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EvaistM diqiiom leads workshop
Reverend M erre l D . Hooker
w ill lead a clergy workshop
Friday, January 19, 1973, at
Emanuel Hoepltal School of
Nursing. 2828 N, Gantsnbeln,
Portland, Oregon, 9:00 a jn .
- 3:00 p jn . "T he Church and
tha M inistry of Healing - To
ward Personal and Social
Wholeness". Is tha subject of
tha workshop. This program
Is sponsored by the Albina
M in isterial Alliance and the
Emanual Hospital Chaplaincy
Department. It Is Intended to
call attention to tie resour
ces within the religious com
munity for personal and so
cial renewal, and to encour-
age clergy leadership In this
activity.
The guest speaker. Rever
end Hooker, la a member of
the facility of Garrett Theolo
gical Seminary, Evanston, I l
linois. He is adjunct profes
sor of Pastoral Counseling for
the Church and Rlack E xperl- I
ence Program at tie Semin
ary. His experience In minis
try lncluiles liavlng served
pastorates In Chicago, New
Jersey. He has teen In hos
pital m inistry at Detroit Gen
eral Hospital, Detroit, and
Freedman's Hospital Wash
ington, D .C . Now he Is d ire c
tor ot chaplain services a tE v -
anstonConununlty Hospltaland
Provident Hospital, where te
works with the hospital staff
and Seminary In supervising
the training of seminary stu
dents In pastors! cars.
All clergy of metropolitan
Portland are Invited to par
ticipate In this program. Rev.
Hooker w ill have two presen
tations, “ Goals and Ways of
Achksvlng Personal andSoclal
NEWSPAPER IN
AN EOUAL OPPO’ TUNITY EMPLOYER
THE WHOLE
WIDE
W Q R tp
THAT REALLY CARES ABOUT
larship Fund. The program,
which is an Incorporated non
profit
organization,
was
founded In 1968 by the educa
tion committee of the Port
land State University Black
Students Union. The program
has grown and diversified so
that It now provides financial
assistance to students who
are residents of the Model
Cities area who attend any
college or university. Since
the
program
Is
funded
by Model C ities, grants are
lim ited to Model Cities resi
dents. Annually between 200
and 250 students are provid
ed tuition and books to the
sum of $705.
The purpose of the fund
drive, which has a goal of
$20,000 is threefold.
The
additional money will be used
to assist students who are not
residents of Model Cities, wUI
Increase the number of grants
possible, and w ill assist some
a workshop for the member
ship of the AMA, Saturday,
January 20, 1973 10 a jn . -
2:00 pun. at Emanuel Hoepltal
Extended Care Facility, 3001
N . Gantenheln,
Community
(Please turn to page 8 col. 3)
GRACE GOLIGHTLY
l-ee scales and eligibility
crite ria have teen dictated
through the artlface of an
Orientation Workshop. These
regulations are to be effec
tive February 1, 1973. This
action would serve re I y lim it
the availability of child care
services to those parents who
are In the tenuous position
of struggling to become self-
sufficient. It would sppear that
this action contradicts the re
cent Emergency Hoard action
where tie Children's Services
Division, having been unable
to establish a sufficient finan
cial emergency, w ta told to
maintain the program at Its
present level. It. therefore.
Is ttie considered opinion of
this organization that the
"em ergency" being dealtwltb
Is a blatant power play to
lim it local control of these
programs.
" T i e DsyCsre Providers",
finding
"em ergency" rule
making unnecessary and not In
the beat Interest of children,
(Please aim to page 8 col. 3)
Names in the news
Jams a Loving Is receiving
acoladss fo r his " s ilv e r-
tongued o rato ry" as main
speaksr at the Charles J o r
dan Appreciation Banquet.
Phil
McLauren.
form er
D ire cto r of the PSU Black
Studies Program, was named
administrative assistant to
M ayor Goldschmidt.
