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Portland Observer Thursday, February 2, 1978 Page 5 Beach seeks graduates ALL ALUMNI, both former students and faculty of Beach School, are invited to attend a meeting, February 15th at 7:30 p.m. at Beach School to plan the celebra tion of Beach's 50th anniversary. The school building was dedicated on January 9,1928, but plr.ns are to hold the 50th anniversary celebration in the spring. This will insure good weather for outdoi r activities and give ample time for planning and contacting alumni. Alumni input is welcome - anyone who is interested in helping plan this festive celebration - please attend the February 15th meeting at Beach School, 1710 N. Humboldt. • King teaches nutrition Multnomah County Commiooion Chairman Donald E. Clark explain» Project Health to North Portland resident« |left to right I Maggie M arks. Kathryn Bittman, and M arie Marshielle, all of Albina. The trio were among 21 persons sworn in recently as members of new Multnomah County Health Care Com mission, which will advise on o;teration of Project Health. Project Health provides “mainstream" health services for low-income ,tersons. N ew committee plans county health services Multnomah County Commission Chair man Donald E. Clark officiated at the swearing in ceremony for 21 members of the new Multnomah County Health Care Commission recently. Composed of representatives from throughout the county, the commission replaces a nine-member panel in provid ing recommendations on policy for Pro ject Health, a county program providing comprehensive health care for the so-call ed “working poor." The new group includes eleven Project Health consumers, five health care pro viders and five members at large from the community. Clark said he was pleased with the decision to broaden the commission's base to the 21 members because "we’ll have all parts of the county represented now and will be able to tap the thinking of a broader spectrum of people concerned with Project Health.” He praised the original panel for "its dedication and invaluable service over the last three and a half years." On the new board are: Consumers: Maggie Marks, Marie Mar shielle, Sue C. Carey, Kathryn Bittman, Linda Jean Rogers, Donald A. Men denhall, Ernest Moore, Virgil Powell, Lorraine Weedman, Patty Wood, and Wilma G. Oglesby. Providers: John W. Bussman, MD; Roger Zumwalt, Eastmoreland General Hospital; Roderick Bunnell, Oregon Phy sicians Service; Paul Lairson, MD, Uni versity of Oregon Health Sciences Center. Community members; Marvin L. Kel so, Edmund P. Jensen, Representative Vera Katz, Richard Rix, and Stanley A. Fishier. James recommends Air Force career General Daniel (Chappie) James, Jr., Special Assistant to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force, the nation's only four-star military officer, retired in January after serving nearly thirty-five years in the military. A fighter pilot, he became Commander in-Chief of the North Ameri can Air Defense Command responsible for the defense of Canada and the United States. An outspoken opponent of racism in the military, Davis once risked court martial over a protest of all white officers clubs. In his last appearance before the press, Davis said there is less racism in the Armed Forces then in any other segment of society. "They have gone farther, faster towards solving that problem than anybody else because we have worked harder at it. We have let people know that you will be fired and you will be put out that gate if we catch you - now we have a few practicing racists. But if we catch them, it is goodbye fellow or lady, whoever you happen to be, because we are not going to tolerate it here.” We try to find the best young people we can with the kind of capabilities that we need and abilities that we need, and we bring them in here and try to give them a chance to go as far as their talent and their power of excellence will carry them. And that is where we are today. "We made a lot of improvements. We find now. you know. 1 tell this story, and many of the regulars here have heard me tell this story before because it is true. When I was a kid, my brother and my cousins and I used to sit in the movie and look at the march on at the Army Navy game, watching real close because we wanted to see the Black one when he came by and you had to look real close because there wasn’t but one or two. We didn't even look at the Navy because they didn't have any; we would just sit there and eat popcorn while the Navy was coming on. But when the Army, the West Pointers started coming on, we would start looking real close and if you would look real close you would see that Black one flash by there and say, there he goes. “I spoke to