Oregon Advance Times_1968-05-23

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By carrier, 40¢ per month (voluntary) STATEMENT The Oregon Advance/TIMES goes to press weekly to serve residents of the North-North– east Central area of Portland with news about the life of our community; information on the opportunities before us; discussion of the social and political issues that confront us. The Oregon Advance/TIMES gives to our community a newspaper which factually reports the news of our area and aggressively seeks the full rights of our citizens. It will pro– vide a forum for community expression and help people become more conscious of their obligations to themselves and their community, In all this, the truth, as we .see it, will be consistently presented. Page 2 Vol. 1, No. H May 23, 1968 THE DOGMA OF BLACK .We realize the word black is a revolutionary identity, but just how much brain-washing can the older Negro generation endure. Every proeram, speech, dramatic or written material exhibited in this pres– ent generation has the overtone of ''black.'' eotype generation, isolate our– selves from the rest of the human family and become as dogmatic as the Nazism. We do not think we should perpe– tuate racism whether black or white. Roving Reporter 13 Boys on a Beach The third and fourth grade boys of Immaculate Heart School took a cultural trip to Oceanside, Oregon, Satur– day May 18. They visited the home of their teacher Mrs. E. Price where they requested that her two poodles accompany them on theirtrip. She reluctantly agreed and they started on theirway. Mr. Price with Mr. and Mrs. Car– ter helped to round out the five adults that chaperoned the 13 boys. Their first stop was at the Tillamook County Pioneer Museum in Tillamook, Ore– gon. They listened enthusi– astically to the remarks given by the museum director and were captivated by the•wild life exhibits. This is cer– tainly a worth while museum for anyone visiting Tillamook to stop and enjoy. The boys as well as the adults enjoyed it thoroughly. They arrived at the "A" frame beach cottage of Mr. and Mrs. Price and after a quick change and some re– freshments they were on the o c e a n s id e beach. They combed the beach and frolicked in the sand for an hour or so learning about the mysteries of the sea. they had to stop for refresh– ments in town after the fun on the beach. They returned back to Mrs. Price's beach cottage fordin– ner and while Mrs. Price and Mrs. Carter were cleaning up after them, they visited the Coast Guard light house. It was certainly a refresh– ing outing for the class, the adults and the poodles. There was only one pair of shoes lost on the trip. It was re– marked to Mrs. Price, "well at least we brought back 13 boys.'' If one wishes to report on active news, I suggest 13 boys on an ocean beach. Rescue In Albina Ralph Stevenson and Junior Branch were the heroes of the day Monday, May 13, when they rescued Mrs. Shirley Montgomery and her child from her burning home on the corner of Mallory and Going. Ralph and Junior were later assisted by four "ther youths who were playing basketball down the street. Ralph said that he saw flames shooting up from the basement on the left side of the house. He and Junior ran over and grabbed a water hose in the yard, broke out some windows and tried to extinguish the flames. "It got to be too much for us, so we went through the win– dows and let the lady and her kid out," Ralph said. The boys went back into the house a second time to try and save Mrs. Montgomery's belongings. They salvaged a television set and Mrs. Montgomery's purse. The boys said that the second time that they entered the house, the fire was on the second floor and the entire house was filled with smoke. The Portland Department of Public Safety sent Ralph and Junior a letter of appreciation for their heroic actions. Sure we have become black conscious we can't help to be, but I think that is is beginning to be over played. If we are not careful, we will become radical and black racism will destroy this objective. We through constant black brain washing could become a ster- It is the intent of this paper to inform the citizens of our community of the problems that confront us, and to do this in its true perspective. We have citizens in the Albina ghetto that are white and as much a part of Albina as the Negro. Let us remember this and project our thoughts construc– tively. Your reporter became tired from trying to keep up with the 13 enthusiastic boys, with their yearning to climb the highest and most treacherous rocks or engage themselves in the ocean depths. How– ever; we were able to con– tain them on the beach until lunch time. I NAACP INITIATES RIOT PREVENTION CAMPAIGN The Albina community does not have a single voice. Each person has ideas that are his own and many groups speak only for their members. This newspaper In Its edito– rials says what its editorial board believes. But it is only one of the voices. of Albina. You, too, have a voice. And you can speak out by writing letters to the editor. Our pages are small and our space is limited, So please speak about things here, at home. If we do not have room for all let– ters, those that are about national and