Buffalo Criterion, 1987-02-19

              vol 62 - no 8 wny s necessary minority newspaper - featuring paid legitimate circulation thursday february 19-25 1987 the buffalo criterion niagara region rochester buffalo federal executive bd to laud mlk all federal agencies will be participaing in a pro gram in celebration of black history week from 10a.m to 2 p.m thurs feb 26h at the auditori um of the erie county public library lafayette square in buffalo the buffalo community is in vited at 10 a.m preliminary prayer will be given by bishop l sanders of refuge temple 10:15 a.m the city and county proclamation will be pre sented the welcome address will be given by curtiss jenkins deputy district director of the irs master of ceremonies is eugene thomas area office director of the federal office of contract compliance program from 10:15 a.m to 10:30 a.m the senior choral group of the buffalo school of perform ing arts is scheduled the keynote speaker will lie leroy coles director of the buffalo league from 11:45 to 12:30 p.m the buffalo future academy will present a drama and musical ensem ble p.m will feature the speech contest finalists from 1:30 to 1:45 p.m a special award will be presented by octavia hudson of wivb-tv channel 4 to mary chap pelle retired buffalo school teacher and hu manitarian certificates of apprecia tion is next on the program followed by from 12:30 to 1:45 prayer federal agency job information booths will be open for inspection during the program refresh ments will follow the closing of the program sister car mack to conduct revival state supervisor of south dakota alice j carmack seated center is shown with her parents bishop and sister carl roberson leaders of saints home church of go in christ norwood and west ferry sts as the pose for a criterion photographer at at recent appreciation service sister carmack has left buffalo and now lives in south dakota where her father serves as a jurisdictional bishop shown in the photo seated from left are sister roberson supervisor carmack and bishop roberson standing from left are elder lee allen spight pastor of holy temple church of god in christ sister zula williams of grace tabernacle church of god in christ state mother lsabelle atchinson of th old landmark church of god in christ an elder earl nelson pastor of the lackawanna church of go . in christ mrs carmack will conduct a revival beginning sunday feb 22na to 27th at holy temple church of go in christ 572 clinton st beginning each evening at 7:30 p.m elder spight is host pastor the public is invited to attend these services — criterion photo buffalo blacks talk proud by kimberly d smith finally movers and shakers of our community will be recognized through an extraordinary publka «*■- emitled buffalo's blacks talking proud the bock coven blacks breaking the color bamer ln such nel^s as business entertainment sports raunty medicine anc many more buffalo blacks talking proud tells the stones aoou florence baa evans the first black j£*tphoo operator and '-■-- tucker the first bcac mor.ar.an as v*-z as ocrge sarsnett the first biaci pc-ixeman the book also includes some the ■"• t'^r «** goes b on community iada&m - ■ the puc_ca^cc is a weahh cf information and l xg w-riue this book should be in eeetj bon sc-oci an : household h-a unpera^ve that ocr yoctfa s ism as en „ j rf .^ b?-r^nt lirrntf*dniii slacks haw made in our aaassssatf the bock's lusher eva soles haa a very c^r b*ck cac herself playing a cajcr rate •*-—- k *=•: 2.:uav fr:c the £. j meyer 53 « - srsmg an *« fcender cf nurse week - stew l-n klz a ikd mrs nctes also developed the pa_^nt i.uatj;c f:rm __ the am of -^ beck m tjjsc and car b f v^c - x jofcsfes estctpaaeo a t£2 — . cry caumg 885»x996i eva soles inductee althea t porter has been inducted in the pi sambda theta national honor and professional association in education this association recog nizes students of superior scholastic achievement and high potential for pro fessional leadership ms porter is a second year student in the educa tional administration ph d program at the state university a new york at buffalo her area of concentration is instruc tional systems design and management she received a master of arts cejrj-e from state university of new york at buffalo and a bachelor of science degree from can isius college she is the daughter of jimmy and mildred por ter of ha.t.l:n road chairman of u.s commission on civil rights to address forum dr rooert s marshall president of daemen col lege 4380 main sj amherst has osaonaced that clareno m pendle ton jr chairman of the united states oitntsissioa on crvil rights will be the guest speaker before the daemen college forum to be held ia the executive d^nmg bom ef the charles j wick campus center on the daemer college campus key hew york state civic business polical and eescatirxal leaders have been invited to attend thia prestigxcs address this event will cab place ac 12.30 pm on march 10th the l s commasioti on choi v -.