Buffalo Criterion, 1974-08-17

              ■:■■■■: im i * *.*- : a .'■ y-/?pk f-ft a ''„". , | rochester — niagara region the buffalo criterion v?)l 48—no m n in in . m saturday august 17-23 1974 lacal 15c—nfluoni 20c community day program set tha hasten park community da y program : 111 '■. be held thuisday august 29th bam 12 aaaa until at the maatoa park playground em beet si between jefferson and maatoa "- ' ; t yv .",' 4 ,."'-.. %»■;- , t '" ' .-■ v,..y ■ aye ■ /•'.#,}' '.'.-. y ; festered will be basketball game bands musical groups many display ate a boxing tournament will also be presented - featuring westminister house y basketball stars will alee be in actios " :.;..,'. •. it'.y.i art fletcher and johnny green are promoters " the program is sponsored by the msstea park concerned 111 en committee mr marguerite fletcher is director admission is free the picture at the top left shews the westminister team with johnny green art fletcher and - tom sltahiiast and the statistician — criterion photo john | brannon and ', michael jenkins of the spruce st pal duanc steve and pre*ton jones of the masten bc and willie burnett and darryl graham of bishop visits buffalo , this pose shows bishop j 0 patterson of memphis ten left h'ifn-t of the churches of gad in christ who attended the ',"* 54th ; annual convocation ' aug 5-11 at j grace church of gad la christ 539 x william st ,< rev yh williams host poster the prelate waa here aug sth and was greeted by bishop i charles '; h i mccoy right presiding bishop of jurisdiction no u yy — criterion photo - white house interns ' yolanda mcclain center a george washington i university law student and phil puliwl left | are summer interns in the office of stanley fs y scott assistant to the president ms mcclsln,y an honor graduate of tufts university medford mass . will get % a first-hand experience at * the highest level of government and be briefed by ' high "• level „.* :--. • v •>'.'-.; y.'i-i -;• '.-»-_>&; administration officials.y :;-'*. ; three hundred fifty applies tions were submitted . tor the white house intern program from them 37 were selected i i - - virtlniiiiwi fc,wi.,a*ti buffalonians visit durham n.c 2200 s alsten avenue durham . n c july 21st in honor of her j 43-v car-old aunt mrs florence wrecker harris she is the wife of the late lee a harris '. they - both have played an important role in bettering the lives of ethers by serving god i church community aad family because of bar age mm harris y wha never sought employment kept met home in hvantlfal audit until her age f played bs part yyy'y i a pictare af mr harris was j unveiled aad prevented to the chareh .. . the program was sponsored _ by mia l m harris a o grady presiding be w e dsye la pastor ■ sir goodrich was sccoas panted by oliver l harris a nephew aad a cousin mary leckey . participating em the program were the gospel chorus mrs viola phflpaa the scripture wihea barbae prayer miss gladys margaa niece music remarks uaward wbiums prefite mrs c m ipcfcerrfa pi 111 usuiisa to the cbareb lata harris acceptance re w e 1 days aad dcacaaat aiknan - | wdgeiwntt al pfbrn mm y a buffalo citizen mr pearl goodrich of 330 florida st attended a special program at the ebenezer .'. baptist church ■-"' t »■;-■- '-'-,■ i vy marilyn harris relative are shown in front of ebenc/er baptist church durham n c after program honoring their aunt mrs florence harris from left to right are mrs flora pray car durham r c mr pearl goodrich buffalo mr beulah morgan durham n c and mrs nellie caaady ml olive m c * --' "" ' ' '•••■ ' phyllis wheatley held annual rose garden party the phyllis wbeatley club an alflllatc of ike empire slate federation of women's clubs recently hold their annual garden j party aad cotton •■ festival al the buffalo manas of science rase gardens ■':. the program consisted af a gala celebration whkh included ! staging sad s fashion revue staged by members and guests ; .', mrs naomi 0 aver wha i sa education resource consult ant tor the cao and head start programs was ihe gees speaker . she i the daughter af the late leiay coles sr aad mrs eva coles , . y . be and mrs s b saltan and res l t boyre wars among many af the distinguish td guests who atteaded and gats remarks - members tee the new year and officers were installed by toe rev 1 t boyre a lovely reception leßawad the program mr pauline mrgwwaa is rhalrmaa mr i-oats wright co-chalrmant and mrs isabel harris prrtidrnt seated left to right aret pauline mci.rn.an mrs haul parker mrs paler traasmeu mrs isabel karris mr faribsr tatorv mrs mac llanrll mrs thelma bam iflrsi rawj second rawi mrs fauna moore mra rath andrew mrs ham mr itaghca mrs clara haves mrs mildred - -..... seals mrs francis walker and mrs sophia williams — criterion photo flower show the public la invited to attend lha 18th annual inspection and judging of the rower gardens of ihe tenants si alfred d pries courts an wednesday angus 23 al i p.m -; ,; ;,!■■» .. y judges sad guests will gather at the main office 95 wilier park at i2iss p.m v v joseph i meegaa is senior district manager papp sends mobile theatre to buffalo the j new \ york | shakespeare festival mobil theatre produc j cd by joseph j papp | will visit three neighboring communities and j three ' up-state locations with admission-free performan ce*-of ' ron mlbier's ■'• wash drama what the wine sell ers buy y:*yi ii'y this is the 4 first time the traveling 1500-st-at theatre has ventured beyond the aye boroughs in its 11 year history the - performances ; are made possible in part by the new york state council on the arts and i.lis ache son wallace ' ; in buffalo the play will he performed st 8 p.m friday august 23 al humboldt park fillmore and beat j st ■ tha african-american cultural can tor and the buffalo parks 1 honored re james m and mary f thomas were honored sunday aug 14th at 4 p.m an their llth anniversary at fust baptist church 320 ! ingham avenar lackawanna n y v appreciation service to be held for mrs lillian black | . an appreciation service will i he give in bower of mia ijkian . hint founder a . toe stasis department of western new york churches of god in christ this service will be held at deliverance temple church of i god fa christ 704 william st ysaturday";*:august ilth at 8 , p.m .. .