Portland Observer, April 8, 1982 Section II Page 3
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE SIDELINES
B Y Kathryn Hall Boule
C lu tte r* o f white wedding bells
and gold ribbons announced the cel­
ebration o f the fiftieth* wedding an­
niversary o f M r. and M r*. Ulysses
O. Plummer last Sunday when their
three children entertained at buffet
dinner in their honor. A few close
friends o f the couple were invited to
jo in the fam ily festivities at the
home o f Ben and Olga Talley. Berna
Plummer assisted the hostess along
with her brother Ulysses O . Plum ­
m er, J r., a Los Angeles attorney
who came to this city for the occa­
sion.
The golden wedding couple were
married in Liberty, Missouri during
their graduate years o f college and
moved to Portland some forty years
ago to rear their fam ily. Plummer,
during his latter active years as an
attorney, was employed by the Bon­
neville Power Adm inistration with
responsibilities to the U.S. Dept. of
Interior and the U.S. Bureau o f In ­
dian A ffa irs. His wife, Bernadette,
a social worker, is following her car­
eer w ith the C a th o lic Services to
C hildren. She is presently working
with Asian refugees through C .S.C .
The golden-weds have 11 grand­
children, most o f them present to
honor the grandparents on their spe­
cial day.
A n engagement announcement
balanced the day into a double fea­
ture when Olga and Ben Talley told
o f the betrothal o f their daughter,
Benita Lynn Talley, to Michael Gil-
liard o f M iam a, Florida, the son of
M r. and Mrs. Oliver Gilliard o f that
city. Benita and Michael, both pre­
sent to receive best wishes o f P o rt­
landers, will be returning here for a
summer wedding. Benita. as may be
recalled, was a Portland Rose Festi­
val Princess. The young people met
at Gram bling University. Both will
be graduated in June from Gram b­
ling (he w ith degrees in M arketing
and in Production Management, she
with a degree in computer science),
and each w ill be commissioned in
M ay as o fficers in the U .S . A ir
Force*. Benita's long interest in as­
tronom y led her into the study o f
space satellite tracking and, in the
military, she will be a space systems
operations officer.
•
Recently, a quiet Black Catholic
priest first shook up his church,
then his c ity — C hicago— and then
the very foundation o f the nation's
structured in s titu tio n o f fam ily
adoption. This revolutionary was in
the city this week. He is Father
George Clement, who adopted a son
last Christmas season.
FR. GEORGE CLEMENT
“ There was nothing researchers
could find speaking against a priest
adopting a child. There was nothing
to be found in the laws or canons of
the church though the search went
back several hundred years," Father
Clemen, said. "The country’s news­
papers gave the ado p tio n lots o f
coverage, it was aired on national
T .V . and the Pope heard about it in
Rome. The Pope sen, me his com­
m endations— and now, in H o lly ­
w ood, m o tio n picture people are
planning a film about it. The film
com pletion is expected by C h ris t­
mas, 1982,” he said.
Father C lem ent, in P ortland at
the request o f the Portland Chapter
o f R O O T S (R eclaim ing O ur Own
Through Support), spoke to a small
but enthusiastic crowd assembled at
Westminster Presbyterian Church
last Thursday evening. " A home for
every c h ild " is Father C lem ent's
dream but his particular drive is to­
ward inspiring Black parents to
adopt Black infants and children.
" F o r the firs t tim e in 45 years
there are no Black infants available
fo r ado p tio n in the city o f
Chicago,” said Father Clement. He
attributes this situation to a stepped-
up awareness among Black persons
who could be p o ten tial adoptive
parents. They are more aware o f the
anguish and hardship placed on
Black children who must grow up
without parents or a home o f their
own, he said.
Father Clem en, noted that there
had been a 500 per cent increase in
the number o f adoptions o f Black
children in 1981 over 1980 ad o p ­
tions in the nation.
On a recent trip to Nigeria, Father
Clement learned that Nigerians have
no orphanages. "Children who need
parents and a home for any reason
are automatically taken in by some­
one in their village or in their tribe,”
he said, and added that " th e con­
cept o f the extended family is tradi­
tional and operates with them.”
