Buffalo Criterion, 1984-01-11

              vol 59 - no 3 wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion rochester wednesday january 1117 1984 i '» \ out-of-town 25c niagara region r mlk jr celebrations & award presentations slated local serviceman fatally wounded victim of stray bullet cornelius lamar coca delaney 20 was the ictim of a stray bullet saturday jan 7th about 1:30 a.m he died tuesday jan kith 1984 about 12 noon the unfortunate event is reported to have taken place at the delicatessen located at 529 e ferry st when a group of 9 young men approached the store and wanted some items two of them knocked on the door and saw the proprietor approaching with a shot gun the group immediately began to run except cornelius the proprietor opened fire and the bullet struck the victim in the head he was rushed to deaconess hospital and later was transferred to the erie county medical center where he died tuesday jan 10th at 12 noon the wake will be held friday jan 13th at antioch baptist church funeral services will be i.btd'.^iivtrndy jtlir iiyt at 10 a.m at antioch baptist church thomas t edwards funeral home is in charge of the remains burial will be in forest lawn ceme tery cornelius is survived by his parents mr and mrs john delaney six brothers and three sisters he was a graduate of our lady of lourdes catholic school and bennett high school he was a pvt first class in the u s army reserves stationed at ft leonard wood mo and was athletically inclined fittknl ut hi tiksk^i - ball and boxing he resided in donaldson rd cornelius l delaney naacp life membership plaques given j carl bland center of the naacp is shown after he presented the ka.acp lair vwimveit«hp plaques to county executive ed rutkowski left and starling harris right naacp life membership plaques . were also presented to rev a charles ware pastor of ,' cmimip jkpnsi 7'tsitcri umr*l6tmtt**isitfiljourr judge julian f kubinic who was not present for the photo ninety-one years young monday jan 9th rev henry hall was the guest of his son dr samuel austin in brooklyn new york rev austin gave a birthday party for rev hall who was 91 years of age he remarked this young preacher is just like my own blood son he treats me so kind in fact his whole family does my daughter his wife opens their home to me just like my blood children do dr austin loves me because he lost his own father some years ago and everybody wants a father whom they can talk to we just have a good lime together 1 enjoy a km whom i can lake out to eat and he also takes me may god ever bless his family is my prayer said rev hall ' appreciation dinner planned on saturday jan 21st at 6 p.m an apprecia lion and birthday celebra tion will be given foi uncle sonny means he is a dedicated community worker chair man of the gospel com munity hour that is aired each sunday over wblk fm radio and is chair man of the four deciples at mt ararat baptist church 971 jefferson aye rev w l jones is pastor the public is invited to attend this celebration uncle sonny means named clinical coordinator kenneth l gayles m d has been named clinical coordinator of medical services at the deaconess division of the buffalo general hospital he will be responsible for the administrative affairs for the department of medicine at the dea coness division and also provide departmental sup port of the family medi cine residency program at the facility dr gayles is a graduate of the state university of new york at buffalo of medicine following post graduate training he com pleted a fellowship in cardiology at the veterans administration hospital he is a diplomate of the american board of intern al medicine dr gayles resides in williamsville jupiter's great red spot ii 25.000 miles wide area advertising agency projects jackson victory by abdullah luqman based upon current data and an extra ordinary set of circumstances akin to pre-ordained destiny ana lysis of luqman enter prises advertising and promotions 520 broad way have projected ■ certain jesse jackson vic tory in the new hampshire primary the residents of lebon bethlehem lisbon ber lin rochester plymouth pittsburgh salem nashua and london new will decide the outcome of the first in the naiton presidential pri mary they are not foreign places but cities in new hampshire the greatest concerns of these people is the legacy that they will leave their offsprings and the world acid rain environmental issues nuclear disarma ment and the assurance of a strong and prosperous america are gifts that they intend to bestow on generations yet unborn street people feel that | jesse jackson voices these concerns better than most of the other candidates the particular american that rev jesse jackson secured his release rob ert goodman jr grew up in new hampshire plus new hampshirans credit the jackson mission for breaking the stalemate in lebanon giving hope that all of the americans will aka sorority announces award recipients alpha kappa alpha sorority inc gamma phi omega chapter announ ces the recipients of the ninth annual dr martin luther king jr com memorative awards the awards will be presented sunday jan 15th at the , annual commemorative service to be held at st john baptist church 184 goodeu st buffalo at 5 p.m the awards presented in the categories of com munity service religion education and newly add ed categories media and youth will be awarded to thomas t edwards and james bell both local businessmen and humani tarians for community service mrs 11 b shaw president of the new york state empire baptist min isters and widows and local missionary for re ligion mrs eva m doyle educator historian and syndicated news columnist for education ms barbara banks editor and vice president of the challenger newspaper tor media and norman mcclaney senior at ben nett high school and son of mrs norma jean knight youth award the annual dr king awards are presented on the bases of being a role model for minority young people exemplifying the ideals of dr king being outstanding in perform ance in the award cate gory and being currently active in the category for which the award is pre sented clifford bell buffalo councilman-at-large businessman and leader for the placement of the dr king bust monument in king