Turner
40 year
By M ry .oIlid Y
Oti and Annie Turner
celebrated their 40th Anniver-
ary rec ntty by going out to
dinner. Mrs, Turner i the form r
Annie Bailey. She i retired
form Hackley Ho pital and Mr.
Turner works with the Mu -
kegon Hts. School System. They
have three children and three
grandchlldre n.
Afte r yea rs a t Hac kl ey
Ho pital. Frankie Turner called
it quit. Sh worked in I.C.U.
The hospital gave her a retir
ing tea party. After the tea party
her children took her out to din
ner.
Frankie and the l-ate J .C.
Turner are the parent of ix
childr n nd thr
grandchildren.
Congratul lion on your well'
erved retirement, enjoy.
About 50 girl particip t d in
the City' recreation Cheerle d
ing Comp tition Progr m,
Mu k gon Ht . High School.
"Good port m n hip go a
long way toward preparing the
gi rl for thei r future live ." aid
Coordinator Pam ke.
Lofti ch erleader won fi r 't
place and Roo eve lt, w n
econd place.
All girl' who competed got
medal.
Beulah Bapti t Church
pau ed for a moment during
their Morning Wor hip Service
to give a member a chance to ay
what Beulah means to them.
Beulah will be celebrating
ry on Sunday,
id he
The 15th Annual Di trict
meeting of the Penteco tal Di -
trtct will be held April 2
through May 3, t the St. J hn
Church of God. 1218 Kenneth.
Service will be held each eve
ning t 7:30 p.m.
- . Mi ionary M. Hughes-Wade
is District Mi ionary.
. The Power lies with the .people
to make a better society
Editor:
For the last few weeks there
h been a great controversy
r nd uak gon Hei bl
School nd Muskegon Height
City government. Mo t of the
controversy has been around
adult leadership, and not enough
of what kind of leadership
shouldjwe give to our youth.
which is our future ... The ques
tion should be raised on what
type of ociety do we want?
What are our objectives for the
year 2000,2010 and 2020? Will
we make our goals a reality or <.10
we have any projections at all?
The reality of today is that'
many tudents who inish high
school will not be able to fi nd a
decent job that can support a
family. Time after time I hear
emphasis to get a good ed uca
tion to get a good job. This.
usually mean to make a lot of
mo ey so one can buy a expen
siv e, expensive new cars,
expensive clothes, and big
money in the bank.
Education should not be for
the .sole purpose of getting a
good job. Sc Iii ng d rugs can
give you a good job to make a lot
of money. But just look at the
lives that would be wasted (or
those who will become addicted,
imprisoned or over do ed. What
do we havc in our wealthy
ociety that make us feel bad
for us to ge t hooked on drugs to
F,ish
make u fcel good?
For African Ameri .ans to feel
good one must know the ir great
hi tory which is many thousand
or year 01. cant ]u t tart
from the fa plarnati n, but we
must go back to the re at
Pyramids of Giza about 2.600
a.c. We must not allow our
minds to j e kc Egypt out of
Africa and place her in the Mid
dle Ea t.
IN TilE YEAR 01 20U() what
will our Muske 'on Height ....
choo l sy uc m prtH..IUCL·" Will
we produce it U r ug 1 r e c (001-
rnuniry, farm land to grow nutri
tional food, ultural ce ntcrs ,
good health care. pride in the
community with employment
that can benefit the community?
We mu t question indu trie
leaving thi country for cheaper
labor. I this for the best inter
est of the American people, or
just for the be t interest of a few
special i nte rest groups? Do we
have to continue t fight in war
or conflicts that we don't
believe in enlisting into the ser
vice because we ca n 't rind a
job?
. There arc plans to do 'e over
thirty U.S. military ba e .• which
means fewer people needed for
the military.
The Mu .ke go n Hei ,ht
school needed to under. rand in
ternational alf'airs of peop c
color and their accomplish-
continued from Page 10
situation. "We may be covered
and leg I. but I don', feel it'
appropriate at all for the city to
assume that liability under our
umbrella." Wolf said. "the fir t
time we have an incident our
rates are going to go up for the
entire city. I would agree. how
ever, that if whoever was run
ning that conces ion would put a
$1 million policy (or additi nal
insurance for the city."
