Buffalo Criterion, 1974-02-23

              vol 48—no b the metropolitan buffalo criterion rfiiturday february 23 - march 1 1974 ltkjl.lsc—national 20c rochester — niagara region mrs thomas honored . „ mr mat mrs bryaal young *"• eaterta willi ft dinner frmfty | in boats ef ■ mr eugene d thaaaa at the holiday inn ea *, delaware aye saturday feb i she was e*rte4.i»v mr the ■ many ' friend "?, sad - well-wisher riled the honoree • ( for her»genuine rom-cm f lor : people tor iter leadership sad 1 lor her dedication ■ x mr '• thorns orvod ; st ', the latkawanna friendship house a eleven i year and at j family service heaih-oul eight sad one-half ears she i presently em the staff or the westminister community enter en monroe st t - - -- '-- ■-' - ■■- she serve en the board of the . - ... .-■--, ■■-- v ■........ > temp fire girts of buffalo and ' trie i county church women failed . evening forum board of trustee comprehentlve ' health planning and ' niagara frontier association for sickle rochester youth perform in bflo a negro ; history program sponsored *.-■ jointly '-."': by the 8001-lover club and the buffalo club of the national association \ of negro business and profes sional women's club inc was : held saturday feb 16 at 12 p.m at the hallmark manor 2704 mala st yy'yywf v v the buffalo junior club wa featured fln a v newscast on black awareness 1074 ' using the theme song be aware by dkmne warwick the junior v club of v the nanbpwc also presented the black seeds a group of young talented students from george mather .'.- forbes \ school f4 in rochester in v under the direction of james perkins their teacher three year ago these h children were ' a class ef eon-reader ■'•;>-'_ '' the beautiful talented black ' seeds were heart warming fat 3 their performance - each mystery rochesterian if you know her tell her you saw,the picture in the criterion and you both win a prize have ' the nr*y*tery ' person notify the - roches ter office of the criterion call 232-7951 or write to the criterion 76 wilnon st roch 7 aster new york x "-'.>■';- yx:x -■■■■' y.y : r new funeral home opens the offal house f ceaeil funeral home i now open mare than 700 person inured the 1300,000 new funeral facility l 5 wa«caxa»«ti . saaday aflereoaa and evening february loth daring ';' open . aeaae rt irmotilt i • the new establishment - which i one of the large black buslnrsse in ihls area ha a woman funeral dlrrt-tor morti cian and urease manager ms . betty l bailey th only black woman new ecttve in thl line in buffalo , the photo shows little kelly : fraarr ryan catting the ribbon opening the modern firm ll i located lathe former ernest w wedrklndl funeral . , home al that addree the building was recently renovated al an estimate cost of 05,000 th opening of the house of ' geneal we hated to coincide with meek illstorv week tho watching the ribbon ratting are j rev s b sutton councllmin horace johnson ed i aorta rev henry hall john hargrate mr winifred grey chuck cray and charles grey den ogrr*l mr f j i.hou rev j cofleld and : ether fff since opening the hen of g*-ne*l ha > handled ; * ihe funeral of james green and i charles green no kin v x — crtlrrlon pholo howard u program to aid self helpers ', fit /, howard * i elvers school ef f cammeakatha la spo-tsor:na 1 are ef erthhle '• detei t»yti s-t;*h^tiae'*?.'ef * (» urn laa a a tool of self-help for black peep dean tea brawn hat announced •-■ ihe school ; has „ declared march 10-17 national coct munications far y freedom y week in an effort i create an i awareness of „ how to develop and use the mass media in black communities throughout the nation yy ';_../,-.;• .': x national '•', communication for freedom week i being held hr conjunction with > the 1 school's third annual black careers in communications - conference and ; black free week x sponsored yby ■ the * nation's 200 or more black-own __ ed and " operated newspapers and magazines ■■■'-.. ''■.'.'•* y ■:•-.;' ■_■',;;. *,", ■•■ ylyy''y ' fear concurrently _- running - conferences at howard univer - sity wui deal with the issues of journalism „ activism / in ". the * media entrepreneershlp in mass communications and com - mimical inns training and management • among black yl highlight of the week win be lb ' career conference march 13-15 on the howard camp and at - the mayflower hotel ' . * ihe conference are designed • if set up a series of rill ' committees to monitor the work f of professional communication - group i such 5 a f ihe \ federal f t ttmniunk-atltkis v commission journa'lkm societies and £" speech associations y the committees will seek le deter mine ".: how '; effective the organizations j are i to ''■'.. hating v mass media serve all citizens : the week's activities wm . bring together representative >• art contest to be held mar 8th at the statler ' j j arts j ikt elopmeai •: sets ices . inc hi ' co-operation > with the sailer has w p hit aaan j lac is i|i iiiii males an " art competition fur area artists in _ t.