Buffalo Criterion, 1967-06-22

              b a__n 10v mo worth it pqmwbpvviimpp'vvnp i'ii irfn.piiißin.iaii j*»t im uhh-wpi v lwllir^|p^:l|hhm|h m\\mr mm wmmmmm m*9 blackwell wins story next week . . bbhm-m_i-ot-8.-»l-ftm___flwl'imimrrf_nltis_a«wittopiiii_.«_mffc^^spbi^p«i ■ ****■" challenger news weekly ft^_hi__f^f m_i m**m**^—^wemar^**^am^r rr ag*"'-—^j — m w ..■-. -.»-■»—- ->«. , i_-af—~mmm ——- - uv-^^^e^^wmsb^^^h*a,^^^va'«>aash buffalo-rochester edition jawkst awmat a op rapt *»•** * ■•**■ yt is hi circulation 1 i n « biftali lew yfrk t_*r»4ff jut -. jin annual awards dinner ihe michigan avenue branch academy held ira an nual awards dinner at the branch auditorium on thursday june imb m 3i30 p.m some 130 persons includ ing the academy members and their families academy coaches and supervisor *. member of the metropolitan and branch ymca staffs rere in attendance | staassemblyman arthur^lu i've was guest speaker for the occasion he commended the boys and the ymca for the growth of this form of educational effort in our community and encouraged the academy members to continue to set for them selves goals which will lift them out of the realm of mediocrity and into positions of true effective leadership as adults the y-academy is a tu torial program now in its fourth year which is direct ed-toward the high-potential junior high school and high school students of the com munity it la not a remedial program but is designed to motivate the student who is a proved high-performer in regular school wors m ro.den his competance in certain subjects each mem ber attends the academy claasea on two nights per week the membership ap proximately 80 cadets each of whom must be specially selected and recommended by hla teachers and princi pal the standard of per formance expected of them la high over-all academic super vision cornea from dr war ren button and dr don brown associate pnrfees ore at sunyab mr deraila kelso of the agricultural and technical college at al fred new york is director of the academy he coach es selected from among sen ior undergraduates and graduate students at sun yah and from the public school system each of the cadets was awarded a certificate which designated his years of af filiation special recogni tion was noted to cases of perfect attendance during _* 1966-67 academic year six members larry fcye dennis griffin james la mar james mason wtlurd moe and joaapfca moore jeannette smith honored by garfield hh the seventh annual so journer truth award lunch eon sjxmsored by the buffalo club of the national asso ciation of negro business and professional women's clubs tee mrs ruby butts president waa held sunday afternoon at the stat le r hilton hotel nil year's recipient was mrs learmette smith prom inent public school teacher and community worker o tber awards ware george rose founder and president of the citizens community interests organization ap preciation award and as semblyman arthur o eva community award the principal speaker mia rosalie johnson mc gulre is principal of the bencalou elementary school la baltimore mrs johnson called for be leadership at negro wo men to provide a violent contact and striking force mrs johns en called negro women for most fascinating in the world today she said it is not enough to maintain the status quo but that ne gro women must take the lead in the eradication of illiteracy and injustice mrs johnson called for the lead er of both negro men and somas in bringing about change mrs johnson called for aa end to the negro self-hit red and strongly ur ged everyone to register and vote and elect qualified men and women to office the attractive speaker called for the de-glamour i um'tn of illegitimacy and the glamojrlzarion of ugh intellect education la m . key _■ rnt likm u abb mwj to the volution of most * no all of our present problems ii of our preaent prob lems mrs jc-thnso*-obser ved mrs johnson called far a wall rounded educa tion she said too that more negro women should volunteer and reminded her audience that many scholar ahlps and fellow*—ps go beg ging in conclusion mrs johnson reminded her aud ience that filled the terrace room that the world is blessed most by tans and wo men who do things not just those who talk out i*bem the welcome was given by mrs ruby buns rev wiiiard williams gave both the invocation and benedic tion canary executive ed war a rath brought greet ings as did mr claude clapp of the buffalo school depart ment mrs helen watt in troduced the guest speaker and served aa m c mrs charlotte mcneal presented the appreciation award o mr rose mrs mazie campbell presented iwaite i_a_p_hj presences the sojourner truth award to mrs smith and mrs bar bara slma presented the community award to aa semblyman eve also on the program mrs margaret grtanagr sang climb every mountain members of the buffalo club of the national associa tion of negro business and rrrfeseltn.%l women's clubs ares mra ruby pans pres ident mra pearl goodrich ist vice prat mra char mrs tftmnt safin build gets action rhffwffg v»fn tmwt * fftf a build ttlithy farewell to two great friends rev allen resigns - says goodbye to all for the past three yean minister of community fcr best asbton r alts has resigned regretfully to become the senior pastor of corn hill methodist church rochester new york com hill is a church la the inner city the congregation is in tegrated rev allen's asso ciation with memorial first and good shepherd has pre pared aim admirably for cot mill which integrated it congregation as it met the challenge at a chancing cc_munity however rev allen would _-«« to do a good deal of ground work is rounding up the flock which has scattered miserably for lack of a permanent shep herd the church is in the western new york confer ence of the m**rhodlst church tarn blab if is the s*lh**prtshh ralph w ward dr c ywrnar is the rev allen takes this urate tunity to thank his many friends _ the evangelical united brethren church for their courtesies to him par ticularly tbsae of the erie and new york conferences he wants it to be towns that ma enjoyed mm work with reverends each little john and houser for whom he has -*- - greatest love and admir 188 fiuui f sot •■■■«* ation he says ft was all experience liotser leaves first rev aahton a allen by after i year of dedica tad service to first and an enlightened and profre*elve ministry to the surrounding community the reverend dr lloyd o eraser eeveis rtes with buffalo and erie derenoe the gospel ntnd has blown him to northwe-rt era detroit michigan and has a*_bored him as the new pastor of calvary evalgell eal united brethren church in this new field of chris tian endeavor dr houser will ha faced with the chal lenge of giving added im petus to methodist merger by bringing to birth i group ißiniatry on the west side of detroit smong evangelical united brethren and metho dist churches he will work closely with the rev james w thompson late of beth any tonsvanna who la now the spiritual leader o the hillcrest e.u.b church this church la in a negro neighborbood and la in fair ly clone proxlffiitb to the calvary church _ addition pastor houser will land hla years of accumulated know ledge in race relation to pastor of the area who are now faced with community cmm\mw_\wm\m but perhaps the most refreshing and gratify ing aspect of this change la the fact that it give lloyd aa ha love to be called aa opportunity of continuing the work be started at first church and that la guiding vary ta relating itself more actively to tine changes la its neig_»rtk>od and in participating in a ml lon to metropolitan detroit dr houser takes to cal vary and to detroit the same dedication to rhe church the ssme zeal for the gospel and the earne love for human ity that he brought to first and to buffalo hl distin guished wort as * fearteaa and vbc xwm^*ww*^ol*m l i_h champ lon for justice and truth ■•«. it-trl 0 neater east ft pg i cni 4 m ft i cflal wen m 9 « cmt ft aa | csl 4