The Bermuda Recorder

              1 j *> ■ iu wu i ' always fresh 4 "| 3k i i_________r __■ iwv *"/ # i j * j^^^tf^^^j £ purvis ltd published bi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays canada's best volume xxxii hamilton bermuda saturday april 28 1956 no 75 constitutional dispute flares in dutch west indies *^ jmk mm bmbl : ;; 1111 isr ji fc vu 9kk ? bb r ' : - ti^_^4_^h^k > wbbh-3 *«^ - __^^_ : ~ . : j^h btl b?^fe ■ j^^ft h hbv^_p tw^w ' ■ ' : 4k_______^_fl___pp c ai^l^f b > 2 * 1 whp flb^»_llh f^ii£^^^r^8_yi i * zm rl wr^-i-jg jw - _■? t»3_kwmbow : :&. m a _■? \* 3ra court rules catholics unable land willed by to get priest the supreme court ruled yesterday in a 7,000 word judgment that the 18 acres of land willed under certain con ditions to the roman catholic corporation by the late father william john cox must not go to the corporation but instead should be held in trust by the bermuda government the hague the nether lands april 23 the dutch government and the nether lanels antilles are in a consti tutional dispute just six months after vjueen juliana concluded her triumphal ooel will visit to the islands international repercussions late last year the united na tions decided that the nether lands diel not have to report on her relations with surinam and the antilles because they were no longed iw golf i ning territories as defined by the united nations charter clergyman for the time being designate (__; ine trust tor provision of a burial ground 4 the trust calling for the erection of a suitable school building or buildings to be useel for the vocational and other edu eational training of bermu dian coloured boys uneler care and management of the chris tian brothers or other teach fra.ernitvm the basic issue concerns the relative powers of the gov ernor who is the queen's tepresentative in the antilles anel the territorys own prem ier — in other words the rela tionship between the kingdom and the territory it is felt that some of the anti-colonial members might challenge the united nations decision if the controversy were to undermine the estab lished constitutional balance between the local government and the e-rown father cox left the valuable property on the north shore devonshire for a roman catholic school church recre ation ground and park the roman catholic corporation immediate devisees under the will asked the court for an in terpretation of the will de fendants in the case were im mediate heirs of the priest and the bermuda government failed were the one setting aside a portion of the land for a rec reation ground for the school and such other recreation as the rector of st aldan's church or the senior clergy man shall approve some of the members of the hamilton class of the sarah allen guild are seen above the ladies on the stage are doing old english style smocking on the right some are doin textile painting — making colourful skirts out of flower bags beginners in the sewing class are on the right making children's clothing in the centre more advanced members are working on one of five bridal outfits and in so doing are learning a bit about designing as well as the finer points about tlressinaking see story elsewhere the dutch antilles consist of saba st eustatius and the southern half of st martin in the leeward islands and cu racao arabs and bonaire off • northern venezuela it was to dramatize the new interdependence of the three countries that queen juliana and prince bernharel made their royal tour of the antilles and surinam last october b the conversion of an other portion as a park for the recreation and enjoyment of the roman catholic com munity and as a retreat for roman catholic clergy certain specific trusts were set out in the will and it was stated that if any of the trusts failed the land would fall in other hands surinam and the antilles formerly dutch guiana and the dutch west luetics are voluntary and co-equal part ners with the netherlands in the netlu-rlands kingdom under the statue that went into effect dec 2 1954 negroes boycott of nat king cole amendments to criminal code passed by house the role of the governor is complex though he is the rep resentaitve of the queen he is also head of the government of the teeritory which consists of the governor the govern ment council and the minis ters colonial issue feared ends as he joins n.a.ax.p the bermuda government as trustees will establish a public recreation park and a school for coloured boys the 24-page written judg ment was handed down by the chief justice the hon sir trounsell gilbert it was found that four of the six separate trusts set out in the will were held as valid charitable trusts but the fifth anel sixth the ones on which the corporation lost its case was not upheld he repudiates his go it alone decree and pays 500 the powers of police officials and the magistrates will be widened under amendments to the criminal code passed by the house of assembly yester day efrann jonckeer the prem