Oregon Advance Times_1968-03-21

March 21, 1968 The Oregon Advance/TIMES Page 3 Crews Takes Scout Post Wite of Olatunji Visits The first drugstore in the An estimated 51,800 per- U.S. was founded in Phila- sons will die this year of lung The Columbia Pacific other institutions now spon- Amy Olatunji, wife of Michael Babatunde Olatunji, director of the Olatunji Cen– ter for African Culture in New York City, visited Port– land during the past weekend. She visited C-CAP, 106 N. E. Morris St. Sunday afternoon and spoke briefly to a group meeting there about the im– portance of racial pride in both black.s and whites and the necessity of thinking as a human being, rather than as a Negro or Caucasian. said she had done her crying delphia in 1729. cancer. Council, Boy Scouts of soring troops in the area: before and that now was the America, has added a new Sabin elementary school, executive to its Northea st Boise elementary school, area. He is the second Negro lrvin~ton elementary school, time to rejoice, "White is worn to wish the spirit well on its way to wherever it goes," she said. WHAT FINANCIAL AIDS ARE THERE? Charles Crews to work on the executive level of the scouting program. · Charles Crews, an Albina resident, will assist Roland Moore, district scout execu– tive, in charge of Lewis and Clark ·district. The two men want to r e– vise the already e stabli shed troops in the area and form new troops. Crews says, · 'The scouting program is especially im– portant to the Albina area. The scout leaders are images of masculine patience, guid– ance and experience of which many of the boys in our com– munity are badly in need.'' Crews and Moore will make visits to all individuals or groups who would like to volunteer as scout leaders. The following are PTA' s and \ \I Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, Highland elementary school, Humboldt elementary school, Holladay elementary school, Piedmont United Presbyterian Church, McKinney Temple Church of God in Christ, Van– couver Avenue First Presby– terian Church and the Salva– tion Army. North Catholic Students Meet Ambassadors Miss Bernadette Scott was hostess for a get- together of teens from the Ambassadors Club and students from North Catholic High School March 15. Twelve members of the Ambassadors met with 12 students from North Catholic High to discuss "How Teen– agers Can Better the Racial Situation Today," The meeting was a contin– uation of a March 10 dis– cussion between the two groups at the home of a North Catholic student when the teen-agers talked about what they could do to help lowe r the dropout problem in high schools. Mrs. Olatunji, a strikingly handsome woman in both ap– pearance and manner, was wearing African dress, a lapper or skirt, a buba or shirt and a gelede or "gelly" which is a turban, Mrs. Olatunji and her hus– band are a part of the black cultural renaissance which may give new direction to millions of Am e r i c a n Negroes. They hope that their center will make white people more aware of the contributions of black people to mankind and make black people more aware of their cultural heritage, Offered at their school are six African languages, drum– ming, dancing and music, To pay the bills, Olatunji gives concerts throughout the world and lectures on African cul- She demonstrated the ver– satility of the stole-like fabric square she was also ture, wearing and noted it could be used to carry a baby, for toting things around, for warmth or, placed over the head, furnished protection from the wind, By draping it deftly, Mrs. Olantunji showed how the style of her simple but beautiful garments could be changed according ., to the whim of the wearer. Her costume was entirely white which signifies mourn– ing attire. Mrs. Olatunji was in Port– land to attend the funeral of her sister Rose Taylor. 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