P*o» 6 Section I Portland Observer, May 26,1983
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE SIDELINES
by Kathryn H all Bogle
em bers o f the P o rtla n d
M
A lu m n a e C h a p te r o f the
D e lta Sigm a T h e ta S o ro rity , In c .
presented
th e ir
f if t h
an n ual
luncheon saluting "W o m e n o f E x
cellence" on S atu rd ay , M a y 21 at
the Red L io n at Jantzen Beach.
Tables, laid fo r 400 in Delta colors
o f red and cream, were filled almost
to capacity.
Deltas chose a w om an o f excel
lence, and rare versatility, to be the
keynote speaker at the a ffa ir . She
was L o retta Thom pson O lick m a n ,
the firs t black w om an to become
m ayor o f Pasadena, and the first
black woman in America to become
mayor o f a city with over 100,000 in
population.
G lic k m a n , in the last period o f
her second term in office, “ probab
ly w ill not seek a third te r m ," she
said in p riva te in terview . " 1 have
accomplished some o f the things I
wanted to do for Pasadena's people
in housing and redevelopm ent by
ac q u irin g some o f the fed eral
dollars allotted to us for use in other
parts o f the city as well as in down
town areas. Crim e has been reduced
a great deal, A ffirm a tiv e A ction is
now on our books and we are in the
process o f changing our system o f
electing the directors who make up
the governing body in our city gov
ernmental structure.
" M y election to the office 1 hold
was a breeze com pared to the
election o f H a ro ld W ashington in
C h ic a g o ," G lickm an said. " I had
been a member o f the board o f d i
rectors since 1977, and I had been
asked to run fo r the chairm anship
o f a mixed racial group looking for
a candidate.
"P a s a d e n a is lik e a little New
Mayor Loretta Thompaon Glickman of Paaadana and Addle J.
Y o rk ." the mayor said. "T h e group
Hay
nee. praaidant of Portland Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma
had an agenda, it had set goals, they
Theta Sorority, Inc.
knew w here they were going and
how to get th ere, and they rallied
and Hispanics to fo llo w . It seems
G lickm an considers she has given
around th eir cand idate. T h e polls
like it takes a long time for blacks to
the city all the tim e she can spare
mobilize around one candidate, but
show you where your friends are.
fro m her life , p o in tin g o u t that
it can be done."
" T h a t 's a good plan fo r blacks
being mayor o f Pasadena is literally
Youthsound visits Jefferson
A unique and dynamic concert
featuring some 60 student and pro
fessional musicians will enliven the
stage o f the Jefferson High Center
for the Performing Arts on Sunday,
June 5, fo r the second annual
Youthsound Concert.
This explicitly cultural event will
feature the works o f gospel,
contemporary, and classical Am eri
can composers set to music with a
full youth choir and stage band. The
choir is directed by M r. Ken Berry
and the stage band is under the
direction of M r. Oreg McKelvey.
The ninety minute concert will be
videotaped for later broadcast on
cable television and will be simulcast
on KB O O radio and rebroadcast on
KBPS radio. Ticket prices for the
event are $5.00 and $2.50 for chil
dren.
As an addition to this year's con
cert, professionals Shirley Nanette,
M arian M ayfield, Dennis Springer,
and Thara Mem ory will perform
with the student artists.
Sponsors include: Alpha Kappa
Alpha Sorority, Portland Public
Schools, and W orld Arts Founda
tion, Inc.
There will be a "Youthsound
Festival '83 A rt Show” at the Inter
state Firehouse Cultural Center the
weekend o f June 4-5, culminating
with an arts recognition award cere
mony. Calvin W alker and Shout
will provide entertainment
a public service in perform ance as
"salary amounts to $ 5 0 .0 0 a w eek."
T o her audience G lick m a n said,
" I 'd like to talk about sisterhood
and personal support Let us not get
loo confident. Let us not forget
from whence we came. Organiza
tions can be supportive. Nowadays
we have more o f the opportunities
open to men. Women must continue
to hold models foe our young
women to follow, for women make
up 50*» o f the population."
Glickman discussed briefly the
lives o f several women who had
historically
become
models
to
follow in the pursuit o f excellence.
She named Harriet Tubm an. Susan
B.
Anthony,
M ary
M cCloud
Bethune, Shirley Chisholm, Patricia
Harris and Lorraine Hansbury.
In private life, Glickman is a
"new single parent" for her two
sons aged 6 and 7. She's employed
as a financial planner dealing with
school districts and hospitals in the
time she has from her duties in
public office.
Her versatility came into play
when she broke suddenly into song
letting her clear and sure coloratura
soprano ascend gracefully to high
" C . " She explained that her vocal
training had been for opera, but she
had adjusted to sing gospel and rock
and had proved "g o o d " enough to
travel around the nation with
"London Fog" and the "N e w
Christie Minstrels"
for several
years. Her own rather daring experi
ments have increased her vocal
range to include a rich, full con
tralto which she demonstrated for
her spellbound audience.
Local women o f excellence to
receive awards from Delta Sigma
Theta were chosen from a field of
candidates submitted to the chapter
by community clubs, organizations,
fraternities and sororities. Honored
were:
Betty
Thompson
for
Community Service; Pearl Spears
Gray for Education; Evelyn M .
