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WE K N O W WHERE NEIL IS, BUT WHERE ARE THE THE OTHERS? - W H Y N O T CALL OR WRITE THEM?
More fobs in city government promised
National OIC day proclaimed
Malone
promoted
Robert Malone lias leenap-
po luted to manage tie A lie n -
sun's Food Center at 90S»
North Killlngawortb, In P o rt
land, Malone, a |9uSgraduate
from Housevelt High School,
has leen with tie grocery
chain (or nine years. He lias
served as Assistant Manager
fo r tie ,iast three years, and
was selected lo r Managers
I raining in May of tills year.
Appointment to the new posi
tion was made e a rlie r tills
month by W ally Jordan, Ore
gon Divisional Vice President,
Rambling
B ill Delz, son of C arl and
Mercedes Delz, and a form er
newscaster fo r K G W -IV la
now working in Los Angeles
as a newscaster.- He Is look
ing fo r Danny 1 >sborne to give
him original tapes of tlie Es
sence of Soul. Dues dils mean
tliat we may soon see tlie
youngsters tliat |ierformed
locally («rform ing in Holly
wood?
Brenda Green left t« r posi
tion of D ire cto r of C itizen’ s
Participation for Model C ities
to accept a position with tie
state. Read the feature story
in tie Observer next week.
Madison Darrow resigned
from Ids position as Public
Information
Sepclallst fo r
Model C itie s. Madison was
responsible fo r the Informa
tive Model C ite s Newsletter.
Rita Clinton, W alter M or
ris.
Faye
Lyday,
Hetty
Thompson, and several o tle r
blacks liave leen nentlored
as serving on state Commls-
O cto le r llth lias leen pro
claimed national OIC 'lay to
focus attention on the need
fo r job training across tie
nation. In over 1(10 cities,
OIC Day w ill le observed by
tlie issuing of proclamations
l>y tlie President, mayors and
governors. In approximately
40 of these cities, a closed
c irc u it telecast w ill le held
through tie sponsorship of
tlie local Coca-Cola Holding
Com|«ny in an effort to raise
a m illio n d ollars nationally
fo r tlie OIC job training
centers.
Opportunties, Industrializa
tion Centers (OIC) is a unique
man|mwer program based on
the premise tliat any man or
woman can develop pride and
a bility at die same tim e.
Hie program was originated
in Philadelphia in 1964 by
Reverend Leon II. Sullivan.
I «lay it is a $4/ m illio n
o|>eration with centers In 100
c itie s . To date ulC lias en
rolled 162,708 tialriees, gra
duated 85,920 of tliem, placed
45,046 In jobs - - at a cost
of at>out one half tliat of other
training programs.
I ranees enrolled in die
firs t (i|C programs we e
p rim a rily black. However,
recently m inorities of other
ethnic backgrounds are en
rolling In great num lerg. In
San Jose, C alifornia, 80 per
cent of tlie trainees are
Chicano; and In Roanoke,
V irg in ia , ta il of tlie trainees
are Apialachian whites. In
Oklahoma City a large per
centage are Indian,
1 lie Portland ( i|C program
legan operation in mid-1968
with Reverend Eugene Boyd,
J r . as d ire c to r.
F irs t lo
cated in an abandoned school
t>u tiding
with
Inadequate
classrooms and no adminis
trative offices, support came
mainly from tlie Albina M i
n isterial Alliance.
In late
1968, PtiJC legan ojeratlon
under a contract lo r tie
C o n c e n tra te d
Employ
ment Program and In liecem -
le r , 1970 was relocated in its
present tullding at 401 N J :.
Union Avenue.
I ouls A. P erlasco, Special Markets Manager fo r Coca-Cola,
USA, left; l lshop W J.. McKinney; Reverend Eugene Boyd, J r.,
D ire c to r of POIC, and W illiam I . T rebllcock, Assistant
Manager ol tlie P acific Coca-Cola Bottling Company in Portland,
preje • fo r National OIC Day.
