Buffalo Criterion, 1970-02-14

              . . . --'■ .. . - yy ■■ ■■-.■' • « tr v&lva 11 jnqw i r,^^^^y«y..,y\y york's oldest largest and best sell ing i ■ - t ■ ... ■■ »!■ ■;-.: ■■ .*.■'■-" j 1 - . ' i negro weekly vol 44—no 7 helping to know and build a better community since 1925 buffalo n.y saturday feb...'l4-20,'-1970 price 10 cents ! did you know for many years the cri terion was the only pa per printed by negroes in new york state ",*■ /. yy '- "■ ■ . "... .. ■ f today it i the only paper i printed by negroes between cleveland and new york city send your newt photos ads to 625 william street support your only and nec essary press the buffalo criterion administrative aide to help with minority building hiring r j cameron gets 11,500 post by staff reporter one of the - bigpßti contro versies involving the hiring and training of minority personnel in the - buildings trades has cropped up over lhe past year in several big chics throughout the nation hx'lutling buffalo demonstrations and mora oriums * have taken place and , ps a result % several plans to " solve the problem have been promoted by these cuies which include phila delphia pittsburgh buffalo and chicago - j-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 appoint cd administrative l>istf un gay.-mmw*r - ttrm-jamfm4t era minority program after jihe construction moratorium at the new state university f bu.fajo campus at am herst was lifted tost month the announcement \ was made by county judge jo seph s minima med'tssbr at the program which has offices on the 13th floor in the statler hilton hotel mi cameron who was a city court marshall resign ed that post to ccept the i 11,500 post which may law i as long as five years he will be assisting gerald r forton the eecutive aide .-' mr cameron who owns a liquor store on east utica st lias been a businessman for 25 years a resident of buffalo for 40 years ? member of the rmacp a member of lincoln memorial methodist church vice chairman of the michigan avenue vmca board of managers " former president of the negro business and professional men's luncheon club and ui member « lon lodge 88 f*am and is . a talented baritone sing er ,-.-' i-y ..■■:■■- .-': -£ y he is married ■.- with two children and resides at 1011 hamlin rd -■:";■_..,''■ • , mr t cameron old lhe criterion ' this i an im portant post and 1 as well as other race members should be very happy that we have some one in the program who will help ne groes gam perhaps as many as 2,1190 skilled construction jobs in the next five yeurs drive chairman mrs wllliair -, alley 71 • mineral i apt tip a ■ has»been i a ed , baxmm " pmldmttal [ chairman tor il lira cancer ; cm**si*|'a ih cfto tammy ; mencmn cancer . saei ssl'mms rm/smd duct jm aw basel iinaa tav»i».,*«««»ct at km mm mad tat «**-■. i *•!. eaaswr fmsema jllgiia br gßfi hat tmam active fa ihe american r cancer sa ai^f^te«j*ih tan 17 year sh la a aammaet at he jlwasiri 4i'*ctafsin.'efaljieii*i eragrflt-d«»l;rf emctis * bama side ■' draieeralie club -; it ; i'hwa'a .. altar wiety re ad liquor stares avtaiianan j af.',*aiitini*»h_«»..i»'arli;».b dj tarn immßm ' ammmry al % the trap aed ms*d • th - dr a c mallory to speak here ■' ■- dr area c mahary i ttof found and pmaamit j af.j swim's college in lesiapum s ;" will be the 1 . pam [ epppptt monday i iter j 2s at p m m the frincel of ■■: peace qmtfn r 1»1 !_ m aye opening bight of ;•: waatcrn new y»rk juriadic em m oat firn i e ■■ men's ojoventiffii ' .'-". :■-.; • other fphtetdllq/mi womejj appearing yam y.wki '■: maty i champa lutmnimiiv leader i and pttpse^potden 7*p.xtoui i . mr edith v jtfcfetawm asa't _ caanwsaianer of the welfare depl mrs barbara sims i attorney law « mm ' v b i nrf**?i i and y mrs ouida flaw stipatrsopvifit ""■: lan tapmj ana dapt mo / public school system **• :. mm mary l anderson l i program»coordinator se^wypflßjlur'/invited to it e these session sea com fam : many on page jr * to give program in arcade n y rev gmrpe bel at iatund bap i tit chart h lackawanna 1 1n.,-,-y,i end congregation win render v a wusiral program sunday march 12 ? p m at first bapt i k t < hu,yh in arcade n y rev davis is lpa»»«r „.;..,' ' y :."•;■ mercury recording star dee dee warwick get together with actor bill twer howii ; holding the pet ot^r featured along with tra\ei m the new film wing of bright ter dee dee is heard in the film sinking . the title sing which had just been rushed out on record by mercury .- „. sheriff amico to be honored a . t»it>muirdl dinner ham sring sheriff michael a ajnicn ik assumed office as i erl9 y county tht law es^ofcetnent otttcer on im airy.x kfia j held bedrak rta . ev«n!ct april iy in the anna ballroom,of the hcav'h mho mewr m . pkk m dow .-•;. ■-..'.,;. ." j^jwerai'chairman ectm.s»f v which w.u he attended by more lh«n i c&0 friends tn-'l ihcnfi's deputies ia bernard 0 skervsr of buf 1 u.'o i!»d ■ bjit injjf ir hi ■„ ; mr skeiker - wrtaa lhe tvent ;.'*;, ypmiarp - at ■■ tpptp w*a..