Buffalo Criterion, 1969-07-05

              western new - - . -'■ '■■'.'■ --- yyx . - ■■;-. p"x york's oldest largest and y *•. w9 w "* ; ; *, • ' mmmmmm best-selling .-.-..'• " ■' " ~ - negro weekly vol 43 13 helping to know and build a better community since 1925 buffalo n.y saturday july 5-11 1969 price 10 cents did you know for many years the cri terion was the only pa per printed by negroes in new york state v "- xy ■''.'.' ■" i'y.^-y ■ - today it is the only paper printed by negroes between cleveland and new york city send your news photos ads to 625 > william street vv support your only and nec essary press • •-. ■-.:,-..:,. -•: x • .'• '■ yy ■'.... j ■ ■ the buffalo criterion eastern talladegans to meet at vass ar college retreat will take place in toughk.eepsie talladega j cortege ' eastern region alumni association w3t meet an july 25-27 st vassar college pou<'frkeep.iie i w y along with many tela ' ve and friends i dr carlton lee a gradu re of talladega and the new head at african studies at michigan imvtrsity ypst anti michigan wtll be the main . speaker on saturday july 29 on £ black separa ism — yes or no ■ wsa ellen tarry authot and housing consultant wih so be a rpeakcr on the referendum on sunday july 27 the rev george hardy ol he north congregational church jfctr york city will oreads with ear scott d rect.na the mttaic and de j : vet-tan try mi emma crabb ; arrme l tucker mac nee - | ty - and i gwendolyn : leapheart | ft&ed&t&y?me)-,ini-.$aem ! sbappee with many ■ mama j ps--^ae.iiiry,~z-~7 v ■' '■' the saturday night i social | win have julian dash and hi orchestra • to liven things i up..lthd theme of the party is come and do your thins yp y . 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'■":" expected to attend will he dr herman h long i presi dent a ' the college from tal ladega ala *.- ':' •-.-.. i y the program chairman is james <, milter vice president of the region mrs josephine home buffalo new york ; ia preshtew yy '■ - .""' | ala from buffalo attend ing will be irfr and mrs arthur caidweil dr herbert : c holmes carol holmes mrs - mary northington ' and miss marie davis from ni agara fahs ..* .' - eric m de freitas of new york city is public relations director a rites held for john w briscoe john w briscoe a 3«j wootfhiwn attn pawed aw juno 24 l»m in veterans hospital following a lengthy mmeee •-", masonic rues were held sunday mvenmi june 2»th at lewis mortuary ami funeral service were held monday at 11:00 aim bat bet ami church by rev c 0 crump jejr u»a pmior military hon n ware performed t the grave mr briscoe who ass hern in henderson ky june 13 mm son at tha late john an lucy brfatcoe had been a res went of fluff a for more than 34 ye«r tie was a world war ! vet tree and had been en active mtxtamfta united broth erlmod a church club pf b»o graver fleming post mol and local union amer wan steel no imi he was aammry active in church and cenrmuaay ctre and had many friend - ' . .^.. -, h»;^tmirvht hy'httf'de m9a*l ife mrs matlda brt tf and a mm itaimsl'm swiss if ma'.mmn .-,... mother given birthday trip 91 r x meecm m mitchell ' *** had a birthday around the ttmfcfte a june was mmm atrip to los allele ca3 ttttnta by her son comedian seeey mltehefl ymwe time the attended joey bishop show m hot tptnod erttm art em and was moern on tv along with oth f sucsts at the show » was accompanied on e trip by mrs georgians fcwhwood of buffalo and -« r larnet of tarrytown ru y whom husband suc ceeded rev mtache'l as pas y 4t tut mep'-lh church ttera miss ollie scott honored with ■ t a luncheon was given m honor ,; of „ miss ollie v oort firmer president of the cao board of director ay tltr project head start central stall and represen tative a the community at me pat lane restaurant jwtoa room delaware at gates circle the affair was aaa thursday juno 26 « 12 noon the head start central faff consists of dr grace m gate educational ser trees coordinator mrs mar net gaefione assistant to she educational services co nknufcir mad mrs naomi ©. caver program assltfemt at