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October 03, 1984 - Image 9

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Michigan Citizen, 1984-10-03

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Muskegon Heights
Class of 1969
holds, Reunion
US GO HEIGHTS­
egon Height High School
gradu ting cia of 1969 held a
Reunion on September
29th, at th Holiday Inn in
egon Height .
They came bee to uskegon
Heights, 33 of the 1969 grad­
uate, to et and compare
experience 15 years later. They
came from Sagina , Columbus,
Ohio; Milw u ee, Wisconsin; and
Detroit.
It seems that everyone is
doing ell. Class Vice Presi­
dent of 1969, Vance Scott,
now Vance Scott, MD.,
practicing medicine in Detroit.
GI n Metcalf, who was voted
the "Be Ore d" of the
in 1969, is now the foot­
ball coach for the uskegon
Heights Tigers, and is also
etball coach at uskegon
Community College.
PeSKY Lewis Sones . Ex-
• I
ecutive Secretary to John Syd-
nor, Superintendent of the us­
kegon Heights Public Schools.
embers of the Reunion
Committee, who organized the
affair, are: Carolyn Graham
Dennie, Gloria King Fisher,
Bonnie cGlothin and Curtis
Vines.
F stivitie began with a Social
Hour, followed by a sit-down
dinner.
John Sydnor, who wa Mu­
kegon Heights High School
Principal in 1969, was guest
spe ere
Trophies were presented 'by
Carolyn Dennie for the most
recently married; the newest
baby; the longest distance
tr veled to the Reunion.
The Reunion moved from the
Holiday Inn, after danner, to
Daddy' for dancing till the
ee hours.
om- g tar ho rs
.L. Hun
lId moderated
tins, and Rev.· .L.
e ected p tor.
The late Rev. JD. Buc ey
REV .. LHUNI'
gave charge. P or .L.
Hunt pastored the oming
Star Baptist Church for 27
a church member noted. em­
benbip increued to 300 mem­
ben.
September 3, 1983 Pastor
Hunt t in his }ett.er of reId.llllA­
tion to th church that
do to his faiB:n8 health be
no 10 ab}e to perform the
duti of a or. He pr ntly
is confmed to 'Brook HaftD
edical F �tie •
, e can truly say today
that Pastor Hunt has b n a
le der pastor, teacher, fathel,
and a friend. To e ch of u
and every life that he has
touched in his year of service
in the Lord," observed a mem­
ber.
Through the years Pastor
Hunt affiliated with and
served as:
oderator of the
OCTOBER 3 - 9.1984 THE CITIZEN PAGE NINE
REUNIO - Some of tho

ote
proj
estern District. Associ tion for
40 years; First Vice-President
of the General Bapti State
Convention, 20 year; Pastor of
the Friendship Baptist Church
yean. for eight yean; Pastor of the
. On August 4, 1962, member a donia Baptist Church, al-
matched into a new church t
mo nine year; Pastor of
2031 Riordan St. singing' e the ount Zion Baptist
Come This Far By Faith" Church in lansing; also affiliated
(Leaning on the Lord). with the National Baptist Con:
During the 22 years, under vention of America. ' e say
the leadership of Pastor Hunt, thank you, P stor Hunt, and
God ble d us piritually, God hie you and ';"e love
financially J and nurnberically, you dearly," . d more than
��
Co • p 1
hotel will bring no meaningful
benefits to the Blac citizens
of uskegon. It is not likely
that Blacks will ume any of
the key role: hotel managers;
inve tors; or, contractors.
Blacks are already maids, jani­
tors, bell hops, cooks - so
what's new?
But, you can be sure Blacks
won't be "di criminated against"
when and if tho municipal
bond should need our tax
dollars to pay theintere t be­
cause the "hotel" couldn't.
Black are guarante d a "fair
share" of that obligation which
could amount to $68000 per
month from, hc City's neral
Fund. Then. becau e the City
will have to reduce City Ser­
vices (the Fire Departn nt per­
sonnel. the Police Department
FU ERA L OTICE
Services for Mr. Mall ic
Fountain were held riday,
Sept. 28th fr m the Beulah
Baptist Church. Rcv. R. H gue
officiated.
Funeral ervices for Mr. Eddie
Kirks were held onday. Sept.
24th from the ew Jeru lem
Bapti t Church. Rev. H. Farrell.
officiated.
Rev. A. Picken. of iciatcd
. the servi es for Rcv. d ard
ash. Saturda. Sept. 22nd:
and for Mr. loyd Knox. Oct. ]
from the Philadclphia Baptist
Church in T in Lake.
The Reynold cmoriul Cha-
pel handled arrungcmcnt s.
t
ec
personnel), the first neighbor­
hoods cut ba will be course
be the expendible Black com­
munity - the inner city areas.
And, the first personnel to be
layed off in the city services
will be -the "la t hired" minor­
ities - that's fair en ugh,
isn't it?
How long .Blacks will uffer
the indifference nd the in ult
remains entirely in the Black
community's hand. Where are
the Democratic p litical candi­
d tes on thi i ue - whcre
are the 'helping hands"? Ju t
look at the "campaign olgans'
f the politician. Onc of
tho whitc candidate cvcn hus
literatur out in the Blue
community calling herself "your
candidate" - until you find
out that hc vote again. t you
at Cit Conuni: sion III ct ing.. !
La t. hut not lea. t: The
WE DELL
1186 FIFTH STREET
MUSKEGO . MI 49440
ATIORNEY
AT LAW
NO FEE ON TIAl CONS TATION
GENER PRACTI T R
BANKRUPTCY DEEDS i.s
CONTRACTS OMlRCE PfRS
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55 PHONE 616-726-6555
CIa
Glo· Ki
. I to rt:
olce:
allocation f cxi ting UDAG
repayment money tell thc. tory
be t. Over 700.000 loaned
o white bu inc . s: 16.000
loaned to Blue bu inc .. c. (.Ol'fr
of thc total money available")
under thc juri diet ion of us-
kcgon' L.F.A.C. On Blar
bu ine man rc IUC ted a loan
of 65,000: he received
$10,000. When ask d hat thc
difference mcant. hc uarcd.
"If (hey w mid have loaned me
the 65.0 . I would have "
bu inc . A it is. I hav a hope
for a husinc s".
. Ethcl S yl Ale andci ,
State Rcprc nt ... rive of Ihl'
J_nd Di t rict of IlIiIHlI�. ,lid
in hcr . perch r cent y al the
Annual Dinner of t he Diad.
Wom \1)' Polit i · .. 1 aucux.
hit's OUI time 1)0 • hut onl
hen c arc read to l11a C II
,",
• DAVIS, JR.

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