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Portland Observer August 28. IMO Paga 7 Portland man finds Navy career rewarding By Bill Egan A B O A R D T H E USS E LM E R MONTGOMERY - Chief Petty O f fice r Ralph ••W e i” Carey** resonant voice sounds more like it belongs to a radio announcer than a Navy boatswain's mate. When Carey, a crewman o f the M ayport, Fla., based frigate USS Elmer Montgomery, starts to speak it is obvious by the melliflous pear- shaped tones that he’ s had special speech training. “ When 1 entered the Navy in 1963, I had a problem w ith stut te rin g ,” said the son o f M r. and Mrs. Lester R. Carey o f Portland, Oregon. I took some speech therapy and joined Toastmasters and that helped solved my problems.” Toastmasters is an organization which helps people improve their public speaking. Carey’ s speaking abilities led him to cameo roles on the television show ‘ ‘ Hawaii Five-O” during off- duty hours while stationed in Pearl Harbor as director o f the USS Arix- zona Memorial tour service. ‘ ‘ I played a naval intelligence of ficer on one episode,” said Carey. “ Then 1 had a role in the film ‘ Acapulco Gold’ and a part in the TV movie ‘ Pearl.’ In ‘ Pearl,’ I got shot o ff the destroyer USS Vance.” Carey has also done TV newscasting in Rhode Island and numerous voice-overs for commer cials at television and radio stations near his duty stations around the world. He worked with the Fleet Reserve Association to raise $6 million for a museum and visitor complex for the A rizo n a M em orial. He was a narrator for a record, "December 7, 1941,” that was used fo r the fund-raising project. "W hen 1 was first stationed in Hawaii as director for the Arizona M emorial tour service I had nine people working for me. Four years later, I had 40 women giving tours to more than a m illio n and h a lf visitors a year. “ It was duty you can’t improve o n ," said Carey in referring to his time spent in Hawaii. Carey listed Copenhagen, Singapore, Rio de Janeiro, Morocco and Japan as some o f the more memorable ports he has visited. " I joined the navy to see the w orld,” said the 1963 Madison High School graduate, “ and had been around the world before I was 21.” As a boatswain’s mate Carey is responsible for keeping outside sur faces o f his ship in good condition and m aintaining deck machinery and equipment. He is also the ship’s career counselor, providing career inform ation to crewmembers and their families. Arm ed w ith the most recent technological advances in elec tronics, anti-submarine homing tor pedoes and an anti-aircraft missle system, USS Elmer Montgomery is designed to perform search and rescue, p a rto l, evacuation, blockade, surveillance and shore bombardment missions. The crew o f 17 officers and 226 enlisted men have most o f the ser vices on board offered in civilian communities such as a barber shop, store, laundry, pharmacy, library, post o ffic e and a variety o f recreational facilities. The ship is named in honor o f a M arine ALLEN TEMPLE CME CHURCH Corner of 8th and Skidmore Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Worship 11:00am Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00pm (second and fourth Sundays) Reverend Thomas I- Slrayhand, Minister HUGHES MEMORIAL UNITED METHODIST CHURCH REV. AUSTIN V. RAY, MINISTER 111 N.E. FAILING Dial A Prayer 284 0684 Worship 11 00am Church School 9 45am OMice 281 2332 Specializiny In Individual • Marriage and Family • Group I herapv The C hurch W h ere N O S trang er Feels S tran g e'' ST. ANDREWS CATHOLIC CHURCH 806 NE ALBERTA STREET 281 4429 Reverend Bertram Griffin, Pastor Masses 5.00pm Vigil Saturday 10 00am Choir Sunday 12 00pm Folk Sunday ST. ANDREW COMMUNITY SCHOOL Phone 284 1620 Grades 1 thru 8 4919 NE 9th Ave Sr Kathleen 8tup(ar. Principal NEW HOPE MISSIONARY BAPTIST CHURCH REVEREND A. BERNARD DEVERS, PASTOR THE CHURCH DESIGNED TO MEET YOUR NEED Sunday School Morning Worship Evening Service 2nd. 4th and 5th Sundays Communion 1st Sunday W ed Family Prayer Meeting and Bible Study Friday Brotherhood Fellowship Service with Morning Star 3rd Sunday R alph "W es" C arey sergeant who gave his life to save his platoon on Iwo Jima. Carey enjoys duty aboard the Elmer Montgomery. “ It’s the finest ship on which I have had the pleasure to serve,” he said. “ There’ s an excellent relationship among the crewmembers.” 