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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Sept. 14, 1978)
I I p®9« 10 Portland Obaarvar Thursday. September 14. 1978 " NAACP conference renews affirmative action commitment The N A A C P Northwest Area Conference will meet on September 15th to 17th in Corvallis. Topic of the meeting u “ Affirmative Action: A Reaffirmation." The conference will begin with a no-host social at 7:00 p.m. Friday, September I5tli. From 9:00 to 12:00 noon, and from 1:30 to 4:30, Saturday a dialogue w ill be held with M rs. M adam a Kiner, Regional General Counsel, H U D . Region X ; W illie Laud, C H 2 M H IL L Engineering Consultants; Robert R adford, H E W , Region X ; and George Russell. Assistant Personnel Direc tor, Eugene Public Schools. Mrs. Myra W illard. Affirm ative __ Action officer for 'he University of Oregon, will be the speaker at the “ Reaffirmation Luncheon“ at noon on Saturday. The “ Dedication Feast" is at 7:30 p .m ., with speaker Deon Maxine Thomas, of the University of Oregon Law School, Claude Bowles and the Maranatha Ensemble and the Cor vallis N A A C P D ram atists will provide entertainment. Attorney Don Haley, the North west Area Conferences of Branches president will speak at 9:00 a.m. Sunday. The meetings will be held at Nen- del’s Inn, 1550 N .W . 9th in Cor vallis. The meetings are open to the public. Groad Lodge honors Prince Hall The Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Oregon Inc. held it’s Annual Pnnce Hall Day observances, Sunday afternoon September 10, 197«, at Bethel A .M .E . Church. Tlx! serv ice was well attended. C U R T IS B. K IR K P A T R IC K Kirkpatrick joins Bonneville Curtis B. Kirkpatrick has joined the Bonneville Power Administra tion as its new Equal Opportunity Officer. He succeeds George Bell, who was recently appointed to manage BPA’s Washington, D.C. office. Kirkpatrick, a native Texan, has served as Equal Opportunity Officer for the U .S . A rm y Corps o f Engineers’ Fort Worth District for the past year. Prior to that, he spent four years as a Corporate Manager, Equal Op- portunity O fficer, and Personnel Director for Texas Instruments in Dallas, and another four as Regional Equal Opportunity Officer for the General Services Administration in Fort W orth. He holds a Masters degree in Business Administration from Texas Christian University. BP A employs approximately 3,400 people. The Equal Opportunity O f ficer works directly under the agency's A d m in istrator and develops and directs the a ffirm a tiv e action program for the entire organization. In attendance for this occasion, was the Honorable Joseph H . Hen derson. the Most Worshipful Grand Master of Masons of Oregon and Its Jurisdiction (P H A ) along with his cabinet o f Grand Lodge Officers. .Also in adherence were the Prince H a ll G rand C hapter O .E .S ., P H .A .. and Its Jurisdiction, with Sister Layola Brown, Grand Worthy M atro n and P .G .M . W illia m B. Odom Jr. 33 ®. G rand W orthy Patron. A fte r being introduced by the Master o f Ceremonies, John T. Blow Jr., a historical summary was ren dered and the wages due were bestowed on the founder of Black freemasonry. in the United States of America, the Illustrious Prince Hall, by the R .W . Grand Lecturer Trevol Mason. The M aster o f Ceremonies in troduced the guest speaker. Reverend Brother L. Fisher Hines, Pastor o f Bethel A .M .E . Church, who also is a member o f the Prince Hall family. Jurisdiction of C alifor nia and a Past Patron of the Jurisdic tion of Missouri. After delivering an inspiring sermon, the Grand Master Joseph H. Henderson paid wages to a ll, including a presentation to Bethel A .M .E . Church, which was followed by a presentation to Reverend Hines by the R.W . GJW Andrew Childs. R.W . GJW Childs was the Prince Hall Day Committee Chairman. After the closing o f the services, refreshments were served and Brothers and Sisters, friends and relatives, shared a heartwarming fellowship on this auspicious oc