Portland Observar July 23.1181 Paga 6
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Home town honors Parrish
By Kathryn H all Bogle
Newspaper headlines proclaim it.
The fliers are out.
" I t ’s Flora Parrish Day" in Can
ton, Mississippi and the whole town
is celebrating. So says the “Madison
County H e ra ld " in a page 1 story
o f this weekly newspaper o f Can
ton.
The Mayor of Canton has presen
ted the "K ey to the C ity " to Mrs.
Parrish. A state legislator, Bob
M ontgom ery, brought her a big
bouquet o f flowers, and the
president of the Mississippi NAACP
cooperated with the Canton branch
o f the N A A C P to host the day-long
celebration on Saturday, July 18.
Mrs. Parrish, the 87-year-old lady
o f the hour in C anton, is the
esteemed Portland lady, the mother
o f Carmen Parrish W alker of this
city. Mrs. Parrish had a career as
Home Economist in Portland with
Head Start Program after working
as a Home Dem onstration Agent
for 30 years in Mississippi.
Flora Parrish Day in Canton,
recognizes on a city wide basis the
contributions to the Black com
munity M rs. Parrish has made
through the years. In the current list
of philanthropies is a block of land
comprised o f 50 acres, known
as the Flora D. Parish 4-H Training
Center. Mrs. Parrish granted the use
o f the land in 1949 to the state ex
tension service to establish a camp
for Black 4 -H participants in the
state. Increased to encompass 84.9
acres, the camp opened its doors to
youngsters in June 1951.
A stipulation of the land grant by
Mrs. Parrish was that the land be
maintained as a camp ground and
be used by the state cooperative ex
tension service.
On visits to the Canton area after
her 1961 move to P ortland, Mrs.
Parrish said she noted a decline in
the facilty and eventually the camp
was closed. The state surrendered all
claims to the land in M ay o f this
year.
Now the Canton N A A C P would
like to put the buildings on the site
in usable condition and to start a
program in operation there. Flora
Parrish Day is the day work began
to refurbish the camp. About 1,000
people o f all races attended the
festivities, according to Carmen
Parrish Walker in a telephone inter
view.
Opening ceremonies were at 9:00
a .m ., with presentation o f colors
and invocation. At 9:30 a.m ., picnic
activities began and included
Fishing, softball, baseball and other
games. Recognition ceremonies
were keynoted by an address con
cerning Mrs. Parrish’s contributions
by Mrs. Donnel Allen, formerly in a
supervisory position w ith the
North District Home Extension Ser
vice in Mississippi.
An evening reception was held in
the recreation building at the camp
on this auspicious occasion.
A rth u r Tate, treasurer o f the
Canton N A A C P , arranged to have
representatives
from
various
government offices, extension o f
ficials
and
personnel
from
Mississippi Industrial College in
H oly Springs where M rs. Parrish
graduated.
Gowned in navy blue voile with
white accessories, M rs. Parrish
acknowledged her pleasure that the
land has been returned to the con
trol of her family who will decide to
what uses the land will now be
designated.
Attending M rs. Parrish along
with Mrs. W alker, her daughter,
were her son, Lehman E. Parrish of
Chicago, and her granddaughter,
Florice Walker of Philadelphia.
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JIM BRITT
ALAN MOLDEN
WENDELL BROWN
Assistant Sales Manager
Sales Representative
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Expert consultation on your transportation
needs on both new and used cars.
RON TONKIN
CHEVROLET-HONDA CO
122 N.E. 122nd Ave.
Stacey Baseden and Jason Ford look for customers for successful
car wash to benefit The Black Police Officers Association.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
HE ONLY DEALER'*
uovernment Inspected Pan Ready
Fryers
Young Cut
Up Fryers
Prices effective W ed ., July 22 thru T u b s .. July
28 at all Portland area Safeway stores
MRS. FLORA PARRISH
Safeway Corned Beef
Sliced Beef Liver
Bar-S Sliced Bacon ”
Turbot Fillets
Choice Boneless
Brisket
Picnics
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Vitamin
Senior lunch draws crowd
Last Tuesday, (July 13, 1981), the
Eliot Neighborhood Development
Association held its first Summer
Pot-Luck Luncheon at the Masonic
Temple, 116 NE Russell Street.
About forty-five Senior Citizens
and youths attended, including such
dignitaries as Commissioner Gladys
McCoy and Commissioner Caroline
M ille r; Edna Robertson; M arie
Smith; Texana Fisher; Lucy
Cochran and Barbara Bivens, Direc
tor of the Senior Citizens Center for
the Urban League. Senior citizens
from the Unthank Plaza were well
represented. D orothy Vickers,
Charles Person and M ary Calvert
acted as hostesses.
Thomas Vickers, Director of the
Center, introduced Commissioner
C aroline M ille r, who explained
Senate Bill 861. The bill is designed
to provide reimbursement for
hom e/health care for the elderly
who choose to remain at home, but
without support services would be
placed in a nursing home.
Senators Packwood and Bradley
introduced Senate Bill 861, and the
benefit package would include: (1)
Interm ittent Nursing Care; (2)
Physical, speech and occupational
therapy; (3) Hom em aker - home
health aide service; (4) Adult day
services; (5) Respite services so that
responsible relatives could have
temporary relief from supervisory
care of elders; (6) Case coordination
for frail elderly.
Immediately following the lunch
eon, Spencer Lorten gave a talk on
crime prevention for the elderly in
Portland.
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