"#Chip n Citizen
Th Local Branch of the a-
tional i tion for th Ad-
ncement of Colored People
(NAACP), h ld an lection of of-
fice ntly.
reddie Moore, a Berrien
County Ju nile Prob tion Offi­
cer w el to on -y r
term P ident, beating out
hi opponents Harry Caldwell
nd Curti Murphy.
Longtime Local Pre ident
Mary DeFoe did no submit a
petition for re-election, but was
nominated for the recently cre­
ated President Emeritus posi­
tion.
Carl Breeding, President of
the Michigan State Conference
of NAACP, conducted the elec­
tion along with Mattie Roddy,
- . co-chair of the Political Action
for Michigan State Conference
and Kathleen Mahoney, mem­
ber of the Supervisory Commit­
tee.
According to Breeding 50 per­
cent of the Local Branch mem­
bers turned out to vote, but he
wouldn't give a specific total.
MOORE TATED to his op­
ponents that, "whatever differ­
ences we have amongst each
other, we can set those aside and
work together in this organiza­
tion."
Moore said, the organization
(NAACP) has a lot of potential
and the members need to work
together to make the organiza­
tion function correctly. "This
community, like other Black
communities seem to be under
siege for whatever reason," he
added.
St.
The Nurses and Ushers of
St. Marks Baptist Church,
802 Pavone St., Benton Har­
bor, will sponsor a program on
Sunday, November 21; at 7
p.m., titled, "Old Ship Of
Zion."
Guests will be Bro. Author
Dortch St. John's; Sis. Louise
Mason, Ebenezer M.B.; Sis.
Emma Hayes, Hopewell; Rev.
John Henry Jones, Greater
Ebenezer Spiritual; and Sis.
Receiving Ballott To Vote
Luber Willi m ,(left), long tim member of the NAACP receive voting ballot from Carl
Bre d ng, Pre ident of the Michigan St t Conference of the NAACP, to cast hi ballot in the
recent I ction Looking on i Kathl en Mahoney, a member of the Election Supervl ory
Committee.
Other officers elected include:
Will Branscumb, retaining his
position as 1st Vice President;
Attorney Gregory Cleveland,
3rd Vice President; and Lisa
Hurst as Secretary.
Members elected to the Ex­
ecutive Committee include:
Mable Davis, Sandra Dudley,
Rosie Coburn, Bro. Doc Reese,
Sis Louise Price, Sis. Rose Sal­
lie, Sis Bertha Jones and Des.
Robert Larkins, all of the host
church.
Sis. Willie Mae Thompson,
Program Chairperson; Sis.
Ella Washington, Co-Chair­
person; and Presidents, Bro.
Jessie Johnson and Sis.
Rosetta Austin. Rev. John L.
Price is the pastor.
CONCERT ANNOUNCEMENT
Gene arris
Quartet In
Concert
Internationally renown jazz
pianist Gene Harris is returning
back to his hometown. In coop­
eration with the Performing
Arts Program of Benton Harbor
High School, the Kiwanis Club
o'f Benton Harbor and WHFB,
the Gene Harris Quartet will be
in concert on Friday, November
19, at 7:30 p.m., in the Kuschel
Performing Arts Center at Ben­
ton Harbor High School.
Over the years he has per­
formed with such artists as Ray
Brown; B.B. King, Anita O'Day
and A ha Franklin. Harris is
widely re rded as one ?f the
best pianists on the jazz scene
today.
Tickets for this jazz extrava­
ganza are $7.50 for adults. Stu­
dents seats are available for $5.
All seats are reserved. A limited
number of patron seats are
available for $20 each. A recep­
tion is pending with Gene prior
to the concert for all patrons.
Tickets are available at the
Performing Arts Office at Ben­
ton Harbor High- School, Music
Matters and Bagatini's in St.
Joseph & Ferris Music and the
Riverview branch of Inter-City
Bank.
All proceeds for thi event
will benefit Benton Harbor Ki­
wanis Community Fund and the
Performing Arts Program at
Benton Harbor fIigh School. For
more information, phone (616
927-0739. .
AROUND MUSKEGON
Davi et
school reco d
By Mary Golliday
Darren Davis, a Muskegon
Hts. graduate and now a junior
tailback at Tenness State, set
the school record recently for
233 yards. He carried the 11 3
times in the game and cored
three touchdowns.