casion. Newly elected officers for 1978- 1979 are: M.W'. Joseph H. Hender son 3 2 °, G rand M aster; R .W . Thomas J. Brown 32®, Deputy Grand Master: R .W . John T. Blow J r., 32®, Grand Senior W arden; R .W . Andrew Childs 3 2 *. Grand Junior Warden; R .W . Vernon C. Butler 33®, Grand Treasurer; R .W . James P. Varner, Grand Secretary; R.W'. Trevol Mason 32®, Grand Lec turer; R .W . Thomas R. Vickers 33® P G M , Executive Board of Directors (Chairman), by Ruth Spencer M r. and Mrs. Ben H eb b and daughter have returned from their South African trip. Looking forward to an in-depth report on their ex citing visit. Mr. and Mrs. Bob Jackson (Bob and Clara) are making their home in Portland. Jackson is the new branch sal« manager of Xerox Corporation o f Portland. The Jackson’ s were residents o f Orange C ounty, California. M r. and Mrs. Morgan Dickerson vacationed in Denver, Colorado; and Redbank, New Jersey. Charles (P a t) Patterson and Ulysses Leverett won two trophi« each as top qualifiers and champs in the tournament o f the Northwest Bridge Association held in Seattle during the Labor Day weekend. Dorothy Cutler, a member of the Ecumenical Minis tr i« of Oregon to Defeat the November Referendum on the Death Penalty, reminds us that only the “ poor and m inoriti« are put to death.” M rs. C u tle r, a member o f Fellowships for Reconciliation, a peace group, spent two days in jail as a result o f demonstrating against nuclear power plants. St. Philip Episcopal Church, 120 N .E . K n o tt, w ill have a “ Love Feast" October 14th. A l, members of the Church family and friends are invited. The common assumption among many w h it« and some “ successful” Blacks that minority progrms in the O ’Bryant detailed PEG at a rally to be held at Chicago’s Cathedral Baptist Church. The rally will launch a search for 1,000 jobs on the city’s South Side. “ I ’ m coming to Chicago to do something about the ungodly con ditions in the Black community,” CALDWELLS COLONIAL MORTI ARY O ur 50th year of personal service to families o f all faiths. V t . 14th dN Sands Blsd iw Burnsidt PwdMud.OR V72U im u HENRI O 'B R Y A N T O ’Bryant says. “ I got my start in Chicago during the Depr«sion Days of yesteryear. When I look at the community 36 years later, things are worse than they were in 1932.” National Baptist Convention. The Progressive Baptists, meeting last m onth in Los Angeles, adopted O ’ Bryant’ s PEG as their official policy. The Progressiv« then chose Chicago as the target city in which to launch the program. O ’Bryant was hosted in Chicago by the Reverend Otis Anderson, J r., pastor o f C athedral Bap tist, and Webb Evans, chairman of the Progressive C o nventio n ’ s resolutions com m ittee. Evans, a South Side furniture retailer, is also president of Chicago-based United American Progress Association Since 1961, U A P A has been encouraging consumers in the Black community to spend their money with merchants who live in the community. “ Chicago is the perfect place for us to unite PE G w ith U A P A ,” O ’ Bryant says. “ Chicago is crucial for two reasons; first, it has the heavi«t unemployment; second, it has the great«t potential for solving this problem. “ There’s great hope for Chicago because three of the nation’s greatest Black religious leaders are based in Chicago. “ W e’ re talking about Preacher Power. Jackson, Muhammad and Jackson have it. So far. they've been pointing out the scriousrrcss of our condition w ithout o ffe rin g any solutions for it. Muham m ad has tried, with his so-called ’Budget War Against Poverty’ . But that is relief, not cure.” O ’Bryant points out that as long ago as 1956, Dr. J.H . Jackson called upon Black people to “ harn«s our talents, employ our abilities and summon our genius” to create a bet ter life for themselv«. In 1966, O ’Bryant says, Wallace Muhammad’s father, the Honorable Elijah Muhammad, in his “ M«sage to the Blackman," called for Afro- American Muslims to begin enjoying “ money, good homes and friend ships in all walks of