71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
SA to SCR 4
 
LC 2723/SCR 4-1
 
                      SENATE AMENDMENTS TO
                 SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 4
 
             By COMMITTEE ON RULES AND REDISTRICTING
 
                            March 30
 
  On page 1 of the printed concurrent resolution, line 6, delete
'NAACP' and insert 'National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People'.
  In line 7, after 'wife' insert ', Verdell Ann Burdine
Rutherford,'.
  Delete line 26 and insert 'equal rights and social justice; and
  ' Whereas Verdell Ann Burdine Rutherford (born Annie Florence
V. Burdine) was born in Wainwright, Oklahoma, on January 1, 1913;
and
  ' Whereas Verdell Ann Burdine Rutherford's family, resolving to
move as far west as possible after a tornado destroyed their
home, moved to Bend, Oregon, when Verdell Ann Burdine Rutherford
was nine months old, to obtain land under the Homestead Act; and
  ' Whereas upon discovering after their arrival in Bend that
African Americans were prohibited from receiving land under the
Act, the family settled in Marshfield, Oregon, now known as Coos
Bay, for seven years; and
  ' Whereas Verdell and Otto's romance lasted a lifetime--they
were seven and nine years old, respectively, when they met in
Portland, they married on Easter Sunday, April 12, 1936, in
Oakland, California, and they later returned to Portland to start
their family; and
  ' Whereas Verdell Ann Burdine Rutherford lived an active
community life and volunteered her time freely and often; and
  ' Whereas Verdell Ann Burdine Rutherford was a lifelong member
of the NAACP and served as Secretary of the Portland Branch from
the late 1940s to 1962; and
  ' Whereas Verdell Ann Burdine Rutherford produced thousands of
leaflets and flyers that helped to ensure the passage of landmark
civil rights legislation in 1953; and
  ' Whereas Verdell Ann Burdine Rutherford was elected secretary
and treasurer of the newly formed NAACP Federal Credit Union in
1957; and
  ' Whereas Verdell Ann Burdine Rutherford was the first
secretary of the Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church from
1959 to 1962; and
  ' Whereas Verdell Ann Burdine Rutherford was a member of the
Northeast Portland YMCA board, the Parent Teacher Association,
the Urban League and the Oregon Association of Colored Women's
Clubs; and
  ' Whereas Verdell Ann Burdine Rutherford was recognized as the
Woman of the Year in 1958 by the Oregon Association of Colored
Women's Clubs, an affiliate of the National Association of
Colored Women's Clubs; and
  ' Whereas Verdell Ann Burdine Rutherford considered herself a
local historian and her greatest interest was her collection of
newspaper and magazine articles chronicling the stories of people
of African descent, which have been displayed at local and
national events; now, therefore,'.
  In line 28, after 'Otto G.' insert 'and Verdell Ann Burdine'.
  In line 29, delete 'his' and insert 'their'.
  In line 30, delete 'he leaves' and insert 'they leave'.
  In line 31, after 'to' delete the rest of the line and line 32
and insert 'Charlotte Rutherford, their daughter.'.
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