Portland Observer June 5. 1980 Page 3
UL schedules
youth activities
American State Bank
"Education tor Summer Fun,” a
tutorial and recreational program
lo r Northeast area grade school
youngsters, w ill be offered to the
community by the Urban League
Northeast Youth Service Center.
Youngsters ages 5-13 w ill be
tutored by high school students in
reading, writing and math at King,
Vernon and Boise schools and Pen-
mnsula Park. Field trips, park spon
sored recreation and lunch will also
be provided.
Ihe program will run from June
22 - August 23 on Monday through
Friday from 9 a m. to 1:30 p.m. and
is t ree o f charge.
Skills development and positive
role modeling are essential elements
lor a young person in negotiating
the education system. More often
the learning experiences o f young
people could be greatly enhanced in
a more relaxed and neutral a t
mosphere. We know that in
adequate school adjustment is a
primary factor in involving a child
prematurely in the juvenile justice
system, through effective peer
counseling and tutoring, the young
people providing the services get an
opportunity to develop leadership
potential, communication and intr-
educational summer support.
I he population this program will
address, are young people attending
ten (10) Northeast Grade and
Middle Schools. Members ot this
population w ill be referred to the
program
fo r
remedial
and
educational summer support.
Interested persons may pre-
register their child by calling the
Urban League N.E. Youth Service
Center at 288 6708 between 8.30
a.m. and 5:30 p.m Registration will
also take place on the first day of
ttie session.
R everend Elias and H a ttie M ille r, pare n ts of
R o b e rta M ille r B la c k b u rn , and th e ir fa m ily .
Roberta Blackburn celebrates 85
By Kathryn H. Boyle
Hugs and kisses, the order o f I lie
day, along w ith a birthday cake
ablaze w ith candles, greeted
Roberta Millet Blackburn recently
on the occasion o f her 85th birth
day.
The gracious little lady took it all
in stride as she returned the
greetings ol the titty guests invited
to her home to celebrate the day
with her. The invitations had been
issued by M rs.
B la c k b u rn ’ s
daughter, Hattie Gaskin, who is her
only ch ild , though there were
several among the guests who regard
M rs. Blackburn as “ another
mother" ol their own.
The afternoon was fille d w ith
Mrs Roberta M iller Blackburn celebrates her 85th birthday w ith her
reminiscing with this gentle little
daughter H attie Gaskin.
lady, born in 1895, in Columbus,
Georgia. She was a twin, "an iden
“ No one noticed,” Mrs.Black
Blackburn a staunch member ol
tical tw in ," she said, and pulled a
burn smiled as she remembered the
Bethel A .M l . church, and she
faded family portrait from an old
day the pictures arrived, "u n til we
knew she was at home. I heir happy
silver-backed family album to show.
saw the pictures that the boys had
marriage
lasted tor 27 years until
In the portrait, Roberta stands at
fo rg o tte n to put on shoes! Our
Mr. Blackburn’ s death.
her mother’ s right knee and Maude
whole fa m ily was chagrined,
Roberta Blackburn’ s life has cen
Robeina, the twin sister stands on
because the boys really had shoes -
tered around her church, her family
her mother’s left. Robeina lived to
somewhere.”
and her friends, as one guest said;
adulthood, to marry and to have
Robertas family was reared by a
“ quite possibly, in days past, no
one child. Her child, a boy, "looked
gentle m other and a kind God
triend, or even acquaintance, ol
just like H aiti - a resemblance so
tearing father, o f the A .M E .
Mrs. Blackburn ever lacked, in time
close they too, looked like twins.”
Church in Columbus, Georgia. He
o f need, for a helpful, cherry call or
’ T h e picture,” Mrs. Blackburn
also preached in Phoenix,
visit from this generous, outgoing
explained, "was taken in 19<X) by a Alabam a across the river from
lady."
traveling photographer. One ol
Columbus.
Besides her membership at Bethel
those salesmen, who in those days
First Jacksonville, Florida tor a
where
she has been devoted to her
roved through small town streets o f
while, then a lew years in Chicago,
work
on
the altar, Mrs Blackburn is
fering his art at bargain prices to
lllionois became the unlikely route
a
long-tim
e member ot Buelah
family groups. We were all rounded
to P o rtla n d , but Roberta M ille r
(.
hapter,
No.
24, Order ol Eastern
up quickly by papa and told to wash
Fanning came that way to Portland
Star o f Oakland, California and of
up and change our clothes in a hurry
lirsl in 1919. She returned to live
the Delta Mothers Club.
to pose for our picture. We all scat here permanently in 1914. In 1916
Assisting Mrs. Gaskin at the 85th
tered and did as Papa told us to do
Mrs. Fanning m arried I.e Rov
birthday celebration was Mrs.
Verdell R u therford, M rs. Greta
Rogers and Mrs. Ella Mae C ook.
Goldsby opens
art studio
Dear Friends and Neighbors:
My thanks to all o f you who of
fered encouragement and support
fo r my campaign fo r Portland City
Council.
Sincerely,
________________
Mike Lindberg
Al Goldsby, Portland's outstand
ing metal sculptor, w ill open his
studio at 825 N. Killingsworth for a
public showing ot his commanding
metal works and his interesting
color prints tor a two week display,
beginning May 30th and continuing
through June 15th.
The public is invited to an early
evening reception on Friday, May
30th. I he reception hours are from
5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Ihcreatter, the
studio showings will be from I p.m.
to 6 p.m. Tuesday - Sunday.
th e Bank that in ley rat ion bu ilt’
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282 2216
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Betty Overton is known for her dedication to youth and to
grass roots organization Ms. Overton is president ot the
Albina W omen's League and volunteer director of the
league's North Northeast Youth Service Center. The Center
offers education and recreation tor young people including
radio broadcasting and engineering, printing, photography,
theater and dance, and woodworking It is Ms Overton's
dream to establish a non profit commercial radio station with
a youth training component.
Ms. Overton is a former board member ot the Albina Ac
tion Center board and the PMSC board and has spent many
hours working to promote programs to aid the poor. She was
a national board member ot the National Association tor
Community Development, a member of the boards of the
Northwest Oregon Health Systems, and Legal Aid. She is a
former Democratic Precinct Person. She is a member of
Daliah Temple 202.
For years she coached girls and boys baseball and basket
ball teams, and she organized recreational and social
programs for Highland Community Center.
Jenkins joins
USPS board
President Carter announced he
will nominate lim othy L. Jenkins,
ot W ashington, D .C . to be a
governor o f the U nited States
Postal Service.
Jenkins is presently chairman ol
the M ATCH Institution, a manage
ment consultant firm. Jenkins is the
first Black ever nominated to this
position.
Jenkins has served previously as
special assistant to the chairman o f
the Equal Employment Opportunity
Com m ission and as an assistant
professor o f administrative law at
Howard University Law School. He
also served as chairm an o f the
Housing Rent Commission o f the
D istrict o f C olum bia and was a
partner in the in te rn a tio n a l law
firms o f Jenkins and Willis/Jones
and Jenkins and Warden.
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