Reporter
sions and Hoards—however,
tle y are on advisory boards
and not on policy boards.
'H e re is a difference!
Cliarlene Jackson, a grad
uate of san Francisco State
College in E a rly Childhood
Education, was named |y
Governor McCall to tie Gov
e rn o r’ s C o m m is s io n on
Youth — in a policy making
capacity. D ire c to r of a Head
s ta rt program at M t. Angel,
M rs . Jackson and terhusland
live on a farm In M olalla.
M rs . Jackson authored a
Black Studies text fo r ele
menta 17 schools — This *s
black >12 appointed to a state
policy making hoard.
Ernie
lla itz o g
gave a
NAACP crowd an Inspiring
talk on "In te rg ro u p a n d M u lti
culture programs In tlie P o rt
land schools” .
l i e NAACP lessed a re
solution opposing the City
Commissioners’
announced
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. I)
by A X , Henderson
"Jobs fo r Blacks In C ity
government
haven’t
been
k n o w n to be numerous,”
could be a line fo r a bad
gag w rite r.
However, if
M ayor E lect Goldschmidt has
his way, Mecca may become
visual soon and we anticipate
pilgrim ages to the Holy Land
of C ity H all.
The source fo r this op
tim ism lies in the proposal
which C ity Commissioner
Neil Goldschmidt, in charge
of Model C ities is about to
submit to the C ity Council.
The proposal was presented
at a special meeting of the
Model
C ities Employment
Working
Committee.
Ron
Buel, Goldschmidt’ s assis
tant, made the presentation
which in essence states, "T h e
objective of this proposal is
to recommend the means of
obtaining fu ll c iv il service
status fo r Model C ities and
future Bureau of Human Re
sources ( if it is enacted;
employees now with the P o rt
land Metropolitan Steering
COMMISSIONER NEIL GOLDSCHMIDT
Committee, without reducing
the significant opportunities
fo r hiring tlie disadvantaged
land could exist in re a lity.
fo r some unification within
which these programs have
In our minds, the time and
the community concerning the
provided in the past.”
conditions fo r the proposal
the
highly
controversial
Although the recommenda
are excellent. The reasons
Human Resources Bureau.
tions lim it themselves, fo r
being tha-
c ly has already
The net results of what we
the present, to the 50 posi
committed itself by Ordinance
believe is a demonstration by
tions on the central adminis
to an A ffirm a tive Action Plan;
Goldschmidt to maintain his
tra tive staff of Model C ities
the City County Personnel
prom ises to have city gov
and the 35 jobs on the cen
Review Commission which has
ernment become more " r e
tra l adm inistration and credit
teen studying the whole a r
sponsive to people's needs”
union staffs of PMSC, we are
chaic C ivil Service structure
are fa r reaching. F irs t, the
now at an important juncture.
is (by now) well on its way
question of test relevancy is
If other Commissioners and
to recommending some sig
r a is e d
and
excellently
M ayor T e rry Schrunk ap
nificant CS Systems changes.
answered in the proposal.
prove
of
this
proposal,
And last but most importantly,
Testing has been a means
A ffirm a tive Action in P o rt-
the plan could provide a basis
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 1)
A d ifferen t kind of ministry
A differend kind of m in istry
is being explored by four
fo rm e r parish m inisters and
a
seminary
student at
Emanuel Hospital this fa ll,
where they are enrolled in
chaplaincy
education pro
gram s.
Emanuel is the only hos
pital in Oregon offering such
■ program, which is under
the direction of the Rev.
W illiam F . Adix, D.D., and
the Rev. W illia m Jackson,
Emanuel Chaplains, who are
certified chaplain supervisors
fo r the Assn, of C linical
Pastoral Education.
