Buffalo Criterion, 1975-06-21

              local 15c national 20c vol « - no 25 o"*o""*»*"aiw"*sßß^»aaaia^bßauiaama and still ww's oniy official minority newspaper not lust a free shopper bulk rate handout political or clipout sheet rochester — - niagara region the buffalo criterion saturday june 21-/7 1*75 — , , | ■ 1 - testimonial dinner held for g.k arthur saaday may 25th a tesd monlsl dinner was held at tim's stutter hiltea hotel la the golden ballroom far council man george arthur r ills slogan is — hr mill , siandstaß mr arthur is well known figure in : buffalo and western new york ■?. ? theodore *' kirkland / was teeetaraster ' introductions at . the hcadteble were given br mrs m«ry cnappeße : entertalnmeni consisted of . mi to traasykaaks by karl slagtetars aad the buffalo la *■ oer cmy ballet company mask was furnished < by t aadrew neleoff featuring ; marlon askew following dinner a tribute { to george jx j arthur was * given the introduction of ■ ■■■■* speakers included hon ppooai wjbbbmww aaaostaßotla nob samuel l green buffalo chy court judge and han brace m wright a judge jof | the criminal court of new york city ??. '■-.■'.'?■/.■ the benediction was given by rev marco freeman paster . ef durham memorial ame vam.chanh.*y the affair was enjoyed b sll , sad special thanks to individ j aass on the committee - aha | made ll passible r^flm councilman and mrs : arthur are shown displaying *' one of their gifts : .-■■■ ---' ... ." 7*7 7 .-'.■: roch baptist convention scene dr d j washington fourth from left president of | the nys ; progressive baptist ' contention led a delegation „ of new yori city ministers to rochester to attaad the 43rd „' annual seesaw at mt zion j «. ■■ „..- ■ 7 .■■-■■.- 7 i * -■■■■.*.'.' m m ..'.--, x-'-.r-f '* probresslve church 131 bran son st rev r wubaass ■ second . bom right - pastor ; rev l v lynch second left ef rochester's salem baptist .'* cbarcb waa the hast pester ' ■' ';■• criterion photo '• - '- .. - . ;....■■ . ■< summer ball the appomattox * club of buffalo lac a ■" 51-year-old . group will hold a summer ball at the sheraton east on friday evening june 27th 7 the pabße fa welcome 7 '.':? harry s trot her to president ? ame zion meet '-. ?:: the i2*th session ] of the 7 wny '* conference 0 { the amez oiureh wfl meet tram jane 22 at st luke amez ;,' church 314 e ferry st bey andrew e whitted is paator new pastor i elder lee a - spight yfa * basra preaching la the rater national convocation in mem phis term he delivered the communion day ' message nov h 1974 before some 000 people on this particular sy be spight has beea appointed pastor of buffalo's holy temple charch of gad in : chrtot 572 cbataa st sac ceedlng bey 11 ,--. „ seals mi cf fv"ui m wsbuwbbm j^nt^ba vh _ syracuse c't ? * : 7 7 am installation sen ice to the ; near future s being phoned calif lt gov dymally chides big business for ignoring minority press was keynote speaker at newspaper meet 7.saa rr««ch — chining die sfsss ml|>h ai ss : . sf bite gov rear merry a dy oially bertaresl last week fkal wfaße aaslaesses . ceom ; increase profits and strike a hies tor press i freedssu si the sans j das 9 that waald poser s bar shore at their advertising la lawaaßae's butk nwis ayaata bpßßmrr at mom aide coaveattoa ef black publishers i aad ■ editors ] here tkwam.i applauded unnn far always having raßtod and protested against injustice 1 when other . . media were seat an independent and sgrrsslve *■■*- a press to vital eaf aajnoßfta aamm piwi thm ■ a-wcrks's problems sre te be thoroughly probed''and sola lions faaad ha added besides that '. be ' pointed pmm*^^^^mm aeaaausi eaaa aa^naae^^e oat - marts ; new earn 559 botee a year ia tbe u s if ; white businesses do net want ' m advertise hi black papers then hew ■ esa they expect ; falacka to bay their products ; ha asked declaring that historically ll ims been the responsibility - af ass black press to constantly .: remind america of its ass and shortcomings malty cited ' asaavsa-a ". major responsibilities faring black editors todayi . 1 the need to become more investigative te do more fa-depth analyses of the root fammma ef america net jasl ghetto problems you can't solve ghetto problems without v ing "*"■' bigger problems i ham which they stem ma ex plained '•','•.';';-£ "■ 2 .'. taking a . sharp . and '' critical took at the increasing attacks aa ibe integrity and competence of mark ' elected officials could this be the beginning of a second post-re construction period to which blacks will ease agala be r hounded from office ha said : ;'. t j pointing cut lbs poor job the white press aas done to helping to eliminate racism lies hove aot aal slid to waters iter difficulties and i frustrations of being black fa ; the united slates . ... .". black employ ment and black . businesses are hardest bit by : tedav's recession dyassßy [ aolated out failure rate of ■ black businesses is |»% compared to 1 grnerally - •*«■ * black . cnemplovmcnt rang rasa 2s far adults to 145 far teenagers — to thro times the rule far whites bo vaald.7 7 between 150 aad 450 black publishers mater and thoar meed attended tbe islb auaosl convention of the nstloosl newspaper publish sm pa boo » bwaaawi * prooa il^lm at the st breads hotel aad ibe cow palace according to dr carltea go-xllett saa francisco publisher of the son reporter newspapers aad president ef the nnpa rr r,7 wiling workers meet th young people's wruag workers slate youth congress of the c buret of god in christ first ecclesiastical jartodk tloa will convene at the gospel temple church ef ged la christ 572 oakweed aye syracase n y monday juno 23 - saturday jtme2bth • the theme of the congress wfll be the gospel of holiness willing workers officers of wny jsrisldlctioa no i are ; presiding president eld s o kfaklet presiding v pros em l dapreet presiding chsbtody mrs a slowest financial sec aad troas eld j mclntoshi proa of llospli latliv mrs e moore and see mrs j barkins elder phillip thompson the late john w savage - the buffalo criterion wny's ; inner-cities senior ; community leaders has photo graphed practical every ne gro stare werid war i fa seaming the files the above picture were taken of the late john wesley savage st approximately a quarter of a century ago who passed away jane j l*7s ------ " --''..