o
WALLAC
Wall M. mith, 65, of Ben
ber died Decem 16, crcy M�lDOlilal
cdi Cen r,S J
The body WB!!u:n2JUl·
ere by Rabbi
Beetoe H bor.
Mr. Smith
Earle, He
Benton Harbor Area ��
Swvivors include: eight Caudc.
Victor, Ridcy and James, all ofJ<alamamo.
. Wall Steven. both of Bena Har-
bor ,l.awrcnoc of Ad an Oa., ADd Mic:had
of Oar on. Calif.; �_It!IOIls.
fly and Willie Beauford, both
"-bor, and Wallace Fly of 'ng; four
ughtcrs. Betty Beauford of Benton Har­
ber, Murlie Smith 0 Mi utcc, Wi
Vickie Smi th B 0 South Bend. Ind.,
and Christine Smith 0 Kaiamazoo; me
. er, Lester McGowan of St. Louis; 24
grandcbil�; and 15 great-gnmdcbildren.
He preceded in death by his wife. Bo­
e Smith in 1m.
L.C. WILLIAMS
LC. Williams, 74, of Benton Harbor
died December 18, home.
Graveside services bcld December
22 North Shore Memory G Anan­
gements were by Robbins Brotbc:rs Puneral
Home, Benton Harbor.
Survivors include: . wife, Vctdcan;
ale daughter, Marie Perki of QUcago;
three tepsons, Willie Johnson ofLakcland,
Fla., Micbad Atkinson of Benton Harbor
and William Atti � Joaepb; two �
• stepdau J of Ben
Harbor and "Luveni Mooo of PraDO,
Calif.; one brother, Arthur Mosley of8eft-
. tc.� Harbor; one' ,Doll Phillips of
Portland, Ore.; 24 grandchildren; 17 great­
grandchildren; and five great-great­
grandchildren.
FESTUS
VALENTINE
BEltRIEN SPRJ GS - Festus H. Valen­
tine, 66, of Berrien Springs, died December
18,athome.
The funeral was held December 22, at
the Highland Seventh-Day Adventist
Church, Benton Harbor, of which he w a
member.
Burial was in Mi '00 Hills Memorial
Gardens, Niles. Allred Funeral Home, Ber­
rien Springs, were in charge of anange­
ments.
Memorial may be made in care of the
Highland Seventh-Day Adventist O1urch
for the Festus Valentine Educational En­
dowment fund.
Mr. Valentine was born March 23,
1926, in Jersy City, NJ. He w a guidance
counselor at Lake Michigan College. He
was first elder for Highland Seventh-Day
Adventist Church. He w a member of the
Michigan Personnel GuidanceAsaociatioo.
He was treasurer of the Berrien Homes of
Benton Harbor.
Survivors include: his wife, former
Allie Terrell; two daughters, Mrs. John
(Brenda) Smith of Chattanooga. Tenn. and
Reita Valentine of Huntsville, Ala; two
grandchildren; and a brother, Lester Valen­
tine o,f Bronz, N.Y.
ETHEL HOLLIS
Ethel (Common) Hollis, 85, of Gram­
bling, La., formerly of Benton Harbor,died
December 21, in Austin, Texas, aft� a short
illn .
Burial was in North Shore Memory
Gardens. Arrangemen were by Robbins
Brothers Funeral Home, Benton Harbor.
The funeral was held December 26, at
the Pilgrim Rest Bapti Olurch, Benton
Har r.
Mrs. Hollis was born February 3, 1907,
in Tchula, Mi i ippi. ,I
Survivors include, a bro�er, George
Common oflllinoi .
GLENN
MCDOWELL
Glenn McDowell, 38, of Benton Har­
bor, died December 20, at University of
Michigan H pitaJ, Ann Arbor, following
long iIln .
The funeral was held December 28, at
, Mt. Zj n Bapti t Church, Benton Harbor.
Arrangements were by Robbins Brothers
uneral Home, Benton Harber, Burial w
in Cry tal Springs Cemetery.
Mr. McDowell w born July 2, 1954 in
Pontiac.
Survivors include: one son. Glenn of
Benton Harbor, two daughtes, Kyla aod
Ayria of Benton Harbor; his mother, Daisy
Dixon of Benton Harbo , his father, Cllartes
EAR EST
ATTERBERRY
ly viol t d the Open
cting 0
item di cu ed in
uld h ve been n
,
t interest
By BERNie BRO N
The B nton Harbor City
Commi ion approved an agreement
between the City of Benton Harbor
and the City'S Downtown
Development Authority and Tax
Incrern nt Finance Authority that
will et the Boards back into motion.
