Portland Observer, July 14, 1982 Section II Page 7
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE SIDELINES
by Kathryn Hall Boule
CATERING COSTS ABOUT
TH E SAME EVERYWHERE
HI- IS a soft, gentle lady, quiet
S
“ We did just that and found our
and reserved in her m anner.
selves doing volunteer work as med
Quiet, yes, but not inactive.
ical missionaries at the Presbyterian
Im p o rtan t to her are fam ily,
Church Hospital in Guatemala City.
friends, the tenets o f a strong reli
" I also found myself pregnant.
gious fa ith , the practice o f good
With twins. Wc had Io reasscess our
health habits and a life-long pursuit
plans and make new ones for a
o f excellence. The order o f these
family o f five, with three little ones
things may alter from time to time
under five years o f age.
but they remain as markers, d ed i
"A s quickly as our twins, Carlos
cated in the life o f M arva Graham .
and C o u rtn e y, were b o rn , wc
M .D .
headed back to the states and to our
Reared in B altim ore, M arva
firs, look at the Pacific Northwest. I
Melvin was the only child o f D o ro
had been prepared to see a rain fo r
thea and Archie Melvin. “ Bookish”
est area but found P o rtlan d a de
as a growing g irl, M arva casliy
lightful city.
turned to books for interest and
com panionship although her p ar
ents habitually engaged her in their
adult conversation and companion
ship.
Following her natural style, M a r
va applied herself to studies when
she was ready for college and, in
I960, she became a Phi Beta Kappa
graduate in pre-medicine from
Howard University.
Not exactly all o f her time had
been spent in bookish study, how
ever, for it was no, long after her
graduation that M arva became the
bride o f A lvin G raham , M .D . D r.
Alvin Graham just “ happened” to
be the son o f the Rev. and M rs.
H O . G ra h am , the Presbyterian
minister and his w ife o f the B a lti
“ A lvin began surgery practice at
more Church where the Melvins had
St. Vincent hospital; I left the babies
worshipped for years.
in the care o f a G uatem alan lady
D r. A lv in G raham was ready to
who had come with us and I started
open his first o ffic e as a general
reserach work at University o f O re
practitioner in a small town in the
gon M edical School. A ll seemed
west, having just completed his fam
smooth, bu, (this was in 1966), then
ily practice study at San Luis Obis
my husband was drafted for service
po, C al. Bride and bridegroom set
in the Vietnam War.
tled in Cayucos, California.
" W e tried to keep as close to
In Cayucos, the Grahams became
gether as possible. For part o f the
the only black residents in this little
time the children and I were in Balti
city o f 2,000 white people. Most o f
more w ith my parents, and part o f
the residents were retired persons
the time we were together in H ono
comfortable in maintaining their life
lu lu . M y husband switched his
style in the leisurely pace o f a small
studies to radiology and began to
town snuggled close to the famous
serve a residency in H onolulu. The
Hears! Castle.
residency was com pleted in B a lti
"T h e population had no hesitan
more.
cy in receiving us and becoming my
" T h is was about the time o f
husband's p atien ts,*’ D r. M arva
’women’s lib .’ I began to wonder if
G raham says. She adds with a
my brain was atrophying and I
laugh, “ Some o f them told us, ‘ I f he
thought aloud about entering medi
is black and made it this fa r, he’ s
cal school. I met good natural sup
go, to be good."
port for the idea from my family.
" W e enjoyed it th e re ," D r.
“ That settled it for me. I applied
Graham continues. " I did some o f
and was accepted for medical study
the lab work for the o ffice and
at the U niversity o f O regon. I en
busied myself with the townspeople.
rolled on time, and when he could,
O ur firs, child , Russell, was born
my
husband followed me to Oregon
there in Cayucos. We stayed about
this
time.
five years and then, since we both
“
I
enjoyed my experience ’on the
like to trav el, we decideed to give
h
ill.’
Oh,
there was a minor thing or
ourselves a year o ff to nose around
two fo r, a fter a ll, I was the only
in Mexico and Guatemala.
black wom an in the school. But,
otherwise, I was accepted complete
ly.
" I pul the children in p rivate
school (Oregon Episcopal Schools)
as in our fam ily the education o f
children is first. It took a lot o f o r
ganization at home to keep things
running well. We like to travel and
we have little interest in expensive
clothes and expensive cars so the
budget adjustment was simplified.
" In 1977 I was graduated from U.
o f O . medical school. I combined
my residency years and internship at
the Veterans Administration hospi
tal in Portland. When I received my
Oregon license to practice, I worked
a year at Callahan Center where in
jured workers are treated and reha
bilitated.
"M y
husband.
D r.
A lvin
Graham, is now a radiologist at the
Kaiser Sunnyside location.
" I spend my tim e now w ith my
family. The children are growing up
and, later on, I plan to return to my
profession.”
Dr. Marva Graham will be one of
the speakers at the T actical Re
source seminar being arranged by
the Black W o m e n ’s N etw ork on
Saturday, July 17, at the P .O .I.C
T rain in g Center on N .E . U nion
Ave.
D ’ Norgia Price is president o f the
Black Women’s Network.
E N IT A L Y N N Talley, daugh
B
Three-year-old M akeda Stewart
was flower girl and three-year-old
David Parker was ring bearer.
Best man was Luther Tucker o f
M ia m i, a classmate o f the bride-
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Catering prices are pretty standard all over town. But so
are the services.
