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Tlie Y t CriterionVOL. XXIX - No. ] • V o rt i ir t i tn Mil

PE LA H O N S G O O D

S a ra h V * jg h n , p o p u la r song a n d r e c o rd ­in g s ta r , a b o v e . C o u n t B asie , G eo rg * S h e a rin g , S ta n G e tz , T h e E rro l G a rn e r , T r io , L e t te r Y eu n g a n d o th ­e r* w e re th e f e a tu re d a ttra c t io n * in th e B ird U n d S tar* o f '5 5 a p p e a r in g a t ? a n d 10 p . m . on th e Par* a m o u n t T h e a tre s tag e .

m i s s u s m o s r t r t E N T E R T A IN S CLUB

Th* puyutertty contort to 4 * Uriuitic 'M w ra m to a e tu ot t*f>» la mr« opaa to acyoaa to te w te d . \ « winner of U tcxKiUmt wiil >•« tit* parson jm*I- l u f the graatart number uf tan cent vxos. F irst prate wW be a cbotc* at MS cam ur a round Utp txkot to New Tor* Ctty. anti tiw ow-mui prize will he f lu eaail

7t>* winner. M u- pMtiluner- la wMl be «bu«wuk> a t the 3rd ■anue* Iheliam dhow, apunauretl by U>« W m iym Service Guild a t Lhaotn K•mortal Church,MnatRi and Northland Avea. ISkU> April i t a t t ill p . m.

'IhuM mtereated in the con­tent can get the drtaiU from Ukt contact chairman, Mra Pauline Im iln . V> Spruce Mt , W a 0225. Mum Bunk:* Tyler M cWurtwin of die Kashai-mlt* M ra. Vulen* Gilliam, coordi­nator o t ka cl rhuriii artlvll wa, Mra Jmui Itu hmond, p m r le i l at the Waeiyan fhwvtca Guild; and Rev William H Horn**, church mtnlwvi

A chkken 'Uniiri will lie glv- hy the Boriai Club on P it -sMaMli l l th at 3«4 tt. Par-

Mra Ifa u k i Gault waa bu rt­ons to the Hook-!» era Club attheir regular meeting. Kri layevening K*fc IPlh m her I r e n s ITS Gismrood Ave. She vra* assisted b y Mra, John Harris and Mra. It.' C . W< eta.

The meeting waa called to <Ndar by th* Vice President. Mra Joaeph Hhowell, who pre­sented Key Kenneth A. Row an, director of th« H U n ry S t.■ *hnattan Center, who spoke cut toe indllkxia rn ih# Hf howls / l,tern A panel d l* unaion followed, which waa enjoyed t/y• II I «•’. liOwoi. tn ,0-.' ogniium of Negro Himry w «Sh .

The club aympMthiwc with the family of |hc late Mra J Y. ihirraon. Kb* hail i.*«„ a (n<-rnb« for marry years

The gsieaia f,w tha evening were Mra. nbraiM> J.,hn on. end Mia l a d Collier, Mra. 1 Walter Holland, Prea Mra Ma ui* Mrm'h, Own of pub.

•y i A pt, 3, Hirth Dugtsa lapresident, Donation |l , j* i

Mi* Jeftle W right relum ed -W turdty from Itoualon, Texan,

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f r o n t ” in th e f i e ld of rsoe reba- Ifoni.

JiinjAinln F M, Laijftfi. field org mixer '.f ih« IntcrnAtkeaal llrot.o i l , i of Sf. ‘•f.ing t,%. port* *, told tl,.- Catholic In- i ' i t ' ui I if.un t at "while Koine rrlijtM tkU ate still (k- outing their |Kw4lbatt»" op racial im egm ton, Os fta* * 1 Ic un-.tiiuianw generally wre ’Kill tally a t w o r h .’

The many r»th«iu- MhooU Wh|r*h 4.%V** llltr^r Hied jti4rnl 14 Itile |»Y!j>t;I.r'. ere “ fiifttti-ig \ Into prutiK, tlH*ir Chrwfmn pfin lp ln . 1 awl r l ’iig jful j>r* odefiUi fur public im h **U Ui ftiHoV* “

BANQUFT HELD A T H O LY TEMPLE

IS ' t . i .n . j ) , S .» .if f lull nf fl«f> Hinftb t l or It ,.f e.rni |»• fcral h* hi |U inoiial Uiihria t M lu r iij! 1 rhruaty M th at K .UIp. n* al li . | I.,a, a, , t n 4 ,|Mi »n *trr+-t

A t *i II •< oursr fn rk 'y diiKw-r %%■%» h iro f f Ut 110 gofsts. A

t^lk n m f h t u by th r Mr*.

