Portland Observer October 18. 1979 Page 9
OBSERVATIONS
from the sidelines
by Kathryn Bugle
by Kathryn H. Bogle
The exhibit of the work of Jacob
Lawrence in the Art Museum's Wen
tz Gallery drew many talented per
sonalities from the art community so
spend a pleasant hour or two gazing
at the unusual display of one Black
man's art.
In the throng of viewers were
LaVerne Krause, Frances J. Newton,
a former director (now retired) of the
Portland Art Museum, and Al Gold-
sby, metal sculpturist.
G oldsby’s metal art has twice
before been shown with the paintings
of the renowned Mr. Lawrence. Just
completing a show at the Columbia
Gorge Hotel, Goldsby is readying for
another under the sponsorship of the
West Hills Unitarian Church
Fellowship. This one is set for
showing until November 5th.
Next show for Goldsby is slated
for the ‘‘Sandpiper Gallery” down
on the coast at Cannon Beach from
November 10 thru November 19.
The artist himself will be on hand
each day for the afternoon visitors.
Might add that to the list of “ things
to do at the beach.”
itt*
Conrad Peter (Pete) McConnell is
now a political reporter for the
Oregon Journal. Pete has moved to
Salem to be near the hub of Oregon
politics but he commutes every week
end to visit his family and friends in
Portland.
• •••
Pete’s M other, Ms. Geri
Christian, is entertaining her cousin,
Hosea Owens of San Diego. Owens
is a Supervisory Immigration Inspec
tor for the federal government at San
Ysidro, California at the U.S. border
between San Diego and Tijuana,
Mexico.
Owens, not involved in inspection
of agriculture products, or customs
demands, works primarily with
people. He has a staff of from eight
to thirty inspectors working on a
regular shift who interrogate people
seeking to enter the United States.
Owens used to be a statistician for
his department for seven years of the
fourteen years he has been in the
department, and he was handy with a
lew statistics to toss out.
For instance, did you know that in
1978, in one year, there were 34
M illio n people who crossed over
HOSEA OWENS
from the Mexican side to the United
States? And those 34 million crossed
over through the San Ysidro port?
And that San Ysidro is the largest
"land border port” in the world.
If you didn’t have your calculator
handy, Owens says that figures boil
down to between 88,000 to 95,000
people a day coming through 24
vehicle lanes and 6 pedestrian lanes.
There are four Black Inspectors in
the department, two men and two
women.
In his church life, Hosea is the
moderator of the Presbytery of San
Diego, the head of the Presbyterian
Church in San Diego and the Im
perial County.
He has attained the rank of
National Master in bridge.
St. Philip Episcopal Church
Choir, augmented by a few extra
voices out of the congregation is
singing "loud and hearty” to praise
the day when St. Philip will be ac
claimed as a parish in the diocese.
Father ‘*Bill” Wetzel is inviting
well wishers of the church to join in
with members of the church when
the legislative session of the “ Com
mittee on New Parishes and
Mission” shall admit St. Philip "in
to union with the convention as a
parish” . This all is expected to be
finalized on Saturday, October 20, at
9:45 a.m. in the morning. The setting
for this historic moment will be the
Holiday Airport Inn where there is
sufficient seating afailabie for 400
persons.
Preparation for the event has
taken many years of faithful atten
dance, service and contributions by
the congregation of St Philip but the
tempo was heightened through the
encouragement and enthusiansm of
Father "Bill” who is fond of saying,
“ I still believe in the Son, though 1
cannot see the Light” .
Father Wetzel refuses to take
credit for the accomplishment so
nearly achieved, saying only that, "1
think it is a tribute to the members of
the church who have worked so hard
and diligently to make this occasion
happen. I feel that St. Philip people
were enabled to exercise their own
leadership; a lot of people pulled
together to bring the organization to
this point. The people have done the
work.”
St. R ita's Catholic Church in
Park Rose will open its doors Thurs
day evening for the beginning of the
91st meeting of the Oregon
Episcopal Diocesan Convention.
At 7:00 a m. mass of Friday, Oc
tober 19, prior to that day’s
legislative session, Rev. Father Wet
zel will be the celebrant at St. Mat
thews Episcopal Church.
St. Matthews Church is also
asking for parish status and is acting
as co-host, along with the people of
St. Philip, for the three day conven
tion.
• •••
Leaving her world of academia,
Portland family and friends, Florice
Walker packed her bag, her furniture
and her spotless Mercedes-Benz and
put them all in one of those nice big
moving vans and moved to
Philadelphia, Pa. last week.
For several years Ms. Walker was
Research Assistant to the president
of Portland State University. She
had many responsible duties cen
tering around personnel policies and
procedures of faculty hiring,
prom otion and tenure in this
position. Curriculum considerations
also went over her desk and she
played an important role when new
want to be policemen and firemen,
whom also the youngsters sec coming
to the aid of people in everyday
life.”
Florice Walker wanted to try a
new field, and her new employing
For his findings, renowned reli
gious garment manufacturer Henri
O’Bryant of Hollywood went to the
lowest common denominator of Los
Angeles' powerful 3,000-member
Mt. Moriah Baptist Church — its
children.
O'Bryant interviewed 100 young
people in the church’s children’s
choir, aged four to fourteen, asking
them simple questions about their
ambitions. Median age of the youth
ful respondents was ten years. Two-
thirds were girls.
The findings;
Twenty of the children wanted to
be nurses, sixteen wanted to be
teachers, eight each wanted to be
policemen and lawyers, four aspired
to be secretaries, six each chose doc
tor and fireman, four each selected
fashion model, actress, beautician,
pilot and preacher. One each said he
or she wanted to be a pharmacist,
dentist, stenographer or "boss” .
