Buffalo Criterion, 1985-11-14

              thursday november 11 20 1885 0 — no 4g wny's necessary minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation rochester the buffalo criterion niagara region blacks to hold 6 of 9 council seats the most ever archie l amos jr a fire-fighter won the councilmatic seat for the university district after his second try the council taking office january ist will have two newcomers archie amos and david franzyk editor-in-chief of the polish american jour nal after a bitter contest in the fillmore district the new council will consist of a collection of . independent minded poli ticians who will have to contend with an indepen dent mayor who in the past has ignored the legislative branch when ever possible the members of the new council are alfred t coppola of the delaware district james w pitts ellicott district david franczyk i fillmore dis trict norman m bakos lovejoy district david collins masten district m(*ast*evkr ucc commission for racial justice elects new director washington d c — celebrating the first election of a new chief executive in the 20-year history of the commisison for racial justice of the united church of christ a 1.7 million-member denomination are from left congressman walter e fauntroy d-washington d c dr benjamin f chavis jr the newly elected executive director and the dr charles e cobb outgoing executive director a tribute to rev t j woodyard each time i gaze upon the many benefits granted me by my brother of the cloth i feel a spiritual presence and thank god that my life has been blessed because i knew rev t j woodyard he was a man of compassion grace and willingness who rendered unto all what is implied in matthew 25 he lived a sermon rather than just preaching it he lovingly gave unto all and stood as a giant before the sins of this world the reverend lit many a candle with which to light the way and the legions he called still stand as monuments to him color was no barrier to this man of god and his spirit shone as a beacon across the rifts of mortal man time may have erased his memory but the good that he did will live for eternity in the hearts and souls of those whom he shepherded he was an enormous spirit possessed with a graceful heart that never turned a soul away it was years ago that my wanderings took me to ebenezer baptist church but it was the will of god that gave me a friend he alone many times was the only one who took the time to care and made the effort to heal each time i gaze upon any of his many gifts i feel the presence of a spirit and gain strength he is with us always in the footsteps of time his are close to those made by the heavenly father he is not famous nor known in the realms of art but he was given by god of a friendly heart time has erased the hurt i felt when he went back home but etched deeply in my soul the kindness of his heart by rev harry a whiteside phd again griffin fools enough people to win at election time by abdullah luqman on the a m buffalo program election eve mayor james griffin denied that his troubles with the common council began early in his first administration when he asked them for a piece of legislation then vetoed it i this denial was not highly unusual nor unexpected during a political campaign but we were surprised that the incident had been forgotten by his opponents we asked the mayor if his troubles with the council did not begin when he asked them for a bill saying that the gas company would have to notify him before they cut off services after people were found to have frozen to death after they passed it he votoed the measure the mayor said that nothing like that ever happened he told us that we did not have our facts correct these are the facts substantiated by two other newspapers of that day — the buffalo evening news and the buffalo courier express from an article public officials blamed in freeze death of woman that appeared in the courier express by michele coffas feb 1 1978 it reads mrs wallace rachel l 72 of 427 adams st was the second person to die from apparent exposure over the weekend on sunday howard yoki cunningham 84 died from exposure in meyer memorial hospital three days after being found in his unheated apartment at 686 broadway his heat had also been shut off — for non-payment of his fuel bills mayor james d griffin received notification from niagara mohawk power corp that electricity will be shut off at the strafford arms hotel the notification is in line with a law which requires utilities to notify the city when shutting off service to a multiple dwelling mayor griffin is proposing a similar state law which would require the same notification when service is cut off in one and two family homes from the front page of the buffalo courier express feb 8 1978 by sally fox entitled mayor must be notified in all cases — council adds homes to law on multiples the buffalo common council tuesday amended the city ordinance to require utilities to notify the mayor before discontinuing fuel service to any occupied dwelling the ordinance sponsored by councilman-at-large gerald j whalen requires utilities to give 15 days written notice to the mayor before discontinuing gas