Oregon Advance Times_1968-03-14

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March 14, 1968

The Oregon Advance/TIMES

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Private Jobs Opening Up A drive to get private em– ployers to open up jobs for minority group members is under way by the Albina Neighborhood Service Cen– ter's job counseling and placement department. Tom Wilson, director of the department, said that Western Electric Co., 1235 N. E. 47th Ave., was one of 11 firms that responded to a letter of inquiry sent to 35 companies. Western Electric issued a statement saying that in an effort to encourage employ– ment of minority group in– dividuals it will consider ap– plicants whether or not they have a high school education; whether or not they are able to pass the company's apti– tude test; and whether or not they possess a criminal rec– ord. It said that it is trying to deal with two problems: The unskilled adult who needs a job and the young people who need jobs. On the first, the company provides training for the un– skilled; on the second; ittries to see that students are pre– pared - both in education and motive - to take ad– vantage of job possibilities. Wilson said Western Elec– tric llad agreed to hire em– ployees from minority groups in all capacities of its oper– ation. At present, he said, the company was seeking eight installers whose work would take · them throughout the state.

Federal Job Openings Reported Some SO or m"re positions esp e c i a 11 y for minority with federal agencies will be group applicants and other filled between now and sum- disadvantaged persons will mer. be given in March to qualify An examination designed them for these jobs. Harvey L. Rice Because General Business Services operates nationwide, you can have the following, starting now, for only a few pennies per day. Remember By Law You Have To Keep Records . .. . So Why Not The Best System For Your Business . . . 1 A full-time trained Area Director In your locality is always available to help you. Simple, complete pre-printed records for your business, designed .to save you time and money. Peace of mind and no worry on tax questions-specialists are provided to research and answer them. A monthly bulletin service with ta"'°saving ideas and information that really help the small businessman. Preparation of your annual income tax returns by experienced professionals with guaranteed accuracy. Call 227-1818 or 287-2212 NORMA GIBSON BOOKKEEPING and TAXES Not An ''Expert" Or "Consultant" - Just A Good Bookkeeper. New In This Area, But Have Long Lease &. Will Be Here After Tax Season Is Over 2726 N.E. UNION AVE. 284-3698 or 281-3S12 We will gladly explain this unique plan without obligation. A SPECIALIZED BUSINESS CONSULTING SERVICE FOR SMALL BUSINESS NEED A JOB? Need a Job or a change of Jobs? Attend the Job Search Class any Thursday nite at 7:30 at Albina Neighborhood.Service Center, 59 N. E. Stanton - free. We won't find a job for you, but we will show you how to find one. 2 3 4 5

In honor of Mrs. Geraldine Trammell, an active worker in community affairs, and the work of Mt. Olivet Baptist Church, who has moved to Texarkana, Ark., a farewell party was held recently at the home of Mrs. Elmore Willis. Above from left, back row: Mrs. C.A. Green, Mrs. Carrie Muldrew, Jack Hall, Mrs. Cecil Glover, L.C. Mickles, Mrs. Trammell, Cephas Glover, Mrs. Hazel Williams, Mrs. Curtis McCowen, Mrs. Cassie Hunter who went with Mrs. Trammell who is her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Irene Daniel, James Lee, Mrs. Webb Jackson, A.S. Green; front row, from left: Mrs. Myrtle Cannon, Mrs. Grace Purcell, Mrs. Louise McCowen, Mrs. Jewell Willis, C.A. White, Miss Ruth Mitchell and Mrs. Gladys Michells. The Rev. John Jackson is pastor. _ Baltzegar's Photo Black School More ~trict Center Employees Visitor Calls Ghetto Here 'Myth' Receive Awards

Training certificates were awarded to the employees of the Albina Neighborhood Service Center at a recent meeting of the Metropolitan Steering Committee meeting. Recipients of the awards included Doshie Clark, Min– nie Harris, Alyce Marcus, Gertrude Crowe, Lizzie Sheppard, Vern Summers, Ira Mumford, Verna Shep– herd, Idella Burch, Jeanette Carter and Emma Duboise. Presentations were made by the Rev. Paul E. Wald– schmidt, chairman of the committee. Assemblies Rock "Soul" brought down the house at Jefferson High last week. Two assemblies rocked to stage presentations of black culture and the black "soul" that generates it. It was so successful that the program, directed by senior Janice Poe, may be given at other high schools. The program began with a scene in Africa, the well– spring of the black ''soul music" of today. The audi– ence was then brought to the period of black slavery in the South, where the crack of the siavemaster's whip punc– tuated slow singing of "Swing Lot, Sweet Chariot." The church, for years an important part of black American culture, was rep– resented by a choir of youth dressed in purple robes who filled the stage while Charles Hunter, a senior, portrayed a Negro preacher. A high point of the show, and one that brought howls EASTSIDE

pie who live here don't know much about it." He said he knows Lake Os– wego is not typical of the United States, but "I've seen what I've been missing all my life." Vietnam Vet Visits Sgt. Major Rollins F. Chris– tian visited with his family in Portland recently after re– turning from a one-year tour of duty in Viemam and Korea where he received the silver star. He left March 9 to go to Fort Lewis, Wash., where he will finish out his 22 years of enlistment before retire- Need Help on Ballot? Do the members of your organ iz a tio n need non– partisan information on bal– lot measures? Registration and election information? Call the League of Women Voters to make arrangements for a League member to come to your group. This is a free community service. ment.

Two young black high school students from Detroit, Mich., spent a week recently living with white families in Lake Oswego and attending classes in Lake Oswego High School as part of an exchange program. Ken Beatty, a senior in De– troit's Northern High School, and Mabel Jones, also a sen– ior there, were the visitors. Their reactions were quoted in the Oregonian. Miss Jones said discipline in her own high school, . which is pre– dominantly black, is more strict that that at Lake Os– wego, but she found the learn– ing and teaching levels about the same. The pace and the atmos– phere here are more infor– mal," she said. "I like that." Beatty, coming from the city where the country's worst riot flared last sum– mer, said that in his eyes, "Albina is clean and well kept. Everyone here told me it is a ghetto. The ghetto here is a myth and the peo-

'Soul' Scores At Jeff

of delight from the audience, was the scene in a Los An– geles night club, the "Boo– Ga-Loo Inn." Miss Poe summed the show up when she said, ''Our cul– ture, although it came from Africa, is combined with what we now have. We have brought the music from Afri– ca to today's time, and are not ashamed of it."