Buffalo Criterion, 1953-02-21

              duffalo new york saturday february 21 ips vol xxviii no 8 all the news of all the people price ten cents the buffalo criterion this newspaper is produced in our own plant price io cents bishop b.johnson calls for united religious front to combat crime west point parents sentenced fined refused to send children twenty miles to school richmond feb 13 — a 30-day jail sentence and iso fine era meted out last week by the virginia circuit court of appeals to the eight parents who refused to send their children 20 miles outside of the j town of west point to a jim-crow high school the esses came before the circuit court as a result of appeals filed by the naacp lawyers in behalf of the parents after the trial justice court of west point found guilty and con victed the parent of violating the compulsory attendance laws of vir ginia they were then fined 200 each --; >,-• ■- ' *■ tiie t.i lata ere filed with the cir cuit court of appeals on january 9 oy im f.aach attorneys on benau of the eignt pare alter they had been arreaieu ana convicted of keeping their children all under 18 out of school the action on the part of the par ents wiiicr was called the vest 1 asm strike lame about when the scttooi mmm closed tne negro high ictiooi anu uruneu the parents to send me stuuenu to me liamilton-tiolmes nigh -*■< ip'j'ji located some i'll ranee away iron me town of west l*oint aim completely out of ' the school p>»*!u jurisdiction . instead in parents seat their chil dren m em a.i wl.ji west tuint mlgn acnool lor enrollment . they were bluntly u»*ti on tne ground last io wm tacui would be violating in , segregation laws of the hut ot vir ginia leather than send tea students tne distance.to m ilea ton-it aigh acnoel the pv«hu sept then noma because ox this action the is claimed the parent violated the virginia compulsory iunuance lava t in its www appealing tne convic tions urn i,aalr stated thai net only taa attendance taw was violated oat also the state segregauon law which i was houomma as war uta ajsmki n.mr.l ■ cadet ma eaaasiaauea at the | hearing of the appeal m me circuit court tn isne wii&«ss lor tha seaoet iboard vt l career - itrmtmorat oi acuoow aanntwu that tne west 101 atiiooi au-uiium inai tae vtmt i'o-ui uign atuuoi si superior to tae i negro ptym school ana had eeea lor -■ yean mc scuooi superintendent eu admitted mat to acuool . hoard was ammm vi tin oojecuoa ol tae .>* .'- parent to nu their cmlorea td twine out of'town to anotner eegre mm popmal in town of west foint made no effort to provide an equal out separate school tor negro end uren tne parents charged isaac lawyers hpottowood w ww lv and otnrer . v hill stated in uieir argument that it was the state of-virginia which had vio lated the law not the paients the our in banding down its rul ing suspended the fines and sentence ot two of the parent because they had enrolled their children in segregated schools outside of west point and the | kin williams county - naacp lawyers indicated that they will appeal we convicuea ' he vir ginia supreme court "' and mrs julian bowles of 45 washington st lack wanna are shown cutting their 80th wedding anniversary cake at their home on sun fob bth thay afro 72 and 70 years of af respectively and hart 8 children restricted parking brings woe to northland ave residents one-way st would restore-'king space im mmm paraxug was prohibit eu on in eouih-side of northland aye for some reason or other which hm cauacd a big problem to j property o*s and r«__4ienta of t-m aii-.i lvj own cars i th criterion ic__m__i this week that tho mallei was presented to v aafiwiwwi joseph swart in an ef oil tv _,«.<• uf they tan rcc-ne consid i-.ul.uu as wail as the motorist win just u the stiee to get to some tie u.istion hot don't have to be incon j v-auencfd with parking and unload ng m front of their home these with grievance state eon member in the families of cv iy notue on t_oth aides of north land aye nave automobiles there jars suupiy not enough garages available to accommodate these cars and *.__ one aide of the • street restricted for parking it re cocaa use amount ef parking apace j per cent while the number of tar ta th aiea remain the _*___-. - : we wonder what c___u__*i___ton was i wwa to tv v maiheanaiirat prdb l*mj t i mm i jwowvof jagg j ; i <*_.*-. t_e:x.sg thaws resident as ' users have seen no ternum ■**-* ua-tiis vi a.,;c_iar-ts oa the ______ the '• aula streets which axe ia_xh na rotaa **.** aircacy he«n rse'.tstad i -—- _—* y -- - -*. 