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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 3, 1979)
Hines presents Young speach A speech given ten years ago by W hitney M . Young, form er Exe cutive Director o f the Urban Lea gue, will be presented on M ay 10th, 11th and 12th at P ortland C om munity College's Cascade Center by Harold S. Hines, president o f the college’s Black Cultural Society. The speech is entitled “ Can the City Survive?” and was delivered by Young to a group o f predominantly white bankers in October, 1978. In the speech, Young talked about ex panding employment opportunities for Blacks and minority peoples and sought to inform his audience about the economic and social conditions o f Blacks in contemporary America. Young developed the concept tha, the country is in deep crisis and is creating the anger o f the disadvan taged and the sensitivity o f the young er generation. Hines says the speech is both in teresting and entertaining, and he be lieves the information contained in the speech is still valuable today. "Y o u n g presented an outline o f ideas tha, can be related to the pre sent situation that exists for Blacks and m inorities,** Hines says. “ I think there are a Io, o f similarities in the attitudes o f young fieople today and those o f 1968.” Hines, a local actor with extensive theatrical experience, will deliver the speech from memory and actually portray Young giving the speech to the bankers, who represented perhaps the most powerful economic group in the nation. The oral history presentation will be held on Thursday, M ay 10th, and Friday, May 11th at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday, M ay 12th at 3:30 p.m. (Matinee). A ll performances will be at P C C ’ s Cascade C enter A u d i torium, 705 N. Killingsworth. A ll are free and open to the public. The event is sponsored by the PCC Black Cultural Society and PCC student government. Cleveland Hi presents'Reality' Ailan Jones trlaa a cookia with tha Cookia King Wally Arnoa. (Photo: Debbis Miahlar) WALLY AMOS - A CHOCOLATE CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK Chocolate Chip Cookie King Wally Amos was in Portland for a few days last week on a promotional tour for the National Illiteracy Volunteers o f America — o f which he is national spokesman. He was once an agent for some o f the most talented people in show business — people like Simon and Garfunkle (un known at the time), the Temptations, the Supremes, the Four Seasons, M arvin Gaye, Dionne Warwicke, La Belle and more. You ask how can a man leave all the glitter o f New York and Hollywood to start a cookie business? Quite simply because he has become a millionaire — and more importantly — he loves what he's doing; baking the best chocolate chip cookies you'll ever want to consume! Jonas: Tell me W ally what's your schedule been like? Am os: It's been pretty hectic, we’ve been touring the west coast and mid west having six interviews a day in most o f the cities we've visited. Jonas: Having been a road agent and manager to some o f the top names in the entertainment business, do you miss it all? A m os: Not at all Allen. I did it for fourteen years and 1 enjoyed it except for the last year or so. It began to get frustrating and it just wasn’t satisfying any more. But in a very strong sense I'm still in show business. I'm a performer. I don't have to worry about being late and what job I'm doing because the Famous Amos cookie is me! And whatever 1 do in the area o f promoting I ulti mately reap the benefits. Jonas: 1 noticed on your itinerary that you will be contacting the Meier and Frank store? A m os: Yes. This is true. I didn’t come here to open any new accounts but rather to promote the Famous Amos cookie and the Literacy Volunteers o f America, which currently I'm national chairman of. Jonas: Would you elaborate on your chairmanship o f the Literacy Volun teers o f America? A m os: I t ’s a national organization formulated to combat illiteracy among adult Americans. So whenever I ’m promoting Famous Amos cookies I ’m also promoting Literacy Volunteers of America. Jonas: How did you become national spokesman for L .V .C .A .? A m os: We asked them if I could be national spokesman for the organiza tion. We were looking for an organization that I believed in and one that we could aline our organization with at the same time. There are over 20 million American adults who can't read or write in this country and we plan to do something about it. I often make speeches about L .V .C .A . and not even men tion the Famous Amos cookie, but at the same time, people know who I am so I still have that visability. That's so vitally important when you’re promoting a product that you totally believe in. Jonas: Is there an affiliate organization in Portland, or even Oregon for that matter? A m os: No A l there isn’t, but we would certainly like to get one started. The address is P.O . Box 6255, Syracuse, New York 13210 for further information. Training and guidance will be given by members o f the parent organization. Jonas: What was your motivation for starting the Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie company? A m os: Frankly, I needed to make a living and I just wasn't making a living in show business at the time. I knew I had a good chocolate chip cookie, my friends thought so too. So in 1975 I wrote up a business proposal, presented it to Jeff Wald and Helen Reddy and later Marvin Gaye. Jonss: I ’ ve been to your store on the Sunset Strip. What other ones have you opened? A m os: We have various baking operations tha, are open now. There’s one in Nutley, New Jersey; Van Nuys for all o f our commercial accounts, Santa Monica, C alifornia; two stores in Hawaii where I live now; and one in Melbourne, Australia. I ’ll be visiting our Melbourne store in a few weeks on a promotional tour. We are also planning a store in Nashville, Tennessee in Oc tober. Jonas: Wha, were your gross sales at the end o f your last fiscal year? A m os: Gross