Buffalo Criterion, 1965-07-24

              tbi criterion v happy to re port that comment on the edition maturing ; the magazine — na tional scene was very encourag ins area readers expressed de ) tlghi with it contents general jay out and quality workmanship the management plans another edi lion of this size in august—end if k is well-reeemred every effort will j he made to publish it weekly begin ; ning in september fori growing negro niagara frontier send your comment to editor merriweather the buffalo criterion for the best and most soul news and photos read buffalo's pioneer negro newspaper — the criterion — the medium that has s •.'.-■ ■.;■• vy :'"' „ >.. ■ , ;.. './%-.'.;..■ „ • ; " : :. - "■, ''. ■ ' ";' ■'':; i watched and helped \ negro buf falo grow and is the best-sell ing colored weekly on the niagara \ frontier i '■ ■■■■«'■" ■'■> » » " ■ ill—l vol 89—no 16 111 l j ■ 11 ' - i ■ '■ i i j | . buffalo n v saturday july 24-30 1965 ■ in !■ ■' » hmwtmm**+mm*m ■■ ■— - -■ -■■ - - — price—io cents rites for thornton walker held at trinity 3,000 p.h shriners meet in san francisco calif judge marshall gave timely ! grand address san francisco calif — thurgond marshall judge of the u s court of appeals for the second chi-cutt deliv ered the principal address during the public welcoming services which opened the ims national convention of the ancient egyptian arabic order nobles of me mystic shrine on sunday afternoon august lath in the grand ballroom of the san ; francis . <• hilton thomas f pong imperial potentate of the prince hals sinners expects mora than 3,000 delegates representing some 23,009 shriners in more than !« temples throughout the united states would at tend the convention sessions tend one convention sessions ending august 30 „■'•'.•' "./--■'. judge marshall will he re membered for bis crucial rate m mm sopreme ccaut da in public school i when he was special counsel for the n a a c p - ' mr peag who na beaded the charable organization for two years wfft report on the progress of the fraternity , in au key mote aalresr be cnal need the delegates to now direction in edncaooii v rif4 i«.it n>»tmal dswei i opments fraternal progres i and economic growth >; ' ." dr melford says negroes due recognition r,'ii •'.'* atatssaaat released h wee to thft bedlam cri tfrion by or rylsnd e ah s hrts oh'rnpraetor and dwm i .-<.- a •' candidate for senator mrs srnatwrtaf district hate r.f/new york he expressed :,-#»*«' rtaws ' cotaseaan the ef fect several candidates from the maftea district m%f4 ajriiw upon ho endorsed can tkdtnve whrnjas or momord palmed out tt would lot my projection that a single candidate would r rt eertaffdy be nets cer .'* tain of a v*ettwy than if the vale was spit along racial ifetw ' . '"•'•' , wfejje this is not aha datn ccmfc . practise seated dr f.:ejfard the facts art that hoc or wale voting occurs fcts-rsfrp as , strongly la buf ya^ns'lit ny'msjor city-'to ■; ms ossuary ' j crirjiinising be said how tier me moot important tamsaw .. that - th community » i*n team from this primary ",■: me unfavorable position •/ tto erie i county executive hnejsattat has placed the flsjfti community in the ronton disregard of the in i mastea districts voters and *.» emrestrained consideration f the three candidate from ';, the mastcß district - that might parly endorsement for l'f senatorial position on the '■ : c«moci«ic ticaot " :. *.... he emphasised an tm t••riant lecsnn that the erie i n«*y democratic executive ' mn*tw \ tr&t '* item is . i**t they cannot continue . so usurp she rights demorra • ; s practices and . principles >■> more than eighty thou vc-ad ie«ro dtecns of this 5 < rwmunttv they must fur l-rr he made so understand t burden for the responsl nttry for the t«mfu*ton that a*»jfl in the minds or the • i*gn " voters • toward the * x-ffjce of senator i one that *■ - atawaani ■>.