Oregon Advance Times_1968-02-15

The Oregon ADVANCE PORTLAND,OREGON THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1968 Residents Salute Planned Model Cities Begin Filing To Douglass Plan Ready A salute to Frederick Doug- For Elections ~::. ;: 1 ~~ti:e~;::~1~~; For Decision in celebration of Negro His– tory Week. The meeting will begin at 4 p. m. and will be held at Bethel AME Church. Residents of the Albina community have begun filings for political offices in this year's elections. Oliver Smith, who has been running on the Democratic ticket since 1944, says he will try again. He will seek the nomination in the North City subdistrict - the area generally north of a line from Fremont to 15th then to Killingsworth and east to 42nd Avenue. The three incumbents in North City are expected to run again. They are Wally Priestley, William H. Stev– enson and J. E. Bennett. All are Democrats. Smith says he probably will file against Priestley. Don Kirkendall, 7815 N. Hudson, has already filed for that position, assuring a contest in the Democratic primary. East Central City subdis– trict, which includes· in a general way everything from Fremont Street south to Stark Street and east to be– yond the city limits, usually has a great number of can– didates for its four positions in the legislature. All of the present legis– lators in East Central are Republicans and three are expected to run again. They are Fred Meek, Robert A. Elliott and Mrs. Connie Mc– Cready. The fourth member, Rob– ert Packwood, is running for the U. S. Senate nomination so his position will be open. Dick Celsi, who works at the C-CAP Opportunity School on Williams Avenue, will try for the Democratic nomination for the seat Packwood has held. He is a University of Portland grad– uate and former president of the Greater Portland Young Democrats. A newcomer to politics, James "Shag" Thomas, has filed for a place on- the Mult– nomah County Commission. He is a Democrat and will challenge the incumbent, Larry Aylsworth, in the pri– mary. Thomas is a widely known professional wres– tler, an Albina real estate salesman, and a graduate of Ohio State University. Thomas was a football player at Ohio State, played in the 1950 Rose Bowl game and later played professional football with the Green Bay Packers. Alvin Batiste is seeking a place on the Portland School Board. He is a metallurgist with the Bonneville Power Administration, has taken a leading role in seeking citi– zen program, and is a former school board candidate. The deadline for filings for the May 28 primary election is March 17. Chalmers Jones, Andrew Haynes and Mrs. Osly J. Gates will discuss the work of Fred– erick Douglass which extended into the fields of education, politics and diplomacy. Doug– lass's fight for freedom will also be covered. · The Bethel AME Choir will provide music for the occa– sion. Community organiza– tions will display exhibits on Negro History. Head Start Moms Taught Courses by CHERYL SARTWELL "Hey, Mom, what's for dinner?" will be an easier question to answer for moth– ers of children enrolled in Portland's Head Start Pro– gram. Seventeen Head Start Moth– ers are currently being trained in family nutrition and how to teach it by Miss Carol Hamilton, Multnomah County Home Extension agent. Upon completion of the 10 two-hour classes, these mothers will be cer– tified to teach the same ma– terial to other interested mothers of Head Start chil– dren. The classes cover the basic food groups, shopping and selection of food, and use of food stamps. DeveloP– ment of good food habits, ways of stretching the family food money, and preparation of nutritious and appealing meals will be stressed throughout the classes. Classes are held at Au– gustana Lutheran Church, one of the Head Start cen– ters, with handbooks and in– struction materials provided through Project Head Start, Office of Economic Oppor– tunity. Starting in mid-April, classes conducted by the certified mothers in their homes will be available to all Head Start mothers. It is expected that ar– rangements can be made for every mother to take the course, regardless of time or location problems. Talent Show Open to Youth Rehearsals have begun for the third annual Valentine Day Amateur Show and Contest which is being sponsored by the Albina Art Center. The show will be presented Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. and will be held at the Albina Child Care Center at 58 N. E. Morris. A variety of singers and dancers have entered the con– test. Cynthia Brown, co-or– dinator of the Talent Show said, "Mostly young people will be in the show." This afternoon - Thursday - the Portland CityCouncil con– siders the revised plan for the Model Cities. The plan is one in which the Model Cities area, made up of Albina and some ad– joining areas, would elect 16 members of a 27-member Citizen Planning Board. It was outlined at a series of meetings held in the grade schools of the area Tuesday evening. Also at those meetings the people were asked to sign up for membership on one of the committees that will draw up plans for housing, health, edu– cation, youth programs, crime reduction, business develop– ment and other activities. Those at the meetings Tues– day night were told also how to become candidates for one of the places on the Citizen Planning Board. They must file for the election by Feb. 23. The election is sched– uled for March 2. ~ ~ Beauty in Albina: PatternAgainst Sky Saint Nicholas Russian ready to build the building Orthodox Church, a unique it now occupies at N. E. Gar– and intriguing bu i 1ding, field and Mason Streets. graces the Albina skyline. It This congregation was made is one of the historical monu- up of a colony of Germans ments in our community. To who had fanned along the speak of its history, one Volga in Russia for many must learn of its parishion- years. They came to Ameri– ers. I visited Mr. G. V. ca before World War I. In Krivoshein, a retired teacher 1927 the parishioners of Saint of Russian, at his home at Ni ch o 1as purchased the 3431 N. E. 16th to get the building from the Congrega– story of this marvelous tionalists. The plan for the Citizen structure. Mr. Krivoshein Mr Krivoshein smiled Pl1inning A~ .. ,....