Buffalo Criterion, 1970-03-14

              .-._ -' ■•-:-- a ■■■. .., -- .} ■ ..-.'. .-..-__. ." ■,■„.-;. t ■:■ did you know for many years the cri terion was the only pa per printed by negroes in new york state v v ' ■■ . -■ ■ ■ .-; ;. -. "■' v 77 . ■._ 7.7 . .-.•■:-. 7 ■•■■..■. ■•' ... ■' y today it is the only paper printed by negroes be twees cleveland and new york city send your news photos ads to 623 william street support your only and nec essary press ■ :■:.■ ......,' . . _. .■ -.... . _.■__. ■-.-:■ .-' '.- -. western new ef*mm'wms m : york's oldest largest and \ tje?aif*ms&&*£jla>%&a -'" v 1 1 »-____' t'f '"___-.'":"""' a a am best selling1 negro weekly the buffalo criterion vol 44 7 buffalo n.y saturday mar 14-20 1970 ■:-.".-.-._, ■ ■»_. '"}■■ • ■-■- -: .*-*■■■-•■■*.:■■,• :■■ price 10 cents helping to know and build a better community since 1925 administrative aide to help with minority building hiring r j cameron gets 11,500 post by staff reporter one of the btgfcett contro versies involving the hiring and . •;', mining of minority personnel in the buildings fades has cropped up over the past year ... several big iltita throughout the nation ii.-iluding buffalo demonstrations and mora toriums have taken place and . tax « result several plans to solve the problem have been promoted by these c es which include phila delphia pittsburgh buffalo and chicago '. • < yy : i in buffalo plans have been announced by the min ority coalition inc build odc inc and the affirma tive action program r jam > cameron was appointed administrative aide in governor rockefell er's minority program after the • construction moratorium j m time new state urrtvenity 4 buffalo ";. campus _•**___ am >">>*""£" *-)**■ ftft ftmiy me**t i ; the announcement was made by county judge jo seph s mat'rnra meditator of the program , j which - has offices on the ijth floor in the statler hi moo hotel mr cameron who was a city court marshall resign ed that post to accept the 11,500 post which may last as long as five ye*»rs he will be assisting gerald r forton the eecutive aide mr cameron who owns a liquor store on east u'ica st has been a businessman for 25 years a resident of buffalo for 40 years a member of the naacp a member of lincoln memorial methodist church vice chairman of the michigan avenue aymca board of managers former president of the negro business and professional men's luncheon club and a member ot lonrx lodge 88 f*am and is a talented bat lone sing er jjw -■■-.'■■ •■•■ ■ '■-■■ he is married with two children and resides at 101 hamlin rd '.■■■ .; mr cameron told the criterion this is an . im portant post and i as well as other race members should be very happy that we have some one in the program who will help ne groes gain , perhaps as many as 2,61*0 skilled construction jobs in the next five years 1 _____-_________» drive chairman mr a_lr_.au v fehey 7j mitmrtd spaing pd has been '»*■.« mmtuln residential , ; chairman|f at the ml carats . ti-waamm f '■ the ert » county isnlt american cancer met ■■ «**;«, r r,,,7 ..... , ,;.■ -■ y faaaaak raised during in b **. aaaaaaat cnwatfe i v he conduct . ed in april am . mam " for earn ' ' t*r meat tit education and * frnce to c./.fer r patents . «*>■"- mm p hejtliii been cacti $ in ita ammiem _ caactr a almty km the mam 17 veers •} ; '• she is a member at _ t tie j *«.**=. as edacen a allied be-.er«g industries women's s****»**h slate tksuweratlc club st simm't altar society re 4 lapeer starts atmmeiatim m western-ntsryerk tad ' * the '_ unities a miliary of the trap and field club dr a c mallory to speak here or areata c m*l!ory lld -, feundei fkad president mi emm's j timer college la lexington mi wilt be the gmetet ■ spotter monday mar 23 at 8 p as m the prime [ 4 peace church ism jh j akimtss aw opening night of j lmssens hmw . yfcrk juridic al no one's , first wo men's convention „..' oihrr professional women memmitm art mrs mary qaaappaau community leader mod public 1 *(*»,( . t-echer •**•■* edith robinson ass't chmaussteeer „ of j the ■ welfare i oept ' mrs , v barbara • sims wmaaff at law and u b professor and mrs ouide ' supervisor of ' lao i gpmge kris oept bflo public ■*■*">* system '-. mm mary l anderson is mf mary l amlemin i prorata coordinator .. everyone i invited to ftp ' ' tend these session see com mktat story on page j : j i sheriff amico to be honored a mstiasaaattt i dinner a km t>r'mg shrriif michael a rmfakki w ha ! swsumed - office is verft...oitany*«,7chief yktw enforcement offitst on jan ua-tty i will be held wedt.es day evening april i wt the wein ballroom of tint hearth stocd mwtwc li "■ d.i.l ; rd dgptw ." .... '. ■;. r . general chairman ifce pi fair which will be attended hy mm then low friend mil i herafr b dspiitics v bernard b stoker of bui fa-o and springfield . \ . " mi . skcrter ktrm ' the event « gesture of appro i dttion for.shejlfl amlco's outstanding record of service io the community particu larly his .. continuing battle gainst ma menace at drug abut * y ■ 7 ' a csatt'l - reception w^sl precede the dinner end miuac i i wlum shed by tony citrate and his otvha-snrs ticket can be ob_,*.n.*u xtf eksk*)g'.'m&t.r.-r sltnrtctrr-'md mat atmsi pa tux olfxes a92*2aill as an bis resldenc evenittsc ec dlt-ttw . . «~ ',-'; "— :■••■• . *'*■*" ______ willert park library to sponsor contest s waien park branch u ibrrry 499 jefferson aye is sponsoring en easter egg dec orating contest for children in gradtg x to h each child may submit one decorated egg which will be judged by the buffalo and erie county public library's artists ■ -. at entries should be at the library by wednesday mar 23 the winners will be u_rv j boomed and prizes will be j awarded at 10:00 a m pti ma.xfc 27th | to give program in arcade n y >.; rev oeorje'be pastor l aal baptist church tjtekmmmm n v and congregation will render a musical program sunday march 22 «* 7 p m at i'mm baptist church in | arcade n y rev davit it i pastor ' mercury recording star dee dec warwick letsi together with actor bill trovers shown holding the pet titter featured along with travel , n the new film ring of bright water • dee dee is heart in the film singing the idle mng which ha just been rushed nut ■ on record by mercury missionary program slated at st paul b c on sunday march 22 a missionary program will be held at st paul missionary baptist church 83 oor st lackawanna n v at 3:30 p m ... ■; , ..., rev w fohnn will be >._.• ffuest speaker the theme will be the beautiful gates at the temple taken from acts 3:10 mrs o glen is president and j went secretary you are invited to come and hear this wonderful speaker rev j ffddmond is pas tor ipy ■ .-.- j rites held for freed perry funeral services were held march 13 at lincoln memori al united methodist church lor fred perry who passed away march 9 following a heart attack •' -. >. "."-..;:.-.;_".- mr perry lived at 21 hamlin rd and had been in poor health for some time he was born in lancaster s c and had lived here for about 50 years he was about 50 yean old the eulogy was delivered by the pastor rev wiilard williams assisted by rev william homer his former pastor and rev otis vaughn of the amezvchurch mrs lauretta anderson sang i'd rather have je ws yv mr perry had g ■ many friends and was attested by many beautiful florals . *; he had been proprietor of perry's cleaners and was still proprietor of ,;'•' perry's snack bar v-.v survivors besides his wife viola and '•'" daughter mrs dorothy shelton are a - bro ther 1 james ami a • rister evelyn other relatives are mrs para wilson mrs merle mcßay ot n c mrs alma shavers i mrs eunice dupree and sylvester brown all of ? buffalo 5 i nephews 13 *, nieces mod mrs * charles conors *> of salisbury n %- c . he wit a member ol.fii son const story op w h of paramount * lodge no 73 and past potentate of had temple no 01 ."*. . bunal was in ( forest lawn halyard funeral heme was m charge '"';■ . - ;_. ■ '■-.*-'*• . pali bearers : were lew mckinsis robert can craig jackson luke w.loiagktry and gerald higg - *';....' honorary pel bearer ware alvia v moore mar shall miles john b-urch paul woodson charts i pleasant arthur ksrdwidt ! sad j:mm washiatoa humboldt genesee junior high school issue polarizes by cijff parham mfby-4 was this : i nci d c t b i*o wte up not because of if*i happened when a child fef calved in some kind of d-wrder .