recent ground-breaking ceremonies in washington d.c for a new 3 million nurs ing home and health care complex for inner city residents are from left howard ennes 2d vice president of equitable life assurance society dr lionel f swan m.d president of the national medical association founda tion inc mra euneva sattenvaite chairman advisory council & urban renewal commit tee mayor walter washington and wilbur cohen former secretary of the department of health education & welfare "~\ equitable has allocated more than 2,600 000 to the national medical association foun dation for this project as a part of its action in the life insurance industry's billion dollar program to aid inner city areas it is expected the center will be but the first jit a number of similar facilities to one day bo located in major cities from coast to coast xy :-,-■■: x.y - afro-american police association sponsors tots and teens picnic july 26 a free picnic for lots and jteeqarvel tie given july 3*h on the ctoxtndx a mcmstmm junior h'.«h school under the a*-i v ioc jutv-ajnti iota po'tca atwciation her bert l ■ bellamy and several businessmen * food entertainment and su pervised is met with prizes j galore among which bicycles i let tint pr.m w 1 be offered from noun until » p.m i baptist women honored at banquet m their annual banquet held by tha women's auxil iary of the greet lakes bap tist association recently three i member were honored fot i their work in the church and the association ( - ' ■', y they are mrs wllkatn ethridge erf faith baptist mrs midett strutting of mt olive lackawanna and mrs mary massie at n e"w hope baptist ..-..,. x jp:a mr mary b white is pres ident of he auxiliary and rev murphy greer of roch ester is moderator of the as sociation •'.-•..-" y m citation given to church student deacon md mrs james renfroe at left took on with pleasure as rev roscoe m mit chell pastor of faith baptist church presents a citation to their daughter linda as the out standing student of faith " baptist church airs ann reeves the *■ women's day 1 ehair liiuil svaa vi vaarge \,.. 4 yy >>- ■ *. y ■• ■-•""!'■ ;.• . . criterion : photo to be honored mrs william v callahan one of wny's most outstand ing church and community workers and business wo man v will "■' be honored by trinity baptist church sun day august l#th y '" i the church is asking all of her friends and acquain tances as well as church workers and members to come out at 9 p m.,p end help make this observance one of the biggest and best yet rev steve hargrove is paster and mrs betty swan son chairman odd fellows grand united order of oddfellow and household of ruth state of new york will meet in buffalo august 4 - 7th st the hotel lafay ette this will be the 31st biennial convention and the 55u session heading the convention will be grand master charles r grant and district grand most noble governor muriel hart k ■-".'', ■' y general convention chair man is dora manuel mary louise wright is publicity chairman , rites held for lula anderson funeral servtoes tor luja peart anderson 44 were held june 30th at th sherman l walker funeral home mr anderson became a at home and died en rouse to die hospital on june 26th she re tided at til shumway st luta as she was to well known was employed as a record salesman at the herb 1«s rhythm land wbtjam et cedar she was also once [ employed at the ah-night i mart where she waa a vie ' tin of a hoidup miss c holmes presented to society miyi carole hoiates daagh er of dr aad mrs herbert of me em !, presented so ! titty at a tea j-l3sd«»'*»«<l r-ta^.j^mta^aa m i^tmir.-*tm-^--^*t typ j hihon june 28th.-3 to 9pm the color scheme wa pink and white '■";.' 3 ..' ?§£§ : £ . in the receiving line were dr and mrs holmes mrs ellis lou of springfied gar dens n y godmother of the honoree mrs isaac i mead ow j her - aunt u miss."