The Bermuda Recorder

              rm v'v^r-cj&orrnklfh bermuda jk recorder ui sj$g£k r ' m mi purvis tm pqhbafabd bi weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays la b , purvis ltd volume xxxn hamtmlton bermuda saturday august 4 1956 no 108 tucker offers to sell treasure outright somerset retains trophy as rain hampers 55th .■■»!^.«* !■ jy33c p : '"_', " "\- ■' f * ij_!?!t c * ___. jffw{j0jfi^p g£___________s2 — - — — -* annual cup match for 25,000 liiiiiant batting performance by l james st george's and junius durrant somerset details of government's negotiations hevealed for first time the 55*t annual cup match handicapped by rain ended in a draw before a record crowd at the wellington oval yesterday it was not an easy game for the players on either side the bowling dominated the play yet it was the batting which carried off the honours first was lloyd james whose 41 hi the first innings and 59 in the second was a tonic to the huge crowd it was a brilliant display of batting by this young man and an inspiration to his team ag artiele on teddy tucker and the fabulo'i recovercd from what is thought to have been a span gall wrecked en bermuda reefs hundreds of years ago 1 ia the current issue of the bermuda historical t**x iei'l written !> mr william sears zuill the article reveals details it has been claimed for the bermuda government as rep resenting the crown and ted dy has rejected the claim the matter has not gone before junius durrant's partner ship with charles swan his captain was the most moving performance of the two day's play swan last man in helped his partner durrant to add 7 runs the highest m cup match history for the last wicket the previous liiglie t was 53 by eldon gilbert aad arnim smith in the early thirties durrants innings was a masterly struggle against terrific bowling when his team was in trouble he played liked a veteran and his per formance won the admiration and applause of the specfa tors swan scored a fighting 25 and the crowd thought he was on his way to a half cen tury as he did last year ol tttt 1 iicloi ii ii ions sjoini ot m tween tmr tucker and th ioveinm nt as re itlle ■ sr time t dyer 16 and cal symonds who made his highest score n cup matches 42 not out rain stopped play for two hours and st eorge's de clared at 163 for 7 wickets leaving an hour and a half to gel 183 when stumps were drawn they had lost four wickets for 34 runs with john stovell and macky simmons continued on page 10 ireas the government has made a number of offers for the treasure proceeding ffvm the basis of its claim to owner ship it feels that it has been extremely generous the courts tin t rwatei explorer a n d ers general activities a an some of his other marine ar eheological discoveries mr tucker is quoted as saying he offered to sell the bermuda government t li e treasure for a straight pay ment of 2 : 000 or for 10,000 down and 2,000 a year for ten years however a letter from the government addres sed to mr donald smith m.c p attorney for mr tucker and his partner mr boh canton an offer is made to purchase at a price which will have regard to the smr gested values placed upon the coiled ion by t h e british chi ries swan skipper of somerset cricket clu receives the coveieii trophy for another year from the governor sir john woodall seen in tho center is mr fielding swan president of st george's cricket club the partnership feeling that it owns the treasure thinks that the government offer proceeding from this basis constitutes confiscation photo by ed kelh the government s lejral position is based on section 593 of the imperial merchant snipping act 1894 whi.-h reads : teachers leave for training courses in england record crowd of 16,000 saw cup match west indians in bermuda observe 1st federation day her majesty and her royal successors are entitled to all unclaimed wreck found in any part of her majesty's domin ions except in places where her majesty or any of her royal predecessors has granted to any other person the right to hat wreck the batting was weak aud uncertain on both teams and the fielding was just as indif feient somerset's fielding was very poor it was twenty minutes past ten when donald steede and j durham went out to open the innings for st george's the pair batted well enough at the start but the bowling of dolphin and woods kept them both quiet steede was lbw dolphin for 9 and 3 overs later dolphin heu a beautiful catch to give w r oods his first wicket — durham w smith and james looked set for a big partner ship especially after smirh was dropped in the " deep by hughes off woods hughos atoned for this by running smith out two overs later hall didn't stay long bu 7 antes remained to see cal symonds dismissed after scor ing 5 runs sam paynter batted with restraint and power he helped james lo add a badly needed forty runs james straight drove the ball beautifully while paynter hit raynor for two lovely six's before being caught at tb wicket by voodgate simmons who dismissed four batsmen in succession this must be a record in cup matches james in nings came to an end whrui he was caught and bowled by edwards st george's innings closed with clarence simmons lb not out and the total 145 five batsmen reached double figures two more than somer set two young somerset teach ers will be leaving the colony today for training courses in england they are miss frances simmons of ely's har bour who has_been awarded a two-year teacher training scholarship and mr roderick pearman of sound view road they will travel by way of america where they will meet relatives and friends and will be joined for the trip to england by miss marva stovell wdio left several weeks ago mr pearman expects to thur.