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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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
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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
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