Gift horse with past gets boot Ignoring the adage, “Never look a gift horse in the mouth,” Union Station officials Tuesday turned down an offer to acquire the Read Brothers display horse, fearing a racial backlash. Museum Coordinator Mike Brubaker told a meeting of the station’s governing board that Read Brothers. is in the process of selling its 12th Street store and offered to give Union Station its black fiberglass horse which stands on top of the building. But after board members were told that the horse’s tradi- told Brubaker tional name “Nigger Boy.” they to refuse, City Manager Cowles Mallory recommended the board reject the offer. He said the board could not underestimate the problems that may accompany the station’s acquiring and displaying the horse. Company spokesman Keith Staff photo Display horse that has been Read this morning explained the horse has not been called by its Original name for several years. Instead, it has been referred to as “Blackie,” he said. Read said the original Read perched atop Read Brothers building. Brothers horse that was alive back in the late 1800s was known for its stamina and be- came the company’s trademark. As the reference in its name became more popularly known as a racial slur, Read said, the company tried to downplay the original name, “We changed Blackie and have since,” he said. the name used to it ever Ethnic communities join’ To help celebrate diversity in Utah, the Utah Statehood Centennial Commission has given several grants for significant projects commemorating 100 years of Utah’s ethnicity. Each of Utah’s major ethnic groups are celebrating Utah’s Centennial. The following highlights activities supported by the Governor’s Office The Black Affairs office is developing a video and traveling exhibit about African American history in Utah. The project profiles James Beckwourth, a fur trapper who arrived in Utah 25 years before Brigham Young, as well as two African American companies of the of Asian, Indian and Black Affairs. “Buffalo Soldiers” who were stationed in the Uintah frontier. Other African Americans will be profiled in the exhibit. A centennial grant will also help refurbish and construct new historical markers commemorating some of the first African Americans in Utah. Latter-day Saints for Cultural Ninth Cavalry in 1886 known as the Black Affairs Utah’s African Americans are celebrating the Centennial by honoring African American pioneers who came to Utah as well as those living here now. Awareness and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority have been charged with “Project Cherish, a project to create historical markers that commemo- rate African American pioneers in Utah. One of the markers will be placed in Ogden’s National Historic Photo courtesy of Black Affairs 25th Street district on the site where Annabelle Wheatley-Mattson, wife of Billy Wheatley the owner of the wellknown Porters and Waitefs Club in Ogden, poses at the Old Mill restaurant in 195%. ‘the Porters and Waiters Club once stood. The club was the hub of | African American social and cultural life. Sites for other markers have also been chosen in Salt Lake City. Annual Black Affairs sponsored activities such as Black History Month, Martin Luther King Day, Women’s History Month and the Juneteenth Celebration will all have Centennial themes during 1996. a SH oS SSS «SS WN SSS Sa \ SS ~ SS NN REA SVK I S SIN S . SS . SSS SS SS SS presentation of “Jubilee” are, from for Tuesday night's thia NG \G LIGHTI Campbell) Bey and Mrs. Anna Campbell, Mrs. William (Cyn e B. -M. Campbell, a family group that will be featuredin themus¥o ON HERITAGE DAY Black Choral Event _ To Offer Musical A Black choral festival Tuesday during Herit- age Day of Ogden Week will feature the presen- tationof the musical, “Jubilee.” , ’ Starting timeis 8 p.m. at the Weber State College Fine Arts auditorium. Admission is free. _ Participating will be the Northern Utah Gospel Choir from the Churches of God-in Christ, un_ der the direction of Bobby Beal. yok oaea sania will be the director and Clyde - Beal. ee The second group will be the New Zion Bapfist Choirs under the direction Mrs. will also of Donald Carpen- ter, minister of music,.and Mrs. Ann Watkins. Watkins _ along with Willie Martin. Bunn will be soloists. ~The — serve as Ruth Lamb : accompanist, Black on Black-on Black Group, and Carla comprised -of George Campbell, Mrs: Cynthia’ Campbell Béy, -and company will represent the new generation of thought, expressing it in five languages and four styles of music. Others participating willbe Frank Brooks and Dorothy Hutchison from»Ogden High School; Ray Seranton, Mrs. Anna and Rev. Willie Davis. Campbell, Alvin Darnel Haney °° . African-America n conferenc: -Closes on note of sacrifice ” By SUSAN WILLIAMS r> going to people who have pri _ Standard-Examiner correspondent wot ; OGDEN — African-American se ‘;protesters have traditionally been considered dangerous “mili, tants,” while white American - protesters are considered patnots, -.-said Forrest Crawford, Weber Forrest Crawford ’ 2: 4928 i= €a « _ State University assistant to the president for diversity. — “In our social, political, eco,, homic sense of growing compla- cence, what we have, in fact, _ Native interpretation of what mil_itancy 15, what active ments in the United States, Crawford said. | Yuri Latif, a lecturer from San ing the Weber State UniversitySponsored African American called a “nationalist” rather than a “militant.” Her goal is to create a place for African Americans, much like Utah has become for Mormons, she said. An important step to achieving that goal is cooperative economics among African Americans, she said, which she has not seen in Ogden. “Black people need to have their own here. We need to stop , done is accepted the very conser- a0 - # > _ participation is,” Crawford said Saturday in his presentation dur- 2 - Conference, ed _., Heritage.” ae “Reclaiming Our . .. White Americans have labeled “ protesters such as Malcolm X as _ “angry,” creating a fear of pro~ test, he said. African Americans have increasingly begun to believe those i He says ‘black’ protesters have been mislabeled ‘militants.’ 1 ” 7 7 # generalizations, thus weakening - African-American protest move- ¢ c™ Diego, said she prefers to be to be our enemies and beg for their jobs. Do for yours Latif said. | Yasim Latif, Yuri’s husb. also an activist, said prote becoming popular again an African Americans. However, Yuri Latif said. protests to be effective, Afr Americans must begin to res living, not dead, heroes. “The real leadership has al come from the grassroots,” sim Latif added. Crawford agreed, saying i viduals must decide how n they are willing to sacrifice to prove conditions for Afri and African Americans. Yuri Latif said sacrifice is essary. “There has been no | ation without bloodshed,” said. The two-day conference at Holiday Inn concluded Satur Conference coordinator Ray Brown said she was pleased the outcome and hopes the ference expands next year. _African-Americans must accept heritage » to have successful relationship, speaker say ~- By SUSAN WILLIAMS group. ‘*- Standard-Examiner staff - OGDEN — African-American women and Afri- ,.can-American men have problems communicating ~. because the woman is in “attack mode” as a result ' of what her ancestors suffered as slaves, said Rev. “Shirley Jones, who led a discussion Saturday as ~ part of an African-American conference. _ “She is an angry woman, but she is angry and ~ powerful,” said Jones, who is a minister, writer and ‘diversity consultant. ~’- If African-American men understand African- *. American women’s anger, perhaps they can im~" prove communications, she said. ” Audrey Jenkins, a discussion group member, said “- African-American men are becoming more apt to ~~ build relationships with white women than with Af'“Tican-American women. “We are losing our black men and we're losing them a think we should.” One reason African-American little faster than I Yun Latif, a lecturer and African-American tionalist from San Diego, joined in the discuss Saying the communication problems have gr out of contemporary American society. “Our yc people learn to be men and women from our p en enemies,” she said. The group discussion mediated by Jones wa: tended to open a dialogue among the young Afr Americans who attended the two-day confere “Reclaiming Our Heritage,” that concluded Sa day. Participants in the discussion were urged tc frain from generalizing, attacking other spea and placing blame on others. Those self-imposed guidelines reflected a w spread opinion among participants that a ser