The Bermuda Recorder

              ibr wiring « dr_!.fchig s 5 bermuda jib 11 always fbesb . purvis ltd hiblished bi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays canada's best hamilton bermuda saturday june 9 1956 volume xxxii no 8 man to face irial for alleged murder of married woman who shared home with him tfr % wtxmwi tommm^wmi mm '■''■'■' mw ' wm^7^jmam^_^______i m y m s iji z r<a^5 mt^mrmtm^'mmm^rwmmm^'^mmwmmmj 7'7-w hr'-'a^e j^p-'^^^^^^bi bf i whwbi bbp gradualism and proscription here drew comment n from attorney lawson leon rvoaereu jacobs the 25-year-old pembroke eiiiver who was chageel on thursday with murdering mrs .' matilda jean rogers is expected to be brought dp for a huiiaary heal ng in il hamilton magistrate's court mx w mr belfoid v lawson the american civil rights lawyc who came lo bernn.ua this week to speak on behalf of the loca chapter of alpha phi alpha in connection with their education week said he was sure that forward thinking bermudians would not much longer to'erate the rigid proscription existing here jacobs is alleged to havi bashed mrs rogers actos the head a number of tinie.i with a car jack early ou weelnesday evening hei blooel-stained body was found sprawled across the road on a lonely spot near vesey street devonshire large negro group due here in an interview with the reeorder before leaving for his office in washington d.c at torney lawson said that the effects of the world-wide revo lution now going on for justice could not but be felt in ber the ated . washington an attorney for the national association for the advancement of coloured people and a past president of the national alpha phi alpha fraternity commenting on the work of the n.a.a.c.p he saiel the organization was im plementing the desegrega tion orders of t h e u.s supreme court in two ways social i'lnh ol promin eiif negrn professional and bnsiiiessiiien are planning a cruise to bermuda ami a three day stay here in a fortnight's time abort kh men and their wives are due by the queen of bermuda nn lune 25 ami will stay at hotels ami guest houses guardsmen neorpor mrs rogers the former teala burgess of west side somerset was 31-years old she was the mother of an 11 year-old daughter and was separated from her husband mr stanley keema rogers also of somerset since 104 she was the daughter of mr and mrs harold tango burgess jacobs and mrs rogers had lived together in pembroke for liniela he added that he was pleased to find that there is a dedicated group of young negro leaelers here who are anxious to elo the right thing vacationing in bermuda as guests a sunset lodge are mrs erma watts of balti more md mr and mrs w m jiggets ol soutn hill va . ; rev and mrs james page mr and mrs m a costley and mr e v day all of washington d.c and mr and mrs earl tones ef new jersey — photo by ed kelly the organization which has branches in new york phila delphia washington norfolk and north carolina is headed by dr hubert eaton a wealthy north carolina physi cian who helped start off miss althea gibson along the road to international fame in tennis the visitor who strongly condemned racial segregation in schools anel churches par ticularly daring his two public addresses here told the recorder that he had been given a bird's eye view on bermuda's problems during his brief stay one they were filing law suits where there was no action or any disposition on the part of the authorities to act in compliance with the court's order secondly where there was a disposition to act they were negotiating a number of years and until very recently it is understood she was engasreel as the driver of jacobs taxi woman seriously stabbed on riddles bay golf links sandys secondar school giving june frolic the association takes the view that if a community really means business we are not taking them to court but in the case of places like mis sissippi , alabama anel virginia we are quickly taking them to testerday funeral services for the deceased woman wen held at st james church som erset over 4(h people were present at the rites which were conducted by canon a v sullivan all arrangements for the trip are being made by ii g hill inc new york mr hilton hill head of the travel agency said the guardsmen are the first of a dumber of large groups who will he visit ing here in the acta future asked his views on grad ualism a teehniepie advocated by some local leaders in the fight to remove racial barriers here attorney lawson said i am opposed to gradualism he added however that gradualism was an unfortunate word as used in the present context in the whole history of religion and philosophy there is nothing gradual about human rights the lord jesus did not act gradually when he put the money-changers out of the temple he drove them out he declared man arrested and to be charged in court today sandys secondary school will feature the dance in all its phases on thursday n xt when the physical education department under the direc tion of mrs barbara symonds will present