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This Book is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Portland Challenger by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. ifS Oregon Association of Colored Women Hold Annual Meeting; 9 Clubs Participate Under Year's Theme, "Achieving Our Goals." By Kathryn H. Bogle Special mention was give?'! to communit.Y activities cited by is and Clark college library; and colored women and girls. Our S.ot, faees thf' r10 <:andidates acct-ptable tu th:' possibility of losing the sight in Negro on either one of the m:t­ her left eye following a freak jor party tickets. mishap in Eugene, May 16. He based this acceptance to · The spirited Miss Grimmett the Negro on the candidate'..; was out picnicking along a ~tand on an enforced FEPC bill, stream in partial celebration of . one with "sharp teeth." her recent signing of a teaching Noting that his organization c-ontract when the accident oc­ is a non-partisan political body VOL. I, NO.3 PORTLAND. OREGON, May 30, 1952 PRICE 10 CENTS (:urred. working daily to influence and According to her mother, the:: change legislation, Current em­ group of girls she was with had phasized the fact that neither the been scaling rocks across the Bethel's AME Minister Returns Democrats nor the Republicans c;tt·eam when they decided to can go into the November elec­ wade. One of the girls, a close tions ignoring the civil rights is­ friend of Miss Grimmett, took From ChicagoMethodistConfah sue and expect to win. "The NAACP is interested in one last fling at throwing. See­ By Richard Bogle judicial body which handles and,also granted another, Bishop men and measures, not Demo­ ing that the rock would hit Miss Associate Editor, The Challenger charges brought against Bishops. Monroe H. Davis, a four year crats or Republicans as such. Grimmett, she yelled, "Sadie, Sa- Rev. Boyd stated that it Js a leave. Three new men were ele .. die, duck!" Fight For What's Right Reverend Jesse L. Boyd, Bath- dramatic moment indeed when vated to the Bishopric: H. Tho­ Warning Too Late el AME ''The men in both parties wor­ pastor, has recentl.Y re- the Episcopal committee files in mas Primm was sent to West Her warning was just a sec- turned from thy of public election, should go the thirty-fourth the general conference. All bus- A..frica; Rev. F. b. Jordan wJs to the national convention armed {jnd too late. Miss Grimmett y_uadrennial sessions held m assigned to the 17th Episcop;,J turned to with a desire to fight for what is heed the warning anrl Chicago's mammath coliseum. district in South Africa; a:1d received the right," said Current. rock simultaneously According to Rev. Boyd, the Rev. E. C. Hatcher went to the on the ball of the eye. sessions serve two broad pur- Terming himself a "burned-out 15th district, also in South Af­ Doctors are skeptical of the poses. jitterbug, formerly a musician," The first is to review the rica. chances of saving the eye and previous four years work the youthful Current outlined a and, One of the most important offer no definite promises, but secondly, to plan the program for program of seven points that events of the conference was the report Miss Grimmett to be rest- the coming four years. To delegates to the national conven­ do forming of the judicial council. ing well. this there were approximately tion should sanction: (1) a filii­ It will serve as a bod.Y of final The 21-year-old Oregon grad- 1086 delegates present. This fig­ buster curb; (2) FEPC; (3) anti­ appeal, higher even than the uate finished her work on a B.A ure includes: Bishops, general lynching legislation; (4) protect strong Bishops' council. This ac­ in English Literature in March. officers, the rights of citizens to vote; (5) college pres-i.dH.ts, tion has been interpreted, by She will receive her diploma Deans of theological schools, no discrimination in the armed those in the know, to take away next month and had just recent- ministers and laymen. forces; (6) eliminate segregation all judicial power from the ly signed. :n Washington; and, (7) elimin­ 7 contract to teach in Election of Committees Bishops. the Portland public school sys- One ate segregation in housing. of the most important AnotHer highlight of the con­ tern. important pieces of business was .Current said that the Negro ference was the speech of former She was attending Oregon. the election of the Episcopal voter is a balance of power in Federal Judge J. Waites Waring working toward her master's de