Oregon Advance Times_1968-02-01

·- ·' - Photo Courtesy Oregonian '"' ............:£ . 1 ,~,,...- This is Lynn Hamilton, one of the country's fine Negro actresses. She is a member of the American Theater Co., which now is a part of Portland State College. She has had extensive experience In Off Broadway theaters In New York, with the Seattle Repertory Co. and was on a world tour with the Theater Guild Mercican Repertory Co. She has a major role in "The Skin of Our Teeth" which will complete Its performances at Portland State Feb. 1, 2 and 3. She also will be in the cast of "The Adding Machine'' which will be presented at PSC the nights of Feb. 9 and 10; Feb. 15, 16, 17; and Feb. 22, 23 and 24. Easter Dawn Business Set A new business venture, Easter Dawn Properties, Inc., will operate in Albina, said Vernon Summers, president of the corporation. Easter Dawn Properties plans to buy substandard housing in this area, contract- C-CAP Group Visits School by Mickey Seeger The Hood River field trip was very good. I think be– cause it gave C-CAP school a chance to meet students from another school and a small town which turned out to be a very nice field trip. We had a very good dis– cussion. It started about C– CAP and ended with Black Power. We ate lunch at the school and later we went to all the rooms and talked to students about C-CAP. The main thing I thought was good was that we could talk to the students and there was no tension because we were black students. I was thinking that because they lived in a small town and there is a small per– centage of black students if any in Hood River that they would be offensive and kind of clam up. lf white and black stu– dents held more discussions things would be better to– day I think. Typewriters Needed The Advance/TIMES can use help in outfitting its of– fice. It could use two or three typewriters in working con– dition that someone has set aside and is no longer using. tors will repair and renovate the houses which will then be made available to low in– come persons. Houses will be sold to in– c;lividuals for $200. down pay– ment. Houses will also be rented, leased or leased on the rent subsidy program. In– terest rate on all houses will be 3 per cent, Summers said. The non- profit corporation will start the program with five houses. Local contrac– tors will be hired to do the work. After the first pro– ject is completed, six more houses will be worked on. Funds for the program will come from banks and FHA. Other officers in the cor– poration include Fred Markey, vice presicent, and Al Hicker– son, secretary-tresurer. Pre-Schoolers Have Program Good news for mothers of pre- school children comes from St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 120 N. E. Knott St. A co- ope r ative pre-school is in session there five mornings a week from 9 to 11 :30. Four-year- olds at– tend Monday, Wednesday and F riday. Three-year- olds attend T uesdays and Thurs– days. T he school is run by Mrs. James H. Smith, who for– merly taught school for nine years. This is her third year with St. Philips. Parents take an active part in the school. Each mother assists in the school once a month. Children from every reli– gious background are wel – comed. A unique difference about this pre-school and others is that partial schol– arships are offered. For parents who are unable to pay the full tuition, confi– dential arrangements can be /!. ~ Y~~RE YMANN Say, I'm your mann, and just want to let you know that I Heard It Through The Grapevine, that Portland is Getting It Together by bring– ing you the True News in the Oregon Advance/TIMES. Can You Dig It? My message today is quite simple. From now on, I want you to Come See About Me in the Advance/TIMES .•• cause I'm gonna be your Soul Man by Picking Up The Pieces on Funky Broadway and keep you in tune with the Times .•• the latest in the music world. Dances, records, singing and danc– ing groups • • • the whole works. So, if you want to be an Uptight Good Man, stay with me. Keep an Advance/ TIMES and you'll be posted with the most(est). Soulfully, Yoore Mann My pick of the top 15 are: I. You're a Winner - The Impressions 2. I Can't Stand Myself - James Brown 3. Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin 4. I'm in Love - Wilson Pickett 5. Skinny Legs - Joe Tex 6. Come See About Me - Jr. Walker and the All- Stars 7. Heard It Through The Grapevine - G. Knight and the Pips 8. Boogaloo Down Broad– way - Johnny "C" 9. Wish It Would Rain - Temptations 10. Honey Chile - Martha and the Vandellas 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Tell Mama - Etta James And Get Away - Esquire Respect - Jimmy Smith I'll Be Sweeter Tomor– row - O'Jays Love Power - Sandpeb– bles Talent Show Due Feb. 12 Talent in Albina provides the reason and the occasion for the third annual Valen– tine Day Amateur Show and Contest. "The competition is in– tended to not only acquaint the Center with personal-pri– vate efforts, but also to en– courage them to continue", said Rufus Butler, director of the Albina Art Center which sponsors the event. "It provides contestants with a platform - showcase, gives them a little money and exposes them to people who are interested in local talent." One winner who went on to become professional is the singing group, The Voltaires, who had local booking: within a month after their appear– ance in the Valentine Day Amateur Show. Any amateur singer, danc– er, pantomimist, instrumen– talist or ventriloquist can enter the contest if he re– gisters with the Center and pays the $3 entry fee by Feb– ruary 12. Age is not import– ant. The first winner in 1966 was an eight-year old drum– mer. However, an advance screening will be scheduled to limit the number of pub– lic performances to about twenty, running ten minutes each. If you are able to help, please telephone 288-6409 or drop a note to the Advance/ TIMES at 714-1/2 N. E. Al– berta St., and a member of the staff will get in touch with you. made through Father Stone. The Third Annual Valen- Tuesday, February 6, the tines Day Amateur Sho\\' and pre-school will have an Open Contest will begin at 7 p.m. .House from 10 a.m. to 12 in the Albina Child Center p.m. at St. Philip's. All Auditorium, 58 N.E. Morris. mothers of pre- schoolers and General admission will be their children are invited. · $1.50. February 1, 1968 Oregon Advance/TIMES Page 11 Stories of Negroes, Lives Good Reading at Library Mahalia Jackson, Amer– ica's great gospel singer, has given an enjoyable story of her life in "Movin' on Up," one of the many auto– biographies Negro Americans have written recently. It and the others discussed here can be borrowed at the Albina Branch Library, 3630 N. Vancouver Ave., in the More for Less Shopping Center. Gordon Parks, an outstand– ing photographer on the staff of Life Magazine, tells the story of his climb to success from a childhood of poverty on a Kansas farm. The lone– liness and despair of his youth in America's ghettos and his successful choice of photo– graphy as a career as described in his "A Choice of Weapons." Pito Thomas, a young Pu– erto Rican in New York, tells of his life in ''Down These Mean Streets." After being a drug addict and serving a six-year term in prison for armed robbery, Thomas de– cided to go straight and to try to help other youn men like hif)'lself avoid the mistakes he made. Nat Turner, the extraordin– ary Negro preacher who in 1831 led an unsuccessful but brave revolt of slaves against the cruel system under which they lived, did not leave an autobiography. But William Styron, a novelist, has recently published a fictional recreation of Turner's life and thoughts. Based on ex– tensive research, "The Con– fessions of Nat Turner" is the closest to Turner's own autobiography that we shall ever have and has been ac– claimed by critics as an out– standing novel. And it is an exciting one. It has been at the top of the best sel- ler list for weeks. Tuo recent children's books will be of interest to those in the primary grades. "Becky," by Julia Wilson is a part-magical, part-re– alistic picture story of a small Negro girl who sees the very doll she wants to buy with her birthday money, only to learn it costs more than she has. How the walk– ing, look-alike doll becomes hers makes a story you want to believe. In "Project Cat" by Nellie Burchardt a group of child– ren borrow the adults' tech– nique of petition and success– fully appeal to the mayor about changing the law that excludes pets from their hous– ing project. More important– ly, through compassion for a lame, stray cat, the shy girl overcomes her fear of other people. EVERYTHING MUST GO REPUBLIC PAINTS HOUSE PAINT ENAMELS EXTERIOR LATEX LATEX RUBBER BASE WALL AND INTERIOR SEMI-GLOSS FINISHES. IN AVARIM OF COLORS FOR WALLS AND WOODWORK. PAINTS NOTE: DEALERS, APARTMENT HOUSE, OWNERS, WELCOME NO LIMIT WHILE QUANTITIES LAST GALLON