Buffalo Criterion, 1966-12-24

              price 10 cents j willi 111 — ia . . ii8.88.i mil aibb buffalo n v saturday dec 24-30,-1960 vol 40—no 25 the buffalo criterion council may create two more judgeships rites held for pernella byrd at shiloh church lawmaker subpoenas official in migrant farm investigat'n assemblyman hardwick calls in health officer in farm probe in monroe county tour ~ ' rochester serving * subpoena o;i a county health officer to make certain the official was coming along a buffalo state asjiismhlyroan resumed an inspection tour of migrant labor camps in mon ', roe county today dec &}• assemblyman arthur hard wick jr a.d he hoped to con vince the county health dept i that i labor camp in parma should be t-josetl * ■■■,•:-,-:-; a migrants dormitory there is warmed by kerosene heater v hich sends out a one feet long horizontal open name like a jet engine hardwick saitt this is a dor mitory rv**bß*f *• and 5-year old children ''' -■■-■'■ i ■ a de/noc**«t and buffalo hasta*^t«ki**v-l*t*lr hatrlwlct tmva 0a xvtya timet s-gfwi elected to'the te'gulaiaurer *»? du.rman of the joint l4*gk t lative committee on m.grant labor la many month of m specting iit-giani cuncitiuns statewide he has sometimes j put on work clothes and join ed migrant laborers in the fields i he asserted today thai the county health dept was not doing all it should to enforce state regulations goveiititng migrant labor camps condi tions in most of the s-x camps j he and others visited yester dya were appalling he said j with subpoenas in his pock et he went this morn:ng to the office of dr wendell r aimes county health director ! dr ames was not theie but i hardwick did have state po lice serve a summons on dr wallace font one of ames deputies 1 invited dr ames to go with us but we sol no re ply said hardjwtcv dr ames whs said he had not received the invitation said his office would cooper ate with hardwick in every reasonable way we constantly apply pres sure on migrant camps to get them to improve standards i dr ames said i • httriitvick asserted that the present system of stake laws enforced by county officials just isn't working he directed dr font to jolt .* hi committee at the migrant tamp along route 31 oppo site the comstock food dht sion of borden co in egypt there some 34 migrant la borers live on the hut floor of a dormitory thr ir quarter warmed only by the heat cran ing op from the second story through a oli in the floor the third floor charged hart vi:k wilt a death nap who only exit or emrark was a foot leading to n out side steel fire escape th th rd floor should be closed hardwick said zm 7 at thfher camps ftit&gick rs-ported findin f^hy^^w ters where rag f-^-'w satffed ma * am if.in«|*t**7 l4b^-me hi^p'7;iiaiss_*-;:sa*l.7 no shack with t*e heat at all where ocraps rolled •-,• in makeshift covers *• stajr aw-ettt j too many peo,>le lake it i for granted that t'»e migrant i camps are ctosed in the win ; ter hardwick said but la ; borers do stay on past har vest ing and winter weather j accentuates the pitswems el poor dangerous or no heat - ing to ilifes and the ir-oi ver.iences and rjiuom to i caused h?n the only sanitary i facilit;es available are not j connected to living quarters in one camp we didn't see i any sign of runr-ii ( water at i ail sad james a porcnr housing d rector fer the court ' c-.l of sot 1 agencies who , accompanied hire ick yester i day also on the tour was ! herbert thornton rural dtrcr j tor for act on tn a better rßutrtv tr-i j local ; anti-poverty a-*rnc mrs byrd was only woman ever to lead the buffalo naacp mint pernelu byrd was hem in memphis t*on the i daughter of rev and fete jim ntmty pastor of 4 com ame church ; she attended south memphis public schools ami feat fa ca*a*e mi-b school ... she was marred to harry w cox sad moved to st tat mo there she bat came the other f on mitt major caa her hus band was sailed in senice mrs cox took a four year catering course at the i fxaiuella catering school in ft louis she also attended vts4t*mt high school for french and danish pastry cecwettiig and won a scholarship in th general mills consist for a siateen ! tret tour to the swift pack he co and receive her j 9mtb*ra license .' mrs co tost her first husband and moved to buf falo where she joined first til-li baptist church there aim met and married mr joseph bynd '. . .. h i major activities in the church *»-* home and foreign missions and work tit with the junior ushers mrs byrd was employed as a chef at state teschsrs l*tga for five years she tack a leave of . matnet from there to attend erie county teck as a dietician she alio administered la foods for rowing children in ml palmer detroit as stated ta opening the first nursery school m buffalo j and sen.r(i .