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Ciralit CourtJ udge JamesJ.
Noecker· JOSQph County
senedSLJoseph County for the
t 19 and • half years. He
served 7 1J2 years as Circuit
. only in
Court Judge, 10 years as
Prosecuting Attorney, two yeats
. t Prosearting Attor-
ney and has been. visitiDgjudge ,
for the Court of Appeal. He also
has served president, vice
I president, treasurer and
secretary of the St. Joseph
County Bar Associatio-n and.
• tams me rship there.
During t tum of service,
Noecker has made some obser
vatioas. He said that sociIogical
studies have' indicated on a na
tional . that more Blacks
appear in aiminal courts than
whites and he does �ve an im
pressiGn coecernieg Blacks that
appear in other areas of the
courts. For example, he said
that he does not see, many
Blacks in d.NoI'ce courts, or with
ny problems that involve
domestic relations such as 'a1S
tody s-uits, etc. And said few
Blacks appear on the non-sup
port calendars.
Judge Noecker has attended
the Michigan J udiciaI Institut�
and was a part of Southwest
Michigan J udges Association
and the Supr-eme Courts Sen
teociDg Guidelines Project
He also attends the Annual
Judicial Conventions andSemi
nars from the Detroit
Mettopolitian Area and is ac
quainted with many of the Black
judges such Judge Hood and
Judge Wals who are two Black
Judges on the Court of Appea
He is also acquainted With.
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IN AND ABOUT MUSKEGON
Helbert
new hotne on leave I
MM'J (iOUldaY
... ..... ,£-5 Herbert L. Agnew is
home OIl leave &om Fort Bragg
'N.C. visiting his family and
- friends. He soon � be headed
to Germany. Herbert � the son
of MIs. Magalice Jones of North
Muskegon.
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Supreme Court Justice Dennis
Archer. He recalls attending a
dinner for Governor Milliken,
before he left office that was
spoDSO!� by all of the attorneys
that Milliken had appointed. He
also said of that number many
were Black and re female and
noted that it is very possible fo
a Black to become a Circuit
Court Judge today.-
His advice to the Black youth
is to work very hard, stay in
school, get the best grades that
you can, take each day one day
at a time and prepare yourselves
so when opportunities avail, you
will be prepared.
Judge oecker was born in
1941 in Constantine, Michigan.
He graduated from high school
in 1959. In 1963 he received his
BA degree from the University
of Michigan and receive1 his
Juris Doctorate from the
University of Michigan Law
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Adraine we.e." Turner will
be celebrating her 6th birthday
Wed., Dec, 7 with friends. She
will have a birthday cake with aU
the trimmin�. She is a kinder- -
gartner at Sacred Heart School
She said after the party she was
going to the movie. I ashd her
twho was going with her, 'she
said, "she was grown up now and
she didn't need- anyone to go
with her." I said, "Oh my, how
th� have changed!" She also
kegon
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Star Show
Mu egon Commun Coli ge.
the annual ·Stat offriltma.:. show
at Muskegon Com unity College '.
Planetarium. Direct r David hoffman
II reproduce the It appeared
at th time of birth pf Jesu. and ad·
dr.11 t�. queltlo�: Waa the It at .
wh ch guided the ¥4t Men a n ral
nt or waalt sup+rnaturaJ; a mira·
cal which cannot be explained by I
1Cienoe? Th Ih ngl II be h Id
every Tundiy at 1�,. For mOl' In·
forma� call1T1-028G.
Computer C •
Anyone who h the ability 0 type
- I ra, m mo and Ihort repor1l will
ben fit from a thr -hour on at
MUlk.gOn Community College on
Thurlday, December 15. From 6:00
until 9;00 p.m., th Community Ser·
viceI .. minar, .Beg nn ng 'Hand On"
Wioth WordStar· will allow par-:
ticipantl to b come familiar with
WordStar. Call 1T1-02Sl and Uk to
.nrolln CE MCtion 8118.
K nza -
Th. Concerned BI Parents Aa·
sociation presents KWANZA, an
African·Am riean Cel bration WI a
Purpo . To be held at the ShekSon
Comp ex; 121 Franklin S.E., Grand
Rapids, MI on December 26 from 6
until 10:00 p.m. For mor Informa ori
call (818) 532-()3()4.
Are You A Poet?
11 you're a ·clo r poet or a poet
who doe n't know It, there 'I a cia of·
fered wint r me r at Mu kegon I
Commun ty Colleg that will breath
the br.ath of spring Into wint r ev n
Ingl. Sch.duled Tuesday evening
from 6:00·9:00 p.m. b.ginlng
.-nuary 10, Open t phon. reglatra·
t!on .Jet ndl through Oeoember 18
CalI1T1�.
MOIl t Zioo
Chut·ch OfGO't II
Chri t
1 Mall_ClIII
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Rev. G.M. .
Supt. Musk40n District
1o.m Sunday School
11:30 11m •••.•• MoiningWorlhip
8pm Y.P.W.W.
1:30pm &enlng Worship
Noon Prayer Tuea & Ftt
said she wants to be a doctor.
C.C. is the daughter of Elaine
Turner.
Q eeD E t er Baptist
Cb will have their Men and
Women's Day progam Sunday,
December 18 at 3 p.m.
Guest churches are Morning
Star Bapdst Church and Zion
Ba�t Church.
Mr. John Sydnor will be the
guest speaker.
The Y Adult Choir or
Q D Esther Baptist Church
wiU have a Midnight Musical
program Friday, December 9
beginning at 10 p.m.
There wiD be guests from
Niles, Benton Harbor and
Kalamazoo. Also local choirs
are invited
Rev. D. Jones is the host pas
tor. '
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? Call 722-4887
for Mary.
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254 Amity Ave.
ceE & DEE CAFE
471 W. rnA.
DENA'S MARt(ET
11513rd a.
CONVENIENT MARKET
901 W. Laketon
::;0 M lTV FOOD MART
125 Apple A .'
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6TH STREET MARKET
2155 6th Street
PATTERSON PHARMACY
2144 Hoyt St.
WHITE'S BARBER
BEAUTY SHOP
2301 Jarman
RICHARO'S MARKET
2532 Mdl aith
OOWNHOME
RESTAURANT
490 ea t Sherman Blvd.
CHICKEN COOP
2544 �nfOrd ISt�
BAJEN'S PRODUCE
GROCERY
334 West Broadway
FRONTIER QUICK MART
1813 South Getty
FOXY'S BOUTlOUE
JQNIES PlACE
11 West Broadway
PARTY WORLD, INC.
2906 South Getty
LACK'S GROCERY
274 East Larch Av -
ENKE'S CH CKEN &
SEAFOOD
un (1 tty
STOP & SAVE
, 3001 8th St,