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Portland Observer, Auguet 25, 1982 Section II Page 5 EMMANUEL Church of God in Christ United OBSERVATIONS 4800 NE 30th Ave., Portland, Oregon 97211 FROM THE SIDELINES by Kathryn Hall Bogle Sunday Service: ends and vacation periods, Earl Jr. attended the K anbridge School o f Dramatic Arts. D ra m a tic A rts fo r a toddler? W ell, Earl Jr. was an early-talking baby and would repeat accurately what he was asked to say, and also, he proved ready to fo llo w d ire c tions. A t age four Earl Jr. signed a contract with a real professional ag ent and he made an orange juice T V com m ercial for M in u te M a id . H e sat on the lap o f a circus clow n. Maybe you saw this on national T V . About this time his agent changed Earl’s professional name to B.J. W hen B .J. was five years o ld , Kentucky Fried Chicken chose him for one o f their commercials. And, now at age six, B.J. has had bit roles in H ill Street Blues which, with little doubt, will be scheduled for reruns soon. The Love Boat story with the bit Sunday School 10 00 A M Worship Service 12 00 Noon VPCE 6 30PM Evangelistic Service 8 00 P M band, Walter Lawson, was antea re cently in an automobile accident. M r. Lawson was Director o f A d ministrative Services for the state o f Alaska. M rs. Lawson is the Equal Employment O fficer for the trans portation department for the State of Alaska. D W eekday Service: T uesday Night Bible Study 7 30PM Friday night Regular Service 7 30 P M Prayer Meeting b Seminar Monday Friday 12 00 R. A N D M rs. Lloyd Stall o f Los Angeles are in the city visiting M rs . S ta ll’ s sister and b rother-in-law , M rs. Charles Jor dan and the City Commissioner. The Stalls brought their own three teen-age sons and a teen-age friend of theirs for the fam ily’s first trip to the Northwest. Camping and fishing at Silver Lake and general sightsee ing are attracting the visitors. W ho is guiding them? The Commission er, o f course. His own 12-year-old son and his 14-year-old daughter are happy to share in the happy plans. T In the ensuing years tam ily con tacts were few and far between. The new life for Sister Ricarda took her to Dubuque to continue her school ing. She studied hard to become a teacher as Aisters o f St. Francis are teachers follow ing their 800-year- old tra d itio n . Sister R icarda also holds Masters Degrees in Adm inis tration and Ouidance Counselling. “ The sisterhood is celebrating its own 800th Anniversary this year,” Sister R icarda pointed o u t, and added, “ The Dubuque Franciscans are 100 years o ld .” “ We wore brown habits when I entered the order but now we have the privilege o f choosing what we wear. “ I taught in Io w a parochial schools for many years and became a p rin c ip al in Ossian, S tacyville, Sioux City and Waterloo. In W ater loo there was a racially mixed school p o p u latio n where I taught at St. M a ry ’ s. I found rapport was easy 281 3132 O ffice 917 S W A ld er *224-8401 Open: Monday. Wednesday. Friday and Saturday. 9 am-S pm " W e are n o w open 9 am to 9 pm every T U ESD A Y and T H U RSD A Y A Specializing in all curly perms, styling ft trimming. $4350 4 I FR AN C ES O D O M A N D J A M E S W . C A LV IN part for B .J. has not yet been re leased, but keep watching for this young Portlander. He is cast with Debbie Allen and plays the role o f Timmy in the story. B .J .’ s agent knows B .J.'s P o rt land address and will send for him when there is a Hollywood part that he can fill. N ow , B .J. has to really learn to read and write and count so that he can take care o f his business affairs. School bells are about to ring for him. 287 3B48 Home Proline Beauty Products " W e o ffe r you a c o m p le te line In ethnic hair care produ cts plus m any hard to fin d item s. H E O O L D E N Jubilee o f Sis vira Eich was 17 years old, that she adopted the name o f R icard a. In 1974, she said her first vows to “ live a life o f gospel, poverty, celibate love and obedience” in her chosen Franciscan com munity. When whe took the final vows in 1937 the