Oregon Advance Times_1968-03-21

Page 8 The Oregon Advance/TIMES March 21, 1968 Five Year Plan To End Ghetto Ellis H, Casson, deputy director of the Model Cities program, pointed out the necessity for meaningful participation when he spoke before the Hollywood Lions Club Tuesday. program was not urban re– newal, nor was it designed to solve unemployment. "We are engaged in drawing up a plan, which if approved by the federal government, will give us action funds in I 969. Casson explained that the These funds will finance the Teen Center (Continued from Page 1) keep the center open from 9 a,m. until curfew each evening, The center will be staffed, managed and run by teen-agers, An adult will be on hand to counsel and advise if asked. A meeting will be held for teen-agers Sunday, March 24, at the North Branch Y at 6 p,m, All area teen-agers are invited to this meeting to help plan and set up the operation, At this time, Proby plans to explain and inform all interested teens what is involved to get the organization started. The possibility of a second teen club was suggested this week by Cecil Hatchett, a snident at Benson Tech, and Lesley Dennis, a snident at Lincoln High, Each is 17. They said they had been planning a teen club for some time, had received offers of help, but had not located a building or made definite plans. They said teen-agers want to have a choice in their ac– tivities, so a second club, at sufficient distance from the first, would not be a dupli– cation, They said sugges– tions for a site could be re– layed to Dennis at 281-9780, Few File (Continued from Page 1) There will be a social hour from 7 to 8 p.m., which will be followed by reports and a message from the featured speaker, Carl Shaw. Shawwas formerly the executive di– rector of Friendly House in Northwest Portland and then moved to Seattle to become the director of the poverty pro– gram there. He is presently living in San Francisco and is the regional director of the War on Po".erty in the west– ern states. Walter Morris is chairman of the Arrangements Com– mittee; Emile Summers is in charge of the Election Com– mittee; and Rev. JohnJackson is chairman of the Nominating Committee for the annual meeting. start of a five-year program to rid our city of ghetto liv– ing conditions," Casson told the Lions, During a brisk question and ansl',er period, he shrugged off the criticism of the Model Cities program leveled at it by the editor of another newspaper as a lone voice in the wilderness. When the Advance/TIMES was referred to as the "model cities paper," the statement was quickly cor– rected by a member of the audience, who added, ''No ad– vertiser buys the editorial policy of any newspaper with two adsl" Residents Seek (Continued from Page 1) Representatives. Another Al– bina resident, Dick Celsi, white, also filed for the Democratic nomination to the legislature. All of the candidates are widely known. Vann has served on many community committees and is a member of a number of organizations. He has been a resident of Albina for 13 years. Batiste, 45, is an engineer with the Bonneville Power Adminis– tration and has been active in school affairs. Thomas, a professional wrestler and real estate salesman, has been active in dealing with youth groups. Smith has served the legislature for a number of years as an employee during the sessions and has been a candidate in the past. Celsi, a graduate of the University of Portland, is employed at the C.C A P Opportunity School. McCoy is a leader in a move to limit City Council terms to eight years. Now Free 25c Flower Seeds l14i-2r,Z"9 BLUE"'BELL THREE BAGGER IN EACH BLUE BELL BOX THE ROVING REPORTER Voting Rules 'They're Forgetting Our Teens ... ' On May 28, Oregon voters will go to the polls for the primary voting. The last day for registering to vote in this election is April 27. First stop in the Roving Reporter's wanderings this week was Frances Cafe on N, Vancouver between Fremont and Beech. 1 was pleased to meet Frances M, Blair, the proprietor, who warmly in– vited me to sit at her table and talk. She has been a resident of Portland for five years and has been in the J : # t . Frances M. Blair restaurant business almost all her life. She came here from she years. Wichita, was in Kan., where business 20 She Iit her pipe and said, "I did not get much en– couragement on opening here. There were prominent Negro leaders of our com– munity that tried to discour– age me. It's been hard but I've made it. What we need most in our community is teen-age cooperation with the older people and more en– tertainment for the young people, This keeps them off the streets." She punched the tobacco in her pipe, toyed with it and said, "I can't understand, with all these programs we have in effect now, there is nothing to employ these kids, especially in the ·summer time. They say they must be experienced but how will they become experienced if there is no place for them to