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t ’The PRODUO! CENTER of PORTLAND"
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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
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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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
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games.
P o rtla n d
Parks
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provided the gam e space w hich never
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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
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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
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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 .
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tended. A p p lica n ts
helping other people
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