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Page 4 Portland/Observer Thursday, June 13, 1974 Allen Temple CME hosts conference Center provides varied services The primary purpose of the Senior Adult Service Tenter is to employ retired senior citizens to assist those senior citizens who cannot help themselves. This pro cess is accomplished through the four major components of the Center. Transportation services provide mobility in two 12 passenger buses, and one Red Cross loaner vehicle. By appointment, seniors can go to and from shopping centers, banks, laundromat, visitations, beauty or barber shop, etc., within the Model neighborhood, but medical and dental appointments are available to any point in the Portland metropolitan area. Handyman services provide m inor household repairs, such as opening stuck win dows, repairing broken w in dows, fixing leaky faucets, repairing broken steps, re pairing broken door latches, and various other miscel laneous chores for senior homeow ners. Telephone Re assurance pro» ides daily moral support through tele phone calls (Monday through Friday! to senior adults to see if they are up and around, and if any other services are needed. Out reach services provides com panionship, minor household assistance, personal care. Tonight Turaem 5th l i l t * • G e n e r a l A d m 5O< • Free Parking • Complete Dining and Beverage Facilities • No Sunday Racing • Closed Circuit Color TV • P A R I-M U T U E L W A G E R IN G (Sorry, no children undor 12 tdm inad) DAILY DOUBLE 2nd A 3rd 9th S 10th Ricas I Funtastic FAIRVIEW PARK Multnomah Kennel Club 223rd a Halsey— East out Banfteld Freeway (80N) RESERVATIONS: M5-21S1 W hat The Handyman Depart ment makes a total of 75 home repairs per month. Telephone Reassurers phone 120 senior citizen s per month, completing an aver age of 2396 phone calls during that time. The Out reach Department makes 635 visits on a monthly basis, to 296 seniors. In addition to those output measures, the Center has continuously provided em er gency assistance in terms of homeowner's property taxes, medical aid, and clerical assistance to the elderly. The Center informs approxi maely 1130 seniors of oppor V*V. about price? Vann’s Mortuary 5211 N . W illia m s Avenue 281-2836 P ortland, O regon H ave Y o u r Lunch M eetings GENEVA’S Hot Beef Sandwich Crisp G reen S alad Hot Links Bar-B-O Sauce H am & Cheese Paul & G e n ev a Knauls O w n e rs 4228 N. Williams 2 8 2 -6 3 6 3 DR. JEFFREY BRADY Says: DO Nol Pul Off Needed Dental (a re ” E n jo y D e n ta l H e a lth N o w a n d Im p ro v e Y o u r A p p e a r a n c e (OMI INAI TOUR (C'NViNlINÍÍ OPíh SATURDAY MOIMhG • hO APPOIMMIhl MIDIO • (Û M PU II fCOPfRATION ON AD DIND I ihSblANU PiANy e (OMPUU OfMAL UiVKIS U N I O N O f C O M P A N Y O fN T A L f N S U R A M C f C O V I0 A G I A C C ie r iO O N y o u ® N IIO IO P IN T lS T f Y M° U IS A n r ®«»rb n S h e p L « ' W « « b d o r « • J O o rrs i o 5 p m io * 8 JO o m ’ o I p m DR. JEFFREY BRADY, DENTIST SIMUN BUILDING 3-<; •, >,•, , I uke t te »n ■ -, • to , , p, r, 0 O'CCI. : ( io . ., ■ , s P hon e. 2 2 8 - 7 5 4 5 tumties and information per tinent to them through its m onthly n e w s le tte r. The Star. In order to provide another means of keeping the senior citizen abreast ol total services that are avail able to them, the Senior Adult Service Center holds a m onthly M ee tin g Potluck that brings together an average of 60 100 elderly Model neighborhood resi dents to make their input through questions and/or criticism. They also hav\> fellowship at the Center by making quilts, knitting, etc., while singing and eating. Based upon the records of the Center, a minimum of 2500 elderly residents of the Model neighborhood are in desperate need of the Center's serv ices. The impart of this pro gram is multifold first. for those 1900 to 2300 elderly seniors who cannot afford to pay for these services, the Senior Adult Service Center is a lifeline. In a society which is making progress toward reducing economic poverty (defined in money terms, as opposed to cul tural. moral, spiritual pov erty». one strategy for bol stering the incomes of the poor is to improve the avail ability and quality of public and private services. Such services enable the under privileged to gain informs tion and skills that help them to use their incomes more efficiently Such services are also necessary to assure ready access to the basic amenities of life. Secondly, this program employs a total of 34 persons. 