In Portland, the ROOTS Chapter
is under the d irectio n o f Betty
Jones, a local high school science
teacher who is a single adoptive par­
ent. Others in the ROOTS group in­
clude M y rn a H o lt, W a v erly G o r­
don, and
M ax in e
W illia m s .
R O O TS, according to Betty Jones,
works in close touch with the staff
o f "G ive Us This D a y ," headed by
V irg in ia P h illip s , P h .D , o f N ew ­
berg. A ctual adoption procedures
are carried to completion locally by
state-licensed agencies, according to
Ms. Jones. Inquiries may be direct­
ed to ROOTS, care o f Betty Jones at
6716 N .E . Cleveland in Portland.
•
OLD TOWN MERCHANTS
The Frame Factory
“A New Concept
in Picture Frames”
Bob and Robin purchased the shop in June o f
1981. Bob had managed the shop for 1 Vi years
before they bought it, and Robin had worked in
the area for about 11 years. They feel that Old
Town is a great area. The people and the area
can’ t be beat. “ You meet a ll sorts o f people
down here. We do all sorts o f framing from large
commercial accounts to artists doing their first
shows.”
RIMPERS1
M rs. Ellen Law was the house
guest o f Mrs. Carmen W alker for a
spring break in H onolulu. The two
educators enjoyed good weather
and good sight-seeing during their
two weeks o f island sunning.
A nice H a ll, fresh from the
fashion runways o f N ike shows in
Chicago, and from in-store model­
ing o f garments at exclusive shops in
Eugene, is mailing invitations to an
Easter Sunday tea at her home.
Hours are arranged for 2:00 pm to
6:00 pm to allow guests flexibility in
the crowded Easter holiday calendar,
o f events.
•
Over three hundred persons, sing­
ing and carrying palm fronds, parti­
cipated in a Palm Sunday walk from
St. P h ilip the Deacon Episcopal
Church and from Immaculate Heart
C ath o lic C hurch to witness the
blessing o f the palm s. The w alk
ended at a gazebo in Dawson park.
The walk and sing-along led by
choir members has become a tradi­
tion for the congregation of the two
neighboring churches who meet also
in ecumenical prayer and praise and
fellow ship at various times in the
church year.
Father M . Ramsey Schadewitz
and Deacon Alcena Boozer, both of
St. Ph ilip Episcopal C h urch , and
Father Charles Lienert o f Immacu­
late Hear, joined in conducting the
short, bu, moving open-air services
o f Christian faith for the combined
congregations.
C oupon
FRAME FACTORY
$5.00
OFF
Any Framed Picture
in stock at
$9.95 and over
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In tro d u c to ry Prices
Chicken basket with potato wedges & salad,
K -chicken $2.65, H-chicken $3.95
a la c a r te with chips, fc-chicken $1.75, H-chicken $2.96
Hot Foot Chili Bowl with chips $2.50
Salad Bar with our spicy house dressing $1.75, refill $1.00
Great Nachol (Feeds 1-3) $3.50
OLD TOWN.
4-H m em bers p rep are fo r
ternational culture fair.
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R o u n d " w ill be the theme o f the
Fifth Annual International Culture
Fair, sponsored by the members and
s ta ff o f the U rb an 4 -H program .
The event w ill be held S aturday,
A p ril 24, from 5 to 8 pm . at the
M att Dishman Center, 77 Northeast
Knott Street.
T ra d itio n a lly , the fair has high­
lighted the c u ltu ra l heritage o f
people from all over the w o rld ,
through art, music, food, and cloth­
ing exhibits. Ethnic food w ill be
served and music will be by various
groups from throughout the city.
Highlighting the fair will be the So­
journer Truth Theater under the di­
rection o f Nyewusi A s k a ri. M rs.
Betty J. Hardy is the Coordinator of
this event and Ira D. M u m fo rd is
the Extension Agent for U rban
4 H Youth.
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