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Page 8 Portland Observer, August 11, 1982 OBSERVATIONS FROM THE SIDELINES bv Kathryn H a ll Bogle □ T HE MISS TA N Portland Pa 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 L o ’ f Baha. P ortland and daughter o f Ernest Nasrin Afzali of Iran, in America Warren. Thea is 19 years old, 5 ’8" only recently, led the ancient ritual ta ll, weighs 128 lbs w ith measure chanting o f prayers. ments 34-26-34. She is b ea 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 “ Fortress o f W ell The 17th Annual Miss Tan Port 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 na 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 of God. The eleven young women who en “ Fortress o f Well Being” was the tered the com petition 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 iffic u lt for the audience as well as for the official judges. Bahai marriages granted to her by When Dorothea Rounds, “ Miss 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 was thunderous in approval. occasion after the formalities. The First runner-up was K im berly new Mr. and Mrs. Paul O ’ Neal were feted by a lavish buffet spread in Swopes, second runner-up was Al- trina W alker, th ird runner-up was doors at the home o f Charles and Vanessa Sykes who was also chosen Betty Pearman immediately across as “ Miss P erson a lity” o f the pa the suburban street. The continuous geant. The “ Miss C on ge n iality” intercha.ige 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. The newlyweds w ill honeymoon Steve Swanson absorbed audience in southern California. attention with his songs, sung to his own piano accompaniment. The Golden Eagle choir of Alaba ma was also a popular intermission feature. Judges introduced were: June Brown, homemaker; Butch Coors, owner Butch Coors H air 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 ourt #14; Debbie Kainu, DON & JUDY RUTHERFORD Montgomery Ward; Jim McCrocy, N TOWN from Los Angeles this personnel manager, Franz Bakery; Kathryn Hall Bogle, Portland Ob past week were Donald Ruther server; C laxton Welch, re a lto r/ ford and his wife, Judy. Don was broker, Seattle, Wash. born and reared in Portland, went I MR & MRS PAUL O'NEAL I to Jefferson and attended both the University o f Oregon and Fisk Uni 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 Harold’ 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, former P o rt landers, were there. Mrs. Thelma M orton Trehurne, o f Nashville, Tenn., was mentioning 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 1974! Ellen added that Hen ry (“ Hank” ) 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 fA/rd black principal o f Jefferson. And thank you, Ellen, for keeping the record straight. Now, back to Donald Ruth erford. Don is a retired engineer, an aereonautical engineer with his de gree from U.S.C. added to the others. He worked for Years with Douglas Aircraft as a Tool Design er during W orld War II, leaving Douglas to move to Howard Hughes Company in Culver City. He designed the engine controls for Hughes’ “ Flying Boat” (the Spruce Goose), the largest flying ship ever made. WE OFFER ...bring in your old rubber stamps & get a trade in on the purchase of a new TRADE IN rubber stamp... YOU’VE HEARD OF TRADING STAMPS “ That ‘ Flying Boat,’ ” says Don, “ was a forerunner o f the 747. 1 was a member o f the first and only flight crew o f that ship. Mr. Hughes was aboard that flight.” Judge Mercedes Deiz was at the Gaskin party w ith her husband, Carl, a pilot in WW IL Judge Deiz drew out another in terest o f Don’s: “ He 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 c ip a l before her own retirement) have recently re turned from 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 tfitters, in P ortland, delighed Don when he went shopping fo r safari boots. They had his size in a p articular style he has coveted but could not find—even in London. The Ruther fords are still on the move. 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Sleeves of 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 flow ered voile dress and carried a bou quet o f pastel blossoms. Attending the bridegroom was his brother, Massood O’ Neal Flower girl was Jennifer A nder son, young sister o f the bride Ring bearer was Michaelangelo Moss. M atching gold wedding bands, set w ith diamonds, both O'Neal family heirlooms, were pre sented on a lacy pillow at the begin ning o f (be service Bahai friends o f the couple, Irene Smith, Clint Keys and C liff Carson. 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