Buffalo Criterion, 1977-04-20

              and still wny's only official minority newspaper not just a free shopper bulk rate handout political or clipout sheet rochester niagara region the buffalo criterion vol m — no i wednesday april 20-26 art i of 41 iv - national me check presentation ■■ - arr ■ — -- vr wm . . mam . i loral lift international union of electrical radio i aad ma htm worker at 11 m c.l.c la came muff alt '* firm or ganization tit pay for ita golden heritage i lit membership in tin n.a.a.c.p ma lawrence b president pre aenls a check fair 2.v).00 to j carl hand n.a.a.c.p national i if membership committee man ■* final payment of 51,000.00 a plaque will be presented at tin annual dinner june 12 seated for loft to right re robert miller treasurer vlto maa committeeman lawrence s***um president j carl tlland naacp com mitteeman hi goodwin st kin secretary albo ilanalln lid member willie odoms chief ste ward standing right to left michael smith steward kenny johnson steward harri harris ste ward willie coleman trustee bay kaa trustee arthur davis bd member and lonnie cobb steward youth honored senior citizens with program & dinner the youth communis relation held their senior i hire a day and dinner program sua april 1 at bethel a.m.e church 1551 michigan are youth community relation under the di rectkin of fred ci a mm youth community relation under the di rection of pred kl-amin which i a * hoot off of the mayor summer youth ram ha been geared toward progress 111 our community concentrating portrays gambler in the sty of the blind pig ilariiltl hilt portrays a sporty tiouti on liich uhoililitih man mho ih the tlisoitii of hit btriuht-faced sister weedy i the sty of the blind pig by philip hayes dean on age at ihe niagara pall l invention center reek theatre april it 2.1 obsequies held for anthony east obsequies for am lata anthony eaat were held thara april ii at 1 p.m al ml calvary holt church rev bessie moore pastor officiated milium i t „» born april 30 1971 11 departed this lift mon april ii 1977 ii was -. member f t ml altar holy church and a member of the choir he leave in mourn hi mother shirley east fa ther larry manuel two grandmothers mr ma me east and mr ilelore manuel two grand father charle east and harry manuel four aunts charlie east i 1.1 i aat ann east and sandt a east three brother ranald east jeff.it east aad jttnathen east and « host of relative and frit-mis the house of tent-sis funersl home waa in charge interment an in concordia cemetery anthony east ebony gents mothers day dinner dance slated the ebony cents social oak's annual mother's dsy dinner and dance will ba held sun may 8 ihe etsculive inn 424:t vlaa^ia the banquet dinner is scheduled for fi p-m i " p.m sharp d*bci*g from 9 p m to 2 am music will be tmaim by the mighty . piaat speakers will fcxte.mty barbara m »», intt assemblyman *"?" 0 eve 14.1 rd d"trsct-of new york sw>an eve has r*c*'«ly announced his "■**»*> for th*mayw a j i(ttlr w „ j***d '<* acknow ****** the mothers lots v^wirprises for '!_***»• grand and g*«-gr«ndm«hers will e mtm the kbonv j2 indentation of the v . payme-t toward ■* a c.r v member ship will a be given there wi'.l be a host of ebony gents compli mentary gifts given away these gifts are donations from our community mer chants and business esta blishments of tfaki the ebony gents say thanks to all w ho helped to make this posatihle all tabic and soats are by reservation only a a few tickets are left call winegar's hard ware 13fi7 fillmore aye phone 1944(244 or fddie dawson mos jefferson aye . at 8u.7443 eight blacks to serve on nat'l com on obervance of iwy president carter ha mmmtd right black to serv run the national commission on thi ob a nt international lvl.riaa.fi a aaa . congress has auth titir#d tha commission t sjronsor 56 stat and ter ritorial meeting rm the rights and resjv-nsibilities til women hy mid-july a national womrn's om ference scheduled for november 18-21 in hou ston tex will include representatives selected by the m mim-tings and ajipointed by the iwy t ornmission the national confer ence will draw up recom iii.'ii.l.i'ii.ri for inline the in i 1 w.men'a utility in the united slates their report will tm ihiomiu u u*r president to congres in marrh 1978 th commission has 42 memhers th president af^'wlaa ewcum j;tlet increasing th maximum numtier ot members from 35 to 42 the president announced that the com mission members include former first lady betty ford black members ap pointed by the president to the commission are audrey howe cokm of washington ii c*«~l president national wo men's political caucus director of women's acti vities i"r j r.it ■ ■:, for public broadcasting harry t edwards of boston mass — prof named to new post william e simon treasury i.i from it i tit has been named board co chairman i i hi interracial council {,„ hiiatnt as opportunity a national voluntary agency tor minority ....... i .. i..