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MABEL N EA L
Neal named Daughter of the Year
Mabie B. N eat First Lieutenant Com
mandress of Mina Court *142 Daughter of
Isis and Director of the Senior Isiserettes
has been selected the Daughter Isis of
1976. She received this honor for the
many volunteer services given in her
court, community, youth groups. Girl
Scouts. Boy Scouts. Church groups.
Federated Clubs. Green Lady Auxiliary
at Emanuel Hospital. Life member of
Oregon P.T_A., work with scholarship
groups and other faternal organizations
Recently attended the Imperial Council
Session in Los Angeles. California, this
was a lovely session and well attended.
Friday afternoon, many friends from
Oklahoma, now living in Los Angeles,
surprised Mabie Neal with a lovely
dinner which was enjoyed by many
friends also from other states and cities.
Community Calendar
Star Baptist Chorch will bold ita Annual Musical on September 18th. at
7:30 p.m. at the church. 106 N.E. Ivy. Chairman of the event is Robert Houston:
Reverend S.McCuilumn is pastor.
FOipiao Market Pottery will be shown at the Hoffman Gallery. School of the Arts
and Crafts Society. 616 N.W. 18th. September 13th through October 2nd. Samples
from a collection of over 300 pieces of earthenware collected by Daniel J. Scheon.
professor of anthropology at PSU. will be shown.
KBPS will broadcast live coverage of the seminar on Ballot Measure No. 9.
“Regulates Nuclear Power Plant Construction Approval." September 13th, 9:00 a.m.
to 400 p.m. National and local experts will participate in the discussion, sponsored by
the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Senior Citizens will travel by bus to the Depee Bay Saimaa Bake. September 11th.
at Fogarty Creek State Park. For information call 288-8303.
Piedmont-Colombia Neighborhood Asoociatiaa will hold a public meeting on Sep
tember 15th, 8:00 p.m. at Holy Redeemer School. 127 N. Portland Blvd. Topics include
proposed improvements to Peninsula and Farragut Parks, child care, nuclear safety
1248-4505)
A free five-day plan to stop Hashing will be held at King Neighborhood Facility.
4815 N.E. 7th. September 12th through 16th. 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. A medical doctor
orili lead the session. This method has 90 per cent success
Humboldt Neighborhood Improvement A am d atioo will meet September 13th at
7:30 p.m. at 4915 N. Gantenbem.
Kern» Neighborhood Asoociatiaa will meet at 2508 N.E. Everett on September 13th.
7:30 p.m.
Woodlawn Improvement A i— rie rie s will meet at 7200 N.E. 11th vn September 14th
at 7:30 p.m.
Albina Branch I Sir ary. 3630 N. Vancouver, will bold story time for children ages
three to five on Saturdays, beginning September 11th at 11:00 a.m.
Pre-achool story-tune evening sessions will be held at the North Portland Branch
Library 512 N. Killingsworth. beginning September 9th at 7:15 p.m.
Peter Camejo. So ria Kat Markers Party candidate for U.S. President, ovili be in
Portland. September 15th and 16th He will speak at partv headquarters. 3928 N.
Williams, on Thursday, September 16th at 8:30 p.m.
The C orn ai hr b c ta Save Edgefield Manor and the Reform O w Charter Committee
will hold a no-host breakfast meeting at the M A M Restuarant at 137 N. Main.
Gresham, at 8:00 a.m., September 11th.
A three-sessioc seminar “How the Child. Family and the Naron Cope with Death
and Laos.* orili be conducted at the University of Portland, beginning November 9th.
Call 283-7361
The YWCA Treasure Shop will hold its third annual "Good Old D ays' Saie from
September 11th to 16th The tale will be held between 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. at 1111
S.W. 10th and will feature antiques, glassware and many small articles.
Indian pine needle weaving, meditation, preporery publicity. mechanics of interven
tion. multi media first aid. crewel embroidery, drapes, crafts, are among classes
provided by the YWCA this fall.
answer questions
Ms. Lou Van Dyke and K ns Hudson of
the "Oregon Asks" Committee have
announced a series of public forums for
the fall campaigns The following races
will be featured Secretary of State:
Norma Paulus/Blaine Whipple, Saturday.
October 2nd, Attorney GenerabJim Dur
ham Jim Redden, Saturday. October 9th.
1st Congressional District: Les AuCoin/
Phil Bladine. Saturday, October 16th.
State Treasurer: Clay Myera/Jewel
Lansing. Saturday. October 23rd.
The forums will be held at Portland
State University in Smith Memorial Cen
ter at 1000 a.m.. Rooms 296. 297. and 298
Oregon Common Cause and the League of
Women Voters are ,co-sponsoring the
senes of forums with candiates as an
effort to involve the citizens of Oregon in
the campaign process, and to ask the
widest possible range of issue questions
the voters would like to ask the candi
dates. The Portland Jaycees have been
added to the members of the coalition
listed below.
Ms Hudson stated that the member
organizations will solicit questions from
their memberships, and to further in
volve the citizens in the process they are
asked to mail in a question which they
would like to ask the candidates to
Oregon Common Cause. 519 S.W. Third,
Portland, Oregon 97204.
The questions will be compiled into a
representative list which will be asked tof
the candidates appearing on the tame
platform.
