Oregon Advance Times_1968-04-11

Circulation The Oregon 11,850 copies EVERY week! ADVANCE Thursday, April 11, 1968 Oregonians Joined In Memorial at Vancouver Avenue First Baptist Church Silent Marchers Were Joined By other Mourners On Way To Church Portland Pays Tribute To Martin ,Luther King It was the way Martin Luther King would have wanted it to be - black and white, side by side. No hate, No bitterness, But they marched _as though he had lived next door. "I wonder how many of the whites ever walked down this street before," one man said, then admitted: They started Sunday in a light drizzle at the corner of N, Graham Street and Williams Avenue, There were about 200 at the beginning, but before they reached their destination a few blocks away at Van– couver Avenue First Baptist Church, their number had swelled to about 800. And , the rain had stopped, The sun was out. "I never have." "Was there any violence along the way?" asked a newsman as he a,rrived late inside the church. "Were there any pickets?" "No," was the soft reply that silenced him. Some wore black armbands. Others car– ried American flags. Their number in– cluded the clergy and government officials, mechanics and doctors, housewives, the poor and the rich and they all marched in silence. It was crowded in the church. When the seats were filled, those who came to pay tribute filled all the spaces in the hushed big room, . When all the space was gone, they stood, and when there was no standing room, they watched from the basement or the annex on closed- circuit television. They marched for a Black man who was gunned down by an assassin's bullet while he stood on a balcony in Memphis three days earlier. "We honor him best when we follow his FRED'S FINE FOODS CATERS TO Local Area People Independently Owned and Operated Prominent among the progressive features of this community is this popular market and gro– cery, where nationally known and advertised brands of staple and fancy groceries are sold at competitive prices. The popularity of this store is not alone due to their ex– cellent line of groceries, but also due in a very large measure to the per– sonal management of Horace and Evelyn Raines. The watchword of thi$ progressive firm Is ser– vice. The whole atmos– phere is one of courteous, pleasant and efficient service. Under expert and pro– gressive management this modern store offers everything to be had in a food line. The next time you are shopping stop in at Fred's Fine Foods, at 1011 N.E. Alberta Street. You will be pleasantly surprised at the complete service this store offers to the public of this sec– tion. (Paid Advertisement) This looks like an empty, old building at 2703 N. Williams Avenue, but to members of the 7 of Diamonds Teen Club, . it represents a dream. They are working to make it a center for teenagers. Representatives of Teen Center Explain Purpose To Businessmen On April 4, 1968, a group of representatives from the proposed Teen Center on N. Williams and Knott, had lunch with the Progressive Business Men of Portland. There were 5 teenagers and 3 adults. The teenagers were Br end a Brown, Lesley Dennis, Lin– da Jackson, Dianna Wagner, and Cecil Hatchett. The adults were Nathan Proby, Ben Jack– son, Walter Morris and George Christianson of the Advance Times. The luncheon was held at the Portland Mo– tor Hotel on SW 6th Avenue. Nathan Proby presented the case to the business men. He stated their objectives in acquiring the center and their needs. It is quite a task to start a center with nothing but youth ambition. Governor McCall's office praised the efforts of Proby in a letter and expressed interest in the project. Major Schrunk' s of– fice also sent a letter of encouragement. Mr. Ben Jackson spoke of the Teen Center as not being a preventive measure but as a necessary item to the Al- (Continued on Page 11) dream," said a sign under a picture of King. "The death of Martin Luther King is not a Negro tragedy," stressed Rabbi Emanuel Rose of Temple Beth Israel, "It was an American tragedy," Speakers repeated the dream as they recalled their personal meetings with King. "We must all learn to live together as friends or we'll die together like fools," said E, Shelton Hill, executive director of the Urban League of Portland, as he recalled a passage from one of King's Tears rolled down the cheeks of men and women as the choir burst into ''Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and a woman cried out: speeches. "He was so good, and they killed him, They killed him," ~ ~ . . . George E. Carter Jr.,Albina Leader Dies Albina mourns the loss of Reverend George E. Carter, Jr., pastor of the Allen Temple C, M. E. Church and recent chairman of the Al– bina Citizens' War on Poverty Committee. Ironically, the Reverend Carter passed away Sunday, April 7, hours after a testi– monial banquet in his honor and three days after the as– sassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Ironically, featured speaker at the testimonial, Chalmer Jones had dwelt on the similarity between the late Dr. King and Reverend Carter, stressing their mu– tual patience and determina– tion in their goals and their lack of concern for personal well-being in their endeavors to accomplish equal and fair opportunity for the black and the poor. Reverend Carter was born in Pulaski, Illinois, in 1911. He attended Virginia Union University, Lincoln Univer– sity Seminary, and the Uni– versity of Southern Illinois. Before coming to Portland five years ago, he taught school for four years in Petersburg, Virginia. Albina is familiar with his local achievements as pastor of Allen Temple, the past president of the Union Fel– lowship of Ministers, and one of the original promoters of the Citizens' War on Poverty Committee. He was also ac– tive in the establishment of the Neighborhood Services Center and was elected to serve as Vice-Chairman of the Portland Metropolitan Steering Committee. Reverend Carter brought comfort to his people in "their hour of need, confi– dence when it was lacking, and always an encouraging Rev.George E.Carter,Jr. word at the right time," wrote Emil Summers in tri– bute, "I am one of those he helped; when I served as Interim Executive Director of the Neighborhood Services Center, it was his quiet voice that helped me when l needed it." Other testimonials to his service were given by May- field Webb (Metropolitan Steering Committee), Ellis Casson (Neighborhood Serv– ices Center), Dr. Paul Schulze (Executive Director of Model Cities), Mark O. Haggard from the Gover– nor's Office, Commissioner Frank Ivancie, and Mrs. Vernon Thomson (Albina Board of Directors). "Please work hard, let nothing deter you from your goal, and when you have come to the end of your journey, you may say "I have fought a good fight, I have kept the faith and I'm ready for my report," Reverend C a rte r wrote in his recent resigna– tion from the Poverty com– mittee. Clearly his com– munity knows Rev. Carter fought a good fight, Surviving the Albina lead– er are his wife Jeanette, daughters Mrs. Evelyn An– drews and Mrs. Margaret Bell (Chicago), and three sons, George E. III (Port– land), Rochester (Chicago), (Continued on Page 11)