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Middle East teach-in scheduled
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE SIDELINES
by Kathryn Hall Bogle
luncheon. Program chairperson is
Geraldine Hammond o f Salem. A
social hour for members only will be
held at the home of Bobbie Nunn to
complete the day.
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’ A R IN G IS Sharing—be-
rcause a Mind is a Terri­
ble Thing to W aste,” became the
theme for the Tenth Annual Schol­
arship Banquet o f the Rose C ity
Ministers' Wives' Council, an event
of Saturday evening, February 5 at
Faith Tgbernacle Church in N .E .
Portland.
Mrs. Veronoca Easter, program
chairm an, w ife o f the Rev. Billy
Easter, pastor at Faith Tabernacle
Louis Osborne S r., as slate presi­
dent of the organization.
Heading up the Rose City Coun­
cil, founded in 1961, is Elizabeth
Warren, wife o f the Rev. Emanuel
W arren of M t. Sinai Baptist
Church. This group has 30 memn-
bers.
"W e want to add more Portland
women to the Rose C ity Council
and we are reaching out to those
who live in Salem,” said Pritchett.
"W e already have members in Her­
miston, Pendleton and W alla
Walia. The local group is a service
group helping families in calamity
situations and working with estab­
lished agencies such as Loaves and
"M iddle East for Beginners: A Teach-in on Israel and Palestine,” will be
held Saturday, Feb. 19th, 1-5 p.m. at Koinonia House, 633 SW Montgom
ery A Broadway. Speakers include a Palestinian and a Jew speaking on his­
torical perspectives, and A li A lyam i, Former west coast director o f the
American Friends Service Committee's Middle East Program.
Workshops on Zionism, Lebanon, (he West BankZGaza, the P .L .O ., Is­
rael Today, and other topics will be included in the program.
FRESH
GROUND BEEF
Elizabeth Warren, Freddy* Prophet. Louise Pritchett. Grace Oe-
borne.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
he e v en in g school o f
white, trimmed in gold, his queen
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Knowledge, under (he auspices
of (he Black Educational Center,
offering a free lecture series during
the month of February. During the
first part of the month lectures were
given by McKinley Burt, Jr., author
of Black Inventors o f America, and
by Herman L. Brame, who spoke of
"T he World Records of Black Peo­
ple.” Brame is the author of a book
by the same title.
For Wednesday, February 16,
Gloria Stewart, educator, will discuss
the artist, Zora Neale Hurston, and
her work. The following week, Feb­
ruary 23, W illiam H . McClendon,
author, educator and lecturer, will
discuss Paul Robeson, whom he has
called “ an authentic voice for black
self-determination.”
Lecture time is set for 7:00 p •"
at the Talking Drum Bookstoic
1634 N.E. Alberta St.
The BEC presented a Black His­
tory Costume Ball on Saturday
evening, at the C lu b home o f the
Royal Esquires, as a benefit for the
center At the hall, Yaa Asantewa,
the Queen M other o f the Ashanti
people, was welcoming guests and
explaining that she had led the first
organized resistance to British im ­
perialism back in the beginning of
this twentieth century. During the
day, this queen is the lovely Joyce
Harris, director of the BEC.
Paul Knauls, Master o f Cere­
monies, handed out real cookies be­
cause he was also "Famous Amos."
Mary McCloud Bethune (Malaika
A skari) talked things over with
Madame C.J. Walker (Julia Fletch­
er) and Stage Coach Mary (Robbie
Davis).
W ilm a Rudolph (Regina Blake)
chatted with Billie Holiday (Diana
Holt) in a red dress while Hapshets-
put (Bill Pickett) had his picture tak­
en with Marian Makeba (Ann Bell).
There were a couple of black cow­
boys there, too. One o f them was
Ron Herndon there with Mrs. Hern­
don. Another B illie H oliday was
there in a black dress— both
“ Billies” won prizes.
At midnight, announced by the
sound of a gong, in came the King
and Queen of M ali, carried in their
lavishly decorated African palan­
quin borne on the shoulders of the
king's men (Sam Riggins and
frien d). When King Mansa Musa
stepped out in his royal robes of
was beside him. Some persons rec­
is
ognized the king as Charles Myrick
and the queen as Brenulla Frazier.
By audience acclaim these were the
winners of the BEC grand prize for
best costuming.
