Buffalo Criterion, 1970-01-09

              did you know for many years the cri terion was the only pa per printed by negroes in ■■-*.- i-'-?*t?t"<-i'*c f.">-»i,'...-yv j*,t>?"sv ■>■ new york state ■■ , jii*tt rite „. , t f jif .•,,* <- rf v ei 57y today it is ;: the only l paper £ printed by negroes b 7 cleveland and new york c i tfw send your news photos ads to 625 william street 7 x : '.% . yspii m y .'■ r a .. l • yy"'.ayi ya support your only and nec essary press 7 - %*,.*»../-*-■...*->♦ ■ . . . 7 . .; i * the buffalo criterion western new ijwestjwtt^new york's oldest largest and best-selling negro weekly vol 44—no 1 buffalo n v saturday | jan 9 y 15 1970 price 10 cents helping to know and build a better community since 1925 throng of 1,200 attend rites for s.l walker at pilgrim was active in > politics church and business 7by * staff reporter *•*.' funeral services were held for one of buffalo's oldest best-known as well as eldest negro leader ' and business men 7 wednesday december stmt at a4-e7k'g''lt7i*baposst church at 1 p m v7';7 z^a a the lii deceased 7 ***-..> three grand sons died in 7a i mys terious l fire at theip home nd business 188 sei*|oe&;i an aye , shortly „. after i a m | dec 1 27ih the % tragedy '• eft 1 negro buffalo in shock ed 3 and stunned horror as thousand drove by to view the gutted structure the victims were sherman 111 walker , 71 d«rry rickyi llyrdi ll : his brother greg ory byrd 6 buffalo and mario j 5 walker of roc^ster who ?.-, was a vt&lmgv here * tor the christmas - vacation ' ! an estimated persons graving a a big snow storm attended the ntes which ere switched | om ii the trinity lapttst cbusch of which mr walker . had been v a | member and ,:« officer since 1929 w accommodate larger thrnrg tt ■■ fev*-'t"m*yrei;'dwrw-an hour i tor the mourners to view the manias of the four deceased it was during the very ! eariy i'^oj-^thaf'y sherman walker serving as secretary clerk of trinity i 7 chore became the first customer ol the criterion ptess then la ciated at 0-:jimtmx4m'&fmu peckfcamyr when he placed an order tor the church during his " time ihe | did plant work here married : the former mis e bessie : thompson and attended the a university ci buffalo to prepare himself to become a funeral direct or along with his wife y opens new business - i the couple opened a funer al home at ■ 383 - clinton • st moved -» 619 n division st and returned to the clinton st address ; all fa the gam 20s i before 7 moving to big ger quarters m 415 clinton st in the late 30*s.iin i%9 the business was relocated at the delavan - aye address to make way .' tor a the y eilicott district - redevelopment pro gram a new home was es tablished at 512 jefferson {« few years later for the con venience of families remain : ing in the downtown area a r friendly hard-working libera couple the wa"kers took : interest m the poltecal ' world } when they joined buf falo's first political group they booker t wariwsgson republican cltfb founded by the j late frank ye j mern weattber,'sr.".,and the buffalo criterion the „ cfub ;., pushed tor > committeemen . political patronage and brought inter esting speakers here under mr merriweather the j club represented the l negro's in tern i at t hearings i • tor *-. the 1927 city of buffalo charter lines were redrawn _ to j)tf efit the elect ion of a negro james rayreird and howard b philkps then made unsuc cessful attempts *, for ' the sop ****>*???•, y-'-yyy s-wajr bake j * :■„'*% ta im3 mr walker woo three-way f repdbhcaat " race tor vmi ward supervisor to the * primacy t elect tavo in the incumbents ti*-»tri"ta staiwnscl white attyjjt ence m matobey '• anrl * blro mtt insurance agent ninde darn-is wa he negro t demo crats candidate zy ■ | makes ; nr-'ntnirnifart>ni 7 if is > first mater jjj appoint ment for three terms hat hat of rev t davis a * chapiain to y,*,e erie county pemtenmry : and i old ' folks horn he w*a later succeed ed by bishop e f mccwton many mack deputy sheriffs county road workers and met fare clients were assisted by ' the walkers 77.77 777 i a the * walkers const-unity activities > included £ help for the seedy in toad coal gas moving bills free use of the telephone as it well :■; as •*, some burial free emsnci day dinners on january ist of each year a radio jpjo gram on sunday evenings drum 7 bugle i and - march'ng unit and l train ng | free dm of y walker's yßftt 4 for wa-*h occasions he * sponsoring ol soft ball a teams ; free 7 food from the walker farm he was once the most scuah after local '•■• speaker of the community where h*i;j spoke to - church social and '• poeti cal groups " . .., defeated once in 1 yrs .. •;" after only one defeat a the bands of democrat henry ernest in eight elections mr walker lost when ;*■- new breed ; txf^youtjgiv democrats sprang up under bob baker the jii pharmacist 7 ran 7 sev en 3 times against mr watfc r losing by r leas than 20 votes prior to teelajtd jones jr.'s v ctory m y 1949 when * ne gro r voters . finished ; y their f 1 gradual shift from republi j an to the f democratic to - ' cial . j program and rtabor - movement i through it i po'-ti rst action cotnmtttee .