Page 8 Portland Observer, A ugust 11, 1982
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alternated in reading the wedding
geant o f 1982 announces a win
service from the writings o f Abdu
ner. She is Thea Warren, native o L f ’ Baha.
P ortland and daughter o f Ernest
Nasrin Afzali o f Iran, in America
Warren. Thea is 19 years old, 5 '8 '
only recently, led the ancient ritual
tall weighs 128 lbs w ith measure chanting o f prayers.
ments 34-26-34. She is b e a u tifu l.
Martha Warren and Helen Bishop
She is a talented dancer and ambi each read teachings to the young
tious—she wants to be a lawyer.
couple from "F o rtre ss o f W ell
The 17th Annual Miss Tan P ort Being,” a book o f guidance written
land Pageant, staged this year at the by Baha-u-lah, issued by the Na
Portland A rt Museum on Sunday,
tio n a l S p iritu a l Assembly o f the
August 8th, drew a large enthusias world-wide Bahai congregation.
tic crowd to witness the event de
In turn, the bridegroom and the
signed to "showcase talents and
bride each made audible vows to
abilities that would otherwise go un God (not to each other). They
discovered."
vowed to abide by the will o f God.
"Fortress o f Well Being” was the
The eleven young women who en-
tc red the competition in swimsuit, source o f closing prayer, read by
talent and evening gown categories
Mona Rasske. The pronouncement
displayed their own special brand of
o f the newly wedded status o f the
poise and charm for their audience,
couple was issued by A rizona
making decisions as to the winner
O'Neal, mother o f the bridegroom,
in her o ffic ia l capacity to conduct
d ifficult fo r the audience as well as
for the official judges.
Bahai marriages granted to her by
When Dorothea Rounds, "M iss
the National Spiritual Assembly.
Tan o f 1981,” placed the crown on
As in the w orld over, wedding
the brow o f Thea Warren applause
guests were invited to celebrate the
occasion after the formalities. The
was thunderous in approval.
First runner-up was K im berly
new Mr. and Mrs. Paul O ’ Neal were
Swopes, second runner-up was A l-
feted by a lavish buffet spread in
trina Walker, third runner-up was
doors at the home o f Charles and
Vanessa Sykes who was also chosen
Betty Pearman immediately across
as "M is s P e rs o n a lity " o f the pa
the suburban street. The continuous
geant. The "M is s C o n g e n ia lity”
interchange o f guests moving from
award went to Sheila Chambers.
one home to the other v irtu a lly
closed the street to any through traf
Interm ission periods were also
fic.
fille d by talented personalities.
Steve Swanson absorbed audience
The newlyweds w ill honeymoon
attention with his songs, sung to his
in southern California.
own piano accompaniment.
The Golden Eagle choir o f Alaba
ma was also a popular intermission
feature.
Judges introduced were: June
Brown, homemaker; Butch Coors,
owner Butch Coors H a ir Design;
Anise Hall, professional model and
vocalist; Tony Hopson, Instructor,
Lincoln High School; Bob Hui, dis
tric t manager, Fred Meyer; Nelly
Johnson, candidate for Judge, Dis
tric t C o u rt #14; Debbie Kainu,
DON & JUDY RUTHERFORD
Montgomery Ward; Jim McCrocy,
N TOWN from Los Angeles this
personnel manager, Franz Bakery;
Kathryn H a ll Bogle, P ortland Ob
past week were Donald Ruther
server; C laxton W elch, re a lto r/
fo rd and his w ife, Judy. Don was
broker, Seattle, Wash.
born and reared in Portland, went
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MR. & MRS. PAUL O'NEAL
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to Jefferson and attended both the
University o f Oregon and Fisk U ni
versity. The Rutherfords were visit
ing Don's brother Otto and his wife,
Verdell, but they saw a lot o f old
friends as well.
The Gaskin brothers, Lloyd and
Harold, were among the old friends
who entertained in honor of the visi
tors. One evening they invited about
30 o f Don’ s old friends to a buffet
supper at H arold’s home. Lloyd is
the chef there and his menu was
b u ilt around baked ham, fried
chicken and jambouli with a layered
salad. Harold was the busy bartend
er.
ELLEN LAW & IDA McCLENDON
Conversation was lively and
bounced around to keep everybody
updated. M r. and Mrs. Yancey
Franklin o f Seattle, form er P ort
landers, were there. Mrs. Thelma
M o rto n Trehurne, o f Nashville,
Tenn., was m entioning that she
plans to retire soon and w ill return
to Portland, her birthplace, to live.