-.dav august 2 was a big day throughout the west indies when a national holiday was declared and the day marked as federation day west indian leaders had originally intiina d that the day when her majesty the queen signed the bill creating the british i aribbean federation the occasion would be eeieorated the bill was submitted in london on august 2 lor tin quei n's assent 4ll iiseum by ira philip experts at tlie jsritisn mu inn have tentatively valuer ■ ' about stated addinf judged the value hi 7 ■■>• ■■ rraphs and wen though the annual test for cricket oupremacy in bermuda ended indecisively yesterday mainly because of rain the 16,000 fans who saw the 55th annual cup match had their share of thrills and excite treasure a this is backed by halsbury's laws of england which states that in common law by virtue of the statute the crown lias a ricrht to wrecks the that from former west indians read ing in bermuda and prominent in the business and social life oi bermuda asserted their pride over this significant sic forward by sending roi gratulatory cables to th heads of the various isla.id governmenta and by decorat ing their buildings with w'-st indian flags said today that jamaica nd indies should enter federation with high hearts and courage and determination ation th o rive a certain vari ments through what will g down i;i history as ihe up and own c'.as ie of 1956 states mat tin nm^uisposition of the treas ure has not been decided yet it adds in part the contest of this c'aim is based on the fact that oniy the finders know whe-e buck juice swan humbly accepted the trophy from his excellency the governor sir john woodall after stumps were drawn at wellington oval bringing the two-day national holiday to a close st george's supporters were jubilant because they felt they had scored a moral victory but a close analysis of the record of the game might re veal to them an overall even stephen picture somersets captain charles speaking on the announce ment of federation day the chief minister said august 1 7 emancipation day — tiie greatest day in jamaican his ti ly august the second is to be federation day this is the clay when our future nationhood and independence as a people is assured to the whole caribbean area continued on page 2 cnutinued on page 10 the week in brief personal and social it will be recalled that west indian leaders met iu london in february this year a"d alter long drawn out discus mciis agreed upoa the setti g up of a british caribbean fed eration the d<:te of the sig.i ing of the agreement was u at this date will in futun i-ebruary 23 and i is expected be the annual holiday mrs mae barnes arrived from xew york on tuesday for her regular cup match visit to her nativeland she was acco'mpanied by mrs carolyn parker of newark n.j who came here two years ago they are guests at the imperial hotel by commentator mr a e bill tumbridge the local hotel owner who has been very much in the news lately left the colony on sun day for new york and re turned on wednesday after collecting his three-year-old daughter patricia from his ex wife carol a xew york court upheld a decision of the ber muda divorce court awarding the child to her father the iprmer mrs tumbridge has appealed the decision of the n.y court and a hearing is scheduled for september 11 mr tumbridge has posted a 1.1.000 bond to ensure his ap pearance at that time he di vorced his wife last december on the grounds of adultery citing stunr outerbridge night club operator as co-re spondent son to his wife the former miss gloria smith of st george's mr kelly was just settling down to make some action shots of the cup match on thursday morning when an emergency call was broadcast at the field stating that his wife was in hospital and in urgent need of a blood trans fusion he collected two blood donors on the way both mother and baby are doing fine it is most right and fitting that these two days should be joined together as together tin y mark the full circle of our progress " in presenting the cup tr somerset who retain it bv virtue of their smashing vic tory in 1954 the governor said how enormously he had enjoyed his first cup match il described the cricket as really tirst class aud said cue fielding was the best he ha 1 ever ecu sir john said he was looking forward to a vic tory for either side next yeai it is expected that the site of the capital will b decided iu january tiie governor li tend will be app in ted later and the first elections for