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Page 4 Portland/Übserver Thursday. October 4. 1973 Philadelphia month brings albums L o n g h a ir ’s Soul s p o tlig h t is on WILLIE HUTCH 3«29 This week for A lso, 50< o ff on a n y Soul a lb u m w ith th is a d NOW HERE ELSE BUT LONGHAIB 915 S.W . 9th Evenings til 9 Weekends til 8 Models display newest fashions. Seated: Elzadia Blaton wears a dusty rose-cropped jacket pants suit, coordinated with a green, rose and lilac shirt. Standing: Joyce Bell sports a black knit wrap coat black, pink and gray pants and pink accessories. All clothes are from the Clothes Circuit. Les Femmes plan benfit fashion show lk ,» m o w n PEPI’S BOTTLE SHOP L et P E P I’ s • B O T T L E SHOP be your he ad quarters fo r champagne, wines, m ix e rs . . . at the lowest prices in Jwwn, Lloyd C e n te r — N ext to the L iq u o r Sto re. P E P I’ s one and only sto re . Open 9:30 a j n . to 9:00 pun. D aU y. .Sundays: Noon to 4:00 p jn . 281-2731 Geneva’s Cocktails Free Happy Birthday Party Mooting Rooms Two Pool Tables Free Poo! Lossons Paul & Genova Knauls O w ners Each year the Les Femmes Noir sponsors a benefit func tion in an effort to raise monies to help finance some of the above activities. The Les Femmes Noir Club will hold a Benefit Fashion Show and Dance on Saturday, Oc tober 6. 1973. The theme will be "Expressions of Fas hions" and the show will be held at the Townhall, 3425 N. Montana, from 10:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. Music will be pro vided by Slickaphonic. Stores participating in the show are: The Clothes Cir cuit, Action Alley, and Mr. Luckey's, all of Jantzen Beach Mall. Men's fashions will come from Leon's Mans Shop at 4950 N.E. Union Avenue, with shoes coming from Som mer and Kaufmann at Lloyd Center. The show is being coordinated by Gracye Bald win. Fashion Coordinator, and Tina Pitts, Club Presi dent. The Les Femmes Noir Club was organized in 1970 by a group of young Black women interested in helping those less fortunate than themselves, in order to better the community in which they live. Thus far, the Club has made donations to needy families at Thanksgiving and Christmas (both food and cash donations), has been ac tive in sponsoring recrea tional events for teenagers in the community, and made contributions to the Sickle Cell Anemia Foundation. lauer City Daacers visits public schools Members of the touring inner City Repertory Dance Company perform this week in five Portland High Schools. Lecture-demonstrations by the troupe are scheduled Tuesday from 8:45 to 10:50 a.m. at Lincoln High School. 1600 S.W. Salmon Street. A master class for all Portland high school students is scheduled from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. at Jefferson High School. 5210 N. Kerby A ve nue. The multi-racial modern dance ensemble, organized in April of 1970 and produced by the Inner City Cultural Center of Los Angeles, held lecture-demonstrations Mon day at Jefferson and Wilson High Schools. Thursday from 9 to 10 a.m. the troupe will meet the newsmen and rehearse for an 8 p.m. public performance at Wilson High. 1151 S.W. Ver mont Street. Another public performance is scheduled at 8 p.m. on Friday at Benson Polytechnic High School. The repertory company's visit to Portland is sponsored by the Portland Park Bur eau. Portland School District. National Endowment for the Arts, Oregon Art Commis sion, Oregon Ballet Council. Evans Products and Wayne Hilliard. Its repertoire comprises works reflecting a variety of them es and choreographic approaches. O ctober has been pro claimed "The Sound of Phila delphia Month” to herald new album releases by such Superstars as Billy Paul. The O'Jays, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, and The Three Degrees. During October. Philadel phia International, the Colum bia Custom L a b ' headed by Kenny Gambl» .ud Leon Huff, will release the fol lowing LFs: "War of the Gods", by Billy Paul of "Me and Mrs. Jones” fame; “Ship Ahoy", by The O'Jays, whose singles, “Love Train" and “Bark Stabbers" have each sold more than two million copies: the premiere album release by The Three De grees, which is entitled "The Three Degrees"; and “Black & Blue featuring 'The Love 1 Lost'," by Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. In addition, the label will be celebrating its success BILLY and saluting its artists with an album entitled "The Sound of Philadelphia '73". Spe cially priced at $4.98. this l.P features some of the past year's biggest selling Phila delphia International singles, including Billy Paul's “Me and Mrs. Jones", The O'Jays' "Love Train”, “If You Don't Know Me By Now" by Har old Melvin & The Blue Notes, "It's forever” by the Ebonys, and "Fam ily Affair" by MFSB. In addition, two recently released albums will be spot lighted - the debut LP by the group Spiritual Concept, and the album “Yellow Sun shine" on the Gamble label. "The Sound of Philadelphia HAROLD MELVIN Month ’ will be supported by massive promotion and mar eleven albums in four colors; keting drives designed to call a counter take in bin which maximum attention to the includes free folders con new product, as well as the taining photos and informa label's catalog items. The tion about the Philadelphia label has assembled a "Sound International catalog, and di o f Philadelphia Kit" for in vider cards to facilitate cus store display. It features a tomer finding of the label's mobile display unit depicting product. 