Buffalo Criterion, 1965-12-25

              buffalo n v saturday dec 25-81 1965 price 10 cents vol 39—no 26 for the best and widest coverage of community affairs read buf 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 ;\ agara frontier ii the buffalo criterion fflfc-fl ■'-.-' . f ■■■■ ■■'■■' '■'■ - you can feel proud rou can feel proud of your buffalo cri rtctioa because it it one of the few ■ ne^ro publication in new york state completely produced by it own plant inits own home it de mwe your support a prosperous & happy new year to all negro judge fire chief & license exec to take oaths atty wm sims robert howard judy johnson get top positions mayor fleet frank a se dita named three negroes in his christmas day top 16 appointments and they be come the first members of the race to ever hold these positions william bill sims was named an associate judge of city court at a sal ary of 18,500 top pay of any local negro appointee . his wife barbara merrt i weather sims al«o an at torney is a senior assistant i in the appeals section of the , district attorney's office the couple resides at 280 humboldt pkwy with their ; two children sue c 8 and i ! frank w 7 mr sims appointment if i . for one year he will have to . ; run for a it-year term in i9ws . te another surprise move mr sedita appointed rob ert b howard jr to the 18,000 per year job as fire commissioner mr howard has been a fireman for 23 years and bat served as junior captain acting battalion chief and chief he will direct a de partment of 1200 men a former student at the state college at buffalo he and his wife the farm*.e iren battle and their is-jeur old daughter jean reside at 867 humboldt pkwy mrs jessica judy johnson who served us secretary to the late couikil man cora p muloney and councilman delmar milciiell is the first ntgro wumui to head a city department v she was appointed to the lll.aeq a year job to bead the license division : ;' the public it invited ito at tend the sims oath to city court sat jan i at i m a m '.. ■ ■ jv '■*•? home to discuss housing ,-,/' why do people live to ' '_. itsurasj what should be done * tkaee fmerlnits will be die > - a mined 1 fry a social worker a : j city pfaeiinir sad a sociologistj m the next meeting vi home 1 bousing opportunities made [ kqmtl which will be held at ■ mm p m on tuesday jan 4 a the jewish center 717 delaware aye ;| tito epenk*r wffl be pro i fesaor marvin bloom state j university of new york at i buffalo richard danforth | toeenttoe secretary qhmm m isory committee for com toiusity improvement a d j sprefeesar nash canlsius col s l-am ' v parr of the audience tofil be divided into small <■ ttorussna group and key i ideas will be reported back ; to the entire meeting j teacher drop out also high the dropout rata among flm-yenr teachers is 90 moated the december issue if ebony magazine » to ebony mrs elizabeth • d koontt president of the national education assncia ttao't mmm-member depart wifiat at classroom teacher ->»»*» the blame ' teachers dropout af teach «*■ she charges mainly jtjtowe of strand in tench 5 tag contfitlons and heavy '*"** toads educators an sjrced to waste precious time petty choree that have i gill to do with teaching _ more friction she contends m ebony results from the fact that too many prei-ur j mm sr t on nrinctpals who j '»■■» them along to teach i t r w . i a chw>r teacher from 2**7 n c and the fmm n rot 0 h#a(j hr v m«t*n 8 depart mr koonlr speak e ** * profile in the currant cheap l 4pa *«» punch 5s2i '?*''* *" ram"n el *•« recruit a staff mb m ex^ienc to save ft then the school ggw members complain fcssw *• children's to hevewear level l ***** *» «*<>«? tnunjtles and par l espj^n ejecting some ipi for no&insr " has teachwi .}«, *, fis^w ay about par yw expect a child to want to learn when all he hears is th be glad when you get out of til-hoot and get a job and how can he understand the importance «' education when there isn't a book in the house no more lugging water jot mr and mrs c a : keltey of clay texas tog ging water from the old well ' at bottom is a thing of the past since the farmers items administration of the v s department of agri culture made their interracial , non-profit water association i a stt.zt loan to establish a water system at top mrs killey is shewn to her modern kitchen washing the dishes five white and 7 negro families in clay benefit from the water system government financial assis tance for establishing com munity systems and other purposes has mar than doubled as a result of recent legislation applications for loans may be made at county offices of the farmer home administration usda photo mrs rosa jones passes away i mrs rosa jo.-m-s 87 died thursday dec 16 1965 m lowing a lengrhly illness she had been a member lor many year of tl humboldt park way baptist church where memorial services were held sunday dec 19 at the morn ing service on sat dec is funeral services were held at the brown funeral home with rev porter phillip official j it a few guests attended i mrs pjones wat tern cm mm jones was born in chicago in , and lived here for many years she had been « school teacher hav ing taught at school 32 buna was monday in for eel lawn cemetery survivors are her son dr w yertiy jont-s a grand daughter miss paula jones | and a sister mr selena rue hart walls center gets 100,295 on i it me office of i j vxihstniie opportunity i ii d ] » si/uhw rani to the walls ! memorial cul.urul center 455 j jlerwood avenue for a 10 ; | month 11....1 start pioyi am j fur ch.jrt-n 3 i years i a«e j the amount ii|-i>i<r|iui.i(.(i i j : ml 5 fat .. liicultly of hi j ! and 1 im.-uir apjilii-i are new foeinn ' . aict-jued for certified tlii tor i.'