BUI
McCoy
and
M a ry
Rolerts.
both f r e s h m e n
representatives,
were ap-
pointed to the Houee Ways
and Means Committee by
House Speaker, Representa
tive Richard Eymann. M ary
Roberts, also know as Wendy,
Is sn employee ot the Model
C ities section of the M u lt-
Every day
is pay day
with true daily interest.
At the Bcnj. Franklin, interest
on passbook savings is compounded
constantly, from day of deposit to day
of withdrawal. For maximum earnings
on your savings, pay yourself first in
a safety-insured account al the
Benj. Franklin.
5%
6^i
K<knj.|j| Franklin
Psaaboofc S a ving «
par annum
C e fS S eaN M o f DopoaH
po» annum com pounded daily
and paid quarterly I f t OOO
minimum ’or 2 year«
Robs 1 1 H Hatsn. Pres . 21 Olllcsa • Phons 248-1234
Homs Ollies Franklin Bldg . Portland. Orsgon 87204
nomsh County Juvenile Court.
Betsy Preston, fo rm er ad
ministrative assistant to NeU
Goldschmidt, was appointed
temporary director of the
Bureee of Human Resources,
tie position vacated by Char
les Jordan.
Before Joining
the Goldschmidt team, M s.
Preston was an assltant Dis
tric t Attorney assigned to the
JuvenUe Court.
First day exciting
for Senate secretary
Grace Golightly, the Oregon
State Senate's firs t black
secretary, met her firs t day
of work with both enthusiasm
and confusion. Secretary to
Senator Keith Bums. M rs .
Golightly attended the Senate's
opening session, where she
saw her employer sworn into
office, and the Joint session
of the House and Senate,
where the Governor of Oregon
addressed the assembly amid
pomp and ceremony.
M rs . Golightly said she ac
cepted her position p rim arily
because she was Impressed
by Senator Bum s’ sincerity
and concern.
She sees her work with
the legislature as a rare op
portunity. As a potential law
student, she w ill have the op
portunity to see how laws
are made, she w ill gain In
sight into the workings of
politics; and she w ill meet
all
kinds of people. Her
duties Include taking notes
on tl«e floor of the Senate,
taking care of the Senator's
office, answering the mall,
talking to constituents, and
many other s im ila r jobs.
M rs . Golightly was borr
In Youngstown. Ohio in 1941
and came to Oregon at the
age of five.
She graduated
from Lincoln High School,
where she was student body
vice president. She attended
Columbia Basin College In
Pasco, Washington, where she
is proud to say that she was
a straight A student, and re
cently
attended
Portland
Community College where she
majored In speech. She hopes
to eventually go Into crim inal
law.
Other recent positions were
with the area office of HUD,
the
Portland Development
Commission, and Media. She
was Executive Secretary to
the Vice President of Albina
Corporation.
M rs .
Golightly
is
the
mother of a five year old
son, Darren, who Is living
with her In Salem. She has
found the people of Salem to
be very friendly and helfbl,
and is sure she w ill enjoy
life In the legislature.
Student plan honors Bill Berry
Oberlin College Is parti
cipating with the Chicago
Urban League In the esta
blishment of s community
service Internship to he known
ss the Edwin C . " B U I" Berry
Internship.
B erry was executive direc
to r of the Urban League of
Portland from 1945 to 195b
and was Instrumental In the
passage of Oregon's earliest
CivU rights legislation.
B erry, who was bom In
Oberlin, Ohio and Is an alum
nus of tha college, has had
s lifelong commitment to the
elimination of racism .
The purpose of the lnter-
shlp la tc provide community
service experience fo r col-
level minority students
In particular, to give
them experience in the ghetto
areas of Chicago.
Oberlin
PV
students, particularly those
with fam illes, with living ex
penses.
