The Muskogee - Okmulgee Oklahoma Eagle (Muskogee and Okmulgee, Okla.), Vol. 12, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 28, 1986 Page: 3 of 4
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teen-age
blacks.
Historically, the family and the
church iiave been the two major
support systems in black comm
in 1965.
Research projects will include
say it. Whenever a shoulder can
be patted with love and un-
derstanding, then place your
hand on that shoulder.
Let others see that they are
subjects of love, affection and
regard, then they just might
begin to see themselves in that
same light.
Let us set that magic stream
in motion. Now! Today!
of the center's work, Gordon
said. For example, a study of the
economic contributions of blacks
is being conducted by Emeka
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married at the time of his deal i.
He was divorced in 1959.
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the summer living room (porch,
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1 cup crushed graham cracker
crumbs
4 cup (1 stick) butter, melted
1 tablespoon sugar (optional)
6 egg yolks
2 8-ounce cans sweetened cond
densed (not evaporated) milk
1 cup lemon juice
1 tablespoon grated lemon rind
1 cup whipped topping
ijemon slices (optional)
Heat oven to 350 degrees F. In
a large bowl mix with fork
crumbs, butter and (if desired)
sugar until wall blended. Spoon
about one-third cup of crumbs
into each of individual tart (or
small muffin tins) molds; press
firmly and evenly in bottom and
up sides of molds. Chill about 10
minutes. In mixing bowl, beat
egg yolks with condensed milk
until well blended; stir in lemon
juice and rind and mix well.
Spoon filling into tart shells.
Bake about 8 minutes.
Refrigerate until chilled. Top
with a dollop of whipped cream
and garnish with lemon slice.
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Members of the Bell-Bolton
Family Reunion will gather at
the Holiday Inn, 7th and Boulder,
Downtown Tulsa, in observance
of their annually held family
reunion August 30, 3! and Sept
tember 1.
Beginning Friday evening the
committee on hospitality will
greet family members arriving
early for the reunion activities in
a special sip at the Holiday Inn.
Registration will begin Saturday
morning at 10 o'clock a.m. when
the family will gather at O'Brien
Park for their annual picnic and
will continue at 5 o’clock p.m. at
the Holiday Inn. All family
members regardless of age, are
asked to register.
The “Let’s Get Together’’ party
will be held from 9 p.m.-l a.m.
in the Tara Room at the Holiday
Inn.
On Sunday morning, at 10.45
am., Bell-Bolton family will
worship at St. Paul AME Church,
648 E. 46th Street North, Rev.
Morris E. Griffin, pastor.
At 6 o’clock p.m., Sunday
evening, the reunion banquet will
be held. Kenneth Lee Bolton of
Buffalo, will serve as master of
ceremonies and host of the
reunion with Robert .Mien Taylor,
co-host.
Speaker for the banquet will be
Mrs. Warnetta Barnett, family
little attention to these future-
threatening decisions made by
those who are too young to
understand the significances of
their activities.
I do believe that some young
people strike out in anger and
frustration, just because no one
seems to care that thev are not
functioning well.
When will we as a people, rise
up and demand that a firm and
more compassionate policy be
employed where our young people
are concerned. Let them know
that we are concerned about
their future, their character. Let
them see our concern by the
manner in which we view and
work with them, as a preventive
measure.
The Reverend Ervin Ruth,
Mount Calvary Baptist Church,
Sand Springs, spoke at the
Homecoming at 3 p.m. last
Sunday. The host pastor, the
Reverend G. A. Palmer, said the
congregation will celebrate its
148th anniversary. The church
was established in 1838 on Fem
Mountain.
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society.
Perhaps, but Dr. Ladner isn’t
quite that optimistic. “Race is
still a fundamental problem, and,
I can't foresee a time in the
future when internal couples of
their children will be totally
accepted by our society’’ she
says.
StT tb* number ui interracial
c^Lpies is bound to increase, and
so will the children of such
unions. And there lies the hope
for future generations. Children
of interracial marraiges must
adopt to a race-conscious society
that still views them with ap-
prehension if not scorn. A strong
sense of identity is important for
their mental and emotional
health, just is it is for all bbek
people.
no one
wants
to handle,
well,
handle it.
Gordon is researching the
contributions of blacks in the
Kansas Legislature.
Norge W. Jerome, professor of
1W MMKTISWG council
2 eggs
Iwo-thirds cup orange juice
3 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
8 slices white or whole wheat
bread
2 tablespoons
margarine, divided
Others will appear on the
program from Tulsa, Muskogee
and across the United States
Mrs. Grace S. Bolton is cons
suitant and matriarch of the
family
Music will be presented by
Roger Stephenson, chaplain of
music (or the reunion.
The Committee on Reunion
activities; Kenneth Lee Bolton,
host; Robert L. Taylor, co-host.
