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Portland Observer, January 16, 1965, Page 3 METROPOLITAN Are You Tired of the Scary Curl, the Four Day Curl or the Now You See h, Now You Don't Curl? King Center wing named for Robert Ford Curl................................35.00 Cuts................................ 10.00 Ford. Press & Curts................. 15.00 Facial.............................. 15.00 ACR Nai..................... .30.00 Makeup..........................15.00 Colors..............................25.00 Tints................................ 17.00 LAW ANDA Robert Q. Ford (center) is flanked by some of h it form er student* w ho dedicated a wing of the King proved, I thought a wing of the facility could be named afte r h im .” The Board agreed. The R obert G . Ford w ing is lo cated where the Urban league’s Youth Service Center was housed. A modest M r. Ford said he was elated that his students thought enough o f him to continue th eir ap p reciatio n . " Y o u must remember, it has been over 40 years since 1 taught these folks. Now, when I have a depressing moment I think o f my students." Ford was reluctant to p inpoint the change in classroom education, "B u t the teacher today has a p ro b lem I did not have — drugs. This has created a different situation.” Ford also felt there was too much sex on television during prime time. "This represents a change in the atti tude o f teachers and adults. During my day sex was a boo boo.” Ford came to P o rtlan d during World W ar II and worked as a welder in the shipyards in Vancouver, Wash ington. H e received his Bachelor's Center in hi* name last week, (Photo: Richard J. Brown) degree at M o rg an State C ollege in Baltimore, M aryland. W hile working on his Masters, his thesis was washed away in the VanPort H ik x I o f 1949. " I f more teachers were like M r. Ford, the school district and students would be a lot differen t," comment ed Mrs. G. Phillips, a former student. Ybu'veoomea long way, baby. VRGINIA SUMS SCHOOLREEL anchor* (t-rl Sara Hathaway of Boaumont Middle School. Jeff Harris of Roosevelt High School and Stephanie M artin et of M ad i son High School. Kids anchor weekly Television show "S C H O O L R E E L provides realistic- work experience for the student re porters and anchors and a unique op p o rtu n ity fo r the school district to in fo rm patrons about its exciting education p rogram s," according to Bill G arbed, director. Department of Public Information and Commumca- VIRC .INI A SI IMS tion for the school district. G arbett and the Eresno School District successfully produced a sim ilar show for three years on a com mercial T V station in that C entral California community. S C H O O L R E E L each week profiles a Portland public school, interviews a Northw est celebrity and features story segments ranging fro m teen age night clubs to motion picture sets to unique school programs to achiev ing students and educators. Anchor-reporters arc Sara H atha way ol Beaumont Middle, Jeff Harris o f Roosevelt H ig h and Stephanie Martinez o f Madison High. Reporters are Jennifer Borrelli o f Wilson High, Laurel Brooks of (»rant H ig h , E m ily H a rris and A m anda l.ow ihian o f Lincoln High, Michelle M o rris o f Jefferson H ig h , C yndi Reck of Marshall High, Dana Rosen thal o f W ils o n , P hil Sherburne o f M arkham M iddle and Greg Spencer of West Sylvan Middle Lor fu rth e r in fo rm a tio n , please contact Bill G arbed, public inform a tion director, Portland Public Schools 249-3304 or Karen l.cc Rice, public- affairs director, K O IN -T V . 243-6661. Support our advertisers . SB’*1 -.'«o'* f Story assignments and editing, stu dio scripting, field d irectio n and technical production were provided by the school district’ s public in fo r m ation and television services de partments. K O IN - T V provided the studio set, direction and production o f the finished videotaped programs. Ph. 2«3SOO AND GET YOUR HAIR TOGETHER G R A SSR O O T N E W S . N . W . - A n example that there is still some hope in (he world, former students o f Ro bert G . F o rd , O reg o n 's first Black secondary and elem entary teacher, organized and dedicated a portion o f the King N eig h bo rh o od fa c ility to The Poriland School District and K O IN -T V (Channel 6) launch a new weekly m ag azin e-fo rm at program beginning Jan. 20. Called " S C H O O L R E E L ,’ ’ the 30- m inute, 13-weck series w ill feature education and community story seg ments on Sundays at 4:30 p.m. Reporting and anchor duties are handled by 12 Portland public high school and m iddle school students selected a fte r auditions involving more than 300 applicants. W HIPS AN D WAVES « 4 3 N.E. Union by Lam ia Duke Ford, hired by the Portland Public School district, spent 26 years teach ing in Holladay, Eliot and Roosevelt High School. His students said Ford instilled in them those intangible ele ments called p rid e , self-w o rth and character. Tom Mason, a Portland area busi ness man and a former student, said, "Ford left us with a feel that we were someone. H e never let you believe that you c o u ld n 't accom plish or achieve certain things. You might be poor or in some other way u nd er privileged. But i f you pul fo rth an e ffo rt you can achieve your goals. You just can't learn that in a book." Reading (he in s crip tio n , Peggy White said, " W e , his former students, thank M r . Ford fo r his inspiration and many of the basic things he taught us — a sense o f pride." T h e wing at the King N e ig h b o r hood Facility is just a chapter in the book o f appreciation his former stu dents have written praising their fo r mer instructor. Last year a dance o f ap p reciation drew m ore than 400 fo rm e r students and w ell-w ishers. "T h e reason we care so much about him is because he cared so much for his students,” Mason added. Originally, Ford's students wanted a park named after him , but after a consultation w ith fo rm er C om m is sioner Charles Jordan, the students adopted the suggestion to have a building named for Ford. King Facil ity director James Loving said former students approached him a fte r the building was dedicated to Dr. M artin Luther King, Jr. " I f our Board ap- TRY US ..........I-O. I Menthol and Lights Menthol © Philip M rirn« Inc 1965 W arning: The Surgeon G eneral H as D eterm ined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. Menthol 15mq tar 1 0 mg nicotine Lighb Menthol 8 mg tar. 0 6 mg nicotine av per cigarette HC Report Mai 84 IV* BJ PORTLAND OBSER VER
