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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (March 22, 1979)
7 122. W S Portland Profile by l inda Thompson \V ►o •< , • S ì w Garry Q Lew« (Dorothy), and Jai Oscar St Company of T h e W iz. the m u Oz ' Winner of seven Tony A w i M v H M (U o n ). (Tinm an) in the «raion of T h e 1 I W izard of 1 suppose Portland sort ol {rows on an individual, especially if the weaihet ts comparable to that of this week's. It certainly has grown on our Black role m odel for this week, Margaret McGuire A native of Athens, AUmba. Mrs. McGuire is married, with three child ren and one grandchild She received her B.S. Degree from St. Louts Uni versity, St. Louts, Missouri After re ceiving her degree, she returned to her hom etow n and taught at Limestone County School. In 1944, Portland became her home Mrs. McGuire came to Portland at a time when being Black was not the m ost popular race to be. Being aggressive and am bitious, she re fused to be defeated To prepare her self for multi-skills she attended and graduated from Northwestern Busi ness College With these many edu cat tonal qualifications, there were still no jobs for a young and gifted Black woman. It was a historic step when Meier and Frank hired her as a nock girl. She later worked as a secretary for the Portland Council o f Churches for one year. After the birth o f her children. Mrs. McGuire left the work arena and devoted her time to being a mother and wife She remained in this capacitv until her children start ed to school. In 1965 she became em ployed as a community worker tor the employment office. In 1970 she was transferred to Concentrated Employmew Program (CEP) as supervisor for outreach workers — after three years Mrs. M cGuire was transferred to the \ MS «V- ~ &< M A R G A R ET M cG U IR E Southeast Employment Division as Assistant Manager It was the good fortune o f the A lbina Human R esource Center when she was promoted to Manager o f the Employment Division for the Albina Branch. She has this to say to persons seeking success in a profes sion as well as in life itself. “ Who can say with certain;', where the greatest talent tics? 1 wish to assure you that with prayer, trust, and commitment o f self io God we learn the art of living Through sacri ficing self for others you will not only have joy and fulfillment from the accomplishments they make but will receive success and an eternal fortune which is immeasurable ’’ Thank you Margare; lor being a beautiful Black role model. Until next week remember: It docsn'i hurl to smile and say hello IM K M n A N r <§5»i by Alien Jones THE WIZ VYher, L Frank Baum wrote his classic ‘The Wonderful Wizard of Or', nearly 50 years ago he had no idea it would be translated in over 100 different languages around the world, and eventually become as American as apple pic and base ball. Little did L. Frank Baum imagine that his classic tale would be given a facelift — from a Black perspective — and reach a new pinnacle o f popularity When Ken Harper left his position as Public Affairs Director of radio station WPIX. New York City in 1970. to devote himself full-time to making The Wiz' a reality There were many people who had doubts about the eventual suc cess of the play, but in 1975 ‘The Wiz’ was dubbed Best Musical of the Year' and won seven Tony Awards Also included in this creative masterpiece is ‘The Uncola Man', Geoffrey Holder. Much o f the success o f ‘The Wiz' would have to be attributed to the innovative genius o f Holder. Two o f the seven Tony Awards went to Holder — for Best Director and Costume Designer He’s danced at the Metropolitan Opera House in Aida.' wrote two books, starred in 'Dr Doolittle' and Live and Let Die,' won awards for his paintings anc currently is riding the waves of success with his production o f ‘Tim buktu,’ starring Ertha Kitt. I saw it in L.A. about a month ago and it was excellent Monday night was the debut performance of ‘The Wiz’ to Portland audie n c es for its nx day run. and the turnout was exceptional, to say the least. This two- act extravaganza is filled with — song, dance and color — to attack every emotion within you. It would be creatively uniust to isolate a few members of the cast as stand-out performers when they all contributed so much. The entire musical production was simply excellent and so was everyone in it. Don't deny yourself the pleasure of seeing and experiencing The Wiz RECEPTION FOR THE CAST OF T H E W IZ Paul Knauis. owner of Geneva's Cocktail Lounge, hosted a reception party for the cast of The Wiz’ Tuesdav nigh; and wha; a party it was — you should have been there! Sign ups fo r Sportsmen Peninsula Park Littie League Baseball — March 24th and 31st — 11:00 a m to 2:00 p.m. at Peninsula Park Boys and girls ages eight thru twelve. March 26th — Sabin Community Association meeting. 7:30 p.m ., Sabin School. 4013 N.E. 18th March 27th — King Improvement Association meeting. 7;3O p.m .. King Neignborhood Facility, 4815 N.E. 7th. March 26th — Portland Public Schools board o f Education meeting. 7:30 p .m .. Board Room o f the School A dm inistration Building. 631 N .E. Clackamas. March 27th — Northeast Coalition, NAACP. AVREC sponsored Condi dates Fair f o r School Board. 7:00 p.m .. King Facility, 4815 N.E. 7th. BOOST Educational Talent Search Program will be sponsoring a S A T Workshop. Thursday. March 29th at 5:00 p.m. at the King Facility, in the PSU Education Center Library This will be to assist clients in order to prepare for the next Scholastic Aptitude Test. Bruce Campbell. Curriculum Specialist of the Upward Bound Program at the University of Oregon, will be the guest speaker For any questions or if planning to attend, please drop by the office or call 229-3815. A free concert by D D T and Company, led by Dewey Taylor will be given Friday, March 23rd at 7:30 p.m at Portland Community College's Cascade Center auditorium. 705 N Killingsworth This concert is one of an ongoing series o f Friday night live music performances at the Cascade Center. The series is co-sponsored by American Federation of Musicians Local 99 and is funded by the Music Performance Trust Fund, the largest single sponsor of live music in the world The annual Lucius Williams Memorial Tea will be held Sunday, April 1st, from 1:00-5:00 p.m. at 3006 N.E 9th. Donations will be taken for the American Cancer Crusade which helps in cancer research and more and better ways o f curing cancer Northeast Portland and friends are invited to take part in this great effort to help save many lives. Monday, April 2nd, Dance Workshop. Marcia B Siegel, author o f ‘The Shape of Change' and ‘images of American Dance.' Workshop 10:00 a m .. Room 207 in Health and Physical Ed Building Lecture 12:00 Noon. Room 75, Lincoln Hall. Call 229-4401 for additional information. A public meeting, hosted by the City o f Portland School Policy Committee. will be held at 7:00 p.m ., April 5th, at the Water Bureau Building Auditorium. 1300 S.W . 6th. to discuss the recently released City School Policy report The policy report will then be presented to the Portland City Council in late April for review and adoption »000000 LETTUCE oo: 4 ;$ 1 •«SO LIAT •BOSTON GRAPEFRUIT AVOCADOS i COACNUXA VALUT S in ; PKY OfOWSus O HONEY TANGERINES O NAVEL ORANGES • NEWTOWN PIPPIN APPLES 4:$1“ S LT. J Cocktail Skrta* 99‘ 3 üs 1« F 69? 1IMMM BONELESS LEG-O-PORK lAWSA« $ I 89« ALL LEAN 183 TURKEY JL "**,»_„ 0 4 SHERIDAN FRUIT Co. S .Í. UNION A OAK 2 3 5 -9 3 5 3 W ESTER N UFE IN S U R A N C E CO. 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