* at ,'« school then a request for a meeting v_ji the parents if his had be eki'ibjat.y build shju'd ttti^hawt been there ;, '-'--: v fij-fpi build had vesn i^d^wbtipithie child or the parents they would have ad vised"them to go and ' meet rr*u.*i ihe school authorities j and only r then should they nave go lets '! into •■ tfae act ': | . it is tin bad parent can not meat ike r oofcsationa to an m-ptma ... to me th is abvifl — to me and many cjars parents sheoid be ta ble to dm fit withouit amy puukidsi kiyif vstey cannot ktt t tmk key ho*td ask for some s»fs»iaike 1 am tptp'-'-tt kootd how you bove^jti^dj people - against he association too hasty „ yi have .. talked with many and they indicate to me that they are fed up wkh build's action these are . people of all walks of life they point toil that purpose if or i . rations is to unite our group but such carrying-ons fir the purpose of making the tv coverage only serves to split and polarize our race teachers have : a teaching degree and in order to teach they must have discipline why call-the negro teacher uncle tom this is an insult to the teachers and the negro community this must stop what would you have done if a student you asked to go to his room and he punches you in the face and then up comes a straight razor re gardless of the blade miss ing how was the teacher to know that teacher had ev ery right to defend himself i am glad it was a white teacher and not a negro 11 it had been that kid would have been hurt much worse = what are children going to school for to learn i would like to think build you are telling these kids to do what the want to we will come to your rescue and yet we have nothing to offer them you should ask for a meeting and if granted should go and sit down and discuss the issues intelligent ly and not shout people down when this happens you can say we went there with nothing arid came away with nothing th i » is not the way if you are going to accomplish anything listen ask questions this is the american way of,do ing things i don't knowof any change in these policies i know and you know , thai you : ? don't always get j wha you want but getting an un deisund.ng should be the firs | goat then you will know where you'stand then you know how to use your strategy i r urge ywi _>• dis continue your disruption of meetings it is hurting be lieve met \' ■■ iyy '.£*.*•', ': why shoe'd a teacher be suspended because he or she defended h'tmels uni es * these far something else at*d you hare the facts dtp thing will tale out unless you keep the fir up threaa ca'the 1 i c of a eacfaer — or anyone else —. * « dangerous thing i knew lata gang to be ceded on uncle tow for dm article m it worn be ac first time esdier win it m the last beams we hare to face facts j •' bishops of african methodist j i pal iamez church \ unanimously mooned the 1970 census '» of . population and housing at i meeting in"ix>s angeles the bureau ol iihe ceiwua i o department of commerce j reports in taking the action the bishops also pledged to help the bureau obtain an accur ate count of the black population in the united states in the census to be taken as of april 1 r ' v.~v x-xx r ' v..v the bishops voted their endorsement after hearing from two bureau officials mrs nampeo mckenney assistant : branch chief and mrs virginia williams both of the eth nic origins branch of the bureau's popula tion division the ladies were invited to the meeting by bishop stephen spottswood president of the church's board of bishops and former pastor of buffalo's st luke amez church v • • r at the meeting the bureau representatives stressed the importance to any community of getting a complete and accurate count of the ' population apportionment of political power as well as distribution of certain federal and local tax monies are based upon official pop ulation counts they pointed out thus it is to everyone's own self interest to be certain that he is.included in the census among others are bishop h shaw left and dr e franklin jackson third