Portland Observar August 0.1081 Paga 6
Pro-Line: A head of difference
“ A jelly-like, starchy -looking glop
resulted fro m the lye and potatoes,
and Shorty broke in two eggs,
stirring fast. The congolene turned
pale yellowish... Shorty said the firs t
time’s always the worst. You get use
to it before long. You took it real
good homeboy. You got a good
conk. ” <1965 - The Autobiography
o f Malcolm X)
Grassroot News N.W . - Black
hair styles has changed since our
greatest leader was “ Detroit Red.”
The Jerry. California and Designer
curl is waving its way onto the heads
o f A fro-A m ericans as a contem
porary hair design. There are many
shops and professionals who engage
in curling Black hair, but none quite
as innovative as Pro-Line. Pro-
Linc, under the ownership o f
Virginia Bowen, has fused together
a beauty shop, basket shop and
retail beauty supply store all under
one roof. Located in the center o f
downtown, its cosmetologist W in
slow Caldwell and Gerald Taylor
are experts in styling and applying
curls to their customers o f all ages
and different nationalities.
Gerald Taylor gave some o f the
reasons fo r the p o pula rity o f the
curls. “ The curl grows Black
peoples hair and they find it easy to
style and manage. Another thing is
that you can cut it into many d if
ferent styles. The chemicals that are
in the curl solution breaks our
natural curl down and then put a
new one in.
“ The time it takes to dress your
curl is really small which also ac
counts fo r the p o p u la rity o f the
c u rl.” T aylor has worked in and
around hair fo r years. “ I always
like w orking w ith my hands and
being creative. This is one
profession where I can do b o th .”
Taylor indicated that his goal was to
get as good on Black hair as he can
and many o f his customers feel he
already has.
Mrs. Alyce Robinson found the
location o f Pro-Line and Taylor’ s
work to be ideal. “ I first came in on
my lunch time and Jerry did part of
the w ork. Because I work down
town this d id n 't take long. I like
my hair; i t ’ s the way I wanted it,
and will come back again.”
W inslow Caldwell wanted a job
where he could be independent and
chose hair designing for that reason.
“ Here I can set may own time. I f I
wanted to work eighty hours a week
I can. I f not, 1 fin d the time in-
between to be my own. I think that
people like the curl because
nowadays time is important and the
job market demands more o f your
time. Curls are easier to deal with
and it takes less time to get ready.”
S U M M IT :
“E c o n o m ic S u r v iv a l
o f B la c k P e o p le ”
Sponsored by
Oregon Assembly
for Black Affairs
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Gerald Taylor styles Alyce Robinson's hair at Pro Line.
Cash's style.
Caldwell finds many o f the hair
styles o f generations before coming
back. “ I did a wom an’ s hair who
was in her early seventies, and she’ s
worn it that way fo r tw enty-five
years. But among the younger set, 1
do see the finger wave still there.”
One o f Caldwell’s client's, Gloria
Cash, found out about him when
she came into the shop looking for
hair oil. She indicated that she was
satisfied w ith the style she was
receiving from Caldwell.
The beauty shop is nicely set in
the basement o f Pro-line with just
enough chairs and magazines not to
look cluttered. Upstairs is the retail
shop managed by Sherly Tapton.
“ We, as a solon, always advise our
clients on products that will assist in
the up-keep o f their hair. Instead of
sending them o ff somewhere to find
those products, we service them
from here. Also, Pro-Line is the ony
place downtown where you can buy
ethnic products.”
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Caldwell and Taylor have built up
a professional business in an area
where they supply the demand. It
takes hair artists like themselves to
keep Black hair unique, stylish and
convenient.
P o rtla n d ’ s various ethnic com-
m unities. The success o f their
research has made the task o f
choosing a limited number o f talen
ted participants d iffic u lt!
H ighlights o f the two-day
program w ill include Mien music,
Hm ong em broidery, Swedish
dancing, A fro -A m e rica n story
te llin g , waterdowsing, Japanese
sandal-m aking,
and
Native
American carving and beadwork.
An O ld Time Fiddlers concert is
scheduled Saturday evening from 7-
9:00. In order to place more em
phasis on the creation and ex
pression o f traditional arts, works
will not be offered for sale. Family-
style meals w ill, however, be
available.
Or Write:
OABA
P.O. Box 12485
Salem, OR 97309
Winslow Cash takes special care with Gloria
(Photos: Richard J. Brown)
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Eugene: 687-5443, Ray Willard
Portland: 281-5437
Salem:
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Ethnic, folk art celebrated
Laurelhurst Park w ill be the set
ting fo r a gathering to celebrate
traditional arts and cultures and to
honor the people who practice
them. C ity Folk w ill take place on
August 8 and 9 from 10 to 5, and is
co-sponsored by the M etropolitan
Arts Commission, the Oregon Arts
Com m ission, and the Portland
Parks Bureau, with a grant from the
National Endowment for the Arts.
It is the fo u rth in a series o f
statewide Folk Arts Festivals, and
the first to be held in an urban area.
For the past several months,
fieldw orkers M ike Sweeney and
Sandi Serling, along with consul
tants Thara Memory, John Tally,
Isaac Shamsud-Din, Mark Levy and
Jan DeWeese, have been working in
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