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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
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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-
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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**
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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
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