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Williams best salesman Ik SQUADRON COM M A N D ER - In 1968. (than) Lleutenent Colonel P ,t ,r M n ' J r- commended M a rin . Fighter A ttack Squadron 314 m Vietnam, making him the first Black in aither the Navy or Marina Corps to command a tactical air squadron. In 1962. Peterson became the first Black Marina aviator and will now become the first Black general in the Marina Corps. (OFFICIAL USMC PHOTO.I Petersen named General President Jimmy Carter has nomi nated M arine C olonel Frank E. Petersen, Jr. for advancement to the grade o f brigadier general. W ith Senate confirmation, Colonel Peter sen, the Marine Corps’ first Black aviator, w ill become the first Black Marine to attain flag rank. Colonel Petersen is a 28-year veteran and is currently the Chief o f Staff o f the 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade on Okinawa, Japan. Colonel Petersen enlisted in the Navy in 1950. While attending the Naval Aviation Cadet Program, he was determined to become the first Black M arine p ilo t. His deter m ination paid o ff. He completed Naval Flight Training Act at Pen sacola, F lo rid a , and received his wings on October 22, 1952. He flew 64 combat missions in the F-4U Cor sair in Korea, earning the D istin guished F lying Cross, A m erica’ s highest aviation medal and six A ir Medals. C olonel Petersen was the firs t Black in the Naval services to com mand a tactical air squadron. In 1968, he commanded the M arine Fighter Attack Squadron 314 in Viet nam. Under his com m and, this squadron received the Hanson A w ard fo r A v ia tio n as the best fighter squadron in the Marine Corps. He was awarded the Legion o f Merit with Combat “ V ” for his service in Vietnam. NAACP hears peace worker (he National Association for the Advancement o f Colored People will hold a jo in t board-educational meet ing with a pot-luck to begin at 6:30 p in. March 9th in the Episcopal t hurch, 426 E. Fourth Plain Boule vard, Vancouver. Mrs. Marita Harris from Seattle will speak. She has recently returned from two years work in the Christian Service Corps, (the Peace Corps o f C mmuuúíu CdkndoA, W illie Williams has been honored as outstanding sales associate for the month o f January at the Eastport branch office o f Stan Wiley, Inc., Realtors. Williams, a Portland resident, has been with the company since May, 1978. Prior to that, she was a loan officer with the First National Bank o f Oregon. A native o f Texas, she has lived in Portland eleven years. She holds a B.S. degree in business and economics from Pacific Univer sity in Forest Grove. She has done volunteer work w ith the Portland Public Schools educational advisory board and with the Urban League o f Portland. WILLIE W ILLIAMS the church) and several months in Koinonia Inter-racial community in Americus, Georgia. She has also been active with American Friends Service Committee in Seattle. She will be sharing some o f her experiences with this community. Come, bring table service and a covered dish and share the evening with her. The en trance to the parking lot is o ff “ F ” Street. Portland Observer Thursday, March 8,1979 Pag« { 7:30 p m" u°?! u haV‘ng ® Huge rumma* e on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, March 9th-11th, at 109 N.E. Couch, Portland. Bring your friends^ There will be lots o f things to give your home that spring look. An original play about U.S. prisons by Theatre o f the Unemployed called The Sound Before the F u ry," w ill be performed once only in Portland Saturday. March Khh at 8:00 p.m. in the Family Circus studio at S.E. 1 l«h and Pine. Admission is $3 and $2 for senior citizens w l i i i n e m n T C?!,eCtively Written by ,he non-profit group from Olympia, Washington. It portrays current prison conditions, prisoner struggles, and the difficulties o f organizing on both sides o f the walls. The play explores how S l v 6 0 0 ) 7 ° rCCF ° f *oc1 i ety’ \ va,ues- intensifies racism and sexism. Nearly 6,000 Camp Fire girls and boys from Multnomah, Washington Clackamas and Clark Counties are