The Bermuda Recorder

              j fbrcoolnigftdhnfdffig fh m 9 fl hl purvis ltd fl se agents * • kecordet x purvis lid published bi-weebj price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays volume xxzm hamilton bermuda wednesday january 2 1957 no 42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [_________________^^ plan for free hospitalization and social security by friendly societies^^^h churches and dance central school snipers continue to shoot at desegregated halls packed for new pupils get new j offered years celebrations scholarship awards council churches and dance halls all over the colony were packed on monday night with hundreds who waited up to give a special welcome to the new year at st paul's a.m.e church hamilton hundreds turned out for th traditional watch night service conducted by the pastor the rev dr kelly a collins two new scholarships ten able at the berkeley institute for central school pupils have been given by mr james dick richards proprietor of the canadian hotel and bene factor of various educational projects the awards are for five years in the first instance with provision of an additional year on the recommendation of the berkeley principal this will enable recipients to go be yond the school certificate standard buses in alabama montgomery ala dec 31 — gunfire ripped a mont gomlery driver's but for the third time today while in virginia the integration strug gle was marked by a court de cision that indirectly could shut down schools in two big centers resolutions calling for allocation of at least two free beds per parish at the king edward vii memorial hospital reduced queen honours two here for public services september it affirmed an other ruling ordering arling ton county to integrate ele mentary schools by jan 31 1957 and its higher public schools by next september fees for hospitalization a government sponsored social security scheme and operation of a credit union system under the aegis of the bermuda friendly societies council were adopted at the sixth annual conference of the council held in somerset yester day . at the salvation army cita del in court street there was hardly sufficient room to accom modate the large crowd the service was attended by three prominient salvationists who are visiting from canada they are commissioner and mrs w wycliffe booth leaders of the territory embracing canada and bermuda and major arnold brown author and musician , date for delivery of the opinion to the lower court is jan 31 1957 and the rulings will become effective on that date delegates from 14 lodges at tended the conference which was held in the loyal irresist ible lodge of the i.o.o.f m.u and adopted a report of the executive committee which called for a new look at the entire question of hos pitalization in bermuda and institution of proper taxation to provide adequate social services w h fullilove reported a shot was fired into his bus as he drove through a negro section before dawn he said he saw a flash from a passing automobile when he examined the bus he found a hole appar ently from a 38 caliber weapon just below the driver's seat that a pfroper system of taxa tion specifically for social security is instituted her majesty the queen has singled out two local persons for awards ftfr public services in her new year's honours list the colonial secretariat re vealed yesterday they aire mr horace james fitz-patrick chairman of the currency con trol board who receives the c.b.e and mrs catherine st george orawley secretary of the bermuda chamber of com merce and manager of the visitors service bureau who gets the m.b.e recipients of the awards will be selected on the berkeley en trance examination to be eligible for the scholarships children must be under 13 years of age scholarship will be the main factor in determin ing the awards but character and the means of the parents will also be taken into account but the court specifically stated that its decision did not prevent virginia from using the recently enacted pupil assignment law as long as the state did not assign students to schools for reasons of race or color credit union plan with regard to the question of social security the commit tee reported that it had written the governor requesting a statement as to when the social security sickness and work men's accident benefit act 1949 would be put into force the reply given was that no funds had been provided for operation of the act as a re sult of this the committee recommended that a special tax possibly on radio and tele vision sets be levied to provide a sinking fund for social ser vices at vernon temple a.m.e church southampton the rev mr coleman pastor conducted a service which began at 10.30 p.m he was assisted by the rev t b price and his brother the rev mr price who is visiting from new york negro woman shot the first scholarships have been awarded fot 1957 to valerie smith 11 daughter of mr and mrs louis smith of government gate pembroke and leslie holder son of mr and mrs leslie holder of curving avenue it was the fifth firing on a bus since the supreme court ordered j mtbntgbmery'sl city transit system desegregated ten days ago climaxing a bitter campaign by negroes which included a year-long boycott a negro woman was wounded when a sniper shot into mr fullilove's bus friday night and his vehicle was fired on again the same night mi a • . a e a . the report submitted on be half of the committee by the president mr ira philip viewed with alarm the com ing into operation in july of last year of higher fees in the public wards at the hospital since 1950 when the daily rate was 14s per day until the present when the rate is 32/6 per day rates at the hospital have increased 128 per cent the report stated opening of art show postponed a day mr fitz-patrick came to bermuda daring the eafrly days of the war and became execu tive officer of the currency board he later succeeded sir eldon trimuigham as chair man shortly before the old year faded away the lights in the church were dimmed and the congregation invited to kneel at the altar as the new year en tered a fervent prayer was offered by the pastor which was followed by joyful sing ing and shaking of hands al the conclusion of the service a hot meal of peas and rice and chicken was served in the church basement the next awards will be made when the five or six year terms of the first holders ex pire thus making the scholar ships continuing ones if at any time the holder of a scholarship is deemed unsatisfactory his or her award will be terminated and another scholar will be named to replace him or her at the beginning of the next school year following the en trance examinations the arts and crafts exhi bition planned by st paul's a m.e church will be offi cially opened at 3 p.m to morrow instead of today church officials announced this morning they added that all exhibits for the show must be in today the committee went on to say that concern over devalua tion of benefits payable by lodges to members for sick care and burial costs had led them to seek the advice of mr donald fisher a bermudian residing in canada he reported that similar difficulties facing organizations in canada had been met through the credit union system which was oper ated similar to a bermvyia gift club the city commission has discontinued night bus runs for the new year holiday period but today's assailant found concealment in the pre dawn , the white citizens council sought to arouse opposition to integration in tallahasse fla where dozens of negro leaders rode in front seats again to day the bus line there has gone to court seeking the right to let down the color barriers for a number of years mrs crawley has held her present position and has won the plaudits of the mercantile com munity and thousands of visit ors to the colony for the splendid public relations she does she actively participates in a number of voluntary or ganizations and was a promin ent member of the horse lovers league before it folded up first difficult now impossible it added we agree whole heartedly with the editorial in the june 23rd edition of the bermuda recorder which stated that people who found it difficult in 1950 to pay 14s are asked now to pay 32/6d the rate of 24s per day for poor people created such hard ship that a large number who should have been hospitalized were fotced to remain at home some die because they cannot raise the fees while large crowds were singing and praying in the churches a different sort of joy was being spread in the various night spots clay house inn was sold right out somer set cricket club was packed with about 500 revelers who danced until 2.30 a.m to the music of two bands — the happy four and the aldano quintette the leopards club was also the valerie smith and leslie respectively out of the 46 cen holder came first and second ttal school students who took the berkeley entrance examin ations in november " personal and social mr and mrs rodney tucker of harris bay left la|3t week by b.o.a.c for a trip to new york the difference between the union and the club was that at the end of the year money put in was not drawn out but kept in the treasury and as interest accumulated jt was paid back to members in the form of sick aid and death claims while members would not be allowed to draw out their share they could sell it or borrow on it and pay back with a low rate of interest pass resolution packed with merrymakers who turned out fot the presidents annual formal ball the council passed a resolu tion calling on gov leroy collins to declare a state of emergency in order to enforce segregation laws on tallahas see buses wellman is the wife of mr donald wellman * • • mr leslie lynch of pem broke left on sunday for a holiday in the united states last increase outrageous we agree that the latest in crease by 33 per cent to the present 32/6d is outrageous wajes definitely have not in creased by 128 per cent be 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