The Bermuda Recorder

              for cooking ft drititdiig always fresh — a s bermuda x recorder i published bi weekly price id wednesdays 1 saturdays canada's best purvis ltd volume xxxii hamilton bermuda saturday june 16 1956 home after working her way through college across u s *** i -— — •^- ™ higher salaries for school teachers sought in meeting with board l fl 9 a k $ e § l ____£ ssbbbh afaa 7 £___■_ ttrt _^^^. 3 ___________ w v j & v a«n afk ttmml—w sssssl ssv s j _■ il^rm^mw^^m -. x^iiim%fmmf '■! j.hi t . tje*e t *~* i "*•»•••* li fr ***.- t.j£f a l£fr j___m if 1 ''' k fri k -__#^» w_f_wm___fi i m t five years ajro — february 7 v.ka to be e"usd — tin him order wrote the following sttccett story yesterday w;i h great day for l!)-year-old norma butterfield xo doubt a lit « in^ed her v v ovvr the atlantie ill a big colonial sk i-iiiisi r she sat thinking of the ihoiisaiids if iiiilfs mit travelle up f down iierniuda selling religious fiiayrazines in ail effori j j l " ! ufi'c'i to gi joeiilleyib ' perhaps smti^f'h'b lielh th afl offl be a niatteih before h oih ui which attrach tlie year-^^^h representatives of the joiiit standing salaries committc of the bermuda union cf teachers and of the teacher association of bermuda were received by the chairman ot the board of education ia committee on saturday 26lti may that present salaries arc m adequate in terms of eurreut living costs iu bermuda and therefore of diminishing worth in bargaining for new personnel as well as for the continued services of present staff they asked that the board take note of the larger increases in teachers salarie which have been granted re cently in britain the bahamas jamaica and in north ameri ca — countries wherein a large proportion of teachers for bermuda schools are recruited — and that bermuda be made a stronger competitor for the services of good teachers and competent head teachers june frolic at sandys members of the gaily cos ■ m s sa_m _^__^ y >:, _ _,_,._, jg j____r i^^mmfr^t l0a i i m umed ehoir ot banays see ndary schooi w«f0 pictured dbove during one their anywhere and that she should have a mon distinctive liaiv w h i c h fitted in with her accent and continental mai - nerisms hence she switched from norma to donja thai paid off to veral renditions at the frolic ir__i j jt r-^f _^ r^-^sb the meeting was held at the request of the joint com mittee and was concerned with two problems with which education authorities continue to be harrassed viz teacher recruitment and teacher re tention sponsored by the sebool at somerset cricket field befdre a crowd of over 500 on thurs someone else suggested that she deal only with the heads of firms churches and schools to tell them of her efforts to work her way through college being a foreigner helped her to get around the segregation laws in day on the right are ballet mv.r ..;,; i dancers gwendolyn wilson i he recorder article eon tinued : norma has worked ex tremely hard to go to college and the thousands of friends she made during the effort will testify to that fact they *»____ remember how she would make her rounds on foot in all winds and weather night and day with her arms loaded but particularly will they remem ber her cheerful smile pleasant greetings interesting eonversa tion and determination to forge ahead she wants to be a dental surgeon among other things the delegates of the two unions asked the chairman and his committee to seek a legisla tive grant with which tc increase teachers salaries as from the lst january 1957 and millicent symonds doing a butterfly dance the joint committee's last approach to the board prio to current negotiations was in 1952 the most recent salary increases became effec tive on lst january 1953 the south she contacted many white sehool principals who had her speak to the faculty meetings and the student future of hamilton hotel site still being considered cypriot leaders offer bodies the representatives declared she walked into one insur ance office in birmingham ala bama and discovered that she had actually hlet the presi dent mr a o gastnn and sold him a magazine during a vaca tion her in 194 he also dis covered through this chance meeting that a member of his staff was married to a ber mudian the former miss yvonne kirkpatrick new plan sandys secondary school the legislature will have to wait until he__t session before receiving the report of the joint select committee appointed early this year to consider the fat-are of the hamilton hotel site the house of assembly agreed yesterday to extend the life of the committee so that it could report as early as possible in the next session the hon ii d butterfield informed the house of assem bly yesterday