30 of whom are retired senior citizens. There are 25 part time em ployees who work 2(1 hours per week for $2.00 per hour. This increases or augments their marginal income within the guidelines of Social S e c u rity , w hile allow ing them the economic oppor tumty to upgrade the quality of their own lives. The average age of the staff is 64 years, and they function both efficiently and effectively. The Senior Adult Service (e n te r, which is directed by Joil Southwell, is located at •3904 N.E. Union Avenue. It is one of several programs administered and funded by the Commission on Aging and M lei Cities reaper tively. For more information on their services, telephone 266 6336. COMMUNITY CALENDAR The R eading T re e , a summer reading program for children, will begin operation this summer on Monday, June 17th, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Irving Park, Volunteers are needed. For more information, telephone 287 2966. At Vann1* no gimmicks are used. We refuse to insultyour intelligence. We know the buy ing public can recognize qual ity. We make certain tie fam ilies we serve have a wide variety to choose from. They select the price category that is best suited to them. S' V. shopping, advocacy, etc., on a weekly basis to seniors w ho are handicapped, and or living alone. Sine«* the inception of the program in June of 1971, t90l) 2300 senior citizens have been served per year. During a typical month, the Transportation Department transport* an average of 1296 riders i round trip). As one recipient of the Trans portation services said. “This is not only a mode of trans portation. this is a means of protection, since I have been attacked twice." Classes offered by the PSU Educational Center include: Human Development, Survey of Black Philosophers, Kung Fu. Survey of Current Afro- American Poets, Games and Activities for Building Basic Arithmetic Skills, Community Education, Mathematics. In troduction to Engineering, and G ED classes. Registra tion begins June 17th and fees vary from $1.00 to $6.00 per course. A summer school program for youngsters in grades two through five will be offered by The Hall (St. Helen's Dagwell Hall). Classes include language arts, the fundamentals of mathematics, nature study, and arts and crafts. The program runs from June 24th through August 1st. Mrs. Jack Cahney is directing the program. For fu rth e r info rm ation and re g is tra tio n , contact the school at 245 2271. Festivals in Oregon are features of summer tours presented by the Portland YW CA. July 4-7 the Oregon Shakespearean Festival Tour will offer the opportunity to see four plays with a choice of hotel or Southern Oregon College Dorm itory lodging. Dorothy Neeland and Jane Smith Cook will escort. August 16 18 the Peter Britt Music and Arts Festi val Tour will include tickets for an evening orchestral concert fe a tu rin g pianist Tana Bawden and the Sunday morning concert of Bach music with the Peter Britt Chorale. Both concerts are in the B ritt Gardens of historic Jacksonville. The tour group will also attend the Shakespearean Festival play Twelfth Night in neigh boring Ashland. Escorts art Bea and Perry Jones. The Labor Day Rogue River trip participants will attend the matinee of Two G entlem en of VeRona in the Angus Bowmer Theatre in Ashland, and will tour the Oregon Caves enroute to the Redwood Country and have two nights at the secluded Tu Tu Tun Lodge on the Rogue River. There will be a choice of the White W ater boat trip to Paradise or the Mail Boat ride to Agness. An Iberian tour to Portu gal and Spain will be offered September 16 30. Open to both men and women of all ages, immediate registration is advised. For information about these and other Y W C A tours, v ia it the YW CA. 1111 S.W. Tenth Avenue, or call 223 6281. The 16th Annual Pacific Northwest Conference of the Fellowship of Reconcilliation will be held July 4th at Seabeck on Washington's Hoods Canal. The theme is "The Development of a Non Violent Culture”. For more information call Eric Robin son at 281 8588. BOOST students and their families are invited to a free picnic Saturday. June 15th, in the Park Blocks at SW Park and Jefferson Streets beginning at noon. An afternoon of food and fun is planned. BOOST staff members and high school and college counselors will be on hand to explain the special financial aid and educational p ro g ra m s a v a ila b le fo r BOOST students throughout the state. BOOST (Bettering Ore gons Opportunity for Saving Talent) is a program oper ated by the Oregon State System of Higher Education to assist students who need financial and other special help in order to finish high school or to obtain a college or vocational education. More than 300 persons have been invited to the picnic. The John R. Leach YMCA at 6036 S.E. Foster Road will begin its summer series of swimming lessons on June 10. 