Buffalo Criterion, 1988-10-06

              rochester the buffalo criterion niagara region vol 64 - no 41 thursday october 6-12 1988 wny's oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years - featuring paid legitimate circulation established in 1925 jamacian relief fund sets benefit collections for needy jamaica was devastated by hurricane gilbert re cently approximately 500,000 people wen left homeless 80 percent of the homes and buildings were heavily damaged or destroyed including all hospitals and health care facilities damage across the island has been esti mated at 8 billion dollars most farm animals were lost the sugar cane and banana crops were de stroyed and the water system has been polluted dr charles l ander son relief coordinator of the western new york jamaican relief effort announces that they will in collecting items to send to jamaica on saturday oct 8 1 22 and 29th at the masten armory 27 mast en avenue from 8 a.m to 4 p.m items needed in ja maica are rice dry beans bottled water macaroni or noodles corn meal flour canned milk canned tuna fish canned mackerel canned corned beet canned creamed corn and other tanned goods bedding is needed such as sheets and pillow cases blankets and tots miscellaneous items needed are bar soap shaving cream razor blades batteries toilet paper disinfectant plastic containers such as cups plates etc checks or money orders may be sent to the jamaica relief fund c o buffalo state college bishop hall root 231 1300 elmwood aye buf falo v v 14202 dr anderson says your contributions will be greatly appreciated towards a better life an innocent victim by eva 11 doyle kit-yen year old wykisha bolden should be alive today there is no reason on a-arth why ihis beautiful child had to die such a senseless death she was an innocent bystander a 11-11111 of evil and crime thai surrounds our community wykisha bolden was fatally shot last saturday outside tier home she was shot in the back while trying to run past two men scuffling with a shotgun this was a terrible tragedy to happen in our community and unfortunately it evas not the only shooting this past week an innocent child is dead lie-cause 100 many people have sat back ear too long and allowed this kind ot insanity to go on one f the residents who yeas interviewed by a local news reporter and who asked to remain anonymous slated that drugs in tin neighborhood are jga-uing out of hand something needs to be done about it !■*. '£ as a mother and a concerned citizen 1 feel deeply for the family of wykisha bolden i cried when i heard i about her tragic dealh 1 cried when i jread.about ii last sunday and i'm still : crying inside and i'm angry now angry because these kinds of things continue to happen angry because i have a young granddaughter who has to grow up in this community who will protect her here can she play safely what will the future tie like for her the violence the crime the drugs that young people have to see daily is frightening they can't be children any more it a child can't play in front of his cr her own home and feel sate where can they go i feel even more upset and frustrated as i write this article because last weekend i was a guest on the itispel community hour and the topic of conversation was education one of ha statements made by a participant on the program was that he felt that many of our school were like a zoo but 1 have to say that the zoo is not in our schools i>ut the zoo is out tin-re in tin streets the dictionary definition of a boo is a place where a collection of wild animals are kept and 1 maintain that the animals are in tin streets the /***> is on the corner of east ferry st and warders the zoo is on east delevan near grider st the mi is on genesee and itissa-11 the zoo is on genesee si . yyhi-n the prostitutes and drugs run rampant every place where drugs crime and violence take place is a zoo it's a jungle out there ami our children are not safe if young wykisha could speak now she would probably say that she went to a beautiful school and had good classmates anil many friends everyone who knew this child spoke well of her she was smart pretty and friendly she did mil deserve to die in such a way our community groups and organi zations should immediately call for stronger laws and penalities far those who continue to kill fur no good reason at all when will the killing stop we can't afford to sit hack and hide our heads in the sand it could be my child next or your child there are too many people walking the streets who commit rimes go to jail come out again shoot somebody kill somebody and then come out again it's a vicious cycle it's like a zoo caged animals are let out to prey upon the innocent and no not one of us is sate anymore wykisha dentse bolden called plum was buried tuesday oct 4th at 1 p.m from calvary baptist church list genesee st the rev l t boyce officiated she was born december 7 1976 in buffalo and was the daughter of jill mitchell and wayne 1 bolden wykisha began her education at age i at bethel headstart she then attended public school 53 thru grade 4 and then to city honors school where she was involved in many activities such as ahei-rleading drill team dancing ami ballet she also sang in the church choir her survivors are her mother fill mitchell father wayne d bolden a sister nakia bolden grandparents mrs dorothy mitchell mr and mrs harvey torrence marconi combs and mr and mrs james bolden great grandparents mrs pinkey garner and vester jones godmother vanessa barmns and other relatives and friends buffalo memorial chapels was in charge of the remains interment was in forest lawn cemetery friends of the family were pallbearers wykisha demise bolden plum james patterson engineer succumbs memorial services for the late james patterson professional engineer was held tuesday oct 4th at 5 p.m at lincoln memori al united methodist church masten avenue and main si mr patterson died sud denly sunday oct 2 19881 at buffalo general hospital 11 was 65 years old a native at pittsburgh pa he altended lincoln university then served as sergeant in the united slates army 91:16 th tech nical unit he graduated from the university ait pittsburgh with a degree in civil engineering lb held professional en gineering licenses in new york and pennslvania mr patterson one of buffalo's first black en gineers was called to the city from great falls montana to serve as chief of the rivers and harliors section of the united states army corps of engineers in this capa city he was involved in several major projects among which were the st lawrence seaway project and the de-watering of niagara falls upon retiring from the corps of engineers he became director of the housing development di vision of h.u.d and later joined the engineering firm of eugene s richards and associates he was a professional photographer taught computer science at erie community college and was a certified club direc tor of the american contract bridge league and the american bridge association recently appointed to the