-i"' lr <i'F. • u,:., · - ·d ' ""' beg fought the Communists m the wai .. uy ana sai , ne an by a temporary committee civil war following the Oc- worship in this building on headed by John Whitesides and tober revolution in 1917 , and Christmas Day." Bishop Larry Lakey. Its purpose worked on the railroads in · Alexi consecrated the church was to see that the people of China for a time before com- on June 10, 1928. the Model Cities area are the ones who make the basic de- cisions on what the Model Ci!ies program will do. It is this plan that the City Council is considering. The federal government's Depart– ment of Housing and Urban Development also is consid– ering the plan drawn up by the temporary committee. Both it and the Portland City Council expected to reach a decision the same day, Thurs– day, Feb. 15. If both approve without major change, the Citizens Planning Board will be able to start work immediately af- (Contlnued on Page 2) ing to Portland in 1923. The history of the Russian Mr. Krivoshein, with seven Orthodox Church dates back other members, took upon to 988 A. D. when Greek themselves the task of get- monks carried the Christian ting the Orthodox people to- me s sage into Ru s s i a. gether. There was oppo- Vladimir, a ruler in a prov– sition from some of the ince of Russia, embraced the Russian people of the com- Christian message and was munity. They felt that Re- baptized in the river Dnieper · ligion was "out" in the near the city of Kiev. He mother country and, there- ordered all the people of fore, it should not be taught Kiev to be baptized at the here. With such hostile same time. Most of Russia resistance, they were forced was paganistic and Saint to leave their first establish- Vladimir encouraged Chris– ment on N. E. 9th and Fail- tianity. The first Bishops ing, where they rented a and Priests were Greek. frame dwelling. Several church books were The Evangelic Brethren translated from the Greek Congregational Church was into Slavic language so the Top Missionary Visits Portland Russian people could under– stand them. The Bulbous Dome, a dis– tinctive mark of Russian church architecture, was placed on its perch January 5, 1961, Over the Dome, is a large double-transom cross with slanted ·foot-piece, the characteristic cross of the Orthodox Eastern Church. Mrs. Eliza Davis George, at 89 the oldest missionary in Liberia, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Conway McAllister in Portland. Mrs. George, a truly re– markable woman, first went to Liberia in 1913 from Bas– trop, Texas, where she was born. She was sent by the Baptist Board of Missions. She was a school teacher in Texas before going to Africa and has continued her ,teach– ing in Liberia. She was sta– tioned first in Bassa County and later in Sinoe County. Mrs. George has been in Portland for about two weeks and has spoken in several local churches. She plans to return to her sister's home in Tyler, Texas, next week. After the Texas visit, Mrs. George will go to Chicago and then return to Liberia in April. Mrs. George works among the Gnah, Planah, Shaw, See– kon and Wevjah tribes. She noted a marked advance of progress in Liberia from the (Continued on Page 8) Mrs. Eliza Davis, mission– ary from Liberia, is on visit with Portland friends, Film Applauded A Stanley Kramer produc– tion starring Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier and Katherine Hepburn opened Wednesday night at the: ! 1 vington Theatre. In a preview showing Monday night the response was sensa– tional, exciting and cited as a first for the film industry. This was another reality in the vision of Mr. Krivoshein. He smiled as he related the completion of the Bulbous Dome. Today, the Church has 47 members. The pastor is the Very Reverend Peter Kur– zemnelc. It is the only Rus– sian Orthodox Church in the city of Portland. The build– ing south of the Church is the Hall and the north building is the Rectory. On Decem– ber 18, 1967, another great occasion found its way into the walls of this humble church. The Most Reverend lreney, Archbishop of New York, Metropolitan of America and Canada, visited Portland and stayed a week with this congregation. The graceful structure is certainly inspirational to the community of Albina. Community Problems DeepRooted People who be– come parents are generally not pre– pared for it and they haven't the remotest idea of how to raise their children. A Negro child starting to school has to work hard just to understand his teacher because his teacher doesn't have enough language skills to use the lingo of the Negro. Too many who criticize Negroes to– day are the grand– sons of those who caused the condi– tions that whites do not like. What is the value of followiP.g a law that says children must be in school if the children go to school but not to class? Those are a few of the points raised by members of a committee that studied for months to see what was wrong in the Jefferson High School district and what ought to be done about it. The summary of all of the reports given last week might have been this from Jessie M. Varner, interim director 1>f the Church-Community Action Program (C-CAP) which has had a major impact on the community of Albina and adjacent areas: "It is easy enough for people to read the headlines • . • and come to easy con– clusions. But easy conclu– sions are wreng because they do not take into account the 200 years of history that are behind those headlines ••.. This is truly White America's problem." Here are some phrases or ideas from the several re– ports given at the meeting. Robert E. Nelson, white, resident of the community, was chairman. Mrs. VARNER, black: The worst thing about our living as separated groups in sep– arated communities is that we remain ignorant of each other; and ignorance breeds suspicion, suspicion breeds fear, and fear breeds hate••• We must get to know each other better by beginning to talk to each other. But this will be difficult until we get to know something about each other's past. When we live in separated communities we tend to generalize about every one in the other community. And when we do this, we fail to (Continued on Page 7)