-.*■.-. will address the daemen college on the topic of ' the effectiveness of quotas *.-..-; otha affirma tive action remedies r—.r tn this appoint ment chairman psndte too ser as president of clarence m peadtet/*n urban league sunday feb 22nd at bethel urban league sunday in buffalo will be cele brated this year on feb 22nd at bethel ame church 1525 michigan aye at 4 p.m the observance of urban league sunday across the nation is de signed to implement sup port for the black family the buffalo urban league through its mission of service is a tradition within the community and has chosen as its theme better community through fam ily and church all are invited to hear the guest speaker rev dr william a jones from brooklyn n.y rev jones is a graduate of cro/er seminary in ro chester where he received his doctorate of ministry besides advocating for civil rights he is also a published author and con tributing editor of several literary works among his published books is the black church takes a look at the bi-centen nial music will be offered by community choirs rev eugene e mcashan is pastor bells to toll worldwide day of prayer set when you hear church bells in any part of the county lolling 100 times on march 6th it will signify church women united's world day of prayer on its 100 th birthday this special day of prayer is now observed in more than 35 services locally in some 20,000 communities across the united states and in more than 170 countries around the globe it is the central worship-celebration of church women united a movement of christian women of many denomina tions communion and faith groups protestant orthodox and roman catholic *• i promote putter and justice the prayer chain t.if i „'. th more 1 tonga i it i.l ili it in ■■■: the ylnut lor in international ' omiriittee la it 1,1 for tin planning of th world 1t of i'rnyer so thai women in nil countries in ill 1i observance their item and some men women ami children ilk tunny miles to attend » vrvw a in buffalo die honor ahh teem griffin mayor of buffalo pr l.ikt.a li month of man i na church women i r.,i month " the world dsy of prayer ■ * , /,, . .: for march r are !.,» ..>/ -. i fhe 1.'...,.r sil^-s urban 11 central park north park presbyterian church ■>' 10 so ■> 11 \ downtown r;t ,'.... a ihedral .'. .. u . ker.eir.g too i bl girsr'j's korr.an catholic it a «. ; kerns ir.j/s'/.t 11 if joseph's roman catholic i m ;. ii : ar ifr>'t>uf*,r h.s par.i*i caucus r rherk time for this of christ cherry first calvary baptist jeff humboldt metropolitan united methodist church 7 p.m and seneca-south side-ca/enovia grace lu theran at 1:30 p.m suburan i akron st teresa's roman catholic church 7:30 p.m alden st paul's united church of christ grand island island presbyterian church lancaster st john's lutheran church depew snyder-eggerts ville christ the king roman catholic clarence first presbyterian 10:30 a.m and williamsville williamsville united mflthnrfiflfiohmil rtfvur mammmma " itlaa'tell union l 11 , is „ hurch i aurora ihiiri-r memorial united m ll il church 10 '. in . i ,». ku . linn second baptist ' hurch lluinliort f nit i i pi opal ' 1 hard park i murk's ip.i ■• pel holland ' i,..ii community bsptist w««i henecs be neea united methodist ( („,,, (, 10 >• i . and w i alia 11 '•"'"(!"« ronton ' sthofh ( 1 i •• p „. ■ i.'irl.ur 11l £.' i 1 c kpiscopsl imrrh boston '■* john »►.' baptist 1'r.rr ( „.(..,,,, i h'lf h ( older hi r , „,, , 1.,,,1 , a kdeft .' 10t a ''..•' 1.,f i f ( 1.1,-1 f p ". . fnikouvffle united church ■..' t,u*fturtll i hi *. ii . bprtngvule lit i'r ri.ir ar.'l ' rrr-.i „ trinity unite church '.< ( hri«t ''■'' tt tha '.-./. i fou plan lo nim-nr if a tiro is 00l listed tt j/j „|„, •* r/i/es i rr,*r,y i the nursing 11-.rt.r in ihe area the t't r.r.gi f"«.(c '.' ir,r,n hes am fa ma mske possible the r of horrh v/orr-on r.ite»j f cmltbxie ir.ter'ot.fioetk 4 gran's for program srwi projects .' r.^f.ri.r.g m**n»r ami fhd/jfot st speakers iii he a/ail sole r interpret cwu t wmnmi'a myaafeofjorm m ao ar r«!5 885m799 yr-f ■* hwftod v f/ery these er/>es i rt.ar 111 levelsn irr cleveland .- pres-.y feriar cbttrcb 7 p ttt . kenmore kennvoro united f.hntrh r chrtat t ona n a t,r a a rr her if aogtmtana evsngeltstir difhetar horrh 7 j pn ; '/*'*«♦. sbte i ■• lady '.( loretto ifomsn gatbolfe 7.30 pm and f'.la/ir rz/'k-fcr/erside in tetm f.~-/,-t '-.