problem facing African Americans is a lack o spect. “American women, even as mothers, may have ‘problems showing affection, said Venita Hunt, an_ other participant. _~’ “T have to raise my son to love your daughters, to “" respect women in general, to hug him. Boys learn Monique Gillespie said the media constantly jectifies African-Amencan women, fostering a of respect because African-American men taught they should be attracted to Afncan-An can women who are light skinned. One man in the group disagreed, saying Afr Amencans just have to remember that whites c control the media. “I personally think it tak '- from Tucker. * attracted to white women men may be more is that angry African- __ affection from their mothers and they learn comfort their mothers,” Hunt said to the discussion pretty weak brother to think like that,” said Ha fie : Workers RANE easter site; acti IAUTSA j add life 473 Standard-Examiner ih jiaiiss A Lich i REIT to history By PAT BEAN staff If you have faith, courage and determination, and don’t use drugs, you can become anything you want to be, six Hill Air Force Base workers are telling area students this month. The employees, however, aren’t speaking as themselves. They’re speaking as prominent African- . Amencans in history. The program, begun five years ago as part of the base’s Black History Month activities, has become so popular that there is now a two-year waiting list of schools wanting to participate, said Jackie Thompson, who this year is portraying Josephine Baker. So far, 30 black characters have been portrayed, with each of the a employee impersonators individually researching their characters, then writing a five-minute script and creating their own costumes. In a bright purple flapper dress, and speaking rapidly because it is hard to squeeze all of Baker’s accomplishments into five minutes, Thompson, AKA Baker, tells the students how she became the “toast of Paris,” although in America she was not allowed to eat or-drink ments. “Born June at white establish3, 1906, in a train boxcar, she was cleaning houses at 8 years old to help her family survive. But she had a dream of moving to a faraway land and someday living in a castle,” Thompson Chasing tells the students. those dreams started with her getting into a chorus line and then going to France, where she became a popular singer and dancer. Dunng World War II, she was a lieutenant in the French Army, an ambulance driver on the Belgian front and a secret agent for the allies. ' But she became homesick for America, and returned in the 1960s to march on Washington and help fight the civil rights battle. She and her husband, meanwhile, adopted 12 orphans of different nationalities to show: that people could live in racial harmony. “They became known See HISTORY on 2A AUGUST Jackie Thompson of Layton plays the part of dancer Josephine Baker during a cultural di—< -_ MILLER/Standard-Examiner versity program in Farmington bers and their parents. for 4-H mem- BI A LT, OBITUAHRI ES ~ D. ead © Ronald services for Ronald D aT Funeral Head. 16, of 333 29th. who died Satur- | day. Dec 24, 1977, of injuries suffered in an automobile. accident. will be announced by Cha pel of Flowers ' Mortuary \a He was borng Dec 9, 1961, in Ogden, a son of Mrs Ellen Head : He was a student of Ogden High School and had been active in Little League foot- ball. basketball and baseball. He ‘mother of Ogden: one brother, Darrell Head, and one grandmother, Mrs. Ella Barlin, both af Ogden Marriage Licenses William Richard Craner, legal age, Preston, Idaho, and Bergetta A. Liechty, : legal age, Logan. _. Dale Elwood Thompson, : ae ‘Douglas Creg Orton, Ogden, 31, and Mary Ellen Scanian, 30, of Sunset.. | > Arteridatickoug? which’ jis.: commonly éalled hardening of the ariahied, may be used by any one of the: following disease s, and: none of these diseases are charsteristic of any one race::. Senility,’ heredity, male: ‘Sex, alcoholism,. ‘Syphili s, lead isoning, sure and diabetes, malaria, gout, « theumatism excesses of various. ae nds. ‘lithemia, “The world’s ‘port of the: illness of Booker TY’ ‘Washin ington» says. that poe Om aLmaieay SRA av of. me “race. eS CS = = inh. er the. noted a see “Ke ‘Bright's : % a yk. 2 S - disease, greatest newspaper -_——_—— €7) educator in ex- its was 23; and Debbie Carol