Portland Challenger_1953-04-17

Page Two Portl o.n d a An Independent Newspaper WILLIAM A. HILLIARD Editor and Publisher TED BURGER General Manager _...::... ___ 3300 North Williams Avenue, Portland 12, Oregon MUrdock 4092 Published every other Friday in Portland, Oregon. The Chal– lenger is not responsible for the return of unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. SUBSCRIPTION RATES 10 Cents per copy 26 $2.50 per year PORTLAND CHALLENGER Williams Elecled To School Posl Willis A. Williams, 2854 SE Tibbe.tts street, became the first Negro to serve on the Portland Friday. April 17. 1953 ------------------------------------------------------- News In Brief By William Wright Challenger Staff Writer Grade School Teachers Associa- Frank Hannibal was in town last week to be with his moth– tion's Board of Directors, when he er, Mrs. Jeanette Hannibal, 1804 SE Franklin street, who is was appointed to the board last week. The board comprises 12 ill. Hannibal is now with the army and is stationed at Camp members. Crowder, Mo. He was attending McGill university in Mont- A seventh grade teacher at real, Canada, where he was a member of the basketball team. Failing elementary school in Hannibal's wife, Thea. is in St. southwest Portland, Williams is Work Underway Louis. Mo...• Phi Nu Phi. Port- currently working on his master'< land social sorority, sponsored a degree in education. He has o N s h 1 j.am session at Bennie's Frat taught at Failing school for five n ew C 00 Hou se Easier Sunday night. The years. sorority has been active for five C • ·z R • hf A fl.OD Good He is past regional director of Grounds have been cleared and years. I~esid.ent of the civic- lVl 1g S C the Department of Classroom construction begun on the New minded sorors is Mrs. Allie Mae Oregon legislators are to be commended for the fine act of Teachers, Oregon Education asso- Eliot school at N. Page street and Tyler. ciation, and represented Portland Flint avenue. The $619,000 proj- L·ttl c lt d G Al democracy they emphatically showed by overwhelmingly in- I e ar on an ary an on the state board. He served two ect is expected to be ready for Boddie are recuperating from a dorsing the civil rights bill. The whopping approval of the years in this capacity. occupancy by September, 1954. case of measles. Mother, Mrs. equality measure is another step forward in the ever-con- The two~stol\Y building will Dolores Boddie, has been con- scious battle for true Americanism in a country that has so Morri·S Rt.den house 16 classrooms plus special fined to Multnomah hospital much to gain by democratic practices at home. rooms for home economics, indus- with virus pneumonia, flu, etc. J 0 B d trial arts, kindergarten and a Outside playing on the side- The state house of representatives' more than 4 to 1 rna- oins lis an gynasium. There will also be a walks again aft e r downing combination auditorium-cafete- 1 G d B jority passing of the bill left little doubt in the minds of sup- BY RICHARJ:? BOGLE meas e cases are wen an ob- h h · · · t d f · b"ll t · 1 ria. by Sarpy, daughter and son of porters oft e measure t at It IS a JUS an air I ' cer ain y Staff Writer, The Challenger Shower and locker room facii- M d M F k S 4 f d · · t l t · th 1· · t• f An opportunity of a life-time r. an rs. ran arpy, 414 necessary i e ucation IS o p ay a par m e e Imma IOn o ities will be provided for adults N H ·ght T f t d d t M · R"ct . a1 avenue, . . . wo 0 racial hatreds among the American people. was ex en e 0 orns I en, groups and the school site is adja- Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brown's chil- 15-year-old Roosevelt high school cent to the playground at N. Flint dren, Billy and Janice, 4225 N. The passing of the bill by no means presents a new prob- junior, when Johnny Otis, pop- avenue and Russell street so that Haight avenue recently recov- 1 ular blues bandleader took th. b t·1· d f h 1 ' lem to the proprietors of restaurants, hote s, taverns and . . . ' Is area can e u I Ize or sc oo I ered from the measles young Riden with him to Los I purposes. . · . . places of amusements. It simply eliminates the problem that Angeles to fill singing engage- Th h . 11 A letter from Herb1e Wdhams, e new sc ool wi accomo- f · . tended to prevent the individual from utilizing his own rea- ments with the Otis orchestra. son o Mr. and Mrs. Belvm Wdl- date many pupils now attending iams. 2403 N. E. 7ih avenue, re- soning power and choose his own acquaintances from his own The "kid," as Otis refers to B · H 11 d d I · t mse, 0 a ay an rvmg on veals plans for probable aitend- mind, not that of some tavern owner. him, started singing before au- schools. Its district will be bounu- diences at the Eliot recreatwn ance this summer to Washington ed by Union avenue, Holladay s Abuse of the bill by the religious and racial minority is not center. About two weeks ago at street, the Willamette river and Wt~ 1 t 1 e college for graduate work. W h J...d Otis' downtown dance Riden was 1 iams plans to return to at all evident. Both our neighboring states, as ington au either Graham, Stanton or Morris N AI k requested to sing a number by orne, as a. for another year's California, have had such legislation for years and have en- some of the patrons present. He streets. teaching experienc~ in that far countered little or no difficulty of the advantageous type. The ended up by