Buffalo Criterion, 1965-05-29

              vol 39—no 12 price—io cents for the best and most soul ■■.'"■.*»■' .-*.« —. . news and photos read buffalo's i a . pioneer negro newspaper — the criterion — the medium that has watched and helped negro buf falo grow and v the best-sell vv 7 "■'■■. ' '"* '■''■■ ' *" .:*'.'*>•■.■-*• ing colored weekly on the niagara frontier due to temporary mechanical trouble in hie criterion insert free it ha been impoaaiblr to pro 7 duce a larger paper however thu ia being corrected and thia im - provement will take place immedi pl ttterenr ter ■ ; , '.--"■ y.thflreatter , a ,■•"..■ yi _„;„. the buffalo criterion buffalo n.y saturday may 29-june 4,1965 t ' l " : rev mother tokio dies in l.a buried home core calls off n.-m syracuse demonstrations i against niagara mohawk syracuse core calls off demonstrations aftef two years of refusing to ockitosrietlge that it had a problem in employment prac tices nuifcara mohawk power corpora ion has in the past eight week tripled the negro representation in its work force niagara mohawk ha fur ther agreed to make a re port to the mayor's commis sion m human rights in sis months on the success of it new hiring practices toward achieving in the went of the mayor's commission report ' racial balance in the com pany approximate to that in j the pcflpaufliicn icum i * in order to thorn niagara mehawfc to fulfill its moral and social obtigaßoos to the ktoto3tity syracuse coke i cas a sbtffflonth moratorium '■ on demonstrations at the home tdflte of the niagara vobawh j power corpora core hopes that niagara mohawk's f"*b v ai.itv9ta-_*tato'**r cial balance wih be suffici ently evident at the time of its report to preclude the need of renewed direct action at that time rev tokio had been in calif . since july ■:- 7 ;" y.y ' i •■„■■ * great ehmreh lady fat dead.'she i bey mather mary tttje who argaalced tbe **• ficfifihbmb italy church ,-,** mm wbhmr st 18 years | s ■■_ :., wether tsfcle who was i .. as a member « tin ru g-rim baptist fbarrh started yhm'-mmmtrnvtit-.tb late ml | and bad became wcß lumwa ■ . ie church ittj^tet ' when tba \ ljetts mica several swaths age she left mm my tie f**w ' :" p j*hy with .' hfltr ■ : wmmwupr mrs flora ilarru vtin be w*m may lith ih3 iter feemalng were shipped .' ta mmk*mmi litre funeral tr l aßtm^^mtsmyms^tf bar share may 27 with aa met bow attendance : ' ■' bar whitman bess at 7farnlmm '■-**«».. v officiated cv . tefcia art preceded 1 & death by her bo-band afcx five years age they ■ snidest mi it laurel sl • mather tokle also organ mm he harvest chapter ma iff f international east tm stars - two years ' age j fhe chapter leek part la the iwnil ceremonies - she la tmnrtmm by bet daughter mrs plata karris and grand daughter ■ ; burial was h mt hope cemetery sherman l walk er was the mortician hi m*_m9 '• •-• m wans for tsfiw church will be announced mm mather tekla was tbe stand buffabi minister to dm away from ham fat may tie ftoat being rev jehu lee astasia edm died tat aa erne mmmm crash near new can m pa the died in la an fetes after a lengthy illness yy ' m^m^em^m**mmeemmamam_mmmmmmmmmm*>mtta wni^r'tokl i ."• * ' ■„, ". wli ■-_... •:.'>"■ *» ; fl*/rxi'".tl.'/:l youths summer employment 11 wasbim«on i special _<"*<*--! ymery-ef lsihor w wtßardl wtm*«d:'ari{i«tsai gov or - vat e feubtts signed a con tract may lath for the first summer neihorjjood youth i corps project ***" ef the young worker will be employed hi rural pro ':. prams ine&ding beautifies dm of pttbme parks and high mmm ; water en soil cona-fl vhflßon recitation and forest e nsterfl»!»i they win be p*id 1.25 an hour ■;': it will he « completely re tiauy fttte-g'bted program ut»e saw tbirty-eaie projects a is «**■ wjup have b«n approved y,-ftsf labor dept and are atom twine reviewed by gov < mo wirtj said and other jwiees eir*-«tty approved by i th«i!)epartm«it call for fed , eral ertnts totaling more than j m m tm to provide vacation ha£f titr another ij.im youth i^uad-.ttat total is expected to i ■"'■'■■■ mmmmmm ematamemmnt earn •* grow through this urrome'rtime employment we plan to give 19,9 m boy and girts the op portunity to ram the money needed to resume or continue ihefr education in the fall or to prepare tor further training a»4 full-time employment said mr wtrte mrs e l dixon returns home from calif rites 1 mrs e lett dixon return ed may 33 from oakland calif where be attended tb funeral ef her father tmme b lett , who tiled may 7 ism and wag buried may ilth mr lett ems bora in xcnfa ohio tn 11n7 hl family moved id oklahoma while be was a young boy hi met ami 7 married miss minerva webber in ikb and seven children were born he was a successful farm er and bad laved in rver cities in oklahoma where he was baptised by his *■.