ier is now in this city seekins clarification of the issue and at the same time pressing for the recall of a a tm struycken the g<>vernor by coming to the hague premier jonckeer is in effect going over the head of gov ernor struycken with whom problems arising between the netherlands and the antilles normally would be discussed it is understood however that personal relations be tween the governor and the antilles government have be for life membership fijians get hail first in 25 years new york april 27 nat king cole the singer smilingly smacked down 500 yesterday for a life membership in the national association for the advancement of colored people in doing so he repudiated his go it alone decree which resulted in a sudden boycott of his records by negroes in harlem and elsewhere 1 the amending bill was piloted by the hon james pearman who stated that it was brought forward as a re sult of the debate in the house last month on the crime situ ation suva fiji islands april 17 — frightened fijian villagers fled from their homes today as the fitst hailstorm in twenty five years broke over the islands governor's recall asked the development leading to the controversy was the recent appointment of s w van der meer as antilles minister of justice a post he had held on an interim basis the trusts that were upheld were 1 for the erection of a suitable church to be called st aidan's church for the use of the roman catholic people of bermuda discs from the juke-boxes shortly after the king had issued his decree many had not seen had be fore and thought their homes were being bombarded with stones the first and only re corded hailstorm over fiji was in 1931 it will be recalled that cole was roughed-up in alabama a fortnight ago by a number of white hoodlums who since have been imprisoned soon after the i n <• i d e n t the n.a.a.c.p wired its sym pathy with the celebrated entertainer ami urged him to throw his weight into the crusade against racism tnutiiiued on page 10 the first section of the bill he said was designed to en large the powers of the magis trates to deal with thefts of a larger value than they now can do it increases the value frertil 25 to i00 it aiso enlarges the punishment which can be administered by the magis trates 2 the trust comprised in the words together with such other buildings and residences for the use of the said senior the appointment raised this question : should mr van der narrow-minded thinking meer be minister of justice in a joint-statement carl maxwelll frazier's restaurant manager teddy butler man ager of jock's placj and reel randolph owner of the shali mar cafe asserted : we have given wholehearted support to our people in montgomery ala in their bus boycott and it's a shame for a man of cole's standing to come along and re ject the n.a.a.c.p's appeal to join them in this common fight and still carry on by himself br through associates his pri vate practice as an attorney ft ? 1 ll . _■___—_■ special bermuda stamps t rx ____: for ocean race women's industrial guild continues to expand there is no clear ' conflict arrangements are being made for an overprint of the 8d and 1/3 bermuda postage stamps to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the ocean race betweeen the united states and bermuda these stamps represent the present air mail postage to the united states and the uniteel kingilom respectively the overprint will be : 50th anniversary u.s — bermuda ocean race 1956 and these stamps will be placed on sale on friday the 22nd june 1956 of interests law in the antil les such as that regulating the private activities of a united states official but while the antilles cabinet approved mr van der meet's appointment the queen's governor in effect ve toed it this had led to charges in willemstad the antilles capital that the queen's repre sentative exceeded his author ity by interfering in an inter nal matter i want to be a gentleman with respect to the aeldi tional powers for police the bill allows them to stop a vehicle or boat on which there was reason to suspect stolen goods might be found . a . . 11 l • 1 cole rejected the request by telling an audience i am let ting you know emphatically i don't intend to become a poli tician . . . i'm a performer the sarah allen industrial guild which was started two months ago is continuing to expand and a new class will open in southampton next week at vernon temple a.m.e church the guild now functions in hamilton st georges harris bay and somerset " " if the common people of montgomery call place every thing at stake in this fight to eradicate bias from the ameri can scene how can nat cole say he can go it alone also it allows police with authority from an officer not below the rank of a superin tendent to search premises which during the previous 12 months had been occupied by any person who hael been con victed of receiving stolen prop erty harbouring theives fraud or dishonesty * . _ a negro leaders and the negro