Portland Observer, December 31,1961
Bits and Pieces
ROASTS
HUCK
by Ruth Spencer
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M r*. Brandon Qroon, of Saat-
tla, enjoys an avanlng at the
Members and friands posa for a photo during festive calabration.
danca.
If we are without our own voice
and our own forms of communica
tion we are at the mercy o f those
who control what we read, hear,
and think.
Mrs. Betty Ingersoll Simpson, vis
iting from Alaska, was feted with a
cocktail party given by her five
daughters, Mmes. Carol Probasco.
Janice Barrett, Francine Roan and
Misses Barbara Ingersoll and Mary
Ingersoll, December 27, at her
daughter's S.E. home.
Justice Thurgood M arshall, the
first and only Black Justice of the
U.S. Supreme Court, says he is tired
of the false report that he is on the
verge of retiring. " I was appointed
fo r life and I intend to serve fo r life.
In no way do I anticipate leaving
now,” said the 73-ycar-old Justice.
The hope is that the Justice can re
main in the position during the Rea
gan administration.
The U.S. Department of Justice’s
Civil Rights Division held that the
two Portland Police officers who
tossed dead possums in front of a
Black-owned restaurant March 12,
committed no civil rights violation
and will not be federally prosecuted.
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The Senior Citizens Railroad
Auxiliary held its annual Christmas
luncheon, Thursday, December 17,
at Northeast Portland's Prince Hall.
The luncheon was attended by 40
members of the Auxiliary. A fifty
dollar ($50) check and several boxes
of canned food were presented to
M arion Basso o f the Salvation
Army by the Auxiliary president,
Mrs. Minnie Bell Johnson.
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Mr. Lehman Parrish and daugh
ter, Dr. Cherlyn Parrish M itchell
and children Lisa, Blain and Kyle
from Chicago are the holiday guests
and relatives of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
son Walker. .
C hief U .S . District Judge Fred
Winner ruled that Trailways Inc.
discriminated against Floyd Henry
with a company rule that required
all employees who deal with the
public to be clean-shaven.
Henry was fired from his jo b af
ter he began growing a beard on
doctor's orders. And expert witness
at the two-day trial testified that
Henry is one of 25 per cent o f Black
males who suffered fro m pseudo
fo llic u litis barbae— P F B — a skin
disorder caused by ingrown hairs
when the victim is clean-shaven.
Miss Wendy Patterson, freshman
at Seattle University, is spending the
Christmas holidays with her par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Patter
son Jr. She reports that her studies
at Seattle U. required more effort in
order to excel than Wilson High
School. Nevertheless, she main
tained a B average.
The Portland Business and Pro
fessional Women's Club is seeking
qualified young women to honor
through their "Y o u n g Career
W om en" program designed to
honor outstanding women of ac
complishments and provide them an
opportunity to share experience and
expertiae with other business
women. Interested persons please
contact Jean King 775-9904.
Dr. Sadie Grimmett, Professor at
Indiana University, is visiting her
father M r. Bennett Grimmett who
lives in S.E. Portland.
Dr. Grimmett (Sadie Mae! is a na
tive o f Portland. She attended
Roosevelt High School, the Univer
sity of Oregon, and Peabody C ol
lege.
Rosey Grier, retired Los Angeles
Rams, lineman, actor and political
activist noting tha, jobs and the will
to succeed are the solutions to this
country’s economic crisis. The ans
wer is to provide and avenue f o r
people to be productive. We must
all be productive.
Sharon Kay, senior at P rairie
View A A M University is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Steve Jones (Carol).
Donnelle Valentine, a member o f
the Trad Blazers, is happy about her
visit.
teeee
The N ational Council o f Negro
Women, founded by M ary McLeod
Bethune in December, 1935, cele
brated its 46th anniversary. Its
membership now consists of over a
million women.
M r. and Mrs. Josiah Nunn
(Bobby and Joe) are happy to have
their daughter D arla Jones fro m
Los Angeles and their grandson
fro m Dallas, Texas home for the
holidays.
Obo Addy, a master drummer
fro m Ghana w ill teach A frican
dance to performing arts students at
Jefferson High School and students
in the middle school arts program at
Binnsmead and Portsmouth.
Just 12 years ago in Black H is
tory: Fred H am pton, 21, Illinois
Party Chairm an o f the Black
Panthers, was killed in a pre-dawn
raid on his apartment in Chicago.
Also killed was M a rk C lark, 22,
leader o f the Panthers in Peoria.
Four others, two o f them women,
were wounded. Hampton and Clark
were the 27th and 28 th Panthers to
be killed during the year (1969).
