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Portland Observer Thursday, O ctober 12, 1978 Page 3 • ^Mvhf AUxu* M uat • • • t ’The PRODUO! CENTER of PORTLAND" FRESH CRISP JONATHAN 5 51°°; u « » *« Back in the m id-tw enties there was a boy w ho loved team athletics, in d ivid u al sports, just any game that • APPLES e * A A : b y K a th ryn H . Bogle r • • '• • s s .'» L'i W allow ed him to use his considerable athletic skills. H is name could be • possibly called " le g io n " but he was • -.10* FRESH, O R IIN ..... 1 0 * ZUCCHINL. O m aha. Nebraska he came at about age fourteen or fifte e n . In his tow n he had played lots o f sand-lot games, watched Black athletics play their baseball games in segregated leagues and longed to be just like ■ a — LO N G O t l l N SLICING • CUCUMBERS christened V erno n B aker. A b id in g in V ern o n was a burning desire to play, play the game. O u t o f lbs SOLID GREEN HEADS ..........a 9* CABBACE... GOLDEN DIJO N PEARS........ 4 lb s., 1 W them . « -I In P o rtla n d . V erno n was enrolled at Benson H ig h School and he p ro m p tly was exercising w ith the track team . In his freshm an year, he became the first Black to w in a Ben- Z IN IT T I P asta Products • m SHADY G U N HEIN’ S PURE MUSHROOMS HONEY Piocos A S eow * lb. $*>98 4 .« ; $ f 0 0 TUB <> Tins G F Ili V * Ob TIN» ■ i - ,.N C0L08N CRAIN SPACWITTI SAUCE M I X ..................... . . . » m «• * » 1 2 «¿89' 2 • SELECT STEER 5 I NO RW EG IAN JARLSBERG ’/> OR WHOLE WkIU lh«f toil. __ SWISS CHEESE __ • Beef : Livers • " T h e Loyal C o m rad es" (Photo: V erno n Baker Collection) POUND 14, 1978 SHERIDAN FRUIT Co. « 235-9353 S.E. U N IO N & OAK I » 7» Í ' © i CLIP A N D SAVE save 7$ on any size any flavor A n n t je m t a n a ‘F ro ze n 'W a ffle s ■ 1 — © © GNOQR As <w «M jnw M «W caya trow MP HUM—? < y w—« W arm w ay to s ta rt breakfast COUPON EXPIRES MARCH 31 1979 STORE COUPON C LIP A N D SAVE U5LZE save 7$ I I on any flavor A n n tje n r im a “Frozen “French Toast " T h e Loyal C om rad es" (P h oto : Bogle Fam ily Collection) Vernon Beker, 1925 Black athletes fro m other high schools and in one gam e o r another son letter. T h e sum m er days grew long w ith o u t organized sports activity in w hich V e rn o n could be involved and he, in a grow ing restlessness, enlisted m ig h t be playing such b ud d in g stars as C h u ck W illia m s , B obby R o b in son, G u y H o lm es and his brother as m any as he could o f his friends to play regu larly w ith h im in sand-lot R o y H o lm es . Several others w h o earned school games. . T h e little group enjoyed being together and as the seasons changed, ath letic letters also w ere am ong the “ C o m rad es” : W illie Battles, M o rris M a th e w s , C liffo r d D a n iels , R ich ard so d id th eir sports. W ith a re energizing visit back to O m a h a , d u rin g a summ ers scheduled vacatio n , V e rn o n ’ s d ream to have a team o f some k in d kept h im h o p efu l fo r his P o rtla n d hom e. Jefferson H ig h School, under the renow ned p rin c ip a l H o p k in s Jenkins, received V e rn o n in transfer fro m Benson and here he played v a r sity tra c k , basketball and baseball. T h a t was d u rin g the w eek. O n weekends, V e rn o n kept at o rg an iza tio n al things and he and his teams began to be kn o w n as the “ L o y a l C o m ra d e s .” A little fin a n cial help came fro m a few local Black businessmen to help w ith u nifo rm s and eq u ip m ent. V e rn o n enlisted the © America’s favorite French Toast OH Nr* «kw « STORE COUPON AT Professionally Supervised Bogle, James G r if f it h , G ilb e rt K irk , A r t H ayes, James W illia m s , and M a rs h a ll and E lm e r F ain . C o m p e titio n was fo u n d fo r big games w ith the boys fro m the Chinese Lions w ho played both basketball and baseball. Som e games were played also w ith the P o rtlan d T ro ja n s , a team o f B lack adults. T h e H eiser brothers, a w h ite fa m ily o f six or seven brothers w h o added a few friends to m ake up a team , also a f fo rd ed the C o m rad es weekend repairs F ro a E s f/m a fe e i games. P o rtla n d Parks system provided the gam e space w hich never D ÏM T U 1 M R E U N ID lei letter T i b . . Bteken A Cracked Denture« Mended MISSIN« T K T « Replaeed. . . Ir id ie « A Partial« Repaired lacked fo r enthusiastic fans am ong fam ilies and friends. C ollege and the responsibilities o f ad u lth o o d accounted fo r the d o w n to w n Y M C A fo r th eir gym nasium fo r in d o o r sports. M a n y basketball games and practice sessions w ere played at the little “ Y ” dissolution o f the “ L o y a l C o m rades,” but a fte r a lapse o f fifty years even tim e falls aw ay whenever b u ild in g on T illa m o o k Street. T h e chance o f playing w ith the ber “ w h e n .” L o y al C o m rad es drew the p a r ticip a tio n o f several outstanding © F a m ily A lb u m N o rth w e s t tw o “ C o m rad es” meet and rem em work Computed WNU T om W it m Most Cases t [UtlMALl NOMnRrttOtCARBTCNARMS I C M R P W l Ne leek i Weeece Ce. to «—< WH* CAUTION » »y y** y g ; . . . . , r ________ - - Î i ef IU Mete Te« With 4« Your DtaM Problem O e Z -n r . • r - r t U U • »UH«». < re w M • B rM vM • In-hom e aid train in g availab le Registration is now open fo r " O ld e r W o rk e rs ,” men and w om en 55 and over, fo r a concentrated 24- h ou r tra in in g course in P erso n al/ In H o m e Assistance conducted by O ld e r W o rk e r T ra in in g and E m p lo ym en t fro m O cto ber 30th through Novem ber 3rd, 1978, accord ing to H e le n W a rb in g to n , P ro g ram C o o rd in a to r. T h e fo cal p o in t o f the course w ill be to teach trainees to assist people w ho are unable to fu lly care fo r themselves — convalescents and the elderly — so th a t they m ay rem ain In stitutiopal care. C ontent o f the course includes such topics as n u tritio n , bed-care, w o rk s im p lific a tio n , hom e safety, and jo b seeking skills. R egistration is lim ite d to tw elve per class. T o be eligible fo r the p ro g ram , particip an ts must be unem ployed or on a lim ited incom e, and residents o f P o rtla n d o r o f M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty . T h e y w ill be paid fo r tended. 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