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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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H A R L E S C U R R IE , a former
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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.
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Men s, Women's.
Children s Clothing
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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.
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" 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
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