Portland Observai Decem ber 20. 1979 Page 9
OBSERVATIONS
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Olga P lu m m e r T a lle y
Associate Director Appointed
Recently appointed to the position
o f Associate D ire cto r o f Early
C h ild h o o d E d u ca lio n /H e a d S tart,
Olga Plummer Talley shifted into her
new w o rk fo r the P ortland Public
School System w ith the ease o f the
practical professional she is.
For five years Talley was C o o r­
dinator fo r the St. Vincent De Paul
Child Development Center, with an 18
month interim period as a C D A Spe­
cialist in a state technical training office
based at Portland State University.
In her new position, the vivacious
and industrious Tally will be resonsible
for the coordination o f all components
o f Head Start for the Portland Public-
School District. She has offices in the
C h ild Services B u ilding on N orth
Beech Street.
A graduate o f the U n iversity o f
Portland with a masters Iront Portland
State University in Learning Disabil­
ities, Mrs Talley is the wife o f Benja­
min F. Talley Jr., the regional director
o f Adult and Family Services for the
state o f Oregon.
The couple have live children. Karla,
age 21, is a sophomore in Agricultural
Engineering at Prairie View A<StM in
Texas. Stephanie, a 20 year old part-
time student at PSU, divides her time be-
tween studying Space Biology and
working as a French-speaking overseas
operator fo r Pacific Northwest Bell.
Bonita, at 19, is a sophomore in Com­
puter Science at Grambling University
in Louisiana. Deanna, a 17 year old
senior at St. Mary's Academy seems
headed for Fisk University. Benjamin
Talley 111, aged 12, is in the 6th grade at
Columbia elementary school.
By I mda Thompson
“ Give o f your best to the Master,
give him the strength o f your youth."
A verse o f a very beautiful hymn.
The Young Adult Missionary Circle
o f the Allen Temple C .M .E. Church,
where Rev. Thomas L. Strayhand is
pastor, gave the strength o f their youth
by preparing a fabulous luncheon lor
the Senior citizens o f the church and of
the community, on December 15, 1979
in f ellowship fla il at the church.
The Circle, under the superv ision o f
Mrs. Sarah Strayhand and Glendo
Parks, C hairperson, is a group o f
young persons ranging in ages 18-15
and is a vital part o f Allen Temple’ s
Missionary Society.
The Senior citizens luncheon is an
annual event.
A delicious luncheon consisting of
turkey w dressing, green beans, rolls,
yams, sweet potato pie and punch, was
served a program honoring the Senior
citizen
A delicious luncheon consisting ol
turkey w/dressing, green beans, rolls,
jams, sweet potato pie and punch was
served. A program h o n o rin g the
Senior citizens was presented bv the
Y O U N G A D U L T S W IT H M A N Y
O f THE LONG T IM E MEMBERS
OF Allen Temple, with Sis. Malinda
Bradwell, Sis. Florish Parish, Bro.
Homer Zackery and Sis. M a ttie
Lawson, participating.
The height o f the luncheon, with
Regina Green as Mistress o f Cerinony,
was a skit (written and produced by
the circle) "never too old for Christ­
mas."
There were Christmas caroling led
by the group.
As I looked over the group o f lovely
and admirable Senior citizens, I saw
the joy and remembrances o f Christ
tnases gone, Christmases today and
Christmases o f to m o rro w reflected
in their faces and the dedication and
hard w ork o f the Young A d u lt
Missionary Society was worth all the
strength o f their youth, that they had
put in the luncheon for the too often
‘ ‘ forgotten general ion. ”
BENEFIT DANACE A IM for f reedom Defense Committee is holding a benefit
dance on Sat., Dec. 29th, 7:00 pm, 1819 NW Everett. Music will be performed by
Kate Sullivan <S Co.. Proceeds will go for the legal defense o f American Indian
Movement members Dennis Banks. Kainook Banks, Kenneth I oudhawk and
Russell Redner. Refreshments and childcare provided; donation $2.50. C all 249-0677
for more information. N O A LC O H O L, N O DRUGS.
Russell G ra h am Jr. T o u rs T o k y o
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re fe ra b ly J u llia rd in New Y o rk ,
eabody in Baltimore or even in Ohio,
lul honestly, I ’ ll take any school that
i l l have me,” says Graham.
