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Portland Observer, December 2 4 , 1981, Page 5 Newberry's of Lloyd Center OBSERVATIONS Gigantic half-price aala on aN Christmec itama, wrappings and decorations and other specially selected Items such as Christmas Candies. Abo gigantic savings on many other items such as toys, and clothing for men, boys, girls and ladies. Shop early. • FROM THE SIDELINES by Katheryn H a ll Bogle vice and kept the voluminous rec ords req uired . Some patients re ceived the actual drug and others were given the placebo and no one knew which patient had either one. B ro k o p ’ s cou n terp art was Judy C u n n n g h a m at the Providence Medical Center where 155 heart pa tients were involved. Bishop strode out o f the o ffic e with happy confidence after learn ing the news. He will keep up his ac customed health regime, he said. “ I eat a lot o f vegetables, not much meat. I jog about a mile a day and I Dr. John G rover g iv e * good nows to George Bishop a t Kalser-Per- m enents Rasaareh C antor. Christmas time generally brings out the best in us all in giving and sharing joy with others. Sometimes we express our gratitude for being able to share something we have through an organization which can more effectively act for us. A few days ago several organiza tions got together and gave a Christ mas luncheon party at the M att Dishman Center for nearly 300 A l bina senior citizens and disabled persons. There was turkey (and all the trimmings), music o f the season, a decorated tree and gifts for each guest. Contributors were the Coca Cola C om pany, U n ited G ra in , Pacific Northwest B ell, L o m b ard L ittle Chapel o f the Chimes, Albertson’ s Cully Blvd. store, the Phil Reynolds Medical Clinic, Reser's Foods, The Links, Inc., and the Portland Urban League. Mrs. Alice Hayden lent her rich voice to the occasion and led the group singing. The Rev. Frank M a rtin o f the G ood Sam aritan Church o f god in C hrist sang and was accompanist for a choral group. Juanita Woods acted as mistress o f ceremonies. C oordinators were Josephine G an tt, Roselee Schmidt and Delores Ramsey. • A recipient o f welcome good news this week was George Bishop. The good news came from his doctor, Dr. John Grover o f the Kaiser-Per- manente Research Center who re vealed to Ri'hop that as a heart pa tient he had been fun ctio ning trouble-free for several months all by himself— without medication— with only a placebo. Bishop was de lighted. Bishop had been one o f 155 heart patients at the Kaiser Center who had been participants in a nation wide study concerning the use o f the drug prop an alo l in preventing fu rth er heart attacks among this class o f patients. Barbara Brokop. R .N ., dispensed medication and ad- bowl twice a week.” Among the other patients receiv ing the same good news were Gwen Goldsby and Jim Gates. • Kay T oran, director o f A ffirm a tive A ction for G overnor A tiyeh , has been made chair o f the "W om en in the History o f Oregon” project sponsored by the Oregbn Lung Association. The group will honor women who lived in the state between 1859 and 1920 and their achievements will be noted at a dinner planned for mid- A p ril at the H ilto n . C la ir Sagiv, The C h ild re n o f A lle n Tem ple C .M .E . Church presented a Christmas M u sical Fantasy, Sunday, De cember 21, for over 300 parents and friends. Sixty children participated in the Fantasy as Lambs, Lady bugs, Grasshoppers, Fire flies, Butterflies and Birds. A beautiful performance. Mrs. Sarah Strayhand was musical director and coor dinator. Play and chorus di rectors were Mmes: Regina Qreen, B everyly M o rris , Lillian Jenkins, Doris Cole man, Deborah Strayhand, A lzen a D eD eleveaux and Louise Norris. A M rs. Rom an t, Jr. (D ia n n e and in) and their children, rer and Michelle, from ord, C a lifo rn ia , are »use guest o f Dianne’s its, M r. and M rs. ts Patterson. aaaaa Researchers at the West ern Psychiatric Institute in Pittsburgh, Pa. report that sex is not always the key to a happy m arriage. In a recent study o f couples who said they were happily mar ried, ranging from 20 to 60 years o f age, the m a jo rity felt that "psychologicalful fillm e n t and em otional a t tachment were more crucial to a happy m arriage than how often they made love.” *•••• M rs. K ath ryn (K a y ) Bogle celebrated her b irth day, December 14, with a party at the M u ltn o m a h Club given by her daughter, L in d a M etellu s, and son, Dick Bogle. Eighty guests attended. ••••• .e** .tv«-«** Se* On Sunday, the “ Keep Christ in Christmas” festival was held at the Hilton Hotel. There were nearly 100 art exhibits and a live Nativity scene plus a fall musical program. It was all free to the public. The annual event was under the sponsorship o f the Ecumenical M inisters o f O re gon, the Archdiocesan Council o f Catholic W om en, Church Women United and the Holy Name Union. Am ong the exh ib ito rs were Robbie W hite, Alberta Phillips and Leonard Cowley for M orning Star Baptist Church; Verla W oods for M t. Olivet Baptist Church and M in nie Belle Johnson and M rs. Joseph Ward for Bethel A .M .E . Church. JW » Hrs. M on -F rI 9:30 im - 9 p m S a t 9:30 am -S pm Sun noon-5 pm brought to you every vreek by AMERICAN STATE BANK English has more individual words than any other language in the world. a The safest form of travel, based on fatalities per miles traveled, is, oddly enough, space travel. s Am erica's first stock exchange was not the New York S tock Exchange. First w as the Philadelphia Stock Exchange, established in 1791. Varia Woods exhibits for M t. Olivet Baptist Church at "Keep Christ in Christmas" show at Hilton