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1987
Johnny Moore — Set goals and work hard to accomplish them
Photo by Richard J Brown
Moore Fulfills Lifetime !
Goal as Locksmith
D e lta S ig m a T h e ta S o r o r it y , In c . m e m b e r s c e le b ­
(L ). P o r t la n d P r e s id e n t L illia n C u n n in g h a m ( R ) w e l­
ra te d F o u n d e r s D a y at a lu n c h e o n F e b
c o m e d th e g r o u p a n d G w e n d o ly n B is h o p (C ) F a r -
28, 1987.
H o n o r e d w a s D e lta f o u n d e r B e r th a P it t s - C a m p b e ll
w e s t R e g io n D ir e c to r w a s th e k e y n o te s p e a k e r .
P h o to b y R ic h a r d J
by Jerry G arner
W hen
Johnny
M o o re
w as
a
you ng b oy g ro w in g up in S elm a,
A la b a m a , he used to hang aro un d a
locksm ith shop.
w as
given
a
Eventually M o o re
part tim e
job
after
school w o rk in g at the locksm ith 's
o p e ra tin g
a m ach ine th a t pierced
cylinders for locks.
It w a s during
th a t period th a t he d ecid ed he w a n t
ed to b e c o m e a locksm ith .
H o w e v e r, M o o re fo u n d it w a s d if­
ficult to find so m eo n e w h o w o u ld
give him
o n -th e -jo b trainin g as a
locksm ith .
H e m o ved to P o rtland in
1969 and
b eg an
P o rtland
w o rk in g
Lum ber
M ills
college that prospered
on peanuts can teach
you a lot about survival
fo r the
Later he
w o u ld w o rk nine years for th e Safe
w ay
Co
D u rin g this p eriod ,
he
w a s still searching for an O J T p ro ­
g ra m .
M o o re finally located som e
o n e w h o w a s w illing to train him
for th e locksm ith c raft in 1982
" I a p p ro a c h e d J o h n Davis, o w n er
o f Davis Lock £t S a fe , o n e of the
biggest lock com pan ies in Portland
I asked him w o u ld he train m e to
b e c o m e a locksm ith .
w o u ld
tea c h
H e said he
m e th e c ra ft
m astered it for only $500
until I
T h e tram
ing lasted for o n e -a n d a -h a lf y e a rs ,”
M o o re recalls.
A fte r c o m p le tin g his O J T , M o o re
started his o w n locksm ith business,
J J
Lock b
Key, loc a te d at 4724
N E. K illin g sw o rth .
T h a t w a s al
m ost fou r years ago
M o o re
o ffe rs
his
cus to m e rs
a
c o m p le te line o f services including
the installation o f d ea d b o lt locks,
safe c o m b in a tio n chan ges, key dup
licatio n,
locks
rekeyed,
cut by codes
and
keys
J .J . o ffe rs 24 hour
e m e rg e n cy service.
M o o re is th e only A fric a n A m eri
can locksm ith in the P o rtland m etro
politan area
great
H e said business is
" T h e re m ay be slow days,
but never a slow w e e k
I thin k the
reason for this is d ue to the high
incident of residential burglaries in
N o rtheast P o rtland " M o o re said he
gets great satisfaction fro m
being
bis o w n boss
• H o w e v e r, th e locksm ith craft isn't
• profession for e veryo n e
T he skills
»n e learns as a locksm ith can be
qsed by a person w ith q uestio nab le
Character
to
c o m m it
c rim e s .”
M o o re said in an e ffo rt to screen
Out such individuals, all locksm iths
m ust be b o n d e d and certified
; M o o re
said
m any
of
his
cus
tom ers, b o th Black and w h ite , are
»urprised to see a Black locksm ith.
T W h e n th e y speak to m e on the
p ho ne inquiring abo ut service, som e
Can tell th a t I'm Black, o th ers c a n 't.
O n c e I go o u t to do the job, th e y 're
positively surprised to see th a t I am
Black
By this, I m ean they think
H's great th a t a Black person is p ra c ­
ticing th e c r a ft."
M o o re believes th a t if a person
[ i j f you're like most of us, what you see here is only a peanut.
But to a certain Dr. Carver of Tuskegee University, the lowly
peanut was the key to hundreds of products, with the poten­
tial to keep Tuskegee—and the South self supporting.
[ITjust as Carver unlocked the secrets of the peanut. Black col
leges and universities are tapping the awesome potential of
generations of young people In this unique environment,
students have the opportunity to play as large a role in cam
pus life as their talents will allow Class president Home­
coming queen Captain of the debate team Quarterback or
Shakespearean actor. At Black colleges, every door is open,
no dream is too ambitious Is it any wonder that, though
they enroll only 16% of Black college students, Black
colleges produce 37% of all Black college graduates?
W hat's more, those graduates take with them the character
and achievement that unlock the doors of the finest graduate
schools, businesses and political offices When you're con­
sidering colleges, shouldn't you consider the ones that gave
us Martin Luther King Jr., Thurgood Marshall and Jesse Jack
son? If you're out to make the most of what you have, no
one can teach you more
AMERICA’S BLACK COLLEGES
ARE YOU SMART ENOUGH TO GO?
sets goals in life and w o rk s hard,
th e y can accom plish th e m .
" I am
Hvmg p ro o f o f this p hiloso ph y.
A l­
th o u g h it to o k years b efo re to m e
q ne w a s w illin g to p ro vid e m e w ith
pn th e jo b tra in in g , I never g ave up
pn m y d re a m o f b ec o m in g a lock-
tn ith ."
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