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Thursday, December 14. 1978
Calendar features
Black women
The Lion: Cecil Hatched 3rd grade student at Boise
Elementary School, represented The Lion of "The Wizard
Are you tired o f the same type of
calendar?
Bored with hearing about only
Harriet Tubman. Sojourner Truth?
The "Black Women: Achievements
Against the Odds," is filled wuh ex
citing facts about many Black
women who have "m ade-it" against
the odds
The Black Women Calendar has
the calendar dates for 1978-1990.
Each page o f the calendar depicts
Black women of the past and coo-
temporary Black women. For exam
ple: Jane Cook Wright was bom on
Novem ber 30. 1919, she is a
specialist o f internal medicine and
Director o f Harlem Hospital's Can
cer Research Foundation. Harriet
Tubm an. Sojourner T ru th , Billie
Holiday, and Mary Bethune are also
included.
"B la c k Women: Achievements
Against the Odds" Calendar 1978-
1980 can be ordered at A W omen's
Place Bookstore,
1300 S .W .
Washington, Portland, OR. 97205
or by phoning 226-0848.
of Oz" in Boise's Book V
Mistletoe more than "kissing” plant
To most people, mistletoe means
an excuse to steal a kiss at Christmas
time. But thai's just one of many
traditions that hase been associated
with this curious, parasitic plant, ac
cording to the current issue o f
National Wildlife magazine.
“ For centuries, people all over the
world have considered mistletoe to
be a charm against disease, witch
craft. and infertihty.” says the bi
monthly publication o f the National
Wildlife Federation. Mistletoe super
stitions probably came about
because of the unusual and rather
eerie »ay in which the plant grows.
Mistletoe flourishes in clumps on
the trunks and branches o f various
hard»ood trees, where it robs its
host tree of water and nutnents. O f
ten. the host tree is so weakened that
it dies. But since mistletoe can
produce its own food when
necessary , the parasite remains green
and moist.
Because they were unable to ex-
platn how mistletoe grew, ancient
civilizations believed the plant had
supernatural powers, says National
Wildlife. Peasants in both England
and Japan believed that barren
women would be able to conceive af
ter eating mistletoe. The Wales of
Africa attached mistletoe leaves to
their bodies, confident that they
would then be protected from injury
The Swedes carved sword handles
from mistletoe branches to ward off
witches, while other Europeans wore
mistletoe corsages to guarantee a
successful hunt.
Mistletoe is not a very tasty plant
In fact, although there are more than
a thousand varieties throughout the
world, only one animal — the tiny
Australian mistletoe bird — relies
solely on mistletoe for food. Bui
medical history reveals that despite
its taste, mistletoe w as often fed to
ailing patients by physicians who
thought it had curative powers.
French physicians used mistletoe
Rustin Honored By Jewish Group: Bayard R us tin,
•teran civil rights leader and president of the A. Philip
andolph Institute, was presented with the Stephen Wise
ward of the American Jewish Congress at a dinner in
ew York recently for illustrious leadership in the cause
f racial justice, world peace and human understanding."
e is shown here with (from left to right) U S Secretary of
as an antidote for poisons. And one
17th century British physician ob
served that the plant is "good for the
grief o f itch, sores, toothache, and
the biting of mad dogs and venemous
beasts."
Even as late as the m id -1700’s.
N a tio n a l W ild life reports, many
European medical authorities thought
mistletoe would cure epilepsy Since
mistletoe attaches itself so firmly to a
tree that it cannot be blown down,
they reasoned, an epileptic could not
fall down if he consumed the plant
regularly.
As it was thought that mistletoe
possessed magical powers, it’s not
surprising that the plant was long
forbidden ia Christian churches. It
was thought to be tainted w ith
heathenism. But the Druids — the
woodsy priests of the ancient Celts
— considered mistletoe to be a warm
refuge for the woodland spirits
during the cold weather. They
gathered and hung the plant
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T u n et al
The annual election for The
Albina Action Center will take place
on Saturday. January 13, 1979. The
election will fill eighteen vacancies
on the Board o f Directors. Board
members serve from one to three
years and are elected to serve as Low-
Income Representatives o f the poor
or as Community-At-Large Repre
sentatives. All elected Board mem
bers must live in the T A A C target
a re a . Com m u n ity -A t-L a r g e
representatives may come from any
socio-economic level, they may be
representatives of any social agency,
organization or association. Agen
cies may petition via way o f ap
plication and have their name placed
on the ballot.