Her abiding interest is in genealogy
and she w ill continue her connec
tions with Howard University.
Ellen Torrence Law, a form er
principal in the city ’ s high schools,
corrected this columnist, who said
Nathan Jones was Jefferson High
School’s first black principal. The
colum nist is embarrassed. Ellen
Law herself was principal at Jeffer
son. She was an assistant principal
from 1971 to 1972 and was a fu ll-
fledged principal at Jefferson from
1972 to ,974! Ellen added that Hen
ry ("H a n k ” ) Marshall preceded her
at Jefferson. " H a n k " M arshall
came from San Francisco to head
Jefferson as principal from 1970 to
1971. He returned to San Francisco
and its public school system after
that. Excuse this columnist, Nate,
you probably know you are the
th ird black principal o f Jefferson.
And thank you, Ellen, for keeping
the record straight.
Now, back to Donald R uth
erford. Don is a retired engineer, an
aeronautical engineer with his de
gree from U .S .C . added to the
others. He worked fo r Years with
Douglas A ircraft as a Tool Design
er during W orld War I I , leaving
Douglas to move to Howard
Hughes Company in Culver C ity.
He designed the engine controls for
Hughes’ “ Flying Boat” (the Spruce
Goose), the largest flying ship ever
made.
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"That ’ Flying Boat,’ " says Don,
"was a forerunner o f the 747. I was
a member o f the first and only flight
crew o f that ship. M r. Hughes was
aboard that flig h t."
Judge Mercedes Deiz was at the
Gaskin party w ith her husband,
Carl, a pilot in WW II.
Judge Deiz drew out another in
terest o f Don’ s: "H e is an invent
o r,” she said. Rutherford admitted
that he indeed holds patent rights
(and collects royalties) on the
"touch latch” : the simple little met
a llic device that holds your cup
board door closed when you push
the door “ to ."
Don also is the patent owner o f
the sliding door design installed in
Volkswagen’ s fam ily busses—the
type o f doors that slide over each
other. He also invented the lock that
secures the doors.
Don and Judy (she was a Los A n
geles school p rin cip a l before her
own retirem ent) have recently re
turned fro m extensive travels in
South America where they traveled
the length o f the Amazon river by
launch, an experience they rate as a
highlight o f their visits in the area
below the equator, induing an un
forgettable journey to the Galapa
gos Islands.
Norm Thompson O u tfitte rs, in
P ortland, delighed Don when he
went shopping fo r safari boots.
They had his size in a p articula r
style he has coveted but could not
find—even in London. The Ruther
fords are still on the move.
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N THE home front, Charles
" P a t " Patterson, historic
great athlete at the U niversity o f
Oregon (one o f Don Rutherford's
friends, too), attended the big re
union held at Benson High School
on Friday, August 6. The a ffa ir
brought together old grads o f Ben
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T WAS A B A H A I ceremony
when Paul O 'N eal and Yvette
Anderson became man and wife last
Saturday a fte rn o on in the flow er
garden at the home o f his parents,
A.C. and Arizona O ’ Neal.
The day was one o f near-record
heat and wedding guests were shad
ed by colorful umbrellas or by shel
tering trees. The nuptial pair stood
under an arch o f flowers and sway
ing paper bells attached to a leafy
branching magnolia tree. Nearby
were the bride’ s parents, Jerry A n
derson and Jean Anderson.
The bride wore a romantic p rin
cess-style gown o f white nylon and
embroidered lace cut w ith V-neck
and form -fittin g bodice. Sleeves o f
her gown were tig h tfittin g to the
wrist but were full and puffed above
the elbow. Her veil, matched to the
length of her toe-tip gown, fell from
a pleated bandeau stitched with pas
tel satin roses. She carried a hand
bouquet of white roses tied with lav-
endar ribbon streamers.
Attending the bride was her sister,
Lisa Anderson, who wore a flo w
ered voile dress and carried a bou
quet o f pastel blossoms.
Attending the bridegroom was his
brother, Massood O’ Neal.
Flower g irl was Jennifer Ander
son, young sister of the bride.
Ring bearer was Michaelangelo
Moss. M atching gold wedding
bands, set w ith diam onds, both
O ’ Neal fam ily heirlooms, were pre
sented on a lacy pillow at the begin
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