282-6363 America loves what the Colonel cooks "It's fin g er lickin'good” Buy i t b y the Box Bucket or Barrel B.B. King received an hon orary doctorate of humani ties degree from Mississippi's Tougaloo College on Sunday, September 30, during the famed 104-year-old Black col lege's annual Founder's Day observance, thus making him the first blues musician ever to receive an honorary doc torate for his contribution to the world of music. The degree was conferred upon the ABC/Dunhill re cording artist by Tougaloo C ollege’s president, Dr. George A. Owens, a native Mississippian and the first alumnus to head the college. In observing that one of B.B. King's top selling re cordings. "Indianola Missis sippi Seeds", which pays tri bute to his birthplace, won a 1971 Grammy Award for best album cover, Dr. Owens pointed out that B.B. King joins other well known Mis- sissippians that Tougaloo has honored with doctorates. They are Doctors Fannie Lou Hamer, noted civil rights activist; Charles Evers, may or of Fayette, Mississippi; Dr. T.S. Sanders, noted educator: and Dr. Walter Washington, president, Alcorn A&M Col lege, Alcorn, M ississippi, (Tougaloo College class of 1948). The genesis of B.B. King’s degee can be traced to a K ee p th e m ud o u t th is w i n t e r ............. Concrete pro ject m ade easy Perfect for Parties, Picnics, Lunch, or Dlnnor Taka It Home. Eat It Hera, or In Your Car the S25 buys you a 36' sidewalk or a 9’ x 12’ patio. Why pay a contractors fee when you can do it yourself. . . We mix it and you haul it in our free trailers . . . Open Wednesday through Sunday. U-eart. Call us for information regarding size, shape, amount, procedure, etc. See Yellow Pages for Store Nearest You U TraiBor Concrete 8 9 0 5 N. V a n c o u v e r A ve. 2 8 9 -7 1 5 2 ¡nail the world * s flE Cotcode Musk Center hoi available the entire line of Yamaha pianos and organs - eactwiively in the Portland area. • Yamaha pianos and organ» repretent the line*! quality and integrity e l workmanship availab le anywhere And. while the prosont inventory lost», you can purchaM any e l these e itra a rd in a rily line instrument» a t a price greatly below the anticipated new price based on the dollar devaluation. Won't you let us demonstrate these superb instruments lor your consideration today? Unicode PAUL «111 IU . JAMOY• 212091» HltHUMUUOAY 124 [¡73 Gran Torino Sport 2 dr.. »9915 .... Reg $4651 NO W $ 3 8 9 8 4 THE BIA E NOTES | 73 Galaxir 500 2 dr.. »9765 .................................. Save 8IOI2 | Commenting on the up coming month of activity, Kenny Gamble stated: "Our thanks and appreciation we give to Columbia/Epic Bee ords for helping us expose 'The Sound of Philadel phia' . . . A Message of l<ove to the People." Reg $5180 NOW $ 4 1 6 8 73 LTD 2 dr.. »9770 ................. Reg $ 5 4 7 0 Reg $ 4 9 5 9 COMMUNITY Bus riding will be cheaper for Tri Met’s Honored Citi zens beginning today, Thurs day, October 4. It's part of a new law by the Oregon legislature, im plemented by the Tri-Met bus system, designed to re duce or eliminate transporta tion costs for the 65 and older and legally handicapped and to encourage these Hon ored Citizens to avoid riding during peak hours when buses are crowded with com muters. As a result, Honored Citi zens (those with Honored Citizens cards issued by Tri- Met and the Oregon Com mission for the Blind, or mini semester course intro duced and taught by Miss Lou Holloway, chairman of Tougaloo's history depart ment. The idea of the course, entitled "Nina Simone, Isaac Hayes, Ray Charles and B.B. King," Miss Holloway ex plains, was to get her stu dents "to dissect the lyrics of these great artistis, analyze them as they would any other historical docum ent, and thus pull forth revealing messages relating to the Black experience." The course was so success ful that it lead Miss Holloway to propose B.B. King's name to the Committee on Hon orary Degrees. In addition, Miss Holloway, currently on leave from Tougaloo, is de veloping a course entitled “B.B. King, Blues and the Black Heritage," which she will teach at Williams Col lege (Williamstown, Massa chusetts) where she is visit ing lecturer in history. A year ago (June, 1972) Governor Bill Waller declared “B.B. King Day” in Missis sippi when the “King of the Blues" gave a free concert at the state penitentiary at Parchman, one of the more than 25 that he has given ir prisons across the country. On June 12. 