The Bermuda Recorder

              9 ffbrcooldng&dniildiig always fresh d jbermuda jl hecordet h published bi weekly price 6d wednesdays 9d saturdays canada's best *_►-- v-__.-fc hamilton bermuda friday december 31 1954 no 36 j volume xxxi i happy and prosperous new year to all ! 1 p^a mmmmmmmmmmmmmmi eihkkk christmas day murder victim princess margaret to 8pend 1 hour in bermuda febl -^^ nk mn_k'}-_-__----------------££m mm^^^^^'z^m^s ' ttl i&t&^uffii&z&lmml mfc&%m__m gafc-j#£jfe^b irai&ffg , 4 >^^^^^^^' s__b_-__k_^l : :-: :^- l s^^3asb_-gb k ' :> ' t-g_e : m % zzgw z z&mz&bmv^mt z wit bnff||ib__r__n-__-i-_l_i-ffi . tffl-^%^f(mf iaw__ft^______^_f______b_bp . * '■'' ■ f imm^^^^t^fsl m^^^^a^t mw m hi ' ■>#■' » hf t-m-s : * ■-"'- - jii j_fc ; s_fc : - : ____ fc_h h__»s_»ii i v.'ij^ssfe^-s _•:'■■ _-':$?&£_■ ■■■'^■ : 3tiv%w h^^vk^w h tv9_3-h bihs n t'-nrw__t ' v . ,> s ■■ iiiffw _________■_£ r^9jjbhmkfc ■ ; _* j 9 9k_v_t^s9b c_1__________l_i_____i^_--p v^^__h______b s f friendly societies 4th annual conference at warwick tomorrow 1st h_5 : i ■-'■■■ • zzjz shp q-'z ■&"*-- h -■-'-'■: - zz his excellency the governor has been notified that the plane on which her royal highness will be travelling will land at bermuda at 7.40 a.m on the 1st february and will leave again for trinidad at 8.40 a.m there will be no ceremony on this occasion aiid it is unlikely that the princess will leave the aircraft th fourth annual conference of the bermuda friendly societies council will take place tomorrow at the princess royal i;ion lodge room cobbs hill warwick dedegates represent ing 15 or more lodges in the colony will attend the two sessions matters of mutual interest as well as transact format hi general public is invited business mrs isadore beek presi dent of the council stated yesterday that registration of delegaes will take place be tween 10 and 1059 a.m and the first session will be called to order at 10.45 a.m the officers of the bermuda friendly societies council are bro gerald richardson l.o.f m.u immediate past presi dent sis isadore beek l.o.f vlv president bro charles williams l.o.f m.u vice president : bro e alex j nicholas ( 1 o.f s.m secre tary sis cynthia adams c l.o.f m.u treasurer bro ebeneezer simons i.o.g.s & d.s chaplain bros e fur bert and geo daniel s auditors on the return journey her royal highness will arrive here at 4.55 p.m on march 2nd and will leave again at 6.25 p.m arrangements for the princess's reception will probably include a short drive which will enable her to see something of the island devotions will be led by the rccv e ai rule pastor of christ church warwick after which an address will be de livered by the president myron wilberforce john son the 25-year-old former somerset man w h o was allegedly murdered on christ mas day by his sweetheart gloria ismay mills 24 of curving avenue pembroke is pictured above mills who is alleged to have weilded the death blow was charged with murder in the hamilton magistrates court on tues day she was remanded in custody for 14 days by the wor martin godet to await trial u.s navy chiefs guests — these wide-eyed youngsters were among the 80-odd bet mudian orphans who were entertained by the chief petty officers ciub at the u.s xaval air station the children who were rounded up by the l.c.c.a children s officer mra ecki'elt were given gifts by santa claus shown movies and taken tor a ride on one ol the fire trucks at the base full details will be published in due course the afternoon session will begin at 3 p.ni and items on the programme include the annual report of the executive exeentive members sis leila w!ilson julia place harriett stubbs and bros roland hodgson henry con yers howard smith james marshall algernon blakeney benjamin matthews and w.p francis committee and the reading and discussion of papers on the topics what role are friendly societies playing for the future of bermuda aiid friendly societies and edu learn the latest calypso and mambu dances will now be able to develop culture and grace through a classic ballet dance school which opens at sunset lodge on january 15 week of prayer pembroke - hamilton club forum sunday services skipper of touring cation the school is being started by miss louise carpenter physical education instructor at the berkeley institute who has had extensive training and experience in the field of dancing dance classes will be held saturday mornings for youths between the ages of 4 and 18 years registra tion will begin january 8 miss lois browne to be johnson who was employed as a truck driver and had lived with miss mills and her children had christmas din ner