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Thursday. September 18, 1975
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Baha’i observes World Peace Day
ky Martha Aederaea
Reverend S.S. Freeman,
very successful real estate
find a new location
Sargeant and Mrs. Haskins.
founder of Bethel A M E.
operator in this city.
Mrs. Dixon says, "the
Reverend Freeman re
Church, came to San Fran
In 1895 the Methodist
congregation had little mo
mained pastor of Portland
ciaco from Selma. Alabama
California Conference or
ney. my Father had little,
Bethel A.M .E. until 1901.
during the post gold rush
dered Reverend Freeman to
but he had ideas.
To
At that time he was sent by
days while the city still was
Portland. He arrived with
increase income Reverend
the Conference to Roseyln.
enjoying some of the mil
his wife and two small
and Mrs Freeman decided
Washington for one year.
lions gouged from the hills
daughters faced with a
to open a boarding house
Following this assignment
in the Mother Lode Coun
d is c o u ra g in g s itu a tio n .
for railroad people
They
he served other churches in
try.
W ith him on this
T here was no A .M .E .
found a place
between
Tacoma. Spokane. Salt l.ake
westward trek was his wife
Church in the entire com
T h ird
and
F o u rth
on
and then Seattle, replacing
Lenora, and son.
munitv. Front Street was
Northwest Everett.
From
Reverend Scott. “I remem
His quest was not for
the main street in the city.
the first the venture proved
ber well, some of the
gold or land, but the souls
The Southern Pacific ran
successful Women from the
parishioners of that era.’
of men. In
Selma his
down Fourth Avenue and
congregation came to help
Mrs. Dixon says.
There
denom ination
was
the
the city had plank side
serve the public, and the
were
the
Harveys.
Halls
A.M.E. Zion. In San Fran
walks.
whole Rlack community ral
and the Selbys.
cisco he was identified with
The news got around a
lied to support the business
Reverend Freeman was a
the
A frican
M ethodist
new pastor was in town
A little later. Reverend
REVEREND FREEM AN
progressive man. anxious to
Episcopal Church and it
searching for a place to hold
Freeman learned the Jap
see his race use every
was with this group he
services. A M r Jenkins, a
anese were interested in
opportunity to better them
associated himself. In order
Black man who owned a
selling their old Mission on
selves. For this reason he
to support his family and
two storied building at
Tenth between Everett and
established Seattle's first
carry on his pastoring he
Thirteenth and Northwest
Davis, on the East side of
Black newspaper
The
cleaned saloons six days a
Everett, offered his pro
the street.
On contacting
Searchlight.
Associated
week and pastored his flock
perty to the Reverend. For
them he learned the pro
with him in the venture
on the seventh.
Reverend Freem an this
perty could be obtained
was
Mr. DeBow. "Our office
After a year in San
seemed like a blessing from
but only if he, and not the
was a room back of the
Francisco the family moved
heaven, but the stroke of
church, became the mort
kitchen, where I set type
to Sacramento where they
fortune was of short dura
gagee
Reverend Freeman
by
hand." Mrs. Dixon says.
were welcomed
by old
tion. In those days. Mrs.
accepted full responsibility,
"At that time I was twelve
friends, the John Payne
Dixon says, “the Southern
made the down payment
years old
Years later, in
family. In those days the
Pacific Railroad was the
and moved his family into
Pueblo, Colorado I learned
Sacramento River flooded
only railroad between Port
the four rooms at the rear
to use a linotype machine."
the Valley regularly causing
land and California. There
of the church.
With his family com
hardship and dislocation to
were a number of porters
Mrs. Dixon still remem
fortably
settled in Seattle,
hundreds of people. It was
and Black dining car men
bers the names of some of
Reverend Freeman derided
during one of these floods
on the "run." Mr. Jenkins
the pioneer parishioners:
to take a trip to his old
in 1890 that Clifford Free
had an only daughter about
Mr. Wisdom; Mrs. Miner
home, Selm a. A labam a
man Dixon was born. Be
thirty years old who kept
and A tty Eugene Miner;
Here he became very ill,
cause of her still crystal
house for him. She became
Mrs. Rhodes and daughter.
asking that Mrs. Freeman
clear mem ory
at
age
enarmored with one of the
Ora; Mr. and Mrs. John
come at once. Shortly after
eighty five we are able to
porters, resulting in their
Logan and daughters; Mrs.
her arrival he passed away.
learn some of the early day
decision to get married.
