Page 8 Portland Observer, May 6, 1982
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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.
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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.
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