Wolf said he would agree
only upon these condition:
- Additional policy where
the city is in ured.
- City re ident employed.
No city employe involvement.
- No charge to i ly re i
dent.
- A hold harmle form
Signed by every citizen within
one block of the cleaning sta
. lion, tating they won't be com
plaining about the melt. traffic
nd boat traffic.
- No boat tie oft .
- No city inv Iveme-nt In
maintenance.
- De (gn vandal proof.
_ Contractor mu t ign a 5-
year lea e.
He said it is up to the .ornrnis
sion, but he doesn't see it as a
plus to the city. "I basically
don't want the city involved.
whatsoever," said Wolf.
ANTnONY SAIl) most of
Wolf's complaints were dis
cu ed with the committee. And
he at 0 doe n't want any city or
DDA per onnel involved.
Many of the board members
alon with Wolf were not in up-
port of the plan. .
. According to Manning. Ro
Hadley and Rex Schuman,
owner of Tackle Haven ap
proached DDA and DDA
brought the project to hi m.
In other bu ine the DDA
Board voted to designate
10,000 or repairing of
'idewalk' nd curb at the
corner of Main Street and Paw
Paw Avenue.
The reque t came from a new
bu ine owner that i opening
up a new re taurant called
Chicken Shack at the corner of
Main and Paw Paw. Sidewalks
rncnts, In Panama from 1968 to
1986. for example, the number
of publi chool in rea ed from
1.851 to 3,187. Th infant mor
tal ty rille �r d from 40' to
19.4 per 1,000 live births. a low
rate jhan in Harlem. N.Y. in
1990.
. In Grenada. Maurice Bishop
following the establishment of
the Center for Popular Educa
tion program in early 1980,
within one year the illiteracy
. figure in Grcnada was reduced
to _ per .cc nt of the entire
p"pulation. The UNESCO, the
Un it c d Nations body dca li ng
with education. ays if you have
less than 5 per cent iltiteracy,
you do not have an ill itcracy
problem.
EVERYONE WIIO live in
Muskegon Height i an impor
tant citizen with a potential to
m ke Muskegon Heights a great
chool system and a great city
government. We must involve
all citizen to continue to have
discu sions at home. school .•
churche , and political or
ganization to create a great
Muskegon Height ociety.
.hurtes Fair
Mil kegon I I Mich. 49444
Nutional Orgunlzation For An
Amer-ican Revolution (NOAR)
and curb along Paw Paw on the
east side of the bu iness and
sidewalks along Main S1. will be
repaired.
The City of Benton Harbor
will be re ponsible for engineer
ing and hiring of the contractor.
'OME BOARD MEMBER
did not gree that the DDA
hould be respon ible for fund
ing the project. becau e
. i(.)ewal k. have been the respon
sihility )f the bu iness owner
in the downt wn area.
Phil Baldwin of Mu kegon
Height, Michigan i. the owner
or the Chicken Shack.
Anthony said Baldwin will be
opening up· for bu 'ine on the
27th of April. He aid B Idwin
ha 1 0 inv ted at lea t
Sl 00,000 in the building. od
hi' bu inc i' the fir t new com
mercial tru ture uilt on Main
Street.
The' DDA and TIFA Boards
approved t pay a invoice if the
John DeVrie In uranc Agency
for ri a b iii t yin sur 8 n c e i nth e
amount of $2,509.20.
egi ra ion for Mr. Blac
ichigan Pageant op n
the
Mr. Rom II ravics, Execu-
. tive Dir ctor of th Mr. Black
Michig n Pageant announces
open regi tration for the 1991
annual pageant. During" an age'
when the African-American
male il!l ge i vulnerable. it i
refreshing to di play the e
Am ric ns in a much de erved
po itive light.
The Mr. Black Michigan
Pageant y tern, now in it
fourth year. i dedicated to the
African-American men who
seek to be a true mentor and an
inspiration.
Prospective men of color v ho
are at least 17 years old rna)
register by calling (3 D) 546·
7760.