new sister bid farewell to the close family life she had known with her parents and 11 brothers and sisters. Consultations Family personal, weddings, funerals Office hours. S-12, 2 4 Tuesdays thru Fridays You are cordially invited to w orship in these services! S I8T E R R IC A R D A EICH and remains easy fo r us. I guess ter Ricarda Eich, O .S .F being color isn’t a part o f me at all. celebrated this summer in Portland, “ Here at St. Vincent de Paul Cen and in a little town in Iow a, called ter we are licensed for caring for 120 Halbur, marks fifty years o f service children and I could never anser for this member o f the Community questions about our enrollm ent o f o f St. Francis. F or the past eight one race or another. years Sister R icarda has been the “ God has been good to me, and Associate D ire cto r o f the St. V in for my Jubilee it was arranged for cent de Paul C h ild Developm ent me to return to my fam ily in H a l Center. bur. We Franciscans are allowed to The many years o f service mark visit our fam ilies fo r three days as well a life o f devotion and love every five years. M y parents are de for the people Sister Ricarda serves. ceased now but several brothers and The warmth in her eyes and her gra sisters were able to get together with cious m anner attest to her e n jo y me for a reunion. ment o f her life and her enjoyment “ St. A ugustine held a Jubilee in being a part o f the lives o f those Mass, a mass o f Thanksgiving for around her. the occasion. Father Leo Reisberg was the celebrant. Some o f my fam As a director at the Center located ily , M a rie , Ray and H e rb e rt, my by adjoining properties to Immacu sister and two o f my brothers, took late H eart C atholic C hurch, Sister part in the celebration o f the mass. R icarda begins each w orkday at Various nieces and nephews acted as 7:30 am when she meets each child servers, ushers, soloists, and lector. at the d o o r o f the C en ter. Every One nephew, James Laughran, car child gets a hug and kiss on arrival ried the cross. Many fam ily friends and every little one knows that there are part o f the church choir. is a continuity o f love ahead for the “ Afterwards there was a big par day. ish dinner at (he church. It was won “ I feel lo v e d .” says Sister derful. Ricarda, ” and I feel needed by our “ Y e s ," Sister Ricarda went on, kids and their parents. They take the her eyes glistening a little , ” 1 re place o f my family. I watch the chil newed my vows w ith thanks and dren develop security with us, and I praise for the invitation to do so. I can sec the parents relax as they ob accepted again “ this act o f total giv serve that their children are happy ing that my life may be pleasing to and know that they are well cared God . . . ” for. T h at is part o f our philosophy A fte r a mom ent Sister R icarda here— to build good self-confidence spoke o f the program at the Center. in children. “ The Center is not ch u rc h -a ffiliat “ We offer counselling to parents ed. We occupy the building o f St. when the ask for it or if we think it Vincent de P a u l, but they do not would be helpful. O h, there is noth support us financially. ing m onotonous about my days— “ We are a U nited W ay agency. there is laughter and lots o f it, but We depend on fees from grants and there are also tears sometimes. individual and industrial contribu ‘Grandma,* I hear often from some tions to keep us going. W e get some one w ho wants to tell me some funds from the U .S. Dept. o f A gri thing.” culture. We are stale and federally licensed through U .S .D .A , but Sister Ricarda Eich indeed has a money is the problem . Things will family o f her own back in Iowa. She work out. I have fiath. I like P o rt has recently returned from H albur land, I like w orking at the Center to visit them and her home parish at and will stay here as long as I am al St. Augustine Church there. lowed." It was in January, 1983, when El Peetor b Wife Biehop b Mra. A I Wright Reg. $60°° Lim ited Time Only H A R L E S C U R R IE , a former C A rm y man, has recently been