Buffalo Criterion, 1984-06-27

              out-of-town 25c hmmmmsfra^b—**as*afciui liwi m mm p - » m • - ■ wednesday june 27 july 3 iw vol .'.;> -- no 27 rochester wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion niagara region st home settles suit against westside landlord scott w gehl execu tive director of housing opportunities made equal home has announced that the settlement of the second western new york fair housing case brought under the supreme court's havens doctrine this action resolved a suit filed in u s district court last october 25th alleging that charles buf famanti of stonecroft lane in amherst had discriminated by race in the rental of an investment property he owns at 178 fifteenth st on buffalo's west side attorney bruce a gold stein had filed the suit on behalf of home a not for-profit fair housing agency and two of its volunteer investigators court papers alleged that on sept 28th mr buffa manti had offered to rent the apartment in question to the plaintiffs who are black ftr a monthly rental of 255 with three months payable in advance it further alleged that on sept bth and again on sept 29th buff urn ami had offered the same apartment to white home seekers at a rentor of 235 with one month payable in advance such a disparity would consti tute discrimination in the terms and conditions of rental — a violation of federal and state fair housing law in the stipulation an nounced today mr buffa manti acknowledges that discrimination by race in the rental of housing is a violation of the laws of the united states and the state of new york further he agrees not to discriminate for reasons of rate color religion na tional origin sex marital status disability age or the presence of children in all future rentals of youth day planned the youth builders of st luke ame zion church 314 e ferry st will hold their youth day celebration on sun july bth the morning worship service begins at 10 a.m with the president lisa mccullough as the speak er the public is invited at 4 p.m announced robyn tate we will have our gospel night club in the social hall this will feature local choirs such as the zion community choir agape ame com bined choir anita ford michael debow and others testimonial lunchson slated for judge barbara sims a luncheon testimonial for the honorable judge barbara m sims will be held sat july 7th from 12 noon to 4 p.m at the new hyatt ballroom sponsors of the lunch eon are friends of judge barbara m sims the north region black politi cal caucus the nccap 100 black men of buffalo inc coalition of 100 black women buffalo chapter women for human rights and dignity carmelita merriweather foundation family gathering commit tee national bar associa tion black leadership forum alpha kappa al pha/gamma phi omega chapter and the 1 love buffalo committee the donation is 20.00 per person georgia power keeps black consumers plugged into savings burrell advertising inc the largest and fastest growing black-owned ad vertising agency in the country announced today the premiere of a new campaign for georgia power company the agency was retained in january as the agency-of record for the black consumer market by georgia power the na tion's largest investor owned utility their first effort is a summer public service type advertising cam paign - we keep you plugged into savings the program is designed to serve a twofold purpose 1 to help black consum ers save money by reduc ing the amount of electric power they use this summer 2 to give blacks useful information on a variety of topics meant to transit line development public hearings set residents urged to voice concerns the city of buffalo's division of planning is conducting a series of public meetings to discuss initial concept plans for the long term development of the neighborhoods sur rounding each of the siioway svirtlbiuf s*v mflir st street neighborhoods as a result of the light rail rapid transit system but that is sensitive to resident concerns hoods surround the transit stations and an analysis of the impacts in other cities with similar transit lines the results which will be the subject of discus sion at the public meet ings are alternative con cepts i6r ana use vvhrriri the transit station neigh borhoods which seek to create an attractive viable urban environment en courage private invest ments into appropriate developments provide di rection for public expendi tures and reflect the ideas this process began in the spring of 1983 with a series of community meet it^vvihcn^soui^'itrsrjliat ideas from neighborhood residents about their de sires for the development impact of the transit line these meetings were fol lowed by extensive market research a parcel-by-par cel inventory of existing land use in the neighbor and concerns of the neighborhood residents issues concerning zoning housing densities retail and office development recreation and parking will also be discussed meetings will be held to discuss the specified tran sit station neighborhood all meetings begin at 7:30 p.m alternative plans have been prepared as part of a process which is seeking to develop a comprehensive land use plan which maximizes the potential for stimulating invest ments back into the main public meeting schedule mon july 2 amherst edward brown buried from st john b c funeral services for the late edward w brown 67 were held sat june 23 in st john baptist church michigan aye and goodell st mr brown died wednesday june 20 1984 in millard fillmore hospital he was admit ted sunday after becom ing ill in his buffalo home he was a past potentate of hadji temple and price of hall masons the deceased was a member of st john lodge 61 bison consistory 29 and served on the hadji temple board of directors he was also grand marshall of the shrine temple drill and bugle corps for many years he was a longtime community worker pri marily serving with the disabled american veter ans organization in 1979 mr brown was elected commander of the paul j schifterie chapter 150 day he was a day state human rights chair man and served on the chapter executive board mr brown was a member of the depew lancaster sertoma club born in buffalo he gradu ated from fosdick masten high school and bryant & stratum business insti tute he also graduated from the simmons mor tuary school of syracuse and earlier assisted in the funeral home business of his late brother f cecil brown he was a retired postal worker with 30 years of service mr brown was a former member of the buffalo urban league school of music joining the violin school with king peter son and frank e merri weather in the latter 20s brown and merriweather play.'d th duetts and rt hearsed in the brown home on glenwood aye near fillmore lie later stopped the iolin school for vocal lessons edward w frown new hope honors 110 year-old member mother emma gillespie was recently honored with a birthday dinner in her honor by her church new hope baptist church on richmond aye she is 110 years young and is doing well dr f paul thompson pastor presented mrs