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Pag« < H o rtlan d/O b serva i Thursday A p r il òt 1972 P O K T U X I) OHSEffl IH world of women Alpha Kappa A lpha holds convention The 43 rd annual conference of the Kai W estern Region of \lph a kappa \Ipha S o ro rity , Inc. met at Hie Sheraton Hotel, here in the beautiful C ity of Roses on M arch 31 and A p ril I, N72 w ith Zeta Sigma Omega se izin g as hostess chapter. P a r W estern region covers A rizona, C a lifo rn ia , Nevada, Oregon and Washington. M ore than 200 delegates were ex pected fo r the conference. A l pha Kappa Alpha s o ro rity was founded in 1^0« at Howard U n i v e rs ity in W ashington, D.C. Chapters are a ll o v e r the U n it* ! States and m lla w a iia n d N ig e ria . There are c u rre n tly over 50,000 active m em bers. This is a c iv ic ami social o r ganization composed of women of h ig h scholastic achieve ment. P redom inating theeon- teience a c tiv itie s w ill 1» the s o ro rity n a t i o n a l theme: "P e rs o n a l Involvem ent Now.” The P a r W estern R e g io n a lD i- re c to r, W in ifie d C. R h o d e s , Los Angeles, C a liio m ia , pre sided o v e r the conference. Several national o ffic e rs were present: Supreme B asileus, M attel la G rays, Houston, Tex as; F ir s t suprem e A n ti-B a s i- leus, L u c ille B . B r y a n t , L o g Angeles, C a lifo rn ia ; National P rog ram D ire c to r, JoArrn P yle s, National o ffic e , C h i cago, Illin o is ; S up ren ieC ram - mateus, l.a ra Hanks, Tucson, The August group of Zodiac Tea C om m ittee fo r Bethel A .M .E . dispiayed fashions at D ublin House. Georgia P acific B uild ing last Saturday. Emma W illia m s is in charge of the group. \NDREA A B E L Adams plans dinner 1 ■ An international d in n e r to include p riz e s and e n te rta in ment from variou s P ortland groups and sponsored by the A m erican F ie ld Service w ill be held in the John Adams High School ca le te ria on Thursday, A p r il b, at 6 p.m . SI M em bers of the A d a m s staff, students, parents are planning the event which w ill o ffe r cuisine catered and do nated by some of P o rtla n d 's excellent international re s t aurants, s u c h as Ju a n ita ’ s, Chateau la F rance, Rheinlam l- e r, B ax's and other business fir m s . Funds fro m the dinn er w ill help bring another foreign stu dent to Adams next year who w ill live w ith an Adams la m i- T . G AM BLE ly such as the Vernon Joseph fa m ily who th is y e a r has A.I .s. v is ito r , Jaim e M oreno from Concep- cin, C h ile and is now a student at Adams High School. The com m unity is invited to die d inn er which w ill te served in the J ohn Adams High School c a re te ria , 5700NJ-;. 39th Ave. F o r m ore in fo rm atio n, please c a ll 2 x 5 -/2 1 1 , extension 7d m.1 ask fo r Irene B a lk,co m m itte e co o rd in a to r. ( »the rs on the com m i tlee j re M r . J im B u c c ia re lli, Adams teacher and A .F .S . Chapter P reside nt, M rs . Vernon Jo A r iz o n a ; and | ) r . I.eadie keeping close check on the Oklahoma A m b a s s a d o rs C harity C l u b , M arch 5th, there was a b rie f pause at the home of M rs . Jeanie B urnett, 2626 N J :. 11th, as re fre s h ments were served on a lovely- table setting o lde licto u sg o o d - ics. B irthdays were the center of a ttractio n, along with loads of chat! T h e m eeting w a s planned by C hairm an, M rs . Robert k in g , and others who were also getting things ready fo r St. P a tric k 's Day. S tarting off th is event was a warm welcome extended to ev eryone by o u r Hostess. The Insurance p o licie s offered by some m a il o rd e r companies can be m islead in g. To avotd any p itfa lls in purchasing in surance by m a il you should thoroughly understand the te rm s of a policy you are con sid e rin g , before you decide to buy it. It you receive a copy of what appears to be an actual po licy w ith your name on it, rem em ber that th is s t ill is a form of a d ve rtisin g . Read it c a re fu lly . D on't lie m isled by co m p li cated language. M ost in su r ance p o licie s ire w ritte n in a style that is d iffic u lt lo r the average person tounderstand. This is p a rtic u la rly true lo r those sections of the po licy which lim it o r re s tr ic t the payments the company w il I make to you. C o n s u lt your business f i lends o r seek out a reputable insurance agent to help you un derstand the te rm s ol the p o li cy- The most im portant leature ol any insurance p o lic y is the kind of ris k it w ill insure you against. Be sure you c le a rly understand the kinds of in ju ry o r sickness the p o licy covers, how much it wi< I pay, and under what conditions it w ill