A panel of celebrity judges
will elect a winner and four
runners-up ba ed on a personal
int rview, tuxedo' ompetition
and " que tion and answ r com-
petition. '
The pageant i chedule for
June 29th at Clubland,
During hi tenure, Mr. Black
Michig n will be required to
peak to group during variou
per onal ppe ranee . He al 0
mu t po es a di tinctive
natural quatity, a pectal mag
netic charm and ppeal, con
.picuou to everyone he come
in contact wi tho
One contestant will be be
stowed the title of Mr. Black
Michigan "1991" who will best
typify the e attribute .
Conte tant will share in over
25. in ca h, prize. trip
holarship and modeling op
portuni tic . The pageant i pon
ored by RJ. Reynolds Tobacco
Co. and Northwest Airlines.
Po ible contenders may call
our pageant office at (313) 546-
7760 Monday-Friday from
11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. to
regi tcr.
For additional information
coma 't, Mr. Romell Travics/Ex
ecutive Director. 23634 Wood
ward Avenue, Plea ant Ridge,
MI,48069·.
City to partlclpate in Earth week
By Bernice Brown
The city marked Earth Week
by providing for the di po al of
yard waste.
At the Monday, Apr il L, C 01-
mi sion meeting, commi ioner
approved a re elution by a 5-3
vote, to have city �e rd nt pur
chase from the city pia tic y 1-
low tra h bags with the ity '
emblem, for di ipo al of uch
item as gra s, leave and hrub
bery clipping,
According to City Manager
Steve Man,bing, within two year.
landfill will no longer b a'
cepting yard wa te.
He said the city will only pick
up yard w ue in the y 'iinw i m
printe bag and cparatcd from
normal tra h.
RE ID NT AN sun put
their other tra h into regular
bags, which will be placed 11 the
tree lawn a u ual and pi 'ked up
by the regular disp .al service.
The yellow bag will he pick
ed up from the curbside by the
City' Public Work D partment
tarring Monday, May 6, and the
public work will dump the bags.
ity re ident may pur ha e
the yell w imprint d tra h bags
from city hal) for $3.25 for a
bundl I' ten or $30 for
hundred bag.
ommi ioner George
Wy in er aid orne re idents
will be forced to buy the bag
when they might not have the
m ney to pare, e pecially the
. nior ci tizen .
Manning said city residents
and land lords are 'paying an
average of $15 per year for
curb ide tra h pickup, while the
city i. paying $83 a year per
hou eh Id for trash pickup.
Votin in favor of the plan
wcr Mayor William Wolf, Com
mi ioner Her hel McKenzie,
Kerry Shannon, Fred Sim and
Arnold Smith. Oppo ed were
ommi sioners Steve Wooden,
George Wy i nger and Charles
Yarbrou h. Commi ssioner Ralph
ren haw wa ab ent.
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nd
Ruff win
comedycont
t
The Amazing Jimmy Ruff,
of Benton Harbor, also known
as "Mr. Des ert" (the Flip
Wilson Look-alike) was
awarded a gift certificate
Tuesday, April 9, for winning
Comedy Amateur Night con
test at the Benton Harbor
Ramada Inn.
Ruff aid every three weeks
he will get a chance to com
pete in other amature con
test.
According to Ruff, he
began entertaining on a plan
tation in 1944, t the ge of 4
a a dancer and singer for
. weal thy people in Como, Mi -
ouri. "I never really c red
for the lime light or fame or
fortune," he aid.
He said he got the name,
"Mr. De sert" while he w
performi ng in .Aurora, l11inoi
at the Fox Valley Country
Club. in 1965, from the Chief
of Police of Aurora.
In 1971 he became a pro fe -
ional comedian entertainer, .
traveti ng to New York then to
Hollywood. where he enter
ta i ne d for C lifornia Mu Ic
Merchants and tater joined
LAFF Record
IN MAY of 1971 he
returned to Benton Harbor.
cancelling hi contract with
LAFF Record and went to
work for Auto Specialitie
Manufacuturing.
Later in 1971 'Ruff ap-·
peared on WKZO- TV Channel'
3 in .Kalamazoo, now known
a WWMT. wLth ho t Jackie
Fitzgerald.
Ruff aid he ha al 0 per-
formed a: club cr os the
country.
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