1974. The YM CA swim ming program offers lessons to children and adults of all ages. During the day there are classes for children from 6 months to 5 years, while youth classes for beginning, intermediate and advanced swimmers occur all day during the week and on Saturday. There are many classes open for the children and the summer is a good time to have them learn to swim or improve their swimming for summer fun. For further information about the John R. Leach YM CA swimming program, phone 775 4396, or visit the Y in person. The branch is open Monday through Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. So Y not learn to swim? G ET-A-JOB is a half hour television series on K P T V that is designed to help un employed people get a job. It is targeted for the young minority group member who needs to know where to go to look for employment, but appeals to nearly anyone seeking a job. The program format in cludes interviews with em ployees, with host Jim Boozer asking about entry level posi tions. skills required, and the kinds of people employers are seeking. Employers who are in terested in assisting this series are asked to contact Paul Wathen, G E T A JOB producer. Beginning Sunday. June 16th, at 6:00 p.m., the Oregon, W ashington and Utah District Conference and Leadership Training School will be held at Allen Temple Church The School will last through noon Friday. June 21st. Allen Temple Church is located on the corner ol N.E. Skidmore and 8th Avenue. The Annual Choir Festival S tu d e n t h o n o re d Anile Rae, 11th grader at The Hall (St. Helen's Dag well Hall), earned a place on the school's Honor Board and was awarded the girls' track captain's cup in ceremonies held. Anita is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arvoll Kac of Northeast Portland The aw ard cerem onies were part of the school's commencement held June 7th at T rim ly Episcopal Church in Northwest Port land. Thirty five students received diplomas at the ceremony, the 104th rom menrement of the school. Refund* poeeible. Cus tomers will be able to get their money back if they A new tennis club, called have purchased a product the El Rey Tennis Club, is banned as unsafe by the organizing in Oregon City. U.S. Consumer Product Com The club seeks 100 members mission. Linder regulations in order to begin building from the CPC effective facilities. Cost of membership March 8th, stores will post will be kept low. The facilities lists of banned products they will include indoor and out have sold and a customer door tennis courts, handball will be entitled to a refund of and racket ball courts, a the purchase price from the restaurant and lounge, a store. tennis pro and tennis shop and When you return the a recreation room. Call banned product, remember 656 1116 or 655 9283 for in to take along your sales formation. receipt. "Robert Patrick's Cheep Theatrics will be presented in the Wilson Center for the Performing Arts at the Dow ntow n YW CA. 1111 S.W. 10th Avenue, at 8 p.m. Mad Dogs and an English man will do "The Actor and the Invader”, "I Came to New York to W rite ”, and The Richest Girl in the World Finds Happiness". A workshop in Navajo weaving techniques will bt held at the Portland A rt Museum on June 21st and 22nd. concurrent with the opening of “The Navajo Blanket", an exhibition of 60 blankets organized and cir culated by the Los Angeles County Museum of A rt. Nina Toledo, a Navajo weaver from Gallup, New Mexico, who worked with Noel Bennett, author of "Working with the Wool", a book on the process of weaving a Navajo blanket, will teach the two day work shop. The class will meet from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day and will include complete in structions on warping and weaving a Navajo loom. Each participant will warp his or her own loom and begin weaving. The loom.* are transportable and ran easily be taken away for continued work. Loom* and warping mater ials will be provided and hand made tools can be pur chased. The registration fee, in cluding a loom and warp yarn, is $35. Participants who wish to use their own loom should confer with Paula Reiss, Curatorial Ap prentice at the museum who is organizing the workshop. The class is limited to 15 people, and registration, in cluding a $10 deposit, must be made at the museum by June 14th. For more information, contact Polly Illo Eyerly at 226 2811. Suintes Youth of the Week J e rry I. Mandley i* 17 y e a r* old and has just completed his Junior year at G ra n t High School H r also takes class in electricity at Adams High School J e rry attended Irvin gton Elem en tary School and graduated from M t. Tabor Elem en tary School. Ilia in