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Page 6 Portland Observor, November 25, 1981 O n g o in g P r o g r a m A im e d a t O la o r la n t a d W o m a n — recen tly separated, widow ed, or divorced. P C C jo b placement o ffice w ill sponsor a career and life planning workshop for displaced homemakers beginning No vem ber 30 w ith sessions continuing through December 3 at the Friendly House C om m u nity Center, 2617 N W Savier, Portland. E nrollm ent in the next workshop is limited to 30. In fo rm a tio n and regis tration questions should be directed to Careers at the Portland C om m unity Bits and Pieces by R uth Spencer — 4 0 ,0 0 0 g irls u n d e r age 15 w ill become pregnant this year. — A b o u t 58 per cent o f pregnant teenagers carry their pregnancies to term , most o f the rest choose a b o r tions. — A bo u t one third o f the 1.3 m il lion a b o rtijo n s in this c o u n try last year were obtained by adolescents. P re g n a n c y -re la te d p ro blem s are the number one health risk fo r teen age g irls. P reg nan t teenagers have g re a te r m e d ic a l ris k s , such as anemia, toxem ia, and complications during delivery, than women in their twenties. Their babies are most like ly to be p re m a tu re o r o f low b irth w eight an d a re th re e tim es m o re lik e ly to die in the firs t yar o f life than the children o f women 20 to 24 years o f age. T h e so c ia l risks a re ju s t as d is tu rb in g . E ig h t out o f 10 teenagers w ho becom e unw ed m o th e rs d ro p out o f school. C onsequently, many unwed mothers w ill fail to attain the skills to earn an adequate living for themselves and th eir ch ild re n . N o r does m a rria g e solve th e p ro b le m since o ver h a lf o f the m arriages o f College Sylvania Cam pus, 244-61I I . TURKEY 1« TO 13’/ i POUNDS ARMOUR'S A dd'l Turkeys 69‘ Pound ANMED YAMS pregnant teenagers end in divorce. M .C . Al J a m is o n in tro d u c e s " T h e C h o c o la te Chip C ookies ': O pal M o o re . Elizabeth B ritto n and F red erick M . L ew is, U .S . N a v y , re c e n tly re tu rn e d to P o r tla n d a b o a rd th e U .S .S . A m e ric a a ft e r c o m p le tin g d u tie s in th e In d ia n Ocean. Frederic is visiting w ith his fa th e r. D r. B ooker T . Lewis, local dentist. Rose M a rie Joh n son a t ta le n t sho w during recen t A K A dance. (Photo: R ichard J. B ro w n ) th e c o m m u n ity . T h e film w ill be aired on K O A P in early December. near Senegal. M au retania has a total population o f about 1.5 m illion. T h e A re a A g e n c y O n A g in g has scheduled a h e a rin g on th e C ity /C o u n ty A ging P olicy, Decem ber 3 . 2 p m , at 1 700 N E A lb e r ta . The public is invited. T h e R e v e re n d M a tth e w A . H a t ley was welcomed to Bethel A .M E . C hurch at a tea held at the C hurch S u n d a y , N o v . 2 2 . O v e r 580 m e m bers and friends met to welcome the Reverend W atley. A T u rk e y T r o t to p ro v id e fo u r T h a n k s g iv in g b askets fo r needy fa m ilie s was sponsored by T ra v is House N orth w est and coordinated by Lavcrn Stroud. The event was hcl at J . B . ’ s P a ra d is e on N o v e m b e r 20th. P rize winners were: D o n and Sandy K ieth, Eddie Richie, Stan and D o n n a S o re n s o n , R o b e rt S m ith . D o n a tio n s o f fo o d w ere g iv e n by H ic k o r y F a rm s . OJ T h r if t w a y . Front Bakery, and John Brown C a r mel C orn Shop. R e c ip ie n ts o f th e fo o d baskets w ere re fe rre d by M a r a n a lh a C h u rc