park will be the speaker for the program choirs from st john baptist church and shiloh baptist church will pro vide the music mrs eleanor echols is chairperson for the alpha , kappa alpha aka gam ma phi omega chapter dr king commorative program mrs theresa e pope co-chairperson mrs pope and mrs pauline clay are pub licists for the program mrs nellie b king is president of gamma phi omega chapter the public is invited to attend tribute to mlk set the buffalo and erie county public library's dept of special services the martin luther king branch and north jeffer son branch and the niagara branch will pre sent a tribute to martin uther king jr thurs lan 19th at 7 p.m in the central library auditori um featured on the pro gram will be daniel acker mrs jacquelyn h peoples spectra i and 11 dancers and drummers of the african cultural cen ter students of the dio cesan educational cam pus and others mrs mary crosby chappell will be mistress of ceremonies this event is free and the people is invited dr martin luther king jr committee to receive award on king's birthday colonel cravane givens will receive the mlx day award on behalf of the mlx celebration commit tee for the pioneering work to erect a statue of dr king here in buffalo the observance will be held on mon jan 16th at the bethel ame church 1525 michigan aye at 12 noon other award recipients on this very significant 16th anniversary are the youth award st aria kelly for best all-round high school senior 1982 b3 community service award the child and family service reach out agency which pioneered in aide services to neigh bors and promoted the first dr king observance and the rosa parks award mrs bessie l robinson community and church worker activist and advocate for human rights the buffalo committee to perpetuate dr king's ideals will join other groups in placing a wreath at the statue at 11 a.m in the martin luther king park a motorcade to the church will follow the officers are as follows mrs carolyn b thomas chairman mrs lottie moore secretary mrs claudia sims treas urer and w a davis is in charge of public rela tions bishop leroy anderson will speak several choirs will sing and the rev william cobb will recite dr king's famous i have a dream speech refreshments will be served something for the ' entire family to enjoy has been programmed the winner's circle dr alene barnes-harden dr merit barnes-har den is an autnor a professor a wife and a petite attractive bundle of brillance born to mr and mrs carl and mary barnes ii buffalo this young supei woman is the eldest of five children in order to provide the best education for alene that they could afford mr and mrs barnes felt that removing her from the public schools and sending . her to a catholic school would help to develop their child's obvious intel lectual potential . vft'rif actynnt^i 4 private - catholic girls high school where she enrolled in a general college admissions gram my high school days were the most trying years of my life i promised myself that i would never go any place where there ■ were any more catholics sh aid 1 experienced so much racism at the school that it was a traumatic experi ence for mc explained dr barnes-harden i was frequently sub jected to racial slurs and was constantly harrassed by one of the nuns who referred to black ameri cans as spooks i had never heard thai term used in that sense before and for me a teenager i was definitely shocked my cousin and i and two other black girls were the first blacks in the school by the time i was a junior i was ready to rebel and i did as brilliant as she was dr barnes-harden decid ed that she would do no school work and would pass only one course the teacher insisted that she stand in a corner because she had done no home work and when she refused demanded that alene the only black girl in there get out the class to further punish her the nun read her report cant but x»i tnfe otner gins in the class but nothing could permanently frus trate the academic achievement of the young scholar she said i passed my courses none theless because there were regents exams given and the teachers had to give us the grade we earned dr barnes-harden said she has never returned to that school since her graduation she also attended can isius college where her experience with racism was similar to those at the high school the then miss barnes left can isius and entered s.u.n.y at buffalo she earned her b.a in black studies and her masters and doctorate degrees in cross cultural mass communications her greatest present ambition is to teach at s.u.n.y./b in the com munications department dr barnes-harden now teaches pan african studies in the black studies department of kent state university in ohio sometimes it's hard for the students to realize that 1 didn't have it made and that life wasn't com pletely easy for me dr alene barnes-harden robinson succumbs funeral services for theodore a robinson were held dec 29th 1983 at 1 p.m at agape ame church he was born in cleve land ohio on july 3 1914 and was the son of the late dock and esther robin son he was educated in the public schools of cleveland prior to coming to buffalo in 1930 he was a former mem ber of st francis de sales church mr robinson married the former kathrine mit cherson he was the father of alberta theo dore jr gayla terrence michael and the late eric his employment includ ed the new york central railroad co general mo tores corp and the city of buffalo he was also the proprietor of the ted robinson's real estate agency mr robinson retired from the city of buffalo in 1979 as a real estate specialist in the dept of community development he played a major role in the community devel opment program for buf falo including the apprais al and acquisition of properties in the elm-oak st renewal program mr robinson was an ambassador of good will ' he conveyed love and good will where ever he went he was ever so willing and able to lend a helping hand to those in need he was an humanitari an his personal concern was always lost he respected others and had words of encouragement the winner's circle | see page 7 robinson see page 71 jackson i see page 7 f serving working leading in wny inner cities i since 1923 i price only 20 per copy