The Bermuda Recorder

              ip permuba « jfcv stecorber fe b l3hp l jj^w fir enriches every meat dish . j-iggb hunt . . for the best oxo published weekly price 15 cents olume 49 hamilton bermuda saturday april 28 1973 no 16 the people plane comes profile the mello-tones bda gospel group bishop hdvocates to bermuda build the airplane around it it was a challenging assign ment r wiit mmw m ■ m ; h r^iaflsl ' ml^«hhni br ; r l ' m 1 ■ j h b l changes in church structure here a dream that began to take shape five years ago has be come a reality for eastern va lines with the advent of iheir first whisperliner into sched u'ed service the people plane as eastern calls their whisperliner will begin serv ice to bermuda from new york on may lst local offi cials and members of the press received a preview of the new plane at the civil air terminal on thursday equally challenging was the job undertaken by eastern's engineering customer serv ices marketing industrial de sign team to create an inte rior so attractive and com fortable that the whispedliiicr would truly be a people plane 5 1 i i an i hursday april 16 iy/j bishop brie i rapp held a press conference in which he stated that the text which fellows is the result of his observations concrning the church of england in bermuda since his arrival here years ago_b the whisperliner powered by the quietest jet engines ever produced is a vitally smokeless jetliner the 22(5 passenger airplane is thus en abled to do three times the work of a b 707 or a dc 8 with less than half the noise that any change in the structure ot thg will have to be approved by the synod yv'u^^^^j late by way of clarification the people plane has a crew of 13 including 10 flight attendants two of whom re main out of sight in the galley a pilot co-pilot and engineer inside as well as outside the look of the whisperliner is dif ferent from that of any fir craft in eastern's fleet it lea tures red and blue carpeting giving an overall purple effect it seems to me that mucn of the machinery by which we regulate our corporate ife though serviceable in times past is rapidly becoming out moded and in need of replace ment some of my comments may appear to be radical ac for the avoidance of misunder standing there are four points i wish to make by way of pre amble at the meeting of synod in january 1972 i intimated my intention to convene a special meeting at an early date in order that i might share with members some of my think ing about the constitution condition of the diocese in the event that intention was frustrated by three different sets of circumstances beyon.i my coutrol first of all by a prolonged correspondence in local press which was critical of the church in such a vay as to cause me to refrain at that time from saying similar things in synod lest it should be supposed that i was being unduly influenced by the ad verse views of others soai after this correspondence ceas ed it became known that a parliamentary election was imminent and again it seem ed wise for me to defer making the kind of comment i was proposing to make about church state relationship in bermuda then immediately after the election i sustan ed an accident which made it impossible for me to address synod at all in the course of the remainder of that year i did however remind synod in january 1973 that it was still my intention at some con venient time to invite you to hear certain things whicii i believe it is my duty to say it is for this purpose that we are here together now i re gret the delay of twelve months or so for i believe that tiiese things are not only important in themselves but have about them a measure of urgency the time has not however been entirely lost since my accident resulted in physical limitations which afforded me a more leisured opportunity to think i am even more concern ed now than i was a year or so ago to share my thoughts with you introduction of the whisper liner into eastern's fleet means that the people who fix it take care of it and serve its passengers have to becom intimately acquainted with every detail of the airplane pilots and flight attendant 3 learn by doing in the james e hartley training center at miami for months they and engineering and maintenance specialists along with ramp service men have been receiv ing special whisperliner train ing first class features alternat ing rows of seats covered with fabric in magenta on light blue and magenta on dark blue wall panels are in rosewood grain 1 i have real respect anc indeed admiration for the tra ditions of the church of eug land in bermuda in advocat ing change i am not adopting a negative attitude to the phst but a positive attitude to the future a church which de clines to move with the times will become increasingly ir relevant to the needs of men and increasingly inadequate as an instrument of god's pur pose in the world however much we may cherish our tra ditions and regret the passing of the times and circumstances which shaped them we should remember that the church does not exist primarily as a museum does for the preser vation of antiquities but hat its calling is to serve him v.ho said behold i make all things new i his week's protile focuses on one ot bermuda's top gospel groups the mellotones who will be holding a special gospel programme at rosebank theatre next with the z.f.b.'sh gospel train anniversary participated in 1965 they then went on to perform as the mello-tones at the world s fair since then they have per tormed in contests in new york as well as performing in local hotels and at weddings and local concerts be something in singing gospel music continuing he said the reason we like to sing gospel music is because we feel that if our audience listens to mt lyrics of the songs we sing they will get the meaning of whar we are putting across this way we may be able to reach somebody group the a.m.e four broke up about 10 years ago but its members still wanted to sing and so 2 years after break ing up they asked gary smith then sing ing with the wonder four who were in the process of breaking up to join them these th'-ee men together with eugene richardson were the original mello-tones the only