Page 4 Portland Observer Novem ber 1, 1979
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Family Album Northwest
the islands. Her particular interest
has turned to developing and
deepening her skills as an artist.
Enrolled in a private oil painting
class in the city, Mrs. James also
studies art history at the University
o f Hawaii.
Born in Novato, California, Yunie
lived as a small girl with her mother
and father as they prospected for
magnesium in the desert country. A
move to Bend, Oregon provided
steady work in the woods fo r the
men o f her family and the family fo r­
tunes improved. But, the year was
1918, and the dreaded influenza was
rampant. Yunie's mother succumbed
to the epidemic sweeping through the
land.
Yunie's father removed his
daughter to Vancouver, Washington
and placed her in C olum bia
Academy, a Seventh Day Adventist
Boarding school there. The little girl
was happy in her new environment.
Her bright interest in music and art
was fostered and encouraged by her
teachers, as well as by her father,
who was pleased to see his daughter
following his own interest in pencil
drawings.
With her graduation from elemen­
tary school at Columbia Academy,
Yunie expressed a desire to know and
live among people o f color; people
like herself, that she saw on oc­
casional trips to Portland.
Mrs. Sally Standfield, a genteel
lady in P o rtlan d ’ s Colored C om ­
m unity, took over the rearing o f
Yunie during her adolescent years.
With her excellent training in the
Bible at Columbia Academy, Yunie
was welcomed as a Sunday School
teacher at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church
where she taught adults, and at
A .M E. Z ion C hurch where she
taught children’ s classes.
Mrs. S tandfield send Yunie to
franklin High School for her secon­
dary education, fhere Yunie showed
herself to be a good student. Main­
taining her interest in art, Yunies'
latest art pieces were often sought for
display in the halls o f the school. She
was graduated by F ra n k lin High
School in 1926.
Mrs. James has always liked to
paint people and the human profile
bus intrigued her. That phase is now
overshadowed by her newer interest
in the H awaiian landscape. She
wants to capture the feeling o f as
many o f the islands as she can.
f or her home Mrs. James has used
a soft quiet beige for the living room,
spiked w ith e xcitin g,re fresh in g
splashes o f bright lime green and
colbalt blue in the furnishings.
Bedrooms are crisp blue and white.
Everywhere in the house are
beautiful expressions o f Mrs. James’
By Kathryn H Boyle
High on a sunny hill in Honolulu,
a neat little white house nestles,
secure in a garden patio o f crimson
bougaivilla and golden trumpet vine.
Views from the large windows com­
mand a ISO degree panorama o f the
tops o f downtown skyscrapers, the
busy Honolulu harbor and miles of
beautiful, blue, sparkling sea stretch­
ing beyond the horizon.
This is the home o f bred Milton
James and his wife, Yunie Mitchum
lames, who grew up in Portland.
Yunie M itchum , 1927
(from Earl Morrison Collection)
Ered is a former U.S. navy man.
He retired after 40 years and five
days of continued service. As Chief
Steward aboard the U.S.S. Chicago
for 11 years, he also saw IO years of
service on the U.S.S. Arizona, the
ship that was sunk in warfare action.
She rem ains n a p p e d , possibly
forever, in the depths of Peatl Har­
bor with I,(XX) men still aboard
Im m aculate and trim in his
nineties, Mr. lames walks with
shoulders back, head held erect and
steady. He has complete command
of himself. No deserter from the kit
chcn, Fred will, on occasion, prepare
light meals for himself and Yunie.
Cooking, or not, Mr. James clears
the dining table and clears up the kit­
chen for his wife. He is apt to spend
part of his day in Ins garden, snip
ping here and there to keep things
under control.
It was during a Rose festival some
40 years ago that the U.S.S.
Chicago, a heavy cruiser, lode at
anchor in Portland. I red James,
Chief Steward, was aboard. During
that visit I red met Yunie. and in
timatcly won her hand. I, was the
second time around lor each
Mrs. Jam es, a score ol sears
younger than her husband, keeps ac­
tive in the multi-racial social life of
A Farewell to Friends
I
Yunie M itch um Jam es, 1979
(Photo: G ilbert Deiz)
feeling for water. There are paintings
o f placid water, rippling water, water
in violent action, water falling, water
by day and water by night.
Our pictures o f Mrs. James show
the artist with one o f her own paint­
ings in the gardens o f Mauna
Euan at Hawaii Kai. Mrs. James was
an afternoon guest, that day, o f Mrs.
Wilson C. Walker. Photographer o f
the garden picture was tiilb e rt Deiz
of Portland, Oregon and New York
City.
Early pictures o f Yunie James in
Portland, is Irom the family ablurn
o f Earl Morrison.
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I came to Portland in mid-1976,
and in M arch, 1977, the Portland
Observer wrote a front page story
about a “ world performer stopping
here.’ ’ Well, the story was about me
and it is now November, 1979, and I
am going back “ hom e” to Los
Angeles. I have accepted a top
business position there.
In my three and a half years here
in the N orthw est, I have gained
many, many new friends. Because of
the large number, I chose to do it this
way (article). I have accomplished a
great deal in my short stay (i.e.,)
founder/director o f the Mixed Com­
pany Modeling Troupe, supervisor
o f the Social Service Dept. for a head
start program, psychology counselor
for the W illiam Temple House, on
the budget and finance committee
fo r the city o f P o rtla n d , on the
A lb in a Voters R egistration &
education Committee, Disc-jockey
for lió yrs. on radio station KBOO-
fm(the jazz waterbearer), worked
with radio station K Q IV, A private
family counselor, eight months with
the Waverly Childrens Home in S.E.
Portland, a night club and stage en­
tertainer/performer and actor.
I leave Portland with peace and
love to “ all” and hope my journey to
the Northwest has and w ill leave in
the minds and hearts o f many, a
returned love, a certain trust, plus a
belief in me, and a very positive at­
titude on attitude itself fo r...“ our­
selves.”
I would like to apologize for the
show I was to do w ith Gene
Diamond, at the Red Lion Inn (Jan­
sen Beach) on 1 0/2 9/79 . I don’ t
know what the problem was. I was
ready and no one else was, so my
farewell to all on stage w ill not take
place and I am truly sorry fo r your
inconvenience and support.
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