The Bermuda Recorder

              for cooking & drinking always tkemm v ' h bermuda j hecorder 1 w 3 purvis & co i - — published bi weekly price 6d wednesdays 9d saturdays canada's best volume xxxi hamilton bermuda saturday october 9 1954 no 19 lawyer tells leopards another bermudian leaves ior nurses training in u.k j jl . « ■ . 1 . mwk w - w k , fvr ■ ; ■ : ' i vf^flkl ■ . ....... responsible form of government is needed here to curb reaction ■*- ■— leaving tlie colony yester day by the iteina del pacifico . r london england where s ik will pursue studies in tha i i . • . ii t however these are matters which will no doubt be over come in future .... , a . • 1 ■ . 1 . the j^osfte.cjtive student referred to by the matron is 20-year-old miss marily cox f gleiiroy cottage north shore who while her back ground is being evaluated is being employed at the hospi tal as a ward helper her duties at present are largely confined to assisting in a workroom adjacent to the operating theatre ri ... ri . • l l 1 id of nursing was miss joan young daughter of mr and mrs orion young of ely's harbour somerset it is under stood that miss young will enter a hospital in london for party system and broader franchise advocated by mr arnold a francis francis believed that we should seek to advance as bar bados did from merely a re presentative government to re sponsible government how ever it was necessary first to broaden the franchise and show faith in berinudians by letting every man and woman who is literate vote for mem bership in the house of as sembly oil 1 t i training the need lor a torm ot responsible government here to curb reaction and keep bermuda abreast of other progressive countries was stressed by mr a a francis barrister in an m&aram to the leopards club on thursday she is the ninth coloured bermudian to leave here in less than a year that she should leave yesterday is most significant in view of a state ment in yesterday morning's daily paper attributed to miss bernice underhil matron of the king edward vii mem orial hospital mis*s cox received her ele mentary schooling in devon shire and then west on to verona high school where she received a diploma it is unde^sljood that ishe will be accepted as a student nurse if her educational qualifications meet the requirements of mcgi.'i university montreal • mr francis noted that it was within the constituent powers of bermuda to make the necessary changes from its present representative form to responsible government with out requiring an order-in council from london but we stand in the way of our own progress through lack of cour age he said second he urged a party system to enhance the quality of our government it has done so in all democracies and in that way full responsible government where the leader of a group or party can be chosen by the govern<r to form the government — a gov ernment that would be re sponsible to the people for if it was not the people could re place it when the general elec tion came three bs there was from early times this type of repre sentative government where there is a completely elected lower house which is in no way controlled by the gov ernor this system was auto matically adopted in these three territories but in the case of the conquered terri tories specifically in the caribbean the crown had to bestow constitutions on them the lawyer explained married recently at st marks church smith's parish were mr ami mrs albert thomas dyer the brides is the former miss barbara trott daughter of mr and mrs samuel trott of smith's parish she was attended by her sister miss pauline trott as maid of honour and miss ruby woolridge and miss roth weldoa as maids j he matron is reported to have been puzzled over the fact that only one prospec pective student from the coloured community had come forward for admission to the local school of nursing in view of the many arguments put forward about segregation there a few months ago the groom who is the son ol mr and ilrt cornelius dyer had as his best hiail his brother george and messrs kingsley dismont and william trott as ushers the couple are re siding in smith's parish — photo by voorhees tucker it miss cox is accepted il the local school of nursing she will be the first of her race since the school was started 34 years ago tne legal aspect ihe lawyer was addressing the club at its weekly luncheon on the topic of what is the constitution of bermuda and is there room for improve ment he traced the legal aspect of bermuda's relation ship with the imperial gov ernment in england and out lined the limitations of ber muda as a self - governing colony rm i . africans are tired of european domination says editor borne ot the young lsermu dian girls who have for one reason or another left home since last december to enter nursing schools in england are miss joycelin wilson miss claire harford miss glena gilbert miss victoria harney miss frances telford miss pamela smith and miss trott mr 1 rancis was introduced by mr kingslcv disinoilt pub lic relations officer of the club and thanked bv mr hilton g hill m.c.p - it would seem that in spite of the recent change of the 30 year policy of the local school of nursing to admit gone on uninterrupted so irom the point of view of bermuda we have possessed a representative government from the inception of the col ony and like the bahamas and barbados this form of consti tution has gone on uninter rupted said mr francis he went on to explain that there were degrees of representative governments and in his opin ion th degree was decided on the question of how widely representative the government was . egro students that there are a certain number who are re luctant to study there under the renditions of separation which govmi the new policy noted negro writer resting here after writing book on travels through land of my fathers oddfellows thanksgiving service at st james church tomorrow there were two types of british colonies the settled of which bermuda was a good example and the conquered or ceded like jamaica st kitts and gibraltar here tor a rest atter runip iug through the land of her father — africa and then writ ing a book about how she felt returning there and about how she was received is miss era bell thompson noted xegro author an iiniiulgiiiu editor of ebony magazine artica was to deterw'uw how the american xegro would be received and feel returning to his old country 7 after 300 years it u'.is a matter of go ing back to africa to tt#4 if 1 had any kinship with a , ' ( '< 1,ls - miss thompson stated parliament re-opens anyone telephoning tor an ambulance should give his name the number of the tele phone from which the call is made full details of the place to which the ambulance is to be sent and such details as possible of the injuries suffered by the accident victim jn the case of the settled colonies which also include barbados and bahamas the law of england at the time of stttlement applied to that colony while in the conquered colonies the laws in force at the time of the conquest re mained in force until altered by an act of the imperial par liament * „ a l -« * the annual thanksgiving service of the independent order of oddfellows man chester unity will take place tomorrow at st james chuivh somerset at 4 p.m next week of the three bv he be lieved that the least improve ment on the original forms of the constitution has been made in bermuda in bahamas the legislature that is the house of assembly is more widely representative than that here because the franchise is based on rent paying and not owner ship of land as here it waa her experience that the average american vin ashamed of his heritage most of what he hears about the land of is fathers concern's torn tons savagery and all sorts of other propaganda though she found the place to be one of many contradictions die got the distinct impression that the african was conscious of his role his numbers and was concerned about the de velopment of his country tt ... 