In th agreem nt dated December
o 1992, DDA/TIFA Boards both
agreed to forgive the $320,000
Revenue Sharing Agreement
liability owed them by the City for
the year ending June 30,1992.
Also in the greement, the City
agrees to pay DDAfIlFA for the
years ending June 30, 1993 and June
30, 1994 an amount of $480,000 per
year. This is to offset the revenue
which wa not received by
DDAffIFA for the year ending June,
30,1992.
Earnest Atterberry, frl, d Beatoo 1Ui­
ber died December 23 t home afta' a 100
in
The funcnI d December 29,
tho Brodx:rbood Oluzcb d God In Quilt,
Benton Harbor. Burial w. in Crystal
Sprinp Cemeay.
Memori may be made 10 Hospic:lc At
Hancor tbechurch. ArranJCmCD were by
Robbins Brotbea Funeml Home, BalDl
Harbor.
Mr. A!tcrbcny bomApriI13,l90S,
in ,Mi' 'pp. He retired from
BcocU Cap. He a member of Brother-
hood Olurcb of God In Christ, where he The City previously agreed to pay
w senior deacca and a member of the DDNflFAanannual 320,OOOfrom
trustee board the city' property tax revenues.
Survivtxs indude: his wife. Ruth; two Because of the city's cash flow
dau&htcrs,RuthAnnBrawnofOlicagoaod problem they were unable to pay the
-=-:1< r.l.TC·=_-=.. cl Benlm IWbor: '"
JarDes of Claire, ADdICW of Atlanta. nuar' m i'e '1)DAmF� in'
Oa, Earnest Jr. aDd Robert. both otBerlbi ' l.992.
Harbor, Earle of Texas and George of
QUcago; . er,AnnaBakcrofM' . lp-
pi; 2S grandchildren; and eight great­
gnmdcbildren.
ALETHABECK
�CATHERINE
CALLAHAN
Mrs. Catherine Callahan, 81, of Benton
Harbor, died December 30; at home.
The funeral was held January 5, at Hope
Well Mi . onary Bapti t Church of St.
Charles, Ark. Burial was in Hope Well
CemetarL_St. Charles. Local arrangements
were by Hoven Funeral Home, Buchanan.
Mrs. Callahan was born July 11, 1911,
in Holly Grove, Ark. She was an area resi­
dent since 1968, moving from Kansas City,
Mo. She was a member ofthc Unity Church
of God in Quist, Benton Harbor.
Survivorsindude: two ns,JamesCal­
lahan Jr. and Van Calvin Callahan, both of
Kansas City, Mo. three daughters, Mrs ..
Willie Sanders of Kansas City, and Mrs.
Mary Starkey and Mrs. Minnie Callahan,
bo of enton Harbor; even
grandchildren 11 great-grandchildren; a
brother, Earn ee Glass of Chicago; three
sisters, Mrs. Mildred Carter of Dewitt, Ark.
and Mrs. Van Ola and Mrs. Emma Walker,
both of La; Angeles. She w preceded in
death, by her husband, James in 1963.
Program heldin
honor of MLK
The Berrien County ciation
of Church along with Mini terial
Alliance and the Benton Harbor
Street Ministry will have a program
January -1 at 7 p.m. at the Union
Memorial Church, 911 St. Cry tal
Avenue, Benton Harbor, where the
Rev. Alfred Johnson is the pastor.
The program is in honor of the late
Martin Luther King.
Several noted guests and choirs
will attend.
LA T YFAR, the city made a
proposal to pay DDArrIFA the
BHAS's weekr·�
school calendar
320 000 over a four year term, but
th y turn d it down.
In D m r, Board Chairman
Christopher Broo and Board
Trea urer J. Gardener Phillip met
with th City Attorn y Tat Pari h.
City Man er J hn Elliott and then,
City Finan' Director Michael
Vance in tryin to olve matter and
al 0 come to me agreem nt a ut
DDNfIFA' bud Jet.
Accordin to the agreement,
DDA/TIFA Board auth rized
Broo to e t r into the agreement
with the ci . Final approval of the
agreement will ere-affirmed at the
DDA/TIFA' re ul r ard m eting
January 1 .