their first an nual june frolic an early morning brawl between a man and a woman resulted in her being rushed to the king edward vii memorial hospital at 4 a.m institute who are in their first jobs mainly as teachers others are students home on vacation from college in the u.s or canada court members of the family pres ent were her parents her hus banel and daughter linda and three brothers messrs erskine albert and chester burgess and two sifters miss lucille burgess and mrs xaomi talbot about 100 boys take entrance exams at technical school today with serious stab wounds in her baedc the man nehru set dates for western visit proceeds from the show will go towarels a student loan fund the local central state alumni association has started to aid bermudians at central state and also to the berkeley library fund this imaginative programme with the somerset cricket field as its grand setting will inciide the ballet modern and religious interpretive and the folk dance was arrested and is chargeel before the magistrate today to be police it is significant to note that mrs rogers grew up in the same neighbourhood as myron wilberforce johnson the last person to be murdered in ber niuela — on christmas day lf).")4 and also that she met death in the valley where the weapon with which allen was murdered in v.h'.h was found hospitalized was miss frances smith a 42-year-old domestic vhe lives in ridelles bay southampton aereiss the street from the midway new delhi prime minis ter jawaharlal xehru ef india has announced the dates of his forthcoming visit to london the united states and western europe about 100 boys from all over bermuela anel whose ages range from 11 years upwards showed up at the technical school this morning for en trance examinations for admis sion to the technical school at devonshire according to mrs symonds perhaps there are some changes that cannot be maele overnight mr lawson went on but one can decide over night that there shoulel be directors of the play are miss merle brock and mr hasting saltus miss brock an alumnae of central state has had training in dramatic art and stage production she con ceived the idea of the presenta tion of hamlet and feeling the need of expert professional help she enlisted the aid of mr saltus the dance taught as an art is inter-related with the other arts anel may add joy and zest to life continuing she said we dance not primarily for the sake of dancing hut that in dancing we add to the art of lounge the prime minister will fly to london from new delhi june jl for the conference of british commonwealth prime ministers < in july <>. he will fly to washington u president eisenhower's personal plane ami return io london july 12 justice the woman is understood to have set out on a fishing 1 1 ip and to have changed her mind at the last minute it is be lieved that she was dunked overboard before being chaseel on the riddle's bay golf link where the stabbing occurreel negative action and delay continuing mr lawson said if gradualism means negative action anel delay he was opposed to it but if it means moving as rapidly as possible within the context of law and order and by dedi cated leadership he was for gradualism the exams were the first step teiwards the opening of the new institution which will he oper ateel on racially integrated lines both white and coloured students sat for today's exam inations which were conducted by mr dearnli'v headmaster of the school v living the modern interpretive — more than anv other gives ex pression to the youth it not only affords an opprtunity for interaction hut to a stent promotes group i a remarkable m 199 feared dead in boat sinking mr saltus is a graduate of howard university and gained experience in the theatre through extensive participa tion in washington phila delphia and new york on the following day mr nehru is scheduled to leave london for a fourthly visit to communist east germany after a brief visit ot paris he wi'l meet president tito of yugoslavia at marshal tito's summer retreat on brioni island group greaf dacca east pakistan jnne 5 — an estimated l!t!t persons were feared dead iu the sinking e>f the coastal steam ship badora in the bay of bengal between chittagong and sandwip island police said today the three side survivors were washed ashore on the mainland at chitta young group presenting hamlet at berkeley co-ordination eharacteristii if the law and statutes inter fere with the progress of the people change the law said mr lawson subjects given were arith metic spelling puntuation anel english theise who pass today will be given a test of general intelligence and technical apti tude on saturday lune 23 tremendous amounts of ener"v vet does not dissaiiate the child's reserve supply mr lawson is presielent of the chamber of commerce in to keep the movements con stant instrumetal and vocal solos and elocution have been embodied in the programme miss velma swan one of the school's outstanding 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