Pearl Mitchell and daugh
Mrs. Freeman returned to
history concerning her Fat
Reverend Freeman unwit
CLIFFORD DIXON
ter; Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Washington and her two
ther, Reverend Freeman
tingly performed the cere
Thomas
and
daughter
Ellisa
daughters, C liffo rd and
who established Portland's
mony and the bride and
and son Freddie; Jessica Ruth Freeman.
A.M .E. Church and other
bridegroom left town. When
Coles Grayson who later
Reverend S.S. Freeman,
churches about the North
Mr. Jenkins learned his one
made good in Hollywood;
west.
the man from Selma, had
and only daughter had
Mrs.
Yates,
everybody's travelled the lenghth and
During the family's so eloped to California and
friend; Mrs. Donni Thomas, breadth
of
the
W est
journ in Sacramento the
that Reverend Freeman had
a relative of Dick Bogle; spreading the word of God
Freeman's lost their only
performed the ceremony he
Mr. Keene, who had a He had experienced hard
son.
But. in a couple of padlocked the church, fore
drayage business; Dora
ship and some humiliation.
years a daughter. Ruth was
ing Reverend Freeman to
Newman, a singer, and Not once had he faltered
born who later became a
Akers visits Bethel
Reverend Harley Akers,
former pastor of Bethel
A M E Church and founder
of the Matrons Club, a
women's service club of
Bethel, will be the guest
speaker at the Matrons
20th Anniversary.
The
event will be held on
September 21st at 5:00
pm ., at Bethel A.M .E.
Church. .5828 N.E.
8th
Avenue.
Reverend Akers, who is
currently pastor of the
"Peoples Tab ern acle of
Faith Church" in Lo* An
geles, also built Bethel's
current sanctuary and ac
quired the manse so Akers
was pastor of Bethel from
1954 to 1962.
A. Lee Henderson, pastor
of Bethel returns to the
pulpit Sunday morning af
ter a month's absence. His
sermon topic is “Spiritual
Spinach."
ST. ANDREW CATHOLIC CHURCH
H06 N.E. \jbertA Street
Reverend Bertram Griffin, Pant or
Masse«:
5:<M) p.m. Vigil - Saturday
10:00 am . ( hoir — Sunday
12:00 p.m. Folk — Sunday
281 4429
ST. ANDREW COMMUNITY SCHOOL
4919 N.E. 9th Ave.
Norita Kelly, Principal
Phone: 284 1620
(.rades 1 through 8
ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH
< o rn e r of M b 4„ d S k id m o re
Sunday School
9.311 .,.n,
suiKl.n W orship I |:tm ni.
< hristian 5outh Fellowship i> ini p.m
iSi-eond and F ourth Sumia vsl
Express your talents as
an artist. Tabta twhich is
an African name, meaning
talent! is an organization
involving members of all
ages
Our objectives will
be to recruit people and
profit sharing.
O u r o r g a n iz a tio n w ill
serve as a catalyst for
motivating people to utilize
their own personal skills as
resources in practical situa
tions like financing their
way through college
There will be no restric
tions because of age. sex or
race.
The Tabia club is located
at the Portland State Edu
rational Center, at 2611
N.W. Union. Call Zawadi at
229 3864
A six session Cake De
coratufg class is scheduled
at the N.E. YWCA. 126
N.E. Alberta, on Thursdays
from 12:30 to 3:00 p.m
beginning September 25th
Joanne Ruckles, instructor,
will demonstrate how to
decorate cakes for many
special occasions.
The YMCA's Southeast
Project Move Center al
S.E. 50th and Lincoln is
sponsoring a class in the art
of stained glass for high
school youth, beginning
Tuesday. September 16th at
7:00 p.m., according Io Joe
Scio, program director.
The class will meet each
Tuesday. 7:00 to 9:00 p m
for seven weeks. Students
will begin with a small
window and learn su«h
techniques as terrarium
construction, lampshades
and finally large windows
F'ee of $10.00 for Proiect
Move members and $15 (Ml
for non members includes
all supplies and instruction
Course instructor is Mimi
Fujino, Franklin High stu
dent.
