Buffalo Criterion, 1987-09-24

              established in 1925 rochester wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation thursday september 24-30 1987 the buffalo criterion niagara region .. - n services to be held for mrs josephine bland mrs josephine sister bland passed away sun sept 20th 1987 in sister's hospital after a brief illness she was the mother of j carl bland civil rights activist the picture shows mrs bland celebrating her 87th birthday mrs bland was a member of st luke ame zion church for over 25 years she was very faithful to her church and supported the over-all church program whenever and in every way she could she was also a member of the naacp for twenty years and later was a subscribing life member funeral services will be held from st luke ame zion church 314 e ferry st at 10 a.m thursday sept 24th the rev robert l graham pastor will officiate surviving mrs bland are two daughters mrs sadie carinna mcdonald of north carolina and miss catherine t bland of new york city two sons j carl bland and nathaniel bland of buf falo a host of grand great grand and great great grand children nieces nephews cousins and many many loyal loving friends the h alfred lewis mortuary inc 968 jeffer son avenue is in charge of the remains pallbearers are plaz brown dr o j dabney james g jones allen j king glowver knight and ray walton mrs josephine sister bland adoption made easier in erie county guideline & regulation changes ease time frame by margaret a blue due to changes and easing of the guidelines and regulations governing adoptions in new york state in recent years the time frame of the adoption has been drastically reduced to a maximum of six months for those who chose to adopt one of the thousands of children in new york state who are currently waiting for an adoptive home adoption services are offered to all adoptive applicants single or married at no cost to the applicant by the erie county department of social services adoption services include careful preparation of the adoptive child for his or her new adoptive environ ment this is usually facilitated through coun cil lnyauu intensive case work a confidential home study is conducted of the adoptive applicant which includes focusing on issues of parenting the adoptive child changes in the family dynamics ad justment of the child and family and most impor tantly post-adoption ser vices to the family and child after the adoption placement for those who need more information to assist in their decision to adopt and those who have made the decision to adopt adoption information group meetings are held monthly those who wish to attend can do so by calling 846-8766 financial assistance is available to most families who adopt a new york state waiting child to help i defr^.inc(£s*^jxii#(»«r usually incurred with the addition of a new family member charlie the tuna makes successful swim this scene was taken at radio station wufo on lasalle avenue rev james hemphill charles the tuna chapman jr and clarence torrey were the special guests on fall up hosted by imam abdel nurridin mr chapman was about to embark on a swim meet from the south street port pier in manhattan n v to coney island a 12v2 mile journey using the butterfly stroke a starerrwnt issued t-y~**ttte **„*,-*■■*•• roanugei uaience lorrey stated that the tele was a success and that charlie completed this swim in just over three hours and that he would like the world to know of the swimming gift of this talented young man continuing torrey said that he would like to thank all those who participated in this endeavor like the public to look forward to seeing a souvenir journal to be out sometime in october as well as a coming announcement of activities that charlie the tuna will be involved in check the coming edition of this paper for the announcement tn t ■-*-***. «•"»- titan tmuiritun hoy james hemphill chshes chapman and clarence torrey — criterion photo rev henry hall to be honored rev henry hall 94-year-old evangelist and associate minister of trinity baptist church 41 spruce st is shown with some of his great great grand children prince henry hall tiffany nicole thompson and terrance hall rev hall is being honored by first calvary baptist church 461 wil liam st for 55 years of service in the ministry the rev l t boyce pastor of calvary baptist church on genesee st will be the guest speaker the 23rd appreciation service for rev hall will be held friday oct 2 at be held friday oct 2 at 7:30 p.m at 461 william st the rev whitfield washington is host pas tor — criterion photo the highest city in the u.s is leadville colorado it's nearly two miles above sea level in the rocky mountains sconiers in recount for city court judge rose h sconiers and judge michael l brod erick will have to wait until monday sept 28th for the decision of who won the september 15th primary election for associate city court judge mrs sconiers filed for a recount of the election in acting state supreme court justice frank a sedita jr.'s court which issued a restraining order barring the formal declar ation of a winner pending the court hearing wednesday mrs sconiers contend ed that a recount was needed so that no doubt will be remain about the legitimacy of the voting in the city court race mrs sconiers com plained that unnamed officials made an unoffi cail announcement after polls closed declaring her the winner by a 223 vote margin only to have the rose h sconiers dr mariniello named clinical chief at bgh o am,tvi a.—'maflnretio m.d has been named clinical chief of obstetrics gynecology at the buffalo general hospital his appointment was announced by michael f noe m.d buffalo gener al's vice president for professional affairs a member of the bgh medical staff since 1964 dr mariniello is a clinical assistant professor of obstetrics gynecology at the state university of new york at buffalo he is in private practice with offices in buffalo and east aurora dr mariniello will pro vide overall medical direc tion of buffalo general's department of women's health services which in cludes inpatient obstetri cal and gynecological ser vices as well as numerous outpatient clinics buffalo general's 08 gyn services have been extended through increas ed utilization of our clinical facilities and medical staff said dr mariniel lo we now provide the dr daniel a mariniello on-premise availability of a board certified obstetri cian/gynecologist 24 hours a day this greatly en hances the services al ready offered at the hospital and likewise rein forces the presence of the bgh residency program in obstetrics gynecology '' he noted that the bgh department of women's health services has been centrally located in new and remodelled quarters in the hospital's main priscilla mcneal promoted national fuel announ ces the promotion of priscilla a mcneal to assistant manager of the utility's thruway con sumer assistance center mcneal is a graduate of the state university of new york at buffalo where she received a b s degree in business ad ministration and an m a degree in economics she joined national fuel in 1975 as a junior clerk consumer business divi sion at the company's main office location mcneal became a man agement trainee in 1978 and upon completion of her program was assign ed to consumer business as supervisor collections she was promoted to supervisor customer in quiry in 1980 and super visor in 1984 mcneal has worked at the thruway consumer assistance cen ter since 1986 she is a member and board representative of the buffalo area engin eering awareness for mi norities beam a mem ber of the national associ ation of female executives nafe recipient of a black achiever award and selected as an outstanding young woman of ameri ca mcneal and her daughter live in buffalo patricia a mcneal rutkowski urges disabled to exercise voting rights joining county executive rutkowski fourth from left at the kickoff of the disabled but able to vote countywide campaign are standing center from left board of elections commissioners edward mahoney and philip smolinski also richard robinson regional head of the eastern paralyzed veterans association and various members of the disabled community see complete story on page 2 sconiers — see page 7 dr mariniello continued on page 2 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only t 20 f per cop