the federal house wi'.l be in early 1!».">8 we now dually and irrevo cably enter our new future ' v leaving the colony after spending vacations as guests at the imperial hotel were miss mildred sempel of new york and miss vera amis of boston let us enter with high in arts and sober but confident courage and determination churches are to take part in general celebrations on feder ation day next week circu lars have gone out from jamaica christian council n viting ministers of 11 member bodies to make arrangements foi a special service on the morning of the great day 11 ■ * * # * # ■ returning for a visit on wednesday after an absence of five years was mrs niua smith formerly of portland square somerset she reports that her daughters the misses pat and pamela smith are well in new york and her son cil vin is an instructor at sett air force base in illinois w indies should enter federation with high hearts mr earle outerbridge m.c p whose persistent ad vocacy of island-wide tele vision has gained him the nick-name of t.v outer bridge will appear in court next tuesday to answer a charge of breaking the law by allegedly erecting an aerial outside his home without offi cial permission when the law was passed last year forbidina the erection of aerials the authorities stated it was aimed at protecting the countryside from being cluttered up with unsightly devices mr outer bridge claimed that it was a measure to keep locals from receiving telecasts from the f.s air force base the governor attended the game both days and had lunch with the team on thursday many other digntaries were scc went to bat about 3 p.m and their first five batsmen went for the low total or forty only sheridan ray nor durrant and captain swan offered the bowlers any resistance the team had difficulty handling clarence simmons left hand inswingers swan and durrant addad sixty-seven runs for the last wicket and the cup match crowd were thrilled to t>e core by this gallant last ditch present a service has been arranged foi state celebrations in span ish town cathedral the colourful and gay arewd began filing into wel lington oval long before the game started on thursday they came by all modes of transportation and in orderly fashion the styes were not as wild ami erratic as in some years most of the women were e i t h e r fighting half-back sheath dresses or wide skirts the men were decked out in loud shorts and shirts kingston jamaica july 2<i — hon norman ifanliy chief minister of jamaica the rest of the british west * # * in every parish town there til be a central service alsc mrs olga cotton and daughter of new york who have been vacationing here for several weeks as guests of mr and mrs archie jones f southampton west was joined by her husband last week bermuda is all agog over reports of a certain night c'.ub operator who reportedly raced local alphas leaving for convention in new york to the airport last week just flkin time to stop his american horn wife from running away some say that if this per k son had lived a little farther ; way from the airport he lnicrbt not have reached there in time and what might have been an ordinary marital tiff no doubt would have been blown up in more international headlines mr sinclair maynard form er central school student who has been living permanently in new york since 1940 is v'siting his parents mr and mrs godfrey maynard of par son's road he is accom panied by his wife and son fipht there was much back-dap ping and hand shaking as obi acquaintnces met and every body began toget in the mood when the rain came yesterday morning the crowd scurried tor cover most utilizing tlu cars anc boats in which they travelled to the game the 50th anniversary of the alpha phi alpha fraternity inc will be celebrated from tuesday 7th august through saturday august llth at buffalo xew york and will be attended by local members membership stipulation of all greek letter fraternity at that time seven negro college students who were enrolled at cornel decided to band to gether to form a study group so that mutual benefit might result therefrom these seven men have in tlieir lifetime been able to see their study with twenty runs ahead st . george's were in a good position when they went back to bat on friday again the opening wickets failed to hold up durham collected a duck and steede was out for 7 lloyd james came to the rescue again this time with a powerful free scoring half century he was helped by the national sports club comprised mainly by persons from what the chief justice described recently as the por tuguese community opened their new clubhouse in devon shire on wednesday night * * * mr ed kelly well-known news phototraph°r announced last nijrht the birth on thurs day of a five and a half pound the fraternity now inter national in scope was started at the cornell university in 1906 because of the limited tmr ephraim nicholls of brooklyn is a guest at the imperial hotel next years game will be played in somerset continued in page 10 continued on page 2 diet delightfully ulith dae delight fruits veptables and juices af ' t