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P ag e 6 P o r tla n d /O b s e r v e r T h u rs d a y Ju n e 2 2 , 1973 Church asks US support Rhodesion boycott Loaves & Fishes promotes romance For the past two years Mabel Nelson and Belmont Fletcher have been regular participants in the meal ser vices and programs of the Columbia Park Center of Loaves & Fishes. Unknown until recently was the ro mance building betw een them. On Friday, June the 15th, at the Columbia Villa Center, their elderly com panions there honored them as the newly wedded Mr. 4 Mrs. Belmont Fletcher with a special program. T ogeth er they cut the wedding cake supplied by the Loaves & Fishes Center and shared it with their many friends. The program in their honor, which fol lowed. featured drama pre sentations by nine Calaroga Players from the Theater Feast at Calaroga Terrace, a Northeast Portland retire ment home. These lively Golden Age ladies, from 64 to 88, demon strated that age was no bar to the development of dra matic talents. Their pre sentations ranged from read ings from notable dramas to poetry and skits of their own ... in time of need CALDWELLS COLONIAL MORTUARY \ I 14th at Sandy and Burnside 232-41 I I PORTLAND CLEANING WORKS NORTH & N.E. PORTLAND The top leaders of two national boards of the United Methodist Church have called for support of pending legia lation in Congress which would have the effect of returning the U.S. to adher ence to United Nations eco nomic sanctions against Rho desia. Bishop Paul A. Washburn, Chicago, president of the Board of Global Ministries, and Bishop Jam es A rm strong, A berdeen, South Dakota, p resident of the Board of Church and Society, said: "Let us strengthen the forces of justice and law in the world and put human rights above personal and corporate profit." Though the UN voted Sanctions against Rhodesia in 1967 (two years after it's uni lateral declaration of inde pendence from Britain), the U.S. under thi Byrd amend ment, has not complied with the sanctions as f,.r as the importation of chromium and other strategic mat« rials is concerned. Meanwhile in Rhodesia, an other U nited M eth o d ist leader. Bishop Abel T. Muz orewa. told the National Af fairs Association that white R hodesians cannot "under any circumstances stop the eventuality of majority rule in Rhodesia." Speaking as president of the African National Council (ANO. he asserted that both Africans and Europeans must stop talking about "white creation, even to a tap dance topped with a singalong finale by the players. Coe- tumes for the presentation were made by the players themselves. The Calaroga Players, now 15 in number, have been coached for the past three years by drama professor Alberto Cereghino, who is Director of Special Projects of the School of Communica tions and Fine Arts at the University of Portland. The work of Professor Cereghino and his aides with the Cala roga Players is one of the community projects carried on by the School. Columbia Villa Center is one of 25 Loaves & Fishes Neighborhood Centers in the Greater Portland areas. At this Center more than 25 older persons enjoy hot nu trutious noon meals, 5 days a week, on a “pay as you can” basis. The Center volunteers also deliver another 25 meals, on the same days, to elderly shut ins unable to shop for food or prepare meals for themselves. The overall program of Loaves & Fishes is now providing such meal services at it's Centers and through it's related Meals on Wheels delivers for nearly 4000 older persons who can benefit from such services. Also, all Centers have regu lar recreation and informa tion programs tailored to the needs of the participants. O N E D A Y S E R V IC E KNIT BLOCKING OUR SPECIALTY We Give M IN O S REPAIRS—N O CHARGE PICK-UP & DELIVERY 282-8361 3954 N . W IL L IA M S “ You’ve Tried The Rest, N o w Try The Best’ N. A lexander, Proprietor Masons hold Service The P.H. Grand Lodge of Oregon F. & A.M. and the P.H. Grand Chapter. O.E.S. will hold their Annual Thanks giving S ervice at Bethel AME Church, Sunday, June 24th, at 3:00 p.m. Reverend A. Lee Henderson will s(n*ak on “Thanksgiving". Music will be rendered by the Bailey Family Trio. Black doctor h am i I to n fu r s (Continued from page I) about 2*Z> inches wide. Look ing through the hole, he saw that the left internal mam mary artery was damaged, and tied it up. The peri cardium, the sac enclosing the heart, had a cut in it about l'A inches long; the edges fluttered as the heart pulsated 130 times a minute. In the heart muscle itself, there was only a cut about a tenth of an inch deep. The knife had just missed a coro nary artery; had it not, Cor nish would have been dead. Dr. Williams decided the heart wound needed no suture, but the pericardium was another story. It had to be repaired. The physician irrigated the wound with a salt solution of 100 degrees, which