-vta a j »- tar i*-a r**r*"r r " the arts resource directory to be published by ads inc in '■ the spring f • j j i*y the announcement of the winner and the awarding of iumi.tm first prize i donated by \ th f mailer hilton a-2 w d ■ llassrfl inc will lake place at a reception on march 18 in the " statler hilton v terrace .'; room mezzanine the pre will be | invited to * special pre leer oi the \ winning entry - and fj the • exhibition of selected entries the press reeeptien march lit f-will be from 4-5 p.m x march is will also mark the beginning ef cultural a war " ness week this week-long • event celebrating the cultural ' richness i and d'tcrsilt jof ; the niagara . frontier will include exhibit in the major cultural • institutions a < well as other elected f exhibit representing ; the ' cultural "*. resources of * ihe community these .' display may he reviewed by the public march 1 loth 7 p.m [ through march 23 •> the *»>»•»«■* hilton we feel-lhal'tfll*fa i most significant that thi stallcr lllllt.n w d ll.avail inc * - major loinmcrcial organization is sponsoring i this endeavor which will visual manifest the cultural wealth in the commu nity yy . x v in f addition j arts dt clop mcnl services inc is compil - ing a directory of the cultural ; resources in the region ant - art organization dramatic nft sold william e miller chairman of the niagara frontier trans portation authority and ale d irurabk president of the ni agara frontier transit system inc announced today that the , aull-orliy v and j the i nft have ' today executed a forma agreement providing * for •; tht ale of the operating assets ot he nft to the authority for the sum of nine million sit hundred set er.ty sit j thousand ; dollars a ' prevlot-sly announced the nft:will retain certain non-op erallng asset and liabilities 4 the agreement contains further provisions ; far the orderly lake-over by the authority of the operations of the be company on april i 1974 xx y/-f the ' formal agreement was ctecutetl following approval by the boards of directors of the authority and the mit today completion of the transaction is subject to ihe satisfaction ol specified ronditln including obtaining all necessary govern mental approval aad the approval of the nft sharehold er pilar ta the lake-ever -: mr rumble also announced that the beard of directors of nft have scheduled the 1974 anneal meeting of the nft shareholders for march 20th v al i that late fat addition to voting on approval af the sal of assets to:the authority the shareholder 111 ■ vote ea adoption ef a plea ef liquidation ad . dissolution election f director jj eed election of balmi the record date far the mcciin ha been set for march 4th i monte-carlo iv the path finder trill present . monte carlo night,"at austin • harold " dance ' cat the , dell wood ball room 1388 main st fai\l*lk»y friday march , from 9 p.m to 1 a.m this is a affair xxxti x '■-'■ the committee consists ef '■*-, ihiv "■ humes chairman " hot \ tense nash martha williams ' dorothy armstrong and thelma batrhelor - y the donation 1 3.00 " fe ( speaks on attica attica ffaaiher aag int wti speak lat ml f ararat baptist church o*r*a and nans saaday feb 24th a t3 p.m fib talk el be broadcast fee mm radio station w blk courtesy af »>,. w l jane hast pastor :.' *-*•%&■> snow bail held in rochester the • rochester chapter of jack and jltt of america lac a'f i i'll of mothers who aim to help ■■_ heller a the v condition ', of ■? all -. children and to learn more about ' - f thorough careful j study held ll second annual snow ball on - ' february sib at the flagship hotel the snow ball is a fund raising affair of the dub which • donate the proceed to charily the highlight of the title wait i the . recognition af two j i members of the community kallwrlnc terrell j and james perkins fee oatslaadlag service f f toward the betterment of many young people y^y jy,.:';y : - v katherine itriea mother of one of * the jills ha been instrumental to getting many comer to j the j rochester area situated and in obtaining scholarship thai have enabled many young people to further their / education '.-* and [' thereby . belter themselves she was one of the first members of the abc board and is an active member of the charch xy:~x-fx v ' 7-y tames perkins practically a new-comer la rochester - him self i a teacher at elementary ■ school no ai'y he i *' * : very dedicated young at who ha helped v mac jj youngsters . la ; ■ realize their f potential talents end to have * belter image of .- themselves yy ; ; y'y junior club is local host members of the buffalo , junior \ club - of the . national * association * of .' business i and 5 professional i women's ? dubs ' are . shown above j the young ladies participated in a negri * history ! program at the hall t ' mark j manor saturday feb . 16th at ! p.m they presented ; rochester's black seed ': group | top photo right from forbes st-hool no ' t^iahd were ."* featured in a newscast en black awareness 1974 ? - criterion photo x x .': ■ '.-'■,. -' :..'•■.. auditions set ... : auditions i for the '' western new york premiere of the . pulitzer ?* priie x winner no place to be j somebody v by charles gordone f will be held i on tuesday thru friday feb 26th thru culh fromf 7 to 14 1 p.m at * the african j cultural i center 150 hmatm avaaata • v improving muriel davidson of delavaa avenue columnist with the buffalo criterion is reported greatly improved after sustain ing another tnjary to one of her knees ;■ - x ms davidson is active tot fraternal politic and f labor circle .'*;:•-' *•-*- guiding ughtchiircii jy ■ 313 jefferson aye rev j l ross mltmx pastor and founder slssf . iw sunday morning .... 11:00 >-<"• %&% sunday warship .... ii a.m each th san is medium hat l^ii»'-w»p self-help ; set page 2 coat pr 7 toft ii art contest seep*ge2 mwawsawst rmnrsra a r ' ' criterion .- vt u a jala aj vi f ■ • jfflas i . •-?%■&•* press owr 51st year , *■„-„•..--,..-•;,-;,■;. „,'•• si ■ ; -„ - '„ r ■ :■ -- of — yjy service 1923 ... 1974 western new york's oldest .■ ea ' ■'*■' fa a ■£ largest and best selling s*(*a.*at ■■"-:'•'-" '''' vmsatat ' ''' '> « ** '* '*'" ' negro weekly ■ *» 77 yy^mtms&gm