Buffalo Criterion, 1987-12-10

              thursday december 10-16 1987 established in 1925 wm oldest and largest afro-american weekly for over 60 years featuring paid legitmate circulation niagara region rochester the buffalo criterion vol 63 - no 50 bellamy testimonial committee announced the rev bennett w smith pastor of st john baptist church has an nounced the formation of a committee of distinguish ed citizens who have joined together to plan a community salute to councilmember herbert l bellamy i have asked a small group to come together to plan an event which will indicate to herb and demonstrate to the entire city of buffalo that we love and respect him for his work and for his dreams for our city herb has done so much for so many it is really fitting that we join together to say thanks rev smith is serving as general chairman for the event and is oined on the planning committee by rev eugene meashan florence e baugh leroy coles will brown erma d robinson clem hodges council president george k arthur and imam abdel nuriddin as we organize we will be inviting others from all walks of community life to join with us as co-chair persons rev smith commented a complete listing of those persons will be released later this month the committee to be known as the friends of herbert l bellamy has agreed to a testimonial dinner to be held on thursday feb 4th at the buffalo convention cen ter starting at 6 p.m we urge the entire city of buffalo to mark your calendars now in anticipa tion of what we know will be a great and glorious event rev smith con cluded for additional informa tion call rev b w smith at 852-4504 leroy coles 854-7625 or don lee at 851-5120 editor discussed issues with presidential candidate th»..<-nntic*-,uiiai»l'aitiaiice party presidential candidate dr lenora fulini was recently in buffalo and visited the home of the editor of the buffalo criterion frank e merriweather jr and chatted with him as well as criterion columnist abdullah luqman and john hemphill the group discussed issues in the black community and america in general the photo shows editor merriweather seated john hemphill left louis hinman columnist abdullah luqman and dr fulini — criterion photo the boys choir of harlem to perform here how does an nfl wide receiver spend his time when he's sidelined with an injury jerry butler of the buffalo bills prepares for next season his off-the-playing field activ ties include self-improve ment exercises and per haps more importantly activities to benefit the community bringing the boys choir of harlem to buffalo the performance is scheduled for friday dec 18th at 8 p.m at kleinhans music hall the boys choir of harlem under the direc tion of dr walter j turnbull was incorporat ed in 1975 to provide a positive creative alterna tive to inner-city children in new york city since that time the choir has gamed international recognition as one of the butler has dedicated himself to initiating com munity programs to en hance youth development one such project involves finest boys choirs in the world with a repertoire ranging from classical music to contemporary songs gospel and spirit uals the boys choir of harlem is renowned world-wide earning superlatives like remark able highly sophisti cated superb and exceptional according to the new york times the boys choir of harlem is a testament to discipline high standards and com mitment the thought of these young people joy ously embracing the sort of challenge their music requires nothing less than a clarion call to opti mism the choir has perform ed at the white house and the opening session of the united nations general assembly it has traveled and performed extensively throughout the united states europe and japan the boys choir of harlem has also appeared on all three major television net works and on the pbs series great perform ances ellington and his music and was most recently featured on the program for the official recommemoration cere monies for the statue of liberty on july 5 1986 the choir was the subject of an emmy award-winning documen tary in 1980 from harlem to harlem the story of a choirboy since its inception the boys choir of harlem has stressed not only the teaching of music but also the preparation of its members for productive lives every chorister in the past five years has completed the 12th grade and 98 percent of the singers attend college the boys choir is both artistic and humanitarian even as the choir is performing to great critical acclaim the training which the choir provides makes a significant differ ence in the lives of its children and the entire community tickets for the boys choir of harlem concert are on sale at all ticketron locations ticketron out lets 856-8501 and tele tron 1-800-382-8080 at 16 and 18 for group rates 20 or more call 688-8055 . jerry butler in conjunc tion with wgrz-tv 2 m&t bank coca-cola and wblk-fm are spon soring the boys club of harlem's trip to buffalo the boys choir of harlem will be presented in concert friday december 18th at 8 p.m at kleinhans music hall the concert is sponsored by m&t bank coca cola wgrz-tv wblk-fm and jerry