9 30am 10 30am 7 00pm 5 00pm 7:30pm 7:00pm Prayer and Pastor Phone 281 6476 Church Phone 281 0163 . _____ __ 3725 N. Gantenbein Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97227 Coalition Against the Recall sets pickets A picket to b o ycott Benjam in F ra n k lin Savings and Loan Association will take place Friday, August 29th at 5 p.m., in front o f the Stark Street branch downtown. This action is organized by the C o a litio n Against the Recall, a coalition o f individuals, members and representatives o f a number o f citizen organizations who oppose the recall o f the four school board members who voted for the ouster o f Robert Blanchard, form er Superintendent o f Public Schools. The Coalition opposes the recall because it views it as racist and divisive. They agree that the four board members voted co rre ctly against Blanchard because he failed to take effective action to carry out the demands agreed upon last fall w ith the Black U nited Front fo r quality education and community involvement. The reason for the boycott and picket o f Ben Franklin is because Robert Hazen, Chairm an o f the Board o f the C o rp o ra tio n was responsible for initiating the recall move and the offices o f the C or poration have been used to conduct meetings for the recall organization. After the Black United Front an nounced a boycott o f Ben Franklin the Corporation publicly announced itself disassociated with the recall move. The Coalition views this ac tion as coming too late after the damage had already been done and the prestige o f the C o rp o ra tio n already publicly associated with the recall move. For the last fo u r Fridays, the Coalition has organized pickets of d iffe re n t branches o f Benjam in Franklin for the purpose o f boycot ting and exposing the role o f the Corporation in the recall move. At their initial meeting the group also agreed to work on the boycott o f L lo yd Center, except fo r the grocery stores, initiated by the Black United Front because prom inent executives o f the corporation are behind the recall move. The C oalition’s founding meeting was on July 9th o f this summer. F ifty people attended including members and representatives o f the Black United Front, Citizens Party, Citizens fo r C om m unity U n ity , National Lawyers Guild, Gray Pan thers, W om en’ s In te rn a tio n a l League for Peace and Freedom. It“ You are Welcome to Worship at THE ARK OF SAFETY CHURCH OF GOD IN CHRIST "A warm spirit offellowship always” The Honorable Bishop U.V. Peterson, D.D "The Holiness Preacher," Pastor Sunday Sunday School Morning Worship 9:15am 11:15am "Showers of Blessings Broadcast 3:30 4 30 KLIQ 1290 ' 6 30pm VPW W 8:00pm Evangelistic Worship Noon Day Prayer Tuesday Friday Tuesday Bible Band/Jr. Church Wednesday: Choir Rehearsal On August 13, 1980 a second meeting was held between the U huru Executive C o u n cil, com m unity supporters and prison o f ficia ls . Members o f the U huru Executive Council are as follows: Coordinator Asmar Abdul Seifullah aka Joe West; P a rlim entarian , M a lik A li A ka A lv in Cannel; Treasurer Charles G ilb e rt; Ways and Means C om m ittee W arren Edings. The com m unity support group consisted o f Ron Herndon, Black United Front; Freddye Petett, U rban League D ire c to r; John M athis and Bob Hughes - U.S. Justice D epartm ent C om m unity Services D iv is io n . Prison ad m in is tra to rs present were: H .C . C upp, S uperintendent; J.C . Keeney, Assistant Superintendent; Larry Roach, Executive Assistant S uperintendent; Don Spangrud, Personnel Manager; Ron M a rtin , Case Manager. Even though this is only the second meeting held in conjunction w ith the racial d is c rim in a tio n grievances voiced by Black prisoners, it's becoming visibly clear that the issues are valid and that there must be a m eaningful resolution made eventually. The people involved are deeply commit ted to the concept c f change and in the eyes o f those involved the C orrections D ivision hasn’ t ever employed Blacks in administrative positions. The role of Blacks in state corrections has been confined to parole and p ro b a tio n o ffic e rs , correctional officers and two Black counselors - one at O .S .C .I., and one at O.S.P. The positions m entioned are w ith o u t substance or power and when the cut backs are made these areas are first effected. Let it be noted that there are no Blacks in decision m aking roles or on the policy making level. It was also pointed out that the Corrections Division doesn’ t even employ a Black janitor to sweep the floors o f the criminal justice system that governs the lives o f so many Black people. This in itself should give you an idea o f the degree of racism that exists in this system and the degree of effort its going to take to change at least part o f it. “ So why are Black prisoners sud denly interested in who does what to whom in state corrections?” Basically the answer to that question lies in the fact that Oregon is the number one state in the nation for incarcerating Blacks. Also because the second largest concentration o f Blacks in the State o f Oregon hap pens to be in the crim inal justice system and also that i f Blacks caught in this racist system are ever going to realize true rehabilitative program ing there must be other B la c k fo lk d ire ctin g that program ing. Change must come fro m w ith in the system - rio ts, hunger, strikes etc., are self destruc tive mechanism that only destroy the goals and objectives o f the op