with his mother mrs marie johnson foster at their home in somerset he is be lieved to have been fatally wounded only a short time afw returning to the curve again this year the churches of bermuda will join in fellow ship with the world council of churches and meet together for prayer and worship throughout the first week of the year january 3rd to 7th m.c.p blast profane youths who disrespect ladies guest speaker forums which were once so very popular at the pcmbroke lla.inilton club will be re tained on sunday at 4.:i p.m a ilea for something to be done to improve the cultural and moral side of life in ber muda was voiced by mr russell l pearman m.c.p when he addressed the leopards club yesterday haviour mr pearman ex plained was not confined to any one race or group these special prayer services are held throughout the world and gives us all a great deal of inspiration and courage as we realize the in fluence and scope of the ehnreh in the entire world while denominations m a y have small things in which they differ and for centuries have caused division yet we are conscious that the funda mentals which unite us are much greater than those ele ments which divide us in times of persecution and trouble ave have not known division but all have turned in faith to the one saviour and god who still watches over his church he is mindful of miss lois brown barrister at-law will be guest speaker the speaker diieed by mr ii and thanked bv hill m.c.p intro was ii mr brown in addition to his mother johnson is survived by two sisters mrs irona johnson davis of jacksonville fla and miss june johnson and five brothers leon kenneth herbert donald and wayne johnson all of scotts hill road somerset miss carpenter is a graduate of the university of howard in physical education and is currently working towards a masters degree at columbia university dance school she was a member of the h u dance group and studied under the famed essie marie dorsey and thomas cannon the musical portion of the programme will be supplied by the coral isle vocal ensemble under the direction of mr thomas phillips mr pearman blasted the conduct of the colony's youth particularly young men who he said used the worst type of profanity without regard to the place they were in or who was in their presence police seek person whe found murdered man these forums are open fo the general public and any one wishing to attend may do team above in bob wood side captain of the german town cricket glnb team which will tour the colony under the auspices of the b f tl woodside who weighs 170 had the distinction of being selected on two all-american teams lie played prominent roles with a number of pro fessional teams before being reinstated as amateur he will play either outside positions police were reported this morning to be pressing their investigation into the christ mas day slaying of myron wilberforce johnson mr pearman decried the fact that this conduct was allowed without any apparent effort to curb it in visiting public places one saw young men continuously failing to respect women too often in theatres it was shameful to see the b;nl behaviour which was unchallenged this be before coming to bermuda nearly three years ago to assume her present position miss carpenter was a member of the dra-mu opera com pany ballt corps and ap peared in the stage produc tions of faust carmen aida and la traviata personal and social they are desirous t ~|^^| taeting the person or persons who found the fatally injured man lying alongside the road on curving avenue and covered his body with some curtain material classic ballet dance school for colony con congratulation are extend ed to mr and mrs christopher brimmer of pembroke who are the proud parents of twin daughters born at the king edward hospital last week young bermudians who have ample opportunities to continued on page 8 wt^pfyf z2z .-'.•'-' .**" z--a.yz jbb^stf^^k^^^-i^^v^tiff^^^^r^sk^^^mt^m^mr^^ifmm^^k • • q_si__^.___.^"^j ' y s mj i ij-usmh^^m ___! d_u__b f itf __ i p^s ' b-he^ji ht m__0 ■ ■__. 4 : : - 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mas with rein t i v e __ and friends mrs mfllex : s the sister of mrs winnifred somersall of north shore devonshire with whom they i ailv dressed city of hamilton during the hohday r^x alonfside the wharf are the ocean monarch tore and ii.m.s bmgh.ad l,a salvation army bandsmen were amongst those who sang and played carols in and around hamilton during the yuletide above they arc seen playing in a busy city shop — ed kelly photo stay v_______lck__h b-ossoyi uiisidi hum tt ' why not try these wo baking companions