Collins for Hum anitarian Service;
Rose M ary Anderson for Profes
sional Achievement; Betty Kemp for
Religious
Leadership;
Maude
Young foi her work in behalf of
Senior Citizens and Brina Burris for
her work with Youth o f the C om
munity. Traci Hurst o f Grant High
School,
Gwendolyn
Jones
of
Jefferson High School, and Andre
Petett o f Jesuit High School were
each given scholarships for college.
Rosalie J. Boothe was featured
soloist for the afternoon. Mistress
OACWC holds tea
The
Oregon
Association
of
Colored W omen's Clubs w ill hold
their annual Scholarship Tea, Sun
day, M ay 29, 1983, at the home of
M r. and Mrs. John Sylvester, 3143
N .E . 14th, Portland. M rs. Irene P.
Cranford
is Tea
Chairperson,
assisted by Mrs. Alberta Randolph,
Mrs.
Maude
Burks,
Mrs.
Gwendolyn Groener, Mrs. Harrie
Belle Paris, and Mrs. Thelma Syl
vester. Applications are being ac
cepted for the scholarship, which is
given annually to a graduating high
school student. Interested students
should contact Mrs. Irene Cranford,
Scholarship Chairperson, phone
282-5202 or Mrs. Pauline M . Brad
ford, State President, phone 281-
6635.
C a la b rity T aam B e n e fit G o lf T o u rn e m e n t on M ay 29, 1983 at 7:00
a.m . Glendoveer G o lf Course, located at 14015 N .E . Glisan. Entry Fee:
$25.00 + greens fee. Sponsored by the Center for Comm unity Mental
Health and the Leisure Hour G o lf Club. For info, call 289-1167.
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o f Ceremonies was Delons John
son. Chairing the luncheon com
mittee o f 20 members were Leslie
Houston and Jean Washington.
Addie Jean Haynes is president of
the local chapter o f Delta Sigma
Theta
he public
T
is invited
to
an
"Evening Gallery T a lk " by
photographer Shedrich W illiames at
the Interstate Firehouse Cultural
Center on Thursday evening. M ay
26 beginning 7:00 p.m . Williames
w ill conduct a tour o f some o f his
striking black and white photo
graphs in his "Retrospective" col
lection now on exhibit at the IF C C
gallery
Herb Cawthorne as Frederick
"T h e Dolly with the Cracked
Douglaee
Face" has a story which w ill be told
by W illiames. Patrons o f the art o f
helpless, through separation by the
Williames will be pleased to learn
system, from his grandmother, the
that prices on many o f their favo
only loving parent he had ever
rites have been adjusted downward
known. They shared his bewilder
for that evening. There will be re
ment at the strange life o f a slave
freshments.
child who had to scramble for his
earning and re-living history is
crumbs o f food to keep alive. They
shivered with Douglass as he told
an audio-visual experience
called "Agitate: O ur W ork is Not how he tried to keep warm through
the chill and frosts o f winter with
Finished." The audience saw a
only a gunny sack for both garment
superb actor draw on skills far
and covering. They felt the blows of
above the commonplace when Herb
the lash across the back when he was
Cawthorne assumed the identity o f
struck.
Frederick Douglass last Saturday
The
audience
watched
as
evening in a performance at the
Douglass matured and nurtured
Cabell Center for the Performing
plans for escape from his bondage,
Arts ai Catlin Gable School.
and they exulted for him when he
The presentation was by O ral
learned to read and to use the words
History Programs, a company
he needed to express his own
owned and directed by Jeana
thoughts. They were proud when he
W oolley,
script
writer,
and
returned to America from Britain to
Cawthorne, a long-time member o f
stand by his own people through
the Portland School Board, and
their struggles to become free from
teacher and administrator at Port
racial bondage.
land State University. The event,
Says Cawthorne o f his study o f
which w ill be repeated on Friday
the A frica! oral tradition: " I t was a
and Saturday, M ay 27-28 and on
powerful means o f communication
Sunday. M ay 29, was funded by the
which has been devalued in Western
Oregon Comm ittee for the H um ani
culture___ For the past six months,
ties.
I have been engaged in the process
The specialty skills o f make-up
o f absorbing the words, feelings,
artistry, and clothing tailored for
struggles
and
aspirations
of
Douglass for his own era, made the
Douglass. I know him like a vivid
visual transformation instantaneous
side o f my own personality. I have
from Cawthorne to Douglass. From
worked to link his experiences to my
there on it was Douglass all the way.
own, to understand him and, ulti
Except for the times when, in a
mately, communicate his spirit to an
twinkling, he became the vicious
audience.”
overseer who tried to lash Douglass
Cawthorne has succeeded in
into complete submission, or a slave
person-to-person
communication.
master at another moment o f fleet
This, in a world wrapping itself into
ing characterization.
the steel and wire o f high tech
The audience, through absorption
isolation o f the individual. Agitate,
in Douglass as a young child,
Herb, "O u r work is not finished."
suffered when he was deserted and
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