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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 1980)
OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SIDELINES I he month ol May comes in with a basket overllowing with treats for Black Portlanders. Luncheons and dinners abound, with the real plums being the distinguished Black speakers gathered by smart (and lucky) committees to share, first hand, their thoughts and views with us concerning the national and in ternational scene. Dr. W illiam L ittle, director ol Portland Stale University's Black Studies Department, planned with Charles flake ol the Black Student Union and the Black Cultural A f fairs Board to present the George Washington Bush Lecture Series set to begin May 5 and to run through Saturday, May 10 at the University. Stellar speakers: Sam Sm ith, Seattle City Councilman, will open the series; Gladys McCoy, M u lt nomah County Commissioner will be featured on May 6; Portland City Commissioner Charles Jordan will be Wednesday’ s principal speaker; Kwatne Toure’ (known formerly as Stokeley Carmichael) w ill bring his updated message to the public on Thursday; Dr. L ittle , on Friday May 9, will make the concluding lec ture and will also present Saturday’s program o f film s and group discussion to complete the in teresting week’s series. M ayor Connie McCready is to address the Portland Metropolitan Club at their May 9, 12-noon lun cheon meeting at the Bourbon Street Restaurant, “ The roster o f this young club o f professional people has hit 51 and is growing fast. By laws have been form alized and committees are busy form ulating com m unity service projects,” so states D r. E. O g b o u b iri, acting president. M etropolitan Club interests are expected to include: p o litic a l, educational, economic, and social- cultural activities and exchange, ac cording to Dr. Ogbourbiri. He in vites, on behalf o f the Metropolitan Club, all members and welcomes readers help with inform ation or pictures o f Abbie Young? Ozella Canada, president o f the Portland Urban League announces a tund raising buffet luncheon the Guild plans for Saturday, May 10 at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on 116 N.E. Schuyler St. The noontime meal w ill feature many food products o f various companies and will offer prizes for those in attand- ance plus coupons to be used for fu tu re shopping discount. M rs. Canada is hoping for a big crowd at the luncheon to help swell the G uild’s coffers. The Portland Urban League is ex tending invitations to its member ship and friends to the League’ s Annual Dinner to be held on May 23 at the M arriott Hotel. Vernon E. Jordan. Jr., president o f the N ational Urban League, Inc., is billed as the ’ ’ special guest speaker.” Lhe dinner meeting o f the Wahkeena Chapter o f the American Business Women’ s Association was held during the past week at the Steamer restaurant on N.E. Sandy Blvd. This organization is “ an educational association presently in its 31st year,” according to Edna G olden, one o f its enthusiastic members. “ The association promotes the professional, educational, cultural, and social ad vancement o f business women They make scholarship awards, grants, and loans through their local chapter to women students.” Mrs Golden said. O ther members ot Wahkeena Chapter are Angie Richardson, Gloria McClendon and Audrey Parsons. .p.\S6lt?UR 1940 CENSUS TAKERS guests to the May 9 meeting and no host luncheon. Out o l Mss Ruth H aefner's scrapbook came this picture o f the first set o f Haefner’ s U.S. Census Enumerator’ s - the year was 1940. Miss H aefner put on her own recruitment and blitzed these people and management o f the local census office for equal opportunity em ployment, and she won. Pictured are Babara Hubbard Sullivan, Pearl Stewart, Odessa Freeman, Pollyan- na Reed, Mary Duncan and Ruth Haefner. Names o f others could not be supplied. Plans are being made fo r an autumn showing o f Afro-American quilts, so get out the quilts you or Aunt Emma made and freshen them fo r the show. I f you gave them away, borrow them back again just for the show. The organizer o f the show knows her craft but wants to wait until later to announce place and date and other details. Five members o f Portland Chap ter of Links made a weekend visit to a northwest Links “ C luster” meeting held in Seattle. Links Ber nadette Plummer, Geri Christian, Johnnie Stokes, Hattie Gaskin and Lois Sayles