1 parking space ie at a piemhaa on i tt*mm it tp«ua_f that had the residents had an opportunity to express them selves inay may have prefer ed a | ote-way street with parking op mil sides of the street it a like | a or.e-'a'uy erect when it corner to 1 packing with cars parked on the 1 north side of northland facing - west , ,__ many ate wondering if it a po«s.lilc for the board gf safety to leconslder the parking problem and u.-t m eas it up again the,tit-ward u-iml.li tilth ham a utamm lurlhday car l-a'lv il lite home i.i th n-m.i.-ut mr alfreds l_c 117 1.1 ml th guest i li»tu>r was c.ngi.-mmn.mu inn.,l i kadwan mr lee i <--. it imry mt mr lud-.i ah run iv ut tea among ot*wr wru im rims led mt alfreds l_ce praddeat and mr a tuna \. vrem kir*t m mrs if mn.iitowe theodore ktiuwu miwe_.ii ulnußostrslar of un can gremmtum . mr ttattle rwa ream urai_u mrs f 80 dr is am.t tu ' tmm ' mr hew mcaa*b»*cfmmi*t!tpm*m amg%m phtaaaa r b i rentier lmlge amp camuad *___«._*. br myrvn *>. me uusrr mr «*,, juwisea uewui lee fttm oacar u«t*..-.t l_rs«u aa*i a bast mt ethers .. bishop john a greeg dies in florida bubop john a otftgx "'*'• one of ' tap ttfrtmmt w**^s jtrgymen ip omtrm died last wednesday rto * sing after ■ m month's ulnees in jacksonville ft ha was the sen ior s__u of the afi uan method episcopal church and uat v m a and earning ammmy of the llth agammam dlatrtctof florida t^m*mmammmmwoaamaaaaaaaammtm'mmr llm was m olenitis of the reds at •_ count ij of csi__-che_i of christ mmmtdmat of the 114-_--t council of the ame clwrch a_*d a foitnei pre mod and chanrulor of edward wmlett college v he a-a tt lecturer i and author of a rummer of rulgl mm books ouflslo'a bethel ajdk church pas ter i%tr harry white bald _ - me ■ amtyiy eaa___t find words tv express how deeply we are tbfkk ed awl pained to learn ■'• the death f bishop gregg me was one of urn tufwßw clergyman <* all umea bwmm^aammmmptpmmmmmoymamym y*f gidik itmtrtsumß car mervlew rail -._•_.__.. ma mm «« ■«•** tmrvu rosamond brown gets third scholardship m * t.aainotiii brown of this city who is ie of our leading art eiud aa wm stage a one-man show a | the ait ptmomf of * v-ltmo s<l7 cuca street bnu__iy 2'jnd thiomh w-irih cth from to a mv until dull over w oil paintings wsat color portrait and landscapes will be on display mrs lliown became a student of the institute in 1949 by token «' a ec_-a___.ihlp in 1050 a second mmmolmiahtt was presented by tiki ur ban league a third uchclii whs presented to mrs bruwn by the in stil mrs i!:own first majorod in art in bt lou mo , and bit an a mem tei of uie jit-uonaj honor society one of i.er outstanding portraits n mm ' i'l-am girl wm j»u_*--_»«1 by a wealthy toledo patron how ever mis i own amid that she wit very fund of two later addition to her collections they am entitled portrait of tea-he and portrait of nuns tie h.imt who restd in this city will her husband and ■ ik 1 er sold l.er find att.mpt at art for 75 cent lo her sunday ichool teach a tlim was than 14 years of age ii_iii,_i««.iin_i_ii___nn__]miimriiiifaimiwiinmndur ''' - mrs maude kirkland passes away feb 17 mm maude 10rkl*nd slfl north land aye died tuesday fv itth h>iw after a lengthy tunea ,•'.***. yiwii^a^mtmbmr.jyi hew lion baptist • cshi_j\jf*wl{et9 txmmmml t*i views _*. held fr_l with the p_wv.-tj l;*v n a '*_!» charge of the sen cc mra kto kand was well-known acd well j liked and at one time was a lotuiag sales woman at the de luxe music boappm tor a number of years tgmra kirkland la auivived by her ' husband haywood and three brothers caiey theodore and cinhlnghun ttobhlna all of buffalo civil rights league to open aud soon tho buffalo civil rights i-eague lnc is a ocai fciler-raclai organiza tion made up of religiously motivat ed persona working by educational mean to piomote juistic amity and iin-'lnrst-iiding among all na tionalities included in it aim tho elimination of mtwi up pre judices wlurdi disfigure ami distort religious business metal fra al relations with a view to the em i tag't i.i.i*nt of i aortal f.t'\e.t in i which uie ieiigiou ideals of brother hood and justice shall become the standards 1 human lonsdsp acwidina to a p_tal.-_._rtt fiom the ague it will ba located in iu aew home i s mw dt shortly it is now wider alteration and will accommodate 400 people with platform reading atari rest aiiu toat loutr -. and in i"'ri portahi-j seats the home will bo ai aiubli fur cunterta leatures conventions btuiqueu pum-c forums and the * ... i ...;■■'■.■-' lifco ; cunccrniug the league , a spokes man rm id vv the cm-u night j league founder officers and tm beta believe there are impcrumt ut fvivip.i uruung in'.