Portland Observer October 23. 1980 Page 9
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v o ie mis year,
like your life
depended on it.
It does.
By Kathryn H all Bogle
(This is the third in a series o f
had failed to get the picture stop­
rcminisccnses taken from the pages
ped. She said she had gone for a
o f the fam ily album o f Beatrice
week with little sleep and irregular
M orrow Cannady-Taylor. The pic­
meals and the strain was too great
tures and the book belongs to Ivan
after her mission failed.”
ta n n a d y , her son. Augmentation
She lost that battle but won her
has been made, where it might be
war - for the theatre owner himself
helpful, by Kathryn Hall Bogle to
decided to show the picture but also
tell the story o f a lady who once
decided to run it but one week. He
lived in Portland.)
made his announcement to the press
Mrs. E. D. Cannady, in attacking
beforehand and kept his word.
racial prejudice “ wore many hats”
W ithin the time frame o f the early
in the struggle. She used every
1920s, Portland was dotted w ith
avenue o f communication open to
signs saying "W e cater to white
her at that period to focus the atten­
trade o n ly ," and in town, one ( if
tion o l the white m ajority on the
one was Black) could shop in these
problems confronting minority per­
stores but could not sit at most
sons in their midst.
restaurants to have a bite to eat.
In 1916 and 1917, The Portland
L ite ra lly hundreds o f signs were
Telegram and the Oregonian were
We noted that in Portland, when he
removed from eating houses and
publishing her letters to the Editor
came in 1918, Hayes was the house
other places through the quiet
decrying public attitudes on the
guest o f the Cannadys because there
el fo rts o l Mrs. Cannady. Her
lynching of Black people. She poin­
was no hotel that would receive
method was to go to the authorities
ted out that the lynchers went un­
Black persons as paying guests.
at the places and after a b rie f
punished and even went unsought.
The “ largest mixed audience ever
conference,” the sign would come
About that time, also, we see the
to gather in P o rtla n d ’ ’ was the
down and when she le ft, the
Cannady name connected with "B ill
audience who, on the evening o f
proprietors were "th in kin g .”
.104’ ’ in the Oregon legislature in
Friday, July 25, 1919 came to hear
Her speeches at colleges gained
which the designers sought to
Dean W illia m Pickens, Yale
acclaim fo r her and her cause as
eliminate from the state constitution
student, noted author and lecturer;
many academics looked upon Mrs.
some objectionable clauses concer­
came at the behest o f Mrs. Can­ I annady as a “ great personality, a
ning the rights o f Black people.
nady.
keen m ind, as efficient and well
M rs. Cannady spoke in many
Governor Ben Olcott Hew in his trained.”
churches and won support for the
fro m Pacific College in Newberg,
plane from Salem to welcome Dean
cause she espoused. At the Lincoln
Oregon in 1929, Levi T. Pen­
Pickens to Oregon. Governor Olcott
Methodist Episcopal Church, 52nd
came, the faded clipping says, in his nington, President o f P acific
and S.E. Lincoln Street in Portland
“ aviator" garments so as to keep College, writes: “ I do not think o f
the congregation voted unanimously
his appointm ent tim e. M ayor any ol all my acquaintance, man,
to ask U.S. Senator Charles L. Mc­
George L. Baker was on hand to woman, white or Black, who has
Nary to use his influence to pass the
made more outstanding con­
welcome Dean Pickens to the city.
McKinley anti-lynching bill before
tributions
to the improvement o f
Mrs. Cannady had arranged it all
Congress. The church congregation
race relationships than has Mrs.
very well. There were no vacant
had just heard Mrs. E. D. Cannady,
Cannady. In movements for civic,
seats.
as associate editor o f The Advocate,
religious, social, industrial, or in-
tell them why they should let their
wishes be known in the country’s
capitol. Senator McNary replied by
wire p ro m p tly and promised his
support for the Dyer McKinley bill.