expected to gather at Washington Park^Zoo on Saturday March 10th, to celebrate Camp Fire's 69th Birthday. Camp Fire clubs w ill gather litter from the streets o f the city and surrounding areas^rom March 1st to March 9th and w ill deposit the litter at the Zoo at 10:30 a m aUi S ’ ,Othv' 5 8mP FirC *S 8|S° g' ving a birthday Present to the Zoo d y ?CCdCd P8r benCh‘ Each Par,ic*Pa,ing child will donate one cent for each year o f age, which w ill then be used to finance the bench. _ 3 '* ° Porllandcrs- recently returned from trips to China, w ill speak on the new Chinese movement for democratic rights on Wednesday, March 14th. at „ u.' L ’ sf? nsorcd by the U.S.-China People’ s Friendship Associa- a h ' hCd at P° r l‘and State University, Room 298, Smith Memorial Center. Admission w ill be $1. Childcare w ill be provided. Come Back L ittle Sheba” by W illiam Inge w ill be presented 8:30 p m s w u Saturday; Fcbruary 16th thru March 24th. Firehouse Theater, 1436 ^ Montgomery (in Portland). Box Office hours: 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., 248-4737. Admission $3. Reservations are urged. A / r w concert w ill be given by Bobby Ross and the All-Stars, Friday, March 9th, 7:30 p.m. at Portland Community College’ s Cascade Center auditorium, 705 N. Killings worth. This concert is one o f an opening series o f Friday night live music performances at the Cascade Center. The series is co-sponsored by American Federation o f Musicians Local 99 and is funded by the Music Per formance Trust Fund, the largest single sponsor o f live music in the world. CETA artists to perform Reflections on Being Jewish: Poetry and Music, Sunday, March 18th, 1:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center, 6651 S.W. Capitol Highway. Ellen Goldberg, Mary Adelman, and Douglas Butler, mem bers o f the CETA-funded Metropolitan Arts Commission “ Performing Arts in Public Places program w ill present a program o f original poetry and other selections and music o f Jewish composers on Sunday, March 18th at 1:30 p.m. at the Jewish Community Center Auditorium . A Celebration o f Women s A rt: A month-long exhibition and performance series by women artists o f the Northwest, sponsored by the Women’ s A rt Pro ject and the Northwest Artists Workshop. The exhibition and all performance events w ill be held at the Northwest Artists Workshop/Second Floor Gallery, 117 N.W . 5th Avenue. The exhibition w ill be on view from March 9th to A pril 1st, gallery hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 12:00-6:00 p.m. There w ill be a group show o f local women photographers opening March 8th, International Women’s Day, and running through A p ril 1st. The show will be held in a unique gallery space created within a living environment and has been organized by two Portland women. Their motivation fo r organizing the show stems from their feeling o f a lack o f galleries in Portland exhibiting women’s work, especially photography. They would also like to get people, in cluding photographers themselves, more in touch with what women are doing locally in photography. The gallery hours are as follows: March 8th-9th, 2:00-8:00 p.m.; Weekends, 12:00-4:00 p.m.; weekdays by appointment. There w ill be a special Opening Reception Thursday, March 8th, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. The address is 2129 N.W. Northrup #6. Call 228-8739 or 236-2474 for more details. Young Audiences o f Oregon w ill present eight concerts during the month o f March in seven Portland Housing A uthority low-income high-rise residencies for the elderly. Jim Beatty Jazz Quartet and Cherrie Hogue Salvatore, Harpist, w ill perform in the series o f concerts sponsored by the Metropolitan Arts Commission and Young Audiences. The performances are free to the public and w ill be held on the main floor o f each o f the residencies. The public is cor dially invited to attend. Jim Beatty Jazz at Hollywood East, March 9th, 2:45 p.m., 4400 N.E. Broadway; Dahlke Manor, 915 N.E. Schuyler, March 9th, 4:30 p.m.; Shrunk Center, 8832 N. Syracuse, March 12th, 2:45 p.m.; North west Towers, 335 N.W . 