committee. This body is col'r'­ many states. "The influence and I who opened the South Caro~ina gree. posed by 34 ministers and 3 i potenc.Y of the Negro is impor­ p:rimaries to Negroes. He Je­ A member of Delta Sigma The- la.Ymen. Ministers and laynten tant to the politician,'' stated the nounced segregation. graduai­ ta sorority and Oregon's French have equal voice and vote in branch head. ism and called upon the AME honorary, Miss Grimmett wa~ this, the most powerful commit­ Negro Votes Intelligently church to take the lead in the the first Negro girl to room with tee in the general conference. Hs According to the Roper poll, fight for civil rights. a mate of her choice in a univer- :!uties are to first review t.J\e said Current, one-half of the sity dormitory. work of each Bishop for the fom Negroes questioned were influ­ She did her junior college years past; secondly, it del'Jes •.. back from Chicago enced by the NAACP. "The N·~­ - work at Portland State. While into the Bishops' health record S!ork Visits Simpsons gro voter tends to vote as a there she was chosen secretary determining his fitness for iness stops and complete attei:­ bloc; they listen and vote in­ of the student council. At Ore- another four-year term. Also. it t;on is given the committee unt1l The stork visited Oscar and telligently when their rights ar~ gon she served on the executive recommends to the general con·- its report has been delivered. Florence Simpson (formerly involved,'' he averred. "Until committee and was a representa- ference how many Bishops Bishops Retired known as lorence Bird) last the Negro is accorded all rights ti'-·e of that school in the recent fhould be elected. It then assig'ns This year the committee re- week at the St. Vincent's hospit­ and privileges, we cannot call Willamette mock political con- Bishops to their districts. tired two Bishops, W. A. Faun- al. The gift was a 14 pound baby the United States a democracy," vention. Within this committee is d ta in, and Reverdy C. R ans;; rr. boy. continued Current. 1

-\ \ PORTLAND CHALLENGER Friday, May 30, 1952

PlunnEDer Places Our methods important in drive to in· In Election. Race Bogle Says: fluence and gain friendship of world Supported by more than 35,- ======BY RICHARD BOGLE------500 votes, Herman C. Plumme r At the resent time the United States is trying to extend gained an eighth place berth her shere of influence and gain new friends from the world among Democratic candidates for the Oregon House of Representa­ community. tives in the Oregon Democralic If we fail in this objective, we might find ourselves stand­ An Independent Newspaper primaries. ing practically alone in case of a future world conflict. William A. Hilliard, Editor and Publisher With the backing of both ma­ The logical question that follows is what are our chances Published every other Friday at 3300 N. Williams Avenue in jor labor parties and many .:i.vi~ of succeeding to gain friends and influence people. Portland 12, Oregon. Advertising rates will be given upon request. indorsements, the personable We are not responsible for unsolicited manuscripts or photographs. Plummer now stands an excel­ The answer lies almost completely in the methods we use SUBSCRIPTIONS lent chance of becoming Ot·e­ to obtain our obj"ctive. U. S. policy makers came up with the 10 Cents Per Copy $2.50 Pe:r Year gon's first Negro in Salem's cap­ idea of a North Atlantic Treaty Organization. NATO, if car­ itol building. ried out as originally planned, would unite the resources and It Is A Difficult C.hoice Plummer now has to be amen~ military might of Western Europe. In order to accomplish the first 13 in this fall's non-par­ some of their In his address to NAACP members here recently, Gloster tisan election of state represen­ this, the West Europeans would have to sacrifice B. -Current, their national director of branch~:s, made it em­ tatives. national sovereignty. But the crux of NATO, as I see it, is that phatically clear that his organization can see no hope for the His platform stands for t!13 in order for it to work both military power and political au­ Negro in any of the avowed candidates now offered for the elimination of the tax burden thority must be transferred to a higher level than the present presidency by the Republican and Democratic parties. where practical; equal and JUSt national level. Now leafing through _the pages of history we administration of our laws; an bases his assertion on the willingne~s of these candi­ see that there have been numerous confederations and al­ He indeterminate Senate Law, and dates to stand pat for an enforced federal FEPC bill. a full-ti-me parole board; state liance but they were not lasting because the aforementioned Looking back over the current crop of candidates, their law assuring proper disposition sacrifices were not made. For example, take the League of Na­ platforms and promises, one has not to hesitate in agreeing of the sex pervert; and a posi­ tiom. Would the various nations' foreign policies permit this wholeheartedly with Mr. Current. tive stand for the working farm­ sacrifice-! doubt it. for equal rights It is of the utmost importance to the American people that er, for labor and The very definition of foregn policy runs counter to the for all Americans. the next administration in Washington goes progressively for­ A graduate of Lincoln uni·v·er­ concept of sovereignty sacrifices. The late Nicholas J. Spyk­ ward on civil rights legislation-and the campaign speeches sity in economics and political man, former professor of international relations at Yale uni­ of both parties' presidential asprants have failed to lend sup­ science, Plummer is currently versity, defines the basic objective of foreign policy of state port to their holding up the present civil rights venture of engaged in a thriving Real Es­ as the preservation of territorial integrity and political inde­ President Truman. tate firm at 2752 N. Williams pendence. ::tvenue. No man, regardless of his intellect or leadership ability, Another highly important factor to be considered in the His brother is U. G. Plummer, can morally take the president's post unless he honestly en­ a practicing Portland attorney discmsion of methods is America's attitude concerning Afro­ deavors to wipe out the injustices done to America's colored Asian relationships. The current policy seems to overlook the millions. No candidate for this-the most coveted of all Amer­ wishes of the Afro-Asian masses. Take for an example our ican offices-with any true feeling of human defency, can ex­ Air Force Man. support of Chiang in China. The Chinese common man did not pect to ignore the shame surrounding our "democratic struc­ Recruit and does not approve of either Chiang or his methods. China ture." Here to turned to communism. Not because of a great love for Marxist This November election will not only affect the future New in Portland on air fo rce doctrines, but because it was their only alternative. This sup­ path of America, but it will also shape the future course of recruit duty is T/Sgt. Jatnes port of the wrong man by the U. S. alienated China and the entire world. Patton Jr. He has been here since May 16. America. It will greatly benefit all of us if we will study objective­ Sgt. Patton is alrnost through Another even more current American mistake is our re­ ly and consider carefully the men and their platforms. It is not with his training period he;:e cent actions in the United Nations General Assembly concern_­ too late to get a real American in the White House. One who and will go on full recruit duty ing Tunisia and Morocco. This same overlooking of the wishes is a humanitarian, with the love of America and all her people June 1. of the mas:;;es arises again. These colonialized peoples wanted first in his heart. Hailing from Tacoma. Wash­ their case to be heard in the U. N. The United States action ington, Sgt. Patton is making a case was to vote against the Moroccans even career out of military life. He in the Moroccan .Atlanta Shows Hospitality Js now in his fifth year of au· presenting their case. The Tunisian affair was not much dif­ force living. ferent. Although we did not follow the French and British During NAACP Co,n·vention Married and the father of two, lead, we did, however, abstain from voting. the sergeant formerly did recr uit This to me is not tile way of gaining friends and influenc­ In part answer to the ques­ duty in Kansas City, Missouri. tion, "What advantage is covering an area that includf'd ing people. there to holding NAACP na- all of the central part of ~ Next issue-What is being done to help and what more . tk>nal conventions in the country. can be done. south?" (this year's convention will be held in Oklahoma City while last year's host city was Slaughter On Journalist Noles Atlanta, Georgia), Gloster B. Current, NAACP national di­ rector of branches, had this to Williams Avenue Stanton in Korea When The Oregonian's staff say. By Dick