Porti and/Ob®erver
Thursday May 17, 1973
NCNW sponsor* musical evening
1972 Eldorado Coupe ......................................................... «7895
Firemist Spartacus Blue finish with a white vinyl roof and
matching blue leather interior.
Loaded with options
including cruise control. Driven only 14,000 miles, one
owner, with warranty.
M rs . W illie M ae H a r t.
President of The National
Council of Negro Women.
Portland Section, has an
nounced that Sunday. May
20 will be a day of special
trib u te to M a ry M cLeod
Bethune.
Thia marks the
beginning of “M ary McLeod
Bethune W e e k ", M ay 18
1972 FJdorado Coape ------ ----------------------------------------- «7995
Platinum Silver with a white vinvl roof and matching
leather interior. Well equipped. Driven only 8,000 miles,
one owner, locally owned, with w arranty.
1972 FJdorado C onvertible............................................... »7395
Cambridge red with a black top and matching leather
interior. Ixiaded with options, one owner, driven only
22.000 miles, with warranty.
A lthea Gibson h e a d *
youth tennis program
633 N E Twelfth Avenue • Phone 233-6451
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BANK
OF FINANCE
O w ned by the People
operated for the People
■ Checking Accounts
• Saving Accounts
• Bank by M ail
• Real Estate loons
• Auto Loans
• Home Improvement
• Travelers Checks
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Althea Gibson, undefeated
United States and W imble
don Women's Singles Cham
pion in 1957 and 1958, has
been appointed national dir
ector and technical advisor
for the PepsiCola Mobile
Tennis Program, Victor A.
Bonomo, president of Pepsi
Cola Company, announced
recently.
In her new position with
Pepsi Cola. Miss Gibson will
spearhead the mobile tennis
program which is designed to
bring the game of tennis to
inner city and urban young
sters throughout the country.
The Pepsi Cola Mobile Ten
nis Program is in its second
year.
In 1972, it provided
instruction for thousands of
boys and girls in New York,
P h ilad elp h ia and Boston.
This year, the list of cities is
expanding and is expected to
include Cleveland, Ohio; A t
lanta. Georgia; D etroit, Michi
gan and New ark. Montclair.
Bloomfield and Caldwell. New
Jersey.
M r. Bonomo described
Miss Gibson as the “logical
choice" for this assignment.
He said. "Althea Gibson
was introduced to tennis on a
Police Athletic League 'play
street' in Harlem , later en
te re d P a rk s D e p a rtm e n t
competition and won the
Manhattan Girls' Champion
ship.
As everyone knows,
she went on to international
fame. It is our hope that the
Pepsi Cola Mobile Tennis Pro
gram might produce many
champions like Althea Gibson
in the future."
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Bellman sings
Oean Russell Scott will be
heard in concert, Friday eve
ning, May 25th. at 7:30 p.m.,
at Day’s Music Company
Auditorium. Alice Siegfried,
well-known pianist and ac
companist, will be at the
piano.
Scott, popularly known as
“the singing bellman" at the
Roosevelt Hotel, has been
heard in various operatic
roles. Included among these
are Germont in “La Tra-
viata", Alfio in “Cavalleria
Rusticana", and Monterone
in "Rigoletto".
He has played Emile De
Beque in "South Pacific",
Ruder in " T h e
S tu d e n t
Prince", The toymaker in
"Babes in Toyland'' and Percy
Browne in "The Boy Friend".
He has also worked with
such international artists as
Jan Peerce, Beverly Sills.
Bacolonni, and Frank Gue-
Ardmore school pions
third reunion
your Ae/vite. . .
“Ardmore For M e In '73”
means Ardmore Douglass
High School Alumni will be
returning home from all over
the world for their third
school reunion.
The first reunion was a
dream of Paul R. Forbes,
class of 1943 of Berkeley,
California. The reality of the
first reunion was for classes
1919 1966 and was sponsored
by the A fte r Six Club.