h . E m m anuel T e m p le , A d u lt and F a m ily Services and B roadw ay H air Design. M ic h a e l P re s to n , a B lack m a n , and m em ber o f the Seattle C itizens P a r ty , was elected to th e S e a ttle school board in the recent election, with 68 per cent o f the vote. M rs . Joyce O w e n s -S m ith , C o m m unity Services Project D irector for the U rb an League o f P o rtla n d , was selected to be vice-president o f the M u ltn o m a h C o u n ty C o m m u n ity H e a lth C o u n c il. A p p o in te d by C ou n ty Executive D o n C la rk , this is M rs . O w e n s -S m ith ’s second y e a r with the Council. M e m b e rs and frie n d s o f Z e ta S ig m a O m ega C h a p te r o f A lp h a Kappa A lpha Sorority enjoyed their third annual Disco and C o m m u n ity Talent Show at the H o lid a y Inn C o l iseum Novem ber 14. D o n ’t pay to see this one— T hief, the U nited A rtists p ictu re, starring James C a a n . It is a fa s t-m o v in g flic k ru in e d by g ra tu ito u s h ig h ly slanderous references to Blacks and Chicanos. L a n ita D u k e , news d ire c to r o f G rassroot N ew s, N . W . , w ill m ake her T V d eb u t in A r o u n d A lb in a with T ele-W est Associates, a video com pany which is film in g parts o f St. Vincent de P a u l asks that you place canned goods and non-perish able fo o d items in to one o f the ten th o u s a n d bags th a t th e y w ill d is trib ute in local neighborhoods a fte r T h a n k s g iv in g , an d place them on y o u r fro n t porch fo r G ir l S couts, Boy S co u ts, and h ig h school s tu dents to collect S a tu rd a y , D ecem ber 5th and 12th. ••••• H elp save the H eadstart Program fo r 2 0 0 P o rtla n d C hildren'. C a l! or w rite P re s id e n t R e a g a n . T e ll h im that cutting the H eadstart Program will raise taxes by putting more fa m ilies on the welfare rolls. • •••• T he U .N . H u m a n R ig h ts C o m m issio n is n o w s tu d y in g a re p o rt that as many as 100,000 Black slaves — the w o rld ’ s largest slave p o p u la tio n — are laboring in M a u re ta n ia , a member o f the A ra b League on the western end o f the Sahara Desert. The report is based on a study by the A n ti-S la v e ry S oc ie ty , a p re s ti gious L o n d o n g ro u p fo u n d e d in 1823. T he slaveholders are the pre dominant M oors o f M au retan ia and th e ir victim s are Blacks w ho come from the country’ s southwest region « ira I u t: a s Cord S haver' _ M odel B M S - aooc $49*® A I Rechargeable ìì L e N' s ■'I'm W ill» Stargeii At law there » a »harer that solves the »having problem« Wack men have Shaving tough beard» with hard-to-shave curly hair» i get the closest cleanest »haves with no shaving problems 414 SSV SVashinglor Phone 224.-1J28 HOURS SAM to 5 30 DOWNTOWN- 226-1328 UOVO CENTER inside Newberrys Phone 281-2’ 4 ' V M t f T I I » y e u HI»« SIZES y o u w a n t «0411 II MM. • 14M» 0 i I • >$»•» A !••• 04 • • • • • IM I I 13*4 0 M l • >♦*»• H I M Or<wl«r a ) >r0 0 0 « < e t« 0 Mill* * » • • • a le t « Qt , » r 1 0 1 * 4 •» l l O««taU* • Ml»« City Ma0M««b &«<•«•» 0~r» » 4 4e *0 0 0 « • Oat ■aaaaaaa ua g w ttg r«o< iat E X O D U c Z u r a /it/ta / a r u / S t/m s n / 1639 N.E. A lberta PORTLAND. OREGON 9721 1 294 7997 by Tom Boothe From the Front D o o r, dur.ng the las. four weeks, while I have been publishing the essence ‘I H T X ) D ^ P r . 