Bogle sense. This means actual words writer, Herman Edwards, now "The people in Atlanta had Mercury record company, insteads of bop's usual syllabic orders to treat us well. Once with Norman Granz heading the sounds are used. These words on assignment in Japan, sougl:>t ( boarded a bus and didn't jazz side of the business, is is­ follow note for note James out Oregonians from among per­ the correct fare. The dri­ have suing on wax some of the best Moody's original recording of <:onnel in the 403rd troop carri~r vel' inquired of me, 'Are you music being blown by contem­ "I'm in the Mood for Love." wing, he ran across Majm• with that convention?' F'inding Tea Pot by J J Johnson is not porary jazz men. Charles Richard Stanton of Port. out that I was, he let me ride , One of the top discs is "Mo­ a new disc but is extremely up free!'' hawk" with Charlie Parker, Diz to date. JJ, who originated the land. On the serious side, Current Gillespie and Thelonius 1\lonk, chopped note style of modern Major Stanton, born and rear­ said that meeting in the south the three musketeers of p!·ogres­ tram men, is at his chopping, ed in Portland, is the son of Mr. gave both faction~ a better sive music. bopping best as he has the tea and Mrs. Charles R. Stanton of chance to observe each other "Mohawk comes on with a pot boiling. He is supported by at first hand, thus hastening unison intro and then '·Bird" one of the best progressive 5265 N. E. 8th Avenue. A grad­ the chance of understanding. Parker takes off blowing famil­ drummers in the business, Max uate of University of Oregon, he newspaper re ­ "The young iar :riffs voicing his wonderful Roach. Little Max never lets has 13een a star athlete at Jeffer­ porters were hungry for info~·­ full blown tones behind a kick­ the tempo slacken a bit as he son high school. Stanton was al­ mation," said Current. "Their ing ryhthm section. Diz take;; drives the group ever onward. so a member and former acolyte us far more space presses gave his turn exhibiting his musically An interesti~ but short pi~no at St. Philips Episcopal church. the and importance than do GLOSTER B. CURRENT prolific mind playing rapidly ex­ ~olo is executed by John Lewis Northern ones.'' ••• NAACP' head speaks ecuted passages like a cascad­ from Diz's old band. Lewis' so­ A veteran C-46 Commando ing waterfall. Monk's solo is easy lo, short as it is, exhibits some flier, Major Stanton, according Models Parade Fashions Galore flowing and relaxed and shows deep contrapuntal harmony. Son­ to Edward's report in the Ore­ gonian, is now executive officer F'ashions for women and child­ at which, offering cakes and tea, his complete mastery of the key­ ny Stitt ,a familiar name to jaz:: of the 437th troop carrier wing's ren were shown Friday evening were Mrs. Cleo Jackson, pres­ board. fans, gives his tenor a nice ride at the Williams avenue YWCA That is not the only fine piece for a few bars. tactical group, an important un· ident of the Social Fifteen and by the Oregon Association of of music on big Ed Slaughter's The old standby "Margie" un­ it in the Korean airlift. Mrs. Bennie Brown, president of Colored Women at the close of friendly juke box. Another r ec­ der a modern beauty treatment This Portland-born flier was their annu<>l meeting. Chairman Altru:stic. ord that gets a lot of plays-in by James Moody sounds all the stationed at Kimpo airfield in for the association was Mrs. Eve­ Several garments, which had fact the people wore out the better for the treatment. Even Korea until it was abandoned to 'Jyn Allen. Most of the garments been entries in the association's first two copies of it is ,Moody's the squares will like this ont'! the Chinese in December, 1950, worn by the fifty models were art exhibit, bore award ribbons Mood For Love." Its on a Pres­ {iS it swings all the WfJ..Y with a at which time he joined the 4:37th made by either the model her­ ;;ttached by th_ art judges for tige label with an unusual bop sustained beat. Excellent voic­ group. ~elf or by a mer.1ber of her fam­ excellence in workmanship. vocal by King Pleasure and an ing gives this platter a big band ily. Sweepstakes suit was worn by unnamed thrush. The bop vocal ~ound and Moody is the recipient Mrs. Stanton ancl the couple's On stage the mannikins par­ Mrs. Benjamin Robinson who had is unusual in the fact that it is of wonderful instrumental back­ two young sons have joined Ma­ aded before a table laid for tea made it. not bopped in the ordinary ing. jor Stanton in Japan.