Pollard, (asa Anita Louise Lawson = ) Ma Ol 1 | / Jie ¢*y rgd ys YL, i 6961 ‘cy Aaenigag ‘epsoupem ‘joujwexg-prepueyg weps om during National Negro History Week are Dean (left to right), students at Pingree School. ——— Ester Library Hinton | | | Library Observes Negroes’ History 6 Heaton, County Lee —- >robation to “oust Resident Edward and DISPLAYS, SPEAKERS “ourt Grants an at the Weber Nacario | 19, of Thou-| — fding to Mr. Patton. | LibraryHis-is) OgdeAlln,of acco County Negro ‘The WeberNational n) observing Calif, hasand beesent and Oakson , probation these activities are free| laced { ! j j j to is encouraged and the public displays, special gul -| uil- | tory Week with ) ack home after pleading y to armed robbery charges in| films and speakers. t ) : ] di Mrs. Roy A. Goodwin, sixth| Attend. econd District Court. Mr, Heaton was ordered to) grade teacher at Pingree School, urrender 626 he had in his pos-| and some ef her students have ession to the Weber County put up special displays in the. history heriff’s Department. The de-| library depicting Negro probNegro yartment was told to buy iecket for his trip back ornia, a bus | and to Cali-| Jems. The Adult Probation Office in | present day TAPES AVAILABLE Thousands Oaks has been asked) Two tapes are also available " o take over supervision of the for borrowing. They are ‘Martin The King, Luther Jeaton youth. Montgomery Mr. Heaton was involved in|Story,” and “The Legal Cases| he armed robbery of Howardof Thurgood Marshall.” und Bob’s Texaco at 3002 Wash-. A collection of hooks featurngton on Nov. yolice officer. 6. ‘ing Negro writers and poets is He used a sword in demand-|also available for loan, — ng the money and was captured) Friday at 7:30 p.m. a film en-|§ American | 1 short time later by an Ogden titled ‘The Negro in the library’s pails will be shown | auditorium. Winding up activities will be a seminar Tuesday at 7 p.m, led by Mrs. Leroy Patton, vocation- al training specialist at the Clearfield Job Corps Center. The seminar will mainly be concerned with getting to hate and understand and interests pe ie av the of Negros problems! here ae in ah " n prec) ‘ ot oie LOOKING OVER some of the materials available t —_— _ SSeeENCr: OF AFRIC A, distilled Oy. the Black Per “forming Artists of Utah, will be presented Monday to Global Language Association Discovers. “Pamela Montgomery and Kuumba™ send : — “a rom. eft) warm up’ with shield and. rum’ Teptes ~'sentative of Afro -American mre othe. ‘final cpidahing “Of ‘the avanidé will’ ‘be -the- Black Performing Artists, of ‘Utah; ‘Association Discovers. (GLAD) directed by Darnel Haney. » will’ feature - discovery: of ‘al The accomplished : group: wil | perform songs. and dances of continent—Africa. .. The association, meeting Africa in authentic costume and Monday at 7 p.m. in Utah tie in with the origins soul ©.’ Power. and «Light «auditorium, music in America today. styled performance, usually provides its. armehair The travelogue one country at a ‘“Rrom,..Afriea: to. Black: time, says Mrs. Lyle. Kap, America,” will be first:.on’ the. agenda ‘Monday: -and GLAD soordinator. “But this time we 'dectied: to guests. are urged to be on time. Other visual: treats for: guests lo the whole of Africa—at least hose: countries: in central: ‘or ‘include a 30-minute’: film’ on Africa and slides to be: shown quatorial “Africa,” she says... Feature performers of ‘the ‘by, Donna Adam and Charlene -Rookhuyzen visitors ‘to =: vast season for . Global. -Languiage a och tig ee pe ee ne yt ata, ‘continent. Food cording will to be prepared acs.) authentic Dark Continent recipes and served to | guests who remain through the performance. A donation is asked to defray minated for summer ingredients. GLAD . meetings costs of are ter- - following Monday’s meeting. Over the past nine months, the association ‘“‘discovered’’ Russia, Swit- [zexiand, ‘Spain, Italy, . France, a ge Ireland | and - Denmark. PROVING SUCCESSFUL Black History Week Hail The annual observance of _Black History Week appears to be contributing toward a | better understanding among all peoples, Mrs. Dovie Goodwin, NAACP Branch , treasurer, says, A retired teacher, Mrs. Goodwin commended severi al schools in the Ogden City and Weber Districts for sig" nificant programs. The Black History Week ‘bulletin board at T. H. Bell “\Junior High was especially « appealing. Mrs. Goodwin spoke to Ist ; jand 2nd graders at Dee), |/Elementary and she als urged teachers to includ blacks in posters ‘method to create a betti, ‘win said. Mrs. Goof. | Mrs. Bettye Gillesp ‘commended Alice Glenn, ‘teacher at Dee, for rewr Ing the Dr. Martin Luth King Jr. speech on “‘I Ha! -a Dream,’’ nationally acclaimed, It The teacher rewrote the | speech for the lst and 2nd graders’ understanding. a a ‘ tory, Mrs. Gillespie said. Donald Cope, state black ombudsman, also gave talks during the week. focused on | Beverly secretary, County Lib Base was commendable. She believes an awareness Presiden lespie com: Mrs. Gillespie said the observance at Hill Air Force pressive di: ing the wee of the blacks’ contribution to. community America will become better observanc known and “catch on inthe Force Bas¢ Ae | SE tk — coe the N.A.A.C.P and pi¢ tures showing people. | Most teachers haven ‘thought of black history as lusiderstanding Dee teachers went all out Ogden com: in contributing to black his- | Churches ._ Youth Group Bazac Dec 10th Yam to 5 » MARSHALL WHITE CE 222 28th Street CHRISTMAS GIFTS Plenty of Children’s Clothing (New and Used) Cakes and Sweet Potato Pies King street sign unveiled in Ogden’ After a year of controversy, diverse crowd celebrates By JEFFREY P. HANEY Standard-Examiner staff GDEN - Jesse Garcia beamed. () x Smith choked back tears..Forrest Crawford stood proud. Ken Wilder shouted “Amen!” The Thursday dedication of the Martin Luther King Jr. street sign at 24th Street and Washington Boulevard took on a spiritual charge for the 150 people packed into the city council chambers. After offering prayers and paying tribute to King and his philosophies, the smiling, diverse crowd walked arm-in-arm down the sidewalk singing “We Shall Overcome,” for the unveiling of a street sign they fought so hard to see. It has been a year since the city council narrowly approved a controversial proposal to honor the slain black leader by designat- ing 24th Street from “G” to Jefferson ave“es “Martin Luther King Ir. Street ” rage of mostly anonymous complaints from residents who opposed the honorary street sign. Heated debates raged at public hearings and council meetings. Faced with opposition, the Multicultural Advisory Committee, headed by Wilder, rallied. It whipped up a strong corps of supporters from numerous ethnic groups, presented a 100-plus name petition in favor of the sign and ferociously lobbied the council. “It was a long, arduous battle,” said Crawford, Weber State University professor and member of the Martin Luther King Commission. “When we approached the community, we knew we would have prob- lems. We knew what was going to happen. His name commands respect.” Crawford said the street signs signal a new beginning for Ogden, as well as the entire country. “Let’s begin to look at the Martin Luther King holiday and initiative as a day on, not a day off,” he said. “A day we can build stronger communities with less violence, and Mayor Glenn Mecham praised the Multicultural Advisory Committee for its efforts to get support from the community for the dedicatory sign.. “It is not a unanimous thing that is being done here today. Not all are in agreement about this,” he said. “But that shouldn’t deter us from trying to make good things happen. We are moving toward greater maturity in Our community.” Council members Garcia and Smith, who voted with Ralph “Bud” Mitchell and former council members for the sign last March, both agreed it was a “red-letter day.” Glen Holley, who voted against the measure last year, spoke on behalf of the council at the dedication ceremony. He said the signs “honor a great man that has done a great deal for our country.” A spokeswoman from the U.S. Postal Service in Ogden said the name change shouldn’t affect mail delivery. _ way ui new peginn MMAR eG i Cs y in iN Tits i ah AAR y A a i Bs % 4 Moran “An ith ai a us ret ' Sa od itt) MM oe Hult ny ati thetehe é mena ; ¥ MST ‘ 1 HOG ities : d ? want art ; Bresltaaieltssate 5 'NHAT MEYER(Standard: [ LEADER HONORED Mayor Glenn M echam and members of the Multicultural Advisory Comm ittee and the Martin Luther King Comm ission cheer after unveiling the Martin Luther King Jr. street signa t 24th Street and Washi in gton Boulevard on Thursday.