f i NI DISPLAY PORTLAND -¿7 OBSERVER V( I.UMI. 2 No. 57 Portland Oregon AN IH t O NLY NEWSPAPER IN EOUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER THE WHOLE WIDE W QRID THAI REALLY CARES ABOUT PEOPLE 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. .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 rl - » c ie c w u 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