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Kirkpatrick sings for FOR
The Reverend Frederick
Douglas» Kirkpatrick, civil
rights leader and song
w riter, will be featured at
Westminster Presbyterian
Churrh (N.K.
16th and
Hancock) at a Meal of
Reconciliation and Concert
to be held on Saturday,
April 19th
The Meal will
begin at 6:00 p m with the
Concert starting at 7:90
p.m.
The gathering is
sponsored by the Fellow
ship of Reconciliation.
B r o th e r
K ir k p a t r ic k
exudes a magnetism which
has attracted young and old
alike ever since he started
to use his guitar and
powerful baritone voire aa
weapons against hatred and
injustices.
“Everybody's
Cotta Right to Live," he
sings. And he means it.
Ossie Davis has com
men ted: “An old spiritual of
ours says, '.the trumpet
sounds with - In my soul.'
T h a t's
R everend
K irk
patrirk. If you want lilark
honesty set to music, sweet
enough to make you laugh,
bitter enough to make you
cry, and angry enough to
make you get up off your
behind and do something
about it... That's Reverend
Kirkpatrick.“
Y e t a n o th e r g re a t
American folk singer, Pete
Seeger, says: " It is hard to
say in words why I wish all
America land all the world!)
could get to hear and see
Brother Fred Kirkpatrick.
Here is the strength and
honesty of a people stolen
from their ancient home
treated like dirt (or 300
years, but standing tall now
and refusing to be silent,
saying. 'Listen to us; we
are showing you how the
human rare ran be re
deemed; everybody's got a
right to live!'
In
his ea rly
years,
Brother Kirkpatrick fought
for the rights and dignity of
his brothers and sisters in
An
ordained
B aptist
minister, Frederick Doug
lass Kirkpatrick was bori
into a sharecropper's family
in Louisiana, fo rty two
years ago. His huge frame
and natural talent won him
a football scholarship U
Grambling College.
la te r
he played pro ball for the
Kansas City Chiefs, then
went on to become a public
school tearher and pro
fessor of
anatom y
at
Grambling. But all that is
past.
Now this many
faceted man devotes his life
to others, giving them new
hope and determination.
Kirkpatrick is travelling
lor the Fellowship of Re
conciliation, a sixty year old
pacifist organization. The
Fellowship is composed of
men and women who re
cognize the essential unity
of all humanity and have
joined together to explore
the power of love and truth
for resolving human con
flirt.
The vision of the
Fellowship is “That all may
live in peace together." In
searching out tins vision the
Fellowship seeks the com
pany of those of whatever
faith who wish to confront
human
differences,
with
nonviolent, reconciling, and
compassionate love.
Tickets for the Meal and
Concert are $3.50 (low
income $1.50).
For infor
mation, reservations, and
tickets contact the Oregon
F O R .'» office at 235 9839
Tickets also available at the
door.
Older workers needed for jobs
The Older Workers Unit
at the downtown off»«« of
the Stake Employment Di
vision la having a problem.
It seems the senior citizen
volunteers who man the
office can't keep themselves
busy. According to Gerry
Johnson, the lady who
supervises the unit, the
problem isn't jobs.
They
have plenty of thoae avail
able.
The real problem,
believe it or not, is finding
enough retired citizens to
fill them.
Most of the
openings, she says, are part
time positions. Just enough
hours to supplement re
tirees incomes, or to keep
them from becoming bored.,
or both.
She sees the situation as
a result of the reports of
the "depressed job market"
that we’ve been hearing so
much about lately.
She
says she thinks the reports
are scaring people aw ay..
They've just slopped look
ing for work because some
one told hem..or they read
somewhere, that there are
no jobs. "Well," she says,
"we don't have that prob
lem.
We have employers
crying for part time help,
and we get new job orders
every day."
So, it se«*ms, that the
harbingers of doom have
had their effect in the Older
Workers Unit of the Port
land Job Service Office..At
least that’s the consensus of
the situation by the lady
who runs it, Gerry Johnson.
She says she wishes
somebody would drop by
even if it's just to get
warm.
But the hunch is
that she would probably try
to talk you into taking a
part time job.
Albina Women present awards
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For three years now, a
small group of women in
the Albina area have been
dilligenlly working toward
bettering the social condi
lions of the residents of the
Portland and Albina area.
These women have ad
dressed concerns ranging
from youth to aging, as well
as dealing with specific
concerns brought to their
attention by members and
community people.
In 1075. the Albina Wo
men's League Foundation
unanimously voted to focus
their energies and attention
toward addressing a too
long overlooked, Urn long
ignored problem in the City
of Portland and the Slate of
Oregon
aging.
