Oregon Advance Times_1968-05-16

• Page 12 The Oregon Advance/TIMES May 16, 1968 Africa Is Library Theme Educator Texas Gets New Grace Club Presents Fashion Show Sunday The injustice and in– humanity of South Africa to– day are dramatically exposed in "House of Bondage," a moving collection of photo– graphs of Negro life in that land. Ernest Cole, a young black native of South Africa, smuggled his photographs out of the country. Better than any other book, these photo– graphs and his text reveal the horrible and bitter life of - Paid Advertisement- Elect Van Hoomissen Secretary of State George Van Hoomissen Democratic Candidate John Leahy, State Chairman for Van Hoomissen , today urged voters to support Mui t– nomah County District Attor– ney George Van Hoomissen for Secretary of State. Leahy says, "Don't take our word for it. Read what others have been saying about this outstanding administrator." OREGON LABOR PRESS "The most attracth'.- of th.– potential candidates in either party is young and able Georg.– Van Hoomisscn ... and his work at Salem earned him the rl'– spect of his fellow lawmakers.'' " ... Intelligent, serious-mind– ed, high principled, and with a good record as DA and a lt>gis– lator, Van Hoomissen has all the earmarks of a young man with a bright political des– tiny." (Dec. 10, 1965) LA GRANDE OBSERVER " ... the real blockbuster for the Democrats announced his decision to run for office ... the 87-year-old, two-term District Attorney of Multnomah Coun– ty, George Van Hoomissen." "He's articulatl' and a man who is not satisfied with the status quo. Ask any delegate ... Republican or D.-mocrat ... and he'll tell you to watch that young man." (Jan. 12, 1968) OREGON JOURNAL " ... Gt>orge Van Hoomissen is the obvious choice." (May I, 1968) Leahy concluded, "Join us in electing Van Hoomissen the first Democratic Secretary of State since 1878'" Van Hoomissen for Secretary of State Com· mittee, John B. Leahy, Chmn .. 2320 N. W. Westover Rd., Portland, Ore. The Friendliest Stores In Town Since 1908 Negroes today in South Africa and makes one wonder where Portland's firstNegroprin– the consciences of white South cipal has been hired by School Africans must be to cause District No. 1 and will be such suffering. assigned to an elementary In ·most of Africa the races school in the public schools live together in relative har- in September. mony as shown by a Belgian He is William R. Gerald, author's account of his adop.- 39, principal of an elemen– tion as a blood brother by tary school in Prairie View, the Masai tribe of Kenya. Tex., and an associate pro– Jean Pierre Hallet's "Congo fessor at Prairie View A&M Kitabu" is an exciting ac- College. count of his twelve adven- Gerald has been a high ture filled years in Central school teacher seven years, Africa. and grade principal five years. Another way to understand He holds a master's degree a people is to read their in education and has done literature. Joseph Drachler' s graduate work at University "African Heritage" includes of Texas, San Jose State Col– folktales, poems, proverbs, lege and University of Hous– and excerpts from novels by ton. contemporary Africans. The school Gerald will ad– Langston Hughs' collection minister has not been deter– " Poems from Black Africa" mined, according to Larry includes transcriptiops of the oral poetic traditions of num– erous tribes as well as poems by living Africans from throughout the continent. All of these books and many others on Africa are avail– able at the Albina Branch Library, 3630 N. Vancouver. Summer Employment Highs On Ballots Expanded programs of vo– cational education will be of– fered in four Portland high schools if the ~ax base pro– posal, Ballot Measure #4, is approved at the May primary election, Robert Ridgley, vice Chairman, Board of Educa– tion, announced today. Ridgley said that funds are included in the proposal to implement an expanded pro– gram at the four Portland schools and that all are designed to help students enter the world of work, Ridgley stressed the im– portance of vocational educa– tion in making the announce– ment, . He said that modern technology demands skilled workers, and it is up to the schools to help provide them, Schools at which the new vo– cational programs will be added include Washington, Roosevelt, Jefferson and Grant High Schools. Photography Exhibit A photography exhibit by Ron Ashford, a promising young artist from Benson Polytechnic High School, is the gallery event at the Albina Art Center from May 13 through June 15. Mrs. Ashfqrd' s intriguing photograph ''How did he do that?" was a recent award– winner in the Center's High School Art Competition. "We feel that Ron is a fine pho– tographer who uses somevery unusual techniques," ob– served· staff member Oliver O'Ferral by way of recom– mending the show. Cont. Education Tea The Continuing Education for Girls Center invites the public to a tea from 2:30 to 5 p.m. May 19. The tea will be held at the Child Service Center Building, 220 NE Beech Street, Rooms 22 and 23. Guests have been requested to use the Gar– field Street entrance closest to Fremont. The Continuing Education for Girls Center is a pro– gram for junior high and high school pregnant stu– dents, The proceeds from the tea will be used to finance materials for the school, L DI R 43G N. Killingsworth Street Portland 17, Oregon Phone (Area Code 503) • SSth & e.., Bvrn••d• • 122nd & N .E. Gl,.•n • N . Lombud •' Gr••l•y • Raleigh H,11, Pl•z• • 182nd •t S.E . Oiv,,,on • MEMBER OF I • 33rd & N.E. H•ncock • 3038 N .E. u,:uon • 39th & S.E D1v1s1on • 23rd .& West B,,,,.,,,d• 0 L•lce O,wego_ 9·) B Ave UNITED GROCERS Post The De Bonne Grace Club presents '' Fashions for the Stylish Stout" Sunday, May 19, from 5 to 10 p.m. at the Portland Police Athletic who is your Hamilton Man? Association, 615 S, E. Alder. The::-e is a $1.25 donation fee. Entertainment will be provided by the Babe Wil– liams Trio. GEORGE RANKIN WILLIAM GERALD Winter, assistant superinten– dent of the Portland Public Schools. Winter said Gerald's assignment will be made by School Superintendent Melvin Barnes. Winter said the Portland system has recruiters in Texas, St. Louis and Detroit seeking Negro teahcers for the Portland schools. In other developments in the school picture in Portland, the School Board announced at its Monday meeting that Bill Knouff, principal at Jef– ferson High School, will leave that position, effective at the end of the current school year. 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