The 1987 Black Heritage
Calendars will be available
during he Homecoming ac-
I tivities in Muskogee. For
further information please call
Amanda Fuhrwatts, 687-4744.
If there’s
a problem
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Glasco, Dr. James Christian,
Assistant Superintendent.
Muskogee Public Schools; Rev.
L.D. Wilkins, Mercedes Welch,
Avalon Reece, Rev. Mark
Williams and honored guest
speaker Dr. Betty G. Mason.
Dr. Mason is the Assistant
Superintendent of the Oklahoma
City Public Schools, the first
black to hold the position; and
past basileus of Gamma Beta
Chapter of the National Sorority
of Phi Delta Kappa, Kansas City,
KS. She is a graduate of Booker
T. Washington High School, Tulsa
and received Bachelor of Arts
the home; three sisters, Alma
Carter and Emma Taylor, both
of Muskogee, and Oreaba Lyday
of Taft; three brothers, Amos of
Detroit, Michigan, Larthur of
Muskogee, and Sidney of Tulsa;
13 grandchildren, and a great-
grandchild.
Youth musical
Bethel African Methodist
Episcopal Church’s Youth Choir,
the Thurston Singers and
Metropolitan Youth Choir with
Janie Harris as soloist were
featured at a youth musical last
Sunday at 3 p.m. The Reverend
Charles Jones was the principal
speaker.
mean the mobilization of a huge
police force, and the building of
, more prisons. This would only
add to the financial burden which
now exists.
More stress could be placed on
character-building activities as a
large part of his educational
f program. This would go a long
L way toward the development of
K proper attitudes, and a good
- outlook on life.
Crime can be stopped only
when everyone observes the
Golden Rule: “Do unto others as
i you would have them do unto
you.”
Amanda: Desperate situations
i call for in-kind solutions: Our
society allows too much freedom
to its citizens: allows its youth to
drop out of school, to have
babies at any early age, paying
Combine eggs, orerge luicc,
powdered suga'. inn onramon in
container of electric biender;
bie'id well. Pour egg mixture into
a shallow container. Dip each
slice of bread into the mixture,
coating well on each side.
Melt one tablespoon butter in a
large skillet; fry four bread
slices until golden brown on each
side. Repeat procedure with
remaining butter and bread.
Serve hot.
Kenneth Matheny.
Bom June 22, 1920, Mr. Craig
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Craig and he died on August 8 at
the Muskogee Veterans
Administration Medical Center.
He was a retired construction
worker and a veteran of WWII.
Survivors include two sons,
Verdie of Ardmore and Vernon^
Jr.; two daughters, Barbara
Iznzy of Muskogee and Sherry
high rates of divorce and of teen-
age pregnancy, Gordon said.
Researchers will determine what
support systems exist and how
effective they are. They also will
propose solutions where needed.
There is a myth that black
people are consumers of welfare,
Gordon said. Researchers will
examine how much truth is in
the myth.
Studies show correlations
between alcohol and drug abuse
in black communities and rates
Dr. Betty Mason
The National Sorority of Phi ______ _____________
My Kappa Inc., Delta Omicron Degree, Bishop College, Dallas;
Master of Arts, University of
California at Hayward and her
Doctorate Degree from the
University of Oklahoma. In
Oklahoma City, she is a member
and chairman of Back to School
Sunday and Black History Month
of the St. John’s Baptist Church,
member of the Urban League
Board, Citizens Against Crime
Committee and the Alpha Kappa
, | Old Agency Homecoming
Services for Mary Katheryn
Richardson, 51, of 1009 South 12th
Street were held on Friday,
August 22, 11 a.m. at Union
Baptist Church with the Reverend
A. A. Bolton officiating. Burial
was in Oktaha Cemetery with the
Peoples Funeral Home in charge-
Mrs. Richardson died in
Muskogee Regional Medical
Center. Survivors include her
mother, Mrs. Eula M. Jones, of
the home; a brother, Delbert
Jones, and two foster sisters,
Arvella Watley and Isabel! Lane,
all of Wichita, Kansas; two half
sisters, Sharon Chatman and
Ronda Jammerson, both of
Muskogee, and two half brothers,
Glen Jones of Muskogee and
Amos Jones of Okmulgee.
When there’s a need to be met in your
community, your United Way is there to
help. To care for the homeless, the elderly,
the sick, the poor, the destitute. To step
into situations before they’ become problems.
To help the communitv help itself bv
mobilizing its talent and resources.
Your United Way gift does more
things for more people who really need help
than anv other single gift vou can give. For
which we say, “Thanks to vou, it works k)r
all of us.”
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• Issues and Answers of Two Minds......