Except at The Westin Benson. W ith crystal chandeliers,
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by top notch professionals, we set a higher standard.
Catering costs about the same everywhere. But only The
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MRS. BENITA GILLIARD
groom. Groomsmen were Benjamin
Talley I II , Toney Caywood, Ricardo
Stewart, and Ernest Harris 111. Act
ing as ushers were M artin M cC len
don and Samuel Johnson. A ll the
men in the wedding party wore sil
ver grey attire with lavender carna
tions in their lapels.
Both bride and bridegroom were
M ay graduates o f G ram bling C o l
lege. The bride m ajored in
C om puter Science and has been
inducted into the U S A F as a Space
Systems O ffice r. G illia rd received
G il-
his degree in marketing and Produc
tion with an associate degree in busi
ness a d m in istra tio n . He also has
joined the U .S .A .F .
The newlyweds will spend a brief
honeymoon in Oregon before flying
to their in d ivid u al assignments as
commissioned officers at Cocoa
Beach, Florida.
ter o f M r. and Mrs. Benjamin
Talley, and M ichael Anthony
lia rd , son o f M r. and M rs. O liver
G illia rd o f M ia m i, were united in
marriage on Saturday. July 10th at
the M a llo ry Avenue C hristian
Church. The one o ’clock afternoon
service was conducted by Elder
Perry Parker.
The double ring cerem ony, c a r
ried out in traditional fashion, pro
vided a lovely setting for the bride.
D E L T A S IG M A T H E T A re
For her wedding the bride wore
an eggshell satin gown, hoop-skirted
gional conference, scheduled
with a table overskirt trimmed with
for July 15 through July 17, drew
touches o f lace.Bodice was o f lace.
nearly a dozen members to Pasa
Her veil, made with three lacc-cdged
dena fro m the Po rtlan d A lum nae
tiers, fell from a molded cap of satin
C hapter this week. They w ill meet
se, w ith seed pearls and lace. She
w ith o th er D elta members at the
carried a bouquet o f white roses and
Pasadena Hilton.
baby breath.
Among those attending the C on
Maid-of-honor was Deana Talley,
ference are: A ddie Jean Haynes,
sister o f the bride. Two other sisters,
president o f the local chapter;
Karla and Stephanie, joined M aria
Evelyn H a irs to n , vice president;
Powell and Delores G u id ry as
Aletha Chavis, treasurer; June Key,
bridesmaids. A ll wore identical lav
corresponding secretary; Ellen Law,
ender toc-,ip silk gowns with sheer,
M a ria n G ilm o re -L o v in g , Jewel
long-sleeved jackets trim m ed with
Bowman, Laura Glossen, Yvonne
lace and lavendar satin ribbons. The
Williams, and Mattie Peterson.
bridesmaids carried bouquets o f
Them e o f this y e a r’ s regional
roses, carnations, and baby breath,
g ath erin g, according to M rs.
and in their hair they wore clusters
Haynes, w ill emphasize "W o m e n
of baby breath.
Helping W om en.”
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Black alumni plan reunion
The firs , U n ive rs ity o f Oregon
Black Alum ni Reunion will be held
August 27-29 at the H ilto n Hotel in
Eugene. D errick Bell, Dean o f the
University o f Oregon Law School,
will be keynote speaker at a banquet
on Saturday, August 28th at 6:30
p.m . O ther events include Friday,
A u g. 27th R eg istratio n and an
evening get-acquainted disco dance
from 10 p.m-2 a.m. Saturday’s acti
vities will be a picnic from 10 a.m .
to 4 p .m . followed by the banquet
and a second dance, again from 10
p .m . to 2 a .m . Sunday m orning
there w ill be a no-hos, farew ell
brunch.
A ccording to K enneth A d a ir,
C h airperson o f the U n ive rs ity o f
Oregon Black A lum ni C om m ittee,
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the purposes o f the Reunion are to
renew acquaintances and develop
friendships and networks. There are
also plans to develop a Black Stu
dent S cholarship Prog ram at the
University o f Oregon to "h e lp our
own.”
O th e r members o f the R eunion
com m ittee are Rose A nn B u tler,
Greg Gudger, Armando LaGuardia
and Pearl H ill. For registration and
in fo rm a tio n call K enneth A d a ir
(2 8 7 -7 6 9 1 ) or w rite to U . o f O .
Black Alum ni Committee, 3736 N .E
18th, P ortland OR 97212. Fee for
the three days’ activities is $25,
which includes the picnic, two
dances and (he banquet. After Aug.
3 the fee is $30 per person.
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Couple repeats wedding vows
by VIAnce Easter
Bishop Adolph and M attie Wells
celebrated their 25th, Silver, A n n i
versary June 22, 1982, by repeating
their vows at the Paramount Thea
tre, to help kick o ff the Full Gospel
Pentecostal Association’s conven
tion.
Bishop Wells is the International
Bishop o f the F u ll Gospel P en te
costal A ssociation and Pastor o f
Emmanuel Temple, F .G .P .C .
Bishop U .S . K ing o f O a k la n d ,
C alifornia officiated the ceremony.
A ttending were many outstanding
speakers and choirs from through
out Oregon and Washington, from
Moss Point, Mississippi, San Fran
cisco, O a k la n d , Los Angeles, and
Dallas, Texas.
Those in attendance included
Bishop Cane o f Spokane, Washing
ton, and Vice President Edna Travis
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