Buffalo Criterion, 1983-09-21

              wny's necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid circulatior the buffalo criterion niagara region wednesday september 21-27 i98 rochester out-of-town 25c vol 58 - no 39 confab on fair housing & discrimination slated mccall to speak at 3rd public conference the greater buffalo community housing re source board the u s dept of housing and urban development and the greater board of relators will hold their third public conference on fair housing and discrimination in hous ing the conference will be held on thurs sept 29th at the buffalo convention center from 8:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m the confer ence is open to the public and is free of charge the keynote speaker will be carl mccall commissioner of the new york state division of human rights acitiation for outstanding work in fair housing will be presented to attorney avery friedman a nation ally known civil rights lawyer other speakers include assemblyman alexander annus chairman of the assembly housing com mittee rosa maria costil lo-kesper program man ager community and neighborhood assistance program charles martin director of equal oppor tunity hud assembly man william b hoyt shelly mayer of the n y state district attorney's office dan symoniak of the greater buffalo board of realtors joseph a halizak of empire of america dennis penman of m j peterson and paula rosner of the n y state civil liberties union four panel/workshops will be conducted on legislative and political changes affecting discrim ination actual experi ences in housing discrim ination fair housing practices public and private and voluntary vs regulatory compliance the winner's circle buffalo's first superior court clerk if this were a coloring book you could color mrs lubertha l phillips happy bertha as she is fondly called she recently passed the statewide civil service examination for court clerk and has beer informed that she ranks very high on the list if and when she is appointed from that list it has been stated by several well informed lawyers that she will become the first black court clerk in a superior court outside ot the metropolitan new york city area ii anyone is an outstand ing example of the educa tional opportunities and affirmative action one need look no further than the winsome witty bertha bom in pine hill alabama mrs phillips is the thirteenth of the fourteen children of the late mr and mrs porter lewis jive - attenoeo grade t school in selma alabama where she went to grade school in st john's church building ler tha explained that they had no desks but rather used their books for desks each class sat in a different area of the large room but were taught by one school teacher who was a high school student named janie mac bogan bertha remained at that school until her mother died and she went to live with her older brother in mobile alabama she attended high school there but dropped out when she met her former husband eugene phillips from whom she is now divorced when mrs phillips arrived in buffalo in 1955 this industrious well or ganized woman had six children after her separ ation and divorce and while acting as both father and mother to her chil dren she knew some bleait days during these years bertha worked at vari ous jobs but realized that her earnings could never support her children in the manner in which she wanted to rear them with grim determination her i native intelligence and an earnest faith in god lubertha decided to return to school she attended bennett 3 evening school until her i graduation in 1969 she i continued to work at i various jobs until in 1973 she had the good fortune of meeting dr lsiah reed aba was then head of the s.e.e.k program she was then employed in the c.e.t.a program being placed in the city court of buffalo as a small claims clerk bertha continued her education but soon found that working rearing her children and going to school was more than she could handle mrs phillips then trans ferred to medaille college where the class schedule was more flexible and allowed her to continue in school she received her a.n degree in liberal arts from the college in 1979 she has worked in buffalo city court also as an office assistant and as an assistant clerk assign ed to a court part mrs phillips stated reviously the positions in court were appointive but in 1980 a test was given for court clerk which i passed number 19 on the list for the eighth judicial district although serving now as a court assistant mrs phillips is each day expect ing her appointment as a court clerk in one of the couanw t.uiirts r in supreme court the mother of the late archie lee and five additional living children janice carl michael anita and sheila a fresh man at erie community college mrs phillips attributes her advance ment not only to her diligent effort and intelli gence but first and foremost in her unshake able faith in god she is a devout member of eternal hope church of god in christ where she serves on the missionary board and as a trustee sunday school teacher and youth leader bertha says that so often she sees young people in court and says a silent prayer for them she believes that those young people who grow up in the church and with firm religious beliefs are less likely to appear in court her advice to the youth of today is get a good education but also to gel a much needed religious training the black community congratulates this smiling winner and looks forward to seeing her pleasant face as one of the almost fifty clerks or assistant clerks in the supreme court mrs lubertha l phillips fund drive to benefit families of airliner tragedy erie county executive edward j rutkowski and mayor james d griffin have announced their sup port of a special fund drive for families of the korean airliner tragedy the drive was initiated by u s senator alfonse m 1 am and en dorsed by the ambassador from south korea byong hion lew who was visiting buffalo sept 15th senator d'amato set a collection target of 1 million the ambassador joined mr rutkowski and mayor griffin at a press confer ence on the fund drive senator d'amato said donations will show public support for the families of the victims the fund is not intend ed as a substitute for reparations senator d'amato has pledged to continue to press for proper compensation by the soviet union he has asked me and mayor griffin to help bring the fund drive to public attention mr rutkowski said donations can be sent to the soviet massacre vic tims assistance fund 1750 pennsylvania aye n w suite 1203 wash ington d c 20006 appreciation service set an appreciation service for rev henry hall will be held friday oct 7th at 7:30 p.m at father hall's home church trinity bap tist church 41 spruce st his son the reverend jospeh davis is host pastor the program is being sponsored by rev hall's two daughters evelyn dv boise and delores hall and the upper room prayer band of buffalo and vicinity of which the rev glenn h dußois is the leader and mrs lurie l dv boise is president rev hall's two daugh ters are asking all of his adopted sons and daugh ters to come and unite with them and the upper room prayer band in making this one of the best appreciations