For the same bill, Mrs. Cannady
spoke in the Willamette University
Chapel in Salem. This time she was
introduced as the Northwest direc­
tor ot the National Association for
the Advancement o f Colored
People. She gave her audience a
history o f this movement. From the
"W illa m e tte C o lle g ia n " we learn
that the Alpha Phi Alpha sorority
entertained fo r her at luncheon
after which she held student con­
ferences. She went on to address the
Mrs. Cannady (first row center) w ith a group of Bahai m em bers in
Pi Gamma Mu fra te rn ity at four
1926.
O’clock, and then was the principal
W ithin five or six years, Mrs.
speaker at a banquet that evening
ternationa l betterm ent, she is a
Cannady had gained enough con­ figure o f consequence - She has
fo r the Fellow ship o f Recon­
ciliation.
fidence to present J. Rosamond
spoken repeatedly in Newberg. We
Johnson (author o f " L i f t Every are always glad to have her before
As early as 1918, Mrs. Cannady
Voice and S in g ") and T aylor our college audience.”
was in correspondence with Roland
Gordan in concert at P o rtla n d ’ s
Hayes, a tenor she had heard sing in
Public A u d ito riu m . The event of
Dr
Norm an F. Colem an,
one o f her trip s to the eastern
president ol Reed College respond­
A p ril 4, 1927, was called ’ ’ A
seaboard. She thought he had a
ed more than once to a call from
Programme o f Negro Spirituals.”
brilliant career ahead o f him and
Seats went from 50C each to the
Mrs. Cannady to be a speaker on
urged him to come to Portland to
choicest for $2.20 (which included
the platform with her. Dr. G. Ber­
sing in concert. Hayes declined at
the war tax). The crowds came.
nard N oble, then professor o f
first because o f the great distance to
Mrs. Cannady had conducted sales
P olitical Science at Reed, writes:
be covered and the uncertainties o f
and advertising from her offices in
“ Mrs. Cannady has been very help­
drawing enough o f an audience to
the
Macleay
B uilding
on
fu l to us from tim e to tim e in
make it worthwhile financially.
bringing to us leaders o f her people
Washington Street, and again she
M rs. Cannady promised the
had managed well.
who have contributed materially in
young artist $150.00 for himself and
promoting understanding and better
his accompanist, Lawrence Brown,
Spearheading action fo r the
feelings between the races - She has
to perform in a jo in t recital. M r.
“ C olored” populace, M rs. Can­
herself
visited us repeatedly at our
Hayes consented and was presented
nady, fo rm a lly representing the
request
bringing h e lp fu l in fo r ­
by Mrs. Cannady at the Masonic
(Oregon) Association o f Colored
mation and stimulating suggestions
Temple ir> Pythian Hall. The con­
Women’s Clubs, threw herself into
on the vital subjects o f the relations
cert was a success, and the next year
an effort to bar the showing in Port­
between whites and Negroes. For
Mrs. Cannady brought Mr. Hayes
land o f the film , " B ir th o f a
this we at the college have been very
back to Portland, this time to the
N a tio n ." The M arch 28, 1918,
grateful."
Little Theatre up on Twenty Third
m orning Oregonian records that
In 1929 the Portland Council of
and W ashington streets. Roland
"soon after the action by the City
Churches
nominated Mrs. Cannady
Haye’ s concertizing was soon
C o u n c il” (weighted against the
for the Harmon Award for an "o u t­
picked up by Ellison-White and a
barring by one vote) Mrs. Cannady
standing contribution toward im ­
network o f concei t managers across
"broke down and wept bitterly in
provement
o f race relations.” The
the nation and around the world.
the council chambers because she
award did not come to her, but her
local community was solid in their
P e rs o n a liz e d & Custom M a d e
belief that Mrs. Cannady deserved
it.
J e w e lry
The Cannady album contains
dozen o f endorsements fo r Mrs.
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J e w e lr y /W a tc h e s /D ia m o n d s
Cannady’ s nonim ation to receive
this prestigious national honor.
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R ifflin g through the pages we see
J W a tc h &
one letter w ritte n by Saidie O rr
Dunbar, chairman o f the Depart­
ment o f Public W elfare fo r the
¡ J e w e lry R e p a ir
General Federation o f W om en’ s
fin e je w e lry
Clubs saying “ all Oregon would be
c h e c k e d c le a n e d and p o lish e d
| O ffe r g o o d th ru D e c e m b e r 23rd only
pleased with any recognition that
Mrs. Cannady might receive for her
unselfish service.”