«** in-law rev richard mm sr tha pastor in imb la 3961 he and mrs lett moved to oakland cat i whan they resided with ! ttagbte daughter miss _ iva j rem it jt__tsta toe cimor uk..u»u bis death i »,-,. ii '-. other survivor ro bis | wife mrs j b lett d*ugh i«ws mrs estelhi lett din an buffalo n v mm j 4i*ubetfc groves monitor i springs colo and mr lo on a cto««t of top kan gbt grand children and four prema grand v-..j idrcn i _— , faith baptist church women's day june 6 p mcgowan to speak sun a.m the women of falfh baptist church m humboldt pky extends tots a most cordial ; welcome to attend their wom en's day services the speak er wilt be mt pauline mc gowan supervisor of the 12 th ward come out and enjoy this service sun-day june 6 8 am mrs mamie bell i chair nan bey r m mitchell pastor 6-week program for pre-school children project head start begins this summer i 7 : 7 77 - :*-; "■-. _■ -.- 7....v - 7'!7.l rart of diocese com munity anti-poverty ,: program '" y ibs diocese of buffalo tutu-1 i e«lon dept has announced it will participate in the federal j i project head scan program ! this summer with a six-week : ?■< vj • m m *«, . m^j ■ ch:wren who because they live in poverty are unpre pared socially culturally and j educationally to enter school head start will be part of i the diocese's community an n-poverty program and wih provide programs for these children at 13 centers in buf falo and lackawanna designed to prepare them to meet the challenge of school and to learn to succeed father than fall ' yy the dept ts acting in co operation with catholic char ities of buffalo which win pro vide a staff of four mj-iim social workers a part of the project staff head start's ba j ie aims are -':' f improving th child's health j helping the child's emotional : ■ •" bm sodal development by m couraging self-expr-tssion aew confidertce self-discipline and curiosity improving and ex panding the child's mental thirty-nine year old arch bishop robert dee»eh of togo m africa second from left was a recent guest in buffalo while on an american trip as guest ef he u s state dept he said that the church in ether pert ef the worid should help he church in africa others hi photo arc bishop mcnulty second from right bishop bealncasa left and bishop brume right installs officers the blame aye black chib | e deiavan aye te oakgrove aye held its installaiten neei'ng sunday may 11 5 p re at mount limn church at \ tied m oakgreve officers were install hy mr george * rose adviser af the mas sleefc ctab and president si t jew*es '■ canalii . tatet wf"tvv - em 7 fym v rres mr joseph jones rec see mrs helen weeds pre mr hart-fawn bitta mr george raae car see mrs roth allen treaa mrs ralph ma-ore chaplain mr percy jetfemn mrs vertte walton rj it program and ] »'•«»»»% ji».«ih m#fl*fl*mj man jjjg the purpose of this club is to promote the welfare and betterment ef the community beautify the block and keep it clea promote good will and neiehbiflrllness welcome new neighbors and encourage fel lowship for general cultural and * etvlc improvement we can only accomplish this with the cooperation of all the people living within cur block a well as those in the entire communtly join us in the campaign clean-up paint-up fix-up ■ officer and seme ef the members ef pride ef wny elk ledge under the leadership of exalted ruler samuel jackson center is shewn during a radio cenn cil meeting held ia buffalo recently - amen these shewn are herbert m bell joseph rob inson ruben jelterles hen ry tllle livingston bess charles huff and burma johnson their heme i located at it sycamore st this young ledge and temple under the direction ef dt ruler jessie mac jcfferle is making great headway sedita all set to run for mayor fermer mayor frank a se ' ita's recent announcement of his candidacy for mayer of buffalo gives encouragement to negroes ...._• mr sedita starting as a law office clerk in turn has become city court judge mayor of buffalo and recent ly resigned ms post as fed eral comptroller of custom a political ideal of „ all the people—and in particular ne groes — mr sedita is a sure choice for a majority segment of buf fa lonian who feel he is of adequate stature te meet their education labor hous ing welfare and employment problem •" ' public opinion polls in a recent survey sponsored by the buffalo civil bights league inc tedciate that