Buffalo Criterion, 1987-09-17

              thursday september 17-23 1987 established in 1925 vol 62 — no 38 the buffalo criterion niagara region wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester case against courton dropped in ferry street cyclist death the case of joe louis courton was dismissed in city court upon a motion of his lawyer kelvin dillon by judge joseph broderick of ciiminal charges stemming from an allegation that courton's taxi was in an accident that resulted in the death of a bicyclist on east ferry street last month however if new evidence is presented to the district attorney or the prosecution feels that they have enough evidence to present it directly to a grand jury they can do so within six months most observers think that it is highly unlikely because the test performed by the buffalo police on courton's taxi didn't produce any evidence that it was involved in the death of the bicyclist on east ferry st because the taxi was returned to courton instead of being marked for evidence in any future trial a lawyer said that courton could be charged with leaving the scene of an accident because he has never denied that his taxi hit an empty bicycle lying in the street but so would most people who simply regard movable inanimate objects as road hazards said one of his well wishers by abdullah luqman ms mary frances courton of 304 watson st speaking for the courton family would like to thank the many ministers and friends who have stood by her brother during this family crisis joe had been changed in the death of a bicyclist as a hit and run driver he had been released without bail until september 15 1987 when a prelimin ary hearing was scheduled to be held to see if there was enough evidence to hold him for the grand jury after giving thanks to god she extends thanks to their many friends and supporters which include the bishops leroy anderson and charles h mccoy rev glenn harvey dußois rev arthur cunningham rev william and mother davis brother ted johnson and rev leon dupree mother ussury mrs barbara sims mrs ruth harris and mrs mamie smith other supporters are corinthian long romeo and eve doyle mark and lethia o'riley john lee chappell frank e merriweather jesse pompey bro smiley ted mitchell this reporter and many others kevin harrington to attend arthur morgan school kevin harrington son of dr shirley l harring ton of buffalo is leaving sept 18th to begin classes at the arthur morgan school a unique boarding school for grades 7-9 near burnsville north carolina the curriculum at ar thur morgan school com bines small academic classes with extensive electives outdoor experi ence work projects and community decision mak ing during the first week of school students will go on an overnight hike partici pate in various projects and help clean up the school in preparation for the beginning of classes kevin is returning for his second year at arthur morgan school a new van for good samaritan this photo shows some of the membership of the good samaritan church of god in christ 265 leroy aye elder glenwood young is the pastor they posed proudly in front of their new church van elder and sis young are doing a fine job in building the church and aiding in the community the good samaritan church family invites the communty to worship with them sunday morning at 12 - noon elder and sis young are shown third and fourth from left annual garden party for candidates held these scenes were taken from a garden party given in honor of all candidates in the lovely gardens of mrs william v callahan sr 42 johnson st recently this photo shows some of mrs callahan's committee along with some of the candidates shown seated from the left are captain marion bass mother mamie garrett and pauline mcgowan standing are barbara howe winner for city court judge crystal callahan mrs callahan hostess councilman-at-large member clifford bell winner atty rose sconiers william robinson winner 3rd legislative district and delores dixon the back row shows eugene fahey winner for a councilman-at-large seat rev william v callahan jr ed herndon and ted kirkland who were vying for the democratic line in the 3rd legislative district and james keane a candidate for county executive — criterion photos news poll slays bellamy & leaves arthur bell bloody but unbowed by abdullah luqman council president george k arthur and clifford bell councilman at-large both elected to city wide offices barely escaped what is being described by some on william st as the charac ter assassination by the buffalo news poll that all but killed herbert bellamy's political future which created front page news instead of reporting current history winners in the demo cratic primary were george k arthur iter council president associ ate judge wilbur tram mell for chief judge dennis gorski for county executive council-at-large glit ord bell eugene fahey aw i%s&ffi»'iif lrifempio district councilmen david collins for masten nor man bakos for lovejoy and brian higgins for south county legislators mrs selena truehart dies at 105 years