1973. B.B. King was co host with Mayor Charles Evers of a gigantic "M ississippi Homecoming" memorial festival for the mayor’s brother, slain civil rights leader Medgar Evers. Medicare cards) can ride free on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays and between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. weekdays, for ten cents anywhere between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. weekdays, and 35 cents (plus zone fares) during the peak weekday hours of 5 a.m. to 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. The National Safety Coun cil's Defensive Driving Course is featured as one of the non-credit courses at Maryl hurst College on Wednesday evenings, October 10, 17 and 24 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. This is an opportunity to brush up on your driving sk ills in preparation for winter driving. I^earn to recognize the hazards of the road and the defensive ac tions to take to stay out of trouble. Several insurance companies are giving dis counts to graduates of the course, aa it has been proven that they have fewer accidents, and are a better risk than those who have not had it. Men and women with am bition and curiosity will be signing up soon for the fall session of Vocational Work shop, beginning October 15 in the Division of Continuing Education Building, 1633 S.W. Park Avenue, Portland. The Workshop will em phasize self assessment, help ing the students evaluate their talents and interests. Students will take interest and other vocational tests, join in small group discus sions about em ploym ent goals, and receive individual counseling regarding addi tional education and re training. October 15 and October 29 will be group sessions from 5:3C to 9:30 with coffee fur nished. The cost of thia course is $45 and will meet in Room 101 of the Division of C ontinuing Education Building, 1633 S.W. Park Avenue, Portland. Bernice Feibieman, Voca tional Counselor, Division of Continuing Education, will be the instructor and additional 4 Save 4753 ‘ W7 1 1 NOW $ 3 9 9 8 73 Custom 500 Ranch Wagon. »9917 .................. Tougaloo honors B. B. King 4228 N. Williams ? Unequaled Save 49611 NOW $ 4 3 9 9 73 Thunderbird. »9850 .......................................... Save 41671 information may be obtained by railing the Division of C ontinuing Education and asking for Vocational Work shop. The telephone number is 229 4866 or 229 4825. Do you have extra leisure time? Perhaps you would like to help the many shut ins in Portland hospitals and nursing homes. The Salvation Army league of Mercy, a dedicated volun leer band of iadie* and men, last year made 50.212 visits to the City institutions bring ing cheer and comfort, per iodicals, personal item s, tooth p aste, H ygienic sup dies, etc. and special remem branres at Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter. The league of Mercy vol unteers need additional help to enable them to adequately and more thoroughly serve the unfortunate in our City. Please link up with this re warding and real Christian service. Offer a little of your leisure time. All that is needed is a warm heart and your willing devotion. For more information, call Ix»ren Deming at The Salva tion Army headquarters, 234- . 0825. A new group of Recovery, Inc., the Association of Ner vous and Fortner Mental Patients, will begin meeting weekly on Tuesday. October 9, 1973 at The Door, 4936 N.E. Union at 7:30 p.m. Recovery is an interna tional organization which em ploys a systematic self-help method originated and per fected by the late Dr. Abra ham A. Ixiw. The organiza tion's objectives are to pre vent relapses in former men *al patients and chronic con ditions in nervous patients. Through their R ecovery training, members learn to handle the frustrations and irritations of every day life with practice and encourage ment of other members of the group who have suc ceeded in conquering their fears. Meetings are open to the public and there ia no charge for attending. » Reg $«251 NO W $ 6 5 8 0 LTotal Friday. Saturday, Sunday Savings 45468 • Ì a q ii’lÿitln ’1 Oliin.,»» T WO I OC A TION S N o r lh r jN l H ro .td w .iy .»I F irM • 7H8S211 «1 10 N or.lh I o m b .trd • 287 S 2 I6 2887 R etu rn ed by p o p u la r dem and Lady Sings the Blues A cadem y A w a rd nom inee D ia n a Ross B illy Doe W illia m s R ic h a rd P ry o r C o-feature The Landlord D ia n a Sands P e a rl B a ile y Monday • Saturday 7:15 p.ns. Sunday 3:45 p.m. Coining sooa G ordon's W a r . The Slams The Spook W ho Sat by the Door ■lack oiri Maurie t