that the commit tee had had three or four meet ings and were seeking infor mation to get out some form of preliminary report the eommilft.ee had jonsiflted the hotel and iili'st house asso ciation the trade development board and the chamber of comtncree hiki it was also negotiating with the corpora tion of hamilton he said makes debut nicosia cyprus june 14 a group of responsible greek cypriotes is now willing to study secretly any draft con stitution for cyprus proposed by britain and pass it on with recommendations to the exiled archbishop makarios he would be released from exile but the inner cabinet would not insist on his return to cyprus during the negotia tions he would be rehabili tated only after a political settlement had been reached meanwhile he would be free to move anywhere outside cyprus keeping in touch with the eth narchy during the negotiations ~ '- '•***'•*••»* returns a graduate a few days ago a disting uished looking college graduate known as miss donja butter field returned home on busi ness the business is to sell sufficient magazines to secure a 1,508 seholarship before the summer is out in order to enter meharry medical sehool iu the fall to qualify as a dentist more than 500 persons wit nessed students of sandys secondary school make their debut on thursday in a pro gramme of dance and song at the somerset cricket field the gaily dressed boys and girls put on an exhibition which was both entertaining and educa tional and they drew high praise from the audience and millicent symonds and the square dancing by boys and girls the only big american cities miss butterfield did not get a chance to visit were chicago and new orleans she had in numerable offers of marriage one professor pursued her in tensely and told her marry me and go to melrarry the easy way most other men used to tell her that she wouldn't have to sell magazines anymore if she would only marry them one of the highlights of the afternoon was the presentation and crowning of lone symons as miss sandys secondary school she was dressed as a queen and attended by the senior girls and boys who were all formally dressed a title ribbons was placed on her by dr the hon e a cann chair man of the governing body of the school miss symons was chosen to the basis of charac ter deportment application to studies contribution to school welfare and popularity she was presented a bouquet by audrey fox a junior student this group consists of a six man inner cabinet of the eth narehy the advisory council to the archbishop the inner cabi net is willing to drop its it'sist = ence that britain must restore archbishop makarios to cy prus before the negotiations oil self-government are resumed miss butterfield has had some of the most unusual ex periences during the five years she was abroad just like she had to work to get to college she had to work her way through whereas her field be fore was little bermuda afterwards it was the great wide united states which she coverel from maime to cali fornia and from north to south during the intervening years vinson would void integration ruling the exhibition was to show the work of the physical educa tion department of the school under the direction of mrs babara symonds supplement ing the physical display were the renditions of a choir a vocal solo by miss velma swan a graduate of the school who returned recently from studies in canada a piano solo rhapsody in blue by milton lespere a pupil and a recita tion by elaine price bbs-m * . mm _ p miss butterfield is the daughter of mrs theodora butterfield of angle street hamilton she attended the berkeley institute on a scholar ship awarded by butterfield and company this concession is of para mount importance britain's conservative government has taken the position of refusing further ditreet dealings with archbishop makaritts exiled since march to the seychelles islands in the indian oceail the greek cypriotes have been equally stubborn in saying there would be no talks without the archbishop thus the exil ing of the archbishop led to a rjt'ail end from which 1'iitalii l ; oiild not bai-k out without a loss of presligc washington june 14 representative carl vinson introduced today a bill d *■- signed to wipe out the su preme court's ruling against segregation in public schools 1 ... . -. i ■! • . i members of tjje committee are mr t e p vesey mr ii .]