The Bermuda Recorder

              always fresh fh ro^k^smpp h jbtrmuda j tflccordei st & drinking published bi-weekly w % purvis canada's best price 4d wednesdays saturdays 6d volume xxix hamilton bermuda saturday april 4 1953 no 69 here for easter holidays south africa case tenth annual b u t convention says fellow '._____ ii s__fc _■!_!_. , _______■ j_a . _► ml . * gf i '' v ■ aarf-1 ' b >* j_______flj ______!______; ' j i p^fl _■"_________! i l_!»_i___________________l *' 9_jhb f r i i decided against jbermucuans are malan race law next wednesday waking up the tenth annual convention of the bermuda i'nion of teachers will convene on wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at francis patton school & bloemfon'tein south africa — the highest appeal court in south africa last week upheld the acquittal of an african labourer who defied prime minister daniel f malan's jim crow racial seb regation laws by using a rail road station waiting room re served for whites only dismissing an appeal by the cape province attorney gen eral against george lusu's ac quittal the court also ruled that africans and other non europeans should have sub stantially the same waiting room faciliteis as whites a full programme of speeches and demonstrations has been drawn up and will be presented during the morning and after the rev carl h gibbons the llermiidian-born pastor of rock of hope baptist church iu new york city who is cur rently visiting the colooy will be the guest speaker at the regular service at emmanuel baptist church hamilton to morrow night ermine trott of bailey's bay comment ing on his ordina te n iu the ii.iptist church last december mr gibbons ehuc kleil that he has found some thing other than playing cricket to do with his sundays but he is still searching for the lord's wonders whether they be underground or else where noon sessions the speakers will include mrs margurite dowling board of education psychologist ; miss barbara horton who will speak as well as give a de monstration on physical edu cation and mr solomon kawa ley who will present a science paper governor to open mariiament next week he was invited by the pastor the ilev c ii adams and tha theme of his sermon will be god's greatest gift win all iuc pomp aud pageantry that could be uiu tcred for the occasion a uew session of bermuda 341 year old parliament — the oldest in the britisn empire — will be opened next wednesdoy after noon by his excellency the iovernor sir alexander llo<*l mr kawaley will give a de monstration on tuesday at 4 p.m at the berkeley institute science laboratory it will serve as a background for his paper the following day a •■»•■» * he said the greatest thin.g he has heard about bermuda since the ruling was considered a major victory for the sponsors of a year-old nationwide pas sive resistance campaign against the malan govern ment's partheid — or race seg regation — laws bar iibbons was the dis coverer of the crystal caves about fifty years ago when he was having a sunday after noon game of cricket the ball he and his friends were play ing with was lost in a hole mr iibbons went to look for it and what was to happen to him ilurin gthe next few hours underground is like a tale from alice in wonderland the discovery of the crystal caves was new but week that the eo loured people in the colony have been asserting a vocational guidance panel in the fields of health busi ness speech and dramatics and general arts will be a feature of the afternoon session of the convention dr jack wil liamson is also listed to give hints to teachers on choral speaking and music a , a • * a a their political rights to the ex tent that they were able to put nine of their representa tives in the house mr lusu was one of more than 5.000 africans indians and coloured persons of mixed race to be arrest d since the campaign began ttt1 l _ _ e ... parliament was prorogued three weeks ago by the gover nor and the house of assem bly was dissolved for the pur pose of holding a general elec tion — the first in five years the new house has now been elected and members will be sworn iu on monday rv t*t i ■■ . s a_m the meifroes of bermuda have been held down long enough he declared and it is time they woke up rev gibbons trusted that the nine representatives would have the interest of their fellows at heart and that they would ap proach their duties with a prayer when he was brought to trial a capetown magistrate acquitted him on grounds that the waiting room for non europeans was inferior to that reserved for europeans mrs leola lambert center receptionist for the donald *-* smith travel agency is shown above greet in 1 .' mrs elsie hind left of montclair xew jersey and mrs grace ii racker of brooklyn xew york who arrived dn the colony yesterday by p.a.a plane for an east r holiday the visitors arc the house guests of mr and ....■». william steede of clarence avenue pembroke mrs backer is a school teacher and the national program director of the largest group of negro school teachers in the i nited states she is also a girl guide leader end a member of the executive committee of the international friendship of girl guides iu the united states jfrs hinds is a community worker tn montclair and is associated wtith the ywca and the national council of negro women their bermuda vaca tion was srranged through the smith agency at the morning session the president mr ivan c cun ningham will deliver the state of the union address tho chairman of the convention committee is mr mcneil war ner mr gibbons left bermuda shortly after his discovery and has resided in the united states since he was last here two years ago this trip he is staying with bis sister mrs on wednesday they will wait on his excellency in the public buildings together with members of the legislative council the attorney general's ap pear petition admitted unequal treatment but said the purpose was to determine the rights and powers of the south afri can railroad administration to provide separate waiting room the governor upon arrival at the public buildings will be greeted by a guard of hon our made up of officers and men of the bermuda militia it will mark the first time the unit has presented a guard for such au occasion plans set for winner of newspaper contest here leopards forum tomorrow afternoon thursday's easter personal and social lily pageant pretty miss toni thompson of philadelphia penn arriv ed in the colony yeaterday by colonial airlines on an all expense paid trip which waa part of the prize she got for winning a recent popularity contest sponsored by the pitts burgh courier one of america's largest negro newspapers tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 a special easter forum will be held at the leopards club the address will be given by canon arthur burrell of the cathedral the subject being the origin of easter and its meaning to the world this will be the last opportunity perhaps of hearing this noted speaker who leaves during the easter week for cairo egypt plans are ail set to make this year's easter lily pageant which takes place on thurs