For more information,
call Southeast Project Most
238 0419
PORTLAND
CLEANING WORKS
NORTH & N.E. PORTLAND
kONE DAY SERVICE
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Woodlawn United Metho
dist Church, N.E. 15th and
Dekum. will dedicate its
church
building
Sunday.
September 28th, with a
service worship starting at
10:00 a m. Conducting the
service of worship will be
the Reverend Wrichi Oya
nagi. present pastor of the
church. Officiating for the
dedication will be the Rev
erend Fred Ascherbrenner.
and preaching the dedica
tion sermon will be the
Reverend Meredith Groves,
his sermon is entitled, “I
Had a Dream."
Also participating in the
service will be Ed Mitchell.
tulional Baptist Church,
Seattle. Washington
Sun
day worship will begin at
11:00 a m with evening
worship services convening
at 7:00 p m Public atten
dance at any or all of the
Services will be very much
a p p r e c ia te d
L ocal
churches will also lie parti
cipating
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*Y fw *V« TrUd The Rest, N o w Try T h . Boat"
N. Alexander, Proprietor
mankind.
Other Baha'i principles
emphasize the equality of
men and women, the har
mony of science and reli
gion. the need for the
elimination of all forma of
preju dice, for u niversal
compulsory education, an
international auxiliary Ian
guage. and a uniform
monetary ayatem through
out the world
soloist; Wanda Salloum, or
gamst. Tommy Bailey ami
Lynn Gosnoy, acolytes. Jo
dell Bailey will read the
scripture lessons. Greeting
the congregation will be the
pastor; Sidney Tuve. Lav
Leader; Shelton Bailey,
chairperson. Administrative
Board; Joy Goaney, chair
person, Commission on
Worship. I x iis Croft, I'resi
dent U M W ,
and Victor
C h ristensen , chairperson.
Board of Trustees
A
representative of the Board
of Global Ministries will
participate in burning the
mortgage
All former pastors and
member* of the Woodlawn
Church have been invited to
attend the services. There
will lie a luncheon im
m e d iately follow ing the
service served by the
United Methodist Women of
Woodlawn Church
Woodlawn United Metho
dist Church, as it exists
today, is a result of the
merger of Beech Street and
Woodlawn United Metho
dist Church’* which took
place June 3rd.
195«
Beech Street is the former
Swedish Methodist Church
Construction of the present
building was begun in 195«
when the Reverend Hers
chell Hall was the ,>astor
Local Masons honor
Prince Hall founder
Prince Hall, whom Prince
Hall Masons recognize as
the father of Negro Ma
sonry in the United States.
made it possible for Him k
Masons today to be re. og
nixed and to enjoy alt the
privileges of free and ac
cepted Masons
He was
born in Harbadoes. RWT
m 1748 and settled in
Boston, Massachusetts, in
the year 1765
On March
6th. 1775 he was made a
Free Mason in an Irish
Military Lodge, Number
141 and in March. 1775 he
organized the first Negro
laslge of Free Masons in
the United States Yancou
ver lawlgv Number 47 is
having an affair. Brethen's
interested call R T Kings
ta rry W M I 206 254 1458
Scholarship Tea
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Portland Open Door So
cietv's next meeting will be
Tuesday. September 23rd,
at 8:00 p.m at Augustana
I utheran Church. N.E. 15th
and Knott. Speaker will be
psychologist, I)r. Julian
Taplin of the Morrison
Center for Youth and Fam
ily Service,
Dr Taplan's
topic will be Older Children
and some approaches to
problems in this area.
H< ven ml Thomas I.. M r.iih.ind. M inister
Reverend Roy Johnson of
the Southern Baptist Con
vention will be on the
program.
Reverend A . B ernard
Devers, Pastor, invites the
public to participate in the
service.
During the week of Oct»
her 5th through the 10th.
1975, the Mount Olivet
Baptist Church, corner.
N.E 1st and Schuyler, will
be engaged in its All City
Annual Evangelistic Ser
vices The Evangelist will
be the Reverend Edgar W
Bratton of Peoples Insti
regeneration. Through the
process of the unification of
men and women of all
races, religions, and cul
tures, the causes of disunity
and hence of warfare will
be removed. Baha'is be
lieve. They feel, base«! on
the writings of their Faith,
that America will have a
significant role to play in
the eventual unification of
Woodlawn dedicates building
Mt Olivet Baptist
scheduals revival
New Hope Church
honors former postor
The members of New
Hope Baptist Church. 3725
North Gantenbein. will hold
the A.A. Newton Memorial
Scholarship Service
The
service will be held at the
church on Sunday, Septem
ber 21st, at 3:00 p.m.
