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
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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
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