T he P ortland O bserver • A pril 20, 1994
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In Loving Memory Of
Lenora Esther Gaskin
Obituary
Also affectionately known as Nonie
Lenora R. G askin, bom May 16,
1909 in Seattle W a. departed this life
April 13,1994 Portland Or.. She was
reared in the Rev. S S Freem an-
Henderson family, pioneers o f the
new ly o rg a n iz e d B ethel A .M .E .
Church.
Lenora, reared in a Christian at­
m osphere, was baptized as a young
child in the A .M .E. church. M rs.
G a sk in (a ffe c tio n a te ly know as
NONIE) spent her lifetim e in Bethel
A.M .E. church. In such a sitting, she
served in the YPD, graduating to
adult status accepting responsibili­
ties with pride. She sang in the C athe­
dral choir in which her sister Clifford
Dixon, played, sang, and directed.
She was a charter m em ber o f the
Harley Akers M atrons’ Club.
Lenora received her form al edu­
cation in Portland, Or. at A lvina
Homestead and Jefferson High school.
She becam e the bride o f V ernon
Gaskin, a pioneer family m em ber and
rem ained a faithful com panion o f 50
plus years until his dem ise. During
her lifetim e, she nurtured and cared
for her foster mother, M rs. Lenora
H enderson, sisters Ruth Flow ers, and
Clifford Dixon until death. Very close
frie n d s T e d , M ary a n d T e re s a
F ra n k lin , L e slie P fau and B eth
Thurm an em braced and supported
Lenora until her death. She was the
dear close friend o f Sylvester and
C heryl Marshall.
The G askins, jointly founded the
Leisure Hour G olf Club and Lenora
served 49 o f the 50 years as treasurer.
Aside form church and com m unity
w ork, Lenora was an active volunteer
o f the Claire Argo W om en’s Prison
A ss’n, A lbina L ion’s A ux., charter
m em ber o f the O regon-W ashington
Football Club, M ultnom ah W om en’s
C lub (founded by Ruth Flow ers),
G reater Portland W om en’s Bowling
A s s ’n C o sm o B o w lin g L e a g u e ,
George A m ato Fun Bowling League,
the Invincible Aces Bridge Club, R e­
tired m em ber o f the Ladies Aux. of
R.R..
M rs. G askin w as past G rand
W orthy Matron o f Enterprise C hap­
ter No. 1 OES Prince Hall.
Survivors are:
B ro th ers-in-L aw , H arold and
Lloyd Gaskin Sister-in-Law , Frances
H enson all o f Portland, Or..
And m any nieces, nephew s, and
great nephew s, and close friends.
Contemporary Dance Season &
Residency: P.S. 122 Field Trips
P.S. 122 Field T rips, the final
presentation on the 1993-94 C ontem ­
porary D ance Season, is an outreach
effort by New Y ork’s Performance
Space 122 and a sam pler o f som e o f
the country’s best em erging and ex­
perim ental perform ance artists. Four
artists present their w orks in Lincoln
Performance Hall (SW Broadway &
M arket) at 8 p.m. Friday and S atur­
day, April 8 and 9, and at 2 p.m.
Sunday, A pril 10.
Those artists appearing at PSU
include: Ishmael H ouston-Jones, a
dancer/choreographer w ho explores
issues like gender and race using
contact im provisation; K orean-born
Sanghi W agner, called “one o f the
m ost potent dance artists o f her tim e”;
Dan Froot, a com poser, saxophonist,
and perform ance artist, whose 1991
work “Seventeen Kilos o f G arlic” won
him a Bessie, the New York Dance &
P e rfo rm an ce A w ard; and L au rie
Carlos, and O bie and Bessie aw ard
w inning p e rfo rm e r, d ire c to r and
writer, w hose w orks are rooted in
black history and culture.
Advance tickets for C ontem po­
rary Dance perform ances are avail­
able through the PSU Box Office, S W
Mill & 5th, 725-3307. Friday and
Saturday tickets are $20 general ad­
mission; or $17 for senior adults and
PSU em ployees, $8 for students, and
$6 for PSU students with valid I.D.
Sunday adm ission is $15 for the gen­
eral public, senior adults and PSU
employees. Tickets may be available
at the door prior to perform ances.
D ancer/choreographer Ishm ael
H ouston-Jones has lived and worked
in New York since 1979. His work
has been presented at Jacob’s Pillow
Dance Festival, Pepsico Summerfaire,
and across the United States, Canada,
Laurie Carlos
Europe and in Latin America. He has
been supported by grants from the
National Endowment for the Arts, the
New York Foundation for the Arts, and
the New York State Council on the Arts.
