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Newspaper Page TextPane 6 Portland/Observer Thursday February 24, 1972 Black Sailors a proud history President lohn F . Kennedy once said, "T h e price of freedom has always t>een high, but we as Americans have al ways paid it . " This is es pecially tiu e of A m erica's Black Navymen. Some 30,000 Black men and women, including nearly Odd officers are cut rently on dutv with the U-S. Navy. They serve in a variety of Navy ratings and in a wide range of pay grades. I heir history is as old and as proud as the nation itself. On Christmas night, 1863, the I nion gunboat Marble head, engaged in a furious a rtille ry duel with Confeder ate shore batteries m the Stone R iver, neart egareville,south Carolina, [luring this battle Robert Blake became the fu s t Black Navyman to win tfte Medal of Honoi. Asasteward aboard the Marblehead, Blake could have gone below decks to relative safety. Instead he chose to replace a powder- boy who had teen killed. Someone had to ca rry tne gun|>owder boxe- to ensure equal distribution to all of the gun crews. Fourteen hours later, the confederates were defeated and the captain of the Marble head entered in his logbook that Robert Blake " . . . e x cited my admiration by the cool ark! brave manner in which he served the guns..." in recognition of his gal ence as long as bravery is a lant performance, the coura virtu e . . geous ex-slave was awarded During the battle, Johnson the Medal of Honor foi "co n was struck in the hip by a spicuous gallantry, extraor cannon ball and nearly cut dinary heroism and m tie p id i- m half. Even as he lay dying, ty at the risk of his own life ..." Johnson entreated his ship Light othei Black Navymen mates over and over, " F ir e have also earned this high away my boys, no haul the est of the Nation's awards color (th e American F la g ) fo r valor. down.” The history of the Black Nearly one-quarter of tne man in the American Navy total force, some 30,000 men, actually dates back further fought with the Union Navy than the C iv il War and the during the C iv il Warandmany heroism of Robert Blake. F if others served on Confederate teen hundred Blacks served ships. Of the 3,220 Union in the Navy during the Revo Navy casualties in the war, lutionary War, loading guns, 800 we:e Black. working sails, manning boats One of the most amazing and piloting coastal vessels. feats of the war was achieved In the War of 1812, Black by Robert Smalls, a slave men comprised about one- pilot on the new Confederate sixth of the total naval per steamer CSS Planter. sonnel. After the battle of E a rly in the morning, while Lake L rie .C o m m o d o re tilive i the officers were ashore, Hazard P e n y said of John Smalls and 15 members of Johnson, one of the 15 Blacks the slave crew got the Planter on board P e rry 's ship “ . . . undeiway and headed toward Ks name ought to be regis open sea. W ah tie rebel flag ’ tered in the book o i fame f%mg, they boldly sailed past ami remembered with rever- the guns of the rebel fo its AllXJW China class doubles at PSU PhD cite rs a night class in f i r s t year Chinese which has doubler! in size since last year. Katherine slien, instructor ot the course, said that there are 30 students enrolled In tne class. "A m ajority of the students, a b o u t SQj;. are taking this course because of tlie tr inter est in Chinese culture and also to fu lfill a foreign language re quirem ent." M rs. Shen said, "T h e other 20^ is made up of p a rt-tim e students, doctors, m issionaries and business men, who plan to work with Chinese people in Faiwan or Red China. "Since I have started teach ing this course m l9 o 8 ,"M rs . Shen added, " l have advised nine to ten of my students to go to Taiwan and pursue their Chinese studies. Fwo ot my present students w ill go to T aiwan this sum m er." There are seven or eight students ofChinese heritage ui the class to learn their native tongue. I he bulk ottheclass is made up ot non-Chinese A&T Americans. Interested s tu d e