The program Is operated
by a twelve member board
of directo rs. Charles Crews
is chairman. The members
of
the board are: Allan
Bowens, Bowens and Duncan
Bookkeeping
Service; Phil
M cLauren,
Administrative
Assistant to the Mayor; Fred
Buckwalssr,
President
of
Dennis
Uniform Company;
Ken M cC oll, Professor at
Catlin-Gable; Sam York, pro
fessor at Portland State Uni
versity; George Rives, At
torney; Bob Peterson. Budget
officer at the University of
Oregon Medical School; Henry
Hewitt, attorney; C o t t r e l l
White, teacher at John Adams
High School; Raymond Hallo
way and M el Toran, students
at Portland State University.
Peace
offensive
planned
REVEREND M ERREL D . BOOKER
Child programs challenge state
Today, Community Coord
inated Child Care (4-C ) pro
grams are receiving yet an
other challenge from the State
of Oregon Children'sServtces
Division.
Fred
Stickney,
chairman of “ The Day Care
Providers'*.
charged
rhs
Children's Services Division
with bypassing the Adminis
trative Procedures Act In such
a way as to endanger the
ability of day care adminis
trators to ensure the provi
sion of quality child care serv
ices.
Thursday Jan u ary 11,1973 10< per copy
PEOPLE_____________________________________P
Service to commemorate
Dr. King’s birthday
A memorial service honor
ing tie birthdate of D r. M a r
tin Luther King will be held
on January 15, 7:30 to 9:00
p jn . at M t. Olivet Baptist
Church, 116 N .E . Schyler. The
service Is sponsored by the
M artin Luther King Scholar
ship Fund of Oregon and tie
Albina M inisterial Alliance.
The theme of tie service
is "F o u r Facets of D r.K in g ’s
Philosophy". Speakers pre
senting the four topics are:
Religion — Reverend John
Jackson; Education — Char
les
Crews; Human Rela
tions - - M ayor NeU Gold
schmidt;
CivU
Rights
Gayle Gemmell, Administra
tor of the CivU Rights Bureau
of the Oregon Department of
Labor. A num ter of choirs
vUI provide musical selec-
lons.
The service wUI launch a
campaign to raise funds for
the M artin Luther King Scho
Awareness", and''opportuni
ties and Hazards In Christian
G row th".
The Friday program Is the
beginning of three events for
the Albtna Ministers) A l
liance. The second event Is
OBSERVER
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Is the firs t college to p arti
cipate with the Chicago Urban
League
In the community
service internship program.
Other colleges are expected
to Join the program later.
The overall experience wUI
be channeled into service with
the National Urban League at
the affUlass level.
Two to three minority stu
dents w ill be chosen each
semester, beginning in the
1973-74 academic year, based
on their potential fo r career
service with the National U r
ban League.
Each student
w ill receive ten hours of
credit for field work com
pleted In Chicago.
An additions! four hours of
credit wUI be given fo r en
rolling In a private reading
course at Obertln to do re
search on a topic related to
the student’s field work. This
work w ill be done under the
supervision of a faculty spon
sor.
The B erry Internship w ill
be listed In the Oberllne Col
lege curriculum as an offer
ing of the African-Am erican
(Please a im io page 3 col. 5)
A broad
based
antiwar
coalition has been formed in
Portland.
Calling itself the
"Inauguration
Day
Peace
Coalition" — in reference to
the group's projected January
20th
demonstration — the
coalition was formed after
two large meetings attended
by over 100 representatives
of various groups.
The momenttiin fo r the
peace demonstration, planned
as a response to the govern
ment's continued prosecution
of the w ar, has been building
at an unusually fast paoe. The
group ' xs secured an office
at 234 ¿.W . Salmon, room 6,
and has received broad en
dorsement from various In
dividuals and organizations
Including
Howard
W illits,
Oregon State Representative;
Business Executives Move for
Peace; The Student M o biliza
tion Committee to End the
W ar
In SE Asia; L a rry
McCabe, President of the
Portland Federation of Teach
ers A F L -C IO ; and the Wo
men's International League
for Peace and Freedom.