Hotel. American State Bank AN INDEPENDENT BANK Read the Observer every week. Subscribe today! "Head Office 2737 N. E. Union Portland, Oregon 972X2 Call 283-2486 On the sick list: Mrs. Ella M ae G a y recovering at home, M r. Jim m y Shep p ard in the U .S . Veterans’ H o s p ita l, The Reverend H .P . H aw kins in the U .S. V eteran s’ H o s p ita l, and M r. George Jordan recov ering at home. Mrs. Ruth Franklin from T y le r, Texas, will visit her sister-in-law M rs. Delores Franklin during the Christ mas season. A federal jury has award ed SI. 79 million to the fa m ily o f D aniel Bell, a Black man slain by a white patrol man 23 years ago in M il waukee, Wisconsin. Bell’ s 1958 death had been filed as ju s tifia b le hom icide until form er policem an Louise Krause disclosed the truth to officers in 1978. Krause’s patrol partner, form er po liceman Thomas Grady was trie d , convicted and sen tenced to seven years. The events in this case were I shown on 60 minutes early | this year. Pam Johnson, 36, re cently was named the first Black woman publisher o f an A m erican d aily news paper. Ms. Johnson, a native of O klahom a, grew up in Ev The U nited States C om anston, 111, is publisher o f mission on Civil Rights ap the h ig h ly-rated Ith ac a pointed State Labor C o m ( N . Y .) Jou rn al, a 20,000- missioner M ary Roberts to circulation daily owned by a second two-year term on Gannett C o ., a noted pub its Oregon State A dvisory lishing chain. She gradua Committee. ted from the U niversity o f P o rtla n d P a rk Bureau ••••• Wisconsin with a P h .D . in R ecreation C enters can Judge Charles V. John Journalism and educational provide an escape to winter son, King County Superior psychology. boredom ! W in te r q u arter C o u rt Judge in Seattle, activities and classes are W ashington, became the M rs. M a b ie C an ad a is now available in a winter first Black elected head o f hosting a Tw ilight Tea for program guide. C all 248- the 1,600-m em ber A m eri A lle n Tem ple C .M .E . 4491 for information. can Judges A ssociation. Church, Sunday, December The A .J .A . is composed of 27th, at her home, 114 N .E. The Bureau o f I abor Sta judges o f all jurisdictions in Going Street, 5 to 9 pm. tistics o f the U .S . D epart all 50 states, Canada, Puer ment o f L ab o r reported to Rico and the V irg in Is that the m edian weekly lands. earnings continued to grow during the year ended with M s. M a rg a re t P a rk e r, the the th ird q u arter o f teacher at H u m b old t 1981, but n o t, enough to Primary School, is spending keep up with rising prices. the Christmas Holidays vis W eekly earnings o f fu ll iting relatives back home in time wage and salary work Detroit, Michigan. ers advanced by 8.0 per cent to $287 and weekly family N ew Census Bureau fig earnings grew by 7.4 per ures indicate that fo r the cent bo reach $443. Over first tim e the num ber o f this period, there was a 10.8 m arried couples in A m eri per cent rise in consumer can households dipped be prices as measured by the low 60 per cent. The per Consumer Price Index for centage o f married couples U rb an Wage Earners and among households has been Clerical Workers. declining steadily since 1950 Black and Hispanic fa m when spouses comprised Benjamin Hooks, execu lly earnings were far below 78.2 per cent o f the house tive director of the the levels for white families, holds. The number declined N A A C P , speaking at the with median earnings of less to 59.8 as o f March, 1981. A F L -C IO convention said, than $400 a week, com " T h e re ’s a growing feeling pared with nearly $500 for M rs. Grace M cK enzie, across this nation that the white families. special projects director at ••••* Black com m u nity neith er Boise Elem entary School, We are saddened because has a President, a Congress, won a Second Place Weight nor a Supreme C o urt con o f the death o f M r. Vernon Lifting Trophy at the Paci cerned about what we are Thom pson. O u r (houghs fic Coast Open, November are w ith his fam ily during trying to do.” their hours o f grief. I • • by Ruth Spencer Ms. Jo Jones from Phila delphia. Pennsylvania is visiting her m other M rs. Geneva Jones during the Christmas season. ■ A dead man was once elected to Congress. Thad- deus Stevens, in 1868, died the day before the elec tion but it was too late to take his name off the ballot —and he still got more votes than his opponent. Bits and Pieces Zeta Sigma Omega Chap ter o f A lpha Kappa A lpha S o ro rity w ill celebrate it» 26th A n n iversary w ith a semi-formal dance, Decem ber 26. 1981. project c o o rd in a to r, says women will be honored in the fields o f arts, business, education, law, medicine, science and p o litics. Sagiv points out that Oregon women o f the past have not been chronicled very well, so the lung association hopes that suggestions will come from the pub lic. D eadline fo r submission o f names to the lung association is Jan uary 1, 1982 EXODUS QJ&fca&ft&m and sArtoed la rd e a 1939 N.E. Albert« PORTLAND. OREGON 97211 2 8 4 -7 9 9 7 From the Front Door by Tom Boothe From the Front Door, I wish to thank ail of my readers; those who have appreciated my phil osophical aspirations; those who have phoned, written and spoke with me in person to inspire and encourage me over the past year. A special thanks, to those who have faithfully attended the Tuesday night Forums, making it one of our community's most suc cessful gatherings. TO ALL OF YOU FROM ALL OF US ATTHE HOUSE OF EXODUS AND THE EXODUS CLEAN TEAM WE SINCERELY WISH YOU A HAPPY HOLIDA Y r SEASON Stay Alive! I f You Drink, D on’t Drive! Praaantad a* a community aarvica by tba Houaa o l Eiodua C V EA \ . . is working!