*■■ cathtjbe l.rss i hrrmr'.nr epiphany cr.iterf church a tribute to dr a e campbell by rev henry hall this is a tribute to one of my best friends the dr a e campbell he passed away mon feb 9th 1987 in memphis term i met dr campbell about 22 years ago in one of his convention meet ings he was so kind to me ■ he treated me just like i was a king this man of god had the love of god in him and from the first time that i met him he never chang er and every time i was in memphis his doors were opened for me , this is not all dr r.ui,pi ii helped me with my mission work lb believed in the kind of mission work that i was doing key campbell's wife also love to hear my preaching the last time that i preached for them was on mother's day may 15 1984 i ha a standing invita tion any time that i cm to his i bun l i could preach this was a man with the love of liii i'i ■ in him dr campbefl was the president of the t'-nnes s convention and was also the vice president of the national liaptist con vention u s a you can *«-*• by this that he didn't have a big head because he had god in his heart dr and mrs campbell were blessed -•••/-. vmi dr a e campbefl jr . aad his ... th«-y are two loving sons and i adopter them before their father passed i bop that they will accept me as their adopt dad while i arr yet alive rev william homer former lincoln pastor dies funeral services for the rev william h homer 84 former pastor of lincoln memorial united methodist church 641 masten aye were held saturday feb 14th at 11 a.m in the church rev homer was the son of the late william m and julia a homer and was born in greenwood dela ware on april 1 1902 he died on tuesday feb 10 1987 at beechwood nurs ing home after a serious illness rev homer was pastor of lincoln memorial church from 1929 to 1965 under his leadership i it , „,,,-, . i-.t.'i mr lira . ,■•'. the marten avenue edifice in 1954 he wa secretary-trens iri-r nt the buffalo district conference of tin i mi ; methodist church for 34 years and represented it nt the 1956 general confer nr in minneapolis lit was a delegate ><, the 1960 iri . 1964 general confer ences heir in denver and pittsburgh respectively while serving at lincoln mi mortal x ••. homer was a guest preacher at more than 70 pulpits throughout western '•• > york and directed th summer institute for tart -.' silver lake he was ■>■■... in com munity affairs and < ,*■■: on the board of directors of the buffalo urban league the i .■:..' club the mental health associ ation a erie county and th old m«*y«-r memorial hospital i'sr-ir . rev homer also served as pastor of the warren united methodist church in pittsburgh mad mrlft ridge united methodist hurch in la k|.«.rt niter leaving lincoln memorial he also traveled to alaska with tin i s air rorce i haplain corps an toured south america on n trip sponsored by the national board of ma sions m morn ■/ „■■. the husband of the lit 1.ii,.1 tiridley homer his survivors tiff ■• nephew dani'-i u hal yard of philadelphia • f.i -■ julia but ■ of philadelphia •> niece lauretta anderson *.! buffalo and many other relatives an friends pallbearers were homer smith monroe williams john mow henry worrell robert butcher and bertron < it ler interment y.as bl trinity cemetery in bridgewjle fx-la/'are rev william horner shopping visits continue mrs eva m fioyie would like io announce that the next community shopping visit will take plaoe riu saturday $„._ mary 2>.th at 4 p.m at margrave news looateri at 2*2 east titty '/ . near letter margrave n"*i sell -. mhetf of ne-es publications tnfttwf ing the . mate criterion it '.. -. carries many magazines margraves .-. the place to shop for .'.'- irrai and national ne-ws .--.'. taa also find the mwa challenger *.- ha american fine mm ne sad the final call r.e-»*paper mrs doyle would .<* to urge rjrx to some ant or per 2j>tb and iv.p at margrave i»-»s these shopping tr.ps have been organized -.•/ mrs doyte as a way '-"■ sfco-w support for out small black businesses mrs doyle would also hke to r«-«-ogni/e another tin -. .■■-,: i .-.- r.r,*„r as asa 0 iv.a ii is u*ur at 7 l roadway it is owned an operated by james samoel 11 i ,* '.;>-.-./ !-<.-- ism v | p m mondays through ssi tor-lays jaaa a features tier pofethry repairs ■■*„ - -.' trap tailoring ■».-• work ao/i graphics iiphot stery and printing 00 map hy aad see mr samuel and give him ft*it support and encourage ment gorski to unveil 1987 political plans as-serr.i-.1-/tftaft d»r.r.ist gorsfci t-*€*tmtaatmmja dttfetm baftest offl an nounce his political plans '*, fab ;,,'.,.- at , beer part and rally lo be held .-. -. * - .-.* ,-.*■ the uv*t«-,n of the rally will be uu p/t --— . * tats jr v f w ,- mi „, v t vm v/aiden aw m ghae/kktmamm the -***'" ! will begin lhat friday at 7 p tn * ■-. twi ecm*-ft.r.-.'*t*f % pm tt i /. x for the fundraiser is ' meted to enhance his h«rgeor.-,r.g y■•■:..r i campaign f.md approximately 11 '*» skt suppor'ers w',ll er.yvy sn v*r.»ng of a#.-r.r*t tedtafiag iirwe entertem ment **,; * tntti r mitt other refreshment ill lita -*. ***■„', >„ sre welcome peadtet - see p 7 serving working leading in wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 c per copy