-.--- „;..-■ , vy „ many choirs and groups will be participating an award wfll ! be :.'" given v far '-'" the moat outstanding performance """_ admission is free and all are welcome v v -'" yvyy found dead samuel edward eddie ': ware ef yj 502 i waodtawn | avenue waa found dead in bed by neighbors friday august 9 1974 yy.yy ', his y wife who waa away visiting relatives in birmingham * and her sister mrs girtha bee holt arrived home saturday y \ funeral services were held wednesday aug 14 at lincoln memorial united methodist chareh rev j samael williams officiated mr ware ■': was barn in kentucky on may i 1902 he moved to buffalo la 1922 and joined lincoln memorial hurch la 1912 under th leadership of rev william 11 homer v '; in 19.10 mr war and miss gertrude johnson were married aad thereafter the major part of his life was spent la service to lincoln he has been a trustee of the church and a faithful member of tha men's club he formed an intrrfaith clab called the y united - brotherhood however mr ware's greatest eqjeyment waa staging la tha chair which he had done for aver m years sad was m president when ha passed mr ware waa a member el st john's ledge ne 16 he retired fas 1968 after 22 years si the new york central pullman company !-"« his sarvivaes aret . his dear ami loving he gertrude two sister ln-u»t glrthe bee hall aad wuu mac fowls ml fairfield alabama a brother in-law ehaer loving aad ms wife lwßhq twa gad children ithrene cameron aad uada laatmaa aad maay ether relatives aad friends task force formed to fight blight on main st mr • daniel 1 g ' ransaa president si th wjmaa hengerer company and chair man of the buffalo beautiful committee of the buffalo area chamber of commerce an nounced today at the request of - the businessmen of upper main street us j committee hast formed j a task ' force for the * explicit purpose of fighting the blight . conditions on main street from huron to goodeil the plan of attack is to execute a - program that can - take effect immediately in improving the looks of the area y y • mr ransom announced that the chairman of this task force will be dick fisher director herman's/dick fischer mr fischer has already appointed . tbe following block chairman to help accomplish the goals of the task force they are v -.;■■ v donald jey griffin public relations director of the buffalo savings bank who will ask far the aid of those businesses on main street from huron to chippewa ! coleman ferness manager marine jmidland branch bank at chippewa and ' main he will solicit the help of businesses on main street from chippewa to tapper anthony dcclllls manager ef manufnc • turers and traders : trust company ' branch office at main ; and tapper ;' will be responsible for soliciting the aid of those ' businesses between \ upper and goodeil " '£ '■; « mr fischer also announced that the realtors have agreed to cooperate ■?'■ - '-.' mr ramaoh ' said that a meeting date will be announced soon y and ail the ! business between huron and goodeil will he invited two educational tv series to be aired v two television series aimed at helping adults 16 and over improve reading levels that now range from zero to the fourth grade will be produced under a 781,485 contract awarded by ; the : department of '-: health - education and welfare it was announced by hew secretory caspar w weinberger i j in the i united states today there ; are _ nearly 19 million totally or functionally illiterate adults a large number of these i arc j spanish speaking person f who can read neither spanish nor english ' ; ? one of the tv series ill be directed toward the english speaking functionally illiterate and the other in spanish will concentrate on the spanish speaking functionally illiterate each will consist of 25 half-hour programs with printed materials that support the lessons v programs will be available on videotape 6 for j public and - commercial television stations and on cassettes for classroom or community center settings y the ; contractor j learning achievement corp ef san jose calif has teamed with mascl educational serifs recovering joe louis our ton active in church and newspaper work is j 111 in deaconess hospital room 260 it is reported that he is in need of funds in order to return to school this fall send donations in care ef joe louis conrtoa 304 watson st buffalo n y 14206 v historical scene groups attend meeting in nassau this historical pictare below token from the criterion pictare file of the late 40 shows mm ' clara tate center with child ; she is now an officer fat the - household of rmhy-y-y'y " the child is bobby carry a z former employee of /.; marina * trust cc computer division - new a resident of atlanta ga i a ; baffalo delegation left odd - fellow hsll , 271 jefferson venae by bus for toronto . canada august 11 lb from ~ there the group * will * fly stm '* nassau returning to toronto - august 19th ...,,"-"- the group's co-erdiaaler ia z sister clara tale the t delegation includes „ sister . odessa beard district grand ' directress '■■ ef i district i grand i household of rath no 7 stole j of new york and her staff sister i margaret palmer and slater maggie strood supervisor sister ' annie foots school of | instruction sister myrtle wl icy transportation stater jo l carter arte sad craftst sister ' clara tata edacamaat staler i margaret ' palmer i sr ;- v president and / sister lucille '. parks jr v ', president • sad . many members aad friends.v.v some member from y vfw v peat 2501 alio accompanied ' them „■';", vv-j y-.y community day from this page i m omit theatre i see pg si pg.2 buffaloroans visit i from this page story continued on this^age , | story continued on this page i criterion press our 51st year b^i^sfe^_^^_fef -• .. :* ■'--. ■.-; ■■• "■ ' of -- ' jj^j service - - si 1923 ... 9974 thank you for buying reading the criterion wny'r dean of minority media the paper qualifying with the best — tailor-made circulation for home delivery please dial 853-2973 v in rochester - 232 7951 ask for the circulation dept subscriptions f * fcbcrftm c \ mi cram l/itmrm-iyi