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Club tea great success
by Allen Jones
E n terta in m e n t Ratings
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H E L L A N D H IG H W A T E R
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m receive« «perial award from N A A C P Northwest Area President
Carter. Closter B. Current (left) and Portland Branch President Ellis
NAACP leader visits Portland
C lo ster B. C u rre n t, D ire c to r of
Branches from New York City, spoke
Sunday before a crowded meeting of the
local branch NAACP.
Current said, "at the present time,
racial relations in our country are at a
standstill and. in fart, may be slipping
in terms of what the presidential candi
date« are saying or not saying."
He criticized presidential candidate
Jimmy Carter for stating that govern
m ent should not in te rfe r w ith the
“ethnic purity” of neighborhoods and
characterized President Ford and his
Republican opponent. Ronald Reagan, as
"Tweedledee and Tweedledum on eco
nomic issues."
The meeting was attended by Mayor
Neil Coldschmidt. Keith Burns, exeru
live assistant to Covernor Bob Straub;
and Northwest area President Arlington
W. Carter, Jr., who presented a "spe
rial" plaque to James l,ee for his faith
fulness to the Area Conference by serv
mg as Vice-President for fifteen years.
bee was moved to tears when Carter
said that l«ee had personally helped
retain a Portland place among the top
three NAACP branches in the Region.
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As I have mentioned before, Fred’s Place is really picking up, as far as
jntertainm ent is concerned. For example: I went to Fred's the other night to
•heck on ticket sales with Liz, one of the attractive barmaids employed there. As
I walked in (around 9:15 p.m.) the band started to play. They got into tunes like:
“Disco Lady," “Can We Pretend," (a Bill W ither’s composition, "ljoving You Is
Mellow." and many others. Frankly I haven't heard any local group who can
compare to their polished performance.
They are originally from Las Vegas and stopped in at Fred's for a week. Then
on to Frisco and L.A . These six gentlemen of soul seem to have it all together
The only regret is that they couldn't have stayed a couple more weeks, so more of
you could have checked them out. Heli and High W ater, is one of those groups you
never get tired of listening to. Although Liz had only sold a few tickets, 1 still felt
the two hours I was there were well spent. Hell and High W ater was out of sight!!
"The Present," in form of the actual
tea setting, featured three tables
red,
white and blue, each bearing Bicenten
nial floral arrangments, silver appoint
ments and especially decorated cakes
and refreshments; arranged by Mrs.
Gustavia Bonner, General Chairman.
A L B IN A L IO N S - “U N IT Y IN T H E C O M M U N IT Y ” • • •
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Gloster B. Current speaks to
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When I presented the idea of an Annual Fashion Show and Dance to the Lion
membership three years ago, it was extremely well received by the members, and
as we later found out. also by the community. "Lions International" is around the
worM, our purpose is to "serve". We sponsored community causes that we deem
necessary in strengthening our neighborhoods We are the strongest supporters of:
Sight Foundation of Oregon, Christmas Basket and a number of other community
projects.
Oui Third Annual Fashion Show and Dance this past Friday night at the Hilton
Hotel was a social and monetary success.
The only reason we got a late start, was because we were wailing for more
people to arrive. As far as I know, our club is the only club around to give
“Community Service Awards”. This year the recipients were: Neil Goldschmidt,
Harry Glickman, Grayce Baldwin, Charles Jordan and Lion Charles "Chick"
Rawlins, who received the First W alter Hicks Memorial Award for "Outstanding
Support to his Community and Lionism."
"Reflections to Fashions" was the theme for th ° fashion show
Coordinator
laiVerne E. Davis is to be applauded for the hours she spent in lining up some
"nineteen" models for the show. laiVerne also coordinated our show last year at
the Thunderbird. The clothes were beautiful and so were the people who were
there Some of the people thought the show was too long, but it only lasted one
hour and ten minutes. Look at it this way, perhaps the shows you've seen in the
past were -- too short. I f there was any disappointing thing about the entire
evening it was the band. When I heard them a couple of months ago at the Town
Hall, George Rankins and I agreed they would be ideal for our affair. Since that
time, however, “three" members of the group were replaced and we did not know
about it until the night of the show. They were alright, but the original band was
better.
