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I'o rtlan d /D bserver 5 7 0 9 N . E. U n io n 2 8 3 -3 5 2 5 E lENOW 'S _______________________________ _____ I FOR B R A N D S you k n o w V A R IE T IE S y o u lik e SIZES y o u w a n t • y i MN » • > j%i 111> < , kc i h . "The Bank W ith a P urpo se" / f r i t FREEDOM ©5> o bank OF FINANCE O w n ed by the People operated tor the People ■ Checking Accounts • Saving Accounts * Bank by Mail • Real Estate Loans ■ Auto loans • Home Improvement • Trovelers Checks Money Orders Escrow Service MARy Dorie Miller award goes to Zumwalt Chief of Naval Operation» Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. recently received the 30th annual Dorie M iller Aw ard in recognition of equal oppor tunity program» he estab lished within the U .8. Navy. The award ia presented to an in d ivid u al or o rg an iza tio n making an outalanding con tribution to the welfare, pro gress and prestige of Black Americana, Reverend Elm er L. Fowler, founder and director of the Dorie M iller Foundation and pastor of the Third Baptist Church of Chicago presented the awards at a 10:30 a.m. Pentagon ceremony. The foundation is named for the late Doris "Dorie" Miller, a Navy enlisted man who re ceived the Navy Cross for his heroism aboard the battleship USS W E S T V IR G IN IA dur ing the December 7, 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor. He was killed in November 1943 when the aircraft carrier USS , O P E N S A T U R D A Y 1 0 :A M -2 :P M 'd n -rk .with v g h r r hptprh ahoul- IdentlCheck® TMUHS ,0 A M t0 A M 6 »’ M MON THURS 9 A M Í R, 9 A M to P M BY W ALTER L. SMART Executive Director National Federation of Settlement» and Neighborhood Centers A P M P IE D M O N T B R A N C H M A IM OFFICE 728 N E N E U N IO N 2 7 717 37 1 L IS C O M B E BAY was sunk by enemy submarines off the G ilbert Islands in the South Pacific. The Dorie M iller Founda tion was organized in Dec ember 1943 to pay homage to M iller, a Black, and give A m erican Black youth a source of inspiration and dir ection toward achievements. In 1947 the foundation pre sented its first award to base hall player Jackie Kohinson. Since then, more than 50 persons have received the award. Among them are the late Mrs. Eleanor Koosevelt, Illinois U.S. Representative Ralph Metcalfe, track star Jesse Owens, publisher John H. Johnson. Illinois U.S. Sena tor Charles Percy, the late Dr. M artin Luther King, Jr., the late Illinois Senator Everett Dirksen, the President Em eri tus of Morehouse College, Dr. Benjamin E. Mays, and last year's recipient singer Aretha Franklin. .Getting Smart MAXWELI. Free Checking Accounts with $300 00 Minimum Balance Free Checking Service to Senior Citizens (65 or over) MON FA l K IL U N O S W O R T H 2 8 2 - 2 M em 2 8 8 Corp -6 5 7 1 2 b 1 e/ 6 Federal O e p o u l Insurance It Takes Both H alves... 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The qualities best suited for this entre peneur are: originality, risk taking, initiative, openness, energy, organizational ability and promotional ingenuity. This means that a mayor of today m ust p ro vide "th e leadership to recruit imagi native staff, to inspire public workers to create efforts to hroarh new solutions, to ex pand the powers of office, to extract large funds from a common pot in Washington and to energize and involve the citizens in the develop ment of the city." In the past decade, the most glaring weaknesses in our rity governments have been the abject lack of in novative ideas, vision and wisdom: the lack of concern for the involvement of citi zens and the low tolerance for accepting criticism and listening. Our city govern ments have become closed books. W’hat happened to revenue sharing is a rase in point. Ix»ng after the regulations and rules for revenue sharing were released, the only per sons yelling about the way funds were being disbursed were national agencies who would no longer be eligible for government contracts. Many cities all across the country took all the revenue sharing and put it into raises for employees and subsidies for peripheral city projects. When the second phase of re ve n u e sh aring was an nounced. cities were fit to he tied when they found out they should have used the monies received for social services. The second phase of revenue sharing did not rover social services as cities had thought. Wc have the kind of leader ship our cities need to pro vide the talents so necessary to meet the complexities of our urban economic system. When it is time for you to make your choice in your city elections be sure you keep in mind the many roles and functions in which the mayor must be involved. How does a mother of five become the highest elected official of a small midwistern town? Lelia Foley, inter viewed by Alice A. Dunnigan in the October issue of Es- te n rr magazine, describes her journey from welfare reci pient to city hall in five con cise words, “Black women can do it!” And, she's living proof that whatever you set your mind to you can accom plish, if you try. Ms. F o le y was elected M ayor of Taft, Oklahoma in April of 1973 and became the first Black female in the nation to hold such a unique position. Because of her noteworthy accomplishment, she received special recog nition at the Second Annual Convention of the National Black W om en ’s P o litical leadership Caucus. In an exclusive interview with Essence, Mayor Foley offered no apologies for mis Lakes she made early in life, or for becoming the mother of five children born out of wedlock. She admits that she was young and inex perienced when she finished high school, and concludes, “I was just used.” Because she had no means of supporting the children when they were small, she found it necessary to go on welfare: hut was always un happy receiving public assis tance because "unem ploy ment is not her thing." She admits that she likes nice things and was resentful of continuous harassm ent by social workers who constantly