) t Friday. May 30, 1952 FORTLAND CHALLENGER Page 3 Two More 'Charmers' Await Debut Entry I Tall,Graceful.Ann Williams NAACP Slates Miss Olga Ann Plummer Loves a 'lBallet Existence' Fashions, Dance Vivacious, Full of Sparkle By Kathryn H. Bogle. Social Editor, The Challenger Tomorrow night is the night By Kathryn H. Bogle augmented graduation choir. Her Tall and graceful as a flower is Ann, the 17-year-old for the N A A C P sponsored Social Editor, The Chalenger rlass at Immaculata and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Williams, who is one of "around the clock fashion show" Vivacious and full of sparkl~ graduating classes of five other the six young lovelies to be presented by Les Fer,;nmes at their ~nd dance in the sunken ball­ is Miss Olga Ann Plummer, 17- Catholic high schools will join room of the Masonic Temple. year-old daughter of Mr. and at the public auditorium to share first June Ball. The ball is to be on June 9, and that week Ann The program is being present­ Mrs. Ulysses G. Plummer. one big ceremony on that Sun­ will also graduate from Cleveland high school. Crowded into ed by the local branch of the Her days are hardly ever long day afternoon. Earlier this y~ar the same week is the spring recital of the Nicholas Vasilieff NAACP, of which Otto Ruther­ enough to include all· the things Olga won first place as pianist school of the ballet in which Ann Olga wants to do, but these day~ in an inter-school talent program downs any of her concoctions. ford is president, in order to de­ will be a featured student. now, are packed, simply packed aranged by these five partici­ Miss Willlams plans to go to fray expenses of their delegates Lives for Ballet to the brim with exciting prep­ pating schools. college "somewhere close to to the national convention to be Ballet is the breath of Ann's arations for thrilling moment~ home" in the fall. Summer plans held next month at Oklahome>. Olga has been active in sports, existence. For the sake of ballet, ;;head. shine bright and clear for there City. too. She pla,Ys basketball, bad­ according to Ann's parents, she On Sunday, June 8, Olga will is the cherished privilege of being Two other purposes were giv­ minton, softball and tennis, and will forego any o£ the usual teen­ a student of Fedorova, a famed en by U. H. Leverett, committee this year she was Immaculata's age pleasures. ballerina scheduled to teach sum- chairman of the affair. They in­ champ at ping-pong. For the last Money for motion picture shows mer courses at Vasilieffs. clude a desire to create interest two years Olga has been pres­ and extra ice cream sodas is hap­ :.n well grooming and an attempt ident of the Lettermen's club. pily channeled by Ann into her to present to the people a real Likes To Cook funds for new toe shoes, leatards, ':'how. At home Olga likes to cook or a new tu-tu. Ann sometimes frequently takes the respon­ Models Listed and earns spending-money by baby sibility for cooking a complete sitting for neighbors, and this too, Models on the program include: meal for the whole family. She she may hoard toward some spe­ Clara Allen; Lily Beaver, Marie ' regards her younger sister, 13- pleasure. cial ballet Brooks; Hazel Burton; Virgima year-old Bernadine, as a big During last winter she used her I Ma- Davis; Mary Bell Dawson; help on these occasions. B'erna­ earnings for extra lessons from ble Hodgeson; Norma Marks; dine and Ulysses Jr., the gi:ls' the prima ballerina of the Saddler Marjory Marshall; Eunice Beryl 10-year-old brother both att<>n:i Wells ballet company here .