Buffalo Criterion, 1979-10-24

              ttoefcastar niagara wmmimm the buffalo criterion wny's lit-jesi & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate gradation vol -. - no 43 wednesday october 24-30 1979 school 53 faculty members honored mrs andrews mr frederick andrew heated *.-. mid from left asi lii»i 1.1 i a hi her fur 1(1 year was recently honored shown with her in the photo ore fa.tally memhere 1 school 5.1 scaled from left are nob wood principal iha honor cc i ml m lan j andrew her am paul i andrewa standing from left ere has mttetelriwte aaaiatant prio.ii.nl diane m*tt*yt-t»t*t cathy si mid ratty powell undo i unit hat linda field ruthtr more carolyn hi ... rhar'-yian itcatrire llr.llos.nv tit chairman lat*mel\n tvtwt tan annie savage ami kula a liitam — crilerwsn photo 250 paid tribute to mrs fredericka andrews tm mtem , lam lilß of tlu teat at he statlrt lietat *■ downtowa buffalo awry than 2h ni.rsu rat it pet tr-ba*t i mm fry-briycßa jealawaa aetlrr fifth grade tea.lt a 1 * 53 for it ar before ctnunp to buffalo mr andrew te*tct la ( oairtiitma t*«i and in th ( herltoioa city irttaaßt of south ( tn^in lo lluf!*l.a the w hated in ( miillea ekraee-atary ! eaa aa-ra of latrtr in it and in 1174 «*-* ww buffalo • woeaiwee a tea her at the year fat new vert slot she ta am •< is member of aoeet m.j./tin-ici among ihe are kappa licit pi sattoaßa-tl howe society le i tin at a m vohout i'idutau.anal a*eoirtalltai a me etemwr til huftalti state aleut aaeoriatjea tht m laeloa ihuaeet 111,-1 hal aad st nirhaiu ramon < athi.lt writ v aedrew read a p*»rlt written eerlt ie her teaching career the lliatii eohtthllea of a teacher it had lett firm dell a tad el l.dim laland s c afcet eke turgan iter teaching career ie a as a acheothtmae at ok aaveetaea tribute were give by her family eupertioor ew warier wit oad prearnt atudenla antra meow oad her principal mr nob wood out of town tint attending included mr me j eat in robin man of charlratttn k c mr llluette c june aimer chaaapeaae v j ml martha end arthur smith rmiain 1t n v mr bertha r.ppra si albann "* v mr hatty j me ado awd mr aad mr it morgana taf teed ohio mr beatrice 11.511.r nod man carolyn story of ike school u family ro chaired it memorable and leapiriea night appointed public affairs producer t tht ap|s,.ititm.*nt of carl s l.titkncr * buffalo name a public allair producer ol courier cable co , has been announced hy a litis marcneßix prt'tmit'iit if the rompany mr ftuckner a tttrmer bu**inrst developef liar planning assistance consultants inc a local burdnett management firm alto writ a on independent pubsk it l**t ** consultant/producer for i kmiist , autlio inc c hulfalti audio commercial primttittion btudio wnicinjt odvertistnji i in t *- anil tlit ratlin anil television media in wet-tern new york anil pensvlvnnin burkncr i i a member of the awarene committee of the lliilfalo federal baaart imiuk'i minority busmen l)t|ntrtunitv committee aa publicity chairman nl the martin luther king jr ma mtariol fund steering committee he wa instrumental in the hucceasftil presentation of the una national public broadcasting cunrernt wnkii cltaniiel 171 of the buffalo i'hilhanniinir orrheatro conducted lay henry lewi featuring intuitu j.nl and kartha kill mi january ifilh of tlii year huckner'a retponaibuily will include producing anil hosting public service program on courier cable channel it carls lilt kmh which way is up my ii 1.1.am t watson on sept 27th of this year twenty-five people signed a petition which read aa follows we the people either residing directly upon stanton st or proximal hereby acknowledge and desire for whom-so-ever it may concern to appreciate our disapproval of the seemingly premature change of the traffic directional flow of stanton st a day or so later i wrote a letter to councilman james pitts who theoretic ally us the * stanton st area dtjr representative this letter read aa follows i would like to overtly bring to your attention a situation which by tta injust and inconvenience capabilities has come to my attention there is a section within your district that has four out of five strict flowing in the same direction i would like to acknowledge the fact that lis situation has not alway been in fact it ia only a few week old this some section before the error change ran very harmony — on street up one street down the section or streets in question are between shumway and emslie inchj sive stanton st .» the street winch traffic direction was her ate — thereby causing the dilemma i was informed that the member of the city council of which you are apart approved the alteration propo**d by the board of education i now ugge thai yoil and the other meimhet invok-ed in the alteratkati r.l stanton's traffic flow appreciate some of the obvious short comings of this seemingly premature decision especially when titer is ... alternative solution thai a certainly autre practical which eve already discussed with the seemingly respectable principal of school ni mildred j stalling and various residents of the immediate area in question — huntnn st 1 no thor.k you tar ytmr lime and understanding " i followed up thia letter with a telephone call to the councilman a office 1 spoke to him on oct at at that time the councilman was under the impression