*jtolmes and - her escort stephen cor don.y y:y xx : • y.y r miss hoimes eaa^e a linen gown designed by prfectto cl boston it was made empire wwmi i a bodies trimmed with applique dairies a»«d pink how knots white calfskin gloves and poar de soir shoes with applique dai sies and bow knots and car ried a colonial rosegay i mr holmes wore a char treuse worsted silk dress with beaded and pearl bodice and matching shoes and wore a pit corsage „..-*,. mrs meadows wore green mist chiffon with peart and silver bugle beaded ; neckline and silver accessories and corsage of pßnk noses mrs lett chose shocking pit chiffon silver and bead ed neckline and wore a pink corsage and silver - acces sories ■'■'''■'-.'.''• '-.'"';■' x :,:,.,. the receiving line stood between two cascades of candelabra of pink candles centered with pink flowers tied with pink bows the rendevotts was dec orated with many pink and white gift towers from in and out of the city i each table was covered i with a pink table cloth and had a small not of english i ivy ttitb a silhouette of the honoree ■ \; ' | junior aids wore pnlt cor [ sagas they were june , johnson laura howard pau ht wood carolyn lee and beverly hall senior hostesses were mrs arthur caldwell mist i hilda ... evans mrs herbert hardy mrs thomas hall mr russell holland mrs semite woodard mr fran ces . moore and mrt billy howe j dr and mr hblme en | tertairmi at a buffet supper | the senior hostesses their if po v mm and out-of-town iftsesis following the tea i dance stockholders meeting set the black business de velopment cetm inc w»b hold a stockholder meeting saturday lutv 19 at the michigan avenue ymca at " p m they hay 275 stockholders and at putting m the day i care center at emerson and michigan aye * y y * ul guild install officers in murphy home installation of newly elected officers of the urban league guild took place at the home of dr and mrs benjamain f mun-by k)9 morris aye , on tuesday evening june 6th at 8 p.m ,;• xx a cocktail party followed at which husbands of lah \ mem bers iomcd mrs jack e clark installed the officers • the beaux arts ball an nually given by the league will be held on friday eve ning feb i3tf 1970 in the golden ballroom of the stat ler hilton hotel national church of god in christ bishop visits buffalo national presiding bishop i j o patter sen at the church a get in christ who resides fa yuttaptux end i m)n-in-law of the late founder bishap '. mat n was .* th ) mi tmur m sman+tirmixa.-^tmhf pie church of gad in christ william and shunt*ay sat urday july nth at 8 p.m bishop patterson installed rev c k mccoy and rev e f mcclellan as bishop and assistant bishop of wny's . jurisdiction * tie.-2 of the church of gad in christ -.'.-.-. '■: --„:. bible campaign a summer-long bibles for buffalo was kicked off-re centfy at a meeting of the ministers conference of great er buffalo and vicinity i • the rev dr r m mitch ell of 111 humboldt pkwy told the ministers conference that a steering committee is being organized to head the campaign which will continue for the next ten weeks purpose of the campaign he said is to provide at least a portion of the scriptures to every resident of v the buffalo area , the program is one of ten experimental community dis tribution efforts sponsored by the american bible society in cooperation with local groups in various areas of the u.s this summer said bible campaign y *' host pastor { rev lincoln williams founder and ' pastor of de liverance temple c.iurch of god in christ william awl sherman sts was hast te district no 2 ef the church of god in christ's 19 - day convocation which ended july isth v « rev wi!lla>r has one si the fastest grew in . : churches in the denomination ' .'.■''-. rev c h mecny and re e f mcclellan wete install ed as bishop yd , assistant uishcn by national presid ing bishoo s.-jip patterson ol memphis lenn i . -■ « - | - vfmi f .£**>"*.•"?■.■ ' third anniversary gift deacon fred butts of perry community baptist church 517 south park aye pre sented a donation iofi r 200.00 to rev an 4 mrs.'lawrence jenkins leaders of the church at a recent dinner at the peter styvesant ho tel during their third anniversary observ ance rev roscoe m mitchell pastor of faith baptist church was'the speaker ' see page 2