change in their eight years of singing together has been the addition of errol smith who replaced eugene richardson when he left to reside in the united states ' un i i i i i mi iii n h ii 1 1 "■ seats designed to i h room eveib before a 1.1h the seats are alsom than jt'.s i the se ill garmeml for storage <:■ and jackets there is ■■] so no seat in the middle and l/iq0si v-xti no passenger is ever more than h one seat from the aisle a (~ (~\ n r ifl r rr^c^mm unique feature is push-button n v m o i vj c i c l^^h operated clothes closets that i l store coats in the attic the judqitigrits first-class lounge is designed o . offer a complete and informal pot sp^lf m^i ttreat the coach k>un.'e * w1 julc located in the rear of the air the considered jucijinen craft has two stand-up bars delivered in the suprenv also mothers travelling with court since 1923 are kept in uie infants will find portable has registry of the suprme court sinets available ... in every in a series of bound volumes way the whisperliner was de in order to facilitate refer signed to be a people plane ence to those volumes a digest once in service the whisper liner will become the backbone of eastern's fleet the impact of the whisperliner on eastern and its people will be felt for years to come by jennifer smith gary smith noted that when they first started they used to do a number of perform ances without charging they can no longer afford to do so however they have always been well supported by he bermuda public the mello tones con sists of a group of four young men singing with love and dedication in the field of gospel music the members are calvin simons from southampton and the bass singer errol smith from dev onshire who sings baritone gary smith from warwick 2nd tenor and kenneth bur rows,from southampton we lst tenor the group also has its own musicians consist ing of melvin fubler drums ; junior tuzo — bass guitar and frankie hodgson — lead guitar the aim of the grolp is to keep on singing they will be celebrating their eighth anniversary on july 8th and they are aiming to keep sir.g ing until they can celebrate their 50th anniversary why gospel said mr gary smith i would like to see government really invest money in some thing like this because i feel that we can do quite a bit o good in the line of drug re habitation in the island as well as supplying good enter tainment with so many local groups entering the entertainment 1 eld in rhythm and blues or voek it was natural to ask the the mello tones why they chose to sing gospel mr smith an swered we have though seriously on occasion about going into other types of music but we look basically at the backgrounds of othe groups and they don't seem to stay together we've been to gether 8 years so there must from 1968 to 19y1 tiie group was managed by gospel pro moter and enthusiast kelly zuill since then the group has managed itself 2 may i say in all humil ity that in the course of my episcopal ministry which now spans more than a quarter of a century it has been my privi lege not only to steer another diocese through the turmoil of constitutional reconstruction but also to visit on official busi ness scores of dioceses ali ove the world i have conversed and corresponded with many of their leaders ordained and lay over a long period of time it is out of this experience that i dare to speak to you this evening for i should not have been so rash as to do so on the basis of my scanty knowledge of bermuda performances gospel music in bermuda the group recently lost the services of two very good in strumentalists mr clarence burrows now residing in jie united states and mr leoi jones presently engaged m running his own business and teaching music a spokesman for the group noted of mr jones we're very sorry to lose such a talented man he was really an asset to the the a.m.e four gained fame through their winning ef aunt jaminia contest an inter national contest in which they from the start the whisper liner was designed differently than any other airplar.e traditionally an engineering design is put together first and then turned over to the interior design department the l 1011 whisperliner went the other way around lockheed's en gineers said let's design tins one for people first and then of considered judgements has been prepared by captain j s cowie cbe rn retd and published by the attorney gen eral's chambers copies of th'e digest priced at 15.00 each may be obtain ed from the cabinet office 2nd floor of the post office building on church street in hamilton gospel music in bermuda is at the point right now where continued on page z william m daniel jr joinshbladesi group^^b payroll tax will cause another rise in prices aries of the offshore company and southern natural ga company mr daniel resigned his position with these i,wo companies to join the blades group the new payroll tax which goes into effect on may 1 wili cause another rise in ber muda's already rapidly ex panding cost of living — this seems to be the opinion of many bermudians group wanderlust how they began the mello-tones really grew out of another gospel group the a.m.e four with ken neth burrows and calvin simons coming out of that mr william m daniel jr warwick parish has accepted a position as vice president and director of j h blades & co international ltd re insurance intermediaries and lloyd's con espondents in ber muda continued on p?.ge z by elaine ellingham mr stuart h grayston vice president and general man ager of the blades group stat ed that they are quite pleased to have mr daniel with them prices have already in creased considerably due to the increased customs duties and now with the businessme-i having to absorb a payroll tax the public can be sure that the cost will be passed on to them speaking to one gentleman in hamilton on this subject iie noted in the cases where the businessman can pass the cosi on to the customer this will be done and in the case of a busi ness where the cost cannot be passed on the owner will es perience difficulties in jus wt :, v t * c itt^ti^k wm:'zz9p t w . i^lw ww j______w_r^m h s f 1 mwszst-ffjmm wm j?ffi 8-he i zzltk bmbmbmbmbmbm sxt*%z bbbbbbbblv sbbbbbbbbbbl m^m^m^mm r -\________________________ m imwrn bbw rw^sm p * a t """^ mt jc » jspr ■ ' 5 '. ■ jw *% ■*■"■ bbhr '■ r i f vv j v f i m u jwi;*lll5 ■&■ - •'• fir^jfrsza b . .