,
p G '0
in i
r
"ontinu d from P ge I
Ing (0 <.1 or hou In need' t
people who already cannot
make end et. How an we,
trom con regation of po o r
people. meet even r c a ie r
need. ? How .ha II the e people
, eat?
We also oppo e the elimina-
tion of the c i g hb o r ho o d
Builder Alliance which ha
been a great help to our di -
tre. cd city, The SA promoted
10 a l iniative and ci tizc n ac­
tion. Does its elimination ug;
e t we hall now , Ive
problems only hy bureaucracy?
We al '(): oppo 'C cut to Job-
. training and e d u a t i o n
Mingo­
Thomas
COVERT - Allen Lyne and L -
Don c
Mingo,
78717 38th
Avenue.
Covert, an-
uncc th
engagement
of their
daughter.
Chanda
Elai nc , to Mingo
Terry Louis
Thomas •. on of Joyce Abram ,
1164 Monroe, Benton Harbor.
and Euu ic L. Thomas. 211
Wind 'or, Benton Harbor.
Miss Mingo i. a graduate of
Grace Ch r is t i a n School.
Watervliet, and au c nds Lake
Michigan College. She is a cos­
metic con ultant at lCPenny,
Benton Harbor.
Her fiance is a graduate of
Benton Harbor High School and
attended Lake Michigan College.
He is serving in the U.S. Air
Force s tati o ne d at Dover Air
Force Ba e. Dover. Del.
A May 1 wedding i planned.
Mitchell­
Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. Don C. Mitchell.
2169 Linda Lane, Benton Harbor.
announce the ngagement of
the i r
daughter,
Stacey
Lynn, . to
Darnell De­
Way n e
Johnson,
on of Mr.
and Mrs.
Spencer
Nesbitt, Jr.,
134 Cro
Mitchell
St., Benton Harbor.
Miss Mitchell is a graduate of
Benton Harb o r High School.
Glen Oak Community College
and Ferri State Univer ity. He
is a support personnel instructor
at Berrien County Intermediate
School District. •
An Aug. 17 wedding i
planned.
ROBERT -a
BELL �
CONTRACTO'R' r
REMODEUNG STATE
LlC�NSED,
PAINTING & DECORATI G
ROOFING*TILE*MARBLE
310.Searles 926-6859
tho e upport­
n State Council
The ca t wi II do the March on
Wa hington. which to k place
in Augu t, 196 .
The Fi k Jubliee Choir will
. e there to hring pccial mu ic
election. A new one for thi
ycar will b "He' otAFailing
God."
The r a p p c r • Lee Wood,
Alice t rlin nd Janice Star-
ling, will be rappin a ain thi
year by pecial reque t. The
rap from the cripture i writ­
ten by Roena Rice of.J3enton
Harbor.
Alice Faye Clark and Luella
Collin will how what Madame
C.J. Walker' traighting comb
can do for one' hair. (You must
see it to believe it). Barbara Dil­
liard, Mary Starling, Geneva·
Douglas and Lucy Johnson will
how the now. hairstyles.
P RL BROW will take
you bac to when women would
protect their leg' with brown
paper a k (a ight to ee).
Lula John on will repre ent
Phylli Wheatly a poet, Psalms
23.
arrator will be Ollie M.
Hull and Deacon Cleadu Fer­
gu on. Gue t narrator will be
Julia Barnes of Benton Harbor.
Joe Murray will demon irate
how to saw wood. Rev. Morgan
Shiver will demonstrate pick­
ing cotton in a real cotton sack.
Lue Buchana of Benton Harbor
will be the pecial guest in the
March on Wa ington.
Special ho te es for the
afternoon will be, Mary
MlJSKE(;ON
The puhlic r invited to t-
tend. Dr. Rev. Elli . ull, Sr.
i the ho t p tor.
Muskegon
Among the 0 00 Ch pt r
eon. Oce n , Ott w ,
'I 0 County) Credit Union
Office St f nd member ho
h 11 m rch on Wa hington D.C.