* a pastry ! cook bt the tourraina hotel for five years : her last place of employ mm was head dietician of ! columbus hospital for 11 years mrs byrd was a resident 2 of btdfalo for m years or more her social activities were quite many and wen i planned and attended | she served as president and vice president of th i buffalo branch o the naa cp a member of the elks and foresters and also a ij year member of the household of ruths - she also worked as d g r n c of the household of ruths no 7 of the state of si v and many more '■ accomplishments could be ad.'cd to her work she died dec 13 ims ip j emergency hospital after a j lenghiy illness funeral services were held dec 17 st shiioh bap i tist church by rev e 3 echols burial was in forest i lawn cemetery survivin i a son major co and other relatives meadow bros funeral home was in charge according to the criterion i records mrs byrd os prcs j j idem of th buffalo branch i , naaci put on the largest j i public promotion here when he brought 1t late mary m.'i..ii hi-irune to swluh ' baptist church ii the early *•'*, and ticked ihe church to cap-city mrs b**rd last public appearance was dec j 1865 i when the q v o of o f j honored her for many years | of service msti she also headed the em ma v kelley and h h of ruth educational depart j ments photo below mrs palmer i.a»*«in is i shewn as she installed offi cet el th irt ward gop women club st republican headquarters the officers are mrs j *-■■/ elizabeth rainey pre i mrs minnie smith v pre ' miss virgin scett sec , see mrs jessie robert trees mrs maggie pen nick chaplain mrs ann coies parliamentarian and mrs maggie gunler fin see among ethers ware ciee reid and mrs fannie bur roughs a comment on negro judge's election loss by staff reporter toe defeat of jut sims in the november 8 1966 election has caused as much question in the heavily democratic negro neighbor hoods of buffalo as was aroused in th nation by the murder of president kenne dy on november 22 1963 in the month since the termination of the election their expectations that an answer would be forth com ing by the democratic lead ers have been totally frus trated the indignation of the only depneduhle democratic vot ers is daily mourning and has not yet reached its peak ■' ._'- . v..v statistic shiaw that each year a higher percentage { of our voters osrt from the ranks ; t^yg^f ~* _ fch-w 1.-.utiemi with any degree of foresight would well re ' member that 25 years ago the rt-jruti etar ' pan , rejection of the negro to ; gether with keen leadership in the democratic party j j caused the negro to cut his emotional ties with republi cans and join the ranks of the democrats it it now i the blind leadership in the | democratic party in buf ; falo which believe that re gardtess of their obvious | affront to the negro voters j that they have no place to go and must remain within jits ranks \ if the democratic leaders fully realized their precari ous position they would not attempt to get the pulse of j this community from a few negro appointees or placa 1 ters perhaps the man in the street is so disgusted with that party that the leaders ss***j not even upon asking get the tru feeling to date it has not come to our attention that eton-era headquarters lias cared enough to ask «. , the negro electorate ha repeariy sought answers to these questions ■ 1 ii money beat judge sims as ha been suggested by some why did it not if beat frank o'connor in buffalo 2 if there was backlash grr.-r.ited by lhou**iids of racial calls directed against judge sims in polish in that immunity and to the irish and italia neighborhoods in english why did the back lash not include other ne gro candidates election loss rites held for sydney johnson funeral cervices were held far sidney l johnson at lloyds memorial united chvtrch of christ friday 1 dec i at 1 p m by rev j william a hayes pastor mr johr-hon •*.,* bora march . 29 1918 ir tallade ga ala he .-***>• to buffalo j at a child with hi parents the late rev and mrs id ; ney o b johnson who served th lloyd's memorial | congregation church for 39 year -. ...... | he attended puhiic school in buffalo talladega col i lege and ihe university of buffalo law school i . ... mr johnson was a tnem , her of lloyds memorial 1 church for 13 years and was ' an associate member off cr;.ce c<«-i«*re-*tioi*_i church , in new york city : i a world war it veteran t be r-crv-tt with the u s *******, mmp4 vxi ttnptovcd *-** " boy w<tir t secretary at th michigan avenue branch ymca be > tore moving to new york city ns wa a.m m maxmiimv ' oif alpha phi alpha frater nity ! mr johnson died decern , her 11 ims he leaves to mourn his passing five sis ters mrs isaac merdows mrs felix murphy and mrs herbert c holmes of buf falo mrs maggie jones end j mr amanda maddox of ! new york city two brothers jmr horace c johnson of buffalo and mr charles johnson of great lakes iii his farmer wife mrs vera home johnson and 1 a host of other relatives and friends i meadow bros funeral home was in charge burial i was in forest lawn ceme teiy to sing for xmas students from canisius college canisius high school holy angels acade my and mt st mary acad emy will swig the christmas section of handel greatest oratorio the messiah in kleinhans music hall sun jan 8 at 8 p m robert schulz will conduct ! the singers an orchestra of philharmonic musican and distinguished soloists in this presentation negroes urged to write call mayor council and bar ass'n by staff reporter the fact that a negri jut william sims sat <«-, the city ; court judiciary 1 the year " ims through ap polatmefit left no doubt in tfc*4itnd*j of negroes that ontgof their race could ably fn such an important uch an important w-7'„*7 '.:■ 7 ■..