Applications to serve on the board
may be picked up at the Albina Ac
tion Center, 707 N .E . Knott from
8:30-5:30 Monday thru Friday. Ap
plications will be available starting
Monday. December 11, 1978. The
application must be turned in by
Friday, January 5, 1979 before 5:30
p.m.
T A A C receives funds from
governmental agencies designed to
help America's poor The Board of
Directors participate in making the
decisions that determine the kinds o f
service offered m the Albina target
area.
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by Ruth Spencer
Christian Boatsman. acolyte at
Saint Phillip Episcopal Church, and
student at Fern wood School won an
outstanding youth award for 1978.
Christian is the son o f .Mr. and Mrs.
Harley Boatsman tHartey and Linn/
Delores G u id ry is attending
Grambling State University, Gramb
ling. Louisiana. Delores is a member
o f New Hope Baptist Church. H ilh t
J. Davis, member of New Hope Bap
tist Church is attending Canada
College in California.
Congratulations to Lucious Hicks
for winning the local N A A C P
presidency. Let’s help Lucious have
a rewarding experience that will
benefit our community.
The case Hoods vs. Stnkland.
United States, 308, handed down on
February 25, 1975, held that in the
context o f school discipline, school
board members may be sued by
students for money damages if
school officials knew or reasonably
should have known that their actions
would violate the constitutional
rights o f students.
Evie Crowell, Portland's newest
School Board member, scored a F t
on the non-substansive questions
asked at the Monday night School
Board meeting. She could've asked
M r Blanchard if he was commenting
on the report as that presented by the
Community Coalition for School In
tegration.
Benjamin Hooks, Executive Dirh.
tor of the N A A C P. Monday urged
President Carter not to “ sacrifice
butter for guns" in his effort to curb
inflation.
Hooks and other N A A C P officials
met with President Carter at the
White House to press their plea to
avoid "unnecessary reductions” in
programs for the poor and the cities.
Q uote o f the week — H erb
C aw thorne. co-chairm an o f the
Coalition's Research Committee, in
response to M r. Blanchard's hour
long statement on the Coalition’s
proposal said: “ W e’U need time to
see if his (Blanchard’s) proposals to
address the question o f equity or if
they camouflage it somewhat to
make it disappear."
Delores Leggroan is recovering
from a recent illness. She has return
ed to her position at Boise School as
Community Agem.
Evangelist Media Clark. Director
of the Women's Department o f Pen
tecostal Churches in O regon,
W ashington and N evada, was a
recent guest at the eleven o’clock ser
vices at Zion United House o f Prayer
Pentecostal C hurch.
The New Hope Adult Choir will
sing at a musical sponsored by the 4-
H Choral Ensemble. December 22nd
at 10:00 a.m. at the New Hope Bap
tist Church.
Ron Sykes is recuperating at home
after a stay at Emanuel Hospital.
Evangelist Clark and her husband
were the houseguests of their Uncle
and A u nt, M r. and Mrs. Charles
Patterson I Pal and Susie/.
E d Leek is the newly elected
Chairman o f the Northeast Coalition
of Neighborhoods, representing ten
neighborhood associations. Leek is a
resident member o f the King Neigh
borhood Association.
Over 85 percent o f the murder-
suicide cult at Jonestown, Guyanna,
South
A m erica, were Black.
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Laureate. Felix Rohatyn. outgoing chairman of New
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the dinner, Mr Rustin spoke movingly of the plight of the
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throughout their dwellings. This
primeval practice may be the origin
o f the western tra d itio n
of
decorating homes with greenery at
Christmas time.
Centuries ago, on the sixth day o f
a new moon, a white-robed priest
armed with a golden sickle could be
seen harvesting m istletoe. The
Druids believed the plant was too
sacred to be collected by just anyone
Traditions change, o f course, and
today anyone willing to venture out
into the woods can gather mistletoe
wuh a pair o f pruning shears.
But some traditions change very
little. A kiss under the mistletoe
dates all the way back to Norse
mythology , which dedicated mistletoe
to the Goddess o f Love.
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