Forbes was the first national
president.
The second reunion was
held in 1969, which was the
golden anniversary of the
school and the last year of
operation of Douglass High
School in compliance with
HEW .
Each reunion is held in
August,
This year the re
union will be August 16-19.
The school was first oper
a t'd as a high school in 1919
with four graduates, two
survivals of which arc re
siding in Oklahoma:
Mrs.
M yrtle Graham, Shawnee,
Oklahoma and Mrs. Lea F.
W iley of Oklahoma City.
A fter 1969. the school was
consumed into the Ardmore
High School complex.
Some eight hundred a t
tended the golden anniver
sary in 1969.
Contact of
alumni members have been
made in “The Douglass In
former". which is published
quarterly by the National
Secretary, Ernestyne James,
2500 N . Laird, Apt. 106.
Oklahoma City, O klahom a
73105.
The Kansas City Chapter
submitted the slogan “A rd
more For Me In ’73” during
th e S ep tem b e r m eeting.
The slogan will be used on
all correspondence pertaining
to the reunion business. All
Portland Alumni and asso
ciates are requested to con
tact Charles H. Cox Jr., 309
First Ave. S.E., Ardmore,
O klahom a 73401 for in
formation pertaining to the
reunion.
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Stan
Do you re m e m b e r Stan M cK enzie? Stan w as
a g u a rd fo r the P ortland T railblazers.
N o w Stan is a S e a rg e n t in the O re g o n
N a tio n a l G uard
Center and a High School Pro
gram tn a t teaches high
school students child care.
The 4C program is de
signed to provide a total
range of needs to the chil
dren. The Health Care Pro
gram is very extensive. In
cluded in it are dental, medi
cal and immunization.
The
program also provides trans
portation and child develop
ment specialists.
There is
also a home-maker program
in which a child care aid
actually will come into the
home of the child and aerve
as a temporary mother.
Mrs. Norman's job is to
make sure these service pro
grams run smoothly and ef
ficiently. "It's really a chal
lenge." she told the Observer
at an interview in her office
This a d courtesy o f
S upport C om pa n y
162nd In fa n try, O reAR NG
C am p W ith yco m b e , C lackam as, O re g o n
T e le p h o n e 648-2632
last Friday morning.
How
ever, the feels good about
the support and commitment
she has been given from her
fellow employees. "The hours
•re long," Mrs. Norman ad
mitted.
“Sometimes I find
myself making notea going to
bed. But I enjoy It."
Model Cities funds will be
cut off in abou» a year. Tha
complete and extensive child
care package is expensive,
but badly needed.
That'a
why, Mrs. Norman explained,
it ia important that the
people be educated to the
knowledge of the uniqueness
of this program.
The ex
tensive child care program
being offered now is among
the selected few in the
nation.
“Perhaps.” Mrs. Norman
suggested, “if the community
tries using it to exploit small
danger of losing, they'll be
willing to fight for it."
Black business
A replica of the perk and
•tatué to be erected In Wash
Ington. D.C. will be on dis
play in the lobby of the
theatre.
Thia model was
made to scale by Stanley
Reed, talented local architec
tual student.
In the Arm y. Craig re
lated. I had to learn about
soil and heavy equipment. I
had to learn aoil texture and
soil type.
W e (the Arm y)
could learn the habita of the
people by the cultivation of
the land.
By learning the
land, we could understand
the mentality of its inhabi
tants.
John Craig spent 20 years
in the Arm y and moved to
Oregon three years ago. How
is business? “You crawl and
stumble before you walk.”
John replied. “My legs are
still wobbling.”
However, the business is
statiafying to John.
He
knows that his feeling of
personal success is yet to
become a "community aatia
faction", or an "environmen
tal satisfaction”, but he main
tains a contentment regard
less of his pace of advance
ment.
M r. Craig displays a special
feeling when talking about the
work he does. "I try to put
back into nature and keep in
balance what the people be
fore me have taken out.
