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Page 8 Portland Observer, May 6, 1982 Serving The Rug and Carpet Needs of Northwest Families »St Businesses Since 19(H). OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SIDELINES by Kathryn Hall Bogle by Kathryn H all Bogle What is a mother? The dictionary states: “ A female parent," a "w om an in authority,” "Maternal tender ness or affection.” Synonyms are: source, fount, origin, nurse, serve, wait on, minister to. M other’ s Day is given by decree as the second Sunday in May, appointed fo r the honoring o f mothers. U.S. Census figures o f 1980 show that P ortland has 33,446 black people. Even if only half that num ber o f persons were women that would count out to more than 16,000. Say that h alf o f these are mothers. We then might guess that there are at least 8,000 black women in Portland who are mothers. We can’ t bring pictures to you of 8,000 mothers, but we wish a Happy M other’s Day to all. We can show pictures o f just four busy mothers o f Portland town. One well-known mother is Letitia Brock. Her family o f four, all girls, have grown up and have families o f their own. The Brocks were a church-oriented family with regular attendance at Bethel A .M .E . and active participation in the life o f the church. Mrs. Brock was also well known in womens club circles, holding o f fice in more than one. The Literary Research and the Culture Club oc cupied some o f her leisure time away from home. Educated as a teacher. Brock was employed for a number o f years as a nursery school teacher fo r V olun teers o f America. Her adult children are: Rose Marie Johnson, a teacher in the ele mentary schools o f Lake Oswego; Ruby Jourdan, a computer special ist at the Pentagon; Joy P ru itt, a Portland elementary school princi pal, and Beverly H illiard, a teacher at Richmond elementary school. Mrs. Brock, in comparative re tirem ent now, keeps a fu ll social schedule and maintains a part o f her calendar fo r travel. She keeps fit w ith regular exercise, including swimming. Having had the pleasure o f rear ing fo u r daughters, Mrs. Brock yearns for a granddaughter. How ever, she loves her grandsons—all nine o f them. LETITIA BROCK ning track. Anise, herself, has an undeniable singing talent and enjoys joining the choirs at Maranatha and smaller group singing w ith Ken B erry’ s Time Sound. Oriental Bugs und Hroudloumv IM IW \ l o w \ M U H I Park al W a,hingli>n 22 *4 1 2 5 I I < t\ I) ( I \ H K M O K I On Ih r S nrlh M a ll 2*4 -2119 S W Cleaning and Repairing < O M P I I I I S t K t l O I M II U U S 1516 S .| Iti,h io n 2*4 5495 Hui». ( arprl. tu rn iliir r an<l Iira per, ( leanlnp GENEVA JORDAN Popular Geneva Jones, mother o f six, is a part o f the working force o f women. Geneva is a Com m unity Relations C onsultant fo r P acific Power and Light. She visits a six- state territory for her company on a regular basis. Geneva was Home Economist for P .P .& L . fo r many years and it is "n o big thing” for her to whip up a meal for eight or sixteen, or act as a judge o f foods at a fair. The home nest is almost empty except fo r one son, Roland G il christ, a mechanical engineer fo r P .P .& L. Roland joined the Jones family a few years ago by mutual af fection and adoption. The other Jones children are Joel Elizabeth Jones, a coordinator at Pennsylvan ia State University Community Cen ter; Roman Jr., a sales manager at Cochran-Shelli automobile agency; Steven, a former Trailblazer, now a sports broadcaster for U.S.A. Cable T .V .; Margaret Jones Allen (called Margo), an Academic coordinator at Penn State, and Nicholas (Nick), a Direct Sales Representative fo r Cablesystems T.V. The fam ily hails Geneva as Ma, "M o m ,” "M o th e r,” or just "Beamer,” because she beams and radiates love to them always. What w ill she do on M o th e r’ s Day? Geneva w ill be in Houston, Texas attending a graduation exer cise at Prairie View. The trip is a gift to her from Steven and his w ife, Carol. Anise Hall is our today’ s choice o f a young “ glamour” mother. Anise, in private life , is Mrs. James Hall, and she is mother to 11- year-old James Jr., a 5th grader at Maranatha Christian School. Anise is a form er Rose Festival princess, the third black princess in festival history. A graduate o f Cleveland High School, Anise found herself sought after fo r as signments to model garments fo r Jantzen. She was successful right from the start. Other downtown stores invited her to show clothes for them and, for Anise, her career was born. Anise takes motherhood seriously and is the chauffeur who sees that James Jr. gets from school at M ar anatha to band practice with Thara M em ory’ s Jazmin com m unity marching band, at practice just now for the annual Rose Festival parade. Extra sandwiches must be packed by Anise for James Jr. when he is run- ANISE HALL Our executive-type mother is Freddye Pettet, the wife o f Marion Pettct, a supervisor at the U.S. Post Office. Freddye is the mother o f 16- year-old Andre, a ju n io r at Jesuit High School where he is on the hon or roll. This is a relaxed Catholic family who enjoy each other. They read to gether, they talk together, they play tennis together. Andre is on Jesuit H ig h ’ s tennis team and the Pettet home is "a lw a ys fu ll o f boys,*’ Freddye says. Freddye likes to cook, is fond o f desserts, and has to watch her weight. She belongs to a woman’ s health club which she attends for ex ercise every day, i f possible. In her home she is presently as sembling a gallery o f pictures, mainly photographs o f family mem bers. She is learning to do her own framing and her hallway w ill soon display grandparents and great grandparents from babyhood to col lege graduation to maturity. Summer plans include a work-va cation combination when Freddye takes a six-weeks leave o f absence from her stress-laden position as Ex ecutive at the P ortland Urban League. In W ashington, D .C ., Freddye w ill become a member o f the Foreign Service Selection Board for the United States Government. This job involves the assessment and promotional prospects o f diplomats in the services o f the government. The fam ily w ill jo in Freddye there for the vacation free time. One Hour Martinizing 1419 N.E. Fremont Stewarts Cleaners 2701 N.E. Knott 25% OFF ON DRAPES WITH THIS COUPON 25% OFF ON DRAPES _______ WITH THIS COUPON FREDDYE PETTET Vote 'No' on Measure No. 5 Ballot Measure No. 5 would radically change the method o f choosing the Chief Justice of the Oregon Supreme Court. It would take from the Justices themselves, who are elected by the people on a non-partisan basis, their long standing a u th o rity to choose their own C hief Justice. 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