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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (June 8, 1972)
' PCC begins optical program " I t was tim e fo r It to hap pen." says Maury M e rric k , Senior Engineer In Optics at le ktro n lx, who w ill be taking a leave of absence from his work designing ami producing precision optical Instruments to (»gin a new program of optical Technology at P o rt land Community College. M e rric k , who lives at 10248 S.W, Lancaster in Portland, states that tlie new PCC pro gram w ill be an answer to the "m issin g m id d le " In the optica Industry by training teclinlclans fo r entry-level positions. " I'v e teen Involved in optics fo r 25 years, and I feel a personal need to puss on what I have learned," re flects M e rric k . " The leading ophthalmic manufacturers have offeied excellent on-the- )ob training programs fo r years; however, these pro grams ate available only to persons already employed, ft la generally recognized that there Is a nationwide need fo r career training p rio r to employment as well as con centrated refresher couises in specific subjects fo r pre sently employed technicians." Portland Community College la the fourth college In the country to develop an optical technology ptogram and w ill have the only program avail able in the Northwest. Maury M e rrick has been In volved with optics since 1« was 15 years old and l«g.in taillding telescopes. He serv ed an apprenticeship In oph thalmic work to develop I m s I c skills, and after a stint In lire anny, he began working at Sawyer’ s, a photographic equipment manufacturer now part of GAP. When lie left Sawyer's fo r le ktro n lx, M er rick was Chief Engineer, had set up their complete pro duction plant for camera, viewer, ami projector lenses, anil had do signet I many opti cal products. I he Optical t echnology program w ill begin Fall term, 1472, In new laboratory fa c ili ties at PCC's Cascatle cen ter, 705 North K illingsw orth, Portland. I he daytime pro gram w ill train new employees for entry level Jobs In the making of prescription eye- VIRG O ’S EARN $$$ LADIES Turn spare time Into money. You can earn generous commissions pan time In your own neighborhood. No expei lence necessary. Modest Investment fo r Inventory and training. Thia could he opportunity knocking at your door. Call (503) 252-5I7I. Average 20 hours per week. Excellent income. No exper ience necessary. Call 234- 5763. SPECIALIST 2j Bi-weekly J434.40-J5I2.80 Assists In developing work programs, objective strate gies and Ixidgets fo r physical ¡environment projects. Re sponsible to Physical Envl- ¡ronment Program Coordina to r . B.S. o r b.A . In architec ture, urban planning or re lated fie ld . Two years expe rience In housing, planning or economic development. Apply In person before June 16th at 5324 NJE. Union Ave nue, Room 217, Portland, Oregon 47211. An equal op-; portunlty employer. PAR IT PLAN I >EM< INS I RA- TOR. We need inexperienced Party Plan Demonstrator im mediately. Salaried position. Please state qualifications. Send resume to P.O, Box 3137. Portland, Oregon 47208. Johnson Publishing Co. form ally opened its new II- lory he idquarters on M ichi- ■ m Ave., Chicago, III., the firs t Chicago loop building exclusively designed and con structed by a black-owned 11 poration. John H, Johnson, head of die impany, I .ailed the stru. - ture is proof th it ’ ’ the cities u itry , transfoi try the challenge of new c iti zens and new demands, are 1 die brink of a new era of service and c re a tiv ity .” Mayor Richard J. Daley, members of the company and thers toured the building. I he company, which put»- llshas Ebony, Jet; Black W rid and black stars, started 30 years ago in a corner ot a law i f f ice in a L ife Insurance company in Chicago. From the beginning," J obn- son saiJ, ” 1 considered the company as a vehicle fo r lu ild in g and projecting tlie image of black people in P o r tla n d ,O re g o n 283-2486 WE ARE FULLY EQUIPPED TO Now The Army Starts You At $288 A Month. Tickets — WE CAN SATISFY YOUR PRINTING NEEDS r e a s o n a b le 2 8 /8 5 2 9 Full o r P a rt Tim e Representatives needed-Sev eral openings available fo r women interested in a good, steady income. Call 234-57b3. E x tra c tio n s F IL L IN G S Sodium Pentothal W HEN DESIRED N r g ix e r e r f t x r if k r liil Keep your important Job as wife anil mother and earn generous commissions with only small inventory invest ment. C all: 285-5157 252-5157 M r. Givens M r. Davis That’ s because you s till get free meals, free housing, tree medical and dental care, free jo b -tra in in g and education, and 30 days paid vacation a year. If you'd like to serve y m rs e lf as you serve your Country, Today’ s Army wants to Join you. WANTED Man and Woman for janitorial service. H irin g im m a d ia ta ly . 