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Portland Observer December 6. 1979
Lucid Walls o f Time
Behind the Wall
by Larry Baker H35021
O.S.P. Correspondent
FOR DOROTHY
Wait!
The sky is still dark,
The half-moon is still high.
Don't leave yet;
There's still so much to say.
CHALMERS JONES
APPRECIATION NIGHT
Appreciation may be shown in
many different manners and ways,
but the beauty o f this gift can be
heightened when it is displayed in
complete sincerity. This g ift was
recently witnessed behind the walls
of this state’ s largest penitentiary.
Chalmers Jones, a Black man on
the Oregon State five member parole
board, proudly stood before Joseph
Harris, Jr., a Black inmate and the
coordinator of the Black C ulture
organization known as the “ Uhuru
Club” , and accepted a hand made
wallet and a plaque displaying his
name. These gifts were made for
Chalmers Jones and presented in a
group effort thanking him for volun­
teering his services to the Club
during the year 1979.
As Jones slowly turned to address
the 80 Black inmate members and
guests, he was greeted with a stand­
ing ovation. This is seldom seen in
prisons where Blacks are know
become oppressed, but Chalmers
Jones had created a rarity himself
during tfte year ol 1979. Never
before in this nation’s penal history,
had one man taught an education
class in a prison at night and sat as a
member o f a parole board during the
day.
Jones had volunteered endless
hours
developing
a “ Black
Awareness" class for “ U huru.” A
year ago when Black prisoners at
OSP were frustrated to the point
of rebelling, the executive members
of Uhuru turned to Jones for some
type of positive solution. Jones, who
had spent most o f his life working
with social programs among Blacks
in Oregon who lived their lives un­
der-privileged and disadvantaged,
quickly took up the challenge with
no questions asked.
A fter many months o f teaching
the class himself and furnishing
books and material paid for out o f
his own pocket, Jones was fortunate
to acquire the assistance o f Jnn Cor-
dina, a Black s ta ff member at
W illam ette U niversity in Salem.
Together these two professional
Black men gave many o f the Black
prisoners strength, and wisdom to
ease through frustrations - teaching
them how to reach out for Black
pride, give Black respect and strive
forth lor Black knowledge o f their
culture.
W ith
the increasing Black
population rising in O regon’ s
prisons, Jones recognizes 1980 will
not be easy for Blacks in prison with
the decreasing age level and the
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David Crawford 439830
Assistant Correspondent
Letters postmarked: Mankato;
I’ve saved them all year.
Scented with lakes and evergreens
And childly sweets.
Limned with French words
And private jests.
Painful sincerity;
Yet extempore, without passion,
W ithout chains.
I allowed you
To take me by surprise
And keep me in suspense
For single grains of wisdom.
And I allowed you
To take my hand.
Lead me through some
Effulgent cloud.
I stumbled like a circus clown
Who was dying.
I needed you then
Though I was afraid to say
The words outloud,
Afraid of the sound.
But now I’m free and you fade,
A ghost I’ve sought out,
A purging mist I've invented,
And grab handfuls of you
To keep in my pocket.
I’ll have you live
As long as I live,
And when I die
They’ll bury that part of you
With me:
Your photograph smiling
Inside my wallet.
By Michael Stephens 40611
Parole Board m em ber Chalmers Jones receives co m m en da tion from
Uhuru president Joe Harris.
Uhuru m em bers m eet to nom inate new officers fo r the com ing year.
Love, too, is a prisoner.
£ X 0 D U S
Gloria Fisher accepts award fo r Portland Observer.
lengthening sentences. He is w it­
nessing their plea for his continuous
help in the classroom. At least the
Black prisoners belonging to a club
named "U h u ru ” express ihe show o f
appreciation to C halmers Jones, a
state parole board member.
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A number o f elderly Veterans
Adm inistration pensioners may be
short changing themselves because
they haven't reported all their 1978
medical expenses.
They have only u ntil December
31st to advise VA o f these expenses
or lose forever pension money to
which they are entitiled.
The pensioners are p rim a rily
veterans or their survivors who chose
at the end o f 1978 to remain under
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year.
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FOLLOW-THROUGH
K now ing Follow -Through Keys is Im portant
Here are the Follow-Through Keys as requested by some callers, regarding my November
statement in the Observer. Over the past month, I have received phone calls asking just what
are the keys to SUCCESS. HAPPINESS, HEALTH, W EALTH. MONEY and RESPECT
Some o f the callers gave tne their opinion as to what they thought the keys should be.
None o f the callers seemed to understand that life is a succession or order unique to each in­
dividual. One person’ s cure can be anothers poison.
First o f all, Follow-Through Keys are like a combination lock, there must be an order o f
understanding before you can make it work. Each individual is as different as their finger­
prints in such areas as (1) their actual position in life, relative to others. (2) their age and sex.
(3) their personality. (4) their temperament. (5) their total performance ability before lear­
ning Follow-Through Keys. (6) their self inspirational and motivational index, reflected
from past experiences.
My Follow-Through concept is based upon the simple fact that all things in lif t and reality
are the results o f a specific succession or order; and learning how to recognize this fact is like
recognizing the correct piece o f a puzzle that fits another piece o f the same puzzle and then
putting them together until the puzzle is complete and going on to the next one.
With this in tnind here are the Follow-Through Keys:
Follow-Through Keys to SUCCESS are:
Purpose and preparation: one must have a purpose, goal or objective before one can
succeed, but, before one can become successful, one must prepare.
Follow-Through Key to HAPPINESS is:
Positive Attitude.
Follow-Through Key to HEALTH is:
To maintain a balance between spiritual, mental and physical aspects o f your life, (as
in your purpose and preparation).
Follow-Through Key to WEALTH is:
To acquire a product or service that others need or want and learn to manage it to the
benefit o f yourself and others under strict control. Example (oil, transportation,
housing, food, entertainment cct.) (as in your purpose and preparation).
Follow-Through Key to MONEY is:
To sell something o f value to others, more than to buy from other, (as in your purpose
and preparation).
Follow-Through Key to RESPECT is:
To recognize your purpose, and perform all o f your preparations toward your pur­
pose with Honesty, Truth and most o f all consistency, never lie to yourself
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Remember in order to complete anything you must Follow-Through.
Thomas Boothe
Author-FoZZow Through Concept.
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