-.^.tv.i we do aal i seek a t merger between religious , group we k cooperau-a ue also te!;i'-..i we can ,**;>-:.'■ our dif lerancea and work together to e_.t th problem of our community and 0 e_rt*ku_i a society ta which ms j both wtutc and cclcred may live u . mutual cooperation and a larstaad ing i the _»; - krsman eaid that whea { tr league home op it will be a place where your family and 1 salts rani come and get the kind cf gu ■ . m au kaperwuiy needed m these dangerous and . perplexing prvto :.■•■: tin coaf-._ir.ur_g ua daily to ; | eluding the prcfcleat of tasstag j sb pallia ta the cc-!__ia _»_*» - em tstofwaacav ua dally a il ri._s.ra f tw-»aag rh__r jpeaaicn delays ucraacosuhla r*ct i chacgaa hd avtaticca sup «-___ i and ram your vote in behalf of human and civil rights women's council held inter-racial tea i . sunday february 15th from i to 6 p m the metiopotltan coun | til member were hosts to more j than m guests at an interracial tea at the buffalo friendship homo jsdo jefferson aye a very interest jing program waa presented i tlie nejro national anthem with ! mrs louiae leftwich price ac companist the council cieed was | lead two selections ble.mi this j house and there 1 a balm in dead were beautifully rendered by the michigan avenu baptist church quartet the membeia are sfc*«_an.e joseph beaie david barnes jove naah jr accompanist and m n boy kin director mrs via d jackson reviewed : the book mary mcl_eod bethune by catherine owen pear author | mrs l*ck*on captured the atten j tion of her audience as she mm of ui life cad works of this brilliant sunday parades to to become legal j they has been many a parade on a sunday afternoon in tha elli t cott district over the past years i but thoae participating did not know ; that they were voiaung a state law and could have been jailed or fined 20 tins includes both the march ers and the musician whose strain violated the sabbath aasemdiyniaa william bid 1 butisr kepublican of the 3rd as aerntuy district which includes the j not m hah of the jciiicou uistrict j mua week introuucad 1 bui amend lag the per-ui uw to fiouii . v/iui s practice it auuwnzea pa»ao and ww a 2 p fa on tog uajrs clily those tor tutmrni ' ro agpooa at mecoortal peats have warn legal it this point awemoiymaa tuners mil wkl be made legal m tuns lot wat annual j ■ .-■■■ a a u*j i'arade . pvt thomas w stone of bronx v v and savannah ol la at camp dram n v participating in eur i else snow sturm aa a member of the j_2d alrhorne division from fort bragg >. c the army's excreta | is being staged to give troop win ter-war ire traantng with pedal l»t rjulpmrnl a nd clothing designed for extreme cold weather condition included in the airborne pitas of the program will he at least one parachute drop for the mm mm sion paratroopers the i thn ana of mr sad mrs ji«h oadaon of savaaauab htassss aster ed the army last tune ml wlfa alma live at mf union ava brass mr and mrs jo jackson gave a birthday party in honor of mrs jackson's mother at their h'_m 535 clinton s recently among these at.n-_-_.ig war mrs m rollins mrs !_. hall cellcus haark-t coliooa jackson k ■__*_£-_._.. granddaughter mrs lefta damps guest of honor mated at head of tabic mary jackson ear d-mps m jackson standing virginia brand jani lambert aad beatrice cri/fis aiiop at mi greets jew mi wtuwra m ma «■>. money immmma religious groups must fight crime bishop brumaeid jituison sen ior bishop of mt calvary holy church inc this peat sunday call ed for an old-fashioned town meet ing of religious leaders aj a step to tviiiclj fighting crime in buffalo bishop johnson who is also pastor of ml calvary church it hick ory st said that evil doers gang up but good people do not he con tinued we are impressed and dis maytd by the interlocking directo rates of the criminal elements as we ace how police politician aim labor bosses may often be leagued together wi cannot counteract such combinations with divided reli gious forces the tune has come he said for leaders of ail faiths and de nominations to choose some neutral t place at the sth ward and plan an j annual united front for the cleans i ing of our city such a gathering | would alarm the jenifer burgier nar cotics carrier gangste and thei churchmen : we tifiall never sweep the evil from lackawanna and - buffalo aide wains by merely trying to keep our own skirt clean he concluded i and the welfare of oiu city and of the world it endangered by the in to ua of the intelligent continued on page .