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OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE SIDELINES
by Kathryn H a ll Bogle
by Kathryn H a ll Bogle
A R B A R A W illiam s, baiileui
B
o f P o rtla n d ’s Zeta Sigma
Theta Chapter o f the Alpha Kappa
A lpha sorority, and two executive
board members o f the local chapter,
Rose M a rie Johnson and M a rio n
M itc h e ll, have returned fro m the
50th boule of the national organic«,
tion held during the latter part o f
July in Boston.
They report 2200 sorors were pre­
sent who represented 343 chapters
and 7 5,000 members o f A K A
throughout the U n ited States and
abroad.
“ Founded in 1908 at H o w ard
University. Alpha Kappa Alpha sor­
ority is America’s first black Greek-
le tte r s o r o r ity ," said W illia m s .
“ Today our ranks are made up o f
many racial backgrounds, A K A few
ters finer womanhood, scholarships
and service to mankind.
" A t the conference, following the
them e o f ‘ O u r D ia m o n d Jubilee
Promise: Facets o f Dynam ic P ow ­
er,* among several issues discussed
and examined in workshops were:
Networking, Health Awareness, So­
Seated: Lola Qauff, Nathan Jonee. Lucille Ses­
Amelia Lanier. Standing: M atthew Chavis, Lloyd
cial Security, Investments and Tax
siona.
Libby
Clark,
Geneva
Jones.
Maggie
Raine,
Gaskin.
W rite -o ffs , and others. We heard
addresses by Eddie M . W illia m s
from the Joint Center for Political
Studies, A tty . R andall Robinson,
F E W O F P o rtla n d ’ s good
The Jones’ fam ily includes San­
Maggie Raine, hosteess for Libby
executive director o f transportation
,cooks got together recently
dy, their 15-year-old daughter, Nate
Clark, is an Urban Planner, a public
fo r a round tab le discussion
and Congressman W alter Fauntroy,
Jr. and Darrell who are both in col­
relations consultant, a promoter of
all prominent on a national level.
o f— what else?— food. Inspiration
lege. Health Food menus figure im ­
event. She has worked fo r P O IC ,
for the gathering was a visitor from
"Donations from A K A , national­
portantly in this household.
for the Portland Urban League and
C alifo rn ia, Libby C la rk , food edi­
ly, were presented at the public
for radio station KBOO.
L u cille Sessions was a n u tritio n
tor o f the Los Angeles Sentinel, in
meetings. A K A gave $25,000 to the
advisor for 10 years at the Oregon
Raine is the world traveler. She
town to visit her long term friend ,
N A A C P , gave $ 85 ,0 0 0 to the
State Extension Center. She says she
came to Portland from Los Angeles
M aggie R ains, a w orld traveler
U n ite d Negro C ollege Fund and
has retired, but she remembers that
and would like a perm anent jo b
whose cooking expertise is in ethnic
$2,000 to the National Coalition o f
she works "part-tim e” with Visiting
placement here as she has family ties
foods.
Voters,” said Williams.
Nurse Association helping patients
in iwn.
C la rk , on her way home a fte r a
Among nationally known person­
with their special diets. She’s also
tour o f the eastern seaboard and an
alities belonging to A K A are Coret-
W e, when space p erm its, w ill
working on a cook-book, drawing
extra-special side trip for a person
ta Scott King, M arian Anderson, El­
p
rint
R aine’ s recipe fo r a G round
on
her
long
experience
cooking
in
alized look-see at the plant o f Gen­
la Fitzgerald and Yvonne B. Burke.
Nuts
Stew
from Africa.
the
homes
o
f
w
ealthy
and
glam
o­
eral Foods in Pennsylvania and to
Soon to be inducted into honorary
rous personalities in H o lly w o o d .
Kraft Foods in that area, wanted to
m em bership are M a y a A n gelo u ,
Sessions says her book will have a
meet some o f the cooks o f the
O livia Cole and Carm en De Laval-
good section giving some o f her fa ­
northwest and take home some o f
lade, according to Williams.
vorite Jewish recipes.
their recipes.
Special treats fo r those visiting
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Several o f those present could
provide cup and teaspoon measures,
others had to be pinned down as to
how much is a " little ” o f this and a
" b it m o re" o f that. C lark struck a
gold mine when she huddled w ith
Geneva Jones.
Geneva has just returned to your
T V picture tube by way o f K A T U ,
Ch. 2. She cooks live, right before
your eyes, at 9 am each week with
p o p ular host Jim Bosley running
patter beside her.
Geneva cooks one-dish meals,
company dinners or fancy teas and
can cook, measure, talk and teach
all at the same time.