\iott; Ozi Jane Mott; Adalene Immaculate Heart 'grade sch~ol. tour. Olden; Mr . .Robert Price; Arie University of Portland is Ol­ Plans College Life Randle; Laurice Smith; and Ju­ She will For all her in teres n tiballet, Ann I I ga's choice for college. . anita Thomas. with music has made excellent grades at enroll for fall term, Scheduled to be on the pro­ as her major, and psychology her Cleveland, as ·she did at Clois­ gram of vocal entertainment are tered St. Helens hall, the Episco­ minor. Verla Woods; Oscar Haynes; pal school for girls where her Adalene Olden; J. C. Edwards OLGA ANN PLUMMER sophomore year was spent. She .md Jean Lichty. .. awaits her debut likes to sew, especially if it's to • Trio Gives Shower Music By Hubert Lewis Miss Ruby Brock, Miss Bernice help her mother make a new cos­ MISS ANN WILLIAMS be graduated from high school, Banks and Mrs. Mary Herndon tume for dancing. Although she • • . tall and graceful Dancing will be to the music and next day, Olga will join five tries often, her cooking is still a of Hubert Lewis and his orches- of her girl-friends to be present­ gave a baby shower for Mrs. joke to her older brother, Charles tra. Advance tickets are on sale ed by Les F'emmes at the June Wilba Lamar at Mrs. Herndn's Jr., a sophomore at the University Unthank on 'Y' at Neal's drug, Williams avenue Ball. At her graduation Olga will home, Saturday, May 24th. of Portland. He will admit, how­ Back East :md Knott street. don the regulation cap and gown :HOME :PORTlr.Al•rs ever, that her french fries are Trip PUBLIC ENGAGEMENTS Dl'. DeNorval Unthank is cur­ Mrs. Victoria Summers Mur- of white, but for the June Ball, "quite edible." Loyal father rums for Sale - l'lin1s Developed that took him to ray, former Powers' model, will 1 and the many parties planned rently on a trip Baltzegar's Photos Unfurnished Apartment Detroit, Michigan, as a member be the fashion coordinator and near both these important dates. of the National Area Council of commentator. Mrs. Renee Schira this is the time ·for thinking up With or vVithout Appointment 2-3 rooms-$43.50 to $50 will assist her. something dreamy to wear. the YMCA. 9 N.E. Halsey St. EM 0979 Including all Utilities Practice He was elected to the council Herman C. Plummer is maste1• P.iano call are many hours to b8 last March from the Oregon, of ceremonies for the affair. There Dean Vincent Inc. AT 3181 spent practicing at her piano, for Washington, Idaho and parts of Mark Smith, president of _ the De Luxe Barber Shop Olga has studied piano through Montana area. Vancouver chapter of the NAACP, It Pays to Look her four years at Immacu­ Dr. Unthank will visit relatives will be gq.est master of ceremon- .all Your Best lata Academy. Now she has been Citizens in Kansas City and Omaha be­ ies. chosen to be accompanist for an 2726 N. Williams fore returning home around June The program is slated to get J. C. Fosler. Prop. Fountain 1. underway at 8:30. Services in Real Estate Herman C. Plummer Food and Soft and Co. Drinks Kappa Polemarch Portland Visitor 2752 N. Williams On his annual tour of inspec- uate student of the Southwestern Savoy Under new management tion of the Western Province of Law school. He is married and GA 7763 Latest Tunes on the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity. has two young daughters. Billiards Our Juke Box Thomas Bradley, provincial Likes Hospitality polemarch (pole-mark), visited Towing and Expert Said Bradley, W11o ts now com­ Repairing Best Juke Box N. Williams & Russell chapter the local Delta Alpha pleting his fourth year as re · Music in Portland here May 17 and 18. gional director, "I find the chap­ Bradley, an alumnus of UCLA, Avrill' s Garage 1508 N. Williams progressing rapidly in the fine VE 9104 Wilson's Shirl Shop where he received his letter as tradition of the fraternity. The 2242 N. Williams MU 9743 Nights GA 2729 a track man in the 440 events, is hospitality which has been ac­ E. Slaughter, Prop. Has Your Summer Needs in the employed as a sergeant corded me has made my visit here detective division of the Los An­ more of a social pleasure than an "A Trial Will Convince You" geles police force and is a grad- official duty. I have also noted the tremendous strides in bus­ Fred's Cleaners Jensen iness expansion and good will of the populace of the city since my Expert CleanJng and Pressing Everfresh and jewelers ~ lRst visit here in December, 1419 N. Wheeler davenport 1950, and it is indeed encourag­ Market BE 15S5 S. W. Alder at 3:rd !ng for the benefit of harmonious race relations." Sportsman