>taf sm-t-.fl amkcq'a outstanding record ot erv«c o .', tha _ com nuwliy p..i n isu-1 sahy i hi - contlmrfnf ■ batda pktst v ih y menace ' it ; drug sto^xy ty'r'y yyy''::f:xy ■■ a tim-kka-l '" am«4hflf^flfi w the *-"' and music , pip be '■' i'uiii spied py 7 ran geraamyaad hi ocviimi v,iketf m be obiaa f£*«*tittti mi^-skstw.t.and 1 tlfi jji»*t»tiati et his ofthccc-i ea3-aai*'«if'ai;-'hi»-:reskießc f waafaga .; «* bmm willert park library to sponsor contest tfimert pern branch li tk-ary 40 jefferson aye is 4?twso«ing an easier lire dec orating comaat fur children in trade ■ x ta payyj swh ci|lm may submit one decorated egg which vi n be indued by rhe buffalo and en county public library acti*ta.'.-v vi '• yy.y'-yy ail entries should be at the library by wednesday mar i2s,',.the;'.;wfcoem will be <_»• | mainred nd prize will be awardesd m ib:of a m fri man 27ih missionary program slated at st paul b c j sunday mar 22 a missionary program will be bald at st paul missionary baptist church 83 dor fit lackawanna n v , at 3:30 p m ■,; ...:■'::. rev w fdton will be the guest speaker the theme will be the beautiful gates at the temple h taken from acta 3,10 . , mrs 0 glen is president and j west secretary ; ' you are invited to come j and hear this wonderful i speaker -'. ; bet j 1 uldmond is pas tar yyy r r ... ..... 1 mrs l c batty passes away j funeral services were i held february 23 at pilgrim baptist church for mrs lu cy c batty who passed a way feb 19 1970 j following a brief illness mrs batty was bom in rockingham n 1c march 31 1903 the youngest of 14 chfdren of th kit mr and mrs daniel kindull - - y she lived for a while in vir ginia bt-foie moving it buf falo where she united with the pilgrim baptist church under ike . late rev h b shaw she married mr hm tan battty m i»7 -■' * ■' '' ■''£ ..„ - * . * ..' " ■.' she served,as president of the missionary society lot several years and was past treasurer of the women's auxiliary of the great takes baptist association i she was a regular j utten t„-\t at sunday school met was an active member of the deaconess board she is survived by her hus band mi llmtra baity one daughter mr mattie white both of buffalo and « m beaufbrd batty and daugh ter law mrs connie batty i both of new york city ieht mrs batty ** wins speaking contest berlin k hawser a 11 ir ear old student of the flb miri middle schoel was the winner t.,fthe boy's di vision of the richmond speaking content held fri day march is a the west mertel middle school , ; an eighth grader who re sides at im cart si ber lin's winning oration was entitled for my people by margaret a walker xr ivan leg news photo i tell them that you saw * 113 the criterion administrative aide to help with minority building hiring . :! ; li.^hopsof thy ,\ i i iei r vulaoiitet jjflieeo «# iaaih chweh unanimously endorsed 1 en-us of population and housing at a meeting in ld angeles the bureau of the census lj s y department of commerce reports in taking the action the bishop also pledged to help the bureau obtain an accur ate count of the j black population in the united states in the census to be taken as of april ry ;"/■./, yy '■ y fmf lhe bishops voted their endorsement after hearing from two bureau officials mrs nampeo mckenney assistant f 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-bpott wood president of the church's board of bishops and former par tor of buffalo's st luke a mhz chinch < 1 '„ - <• . 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 rites held for fred perry : funeral services i were held march 13 at lincoln memori al united methodist : church for fred perry who passed away march 9 following a heart attack . mr perry jived at 24 hamlin rd and had been in poor health for acme time he was born in lancaster s c and had lived here tar about 50 v years he was about,so years ! old the eulogy was delivered by the pastor rev wlllard william assisted by rev william homer his former pastor and rev otis vaughn of the amez church m rs lauretta anderson sang vi rather have je sus .-.--- ■*-•■ ■.-.;■ • -.;.-.-;- mr perry had many friends-and was nested by many : beautiful florals :„,,.. he had been proprietor of perry cleaners and was mill proprietor cd perry's snick bar yry r y.y-'yy survivors besides his wife viola and daughter : mrs dorothy ; snellen are a - bro ther james and a timer evelyn other relatives are mrs ; clara wilson mrs merle mc ray of n c mrs alma shavers mrs . eunice dupree and sylvester brown sill of buffalo i nephews 13 " nieces and mrs charles connors of salisbury n c , lie was a member of bi son consistory p w m ol paraiwnint lodge no 73 and past mentate at • hadji temple no fl r .:" ■ x--y burial «.», in forest lawn halyard funeral heme wa ' to charge • •. < : pall bearers arete lean mcx wuis robert carr craig ' jackson luke wrflough&y and gerald hisgs " ' - honorary pall bearers were alva v moot mar j ' shall miles john burch i paid wood ton charles pleasant arthur kardwick ' and jncra-e wasbintoa i humboldt genesee junior high school issue polarizes by;cliff parham why was ihia incident j lown up nut betattse of rhai ijitppened when a cnlfd s involved ist some kind of j"»ojraer.