of age selena truehart who at 105 was one of buffalo's oldest citizens died thursday sept 3 1987 in the erie county medical center born in memphis ten nesee during the adminis tration of president ches ter a arthur she came to buffalo as a young woman and spent the remainder of her life here mrs truehart outlined three husbands her last husband dr spencer a truehart a buffalo podi atrist died in 1946 her last home was at 61 a alfred d price court for 35 years the last five years of her life were spent in a nursing home mrs truehart has been an usher trustee of trinity baptist church 41 spruce st she also belonged to the elks and daughters of isis she was buried satur day sept sept 12th in forest lawn cemetery her survivors are a daughter iris t wiley of derby n v three grand children six great grand children and three great great grandchildren first calvary plans appreciation service the 23rd anniversary service honoring rev henry hall for all the work that he had done for the past 55 years in buffalo will be sponsored by first calvary baptist church and pastor rev whitfield washington the appreciation ser vice will be held friday oct 2 at calvary baptist church on william st and jefferson avenue at 7:30 p.m at this beautiful new church rev l t boyce pastor of calvary baptist church on genesee st will be the speaker for this service he will bring one of his choir's with him rev hall remarked it is so kind of rev washington and his con gregation to have my anni versary this year in their lovely church i am looking forward to seeing all of my sons and daughters that night as you know your dad always has the best of food for his children to eat and it is all free so please come and lust say day i love you continuing rev hall said keep up the good work these remarks are from your 94-year-old dad rev henry hall may god bless you all rev henry hall dr edwards selected for buffalo general & episcopal general posts the appointment of john a edwards m d to key positions with the buffalo general hospital and episcopal church home of western new york was recently an nounced dr edwards has been named director of geri atric medicine at buffalo general and medical direc tor of episcopal - general homecare inc the latter is a joint venture of general home care inc a subsidiary of general care corp the parent company of buffalo gener al and episcopal commu nity healthcare inc an affiliate of episcopal church home dr edwards also was named medical director of the skilled nursing facili ty at buffalo generals deaconess division and medical director of epis this photo shows mrs callahan center along with a group of her guests and councilman dave collins third from right primary winner of the masten district confab to look at quality health care nursing home care to be primary topic a national conference which will explore a range of issues related to medi cal practice in nursing homes will be held at the buffalo marriott hotel oct bth and 9th sponsors include the western new york geri atric education center at the state university at buffalo the department of medicine and multidis ciplinary center for the study of aging at ub and the american geriatrics society other sponsors include ross laboratories the upjohn co and hoescht-roussell pharma ceutical inc the conference medi cal practice in the nursing home current issues and controversies will pre sent nationally recognized authorities in nursing home care who will discuss medical legal and psycho-social issues which focus on effective delivery of quality health care in nursing homes speakers and topics scheduled for the morning session oct bth include incontinence by joseph ouslander m d francis scott key geriatric cen ter johns hopkins uni versity falls syncope lewis lipsitz m d hebrew rehabilitation center for aged harvard university health main tenance mark magen heim m d university of south florida infection control thomas beam - jr m.d division of infectious disease buffalo veterans administration medical center and im munizations david bentley d division of infectious diseases at the university of rochester legal and ethical issues will be addressed at the afternoon session and in clude nursing home law marshall kapp wright state university ethical issues stephen wear ph.d u 8 and finances and ethics john feather phd western new york geri atric education center to be presented in the october 9th morning ses sion will be defining quality of care james zimmer m d university of rochester measuring quality of care marilyn desmond new york bur eau of health economics and assuring quality of care james pattee m.d university of min nesota other issues to be discussed and their pre . sentors are role of families in nursing homes ross dobrof hunter college's brook dale center on aging staff dynamics jurgis karuza jr ph.d wes tern new york geriatric education center and home or health care facility henry wieman m.d state university of new york at binghamton dr edwards — see pg 7 results — see pg 7 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 c per copy