Oregon Advance Times_1968-05-16

Roving Reporter Local Opinions Vary • 1n Albina Black Educators At PSC I met Mr. Moos Peter of joy my neighbors. I get along am proud to have them as development, it's about (,8 N. E. Stanton, a resident with them and they with me. friends." I asked him about time." He continued by say– of Albina for 42 years. He God made us all," he said, the Model Cities Program ing, "Lots of whites as well is retired from the Railroad. "and a person can be a thief and he related, we should as Negroes will benefit from He was busy working in his whether black or white, it's have had this before and this program. Violence," he yard when I interrupted and really inside a person that more of it. ''I think the Al- said, "pours money in the asked for an interview. He matters. Some of my best bina Area is entitled to some gutter and it is of no use to responded by saying, ''I en- friends are Negroes and I modern housing and re- anyone then. The Oregon ADVANCE "I think the white popula– tion has become alerted to all of our needs, they are doing better now." I thanked Mr. Peter for his enlightening information. I interviewed Mr. Colden (Continued on Page 3) A seminar on the History and Music of the American Negro is being offered to teachers in the Oregon school system August 12-23 at Port– land State College. Purpose of the course is to ·develop awareness and knowledge of the contribution of the American Negro to American civilization. Sponsored by Portland Vol.1 , No.16 714Y2 N. E. Alberta, Portland, Oregon Single Copies 10c May 16, 1968 Summer Term and Citizens for Interracial Understand– ing, in cooperation with the Portland Public Schools, the course offers three hours' graduate credit in social sci– ence. Open House At Teen Club The 7 of Diamonds Teen Club, 2703 N. Williams Ave., had their Open House Fri– day, May 10, to allow in– terested persons a look at the newly rebuilt and decorated building. Many adults but few teen– agers were in attendance. These adults were serving as volunteer help. When the Club is officially opened, the youths will be in control with only Nathan Proby, the director, and a matron as the sole adults. The Club, which is beauti– fully decorated with wood paneling, bright paint and new modern furniture is divided into two parts. One area serves as an eating area with tables and chairs and the other as a dance floor. Plans are being made for usage of a movie camera which was do– nated to the Club. The snack bar will be manned by teens only. The band which played for the open house was a surprise to all concerned. The group, the Shades of Knights, per._ formed off and on through– out the 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. opening. Gov. Tom McCall was on hand to wish the club well. At about 1:45 Senator Eu– gene McCarthy paid the Club a visit. His Albina Headquar– ters is located near the Club at 2618 • Williams Ave., so he had only to walk across the street. His appearance cre– ated an even greater turn out in people. However, there were less black people to see him than there were to see Sen. Robert Kennedy when his office was opened. McCarthy spoke briefly about some of his campaign plans. He is seeking individual support rather than support from power centers, ethnic groups or from other political leaders or elected officials. He is resting a great deal of support in the hands of the younger voters. He said that the younger people are never asked how they feel about an issue and that he was happy to see their involvement in politics. Portland Gets Negro Cobby · Portland finally has its first black man driving a white cab. Ernest Warren of 6216 NE 15th Avenue is that man. Warren, on strike atNorth– west Natural Gas Co., took the job temporarily while off the job. He drives for Broad– way Deluxe Cab Co. There is a possibility that he may decide to drive for the com– pany permanently on a part– time basis after he returns to the gas company. Warren, 33, is married and the father of two ~hildren, Ernest, Jr., and Thea. He was graduated from Lincoln High School and was the city's first black pole vaulter at the school. He attended Oregon State University for two years and majored in science education. When asked about the response from fellow em– ployes and fares, he said that it was much warmer than he had ever anticipated. He was being treated fairly. The response from black fares was that of shock and amazement. The cab which Warren drives is owned by Bud Hughes, who said he has wanted a Negro to drive his cab for some time. Warren previously drove a bus for Rose City Transit Co. for three years. C-CAP leader Takes New Post Frank Fair, director of C-CAP, has decided to take the offer of a new job work– ing with the Upward Bound program as Project Direc– tor on the University of Portland campus. This program was previ– ously held at Reed College, but has been changed to Uni– versity of Portland. Fair will begin his new job on June l, but the program be– gins June 24. The Upward Bound program involves high school students from 15 to 18 years of age. The summer program in– volved seven and one-half weeks of living on campus, learning not only what cam– pus life is all about, but orientating themselves to an– other form of education, a form pertinent to a way of life. The program is or– ganized to provide youths who normally would not have the incentive, grades or funds to attend college with the opportunity to take ad– vantage of other means to obtain a higher education. Blacks to Own Firm In Albina District Walter Morris, Jr. (right), chairman of the Albina War on Poverty Committee, made announcement of Albina Corp., a new firm located at 3810 N. Mississippi Ave. that will be black-owned