electric or steam service to any occupied dwelling for non-payment of bills mayor griffin's legislative reversal was also covered by george gates in the buffalo evening news feb 8 1978 griffin backs shut-off notice feb 17 1978 griffin asks for review of law feb 22 1978 law on notifying mayor of utility shut-off vetoed minority coalition to hold anniversary banquet the minority coalition's anniversary banquet sponsored by the minority coalition inc will honor senior citizens of the masten and ellicott dis tricts the banquet will be held on friday nov 29th at 8 p.m at the kensington place 377 kensington aye the honorable george k arthur will be the guest speaker the donation is 10.00 women at local church plan a nov to remember the white rock mis sionary baptist church will hold its annual women's day sunday nov 24th at 480 east utica st preceding the sunday services will be friday night meeting nov 22nd with the young women of the church who will engage in a panel dis cussion with special guest sis betty j jerry on abortion sis jerry will also be tha . principal speaker for saturday morning prayer k-^.a.l-4 mm jltvr stjanjltj morning worship service she is a native of lake city florida sis jerry is a former buffalonian and is now residing in alham ra california she is a member of macedonia baptist church pastored by rev b bochum sister jerry has traveled throughout the country speaking for many churches and civic functions to climax the services rev w l jones and the members of the mt ararat baptist church will par ticipate the public is invited to share in these services with white rock baptist church sis alma r m..11 *•"» c!haiitmtnnti oats 1 dr i daniels is pastor betty j jerry magazine features eye on history ' t-shirts the eye on history tee shirts created by columnist and historian eva m doyle are presently featured in the december 1985 issue of essence magazine in the gift section essence magazine a major magazine for black women is distributed throughout the united states three years ago mrs doyle created this special line of tee shirts which feature outstanding black men and women from history the drawings on these shirts include dr mart luther king jr es tevanico the black explor er harriet tubman fred erick douglass malcolm x nat love the black cowboy queen nzingha and the most recent shirt is that of georgia state senator julian bond the julian bond shirt is the first shirt in the series to pay tribute to a living black american today shirts honoring marcus garvey and the first black graduate nurse in america will soon be available mrs doyle is presently working on a brochure that eye on history free at last available for national observance on january 20th said william kunkel vice president marketing and sales for tribune enter tainment lavar burton star of the award-winning roots television series will serve as host of '' free at last highlights will include segments by in ternationally known story teller and folk singer ella jenkins a performance by the black street puppet theatre and participation by choirs and schools from across the country that are named after dr king free at last was produced by tribune central city productions whose programs are syn dicated and distributed nationally by tribune entertainment co tribune entertainment co a subsidiary of tribune broadcasting co . inc acquires develops aiti/iy an 1 . alli.'hail a television programming nationally tribune entertainment co has announced that free at last a two-hour musical tribute to dr martin luther king jr is available for airing january 6-25 1986 tribune entertainment is representing the show for station clearances and media sales we are proud to be offering this timely com memorative special on dr kin as his hirthtjajv tail c celebrated as a national loliday for the first time dr martin l king jr clapps lauded by aka's dr and mrs claude clapp third and fourth from left retirees of the board of education were recently honored by the alpha kappa alpha omega phi chapter at the erie community college downtown campus dr clapp was assistant superintendent of the buffalo public schools amd mrs clapp supervisor of the language arts program for the board of education they both have been pioneers in education and community service this photo shows mrs and dr clapp center along with mrs johnnie mayo basilieus of the aka's rev walter barton pastor of linclon memorial united methodist church katherine robinson and josephine robbins candidates congratulated mayor jimmy griffin center made history last tuesday when he was elected to a third term as mayor of the city of buffalo mayor griffin was the conservative republican and right to life candidate who out bid council president george k arthur the liberal democratic candidate and nicholas cotttantino the independent candidate for mayor this photo was taken from the criterion files and shows walter willoughby of willoughby insurance company as he congratulates both candidates mayor griffin and council president arthur aaa councilman herbert bellamy looks on — criterion photo sice page continued on page 7 see story on page 2 serving working eadingin wny inner cities since 1923 price only 20 per copy