terests include sw im m ing, basketball and m uair. H r waa Junior Life G uard at M att Dishman C en ter for tw o »“ ■■sere. D u rin g this school year he haa been a 16 sc Jockey for Y S O L. J e rry ia an expert at Kung Fu and has p articip ated in tournam ent's throughout the N o rth w e s t. H r p artirpates in youth activities at W illia m * Tem ple Church of <»od in Christ. J e rry ia the son of M rs. D orothy R eran! He has 5 b ro th e r* and 7 aiatera. Pacific Northwest Beil .Prices good Wednesday, June 12 thru Saturday, June Top Frost Frozen _ Non-Dairy Irish Spring Deodorant Creamer ■•»- 5 Soap ,6<” 25' carton» 4 | Flavorful, convenient creamer for coffee, cooking recipe« or on mor ning cereal. Keeps well A vodobie Grocery Sections Wesson Oil S & J Smokehouse Fresh Smoked Picnics Banquet Frozen 45 Reg. W 24 oz. bottle K First One All additional regular price. Delicious sweet tender bite. Dinners lb Rra-SHtad 49 smoky flavor in every Available Grocery Sortions A vat Io bio Grocery Section Vita Bee ^U.S.D.A. G rade A 1 0 0 % PurS\ Food Club e 46* 2 2 'A o z.lo a f Reg. 57' each Specially good whole wheat loaf, made with vegetable juice and tweet honey. No preservatives t each Complete dinners, ready to heat n | eat. 7 varieties. A v o t i p bio Grocery Sections Del Monte Orange Juice 47< Bread Rag. 52 88‘ Leaves you feeling as fresh as on Irish morn. Avoilobla Dairy So<»»ons Sweetheart Wieners Half gallon J quort Fancy Florida unsweetened We display in refrigerated coses, to it it always chilled for you 49‘ Rag. I t ' 12 oz. pkg A vailable Produce Sections Avoiloble Bakery Section« A vailable Grocery Section« Powerlock Easy To Carry Folding Camp Stool 97* •U t > < Tape Rule a >3”... ’’C harge It” Father's Day Special Men's Belts $4 ~ * ■ each Hardwood frame with heavy duck ll" x l3 " o n d 17" high. Available Variety Section« Our most popular tape rule in yeHow life guard blade protected with nyfar. Belt clip included at well as I A" stud markings. GAF 126-12 Arrid •Regular •Light Powder A oz. cans I each Color Print Film fr 79*.,, Two A oz. cant, either scented or un scented in a special twin pock. Sale For use in instant load cameras. Don't be caught short on film for price includes 40* off label. vacation pictures. A vailable Variety and Counehc Section» U .e 4 e M * V ^ a n d Open 9 a.m . to 10 p.m. daily, including Sunday. Always plenty of free and easy parking. C h a rg * It" A handsome assortment of men's dress and catual belts in fashion colors. Size 30 fo 42. Available A p parel Section» Avoiloble V ariety Section« and Home Improvement Center« Twin Pack $ 9 23 Some people believe that sprinkling wine on the table cloth bring* good luck--the»e are not likely to be the people who have to wash the cloth. n / ¡ \ / m / /; ru n / / i \ D will be held Sunday at 6:00 p.m., made up of C.M .E. church choir* and guest choir*. On Monday. June 17th, and each day during the week, rlaasea will be con ducted in subject* designed for each age group and category - Ministers, laty men and Miaaionarie*. Youth Senior Hi, Youth Junior Hi, J u n io r* and P rim a rie s . Special seminars will be con ducted each day foe Christian Education w o rk e rs and leaders of youth groups. All denominations are wel come to attend all classes. There will be no charge for enrollment, but textbooks for the courses will be on sale at the church. Interested persons may register for courses at Allen Temple Church beginning at 3:00 p.m. Sunday and after the Sunday Choir Festival and Monday morning before 12 noon. W orship services w ith preaching will be held each day at 12:00 noon. Monday through Thursday. Monday and Tuesday nights at 7:30 will b e nights of worship services with preaching and guest choirs. On Monday night, guest choirs of Mt. Olivet and Vancouver Ave nue Baptist Churches will present music, with Rev erend John Jackson preach ing and R everen d O.B. Williams participating in the service. Tuesday night will find guest choirs of First A M E. Zion and Bethel A M B Churches rendering music, with Reverend A. Lee Hen derson preaching and Rev erend L.J. Thompson par tinpating in the service. A Fashion Show and Youth Banquet will be pre sented on Wednesday eve mng beginning at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are on sale at Allen Temple. A Misaionary Pageant and Program will be presented on Thursday evening at 7:30 p.m. The public is cordially invited to attend all sessions. Reverend T.L. Strayhand is host pastor Men's Underwear __s j« Pkg. of 3 A top quolity garment of 5 0 % polyester and 5 0 % cotton. Designed for comfort and long wear. Brief or T-shirt. Sizes S-Xl. A vailable Apparel Section» Fred Meyer
