Buffalo Criterion, 1966-01-01

              you can feel proud of your buffalo cri terion because it is one of the few nc-ffro publications in new york state completely produced by its own plant inits own home it de serves your support the buffalo criterion for the best and widest coverage of community affairs read buf j j falo's pioneer negro newspaper ! the criterion the medium that has watched and helped negro buffalo grow and is the best i selling colored weekly on the ni i agara frontier i price 10 cents buffalo n v saturday january 1 7 1966 vol.4o 1 federal food stamp program begins feb 1st great interest shown in civic open house receptions crowds jam city court city hall county court & county jail message are continuing to arrive daily at the home and office of judge william sims congratulating him upon his elevation to associate judge ship to the city court some of them come from friends and neighbors others from hush school and college friends whom he ha not seen in years others from people he never met and from a number of out-of-town amor them beint e vincent suitt formerly of buffalo but now of atlanta g ah expressed genuine pleas ure that he was choren to fill the office of first negro judge and that buffalo hud at last taken its rightful place among other cities in its classification as far as recognizing its negro popu lation with political appoint ments , • v ■ : raj . vm jtepermae with ban ofmw^^twi^^rwo mayor frank a semi a in fulfilling his pre-election com mittment to his negro con stituents that of recogniiins them for their whole-hearted support and also for his selection of the calibre of appointees all think hi s choice is ftps besides judge sims there is captain robert b howard jr a career firefighter who became buffalo's firs negro commissioner who is a vet eran of 20 years service working his way up through the ranks mrs jessica judy john son former secretary to the lute coußcirmnn cora p ma loney and court man p mar mitchell is now license director charles h simmons ems appointed to the h;--i office of deputy city treasurer mayor sedita mrs h t collins succumbs mrs ii jen t collin wee i ad in buffalo on decwnht-r 18 i she was th daughter.-of the fate john end jt-s . *,]!,.,«, step j**b rr of viisetl william j the trmnv-r of sister helen clare o.s.r yvonne col-j tins and of daniel ami o j ar coßm sister of qearg i /«»» jr mtltm jerome 1 v,-*-.i.itns mi john huui»h jr.'mad mr cortei > il niece of rjrhen redding and fsrmrjs 11 wfeshint'tim and a tio*t of o'hrr r;*i idvrs and ttsmda mourn her jots players were iid anj the j*mw recited sunday dec 18 at i pjta by the third or ! tier of ***>- ■, came at art p.:-ro.v-4iry''s*j eozz mary a retries mas was of j x a am fotvmir ffeiiyers at ft is ».- m . at the kteer h jane funeral horn an ' december itah th mxeimd was * mem ber of the legion of mary «**• '■ fend order of ml car t»t"':;**f*<,..la#es of charity me bishop**-*©»mmitiee the aiwocttjiion for th blind and the jean marie guild she ***** a lay teacher of our lady of lourdes and sacred heart schools friends from every ortho tic church turned out to pi ay for her approximately 1888 or more people viewed berj fetiwitw mrs ray dies fi-txfmssti ft y - mrs bbbbtb p ray died sudden fa jan i 1888 in broetdyn h was the wife of she itav sandy f ray pastor f be - comers i ptptaa chares fa roo*dyn lie and mr ray bast beep seemed only 13 monoa wis was ttm first lady of the £*> *•***» bapust mmisterv * cm tai nice . asveral 4 c loads of friends ii ffleers left 4 friday to attend tbe funeral **>" '. . ~ at^rss *-*-*** grocers briefed at 4 different high school meetings erie county grocers with in m take pert in tit fed eral food stamp program scheduled lo tart here feb i will be briefed an the pro gram procedure at four meetings it was announced i by the u s depart of agricuture three meetings will take lace in buffalo the first till be held monday jan 8 at east high school 820 northampton st the second ********* on tuesday jan 11 it bennett lush school and he third on wednesday lan 12 at south park high school iso southside pkwy the fourth and lust meet try will be held on thursday jan is at the orchard park junior high school baker road orchard pack n i all meriting will start at "-* p m un the above . dates merchants who do not at i tend one of the scheduled ; sessions run th h of not j being authorized to accept riatpam mmcm me prog.am tsp#-t*.n v-sts cti-m.-ss i th food program i de j signed to aid low-income and public onistssc families in j erie county »'* [ philip b hram director of the northeast area food ; distribution office in new york said that representa ! i lives of the usda's corwum ] j er and marketing service will j i discuss retailer responslbil . rfie under the program j ■ ******* stamp official will also i , explain how the program ' 1 benefit the giocer and the ' community an eight percent increase in retail u«>«1 sales i has been reported in estab lished food stump program area . .. j authorization of food mer ] chant berth retail and | wholesale in handled by the consumer and market ing service retail grocers must be authorised before ', they tan accept coupons from | pamcipaung families before j a grocer is authorised to c - cept coupons he must agree to bide by the regulations if the lu.hl program under the l ati d stamp program needy lamilits t-ei lified by the in county iv partment of social welfare use th money they normally fpepd fur load to , purchase ! food l*n*p coupons nd iee+ve i odrtlnnth cjoßntilv of food coupon thereby en ; abling them to buy sifbsan , tially increased food supplies i the coupons are spent like cash for any food except im i ported meats and certain , other imported foods at the ' authorized retail stores since it is a food program | nonfood items such as f»*co ho ii c beverages tobacco j products soaps pet foods vegetable seeds and the like 1 cannot be purchased with food coupons grocers may redeem the coupons at their local bank or through authorized food wholesalers banks . then re deem the coupons through the federal reserve system breakfast sun jan 16 lite very rev john f brien director of st coluntr bitn'a retreat house at dei by n v announced the ap pointment of thomas i f ri ley as chairman of st co toman's seven teeth annual ! brfakfast last rites heid m»..