as j mt new mr sedita is the man ] qualified to head up the city j government ef buffalo n y j as mayer the chiffons one of the nations greatest teenage sing ing groups will be featured at funoramma 65 satur day june sth at i p m at memorial auditorium their top record is he's so fine they are bronx high school graduates blaine ave block club organized block cluh prestidert harri son bffiup says that the pur pose of the organization ia to promote the welfare ami bet terment of the community beautify the blocfe aid keep w clean encourage fellowship for general culture and civ improvement we pledge to do our be in marking this a belter neigh borhood and with the cooper ation from the people living within this connmunity we can accomplish our arm we are going to rely on the adtfsrs to keep order m the cr*n*mui»jty ihe said however we are going to rely on the children to keep blame avenue cltar ail yeer the children are often respon sible for littering die com munity and if we discipline these children our biggest problem w.fl be solfved we aiso saiid he expect i commit sioner sylvester a melcrakl sanitation dept to be lese destructive of the peo pie's garbage cans end be . s.-reet litterconerious we are asking the people in this wfaulb secetan to coop erate with us in the fit-up clean-up paint-up campaign and beep up the program communty ciftnem ask not ; what mr community can **> ; tor you bat what you can do '• to better the comfitton in your neighborhood * international masons meet june 11-13 the convention of inter national masons and eastern stars will be held in ja maica long maud jane 1113 local lodge and chap ters will send delegate home reports good progress good progress with respect to achieving equality of op portunity in housing was cited in - report just issued by home housing opjr-orairtiriiis made equal the full text of he report is as follows in two parts part i a negro family is now able without too much difficulty to buy a home anywhere hi erie county provided they have the financial means in general we are well on sched ule with respect to our ob jective of open housing by 19137 however there stsli is a long way to go where have the gains been made and where do problems remain the greatest success has i been with respect to the ac j tons of rcahors over two thirds of the real estate sold imerie county is ha«j»ed by him in the past these real tors have effectively shielded most of the desirable housing i from the negro hbusehunter however two factors have • brought about a dramatic i change in recent montha most important haa been a clear i indication that the metcajf i baker law will be enforced and that because of home discriminatory practices fre quently are detected ar-d brought so the attention ■>* state officials the other ha been a growing awareness that integration in housing does work most realtors do no seek , business from negroes nor ido they follow up them as of ] ten as they do with white boy i er but when confronted with i mrs reseqa harris presi dent of lota phi lambda | chapter business aad prefes , feesienai women clubs pre . seated a citation to mrs geneva b scrcjgs director of the kennedy v beereatlen censer at the humboldt parkway baptist church re cently mrs scruggs was ' rheeen a their woman ef i the year i businesses ched were ted 1 robinson's beat estate ha grove cleaners select see vice barbershop junes mm service perkin delicatto sen healthful feed shoppy art's meat market jeffaa on employment flatßm record shop william's deft catessea bellamy cttiasfc e community fiarltt dem sey enterprises and tfcu rad ceramic stadia , mrs e givens buried from shiloh church mrs estolle givens at 991 jefferson aye died may 18 1965 after a lengfhty illness services were held for her saturday may 22 at shiloh baptist church by rev weather burial was in forest lawn mrs civens had been very active in her church and the community t she was chosen idea mother of the ellieott dm trtct by members of tbe women's better community ass'n to 1951 she was past chief com panion of eureka circle tie 2t9 companions of the pur .,' est president of tbe ffetoatk health division of erie qua ty tuberculosis snd rteadb tes'o « taets&efytx^^m nattoml ' council etr_mjos!p women the hampton cbdi aa ma east side teatmens club i meadows bros met is charge *' ( survivors era husband william h given sr few mam walter i . william h jr ami raymond jl nit of fedta_k,m__trsaat_m..t_fetfy ' tain in the u s air forte and mrs h clarice cox daughter and nine grand children ■--;,.* see page i see page j