In oth r m tter ,the ity
commi ion appro ed DDNfIFA'
preliminary bud et n temp rary
basi until th fficial budget h
been reviewed by the finance
committee.
The commi i n al 0 approved to
re chedule J nuary 18, Benton
Harbor City Commi ion meeting to
January 19. at 7: p.m .. in the Lula
e Commi i Chamber. The
meeting was re heduled du to City
Hall ing cl ed in b ervan e 0
Martin Lnt ' hday.
id he didn't know
told th t city
urphy w hind
for Mwphy" tree trimming
but Murphy ha not
received it of yet.
Th accusation for failure to ct in
th be t intere t of the people of
Benton Harbor, Wooden 'd "Thi
is really testing the taxp_ayers
educational level for city government
and what i going on in city
government."
Wooden went on to ay, h voted
a ainst the hi of th water and th
only lots th city own d that i old
for S1. i Homestead property.
,
Wooden aid the 60 lots plus that
was sold to Benton Harbor Non-Profit
Housing for $1.00 each was sold on
an agreement that before the Benton
Harbor Non-Profit Housing sell to
anyon else they �ould have to come
back to the city for approval.
In an interview with Mwphy, he
stated that he were not only angered
becaused he didn't receive the loan,
but til was angered because he
(Wooden) lied to me for a whole
yea-r", about having the funds
available. '
Murphy said not receiving the
loan, caused his business to fail.
He said during commission
meetings on several occasions I
Wooden was asked by fellow
commissioners if funds were
,
Aletha Beck, 37, of Benton Harbor died
Deoember 24, at Mercy Memorial Medical
Cen=, St, Joseph. after a long illness.
The funeral was held December 28, at
Hopewell Baptist Church, Benton Harbor. _ Monday, January 18: No
Burial was in Oystal Springs Cemetery. Kin J'
Arrangements were by the Fairplain School, Martin Luther . g, r. s
Chapel, florin Funeral Service, Benton Birthday Observance.
Harbor. Creative Arts Academy: CAA '
Mrs. Beck was born January 10, 1955, Students perform in the Martin
in Grenada, Miss. She was a student at Luther King Program a t the
Andrews University at the time of her ill- Landmark Center in St. Joseph.
n andwasawardcdanhooorarybachelor _ Tuesday, January 19: Lunch
of science degree in :;ucla: \Ir ode. E $ 4
Survivors include: a son, Jeff Morton of Money Due. lementary ,
BentonHarbor;adaught�,AutwuneMor- Secondary $4.60. Lunch -
tonofBentonHarbor;abrother,JohnMo Hamburger w/bun french fries,
ton of Benton FIarbor; and.four . sters, Mrs. apple auce and milk.
Robert (Olinda) Kimble, Ophelia Houston, Creative Arts Academy: 4th, 5th,
and Mrs. Danny (Sandra) Ammons, all of and 6th Graders will vi it the Art
Grenada, and Patricia Taylor of Benton Exhibit ,at Lake Michigan College
Harbor. and tour Mendel Center. '
BlffiS Men' Basketball at Loy
orrix, JV 6:15 p.rn. and Varsity at
p.m.
edne day January 20:
Lunch - "Snowman Special" tix
carrot no e, frosty's fruit, cold cookie
and now juice.
- Thursday, January 21: Lunch
- Pizza, garden salad, A+ apple and
milk. '
Creative Arts Academy Award
Assembly, 1:15 p.m. Parent and
friend invited.
13llliS Women s Volleyball at
Kalamazoo Central at 6:30 p.m. and
Wrestling with Battle Creek Central
and Loy Norrix, at 6:15 p.m.
- Fnday, January 22: Lunch­
Turkey chunks & 'gravy, whipped
potatoe , dinner roll, frui t mix and
milk.
Creative Art Center' third
graders will have bake ale.
BHHS Men' Ba ketball with
Portage orthern. JV at 6:15 and
Varsity at 8 p.m.
The ording on th recall petition
was approved January 12, at a hearing
by the county' Election
Commi sion, according to Berrien
County As i tant Cler Joyce Wark
in a phon conversation. Clinton can
now circulate the peti tions in Ward I
for 72 registered voters signature that
are required to put the ball in motion
for the recall.
Once the signed petitions are
ubmitted, both the county clerk and
the city cler mu t review the
signa tures.
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during tli lio/ida
till wondering
wliat to giv ?
American Red Cross