F bru ry 2 th in HOper tion
Gr root I" Six h 11 be lead by
We t Snore Federal Credit
Union' Lo n Offic ,Velma
Murphy. Rounding out loan of­
ficer Murphy' delegation wi I
be, pre ident M x Spencer, CEO
Lee Scho t k, Member[ ]- t­
I rgc, Vivi n Spencer and Linda
V nDerwall, board member,
Keigh Lode, nd past-pre ident
Elgie Bright II, who al 0 serves
a MOON Chapter reporter.
The Object of the march i : To
deliver a me sage to congre ; To
deliver a me sage to the media,
and to deliver a message to the
nation that. "the credit union sys­
tem is trong, healthy and well.
This non-profi t, member-owned,
member-operated financial or­
ganiza tion, nei ther needs, nor
Fraternity
honors Bill Gill
By M ry Golliday
Muskegon County Commis­
sioner William "Bill" Gill was
honored as "Citizen of the Year"
by Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Inc., recently at the Fraternity's
Fifth Annual Scholarship Ball.
The event took place at the Mus­
kegon Harbor Hotel.
A long time Civil Rights Ac­
tivist Bill is the presiden of the
Local NAACP and has served as
County Commissioner since
1987. •
• Iso hono'nti W1lS Ed ard
Cousey, a teacher at Edgewood
Elementary School in Mus­
kegon Hts. for his 20 years com­
mitment to the Fraternity.
He has served as its treasurer
for six years and had other com­
mittee positions.
, Organizations that received
certificates of recognition were,
Local Branch of NAACP, the
Urban League of Greater Mus­
kegon, Black Women Political
Congress, Delta Sigma Theta
Sorori ty, Alpha Kappa Alpha
Sorority and Every Woman
Place. .
Omega Psi, Phi uses the funds
raised for s cho la rs h i ps and
holiday food baskets in the com­
munity.
The theme of the event was,
"Giving it back to you."
WA­
Y
no
o D.C.
n
p nie .
20-25,000 credit union repre-
entative from cro the n tion
re expected to be pre ent at the
r 11'1, including ever I
celebritie who h 11 ddre the
throng. Murphy perceive
trong turnout, "Our progr m h
been well conceived .. .1t' going
to be an event to remember." he
tated.
The taff of We t Shore Credit
Union, 491 W. Sherman, Mu -
kegon Hgts., MI, collected well
over 2200 of the Quarter million
Michigan' petition ignatures that
shall be presented to the Chair­
man of the Banking and Finance
committee, Senator Donald S.
Reigle Jr., by MOON Chapter's
Legislative Representative Lee
Schostak.
Mr. and Mr • Alfred A.
Glathln celebrated their 40th
Wedding Aniversary recently
with dinner and a reception.
Mrs. Glathin is the former
Wilma J. Taylor. She is retired
from Northshore Hospital. Mr.
Glathin is retired from C.W.C.
They have five children and
nine grandchildren.
During Morning Worship
Service Beulah Baptl t Church
paused to give tribute to Black
History Month.
Mr. Alvin Carter gave a musi­
cal tribute to the late Rev. James
Cleveland. The choir sang, "My
God 1 Wonderful, Peace be
S rn, r�on Feel �"W8r
Tired, and Help Me To Rold
Out.
Rev. Willie N. Paul is the
host pas tor.
Greater Harvest Bapti t
Church Youth Department will
have their Annual Black History
Program on Sunday, February
2�, at 3:3C!_ p.�. Everyone is in- .
vited to attend. -
Mission No.2 of Greater .
Harvest Baptist Church will •
have their 25th Annual Fellow- r
ship Tuesday, February 26, at 7 •
p.m.
There will be' several chur- �
ches represented. Their theme ..
, will be, "Uni ty of the Spirit." •
Eph. 4-3. Rev. Stanly Levy is •
the host pastor.