awarded the "Golden Legionnaire” plaque, one o f the highest honors given by the Smith-Reynolds Ameri can Legion Post 14 o f Vancouver, Wash. Resale Clothing ‘ First Quality The Second F ime Around Men s, Women's. Children s Clothing and Household Items p p r o x im a t e l y 3 5 ,0 0 0 Prince H all Shriners and the Daughters o f Isis from around the nation attended their annual con vention August 15 through 21st in the “ M ile H ig h ” city o f D enver, Colorado. James W . C a lv in , P o ten tate o f M in a T em ple *6 8 and Frances O d o m , Com m andress o f M in a Court *142 o f Portland, represented their respective "bodies” at the A n The Vancouver Legion Post is the nual Imperial Session. largest on the P acific Coast w ith A charitable and benevolent o r about 2,900 members. The award is ganization, the Shriners give grants given a n n u a lly in recognition o f to programs in the area o f scholar “ outstanding and meritorious ser ships, youth employment, hospitals, vice” to the Post. In the U.S. Army rest homes, cancer research, heart he held the position o f Sgt. M a jo r, associations and sickle cell anemia supervising the administration o f his research. battalion o f 800 to 1,000 men. Tem ple and C o u rt members a t D u rin g his m em bership C u rrie tending the convention were Im per has been chairm an o f the post in ial Officers Eugene and Viola Bon vestment committee, co-chaired the ner, Thomas and Dorothy Vickers. legislative committee and has served Past Potentates and Past C om - three years on the executive board. mandresses John T . Blow; Thomas Other activities have included mem Mills, Folia and Vethel H all, Henry bership in the Boy's State C o m H E “ H ill Street Blues” and and Frances Johns, W illia m B. mittee and membership in the Drum “ Love B oat": what have they O dom , J r., were also there. Other and Bugle Corps. in common? Outside o f both being o fficers and members attending Currie is employed as a histotech- successful T V series? were Charles Sanders, Asst. Record nologist at Em anuel H o s p ita l. In er; C la rk D ean, H ig h Priest and that capacity since 1948, Currie pre Prophet; Virgie L. Tinsley, First Lt. pares samples o f tissure, bones and Commandress; Daisy C a lv in , and body fluids for microscopic slides. Helen E. Riley, M .W . G rand M a H e is a founding m em ber o f the tron o f P H Grand Chapter. Oregon Society for Histotechnolo- In between sum mer lodge gists. meetings, M rs . D o ro th y Vickers O riginally from A rdm ore. O k la flew to Juneau, A laska to spend hom a, C u rrie and his w ife have three weeks w ith her sister, M rs. lived in Portland since 1946. They Jacqueline Law son, whose hus- have three adult children. ALL SIZES AVAILABLE Belle W ilson. O wner Consignments Accepted (Qudlits Merchandise Only) Bv Appointment Please —. _ T u e s .-S at 1 0 a m -5 pm 281-9418 Visa & Master Charge 2406 N.E. U n io n A ve Parking On NE Sacramento St MRS. C’s WIGS \ / \ Betty Cabos. Proprietor T 64 DIFFERENT STYLES A T « IN A V A R IE T Y OF COLORS! ALLEN TE M P LE C M E C H U R C H Corner of 8th and Skidn.ore " B .J ." LEW IS Both have young “ B .J .” Lewis playing bit parts! The show roles are small, but so is B.J. He just attained the ripe age o f six years. H e is the first born son o f M r. and Mrs. Earl Lewis o f this city. They also have another son, Lan ce, aged 16 months. The Lewises were in Los Angeles for a while at the time B.J. was two years old. They enrolled their little son they had named Earl Lewis Jr. in a kindergarten, and during week Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Worship 11 00am Christian Youth Fellowship 6:00pm (second and fourth Sundays) Reverend Thomas I . Strayhand, Minister Now ■ Aaron Mitchell and Son Plumbing Reg 32“ in°° ■ Reg 29“ B R A ID S * 2 fo r »9” * Experienced P lu m b er * Licensed end B onded Established in business for 25 year " Have lived in the Portland Area fo r 40 years WE STAND BEHIND ALL JOBS 1703 N.E. Alberta 288-4040 1 M R S . C ’s W IG S 707 N.E. 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