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Jeffersoa director cods atteadaaco policy
b i Lari Groan
Don Barrett. Pupil 1
Director. has been at Jefferson High
School fat fourteen years His jobs have
included social worker, dean, and Project
oordinat« Before working
he worked in a settlement
house for ten ye an and at a Los kngefas
church for four years counseling the
members of the church and the neighbor
hood.
He attended Lewis and Clark
College for two years and Case Western
Reserve where he got baa masters and a
B.S. ia sociology
R e ;w rte r:W hat exactly is your job here
DON BARRETT
at Jeffersoa?
for pupil per
letics. general
and the Dnd s Chib.
Ito these jobs. M r Barrett is
calked upon far puhbc sp
nek as speaking at Beach
nentary's eighth grade graduation.
rparter^Why do you think you get
g so wefl with the students’
irre tt:I enjoy the students, they're
fnends
I think of them as an
‘ y instead erf a problem, which
ads to a greater fulfillment for us all
Reverter: What are your goals for this
ReperterrWhat is your attitude toward
the attendance police?
Barrett: My biggest goal is to get the
attendance policy precise Also. I want to
make the students more aware so they *8
realise the importance of an education.
Reperter: What are the biggest prob
lems you hope to settle this year?
Barrett: The dectaio
.1
call it "White-Hight.’
Repartee: A re you enthu
this year?
B a r r e tt. Yes! I'm very
have no right to be <
the students are as good t his year as i
the years before.
B arrett:! feel that the habits of the
student* develop from it. It has a direct
bearing oa their future.
Raperter-.No« that there are some new
classes and the recording studio is com
pleted. how will it affect Jefferson?
Barrett: They are excellent programs
with great opportunities for the students,
but the question is more of how will the
other schools respond to the programs.
Reporter-Haw did the scheduling work
out**
R arrirt: 1 was delighted.
Everyone
cooperated very well 1 was surprised
because two hundred expected students
(fatal show up. hut two hundred unex
pected showed.
Repartee:Why do you think the enroll
ment is down?
BanettiTbe biggest reason is the drain
to Benson and Monroe. Also, there are
one hundred less freshmen than last year.
M r. Barrett seems very happy with his
job bere at Jefferson. If for any reason
you happen to be walking down one of
Jefferson's hails and see a man with a
huge smile aad hear a cheerful hollo,
make no mistakes in realizing you have
seen M r. Don Barrett, a Jefferson High
(This article w a > written by a Jefferson
student and pro
High School;
nded to the Oh
by the Jefferson
News Service.»
Black commune subject of history conference
Kay Gibson. Interpretive Historian of
the California Department of Parks and
Recreation, will speak on " Allensworth -A
Black Community in California" at the
annual Histone Communal Societies Coo
ference. The conference will he held in
Aurora on October 30th through October
22nd.
In 1968 it was brought to the attention
of the Department of Parks and Recrea
tian that the State Park system was
deficient ia historical preservation and
interpretive programs giving attention to
the role trf Black citizens in California's
development. A joint effort by Black
historical societies. Black historians, the
Department and individuals in the Cab
forma legislature culminated in January
1974 when the California State Park
Recreation Commission classified the
town of Allensworth as Colonel Allens
warth State Historic Park.
The Park consists of 240 acres of which
75 acres will be devoted to the restore
tioo of the town. The rout will be devoted
primarily to histone agriculture, since
Allensworth's economy was based on
agriculture
To date, fifteen buildings
have been identified for restoration or
These buildings include
The Park is named for Colonel Allen
Allensworth, barn a slave in Louisville.
Kentucky, on April 7. 1842. W ith the
arrival of Union forces near Louisville
during the Civil W ar. Allensworth es
caped. joining the Union Army as a
avibaa nurse before serving in the
United States Navy for two years. After
the war he studied for the ministry aad
was ordained a Baptist minister in 1871.
In 1886 President Grower Cleveland
appointed Allensworth as chaplain of the
all-Black 24th infantry regiment, making
him the second Black chaplain in the U-S.
Army. Upon his retirement in 1906 be
was given the title of Lieutenant-Colonel,
which made him the highest ranking
Black man to that time in the Army.
After retiring, he traveled extensively
throughout the U.S. lecturing on the need
of Afro-Americans to initiate programs of
setf-beip to allow them to become econo
mically. socially and pobtically self-suffi
<ient
Becoming part of the larger
colonizing efforts of Blacks. Allensworth
and severs; others established the town
of Allensworth ia Tulare County in 1908
and began to recruit settlers.
Mrs. Gibson will speak on Saturday.
October 22nd. at 3 JO p m at the Oxbora
Museum.
Other presentations include those in
the Hutterites. the Russian Jewish Com
munal Colony of Oregon. Marmans. Sha
ker Furniture. Puget Sound Utopians.
Western Utopians. For further informa-
tian contact the Aurora Historical So
ciety. Aurora. Oregon.
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i B a ,list Church in h i
Virginia.
m n y Carter and Reverend
M artin Luther King. Sr., shared the
podium on September 25th at the 113th
anniversary service of Zien Baptist
Church in Washington. D.C. In iatroduc
mg Reverend King as guest minister for
the event, the President spoke of the
King family's influence:
’ I t is a rare occasion when one or two
people or a small family can turn the
world upside down. But if there has been
one small group that have changed the
consciousness of the world, that have
changed the habits and attitudes and
customs and the mistakes of a greet
nation like our own. that have offered
equality and freedom to millions of
people. Black and white. Americans and
others, it is the family of the Martin
Luther Kings."