met with nine members of the Spokane Chapter, about 12 from Tacoma and 33 o f the Seattle Chapter at the Sea Lac Red Lion Motel. Most o f the Portland contingent had a part in conducting the business of the Cluster meeting - a prelude to the National Assembly o f Links set for late June - early July in A tlanta. Connecting Link Walter Sayles accompained his wife to Seat tle. board to use the name o f a Black woman when the E lio t School is reopened as a m iddle school in northeast Portland sometime in the future. The appeal was successful and the board has officially agreed that a Black woman’s name should be chosen, but a process for selec ting the name has not been deter mined. The names o f Harriet Tubman, Mary McCleod Bethune, Sojourner Truth and Phyllis Wheatley would be likely for consideration as all are fam iliar names in the Black com m unity. But how about Abbie Young? Who was she? Helen Casey, a white woman researching the files o f the Portland schools, has found some records of a “ Colored School” operating in Portland from 1867 to 1872. Abbie Young was a teacher in that school, Casey believes. Can any o f our <5r» BECOME A FAMILY DAY CARE PROVIDER (IN YOUR HOME) WHO: Persons receiving assistance from Adults & Family Services and are WIN eligible. W HAT: Trainees will be required to attend 4 training sessions a week, 4 hrs. a day (9 am to 1 pm.) for 4 weeks. Children two years and older may participate. WHERE; A M A FA M ILY DA Y & N IG H T CARE 1425 NE Dekum 285-0493 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION contact Kaye or Sue at 285 0493 s ir “The Peoples Candidate” JUDGE AARON BROWN, JR. District Court Judge Aaron Brown, Jr is a man who truly and honestly represents the people In Judge Brown s 11 years on the Multnomah County District Court, he has gained a reputation as the people s judge handling each case fairly, honestly and with compassion He is well-known throughout the legal community as a competent, courteous and efficient jurist Aaron Brown has been a member of the Oregon State Bar for over 20 years 10 of those as a successful trial lawyer During that period he has found the time to become deeply involved in the welfare of the community As a result he is the recipient of the Kelly Loe Memorial Award for outstanding contribution to the community In addition he is active in the Boy Scouts, the Urban League the NAACP and the Kiwams The people of Oregon need a man like Judge Aaron Brown Jr to represent them on the state Court of Appeals HELEN THOMAS Elect Judge Aaron Brown, Jr. to Position #6 Oregon State Court of Appeals O.K. I’d like to help Judge Brown. □ □ □ □ Enclosed is my contribution of $ __________ You may use my name as an endorsement I would like to volunteer to help I will send your literature to my friends MAIL TO: Committee to Elect Judge Aaron Brown, Jr 2209 N.E Killingsworth Portland, Oregon 97211 Helen Thomas, a form er P ort lander, was back in town for a com bined business and social visit during the past week. Mrs. Thomas, a long-time national vice president for the YWCA o f the U.S.A., was here as a member o f a national team making an association review and evaluation o f the program o f the Portland associaiton. “ Local bran ches evaluate themselves every third year,” M rs. Thomas said, and- added, “ This review is a routine process set in motion by national every sixth year fo r the member associations around the country.” During their Portland residence, Mrs. Thomas and her husband, George Thomas, were active in the local community life. George was an executive secretary o f the Portland Council o f Churches and he also served as a dynamic president o f the Portland Branch o f NAACP. The Thomases now live in Los Angeles. When Osly Gates went to Washington, D.C. a fortnight ago, to attend a national board meeting and conference o f the N ational Council for the Aging, by happy and delightful coincidence his son- in-law and daughter, David and Sylvia C arlisle, were also in Washington. Both medical students at Brown University, the Carlisles were there as National Health Ser vice scholars attending a H .E.W . conference. At different hotels, the three managed to get in a little family visit just the same. Plaudits are ro llin g in fo r Sherrian Hagger-Warren who made a moving appeal before the school 15< “ lSfl New Ken-L Ration Tender Chunks Dinners The end of ordinary canned dog food. 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