Buffalo Criterion, 1976-07-06

              .. and still ww's only officiai minority newspaper not lust a free shopper bulk rate handout political or clipout sheet rochester niagara region the buffalo criterion local lie - national c wedivesday july 6-12 1976 vol mi - no 28 couple wed has sad mr samuel ii sutton were united in tß4s***at-ss on june 12th by ■»« sand f ray of brooklyn n v at second tanapli baplial church e drlnvnn aye . where rev sutton to pant a reception followed in ihe church dining hall i lit picture wna taken by a criterion fhottig rapher in front of trinity baptist church the couple honeymoon i in montreal canada mrs sotton is the former cleveland ohio margarite jefferoon of family reunion • • .. .. . —- '■■'■:■*!.;','• mr matt metre-fee af rife st and relative recently honored their mother mrs marie mm seated cento of 12 begin st wtsfc a it hi iiui dinner four venerations of the families were represented and 111 member make ay the 41101 ota of mrs miller two anna reside km greenville s c hat only other son jerome millet tjaf washington d c who was mtoaed by all paaaed way i*l tear ago in may 4 aantaag others on use pit-tare ore mrs willie young mrs atmto spar ma evans m klmbich and congratulated on appointment jam o sessum left is congratulated on his appointment to district manager of the cold spring division of metro r ssms „, iras*-ao7ras,»*s4"e^^s4 hun by john f crumlish who is retiring after 17 i ears of nervier our nation's 200th birthday br helen e buttle psf**?_wfje*a wl_^_l^___l i_lh_-_-__________b i tl:___b*tl*llli iw'lswilllm chi independence way my 4 1976 our nation mat bom with the purpose of uniting ■»*€* ts4*aa*aßßßa4an*a in bbitba and love — to rams imi as the supreme and righteous judge to iinl all nations tot 4 to administer justice why have wo drifted so our strength lies in the challenge of returning to god as a nation ami as individuals if we eipect to reap the harvest if vim believe god's word rend psalms 90 through 101 we of all people can with the psalmist make a joyful noise unto the lord mcbust of what 11 has done for us we should ant the lord with dta*was ami come before lb presence with in 14 our 200 years as a ttas nation there have bsao times of national 40wva there have lv,s n timet nf world war hut 4wa**h it all 1...1 has sbr-ae-1 and kept us we ***■)*. ho have trusted vartst a our personal steur.cantruthfullr v ssnt the psalmist 4l c are li,s people ... i til pof his pastures t can w imn jjj ksßapttl ' praise we ' jwer nt h a prai w say that the lord is *•*». and in spite of our j his mcrcv is fcabrik his word •**■****» forever ■•* want t{i , w<m **** h punishments *" '** iearle great v ob lift nou gh * » o*l be great let ■*> wis in forward to sponsor the big show wills lee calvin ber nice calvin and jon carlton owners and pub lishers of beauty trade the magazine for the professional 1 who services id black woman will sponsor the big show the nation's largest beauty show on black hair care the big show con venes in philadelphia sheraton hotel july 11 12 and i ith dinner-dance slated on saturday evening july 10 at 7 p.m radio council of western new york and toronto cana '!» a part of the improved • vnlteni protective order of elks of the world will give a dinner dance at the holiday inn 620 delaware aye buf falo in honor three daughters for their out standing work in the organization the daughters arc grand district deputy julia s moore of emma v kelley temple no 700 grand district deputy mary c johnson of elite temple no 143 and past iroyal daughter ruler jeanette alligood of el dorado temple so 32 a daughter from 4>ach of the sis area temples will also be felicitated thank god of his hounti ful hles-jings committee chairwomen arc general chairman mrs velma j williams ex-officio mrs hazel caldwell journal mrs dorothy da vies flowers mrs jessie jefferies publicity mrs edna c barkley and mrs edith barclift hostesses mrs elouise jones and tic kets mrs evelyn sams mrs lois gaskins will be mistress of cere mm the soul-jer band will provide music for dancing after the dinner couple united in holy matrimony rev wilbert b simp son ol 77 oneida st buffalo and martha l tyler of edison st were united m holy matrimony tin june 26th s rev a savage pastor of unity baptist church the couple is honev mivi.nink in flint michi gan ssi recipients gain july 1st food stamp eligibility i jijiifsi i t»r k nil participation on j ist 2 aged blind and disabled ssi recipients bacramr efaplaai fee full participation is the food stamp pragma food stamp are worth more than you pay tar them they stretch your shopping dollar if •*••*. fas atone or as aa as couple you wht automatically be ebgibto lor food stamps lot nil received a pre-addressad kern in the mat that asks a e baste questions about your cooking facili ties or participation in a meals tan wheels program pi farts on your monthly an mala fill it out and yen will receive an authorization lai-pun hate card in the mail allowing you to hay food stamp there is no need to go anywhere you can apply right from ana if you live with relatives or friends and ma on ssi you will have to go to the local dept of social services office and apply ther ssi recipients who live alone may be eligible for additional allowable de ductions not covered by the pre-addressed mailer these deductions include medical or dental expens es not covered by medi caud educational costs court-ordered child sup port or alimony and disaster-related bills since your food stamp benefits depend on your net income — after all these expenses are de ducted it is important to receive all allowable de ductions if you have any of these extra costs it is hotter for you to go to the local mb office you may be a single person household even if you live at non-ssi recipients if you pur chase food separately or are a separate economic unit . that is if you do not pool your income and resources to meet