Buffalo Criterion, 1981-05-20

              rochester niagara region u.s postage paid hj.mii no mm btfft-jo.niwyohk wny's largest & only accredited minority newspaper — featuring paid legitimate circulation the buffalo criterion vawmmday may 38-3 r it vol st - %* 21 minister contributed much the ( hun it of find in christ ilt nomination has really grown by leaps and bounds in the laal till tear la the wny area one reason lor this is the isle bishop e f met lellan a hard work lis trained a number of today a minister sat well aa helped to last all them the denomination now baa an abundance i beautiful church building throughout the tilt and i continuing tn grow bishop m * mian diet in an auto accident in ihe early 70s he waa the pasts of holy temple church of god ie christ aad waa a community activist — criteria phage scene following installation service i his scene took plate la the setty floa at the aid first shibih rag-tot hurrh cedar amd mmk division ma , foil ing the installation af re f 1 ivhid jr aa pastor tt the rhonh octeedlng ms late father la aha ptesar frees left to right are mrs f j j6 sr re aaal mrs f 1 ek*ts jr new waders af sbfltoh aaw basted ia a aesr edifice at 15 plae rt mmd mrs walter mad re walter ram rebate brether af the pastor j_r e 4 echols it fat "** *"**'** ** the empire state baptist aeaoriatioa aad recently hsaiiia aia l_tb year ac pastor of mrilah church — criterion photo criterion founder frank e merhiwf.ather hr was the founder and first editor of the buffalo criterion interested la politics meiriwealhei organised tbe first minority county committee in the eld fifth ward of the rrtcett district tbe msetea district and lackawanna and represented the same group at the buffalo charter hearings and tha drawing of the lines mr merriweether was the first math lo see ths eky mad waa the first to be connected with the nys legislature in the early ms when be bare gas aa assistant to frank x bernhardt assemblyman froa the 3rd district now the 163 rd district 58th year in profile criterion observes 58 years of service during oat ik year af service to the meet tum munrty we have experi enced many twists and turns in the publishing business since the perfection of offset printing has mater ialized it has brought about with it in practically every nieter'it area in the nation a number of citizens who use it as a sideline — in bar words they aha then living in another field of endeavor while skimming off _-_*» ness from the lega_mete press of all the other stmitar dab wing ta the business this at by far tha moat damaging tshea one c ortstder the fact that free distn but m is added fas previous years ad vertisers would kick aa sd solicits * cut if became at a business ** ._ mr ad far a free distributed sheet with this adverse type of competition — tha criterion baa beea blessed to continue publishing snd serving the ever growing central cities — better than the average adver tisers believe without prostituting the business today there are a number of blacks going criterion oboerveaee |( t-timted clapp receives honorary degree from medaiile claude d clapp deputy superintendent of t.-.r ftuffalo public schools was presented art honorary degree hy mixtaille col i-'i at its annual com rti.'iii j-m nt thurs , may 21 mr clapp a member of the college's hoard of trustees delivered the main address to the 130 graduating seniors kevin i sullivan ' hair man of medallist hoard aaid in the citation read before the degree preeen tatinn despite the ardu ous demands of his profes sions obligations claud clapp gives of himsell unspsringly to promote mm common good among has many services may he cited he is president ol the huffalo i ' lirtn caucus vice president of the huffaln equity founda tion i mt.-llltl.-f of the wny eaacutha commit u for th negro college fund a member of the honrd of directors of the yah of buffalo and erie county a member of the police athletic league member of neighborhood house and taa member of the child sin family servicea society ci a dde lapp daemen awards 1st nursing degrees dr hubert s marshall president ol daemen college located in amherst n v proudly announced that the first daemen college graduating ***** in nursing graduated on sun may 17 st 3:15 at tha klelnhans music mall the students received a its h.i ol science degree in nursing this is the first graduating class in nursing in i>a*>men college's 14 year history the nursing program began at daemen in sept 1979 this is a two-year upper dm*i.m program for nurses already pimaaaafttg a r n decree lb marshall proudly assart i am most pleased thai i welcomed and igrst.ilat th first graduating class in nursing at ihtemen college which is esygggntttett to the health sciences field mill the well-being of our wny community those receiving the first daemen college bachelor of science degree in nursing sr bertha m bradley judith annahele burnham karen lee campltell susan jean connors cather ine mecca depinto coleen faso diane furlage sharon l cauda linda marie c.awronski donna marie ippolltc ciocgini melinda alyson hall jane m johnson karen marie klun martha f irishman t hi jo lewis sharon ann mr mullen margaret a mead cheryl ann miller dune m muller carolyn marie i tiger orktwski cindy fran ks.li connie l st hull alice hillary sullivan man therese willson and joanne caul tstde rev white to conduct revival a holy ghost