714 wagai-compony N.E. Alberta 288-5138. ( jZoast j a m tor ia I Service Model C itie s re sid e n t,e x p e rie n c e in Child W elfare p re fe rre d . AMA Family D a y /N ig h t Care 4635 N.E. 9th Ave. 288-5091 W anted Rapar boys for the Portland Observer f o r in fo rm a tio n c a ll 2 8 4 -8 0 8 9 Douglas Basa 3973 N.E.Rodney The Urban League's PROJECT OUTREACH Foy ir Smwil MonWily Ameuets S a m e f l a g • IN MOST CASES C o < t m wt b«to*e IO a m orvd W» W<M Try to Orbe«« »our Dentures by 4 p m Some Oay Note: Dr Philip Semler 15. \-.'u an Associate d e n t i s t Uerenee — M n rt L. D/i-lzewM E K N T T 9 T 5 1 5 s w 4 *h A v e . Between Alder 4 Woihmqton // 2 2 7 -2 4 2 7 OFFICES ALSO SALEM \ El GENE S pecial \ o l i c e Io P a tien ts o f dr . C ampbell Dental o ffice A// Dentol Coses «*)// n o * be H an d led u n d tf the D ire c tio n of D® BERNARD a t th * Some a^S.W . Broadway i Waikiagfoi Office, Economist. Portland based economic development urban ization. Expert knowledge of gov. and private sector in vestment development. Ex perience in data col ection/ analysis and feasibility analy sis. A b ility to work indepen dently and produce results. Salary based on training and experience. Inquiries confi dential. Send resume to P .t’. Box 3137, Portland, Oregon 47208. ♦ DIAL-A-JOB 227-5828 ♦ j d in r r CREDIT DENTURES | benefits lllm "Im m e d ia te " RESIDENCE AND RENTALS Good in No Appointment Necessary Johnson said the company had "changed with the chang ing aspirations of the people it serves." lie said, "black Americans have become assertive in all areas of American life , and our company has broadened its form at and its physical fa cilitie s in order to reflect more accurately the contem porary aspirations of its readers." DREAM JOB! to w n D U R IN G using use our products. We have attractive openings fo r capa ble women. Call 234-5763. in 2 6 0 9 N V a n c o u v e r Ave P o r tla n d , O r e and WOMEN EVERYWHERE shop D E N T IS T AND Y(*J MAY NOT HAVE TO SPEND IT . ORIGINATE OR DUPLICATE any printed MATERIAL ALL TYPES OF PRINTED MATTER if«- 7 C a rlo s America . . . . an image that had been distorted by media oriented p rim a rily to non- fla cks. I feltthen that A m e ri ca could never take its rig h t ful place in the front ranks of the struggle fo r Iximan lignity as long as m illio n s it home were shackled by die rippling effects of damaged self-im ages. " I felt then, and I feel now, that every man must have a wholesome image of hirnself le fo re fie can demand res(iect from oth e rs." Social W orker 2201 N. K illin g s w o rth M ist Ebony opens building Young men and women: J THE PORTLAND OBSERVER ' B o d y a n d F e n d e r R e p a ir alternative to r a degenerating Ihe war In Southeast Asia is die enlral problem facing the school system that tlneatens \rriern an people ami the je o - to fire over 600 teachers that I'le of Portland. ft k ills the deWeese an! Goldschmidt can young of our nation, ft hears offer is to propose to raise the a heavy responsibility fo r tlie tax Ixirden again. So I can’ t say that the |e o - continued i n t l a t i o n that plague' everyone except the ple of Portland won anything in veiy rich. I lie money that it this election. I he same people K l ilies |>U: lies off into the d is- that finance Goldschmidt and t n t future needed change to deWeese aie those that made r impossible for my candi day, from low-cost bousing to dacy, tlie only real alternative, cheap, accessible abortion to appear on die ballot by in clirm s, to tlie creation of 1 v i- voking a 60 year old law. dile mass transit system, to Nevertheless, my c .ndxJacy meeting the needs of the Black is tlie only one that won a v ic and Chicano population of the tory in this election More date. It is key in creating an P ortlandeis have been won to e onomic situation which le i die s o c i a l i s t movement t< Nixon’ s imposition of die through this campaign than at wage freeze on the country, l i any otlier tune, d u r move re' ily affecting almost all of ment, die only chance lot su r die residents of Portland, es vival as the possibility of nu- pecially the Longshore w ork cleai war is posed, is growing ers. and expanding, and our ideas, < «1 this m o s t important II ’ ; 1 n - " ( : in juestion, die people of P o rt- anti-w i r Portland, fo r a So Dnd had no leal choice in the cia list A m erica,” are the Mayoralty election. And this ideas that a re mobil izing luw- held true on every major p oli tical issue facing us in the dreds of thousands and