1 . - - ['. * i with all the pgiiify and pa geantry that can be mustered next wednesday members of colonial parliainertt will be welcomed back to theif legisla tive duties after more thliti three months recess miss 1 hompson arrived troni chicago on wednesday aud is a guest at sunset lodge she is accompanied by mrs betty barksdale of philadelphia naturally it is expected that calls for the ambulance by pri vate individuals will only be made in cases of genuine emergency members of the hamilton and somerset districts and lodges in the district will meet at the loyal irresisitible lodge xo 6578 at manchester street somerset at 3 p.m and inarch in procession to the church for the service the sermon will be preached by canon a v sullivan rector and music will be furnished by the st james guild choir as regards the conception of a constitution the type that applied in england applied here also mr francis con tinued thus we have our two houses of parliament last year miss 1 honipson w;is commissioned bv double day publishers to do a book on a+'rica she spent three months travelling through the called dark continent visit ing some 18 different territori t;es and travelling 36,006 miles meeting people from all walks of life two weeks ago — sep tember 27 to be exact miss thompson's book was pub lished it's title is africa land of my fathers bis excellency the governor lieut—general sir alexander hood himself fresh back from a holiday in the u.k will offi cially declare parliament open in the traditional ceremony which will take place in the council chambers jbh abe^m : §&& barbados steps ahead mr francis stated that bar bados has gone further from + he point of view of franchise by extending its franchise a few vears ago to include the whole adult population with it „ nv relationship to prop ertv ownership in the case ot bermuda bahamas and barbados the he was hungry for know ledge and mechanical know how in some parts he was getting it in others he was being kept ignorant collection taken at the ser vice will be donated to the packwood old folks home special buses have been char tered to convey members from the east end and hamilton to somerset a repast will be held at they loyal irresistible lodge after the service members ot the house oi as sembly will meet in their chamber at 2 p.m and a half hour later they will be sum moned by the governor to the upper chamber where he will review outstanding events during the recess and outline government plans for the new 9 wmzzy 7 mh'mk bi ■;■■ mmya&r py : "• v fl mm n fl miss thorn pson was im pressed with the great feeling of nationalism being exhibited by the african however here was also the extremism which w;is not good extremist v;is shown on the p;irt of the frican who cries africa for he africans and the euro leans wants to continue to ex doit the african i r.'s progressing continued and in february 1054 respon sible government was reached n barbados so that today it 1 s he first prime minister in •*•? britisli caribb-an a bril liant coloured lawver named grantley adams mr francis ""•! t on to explain that mr adams is head of the barbados government in m u c h the same wav that mr churchill is head of the british govern ment i ne hook is not a gnni re eital of race neither is it ; traveloivre ihe diminutive hul p n e'-y writer told the re ri ■ ler >•> m interview yester ■ one about persona session l':p personal and social ( ■ • iciiccs emergency ambulance telephone at hospital j . : e purpose ol her trip to ihe logical answer to the problem she t ought was a question of partnership be tween the two races because the african needs the euro pean skill and equipment and the european needs the afri can labour and cooperation but the a.frh an is well aware that in a partnership all nartners sin ire and share alike they are tared of european domination wife congratulations are extend ed to mr and mrs algernon harford of west side somer set who celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary tomor ■ v ed to miss \\ innifred williams ot pembroke east who cele brates her birthday n toes day next king edward vii memorial hospital in order to facilitate the calling of an emergency ambulance with the least pos delay has now installed a special telephone numbered 2000 broader horizons have beckoned cal bunnny sy monds one of bermudas most popular all-round sportsman who will be leaving the colony tomorrow for the united king dom to play in the english third division football league cal is centre forward for the key west rangers cur rent champions of tbe bermuda football league is also a first rate cricketer who has played in representative games for his country both here and abroad see story on page 7 advises the governor as does mr churchill the queen on the choice of other persons to be made members of the executive council which is the actual government of the island mr francis regarded this as steady and sown pro gress in managing one's own affairs io if =* x v .= * returning to the i mted states on wednesday by the queen of bermuda was mrs alice darcie she was holi daying here as the bonsegnest of her brother mr warring ton simmons and mrs sim mons of somerset mr and mrs llewelyn john son of warwick left by the queen of bermuda on wednes day for two months vacation in xew york and canada 1 ins telephone winch is in the out patients department separate from the hospital's own exchange cannot be con nected with the other tele phones in the hospital it would therefore be useless for anyone to use it except to call for an ambulance home again from great britain where he has resided in recent year is mr harold trott he is the house guest of his cousin mr charles war baby fox and mrs fox of st david's island ■ m * on the w hole airs thomp son said she was immensely impressed with what she found tt makes me feel proud of n ly beitage she smiled . | congratulations are extend ed to miss phyllis thomas ot pembroke east who celebrates her birthday today in order for bermuda to keep abrest of barbados and beat down reaction mr *= ■ -.-, congratulations are extend the hospital urges that m summertime favourites eg3 re a lime — reconstituted lime juice realemon — reconstituted lemon juice for lemonade _ limeade _ mixed dlilnks — cooking — bai ing — salads ww/f any use where lemon or lime juice is required axd remefjjek tb e advantages more economical — uniform consistency — a o squeezing — n mess — less trouble the weldon company _ agents m f is