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Ground Turkey
VER A T JEFFERSON High
School the Ririe-W oodbury
Dance Company demonstrated
body beautiful and what it can sur­
prisingly do, and the degree of dis­
cipline of which the body is capable
when performing in chorus.
The six boneless people who
bounced, bounded, and bonded to­
gether through the evening were at
their very best in the second half of
the program. The choreography of
Pilobous was demanding in control
o f body and tim ing for the three
men and three women who surely
had to breathe in and breathe out in
unison to accomplish the one-ness
of their art.
T hat the dancers were well re­
hearsed was evident. Joan W ood­
bury confirmed that daily rehearsals
lasting six or seven hours are re­
quired to keep the company’s rhy­
thm in fine tune. Woodbury told us
that all the performers are not ballet
dancers— some joined the troupe
who had been tap dancers or even
folk dancers. Their ages range from
23 to 33. They tend to stay in the
company longer than is usual, shar­
ing common aesthetic values as they
do, Woodbury said. One individual
has been involved with the troupe 10
years, and all o f them started as
University of Utah student dancers.
In Portland Ririe-Woodbury per­
sonnel visited and taught classes at
nine schools o f P ortland Public
Schools.
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Beef Short Ribs
the
Boneless Cube Steaks
Fresh Beef Liver
Ririe-Woodbury Dencera.
Church, invited Freddye Prophet to
be the principal speaker. Mrs. Pro­
phet’s address presented "Views on
the Goals o f Public E d u c a tio n ."
Deleria Devers, wife o f the Rev.
Bernard Devers, pastor at New
Hope Baptist Church, assisted East­
er as co-chair of the evening
Louise Pritchett, director for the
Pacific region of the National Asso­
ciation o f M inister's Wives and
Widows, told this writer that over
I ,000 women belong to this predom­
inantly black organization begun in
1941. Their membership extends to
the West Indies, Africa and Canada
as well as here in the United States,
she said.
" O u r purpose,” Pritchett said,
"is to united into one Christian fel­
lowship (he ministers* wives and
widows o f various denominations
for greater and more effective ser­
vice in Kingdom building. These
particular women have special needs
to keep and strengthen their spiri­
tual and intellectual resources.
Pritchett, herself, is the wife ol an
H E Z E T A Sigma Omega
evangelist. Walter Pritchett, who is
Chapter o f A lpha Kappa
a radio minister broadcasting over
Alpha Sorority will be host group
K VA N in Vancouver, Washington.
for the Northwest Cluster o f Chap­
Louise Pritchett, a music graduate
ters which includes Tacoma and
of Oregon State University and in
Seattle memberships at a conference
the master’s program at Portland
set for February 26. They will meet
State University, is a music special­
at the Cosm opolitan A ir Tel and
ist at Beach School in the Portland
w ill hear D r. M atthew Prophet,
Public School system. She is a mem
Superintendent of Portland Public
ber of H ollad ay Park Church of
Schools, speak to their 1983 theme,
God
"Focus on Youth.”
In the Ministers’ Wives on the na­
The program will include a vocal
tional level, according to Pritchett,
jazz group from Jefferson and a re­
classes are offered to the members
dedication ceremony following the
including bible study and even min­
isterial training in a three-year
course which culminates in tradi­
tional graduation exercises. Gradua
tion ceremonies were held for those
who qualified in 1982 at prestigious
Yale University.
Pritchett’s Pacific region includes
Alaska, Hawaii. Oregon. Washing
ton, C a lifo rn ia and A rizona and
M ontana, w ith , currently, about
200 members. The first regional
conference was held in Portland in
1982, P ritchett said. She listed
Grace Osborne, wife o f the Rev.
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Club holds dance
The Leisure Hour G olf Club will
sponsor a dance, Sunday, February
20th, from 8 p.m.-midnight, at the
H oliday In n /A ir p o r t, 8439 N .E .
Columbia Blvd.
The Band w ill be Ray Dell and
Company. Tickets are $5 per person
in advance, $6 per person at the
door. Tickets are available at Ste­
vens and Sons, Lloyd Center.
Charlee Myrick and Branu'la Frailar were the winner* at the Black
Educational Center« Black Hlatory Coatuma Ball.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
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human being it of great
con »equenee "
Samuel Johnson
Fishes and senior citizen organiza­
tions.”
A solo by Mrs. E.C. Wilder and a
reading by Gail West were a part of
the program with Ernesting Banks
acting as Mistress of Ceremonies.
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