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PORTLAND -¿7 OBSERVER
V( I.UMI. 2 No. 57 Portland Oregon
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Black men elected in White Vancouver
th e people of the c ity of
Vancuuvei, Washington, a v ir
tually all white City, have el
ect«.! two young black men to
city-w ale positions In govern
ment. W llla n lN e ttle s ,J i .was
elect»! to the city council anil
Chuck W illiam s to tlie school
board.
C luck W illiam s, who was
e le c te d to llie Vancouvei
school Ixiaid, Is a telephone
d e ve lo pm e n t
s u fie rv ls o i
and
office manage i fo r Pacific
Northwest Hell In Portland,
where lie has leen employ»)
for ¿0 years. He graduated
from tlie lln lv e is tly of P o it-
land with a HA and Continued
his studies atMuJtnomahCol-
lege. lie ami his fam ily have
lived In Vancouvei fo r 12
years.
M r. W illiam s Is active In
community affalrs.H e was ap
pointed to tlie Vancouver Plan
ning Commission and Is that
bulles i epi esentatlve In the
Vancouvei Hoard of Adjust
ment. A sa membei of tlie A ir
Foice Reserve, lie la tlie lea-
son officoi fot ties A ir Pot ce
Academy, lie is active In L it
tle League, Huy Scouts and
P .I.A . M l . S M r s . W illia m :,
have five children In the Van-
cuuvei jxihllc schoola.
M r. W illia m s decided to run
for tlie school boatd position
because of his strong concern
for education an) because of
tlie encoui agement of his
fi lends, lie believes that ralh-
er than Just discuss the pro
blem, one should attempt to
gut In a position to faelp make
Clumges. Although tlie Van
couver schools do have finan
cial pi oblerns, lie feels that the
school board w ill be able louse
a "team w ork” approach to
Improve education for all
Children.
( >ne of Ills main concerns la
oveiciowding and class size.
He would like to see class
loads loweied to 25 at least in
tlw tonic courses of Mat):,
English and Reading. Hewould
like to expand tlie “ open
school” system, which allows
students to learn to plan their
time and resouices. Although
Vancouvei has three “ open”
giade schools and one "open”
Telephone service to
North Portland expands
high school. In order to give
the student continuity, this
plan needs to lie expanded to
all of tlie schools. Some of his
othei uiteiests ate vocational
training, tlie 12 month school
year, and Increased lnvolv-
ment of parents.
M r. W illiam s feels that his
position of vital Issues as well
as his ye n s of personal in
volvement In the community
contributed to his election.
W illard Nettles J r . was
born on January 17, 1944, In
Hooks, Texas. He Is one of a
fam ily of ten children.
Nettles graduated Hudson's
Hay High school in Vancouvei
in 1961. He attended C lark J r.
College from 1961-1963. He
was active In athletics, win
ing the Washington State Jun
ior College WrestllngChamp-
p ion ship in tlie 167 pound class
aid the state Championship in
tlie Broad Jump and T rip le
Jump. He graduated from
Lewis and C lark College in
1967 with a HA in Health and
Physical Education.
M r. Nettles worked for
three years as a production
planner fo r Crown Zellerbach
in Camas. He tlen returned to
Victorious
V « /
Chuck W illiam s was elected
Vancouver school board.
a four year term on the
T a y lo r
a p p o in te d
C hairm an
Jack L . T aylor J r , assis
tant professor of !xisiness ad
m inistration at Portland State
I n iv e is ity , has leen appointed
chairman of tlie Oregon Con
sumer League, Model City
Consumer
Protection P ro
gram Management Commit
tee.
The Oregon Coneumei Lea
gue preaei.tJy
>s an Jb ’ .OOC
federal grant to operate tlie
program In tlie Model City
area of Portland.
Cui rantly Involved in a new
coui se. Urban Consumerism,
at Portland State, T aylor has
Introduced several innovative
techniques such as student re
search projects involving stu
dents in the stuly and solution
of actual consumei problems.
Taylor recently attended tlie
South western Regional Con
sumer meeting at the I niver-
slty of Southern C alifornia
which was sponsored by tlie
President's Office of Con
sumer A ffa irs .
He also Is a member of tlw
Board of D ire cto rs of the Ore
gon Consumer League and
chairman of new chapter de
velopment foi tlie League.
