Buffalo Criterion, 1983-10-19

              wednesday october 19-25 1983 out-ot 7o»n 25e rochester wnvs necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid circulation the buffalo criterion s*4,agara region vol 5*5 - n 4 the winner's circle ballard - gray - sims and associates is a newly organized consulting firm which provides expertise in locating funds for business and residential property owners who de sire to finance construction or renovation services and supplies the funds are available either as grants or low interest loans explaining the function of the consulting firm which has offices at 280 humboldt parkway in buf falo devilus gray one of its founders stated that often people need the service of having profes sionals identify sources of money and of aiding them in filing applications for it directly or by drafting proposals to submit to the various agencies they provide the information in the proper form so that funds will be granted to the applicants among those persons and businesses who are most likely to seek the services of consulting firms are those who are least likely to make suc cessful applications at traditional lending institu tions such as banks john ballard of roches ter said that he spends much of his time identify ing financial resources of which the average con sumer is unaware most often several resources must be tapped when large amounts are requir e 4 john ballard who is also president of trinity con struction company in rochester • has had twenty-five years experi ence as a general contrac tor specializing in con crete and masonry he has been certified and approved by such governmental agencies as the u s department of procurement defense housing and urban devel opment or general ser vices transportation and corrections mr ballard has had experience in the building trades with offices both in rochester and miami florida william sims esq will act as legal counsel to the firm beside their consulting business the three men have in common their love of business each talked enthusiastically concern ing their individual as well as their common business ventures indi vidually and collectively each has had a rich and varied work experience which promises to make this business one of the winners in western new york where they are beginning the first phase of their operation devilus gray is presi dent of aft co interna tional ar international trading company which started by selling pharma ceuticals to the united states government and the veterans administration the company later diversi fied by selling importing and exporting canned meats bulk grain rice cement and domestic and foreign alcoholic bever ages as an incident of his business mr gray has traveled to several of the african and other third world countries his education includes graduation from bryant and stratton business in stitute he also attended suny at buffalo's school of business administra tion presently mr gray also is in the process of re-opening his insurance firm which will also have offices at the 280 hum boldt parkway location he is in who's who in black america johnny a ballard has been a general contractor specializing in concrete and masonry having per formed services for such businesses as eastman kodak rochester gas and electric company mobil chemical john w cow per inc j a jones and £. s vkilhturirjp die mr ballard is a member of several organizations organized to further busi ness organizations in the rochester area the well-known attor ney william sims a former city court judge and a retired military judge in the united states marine corps is the most experienced black attor ney in western new york he has gained wide experience in real estate and business transactions for the past 20 years he has focused on the sale and transfer of sole pro prietorships partnerships and corporations mr sims acted as attor ney for the group of black businessmen who obtain ed the largest loan from the small business ad ministration in this area to date he is a delegate to the president's advisory com mittee on small business mr sims is a former president of the buffalo naacp and has been a member of the board of directors of the heart as sociation of western new york and the legal aid society of erie county among others he is national counsel to the oddfellows ballard - gray - and sims associate's buffalo office will service the western new york area as far east as rochester their second area of oper ation will be opened in miami florida which is the home base of john ballard the associates look for ward to employing a full devilus gray john ballard atty william sims 46,000 expected to attend church convention lodging still problem memphis term — lodging remains the num ber one problem of dele kales to memphis largest annual convention a church official said today more than 46.000 per • sons are expected to attend the 76th annual holy convocation of the >. cboml i ' bad i christ nov s-ihtn in memphis according to bishop w l porter of memphis who is assistant director of convocation operations and head of the conven tion's housing bureau bishop porter said out of 9.000 hotel and motel rooms in memphis our convention was only allot ted 4.831 rooms and more than 1,900 of those were booked by delegates di rectly with the hotels and motels-not our housing bureau that's not fair a special committee has been assigned the respon sibility of obtaining at least 2,000 private homes to house more than 2,000 persons who are already on our waiting list said bishop porter and calls are coming in every day for rooms that we don't have the predominantly black pentecostal denom ination was organized by its founder bishop charles harrison mason sr november 1907 in mnrpnh vinkrtj ..'