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P o rtlan d /iA m e rw r Thursday, M ay to. M 73 p *^ j PORTLAND. 43> OBSERVER Religion in the Hews Orthodox churches celebrato Easter Guaranteed income a must PART I Dickey by Need of a Guaranteed An nual Income ia premised on the reality of large scale poverty in America. The sad fact is, a large percentage of Americans do not have ad eq u ate food, housing, clothing, medical and dental care. According to government standards, there are 25.6 million poor Ameri cans. By more realistic living standards, reflected by what the American people them selves feel is a minimum in come for a decent life, there are 70 80 million poor Ameri cans. Included are 64% of household hesds who work, but remain poor. Present poverty solutions have been forcefully con demned by American presi dents. When announcing the Commission Study on Income Maintenance in 1967, Presi dent Lyndon Johnson said: "The welfare system today pleases no one. I t is criti cized by the liberals and conservatives; by the poor snd the wealthy; by social workers and politicians; by whites and by negroes in every area of the nation." President Richard Nixon has called our present sys tern **.. . a monstrous, in human outrage against the community, against the fam ily, and against the indi vidual." The problem is not merely privation, but economic dis tribution. Father G o rd o n D ickey w ith c h ild re n in W a s h in g ton, D. C., w h e re he is a tte n d in g C a th o lic U n ive rsity School o f Social W ork. In the last 30 years, the share of total money income going to the 20% of U .8. citizens at the bottom of the power diamond has remained constant. . . at 3.6%. The share going to the top 20% has also re m a in e d the same . . . 44%. The top 5% of the population receives 17% of the income. Ix-ss than 5% of our popu lation controls: 82% of all stocks 100% of all stale/local bonds 40% of federal bonds 88% of other bonds The distribution question looms larger when the United States is compared with other nations. As a percent of national income, the United States ranks lower than any of 16 European nations in welfare ex p e n d itu res , and lower than Canada. Australia. New Zealand and Israel. In Scandinavia, there are no slums or poverty. Everyone is given the basic right to medical care, unemployment com pensation, re tire m e n t benefits, and educational op portunity. In America, poverty is a national tragedy. It has divided us as a people, and as a nation. Poverty has created fear, tension, crime, racism, suspicion, dehumani zation, polarization, and more poverty. St. Nicholas Russian O rtho dox Church, a small but vital parish "without a priest", located at 3613 N .E . Mallory, has prepared a m ultitude of traditional Easter time foods, artifacts, demonstrations and customs to share with the community May 12 and 13, dates of the Easter celebra tion for Orthodox religions. Traditions from many Slavic nations will be represented at the festival which is co sponsored by P o rtla n d Community College including Yugoslavia. Ukrania, Poland. Bulgaria, Czechslovakia, and Russia. Mila Ellis (M rs. John). Alice Komanecky (Mrs. John), and Nona Campbell (Mrs. Leonard), three women active in festival preparations, have compiled a cookbook con taining many old world re cipes handed down by their great grandmothers. Mila Ellis has also included her “recipe for a happy husband". Slavic recipes featured in the cookbook such as pelemeny (Siberian meat dumplings), golubtsy (cabbage rolls), pi ro zh ki (m e at tu rn o v e rs ), cheese blintzes. paskha (rich cheese mold with fruits), kulich and Easter breads will be served both days of the festival. John Hudanich and John Komanecky, long time parish members, will demonstrate the highly skilled art of Ukranian Easter egg decora tions. Members of the Wood burn area Russian Orthodox group will exhibit embroidery unique to Slavic costumes and inkle loom w eaving . Artifacts such as Russian uniforms and costumes, gold coins, and old books will be Hie Biography of a Black Woman - M ary Jane McLeod was born in Mayesville. South Carolina on July 19. 1875. Birth came in a three room log cabin and she was one of seventeen children of Patsy and Sam Mrlx>od. She was taught the impor lance of prayer and acquired a deep and abiding faith that was her life long source of strength. She was taught that things came not only by prayer, but by hard work as well. She later said that everything in her life had come by sweat. The life of the little girl was hard. At age nine, she could pick 250 pounds of cotton and later had to pull a plow when their mule died. M ary always wanted to learn to read and write; but Binyou Optical D iap en jers of Fashion Eyowoai Dr. L. W esley A planalp Optom etrist 6 3 0 S.W. Broadway 2 2 6 -6 6 8 8 J a n tie n Beach 2 8 3 -3 1 9 5 Soft and R eg u lar contact lenses Associate O ptom etrists: BRIGGS, HATTEN, M ILL E R 8. STENGER W E L C O M E TO ST. M A R K 'S B A P T IS T CH URC H K tJ v J b y C l <ifxevir- there was no school (or Black children in Mayesville until she was eleven years of age. A Black teacher. Emma Wil son. opened a mission school there. M ary was a week late in enrolling and was very impressed when she heard the children call the teacher "Miss Wilson". She put this down in her mind as a high mark of respectability and decided she would be so respected some day. She was in the First graduation class of the little school and it was a proud day for her and her family because she won a scholarship that had been offered by a white seamstress in Denver to help one Black child. Mary went to Scotia Semi nary in Concord, North Caro lina where she graduated after five years; however, she spent two extra years studying in what would be today's equivalent of a Junior College. It was at Scotia that she received her first social training. A fter leaving Scotia, Mary applied for and was accepted as a student at The Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. She and an African student were the