19th, March 12th, 4:30 p.m.; Sellwood Center, 1724 S.E. Tenino, March 16th, 2:45 p.m .; and Williams Plaza, 2041 N.W. Everett, March 16th, 4:30 p.m . Cherrie Salvatore at: Dahlke M anor, 915 N.E. Schuyler, March 22nd, 2:45 p.m.; and Unthank Plaza, 2500 N. Williams, March 22nd, 4:30 p.m. Everyone is invited to celebrate St. P atrick’s Day with music and song at the North Portland Branch Library, 512 N. Killingsworth Street, on Saturday, March 10th at 2:00 p.m. The Albina Branch Library, 3605 N.E. 15th Avenue, w ill feature a St. P atrick’s Day movie. “ Tim Driscoll’ s Donkey,” on Saturday, March 17th at 2:00 p.m. Children o f all ages are welcome to attend. Admission for both programs is free. Call the North Portland Branch (284-5622) or the Albina Branch (287-7147) for more information. A Veterans Employment Seminar sponsored by the National Alliance o f Business w ill be held on Thursday, March 15th, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Pacific Power & Light Building Auditorium , Second Floor, 920 S.W. 6th Avenue. The seminar is set up to show veterans how and where to go for jobs, employment counseling, and veterans benefit programs that can help them in their pursuit o f a career. Interested veterans should call Chuck Long, Manager Veterans Programs, National Alliance o f Business, at 226-4063. The ser J.iar is free o f charge but requires pre-registration. The Washington Park Zoo is offering classes during spring vacation. Each class w ill be offered once each day fo r three hours on March 20th-22nd, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Students can register for Monkeys and Apes (ages ten to thirteen), Ponderous Pachyderms: Elephants (ages seven to nine) and In stant Drama with Kay Lee’ s Playbox Players, two sections, ages six to eight and nine to eleven. $6 for Friends o f the Washington Park Zoo members, $7.50 for non-members. Call the zoo’ s education office to register, 228-0758 or 226-1561. ST. ANDREWS CATHOLIC CHURCH 806 N.E. Alberta Street Reverend Bertram Griffin, Pastor Masses 281-4429 5:60p.m . Vigil — Saturday 10:00a.m. Choir — Sunday 12:00p.m . Folk — Sunday ST. ANDREW COM M UNITY SCHOOL HUGHES MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH UH 4919 N.E 9th Ava Norita Kelly. Principal Phone: 284 1620 Grades 1 through 6 REV. AUSTIN V RAY. MINISTER 111 N.E. FAILING Diel-A-Preyer 284-0664 Worahip 11:00 a.m. Church School 9:46 a.m, Office 281 -2332 Specializing In NEW HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH REVEREND A. BERNARD DEVERS, PASTOR THE CHURCH DESIGNED TO MEET YOUR NEED Individual • Marriage and Family • Group Therapy Sunday School 9:30a.m. "The Church Where No Stranger Feela Strange" Morning Worship Evening Service 2nd, 4th end 5th Sundays Communion 1st Sunday Wed - Family Prayer Meeting and Bible Study Friday - Brotherhood Fellowship Service with Morning Star 3rd Sunday 10:30 a.m. ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH Corner of 8th and Skidmore Sunday School 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worahip 11:00 a.m. Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00 p.m. (Second and Fourth Sundays) Reverend Thomas L. Stray hand, Minister American State Bank 7:30 p.m.. Prayer and Pastor Phons: 281 6476 Church Phons 281-0163 7:00p.m. 5:00p.m. 7:30p.m. 7:00p.m. _____ _______________ 3726 N. Gantenbein A v tn u t, Portland, Oregon >7227 ____ "The Bank that integration b u ilt” 2737 N.E. Union 282-2216 AN ORAL HISTORY PROGRAM featuring HERB C A W T H O R N E Spend an evening arf enjoy ment Icerning alwMit a I eadma Bla< k Sprdtrvnian This preemtatHMi portray« the spirit of W E R I hr Bori a ln ih great author historien and pniitital artiviet < s w th o r a . hscemes iJuBois. an d th ro u g h th ri perfor, »he oral tradition remain« alive D O N T MISS fT MARCH 8-9-10-11 8:00 P.M. LINCOLN HALL AUDITORIUM, PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY TICKETS $4.00 ADULTS • $2.50 YOUTH A One W orld Arts Foundation Production W ritten and Directed by .MfchaelCrfae M inical Direction by: Ken Berry