|.ttiinl simon will lie installed on may 17 in new york lily at it iii annual national banquet chaired hy coy ekltind president equitahle life nd economist andrew e krinn alma brooks receives invitation from bd of governors alma brooks columnist for ihe criterion and author of quotations with a moaning and acres of diamonds received un invitation from the board nf lover • nora and the membership committee to become a member of the 11.p.a.1 international platform assoc of cleveland heights ohio the who's who of the spoken word and i the platform it said you have l>een invited because we feel you will til in with the members we already have lowell thorn,i is president and member ship chairman nine cited for community service eight businessmen and a newspaper reporter were cited for outstanding contributions to the black community at a sorority luncheon in the charter house motet inn at 1 p.m sat april 16 they were cited by the beta phi chapter of lota phi ijimda sorority inc a business and professional organization designed to promote business educa tion and to counsel youths who are considering careers in various busi nesses and profe«iona those who received reporter for the courier express charles a gray pre rowe seeks ferry district school board seat tyrone towa of 47 grider st i runnsnjr for the buffalo sehooi btwrd in tbe ferry district tbe elertwm is msy 3 mr rr is married and has one child attend ling the buffalo schools tu ant i tne ksrrnrr nadin efik-txi tyrow is a vahid stale air force veteran i'.r t>e\i our far > nd received am honorable discharge in 1967 during his ima in the air force he graduated from the l s air force tech scbool ia administration mr kt-eae has bo graduated horn two area schools equal l>pp center and e»e county community college his elected offices are president of the commu nity interest assoc and co treasurer of the erie community college fa culty/student a sane - his membership in clude naacp build push pta and tlie northern black political camus he i also a former member ol th united auto worker of amerua uawi mr rowe ha stated quality edurstion as his £»»! for the schools pledging will work fur better class programs and better classroom condi he is a memher of new hope baptist hurth on richmond aye and his wife is a member of mt ararat baptist church on jefferson aye work goes down drain william pop jackson he first executive secre tary of the michigan aye m v until 194.1 as one of tbo*e instrumental in hating the > ml * bldg erected for minority ettl rens in the 20 me was proud of the facility and w*a well known for insist ing that the young people keep it immaculate lie would net allow them to mark up the floors which were kepi htghlt polished nor would he allow them to drop gum or candy wrappers on the floors the edifice which was once the pride and joy of negro buffalo was demo lished this week mr jackson *•» able to gather around him a number of outstanding men and women to make up the board and head the financial campaigns an nually from the latter 20 until his retirement to conduct revival a one week revival will be conducted by rev donald w h e ruffin pastor of walls temple amez new london conn beginning mon 25 at st paul april i revival 50 golden years be and mrs henry hall were honored w ilh „ .< it 11.111 on 111 ... i hsle.lt of their nil wedding anniversary on sat apr 2 al lt'mi j.ll i 5 aye bj their children i bei hall met mis mai wilson in 1924 al lhal lime she ttat mi employee of the 11 i slaller and on april 2 1927 ihey were married they are tin parent of a mmi li.nu s henry *<><! two daughters mr eveljn williams and miss delorc hall also a son hy a previous marriage mr arthur hull a program of songs scripture prayer i com mendation were rendered by several of tin many friends present those participating were mr l li.tlt.tis and i ham and several minister lit tela mis ut>t.ls sol lon stover ilolloway wagner 1 iislihu and harmon mrs r i ilolloway gave 11 welcome ad dress responded |„ by mrs mary i hupp 11 words of comfort by sons arthur and james and words of love by daugh ters evelyn williams and i ii lores hall were given lln ptamda and ureal grands sang and bey r i ilolloway read lit book i matrimony i '.' program . ml 1 with remarks by hi md mrs hall presentation of ihe many gifts was li mrs e william there were nine grand hildren and eight great grunt i.ildri mrs hall has been ill for 15 years but was able to a lewd mr r i ilolloway was in , barge of the players and fun the repast was generous and delicious key hall i . member of i limit baptist church and a well known evan ip-list he ha been preaching for ibe past 45 years many lime on sin corners and la known for his work among he elderly he also is known and beloved for his new years hay work for the past 29 years in it huh he serve from hfmi lo ww people la the infirmaries and bos pitals with fruit aad rookies and group sing ing talma arid and list.in gospel festival comes to college 3 the united student govenment and music board will present the all college gospel choir of state university col lege in a go«pef festi val gospel come to college 1 sat apr 10 at 7:30 - 10 00 p.m the festival ill l held tn student union saul hall iwo elmwood a sm and admission will be freo ivmation will be thi goapel fertivaj^aw be given in honor of andrew brownltliß®u9 ollepe crosrpe choir's direct for more than ♦ years and a pioneer in gospel music nationally e)ghlnamed-he*pg 2 nine cited - see pg 2 see pa fi senior citizens | see page tt | 1923 1977 [ criterion press rntoo i and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press nui,.m.rh..lh-.-nr,prn f n m r%rrs tear alwr aaw rt.atritra ami nor eitmmuitliirt to our matty readers who pay for and subscribe to the criterion wo thank you for still perpetuating us at dean of wny't minority leadorthlp and upstate m y.'t only official inner cities newspaper