only Blacks there, but Evangelist Dwight Moody recognized no ethnic group- ‘*4 119 N.E. Morris Sunday Service 9:15/11 a.m. Evening Service 7:30 p.m. i‘A Reverend Edward W ilder > •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• •• ONE GOD ‘4/Z th e P r o p h e t » o f C o d p r o c la im kuivi ru m U k ra n ia n Easter eggs a n d costum ed Russian d o lls w ill be on d is p la y a t th e St. N ic h o la s Russian O rth o d o x C hurch Easter C e le b ra tio n M a y 12 a nd 13, at 3613 N. E. M a llo ry . The fe s tiv a l is co-sponsored by P ortland C o m m u n ity C olle g e , on display. Portland artist Sherry Bettendorf (Mrs. Bob) will paint icons. . . an al most "lost" art ot stylized scenes with religious themes. The congregation of St. Nicholas is comprised of peo ple who fled Slavic countries seeking religious and political freedom. U n til recently. Father George Afonski led the small but spirited group at St. Nick's. In March he was reassigned as the new Russian Orthodox Bishop of Alaska, and his plans for sharing the Easter celebra tion with the community have been carried on by his inspired parishioners. Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church The Slavic Festival will be open to the public Saturday May 12. from 1 to 8 p.m. and on Sunday May 13 from noon to 8 p.m. Food will be served at all times and ad mission is free. For more information, contact Portland C o m m un ity C ollege C om munity Services. 244 6111, extension 318. 3138 N. V an cou ver Ave. P hon e 282-9496 Sunday School 9:00 A.M. Morning Worship , ,¡ 0 0 A.M. Or. O. B. Williams, Pastor "T he church with a neart-felt welcome** Yfcsthodisf £ -o*1 M ary McLeod Bethune ings; each person stood on his own merit. M ary con tinued her music and social education there. Her great est joy was being allowed to work with the needy of the Chicago slums. A fte r graduation from The Moody Institute, she went to New York and applied to the Presbyterian Board of Mis sions for a position in Africa. The Mission Board felt that she was "too young" and told her that there was no open ing for a Black in Africa at that time. She has described this as the greatest disap pointment of her life. Nevertheless, in spite of this set back, she carried on. She accepted a teaching posi tion at Haines Normal In stitute in Augusta, where she worked closely with Mrs. Lucy Ixiney, its founder. While there she founded a Sunday School for the Black children of Augusta. She also invited the less fortu nate to come to the school on Sunday afternoons where she read Bible stories to them, sang to them, gave them music lessons, organized choral groups and gave them literature to take home. A fter leaving Haines, she taught at Kindell Institute, a church supported school for Blacks, for two years. Each month she sent home a por tion of her salary to help her family and make it possible for two of her sisters to go to Scotia Seminary in North Carolina where she began. During her years of school ing, romance had not been serious in Mary's life. How ever, while teaching she met th e t a m e F a it h .' BahaulUh Albertus Bethune, a tall, handsome man who was helping his brother to go to college by working extra hours in a dry goods store. They fell in love and were married in the parsonage at S u m te r, N o rth C a ro lin a. They immediately set out for Savannah. Georgia to make their home where he had been offered a teaching posi tion. M ary planned to con tinue her teaching as well, in order to supplement their meager income. However, it was not long before Mary discovered she was pregnant and she decided to stay at home and become a full-time housewife -end mother. A. Lee Henderaon, Minister (To be continued) 5828 N.E. 8th Owre accepts position On Sunday, May 12, at 6:00 p.m. a Union Fellowship Service will be held at Bethel A M E Church. 5828 N .E . 8th Avenue. Reverend Benjamin Owre will he preaching his last sermon in Portland, en titled "The Priesthood of Parents". Music will be presented by W o o d la w n and H u g h e s United Methodist Churches. The offering will be given to Reverend Owre in gratitude of his dedication. Reverend Owre will be leaving Port land to take on the position of Pastor of the Sheridan- Willamina circu it 2 8 8 -5 4 2 9 Church School .......................................................... Morning Worship .................................................... W ed. Noon — The Hour of Rower .................... W ed. Prayer & Clast Meeting ........................... Nursery Core Provided 9:45 am 11:00 am 12:00 noon 7:30 pm 'W e ere making our Neighborhood A Brotherhood" Rev. T. N . Noffa Welcomes you to Church and School lor Community ST. ANDREW’S CATHOLIC CHURCH Reverend Bertram Griffin 806 N .E . A lberta Portland. Oregon 97211 281-4429 Masses: 9:VU » — H y— « 10:30 a m Choir 12:00 p m . Folk Maae ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH C orner of 8th and Skxlmore Sunday School 9:30 a jn . Sunday Worship 11:00 a j n . Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p jn . (Second and Fourth Sundays) Reverend Thomas L . Strayhand, M in iste r ßerean JSaptiit Church C o a t e r r a ti ve B a p tis t Snedny 9:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m. OI1ISSIO >0« A ll CASSITI t 6:00 p.m. noesi ISCIUOISS 1 m um 2 8 8 -5 1 2 1 TSSO MB SANDY IV tw at sus» MARANATHA CHURCH 1222 NE Skidmore Aa Equal Opportunity Easptoyer All used makes sold and repaired. Church school and Bible class: Sunday morning worship: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening prayer: Friday Worship Service: Bob Harrison - Pattar 9:15 10:45 7:00 7.00 7:30 a.m. a.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. Wednesday Sunday School Morning Worship Young Disciples, Youth Group Adult Bible Teacher Training Rev 288-7241 7:30 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study W illie O. Petersen. Pastor .. They received the W o r d ... and searched the scriptures daily..." Acts 17:11 ♦ 4688 Moitk T a a e o a v e t A veane * 8 8 1 -0 6 8 0 Z 8 8 4 -8 8 8 4