n t s from le w is ami C lark, the Univer sity ot Portland and Reed C ol lege come to PSU to take the class; cre d it from theclass is then transferred to then re spective institutions. M r s . Slien teaches o n ly Mandarin, one of the many d if ferent Chinese dialects. Man darin, according to the Chi nese m sn u c to i, is the m o s t commonly u s e d dialect in mainlaml China and Taiwan to— day . Reading ami w ritin g ui Chinese, as well assom eC hi- nese culture, is included in the course. M rs. S hen is o rig in a lly from Peking. In 1944 she left mainland China logo to Faiwan wheie she lives) lo r 17 years. She came to the I .5. in I9o? ami fourni a p o s t with Portland state as Chinese instructor. Next yeai M i s. Shen hopes to teach a Chinese I cla ss.lu r ing the day ami also of te r a Chinese || language c la s s , presently not offered fo rc re d - it in the Poi tlaml area. Heart attack! The silent epidemic which guarded the harbor en trance, giving ttie correct routine signal with the ship's whistle as they passed. (This is the fir s t of a series Many of these conditions F in a lly, the ship came of three articles presented start early in life . By the abreast of the huge guns of during Heart Fund Month by tim e a great many Oregonians F o rt Sumter and since every tie Oregon Heart Association reach their th irtie s oi forties, thing appeared to be norm al, to inform readers of this they may unknowingly have passed unchallenged. newspaper about the latest high bloa.1 pressure, and the As soon as the ship was advances in combating heart beginnings of blood vessel d i out of range of the fo rt's attack.) sease. During these prune cannon, Smalls hoisted a white years of life they are already flag and dellveied the ship I potential heart attack victim s. to the Union Navy blockading A person can harbor sev the harbor. The intelligence If a contagious epidemic eral of these ris k factors information obtained from ran rampant throughout Ore without realizing tie is a can Smalls was d ire c tly instru gon, striking down m oie than didate fo r heart attack aixl mental In the defeat of F o rt 7,000 persona, a state ei d i vt: o te . A sa piezaution, and Sumter. F o r th e ir courag saster would be declare! amt to increase his chances ot eous act, Smalls and his crew the halls of uur State Legis living longer and healthier, were awarded half the cash lature would echo with tlie Oregon Heart Association value of the ship and its car demands fo r preventive meas recommends that all Individu go. Following this, Smalls ures, while across the state als take the following steps was named Captain of the ves men, women and children to protect their lives: sel ami served as its com would line up in emergency •See your doctor regularly manding officer until it was immunization centers. fo r a physical checkup. This decommissioned in 1886. A f An epidemic is taking place w ill enable him to find o u t if ter the war, Smalls was elec in Oregon. Heart attack and you are one of the thousands ted to both the South Carolina other blood vessel diseases of Oregonians who suffers aixl the U-S, House of Repre- are killin g more than 10,000 from high blood pressure o r sentativei fo r four term s. men and women annually . . . a high blood cholesterol with 7,000 from hea: I ■ (Continued next week) out realizing it. Why don’ t Oregonians react * ! mrata (aaknal) P O R T L A N D C O M M U N I T Y C O L LC Q E D IS T R IC T to this epidemic as they would fats and cut down on foals to any other mass k ille r d i Z O N K B O U N D A R IE S with high cholesterol content, sease? DOT A HOO u r n « * ) B O U M O A R iea • D e n t smoke zigareu Some of the reasons may be Studies have revealed that men in the fact that thesediseases, O/STHtcr x m z m o a a v who are heavy smokers have which are the state's leading ZO W f M X /W O A S T twice the risk as non-smokers cause of death, are not con r no to ur*, m m of having a heart attack. C O U 1TV I tagious, although there may •M m il Un M Im 11 weight foi be