work? If they had a recrea– tion hall, they could work in the hall and help keep the money there," "The neighborhood centers are helping the adults; this is good, but I think they are forgetting about our teens. There is no active program for them, it is a pretense, The grownups are over the hill, It's the kids that need help. The adults are trying to join the teens, in a cun– ning way they are trying to use them, Dope and most of this crime in the streets is Note$ ol /nfete$f By RON WEBB Hats off to Jefferson's basketball team for its fine showing in the state tourna– ment , , • A hearty thanks to the Honor students who re– cently visited our area, Do you remember the year Benson played Cent r a 1 Catholic for the state foot– ball title at the Multnomah Stadium with such standouts as Jimmy "Precious" Wil– liams, Sam Whitney Jr, and Willie Smith to mention a few. Gone but not forgotten were such track and field standouts as Julius and Luth– er Strong of Roosevelt, all the Renfros of Jefferson and Huey Hatton, along with Na– than "Lightning" Redditt or more recently Onia Bates of Grant. I remember when Willie Brown and Smokey "Inter– pol" Overton battled on the football gridiron for Wash– ington •• , oh, yes, I almost forgot my brother "Ed" played for the Colonials. Check this newspaper for com1ng events. sponsored by adults using these kids and taking their money. Every kid wants money, It gives him a little pride and an idle mind is forever rambling, These adult pimps are the cause of these kids going astray," She tapped her pipe on the side of the ash tray and said, "I've never had any trouble with teens, no more than loud talking, and when it gets too loud, then I take over. If adults carry themselves right, our teens will respect us and that's what they want to do, If you carry yourself the way people can under– stand, you will never have any trouble. Understanding is the key, don't beat around that if God does not help the situation, our hope is use- Virgus Roberts less. I thanked Roberts for this short interview, Until next week, l trust that perhaps you will be my next encounter on the streets of Albina, the bush, be frank." Sets Film Programs "We are going to have to do something for ourselves, "Movies that Matter" is We have five senses. We the title of an unusual film must forget about the past program to be shown by the and forget about the Joneses Albina Art Center, 8 N, E. and we can make it. Grown- Killingsworth St., at 6 p.m. up Negroes don't want to be March 31. themselves, we must push The double bill includes the youth of our race, Most "The Life of Emile Zola," of the old folks are sitting with Paul Muni's Academy on the pot and doing nothing Award portrayal of Zola and , • , in the way.'' "Black Legion," with Hum- Mrs. Blair operates a phrey Bogart, "The Life of three grade "A" card. res- Emile Zola" deals with in– taurant. It is immaculately tolerance and anti- Semitism. clean, She told me of her earlier years of employ– ment. She has cut lawns, washed windows, done maid and janitorial work, She feels that anyone that wants to make it can, The following questions will be asked when you reg– ister to vote: Full name and sex Address Birth date and place Parents' names, including mother's maiden name Spouse's full name Occupation If you are a naturalized citizen, proof of naturaliza– tion Party affiliation (Democrat, Republican or independent The purpose of the primary election is to select primary candidates from the Demo– cratic and Republican parties. Only registered Republicans can vote for Republican can– didates and only registered Democrats can vote for Dem o c rat i c c and i dates. Those citizens who choose to register as Independent can only vote on ballot mea– sures and non-partisan can– didates, such as school board members and city commis– sioners, Guard against tuberculosis. Have an annual checkup in the form of a tuberculin (skin) test or chest X-ray. Mrs, Annie Ruth Ham'mond, who resides at 3973 N, E. 7th and has been a resident of Albina since 1945, entered Frances Cafe for lunch. She is employed as a clerk at the More For Less Market, She agreed that we need moore activities for our youth in the summer time and that better housing and equal em– ployment are also needed. She spoke of parents using more discipline with their children. "It's embarrassing when one of our children has been caught stealing, Home train– ing is the key issue here. There is a lack of communi– cation between parent and children," She said that "more Negroes should go into checking. There's good money in it and men have the opportunity to go into man– agement.'' Now, one policy protects mom, dad and children, too! Virgus Roberts has been a resident of Albina since 1948, He resides at 3823 N, E. 10th, He is unemployed at the present and has four children, He works as a laborer and feels that em– ployment is the main issue. 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