every one living costs if you can qualify it is best to apply a a single-person household since you are director of u/b collegiate unit pheasant run north ton - a wanrta has bean re msmmmmma to a two-year term as director of he cora p maloney college st the state university at buffalo the college on of ton units in u/b's collegiate system studies delivery of services to urban and inner city residents dr brown is aim completing a major re search study of minority college enrollments under a ford foundation grant the u/b associate pr fessor of educstional ad ministration recently or ganized the first national conference for minority research scholars dr drank brown of it baby contest winner the 127 th annua african methodist epis copal zion chnrch confer ence convened in roche ter n y last month the annual conference baby contest waa held fri jane 25th second place winner waa tracey nelson a member of st lakes amez church 314 e ferry st buffalo rev andrew h whitted pea tor tracey is the daughter of mr and mrs carmen nelson of 107 flndley aye north tonawanda n \ tracey nelson 350,000 int'l masonic members own black tv station detroit michigan is the borne of the firm black owned tv station 7 wc.pr-lnc channel 62 the station is earned and operated by the international f*am ma sons and eastern stars under the leadership of dr william v banks president i t-nei mana ger and supreme grand master of the 3.50.000 organization the 1 satires also put chased radio 107.7 fm in i which has a power frequency i 50.000 watts the strong est signal alloted a class b station by the federal commission the radio station was he first soul radio station to broadcast in stereo and started a full-time news department in 1969 - the commu nity calendar it was also the first black owned and operated tv station in america the accomplishments are the mi of ►„,,) dreams of dr banks plans to purchase the tv station began to take shape in 1973 11 radio and tv team are helping to shape culture and programs for minority citizens through their own planning they cover southeastern michigan the international ma sons of new york state recently held their 2-day quarterly meeting at the executive across the street from buffalo's in ternational airport convocation held the national convoca nor of the tree churches of god true holiness u s a was held at the free church of god in kansas city bishop wren of texas preached on the subject of i/r.i honesty and clean living bishop w e jeffries of oklahoma city ohls horns pastor of the church of god there visited and preached si the annual summer con vocation of kansas east jurisdiction heispresid ing bishop of southern oklahoma churches of cod in christ the great summer convocation **. held st manaon terr church of cod in kansas city with mother man-ton state supervisor and res mc donald state bisho missionary joseph me fuel and elder dulin of law-retve kansas helped prepare the food to receive award chairman of the board and chief executive offi car of niagara frontier services in in buffalo has l designs teal as the recipient of the israel prime minister's medal the medal is one designed and struck by the government of israel and depicts industrial development in istael it contains the name of *•*•* llistl.ilee as well if the sum-time of prime minis ter yitzhak rabin mr casteltani was nam ad to receive the medal lot service in the cause of mankind hi is ana of a select lev i i so honored in this country i'he formal presentation of the medal will be made by a diplomatic represen tative of prime minister rabin at a state of israel national tribute dinner dance scheduled for sun day sept 190 111 111 golden ballroom of buf falo's • il.i hilton mr castellani now widely-known »*> a leader in industry started in business as the operator of a small grocery store following his discharge from world war ii mili tary service the store ann-ukl j ca*-tetl*ni james o sessum appointed the mppnmtmied f immrm o it mm m district manage of it metro bus old imprint dmskrn bra announce son khy 4abssn qa decker executive vk r*4 | i*,*"i . xiauata t\a*n3 tier 1 tivtvsiiv wjrv st imia ok mr s>**4*um win , wt^sxi rmut p c**dg usk who u rs-uriog eft.sii.r mm i after 31 years uf writes mr lt4 began hi career with the bun company a at bus driver in l-har and achieved an l?*-ytmir aafe-drtv inn re onl *»«•»• as hit sau'wruin-of the - m onth award for courtesy he was promoted to motor iied supervisor in itxij ami in 1v174 also was assigned instruction hi ti mr s,>s«iir his wife lula ntul a sun liv on fast i mi van aye in its,if,,l homesteading program in operation il.itiifsteading i a pro sit,on operated by tbe city of buffalo thtough which property owners ran buy land from the city fur 41 00 i the city owns a place of vacant land that is right next to your home ami hi land is lan than 000 square feet the city will most probably sell it to you for just 11.00 ii you buy a vacant , prop from the city under the homesteading program the require ments are that you will have to clean up the property within 6 months continue to seep it lean and pay the tear is taxes on the property other wise you are free to do just about anything with the and ~~ turn it into a garden a yard a play ground for your kids etc if mom are at all interested tn finding out more about it or would like to know if a vacant piece of property neat to yowr home is owned by the city contact ms rohan b*tt man st the united coali tion community develop ment corp 402 broad way at bs&-s377 or bsa-3375i castellani - see pg.2 food stamps - see pg 7 i»*3 1976 criterion press t and still the no 1 wny central cities largest press oar arfflrr tta h«xn ot*r every re m every year alair oar rstalearr serving oar enmmanltlr ' to our many readers who pay for and subscribe to the criterion we thank you for still perpetuating us aft dean off wny'ft minority leadership and upstate n only official inner cah newspaper