architectural/engin eering selection team of the facilities development corp mr patterson serv ed as chairman of the selection team for the rochester psychiatric cen ter he was president of the buffalo negro scholarship foundation and a member of the board of directors of the american lung asso ciation formerly a sunday school teacher at westminster presbyterian church and a member of the board of directors of the buffalo museum of science westminster house ' and friendship house he also held mem berships in alpha phi alpha fraternity and les treize couples club survivors include his wife vernette coles pat terson two sons gregory yvonne kevin char lene grandchildren : kisha and craig patter son and judy flowers a step-father thomas d dorsey of harrisburg pa contributions may be sent to the buffalo chapter of the links scholarship foundation 89 e depew aye buffalo n y 14214 james patterson dr myron mcguire dentist leader dies buffalo has lost one of its black leaders dr myron st clair hegafn 87 passed away in his home 482 jefferson aye tuesday sept 27 19881 after a lengthy illness funeral services were held sat oct ist at st michael's roman catholic church on washington st dr mcguire was born on january 29 1901 sixty miles from buffalo in bradford pennsylvania he lived in the ellicott district since he came to buffalo at the tender age of eight he graduated from public school no 32 hutchinson central high school where he main tained an average of 96.4 and was awarded a schol arship from the douglas club an organization of black women which look care of his first year's tuition at the university of buffalo he completed the university of buf falo schools of liberal arts and dentistry he graduated from the u b school of dentistry class of 1926 after graduation he set up his practice in the ellicott district and remained there his motto has been when adversity discourages you do it any how dr mcguire served as a school dentist in 1940 full and part-time in the buffalo health depart ment which later became the erie county health department in 1977 he volunteered and worked to set up neighborhood den tal clinics as part of the model cities program and later became assistant clinical director for the erie county dental clinics under this title he set up new dental clinics in school 53 with the assistance of princi pal vl wtm*mv*mm4 west hertel junior high school with the assistance of principal gianturco dr mcguire was a member of the erie county dental society council 84 knights of columbus the university club of buffalo the university of buffalo den tal alumni the upstate medical alliance an or ganization of black profes sionals in medicine and the allied fields he was the founder of phi omega graduate chapter of the omega psi phi fraternity inc a national fraternity with over five hundred chapters by districts throughout the united states ha was a member of the naacp and a former member of the board of directors during world war 11 he worked closely with the executives of the local aircraft industries to place black workers in jobs dr mcguire was the first black in buffalo to be endorsed by a major political party for council man of the ellicott dis trict every mayor since 1926 appointed him to a community board housing boards laboratory dr myron s mcguire facility to open in honor of educator the honorable mem bers of the buffalo board of education and the superintendent of school eugene reville announce that the harvey austin physical education facili ty will be dedicated on tuesday oct 11th at 5 p.m at emerson voca tional high school 1405 sycamore st mr austin was a physical ed teacher for mrny of the buffalo schools he passed away tues mar 1 11988 after a short illness harvey austin justice howard bell to speak at minority bar association dinner the minority bar association of western mew york announces that the honorable howard e bell the state supreme court justice who presid ed over the highly publi cized preppie murder case people v robert chambersl will be the guest speaker at its sixth annual awards dinner in 1975 justice bell was elected to the new york state supreme court and has recently been elected to the distinguished posi tion of chairman v lie national bar association's judicial council the dinner will tie held on friday oct 14th at the 38th floor restaurant lo cated at one marine midland center in buf falo complimentary cock tails will be served from 6 to 7 p.m followed by dinner the program will begin at 8 p.m and will include the presentation of various awards this year's award recipients are rosa gibson community ser vice award mason ashe john l hargrave law student scholarship and jerry mcgrier lawyer service award after the program there will be music and dancing for ticket information call 716 852-0686 man abwatxt'bi hell rosa gibson mason ashe jerry matgrier pre-election candidates night slated a meet the candidate night will be held thurs tin 20th in the ellicott cao/nsd center sherman l walker hu man services bldg 608 william st at 7:45 p.m all candidates qualified tor the november election are invited to attend the program is sponsor ed by the ellicott neigh borhood advisory council and the national associa tion tor the advancement of colored people naacpi candidates will tie in troduced in order of his or her appearance each candidate is expected to open with a three minute prepared statement a brief question and answer parted will follow for further information call the ellicott wo staff at 856-8866 use the parking lot entrance near krettner st jones chosen labor representiatve of the year lee l jones supervi sor of labor affairs for the blue cross of western new york inc marketing da'pt recently received an award as labor representative of the year for blue cross and blue shield system nation wide the award was made during the annual national marketing con ference held in san diego california the national labor ad visory committee which consists of representatives for various plans in the blue cross and blue shield system reviewed the qualifications of all the candidates all plans in the blue cross and blue shield system were asked to submit candidates and mr jones was chosen from among this group the selection was a national recognition from his peers around the country officials states they were also pleased that blue cross and blue shield are so well repre sented to the unions in buffalo and the surround ing areas a blue cross employee for the past ten years he previously worked at the ford motor company in hamburg for 26 years serving in the quality control departments and as a union representative of the uaw marketing achieve ment awards are not new to mr jones in 1984 he was awarded the western new york blue cross-blue shield marketing achieve ment award and a special region 9 uaw award in 1985 presented by the western new york com munity action program council mr jones is a resident of elma n y mcguire | see page 7 the criterion is dean of all minority media price only 25 per copy nationally — tilt