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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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Reverend Bertram Griffin
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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.
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11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
6:00 p.m.
Young Disciples, Youth Group,
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MARANATHA CHURCH
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