gillespie with a plaque and a hugh birthday cake shown in the photo are mother emma gillespie seated along with her daughters mrs frances matthews and mrs mary sargent both of buffalo and mrs birdie wood of kentucky - criterion photo dr lawrence murphy succumbs a mass of christian burial was held for lawrence monroe mur phy sr thursday june 14th at st philip's epis copal church dr murphy son of benjamin f and edith lawrence murphy was born in buffalo on oct 6 dr murphy sr 58 son of benjamin f and edith lawrence murphy was born in buffalo on oct 6 1926 he received his eatly education in school 17 and masten park high school where he was a member of the football team before entering dental school he received his bachelor's degree from fisk university later he received his degree in dentistry from meharry medical college from 1954 to 1956 dr murphy served as an officer in the u s navy the major portion of his career as a dentist was expended on the east side of buffalo he found enjoyment in being involv ed in projects for commu nity improvement he was instrumental in the devel opment of plans for the jefferson plaza in the late 50s dr murphy entered politics and was the republican candidate for masten dis trict councilman in the 60s he and the late george seay operated a beauty school dr murphy was a member of the chamber of commerce the buffalo racquet club the ameri can contract bridge asso ciation and the kappa alpha psi fraternity he is survived by his wife of some thirty years the former parmalier de joie two sons lawrence jr and paul three daughters parmalier paulette and maria a sister mrs vivian mur phy rowan and a brother dr benjamin murphy brown's memorial chapel was in charge of the remains this photo shows rev eugene matthews at tbe left their daughter fiigeni reginald son and mrs james matthews his wife rev matthews to minister in baltimore by garfield hinton i am so glad we had this time together 1 am richer for having known you so declared the rev eugene matthews friday evening during an appreciation dinner in his and mrs matthews honor at the metropolitan united methodist church rev williams is assuming new duties as pastor of historic sharp street memorial methodist church in balti more maryland a native of baltimore rev matthews has pastored here since 1978 guest speaker rev vernon bigler western new york district superinten dent recalled the christian devotion to church and community and of the many accomplishments of rev and mrs matthews and their children during their time in buffalo many gifts and presentations were made to the matthew family including a replica of metropoli tan united methodist church two years ago metropolitan united methodist church moved from 209 northampton st into a new building constructed under the leadership of rev matthews at herman and best streets a graduate of wesley theological seminary washington d c rev matthews formerly pastored the ebene zer u.m.c sparrows point central summerfield u m c baltimore both of which grew considerably during his pastorage mrs jane matthews ever an inspiration to her husband and a wonderful mother played a leading role in children's christian education during these past six years looking back over his ministry here rev matthews cited 129 new members 67 baptisms 28 funerals and 22 weddings all of which he said greatly added to the meaning of his life in coming to buffalo rev matthews said he accepted a challenge offered by former superintendent rev willard williams a challenge that proved more than fulfilling program participants included charles mcgarrah master of cere monies gary king prayer mrs jennie larue garrett solist shirley courton and eugenia matthews a piano and organ duet placid jean parker a tribute to the matthews family clarence charity a special presentation and charlie and maude elder acknowledge ments as well as citations from a host of friends and well wishers services held for ike richardson photographer a mass of christian burial was offered for isaiah richardson 61 owner of an east side photography shop who was active in several catholic organizations friday june 22 at 11 a.m in blessed trinity church 317 leroy aye mr iithaldsi.t died mot day june 18 19841 in his northland avenue home ***' mr richardson was a native buffalonian and , worked f at chevrolet's - deiavan avenue plant for 30 years before retiring in 1978 he was the first black foreman at the plant and received several awards for his lengthly service to the company for 34 years mr richardson also operated richardson's photos at 192 northland aye the criterion became acquainted with ike richardson when he was in charge of checking garments at the buffalo urban league 155 cedar • st in the late 30s we assisted him when he came out of seneca voca tional school of photog raphy with the loan of equipment mr richardson worked on the staff of the criterion at that time and again in the latter 50s we found him to be reliable and 100 honest a member of blessed trinity church mr rich ardson was involved in a variety of church organiza tions he was an extraor dinary minister and a member of the holy name society and had been active in several other church groups when he was a member of st francis de sales and st benedict the moor parish os he was also the co founder of the st peter claver youth center re cipient of the lay award of st joseph and worker father of the year award and the for god and youth award mr richardson was a member of the naacp the buffalo urban league fourth-degree knights of columbus and the east side tennis club richardson and leon puryear formed the united photographers in the late 40s and published a local monthly magazine in the early 40s rich ardson participated in the late bishop o'hara's cam paign to desegregate the catholic churches in the inner-city and formed the st peter claver move ment the most rev edward d head d d bishop of buffalo was the celebrant the lord's prayer was sung by raphael dullard active pall beaters were the deceased sons lynn e richardson rod ney i richardson and maurice g richardson phil lloyd trevor mi - neal and albert i taylor honorary pall bearers were the les freize couples club the ap pomatox club the east side tennis club interment was in forest lawn cemetery the buffalo memorial chapel inc was in charge of the remains isaiah ihe richardson revival to aug 1st the brothers in unity fellowship will conduct their soul saving crusade here in buffalo they ha c just closed a crusade in detroit michi gan where souls have been blessed ■„,,*, saved the tent will be going up on east utica and jeffer son aye the stnrting dote is july 2nd to august ist services will begin at 8 p.m nightly the fellow ship assoc welcomes all churches denominations laymen deacons and church officials all are welcome to attend this great k viva elder quitman ross is president of the brothers in unity fellowship hearings see page 7 home see page 2 agency see page 71 serving working leading in uny inner cities lsfnce 192:>j 1 price only 20 c per copy