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Young black woman
sets fashion career
TORT T A M ) J? OHS TRIER
world of wom en
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SGR Sorority holds
Golden Anniversary
"W HAT TIME IS IT?” is question illustrated by M rs . Anita
Comfort, nurse aide at Emanuel Hospital, after hospital changed
over to new 24-hour-clock system in September. Decals were
added to all clock faces carrying second set of numerals,
and M rs . Comfort was talked into adopting a "perplexed”
expression fo r the photographer. Tim e on clock in photo is
"1532" under new system, rather than "3:32 p jn .” If it were
morning, nursing service would record it as "o 3 3 2 " on patient
charts and other papers. Change is expected to elim inate pos
s ib ility of confusion between " a j n . " and " p u n ." hours in an
institution which operates on a 24-hour basis. Special classes
concerning new time system have been held and time con
version charts distributed — although the "new system is an
old story to veterans who became acquaited with it during
m ilita ry service.
Grade school develops
Sigma Gamma Rho held its
Golden Anniversary Home
coming and 34th (Special)
Houle at the Indianapolis H il
ton Hotel and on the campus
of B utler U niversity, India
napolis. The convention theme
was "T h e Issues - Service
and P ro g re ss."
Grand Basileus Annie L .
Lawrence presided at the
Boule which was attended by
over 600 from the organiza
tion's 12,000 membership.
Highlights of the 4-daycon-
vention were the G o ld e n
Anniversary Book of Reports
and the Founders Banquet,
featuring historic pageantry
which depicted Sigma Gamma
Rho's 50 years and the Soro
rity 's position in delivering
youth and community services
across the nation; viewing of
education and technology ex
hibits; a display of memora
b ilia never before assembled;
a Citizens Forum and Urban
A ffa irs Institute; the Annie
N eville Talent Competition;
approval of over $20.000 in
scholarship grants fo r mem
bers and non-members fo r
the 1972-73 school year; a
fxiblic meeting, garden gala,
and starlight musical " F id
d le r on the R oof" on the
campus of B utler U niversity
where
the S orority
was
founded; and fun in the Hoosier
capital.
A high point was the pre
sentation of 1971 and 1972
Blanche Edwards Awards to
E ffie Allen, an Indianapolis
Educator who retired last
year as Sigma Gamma Rho
Grand Grammateus (National
Secretary),
and
Berkeley
(C alifornia) Educator L illie
W ilkes, who produces and
edits
Sigma Gamma Rho
jxibllcations and is E d ito r of
Sigma’ s
highly
acclaimed
quarterly
magazine.
The
A urora.
The Blanche Ed
wards Award is the highest
award an individual Sigma
may attain fo r outstanding
achievement of national scope
in contributing to the progress
of
Sigma
Gamma
Rho
S o ro rity, Inc.
The Grand Chapter As
sembly of the Boule officially
launched a Sigma Gamma
Rho Scholarship Foundation
to be studied and established
by the Board of D ire cto rs at
Sigma's founding institution,
B utler U niversity, to an
nually provide fo r one or
more scholarships to under
graduate students, p re fe r-
rably A fro-Am erican orother
ethnic m inority groups. I tie
Foundation w ill 1« an addition
to local, regional, and national
awards and scholarships pre
sently given by Sigma Gamma
Rho. The Grand Chapter As
sembly also approved the ap
pointment of Northwestern
U niversity
alumna
Gloria
W ells Hadley as fu ll-tim e
Executive Secretary at sigma
Gamma Rho's National I lea d-
juarters which is located at
7311 South Yates Avenue,
Chicago. After adjournment,
many members and their
fam ilies ma ie a post-Boule
trip to Chicago fo r an ( )pen
House and Tour of Sigma
Gamma Rho's National Head
quarters.
wildlife habitat
Kids teach at Columbia
Elementary School. Students
at the school have developed
a 28-acre w ild life habitat and
arboretum which can be used
on a year-round basis. It
took four years to bring the
project to its present stage
of development. This year
the school w ill host field trip s
to the habitat. Upper grade
students have been trained
to work with younger students
and assist them with projects.
Older students from other
schools are also welcome to
w ork on projects under d ir
ection of th e ir own instruc
to rs . The center is open to
students of all ages. Teachers
and students who wish to use
the site can make arrange
ments to do so by calling
Betty Campbell at 285-5264.
One of the many classes offered fo r women by tie Portland
Community College is Basic Dressmaking. It is taught at the
Cascade Center, 705 N. K illlngsw orth, Wednesdays at 7 to
10 p jn .
Bank registers voters
Un-forbidden
fruit.
Beginning September 18, all
branches of United States
National Bank of Oregon w ill
again accept registration of
voters residing within tie
state. Those who re g iste r 30
days o r more p rio r to the
general election in November
w ill be eligible to vote in that
election.
