·- ·' - Photo Courtesy Oregonian'"' ............:£ . 1 ,~,,...- This is Lynn Hamilton, one of the country's fine Negro actresses. She is a member of the American Theater Co., which now is a part of Portland State College. She has had extensive experience In Off Broadway theaters In New York, with the Seattle Repertory Co. and was on a world tour with the Theater Guild Mercican Repertory Co. She has a major role in "The Skin of Our Teeth" which will complete Its performances at Portland State Feb. 1, 2 and 3. She also will be in the cast of "The Adding Machine'' which will be presented at PSC the nights of Feb. 9 and 10; Feb. 15, 16, 17; and Feb. 22, 23 and 24. Easter Dawn Business Set A new business venture, Easter Dawn Properties, Inc., will operate in Albina, said Vernon Summers, president of the corporation. Easter Dawn Properties plans to buy substandard housing in this area, contractC-CAP Group Visits School by Mickey Seeger The Hood River field trip was very good. I think because it gave C-CAP school a chance to meet students from another school and a small town which turned out to be a very nice field trip. We had a very good discussion. It started about CCAP and ended with Black Power. We ate lunch at the school and later we went to all the rooms and talked to students about C-CAP. The main thing I thought was good was that we could talk to the students and there was no tension because we were black students. I was thinking that because they lived in a small town and there is a small percentage of black students if any in Hood River that they would be offensive and kind of clam up. lf white and black students held more discussions things would be better today I think. Typewriters Needed The Advance/TIMES can use help in outfitting its office. It could use two or three typewriters in working condition that someone has set aside and is no longer using. tors will repair and renovate the houses which will then be made available to low income persons. Houses will be sold to inc;lividuals for $200. down payment. Houses will also be rented, leased or leased on the rent subsidy program. Interest rate on all houses will be 3 per cent, Summers said. The non-profit corporation will start the program with five houses. Local contractors will be hired to do the work. After the first project is completed, six more houses will be worked on. Funds for the program will come from banks and FHA. Other officers in the corporation include Fred Markey, vice presicent, and Al Hickerson, secretary-tresurer. Pre-Schoolers Have Program Good news for mothers of pre-school children comes from St. Philip's Episcopal Church, 120 N. E. Knott St. A co-operative pre-school is in session there five mornings a week from 9 to 11 :30. Four-year-olds attend Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Three-year-olds attend Tuesdays and Thursdays. The school is run by Mrs. James H. Smith, who formerly taught school for nine years. This is her third year with St. Philips. Parents take an active part in the school. Each mother assists in the school once a month. Children from every religious background are welcomed. A unique difference about this pre-school and others is that partial scholarships are offered. For parents who are unable to pay the full tuition, confidential arrangements can be /!. ~ Y~~RE YMANN Say, I'm your mann, and just want to let you know that I Heard It Through The Grapevine, that Portland is Getting It Together by bringing you the True News in the Oregon Advance/TIMES. Can You Dig It? My message today is quite simple. From now on, I want you to Come See About Me in the Advance/TIMES .•• cause I'm gonna be your Soul Man by Picking Up The Pieces on Funky Broadway and keep you in tune with the Times .