The President also expressed his grnti
tude for the continuing support his folio*
Georgian had shown:
’ I am always eager to hear him preach.
I value his friendship.
I came from
Plains. Georgia, a t a candidate for the
highest elective office in the world. Not
many people knew who I was. And I was
elected to a great extent because Martin
Luther King. Senior, was my friend. He
had confidence in me...
“...And when 1 stumbled and fell and
made a aeries of mistakes and the whole
structure of my campaign wan ia doubt. I
went back to Atlanta. Georgia, aad I
stood ou a platform in the middle of the
city and my friend. M artin Luther King.
P O R T L A N D - The Catholic A rchd»
cese of Portland (encompassing all of
Western Oregon) will celebrate the 100th
birthday of it* retired Archbishop Ed
ward D. Howard at a November 7th
eoneelebrated Mass ia the Memorial
Coliseum and at a dinner to follow.
Archbishop Howard, who will be 100 on
November 5th. expects to speak at both
the Mass aad dinner, and the public has
been invited to attend both. Ia addition.
KGW . channel 8. will broadcast the Mass
live, ia its entirety, beginnng at 7 0 ) p.m.
Admission to the dinner will be by
reservation, and because of the limited
capacity of 900. tickets will be told on a
first-come first-served basis. Requests
far tickets accompanied by payment of
$13 each, should be sent to Ticket
Chairman. Archbishop Howard Apprecia
tion Dinner. Archdiocese of Portland.
P .0 . Box 361. Portland 97207.
Plans for the celebration are being
coordinated by • committee that includes
Archbishop Cornelius Power. Archbishop
of Portland: Bishop Francis Leipzig,
retired Bishop of the Baker Diocese;
several priests and lay people. Father
Joseph Jacobberger. chancellor of the
Portland Archdiocese, is chairman
La addition to the Maas aad dinner, the
committee has announced the formation
of the Archbishop Howard Appreciation
Fund. Use of interest from the fund will
go for Christian education as determined
annually by the Archbishop of Portland.
Theme of the Maas will be the Office of
Bishop as Pastor and Teacher, according
to Father Joseph McMahon, associate
pastor of St. John Parish. Oregon Q ty .
and chairman of the liturgy subeommit
tee for the observance.
Archbishop Howard was born Novem
The
agriculture. The town grew and pro
spered until w ater became such a serious
problem that successful fanning was no
longer pna ai hlr . 1914 was the key year
far the colony Several setbacks occurred
including Colonel Allensworth's death.
Thereafter, the colony declined slowly
until by the 1930's few original residents
remained. There it now little but the
school house and the nuns <rf Colonel
Allensworth s residenee to remind people
of the bustling community that once
existed.
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"Well, a lot of people don’t know why
he had thia confidence in me. And a lot of
the members of the press. sometimes
cynical, couldn't understand at one time
during the campaign I said I would rather
give my life than to disappoint Martin
Luther King. Senior, because he ia
forgiving and he and I share something in
common with each other and with you."
Approximately 1.500 people attended
the worship service. An additional 1.000
gathered outside the church to greet the
President and Reverend King.
ber 5.1877. at Cresco. Iowa. He attended
St. Joseph's College. Dubuque. Iowa: St.
M ary’s College. St. Mary's. Kansas; and
St. Paul Seminary. St. Paul. Minnesota.
He was ordained to the priesthood June
12. 1906.
He then taught and was
president of Loras College at Dubuque.
On April 8. 1924. he was ordained
...vitisey bishop of the Davenport. Iowa.
Diocese He was appointed Archbishop
of Oregon City ( b o w Portland) April 30,
1926. aad resigned in 1966 after the
suggested retirement age for bishops was
set at 75 by the Vatican. He was then
assigned the titular aee of Albule
Among the Catholic hierarchy through
out the world only Bishop Antoni Teuto
nico of Italy, who is 109. is older.
Archbishop Howard also ia the only
American to be an Archbishop for 50
years. He has been the oldest Arch
bishop ia the U H . since the death of
Archbishop John T. MeNieholas. OP. on
April 22. 1950. and the oldest member of
the Catholic hierarchy in the U 3 . since
the death of Bishop John MseGinley of
mooterey Fresno on October 9, 1969.
NAACP moots
There will be an NAACP Meeting held
st Paradise Baptist Church. 4736 N.
Commercial. Bunday. October 16th at
4:00 p.m. The annual Grandmother Coo
test to raise money for the Freedom Fund
will be kicked off. President John Jack
son invites the public to participate.
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Sunday School 9.30 a.m.
Sunday Worship 11.-00 a.m.
Christina Youth Fellowship 6:00 p m .
(Second and Fourth Sundays»
Reverend Thomas L. Stray hand. Minister
Yen ere W slum s te Worship at
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President Carter, Daddy King share pulpit
Many of the settlers were ex Army
men and their families while others were
shop keepers or skilled mechanics. A few
had been educated in agriculture at the
bama, and Hampton.
: M artin Luther King.
here the twa
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