Billiards Fresh Meats Bradley was house guest of Mr. and Mrs. Armstead Johnson. Soft Drinks Fresh Vegetables 816 N. Russell Hall of Records I Mr. and Mrs. E. Shelton Hill and. rorn1erly Gibsons IMr. and Mrs. Robert H. Herndon. Tolbot Allen, Mgr. 2508 N. E. Union Complete Stock Jr. provided him with cuisine Joe Reed, Proprietor • Lancer Roll Collars of· Progressive Music in their homes. • Gauchos-$2.95 924 S. W. Wa:;hington • Hawaiian Shirts-$1.95 • Stradivari Sport Shir!s Mysterious • Swim Trunks Billy Smith Portland's Smart NEAL DRUG 1500 N. Wheeler VE 9163 Thorough Eye Examinations Haberdashery Latest Style Frame 2703 N. Williams Ave. e Continuous Vision Lenses e Credit Accounts Welcomed MU 7552 Open Every Monday Till 9 Wilson's Associate Optometricts: Jesse Thomas Dr. Geo. l\Iarumoto, Dr. "'. B. Siddens, Shirl Shop Prescriptions Mobil Station Dr. Jack Patton Broadway at Alder AT 4486 Sundries - Fountain 1515 N. Williams .Page 4 PORTLAND CHALLENGER Friday. May 30. 1952 ! hallenger's Corner Barnes, Cook Get Ribbons I I- I By Lonnie Harris. Sports Editor In PCC, NW Conference The Produce Merchants, with AI Rivers on the mound, have Two former Jeffersomam; INDIVIDUAL honors in the slated to be on hand Saturday, compiled a won two, loss two record to date. In four games thus racked them back in college con- Northwest conference track meet May 31, for the Northwest AAG far Rivers has given up only four hits and allowed two runs to ference track and field meds neld in Walla Walla went to joust to be held on Lincoln high sco~e. He has the only "no-no" in the Major Intra-city league. He here in the Northwest recently. Lewis and Clark's now hmed school's new field. I )>itched his mates to a no-hit, no-run victory against the Oswego Both gained individual recogni- '·Comet," Caley Cook. This ver- This AAU affair will feature Merchants in their first game. tion in their respective confe:r- satile thinclad grabed firsts IT some of the coasts' top rrack­ Bob Boyd and Artie Wilson are back in the line-up with the Se- ~nces. the broad jump, 1~0 and 220 low sters. Included among the star3 attle Rainiers. The new Pacific coast confer- nurdles. Added to this was a is the probable entry of Ollie Roy Welmaker. acquired from the Hollywood Stars recently, ence high jump champion is O···~- rourth in the high hurdles for a Matson, the footbal flash of the is fast turning out to be one of the best relief hurlers on the gon's tall Emery Barnes. The total of 18 points. University of San Francisco. He coast. Who knows. he may soon get a starting assignment for the Cook was the Pioneers' most has been clocked at :09.6 in the Beavers. consistent point getter through­ Dave Hoskins, the Dallas Eagles pitcher, while compiling a rec­ out the spring track and field ord of 4 wins, one loss, is also a tremendous drawing attraction. Ne­ session. gro fans poured into the ball park on the nights that he pitched and BARNES' effort when he was not slated for mound duty, the average attendance was at the PCC meet Saturday at Hayward field exceeded Dallas has also signed a Negro catcher, 16-year-old Tommie Lee in Eugene was his third be5t of P11illip~, from Midlands, Texas. He was a star in the winter try­ the _year and pushed him closer out camp of the Eagles which is for Negroes. He will remain with to a probable berth on the Unitea the club for a few days, then be farmed ~ut to a class D league States Olympic team. for more seasoning. Earlier jumps recorded by Philadelphia's Athletics are seeking Negro players this season Barnes included a leap of 6 feet, or next. Among their 11 farmhand prospects are Thomas {Pee 8 inches at Corvallis-the best on Wee) Butts. shortstop. and Flemiro Reedy. second baseman. Both the coast this year and the third Journal Photo best in the nation- and a 6 feet. are with the class A team in Lincoln. Nebraska. EMERY BARNES The rumor that big Don Newcombe, Brooklyn's 20 game winner, . . . PCC champion 6 inch jump to tote off ND r.on­ .To11rnal l'hoto was bemg discharged from the army is official. Newcombe is in the ------ors at Seattle. CALEY COOK l>ospital in Virginia for a physical check-up. cool Mr. Barnes had to shace His best high school effort was •.