Page 6 Portland Observer, January 7, 1902
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE SIDELINES
by Kathryn H a ll Bogle
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From Philadelphia for a little visit
w ith her parents, M r. and Mrs.
Maurice W illiam s, came Beverly
W'illiams, one-time Portland TV an
chorwoman.
Maintaining her charm off-cam-
era as well as on-camera, the media
star was a central figure among
Portland admirers as she moved
around under low lights at a semi-
form al dance hosted by the Zcta
Sigma Omega Chapter o f the Alpha
Kappa Alpha sorority just before
New Year’s Eve.
The dance marked the 26th Anni
versary o f the local chapter. Friends
o f A K A members were invited to
the Fiesta Center ballroom o f the
Holiday Jnn at the Airport.
Dancers crowding the flo o r
wore everything from flowing chif
fon to shining sequins, from ro
mantic ankle length pantaloons to
knickerbockers buttoned smartly at
the knee. Beverly was demure in
georgette with a round white collar
with a narrow ruffled edge.
Folk lucky enough to get near
Beverly listened eagerly for her new
plans. Beverly has left P hilly and
anchoring our commercial television
as we have known it fo r A tlan ta ,
Georgia and cable television as few
o f us know it.
Yes, she resigned her lucrative
anchor position she held fo r six-
and-a-half years with Westinghouse
Broadcasting to go to a lucrative po
sition as anchor w ith the Turner
Broadcasting Company. In Atlanta
Beverly Williams w ill be a national
correspondent and a national
anchor for Cable News Network.
“ It presents greater opportunity
for me,” says Bev. “ This company
plans on in ternational exposure.
And you may say that the money is
also very sa tisfa cto ry.” ( I t ’ s up
around 100,000 per.)
Beverly soon may be seen locally
on TV over in S.W. Portland where
Cable TV is already in service. The
former Portlander suggests you call
Liberty Cable to find out where you
should tune in to see her. She
fastens on her mike in A tlanta on
January 4, 1982.
Back in Detroit many Black phy
sicians and a number o f Black hos
pital administrators (and, quite pos
sibly, a few individuals) take their
legal problems and battles to Dr.
Cherlyn Parrish-Mitchell. Why do
they do that?
Dr. Parrish, C hief o f S ta ff at
Brent General Hospital in Detroit
for her second two-year term, is
Chief, as well, o f the Radiology de
partment at Brent. People take their
legal problems to Dr. Parrish be
cause Cherlyn P arrish-M itchell,
M.D., is also an attorney-at-law, an
outstanding graduate o f D etroit
College o f Law. She has now woven
her knowledge and competency in
two professions into a new and un
usual third profession, that o f medi
cal-legal counselling.
Doing the unusual is, however,
the usual fo r this v isito r to P ort
land, Dr. Cherlyn Parrish—grand
daughter o f Mrs. Flora Parrish o f
this city.
A most attractive young woman
o f 37 years, Dr. Parrish looks not
much more than half her actual age.
Her eyes tparkle with the joy o f liv
ing, her attitude is relaxed and her
open smile invites confidence.
Her early education was at St. Ed
wards, and Episcopal parochial
school in Chicago. Her medical de-
Beverly Williams
says, “ are interested in city and
state laws that govern the removal
o f 20 per cent o f the existing hospi
tal beds in the city o f D e tro it.
Trouble is that almost 90 per cent o f
the beds to be removed would be
those used in Black hospitals—those
owned and operated by Black
persons. We can’ t just let that hap
pen.
“ I would like to pass a word
along to Oregon students and stu
dents everywhere: It is incumbent
upon students to look upon the pos
itive side o f life — see what can be
done to make things better—to rec
tify injustices where they occur.
Yes, my level o f expectations o f
others is high.
gree was earned from Howard Uni
versity in 1967. A t graduation time
Dr. Parrish was 22 years old and
had been married a year to Oscar
M itchell, a fellow physician. She
continues to use her maiden name,
professionally.
Within the following year, during
her internship at St. Joseph hospital
in Pontiac, Michigan, Dr. Parrish
became a mother. The M itc h e ll’ s
first child, a daughter, was born.
M otherhood slowed her not one
whit and soon she was teaching
radiology at University o f M ich i
gan.