pay. It is too I ite to le arn th is when you have paid pre m ium s lo r several years and then rea lize tfiat the p o licy doesn’t cov e r the losses you thought itd id . I he p rin cip a l kinds of in surance s o ld by m a il are health fnd accident p o licie s, r, DAY CARE MOTHERS n & • i i ♦ i ♦ i i i i CARE FOR BABIES i YOUR HOME. i AM A ♦ ♦ I I I ♦ I ♦ f I ♦ $ 3 .5 0 a child p a r d a y : a I £ Fam ily 4635 O a y /N ig h t N.E. 9 th C ara 2 8 8 -5 0 9 1 I ^j| and lite insurance p o licie s. Some m ail o rd e r p o licie s are c le a r anil understandable amt should give you no trouble at a ll. O thers are so vague about what they cover that you should take sjiecial care to under stand th e ir te rm s . Before you buy a m a il o rd e r p o lic y , check with your State Insurance C o m m issio ne r to see if the company Is licensed to do business in your s ta te .If it isn ’ t so licensed, you rsta te Insurance C o m m issio ne r w ill have no c o n tro l o r supervision over the company. T h is means that i f you amt the company are in some d ls - agreem ent, your State In su r ance C o m m issio ne r is without au thority to help you. The follow ing is an example of t h e deceptive pra ctices used by a company in sellin g Accident amt Health Insurance P o lic ie s . Some m a il o rd e r p o licie s define the word " h o s p ita l" so s p e cifica lly that m ore than SO per cent of the hospitals in the country do not quality to give treatm e nt. O ther p o licie s rnay o ffe r what appears to be in i- imum c overeage on a ll types ol acci dent and sickness when ac tu a lly the hosptals costs a nd other te n e fits are la r less than m axim um . F o r exam ple, one company has advertised: "M a x im u m P o lic y B enefits, l o r Hospital c a re >5,000. | o r Death N a tu ral Cause > 10,000. F o r Accidental Deith>20,000. The big F a m ily pla n fo r only >6.25 m o n th ly ." I f you read the p o licy ca re fu lly , you w ill learn that the total amount payable fo r hos p ita l care in any one year shall not exceed >500 fo r any one person, the amount payable fo r e a c h death by natural causes to >4, (XX). Y o u w ilia l- so discove r that death, , , the re s u lt ot an accident, m ust o< - c u r independently ami exclu sive ly ol any other cause w ith in 90 days from the date of the accident, ami that fu ll benefits offered by the p o licy are not available un til it has been in lo rc e fo r sta te ! (« n o d s ot tim e . In addition, you may discov e r that the company may p re sume that the accident lid not occur independently im l ex c lu s iv e ly of any oth er cause. In th is instance, you m ight have to prove tfiat the accident was independent of any other cause. A n o th e r company h a s m a ile i out a d ve rtisin g con taining th is representation: You get an iro n -cla d gua- rantee which pays you at the rate of $1,000cash a month be ginning t ie f ir s t day fo r your fu ll stay pi any hospital due to Cancer ix most curable xvben It's caught early and treated pro m ptly. The Am erican Can cer Society urges you to have a heuilh checkup once a year even if von feel great n io r C ollege. P a tric ia W hite, P o rtla m i, ia the ba a lieu a of tlie hostess chapter. Je w e ll J 4m s and G eraldine M cC onnell, I ’ o itla rx t, are c o -c h a ln n e n . to p ic s of the workshops: I lie A Ipha kappa Alpha Woman as a Change Agent in (I) Edu cation; (2) die S o ro rity ; (3) die CLEANERS A L A U N D IR IR us S l * f b h a h » d 1913 QUALITY DRY CLEANING REASONABLE RATES • same p< i s u e r s e r v io •? HOUR VI f A NING SATURDAYS U N tll N O O N • c o m p u t e tAUNoav it a v i« Community. U th e r high lig hts on thecon- lerence agenda were a public luncheon Satuixlay, A p r il I; M a tte lia G rays, Supreme Has- ileus, speaker; a fo rm a l ban quet at o;30 p .in . lo r m em bers only, art! Jo Ann P yle s, Nation al P rog ram D ire c to r, speak e r . I lie conference clim axed w ith a fo rm a l in vitatio n dance Saturday evening fro m 10:00 p a n . u n til 2:00 a j n . SELF SERVICE DRY CLEANING AVAILABU Do It Yourtalf And Silva IS 1 014 N K IU IN G IW M T H 4 B io tit lo t i • ! Inloftlol« 289*9357 V scheduled The P a r e n t ' s A dvisory C om m ittee of the M aranatha •m ergency C h ild C a re C e n te r Is hosting an ( »pen House on A - i ti, |97 s n u id .is , ii,a n 1:00 p j n . to i:00 p.m , in com m em oration of Its F ir s t Year A n n ive rsa ry at the M u lti-s e t vice C e nter, 5022 N o rth Van cou ver Avenue, P o rtla m i. th e C h ild C a re C e nter, a n o n -p ro fit org an izatio n, pro vide a qu ality ch ild ca re lo r c h ild re n w hile parents attend school, com m unity m