press were quick to jump up with resentment to cole's state ment harlem tavern owners began removing king cole i'm crusading as a gentleman more than 200 ladies attend the weekly classes to receive instructions in all phases of handwork such as dress making smocking textile painting rat making and de signing the director is mrs eula brock a highly trained stylist who is assited by mrs margaret burgess over 75 in attendance in the lecture room of st paul's church the st george's class is held at richard allen church basement and the one at hafrris bay is in st phillip's church lecture room the smerset class started out at allen church parsonage but was later shifted to oddfel lows hall for more space fears have been expressed here that the dispute may have to continue to have his records on our jukeboxes would b ( " supporting his trait or ideas and narrow-minded way of thinking so we have all placed signs on the music boxes in our businesses stating that since nat cole refuse's to join the n.a.a.c.p then we re fuse to have his records played in here ■_■ __________________ t b wm '$$,-. \ az jtau ■ ('- im m vs&$8 i^h r ht &-, w*w^a vz&%&3&&i^k i k . : li ?&% •**?■ m^e yz%$&j8^maml v h e_l r 1 a _■_? i w t flh___m9 m bt^________________b ■ tw 1 m%4 ill lltil i m & 1**\*a ** ww hff bmb i<«sbbhtt--_______si hbmv ' ■*•_»«._., s wj^^w mr pearman saiel the amendments would make the law conform in all respects to the law as it is now in england a recorder reporter visiting one of the classes found ladies of all ages enthusiastic ally working on their various assignments some were finish making colourful dresses out ing off lovely hats others of flower bags they had painted while others were bent over chairs doing old english smocking in another section others were working on beautiful artificial flowers personal and social c 0 praises men on first class show the flare-up over cole's state ment came in the wake of his appearance in raleigh upon the resumption of his southern congratulations are exteiici ed to mrs jane mccarthy oi st john's road pembroke on her ninety-second birthday which will be on monday 30tlb the bermuda mi'itia artil lery and the bermuda rifles have been congratulated oil a really first class performance in last week's tattoo by the officer commanding local forces lt.-colonel j c ast wood m.c.p __■_. . . ■ i 1,1 tour boy will ins n.a.a.c.p ex ecutive secretary had sent cole a wire which stated in part n.a.a.c.p regrets exceeding ly unprovoked attack upon you in birmingham by hoodlums consumed with race hatred * * * congratulations are extended to mr and mrs mcdonald joell of devonshire who cele brated their 23rd wedding anni versary yesterday mrs brock stated that each class is conducted on similar lines beginners in the sewing section are put to making chidren's clothing the more advanced are completing a bridal outfit their objective is to learn by doing and it is planned to have a fashion show and exhibition of work in june colonel astwood attributed the forces performance to the combined efforts of the parti cipants instructors and admin istrative staff he expressed his appreciation for the long hours and work put in by the serviceinent on rehearsals newspapers ipiote you as say ing you leave it to the other guys the attack upon you clearly indicates that organ ized bigotry makes no distinc tion between those who do not actively challenge racial dis crimination and those who elo this is a fight which none of us can escape we invite you to join us in the crusade against racism in order to create a society in which the • • • marriage vows will be ex changed this week-end be tween mrs w'innifred claudine warren of devonshire and mr clarence leroy edness of hamilton they will be married at st paul's a.m.e church by the rev cyril butterfield mrs warren is employed as a secre tary in the office of mr wycliffe s f ovell surveyor mr edness is a city barber enroute to miami for the general conference of the african methodist episcopal church are rev kelly a collins pastor of st paul's church hamilton mrs collins dr j d smith presiding elder of the church in bermuda mr and mrs frederick beek of eden villa pembroke and rev f a lapsley pastor of mt zion church southamp ton the ministers are all delegates on the extreme right is mr donald smith whose travel agency booked the advance party as well as other ministers and lay members due to leave this week-end the conference begins on tuesday — photo by kelly according to the nionthy orele-rs for may issued by colonel astwood's office both units will be occupied during the month on drills weapon training and rehearsals for the queen's birthelay paraele each bridal outfit being made in the various centres is different the material and style being chosen to repre sent a particular season mi t • _ 1 _'. it _ the biggest class is the one in hamilton where there are continued on page 10 ___________■!•__! w*4^a fawn i why not try these two baking companions