the brigade of midshipmen this year, and 1 have spoken to then: every year except one for the past four years, and I have seen them come to jvhere it looks like a checkerboard in there. The top ranking cadet officer last year in the Naval Academy was a Black lad. The homecoming queen was a Black girl. This would have been unthought of in years past. The cadet wing command sr at the Air Force Academy this year. Mr. Rice, is a Black lad. The vice com mander last year, Darryl Jones from Mississippi, was a Black lad, and he finished right up near the top of his class. A nutrition class will be offered at King School in Room 107 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., sponsored by Oregon Exten sion Division, February 15th. There will be no charge for the class, which begins February 15th, and continues for four weeks. The public is invited to join each Wednesday morning for helpful ideas and lunch afterwards. A (CPR) cardiopulmonary resuscita tion class will be sponsored by the Fire Department at King School in Room 108 Friday, February 17th, at 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. This is a session everyone will be glad to attend, as it provides informa tion as to what to do in case of a heart attack emergency. A certificate will be given at the end of the class. Further information can be obtained by calling Mrs. Sheppard, 288- 6391. American State Bank 2737 N.E. Union 282-2216 r»mn... utKinst nke <£U r Our Dad CAN SAVE YOU MONEY ON REMODELING . . . Residential-Commercial HOW? . . . WHY . . . His business nas has grown, | as we have, with the finest staff of CARPENTERS, _____ ______ DESIGNERS and ESTIMATORS in thé trade. NEIL KELLY • Additions • Offices • Stores * Kitchen* • Baths • Spec. 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Carter hoaort 761st President Carter has awarded the Presidential Unit Citation - one of the nation's highest military honors - to the all-Black 761st Battalion for its combat role in World War II. The Citation, presented by the Presi dent, cited the 761st for “extraordinary heroism in action.” The award climaxed a 33-year effort for recognition of the all- Black unit, one of the few all-Black units to go into combat with the segregated Army of World War II. It is the only all-Black unit to win the Presidential Unit Citation. Most diets are not only restricting but leave you unsatis fied. Today s Weight Watchers’ Program is simpler. We simply let you eat. We let you eat bananas, cher ries, berries, peaches, ham, gourmet cheeses, bread, corn-on-the-cob, and many more delightful foods—within limits, naturally—as you learn to lose weight. So come to Weight Watchers today. You'll find that when it comes to eating and losing you're top banana! 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"All of these things point to the progress that has been made since we came in Tuskegee and all of us in separate segregated barracks, and we were given to understand right away that there is a difference between you and the white supervisors. So you became supervisors and trainees which was another way of saying Black versus white. But even when you went into combat that same se gregation existed, even in the combat zones, there were Black tents where the Black guys lived and white tents where the white guys lived, and the 'tween wasn't supposed to meet. Now the bullets weren't marked that way. The enemy didn't give a damn who he shot. You were all out there for the same thing. So we thought that was ridiculous. "Get prepared Don't stand there knocking on that door of opportunity yelling, let me in, let me in, let me in, and all of a sudden somebody snatches open the door and you say, wait a minute, I have to go back and get my bag. "Those doors of opportunity are fling ing open now in all fields, not just in the military, faster than they ever have before. And I think that young Blacks and other minorities should go out and prepare themselves to be qualified so that we take that crutch away from the bigot who used to say, 'I wanted to hire a Black one, but I couldn’t find one that is qualified.' “The same thing goes for women. I would have hired a woman, but I can't find one that is qualified. “Go get qualified, and you snatch that crutch right out from under him. And when the time comes and they crack that dixir of opportunity, you can step in and take charge. And that is the way it is today." Your nearby Fred M eyer Super Shopping Center is fille d w ith "P eople-P leasing” services to m ake your shopping m ore pleasant. W ide, spacious aisles, frie n d ly h e lp fu l clerks and undercover parcel lo a d in g are just some o f the "People-Pleas ing services to you. 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