life.” In 1976. O 'B rya n t says, Jesse Jackson, in an article in The Mew York Times, called for an “ urban Marshall Plan" whereby Black people could rebuild the cities and begin to take over abandoned busin«s« and stor«. “ N ow .” adds O ’Bryant, “ all I ’m asking the ‘Big Three’ is this: What happened? Why haven’t we done these things? Where is our blueprint for doing these things?” O ’Bryant, seventy, is the son of a Louisiana sharecropper. As a boy, Henri was so poor he had to sew flour sacks together to make d o th « for himself. Today, he is America’s foremost d«igner and manufacturer of religious v«tments with sal« of- fic « coast to coast. He evolved PEG out of his close dealings with church officials, in cluding leaders of the powerful, five- m il lio n - m e m b e r P r o g r e s s iv e «m SMarr 232-4111 < orucr of *th and Siudmorr Sunday School 9:30 a m Sunday Worship 1100 a.m. Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p.m iSecond and Fourth Sundays! O N E PLANET O N E PEOPLE ...PLEASE ‘’Baha’i «Faith 4. 284-4746 or 281-7915 ST. ANDREWS CATHOLIC CHURCH Mhi N .E . A lb e rta S tre e t H r ir r e n d B e rtra m G n H in 2*1 4429 Pafctor Maaaea: 5:00 p.m A igil - Saturday 10:00 a.m. ( hair - Suoda« 12:00 p.m Folk Sunday ST. ANDREW C O M M U N ITY SCHOOL 4919 N.E. 9th Ave. Sonia Kelly. Priaripal Phonr 2*4 162« («rade« I through * New Hope Missionary Baptist Church R E V E R E N D A BERNARD DEVERS. PASTOR T H E CHURCH D ESIG NED TO M EET YOUR N EED suada« School 9:30 a.m. Morning W urUup 10:30 , — Evening Service 2nd. 4th and 5th Sunday« 7:00 p.m. ( ummunion I* t Sunday 5:00p.m. Wed - la m ilt Prater Meeting and Bible Study 7:30p.m. Frida» - Brotherhood FeUow »hip Service with Morning Star 3rd Suodat 7:00 p.m. Prater and Pa »tor Phone 2*1-6476 ( hurrh Phone 2*1-0163 3 7 2 5 N. Gantenbeln Avenue, Portland, Oregon 9 7 2 2 7 Services personalized to your family 's lifestyle... and finances T H E ARK OF S A FETY C H I RCH O P COO P EN TEC O STA L, INC "A warm spirit of fellow »hip alwoys" The Honorable Bishop t Y Petersoa. D.D. “The Holiness Preacher.' Pastor HUGHES MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH mmwste « 111 N.E. FAILING I ha! A Prayer 2*4-06*4 ( bardi Schoo! 9:45 a Worship II (Ml a m ifoa confidential counseling for pregnant girls Mayer Building at 1130S W Morrison Y ou are W rk o w r to Worship at Reverend Thomas L. Strayhand. Minister ▼ 221-0598 B irth rig h t For complete detail«, call or stop at any of our convenient locations You’ll find that we are sensitive to your needs— as we have been to Portland families for more than 40 years Credit terms and trust planning available ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH «sv A ustin V •«» She’s unmarried. She’s pregnant. She needs help. She should call 2V Business man challenges church leaders to economic action C hicago’ s “ H o ly T rin ity ” o f Black religious leaders were chal lenged September 10th to practice » hat they preach. The challenge« were the Reverends Jesse L . Jackson o f Operation P U S H and J .H . Jackson o f the N atio n al Baptist Convention, U .S .A ., and C hief Imam Wallace Deen M uham m ad o f the W orld Community of Al-Islam The challenger is Henri O ’Bryant, Jr. of Los Angel«, former treasurer of Operation PUSH. O ’Bryant is author of “ Pattern for Economic Growth” (PEG), a step-by- step plan for putting the buying power of the Black Church behind the supplying power o f Black Busin«s. United Stat« is continuing unabated into the iaie 1970’s has been con tradicted and disputed by the U.S. Civil Rights Commission. The report showed Blacks still lagging far behind whites in education, em ployment, income and housing. The «tablishment of a minority- owned insurance agency has been designed to help minority building contractors across the country obtain surety bonds. The new business is M C A P Bonding and Insurance Agency Inc. Branch of lie « arc to be located in Los Angeles and Atlanta. 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