Model
Cities holds
Consumer
Fair
SLIDIN’ HOME — Lineman Matt Mattliews of 1818 N.L. 25th lubricates giant telephone cable
going u n le rg i ouml at the intersection of K illlngsworth anti Denver. The cable. Consisting of 900
pan s of telephone w lie s. Is smear«] with a special lubricant to prevent hangups as it Is pulled
through guide pipes in tlie manhole into underground ducts. Work In the North Portland area is
part of a $160,000 project by PaclflcNcn tliwest Hell to expand "m a in line” telephone connections
between downtown I’NH headquarters and North Portland switching offices. Expansion Is need«!
foi giowth In legular telephone service as well as new happenings In business communications.
SU? want YOU
as a sa ve r
iT illlk lill
Robert H Hazon. Pros • 15 O llico s • Phone 224-3333
Homo O lllc o F ranklin Bldg , Portland, Oro 9/204
Telephone trucks and huge
reels of cable park«! In tlie
middle of tlie street mean tlie
telephone company Is at It
again In North Portland.
According to E .L . P feifer,
Pacific Northwest Hell P o rt
land division manager, the
work is part of a $ IhO.lXX) pro
ject to expand "m a in line”
telephone
connections
to
downtown headquarters and a
switching office at 2150 N.
Lombard. [lie Lombard of
fice handles phones with 283,
285, and .’89 dialing prefixes.
The new cable is placed
alongside
present
under
ground lines.
Connections between tlie two
I’NP offices have to le ex
panded for two reasons. F irs t,
|ieople are making more calls
to ami from North Portland, so
more telephone lines are
needed to handle the calls. As
more telephones are added
here, more jxiople cal I tlie op
erator downtown, dial d ire c
tory assistance anil make long
distance calls. A ll this ser
vice runs tin ougli downtown
ojxaratlng anil switching of
fices.
P rim ary
among these is
Continuo laure !> .<>1.2
The Model CitiesConsumei
F a ir, being billed as "dhe ma
jo r event of the Christmas
season,” Is sclxxluled to take
place on Saturday, Novembei
20, 1971, between I and 5 p.m.
at tlie Albina M ulti-S ervice
Center, 5022 N.E, Vancouver
Ave. Si Alberta Street. The
reason fo r tlie sensational
billing is that tlie Tali pro
mises to offer people alterna
tives to the usual pile of debts
that accumulate during the
Christm as season.
The fa ir, sponsor«! by tlie
Consumer Protection P ro
gram , w ill feature exhibits,
games, movies, ami informa
tion booths based on tlie theme
of Christm as Ixiying pro
blems. Typical subjects w ill
be ci « lit , dangerous and
breakable toys, wlntei home
re p a iis , appliances, turkey
ami holiday food shopping, and
Christm as time frauds ami
swindles.
Refreshments w ill be avail
able, as w ill free child care
fa c ilitie s . There w ill be a spe
cial area (or semoi adults to
relax ami chat.
Some of tlie participating
oigani/ations w ill be tlie DIs-
ti let Attorney’ s Consumei
Protection o ffic e , l egal Aid,
the Attorney General's Con
sumer Protection o ffic e , the
Poitlam l Community College
Extension Service, the Ex
panded F oal ami N utrition
Program , OSP1RG, Lewis ami
(Continue Page 4 col. 4
Black Woman Drives
A irport Bus
ive rsity, majoring in business
administration. The four boys:
L a rry , E ric , Anthony and
Treondous attend vabin Ele
mentary School. L a rry and
E ric play football, and Anthony
and Treondous prefer basket
ball. Tracie and Marcia at
tend Headstart at E lio t.
.<! i a. M a i. I». « u i a i m
Portland where she attended
Boise Elementary School and
graduated fro m je ffe rso n H ig h
M is . Thomas (Hobby) M ar
tin drives a min -bus at the
Poitland a irp o rt. M is .M a rtin
the a irp o rts only blackdriver,
drives one of the two buses
that shuttles pas* ngers back
and forth between he terminal
and the parking l .T h e ser
vice, which is free, staited a
mo«.. ago.
*
M is . M artin is m arried and
has slxchildren. Her husband,
Thomas, is a postal employee
am! attends Pm tl and State I n-
j
U K J«* I
M rs . Thomas M artin d rives m lnl-bus foi the Port of Portland.
She is only black and one ot two lady d rive rs.