**« fact that judge sims j a«ete nearly 70.000 votes - showetj *" that negroes are ! steadily creeping up towards i eltsking a 7 tudge because i th*jr urgently : : need rcpre rn'aiior on th bench the | proposal by 8 of the i i*l present iudses headed by ' m*4#**st**e chief judge se beseum esftwnra to raise the tiuißbei ' tram 12 to 14 i*js*-»s awry , cwse up -, in tha i s-acil in january , y 7771 ll_jfc bat i fa_b_mtt*f ai i wi^-'"-'pis-rrtet-snc--th«ri ******* church group lodjw ' clubs political grasp in 1 fluent-jl individua hot-id sjss mb v a srf end mmß . en honorable mayor sedita and the council to pass the measure for two more judges so that judge sims could be reappointed and have an opportunity to run ia the 13*67 election - these observers also point : ed out that letters should be sent to the bar association ' ! stressing the fact that buf falo needs a negro judge and that judge sims has jpessed the new york state bar has practiced law 15 ! j years and has 1 year's ex i perience on the bench so j i that no technicalities may be brought up to subtly by j | pass his possible re-appoint ; ment fruit belt group met dr saturday dec 17th at j p in * committee met at the neighborhood . house i 76 orange st corner of vir ginia to discuss further ways a improving the safety of residents of the fruit belt , the fruit belt committee of concern started an ex perience of youth harass-men although this c**fu incident ; was heir handled by the po lice and the courts response i tile people felt it was time that the community faced up squisiciy if its problems and its security three meetings have been held so far councilman hor-j ace johnson was asked to file a resolution in tne city coun-l eh seeking study by the po ; lie and fire departments of the aggravating situation in the fruit belt ■ - ■ inspector leo i callahan j was lent by commissioner felicetta to offer cuoper.tf.on and special help the com mhtee's interest has attracted increased police protection for tins area the committee is not merely con cerned with crime and po : lice causes of social unrest are also on its list this doers not mean that crime •*.- van istt overnight the police cannot db their work at with the active coop-ration of the residents of the community tit commit tee of concent cannot wot successfully without the per uana ißvt-vemeet of residents of the fruit beit come to the oca meeting of the fruit belt committee of concern or send your name address and amy suggestions to the fruit belt committee of con cern care of neighborhood house 76 orange st buffa lo n y 14204 or call 856-0363 offering your willingness to participate in the work of the commit tee j top players of orange blossom classic hubert gum halfback florida a m i -****• jty at tallahassee second from left and onree jackson quarterback alabama a&m l .* ** r m*j ala , sec nd from fight wet selected players of the game at lbs i orangr 81 ■*,*.... ( mo festttring the alabama a&m bulldogs and the florida a&m rattlers the award 5,*..i*..r h the coca-cola company a pioneer participant m the orange blossom classic hi'ivr j r e lee ''. left florida a&m lniversttv ice president abo founded the asthma known clank *-*■*. r pre ' eadngth*awards *-.*-«-.** are harold hamilton center of the coca-cola company six ft**i*«o»4 tke r.ghi tales ami baileting teprcseatathe of the miami coca-col bottling ct-ripaa mrs a pyer buried in cleveland o funeral services for mrs , ann pyer were held tues dec 6 at 2 p.m at trini ty baptist church '-. i mrs pyer was bom in ft 4 ..,.**•.■ ..' m o oa «*&*. *; swiw a tbe '-, , tout mr and va„i-iiv tw&f j she came to cleveland m i*b3 and liter came to buf falo and join-it trinity bap '• 4u4 a 01 111*1 i c ' yam torate of the rev j t i sparks j she is survived by a hus band albert a sister len ora maddox in georgia a number of nieces and nep hews and a host of grand nieces cousins and friends j rev s l hargrove offi ciated sherman l walker mor i tician was in charge inter i ment was in cleveland o pink tea ; a pink tea will be given by w m council district ] no 4 sunday jan 8 at j 145 brunswick blvd from 4 to 8 p m sis flora a henderson is pres si maggie atkins chm and sis leslie bizzell co-chra back in buffalo irene s&u's fc ui returned to buffalo from indianapolis where she spent a uu'e over a year due to the illness of her father i % ... »„■ 7 an active meat of cal vary baptist church she is in charge of steak n take broadway at sbumway see pages