.awl f i th#*%»iw hk Ihtmt prr** nt %nrm

K*». ,u. M. (rouch , Jr., of !.<*> Angebw. < aid , He*. O . U .Ml.ite » f New Vorh City. Rev,

and Mr*. Irr ity A n d rrv a . Mr* It Malker, Mr* k Page.Mr* H, M alker. Mr*. R. Page,*1rv It M d irr ; M r. Itak-r. Mra. R Oiakvon. Mr* B Hoyle, Mr* »; I- M*< I*flail. Mr* A. N.ktoa, Mr*. ■s«ddl*r «nd I turn* other*

Mr* Irene "I fmni.i* a hm m n treua of carenionie* Mimic wa* reii'lend by lb* fenipbtue* A *<>b. wa*. wmg by Mr I, Hey.m m r of hi John R ap tM* biirr-b, n n im p u iM hy Mr*f Henry tyfber* |i.irtk l|ia tlng on the program were Mr*. R. Page, a abort talk on “Friend •hip” **do. Ml*. Iren, Ham * . ; Mr*. B>-**|e Walker, giu-*t »|o aker. *ubjeei: “I rl.-nd.btp;" -do , Mr*, o r.pim; w,|„. Mr*N Ithliardvon; remark*. KeyI I McClellan | |„ thanked I ho*e prevent for making Hie a f f ilr a huge »uc<**«

A chii ken a n d ihittarling dinner )*tM baan planned by the Miurdy |r„ ,„ fltt March Ik fiom 7 p. ni until at CiUj WO- li*»«i alteet, rear.

where ali« attended the finer*! of her father. J e f f J o f a tn u n who p i t r w . l a w a y J a n 20. iD ,V j. I

PRICE TEN CENTS

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rtt*i n. M tliiilrp, M't-lblUKmit 4lrotb*t of 18, Jp fffrm a ,UHn rtllJJ'.-iHtl'tl II IWOtlHT <»( tlu* Hm rd *»l n im U*D» uf the fc rb* ( cijnty Ik ntal S*M*b fy. Tlw- *o- f if ty in compusrd t>l M h l*ir»»ituhout Erie O u n ly .

!>». MHinIre, ulhi luu h»fi ;i«ti\ e ci\ k and pd i. U all) f o r :% fi*»i»it>rr ot y 'jirx, is a u ppifp r ot Ib r St. A|>|tiiloiiiaii ivtiilU O r < a i i i / iti< !i <»l I a l h o l i c

l U h R A C E M A N A D D F D T O POLICE FORCE

h u t week 27 men wet •» ap­pointed by W io r Comniuv r rver DrCillii, to the Buff do P .iik t Fi>rce. in an effort to r* m tu t the rn m e epidemic. Orve Negro Ofllter was included, brlnjjirg the

M ille r n n d G ib so n , w h o r>erform a m iq u * n o v e lty a c t , w ill c o m p le te a w e e k ’* e n g a g m e n t a t th e T o w n Ca ino on S u n d a y n ig h t . Y ou a r e in v ite d , to co m e , h a v e aiippr-r a n d e n jo y a n e v e n in g o f p le a s u re .

ing a *Wb Uo To Help Youth In

E A gainst I **lu*<jiifervy' foriim with a g:»* at speake- »n*l r.p rc ien ia tw ea frtan j >ut;* group* ro teti ua tiow Wj» . i feel- M n ■ay, M*ri h 7 a l t e Coid Spunks Cuiiai.uid'.y I j ter, 2H0 Hardy S i. a t T he speaker wiil aeph atwiu h of U Rduc.it n o .At the January m eeting Capt '.Vuth.ni S ch ran k r A Krecmc N o. 6 w ee guart speaker « Whaf We Can Do To PrevenO i4 ii* -V l... i... i .U y iU ,.,of O' ei- stventy-five.

D E M O . W O M E N IN S T A L L O F F IC E R S

COMING EVENTSThe \ W'VC will pre*»nt a d iru - and Floor Show a t Maxie's, 83 Ridg* Knud, on Sunday M ated 13th from 9 p. in untUFeaturing Otia Banks and two ahuwK. 10 next 1 o'clock.

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/ i-ocktall party will tie gi> - en by the Jo My O’f-ane. s Club on Sunday March 2<nh f m 4 to 8 p. m. a t 312 M*mroe S t. iupper re a r! . L. P l tu W t«*-.*H*rt. M W orkman, v rr- t a r y .

• • •A flifh fry and auction will

be given hy the Crewendo* at .39') H l'ko ry afreet m Rtvlay March I t th from 12 noon un­til . Three prizes will be given aw ay. Hose Goddard la n rev klent • Isd* Jai-kson, se c e tv ry and Kr-incea Alexander. T rear

• « •The M ilitary Policewomen of

Binrr»a V Kselley Temp!* N o . 700 will give aw ay 15 artver dollai* at a p arty <m Saturday Marrh W h a t 10 p m.

