Oregon Advance Times_1968-06-18

Published EVERY week! ADVANCE Vol. l, No. 26 714¥2 N. E. Alberta, Portland, Oregon Single Copy IOc July 18, 1968 Two Named Vice-Principals For Portland High Schools Four high school vice– principals and a special in– vestigator were appointed by the Portland Board of Educa– tion at its regular meeting Monday evening. Two new vice-principals at Jefferson High School will be Mrs. Ellen Law and Joel Sappenfield. Nathan Jones will become a vice-principal at Washington High and Floyd Harmon will assume that po– sition at Cleveland High. Added to the special in– vestigation staff of the dis– trict was Joseph Bowman, 43, a former juvenile officer with the Portland Police Depart– ment and corpsman supervi– sor at the Timberlake Job Corps Conservation Center. Bowman, a graduate of Dil– lard University in New Or– leans·, also has been a teach– er and Neighborhood Youth Corps coordinator in Port– land. Mrs. Law, formerly a teacher at Jefferson, has been with the Portland District since 1954. She holds bache– lor's and master's degrees from the University of Ore– gon. Sappenfield, who will be 34 this month, has been direc– tor of the Neighborhood Youth Corps program in Portland. He bas a B, A, and an M. A, from Stanford University and has been with the Portland schools since 1958. Jones, 30, earned a bache– lor of science degree at Lewis and Clark College in 1964. He joined the Port– land District as an elemen– tary teacher at Woodstock School in 1964 and later be– came a high school teacher at Roosevelt. Harmon, 42, has been a teacher, counselor and acting vice-principal at Cleveland High. He is a gra9uate of Troy State Teachers College and holds a master's degree from Peabody College. In addition to the above appointments, the following transfers were approved: Mrs. Verna Miller, vice– principal at Jefferson, to Franklin; David Wienecke, supervisor of secondary ed– ucation, to the position of administrator for the new Adams High School; Mike Stipac, vice-principal at J ef– ferson, to Madison, and Dr. Eileen Shank, from director of Reed College interns to vice-principal at Roosevelt High School. Mrs. Ellen Law, Jeffs Vice-Principal Nathan Jones Moves to Washington HS Bean Pickers Urgently Needed SALEM - (Special) - The Department of Employment said here today that Oregon's green bean crop is expected to be excellent with picking of pole beans to start the latter part of July. Around 90,000 tons of green pole beans will be harvested and more than 58,000 pickers will be needed at peak season in mid-August to pick the huge pole bean crop. Reports of damaged crops in Oregon do not apply to the pole bean crop. The crop is expected to be excellent and there are more than 11,000 acres of pole beans to be harvested by hand. About 1,000 acres more pole beans will be harvested this year than last year, All those who can help in the harvest are urged- to do so. 'The crop will be good and the pay will be good. The harvest will start the latter part of this month, the exact starting date to depend on the weather. Watch and listen to the news media for the time to start picking beans. Call or contact your nearest Department of Em– ployment office for the names of growers who need pickers, about housing and transporta– tion information. Group Plans Investment Corporation Morris Reports Officers of The American Unity Enterprises Corpora– tion met Saturday at the Desert Motel to map plans for their first Stock Hold– ers' meeting to be held Fri– day, July 19, at the Knott St. Community Center On CRAC Meeting in Washington, D.C. Vern Summers, temporary president, presided over the meeting. Other temporary officers present included Vice President Jim Hines, George Christian, Business Coordi– nator Chavis assistant Busi– ness Coordinator. The Corporation has sev– eral hundred stockholders present. At the F r i d a y meeting elections of perman– ent officers will be held. lt ls hoped for a large turnout of stockholders. Summers stated that the group would hope to lay a cornerstone of capital from which Negroes in Portland could share in and use in business ventures. So that they might have a price of ownership and a piece of the economic action as changes and construction takes place in their neighborhood. Walter Morris, chairman of the Albina Citizens' War on Poverty Committee, re– cently returned from Wash– ington, D. C, He was chosen by the Office of Equal Op– portunity to be a member of CRAC (Community Respon– sible Advisory Committee). He is part of a committee of 35 who act as advisors to OEO and represents the Western region. His trip was made possible by trans– portation from OEO and a leave from where he works at the Post Office by the Postmaster, Mr. Albert Hod– ler, who has played a part in the hiring of local students in the post office for sum– mer employment. Members of CRAC serve for one year (option), represent seven ge– ographical areas, understand and speak out frankly, The committee is approved by the government. They are to get people in the community to give them advice and help officials get help to those in need. The committee is not a smashing success, but it has helped contribute to solving Every Little Bit Helps! Because of the mass approach to the ills of society, it becomes very easy for indi– viduals to forget their personal responsi– bility in helping eliminate these very ills. For instance, in Albina the need for more black participation in various activities is greatly needed, However, it becomes very difficult to get this participation, especially from the black men. At present there are several agencies calling for the help of black people. The Boy Scouts, Albina Neighborhood Service Center, C-Cap, Civil Air Patrol Unit of Albina, to name a few. . What are black men doing to help meet these needs? Looking at television and go– ing to parties will not get the job done. It's time for us to lay aside selfish motives and devote some time to helping our coming gen– eration. Not only will we be helping the coming generation, we will also be helping ourselves. There is a Bible verse that says, "He who teaches others teaches him– self, also." This is very true. Where we as individuals become involved in helping others, we begin to develop our own po– tential. You will never gain confidence and know-how until you as an individual volun– teer to help others. The Albina Neighborhood Service Center, 59 N. E. Stanton, 287-2603, can assist you in a volunteer effort. some of our internal prob– lems, Washington takes time because of ideas from many sources. It was emphasized that CRAC is not an action body but an advisory body, What's done locally is more meaningful and will have more weight as to how much influence will be made on Washington, CRAC members will meet on the average of once every three months, We listened to the demands of the poor people's campaign, which was basically more involvement of the poor in job opportuni– ties and local governments. Schools should educate chil– dren to prepare them for that which is best suited for them. Teachers need to be edu– cated to the fact that they are teaching humans, not ani– mals. On his way back, Morris stopped in Chicago and was told that more information on ''operation breadbasket" will be sent to him and a possible start on the same project out here on the Coast with the help of local resi– dents. Marcus Gill and friend from N. Portland were busy pick– ing strawberries last week at Pacific Farms near Salem. There's good money picking beans and berries this year. For more information, ,call your N. Portland office of the Department of Employ– ment at 288-6967. Death Claims Julia Neely Mrs. Julia Neely died on Tuesday, July · 9, 1968, at Emanuel Hospital. She was born in Marshall, Missouri, on February 10, 1896. She died at the age of 72, She lived in Oregon for 55 years. She resided at 713 N, E. Sum– ner. Mrs. Neely was a member of Mt, Oliver Baptist Church for 35 years. She was also a member of Mt. Hood Chap– ter No. 16 O. E. S. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lugh Butler of Marshall, Missouri. Her only surviving rela– tive is an uncle, Daniel Kincaid, who resides in Kansas City, Missouri. A reliable informant who has been designated by the family is: Clara E. Bethune. She was a close friend. Her address is 5405 S. E. Mall. Her phone number is 775- 0206.