profits have been going up steadily in the 3!4 years we’ve been in business. At the end o f our fiscal year, which ended in September we grossed over S3 million. Jonas: How do you spend your leisure time? A m os: Doing nothing — other than resting and spending time with my family and friends. Living in Hawaii is something I ’ve always wanted to do ever since I was stationed there in the A ir Force. I jus, love it! Jonas: Wally, has success gone to your head? A m o s: No no, at all. bu, many people think I am just plain crazy because o f the way I carry myself. Like when we were standing outside o f the Hotel (The Benson) and I was offering people a cookie as they walked by, they may have thought I was o ff a bit. I am basically the same person, however. Success has gone to my wallet bu, not my head. GIVE TO THE UNITED NEGRO • X E G EFU N D . A mind is a terrible thing to waste. I On M ay 10th, 11th and 12th con cerned students o f Cleveland High School and T itle V I I will present “ Reality” . This production will in clude scenes from L orrain Hans- berry’s “ A Raisin in the Sun,” a fashion show, Cleveland’s Human Relations Singers, and a live band. “ A Raisin in the Sun” takes place in a C hicago setting d uring the 1950’s. It deals with the social ad ju stm ent o f an A m erican Black fam ily’s struggle to be accepted in a w h ite neig h bo rh o o d. “ R a is in ” features guest director Rosemary Allen, Sharon Gary-Smith (alumna — M am a), Vicki Anderson (Benea- tha), Nannette Blakely (Ruth), Son ny Phillips (George), Vincent Hall (Travis), and Lowery Gibson (W a l ter). Mrs. Barbara Harrison (form er model and also C leveland s ta ff spouse) is the fashion show coordi nator combining her unique talents by instructing students in modeling the late spring fashions in a very pro fessional manner. The Human Relations Choir along with the band consists o f dedicated students from various ethnical back grounds — singing and playing their instrum ents fo r s e lf-fu lfillm e n t. Their travels have taken them to Wilson, Lincoln, Benson and M ar shall High Schools; Kellogg School and the Sheraton H o te l (P a re n t Communications W orkshop). This group is under the direction o f Ken Berry. Mother's Day plant sale set Members o f the Dolores Circle, an auxiliary organization o f the Child ren’s Nursing Center at Providence Child Center, 830 N .E . 47th Avenue, are planning their fifth annual Plant Sale, Friday and Saturday, M ay 11th and 12th, preceding M other’s Day, May 13th. “ The sale o f hundreds o f plants, macramè hangers, arts and crafts items w ill be held each day from 10:00 a .m .-6:00 p.m. in the lobby o f the C h ild C e n te r,” according to Dolores Circle president Mrs. David M ile s . “ T he sale is planned fo r people to have an opportunity to buy presents for M other’s Day, May 13th and has been a traditional event for Business Inform ation Fair, 9 to 9, M a y !7th. M em orial Coliseum. P icket Sears -- G ra n d Avenue Store, M ay 5th, noon. K in g Im p ro vem en t Association Executive Board Mtg. - M y 7, 6:30 p. m. King Neighborhood Facility H u m b o ld t N e ig h b o r h o o d Association, M ay 8th, 7:30 p.m. Eliot Neighborhood Association, M ay 9th, 7:30 p.m. Masonic Temple, 116N . Russell 4 -H Junior Olympics, M ay 11th, noon to 4 :0 0 p. m., John Adams H S Crim e Prevention Seminar, M ay 11th, 9 to 5, and M ay 12. 10:30 to 4:00, M oor Community Center, 5430 N. Moore Sierra Club auction. M a y 19th, Old Curch, S W U th and Clay, 7:00 p.m. Consumer Power League Spaghet ti Dinner, tribute to D el Bucknum. Organize f o r public power. M ay 5 th, 6 :0 0 p .m ., Oregon State Grange, SE 12 and Madison. (281-9670) St. Andrews Fun-Fair, May 12th, 11 a.m . to 7:00 p.m. in St. Andrew Com m unity Center, 4940 NE 8th. Games, booths, foods, drinks and dunk tank. To sell products call 284- 1620. H a rd Times Film Festival. "Little White Salmon Indian S ettlem ent" and "Broken Treaty at Battle M oun ta in ” . M a y 4 - Sunnyside Methodist Church, M a y 5th - M allory A venue Christian Church, 7:30 p.m . (235- 8954) Twelth Annual Northwest Vocal Jazz Festival, high school students, M ay 19th, 8:00 a.m . at M t. Hood Community College (667-7155) P D C , In fo rm a tio n Session on purchase o f property in M t. Hood Corridor, M ay 24th, (248-4800) Second B irthd ay P a rty , Senior Citizen Grocery, 10:00 a.m . - Noon, 4707 N. Lombard, M ay 11th. W orkshop on Com prehensive Plan, Smith M em orial Center, M ay 19th, 9:30 -4:00. five years.” Proceeds from the sale will be used toward the benefit o f children in the Nursing Center in a modernization program. They are children who re quire 24-hour skilled nursing care, and who are seriously physically handicapped, and unable to walk, within an age range from birth to seven. Profits from a previous sale has been more than S2.000. The Dolores C irc le is com prised o f parents, relatives, and friends o f the han dicapped children, and is named in honor o f Sister Dolores Schulte, S .P ., who has served the Center nearly 35 years. Serving as plant sale chairmen are Mrs. A l Romero and Mrs. Pat Dorie. These chairmen are assisted by 35 Dolores Circle members, plus mem bers o f Nursing Center staff. For further inform ation, please call 234-9991. Do You W ear GLASSES ? H e re s an e ffe ctive new eye-exerctse p ro g ram th a t can produce a s to n is h in g resu lts In a very abo rt t im e . . . The Bettervision E ye Clinic is now offering a program of eye- exercises th at can safety correct most cases of poor eyesight —so th a t glasses or contact lenses are no longer needed. Originally developed by D r. W illiam H . Bates of the New York Eye Hospital, this method has been widely used by the Arm ed Forces, schools, clinics, and thousands of private individuals, for the treatm ent of: • • • • Aldous Huxley—Nobel Author “My vision was getting steadily worse, even with greatly strengthened glasses. To my dismay I realized I was going blind. 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