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Page 8 Portland Observer, October 5, 1983
OBSERVATIONS
FROM THE SIDELINES
by Kathryn H a ll Bogle
H E W all Street JoumaTs A t
up a good staff writer even when she lists him as Lieutenant Colonel,
her audience by presenting a
present were Dorothy Alexander.
said the group wants to "ta p into
it joining the staff o f a newspaper
lanta Bureau it toon to make
premierc performance o f some un
T ia Dorsey and Pearl Grey.
the resources o f the North-N orth
USA F. Stationed at the A ir Force
with the reputation o f the W all
gains at the expense o f Oregon— in
published works written by the pro
east Portland community to utilize
Flight Test Center at Edwards A ir
Street Journal. She hat distin
the view o f the many fane o f Linda
lific M o ffa tt and by her pre
those resources to promote commu
Force Base in C alifo rn ia’s Mojave
H E N O R T H Star Quilters will
W illiams. the intrepid Black female
guished herself as a gifted writer
sentations o f the compositions o f
nity involvement in meeting com
desert, Payne came back home to
have a display o f an A fro -A m
with a sense o f fairness and respon
reporter for The Oregonian, the
other lesser known Black compos
mon needs." Annette Petett and
Portland recently for a visit with his
erican strip quilt and other hand
sibility that should be an inspiration
largest newspaper in our state. M t.
ers Among the latter was Phillipa
Barbara Taylor are the other two
family and the neighbors in N orth
made quilts in a free showing at
to all journalists. The Oregonian is a
W illiam t will be leaving her desk to
Schuyler whose While NUe Suite
persons in the partnership venture.
east Portland.
Clackamas Town Center Shopping
better newspaper because Linda was
begin her new assignment within the
viat heard in Portland concert for
intngued
and
charmed,
the
We learned that Lieutenant C ol
M all on October 8th. The Saturday
such a good member o f our fam
next two weeks in M ayor Andrew
the first time
Ondine Smith's
audience, which included many
onel Payne is a Key S taff individual
event, from 10 a.m . to 6 p .m .,
ily ," H illiard concluded.
Young’id t y .
Before
I'd
Be
A
Slave,
a
violent
local musicians and classicists, was
and in this capacity he is the com
marks the group's fourth annual
The W all Street Journal has a na
piece melting into tenderness, was
on its feet with applause for both
mander’s representative for oversee
exhibit, according to June Brown,
tional and international circulation
also
given
a
Portland
premiere.
composers and the stellar perform
ing all strategic systems tests as
charter member o f NSQ.
reaching a million readers daily with
ing pianist more than once during
signed to the test wing. He "in te r
news o f politics, social trends and
the afternoon.
prets and monitors the organiza
business interests. From the Atlanta
tion, the resource planning, com
The proceeds o f the affair are
ethel a m e church win
Bureau Williams will travel through
mon support and coordination
ticketed to benefit scholarship pro
benefit
from an autumn tea
the South bringing news to the Wall
among all strategic test efforts. This
grams o f Black colleges. June Key,
planned by the active Zodiac G em i
Street Journal on business as it is
includes," Payne said, "the B -l, B-
representative for the Black College
ni G roup to be held on Sunday, O c
currently found in the South.
32 improvements. A ir Launched
Committee, spoke in behalf o f sup
tober 9th, from 1 p.m . to 5 p.m .
" I will be expected to report the
Cruise Missiles, the Medium Range
port o f the country's Black colleges.
M artha Abel is to be hostess at her
latest overview and close-ups o f the
Air-to-Surface Missile, the H H -6 0 D
Among graduates o f Black colleges
home on N .E . 33th Street.
development o f business aspects of
Combat Helicopter and the Com
agriculture, textiles, tobacco, labor
mon Strategic Rotary Launcher. I
situations, and anything pertaining
interface with other A ir Force gov
to business o f the region," Ms.
ernment and contractor agencies
Williams said. " T h e trend to the
when wing-level emphasis is appro
South has opened more and more
priate."
opportunities and numerous large
Growing up in Portland, young
corporations are continuing to
Isaac Payne, the son o f Isaac Payne,
choose that area for their national
the son o f Isaac Payne I I I and the
headquarters. They are following
late M artha Payne, was Eagle Scout
the lead o f Coca-Cola, Delta A ir
o f Boy Scout of Boy Scout troop
lines, Oeorgia Pacific and others,"
No. 92, and was graduated from
she said.