repre sent the potential fo r a real election. I he war draws b il victory in the future. lions each year, and the only ECONOMIST NEEDED AMBITIOUS LADIES [1’HYSICAI -J Socialist candidate claims "V ic to ry ” (Statement of P h ilip Hardy, Socialist W orkers P arty can didate fo r Mayor of Portland, in election day, I uesday, May 23, 1472.) Il Is traditional on election day that successful candidates leg in almost unmedialely to go back on all theirprom ises, and unsuccessful candidates graciously grant the election to th e ir opponent and wish him o r tier luck. I nfortunately, I am unable to graciously ac cede to any of my opponents, or to grant that anyone has won In the Mayoral election . . . ertalnly not He |ieople of Portland. On all the central issues Maury M e rric k , Senior l.nglneei in optics ¡11 le ktro n lx. and facing tlie citizens of tle C Ity , no real alternative was offered Olin Wagner, Lab Superintendent al O ptlcraft, discuss cu r by any of tlie " m a jo r " candi riculum and equipment fo r new Optical Technology program dates. Probably tie le s t ex at Portland Community College. M e rrick w ill lake a leave of ample of this is lie recent con absence from le ktro n lx to start the program Fall term . Wagner troversy over tie antl-wat w ill t» an Instructor fot the evening program. ■lemonstratiun following N ix on’ s brutal escalation ot the war in Southeast Asia, de glasses. Students w ill learn dexterity s k ills ." I rue to Weese tried to make a giant prescription Interpretation llnilte<l laboratory fa c ilitie s political issue out of the " r i o t and grinding, polishing, edg die program has openings lo r ous violence" that supposedly ing, and mourning of lenses. 25 students. Interested per took place, and to lay tie blarre A one-year ce rtifica te w ill be sons should contact Donald fo r it on Goldschmidt. Gold awarde«! at (lie successful F lse r, 244-6111, extension 211, schmidt, on tie o tle r hand, completion of this work. at Portland Community C ol continually equivocated on tie Portland Community C ol lege. right ul tie people of Portland lege w ill offer a second year to assemble and demonstrate leading to an Associate In "I lie following persons are the I r demand that tie war he Applied Science degree al m enders of tie optical Tech ended now. lowing studenta to receive nology Advisory Committee, Each of Hem was infin more detailed training and local leaders in tie optical itely more concerned atxxit a experience in specific skills industry who individually re couple windows and the possi such as plastic lenses, on- cognized tie reed lo r training b ility of violence here than tact lenses, etc. Students in ophthalmic prescription atxxit the massive destruction w ill spend Spring term of work and have encouraged ot human life arid ecology of each year In on-die-job work l*CC to establish the new pro Southeast Asia. They loth pi gram: James Applegate, Re ex|ierierices widi local lens ously condemned the anti-w ar manufacturers. gional Manager, bausch and movement lo r costing the city I.omb, Inc.; Harold Kruegei, M e rrick emphasizes that money by demonstrating while students w ill be trained fo r Dispensing optician; D r. remaining silent on the b il Omar Noles, Optometrist, entry-level Jobs In ophthalmic lions spent every year by the lens making and should ex Columbian Optical; D r. Ho government to continue to pro pect to sta n working as an ward Stcngei, optom etrist; secute an immoral war that 1 o tto W agter, I ab Superinten apprentice o r in a comparable opposed l>y the vastm ajorrtv position In the industry. When dent, Optic raid led Wallace, of the American people. I hey Manager, Thiemann o p tica l; asked what interests and agree! on attempting to lim it abilities are lelpful to a stu le r r y Z inkel, branch Man tie ability of the a n ti-w a i dent interested in a career ager, American Optical; Ro movement to plan and carry bert. F. Haney, M J O p h th a l in optics, M e rrick answered, out peaceful, massive demon " F ir s t of a ll, ophthalmic pre mologist; D r. Conlon Leitch, strations, while doing nothing scription work Is a people- J r , Ophthalmologist; D r. J. to attempt to stay the hand < I orieiited service. beyond R. M eyer-Arendt, Professor, the President and the m ilita ry that It would be helpful for ptotnetry, Pacil as they pushed tlie country students to have an inteiest I m versity; Haul Asgeirssnn, closer to World War III than in science, mechanics, basic Foreman, Plastics Depart at any tim e since Hie Cuban madiematlcs, detail work, and ment, Columbian bifocal. m issile c ris is . VIRGO’S, WHERE ARE YoD? 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