After the questions developed by the
coalition have been asked time will be
slotted for questions from the floor
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School Beard selects advisory committees
Nine adult residents of the Portland
School District and six Portland higt
school students filled vacancies in July on
thro* area citizen advisory committees.
The Portland Board of Education reap
pointed three adult committee members
and appointed six new adults from a list
recommended by a five member city
wide citisens' review panel.
Some 27 students were nominated by
13 of the district’s 14 student councils and
screened by school board members be
fore the final six were appointed. Some 47
adults had submitted nomination peti
tions.
All nine adult appointments are for
two-year terms. Student appointments
are for one year.
Each committee has nine member« -
seven adults and two students.
Reappointed to Area I's committee was
Lois Pope. Winslow Priest, a minister,
and Charlotte Williams, a research assia
tant. were appointed to succeed Deanne
A ter and Fred Flowers, Jr.
New Area 1 student members are Tina
Engbrecht of Jackson High and James
Morril of Jefferson High. They succeed
Lisa Rohrer of Jackson and Mike Zusman
of Wilson High.
Reappointed to Area Il's committee
were Jane
Rhodes
and
Costella
McCullough. Stanley Loop, an industrial
engineer, was appointed to succeed Zel-
ma Kearney.
New Area II student members are
Stanley Seid of Benson Polytechnic and
Deloria Warren of Adams High. They
succeed Carol Storm of Marshall High
and Ken Weigel of Benson.
Carl Carter. Robert Easton and Fred
Markey were appointed to Area Ill's
committee, succeeding Bena Brooks.
Mildred Bennett and Ellis Casion Carter
is a glazier, Easton is an architect, and
The Black Studies Certificate Program
at Portland State University has expand
ed in the last tw o years in spite of a
downward trend in Black Studies pro
grams acorss the nation.
Dr. William Harris. who recently
resigned as director of the program, at
tribute» the growth to dependable fund
ing and support by the PSU sdmimstri
tion. There also has been an upgrading of
faculty, with most now holding doctor
ates. In earlier years, the Black Studies
program was frequently threatened with
budget cuts and so was unable to hold its
better professors.
Danell Millner. acting director, attri
butes much of the growth to the Univer
sity’s Urban Studies Program. Two years
ago the Rlaek Studies program was in
corporated into the Urban Studies Pro
gram.
The history and development of the
Black race and the impact of urban
America on Black Americans are two
major focuses. Cultural aspects are offer
ed it special summer workshops.
To earn a certificate, students must
complete 51 hours of work, 27 of which
are in Black Studies and the remainder in
related fields. Course offerings include
Afro-American History. Black Economic
Experience. Affirmative Action Work
shop. Blacks in Film. Black City Politics.
Political Economy in the Ghetto, Black
Women in America. Black Slave Trade.
Maroon Societies, and Black Health
Programs.
The program is designed to provide
background and experience for careers in
teaching, social work, politics and
government, urban planning and health
Millner welcomes whites into the pro
gram, approximately 10 to 15 per cent of
the students have been white, but inter
est is increasing.
"Our society tends to isolate cultural
YMCA Latch Key, a before and after
groups from each other." Millner says.
school day care program for grade school
"One unique benefit that Black Studies
children, has openings in its Southeast
provides is an opportunity for any stu
Portland and Beaverton Centers this fall.
dent to re-examine what was taught in
The
YMCA program operates in public
public school - the contradictions which
schools to provide care for children w ith
are readily apparent between the real life
parents who are working or in training.
of the American experience and the
Fees are determined by the State Child
mythology of the American experience."
ren's Services Division and are based on a
sliding scale.
For information call 223-6161.
Markey is a coordinator for tbe city.
New Arsa III student members are
Amy Feller of Cleveland High and
Michael Ball of Washington High. They
succeed Vickie Brown of Franklin High
and Barry Benight of Grant High.
Still having one year to serve are Area
Ta James Meyer. Jerry Pierce. Barbara
Townsend and Beverlee Smith; Area ITs
Joe Schmidt, Mary Runyon, Eileen
Micheau and Jim Watson and Area Ill's
John Frewing, Susan Haggard. Gary
Witherspoon and Dorothy William«.
Citizen advisory committees evolved
from the 1970 administrative decenthali
nation of the Portland School District.
The advisory committees are bound by
tbe policies, rules and regulations of the
school board.
Each committee hold public meetings
generally on the third Monday of each
month during the school year, choosing
meeting sites at school» in all sections of
the administrative area it serves.
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Mikeworth's Funeral Home, a longtime
North Portland mortuary, has recently
become affiliated with The Little Chapel
of the Chimes. Originally called the Pen
insula Funeral Home, it was purchased in
1947 by Lemen J. and Jerry R. Mike-
worth. who operated it until their death
in 1973. Since then it has been operated
by Phyllis and Manel Mikeworth.
.Arthur P. Anderson, manager of The
Little Chapels of the Chimes North Kill-
ingsworth chapel, will act as manager of
the new Lombard chapel also. He will be
assisted by James Letson. a Funeral Dir
ector and Counselor, who has been the
manager of the Lombard mortuary for
the last two years. Phyllis Mikeworth will
continue to reside at the mortuary
Anderson said the addition of the Lom
bard facility to the Little Chapels' other
locations at Killingsworth. Gateway and
Southgate will make it possible for the
firm to better serve the Portland area
He stressed that tbe Lombard chapel will
continue to serve tbe Vancouver area.
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