Buffalo Criterion, 1984-03-28

              rochester niagara region the buffalo criterion uilvi ! » aaaaaaaaaaaawaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaai „ n aa—--a iiiffi iniaig m | mia-al hi ul im-..m)av maim ii jh al'hll i l'ln out t r v mlk memorial workshop scheduled workshop to honor fallen leader .'; it herbert v ii i pastor md pretk-ent i ll 111 county chapter „| hie southern christian leadership conference mid i iiiii,.in ol the western new yolk i 1 lion 1,1 conscience ims announced thai i memori al workshop lo honor lit martin luther king jr will 1 held on wed . april 4th sieve klh'/i'ml li nl ihe western new york ( mill i i.hi >.| conscience stress i ilmi ii was li vii«i ago when dr king ii ■'■ ■''. civil rights pro lagonist iii modern in lory wns murdered in memphis i nn subse quently james earl liny area arrested and charged wiih ihe crime interestingly o rial or a*e iiiiiilv pnmaaa hasoccurr ' since april 4 1968 the day dr king was killed one of dr king's final ten arks bt fore his death was to !< musician friend king miihl mhlii sure you play - j precious lord take my hand the workshop will be held ni ti 10 p.m it ii •" th ■• m baptist church ii grape si the public is invited speakers will include daniel acker president ol the buffalo naatt lie will speak on km and unemployment james mniig executive duei tor of the western new york pence enter speaking mi peace mi.l justice hetty pasco from the ■ hi/en council on hu in.in relation sneaking on jobs lh charles white executive director „| the hull are metropolitan ministries speaking on mini i and joan hi,/i erie county legislator speak ing on polygraph test ing the event is free to the public for information call steve knezevich at 855-3928 and after 3:30 p.m 837-«428 the winner's circle patricia pat johnson while the funnel foiili i iliiihii horace hilly johnson wn solving the problems 1 ins constltu enis attending council meetings mill helping a in,ill kullnlo „ better place iii win li 1 live he dynamic wile minnie whs hiiginj ii rmeei in her held n m,lilnm,.in s llei 111.1 major employ ment wn . nl cornell laboratory where she m-i iriiiih-rl with distinc tion mi i working there tor several years she was recruited to work as registrar at the coopera tive college center which was a satellite college center under the adminis . tration of lha stale univer . sity of new york with dr arthur anderson as its director i she has remained at the center which was the , forerunner of the present i educational opportunity center which is now under the direction of will brown where she has been promoted to program developer and director of community relations re cruitment but the outstanding mrs johnson was not too busy with her career to plan and manage one of the loveliest homes in the hamlin park section of buffalo which is noted for its lovely well structured homes a part of the happy family of horace and mamie johnson are three of buffalo's lovelist young women mrs june stand ford a graduate of vir ginia union university miss patricia pat john son pictured above a newscaster for radio sta tion wblk and holley also a mathematics major who is a graduate of spellman college who now works in the tax department of the national security company in at lanta - in a conversation with the beautiful talented pat it was difficult to deter mine which of her features was most attractive her voice and diction which is smooth and soothing while it commands atten tion is clipped and distinc tive without being affect ed or sharp or pat's physical features which are so lovely they speak of the gentility from whence she comes but as important pat exudes intelligence she has let it be known utmt misa intends j to perfect herself in her profession to the greatest extent possible her capabilities were discovered by a professor at b u s c dr james seward who encouraged her to do news casts and commercials in his evaluation of her he advised that she was ready for an audition tape a step so important in the media field miss johnson did an internship with channel 2-wgrz television then went to wufo radio before she started her present employment in march 1982 with wblk radio and even pat's show biz talent can be traced back to her mother mamie and grandmother mrs emily beale both of whom have rich singing voices and who at one time were a part of a trio which sang religious mu sic mrs beale also was a member of the sharon singers whose program was heard on wben for approximately a year mrs mamie johnson also sang with the five notes and a melody a group which was jokingly referred to as the forerun ners of the temptations pat expressed her great pleasure in performing a job well done stating she finds excitement in creat ing something — in scanning the events of the day ferreting out and condensing the news into the time span that she is allowed to convey the important events of the patricia johnson lincoln choirs to perform lenten season concerts the seven last words of christ a lenten cantata by theodore dv bois will be sung by the combined choirs of lincoln memorial united metho dist church pilgrim - st luke church of christ and the royal serenaders male chorus the group will perform for two concerts one concert will be held on friday april 13 at the lincoln memorial united methodist church at 7:30 p.m and the other on sun april 15 at the lafayette presbyterian church at 5 p.m the choirs will be directed by mrs lauretta m anderson with albert jarrett and chris snyder serving as organist and pianist respectively soloists include joyce pettis soprano nancy strohmier soprano james robinson tenor john crossman tenor and roy a mathis bass the public is invited the admission is free business week luncheon planned lota phi lambda soror ity beta phi chapter is sponsoring its annual busi ness week luncheon on sat april 14 at 1 p.m the theme for this year's event is women facing challenges in a new decade the luncheon will be held at salvatore's italian gar dens 6461 transit rd in depew the guest speaker will be ms janie sykes-ken nedy she is a journalist actress entrepreneur a • creative writer mother and wife ms sykes-kennedy holds a bachelor of arts degree in accounting and economics from howard university in washington d c and a master of science degree from co lumbia university and the graduate school of journ alism in new york city currently she heads her own firm sykes-ken nedy associates she works under contract with corporations and organiza tions as a consultant journalist marketing ex pert and public relations person among her clients are shenley affiliated brands corp for which she is writer and editor of an annual book excel which highlights excell ence in black organiza tions and black achievers the booker t washington foundation a leading research and development institution with programs throughout america afri ca and the caribbean the 1982 world's fair in knoxville term for " which she wrote perform ed and produced the major african-american night performance that included alex haley ' jayne kennedy and other celebrities she has received nu merous achievement awards