• tik since held its annual holy convocation headquartered at 272 s main st in memphis the 3.5 million member world wide group is headed by bishop j o patterson son-in-law of the church's founder who headed the church since 1968 and is presently serving his fourth four-year term services will begin at 9 a.m tuesday nov bth at mason temple 938 mason st with three days of fasting and praying bishop porter said the convention will move to the cook conven tion center at 5 p.m thurs nov 10th and will remain there until after the moming service mon nov 14th when the celebration of the lord supper will be observed the convention will re turn to mason temple for the 6:45 p.m session monday bishop l h ford of t^na-ago am assistant presiding bishop and di rector of convocation op erations said the zenith experience of the entire convention is when bishop patterson delivers his an nual convocation sermon sun nov 13th during the 11 a.m service we have never had enough room for the people during that ser vice said bishop ford he said fire marshals usually turn away hun dreds who wish to hear bishop patterson speak other highlights of the convention will be the presiding bishop's benefit dinner and women's day the theme of the con vention is brotherly love hebrews 13:1 bishop j o.patterson presiding bishop bishop leroy anderson buffalo n y member of general board candidates telecast scheduled the voters in western new york will have an opportunity to meet the candidates in a series of special pr-election tele casts at 11:30 p.m over wned-tv beginning oct 21 dave cady producer of the 10-part series said candidates for all major erie county offices will have an oppor tunity to voice their views on the programs which will last for one hours other programs will be aired on oct 24 25 27 31 nov 1 2 and 3rd anniversary banquet the anniversary ban quet given by ' jordan grove baptist church honoring their pastor and ierest ilctrjy wiall .*! • bid friday nov 4th at 8 p.m at the golden nugget inn 2046 fillmore aye mrs willie burdett is chairman the donation is 12.50 women's day the hemphill baptist church will observe wo men's day sun oct 30th at 11 a.m mrs florence baugh will be the morning speaker mrs virginia williams will speak at 4 p.m recognition luncheon planned by town garden businessmen's assoc the town gardens businessmens association will hold its first annual awards and recognition luncheon on oct 21st dorsey glover regional officer of the new york state dept of commerce will talk on the theme the ellicottdistrict un limited opportunities to give inspiration to busi ness persons merchants and entrepreneurs who share t.g.b.a.'s goals of revitalizing the william st./towne gardens area of the ellicott district mr glover's experience as a businessman and his involvement with the de partment of commerce make him well qualified to speak on the theme the town gardens businessmen's assoc was formed in march 1980 followed by the signing of a memorandum of under standing by mayor james griffin between the city of buffalo the greater buffalo development foundation and the t.g.b.a its purpose is to ade quately preserve and stab ilize a declining neighbor hood business district east of downtown known as the towne gardens/wil liam st area their five to seven year plan is design ed to make this neighbor hood shopping strip which has the towne gardens plaza as its hub more competitive through the provision of the follow ing technical assistance to individual business per sons and the merchants as a gorup implement envir onment and design plan ning for redevelopment encourage new retail de velopment and related public and community projects rodney i richardson is president meeting of state fire prevention & building code council held yvonne scruggs-left wich commissioner of the new york state division of housing and community renewal in her capacity as chairperson of the state fire prevention and build ing code council an nounced that the next meeting of the council will be held fri oct 21 at 9 a.m at the executive chamber war room state capitol in albany n y the council is mandat ed to formulate a new uniform fire prevention and building code which will replace the present state building construc tion code and the state fire prevention code on january 1 1984 branton to deliver talk on education human values wiley a branton former dean of the howard university school of law and now counsel in the washington dc office of sidley and austin one of the world's largest law firms will replace former u s senator eugene mccarthy as speaker in the second higher educa tion seminar series lec ture friday oct 21 at 8 a.m ■ in - the - heartstnne manor in depew mccarthy has cancelled his appearance for health reasons branton s talk will con cern higher education and human values in the 21st century in 1962 branton was appointed by martin lu ther king jr roy wilkins whitney young jr and other civil rights leaders as director of the voter education project in atlanta this cooperative effort led to the registra tion of more than 600,000 black voters in 11 southern states between 1962-65 and also provided momen tum for passage of the 1965 voting rights act he was also chief counsel for the plaintiffs in the famous little rock school cast branton has also served as executive director of the council for united civil rights leadership in new york city and has received numerous awards for his civil rights activities the lecture series is iiih sponsored ' by tne state university at buffalo dept of educational or ganization administration and policy public meeting the minority coalition inc says they are sending out a warning that our community is closed to crusing johns pimps drugs winos prostitutes thugs mug gers etc we demand equal protection under the law a public meeting to protect women and chil dren will be held at school 47 400 pratt st sat oct 22nd at 10 a.m committee to meet the anti prostitution committee of the minority coalition inc will meet fri oct 21 at 6 p.m at hemphill baptist church 96 spruce st the ellicott district minority coalition will meet sat oct 22 at 10 a.m at school 47 400 pratt st odd fellows founder's day lauded peter ogden the grand united order of odd fellows held their annual founder's day recently honoring their founder peter odgen they were the guests of the peace baptist church 145 stanton st where rev augustus smith is pastor the special guest was duncan barrow mwgm of the conference of past grand masters council he was from belize africa the photo shows a gift presented to brother barrow second from right from the western new york chapter by bro william sims p.s.g.l.a at right as james scott p.n.g and g.a and rev a smith look on doris boyd selected as staff director the buffalo federation of public housing tenants announces the appoint ment of mrs doris boyd as its new staff director mrs boyd is a past president of the federa tion and is also a resident of the kenfield homes and has been an active member of federation for the past three years the federation would also like to announce that they have received a grant for 20,000 from the presbyterian national committee on the self-dc velopment of people eva babcock is 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