singing three songs. Norihen territory. He is teach- racial and religious factors will not always enter into a refusal Finally, when Otis returned to Accused Slayer ing the eighth grade. of service to an individual or group of individuals. The pro- Portland to fill an engagement Sfl"]] ·n C f d The Les Gai Copians, a social at Benny's Frat House, Morris 1 US 0 Y club, gave their first informal P rietor mmt be protected from disorderly people, regardless d M h 26 t th A · was "johnny on the spot" and (Picture on page 4) ance arc , a e men- • of race or religion. sang· again. Otis was so impressed Sim Knight, 27, 221 N. E. Mon- 1 can Legion .hall. _The p~po~e that he then extended his offer roe street, was ordered held with- of the. group IS not JUSt social, It There will always be elements of our population that cause · 1 t d d h to the youngster. out bail for the grand jury Fri- IS a so o o goo w enever trouble. These elements are composed of all races, creeds and Voice Sounds Mature day. He is in custody for the needed. reliRions. tereotv iruz of races will have to disappea,r. The 1 Riden's voke gives no clue shotgun slaying of John w. Members ol' the club includ : American society is becoming educated enough to cast aside whatsoever to his age as it souncls Dailey, 27, an air force man frvm Behula Mills, Beatrice Gorderly, conditioned prejudice thoughts of races and religious groups. full and completely mature. His Louisville, Ky. Elizabeth Taylor, Verna William;;, voice should fit in with the Otis Dailey was alledgedly killed Lorretta Martin, Beartrice Wash- Only with an open mind can we understand and solve for the group as it is reminiscient of by Knight in a northeast aprt- ington, Estee Morgan, Marie Pat- good of all. · " · <::7l Mel Walkers' who used to sing ment April 6 in what police call- terson, Norma Gabner, Dorothy There is a possibility that the measure will be referred to with the band. ed a feud over a woman. Pinson, Rita Jones, Arline Grice, Morris was born in Atlanta, The woman, Helen Ruth Cham- Bernice Albertie and Reline the people. Such a move for a referendum would be useless Georgia, and moved to Portland bers, 24 , is being held as a rna_ Jackson. and unwise. Representative Mark Hatfield hit the nail on the with his family when he was terial witness. She related under Sub debs of Les Femmes were head when he said that a campaign in defense of discrimina- eight years old. His mother says cross examination at a prelimin- addressed by Miss Gwladys Bow– tion would stir up racial and religious hatreds. Such a move that between him and the family ary hearing in mlunicipal court en on etiquette at the home of would in all probability undermine the aim of the bill itself, record player, there was little how the airman left her side, Mrs. Oteria Nicholson, recent!~. quiet in the house. clad only in an undershirt, to be Miss Bowen is society editor of that is to make such prejudices disappear through intelligent Many people will remember shot down at the door. the Portland Oregonian. Thurs- administration of the act. Otis as popularizing Little Es- Knight told detectives he had day the group had table-setting ther who joined him at the ten- fired one blast from a 12-gauge exercises at the home of Mrs. An editorial in the April15 issue of the Portland Oregonian der age of 14. She, however, is no shotgun at the serviceman. Mercedes Harding. summed the passage of the bill most appropriately: We are convinced that a fair trial for the measure, so overwhelmingly approved by both houses of the legisla– ture, will soon eliminate the conditions that made it nec– essary. On the one hand, it will demonstrate that the pro– prietors who have discriminated have nothing to lose but their prejudices. On the other, it will remove the basic reasons for minority resentment in which lie the seeds of ill will and violence. Indeed such action coming from a state governing body gives the minority the spiritual guidance needed. It swells their pride in the democratic process of government and gives them the feeling that progress is being made to eliminate a "problem" that had no business in our society in the first place. Such actions le~sen racial tension nationwide. It is in this type of state legislation that many of America's citizens pin their hopes for solution of a stigma that hurts so deeply that only the offended can fully realize the injustice done. Oregon is definitely moving ahead in its sincere attempt to rectify a wrong in our society. The citizens of this state are in order when they bless the legislators and the organizations that worked so fervently to see the civil rights measure passed. Sorority Initiates New Pyramids The Beta Psi chapter of Delta Sigma Theta sorority initiated five members into their pledge club Monday night, April 13. The pledges were Misses Gwendolyn Molden, Ernestine Palmer, Oig? Ann Plummer, Ann Williams and Marlene Hardy. The initiation took place at the home of Mrs. Bennett Grim– mett. Elk~ G~ve Gilt for Interracial Progress On hand ai :the Elk presentation of a $100 check to the Portland Branch of the NAACP were. left to right. E. Slaughter, Edward Marshall, L. C. Ellison, William Travis. Tom Vickers. Lillard Evans, Jim Walden. Louis Scott, Fred Golden. 0. Smith, Mrs. Ruth Haeffner. Edgar Williams, OUo Rutherford and U. G. Leverett. Seated are Mrs. Otto Rutherford and Mrs. Lorna Marple. /