• Scored 18 points first-place honors, however, wit.1 6 feet, 2 inches in city competi­ Southern Cal's Manuel Ronquii­ tion. His city prep mark <;till 100 and has run one of the fastest former IGeorgia·n To Settle Here !o. Both cleared the bar at 6 &tands but his North-South mark 440s in the nation this year. By Miss Joy Brock feet, 5 7/8 inches. Barnes was of 6 feet, 3/16 inches was erased present the only Negro mortici3n SUMMARY "t[•ff 1\'rrl<·, The f'hallenger ;::warded the first-place ribbon by 3/16 of an inch by· Lincoln's there. Barnes: 6 feet, 5 7-8 inches in Portland has recently attracte•l by virtue of his fewer attempts tower, Swede Halbrook. 1 He stated that he lived across the high jump (PCC champion) ~;everal young s~e at the winning mark. BOTH BARNES and Cook are people who the street from a park where :1is Cook: :10.0005 in 100-yard ·this area as a prospective city children could only experience dash; :24.7 in 20 low hurdles; from the standpoint of employ­ the enjoyment vicariously by and a 21 feet, 2 5-8 inches in the l 11ent and soci2lization. The Chal­ iooking through the fence. Th1s Warren/ Flowers Pace Porllanders broad jump (Northwest confer. l~nger l:as been running article;; and numerous other incidents Pacing the Portland track I He tied for first in the pole ence champion). o>l recent newcomers interested are the instigators of Willis see~{­ ~tars in their first victory in five vault in the state meet with a in making Portland their home. ing a new area in which to raise vault of 12 feet, 6 inches. A. B. James-Ben J. Dean his children ,\·ithout fear of dis­ years over Southern Oregon's Another p ·ospective newcc;11cr His teammate at Lincoln, lit­ P. W. Wilborn, Operator-Mgr. rrimination. cinder greats, was Lincoln's Er­ j,;; William Willis, who hails from ~le Freddie Flowers, sprinted to Dalton Georgia. Willis attended nie Warren. • Plans To Live Here a first in the hundred with a Ideal Barber Shop Moreh~use college and is a grac.l.­ Warren won the high hurdles nifty 10.3. This equaled the time uate of Mortuary College of Sci­ The 23-year-old mortician has in 15.2, tied for first in the pole ~et in the century by Nyssa's 6 N. E. Russell MU 9298 ence. He plans on opening a two children, a boy, 4, and a girl, vault-going over at 12 feet- Martin Pedigo in the state meet. Jnortuary here in Portland where 2. His wife was here a few months I and romped to a third spot in the Flowers also managed a third he may maintain an integrateLl ago and worked at the Multno- low hurdles. place in the 220. mah county hospital as a regis- ______....;.. ______tllentele. tered nurse. She obtained a leave Tudgesl Public Hail Art Exhibit I In Business 31 Months of absence to take over mortuary Glenn's 1 Willis has been in business business for her husband while The art exhibit of the Oregon Fifteen. An engraved tray was 1 for 31 months in Dalton, Georgia, he made futu,-e plans in Port- Association of Colored Women, an award to Kwanzan for the Texaco Service 1 where l'is clientele was limited land. included by custom as a part of best tablecloth shown. The Lit-1 to Negroes. Negro population in Willis will continue his moriu- their annual meeting, was hailed erary Research club was "best 1 We Give Dalton is 4,000 and Willis is at ary plans when his reciprocity by the judges, as well as the pub- club" for fine art exhibited. I S&H Green Stamps relations with Georgia are com lie for outstanding quality of Association av.,ard for most SEMLER'S oleted and when he takes llis workmanship. On display durinf5 work of a charitable nature went I final state b~rd examination or. Thursday and Friday sessions in to the Culture club. Judges for Mark Lubrication Sporting Goods July 29 and 30. He has already one of the meeting rooms of the art work were Mrs. Helen Young Firestone Tires Photo Equipment rented a home on N. Missouri Williams avenue YWCA, wer

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