How to stop crime
For those who have already a way which will work magic in
fallen into a life of crime, I have minimizing street and domestic
this to say: Quick trials, im- crime:
mediate verdicts and swift en- l.ook seriously upon all God's
forcement of the sentence, will children as our brothers and
work to be a deterrent. And this sisters; permit a constant stream
procedure should apply all up of goodwill emanate from the
and down the line. When people very center of our being toward
in high places commit a crime, everyone. Whenever a kind word,
they do not set a good example, an encouraging word can be said,
whether the criminals are
politicians, educators or clergy
wo(men). We must boot them out
of office at once, and with no
compensation. For if we allow an
unenven treatment to prevail,
resentment is stirred and
criminal behavior in others is
encouraged.
In the meantime, while we are
getting ourselves together, here is
Vernon Craig
services held
Services for Vernon Craig, 66,
of Route 4, Muskogee, were held
on August 15 at 11 a.m. in the
Ragsdale Funeral Center’s Chapel
of Respect with the Reverend
Sampson Ball officiating.
Burial was in Fort Gibson
National Cemetery. Pallbearers
were N. L. Crawford, Michael i
Taylor, Curtis Brooks, Howard
Shipp, Sr., Anthony Taylor and .
Many of the children of mixed
marriages, especially those who
have one white and one black
parents. Most say they are not
confused about being black.
Neither is Cleo Parker
Robinson, 36, founder of a dance
ensemble and theater in Denver.
Her mother is white, but Ms.
Robinson says she has always
known that she is black. She
recalls being beaten and called
“honky” by black kids and
“nigger" by the white kids. “I
felt ostracized and thought my
mixed blood was a real curse,”
says Ms. Robinson. “I was
always told to say, if asked, that
she was not my mother, and I
was always afraid the sheriff
would come and take my mother
away from me because she was
white in a black neighborhood. I
lived in fear of white people all
the time. I hated white people.
As a child, it was pretty
traumatic for me.”
There are many traumatic
experiences for these children of
mixed marriages. Datting is
one of these experiences. Usually,
the teen finds himself rejected by
whites and sometimes by other
blacks. Linda Lockhart has
already pondered the fate of her
daughter's social life. “I*
husband is concerned she will Chapter, Muskogee will hold their
have too many boy friends, but fifth annual awards dinner
I'm concerned that she won’t Saturday, 6 p.m. in the Muskogee
have any,” she says. “I’ve talked High School Banquet Room,
to some mixed teen girls who Dais guest include Mclra
say they are not asked out by Corbin, Muskogee City Counc
black or white boys, but the
mixed guys seem to have a State College; Alexander Springs,
better time of it. Idealistically, Superintendent, Taft Public
by the time my daughter reaches Schools; Dr. Antoinette Fuhr
teen-age, we’ll have a color-blind Harrison, Edwyna Walker, Esther
King, Carolyn Hickman, Lillian Alpha Sorority?
Harry: The issue, “What will
stop crome?” is one for which I
have no answer because I don’t
believe it is humanly possible to
completely wipe out crime.
In spite of the fact that crime
has increased throughout the
years, I feel that it can be
_ „ . B - ------, reduced in the United States
Powell of Boynton; his parents of through a rigorous program
prevention. By this, I do not
Mrs. Barnett is a member of
St. Paul AME Church where she
serves as a member of the
Steward Board, leader of Class
No. 4, church secretary, member
of the Women's Missionary
Society; president of the Evelyn
Miller Unit of WMS; secretary,
Senior Choir; chairperson of
Commission on Public Relations
and serves as the editor of the
church paper entitled
"NewsLite”; president of the
Tulsa-Muskogee District Women's
Missionary Society, Parliament
tarian, Central NorthEast
Oklahoma WMS; and cilairperson,
Special Missions, 12th Episcopal
District WMS.
WHERE THERE’S A NEED, THERE’S AWAY.
THE UNITED WAY©
member and reunion coordinator.
Mrs. Barnett is well known
among family members and
friends. She is active in the
reunion planning and
piementation of activities.
JStudy
piementing a proposal for of crime and abuse of children,
reducing the high percentage of spouses and the elderly, Gordon
said. Researchers will develop a
model program for prevention or
treatment of drug and alcohol Ofobike, assistant professor of
abuse. business, and Mohmed El Hodiri.
Gordon is seeking funds to professor of economics.
munities. But the black family is implement a proposal to reduce
deteriorating, in part, because of the high rate of teen-age
pregnancies among blacks. The
proposal evolved from studies
introduced during KU's first community health and director of
symposium for black leadership the Community Nutrition Center
at the KU Medical Center in
Kansa City, Kan., is studying
studies of how governmental and dietary methods for reducing the
social policies concerning drug risks of cancer and card
and alcohol 'abuse, teen-age diovascular diseases among black
pregnancy and other issues affect men. Jerome said her study is
the quality of life for blacks and unique because she has been
other minorities. collecting information on dietary
Some research in progress by patterns of urban blacks since
black scholars at KU will be part 1969.
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