.ii hi i s.k i worker ! neighborhood aidwt iim-iii-ian cook and ottamdmn member of he tei*er " hoaul are „ , »*' i mm in.mil ; melt ofia fruia messiah smph mitch til |. tli parker . s<mare panee carey m km victor in til kit j c kui in a i in i i lln jn*ini an . hew turner jr mm helen woden mm jimvu wales ' i rita watson totem wh.tr j rev mumn william andrew i wrli*t toed union welt i james howe dies after brief illness funeral scrvkos were h.ui lu*ml*y m hi philip a ! church by fr curry for 1 james h howe of 20 hamlin i m who died in veteran's hospital dec 12 ims after ! a short illness mr howe came to buffalo in 1919 after serving in i world war i he was born in wilmington n c where j ha received his early educa i lion and was a graduate of both tailcdega ala college and lincoln pa university mr howe was active in church and civic affairs he had a fin tenor voice and sang with si philip's choir for 40 years he was a member of phi beta sigma fraternity ap pomatox club and the ham lin park garden club he was a former member of jess clipper post and man aged st philip's basketball team mr howe and the former wilfa k benjamin grew up together and both attended tauedega college they were married here by the late father bennett 40 years ago he is also survived by two brothers richard of buffalo and lawrence howe of wash ington meadows bros were in i charge burial was in purest lawn i below rev hunter ] standing former pastor at pleasant grove baptist church ms cedar st is seen i i telling members of the inter i . denominational m in i st c r j council of the brutal treat men of prisoner in the mis j sissippi state prison i j he went to help the free , dom riders and was impris oned for five years he told of beatings operations kill ings etc in the photo are rev r m mitchell rev r c ruf fin bishop houston rev t davis rev f emmanuel and rev d m byrd royal crown cola co gives 1,000 to united negro college fund i shown above is charles l smith of the royal crown cola co columbus ga left presenting a check for 1,000 to robert 1 cousins ga state chairman of th united negro college fund in addition to its giant to foundations pc last year save out 250,000 in individual college scholarships ixougjn the hatcher fund lpi<^^^l no cad tnnd omrmje mm year's campaign with representatives of the em education foundation fellow ing presentation of v check for llm.im to uncf with the 15»,0w ease gifts to the college fund now total tl,*'*,*m from kit above dr fred erick d patterson president united negro college fund robert o goodykoentx a vice president of humble oil * tcflnifiiii ci«u»«f b ,_ n»«l-r t ** m geteenlatlortt f james w bryant executive vice president », uncfj ami james s avery of humble who i a national vice chair man el this fur's college fund campaign , ,* "■■ '.*,_- - m.*s - * .' tkjby humble oil it a contributor to the esm education - foun dation established in 1935 by standard oh company new jersey humbles par ent firm - .. v ';. „ ■ * negro history to be channel 17 feature the little known heritage and history of the negro is | examined in detais as chan : nel 17 presents a new series premiering tuesday jan 4 lat 9:30 p m the first program in the series is entitled heritage of th negro and will have as its hosts ossie davis basil davidon british writer and historian on africa and john henry clark american negro writer and teacher these gentlemen wih ex amine the civilization and achievements of ancient africa and their significance to the american negro to day footage shot on location in africa reveal traces of the old african cultures nubian egyptian ethiopian and the west african civili zations of mali songhai ashanti ife benin and tim bucktoo mr davidson author of the african past black mother and other books on africa emphasizes that afri can history as recorded by white historians has tradi tionally ignored the old civi lizations of africa below the sahara climatic conditions peculiar to the african con tinent have largely destroy ed traces of what was once the cradle of civilization net cameras explore this little-known past through the art sculpture and present day pagentrv which reflect the old cultures in new york writer john henry clark conducts a class in negro history for a troup of young harlem resi dents net cameras visit the classroom as students learn about their heritage for the first time mrs byrd feted mrs pernella byrd well i known in fraternal and com i munity circles was recently ; honored by the deputy stall i iof the guo of of at odd : fellow hall 271 jelferson recently mrs byrd who has been ! ill and confined to a wheel chair has been active in household of ruths elks and j naacp all paid tribute to her donald lee was guest speak er she received many gifts church of gic held 58th meet in memphis memphis*—the general as ! sembly of th church of god i in christ inc which closed it wlh annual holy convo j cation here recently approv ! id the plans to purchase ma chinery and equipment for the denomination's publishing house scene of what was describ ed as one of the largest and most successful rr:eetinr;s of he church of god in christ was mason's temple inter miiional heaapiarter of the denomination which is nam ed for the late and revered cogic founder bishop char it h mason over 10.000 delegate were on hand for the inspiring convocation there was some discussion m the degree of authority that should be exercised by ome board and individuals n be church i it was reed that the posi tion of the executive board j had previously been r»-afi"tmn i led as th lawful mttborative i governing power of the ; church subject only to the ' '. v — ■*-*- *-*■:? ahtnc)—army pvt how ard williams con of mrs clara williams ml ferris aye white plains n v was assigned to the 82nd air borne division at fort bragg n c oct 29 element of the division are currently in the domini can republic serving a part of the inter-american peace force an integral part of the strategic army command the 82nd maintain an imme diate fare lor airborne de ployment throughout th c world the 22-year-old soldier a cannoneer in the division en tered the army in april ims completed bask combat training el fort jackson s c and was last stationed at fort refining ga he attended white plains high school . church of god iv christ see page 4 apt for rent room furnished apartment jor rent at 21 george m may be seen at anytime after i p m bring your printing to the criterion 23 william st