Only one am bitioned to be a
gospel singer. Eleven did not know.
Interestingly, one eleven-year-old
said he wanted to be "President of
the U.S.A.” And another boy, thir
teen, said he plans to become a spray
painter.
HUGHES M EM ORIAL UNITED M ETHODIST CHURCH
REV. AUSTIN V. RAY, MINISTER
111 N.E. FAILING
Dial A Prayer 284 0684
Worship 11:00am
Church School 9 45am
Office 281 2332
Specializing In
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"T h e C h u rc h W h e re N O S tra n g e r Feels S tra n g e
O’Bryant says the fact that only
one child, a boy, said he wanted to
be a gospel singer is significant — in
view of the church's impressive
record of spawning well-known
gospel singers, including the found
ing pastor, the late Dr. Earl Plea
sant, and the present pastor.
Reverend M.V. Wade, Sr. The late
Thurston Frazer also came from Mt.
Moriah.
Beatrice Hamilton, director of the
children’s choir, inspired most of
these stars as youngsters.
“ The shift away from ambitions
to be singers or actors towards the
professions and service occupations
may merely reflect what the children
see in and around the church,”
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flo r ice w a lk er
agency gives her a fresh and new
path to cut.
Her new job is with MOBIL Oil in
its Eastern Regional Office that takes
care of seven eastern states. Her new
title is Employee Relations Advisor
and she will be involved in Career
Development, principally. In her
domain, however, will also be Labor
Relations, Safety, and other concer
ns of the Personnel department as
her part of the C o rp o ratio n 's
operations.
Her parents, Wilson and Carmen
Walker, now have an empty nest
with all three of their off-spring
living East, West and South.
Florice was Recording Secretary of
her sorority Alph Kappa Alpha and
will, no doubt affiliate with sorors in
Pennsylvania. She intends to con
tinue with her activities with the
National office of the NAACP as a
Securtiy worker who directed
security for the VIPs visiting conven
tions, engaging motorcycle escorts
working with local police in any
given city. Provisions already have
been made with Mobil for Florice to
be in New Orleans with the NAACP
in April of 1980.
Portland’s loss is Philadelphia’s
gain. Florice is an accomplished
cook, likes to sew and to swim, and
she makes a zesty bottle of wine out
of rose hips that's like mellow bran
dy. Come home again soon Florice!
O’Bryant says.
“ For instance, Mt. Moriah has
one of the strongest nurse’s corps in
the country. Reverend Wade points
out that these nurses are highly
visible when coming to the aid of
church members during the Sunday
service. There may be a correlation
between this and the children who
want to be policemen and firemen,
whom the youngsters see coming to
the aid of people in everyday life.”
O'Bryant says that since t he Black
church remains the strongest force in
the Black community, it is incum
bent on Black churchgoers to realize
that they are the main models — the
“ superstars” — after which Black
children pattern their lives.
ST. ANDREW S CATHOLIC CHURCH
806 NE ALBERTA STREET
Reverend Bertram G riffin , Pastor
ST. ANDREW C O M M U N ITY SCHOOL
Phone: 284 1620
Grades 1 thru 8
You are Welcome to Worship at
THE ARK OF SAFETY CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST
7 00pm
5 00pm
7 30pm
7 00pm
Prayer and Pastor Phone 281 6476
Church Phone 281 0163
3725 N. Gantenbein Avenue, Portland, Oreaon 97227
” .4 warm spirit offellowship always”
The Honorable Bishop U.V. Peterson, D.D.
"The Holiness Preacher," Pastor
Sunday
Sunday School
M orning Worship
9 15am
11:15am
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11:30am 12:30pm
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Evangelistic Worship
8 00pm
Tuesday Friday
Noon Day Prayer
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Sunday School 9:30am
Sunday Worship 11:00am
Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00pm
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Friday
"The Pastor Speaks"
84 NE Killingsworth
281 0499
7:30pm
7:00pm
7 30pm
1) Miss Joyce J .W ., Portland, OR., was in a fix where she could not
find or keep a good man. I, Rev. Hoskins, removed the fix and the jinx from
her. NOW she can draw the man of her desire to her like a magnet.
2) M r. & M rs. C.P. of C om pton, C A ., could not win the BIG one. They
called Rev. Hoskins and Rev. sent them a for-sure win blessing money hand.
They went to Las Vegas and their luck kept on coming, winning more than
$16,000.
3) M s. Barbara T., In g lew o o d . C A ., had a man who left home for
another woman. She called Rev. Hoskins with tears in her voice. She want
ed him back 11 Now he is backend eating out of her hand.
4) M r. Paul, Los Angeles. C A ., was in a fix and rooted by this woman
As a result he lost his nature for other women, but through Rev. Hoskins’
work, Paul regained his nature and became luckier than ever with women,
money and his business.
51 M rs. O .l.. Long Beach, C A ., had demons in her body, and in her
home, causing all kinds of bad luck, and unnatural sickness She called Rev
Hoskins and in 72 hours her home and body were free of unclean spirits.
(The names in the above testimonies havo been changed for the protec
tion of the individual 11 guarantee to do what I say I can do. I have a big re- I
putation to protect.
I know the power of the SPIRIT. Don’t put it off. Don’t let distance keep
you from calling. Call nowlll You will be glad you did. Tell a friend where to
get HELP today.
RESULTS G U A R A N TE ED .
REVEREND CLAUDE HOSKINS
553 GLENVIEW AVENUE
OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA 94610
TELEPHONE: ( 415) 444 4883
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