a fam ily history o i cardio- you height and age. . • A ■ : apathy can also be explained la r modei ate physical activity by the mistaken feeling that compatible with your age and death is inevitable and nothing physical condition. can be done about it. These are simple health Lnlike other epidemics, rules that any fam ily can fo l there is nomass immunization low without a radical change against these diseases. But, in th e ir life -s ty le . The im there are things every man mediate benelits would be tne and woman can do to help reduction of risks which may protect themselves and their eventually result in heart at fam ilies from this ruthless tack and stroke. A theroscler- health menace. osis starts early m ln e . Medical science has yet to Therefore It is especially im discover the underlying cause portant that every member of of the blood vessel disease, the fa m ily, including the ch ild atherosclerosis, which co r ren, learn and pi j, tice these rodes and narrows the a rte r goof health habits. ies and sets the stage for What happens when these heart attack and stroke. How risks go untreated w ill be ever, research studies have discussed in the second a rticle revealed ways to control tne .n this series. progress ot this disease, and thereby help individuals re duce their risk of being vic You can timized by heart ittack, stroke, hlgl * • In extensive studies of tne personal and medical h isto r ies of heart attack V ictim s, bits, tors are revealed which show I ortland Community College s zone boundaries have been altered to conform with state laws requiring approximately equal population in each zone. Zones are now in agreement with voting precincts use! fo r state and federal prim ary elections. Two positions on PCC’ s Board of D irectors w ill he tilled at the upcoming prim a ry. May 23. PCC moves boundries The new zone boundaries within tlie Portland Communi ty College d is tric t were ap proved recently by P C C ’ s Board of D ire cto rs. I he zones were altered to conform to the Oregon State Law which re quires each zone to have ap proximately equal population. Although the basic areas did not change, the zones are now in agreement with voting p ie - clncts used in state and feder al p rim a ry elections. F or the fir s t time this year communi ty college d ire cto rs w ill be elected at the prim ary May 23, 1972. Two positions representing zones one and six on PCC’ s seven-member board w ill be filled at tfie upcomingelection. D r. Robert A . B lssett,dentist. Is the incumbent d n e cto r of zone one which covers the ap proximate area of W 11 s o n, Jackson, Lake Oswego, and Tigard high schools. Robert L . Thompson, Beaverton at torney, represents zone six o r approximately the a ie a of Lincoln, Sunset, and Leaver- ton high schools. A PCC d i rector serves a fo u r-y e a r term and represents the c iti zens of his zone in establish ing PCC policy at meetings held two times each month. Interested citizens must pe titio n to file fo r candidacy.Pe titions are available in th e o f- fice of the President, Portland Communtiy College, Sylvania, 12000 S.W, 49th Avenue, P o rt land, Oregon. T he petition re quires the signatuie of 25 q u a lifie ! voters w h o llve w itn - in the zone and must be filed with the R egistrar of Elec tions, .Multnomah County, 1040 S.L. M orrison St., Portland, Oregon, 70 days p r i o r to the election. Candidates fo r tne PCC board positions must tie qualified voters within the zone. especially those in the prim e of life , ire endangering their lives by the way they live. The common conditions and habits that medical scientists have discovered are lughcho- lesteiol levels in the blood, high blood piessure, c ig a r ette smoking, obesity, and lack of exercise. It appears that any one of these risk factors inci eases the chances of a ’’ ' ' ' : I that a combination of two oi m oie m ultiplies this r isk. Let PEPI S BUTTLE SHOP bo your headquarters foi champagne, wines, mixers. . A t tlie lowest prices in ' town offers engineer MS 1 i* 4 ' \ t ip . fiw - C • S iP v ft * y A \ I U niversity w ill offei .1 m asters' degree program m engineering. Receiving ap proval for tlie program, to I ! | i,1 4 M , \ | ■ ’ ■ d, electrical 2 8 1 -2 7 3 1 | W a n te d Paper boys fo r the P o rtla n d O b s e rv e r For inform ation call 2 8 4 -8 0 8 9 aod mechanical engineering. I lie school has 12 mu nine fac ulty members, 60 percent of whom hold doctoral degrees. • Interest in : Y o u r Problems • Is our : First Consideration! 