International af– fairs will have to be set aside in favor of letters that talk about the special problems and hopes of people here at home. And keep them short. If they run over 250 words, we probably will have to shorten them. Dear Editor: Your staff might get a lit– tle irritated by my letter but that's all part of living, learn– ing, and accepting life as it is. First of all I would like to state that I enjoy reading the Advance Times very much and I look forward to receiving it every week. This paper is a medium of communication for the people of Albina. It provides an insight for those on the outside looking in at Albina. The Advance Times has been a very big step for our community and I feel the pa– per should move forward to– wards bigger and better goals. If you are trying to win a race you start at the starting line and move forward. Your paper is running a fair race, but I believe somewhere along the line someone "doped up" your horse. He's slowing down; in fact, almost at a stand still. To better ex– plain myself, I'll say that the paper seems to be standing in one place exhibiting one side of the present day prob– lems. There appears to be a lot of militant - black power - atmosphere about the articles. Of course, everyone is welcome to their own viewpoints but I believe there are a lot of liberals around Portland who can see (with an open mind) hoth sides of the situation. A blind man can't see what's ahead of him: a man blind in one eye can only see one side. Which is it with some of the writers. Are they blind or partially blind? If so, what caused it; their egocentric thinking? A little more liberal think– ing on the part of "the few" would help the paper and the public. I'm not saying they have to be "Uncle Tom's," don't get me wrong, just be "for real," and get rid of that chip on their shoulder. I am not trying to point my finger at any particular per– son on the staff because I know you have some very ca– pable people working there; but if anyone is offended and the shoe fits, then we ar it. Diannia M. Monroe 305 N. E. Monroe Street Portland, Oregon 97212 Sisters Perform St. Mary of the Valley students under the direction of Anita Pienovi and Judy Marion presented "Alice in Wonderland" in a ballet per– formance. Two unique per– formers were Milicent Gover of the 8th grade and her sis– ter Estrada Gover of the 7th grade. They were the first black students to perform in a St. Mary's production be– cause they are the first black students to attend that s chool. St. Mary of the Valley is located in Beaverton and is principaled by Sister Anthony Marie, NAACP Candidate Tea The Portland Branch, NAACP, will sponsor a mem– bership and candidate's tea at the North Branch YMCA on Sunday, May 26, from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Candidates for public of– fice - Democrats, Republi– cans and those ru1:ming for non-partisan positions - have been invited to come and meet the members, friends and guests of the NAACP. Musical selections will in– clude the following, Mrs. Price called the boys together and prepared a mar- velous lunch for them. They searched in the adjoining forest for a hidden radar site that was never completed. Then back to the beach for some swimming and fun. This time with swim suits and sand dune sliding. It was either in the sand or in the ocean, the poodles enjoyed it as much as the boys or vice-versa. The Portland Branch of the NAACP has started a Riot Prevention Campaign with the sale of bumper-stickers. The slogans on the stickers, which are available to mem– bers and to the public, are: "RUMORS FEED RIOTS - CHECK ALL RUMORS! - Prevent Riots'' "HOT HEAD HOT LEAD COLD DEAD - Prevent Riots" ''ALIVE, you can fight DEAD, you're dead - Prevent Riots" In order to obtain your stickers contact Mrs. Ger– trude Crowe at the Neigh– borhood Service Center or the NAACP office, 2752 N. Williams Avenue, 284-7722. 3321 N. Vancouver Ave. Portland. Oregon 97212 Martin Luther King., Jr. Elementary School Eighth Grade Choir; Miss Mary Wil– lis, piano soloist; Mrs. Mattie Crosby, vocal soloist; Mary McCoy, pianist; Art Bradford, guitar soloist; Sharon Vickers, harp solo; Sharon Vickers and Mrs, Lu– cille Pulliam, harp duet, and Mrs. Lucille Pulliam, harp solo. Mr. Price discovered some marshmallows hidden in the (sand), a fire was started by your reporter, who could not remember the proper way of rubbing two sticks together. Mr. Carter produced a cig– arette lighter and the aroma of toasted marshmallows summoned the boys from the ocean and the sand dunes. • ADDITIONS t ·BATHROOMS BLUE RIBBON CONTRACTORS 50-50 PLAN ; DORMERS (We do the hard work• you finish the easy) Boys are always hungry even when they are filled so •GlRAGES - • KUCHENS llJ?tXUt : :: -~-· NOUIING DOWN-LOW PAYMEMTS-QUM.ITY WORK : .. · VOTE 51 ~ YES! DOCKS DEVELOPMENT BONDS "For The Good Of ALL PORTLAND" • JOBS - 32,000* • PAYROLLS - $114,906,600 • PROSPERITY. .. Portland is second only to the giant port complex of Los Angeles-Long Beach . To keep in front, provide more jobs and bigger payrolls , we must continue to develop our dock facilities. ,:, DIRECT & INDIRECT EMPLOYMENT CITIZENS FOR DOCKS DEVELOPMENT• E. C. SAMMONS, E. E. " ERNIE" BAKER. Co-Chai rmen