•" ■ , fa ate top picture throng the efforts of ken brown mr savage right m shew ac cepting ,' the scoutmaster charge from a scout official of baal brit organization andrew brown is seated swats 7 5 the middle pictare shews mr and mrs savage al one of the hadp temple potentate balls the other caopto to mr and mrs holmes mrs j the lower picture shows mr savage right center with his wife's uncle helton mecoriey mary jaae mccar lev smith aad rath mccartov brown at another ' hadji temple potentate baß mr savage was aloe a prince hail mason f ?"'-?- 7 ' funeral services far john wesley savage st j sb ' a farmer batbtobmbbfl local btm lete churchman and political figure were held monday jaae ">. 1975 m 1 p.m at st john baptist church mmd gaa and geodeß assa , bar . b w smith pastor the eulogy was given by an other bias local minister and athlete bey samuel austin *' m ma aa ■ a w **'*. new of brooklyn n y candidate for councilman at-large it oil beta la i*sl when balas praetor untoa i sad ? naacp i activist ran ", for j a , councllmsn-st-large •** seat when be served as erie county | chatrmsn af '■ the ' american "• labor tarty ;..??.■ 7 7 '.. since that ' time the fate cera p maloney lillian meadows i and * delmar \ mil ehefl president of the council j ought 1 a seat 7 with mr mitchell being the only win ner „ : , . ,' the announcement by uf ford bell thai he is a candidate '.' for the at large seat ceases at 1 a base whea 1 the minority i population to at sa oil lime high and his chances are the beat for winning opportunity 7 mr bell made the following y statementt •> ■■ the decision w run as an independent democratic can didate far councilman-at largo in buffalo waa aat an easy one far a change of pace 3rd annual appreciation service the st john ;■• baptist church ift4 geedefl st wffl observe „, the third "• aaaaal appreciation ; service far its paster rev * bennett w smltfc st saaday jobs 22 during the morning warship service '■ ' rev and mrs smith wfll be given seats ■» honor during mc service and sahara of the congregation will make ex pressfaes of appreciation -. b & p club honor six the buffalo club of tha * national associates of negro business sail professional ■ women's clubs inc held their ' 15th annual sojourner truth award luncheon sua-1 j day jaae 15th la the terrace room of hotel stutter hilton j ". - six persons were honored - the sojourner truth award the highest sword given by the club was *" presented to mrs tbyra m charles assistant director of nursing far ihe erie county . health dept mrs charles is the oral black to receive a degree fa nursing from a local hospital and la the recipient of several ).. , awards ] j for excellence in nursing and as a volunteer in j \ heaith related community ba provemeat projects / yi i h la 1974 she was chosen a finalist i for the american i i norses ass'n national mary 1 mohoaey award in honor of the first mack nurse in the country 7 37 charles w lee the first black m be employed tea b skilled * non performing ca pacity in u s television was presented thr man of tbe year award mr lee a native bufts lonian fa . film supervisor far wben-tv where be has beea l employed far 2s years vjj other awardces were 7 roscoe c ■ henderson whe ' received the club's comma nity award he la a mortician and unit supervisor in erie county's chad and family service us also serves on several community boards . special achlevemenl award i weal to eugene pierce direc tor at build's half-way house 17.19 e utica st % ha was also cited far successfully , mshauhftsg a facility far farmer inmates rearing pa role in on effort te kelp them readjust to the community i lewya a harrington re ceked the business award be to founder of frontier products aad frontier ester toatsis * known far hto | coarse aad dedkatfaw to hto • art '•'"■''■■■ mrs utoa c fnhnaoa elected chairman arthur d wefla mtoksuaaswav easing manager far nathmai pari gas dtotribatfaa corp w*s elected cbslrmaa af the • 1975 eaateta gaa conference the annual caaweaaaa wfl he held fa baffafa aa lane 25th threagb 27th at lb sberasaa i laa-baffafa east bflo welcomes missionary & sunday school convention , buffalo welcomes the 42ad annual mtostoaary aad sun day school ceaveoatoa si she churches al god founded by jonas christ to ear city the local cbarcb victory temple la also happy la entertain thb ceaveathav deacon mcmbdoa am at the criterioa baa worked bard la mbs ss convention see page 3 eastern cas confab seepages john savage i see page ftl ?. 7 ■: ■■'-- . :-- 7*!--'7 .'■ v 77,7 summeb ball see pg 81 j ■ ■ rev.b smith see pg ft 1 arthur | from this page willing workers meet i see page 7 clifford bell i sec pg 61 t m,«."'»'v>ih i ".■;-■■»■■*-■. „.-,' ■« n '| ta ■* fi-it-.'s'j*rj.,r-s#'*':,i 1913 1975 criterion press and still the no 1 wny centtal cities ? largest press our office has been open ever week of every year aim our,'esisteace^,sets lag oar 7 communities 7 . * ; to our many readers who pay for and subscribe to the criterion we thank tea per still 7 perpe^ptlng''us"'as.:.-k dean of wny's minority ■. 7r-'..7 ..,-' " ; "• , ' v--7 ■*.■''• '• ;!. leadership and upstate n.y.s only official inner cities newspaper