L o la G a u ff likes to make casser­
oles for one dish meals. G a u ff is al­
so a transferee fro m C a lifo rn ia —
Riverside, to be exact. H er fam ily
pioneered in that lo c atio n at the
BARBARA WILLIAMS
turn o f the century. She worked as
an
adm in istrative secretary in the
ic h a r d m . N e a l, S r ., a
Riverside
public schools, had sever­
Portland area pharmacist for
al
years
experience
as a P T A presi­
many years was recently honored by
dent,
and
finished
her
working ca­
M eharry Medical College, his alma
reer in a speech therapy department
mater, for his 50 years o f service to
o f the public school system.
his profession. The honor was d i­
rected to Neal by the National Asso­
H er home was always open to
ciation o f Meharry.
friends o f her children and it was for
Neal, now retired, was chief phar­
entertaining a ll the fa m ily friends
macist at E astm oreland H o s p ita l
ahd acquaintances that G a u ff devel­
fro m 1957 to 1965. H e was ¿ k ie f
oped her skill at gumbo and other
pharmacist at St. Joseph H typital in
" s o u l” cooking plus apple dum p­
V a n co u v er, W a s h ., fi4Wn 1965 to -
lings, c a rro t cake and pineapple
1973.
torte and a m outh w atering sauce
N ea l is a past president o f the
for bread pudding called “ D a ffo ­
O regon Society o f H o sp ital P h a r­
d il." She promised recipes for O b ­
macists, an organization that named
servations one o f these days.
N eal “ pharm acist o f the year” in
Nathan Jones describes himself as
1961.
a fairiily cook, a title he exercises
Neal and his w ife, R uth, have a
twice a week in his home to give his
, son, D r. Richard M . Neal, Jr., who
wife, G ail, a break in routine. Jones
received his medical degree fro m
also told Libby Clark he is principal
Meharry in 1967.
at Marshall high school, but before
Libby gets home she will learn that
Nate Jones has been transferred to
Jefferson H ig h . A nd fo r the first
tim e Jefferson w ill have a black
principal. Jones also is a profession­
al referee in N F L fo o tb all. For six
years now, on designated weekends,
N ate hops a plane fo r New Y o rk
C ity , W ashington, D .C ., Los A n ­
geles, or anywhere in Texas, referees
an N F L game, hops a plane again
and is back at his o ffic e at school
come M onday morning. He will be
attending a N F L football clinic last­
ing a week in D enver before he
starts at Jefferson. Jones is enthusi­
astic about his w ife ’s tennis game
and he accompanied her to British
C o lu m b ia fo r a to u rn a m e n t last
RICHARD M. NEAL
week.
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Sessions is m arried to Pleasant
Sessions, the owner and operator o f
"Soul C ity ,” a record and tape shop
located for 11 years on Lombard St.
Soul City sponsors a bowling team.
Am elia Lanier has begun a cater­
ing business o f her own. She w ill
cook a casserole for your party at
your house or she w ill prepare an
entire meal fo r 200 at a place o f
your choice. No problem with serv­
ing dishes— L an ie r has a lot o f
them: nice ones they are, too.
M a tth e w C havis is a self-em ­
ployed Insurance Broker. He sells it
a!!: Life, Health, Home and Auto. He
likes being his own boss and works
out o f his home.
Chavis "retired” after 22 years in
the U.S. Navy. He was a Chief Petty
O ffic e r in the submarine group in
the Q u a rte rm a ster, w hich, in the
N avy, is responsible for navigation
— the chartin g and p lo ttin g o f
courses by the stars and landmarks.
Chavis joined the Navy in Philadel­
phia but was born in G re en v ille,
South Carolina.
Chavis says he has always liked to
cook and, while he was in the naval
service, he taught him self how to
cook. H e likes to fix spicy foods,
has a special New Orleans gumbo, is
proud o f his fancy garnishes: his
radish roses, the carrot curls, and
other food carvings. C havis also
bakes pies. The strawberry chiffon
he makes is legendary, and the blue­
berry pie he makes, with crumbs in
layers, had everybody drooling.
Chavis has three daughters, 23,
21, and 19. H e ’s divorced, and "u n ­
attached."
L lo y d Gaskin spent 26 years as
o ffic e manager in the engineering
departm ent o f R C A G lo b a l C o m ­
munications in San Francisco. He
retired last year and moved back to
Portland, his home town, although
he was born in Cheyenne, W y o m ­
ing.
Gaskin is also an art b u ff, a se­
rious collector. H e w ill be bringing
some o f his collection to Portland
soon and will show some o f it. Gas­
kin says he’s basically a meat-and
potatoes coo k, and prefers oven
cooking to other methods. H ow ev­
er, he confessed to pride over his ox­
tail stew, and his style o f turning out
numerous types o f dried beans, len­
tils, and so on
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