The
Albina Women's
lx*ague
Foundation feels that rare
facilities for the elderly are
severely larking and dan
g e r o u s ly i n a d e q u a t e .
THE
OUR
Therefore, the lx*ague is
attempting to build a Senior
Citizens Retirement Home,
housing four plex with a
nursing home, senior citi
zens retirement facilities, a
day care facility
which
provides night, day, over
night, weekend and vara
tion
care,
as
well
as
th era p e u tic , am b u lato ry ,
rehabilitation, and recrea
tional facilities.
The Ix*a
gue feels that we owe the
elderly for the contribution!
they have made and should
provide them with more
than just custodial care.
Fund raising has begun
for the Senior Citizens
Retirement Home. Founds
tion President Bettie Lou
Overton states: “We don't
quit until we have some
avenue open and working to
provide care and mast of
all, a life after age sixty five
for our seniors.
It's time
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people stopped ignoring the
problem, because it won’t
go away."
Sunday. April
27th, 1975 is the date set
for the Albina Women's
la-ague
Foundation
fund
raising project. This date is
slated for their Annual
Awards Benefit, to be held
at the Hilton Hotel, 3:00
p.m., at which time note
worthy citizens who have
made a contribution
to
bettering the lives of people
in their community and/or
state will hi- honored. Some
of the
persons to
be
recognized for their contri
butions are: I)r. Ia-e P.
Brown, Ms. Hazel Hays,
Mr. Richard Weholt, Com
missioner Frank Ivancie,
Ms. Susie LaBord,
Ms.
Viviane Barnett, Reverend
John Jackson, Mr. Herman
Plummer, Reverend Ellis
Casson, Mr. Henry Scott,
Mr. Raymond Kell, Mr. Ira
Keller. K Q IV, Cedar Mills
Lions Club and Portland
Observer.
Entertainers will include:
Marion Roberts, Danny Os
borne, G.M. Incorporated,
Ed Mitchell; Linda Brown;
The Flavors; George Ia»w
son (of course); Billy Iatr
kins; and fashions by Dar
lene Easley and Foxes and
Hares.
Keynote speakers will be
Judge Mercedese Deiz and
Master of Ceremonies, Jetie
Wilds.
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Linfield College offers engineering
Frederick Oouglaaa K irk p a tric k
the only way he knew
with violence.
I t was
M artin Luther King, Jr.
who persuaded him that
violence was useless in the
long run.
In 1963, under
King's direction, he helped
organize the Poor People's
March in Washington and
he has been bringing people
together ever since.
Thursday. April 17. 1975
©
U nibed W ä y
of the Columbia Willamette
Business wanta to employ
individuals, not statistics.
That's the contention of Bob
Jones, coordinator of the
C o o perative E n g in eerin g
Program at Linfield Col
lege, McMinnville.
The college is now offer
ing a special 3 2 Engineer
ing Program, designed to
produce Engineers w ith
versatile backgrounds.
Students attend Linfield
College for three years,
pursuing courses in addition
to pre Engineering a solid
Liberal Arts schedule. A t
the end of this time frame,
they enter a major Engi
neering school as a junior.
In two more years they
complete all requirements
for both a Bachelor of Arts
degree from Linfield and a
Bachelor of Science degree
in Engineering.
“What we like about the
3 2 program," Jones says,
"is that it not only produces
good Engineers, but Engi
neers who are not shut off
from the rest of the world.
Often a narrow educational
background makes it diffi
cult to communicate with
fellow employees. In other
words, fit in."
"Also, because of a
Liberal Arts background,
should a student decide to
switch career goals mid
stream , the change is
easier."
Jones says the five year
plan although longer than
the traditional four year, is
worth it in the long run."
"When you consider the
M O W G Iiy U K Y
I ’* VAI N »I
enrichment a Liberal Arts
program will add to a
career path," Jones says,
“the effort will prove worth
it over and over again. The
time to get a Liberal Arts
background is during career
preparation. The time will
never seem to be available
again.”
Linfield offers the 3-2
Program with the coopera
tion of several highly re
s p e c te d
E n g in e e r in g
schools, including those at
Oregon State University,
University of Washington
and University of Southern
California.
“The program is designed
primarily for careers in
Electrical, Mechanical and
Civil engineering," Jones
says, “but it can be directed
towards degrees in Chemi
cal Engineering, Bioengi
neering and others."
Linfield
College
is a
fo u r y e a r in d e p e n d e n t
school of the arts and
sciences.
I t offers year
round study em ploym ent
programs, certain financial
advantages and more than
100 academic scholarships
to qualified students re
gardless of financial need.
Chinese em perors were be
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The NAACP, Portland
B ra n c h , w ill hold its
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