• • *A tea will te gftew b, Jo

ephlne Tldua and Vfary T euetl a t *»75 K igle 8 t . on Kundiiy M airh 8th . Dom tkm V* C e n t! .

l O O B S E R V E D A T E 0 9, N®W YORK The 17tn of

h * y , the day cm which the , I 'm ted S tates Supreme Court i nar. ieri down its Wi -ork au tl-

ueg legation -Jecision in 1954, | will be obseivou u t ivuij . » ; n'AACP Freet-um Day oy e , N'AACP.

The 1200b ranches thruugtiout ' the rii'Jon wiH be called upon • to ceiebiate the day with up-

p ropnate u 'rem o n x s such aa ' niaas iiieovinga. paraaen, ur din

ner ir.eetlng*.The principal celebration U

■L'.-duled annually for the Sun- day w < rt» t the 17Ch. The rhur ches will be asked tUo join in the cjmmenwratkMi of the ue- claMci.

E N G A G E M E N T T O L DMr and Mi i D avrl VVrlghl

of Lyth Ave., announce the en- g jgen ien t of their daughter, Monette R~tww*i Co A 2 c Jim ­mie Jihnaun, eon of Mra. Mike J< irmon and Ui*- l i t e Mr. John- »on of W aahlngjai, D . C. Air­man Juhnam m stationed a t the Xuigur-i M unkif I Air il*»e ir. N iagara FaJki. Tl - wetknng Is (cantkrd for April 9th.

Th* F ifth W ard D em xra 'ac Women's Club held its regular meet on February 14 th, with the newly e!eeted officers.

M rs. Rosa M ontgjtnery. past president, piesented Miss Mary 1-out" Nice vice chairm an of the Erie County Committee who installed the officers, following w hkh she gave an inspiring pep ta lk .

Mrs M irie Hayes Riley, presi dent of Jie Tonawanda Demo­cra tic Cluib, C Jimcitman Lee- land N Jot.es, J r . , Supervisor King Peterson; Chairman E«J- v a d Bennett and Charles Rush, also rpoke. A tovely repast was served. There wer 2 1 present.

C O U N C IL C A N D ID A T EThe Critericn was informed

this week, tfiat De ni .r M«t hell — popular young bustnexi an ' 1 .'ruUrti.il man, will be a can­didate f i r Cotm fiman uf the E licott D istric t on the Ik-nio- cra ttc ticket.

The tnfowr.er. a Democratic rcm m itteem en told the C n teu - on: ”1 think Delmar wiD le

| a rm ch to win the prim aries., He s keen, competent and pro­

gressive suid is no dummy about po litu». The (>arty needs a man like him. » » is a g j« l mixer, liberal and is destuied to go places).”

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Denlivt* tha t s c r v j r h n >4 n- «*, -inter* «f Mrtfila* .oui Mer­cy it tvpit.il*.

! l u I N S . D r . M c t i u l i f u.w, ap- {e i u t ' d l i t e D . i U a t i n r m b r to the B o a r d of Ileal: h of Buffalo by Mayor Beruard l i n u i l . I'rm r

1 l<> I hi*, be *eri<-d a* a VIhkW Ik uli*4 a t School* 32 anil I I , a m i a * lk x l.il L v a n i u i e r in t h e D -parlnient of s,iViai Welfare

; ot E rie t o iu iiy .

D A N H A IR S T O N D IE Si>.Lt*ici H h au p 'o ii, .**4, ot’ 2 *

Nash s tiee t, died Feb. 25, 1955, following several years illness.

He served w ith the L'SMC during World W ar II until hon- orub.y discharged in 1946 until tu .. ra ily u,. n .u g .u in 194o. hetau tS of illness.

Mr. H u rs to n w as born Febru ary lu . 1922 and was o. ,g.. here when an infant from Co­lumbus. Ohio, by his paw .us the Iat* Edg.it L. unu Don h„ Haii-ston. He attendee! dc .'o j No. 32 and T c-hnual Hig,.School.

Funeial services were held Monday afternoon »t W alkers Funeral Home conducted by Rev. M I . Littlepjhn Burialv.-ns In M t. Hope Cem etery.

He la s u r v i v e d by t h r e e H a ­t e r s a n d s e v e n brothers, fourof whom a r e v e t e r a n s of Woiit

; W ar I I . T.iey a r e :

M rs. Anna C de, Mr*. Sara Grittin and Dorothy Hairston,

I Charles E , Gilbert E .. T 'e .> dor* a id W illiam, all vcilerans < f World tV.vr II, Sherwood. Isa-

* ac R and W allace.

to ta l number of rac* men in the departm ent to 1 1 .