2 7 3 6 N.E.Rodney A ve. 281-4891 I w o Portland Community College students have Iveii a w a rd e d I p p e r Division Scholarships by the College Entrance Examination Board in New Y o ik. Raymond Rich ardson, ascend yeei mechani cal engineering technology student, aixl RubertRutz, sec ond year business adm inistra tion s tu d e n t s w ill receive giants from the FordFounda- tion io continue work towarda baccalaureate degree at tlie four-yea i institution of P en choice. F he Ford F o u n d a tio n through the College Entrance Examination Board has made available two m illio n d ollars annually to provide financial aid F ; Black Lmei ic m ,M o xi- PORTLAND CLEANING WORKS N O R T H & N E. P O R T L A N D O N E D A Y S E R V IC E K N IT B L O C K IN G O U R SPECIALTY 282-8361 3968 N W ill.o m , Y o u 'v e T rie d T h e Rest, N o w Try The B est' N A le x a n d e r , Propri» for SHOP lEN O W ’S FOR B R A N D S you k n o w -V A R IE T IE S yo u like The F rie n d lie s t - • SIZES yo u w a n t k MH ill A U I Save up to 6 0 % on PLUMBING & ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES! Stores In T o w n Since 1 9 0 8 • 04 < S I A N | M .,,,» » ,. Hen<e«b »•♦h A S I O..,».«n ' i )• d A West M , e» t •*» Oterge « | « A U N H ID CROCiRS Savings at BSDC! rmnl ret*s>l ea»le«t m n rx? I . . '7 "" '•'"—"O ■ . ' ' ■ X T . ;" 7 — ■ ■ ' . ■ . j ..........WM. . W. .1 . . . . . . ............... ............... .... • ................................................... 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HALSEY JOINT CEMENT . ' X ■ CATIWAt: C.« 254-1*30 Portland, Ore. 97211 M fM B t» ’ «•H J Jrd -tu re »helves , r , lo,k S T A W U 5 1 1 T U L 1 M I r m Beg 7 4 9 5 . 2330 N. E. Alberta St. • UW» A lest • U?rM A N I Gl,»en • N lembe.d et Grefte, • « e » e . H, n» pU(- • I I Ï M H S I O«..» e- Foa tan bank on the *4.45. v Hoods JS rqw *ts. tarh.ooff, , e boo -f 1 Wv Give MINOH at PAIRS N O CMASGf Pick up a o ftiv ta v and American Indian students who have complete! a trans feiable associate degree pi o- gram at a tw o -y e a r Junioi ei • mtnuniiy < ol lege, ind « hi plan to transfer to a foui year college oi univei sity foi tne bachelor's legree. Scholar ship amounts v a ry , according to the nee d of tlie indivkiu.il winner. They are granted loi one year and may be renewed lo r students making satisfac tory pi ogress. . ■. N oith Poi tla rxi. He plans to at tend Oregon Technical In sti tute next fall In mechanical en- gmeei ing. Also a resident of '^'r ■' W ant Ad Call 2 8 3 2 4 8 7 Douglas Bass 3 9 7 3 N.E.Rodney Ì COX FUNERAL HOM E Students recieve grants •¿’. w i l l ti ansfer to Poi tlaixl State U niversity to continue studies in txismess specializ ing in I ma nee. 1 loy.l Cantar Next to ttva liquor Stora r f t PI'S Ona and Only Stora Op* " 9 30 * m to » 00 p m Daily Sundayt Noun to « 00 p in V iK -’ hecaitie the second predom inately black institution to of fei the m aster's program in engineering. A lx T Is al ready offei ing engmeei mg courses tor a number ot em ployees ol industrial corpor ations in the a iea. I he school ol Engineering ■H A & I has a nationally - a c c i ed ite d undei gi aduate pi og i am, w iiti m ajors in arch- rj'<rl fitt.ngs -''j rh.nzj bnfh iQWilQr.e» 2 8 2 -5 5 3 9 /vu iv.tti a m me ObMH vei »«VTA ,|1| (BEEN PABYICLE BOARD ro o "! V im .lo n d i lO O O u u T J *"* flo o r,, sub floors « o l rover,ng. she , It,, 5,» *1.44.1.1.14 B UILDING SUPPI Y I 15123 S E McLoughlm B l.d I AHO*. N Vpn™ O/SCOUAZTCFNZfRS ,NC | ' ....... ........ , C. l l 4,4 M44 I ’ N, *t.M,ki ' .