*edsrta stiether at 881 e party **„, died early dec a ims he am 7 veer eld h bad bee iji * mimher „ ■******•. bat died of a heart attack he was a world war 1 vet era and a native of hedge field 8 c and w*s one el ii children in ma family *** bad been an employee at mnuehem steel for m year *■*** he retired fat 18s8 i ■**»* and mr si rut her h*d been married 41 years and bad on daughter miss ftaris strother roth survive milt fwseral service were held far mm dee m at meadows bros funeral home by rev t j uoodyard burial was in forest lawn salesman congratulated mr deaitt m smaußos-d *** tn~9#&tr?iimt n ii *«■»., gratulated ' ea breaming ame an tebacc e i em salesman re*re«ealatlve f if mr sm*ttw**d was select ed after m*ay lniervlr *, i'm ma ah could get the tab dene f ,- he wo educated in nets verb city , and sulfate and baa been an ulsiaitdinslnt'ie ball alhelrie locally and ml l>tm-*ny ... \. y he is active and interested i community affair mr sm*rw**d's service are i not considered to be solely non-white standing with mr small weed ta the eft is j w wic ker sale supervisor in charge at special markets main i ohio mr wicker started with american tobacco in buffa lo now resides in long island n y mr 818 creep ef grand island n v ta'z district manager at america teeac c r •-'. g '**•** ..; grs mr leiev i c*lei jr assistant dfrccter ef j*4 de velepmeat and.-era-haymrnt aad mr nelson h nicheis jr . ctecuuve direct*-7 v j * use buffale urea '. leajuc are la aa the edfute 5ge3 women support march of dimes or jena salk i brieied i an support in march at i dimes by women's erganiza lions from left i right are mr murray davis high point n c president wo mn auxiliary ol ihe na tonal medical association mrs william j reese jr lhany g president na tional association ol colored women end mr lrccllc h mtnire buffalo hi v . ira pe-lat frtia-eiasßbs t»*tjv rera it *!*"*,.• ■■*" *•-'-•-**-.-"<. v -- they join leaders of major women's organization's in ap pealing for volunteer in the mother's march of the 1888 march of dimes to raise funds to fight birth defers below — the community holiness church 317 jeffer son aye rev t brown pas ter rev if t beauford si lafaal patter gave christ mas cheer i lis 1 children by vne^^imm^m^i emtigtreaady ant fruits sad b«*dljes far *- them fa eet*y • this : was made possible threugfc jjt gefceresity and teaperattam at church mem met frit-ads'aad feral - btutt n****n csrteenii '•■** '**^*-'''-'•'-' appointed training staff director , dr henry l - tayter cen ter recently pp*ln'«d direc tor ef schec * duration and training .' matt ' of the ; u s department ef agri culture's rural • community d*\el«p*»ent s•r 1 c c ■? ft j shews conferring with seere i isry^prvuie^l ftreemmmt | &£&£**** i •/■»* j*e*a*-3a a **. f - j •». 1 dr tiitr a d vlls staff will . help to develop ways af : previdiag x traiaiag •: and - re t t iwrtt*al for *"}*•*••. , tf^p am per artf lbe.it < new available to urban resi dents • j ■ • usda phot civil rights scholarship offered by union chicago—a 1,830 scholar ship is an a.t.n-i tome auaii red young person who has made an outstanding ctm trtbution in the cause of civil right the award is given annual is by the united packing hou»t food end allied work ib rev mary tin luther km jr is a member of the board of judges / c .. applicants may be either in high school preparing for college or already enrolled and a candidate for * degree applicant for the rustefl htsll <*» scholarship are wing accepted until marc 5 1 it union orient ralph helstein said inquiries should be directed to the union at room lion 808 south dear bant st chicago . uusoia retirement party tendered mrs o f beville a lovely retirement party was tendered mrs olive f.l bevhji}tof jj spruce st nov j il at oliver's stauri in comrownoralion of 28 yean of service with the board of j education where she am en j a^si slant lo lie mam officer tn the audio-visual depart-j mint • ...,;" it ; * many offic.-uss of tips edu cational department attended j com mending mrs beviil.-'a fine service through the j years she received a check 1 and a beautifully-bound auto graph book with the names of all present mrs bevttle has served a fatal of 13 year with the ed ucational department five of which we c with the museum j of science 4 last june she received her 25-year pm f.om the buffalo c ti service employee un ion she also attended the mrs seville returns from hospital rev t davis found • and pastor of promised land baptist church founder a the baptist ministers couu-ii and president of tin inter it *- nominatienal council ha re turned home from l-alayette general hospital rev mr davis is dean of wnv mini lers from point of age end service i —.~~ —..- -**-.- ~ completes basic training j jßhacua r cste d^f*a»««c f „ mr pad mi l.r»a*-*d helm 2d3 glen wood aval buffalo n v has emmpteted tea week of basic training at the wav recruit train bag command li s naval training center baln4>riov>e •* maryland , f jabaaita was graduated at a format military review at the training center a dee 3 1883 tbe focal wave will spend 14 days leave with her per eats before reporting te h«s pile corps school u s naval training center great lakes illinois johnetta i a traduate of lafayette high school and was employed by georgian court nursing home af buf fata the new hospital appren tice m enlisted in ihe saw en sept 24 1953 at the v v navy recruiting station bu fafa h y see page ii < see page i see page i