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
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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 .
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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,
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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
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QUALITY DRY CLEANING
REASONABLE RATES
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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
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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
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Open house
FUR COATS S6S to 5 6 5 0 0 .0 0
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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
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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
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