The “ firs t” Black in the depart
ment, Dr. Parrish enjoyed three
years there. However, commuting
between Ann Arbor and Detroit had
become wearying to both husband
Dr. Cherlyn Parrish-Mitchell
and wife and they decided to go into
The children o f the Mitchells are
private practice together in Detroit.
now 14, 12, and 6 years old. “ The
“ In private practice,” said Dr.
time I spend w ith them is qua lity
Parrish, “ I found that the practice
tim e ,” the busy mother said.
o f medicine had become more and
“ Beyond socializing w ith in the
more regulated. I found racial dis
fam ily, we swim together, we play
crim in atio n cropping up in many
tennis and we attend some theatre,
places and in many ways. For in
and. o f course, they often travel
stance, hospitals sometimes did not
with us. They are enjoying this visit
absorb qualified Black physicians
with their great-grandmother Par
but could fin d room fo r foreign
rish.”
maels. They (the foreigners) seemed
The Mitchells are currently plan
to have better chances at becoming
ning to open and maintain a jo in t
residents.
medical practice office in Atlanta,
“ I felt the increasing need to com
Georgia, where Andrew Young is
bat discrimination. 1 saw Black pa
mayor. Their offices in Detroit will
tients with white practitioners leav
be maintained. Dr. Cherlyn Parrish
ing the Black practitioners on the
w ill, o f course, be available for
outside. There were many legal ram
medical-legal counselling in the
ifications that needed a more benign
state o f Georgia and (he airlines will.,
interpretation to help a Black doc
see a lot o f her.
tor. There were government funds,
grants in state/federal level that
didn't mesh in our behalf. Numbeis
o f beds were sometimes cut in neigh
borhoods composed p rim a rily o f
needful Black citizens and I found I
did not know how to protect them,
myself, or other Black physicians in
the legal maze.
“ Mv husband, a certified prac-
tioner win the field o f family prac
tice was pleased with my decision to
enter law school. I entered Detroit
College o f Law . . . . Yes, before I
finished law school 1 had three chil
dren under five years old, but my
husband shared the duties o f caring
for our three.’ *
Camille Hamilton/David Patino
Dr. Parrish continued to practice
C amille Hamilton and her date,
radiology in her private office and
David Patino, danced the night
for Brent H ospital u n til she was
away at the 26th Anniversary dance
graduated from law school in 1977.
given by the local chapter o f the A l
Radiology still occupies her prin
pha Kappa Alpha sorority during
cipal interest although she is now
the holidays.
also engaged in medical-legal
Cam ille, the daughter o f Judge
interests. These are prim arily tax-
and Mrs. H.J. Belton Hamilton Jr.,
related considerations and concerns
is a recent graduate o f Stanford
regarding reduction o f hospital beds
University. Guesses arc that she will
in the city and ther ram ifications
follow in her father’ s legal steps and
these produce.
complete a law education, but she
This reduction of hospital beds in
has not quite made up her mind.
Detroit deeply concerns Dr. Parrish.
Patino is a medical student at
“ Hospital insurance carriers,” she
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But to concern ourselves with others seems to be a cardinal sin.
W e as members o f the Exodus Clean Team
Are trying to bring to reality things that were once only a dream
Love they neighbors and thy self
Caring and sharing our community with everyone else.
Reaganomics is making us realize
Thai we need to share our love and resources in order io survive.
I will not lake a stand whether it is right or wrong
For our government to make us stand on our own.
government
Slop the crying and dry your weeping eyes
The Exodus Clean Team will try desperately to keep your heads held high.
We believe and you should too
that life will go on in spite o f you.
When you realize when life gets rough, the rough gets tough
And we’re not talking about making a smoke screen, for that’s not enough
Cleanliness o f body is fine, but with the mind it’s great
Tackle it with vigor, determination, but never try to deviate.
Nature is a never changing course
And our lives will not be beautiful if we use force.
Make life a beautiful place to be
Whether it is on land, air or the sea.
We at Exodus have only begun to fight
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and UndcrManding 10 ,ha'
end of the tunr el the
A light that we can see and also be seen
With love in our hearts keeping our community clean.
Johnny tugene Johnson
Columbia Lions Club president Jim Robinson
(right) and past president Ed Yost present
scholarship award to Portland Community Collage
atudant Beverly Austad. Ms. Austad. a second
year optical student at PC C S Cascade Campus,
was awardd full tuition and books for one year as
part of the Columbia Lions sight conservation
program.
Presented at a community service by the House of Exodus