eetings, do ctor appointm ents, tra in in g p ro g ra m s, e tc. D ispla ys of c h ild re n ’ s a rt w o r k , p ro je c ts , ami photo graphs ol a c tiv itie s w i 11 1« ava ila ble lo r y o u r viewing plea sure. Electricity is 20ycars behind the times: In price I he average cost of a unit of residential electricity is less l.xlav than H wav 20 years ago Really' So. while pi ices for almost everything else have riven, electric service iv a real bargain But while electricity mav he behind the limes in price, its as modern as today in convenience. The typical home now has twice as many work saving appliances as u did 20 years ago After all. we re economical, not old fashioned Pacific I W c r& I Jght Because of the Tremendous Public Interest Ham ilton furs seph n dM n.W illiam G U it iv, b o t h A .F.S . host m others, Jaim e M oreno, A .F .5 , student mom chne, Jan P m accidental in ju ry . . . I here are no g im m ic k s , no excep tions, no exclusio ns, no lim i tation, no w a iting periods, o r i f a, and’ s o r b u t's ." If you read the p o licy c a re fu lly , however, you w ill lim l a p ro visio n that, fo r the f ir s t two years, any c la im file d can te denied on the basis that tfie in sured has a physical condition which existed te fo re t ie date of the po licy. You may tind that th is p ro vision is alm ost Im possible to overcom e. It is so broad t lu t it could include such unrelated things as a leg broken a ve .ir ami a half te fo re h o sp tia iiza - tlon foi heart tro u b le . O ther m a il o r le r accalerit ami health insurance may te advertised as "Gua rantee* I C o ntin uab le '’ amt “ on ly you can c a rv e l." you should le aware ot that, 'espite tte v e n is m g , poi: æ , m le can celled o r r a t e raised under c e rta in cire u m s ta m es. M ost insurance sold by m ail re q u ire s no m edical e - am ina tion ; however, the appln at re q u ire s you to state whether j o r not you have received m edi cal attention in the past I years ami to lis t any diseases o r other physical d iffic u ltie s you may have bad during this) p e rio d , I nless you com plete tb._ lo rm c a re fu lly and accurately you may fim l that when you purchase the p o lic y ami m ake a c la im , the company w ill re fuse to pay contemlmg that you have i "p re -e x is tin g condi tio n " which you failed to men tion on t ie application lo rm . Ca re f u I rea , ing of the f ml Icy may also reveal that the le rie - flts are reduced at age6S, and that there are other lim ita tion s on tfie amounts payable in case of loss. I f you have any fu rth e r ques tion s about m a il- o r d e r in s u r ance, please contact the Con sum er P rote ction P rog ram at 283 2459 575 K lllin g s - w orth ED Open house FUR COATS S6S to 5 6 5 0 0 .0 0 . R SALE M ail order insurance table setting was beautiful. O u r tea was w ell attended by both men and women, but the men were a wonderful asset; we need them to help make our events a success. The H is to ria n 's c o rn e r was a center of attractio n and was adm ired by a ll. W ith thanks to o u r C h a ir man, our Hostess, and a ll the A m b a s s a d o rs and th e ir guests, we tu rn th is th ird page on o u r !972C alendar and check the bandwagon fo r the next stop on A p r il 9th. see you there. A rvella E n g lish , P reside nt O sie Sm ith, C hairm an A S titi li in T im e M o r e t h a n 9(1 p e r c e n t o f breast cancel patients discover the tum ors themselves, through breast s e lf-e x a m in a tio n . T he Am erican ( ancei Society urges every wom an Io check w ith her physician d she notices a lu m p oi th icke n in g C la rk , I * reside nt, San J oso J u - Adams student. Tea successful The A m erican Cancer Society wants every wom an in Am erica to b.n I' .1 I ’ap lese \ \ In f II , .ill save lives from n te iin e cancer Continues 3 M o re Days Only in Our Own S to re . . . 922 SW Morrison Ed Hamilton Furs and Leather too ITH'S TELEDYNE PACKARD BELL 59 handcrafted fine furniture STEREO with AM-FM and |FM Stereo Radio There 5 m ore to this stereo than meets the eye That's because behind this beautiful 00k cabinet is a solid state two-channel stereo am ple Tier, o solid state A M /F M stereo tuner, tw o 9 "x 6 ” woofers and two 3 !6 " tweeters There's also a VN 4 speed autom atic record changer Even the stereo cabinet this all comes in is not o rd in a ry It's built by o ld -w o rld construction methods, and is finished by hand to a deep satin finish And it's a v a ila b le in either M editer ronean O ak or Espania G ra n o da Oak RPC J I2 M O SAN REMO II MEDITERRANEAN OAK RPC 312ED MAJORCA II ESPANIA» GRANADA OAK Vt’! 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