&•-.; i y a member erf ihe finance committee had he won tsa , eiectict he would hive been l tbeisetwnry board me»ji b*r with the odd of becom toß^imiowt^leader^at'rum board fcrff su-«nß*sof*y;i.h7 1 £ had newspaper interest ta the early 40 mr walk **;,*«* totresasd snathe bwf fate spokesman -:»■-•,' week»y new*paper which a we well j edited by the late gabriel stanley foe several years a talented man mr stanley atoo directed the niarchaig n he had formerly bee a associated with the bufto'4 star and tbe buffalo criteria s walker rites i a queen is crowned p rev a bell paai'er of stele i taberaaetf church f cm : lit 1 :. rt atewa crowning - 3a)sl tmpaws i,wl(||>o)s ufcttn fta x.-st •*' mrvn l torch «* tft vn^^aif4*l«sjra^m year £ is if ' duffr dm t-m\mmt ii ■ sen am « r#v."t mcge sr la paster — cri terian"ph*to.'".7".;.-":y.-ll ■ miss hope contest planned h'tpa'osfcowpr&cm i*i bei f fejat-t#«i jsy y b cautiiy t&'sffc i a^e«c3«;''sa«£et sgch , fty^y 7 '; a ' -: 7 ai s % ! the am->e*-i-<ci ii open to gl '■ reginertd mrsmt mad j stogie '; student i suae en-j ' wtied ■• m *'■; baocalaurate «*•■! aocjafe < degree yory d i pigrma pn*xan except members of temtaes ! of j employee i of - the aasarteas cancer • suc*ty a thjwr •*■,: be etao ' j-hrd i miss mope ,< nigerian is erie county college counselor v"a a gens woo was - : head toaster at a ; grade ' school and lvk > president -. of * high ; school in btalra anthony u uaawtba | ia a c«wa**tor l at y'tbel adtnj*a*ai of lace ;' est i community i cartage i pvaa-ient lames ve-y ffiwton atawunced rxetttty.'a ' r * " m vmam/m new of tn on i ' tori to ■ buffalo - attended - .. heats to nigeria and ■ lon don mmi-re '„' earning ti ha i ex ttt:;'tttac cuftoge he ■ .» con ., tun-tag gramme -. a tides in buff ate p - - . after tat educational work i;to vwtra';aaa : aaa cat-auniry i;p«n»ctoaiiw $ cawaoatar-iat *****>[* * fndi ■ ban - ***** i twboad house he also spent summer at a a tm camp j dtmnor to ring ****■» ami a a a-ath«te op j-atori-at^taaawaßda famaij ftoar oa *-. yy ■ f^*mm}mt-mtde anwtowmp mmeeiaiitmm'boettt to ram 5 c r »* tttamme ? übrary barm "**- m a'*to-*»an bawd of i-g_j^f«ft..e««*m.*tieerl f fcaattog * tv and ■' on | 51 '*»« *■*»-, sc«nng ycomwttee tor ota model city «,»* *•* baa appeared s_2_&s 11 « tv - sra '**» *- bvmwm taaa km ,_ wtr,**to m : l«*kato ■'- i ■': ri^^usomhatb sll aer,"b fcua**fi j :_^_ l attaaata ~^ ****** an rtimiiaipii af j >» a vorrt tat he tr 1 v cooperative tie's m gtafra sr ***•*<->• '"* i t wortt *** p mtor of admisajon v:;y s cataaiaai cattle .- , ■■■. . ...- - ;; ■"■ -•■ ■-. - .■■ ub will recruit nurse students from minorities gjoty it jo l h 4 tza mcgtowyy dhsa ha a im^vmtrmaamm i a^waaaw wv m-m wm^rwm v if a school nurttag ■' at bui fs i has announced ' a ix *■ point | program ' » fctcnsaae fie en focstcat irf - ihtonri group tl'astttm and mi rmpr-ive the sjtj«t***f ci ; health care in thi ttkamuni"y.\.;:..',y;y'-..l y yy - th dean ? tutted - that ■-■ the [ tifhooi of mining is commit i ted ;' ; to concrete ; remedial . act ior j beyond the issuance - it j>«u staianwnik i • a l .•,.;'-. tlv'cstteniti^i'pnvraa was urjwimausiy approved by the school executive commit •*« and the ' student conned 7 ',• jfj iyt a nursing recruitment program to enroll at . least ttf of each data from black arid other tmnbrk'y groups :. l z 2 an ettm to attract more black nursing faculty 3 a program - of l academic advisement fj tutoring and - f nancmi ; assistance for j minor ity y group j student s '. ■ 7 -; ij li encouragement of hospi tal tfriwoi of nursing whose students atfiliata «- the um versify to implement equal opportunity ;. programs y ■; j as advocacy of in-service education pr-tr-rums in human retation-i tin alfiliated kaspl al and ■ health f agenda y y fostering local human n alfiuted baspi nalth agendas ing local program lo^lmprove the - quality and diitrtbutlon of , health set vicss * 7not only vnii this recruit ment program be directed ■ to ward , junior and | high aohoa aftidenta but ; alio j toward moving up rhe career y ladder an the nursing this ■ i - n4jbw students ■ isawg black realtors say they are qualified | tor rfchard l miller 7 ', "-"•:- .