Page f Portland Observer, August 8, 1984
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C L U B W O M A N 'S dub woman
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.is M in n ie Bell Johnson. A c
tive in m any local w om en's
organizations, Johnson was recently
upped to head the oldest organized
w om en's g ro u p in the slate o f
Oregon that is still in existence. John
son has alre ad y begun her year's
term as president o f the P o rtlan d
W o m a n ’ s C lu b , w hich was first
org an ized in 1896. T h e re were 77
charter members then and the mem
bership rolls list 100 names now.
T h e P o rtla n d W o m a n 's C lu b
owns their well-kept building where
(hey meet regularly and have (heir
fu n c tio n s. Once they used the
second flo o r w ith its b e a u tifu lly
polished flo o rs fo r a b a llro o m
which occasionally was rented out
to o ther o rg a n iza tio n s fo r recep
tions or dancing. N ow the second
The naw offlcara of tha Portland W omen's Club ara (l-r seated)
floor has been restructured to house
Minnie Ball Johnson, president: Mary Mauda Jenkins. 2nd vtca-pra-
a motion picture theatre called "T h e
aidant ll-r standing) Esther Hamming, traaaurar; Frieda Fimmel. cor-
M ovie H o u s e " which specializes in
ree secretary: Marta Jacobson, rac. secretary: not pictured. Loya Lee.
old movies for public showing.
1st
vice-president.
W ith c o n stan tly rising costs,
members have been pleased to have
August 18th, at P rin ce H a ll, 116
Johnson's presidency w ill be
the rentals from the tenants to help
N .E . Russell St. The Royales Bridge
assisted by Loys L ee, 1st vice
in the upkeep o f the b u ild in g . A
C lu b , a m em ber o f the P o rtla n d
p resid en t, M a ry M au d e Jenkins,
recent bequest has been used to
u nit o f the A m e ric a n Bridge
2nd vice president, M arie Jacobson,
A s so ciatio n , is sponsor fo r both
restore freshness and new life to the
recording secretary, Frieda Fimmel,
street-level quarters. New carpeting
sessions, one for under 100 master
corresponding secretary and Esther
for the parlor-like reception rooms,
points and the other fo r over 100
Hemming, treasurer.
new paint, a completely re-built kit
Johnson currently is president o f
chen w ith new re frig e ra tio n and
Keep Christ in Christmas, treasurer
ranges and a new H am m ond organ
o f M u ltn o m a h W o m a n 's C lu b ,
for the receiving areas, have moder
treasurer o f Les Femmes, editor o f
nized the interior.
Horizons, a monthly publication for
Programs such as were initiated in
the I , $00 members o f the Portland
the beginning days o f 1897 when the
F e d e ra tio n o f W o m en 's O rg a n i
Portland W o m an ’ s C lub urged the
zations. She is also a trustee of Be
ad d itio n o f m anual train ing to the
thel A .M .E . Church where she has
curriculum o f the P o rtlan d Public
been a member for many years.
Schools, and in 1900 when they
The Portland W om an’s Club with
opened the first cooking school in
new President Johnson is m aking
P o rtla n d , and when, in 1901, they
plans for the opening o f the club’s
nominated and secured the election
fall season when they will entertain
o f the first w om an to the School
at a "H om ecom ing" tea in Septem
Board, have kept the membership's
ber at their building on S .W . Taylor
interest in civic a ffa irs . C u rre n tly
St.
the club c o n trib u te s to Raphael
H o u se, the S a lv a tio n A rm y , T h e
D N A B A S K E T T A N D Johnie
A m eric an Red Cross and D o e rn -
becher H o s p ita l, according to
W illia m s are to be d irecto rs
Charlotte Burnadlne Rutherford
M a rie
Jacobson,
recording
fo r a class " c " to urnam en t to be
secretary.
held in tw o sessions on S atu rd ay,
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master p o in ts , acco rd in g to G eri
Christian, a Royale member.
Registration opens at 12:30 with
the first session beginning at I 00
p .m . and closing at 4 :3 0 p .m . A
complete turkey dinner will be served
at 5:00 p.m. with the second starting
at 6:30 p.m . Play is to end at 10:00
p.m. Tickets are available at the door
available at the door.
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H A R L O T T E B U R N A D IN E
Rutherford, a native Portlan
der, now o f W ashington, D .C ., is
spending a p art o f her summ er
vacation visiting in this city with her
parents, Verdell and O tto R u th er
fo rd , and old frien d s in her
hometown.
A g rad u ate o f P o rtla n d State
U n iv e rs ity
and
a cu m -lau d e
graduate o f Howard University Law
School, Rutherford passed the stiff
District of Columbia Bar and was ad
mitted to practice there in June, 1984.
C u rren tly, the young attorney is
on a fellowship, a work fellowship,
which basically, Rutherford says, is
a staff attorney position leading to a
graduate degree called a Masters of
Law in Advocacy. H er position, at
the In s titu te fo r P u b lic Represen
tatio n at G eo rg eto w n U n iv e rs ity
Law C enter, provides her practical
training and experience in a clinical
law program where she supervises
law students in the fir m . The
students consult w ith large groups
o f people needing law guidance,
such as the Gray Panthers, the han
d icap ped, veterans w ho wish to
vo te, persons en tan g led in im
m ig ratio n issues, or a m a jo r T itle
V I I race-based em ploym ent co m
plaint launched by a group.
" I want to do litigation and court
suits as I have a c o m m itm e n t to
public interest law R e alistically,
since private practice is my ultimate
goal,” Rutherford said, " m y ideal
would be to return to Portland and
open a civil practice w ith a portion
o f public interest cases— i f I could
survive financially."
Rutherford, a single mother at 36,
was accompanied to Portland by her
d a u g h te r, A l-Y a s h a ,
IS , and
Damant, her 12-year old son.
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d e d ," was the summ ation given by
Freddye P e tte t, co n cern in g the
recent gathering o f 15,000 persons
who attended the four-day sessions
o f the National Urban League con
vention in Cleveland.
Pettet, returning to Portland, said
she was particularly impressed with
the high calibre o f the convention’ s
w o rksh o p
p resen tatio ns
b uilt
aro u n d concerns fo r the Black
fa m ily 's teen-age pregnancies
mounting as they are to unpreceden
ted numbers, and the Education o f
the fa m ily — fro m k in d e rg arten to
adulthood— were a part of the struc
tured w o rksh o p studies. M id d le -
class Black fam ilies cam e under
scru tin y as did the issue o f the
" F e m in iz a tio n o f P o v e r ty " in a
w orksho p w hich P ette t ch aired .
Representative Louis Stokes gave
the closing speech.
In attendance at the U .L . C o n
ference along with Petett were: Lin
da Rasmussen, D o n n y A d a ir,
ch airm an o f the P o rtla n d U rb a n
League
b o a rd ,
and
W illia m
H illia r d , E d ito r o f the O regonian
and an Urban League board m em
ber.
FRYERS
Fresh, W h o le
G rad e A
Southern
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Prostitution
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and support groups for prostitutes
looking for other jobs and lifestyles.
But in the m eantim e, she and her
neighbors felt something had to be
done now about the problem.
" W e are q uite sick and tired of
being put in the position o f being
re ac tio n aries on this is s u e ," she
said.
Barbara M cC arth y, o f the O ver
look Neighborhood, said the people
who oppose strengthening laws against
prostitution d o n ’ t live in neighbor
hoods w here p ro stitu tio n activity
occurs.
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