“ Both my mother and father played
te piano and now my brother and
ster are taking lessons. For a long
me I d idn't like playing the violin,
ut now I really enjoy it. During my
iphtnore year in school, I wanted to
lay in the band. Well o f course, you
an’ t play in the band playing the
io lin , so I to o k up trum bone.
lopefully I ’ m getting better at it. I've
one through alot o f trouble to play
le trumbone. I have to go to school at
v'ilson to get my academics and then I
ave to drive over to Jefferson to play
uinbone in the band.”
Graham says the experience he’ s
.■ccived playing in the Portland Junior
yinphony at ages 12, 14, and now 17,
as given him some unforgettable ex-
erience. He says playing in the or-
hestra is like playing on a basketball
tam . He says you have to w ork
jgether.
"Y o u can’t try to outshine everyone
Ise in the group. You’ ll stick out like a
sore th u m b and it ju st throws
everybody o ff. The Japan tour gave
me some pointers about the use o f my
bow. Also their hospitality I can never
repay. The fa m ily I stayed w ith ,
treated me like their son. I will never
forget their warmth, there is no way 1
can ever match the feeling they gave
tnc.
Russell Graham is the son o f Dr
Alvin and Mrs. A .L . Graham.
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the children o f those who have been
through the corrections system— be
they corrected or full o f contempt and
bitterness. The do-your-own-thing at­
titude is an ivory statue—children are
really influenced by their peers. Too
young io be influenced by politics and
malignant religious fantasies, they are
the most perceptive members o f
society— blank pieces o f paper only
beginning to have a system o f values
recorded on them . U n fo rtu n a te ly ,
men and women with the power, in­
telligence, and means to devise ways to
correct grow n men do not have
enough confidence in those same abil­
ities to believe that their own children
can justly influence the children o f a
convicted man instead o f the other
way around. Christinas being a time of
love and good spirit, a time when San­
tas bring jo y and children learn the
bliss o f giving, I hope we can instill ihe
values that make love and giving a per­
manent entry on their ledgers. Let
them he the example to exonerate our
desire fo r C hristm as— Christmases
spent in prison until the twenty-first
century when, hopefully, a solution
will have obliterated crime from our
lives.
Im possible, you say? I seriously
PCC tea ch e s A fric a n
lite ra tu re
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sparked Saben's renewed interest in
teaching c o n te m p o ra ry A fric a n
literature at PCC.
" I watched the Saturday morning
cartoons--a white Tarzan in a Black
m an’ s w o rld ,” Saben said. “ This
myth was being perpetuated again on
my children, one o f whom was born
in Kenya. Then later, I saw a small
white child itching to reach out and
touch a Black baby on the head as
th o u g h the head were fo rb id d e n
fru it. I could not tolerate knowing
th a t we are g ro w in g up w ith 20
m illio n people descended fro m
A fric a and children know nothing
about it.”
For those who cannot attend the
course, Saben suggests purchasing
the books from his reading list at the
P o rtla n d
C o m m u n ity
C ollege
bookstore as a beginning exposure to
A frican literature.
The novels are: "A Bend in the
River” by U.S. Naitual; "The Heart
PATON JEWEIERS
..I. M am aaa
H I Ham aak
t l . M v iila a a
o f Ihe M atter" by Graham Greene;
and "T hin gs F a ll A p a r t" by C.
Jachebe.
The collections o f prose and
poetry for the course are "T h e
African A sserlin" edited by A .J .
Shelton and "A Selection o f African
Prose" edited by W .H Whiteley
challenge that doubt. When the time
comes that there are sufficient new
prisons built to warehouse society’ s
every threat, there w ill be enough
guard lowers fo r every man and
woman to take their tu rn , enough
spare time to forget their everyday
problem s fo r eight hours, and
h o p e fu lly, by reading Ihe ancient
legends, the wisdom o f the bards, and
their own country’ s history, enough
wisdom to know why temples must be
destroyed indtead o f scu lp tu rin g
dreams, to know whal is not what il
seems to be, and lo know how to come
up with that solution.
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