from right formerly of st luke church in buffalo r mrs l c batty passes away funeral services were | held february 23 at pilgrim i baptist church for mrs lu cy c batty who passed away feb 19 1970 following i a brief illness " mrs batty was born in rockingham n c march 31 1903 the youngest vof 14 chfdsren of the art mr and mrs daniel kmdall she lived for a while in vir ginia before moving to but falo where she united with the puurtm baptist church under tie late rev h..8 shaw she married mr hin tun baity to 19*7 she served as president of the missionary society for several years and was past treasurer of the women auxiliary of the great lakes baptist association she was a regular atten dant at sunday school and was an active member of the deaconess board she is survived by her hus band mr hinton batty one i«iu|th;ri mr mattie whit both of buffalo and a mm beauford baity ami * daugh term-law mrs connie batty both of new york city eight mrs ratty wins speaking contest berlin k rowser a 11 year old student of the fbl more middle • school * mm the winner v fthe bey's di vision el the richmond speaking contest held fri day march 11 at the west licrtel middle school an eighth grader in ho re sides at in carl n st ber lin's winning oration was entitled far my peep by margaret a walker . vvrnm news phote ii i i tell them that yea saw «' ila the criterion senior citizens to see hello dolly mar 25th the senior citizens -.': of lackawanna n y are in vited to the century theatre wednesday mar 25 where they will see heito dolly mable truitt is '.-' president and mamie \ overtree ", secre tary takes new post sidney harris director of the buffalo human rela . tions cemmltslm has re signed this 11 was past to accept the directorship of a l.29*mdd thousand child wel fare agency fat philadelphia as of may ist ■ to aid in hiring r james cameron ; photo evening scan buffalonians attend rites for mrs horner mr ' emmelyne jo i • i 1 • findiey homer died monday 7 feb tl^iynk inf pittsburg 7 . fa ■ wtme gate kat sviaaa i with her husband th rev wtaaaw h homer tan r am ii pa.ft four years y'^'s v ■-, she was born emmeryna jolette finrfley in the state of maryland and mat rccrea n fhi.adelphia pa a coo ra!to soloist she was the daughter of the rev mr and mis charles a findiey the former a \ nationally known methodist minister . in 1929 rev mr and mi homer came to buffalo where mr homer pa-tored lincoln memorial united methodist church during these years mrs homer a tireless worker made a great contribution to the church through musical and dra matic talents she was direc tor of the senior choir and organized ma ny choral groups spirituals which she ' tad arranged were often used on their programs , rev and mr homer were married 4 yean 7 . she also trained many so toists from the com mum large as well as from mm church she wrote and direct ed many plays for : children as well as for adu.is operet tas and young people's con certs were among soma a the outstanding program which she presented • kkkl ' mrs homer also coached such noted local singers ha wdrde lewis k jam cameron mrs lauretta an derson robert s curry ami others -.'*'-, ■ . ' ;'- : _■; •>. -• : those who * participated 1 her choral groups - will r member that * when the j doubted their ability to sing ] mrs homer would encourage them by saying if you csaij talk you canning she flu set out to help them thereby showing them that thwy esassl meet the challenge to their surprise i and delight ' c -. for twelve £ years she _.'» as in charge of a reception tor graduates on all educ none levels the community was always welcome '"'."* .',\--- besides her husband she ip not vived by ' a niece mr lauretta anderson of buffa lo whom she reared from childhood ' „';.:'■■: • "•"'*• mrs homer was buried a philadelphia feb 26th ' two bus loads of but fa'amans attended the rites among mourners were mr myra tt-lrgtxm her god chud m re ernestine hutchinson mrs jessie roberts mr ar-d mrs sol thomas rev..w.v herd william dun halyard a nephew who oa/om ham yard funeral home me and mrs fred anderson nephew and mere rev jto mm horner see pa**l see page i