-.'at^.;.a tcho-.1 there •> : a request for a * meeiing with the patents if this had > ttj;,ta build should not have been there ■'" ; 8 u;:ttoy(build had w;.r iifm ht'p th child or the §, jth«ji would have ad vised them '•> go and meet ffilh the school authorities kap only then ' shculd '■ ■ they taivo gcjt*u into use act - 11 ii too bad parent can net mtr:t '■■' obligations to so offspring la me th is bv.-cus -•■ ■ to/jb and many t'fcr!x"-f,»'re«t*i shrwsj i htx*h wer:to - no i*a without my outsiders if they cannot set tle it then they should ask for some assistance . i am sure in ' this \ case it could have been settled now you have turned people against he association too hasty ;" i have talkedl with many and they indicate to me thai they are fed up th build's action these are people of ill walks of life they point tut that purpose d orgs i ii,jns jis to units our group hut ■ such carrymg-oiw fi • purpose of making the coverage only serves to split and polarize our race i teachers have a teaching degree and in order to teach they ntnt 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 ifow was the teacher to know thai teacher had cv cry right to defend himself 1 am glad it was a white teacher and not a negro ii 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 - teeing these kids to do what they want to we will come to v rescue and yet we hove nothing to offer their { 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 and came ' away with nothing th i r.isinot lhe i way if you are going to accomplish anything i •> 5 i listen ask questions this is the american way of do ing things i 1 don't know of any change in these policies i know and \ you j know that you don't always get what you want hut getting an un standing should be the .' i rat goal then you will know where yew stand then you t know how jo - use your sirwesy 1 urge;yw to ha continue your disruption of meetings it * honing be lieve me .■";.,■ ' why should a teacher be suspended because ho erf she defended hroself unlet there it something elite artd you have the facta lira thing is f tele out vote you keep the fir up - threw oa tht life ef a teacher — or anyone el _ » a dangerous thing . i know i am going to be catted an uncle tom tor this article « * won't he the first time either sfl * be the feat ; because we have to face facta senior citizens to see hello dolly mar 25th the senior citizens erf lackawanna n iy are in vited to'the century theatre wednesday mar 25 ! where they will see hello dolly | mable trciitt is president and mam.it overtree '•> secre tary y-~yy*'r -- f x takes new post sidney harris director •* the ruff human rela tions commission has re signed this simm past ta accept the directorship of at spt-aaa thousand child wel fare agency m philadelphia as m may ist -» to aid in hiring ■ '..,'.'. photo • evening ■ new st james cameron buffalonians attend rites for mrs horner mrs emmelyne joi c 11 • findley homer died monday feb 23 1970 in pittsburgh pa whete she had resided with her husband the re wil'iam h homer for tin past four years . -. / ' she was born emmelyne matte findley in the state of maryland and was it.:.rid n philadelphia pa a rm . i alto soloist she was the daughter of the rev mr and mrs charles a findley the former a rationally known methodist minister in 1929 rev mr and mi homer came to buffalo where mr homer postered lincoln memorial united methodist church : taring these years mrs homer tireless worker made a ureal contribution to the g church through her musical and dra matic talents she was direc tor of the senior choir at>4 organized many choral groups spirituals which she had arranged were often use on their programs rev and mrs homer were married 44 years she also trains many so bists from the community-at large as well as iron the church she wrote and direct ed ninny plays lor . children as well as fur adults opers.v las and young people's con certs were among soma of the out standing programs which she presented - ... «'-.,.' mrs homer also coached such noted local singers as wardell lewis k „■ ja mt.9 cameron mrs lauretta an derson robert s curry and others j ' *- ; - • jhff -:•,'-.,-, those who participated ; ij her choral ' groups will m member . that when fey doubted their ability rto sine mrs homer would entourage them by saving if you cms •*[■*, you ■- can sing she iitdk set out to help hem thereby showing them that they could meet the challenge to th'.-.t surprise and denght xtl f . for twelve years she aßa , was in charge of a reception for graduates on all educ tional levels the community . was ; always welcome y v .- besides her husband she m survived by a niece mob lauretta anderson of ha ' 10 whom she reared i r m childhood " ■:■ - ■: mrs ukztonr buried * philadelphia feb th two bus loads of but fa'omans attended we rite among mourners were mr myra luirxum her god clfe mra ernestine hutchinso mrs jessie roberts mr and mrs sol ihon-.as rev wih liard william dan halyard a nephew who own hay yard's funeral home ma and mr fred anderson nephew and a hey pom mr horner ' f'y " isbb page see page «>