questioned her re g a rd in g everything she bought; how ever she found it necessary to endure this embarassment for six and a half years. When she finally found employment, she worked as a teacher's aide, then as assistant staff director of Taft's Office of Economic Opportunity community ac tion center. In 1970 she was promoted to director of the center, but was laid off due to budget cuts in 1972. In 1973 she launched an unsuccessful campaign for m em bership on the school hoard, but was defeated. H urt and disappointed, she never gave up hope. Says Mayor Foley, “I've always wanted to be a leader and do something to help my people, so I was determined to keep up the fight." Ms. Foley launched an in spired campaign for mayor. T r y C h u c k ’s d e a ls Special C H A R L E S CREW S Peugeot We Feature: R eg. 129. N o w 1 2 5 .9 5 And get free water bottle (Reg. 2.79) Combination lock (Reg. 3.95) • • • • • Raleigh Jeunet Columbia Vista Peugeot It appears there still may be some financial aid avail able for students at Portland Slate University this fall, says Richard Streeter, d ir ector of financial aids at PSU. Part of the reason, he said, is that some students who received commitments of aid aren’t coming to school. “W e don't want people in the community hanging back because they don’t know about financial aid," Streeter said. “We are positive there will be some." Potential sources of aid include the National Direct Student Loans. College Work Study and Supplemental Ed ucationai Opportunity Grants. In addition, Streeter says there is no question aid is av ailab le under tw o pro grams Basic Educational Opportunity Grants iBEOG) and a new scholarship pro gram for international stu- I speeds. 3 speeds. 5 speeds and 10 speeds. Tricycles - training bikes - wagons. 7017 N. Lombard 5% discount on rentals to churches and organizations. Aro You in The Clouds W here To Find real Style in eyeglass fashion and color Tints? Answer: Binyon Optical 6 3 0 S. W. Broadway 2 2 6 -6 6 8 8 1438 Jantzen Beach Center 2 8 3 -3 1 9 5 Tool bag (Reg. 2.75) PEPI’S BOTTLE S H O P 11 Let P E P I's BOTTLE SHOP be your headquarter» for champagne, wines, m ixers . . . at the lowest prices In Jown, L lo y l Center — Next to the Liquor Store. P E P I'» one and only store, open 9:30 a jn . to 9:00 pun. D aily. .Sundays: Noon to 4:00 p jn . 2 8 1 -2 7 3 1 DR. JEFFREY BRADY says: DO Hot Put Off Needed Denial (a re " • E n joy D e n ta l H e a lth N o w a n d Im p ro v e Y o ur A p p e a ra n c e PLATE REPAIRS WHILE YOU WAIT NO AFFOIHIMENI NEEDED • COMPLETE (OOFIIATION OH AU »ENT AI INSURANCE FLANS carrying on a door to-door vote getting stragety with her five children. She re calls, " It was hell! Some people opposed me because of my past. Others because of my limited education. And still others questioned my ability to effectively address the public. The greatest ob jection was because I am a woman." In spite of slurs, snubs and humiliating re marks, she continued and won over the male incum bent by a narrow margin of 30 votes. The mayorship of Taft, O klah om a, a Black com munity with a population of 600, is not a salaried job. It pays a token salary of $100 per year, but Ms. Foley de votes full-time to the posi tion. "I go to the office every morning and spend at least eight hours each day, just as though I was re ceiving an adequate salary. I pledged my full time for at least two years, and I intend to keep that promise," says Mayor Foley. One of her first projects is cleaning up the city and she hopes to do this with a small grant re ceived as part of the federal government's revenue shar ing plan. In Taft's years of existence, this is the first time the town has ever re ceived any federal lunds. Her next project is to bring some type of industry into the city to provide employ ment for its citizens. Mayor Foley would not divulge any details about long rang e p o litic a l plans. She is not even sure she will run again. But we get the idea she has her eye on higher ground perhaps a seat in the state legislature. And. to build a firm founda tion for this lofty goal, she has expressed a desire to return to school for addi tional study in government administration and political science. • (OANPtETE DENTAL SERVICES A . . * Jwat to m s to ttods « H i« « toafoeo 10 A M a n a W a w M tr y to d a I v a r y a w M N Y U R U toy 4 PM YHR SAMR DAY Fork Fraa Any Fork '■ M w f lo t MOURN W eW Oay. l i M e u a . to 9 7 * So».. ti3 O ouo. to 1 a -—- DR. JEFFREY BRADY, DENTIST SEMLER B U IL D IN G S .W . 3 rd 4 M o rriso n St. P o rtla n d , O re g o n Take E levator to 2n d Floor 3 rd St. Entrance Phon«: 2 2 8 -7 5 4 5 Sale. Big Mac® w o rk sets. Student aid S t a r t s p in n in g y o u r w h e e ls - Special! P. W elfare m other now M ayor FASHION WHEEL WIGLETS WIGS FALLS SHOP Thursday, September 27, 1973 2 8 6 -1 0 7 9 D r. !.. Wesley Aplanap, Dptometriat Associate optometrists: Briggs, Hatten. Miller and Stcnger dents approved by the 1973 state legislature. The B E 0G program pre sents one of the best chances for aid. he added, because not many students have taken advantage of it yet. To qualify a student must be starting post secondary edu cation for the first time and must register as a full-time student at an approved post secondary institution. Students may apply through February 1, 1974. Forms are available in the PSU financial aids office. PSU grad scores high Robert Ying Ling, who has taken graduate accounting courses at Portland State U n iv e rs ity for some tw o years, received one of the top 50 scores out of 30,000 in a recent National Uniform Certified Public Accounting test. Ling will join the Portland accouting firm of Peat, M a r wick and Mitchell on Sep tember 24. He has worked for American Guaranty Life Insurance Company. Ling took the accounting test last May, but just re ceived word of the top score. He received a Sells Award for placing in the top 50 across the country. 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