Februaiy 2, 2011
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Portland Observer B lack H ¡Story M onth
Happy 99th Birthday!
Zelma Scarborough sends out a thank you to everyone who
made her 99th birthday a wonderful memory.
The longtime Portland resident celebrated her birthday on Jan.
22 with a luncheon with her family and friends which was enjoyed
by all.
She was bom in 1912,
in Yazoo City, Miss.,
the fifth child of 10 sib­
lings. She has two sib­
lings left, a brother,
O.D. Richardson and
sister, Cornelia Mont­
gomery, both living in
Portland. She graduated
from Magnolia high
School in Vicksburg,
Miss., and later moved
to Portland in 1942 to
work at the shipyards.
She then worked until
retirement at Emanuel
Hospital.
The wife of the Ute
founder of Scarborough
Oil, she now spends her
time knitting and watch- Zelma Scarborough celebrates her 99th
ing sports, especially the birthday.
Trail Blazers. She is a
member of the Church of the Good Shepherd.
Zelma thanks her sister Cornelia and daughters for planning her
wonderful birthday celebration. She also gives heartfelt memories
of her son, Ed Scarborough and sister, Ardean White, both who
passed away last year.
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The PORTLAND WATER BUREAU
CELEBRATES
Black History Month
FEBRUARY
2011
In 1926, African American
REV. MARTIN LUTHER KING
historian Carter G. Woodson
single-handedly pioneered the
is
celebration of "Negro History
LENA HORNE
Week", for the second week in
February, to coincide with the
birthdays of Abraham Lincoln
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA
B. tJ
X
SPIKE LEE
and Frederick Douglass. The
week was later extended to
the full month of February and
renamed Black History Month.
OPRAH WINFREY
PORTLAND
WATER
BUREAU
FROM
FO R FST
TO
FAUCET
1120 SW Fifth Avenue, Room 600
Portland, Oregon 97204
503-823-7404
www.portlandoregon.gov/water
Randy Leonard, Commissioner
David G. Shaff, Administrator
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