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Portland Observer October 25. 1979 Page 7 Artie Wilson, Jr.: Real estate in Hawaii To travel the airlanes between Honolulu and Portland has become a familiar journey for "A rtie Wilson Jr.” since he first left Portland to at tend the U niversity o f H aw aii in 1970. Visits to Portland are to see his parents, Arthur (Artie Sr.) L. Wilson and Dorthy Wilson. Return to Honolulu is to return to job,to avocation and to his hobby o f breeding and showing German Shephard dogs. (They have just recently won ribbons for their master in H onolulu shows). A rtie Jr. has just recently paid a visit to his family here. A rtis Jr. graduating from Grant H igh School w ith a grade point average o f 3.8 in 1970, won a four year scholarship to college on his prowess at basketball. A t 6’ 1, weighing 175 lbs., he entered the University o f Hawaii at 18 years o f age. A rtie played basketball for four years at college, but he studied a lot, too. In 1974 he was graduated Cum Laude w ith degrees in P o litica l Science and Sociology from Univer sity o f Hawaii. A rtie found life in H aw aii satisfying to him. By this time he had made numbers o f friends through sport activities, and he decided to stay in the islands. Opportunities in his chosen field began to open to him and he took a M r. W'ilson has steadily moved upward in the jo b m arket. His present p osition is that o f A d ministrator o f a Federal Emergency School A id Program . This is a “ C u ltu ra l Awareness” program aimed at preserving the ethnic background o f the many races inhabiting the many islands o f the state o f Hawaii. For this program, a ffe ctin g the lives o f F lip ino s, Samoans, Orientals and Hawaiians, A rtie Jr. writes budgets and proposals and administers the de partment and the 2.5 m illion dollars allocated to it each year to operate the program. A staff o f seven is there to help. W ith a genuine interest in the people he meets, Artie W ilson listens to the stories the elders tell; he recor ds much music on film , tape and records to assist in dramatization of the ethnic roots he uncovers. He lec tures on the culture, the philosophy o f the people and he is familiar with the family life style o f the various groups he serves. It seems a natural evolvement for persons to ask Wilson’ s advice when it comes to choosing a place to live in the islands. In the islands people ask these questions o f W ilson, on the Artie Wilson, Jr. with his dog "Windwards Maverick”, 1978 Best of Breed, in show stance. At the right is trainer Larry Mannix, and on the right, the judge r i i i i | F IN A N C IA L VIENNA SAUSAGE Small bone kind to Bake or Barbecue p#lw< < 2is89 FRESH PORK firs t p osition as a counselor to alienated youth. This was through an appointment from the office o f Governor Ariyoshi. At the same he filled a coaching spot in University basketball on campus. By Kathryn H. Bogle SPARE-RIBS mainland people ask these questions, he has found. S o --A rtie W ilson Jr. became a realtor. He now conducts “ Leisure P acific,” a prosperous real estate business, flourishing on Kalakaua Avenue in dow ntow n H o n o lu lu . "Leisure Pacific” clients may live in the islands, but many are on the mainland living on the West Coast or living as far away as Chicago. The firm locates properties around the state o f Hawaii on Terra Firma or in high-rise condominium style. Wilson loves every minute o f all o f his work, as he completes another successful deal for a satisfied client. M r. and Mrs. Wilson C. Walker are among Artie W ilson’ s satisfied clients on the P o rtla n d -H o n o lu lu c irc u it, according to the W alkers themselves. They m aintain th eir “ condo” in Hawaii Kai. A rtie W ilson Sr., pictured here with his son, w ill be remembered as the Artie W'ilson who played baseball with the Portland Beavers beginning with them back in 1955. This Artie played shortstop with the Oakland Acorns before he came to Portland. He first played professional baseball with the Birmingham Black Barons, a Negro team in a Negro league back in those days. "C a t Mays, father o f Willie Mays was also on that team. During his baseball career, the elder Wilson played a while for the New York Giants under Leo Durocher. Another time he managed a Puerto Rican team in Puerto Rico, when Luke Easter was one o f his players. Now that m ajor league baseball has become purely a spectator sport for him, Wilson Sr. contents himself with selling cars for Gary Worth out in Gladstone, Oregon. T raditionally, the Wilson fam ily gathers on T hanksgiving fo r a holiday in Portland. This year, as in other years, Artie Jr. expects to be back again in Oregon, to fill his place at the family table. RANBERRY STRAWBERRY SAUCE 1AM Whole or Strained "Canada's" Finest 2 I 16 ox. 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