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