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Portland/O bserver
Thursday. May 17. 1973
Leach YMCA begins classes
r ii alw ays love m y mama
"I'll always love my mama.
She's my favorite girl, fll
always love my mama, bhe
brought me in this world.”
And so go the words of the
Intruders latest hit single on
Gamble Records, "111 Always
Love My Mama".
But. to
this quartet from Philadel-
R e fle c t
yo u r
phia. the song means more
than just a set of lyrics.
Rather it is a statement of
praise, respect and gratitude
for what mothers have done
for all the children all over
the world.
“We sometimes only think
of mothers on Mothers Day.
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“It may be good and not be o u r i . . .
But it can't be o u rt and not be good"
stated group member Phil
Terry. “But the truth of the
matter is that mothers keep
on being mothers all those
other days of the year. too.
We have to remember this.
“And sometimes." added
Robert (Big Sonny! Edwards,
“when it seems they are
giving us advice that we
don't agree with, we have to
rem em ber they are only
thinking of us. So, even if
we feel we should not do
what they tell us to. we must
let them know we appreciate
what they tell us. After all.
you only have one mother.
On the LP version of the
song, which can be found on
the album "Save the Chil
dren", the Intruders involve
themselves in a spontaneous
rap about how it was to
grow up on the streets of
Philadelphia. They talk of
troubles they got in and out
of as kids, and how their
mothers were instrumental
in setting them straight, and
helping them clean up their
act.
“When Kenny Gamble and
Leon Huff First showed us
the tune," commented Eu
gene (Bird) Daughtry, "we
were able to identify with it
immediately. All of us were
raised mostly by our mothers.
They were always the ones
around when you wanted or
needed something.
And,
though the fathers were out
making money, the mothers
always had two jobs: Work
ing for someone else, and
keeping the family together."
The Intruders, who would
of course like to see their
record make a lot of money
for them, don't use financial
reasons for making this tune
well known. As Sam (Little
Sonny) Brown puts it, "We
want all mothers, especially
our own, to recognize our
sincerity in putting this tune
together.
We would, if
nothing else happens, want
them to know that this is our
personal salute to mothers
everywhere."
A storefront minister turned actor promises to be the biggest
Black heart throb since Harry Belafonte. Philip Thomas with
green eyes, wavy hair and an olive complexion reportedly has
the most disarming screen smile since John Garfield. The
23-year-old appears in the Joseph E. Levine and Brut Presenta
tion release by Avco Embassy of "Book of Number» , coming
soon to the Alameda tin«
Davis receives honor
Lenwood G. Davis of Port
land recently received a "Cer
tificate of Merit" from the
Dictionary of International
Biography. The award stated
"This Certificate of Merit,
proclaimed throughout the
World, is awarded to Len
wood G. Davis for Distin
guished Service in Education
and is the subject of notice in
volume X Dictionary of In
ternational Biography. The
Dictionary is a biographical
record of c o n te m p o r a r y
achievement and is published
in Cambridge. England. It
gives detailed biographies of
men and women of achieve
ment in all parts of the
world.
Professor Davis is an in
structor of History at Port
land State University. The
brilliant young historian was
included because of his re
search as well as published
works. He has written many
articles, books, book reviews,
and bibliographies that have
been published in professional
journals and quarterlies not
only in the United States, but
also in Africa. England and
Switzerland.
Acker teaches on coast
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Perry Acker. Seattle, and
George Hamilton, Scio. Ore
gon. will be the teaching
team again this year at
Thelma Pearson Gallery in
Lincoln City.
People from Oregon. Wash
ington, California and Mon
tana attended last year's
sessions, many of them bring
ing their families to enjoy
the ocean while the spouse
painted it.
A cker is an American
Watercolor Society member
and George Hamilton has
had paintings accepted in its
annual show in New York for
Both Acker and Hamilton are
instructors for the University
of Washington community de
velopment programs.
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and all things around you.
You'll find yourself a more
calm and peaceful individual
with new meaning to your
life. Cost for the class is $10
The classes will be from
July 9th through July 20th.
Interested persons may get
details from Thelma Pearson
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Yoga is a combination of
specific methods designed to
develop every aspect of the
individual •• physical, intel
lectual and spiritual. Every
human being longs for true
and lasting happiness. The
body, emotions and intellect
must be developed to a level
in which they function health
fully and in harmony with
each other.
A very high
standard of physical and
mental health can be attained
through Yoga. Coed Yoga
classes for all ages will be
held this summer at the John
R. Leach YMCA. «036 S.E.
Foster Road, that will con
centrate on individual im
provement physically, men
tally and spiritually.
The
8-week class can be taken on
Wednesday mornings. 9 to
10:30 a m.. Wednesday eve
nings, 6 to 7:30 p.m.. or
Thursday evenings. 8 to 9:30
p.m., starting June ttth and
7th. Instruction is based on
“Hatha Yoga" and is guided
by Ma Yoga Abha. a young
woman who studied for two
years with Raja Yoga in
India. The Yoga class aims
at helping participants relax
con centrate and breathe
better through active physi
cal and mental exercise. Cost
of the class is $15 for persons
currently members of the
YMCA physical education
program or $20 for a single
8 week Yoga membership.
Participants are asked to not
eat 2 to 3 hours prior to class
time and to wear loose cloth
ing to enable stretching and
bending. Call the John R.
Leach YMCA. 775 4396. for
more information.
An introductory class in
Meditation (New Dimension),
will also be scheduled if
enough interest is shown.
It is tenUtively set for
Wednesdays. 8 to 9 p.m..
starting June 7th. Instructor
Ma Yoga Abha explains that
a person comes to Meditation
through their own initiative.
The class consists of a steady
pranayama (breath control).
Matra (sacred sounds), and
Asans (Yoga positions), and
all leading towards concen
tration, which is the first
step towards M editation.
Meditation can give you a
larger awareness of yourself
Cacus Time
(Continued from p. 3)
talent needed. Unfortunately,
we have some brothers and
sisters being promised the
world by politicians.
I've
been amused to find that if
the Portland City Hall poli
ticians actually gave Blacks
everything that they've pro
mised in so-called confiden
tial meetings, Blscks would
own the city.
The question then is whe
ther these techniques are
applied to the white middle
class neighborhood and its
people. The answer is yes.
The difference is that some
of them receive positions of
power in the total political
scene rather than some insig
nificant flunky role that is
set up to relate only to the
Black community.
Black politicians. Black ad
ministrators and all of us
must play by the rules of the
game. The rules say that it
is expected that people will
have constituences. We must
use the techniques to en
hance our ability to maintain
some balance rather than
have the techniques used for
greater imbalance.
Being
partisan is the name of the
game.
Don't take a Black
man's word, ask some white
folks like Ivancie and Gold
Schmidt. Do you think that
they apologize for their di
verse positions?
Do you
think that they appeal to the
same following? They may
both be controlled by the
same dollar but their "fronts"
are different.
If we must
negotiate, and this is ad
mittedly part of the political
process, then we should ne
gotiate for contributions to
the whole city. However, we
should lean towards Albina:
Someone has to.
It is
through this process that
Albina, and any other neigh
borhood, is best served.
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where it’s a t
McDonald's is the place to be
for good food and good times
Big Mac, Filet-o-Fish,
Cheeseburger, whatever you've
got the hungries ' r. McDonald'3
is the scene Make it.