thai i had failed la do the proper research concerning the matter in oue*tuon and in an abrupt manner discontinued at conversation this could noi have hewn farther from the truth for i had spoken to the resident of the immediate _ -.._ i had spoken to an employe of the dent of transportation a member of it hoard ft edwcmaoe and i county layt*letrtt minnie oilirtte it was explained to me hv a member of the board of fducatio-n thet mildred i stalling principal of school i hod made the r*«rommend#tion doe to tbe fact that with stanton street rkm directional flow th retarded children being bused to 31 from s-hav-4 n2 wwre in dantrer of seine mt "*** st * f wf>tafß wny t i legislator calls for state to increase welfare benefit levels mt minnie gillette 7th district erie county le ictsfator hat ailed for the state to i'irr i welfare benefit levels to protest recipient train inflation she explained in her resolution that the current state approved benefit level for welfare recipients were established in 1975 and that persistent and escalating inflation in recent years has eroded the purchasing p of all erie county residents falling most heavily on persons livine on fixed incomes and those needing public asaistance in then struggle to meet their basic needs of food shelter and clothing it is imperative mrs gillette said that the benefit levels for recipients of public assistance including aid i dependent children and home belief lie increased lo enable persons unabl to provide for themselves lo keep pare with inflation and the escalating i'ltt i living which ore p*tnjty cruel lor ptwpl cm fixed incomes the 7tb district lawmaker recyoeoltd that the state legislature and the fiovernor with the .■.*,• 1 r . of the state social servicea dept . draft and enact rost-of-living increase in benefits far eligible recipient of aid to dependent children and home relief to protect their health and lives in the fare of rampant inflation additionally mr gillette urged the v 8 dept of health education aad welfare congress and the president to intensify deliberations and apood approval of welfare reform including increased equitable federal funding ii r,n | urn ii il by taa relief for local governments so that new york slate will not lac penalized or attempting to mad the needs of those requiring „.,',,. mi c special worship service for bishopry candidate planned on sun nov th * i*3 pm campaign meeting and a 7 p m special worship service will be held at the alls memorial ame zion hurt for presiding f.lder rev milton a williams for his candidacy for bishop of the amf,__z*on church on last november a rev williams announced his candidacy and successfully launched ha campaign this service be one of several w-orship service held throughout his candidacy stre***ng the campaign theme "| can dti all things thru christ under the direction of campaign director rev warren m brown presiding elder of the boston district rev williams has served as presiding elder of th boston district he ha also served as presiding elder of the rochester syracuse district for nine years and is founder and pastor of the shaw memorial ami 7ion church the public is invited to attend these ervices at wall memorial church 455 qlenwood aye proposed closing of station j post office postponed rep henry j nt.wak id . buffalo ha 3■•.:■•.*a.ras ,\\ that the u s postal sarvka offttiab have ,■•',,•,■■..■,' htm that tht itrtiptkn-d cloaing s.t st.ttis>n j at ea»t t'tisa st . has lxt*n poetprmed pending further stud to at la-it n tear as a result of •■,.--..,,.,,■ prutetrts inun ti resident end liusinetstfa the vmigressman bakl his office contaclad i's.-t-iussi william j miller asking that the i in i instilt lat reottisidf led i i delighted that the costal service has decidetl to lake an in-depth ■ ■ ■.; * * wbaf'v'aaiaiif usk at this situation wok aatd there is a r**at deal of inlet est in the community rctamink station j whit h ha tied the area for mote than a quarter century lne us,tint n,,t nt „ sju ..,,,.. postal facility rspti-iallv duttng thla period ol rnntimiin eiltart to atablue the neighhorhooda and encouiage ciiiiitneiit al economit ileielupment in iha it'tq run could pnne mutually bene lu ml tta the i'.i-t.il sen ice and area residents and merchants committee urges defeat of charter revision referendum proposals the anti charter revision referen dum committee is campaigning lot the defeat of all charter lleviftinn referen dum proposal which will appear on ill nov ufa ballot plans are lo alert voters to the issue by door to ditor nnd telephone canvassing speaking to neigh liorhraod block clubs churches community and civit organizations fund raiser an d advertising through the ptiblir media the anli charter revision referen dum committee feels that all aal lha mayor's sponsored refeit>ndum propos als should lie defeated lor the following reasons the mayor failed tta solicit representative community input for bis committee flections the motive for the charter revision commission represents a serious attempt to weaken and decrease preaa itation and future minority i aaaa simitntion in city government 1 illlllllliil.ru of the councilman at uiige will seriously weaken the checks mid liiilnntes between the eic-rutive ami legislative brain h til our strong mayor form of city government