From J.J. Handsacker o f the
Northwestern office o f the National
C ouncil fo r Prevention o f W ar:
¡ W e d d in g Sels
I
“ Mrs. Cannady has the ability to
see things both in the large and the
C h a rm s P e a rls
small and give herself equally to
both."
From
the Oregon
Prison
Association where Mrs. Cannady
served as a board member, func­
tio n in g on the com m ittee fo r
prison investigation and on the
committee for Women’ s Interests,
4616 N.E. S an dy B lvd.
281-8801
the Associated President, M rs.
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OREGONIANS
ARE VOTING
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ON
“The mess in Iraq and Iran
points out the need for having
the nuclear option,”
M illie T ru m b u ll offe rs: “ I have
been in a position to watch her work
and her services in this field have
been invaluable.”
says Mrs. Marjorie K. Lessey,
Chairman, Women & Energy
From P ortland Electric Power
Com pany, F ra n klin T. G r iffith ,
president o f the company wrote:
“ Mrs. Cannady is an able and sin­
cere woman. I f anyone in Portland
is entitled to the Harmon Award, I
think Mrs. Cannady is that per­
son.”
From the City o f Portland, Board
o f Motion Picture Censors, Eleanor
T. Caldwell writes: “ she has been
invaluable to us” and “ we have
found her judgement o f a very high
quality.”
From Bethel A.M .E. Church over
the signature o f the Rev. Daniel G.
H ill we hear a sincere affirmation:
“ an outstanding character, an am­
bassador o f good will between the
racial groups. Inter racial good will
in the city today is a living tribute to
her (Mrs. Cannady’s) indefatigable
efforts and service.”
The First A .M .E . Zion Church
and its pastor, the Rev. W.R. Lovell
says ol Mrs. Cannady: “ she has
been an u n tirin g , unselfish and
unassuming advocate o f better un­
derstanding and better feeling bet­
ween the races.”
Next W eek: More about this ex­
citing lady o f the 1920s.
The lighting in the Middle
East and the shut off of major
oil supplies has resulted in
leaders of the western world
again agreeing that our energy
needs cannot be met without
nuclear power. Our very secu­
rity depends on developing our
own energy resources includ­
ing nuclear power to replace
OPEC oil Measure 7 would
deny Oregon the nuclear
option. Join me in votinq NO
on 7."
Mrs. Marjorie K. Lessey.
Chairman, Women & Energy
St. Helens. Oregon
Oregon loses if Ballot Measure 7 wins We lose the option until the
21st Century to use additional nuclear power when and if we need
it This means less energy independence and increased reliance
for America on OPEC oil Oregon jobs and growth are also at
stake Higher energy costs could result. Keep the nuclear option
open.
r
VOTE
The anti-nuclear ballot measure that would
effectively ban an important energy resource
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FROM THE FRONT DOOR
BY TOM BOOTHE
From the front door, I wish to speak to the children of our community regard­
in g education and the process of learning. Especially, the children between
the age of (6, years and (18) years old.
Children, knowledge and*onderstanding is the basis of all you will ever
be.
However, you cannot have knowledge without LEARNING, and you cannot
learn without allowing yourself to be taught.
Be willing to learn all you can - remember that every experience is a
lesson; and a lesson remembered provides you with understanding.
- Understanding is to remember knowledge well enough to apply it in
situations and circumstances as yoiy savior.
- Learn to listen and be attentive and respectful to your family and
teachers, for they all provide an opportunity for you to learn.
- Learn to know that your attitude is your most important asset. Keep it
positive and it will serve you, allow it to become negative and it will destroy
you.
- The single most important thing a young man or woman can do is to learn
so to have KNOWLEDGE, so to UNDERSTAND. If you do this, when you are
older you will have wisdom; and wisdom is like a good watch dog that will
protect you and keep you safe and secure.
Children, you are the future.
PATON JEWELERS
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