Educational dream of
Accomplishment
by: W illiam r>erald
P rincipal of Irvington E le -
m sntaiy School
Foi yeais, educators have
talk«! ot tlie disinterest ami
apathy of pa i ents of education
ally deprived children. I hey
y
W illia m
G e r a ld
have agreed that they can’ t
teach these children because
tlie dlsadx antaged children are
not interest«! in «lucatlon ami
because then parents have not
taught them to !w interestm l.
I have learned d iffe re n tly. I
have learned that many ol
these parents are Interest«!
ami want todo something about
« lucatiun.il deficiencies in
then children.
In tlie past, they have re
ject«! the schools ami much
because they had no hope that
«tucation was really foi them.
Today, these parents see a
hope that the schools can be an
instrument for the fu lfillm e n t
of theli aspirations. If we can
not deal effectively with this
motiviation to which we have
looked so long, lfweagaintxsat
down their ho|>e ami return
these parens to despei , It
w ill be the trag«ly of our
tunes.
In ordei to fu lfill this dream
of mine, we must discard for
all time a cluster of old myths
w hich stand in the way of pro
gress.
h irs t is the myth that the
children ot poverty are not just
d ifficu lt to teach, but v irtu a lly
unteachahle. This isa sadex-
cuse foi pool schools and in
effective «tucation.
A second myth is that the ed
ucationally disadvantaged or
economically deprived child
ren are of a lower order than
children in othei sectors of
oui economy. The labels only
describe the «lucational and
(Continue page 3 col. 3
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by f'ne people
C ity Councilman-elect M illa rd Nettles, J r . (right) discusses new directions fo r the City
of Vancouver and how he can best represent all the people. He believes that our world
w ill better tommorrow by shaping and molding better policies today. He w ill listen to the
people before making any decisions.
Parents
invited
to G rant
A ll parents are invited to a
“ Get to Know Grant” meeting
in the school lib ra ry at 7:30
pm, Wednesday,November 17.
The meeting is planned to 1)
provide parents with addi
tional opportunities to become
better informed about their
school and 2) provide the
means fo r more effective res
ponse to inquiries and continu
ed
p a re n t
participation
through the established par
ent organizations and commit
tees. This is in addition to
other activities already held
such as " B a c k -to -S c h o o l-
Night” and other on - going
programs.
The evening's program w ill
include Introductio* of Gi ant’ s
A dm inistrative staff, tlie sup
port personnel functioning in
the newly organized counsel
ing and curriculum centers,
and representatives of the
various student groups. Fol
lowing a short presentation by
some of the staff and students,
the chairmen w ill meet with
their respective committees
fo r orgmzational purposes and
planning fo r this year. Most
im portantly these committees
w ill respond to any questions
(Continue page 7 col. 3
Council of
hospitals elects
Prexy
C om m unity
association
holds m eeting
The Vernon Community As
sociation w ill hold a meeting
fo r residents of that Northeast
Portland Neighborhood, Wed
nesday, November 17 at 7:15
pun. at Vernon School. I he
agenda w ill include a presen
tation of the time sch«luletoi
approval of the King-Vernon-
Sabln Urban Renewal Plan, a
speaker on consumer pi elec
tion, discussion of the Vei .41
Community School Project,
and a proposal by City Com-
niisslonei Lloyd \ndersonfor
closet working lelationshi s
between neighborhood o ig a n -
zations city-w id e .
■
Roger G
A t a recent meeting of the
Portland Council of Hospitals,
Roger G. Larson, executive
vice-president of Emanuel
Hospital, was elected presi
dent of the Council fo r the
forthcoming year. He suc
ceeds outgoing president Ned
M ilburn,
adm inistrator of
Physicians & Surgeons Hospi
tal.
Previous to his position at
Emanuel H ospital,M r.Larson
served as executive director,
Swedish Medical Centei.Den
ver, Colorado, 1957-69, and
Larson
had been assistant adminis
tra to r,
omanuel Hospital,
1954-1957.
M r. Larson has also held
several e.ectlve positions as
president, Denver Hospital
Council, 1960-61; president
Midwest Hospital Assoclation,
1963-04; pi esident, Colorado
Hospital Association, 1965-
66.
Officers elected to servo
with M r. Larson are vice-
president J allies !. .Sauer, as
sociate adm inistrator, P ro -
Corittnue page 3 col, 3