revival and five nights <>( gospel mging with rev richard white of new orleans louisiana will he conduct ed at holy temple church of god in christ 572 chaßi'ir st . at 7:_o night ly rev whiu ib one of the greatest preacher and gospel singers of these hoes come and hear him sing jesus i a habit breaker he broke my chain midnight and other song other group participst ing such a the lighthouse interdenominational choir the revival will be in progress from sun mat 24th to 291h the host pastor rev lee allen spight sr invited all come and hear rev richard white — mr clean '" rev richard white oic convocation seeks private sector job pledges whigf li — a ara math kibe for-youth drive •« he the sac of the 17th annual convocation of the opportunities in dastrtauaatitai center ok of america to he bald at the cine pwu convention center and hvatt regent y hotel r pbf«_rui am from may 31 as june 3rd faced with a rising tide of youth unemployment * federal cutbacks a jab training funds oic founder rev leon sulli van wid rail on american bueineas to pledge 10,000 private sartor jobs for disadvantaged youth at the same tune he » j seek ective support fot two oic en.-it.-tmeot training bills now pending in t'ongress which would provide tat ttedits and other incen tives to businesses hiring youth said sullivan our strategy ot increased reli ance on the private -_.(.. to *•* ■ vi the youth unem ployment emergency makes the 19*1 convoca tion the m*mm important in oic s 17 ear history till of american is a nationwide network of eroployroent training pro grams serving the disad vantaged in some 140 cities across the country rochester criterion pastoral committee of the week thia photo shews the pastor's aid committee of faith temp church ib rochester n y in rear la minister samuel gray aad from left christeoa poiadester mather eunice howard aad joan simpson this committer hi preparing to celebrate the pastor's rgk anniversary ,** saa may 31 at the maple house the rev jerry md alknagh win be honored at thia asoal enjoyable occasion which kt a memorable event mt the church's calendar there will be live entertainment featuring out-of urea guests seek aa kitby bowen of the saint home regie in buffalo the minister of goodwill of rochester the faith tempi pall gospel chair plus others aa atmosphere of christian fellowship will he ahaerved aad ia the same manner the name of jeaua christ will be uplifted the public is iavited to attend thia eveal with the members ef faith temple rev smith to address dinner the rev chat lee 11 smith naaci deputy e«ecutlve director will address the buffalo branch's l&th annual dinner thia yes hi gala affair will be held at 6:30 pm sun june 14th in the sutler hilton hours oolden ballroom when inurnationally at claimed naacp f.gecutive director and former fed eral communications commissioner eteculive duvet i mr hooks an nounced the appointment of rev smith as deputy executive director mr hooka commented as ist aa i am concerned 1 mill not hava found a more suluble dynamic and dedicated person than i have in char lea smith key smith who ad dressed the naacp mcd gat evers dinner in luff al in 197 like rev hooks i a man of multiple latent the distinguished speak i . activities have included membership on the naai p national hoard of directors chairman of the national board branch a youth committee in addition he served ** ltaat.it of the first baptist church huntington w rev smith — judge green issues challenge to students niagara university — the new york state supreme court justice samuel i green has issued a challenge to outstanding nuop stu dents at niagara univer sity the former huffs city court judge urged these exceptional members of the niagara university opportunity program nuop to help minorities and other disadvantaged man and women in their quest km dignity reaped and success in our society he called on these nuop high achievers to go *»<* to the ghettoes and art to give other s.i opportunity to get an education end build * meaningful life judge green aa the principal speaker dun.-jr wop's first annual re ignition dinner in ivt hall thurs . may 7th twenty student in hiding i seniors wer honored for academic achievement the aeniors ate loretta avtaan beverly crane helen mi son nobis gordon car ol jefferson patricia john son john parchue debor ah spencer dorothy west randy bryant and curtis stead ail of ni agara 11 n v carl barnes of buffalo lee some of hmmpatmmi n v and tyrenna quaea at margaret vieus and ray mond hodges all of n«*w york city nsncy corchado a mm a from new york 4 : snphmorea soma fflkaani i of buffalo and ofiie m-cla-nof sew york city and freshman catherine l-»ughlan of niagara fall alao received * weeds the re joseph c ihinoe cm it tv vice president of viagar u'niversitv financial aid i vector 1 iv \ ara and nicholas j caggiano green vp 4 oa rage 5 he page * 1923 19h1 criterion press and still in no 1 wny central cities largest press a*_*^m out .-%>* has hren npn every week ol every vest ttivrr i estsiencs rrv**v «*» c-*i*_--i_.ot for those who art jotv 28 1979 our first child in atlanta was lost vou'vr jusr gntta srjn tip lor a tufty ft tl k -•, criterion every w***fc — lor only 20 c national 2v up»tat new york's old and tatygm rranorgy press - tht or wny mmotty ptpet thai a retpmefd a * bona d rwwsgmf if <_** ths *....•..- t-t*'t»<t<<n.fjgsa it*>_e*t-a.yv«-i-..v-"v