He now r nks l Oth on the
Tenn S tim rushing
list with 1,306 yards.
He i the son of Thelma
Richards. Way to go Darron.
Enrgene Fisher, a longtim
union pr ident of th U.A.W.
Local 1243 Howment Corp., was
honored r ntly. H retired in
April from Howment after 15
years of leadership with Local
1243.
Fisher isalso Mayor Pro-Tern
of Muskegon Hts. City Council.
He led his U.A. W. local through
four contract ttlements with
no work stoppage.
West Shor Symphony Or­
chestra announced a sp cial
holiday p ntation of the well
loved classic, The Nutcracker,
which will b p ented Decem­
ber 22 and 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Frauenthal Th ter, downtown
Muskegon.
Tick ts for the utcracker
are on ale at Tickets Mu kegon.
Reserved eats are $18, $21, $25
and 30. There will be as ial
student ticket price.
Pearline Harris, Bernice Brown,
Clara Swift, Dorothy
Branscumb, Georgia Sanders
"and Willie Terry.
Branch didn't have an election
in 1992, the state had to step in
and handle the nominations and
elections of officers. Another
election will be held in 1994.
The Executive Committee
will be meeting later this week
to appoint 2nd Vice President,
Treasurer and 16 more mem­
bers to the 24-member Execu-
tiv it
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EACH MEMBER elected to
office will only serve a one-year
term. According to Breeding, th
organization's by-laws sta e
that every n ye an I ion
. to Sin t _ 1
Th · r City Com-
m' ion ppro u t by
Co toe Michi n Fruit Divi­
ion, Curtice-Burns Food to
tra fer portion of th ir r-
na} property from Ind tri 1
F ciliti Ex mp ion Certifi
#92- 30, B noon Harbor to th ir
Coloma D' tribution C nter in
Ha r Township.
Comstoc Michigan Fruit Di­
vision received an Industrial Fa-
ciliti E emption C rtifi t
from the City of Benton Harbor
in April, 1992. This certificate
w . ued as part of an ti­
mated 1,140,590 plant proj
Most of the money for this proj
w for packaging equipment in­
taIled in Benton Harbor part
of Comstock's Slim Fast Foods
(diet drink) contract.
.1 he package chan by Slim
Fast Foods required moving the
packaging equipment to their
Hagar Township facility, but th
formulation and filling will till
be done in Benton Harbor.
The amount of the personal
property transfer, $360,100, rep-
nts a loss of about $9,000 in
tax revenue, according to Evan
LeDuc, Director of th City's
Planning and Community De­
velopment.
By B rnlce Bro n
B nton Harbor City Commi -
ion ppro fiv y r fl-
nanci I pl n pre nt d by
Audr y Brodzi i, City' Fi­
nan Dir r, th will ub­
mi ted to th Em r ney Loan
Bo rd for the Fi cal Y r
1993/94 hrough fi 1 Y
19.97/98.
The pl n minimal gro h
in city 0 rations 0 r th
riod .
Th Michigan Local Emer­
ney L:> n Board requi uch
plan of the city.
Brodzinski inform he com-
mission th t he plan has th
approval of he city' Financial
Advisor, Mr. Loren Monroe. who
i also required by the tate.
Th City'S objective hould be
the tabli hment of a fund bal­
ance equival nt to on month's
orating expe as a cushion
against economic adver ity,
'Brodzinski aid.
She aid the city had a deficit
of$112,000 in Jun of 1992. Th
City should end this year with a
17,000 urplus. "But that is not
writt n in stone," he added.
In the five year plan, total
revenue proj ions for the fi
y rs is for t at $6,244,509
and xpenditure will b
6,113,300. <\
Fis 1 Year 1993/94 budget
requi $1,254,900, or 131,618
than Fiscal Year 1992/98.
It is estimated that by Fiscal
Year 1997/98 the city budget will
increase to 1,380,700.
y
minim I
COMSTOCK HAS informed
the City that no job would be
lost at the Benton Harbor facil­
ity, with employ assigned to
the Slim Fast Foods packaging
being abosrbed into the other ar­
eas of the plants permanent
work force.
In a report from Comstock, of
the 112 employees, 40 are city
residents, with four being hired
the first of this year.
In other matters, the commis­
sion approved an agreement
with COGIC Video Outreach
Ministry to provide services pre­
paring photographic filming of
City �l'O�t1�
tat ment"