and managed. Standing at left is Mayfield Webb, executive director of Metropolitan Steering Com– mittee. The only black-owned, black-managed manufacturing firm in Oregon should be in business by June 1. The Albina Corp., an em– p lo ye-owned enterprise aimed at solving Negro un– employment, will be located in a former bowling alley at 3810 N. Mississippi Ave. The firm hopes to contract to make a variety of goods. Walter Morris, Jr., chair– man of the Albina War on Pov– erty Committee, said the new industry will incorporate in its development provision for 75 per cent of the stock to be owned by employes. President of the corporation is Linus J. Niedermeyer, who said initial capitalization will "approach $1 million." Nie– dermeyer has been active in planning the new firm for 2-1/2 years. Interim management direc– tion will be provided by Nie– dermeyer who is with Nie– dermeyer-Martin Co. of Port– land. Niedermeyer empha– sized that the corporationwill hire its own management as soon as possible. •'The goal is to establish an Albina community-owned, Albina community-managed for profit manufacturing com– pany," said Morris. "It is the only black-owned, black– managed manufacturing con– cern in Oregon and one of the few in the nation." Niedermeyer said there will be a trust board for the firm and it is hoped that after three years he can bow out, leaving the firm under black management. Residents of the Albina community will make up the work force of the company. Niedermeyer estimated there will be 100 persons on the pay– roll by July I and possibly as early as June 15. Within a year the corpor– ation hopes to have a payroll between $3 million and $3.5 million, according to Nieder- meyer. Minimum wage for production workers will be $2 an hour as manufacturing gets under way. The mini– mum wage will be $2.20 an hour after six months of operations and $2.50 after the plant has been in operation for a year. Radio Airs Paper's Start The story of the Oregon Advance Times, the weekly newspaper which started publication in Portland's Al– bina district in February will be told in two hour-long "Ore– gon Dialogues" on KOAP-FM, (91.5) Portland and KOAC– AM, (550) Corvallis. The programs are scheduled at 7:00 p. m. Tuesday, May 14, and Tuesday, May 21. Objectives of the Oregon Advance Times will be des– cribed by Rozelle Gillmore, chairman of the publication's board of directors, who is also pastor of the Berean Baptist Church in Albina and a member of the executive committee of the National As-:– sociation for the Advancement of Colored People. He will be joined by other members of the board. Oregon Advance Times Edi– tor Dan Hayes describes such features of the newspaper as the "Roving Reporter" which prints the results of man-in– the street interviews that per– mit Albina residents to give their views on housing, job opportunities or other prob– lems; news of community cul– tural activities, including workshops in the arts and the teaching of Negro history. Hayes also describes the in– clusion in the newspaper's advertising of restaurant ad– vertisements of "soul foods" and explains what soul foods are. George Christian, advertis– ing manager ofthenewspaper, tells of the paper's early struggle to convince business– men of the Albina community of the value of having a local newspaper and of newspaper's role as a unifying force for the economy of Albina. John MacDonald produced the programs on the Oregon Advance Times and serves as interviewer. Directing the history ses– sions will be Dr. Helen G. Edmonds, dean of the gradu– ate school of North Carolina College in Durham. Dr. Ed– monds received her doctor– ate in philosophy from Ohio State University, did post– doctorate in philosophy from Ohio State University, and has represented the U. S. De– partment of State as leader– specialist in Sweden, Den– mark, Germany, Austria and France. She has lectured at the University of Monrovia and the University of Liberia, and is the author of several books and numerous articles. Dr. Helen G. Edmonds Dr. Frederick Hall, co– ordinator of music at Dillard University in New Orleans, received his degrees from Mo rehouse College and Teachers College at Colum– bia University. He has done research in music in Eng– land, Scotland, Wales and West Africa, and while on a fellowship in West Africa traced the relationship be– tween the American Negro spiritual and music of West Africa, work which led to his election as a fellow of the Royal Anthropological In– stitute. He did two years' residence work in composi– tion, voice and conducting at the Royal College of Music in London, and his composi– tions include a volume of (Continued on Page 11) It's Official: Martin Luther King School Highland Elementary School held their dedication services Thursday, May 9, at 2 p.m. renaming the school Martin Luther King, Jr., Elementary School. The playground housed the dedication serv– ices. Almost all seats were filled with the family and interested friends of the students. The students of the school had decided ·to have the name changed and proceeded to get the job done. All of the planning was left up to the students with Mrs. Bowman, a speech teacher at the school, and Mrs. Rieke serving as advisors. Ronald Cuie, Student Body President, spoke as towhythe students had decided on the name change. He stressed the fact that all of the principles of Dr. King were hopefully going to be instilled in the students. Those principles of brotherly love, peace, equal rights for all peoples, and complete annihilation of the color conscience. The students recited a pledge rededicating them– selves to the job of upholding \Continued on Page 11)

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