On Sunday, September
Baha'i Faith, revealed in
21st. the Baha'i community
Persia by Raha'u'llah. the
of Portland will observe
Founder of the Baha'i Faith,
World Peace Day by giving
state that religion is the
a talk at Far West Federal
greatest of all means for
Savings and lx»an on S.E.
establishing order in the
47th and Woodstock
The
world.
speaker will be M r Kavous
Monadjemi, the time. 8:00
“Religion is a radiant
p.m.
light and an impregnable
Baha'is in more than
stronghold for the protec
5.IXXI localities throughout
tion and welfare of the
the country will commemo
people of the
w o rld ."
rate this event established
Baha u llah wrote during
by the Baha'is of the United
the last century.
“Should
Stoles in I960 to mark the
the lamp of religion be
introduction of their Faith
obscured, chaos and confu
to this country in 1893, a
sion will ensue, and the
year after the dcsth of the
lights of fairness, of justice,
religion's Founder, and to
of tranquillity, and peace
emphasize the spiritual de
cease to shine."
stiny of America in the
In His voluminous writ
establishement
of World
ings Raha'u'llah
stressed
Peace.
the urgent need for social
The teachings of the
change as well as spiritual
The Red Cross announces
that a new- aeries of First
Aid classes will be offered
in cooperation with Com
munity Colleges Fall Adult
Education Programs
In
terested persons may con
tact their respective Com
munity Colleges or the Red
Cross First Aid Department
228 8561
for inlorma
tion
zkdults age eighteen
through sixty five years of
age in general good health
but who now have chicken
|M»x or shingles or have had
one of these two diseases in
the past thirty days are
being sought by the Pacific
Northwest Red Cross Blood
Program.
If you are among the few
people who fit this cate
gory, you posses immune
plasma which may be col
lected and used to treat
people who might get or
have contracted chicken pox
and have no defense me
chanism.
The Red Cross Blood
Program is storing and
stockpiling this product and
periodically will be alerting
the public to this need
Persons who can help in
this program arc asked to
call the Red Cross at
228 8561
Students at Cal bn Gabel
School are busy preparing
for their annual student
rummage rontest which will
take plare Friday. Satur
day, Sunday and Monday.
September 26th through
29th
Every year the
students organize an in
tense drive which takes
place over one weekend in
the fall, m preparation for
the massive rummage sab-
later in the fall. This vear
the sale will be held
November 13th. 14th and
15th. 9:00 am to 9:00 p m .
in I he Memorial Coliseum
The I mon Usher Annual
Scholarship Tea will I m - held
at Bethel AME Church.
.'»828 N.E. 8th Avenue, from
1:30 to 5:30 p.m
on
September 28th
James Lee. President of
the I nion U shers, ex
plained that this annual
event is the source of funds
used to grant scholarships
to rollege students
Mrs Willie Mae Smith is
chairman of the tea
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During the contest the
Upper School is divided into
two teams
These teams
canvas the entire com
munitv for rummage, and
the winner is declared on
the basis of the amount of
ru m m age b rou ght in.
There is always lively
com,ietition during the cun
test.
The rummage collection
center for the contest will
I m - in the building at the
corner of N.W. 23rd and
N.W. Nicolai.
Anyone
wishing to donate items
may take them to the
sorting center directly, or
call 223 4219 or 223 9549
The sorting center is open
every week day from 9 IH)
am
to 3:00 p.m., and
Saturdays 10:00 am
to
3:00 p m. Pick up service is
available for large items
Storv time sessions for
pre school children are be
ing offered al the North
Portland Branch of the
Multnomah County Library
Sessions are held on Thurs
Dance classes for almost
day evenings at 7:00 p.m
everyone are offered this
and Friday mornings at fall at the Portland Com
10:00 am
The North munity C ollege Cascade
Portland Library is located gym. 545 North Killings
at 512 North 'sillingsworlb
worth, Portland, beginning
Call 284 5622 lor additional the week of September
information
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