pressed. Essentially what Uhuru and its supporters are trying to do is change a system that is inherently and balantly racist in design and practice. Racism o f this nature leads to mental genocide, moral corrup tion and physical discrimination in program treatment and programing. What makes this system racist? The system is racist because 15% o f the people incarcerated w ithin the system are without ethnic or cultural representation. When a ll the evaluations made are done accor- di lg to white middle class values • racism exist! When there isn’ t one Blackman or woman on staff that can make an independent decision - racism existl These few facts clearly illustrate a state o f complete racism that hasn’ t ever considered its im pact upon the lives o f m in o rity prisoners. John Mathis stated that O.S.P. is a white racist institution from top to bottom simply because there aren’ t any Blacks in management. Someone representing the O.S.P. administration stated that the head o f the Corrections Division is a full- blooded Indian and Ron Herndon countered with the analogy that In dians also rode in the U.S. Calvery. Brother Ron also stated that the State C orrections D ivisio n and Oregon State Penitentiary are wide open for a racial discrimination suit. Sister Freddye Petett sighted various civil rights bills and affirm ative ac tion clauses that would allow for the immediate hiring o f Blacks in the corrections system. J.C . Keeney agreed to use the Urban League and the Black United Front as recruiters for Blacks in the future. Also it’ s my understanding that a Black psychologist w ill be hired either full time or part time in the near future. "The Pastor Speaks” 84 NE Killingsworth 281 0499 A t this state i t ’ s my honest opinion that there is headway being made but we are still a long way from our goals. No one is going to be soft talked into passivity. We will m aintain our com m itm ent and thrust u n til som ething change around/inside these walls. There w ill be h a lf truths, near promises made that w on’ t materalize anything but th a t’ s all apart o f the game. The most impor tant aspect is that Black prisoners and the Black community support ers have come together to attack the one-eyed giant called racism. Just as sure as David slew Goliath, we shall slay this beast that has been con suming our dreams, goals and births o f our sons and daughters. May Allah strengthen us against the seeds o f disunity and may we win the freedom and equality that's been denied us for so very long. EXODUS ' aru f 7:00pm Friday: Cell Talk By Asmar A bdul Seifullah aka Joe West 40404 7 30pm rea /m esi/ f'enfce 1518 N.E KILLINGSWORTH PORTLAND. OREGON 9721 1 284 7997 FROM THE FRONT DOOR B Y TO M B O O TH E From the front door, I witnessed the second summer youth project sponsored and directed by the House of Exodus, Youth Division. During the summer of 1979, the House of Exodus sponsored and directed a summer youth project that was known as the Theatre Alcohol Awareness Project (TAAP). According to the Department of Labor, it was one of the most productive and creative use of youth energy in this region. The concept as a program gained national attention and went on to become apart of the Senate Hearing Committee's Agen da. Many of the youth participated in that project came back time and time again to thank the House of Exodus for giving them the opportunity to spend their summer in an exciting ad venturous way. Many of the teachers and parents of some of the kids called to say that the kids who had been in the TAAP (Theatre Alcohol Awareness Project) program had a more positive attitude toward education than they did the year before. All in all the Project was ex tremely successful as a Positive Constructive Productive way for youth to learn and spend their time during the summer. This year. Summer of 1980, the City of Portland, Department of Human Resources CETA funded the same project, but this time there were more community kids and Black kids in the program, again, according to the Department of Labor representatives and the City of Port land and the House of Exodus has achieved another smashing sucess contributed to the benefit of the citizens and children of N.E. Portland. Next week the participants in (TASAP) Theatre Alcohol Awareness Project and credits... Correction from August 21,1880 printing. In order for one to have a well balanced and the most productive Ilfs possible there should be about 8 hrs. spent in the creation and production of material values. The next 8 hrs. should be spent on the pursuit of knowledge and understanding. The final 8 hrs. should be spent on reflections of things of a spiritual nature. After each 18 hrs. it becomes importent to reflect on the spiritual dimension. One should get away and retune and realign himself to the awareness of natural phenomenon; this practiced scheduled will strengthen and expend ones capabilities immeasurably. 7 30pm