We arc p a r t i c u l rly con-
ern d bout the free in of
b ud t ommitm nt urrently
promi e d through the e
pro ram . We would want to
beli v e that the State of
Mi higan \ ould he re pon ible
enough to fulfill promi e it ha
made.
A a Governor \ e knov that
you are Governor 0 all the
people, includin the poor. We
hopc that you will lift up your
concern for the needie t of
Michigan' citizen and move
to rein tate the budget cut
cited above.
While we believe in balanced
budget. \ c bcl icvejthi can be
achieved by taff attrition, a
freeze on hiring. active recruit-
ment of busin and economic
growth. and a ce: expen e
increase. We w o ul d favor a
move for riminal rehabilitation
in the community' rather than a
mas ive growth of pri on .
We rand ready to continue to
do our part' to make Michigan a
better place for all of its
citizen .
Sincerely.
James O. Child , President
SlVM Mini iterial Alliance
Kenneth M. Gavin,
Recording Secretary
Hurry Reynolds,
Treasurer
Richard II. Taylor,
Corresponding Secretary
James Wilkin "
Financial Secretary
L.C. Reed,
Vice-president
Clement­
Mitchell
Vaugh and Jessie Clement.
82� Lavette; Benton Harbor, an­
no une the
-cngagcme
n t 0 f uic i r
d a u g h t c r ,
Michelle.
to' Tony
Mi i c h c II.
son of
Steve and
Marlene
Mit c hell, Clement·
1 1 6 0
Salem, Benton Harbor.
Mi s Clement is a graduate of
Benton Harbor High School and
received a bachelor's degree in
accounting from Western
Mic h i g an Univ e rs i ty. She is
employed as an accountant by
Allen-Bradley, Milwaukee, Wis.
Her fiance is a graduate of
Benton Harbor High School and
attend Central Michigan
Univer ity majoring in sociology
and criminal justice.
No wedding date has been set.
4 ie 9 n CI
featured In "Mus�
The cover lists everal feature
articles; among them is, "A Nos­
talgic Look at a Foundry" Page
31.
just beyond the centerfold, six
pages of "MUSKEGON"
magazine come alive with bril­
liant picture. and a homey story,
that only Citizen's corre pon­
dent. Elgie Bright II could have
written. In submitting this
original article, Mr. Bright be­
came the magazine'S first African
American contributor.
With a little humor, years of
experience. and many fond
memories, ,Bright takes the
reader from the personnel office
to the shipping dock of a foundry, •
painting occupation. r--..------------------------------------
"All t 0 often, he explains,
"Foundryrne n are "thought to be
men wi th weak minds and strong
back ... [partly because there
arc/were many Blacks and For­
eigners in the industry] It ain't
necessarily so,"
IRONICALLY THE accom­
panying photos were not taken at
the plant[ s 1 in which Mr. Bright
worked the bulk of his foundry
years. Admidst the rubble of
demolished Plant #1 in Mus­
kegon Heights, Sanford Village
is being built and Plant #3, of
Roosevel t Park, where he wound
down hi foundry career, has al­
ready been completely
demol isbcd in favor of a shop".
ping mall.
Bright. recently graduated
from Muskegon Community Col­
lege, where he amassed well over
100 credit hours working toward
dual a sociate degrees - Science
(Graphics) and Arts (English).
to be INFORMED!
He states, "all his teachers and
mentors deserve an 'assist' for
their help and inspiration toward
the publication of his first offer­
ing to Muskegon Magazine." His
planned summer article, "In
Search of a Goal mind" will ex­
press more full y his thanks to
them as, it deals wi th the turmoils
of a returning non-traditional stu­
dent.
Mr. Bright has also been ap­
pointed to the communications
team of Muskegon's branch of
the NAACP, by president Billy
Gilf along with another Mus­
kegon Michigan Citizen cor­
respondent. Mary Golliday.
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