At its second meeting, the
Inauguration
Day coalition
heard reports from Its Out-
Reach committee which is
charged wtthestablishingcon
tacts with the labor move
ment and further expanding
the support fo r the January
20 demonstration. The group
also appointed five coordi
nators:
Phoebe Freldman,
Women for Peace; Helen G or
don, Portland Federation of
Women's Clubs; E ric Stoval,
Radical Education Project;
B ill Scheer, Portland State
University Student M obiliza
tion Committee; Sue Kosky,
Another M other for Peace.
The Intention of the de
monstration, one of many
scheduled nationally for the
20th, Is to give visible op
position to the Nixon admini
stration’ s two fold peace stra
tegy: Talk peace at home and
drop bombs In Vietnam . The
temporary bombing halt above
the 20th parallel In Vietnam
was taken up at the meeting
whose unanimous feeling was
that this, as well as previous
bombing halts were merely
m ilita ry maneuvers designed
(Please turn to page 6 col. 5)
Schwab to speak
Mildred A . Schwab, City
Commissioner In charge of
public affairs w ill speak at
the meeting of the NAACP,
Portland
Branch,
Sunday,
January 14, 1973, at 4:00 pun.
The occasion, which w ill be
held at Bethel AME Church,
5828 N .E . 8th, w ill be the
Installation of officers and
board members according to
E llis H. Casson, President.
Commissioner Schwab, long
committed to human rights,
was appointed to the city com-
mlsslon In December to suc
ceed Nell Goldschmidt upon
his elenation to m ayor. The
public is invited to attend
this meeting.
Representative Bill McCoy
REPRESENTATIVE BILL McCOY leaves the Capitol Building after the legislature's opening
session. At 8:55 a jn ., January 11,
McCoy became Oregon’ s firs t black legislator and
the state's highest ranking black public official.
CHARLES CREWS tries bicycles that w ill be offered for sale in his bicycle shop. The shop, which
w ill open in February, w ill offer sales and service for all types of bicycles.
Bicycle shop comes to Portland
The
firs t
black owned
bicycle shop is coming to
Portland. Charles Crew sw ill
officially open his shop at
7017 N . Lombard early in
M arch, but he w ill be open
fo r sales and service In
February.
Crews w ill offer a complete
line of bicycles — 10 speeds,
5 speeds, 3 speeds, one
speeds with coaster brakes,
and children's bikes and t r i
cycles. His service depart
ment, headed by Stanley M it-
chell, a bicycle mechanicwith
30 years of experience, w ill
offer pick-up and delivery
service.
Among the brands
the shop w ill carry are Jeunet,
C rystal, Jupiter, and Colum
bia.
The
shop w ill train
young people In service and
repair and Crews sees this
as a field with great poten-
tlal for young people who are
Industrial.
Crews
sees the bicycle
business as a combination of
his desire to enter the busi
ness world and of his deep
Interest In ecology. A firm
believer In the need to e li
minate all types of pollution.
Crews advocates a strong
bicycle lobby to promote bi
cycle
paths
and parking
stands.
He sees the need
for educational programs for
cyclists and for automobile
drivers on the proper use of
bicycles in traffic.
Crews is a graduate of
M artin Luther King Elemen
tary School and Jefferson
High School.
He graduated
from Portland State U niver
sity In Sociology In 1971.
While attending college, lie
was Assistant D istrict Exe
cutive for the Boy Scouts of
America, Columbia Pacific
Council, was advisor to the
P.S.U , Education Department,
and was research assistant
to D r . Lee Brown.
After
graduating,
he became a
research assistant In the of
fice of Commissioner Lloyd
Anderson.
During his employment with
Commissioner A n d e r s o n ,
Crews has been Involved in
coordinating a $100,000 grant
to do a comprehensive study
on noise pollution and worked
»1th tie affirmative action
program. He has leen asked
to stay with the Commis
sioners office and w ill work
oart time tem porarily. But,
-lis main effort will be with
his bicycle shop.
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