™| jp jrsjkijf i * m^vms^b br's wl > * sswiih 1 '' wssdpbpw e9k g j^^^bfllfejilmb w mm bfl bi italy — byron the poet said ot italy thy very weeds are beautiful thy waste more rich than clime fertility there are few who have visited this romantic sunny who wilib descnp-h warmm the peor>e fnendlyb environmental seminar at going to mt vesuvius and the ancient city of pompeii this goes as far back in nis tory as a.d 79 after the vol cano erupted pompeii actually lay beneath the ruins for 1.700 years but now afu.r many excavations pompeii again sees the light of day i think that for me this visit to pompeii was one of the mat unforgettable experiences of all my many travels or per haps it is because i love any thing to do with ancient his tory if j j ifpbl jf " \ r <**" shil "*^ ! z b *> lls i "" """ j l p ""$ m ■ '**~ -: f al him'v if ih"l jttf a lm1 h am al hub princess as i have said previously i am sorry that i cannot de scribe all the places visited but i will try to tell mm more of the highlights of the cities and towns that we stop ped at even if you are net a linquist do not let that deter you as you will find a small phrase book of immense hetr we were disappointed with some of the hotels in italy and others surpassed our expecta tions masonex environmental services inc an american based company along witn their local agents williams commercial plumbing services held a seminar at princess hotel on thursday staying in business beginning at 9.30 the semi nar igot underway with he guests being welcomed by mr paul c branch chairman foi the day mr branch is presi dent of masonex environ mental services inc he intro duced the members of the seminar panel mr lionel williams president williams commercial plumbing serv ices mr donald m hint vice-president and director ol market planning culligan iu ternational co mr john woodward geologist depart ment of natural resources state of florida mr donald king director of design engi neering masters degree in jr vironmental engineering dav co division davis water & waste industries mr allan m young jr president cromaglass corporation : and mr paul sharpe guest panel member partner earl martin & associate consulting engi neers in the field of environ mental systems another person when asked if he felt the new payroll tax would cause prices to rise n swered an immediate car tainly everyone who was ap proached agreed that ber muda was in for a time of in creased costs and man 1 .' housewives noted that they had already observed a consider able increase even before the tax had gone into effect we wandered through the temple of apollo and walked on marble tiling which was in incredibly good condition we strolled through temples and forums and gazed at an cient monuments walked through rough streets and marvelled at night in the sum mer the old city is floodlit and this gives an added beauty to to all the ancient buildings while we were there there was a terrific thunder storm and torrential rain we shel tered in no less a place than the temple of apollo i believe some of the visitos had an eerie feeling at this time i personally felt that it would not be at all surprising if some of the inhabitants were to come out and welcome us among other itaban cities we passed through were naples siena milan porto fino sorrento and over to he isle of capri looking down as we drove around a wind ing road on to the bay of naples i could quite under stand the phrase see naples and die for it is a very beautiful bay indeed two of the things that must not be missed in this city are the national museum and the aquarium in the museum you will see antique sculptures re covered from the cities of pompeii and herculaneum which were buried when mt vesuvius erupted the aqua rium is quite enormous it has a small collection but you will find fish there of an unsual variety for a number of years the blades group has specialised in insurance for the oil indus try and they are now handling international accounts from bermuda accepting business from insurance companies and agents throughout the world mr daniel will assist in serv icing insurance on drilling operations in the north sea off the coast of indonesia south america and other areas of the world where there is drilling or exploring for oil and gas both wholly owned subsitii for he is one of the pioneers in insurance for the oil and gas industry and was a senior partner in querbes & bou ■■- quin inc shreveport louisi ana one of the largest insur ance brokerage and underwrit ing agencies in the united states before moving to be - muda the next question with the anticipated rise in prices is naturally a rise in wages when prices rise in bermuda employees will be asking their employers for more money and so the vicious circle will begin all over again mr and mrs daniel have become active in several nr ganizations in bermuda in eluding the english speaking union the committee of twenty five and the national foundation and they are mem bers of the mid ocean club the belmont golf club ml the royal bermuda yacht club it will soon become eviden to most bermudians that a payroll tax will not help with our problem of high cost and will in fact only add to the inflationary atmosphere in bermuda more and more it is obvious that bermuda musi institute an income tax be cause this is the only unilatei.il form of taxation mr and mrs daniel moved to bermuda in 1969 when he accepted a position as vic president and managing direc tor of malvern insurance com pany limited and bourton in surance company limited marsha pearman 18 the daughter of mrs sylvia las come of ) cedar park prospect as she presided as queen over a week of activities in the winter carnival in belleville canada marsha is studying at the ontario business college belleville canada — photo by ontario business college pisa — and so on until we came to pisa with its wen drous leaning tower there are other leaning towers but this i do not think that any tour ist to italy would ever miss continued on page 10 continued on page 3