day the biggest and best ever sponsored a record number of entries are expected and there should be a record crowd to view them new york branch of the leopards i club formed body of victim of sfayer of 5 is found in pit among the guest at the imperial hotel for the easter tide are mrs june stelle mrs leonora wesley and miss hean jackson all of new york city • ss ■ dick saunders to do assiijnjuciit here for s 0 also staying at the imperial are mr benny kicks real es tate broker and mr albert jeffrey theatre manager of new york miss thompson is a guest at the imperial hotel she waa met at the airport b mr hil muda vacations travel ser iinide vacations travel ser vice mr richards saunders noted bermuda photographer who has been sent to many parts of the world to shoot for the standard oil company of america wound up this week with an assignment almost in his own back yard he ar rived in the colony yesterday by colonial airlines and plans to be here for about ten days the bermuda chamber of commerse sponsors of the pageant has gone to great lengths to iron out some of the disabilities experienced in past pageants they are preparing a souvenir programme which will contain interesting articles photographs of floats in previ ous parades and will have a list of the entries in thursday's event the leopards club which was orpanized in the colony four years ago now has a branch in new york city it was announccdion thursday by mr stanton wainwright at the weeklv luncheon on thurs day the new york branch which was organized recently has a large membership and is headed by mr charlie trott a bn-mudian by birth who has been residing in new york hunt ends near rochester killer talks to father in appropriate music in keep ing with the day will be render ed including easter hymns the holy city by mr f minks and open the gates of the temple by mr d pitcher wsa • ■ . «*__ •_ returning to the colony on wednesday by the queen of bermuda was mr byron philip of south view road somerset he was abroad for six months iowa jail spurns lawyer :€: rochester april 2 — the body of william a bravcrman nineteen the first of the five persons marine pfc fred e mcmanus of valley stream l.i , has admitted murdering in four u-iys last week was found tonight in a commercial gravel pit in the suburban town of brighton late dr williams son arrives from london everyone is cordially in ivited to attend mrs leon eve of home leigh warwick returned home on thursday to conva lese after an operation at the king edward vii memorial hospital she was confined there for two weeks british papers call for e to windsor exile each entry will bear a num ber which will correspond to the one in the programme this will allow for easy iden tification as the float passes the reviewing stand ' zi "^ f *•* jt x v k zmm^zm for several years in making the announce ment mr wainwright the newly elected president of the club traced its tremendous growth since its inception four years ago it is now one of the largest in the colony and its membership includes men from all walks of life including lawyers and parliamentarians the president promised to go a . 1 1 i ___»__ _ new vork state poliee had been attempting to arrange a plan for onngimg the eighteen year-old mcmanus here from uuouque iowa wnere he is be ing held to help in the search for ihe body express news chronicle want him and duchess to return to england to live mourning end his exile re opened the great debate it said the persons opposed also have strong feelings about the matter one reader wrote remove this blot on britain's reputation for fair play but another asked why persist in this sob stuft and still an other wrote he was trained and kept by the state to do his job as king of england he failed us mrs evan latney and two children yvonne 16 and george _•">. arrived in the colony on wednesday by colonial airlinei for a vacation they are guests at homelerfeh warwich and expect to remain here until april 13 mrs latney is a private secretary with the de partment of education of new york london april 2 — the duke of windsor now en route to the united states by sea after attending the funeral tuesday of his mother queen mary has left behind a grow ing demand among one sec tion of the british public that he return here to live together with his duchess the former wallis warfield dr gordon and other m.c.p.s to address meeting tomorrow liiuuireda of volunteers and police took part in the last two days in the search fpr the miss ing hobart college freshman mr brarermaii'b body was found shortly after 7 p.m monroe obmity sheriff albert w skinsur said the sheriff said searchers had been concentrating on an area six or seven miles further east of brighton oo the basis of vagus directions given by mcmanus on his confession at dubuque mcmanus told poliee be had shot mr llraveruian and taken his car last friday after the college boy gave him a lift near rochester all out to make the club what it should be white it was one of the best in the island there was still room for improve ment he said he appealed for fuller attendance of the club meetings by its members there is a part each can play in giving service to the eommnnity we must never forget that this is a service club he commented mr wainwright address d the club in the absence of a regular jpeaker at the lunch eon the guest artisl wi.s mr nelson bascombe the master of ceremonies was mr percy paynter a s meeting will be held at thecolonial opera hou.se hamilton tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clck for the purpose of rehabilitating the bermuda worker's association * # # also coming to the colotiv on wednesday by colonial was mrs evelyn ford a registered nurse of new york she is the house guest of mr and mrs public sentiment is being presented also iii the news ( chronicle which sided with the duke in 1036 at the time of his abdication and which last monday published an edi torial along the same lines only five of fifteen published letters took exception to the proposal in the editorial that the duke and the duchess be invited to attend the corona tion next june 2 of queen elizabeth lord beaverbrook's daily express long a newspaper supporter of the duke said to day that 68 per cent of those of its readers who have ex pressed an opinion favour his making his home in his coun try in future with the ameri can-born wife williams and mrs williams he broke off his law studies in london to rush to the colony on account of his father's sud de'n death lust friday mr wil liams arrived by b.o.a.c plane on tuesday — two daya nfter the funeral he expects to remain here for a few weeks fred point robinson of spanish the jiresident rr e f gor don m 0 p.-elect for st c.orirf's will he the principal speaker other speakers will be ilnivti from the nine eoliiiir 1 me who were elected f the lause of assembly last weekp miss elodie webb of par son's road pembroke left the colony last week to enter park dale collegiate hi.<?h school in toronto canada she travelled by way of new york the newspaper said ita march 25 editorial let why not try these two ii»_yij * _.