Page 8 Portland Observer Thursday. November 2, 1978
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The N AAC P Youth C ouncil is
sponsoring a Disco Dance November
18th, 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m. at the
Esquire Club. The purpose o f the
dance is to prom ote the sale o f
Christmas-Freiedom Seals.
The Oklahoma Club had its an
nual form al dance, Saturday, Oc
tober 28th at the M em orial
Coliseum.
Mrs. M o o n is visiting her nephew.
Ron Brewer, T ra ilb la ze r rookie.
Mrs. M o o n resides in Fort Smith,
Arkansas, Ron’s hometown.
Face Mask from the Ekoi Culture,
W idekom Group of the Cameroon
Rain Forest area is made of wood
and w o o l and m easures 18" in
height.
Face Mask and Head Crest from
Barnum area of Cameroon. Bronze
and brass face mask is by Fumlan
Community of Casters. Head crest is
made of raffia fibers dyed in Kola
ju jce.
(P h o to s : P ortlan d A rt
Museum)
Museum displnys African masks
Boo! Here are two masks made by
Africans o f some time ago. Both of
them came from the Cameroons o f
the Western areas o f that vast con
tinent and both were used in
ceremonial activities o f their separate
groups.
The happy looking one is carved
o f wood and is topped by a handful
o f wood. Some woodcarver o f the
Widekom group who lived in the Rain
Forest near the Nigerian border and
the Cross River must have had a real
sense of humor. It is about 18” from
top o f the head to the chin whiskers.
The other mask is a very heavy
piece o f brass measuring about ten
inches. A smooth piece o f metal
sculpture, it was made by a man
from the Bamun area. This area is in
the part o f the Cameroons towards
the highlands and grassy areas com
m only referred to as the French
Cameroons. These people, generally,
were exceptional brass casters and
used th e ir tra d itio n a l lost wax
method in their castings. A bushy
top knott was made o f raffia fibers
dyed in Kola juice. This particular
group o f casters was known as the
Fumlan community o f casters.
The Literary Research Club had its
October meeting at the home of Mrs.
Bernadette Plummer. Mrs. Irene
Cranford is president.
The Oregon M inority Educators
Organization’s guest speaker at its
October 30th meeting was Rocky
Johnson, coordinator for the Com
m unity C o a litio n fo r School In
tegration.
The Revennd Cortlandt Cambric,
former pastor at Hughes Memorial
Masks, such as these pictured, are
a pan o f the permanent collection in
the “ Cameroon Room” at the Port
land A rt Museum.
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Church, w ill be a guest speaker at
that church Sunday. November 12th.
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Two University o f Illinois scien
tists have calculated that i f the
energy used to sustain the fat on
overw eight
Am ericans
were
generating e le ctricity instead, it
could power Boston, Chicago,
Washington, D.C. and San Fran
cisco.
Mrs. In n e Cranford is recuperat
ing at home after a stay at Kaiser
Hospital.
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M ore Am ericans are getting
married, according to the National
Center for Health Statistics. During
the year ending May, 1978, there
were 2.1 m illio n marriages. The
newly released figure represented an
increase o f 36,000 over last year.
A new health study by the
National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health produced a list o f
the top twelve stress jobs by pinpoint
ing the incidence o f heart and artery
disease, hypertension, ulcers and
nervous disorders in 22,000 workers
in 130 occupations.
The persons most likely at risk are,
su rp risin g ly, unskilled laborers.
Boredom, fatigue, and a fast pace
are the problems that cause stress for
unskilled workers according to the
study.
The twelve in order, are: unskilled
laborers, secretaries, assembly line
inspectors, clinical lab technicians,
mid-level office managers, foremen.
managers, adm inistrators, waiters
and waitresses, machine operators,
farm owners, mine workers, and
house painters.
The Social Odd Ball C lub and
friends enjoyed a lovely weekend in
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