Choreographer/perform ance art­
ist Sanghi W agner has been cited for
her work several times by the New
York Tim es, in addition to receiving
a 1992 A rtist’s Fellow ship from the
IF Y O U A R E A ¡FIRST T IM E R E A D E R ,
LET U S H E A R F R O M Y O U ,
W E V A LU E Y O U R O P IN IO N
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor
The photograph on the right is o f
C orporal O scar E dw ard s, U nited
States Army. It was taken about 1944.
Corporal (later believed to be
Sergeant) Edw ards was a m em ber o f
the 444th Q uarterm aster Truck C om ­
pany or T roop “Transport Com pany
(Part o f the Red Ball II Express) unit
which transported troops, am m uni­
tion and supplies in the European
Theater o f O perations during W orld
W ar II.
In late 1944 the 444th was in
support o f the 4th A rm ored Division
from the Saint Georges Railw ay S ta­
tion in N ancy, France.
It was during this tim e that he
befriended my family. After the fight­
ing ended and the troops m oved on,
we lost track o f Corporal Edwards.
My parents would enjoy having
him visit them in France in honor o f
the 50th anniversary o f D-Day.
Sincerely, Robert Vasseur
4101 Reservoir Road, N.W.
W ashington, DC 20007
(202) 944-6100
Violence Against Women
And Children
Continued from front
Children who w itness or suffer
family violence arc more likely to
become abusers as adults. Men who
have w itnessed parental violence as
children arc much more likely to
physically abuse their partners than
men who have not.
In 1994, for the first tim e, funds
have been allocated to the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention to
in v e stig a te and red u ce v io le n c e
against women.
CDC is launching new efforts to
im prove data on violence against
women, identify effective ways to pre­
vent fami ly violence, and explore new
ways to com m unicate the problem to
the public. Spending in 1994 is $7.5
m illion. Specific a re a s o f actio n will
include:
• Describing and tracking the prob­
lem: CDC will develop monitoring
systems to determ ine how often
violence against women occurs and
who faces greatest risk.
• Demonstrating and evaluating ways
to prevent violence against women:
CD C will measure the effective­
ness o f specific interventions.
• Conducting a national com m uni­
cations effort: Efforts will include
e d u c a tio n , train in g and public
aw areness.
• Supporting a nationwide network of
prevention and support services: CDC
will work to support privatc/public
partnerships and other coalitions.
• Increase knowledge o f the causes
and consequences: CDC will sup­
port prevention-oriented research.
Additional efforts are supported
through H H S ’ A dm inistration for
C hildren and Fam ilies.
New assistance to help families
in crisis, including prevention o f do­
mestic abuse, begins this year under
the Family Preservation and Support
Act. The legislation, passed with ad ­
m inistration leadership in 1993, au­
thorizes $930 million over five years.
A C F’s Family Violence Preven­
tion and Services program provides
assistance to states, including funds
for providing shelter to victims. FY
1994 spending is $28 million.
Children who witness or suffer
family violence are more likely to
become abusers as adults. Men who
have witnessed parental violence as
adults. Men who have witnessed pa­
rental violence as children are much
more likely to physically abuse their
partners than men who have not.
-■ New York Foundation for the A ns.
Her work has been com m issioned by
Performance Space 122, L a M am a
E.T.C., The D anspace Project a t St.
Marks Church, M ovem ent R esearch
and the A sian/Pacific H eritage F e sti­
val at Lincoln Center. S he is expected
to perform A Room in the W oods, a
dance solo set to Korean zither m u sic,
and Perlie Iridescent, a dance theater
work in progress with text by play-
wright/director John Jesuran and pu p ­
pets created by Jayne Stein.
C om poser/sax o p h o n ist/p erfo r-
mance artist Dan Froot creates w orks
which com bine contem porary jazz,
street theater, and post-m odern dance.
He has created musical com positions
for dance and theater com panies and
for saxophone solos. He studied w ith
jazz greats C ecil T ay lo r, Jim m y
Lyons, and Jim m y Heath, am ong o th ­
ers. His work has been presented at
leading alternative arts centers in the
United States and Europe, including
La Mama, The D anspace Project, and
Performance Space 122 in New Y ork.
Laurie Carlos has w orked in the
theater for 25 years, receiving w ide
acclaim throughout the U nited States
and Europe. She won an O bie aw ard
for her role as Lady in Blue in “For
Colored G irls..”, and a Bessie for her
w ork in “ H eat” w ith the U rban
Bushwomen dance com pany and the
Thought Music perform ance group.
In Portland she is expected to perform
The Cooking Show, a light, funny
look at life through her eyes. Village
Voice says o f Carlos: “ Her gaze w an­
ders, and her rem arkable voice pulls
sentences into poetic croonings or
tart propulsive rhythm s; she can lean
on a w ork the way you mash a black­
berry in your m outh, m aking its juice
explode.”
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