7 A ^ 7 ; \ i i;la l,^ Sh,PS " h,C - al ,hC rCqUCS* 1,1 read ers' R e ig n in g Q u e e n o f th e O k la h o m a C lub Elsie P e ters and her e s c o rt G la n c y M c K n e e ly a t the club dance. (Photo: R ichard J. B ro w n ) W ill the P o rtla n d P u b lic Schools be included in the “ in fe rio r educa tio n s u it” th a t W illia m B ra d fo rd Reynolds, assistant attorney general fo r c iv il rig h ts , p la n s to b rin g against some school boards across the c o u n try , contending that in fe r io r e d u c a tio n is being p ro v id e d in some predom inantly Black schools? M e m b e rs and frie n d s o f the K w o m a n s e n jo y e d a C h a m p a g n e P a r ty S u n d a y , N o v e m b e r 22 at Prince H a ll. — T h e U .S . has the highest teen age pregnancy rate in the world. — Births to girls between the ages o f 14 and 18 have increased by 75 per cent since 1961. — O ver I m illio n girls aged 15 to 18 will become pregnant this year. NARVEES HABERDASHERY E M P O R IU M tSlackcMan’s Shaver FOR The Jefferso nian, Jefferson H igh School’ s student newspaper, was re cently awarded a First Class H o n o r Rating from the N ational Scholastic Press Association. 00000 W h y d id th e P o r tla n d P u b lic Schools wait until a day prior to the Black U nited F r o n t’s P o litic a l C o n v e n tio n , scheduled to c o nven e at Jefferson H ig h S ch o o l, b e fo re a d vising the B U F that a fee o f $3,000 was being charged for the use o f the building? W as th at d ire c tiv e fro m H a ro ld K lin e r, Superintendent o f b uilding and maintenance? W as it designed to inconvenience the BUF? IENOW '5 The latest in men's and women's fashions (hats, caps, scarfs, gloves & acces. I H A R V E E 'S HABERDASHERY E M P O R IU M 3619 N .E. U nion A ve. 10 am-7 pm Mon. thru Sat. C^ f IX ty ’ s cifizem ^ h e E X O D U S n x S rp r,’d ‘JUng m° re rCWUrces for our vom m uni- h , S 7 h E X O P U S C L F A N T t A M ■’ r* * ‘ becoming P ortlan d ’s N o. I C om m u nity- fbj i i M - i p Tnc A ^ a 7 anr » C rV,C C O rgan' Z a,' ° n As you c o n ,'n u e to s u p p o rt the IX O D U S ,,T E i M ' ‘ he T con,,nuc ,o bu,ld P f'dc and respect in the citizens o f N o r t ^ east P ortland, especially those who live in the “ A lbina C o m m u n ity ” o f Northeast Portland Read this poem w ritten by M r . Johny Eugene Johnson, who is a self m otivated c h a r t e r n u m b er o f the E X O D U S C L E A N T E A M H A p ru m „ an e ia m p le o f ,he X , u .m en, al ent and inspiration o f our Team 's spirit. n m m e n t, lal THE EXODUS CLEAN TEAM S Y Johny Eugene Johnson Out o f the darkness in the still o f the night came three men with a dream shining so bright A non-profit organization that’ s full o f steam with suicide efforts to keep our neighborhood dean. When it comes to doing everyone looks to someone else, but to get our community in order we must do it ourself’ So let’s get things on the ball because we’ re not waiting on City Hall! Exodus is moving and we’re right on time doing our thing with cleanliness on our minds, We are not singling out any certain group and we’re definitely not selling a bowl o f soup. However, we are selling self-esteem because only you can keep your community clean. We believe if your community is clean then there is no place in your hearts to be mean; Love is what it’s all about so help the Exodus Clean Team—shout it out! Our basic principle sometimes puts us on the line but in the end Exodus Clean Team will prevail for all mankind. A healthier atmosphere, a cleaner place and Exodus is here winning this race. Our aim is to keep our community clean and cleanliness is what we stand for— The Exodus Clean Team. I
