Page 6 Portland Obaervar Thursday,
Community Calendar
The Clackamas County Housing and Com m unity Development Agency w ill
hold a public hearing to obtain citizens* views on housing and community
development needs and priorities fo r the coming year. The hearing w ill be held
Wednesday, November 29th, at 7:30 p.m. at Clackamas Com m unity College in
Room 204 A and B o f Barlow H all. Citizens having comments on how the ap
proxim ately $2.3 m illio n in C om m unity Development Block Orant funds
should be spent are urged to attend. For further inform ation call 635-8392.
November 27th — Sabin C om m unity Association. 7:30 p.m .. King Neigh
borhood Facility, 4815 N .E. 7th.
November 28th — King Improvement Association. (1, Elections, 7:30 p.m .,
King Neighborhood Facility, 4815 N .E. 7th.
November 29th — Bureau o f Planning. Establishment o f a Going Street
Senior Advisory Committee. 7:30 p.m .. Beach School, 1710 N. H um boldt.
On November 25th and 26th the Western Forestry Center is hosting local toy
makers f o r a pre-Christmas showing o f their wooden toys. Many safe, durable,
wooden toys w ill be displayed, most o f them w ith a natural finish. In addition
to the display o f toys, there w ill be toy-making demonstrations by members o f
the Western Woodcarvers Association. The demonstrations and display w ill be
in the Exhibit H all, which is open from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is
free for members: fo r nonmembers it is $1 fo r adults, 50c fo r senior citizens
and students. Children under seven are free.
Christmas shoppers, glass and china collectors, and all those who can't resist
a good sale should be on hand fo r the Treasure Shop holiday sale at the D ow n
town Y W C A , beginning November 28th and continuing through December 1st.
The treasure-laden tables w ill be displayed on the main flo o r o f the Downtown
Y W C A from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on the days o f the sale. Anyone who ad
mires beautiful things and appreciates good buys shouldn't miss this one!
Location fo r the November 27th meeting o f the Portland School Board has
been changed from the small auditorium at the school adm inistration building
to the large, centrally located auditorium at Benson High School, Portland
schooLpfficials announced. The meeting w ill start at the regular time, 7:30 p.m.
The Executive D ire cto r o f the
National Association for the Advance
ment o f Colored People, Benjamin
L . Hooks, has announced that Ms.
Althea T .L . Simmons w ill assure the
duties o f A ctin g D ire c to r o f the
N A A C P ’ s Washington Bureau, ef
fective January 1, 1979. Ms. Sim
mons. who w ill succeed the retiring
W ashington
Bureau
D ire c to r
Clarence Mitchell, becomes the first
woman to serve in the post that is the
m a jo r lo b b yin g arm fo r the
Association's legislative efforts.
Althea Simmons is presently the
Associate Director fo r Branch and
Field Services, and is a seasoned
member o f the N A A C P . She has
formerly served as National Director
fo r Education Programs, National
T ra in in g
P rogram s,
N a tio n a l
T ra in in g D ire c to r, Special Field
Representative and Director o f the
National Voter Registration Project.
The 54-year-old, native o f Shreve
p o rt, Louisiana is a graduate o f
Southern University in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, where she holds a degree
in Business Education. She also has a
masters degree in marketing from the
U niversity o f Illin o is and a J.D .
degree in law from Howard Univer
sity.
NAACP
Clarence M itchell, who has been
the N A A C P W ashington Bureau
Director since July 1946, w ill con
tinue w ith the Association in a con
sultant’s position and as Chairman
o f the Leadership Conference on
C iv il R ights. In a d d itio n , he w ill
serve as a Distinguished Visiting Lec
turer in political science at Morgan
State University, and w ill practice
law w ith his son M ichael in
Baltimore, Maryland.
M itc h e ll, w ho has been a ffe c
tionately called the "G od -fath er” o f
the 1964 C ivil Rights B ill, after an
in itia l career as a newspaper report
er, started his N A A C P career as
Labor Director, before assuming the
post o f Washington Bureau Direc
to r. He has served on various
governmental committees, including
the President’ s F air Em ploym ent
Practice Committee, the War Man
pow er C o m m issio n , the W ar
P ro d u c tio n
B oard
and
the
President’ s C om m ittee to Em ploy
the Physically Handicapped under
the Trum an and Eisenhower A d
m inistration.
W illia m Penn, c u rre n tly the
N A A C P Director o f Personnel, w ill
assume the post o f Acting Associate
D irector o f Branch and Field Ser
vices, (effective January 1, 1979).
Bring your own Food
Geneva's
4228 N. W illiam s
282-6363
Tbo bad, taxpayer.
Ybure denied your share.
Am erican State Bank
"The Bank that integration b u ilt"
2737 N.E. Union
Disco
Office Holiday
Party
Ybur federal tax dollars built the dams
that generate the electricity
that can cut home electric costs
twenty percent now.
ALTHEA S IM M O N S
Simmons heads Washington
Free
282-2216
Forty-three years ago, Congress wrote a law.
It spelled out how electricity from taxpayer-built
dams was supposed to go first to rural and
domestic users.,. people like you in your homes.
But times changed. And so did the interpre
tation of the law. Today, it doesn’t matter that
your taxpayer dollars paid for federal dams. If
you’re a residential customer of Pacific Power
or any other investor-owned utility (like about
two-thirds of the homes in the Northwest), you’re
denied access to this less-expensive hydro-
power. What you get instead are higher home
electric bills.
To cut your home electric costs, Pacific
Power’s been fighting for access to federal hydro-
power ... all the way to the courts. Now, leading
members of Congress have recognized that
legislative action can and should bring you
your share.
OFFICIAL NOTICE OF NAACP
ADJOURNED MEETING - DUE TO
BAD WEATHER.
Note Change of Place and Time
The NAACP November 19th meeting to receive and make N O M INA TIO N S
has been adjourned until
Sunday. N o vem b er 26 1978 at 3:00 p.m ., Hughes Memorial Metho
dist Church, 111 N.E. Failing. Please note change of time for this
meeting and for the
D ecem ber 10,1978 ELECTION M E E T IN G , an annual meeting.
3:00 P M , Hughes Memorial Methodist Church, 111 N.E. Failing.
John H Jackson, President
Doris Hayden, Secretary
Portland Branch N A A C P . 2752 N W illiam s A v e ., P ortlan d . 97227
When proposed legislation passes, customers
of investor-owned utilities will see a 20% cut
in home electric rates. Immediately. And more
cost cuts will come. Finally, customers of all
utility companies, investor-owned and public
alike, will equally share the hydropower tax
dollars generate.
Don Frisbee, Pacific Power’s Board Chairman,
testified before Congress in response to pro
posed legislation. If you’d like to read what he
had to say, just ask one of the people in your
Pacific Power office for a copy of his statement.
And make sure your Congressman knows
where you stand: Taxpayer dollars built the
dams. Taxpayer homes should share the bene
fits. Reallocation of federal hydropower, through
Congressional action, is the way to make it
happen.
T h e P e o p le a t P a c ific P ow er.
Working to cut your energy costs down to size.
.. .in lim e o f need
Demand that your Congressman support legislation for
fair hydropower distribution.
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COLONIAL
MURTI ARY
N F 14th at Sandy
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