butler of the buffalo bills the ymca of greater buffalo humboldt family branch the association of pediatrics and roswell park memorial institute will benefit from the concert census report says blacks reduce educational gap the gap between the proportions of blacks and white completing high school narrowed subsan tially since 1940 according to a report by the commerce department's census bureau about 81 percent of blacks and 87 percent of whites aged 25 to 29 were high school graduates in 1985 the proportions in 1940 when the bureau began gathering such sta tistics were 12 percent for blacks and 41 percent for whites for the population aged 25 and over in 1940 the proportion of white high school graduates was 3.4 times greater than for blacks 26 percent com pared with 7 percent the ratio in 1985 was 1.3 with educational gap continued on this page group sets annual trip this is just one of the many scenes taken at the annual visit to the erie county infirmary on new year day when fruits and cookies are distributed to the elderly rev henry hall second from right is appealing to the public to send in their donations he is advisor for the upper room prayer band who sponsors the rev henry hall and the upper room prayer band are planning their annual trip to the erie county infirmary where they bring fruit cookies and candies sing caroles and pray for those at the home following is a letter from rev hall appealing to all of his friends to make the new year's visit to the infirmary a happy day for the elderly hello my friends son and daughters wake up get up wash us and hurry up and get your gifts over to the upper room prayer band rev glen h dußois is the director sister l dußois presi annual visit rev glenn h dußois leader fourth from left is shown helpefs.3nd.cncolote(sthtiey-arfe from left the late rev john white rev mark hampton deacon terry deacon thomas rev halls granddaughter contance banks todd and others — criterion photo dent and dad hall is the advisor of the group ministers and pastors please take an after offering for the prayer band and tell your con gregations to come and go to the infirmary with us january ist we don't know that some day we might be out at the infirmary who can tell call rev dußois at 886-5757 and he will come to you at once with all of our help we can put this program over for the lord come and see how greatful these old folks are for your kindness to them please don't say no say yes dad hall i will give and i also hope you will new year day fri day jan ist we will lea^e from jordan grove baptist church 1264 kensington aye at 12 o'clock sharp or if you perfer you can go straight out walden aye through depew and lan caster to alden n v to wende we will be so happy to see you out there - rev henry hall pal to hold say no to drugs program the buffalo police ath letic league inc will hold a say no to drugs program at the east utica pal center 118 e utica st on tuesday dec 15th beginning at 4 p.m buffalo sabres calle johansson and christian ruuttu will be the honor ed guests educational gap from this page 76 percent for whites and 60 percent for blacks the report notes that in 1940 whites were four times as likely as blacks to have completed college compared with twice as likely in 1985 the proportions were 5 percent for whites and 1 percent for blacks in 1940 com pared with 20 percent and 11 percent in 1985 as in all surveys the data in this report are subject to sampling vari ability and response errors copies of educational attainment in the united states march 1982 to 1985 series p-20 no 415 are available from the superintendent of docu ments u s government printing office washing ton d c 20402 funeral services held for rev john white rev john h white jr was buried from open door baptist church 461 west utica st sat dec sth the rev c d bowman pastor offici ated rev white the seventh of twelve children was born on aug 9 1914 in grenada mississippi to the late john henry sr and mary elizabeth polk white he passed away suddenly on november 28 1987 mr white settled in buffalo in the early thirties after serving in the wpa as a barber and a laborer he was united in holy matrimony to the late katherine layne he was well known in the community for his good works in the minis try visiting the sick and shut-ins as well as coun seling and befriending all those whom he came in contact with mr white was fond of saying we have all been beneficiaries of the lord's blessings and it is incum bent upon us to at first receive them and then pass them on in love rev white finally re alized his dream when he was ordained the rev john henry white he was the associate minister of open door missionary baptist church for over 15 years his survivors are a son john c mccastle a granddaughter step hanie a sister mrs jessielee roberts of grenada miss a brother preston j white of bath n v and other relatives and friends the thomas t edwards funeral home inc was in charge of the remains pall bearers were friends of the family interment was in lakeview ceme tery rev johnh white serving . working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 per cop v