■' y '; i i 7i commissioner dept of urban renewal ,**.' "- buffalo new york dear mr miner . ■' ." ''. ';,. t * ktack brokers opera t tag to toe buftato mtatiai i juve formed an organiration whoa principal ala--,v la the ! f«c*«tkto : , m am rtfiht i of ***<>» upportutodes,tor the ««** community that w.h we know arate frotr the tr mwdous change impending within their community this group , n , represent '. almost every mack res estate took ! r and their salesmen in the buffalo community '- £$& fe * ibi'*ty a black realtors group to help under-educaeed ** literacy volunteers was or gamred in syracuse f in'^l9s2 it became a slate project in 1%3 < and began here in a buf i*lo^*nd erte county four year ago this i ■ a program to . train'-the under-educated adult i and j teenager how to read and write at well as to tpen,-yyyeza.my ■■ teacher are '- trained --■!** i * live day ■ workshop * which v en ables them to ut c , the ap proved methodi with the stu dent . fetch atudem it taught twice a ; week for ati hour each on " a onr-totne baris at a time and * place ; conven ient for boil teacher and stu d.at.yiya,-aaa ya'ai fyifcftijguj of/each teacher and student is to b able to read well at the fifth trade level b v above so ii that the snitlf-i-1 may enter adult ba rtc - l ducat ton classes in tha variant school of • nofalo ti wlw are these people me met txylng to ht*^>---jand why j can't they y read often they i are from another state when 1 schooling was no t cort-pu mey often they had tv wort as vim people in or er to photos below:i the l'pbat below was tafc mmmr-wmges p-ii u when sternum walter accompanied ' the ' civil rights league there i airing these shown y are cl atty julian j evans , mrs rogers mr lyles judge j carr sher man a walker " mrs a h y b shaw ; rev , n a.5 mason a«y : john coston mayor *• r a k , ,' bishop y breomf led johnson * and • bishop ge g "*§ mcclellan criterion phot . the lower photo ' was taken in ims when political history w i made by ;; the a gop endorsing ewe y negroes tor major olfi c c s — dr myron mrguire for council man of | the eilicott district and sherman l walker ; for ath y ward y supervisor they w*ared ias guests at the michigan ymca's y business and professional * men's lv i cheoo club shown * are ; wil liam £ margrave clyde ear m dr w kicks sherman walker > dr mcgwire 3 dr ly l | scruggs rev collier af bethel church i mr * han nibal of s united mutual : in surance r rev e proctor of st paul church russell n service a and £ rev d m byrd~crltcrion photo i .-.- .-•■ y r'y w their work has made history in negro buffalo r ln the late «'«) £■ h*»b < mirtm-i timing new a thty woman to * seek a * w council i*aaiibt mt&m t^r^ajlg^'^bfa political pose in 193:j sherman l walker z bessie l * walker v v :^*,-"-;- '■-*-,■• - - - ay m-ttm picture was taken to city cleric j 0 coffey's office in the early 40's dur 1 1 tog i a i swearing-in j ceremony of sherman walker as stfc ward supervisor others to £& picture are 1 bishop e f i mccieuan i'-r i yl-|-il.-:iy.-yy,.yll^.v y.7-:*lv.7 mrs walker richard lacey ; mrs mary massey and rev john mcdavis a printer whe pastored peasant grove baptist churcto—criterion photo nat'l mention miss kathleen king 17 of lii:alr^pf'avmif^^it*j^t^p the first ii of ti,|lto,f cimmtt*jty7i action organization's borhood youth j corpei.y*atoiv 7 res j to be tapped tor the n bono h<iw>r soctofej •;,-' ■ y the society i a <*• natfan <-* wide y f drg3ai*atseafe w hft by toem^r»,;dlsptiy^oiifetaßding ■" jk^larship ij-f.^ictorvenilebt tn htsth scbcoiy y'a "' | yltf jar ■ k'icffij mttm has > been . ' : employed part time at he nyc tutpgretn-'ior^em ■ year is * a senior at bean hiirji % ■ school where i *&*?,,' to -: active ' th drama ctefo and he • i ait ei^raclaiy research ": jf>7 l«m group ,* „.'. v ! one of seven cl!jidren*^sito .'.'* spen^y-ton b»ur*ys-^y*^i after ycbuol as i'a 7*fed at c^o^jtwd^'riert jlj sl'yiaay'^mmer^st^^h served fas 3 pj^'*^«t«rii t«f tender £ and a teacher it ait inner-clty day »-. , : nyc er;r«{lee we so t from hi»h school bod on th basts the f iiwrciel needs tbey ; are giv en part-time employment te . piwide money for d&thu-ig nd other school expenses which /■ otherwise might > have caused them to drop out of school mam of the enromeea work to hours per week ftea tend - school at night * . time pegs j l**y**ag 2 ; see page 7 see page i ■ t*7 «' see page i