Jefferson High School in 1937.
Before terminating the interview,
" I'v e always fe lt," he said, "th at
W illiams summed up her feelings
my neighborhood was my extended
about her plans for departure
family and they all encouraged me
saying, " I'v e enjoyed Oregon. I ’ve
SELMA EPSTEIN
to maximize my opportunities. They
enjoyed working at City H a ll— it
expected me to do well, and I tried. I
LINDA WILLIAMS
has been very interesting watching
used to sell 300 Black newspapers a
N A M B IT IO U S and gener
’the process' at work. I ’ve enjoyed
Living in the southern part o f the
week— the Chicago Defender and
ous trio o f friends calling
Portland and the people here. Now
United States will not be new for
the Pittsburgh Courier v/ert very
themselves "T h e Rose City Connec
it is time to move on and become a
Linda W illiams, as she was born
popular. Those sales helped with my
tion " put on a high-spirited benefit
part o f an exciting national news ex
and educated there with her degrees
college tuition.
fashion show last Saturday evening
perience."
in Journalism won at the University
" A fte r two years at Portland
The Roaa City Connection plua one: Annetta Petett: Thereaa Stou
at
the Travelodge-Coliseum. U p
of N orth Carolina in 1974.
Slate University, 1 was nominated
demire; Anise Hall; Barbers Taylor.
wards
o
f
223
people
arrived
early
A t age 30, Ms. W illiams, com
by Edith Green for an appointment
for cocktails and visiting before tl •
posed and elegant in style and car
to the U SA F academy in Colorado
L Y IN G IS his business and yet
main event and many stayed after
riage, has had steady and solid prep-
Springs and was graduated in 1963
he is no regular pilot. He is a
the a ffa ir to try out the floor for
lratio n for her new position, pro
in Engineering Science, which in
W ing Deputy for Strategic Systems
dancing.
gressing, as she has, from her first
cluded mathematics, aeronautics
Test. Translated into civilian terms,
Rose C ity Connection, new in
job as a general reporter for the
A Fashion Show and Dance will be* held October 8th, featuring Le
and astronautics."
A
master's
it means that Isaac Sanders Payne
town, was formed to "facilitate
News and Obaerver or Raleigh, N.
Troupe Extraordinaire models commentated by LaVerne Davis. There will
degree came in 1973 for Systems
IV , at 43, is a test pilot for the
fundraising activities for charitable
Carolina. She next covered educa
be a "Special G uest" soloist and the Hamiltons will provide music.
Management, Statistics and Opera
United States A ir Force. His rank
organizations." Theresa Stoude
tion for the Delta Democrat Times
The event w ill be held at the Royal Esquire Club, 17th and N .E . Alberta,
tions (weaponry) Research from the
mire, one o f the organizers o f RC C,
where the famous Hodding Carter
at 8:00 p.m.
Air Force Institute o f Technology,
was her editor. Later, W illiams re
he added.
ceived an Education W riter’s grant,
channeled through George Wash
H E A R T IS T R Y and musician-
ington University, for her treatise
on the topic, " H o w Schools are.Fi-
ship o f Mme. Selma Epstein
nanced in the South." This paper
brought an electrifying musical ex
drew attention to her skill as a re
perience to nearly 300 Portlanders
sourceful writer, and subsequently,
when the pianist was presented in
she was urged to "g o W est" for a
concert Sunday afternoon at the
broader experience. She applied for
Episcopal Church o f St. Philip the
an opening at The Oregonian in
Deacon. The concert, planned as a
1978 and received, as her first as
memorial tribute to the late Richard
signment, a spot reporting the news
C . M o ffe tt, pianist, composer,
of stale legislative activities in
choirmaster at St. Philip Church,
Salem.
drew its audience from all sections
A t present, W illiams covers the
of the city. Proceeds were scheduled
news at Portland’s City H all with
for benefit o f W illiam Temple
her own particular dash and flavor.
House, a diocesan outreach pro
W illiam H illiard, The Oregonian's
gram center within the city.
editor, had this to say o f W illiam s’
Mme. Epstein, varying greatly
departure: " I t never it easy to give
ISAAC PAYNE
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