was just about the temperature in the operating room. Then he sew ed up the torn heart sac and closed the chest incision. Nobody bothered to keep track of the time, but agreed iater that the operation seemed short. The fascinated onlookers filed out, and Cornish was taken to a ward. During the ensuing 24 hours he had a 103-degree temperature but slept with out the aid of drugs. Later there was some coughing and hiccups, but by the fourth day his temperature was al about the operation, and Dr Williams was interviewed by the press, talking mostly about the hospital and his "wonderful nurses". "Sewed up his heart!" said one headline. Dr. Williams perform s an astonishin g feat!" H ow ever, Dr. Williams waited several years before publishing an account of the surgery in a scientific jour nal. It appeared in March, 1897, in the Medical Record of New York. Some disputed that he had indeed been the first to perform open heart surgery. But after various investiga tions -- including one as late as 1935 Dr. Wil liams was generally credited with being the pioneer. He went on to a long and distinguished career in medi cine: Surgeon-in-Chief at the Freedmen's Hospital in Wash ington, D.C., where he per formed difficult and innova tive operations; visiting pro fessor at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., then as now a Black school; member of the Illinois State Board of Health; a founder of the National Medical Associa tion in 1905 and a charter member, in 1913, of the new Amen -an College of Sur geona. He served on the surgical staff at Cook Countv solidarity" and "African sol idarity" - a slogan which, he said, "encourages a divi sion into two communites rather than encourages us to be one nation as we should." The public statement by Bishops A r m str o n g and Washburn said they wished to "direct public attention to the importance of supporting the current effort in Con gress, sponsored by 24 mem bers of the Senate and 59 Representatives in the House, to remove chromium from the strategic materials list (a large stockpile already has accumulated;." This would result in the reinstatement of the pre vious U.S. ban on the pur chase of chromium from Rho desia in accordance with the LIN Security Council vote which the U.S. supported, the bishops said, adding: "All citizens of the United States concerned about basic human rights and devoted to freedom from oppression should encourage members of Congress to art promptly and effectively in support of House Resolution 8005 and Senate Rill 1868," The African National Coun eil is considered by many as perhaps the most represents tive African organization in Rhodesia. It took the lead in opposing a proposed British Rhodesian Settlement of dif ferences in 1971. because the ANC felt progress toward majority rule was too slow as provided in the document. The white minority govern ment of Prime Minister lan Smith rules in a country where there are about 250,000 whites and 5,500,000 Blacks. Bishop Muzorewa quoted from the ANC Manifesto: "We shall strive to create a nation where Black and white can live as children of One Almighty God . . . we should try to find a mutally agree able formula for achieving racial harmony." He said that "in terms of method, we (the ANC) have pledged ourselves to work for the attainment of demo cratic rule by non violent means." H ow ever, Bishop Muz orewa declared, “if we should go forward, it is you (an aparent reference to whites) who must change." He pro ceeded to outline some changes that he sees as necessary for progress: "You have to change your attitude that you should be the only ones who should run the country and that re s p o n s ib ilit y com es only through white hands. You must start to accept the fact that Rhodesia is now full of in tellig en t, w ell educated Car wash Africans of irood character and ability who should run the country together with you, working side by side as citizens of one country. "You must stop being builders of fear the demon of fear which has forced many whites to be silent in the face of discri minatory legislation which has crippled this country. ", . . you cannot under any circumstances stop the even tuality of majority rule. Africans should not think that w hites should now leave the country." Declaring that the African National Council champions the rights of ail peoples Africans, Asians, Europeans, Coloreds, Bishop Muzorewa appealed: "Let us lay aside our destructive pride and our sick prejudice while we dill gently lay the foundation for a new and prosperous society in Rhodesia. trip The Bethel AME Youth Choir will hold a car wash Saturday, June 23, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at the Shell Service Station at Weidler and Union Avenue. Proceeds will be used for a trip through Southern Ore gon and California. The trip is called "Project Culture" and is an opportunity to acquaitn ghetto youths of the Model Cities area with the University system of Oregon and California. Bethel Church plans to take 66 youngsters from the Model Cities area who do not have to be members of Bethel. The total cost is $7,000, and the public is invited to assist in funding. After touring the Univer sities of Oregon, the firs! stop scheduled is a visit with Mayor Warren Widener, first Black Mayor of Berkeley, California. Other stops will include the Universities of Northern anil Southern Cali forma. Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, IT la deter gent soap factory), Disney land. Magic Mountain, Art. Museums. Hollywood, Walls. Compton, Dodger Stadium, Forest law n Cemetery, Lion Country Safari, etc. A high light of the trip will be a visit with Mayor Bradley of Los Angeles. Canadians entertain Oregon musicians Reverend Malinda Thorne of God's Rescue Mission of Vancouver, British Columbia, will present Reverend Mrs. Ethel Christian in recital. The recital will be held at St. Andrews Wesley United Church, 1012 Nelson Street, Vancouver, B.C. Also appearing on the pro gram are "talented forces from far away places." Among those from Oregon who will participate are Rev erend and Mrs. J. Parker. I» » I * " "n - ' - •> " L « n m l, ■' .ir i, , ih , • Partial Plates •OeatalPlates SLEEP DURING EXTRACTIONS 1SODIUM FINTOTMAl 6 IV IH IT | I I 6 I 1 T I I I D ANISTMITHT F A N «611 A H TVA B I'N SNOF10T HOUBti W w kd vn l : M lv S lM l ; M I* (« 0 I Mt) AFF01NTMINT N IC IS SA ITI DR. JEFFREY BRADY DENTIST Phone: 228 7545 Reverend Thorne is the author of a book of religious poetry, "Oasis in the Desert" which is in it's third printing. Reverend Ellis H. Casson will be the featured speaker for Men's day, Sunday, June 24. The event begins at 11:00 a.m. at Bethel AME Church. 5828 N.E. 8th. Ellis H. Casson is known for his ability to preach and sing, stated E.G. Cash, chair man for the event. He is the Associate Minister at Bethel and is also President of the NAACP, Portland Branch. The famous Earth Singers will render the music. The Earth Singers is an inte grated group made up of musicians from the Portland Metropolitan Area. The public is invited to attend this unique and un usual program. Vancouver Ave. First Baptist Church 3138 N. Vancouver Ave. Phone 282-9496 Sunday School 9 :0 0 A M Morning Worship I 1:00 A M Dr. O. B. Williams, Pastor W ELCOM E TO 7 he ch u rch w ith a t ie a r t - f e lt w e lc o m e ” S T . M A R K ’S B A P T IS T CHURCH N. E. Morris Sunday Service 9; 15/11:00a jn . Evening Service 7:30 pun. Reverend Edward Wilder U ethodis, £ ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH Corner of 8th and Skidmore Sunday School 9:30 a jn . Sunday Worship 11:00 ajn . Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p.m. (Second and Fourth Sundays) A. Lee Henderson, Minister 288-5429 h 2*1 4429 Masses- 9:00 a.m. Hymns 10:.»O a.m. ( hoir 12:00 p.m. Folk Massi IChurch School ................................................................. 9:45 em [Morning Worship ............................ 11:00 am |W ed Noon — The Hour of Power 12:00 noon |W ed. Prayer & Class Meeting 7:30 pm Nursery Core Provided ’We ere melting our Neighborhood A Brotherhood" tre a n ; d i i, , , : p , , i, ,, tâaptist Chinch Conservative Baptlat North Vaaeoaver Aveaae 4 8 88 • 8 8 1 -0 6 8 0 / 8 6 4 -8 8 8 4 Sunday: ¡li o . - n 111 : ! , I i !.'! ■lain* v 16186 IfBOvvTW in»>i*41«tvlv sftvr i m X i ■rvvstrMtvd Casson speaks at Bethel Reverend Bertram Griffin 806 N.E. Alberta Portland, Oregon 97211 li! - v i ’ . i ■ - 1 • >u - 1 o i .ii i r i i; . Immediate Restorations and Betty Kemp of Mara natha Church, Reverend Mrs. Nellie Thompson and the choir from Pauline Memorial C.M.E. Zion Church in Salem. Carl Thomas, form erly of M aranath a Church and now a member of God's Rescue Mission, will play the saxaphone. ST. ANDREW S CATHOLIC CHURCH EVENT 111 - lin g o i - 1», ii PARTIAL PLATES ANO EXTRACTIONS 5828 N.E. 8th .1 un i: i V i" I MODERN Church and School lor Community r?0? • in -■ BRADY DENTAL PLATES SEMIIR IUH0ING S W Jrd A Momio«* Portland Oregon R eve re n d T h o m a s L . S trayh an d , M in is t e r M IN K DR. JEFFREY v i t ... V ,i 1 1 ................ ha m i lio n fu 9:45 a.m. Sunday School “Where we sing our faith” 11:00 a.m. Morning Worship 6:00 p.m. Young Disciples, Youth Group, Adult Bible Teacher Training 7:00 p.m. Evening Service Wednesday 7:30 p.m. Prayer and Bible Study '. . . They received the W ord... and searched the scriptures d a ily... * Acts 17:11 > 'A 11 Rev. Willie O. Peterson, Pastor MARANATHA CHURCH 1222 NE Skidmore — - school - - and Bible class. Church Sunday morning worship: Sunday Evening worship: Wednesday Evening prayer: Friday Worship Service: Bob Harrison - Pastor g:i5 B.m 10:45 a.nr 7:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 8.-00 p.m. 299-724]