I
try to keep nature in its
original form."
Moat of his contracts have
been in the inner city, like
street tree planning for the
Model Cities Area.
In the
A lb in a C o m m u n ity, John
would like to see the people
educated to the facts of plant
use and plant materials. “I
would like to see more con
fidence in the community to
that when someone says,
‘Here's some free trees, can I
plant them in front of your
house,' they won't think it's a
political trick."
The coat
factor is very cheap; we only
need the love of natural
beauty.”
Although M r. Craig has
a iA M E W
Final Week
a n d the best
the biggest
r Co?- f i jm
M a x Julian
C o -featu re
COOL
HAND
LUKE
Mon.-Thurs. 7:15
Fri. A Sat. 7:00 Sunday 3:45
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had about 21 years exper
ience in landscaping, he
doesn't feel that he is quite
ready to heavily advertise
and make his pretence widely
known in the community.
“I'm a very particular per
son,” he admitted. "The aoil
is like mud in Washington.
D.C., Here it is fine, you can
grow almost anything.
It
takes a little time; can't
catch on overnight."
However. John does see a
very solid business growing.
“My business is like a weed:
you think it'a destroyed and
it'll pop up somewhere else."
Well, now that I'm coming
to the conclusion of thia sim
ple story of the only licensed
Black Landscape Contractor
in the Northwest, the ques
tion might still be in your
mind. "W hy is he a Black
hero"?
Because, unlike
Superfly and hia lot, Mr.
John Craig’s success does not
depend upon his ability to
exploit hia people and his
manhood.
M r. Craig's suc
cess can be attributed to
d e te rm in a tio n , sw eat and
hard work.
I t ia evident that there are
plenty of oppressive obstacles
in society that create these
undesirable Superflies who
think of nothing but "to get
over”.
That's what makes
exceptions like John Craig a
hero, no matter how menial
his task might seem!
NOTICE
Portland Premier M ay 23
n
Co-Feature - Soldier Blue
starring Candice Bergen
A JOSEPH E. LEVINE
and BRUT presentation
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A K O EMBASSY RELE ASE h Color
FR EE LP ALBUM
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Youth of the
Week
7tb Anaual
Trophiea, plaques, and lots of
prizes. May 20, 10:00 a.m.,
13.00 entry fee.
Portland
S ta te U n iv e rs ity L ib ra ry
Parking Lot, S.W. 11th.
Tickets at PSU Box Office
or at the gate.
H a rd e r Mechanical
Contractors, Inc.
•
Plumbing
•
Heating and Ventilating
Automatic Fire Sprinklers
WENTWORTH
& IRWIN INC.
2148 N. E. Union Avenue
Joetta lire, a Senior at Washington High
School, is President of the National Honor
Society. She is a member of Cleves - an
honor service group -- and is a former
member of the General Council.
Joetta ha* tutored elementary school children
at St. Franci* Catholic School.
She plan* to
attend Portland State University next year,
majoring in foreign languages.
She is the daughter of Mr. & Mrs. William Ure,
and has one sister, age 13.
Portland, Oregon 97212
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ditional type of Day Care
Center, it also offers an
After School Program by the
Portland Public Schoola. an
E m erg en cy D ro p -In C are
•
This
The program Sunday will
be held at Lincoln Hall,
Portland State Uni varsity,
1620 SW Park Avenue, and
will feature members of The
Black A rt Society of P o rt
land State Univeraity and
other local talent.
Tickets
will be sold at the door, or
simply call 284 4651 for both
tickets and Information about
N o rm an
1971 Eldorado Coupe ..................... ................................... »6995
Zodiac blue with a white vinyl roof and matching leather
interior. W ell equipped. Driven only 20,000 miles, locally
owned, with warranty.
ïlliams
Cadillac
through 28, when the mem
bers of the Council will spot
light thoir efforts to aocure
funds to complete the statue
to her memory being erected
in Lincoln Park. Washington,
D.C.
Telephone
281-1112
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