Buffalo Criterion, 1980-08-27

              wnv's largest & only aocrtxlitul minority ncw^mpii — rraturinß k»*l i t-l»itimafe circulalion the buffalo criterion wednesday august 27 september 2 1380 vol v — no 55 state hospitality banquet held the a nasal male heap tality banquet at the ihiiaiii-ii of oed la chrut firs jxecjesustkai jariadlrtioa wee held bat aug lfith at sim pa to the . mary l ammithhi dining hail of prince at pease temple charehaf led la chris mm kensington aye the guest speaker wee fid joseph harris of the detroit michigan church ml god la christ reaaarea ware given by bishop lsroy anderson pastor of prince of peace elder oetell holus and elder earl nelson show la the photo sealed from left are btohap and sister lentf anderson stater mary kinkle elder sam kfakle and slater anna nelson standing from left are mm lee cm brown sl brown si ilollle em houle ml etoaary t cofvia mother b brawn wd elder netowa mother ■ brown a state ilowpitality pre dent and nimmmmfy ceteta state hospitality vice pteemeat - criterion photo a d price flower show is great success tee annual a i prire flower shew was held eerier this month at the a d mac cearti show la the photo are this year a prise winners the roaaßitie and city oftirj vented front left are mrs lillian meadows a d price director mrs footer 3rd prise wiener and mr susie hinee 2nd prise winner standing from left ere comm at wootjeoa al price it e-wotl council ■ mat jaase pitta mrs a d price aanemmyman eve c hook who received the community service award mr hooka not shown mrs p jackson let price winner mr maggie pea akk house plant winner and human resource commissioner david echols mra j ilinea also not show was also awarded lor table decoration — criterion photo minister complains of unfair property dealings new ion lastitatioaaj missionary repeal church 315 high st bowse the following new release through it peeler dr h w william jr ia rrgarda to purchasing property on the delinquent tat rotts the purpose of this release is to inform you the public of the leads quacy and injustice thai continue in our communi ty from ?■» official who we have entrusted our fate and the fate of the unborn generation on may 29 1979 i issued a news release pointing out to the pahtir the chicanery and schemes used by the officials handling the county or lion of which i purchased 171 parcels and later was told that i had only bought 137 parrels i a pointed out that 35 pieces of property of which was of great value were taken from our list of pure baa and substituted with prop erties of much less value how it all happened was the fact that from 9 a.m morning until 9 p.m at night we were all closed in the chamber bidding with less than 40 minutes recess at the close of the bidding period past 9 p.m mrs warn irk and mr owcsarcxak and another lady insisted that my staff and i should sign the purchase offer in order that we might rush through the proceedings we questioned them about the signing of the pur chase offer before the rote the bids and the aerial numbers on the contracts once the contracts had been signed we were told that the hour had grown late and that it was impossible for them to rite in the bid price and erial numbers so they jock the contracts and lulled them in a box saving us a receipt for dr s w williams issues statement property in check aad we were sold to return the r.nt morning and j them a during has period is when they tore 3 pieces of property from our del when we returned the next rooming we da covered what had 1-11 place leaving the con tracts m their hands we tried desperately ha several months to obtain the properties of which we hawed to an avail so we tank the easiest way oat after having paid the percentage demanded by oar contract on each parcel we than took much of the properties are actually bsbbbb they tor some of our property and we gave them their and some of ears back and now its one year and three months later we ™~" w i_t ___. wer . we find a*lves on aug 26th and 27th involved in another county auction i was greeted at the door way by oat of the supposed attorneys who staled to me that i was barred from bidding on any property in this auction lashed him for what reason he stated that no one person could purchase this much prop erty in any one city and that others should be given a chance to do some bidding i simply asked him who asked him to give roe this message he said mr casey the city attorney later he returned to me and said i warn you don't try to offer any bid in this auction for we have agreed to ignore you or we will out bid you and your money can't last as long as the city's so i entered the budding and began bidding along with other bidders and then in came bidder from the city and out bidded me on every bid i made for two days if 1 weren't out bidded they would simply strike the property down to the city there were several bidders seated in the front of the referee and other city bidders spreaded around in the community mourns loss of mrs alma mccurry brooks funeral services for mra alma mccurry raeha were held wed aug tit at 10 90 a.m from humboldt pkwy baptist charth rev john t huhartl pastor offici ated i mrs brooks the young eroftwo4suthu.rsborntii the let mr and mrs edward mccurry was horn la memphis term she ems to buffs si aa ml age and united with uimkhlgan avenue bsntlschurch now hum boldt 1 pkwy baptist qejm m 1926 mrs brttttl was united into holyssuimimy to booker t peaks to this union * w born ft children eretlna idaraaaodl fufrt wilson dewey :; c william < alien arzlvadah josephine ; la attended the bui lt rsibhr schools she t wthe first black girl to 9 ofßca practice in kdpalthamaa'andmr ear • office at hutch »• central high school am brook was an ; iva church member bj ding many pivatinna i laea president of the wv junior usher 1 acaaeea board and mia | iparj society she was « b fa crowned queen of a michigan avenue bap * church in 1936 she , • tke aaatsunt supertn asm of the sunday mci a sunday school i her and church clerk jet aver 19 years mrs *•**• held in her home . j da rise for jen « the neighbor leealwd family v 2 for over ''* ft under the direction j*t wright and rev 9*9 he counseled [_*** * good new mmm of the child evangelism fellow , she waa 2nd president of the deaconess board of the ores lakes a i lion and was for a number of years hospitality chairman of the buffalo baptist women * confer ence the deceased was the author of two books quotations with a meaning and acres of diamonds she received person letter from pre ident ford president car ter-and vice president rockefeller and their rahinet members in recognition of her publica tions her pleasant smile and gentle disposition won her many friends maybe she ha touched your life with a ami a handshake or a letter her biographi cal summary speak for her all of you who have been reading the buffalo criterion for many years she wrote for about 40 £?