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. Cabinet work
COMPANY
735 N. A lberte, Portland, Oregon
97217
Call Now 287-4176
M O S T WETS DRIVE PEOPLE
BANANAS..
O N OURS,
YO U EAT
THEM.
T a x advise
SALEM - Some Oregon income tax
refunds may be delayed because taxpay
ers are forgetting to attach a copy of their
completed federal return to their Oregon
tax return, state revenue director John J.
Lobdell said.
Returns must be processed by hand if a
copy of the federal return is missing.
In previous years, persons filing the
short form did not have to attach a copy
of their completed federal return. But
the department streamlined the Oregon
tax packet this year and eliminated the
short form. Now all Oregon income tax
returns must include a copy of the
taxpayer’s completed Federal Form 1040
or 1040A because certain information
appears on the federal form that the
Oregon form does not require.
For help, call the Oregon Department
of Revenue’s toll free number, 1-800-452-
2838 (378-3366 for Salem residents).
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!
Losing weight n e v e r ^ A F E I G H T
tasted so good.
WATCHERS
The Authority.
(^ Y O U 'R E THIS CLOSE TO LOSING WEIGHT.
E M A N U E L H O S P IT A L
MARANATHA CHURCH
1222 N.E. Skidmore
Sat. 9:30 a.m.
2801 N. Gantenbein
Emanuel East, Room B-2
(Nursing Home)
Thurs. 7:00 p.m.
For further information call Collect Portland (503) 297-1021
Weekdays - 8:30-5:30
WEIGHT
The Authority
REGISTEREDTRADtMARKS0F *E 'G H T WATCHERS
INTERNATIONAL. INC. MANHASSET N V «WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL. »878
Super Shopping Centers
Help Lower yonr
Cost of Living . . .
General Daniel “Cha;»;»le” | James, Jr., the first and only Black American four-star
m ilitary officer, shakes hands and talks with President C arter - his Commander-in-
Chief - at the W hite House on a day of ceremonies marking Jam es'.retirem ent.
"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. Plus...everyday lo w prices on thousands o f items you use and
need everyday help lo w e r your cost o f living.
Because w e re open 9 a.m . to 10 p.m . d a ily , including Sunday, you can shop
w hen you WANT to, not w hen you HAVE to. Com e in anytim e and "fu n s h o p " in a
pleasant, relaxed atm osphere.
.
P a rk
. In te r s ta te
Peninsula
N.E. Killingsworth at Union
N. Lombard at Interstate
6850 N. Lombard
Plenty of Free and Easy Parking
Open 9 am to 10 pm daily, including Sunday.