. tucker the hon h t wat'ington mr 0 a cooper and mr p c misick of the house of assembly and the hon a g t chaplin the hon ('. a williams and the hon b t gosling of the legisla tive council she said there was one secret she would like to reveal about her efforts to get abroad in 1951 she had just barely made sufficient sales to take care of her scholarship and clothing etc and discovered that even though she had a plane reservation she did not have the money for her fare tlie bill would prohibit the cm i fi-nni reviewing any de cision that lias been hi affect dr cann who was intro duced by the principal mr winton williams congratu lated the school on presenta tion of such a splendid pro gramme he hoped more would be given in future upon leaving here she en tered atlantic union and dur ing her last year she trans fifty years or more witlt specific permission fro the most popular features of the programmes were the ballet dancing of sylvia riley freda mallory gwendolyn wilson < ongre alabama where she received her bachelor of science de gree she was accepted as a student in the dental depart ment of meharry in tennessee but illness last fall prevented her from entering as a full time student to make her life's dream come true forced to oakville college in jlis memmtt would be retro active to lam ary 1954 ton sequently it would invalulal t h e supreme courts sc.io -.. anti-segi'cgaliok vol ing hande down may 17 1954 in its decision the cour overturned a iifty-cight-year ohl ruling permitting separau but equal facilities for n groes and whites id publ firm gave her the scholarship wrote ont a cheque for her so she said she has faith in the goodness of people and that help comes to those who are prepared to help themselves the necessity for saving lacf is now recognized as % dom inant factor in the quarrel the inner cabinet's plan would en able both parties to end the paralysis of action without in curring humiliation she did not get this until a few hours before take off time when mr h st george butter field the former m.c.p whose presenting to you some of bermuda's most popular girls for 1956 during the whole time she was in the united states miss butterfield maintained herself on the scholarship sales plan of the seventh day adventist church i to which she belongs at the the fordham chorus the plan provides that the inner cabinet after studying the draft constitution would be permitted to send it bv one of its members to archbishop makarios on the seychelles probably the courier would be nicos kranidiotis secretary of the ethnarchy who is now in london clay house inn on schools presents classical concert at the mr vinson told the houw of representatives that hi bill was constitutional air thai congress had the right to limit the court's appella .; juiisdiction except in cases enumerated by the constitu tion he said these affect ambassadors other publ.c ministers and counsels and 1 hose in which a state shall o a party friday night june 22mm in the wflwwa takes att popularity contest 195(5 if miss butterfield worked hard in bermuda she worked even harder in the states but it was most rewarding to her her success was underlined bj the fact that she accept advice jon how to capture the atten tion of the total strangers with whom she — a lone girl would come into contact with when all parishes taking part will see the new queen crowned for 195c francis patton school auditorium sunday july lst at 9 p.m if archbishop makarios gave tentative approval to the draft the winner receives one ticket to new york — boston — montreal — toronto niagara falls buffalo and new york all hotel expenses paid the programme will feature symphonic spirituals the works of bach handel and lewandowski for instance one insurance company executive suggested that she forget about mone for her tuition and to take the first bit of change she made to frpf herself a wardrobe which accentuated her person ality she took that advic another suggested she make capital out of her being a foreigner they pointed o t that t •■ were till - soloists laurett trott and morris wilson male chorus will render you'll never walk alone about 90 take entrance exams at girls school don't miss this big night when ghandie burgess and his band will keep you happy until the v.v hours personal and social director : doris j dobbin accompanist : eunice m simons approximately m girls wen tested in general knowledge arthmetic and english thi morning at the girls institute of arts and crafts dancing from 9.00 p.m until tickets 5 - mrs aora furgerson and son wendell seven month left the colony on tuesday for nassau after spending tvo weeks with her mother mrs doris jones contest starts at 12.00 p.m available from members of chorus and teachers admission 7 '- or 1.00 until then this is your little dickey saying be there at school successful students will i ' admitted to the school i 1957 when there are expected to be about 42 vacancies part proceeds in aid of francis pr.ttor school green flvcv why not try these two