THE MICHIGAN CITIZEN
11
In and About Muskegon
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bill. would
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LA S G - State Repre
ative Debbie Farhat (D-
u n County) intro-
duced Houle Bm 4532; bill to
722-2564
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the Circuit Court
Family Coun ling Service
The purpo of this ct
to "pre and improve
muriage through competent
family coun ling!'
Rep. Farhat's bill caD for
the Office of The State Court
Admini rator to conduct
ate-wide survey indicating the
effectivene of the Act.
Circuit Court Coun ling was
use of cou
enacted in 1964 d , in 1980,
the Circuit Court Family Coun-
lin& Service Act a
eel to require S 1 5
m . e licen f
marked for support
counseling rvice
Rep. Farhat's bill
ensure that the u of t fund
allocated for family coun ling
are examined and th t the leg.i
lative intent i being met by
ees
r information hich
include .
-A li of the judicial circuit
here the Circuit Court has
e abli ed family coun ling
rvice
-Ho that rvice is being
provided.
- The amount of money
ppropriated from marriage
licen f and the amount
of money collected from
Here and there ... in Muskegon
By ary GoIli y
MUSKEGON·Follo the
Uill0e5 - a traveling group .
to ew Yor City. Fly Satur
day, ay 29 and return Mon
day, June 1.
Cost is $320 per person.
The Echoes will also made
Kool Jazz Festival Tour July
24-25 in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Cost is $206 per person
which entitles you to a moon
light cruise and dinner plus
two nights at the Festival
Deposit is $180 with
balance in full by May 24. Call
Jean at (616) 722-6415 or
Rosie at (616) 733-995L
MONEY SAVING COUPONS ". ' .... ", ;
used to
.. RoacheS ass my
craWl aCd s�iI
stove an d Not
gOOd too thanks to
anymore, ,
COMBAT. a Keener
earbar
Greater Harv t
<l1urd! ushers will have their
pre-annual day musical May
23, at 7 p.m.. The annual day
musical is May 23 at 7 p.m.
Greater Harvest Ushers'
Annual Day is May 24 at 3
p.m.
Ushers of the city are in
vited
Rev. Stanley Levy is pastor.
Beulah Baptist Church will
celebrate their pastor, Rev. J.
M. Blow's anniversary on Sun
day, May 24. It is the 24th an
niversary.
Rev. Willie Burrell, Sr. pas.
tor of Christ Temple Apos-
Church bring the
m during morniag er-
vice.
He, his wife and congreg -
tion will be the special guests.
At 3 p.m. Elder George
Bennett, Pastor of ount
Zion Church of God In Christ
will bring the message.
The public is invited
Rev. Mildred Johnson is
chairperson.
Rev. J. M. Blo is pastor.
If you have church or com-
munity news, call toll free, 1·
8OQ..445-NEWS and leave a
message for Mary Golliday.,
There is no charge for news!
counseling fees charged.
-The kinds of coun ling
provided, i.e. child buse,
dome ic violence, divorce, and
IOOD.
For more information on
Rep. Farhat' bill, call 517/
373-3436.
eading TOKetber
Harriet Tubman one of the greats among the world's
humanitarian was overlooked for a long time in America
educational curriculum, but she is someone about whom every
American should kno . Her life is a brilliant example of
total dedication and commitment to helping other.
Born a slave, Harriet was not content to just get her If
out of slavery, but returned nineteen times to what she called
, the land of Egypt" to eventually lead over 300 p pie from
bondage to freedom.
She did this in spite of the fact that she suffered from a
head injury hich frequently cau d her to fall into a trance -
like eep without any warning, an affliction which cau d
her to be considered' slow' and therefore 'worthless" a
slave. But this affliction did not op her from ccessfully
carrying out her mi sion as a conductor on the underground
railroad. Though a reward as high as forty thousand doll r
was offered for her capture, she w re urceful in planr: :"g
e apes and ilIful in avoidin the slave hunters that in
her later years she was able to boast 'On the underground
railr ad, I never ran my train off the tra k, and I never lost a
pa nger.'
The end of slavery did not call for a halt to her commit
ment to helping others. During the Civil War she rved as a
ut and as a nur for the Union Army a job hich the
Governor of assachu tts hired her to do, but one for which
she never received any payor pen ion.
Though sh' a virtually pennile after the war, she con
tinued to wor to rve others, opening up her home in
Auburn .Y. to anyone who was in need of food or shelter
and assuming the re nsibility of feeding and providing for
them. In 190 she turned over her home to the Zi n
hur h t be u d as a h me for the ick the po r and the
homele .
There re ver fifteen biographie of Tubman's life whi h
are currently in print. The ne ritten d irectJy
fr m Harriet Tubman s own memory f her experience is
arriet Tubman, Mo s of Her People by arab Bradford.
This b a fir t published in 1 69 ith the purp f
raising m ney t aid Tubman. hile it c ntain the usual
flaws found in bo k of thi peri d it i valuable rce
material for the rious udent of Afri an American history.