**■ i in i lw -.» easily heal for they btf-fmp i tering ready to mh their ! poisons upon an aasuspec tog community made so he these who would rape h me said i do not believe j in ethric or bloc voting it is not the democratic way of ufe yet fliers re few major i cities that engage more to | bloc orttsg than does buf fate it is my contention that men of goodwill irrespective of their racial cuiuxral or wrests of the erifcott and religious dissimilarities can and must live side by side further he said in other cities where the apathy is less among those who hove struggled for freedom for 1 more than three-hundred | years the conviction a great er and when their problems i cannot he solved to the hallt of justice they take ahem to 1 street place of last re i sort ■-'•'■ f ■ ■ ■'- ' concluding ho said these problem are not wholly so cio-economic in origin but rather tightly invested with warped political rigidities and it is time that those ca pable of interpertint th-ir meamrrgfuhtess to less as tute puiiiltrans do so in or der to avoid disruption of community life it la doubtful if any ra cial group controlling the power of voting as does the negro voter in buffalo to day realize so little because of it share so sparingly jln i fruits of victory and oper ate on the periphey of the mainstream of the american way of life as does buffalo's i negro community one of final contestants f miss marian t sherrod 614 n oak st a finalist in the miss republican contest neld july 31st at 6:30 p m at the crystal beach ballroom is the daughter of mr and mrs felix sherrod and is a graduate of grov er cleveland high school the 18-year-old contestant is currently employed by neisner'a store for the bummer and will enter i william t gomett chairman of the bartl of - dirt-dors of the united negro college fund announces the appointment of james william bryant at left as executive vice president of the uncf having served at an net iasift • • ■* . . a candidate for supervisor of 13th ward according to a statement received from the cliff par ham for democratic supervis or i ■ the j(h ward commit ; to - their troup la bcomfeic i ' more iufclltant at primary ; day draws closer ; a spokesman said we are | j boosting a cttlica at buffalo | i who ha been more active in ! politics sad the community in which be i seeking afflce is 1 ■< property owner and has a lot more seniority in the ward than does hi * . practically \ new-comer opponent mr par i baas has had the interest of i the community at heart loot er and therefore deserves to iwin t«t sept imb primary election ■ >■;•"•'* » "• • — continuing the spokesman raid tvip cawalsii '* ea a member of powerful clique and conspiracy te gain politi cal control of the negro wards for selfish and oppor tunists gains as a result he is gaining support daily judging from the success of the beer blast at s * g tavern 221 e delavan and the motorcade aug 10 dem erol are steadily warming up to popular cliff parham said the booster and our candidate will definitely make the best representative for the tub ward the booster concluded we know that mr parham has ability as well as a pleasing personality and in order to prove it we are asking alt democratic voters in the llth ward to make it their business to meet cliff and find out first hand for themselves walter marshall is cam paign manager "" ,'•■'.>'»?:' ii ' i it fc cliff parham group to meet the mended hearts inc greater buffalo chapter no 18 is an organization lor heart surgery patients . v - many local doctors are on our advisory board v their next meeting will be held saturday aug 21 at 2 p m at the cbeektowaca library 2580 non harlem near walden negro history bill signed *. j a great contribution to california and the nation gov pat brown's d-cafifor nia comment a he signed the nation's first nejjro history bui into law this bill author - ed by assemblyman me^rgn j}ymsdlj of los aji^fk tstandrmji re*fmrm tf»»t alt p&tfr aa public schools now include in their his tory course contributions of outstanding negroes in the development of the united states v ■'^'^■:. yh jcr ■-■ ;■-■.■; ■.•> ,» hot potato t jess ■ rosijfsk „ - the ' rooty | negro member'of the crfe r v^u«j v~ij*»s..**lic viiiiiiljii j tee commented on the . 63rd i i senatorial district battle in the coming primary election to the criterion '£ mr rosins said i placed the name of art eve in the ring for the endorsement and spoke for his cause but the ihitklmg of the rest of the ' '; committee was that the en j dorsed candidate frank j climki a veteran and ex sori»ssc«d po xa would he bk sorcesest cand.