Oregon Advance Times_1968-02-01

February 1, 1968 Oregon Advance/TIMES Page 9 lvancie Says: Regular Parks Program Scheduled This was the scene the night of Jano 15 when fire caused heavy danage to Lynvlew Apartments and Hotel on North Williams Avenue at Russell Streeto In addition to fire and smoke damage throughout the three-story building, Fats Shine Parlor was burned out. - Photo Courtesy Oregonian Negro Hired As Newsman Al Channel 2 Bogle has been active in the Urgan League of Portland and the Portland branch of the By Beverly Nicholson Parks in Albina will have no expanded programs this sum– mer, said Parks Commis– sioner Francis lvancie. "We are going to continue with the regular parks pro– gram," he said. "And we Ari Center's Cookbook Out; Coloring Due The Albina Art Center adds a new dimension to its cul– tural impact in the community with the founding of its own press. "The Something Else Cook Book" and an "informative and fun-to-color book of black The first Negro newsman to work for a Portland tele– vision station is now covering and writing news for KATU, Channel 2. Richard Bogle, a former patrolman for the Portland Police Department, began his duties with KATU Jan. 22. gonian, the Oregon Journal and the Portland Reporter. He also was the Reporter's reviewer of popular and jazz recordings. At KATU Bogle will cover news events in the state and write his own material. He also will edit wire material for use by the anchor news– men. National Association for the artists, scientists, and other Advancement of Colored heroes" will be the first of– People. He had been on the ferings. police force since 1959. Bogle is married and has three children. The family resides at 2729 s. E. Tib– betts St. Bogle is a native of Portland. He attended Wash– ington High School, Vanport (now Portland State) College and Oregon State University. Problems Of Poor Talked He has been writing since high school when he was sports editor of the Washington High School Washingtonian. He also was editor of the Vanport Vanguard and freshman sports editor of the OSU Daily Bar– ometer. Community and employment problems of the poor were discussed by a panel of three community workers at a re– cent meeting of the American Society for Training and De– velopment at the Anchorage Restaurant. velopment for the dis– advantaged were Chalmers Jones, Oregon State Employ– ment Service; Lois Williams, director of the Equal Oppor– tunity Commission, and May– field Webb, chairman of the Metropolitan Steering Com– mittee for the Office of Eco- He has worked in the sports departments of The Ore- Discussing training and de- nomic Opportunity. Every advertiser is important to us . . . and to our readers We are grateful for the initial response and for the space orders for future issues of ..• The Oregon ADVANCE We'll get to you eventually, but in the meantime, don't wait for us to call on you . ~ . you call usl 288-6409 Joe Harris, Advertising Manager ~ We can provide profes.sional copy writing and Iayout assistance. The Something Else Cook Book, which features special recipes by 50 artists and musicians in the Portland community, went on sale at the Fountain Gallery January 31 with a special "autograph party" for artists andpatrons of the book. Copies can be bought at the Albina Art Cen– ter. The coloring book, as yet untitled, will depict 50 to 100 important historical, cultural, and literary figures from Ne– gro history. The book will be fun, informative and ed– ucational in its illustration of the black man's involvement in all phases of society. The art book will be pub– lished and distributed all over the country under the Albina Art Center imprint. Your Ideas In future issues of the Ad– vance/TIMES we hope to have letters from members of the community. They will be printed near the editorial col– umns. If something is going on that you want to talk about, write a letter and say it, It may be suggestions for this newspaper or criticism of it; or it may be on some other phase of life in Albina. Letters must be signed and must include your address. They must be kept to a reason– able length and if they are mo re than 250 words the editor reserves the right to shorten them because our space is limited. Here some thoughtful lines. It matters not so much who wrote.them: We cannot bring prosperity by discouraging thrift. We cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. We cannot help small men by tearing down big men. We cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. We cannot lift the wage earner by pulling down the wage payer. We cannot keep out of trouble by spending more than our income. We cannot further the brotherhood of man by in– citing race hatred. We cannot have sound se– curity on borrowed money. We cannot build character and courage by taking away man's initiative and inde– pendence. We cannot help man per– manently by doing for them what they could do and should do for themselves. will try to cater to the inter– ests of teen-age groups." But, Ivancie said he did not have any specific activities for the young people this sum– mer. Asked about having amateur theatrical productions in the parks similar to the Mt. Ta– bor and Washington Park pro– ductions, Ivancie said: "Perhaps the parks De– partment does not generate enough of this type of program." He said the park program was balanced as far as ca– tering to interests of young adults and older residents. Many people who live in Albina have complained that the city parks have programs only for the young children, that teenagers and adults have nothing to do in the parks. "Directors in all our parks are supposed to stimulate ac– tivity," Ivancie said. Last summer Seattle tack– led the need of park facili– ties in the Negro community by blocking a city street and bringing in portable park equipment which included tables, chairs and sprinklers and various other facilities. When asked about such a program for Portland'·s Al- bina residents, Ivancie said: "In the first place, we have to keep the streets open for ingress and egress to resi– dences and businesses. Be– sides that, we have good, ex– cellent park facilities in Al– bina. It' s going to take more than a gimmick to solve the problems we have." Albina is scheduled to add one new park this year, a four- acre property bounded by Commercial, Kerby, Shaver and Failing streets. It will be the city's smallest park. "Normally, the city does not like to develop a park of less than IO acres," said Harry Buckley, head of the City Park Bureau. Last August, Mayor Terry D. Schrunk visited the Al– bina community to officially get construction of the new park under way. The park will have a play shelter with a steel ,roof, a supervision building, fountain and a softball diamond. It is being built by L. S. Uppinghouse . Co., who sub– mitted the successful bid of $224,739. Construction started right after Schrunk' s visit. Then it stopped. Ivancie blamed the delay on bad weather. BARGAIN CENTER . . extends congratulations to ____ Ah_DVA_ 9 N(E ,r~ ~ rn~ * There is a WARDS BARGAIN CENTER at 5309-27 N.E. UNION AVE. N.E. Union at Killingsworth Visit our Walnut Park Bargain Center where you will find drastic reductions in mall order overstocks priced to clear. 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