** have read mr rrrnok column quota »*»* with a meaning a the editorial page it was filled with wisdom a **" as delight her personality and knowledge of black buffalo for close to mrs alma m brooks sclc press conference set »#• .*** county chap jl&ajaniatmm christian pgwffe conference bwihii christian e™r ' onfeeewce v old pre confer ip seforr ti s ** l*t**rs at ethsemane n,pti church w grape * *«*«* 11 *' pro • the keynote speaker rev clyde if brooks the national financial secre tarv for the southern t nnsitian leadership con ference will he issuing a statement speaking to national and local concr-rs please plan to attend to serve on nys aaac nfta chairman allen ' e dekdebrun proudly announced this week that william a bulow af firmative action manager for the niagara frontier transportation authority has been appointed by governor carey to serve as an tree member and participant in trie new york state nys affirma tire action advisory coun cil aaaci the nys aaa mem bership is comprised of persons who are primarily employed in affirmative action/equal opportunity aa/eol programs for state government and related agencies the councils goal is to develop easy to follow procedures for administer ing aa/eo programs utili zing the expertise and knowledge of its members in this regard thus increas ing the efficiency of aa/eo program offices and improving their effect iveness and responsive ness to the mandates of the equal opportunity law the council meets regu larly in albany on the second thursday of each month in concurring with mr billow's acceptance of the council poet chairman dekdebrus said that the nft a is committed to the priniciples of equal op portunity/affirmative ac tion and stated we have proven this commitment under the able direction of mr bulow by making certain that a fair share of minority persons are em ployed on the authority staff and on authority william a 9lu nowak voices concern over situation in poland rep henry j nowak l ma i ha expressed hope that the soviet union would exercise rsstahit and under no cimimstances dispatch hussion troops to invade poland to end the strike of is earner " the congressman who early on aug 22nd attended a closed-door cia briefing on the status of the polish ait sat lew added the recent develop ments ir poland offer the soviet union a splendid opportunity to repair its image in the international community of nations an image badly tarnished by the afghanistan invasion rather than even consider a second military invasion in leas than a year i hope the russians will stay out of poland and allow poland to expand the basic freedom that are permitted not only in the united states but in most nations of the world the polish worker are seeking ask human rights basic economic and politic rights and they should be granted certainly the soviet union realizes that the workers of poland speak for the majority of the people of poland and reflect the nation a resentment of communist domination of their govern merit and their country the discontent of the workers i simply a reflection of i problem that ha been festering faff co long ■. manifestation of the long term suffering and economic deprivation and testimony that the name of freedom burns in the heart of the pole i certainly deplore now continued the soviet jamming of voire of america broadcasts into the soviet union and i hope that developments in poland do not lead to more brearhea of the helsinaki agreements this is a watershed period for the soviet leadership they can forte the world into another era of cold war diplomacy or they can forge a new era of hast west relationships i trust that they will decide that a liberalization of their policies is in their best political and economic self interest and that a peaceful resolution to the polish situation can be achieved neighbors okay community residence program approximately 30 neighbors attended a meeting concerning the st augustine's center com munity residence pro gram monday evening august 25th the pro gram was held at the site of the residence assemblyman eve whose dream of providing residential care for the mentally retarded launch ed the buffalo task force-new york state office of mental retarda tion and developmental disabilities more than a year ago called attention to the importance of the mental retardation prob lem eve pointed out that the community residence program in addition to helping the mentally re tarded provides job opportunities in the com munity utilizes structures and provides a boost to the local economy eve added that he had hoped for a smooth transfer in opening the first house however negative publicity had worked against that in his introductory re marks gary jackson pro gram coordinator briefly outlined program develop ments up to now includ ing the role of the buffalo task force in working with st augustine * center in developing the community residence program jack son explained that the st augustine center com munity residence program will supervise mentally re tarded adult providing a normal living situation client would he nerved from the community and the developmental cen ter jackaon also said that client would participate in a variety of program cooperatively with other agencies he introduced the well trained staff . add ing that client in mm leaafsn •• would be su pervised around-the-clock carl johnson executive director of st augustine's enter commented that people note the crime hot overlook the many positive aspects of the corr.mur.ity such as the nearby park and museum churches including antioch baptist church across the street whose pastor the rev william buntoa opened and flowed the meeting with prayer the added police eecurity the many concerned citizen in the immediate area johnson aaid that efforts are underway to further im prove the tastefully fur nished dwelling and mm he hop to renew the entire street the tone of the meeting wan a good one neigh nor were concerned ho the safety and well-being of the clients their qtjeetion were satiafar torily answered an aeweorv committee will he net up at a later meeting mrs brooks ! continued on page 2 property k property 21 h fin pare 2 bulow — fee page 2 js23 1980 criterion press : and the no 1 central cities uhwhon press i the we 1 why ceetrel cttttt loapqqst f*f*©ss owr eflvre mmm keea wpoa every week of every year alaee ear # 1 h#4p#w aerriatr ewr wmpb^ww^tt i you've ju«l x la ign up for * ropy of fhe buffalo criterion every week •» for only 20c national iv i pstai new york . oldest and largest minority pre — die only wny minority paper thai is registered a * bona tide newspaper under the march 1 ik7 art of cootfresa ~ rerulatin newspaper