Portland Observer, November 6, 1906, Page 3 MAKE IT OFFICIAL!! A photographer's jo u rn a l o f Nicaragua Jo in the R ainbow C oalition General Membership Meeting Tuesday, November 19, at 7:30 P M St A n d re w s Hall 806 N.E. A lberta St. Richard J* Brown, photographer for the Portland Observer, spent seven weeks in \u a ra g u a learning about and meeting its people His photographs will appear here as a vnrklv feature GRAND OPENING MONTH G RAND OPENING MONTH C oupon Special FREE Spray with Curl Also drawing for other prizes Drawing Dec 1 I ? Lim ited to the First 40 (forty) C ustom ers Houses at Ernesto Acuna consist o f a large ro o m and an open ro o fe d kit chen The kitc h e n w ill have ute nsils for cooking a grinder for corn, and a large concrete stove The stove burns c o rn h u s k s a n d w o o d O n m o s t stoves you will |ust about always find a pot of beans and a (x it of rice Oc ca sio n a lly be an s and rice are eaten w ith to rtilla s fried po tatoes, eggs or cheese The kitc h e n is som e tim es a g a th e rin g p la c e fo r y o u n g s te rs , or Come see Sharon Et Terry for your FREE 9 ^ w/ith curt briefly by an uninvited chicken (P h o to R ic h a rd J B ro w n ) Janae's Hairstyles 1314 N.E. D ekum 2»»4893 VIRGINIA SLIMS The LO NG EST Slims of all. Tri-Met Operator of the Month Curies ( lark's youthful look belies his 48 years I n M et's O ctober Operator ol the Month credits fishing trips to eastern O regon and W ashington lor his ability to relax front what may appear to be an easy job. "but really is a rough one.” "I like my work, though." the nor theast Portland resident claimed in a recent interview, "my attendance record is proof ol th a t'" Clark has near-perlect attendance. ( lark lives in his N.E. I4th Ave. home with his wile, I rancyma, and three of their live children. H e’s worked at Tri Met for the past I 5 years and, before that, for the Port­ land Traction Com pany. When asked why he applied lor work as an operator, he said, “ tor better pav, and to work inside." "A nother bus driver and I, Irving Brown, both came over from P o rt­ land Traction together. W e'd been furloughed, and they even wanted us to ciune back to work. There was no way we were going back outdoors! ( lark said Brown was a frequent fishing partner in their quest for sturgeon and pan fish. "I'm going to take a trip to Boardman this coming weekend," ( lark announced "I do it, not only because ol what you get to eat. but because it’s a good way to relax." Taking a low profile, laid back at titude is something ( lark said he inherited from his patents " I hey still live in ( olton Plant, Arkansas where I grew up I hey were sharecroppers, but that type ol larm life is disap pearing with the corporate owtiers " ( latk was one ol lout boys and three girls in his family. He moved to ( fregon m 1959. W hen asked about his philosophy as a bus operator, ( lark said he says " H e llo " to passengers readily but doesn't start conversations " I hat keeps us all out ol trouble W hen someone says something uncalled for on the bus, I usually d o n ’t answer. I hat generally ends it right there!” Clark observed that passengers are usually more frazzled in the afternoon than they are in the morning. Usually, they are cheery or quiet in the mor mng, but the afternoon is a time when something may have happened at work that sometimes gets to them, he pointed out. It’s obvious that C lark 's philosophy of being happy at what he docs and doing what he docs well at fects his relationship with his riders. "In all my 15 years of driving," ( lark noted, "I'v e never had a cross word or an argument with a passenger." , IKi .IMA II M y \ik ( .iM \ SIIVU a 5 Slim, light a n d extra long SURGEON GENE RAI'S WARNING Quilling Smoking Now Greatly Reduces Serious Risks to Your Health r