The new fmt roiri.'in I* taiw- lence Williams. .32. of 19 Gm lU- ing, a former Ford Motor On. employee. Mr. VVlilmm* who 1* m 1 -ried to the form er H im Alice Taybtr, Is th* father o f two son*. Ijtw iM i e J r . 5, and Paul 3. snd is a grad, a le <>f S' ool 47 and B uigard W ca- tlonsl High S ihii.l and attem ls VB nigh* sr hool. li* wiil w « active d'tfy s f te r eon dpete , 1* weeks training at the P ;< * Training SehoA.

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The Women's Auxiliary of ' *e Buffalo Bran,'h NAACP 1* muk mg plana for a 'H airy L .jv b- eo r ' to he heM at the he>:nc of the president, Mrs M artha Mil­lar. 212 F.igle street on T tas- day V arrh Sth. a t '} :S 0 p ra. A hotne baked jprnds sale will also be featured In cuajur>cts*N with the luncheon. Mrs. Milbir and her assistan ts will be very happy to serve yaw.

R O Y A L IT E S M E T

The February meeting of the Koyalite* w hi held Thursday evening. Ft'h. 17 a t the beaut­iful home of Mrs. M attie Dis­ney, who received her gue-ts a ttired in a toreador hoelms ensemble in black and oiaogc pi in t. A fter a brief business meeting cc«n<hicte<! by th* Pres­ident, M rs. Velma J . Williams, members and guests spent aR enjoyable evening c f bridge.

Following a delicious n*pu»4, bridge prizes were awarded to tha following guests: 1st, Mrs. Ju an ita Meltord; 2nd, Mr*. lAUra H dhuid . F irst and sec­ond club f« ize* were aw.mled to M rs. R uth Malone ;md Mis. Clcola Rk-harriaon, r* sp e it i 'e ty .

Club members include Mes- dames Vein,a J . Williams, Bil- lig Cooper, Ruth Malone, M at­tie Dl.-ney, C leda Richard»<«t, Mildied Spatk* and Jerrie Hail,■ ho will b Hostess ft»r ’he

March mt“eting In her sr.au' 10us home in Ebenezer, N . Y

T h e In te r C ?ub C o u n cil o f W e s te rn

N ew Y ork o k fe rv e d S u san B. A n th ­

ony D ay on F ab . 1 2 th f t H o te l L a f- a y e tfe a r.d p re s e n te d its f ir s t S u san B. A n th o n y a w a r d — a silv e r t r a y , to Mixs M ay S. S ickm on , p ro m in e n t a t ­

to rn e y a n d I*. S. D is tr ic t C o u rt C le k.

M r*. C o ra M a lo n e y , C t tncil C h a ir ­

m a n , r 'g h t , is m a k in g th e p re s e n ta tu m as L»r. M a ig a re t W a rw ic k S ch ley , A w a rd C h a irm a n lo o k s on .

M ISS B. J . D IG G S W E D S1

Miss Belty J e * r . Diggs. 21; year eld daughter of Mr*. Be 1 tha J . Digg* V/xrnei for­merly of Buffalo, and i t year ola Lutner LitOeton D o J r . wer*. m air,ed Feta, 28 in S t. M urk)* Church, New York Ctty. by fh« Rev Samuel Sweenny in the presence «d theli faml- lie* and s few lose frwndz.

A t t e i u i i r g w e t c h e r n .t i 'h * - ra n d step f a t h e r , M r . and Mr* : Iru to W arner ot F;r‘X»k!yn -ud Mr. a n d M n . William Meek, •inter m u bruther-in Uim, of the gioum and J o a n M; ioney, f u n n ­e r r u m m ate of the brute.

The coujpig « l0 resale a t 670 j River <Vle D rb e .

E N T E R S H O S P IT A L

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N *w Y c-k S ta te G o ld e n G lo v e s’ c h a m p io n s w on fo u r o f six in te rn a - tu -n a ! b o u ts f ro m O n ta r io b o x e rs on ih e T o ro n to N ew sb o y s’ 3 2 n d a n n u a l b e n e f i t h iv in g c« * d la s t w e e k b e fo re m u r* th a n 6 ,0 0 s p e c ta to r s a t M a p le

L oaf G a rd e n s . P h o to sh o w s P i f f a lo ’t S ta n F i tz g e ra ld , is sh o w n b e in g p re te n te d th e G lo v e a n d M ail T ro p h y b t G 5 . H a w k in s a s t* a in e r Jo h n n y G r*~ n lo o k s o n . F i tz g e ra ld b e a t Ed B e a ttie o f H a m ilto n .