectaiitm others
also. In return fo r the clothes
tt« women work at theCenier.
They may be assigned the duty
of keeping tt« clothes and
shoes straight and in oide: on
the shelves and clothes racks,
for example.
In exchange for furniture, a
man might upholsterchairsoi
paint tables. The w o m e n
sometimes help M rs. Harden
piece o r hem quilts. Fam ilies
in need of food can receive
food boxes in exchange for
con’ t. on pg. 6 col. 3