On behalf of the Albina Lions. I would like to thank everyone who came out to
support our Third Annual Fashion Show and Dance. Until next year!!
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their lime and energy to the Lions Third Annual Fashion Show and Dance.
la i\e rn e E. Davis, lainnie Bates, George Tribble, Charles Rawlings and George
Rankins. Thanks gang, you're the greatest!!!
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China and the U.S. are already mov
ing in concert in the global arena. As
the Russians leave Egypt, the Chinese
and Americans are moving in.
In
Angola, both the Americans and Chi
nese were on the losing side, but one
may expect more contests with the
Russians to come elsewhere.
As hopes for the S A L T talks and
U.S. Russia detente fade, the next big
foreign policy move to watch may be
the delivery of U.S. surface to-air mis
siles to China, where they would be
aimed at Soviet planes. Events puzzling
to Westerners
such as Teng's purging
and Nixon's invitation to Peking
may
become clearer in that light.
I David Milton, who taught at Peking’s
First Foreign lamguage Institute from
1964-69, is one of a handful of American
China scholars with the knowledge of
Chinese political life to grasp the critical
issues behind the current political tu r
moil there.
Milton, who now teaches
sociology at University of California-
Berkeley, is the co-author of “People's
China" |Random House, I975|, and co
author with Nancy Milton of "The Wind
W ill N ot Subside: Years in R evo
lu tio n a ry China 1964 6 9 ." iP an th eo n .
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“The Future" was the Program P re
sentation featuring youth and young
adults as our leadership of tomorrow.
P re se n tin g an outstan din g program
were: "The Rosebuds" of M t. Olivet
B aptist C hurch, M rs. F an n ie Sm ith
Youth D ire c to r; T h e "Jack and J ill
Chamber Ensemble,” Jack and Jill of
America, Portland Chapter, M r. Billy
Dawson and Miss Renee Dawson; Poem,
"Let America be America" by Miss Nina
Lowe; Instrumental Solo - Cole Porter
M ed ley , M r. S co tt H a rris , T each er
Clackamas County Educational District;
and musical renditions, " 4 H Chorale
Ensemble," M r. Ira Mumford, Director.
Incidental music during the afternoon
was furnished by Ms. Kathi Harvey,
M r. John Paris and Mrs. Etoile Cox,
Mistress of Ceremonies.
On special display were pictures of
past O A C W Scholarship R e cipients,
showing schools attended and attain
ments.
More than 200 persons attended the
Oregon Association of Colored Women's
Clubs 84th A nnual Scholarship and
Benefit Tea, Sunday, April 25, 1976.
The Tea, held at St. Andrews Com
munity Center, 4940 N.E. 8th, had as its
Theme: "Bicentennial Past
Present
Future." "The Past" was presented by
Exhibits featuring 100 year old quilts
and art pieces, club history displays,
trophies. Annual Meeting Programs and
items from National and Regional Meet
ings of the National Association of Co
lored Women’s Clubs. Mrs. Marie Smith
and Mrs. Mabie Neal co-chaired the
displays.
W H A T 'S H A P P E N IN G IN E N T E R T A IN M E N T
Tri-C ounty a re a
Thursday. May 6. 1978
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June 9th and running through August
27th. The program will be organized in
six two week periods, and will provide
full and half day sessions.
Full day
sessions will begin at 7:30 a m. and
end at 5:00 p.m. Half day sessions can
he arranged for either morning or af
ter noon.
For further information, contact The
B eginning School, O regon Episcopal
School, 6300 S.W. Nicol Road, Portland,
97223. 246 7.’75. To be sure of a place,
applications must be in by May 21st.
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