•• the latest in the music world. Dances, records, singing and dancing groups • • • the whole works. So, if you want to be an Uptight Good Man, stay with me. Keep an Advance/ TIMES and you'll be posted with the most(est). Soulfully, Yoore Mann My pick of the top 15 are: I. You're a Winner - The Impressions 2. I Can't Stand Myself - James Brown 3. Chain of Fools - Aretha Franklin 4. I'm in Love - Wilson Pickett 5. Skinny Legs - Joe Tex 6. Come See About Me - Jr. Walker and the All-Stars 7. Heard It Through The Grapevine - G. Knight and the Pips 8. Boogaloo Down Broadway - Johnny "C" 9. Wish It Would Rain - Temptations 10. Honey Chile - Martha and the Vandellas 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Tell Mama - Etta James And Get Away - Esquire Respect - Jimmy Smith I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow - O'Jays Love Power - Sandpebbles Talent Show Due Feb. 12 Talent in Albina provides the reason and the occasion for the third annual Valentine Day Amateur Show and Contest. "The competition is intended to not only acquaint the Center with personal-private efforts, but also to encourage them to continue", said Rufus Butler, director of the Albina Art Center which sponsors the event. "It provides contestants with a platform - showcase, gives them a little money and exposes them to people who are interested in local talent." One winner who went on to become professional is the singing group, The Voltaires, who had local booking: within a month after their appearance in the Valentine Day Amateur Show. Any amateur singer, dancer, pantomimist, instrumentalist or ventriloquist can enter the contest if he registers with the Center and pays the $3 entry fee by February 12. Age is not important. The first winner in 1966 was an eight-year old drummer. However, an advance screening will be scheduled to limit the number of public performances to about twenty, running ten minutes each. If you are able to help, please telephone 288-6409 or drop a note to the Advance/ TIMES at 714-1/2 N. E. Alberta St., and a member of the staff will get in touch with you. made through Father Stone. The Third Annual ValenTuesday, February 6, the tines Day Amateur Sho\\' and pre-school will have an Open Contest will begin at 7 p.m. .House from 10 a.m. to 12 in the Albina Child Center p.m. at St. Philip's. All Auditorium, 58 N.E. Morris. mothers of pre-schoolers and General admission will be their children are invited. · $1.50. February 1, 1968 Oregon Advance/TIMES Page 11 Stories of Negroes, Lives Good Reading at Library Mahalia Jackson, America's great gospel singer, has given an enjoyable story of her life in "Movin' on Up," one of the many autobiographies Negro Americans have written recently. It and the others discussed here can be borrowed at the Albina Branch Library, 3630 N. Vancouver Ave., in the More for Less Shopping Center. Gordon Parks, an outstanding photographer on the staff of Life Magazine, tells the story of his climb to success from a childhood of poverty on a Kansas farm. The loneliness and despair ofhis youth in America's ghettos and his successful choice of photography as a career as described in his "A Choice of Weapons." Pito Thomas, a young Puerto Rican in New York, tells of his life in ''Down These Mean Streets." After being a drug addict and serving a six-year term in prison for armed robbery, Thomas decided to go straight and to try to help other youn men like hif)'lself avoid the mistakes he made. Nat Turner, the extraordinary Negro preacher who in 1831 led an unsuccessful but brave revolt of slaves against the cruel system under which they lived, did not leave an autobiography. But William Styron, a novelist, has recently published a fictional recreation of Turner's life and thoughts. Based on extensive research, "The Confessions of Nat Turner" is the closest to Turner's own autobiography that we shall ever have and has been acclaimed by critics as an outstanding novel. And it is an exciting one. It has been at the top of the best seller list for weeks. Tuo recent children's books will be of interest to those in the primary grades. "Becky," by Julia Wilson is a part-magical, part-realistic picture story of a small Negro girl who sees the very doll she wants to buy with her birthday money, only to learn it costs more than she has. How the walking, look-alike doll becomes hers makes a story you want to believe. In "Project Cat" by Nellie Burchardt a group of children borrow the adults' technique of petition and successfully appeal to the mayor about changing the law that excludes pets from their housing project. More importantly, through compassion for a lame, stray cat, the shy girl overcomes her fear of other people. EVERYTHING MUST GO REPUBLIC PAINTS HOUSE PAINT ENAMELS EXTERIOR LATEX LATEX RUBBER BASE WALL AND INTERIOR SEMI-GLOSS FINISHES. IN AVARIM OF COLORS FOR WALLS AND WOODWORK. PAINTS NOTE: DEALERS, APARTMENT HOUSE, OWNERS, WELCOME NO LIMIT WHILE QUANTITIES LAST GALLON
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