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Mrs. Edith Cawthorne enter
tained at her Northeast Portland
home Sunday, December 27. with a
unique midday M other-Daughter
Egg Nog Sip.
The National Center for Educa
tion Statistics show 5 million stu
dents enrolled in private schools.
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE SIDELINES
by Kathryn Hall Bogle
Spokane, Washington, has a new
mayor. He is to be sworn in this
week in downtown (Spokane) City
Hall. It may be almost incidental
that he is Black. Yet, James Everett
Chase is the firs, person of his race
to win a mayoralty in the State of
Washington in a city of over
100,000. Spokane has a population
of nearly 180.000 counting about
4,000 Blacks among them
James Everett Chase was born in
W harton, Texas 67 years ago and
was educated in the public schools
of Ballinger and El Paso. Chase has
lived in Spokane since he was 20
years old. As owner and operator of
the Blackwell and Chase Body and
Pender Company, Chase has been in
the auto repair business since 1940.
His shops have been located in sev
eral areas of the city in the years
since then.
In a telephone interview Chase
said that he had always had an in
terest in civic affairs. " I had my
first taste of working in city govern
ment when I was appointed by
former Mayor Neal Fosseen to be
the citizen member of the Housing,
Grievance and Appeal Board for the
City of Spokane. About that time, I
also served on a committee for the
employment of minorities," Chase
said.
Later Chase joined the Chamber
of Commerce and, In 1969, he ran
for an elective post as a City Coun
cilman. He lost that race by 700
votes but ran again, successfully, in
1975. In 1979 Chase was up for re-
election and, this time, garnered 76
per cent of the total vote.
Was his racial background a hin
drance in his efforts? Did he have to
counteract any incidents of this na
ture?
" N o , I d id n 't," Chase said. " I
really didn't. The public, and both
business and labor groups lent me
their support. Six candidates, count
ing myself, were in the primaries,
but I have become fairly well-
known. People sort of take me for
granted now. Shock-time was over
when I wen, to the Council, I guess.
" I love Spokane and 1 wan, to see
it grow and progress. I have an in
terest in every segment of the
population and I know there are
many talented people here whose
help and ideas arc needed. They will
have a chance to be heard.
" I feel positive. Although some
of the problems facing us (and other
cities in the nation) seem insur
mountable, we will all work
together in solving them— or re
ducing them," the new mayor said.
During the years when Chase
served Spokane as a member of the
City Council, he worked at various
times on the Aging Commission, the
Youth Commission for Future Citi
zens; the National Public Safety
Commission; the Regional Planning
Commission for Spokane; the City
Employee's Retirement Committee;
the C-Cap Committee dealing with
the Arts; Convention Committee;
and Sports Activities. The latter
commission has responsibility for
operating the Spokane Opera
House, the Convention Center, Albi
Stadium and the Coliseum all of
which belong to the City o f Spo
kane.
In addition, Chase is a pas,-presi
dent of the Zoological Society, a
group having ambitions for a zoo
sometime in the future. He has
served three terms as president of
the Spokane branch of the N A A C P
and is a Past Grand Master of the
Prince Hall Masonic Grand Lodge
of the State of Washington and Jur
isdiction.
James Everett Chase is married to
the former Eleanor Barrow, a de
scendent o f a pioneer family who
settled in Spokane in 1889. They cel
ebrated their 39,h wedding anniver
sary this month. The couple has one
adult son, Roland James Chase, a
T V cameraman who recently
worked a, K P T V in the Portland
area.
To honor Mayor Chase and Mrs.
Chase an inaugural ball is being
planned. It will be staged at the his
toric Hotel Davenport in Spokane
for the evening of January 22. 1982.
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compared to 4 0 .1 in public schools.
In Oregon private school enroll
ment accounts for only five per cent
o f elementary and secondary stu
dents—about half the national aver
age; 27,114 to 500,000 in public
school. Nationally, minority enroll
ment in private schools is 8.6 per
cent of the total enrollment in pri
vate schools. There are no Oregon
Figures on minority enrollment be
cause state law does not require en
rollment data of private schools,
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According to the U .S . Depart
ment o f Labor the first minimum
wage law enacted by Congress in
1938 guaranteed a minimum wage
of twenty-five cents (25t). The mini
mum wage as o f January 1982 is
$3.30.
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From the Front Door
by Tom Boothe
From the Front Door, I wish to thank all of my
readers; those who have appreciated my phil
osophical aspirations; those who have
phoned, written and spoke with me in person
to inspire end 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
HAPPYHOLIDA Y
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