The four chaplaincy re si
dents include:
The Rev. James A. Cole
man, 1914 NJE. Junior St.,
pastor
of the Community
Church of God, who earned
his bachelor’ s degree in theo
logy at W arner-P acific Col
lege and his m aster’s degree
in education at Oregon State
University;
The Rev. Rozell Gilmore,
3909 N. Overlook Terrace,
Portland, fo rm e rly pastor of
Berean Baptist Church, P o rt
land, who earned his techelor
of arts degree in religion and
psychology at Cascade C ol
lege;
The
Rev. M . Roderick
Anderson, 3912 NJE.44th Ave.,
Vancouver, W ash., who spent
six months as a chaplain
trainee at a federal peniten
tia ry , has a bachelor of arts
from the U niversity of M ich i
gan and a bachelor of d ivinity
from Mamma D ivin ity School
of Wittenberg University and
has teen a parish m in iste r
since 1944; and
The Rev. Horace O. Duke,
J r ., who earned his bachelor
of arts degree from Ouachita
Baptist Seminary and an
other bachelor of arts degree
from Lewis and C la rk Col
lege, Portland. He has also
field a variety of parish m i
n istrie s.
(Please turn to pg. 8, col. 1)
Comparing original Scout uniform with “ new look” effective this month are Rich Ames
(le ft), sone of M r. and M rs. Harold T . Barnes, 3618 S.E. Van Water. Portland, and Anthony
Nunley, son of M r. and M rs . Henry C. Nunley, 2423 NJ£. 12th, Portland. A "Smoky the Bear”
liat and knlckeis highlighted the fir s t Scouting uniform . Anthony wears red beret and one of
five optional uniforms now available to Scout troops as part of Scouting program improvements.
Improved program features new advancement awards, more boy involvement in >ieclslon-
maklng and leadership training.
Scouting updated - needs leaders
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Scouting
Is undergoing
changes to make ltm o re rele
vant to todays boys, accord
ing to Ernest Warren, D is
tr ic t Executive of tlie Big
Thunder D is tric t of Columbia
P acific Council, BSA. Tlie
program is designed to give
youngsters Insight Into them
selves and th e ir environment,
to teach useful s k ills . With
a plan of "guided discovery"
hoys can learn s k ills , |xit
them to practical use, and
then liave tlie opportunity to
teach their skills to younger
Scouts.
Clunges in the Scouting
program came about as tlie
result of a three year study
w h ic h
demonstrated that
Scouting was viewed as a
m iddle-class a ctivity tliat did
not appeal to all boys—p a rti
c u la rly those of m inority
groups. This brought about
changes in scouting programs
to Interest and Involve boys
In urban industrial centersand
to teach s k ills useful to tliem
as well as tlie traditional
camping and outdoor a c tiv i
ties.
Troops are organized into
patrols, which allow close
relationships among the boys
and with tlie lr leaders. Pa
tro ls also provide oppor
tunities fo r older scouts to
remain involved In tlie troop
and to develop leadershipabi-
litle s through working with
younger scouts.
A leadership corps w ill be
organized to Interest older
youngsters, ages 14 and >5,
in developing their leadership
potential. They w ill receive
additional training and have
the opportunity to engage In
more mature a ctivities.
The Scoutmaster is de
veloping tlie new role of
counselor/coach rather than
leader. He helps his Scouts
solve tlie lr own problems. He
knows tlie boys individually
and is able to help them grow
through developing their own
(Please turn to pg, 8, col. 1)
NEW EMANUEL CHAPLAINCY RESIDENTS include, from left, tlie Rev. M Roderick Ander
son, tlie Rev. Horace O. Duke J r., the Rev. James Coleman and the Rev. Rozel Gilmore all
experienced in parish m in istry txit exploring the field of hospital chaplaincy during a year
long educational program .
Emanuel is tlie only hospital in the state offering chaplaincy
residencies; both Emanuel chaplains, the Rev. W illia m F. Adw, D JL , and the Rev. W illiam
Jackson, are certified as chaplaincy supervisors fo r the Association of Cl inc is I Pastoral
Education.
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