the length of time that the commission waa in ipiiiitii.il mid the number of meetings that were held was not adequate enough for hem in effectively review and insider the serious issues that were being proposed fur referendum the anti charter revision referen dum committee feels that thla whole isstia should be d.taya-d and reviewed until after the j.'xo cenaua and nalistracting changes have been com death of rev t davis stuns city the rev twilus davit w faastor of promiseland missionary ba-rtist church and the dean of buffalo's minority ministers died sunday oct 21 1979 in millard fillmore hospital after a short illne the rev mr dam whose career in the ministry spanned more than rt years wa the tictim of pneumonia which was diagnosed the previous wednesday funeral services will he held on saturday oct 26 at 11 am at promi*eland baptist church hich he founded in 1939 on jeffet son and vary sts he resided at 213 high st adjacent to the church 243 mulberry st comer of high st bunal will be on forest lawn cemetery the arch angel funeral home is in charge of the rem a a native of memphis term who began his ministerial career at age 16 the rev dans re ceived his doctor of divinity degree from friendship college rock hill s c prior to coming to buffalo in 1929 he founded five churches and an elementary school in memphis the school beginning as a kindergar ten class grew to become cane of the largest schools in the norther xlion of thai city after relocating in buff alo la davis became pastor of friendship baptist church then lo cated on clinton and pratt st pastored by rev robinson later he and the church purchased the r*>y davie — ends 50 years of local religious & community activity proper at 146 4 hickory near clinton st and he buik friendship baptist church at a cost of 95.000 it was the !..-. church built by a black baniist congregation in ll ft 1 in 1945 he founded friendship baptist church in lcarknort in the 30aj established ebenerer bap tist churrh in lackawan na and in 1955 trinity baptist church roches ter n y he also was the founder of the oreat lakes baptist association of w'.n.y and the baptist ministers conference of the rev davis was the first black minister to serve as chaplstn at the erie county penetentary and f.rie county home and infirmary at alder appointed through the late supervisor sherman l walker he also founded one of the ark men's republican gubs in buff alo during his long and distinguished career the rev mr davis received many awards at recogni tion of his dedication among these were the key to the city of memphis key to the city of buffalo from two mayors and an honorary plaque from th empire state baptist con vention active politically and especially in the field of civil rights the re mr davis served as president of the fruit belt home owner and tenants coun cil in a chairman of the planning committe of revdr tunis davis polish american congress backs rutkowski for county executive hi hard 11 holer ki vice president of hi polish american congress proudly announced that the 20,000 plus member palish american congress unaminously endorsed county etecutive rutkowski for a full 4-year term this took place at a 10 am press caanference in front of the pulaski statue at lllii..it square mr soletki proudly slated it .* indeed my treat honor and lanviledfl ui announce that the 80,000 plus nil-ni1 polish american congress ill western new york i which includes over 40 polish-american organirations through out erie unity has unanimously endorsed edward j rutkowski for a full 4-year term as erie county executive both candidates for erie county evecuiive came before our group mr rutkowski was voted th unanimous endorsement by the directors of the polish american congres at the polish union hall 7fil fillmore aye richard marl concluded this bi-partisan group of the polish american congress has wholeheartedly grme behind kit rutkowski on the hosts of hi fine performance in office and the promise of such continued excellent service the polish american congress will now fund support and encourage mr hiitl.im.li * campaign to the sko.ooo polish american petiole throughout western new york i am personnally prowl nt the endorsement for ed kntk'is**li added rronislaw durewicr president of the polish american ( unj/re michael oolebtowaki is the demo cratic chairman of the political action committee of the polish american ongress an.l mr solecki is the republican chairman brian d rusk is th press coordinator and office spokesman for the group jacksons ltd 5 special to perform here the ''*•■•• will ap ear m concert with pecaal giae*t ltd and avi specaal at the buffalo 1«-morial auditorium saturday oct 27th at 8 00 pm tickets may he pur chased at festival tickets audrey a del's and all the u*ual festival outlet tack are ax 50 and 7..v v i i see p*|i 7 1923 1979 criterion press and still the no 1 why central cities « largest press wwwta**athmdaaa-tmm*m**<aywm " ha is s „,..„,,. „ a.3-,1 srrs yc*r air eykiinrr w-fyiait tm itsmanuaialae ..... u»t gotta i|tn n|i fur • top f 11 li„ti.i ( ritaaiian t xi-ty .. . t — fist aaasli 1 c t p-ult nrst y.afli i-tdeal aatd i.r „ miatai pr.'aa - iht aaltly v s 1 ......... 1 ■ — ■.. • ii -. . ri-|ci«|rrrrl •* - 1 a fide ...*.(,.. until i llw mtr.h t l*7 a.i of f -. tepidatia newspaper