<»u at ha time rt^nftest of race j ctanr or creed i have no outer auerna tive bat to support endorsed democratic candidates negroes control about 1/3 of the 20 wards but are the biggest ethnic group in the district v ' mr eatman dies richard eatmon died aug 1 1365 after a short iiness he was a native of sufford ala and came to buffalo in 1945 he married v miss hatlie waller and to this union four daughters were bom they are mrs lenta hill mrs millie jones mrs lucille lucao of buffalo and . mrs be mice swans of philadel phia pa '$* ■■: funeral services were held at trinity baptist church | as i ay rev s l har grove ■ ' „, ■ burial "* was to mr hope cemetery . besides fas daughters and wife mrs hattle eatman he is also survived by a sis ter mrs minie cunningham of easier ala eleven grand children one aunt four sona • in-law a mother-ia-aa and ! several neices and nephews sherman l walker morti cians were in charge mutual of n y to hold meet raphael dullard field un derwriter for mony the mutual lite insurance co of new york announced that fince medicare r has become law his company will reduce its rates on new hospital in surance policies and will lib eralize a number of the ben efit levels under new maj or medical policies | this and other points will | be discussed at the michigan , iymca thursday evening au-ust lkth the public is cordially in vited to attend ** . ■ ■ i i ni t motorcade music en tertainment refresh ments other candi dates the cswaj opemhn of the b«-nzow for mayor heatt-j ouarters at ms maan st near ajjcn wilt take place ttusr day night aug 19 at 8:30 there wtrt six music enter tamment and refrifsranents and you afls have the oppor turtjty m pers«naliy meet mr berranai toe endorsed fiepub-j ician earnwidite or mayor of the oty of buffalo in attdvi tiro to several cc the other i precede the official operrim \ cerenwr/.es included at th ! motnroode will be m is i your repubeoan of 190 c'tfudnte spaa ',„ \ manic wis be furnished b ! tony piccolo and his orthes » - a n . _ -"■ • -. - '-* winner named the cora p maloney i scholarship given annually by the buffalo chapter of links inc has been awarded to \ miss sandra e hill a june graduate of bennett high school miss hill the daugh ter of mrs geraldine l hill of glerrwood aye plans to i attend fish university in > nashville term where she i will major in secondary ed ucation in english and french this summer she is working as a tabortory assis tant at the st francis hos pital this 300 scholarship is in | memory of the late cora p i maloney a former medical | technician and the first wo 1 man elected to serve on the ! common council of buffalo j where the represented the ! mas-ten district . mrs maloney was married to attorney clarence m ma j loney former assistant at i torney general of new york i state she was a charter i member of the buffalo chap ! ter of links tins national j service organization of ne | gro business and professional ; women promotes various j civic cultural and education al projects through its 191 chapters located in the maj or cities of the v ♦&.• j mrs wirtton j hardiman i president of - 1 he local chapter mrs osmond h brown sr ie chairman of jibe scholarship committee j other members of the committee are mrs james : asf*ury mrs wlhiaai l , evans mr leers nd n jones jr and mrs reynolds n ucott .... .-',."'. v i -• - in i . m — —. i thornrton walker dies suddenly thornton/walk*?;^m»*e4 - : brother of she rman l walk-i tr passed away . sandmtj " ■ ana $,' i^v^bict-ri be ' tween midnight s«d i a m . i at m home at 1 e d vats aye his d n»e as j asa-gboek - i v vi mr warner •■• was bar • *•** j u lass in n va on l taw late mr and mrs - ■ thartec waifcer ;."*' he earns to buffalo m us and mm bis homo with ms brother and afa*o*-ao*rw mr and mrs sherman l walks ha pot—mr d a kind and can jerua nersonaljlj ho ably assisted mr walfc rs at ho miami hssrov iwj many ways and will be grist ly missed by the family and h's many friends funeral services were held aug uth at trinity baptist church by rev s t ha grove > burial was in ml hope cemetery his survivors are a sister mrs lottie fray four bro thers sherman 1 charles of buffalo dennis of new york city and joseph walker of . charlotte va three sis i ters-in-law mrs bertha i walker ■'•*", virginia mrs i gladys walker and mrs bes i sic walker of buffalo and ; several nieces " and nephews iof buffalo and virginia ! mrs barber's rites held at walls memorial j mrs hapie j strand baa her af m spruce st east i july 11 ims after a length ! illness '. : she ' was bora in least ; burg 5 c sad cams bui falo hi 192 ;; ■"■;.] i mrs barber was a memos af st paul ame chard where she was a member . the stewardess beard ah then joined ml nebs in pendent methodist church 1 sprues st pasts red by ha . husband rev barber 1 funeral services were sal at wails memorial churt-1 hv dn jimci henwbifl depi one of final contestants see page 10