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METROPOLITAN
Hobo parade sparks up Old Town
by Nathaniel Scott
A parade is a parade is a parade.
And P o rtla n d ’ s Fourth Annual
Hobo Parade was no different: it
was a parade. Bui! underneath the
hoopla, the Fourth Annual Hobo
Parade last Sunday, was in a
category by itself.
The hoopla and fanfare o f the
media was there: flash bulbs popped
and shutters clicked and motors
ground images onto celluloid strips.
Mies recorded sounds and pens and
pencils raced across paper, preser
ving words too precious to be lost to
oblivion.
One hundred men and women
paraded in blue, pink, and green
tuxedoes, and, Ihere were banners
and floats, too: The West Women
Hotel, Baloney Joes, Sisters of the
Road C afe, Sunflower Recycling,
Portland Limosine Service. Inc., and
the Friends of Washington Park Zoo,
were among the floats and banner
bearers who were led by the Ebony
Ivory Strutters D rill Team and the
Jazzmin Marching Band.
The parade wound through Old
Town in gaia fashion; eliciting
cheers and applause from neigh
bors, friends, and an occassional
sightseer bedazzled by the spec
tacular affair.
•‘ Register the Homeless and the
Unemployed to V o te ,” was the
theme o f the rally follow ing the
parade at Tom McCall Waterfront
Park.
Community, public servants, volun
teers, and friends, were either called
RIDE 'EM RONNIE: Hobo Parada float Sunday had Ronald Raagan actor riding a cruiaa mlasila.
(Photo: Richard J. Brown)
on to speak or to receive awards.
Seventy-five-year old Ben Saxe,
this year's king o f the hobos, was
called on to speak and the first thing
he said was. ‘ ‘Anybody got a jug!”
And who could forget Queen Bren
da K. Mays saying, " I don’t know
what to say! I ’ve been (living in the
Burnside Community) a long time.”
Twelve-year old Princess E li
zabeth S. Hochstein, who volun
teers her time at Baloney Joes,
moved the crowd w ith , “ These
people (at Baloney Joes) are real
people.” And true to the reputation
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that preceeded him, Prince Arthur
‘‘ Baby Tram p" Shaw lamented, " I
am happy to be a tram p who has
lived around the area (Burnside) for
about nine years.”
Sisters of the Road Cafe received
a certificate for merchant o f the
year; Pat Reynolds was proclaimed
volunteer o f the year, and Henry
Weatherbee was honored with the
distinction: recycler of the year.
Then there were the unsung, the
ones who unselfishly gave of their
time; the ones who went unmen
tioned; the ones whose floats or
deeds signified a devotion toward
the betterment of mankind.
The "E a s t Side (C o m m u n ity)
C linic BJ (Baloney Joes)” flo a t,
under the direction o f helmsman
Dr Neal Rendleman, was one such
float. And it is a fitting represen
tation for the unsung.
D r. Rendleman operates the
sliding-scale East Side Community
C linic at Baloney Joes, 3 I3 East
Burnside Street. He began treating
patients there approximately one
year ago.
Today, Dr. Rendlcman's patient
Load is approximately ‘‘ 100 contacts
per w eek.” About “ ten percent”
arc alcoholics and the rest are
"people who are sick because they
are poor or poor because they are
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The public is invited to gather
August Sth, 1984, for a potluck pic
nic sponsored by the Consumer
Power League and the Farmers
Union in Laurelhurst Park, Section
’ A ', beginning at noon. Coffee for
adults and juice for children will be
provided.
U .S . Senate nominee on the
Democratic P arty ticket. M argie
Hendriksen, w ill be the featured
speaker. Also on the stump will be
Democratic State Representative
nominee in House D istrict *18.
Margaret Carter and C o-C hair of
the Black United Front Ron Hern
don. Ralph Frohwerk and Charlie
Treinen w ill co-host the pic-
nic/potluck program festivities.
The Consumer Power League and
the Farmers Union have been active
in public power questions and
various initiative petitioning efforts
in the Portland area for a number of
years.
Northeast farmers
market opens
The Farmers’ Market opened its
second season on Saturday, July
28th, at its site on N. Williams, be
tween Knott and Graham Streets,
just south o f Emanuel Hospital.
The m arket w ill be open every
Saturday morning until about I
p.m. from now until October. The
purpose of the market is to bring
fresh local produce into the city
making it available to individuals on
a low- or fixed-incom e as well as
those who do canning. The market
organizers also hope to see it as an
outlet for urban gardeners and as a
direct selling location for regional ,
farmers and orchardists. Food
stamps are accepted.
Individuals interested in selling
may call 284-7868 or 281-9134.
sick.” Their ailments run the
gamut; including the horrid tertiary
syphilis — a sexually transm itted
disease that because of the lack of
proper medical treatment during a
time span of ten, fifteen or twenty
years, affects the brain
One such case, according to D r.
Rendleman. would be "alarm ing.”
However, he said, " I have had four
cases o f tertiary syphilis in eight
months.”
As he looked over a crowd o f
some 500 people, during the
speeches and entertainment at Tom
M c C a ll’ s Park, Dr. Rendleman
said, “ I am here because it's a
community affair; everybody (from
the Burnside Community) is here.”
And then he added, " Q u ite a few
pet,pie here arc my patients.”
Michael Stoops, founder and
coordinator o f the hobo parade,
said, " W e will have a parade next
year and (M ayor Elect) Bud Clark
may be the grand marshall.”
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