ever rev hall will be looking for all of his adopted children to be present that night rev hall will have as the guest speaker that night his son dr b w smith and the congrega tion of st john baptist church evelyn and dolores will be looking to hear from all of their father's adopted children as well as all of his friends make all checks payable to rev henry hall 40 ada place buffalo n y 14208 this will be an open program everyone who would like to say a word in tribute to rev hall will be permitted to do so rev hall is a staunch supporter of every good cause he is the father of two sons two daughters eight grandchildren twelve great grandchil dren and three great great grandchildren refreshments will be served free as always rev henry hall buffalo negro scholarship foundation presents awards dr george e black man president of the buffalo negro scholarship foundation inc has an nounced that awards will be made to two area college students for the 1983-84 school year james k bailey of 109 shumway a sophomore majoring in biology at the university of rochester received one of the awards mr bailey is a graduate of the park school of buffalo felton a flood of 173 butler aye a sophomore in engineering physics at ithaca college is the other recipient mr flood is a graduate of sweet home senior high school the buffalo negro scholarship foundation is a volunteer organization supported by tax deducti ble contributions these awards were made possible by contribu tions from the practical and registered nurses association new cove nant united church of christ buffalo chapter of girlfriends memorial scholarship fund for dr gary rosteing and private donations smsa to oversee minority business development center the minority business service center of roches ter inc mbsc has succeeded in obtaining the minority business devel opment agency mbda contract for the buffalo standard metropolitan statistical area smsa which is composed of erie and niagara counties to manage a minority busi ness development center this center is one of the one hundred centers throughout the nation and will be located in suite 200 of the convention tower in 43 court st adjacent to the convention center mbda is an agency of the u s dept of commerce which was given the responsibility of assisting minority entre preneurs in strengthening the nation's economy by encouraging the develop ment of healthier and larger minority owned and controlled firms which are for profit and have the capability of producing large numbers of jobs the minority business service center of roches ter inc has successfully operated an mbda with out interruption since de cember of 1972 and as a result of that working relationship during the previous years with the minority business commu nity mbsc has been able to generate a large num ber of business contacts in the private and public sector mbsc is composed of known leaders from the community who are re spected in their field of endeavor its staff as well as their board of direc tors active participation on their own time with different community board of directors and liberian head of state re-establishes diplomatic relations with israel new york n y - liberian commander-in chief samuel k doe has expressed the hope that many other countries in africa will follow his initiative in re-establishing diplomatic relations with israel in a telegram dated sept bth to officials of the anti-defamation legue league of b'nai b'rith the liberian head of state also said it was his wish that the diplomatic ties with israel would yield great dividents for our two countries mr doe responded to a message of congratula . tions from kenneth j bailkin adl's national chairman who applauded his statesmanlike de cision miss nys is first black miss america miss new york vanessa williams was crowned miss america 1984 in atlantic city saturday night and became the first black woman to win the title in the history of the pageant miss new jersey suzette charles also black was first runner-up ms williams 20 of millwood a syracuse university junior had won preliminary swimsuit and talent competitions here she is shown with her family they are from left christopher 15 her brother helen her mother and milton her father editor's note mra williams waa a neighbor of the criterion when it was located on william near hickory she played for groups at rev peter 1 ram me ii calvary baptist church when it opened around 1952 r"ab twmocrat & chronicle recount makes bell a winner clifford bell won out in a recount of the sept 13th democratic primary for councilman-at-large winning over the incum bent stan a buczkowski who was first elected to the council in 1981 in the recanvassing mr bell won second place to herbert bellamy followed by councilman vincent j lovallo who went from second to third place the official recount totals in the democratic primary for at-large seats last weekend are herbert l bellamy 21.228 votes bell 19.830 10ya11 lit 070 buczkowski lh.bt and whalen 18.842 the three other candidates finished in the distance diane m clurczak 9.269 margaret m brady 7 535 and paul t mullen 6,624 votes upon learning that he had won mr bell said i feel very good this morn ing i'm concerned for all people everywhere in answer to those who charge that everything is for the blacks bell is an area business man and president of the north fillmore business men's association and a former employee of the common council the results were certified by election commissioners edward j mahoney and philip a smolinski clifford bell mother annie wilson passes funeral services for mother annie wilson were held thurs sept bth at 1 p.m from memorial temple church of god in christ 800 sycamore st bishop william a dockery offici ated mother wilson was born on jan 1 1914 in uniontown alabama in perry county to the late frank bryant sr and mrs dasie ella small bryant she married governor wilson on dec 3 1938 in pratt city alabama later they moved to coalwood west virginia and then to pittsburgh perm in 1948 her sister mary jones died in an automo bile accident she took her sister's two younger chil dren lilton and earline jones and raised them as her own they lived in pittsburgh until her hus band passed away she later moved to buffalo with her children and raised them in the beauty of holiness mother wilson passed away on sept 2 1983 at buffalo general hospital surviving her are a daughter that she raised as her own mrs earline dockery a son she raised lilton jones a son-in-law eld ronald dockery two grandchildren ronald and ronette dockery all of buffalo one god son shawn dockery of buf falo two sisters mrs eliza jones and ms climmie bryant both of buffalo two brothers benjamin bryant of west virginia and frank bry ant of buffalo two sis ters-in-law mrs irene bryant of west virginia the brother and sisters of the children she raised four sisters mrs viola archie mrs dasie shanks mrs geneva bell ms irene jones two brothers luellen jones and robert jones all of buffalo and a host of nieces nephews and other relatives and friends thomas t edwards was the mortician in charge bishop j a . dockery is pastor center see page 7 f serving working leading in wny inner cities l since 1923j price only 20 c per copy