L a st spring, U.S. National
Bank branches suspended re
gistration of voters fo r a
b rie f period because of a
statement in the Congres
sional Record indicating it
was the intent of an A ct of
Congress to prevent banks
from doing so. Subsequently,
however, banks have teen ex
cluded from this provision of
the act.
To be eligible to register,
the prospective voter must
be 18 years old by the date
of the election, must register
30 days p rio r to the election
in which he intends to vote,
must reside in the county
where registering and within
the state fo r 30 days p rio r to
the election, and within a
school d is tric t fo r 30 days
to be eligible to vote in a
schcol election.
Good looking clothes are
more than a casual interest
witli a young JobC orpsgradu
ate m Minneapolis. Rena H ill
has teen designing, making
and modeling her own crea
tions to r years and plans to
make lashion tier career.
In the past live years, her
talent and detenu mat ion liaxe
moved her from Ocean Spring,
M ississippi, where she w.is
one ot ten children in a poor
tam ily. through the Job Corps
and a cle rica l |ob with the
phoie company, to enrollm ent
at the Minneapolis College oi
Art and Design, where she has
lust completed tier freshman
year.
Her passion fo r clothes 1«
gan at tlie age of II when she
started sew ng. She took up
designing at 15. "N o one got
me interested," she said. " I t
was lust in me and came o u t."
It
m ig h t never h a ve
amounted to anything m (ter
hometown. But in May 1967,
she entered the Job Corps
Center lo r AVomen at imiaha,
a 2 0 -y e a r -o ld , llth grade
dropout.
At firs t, her goi«l-looking
clothes complicated tier Lie.
The other young w o m e n
couldn't afford nice (lungs.rid
didn’t have her talent with
needle, fabric and thread.
They were ealous, she was
homesick, and tlie firs t six
months were a m isery. But
she came to I ike the J obCorpa.
stayed two years, mastered
commercial s k ills such as
bookkeeping and typing, got
tier high school equivalency
certificate, and worked on fa
shions in her spare tune at ie
of the C enter's 15 sew mg i n
ch mes.
After graduation in the
spring oi I9ti9, stie went to
Kansas C ity and legan job
hunting.
she heard about Women in
Community service (AVICS), a
largely volunteer organization
that is funded 1 y ¡(«Manpower
Administration to I elp young
women alter they leave Job
Corps. WICS found 'e r a job
as a clerk.
She stuck with it lo r two
years, !<ul tier passion was
s till fashioi design, slie ap
pealed to WICS again (or le lji
and the stall raised more than
$2,000 fo r a scholarship tund
from such oi gsmzations as
Church Women United and tlie
National Council of Jewish
Women. An expert from tlie
Kansas C ity Institute of A n
helped her prepare an entry
portfolio and WICS heljed tier
apply to various a rt schools.
She was accepted by three
and chose Minneapolis. WICS
and the school worked out tlie
financial arrangements, which
included a good deal of lielp
from various federally funded
education programs fo r stu
dents without money.
"D on’ t ask me about my
grades," M iss H ill laughs.
"J u s t say I'm doing fa ir. I
would like to say excellent, tu t
it ’s not tru e ."
"She's doing fine and she’ s
a positive force in class, in
both discussion and participa-
tio n ,’ says R otert Schimke,
one of her Instructors. "She
came up with a good concept
in class the o tte r day. She
said the fabric should dictate
what a fashion is used fo r, not
the design."
"Y ou can take an exotic de
sign and make tie outfit of cot
ton and wear it to the s u je r-
rnarket,’’ explained M is s liill.
"B u t if tie same design were
made of s ilk or brocade, you
couldn't wear it to the store
hut would keep It fo r a dance
o r cocktan p a rty ."
M iss H ill already les shown
her creations twice at the col
lege.
A t five foot-slx with a well
proportioned figure, M iss H ill
is an effective model fo r her
designs.
Yea, we have a banana Cherries and grapes, too Care to
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Awards
Banquet
The Albina Women’ s Lea
gue presents their T e sti
monial Awards Banquet,
September 24, 1972 at 7:30
p. m „ at tlie Holiday Inn,
located at 10 N. W eldler St.
There w ill lie dining and
m usic, donations are $6,00.
Could you lie one ot (lie
Outstanding Citizens of tlie
Year?
There
w ill 1« 9
awards presented to various
citizens throughout the com
munity.
He sure to come,
It could be you. Call 288-
9145 fo r tickets, o r pick-up
your tickets at 73N J -.M o rris
St., before 5:00 p jn .
NATE
HARTLEY
Her plans lo r tlie future in
clude three more years at
Minneapolis to complete tier
bachelor's degree in lin e arts.
A lie i that, she’d like to study
in P aris and then "have a
le a u tifu l boutique - make that
a string ot boutiques."
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