Portland observer., July 25, 1984, Page 3, Image 3

Portland Observer July 25. 1984 Page 3
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borhood Development Association,
"Ju st to brighten up the neigh­
borhood and make everybody feel
cheerful.” said a spokeswoman for
the neighborhood association.
” 1 think it looks kind of nice, you
know, it kind of sets o ff the street,”
Flowers said about her new tree.
A spreading walnut tree in
Flowers’ back yard that she planted
as a seedling testifies to the care the
young tree w ill get. The walnut
shaded the fam ily Fourth o f July
celebration. Flowers has three
daughters, 8 grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren, and " ju s t
enough to keep it lively” were there
for the Fourth, she said.
The walnut also spreads its shade
into the garden where Flowers (ends
her peas, corn, kale, poke salad,
tomatoes, strawberries, grapes and
herbs.
" I work outside most of the time,
as long as the weather's pretty gixxl
and I have something to d o ," she
said. Flowers gets up "re a l early"
during the hot weather so she can
finish her gardening by noon. " I
sleep good at night, that's for sure,”
she said.
Betty Flower« has an appropriate
name. “ I can grow most anything,"
says the 71-year old great-grand­
mother with the green thumb.
O rig in ally from O klahom a,
Flowers moved to Portland in 1942,
and has lived in her house on N .E.
Cook near Union for 20 years.
She is quite proud o f her yard,
and would rather be outside
working with her plants than inside
"anyday," she said.
"When you come past my house,
I don’t want it to look worse than
the others on the block," she said.
The other day. Flowers and her
great-granddaughter, A lena, 12,
were out front admiring the young
maple tree made available, free,
through a street tree program for
Eliot neighborhood. Over 100 trees
were planted in the joint project of
the Portland Dept. o f Community
Development and the Eliot Neigh-
Hobo Parade
set for Sunday
b y N a th a n ie l S c o tt
To some, Sunday, July 29th, will
be a day o f ritualistic procedure:
rest and religious activity.
For others, it will be merriment of
a different sort: frolicking in the sun
with that inevitable “ cold one.” On
the other end of the spectrum, there
are those who will feel the pangs of
hunger; the ones who will suffer the
discomfort of being shelterless; and
those who w ill cringe from being
unemployed.
And they, the hungry, the
shelterless, and the unemployed, are
the ones whose plight is the theme
for Portland’s Fourth Annual Hobo
Parade.
The parade is scheduled to begin
at 12 noon at the North Park Blocks
and culminate at Tom McCall Park
after winding through the heart of
the Burnside C o m m u n ity— ’ ’Old
Tow n."
"Register the homeless and the
unemployed to vote,” is the theme
for this year’s hobo parade, Michael
A Stoops, co-founder of Baloney
Joes said We estimate Portland’s
homeless to be between two and
three thousand people.”
The history of the hobo parade is
as diverse as the people it serves.
Two years ago, the Rose C ity, this
metropolis on the banks o f the
Willamette, was beamed across the
nation when the hobo parade made
national T V But last year, on a
bright, sunny, Sunday afternoon,
only one elected o ffic ia l, County
Commissioner Caroline Miller, par­
took o f " T h e Plight o f the
Homeless'—the year’s theme for the
annual hobo parade. This year,
" A ll of the City politicians" have
been invited. Stoops said, as he
commented that both Rev. Jesse
Jackson and New Y ork’s Governor
M a rio C uom o, mentioned the
homeless in their speeches at the
National Democratic Convention.
Aside from the seriousness o f
hunger, shelter, and employment,
the hobo parade highlights a
spiritual need. It highlights the need
to feel, " I am somebody.”
And so, each year, the festival of
attractions: bands, marchers, floats,
magicians and entertainers of all
sorts, are presided over by a hobo
king and queen from the Burnside
Community.
"Someone who has contributed"
to the well-being of the community.
Stoops said. This year’s king and
queen will be named at a later date.
Nevertheless, when the Jazzmin
Marching Band steps out at the head
o f the parade, and when John
C u rry , form er director o f the
C atholic Assistance Program ,
assumes his position of grand mar­
shal, the hobo king and queen will
be riding in their glory and reigning
supreme.
Music, food, and non-alcoholic
drinks, along with speeches and
other entertainment are a part of the
affair.
In the words of one o f the Burn­
side C o m m u n ity ’ s long-standing
residents, "Be there!"
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Batty Flowers, shown here with her granddaughter. Alena, la the
proud recipient of one of 100 maple trees planted in the Eliot Neigh­
borhood through the City’s beautification program.
(Photo: Kria Altucherl
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