most recently the ceba award for achievement in writing excel the purpose of the luncheon is to raise scholarship money for women pursuing business careers tickets for this year's event which will also feature a fashion revue by papillon couture ltd may be purchased by contacting dr ellen e grant bishop luncheon committee chairperson at 845-2658 monday through friday from 9 a.m to 5 p.m memories of martin luther king to be featured in ebony the great dr martin luther king jr was a leader surpassed by none on the sixteenth anniver sary of his death those who knew him well share human and personal anecdotes about the man behind the legend in the april ebony rev t j jemison current president of the national baptist conven tion u s a was a childhood friend of dr king and worked with him for 20 years in the civil rights movement one of the humorous things that rev jemison remembers dr king saying when he met an attractive person was when the history of fine-looking people is re corded you'll be on page one paragraph one line one eight other aides and friends of dr king including his daughter yolanda recount their humorous and insightful stories about the peace maker who was too down to-earth to revel in his greatness institute of christian education slated the st john baptist church 184 goodcll st and other area churches are sponsoring the annual institute of christian edu cation march 26-30 th this year's theme is preparing for a vic lory ephesians 6:11 many area ministers are members of this year's faculty course offerings include christian stew ardship taught by rev bennett w smith the old testament rev l t boyce;"the new testa ment rev john hil liard the prophets and their messages rev elijah echols jesus and his teachings rev robert sanders paul the mar and his work rev james thomas the purpose and program of the church rev maceo freeman the educa tional task of the church rev i daniels youth confronting prob lems of today rev j dairy 1 wood and rev larry watson preparing for christian marriage and home life rev james banks varieties of music in the black church mrs carole varner suffering the little ones to come mrs doris watts help ing young people develop christian beliefs mrs florine bradley and mrs pamee wood sessions will convene nightly from 6:45 to 9:30 p.m at the st john church 184 goodell st this is a week of religious education for area church es pierce receives king award secretary samuel it pierce jr whn recently named by coretta scott king to receive ihe martin luihtr.jaig g*t j^ecioi.'/vwaru-'ui.'u ceremony celebrating dr king's 55th birthday shown in the photo from left are hud secretary samuel r pierce jr miss america vanessa williams 1 ore tin scott king president of it martin luther king jr rule for non-violent soda changr col guion bluford jr astronaut as they appeared in the receiving line at the mlx jr center president's reception collins running for bd of education at-large post catherine collins r n is an at-large candi date for the buffalo board of education on tuesday may ist mrs collins has spent her entire life in buffalo her elementary and high school education were obtained in the buffalo public school system she has a bachelor's degree in vocational technical edu cation a masters degree in allied health educa tion and is completing a doctorate in education administration at the uni versity of buffalo while employed with the buffalo board of education as a school nurse teacher and practi cal nurse instructor she became acquainted and involved with the educa tional system in buffalo mrs collins organized and implemented the first weekend health services clinic for students in the community she has also been instrumental in the development of school health programs health services training programs for high school students mental health technician programs health centers and senior citizen centers mrs collins is the wife of clyde a collins the mother of laura a school teacher and clyde a pre-k student 1 who attend public school no 54 early childhood center where his mother is a member of the p.t.a rev h v reid enslin elected to bgh bd rev herbert v reid pastor of the gethsemane baptist church and donald w enslin director of special services at national fuel gas have been elected to the buffalo general hos pital board of trustees rev reid and mr enslin were appointed at the board's annual meeting held march 13th pastor of the geth semane baptist church 55 grape st for the past 21 years rev reid is also president of "' both the western new york black leadership forum and the local chapter of the southern christian lead ership conference he was elected to a three year term on the hospi tal's board mr enslin has been a member of the governing board of the bgh com munity mental health center since march 1982 he is former president of the mental health associ ation of erie county and is active in the buffalo area chamber of commerce the buffalo urban league and the boys club of buffalo mr enslin will serve a two-year term on the bgh board of trus tees jackson wins south carolina by abdullah luqmam the descendants of those who fired the shot thai was heard around the world on fort sumter on april 12 1861 lit the freedom torch that will carry their favorite son and our favorite son jesse jackson from the out-house to the white house at the 1948 democratic convention after a strong civil rights plank was put into the party's platform south carolina's governor strom thurmond ■ led the dixiecrats walkout he ran for president under the banner of the states rights democratic party and carried four states later he changed political parties and now is a republican senator from the state of south carolina where native son jesse jackson won the presidential primary the state who unanimously passed on december 20 1960 at 1:15 p.m an ordinance dissolving the union of the state of south carolina and other states united with her under the compact entitled the constitution of the united states of america will honor rev jesse jackson as her favorite son for the nation's highest office the presidency of these united states the hands that wielded the whip has reached down and picked up the descendant of slaves and presented him to the world in the essence of these words here america take my son jesse jackson and make him the leader of our quest for a just society and a peaceful world anybody can win the democratic nomination nobody is going to enter the convention with enough delegates to assure themselves the nomination jesse jackson's chances are as good or better than either mondale's or hart's if the women decide it to be the democratic party rules that 50 of the delegates be women 20.3 blacks 9.8 hispanic 1.4 asian-pacifies and 0.4 indians the needs of black people havi always been addressed by our leaders we must record and teach our own real history not necessarily in school but in our homes religious institutions and social organizations words spoken yesterday that are jackson wins see page 7 winner's circle see page 3 f serving working leading in ww line i cities isincc 192 . j *») price only ar 20 c per copy