The Bermuda Recorder

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p>*4i t j iib ' * . t________________mii_______________h i a___m_n________k 5 a i !____________■ fll jh _■■___&_>! i v 3mwhr j *- h • * *' 1 mm gfjb bw • ■■■» ___■ w y | ... tnarfrienaly^^h l have had their day societies hewlands citadel a salvation army project which had its humble beginning two yea!rs ago under a tree at north hill pembroke culminated in the opening on thursday of a modernistic 12,000 building which will serve as the newlands citadel and youth centre the need for a new look at the whole question of hospital ization in bermuda was stressed at the sixth annual conference of the bermuda friendly societies council held in somerset on new year's day commissioner wycliffe booth lead of the salvation army territory in canada and ber muda and mrs booth came down from canada especially to officiate at the dedication and opening and to voice his thanks to those who pooled their efforts to make the ven ture possible chairman of the property com mittee of the army's advisory board whose initiative led to the acquisition of the property on a 50-year-lease from the government mr vincent lee the architect who drew the plans ; mr c e bean the con tractor who erected the build ing the hon a j gorham chairman of the board's finance committee delegates representing 14 lodges with a combined member ship of 1,124 voted unanimously in favour of resolutions calling for at least two free beds per parish at the king edward vii memorial hospital also a lowering of fees for public wards at the hospital and a state sponsored system of social security commissioner wycliffe booth is seen officiating at the opening and dedication o the salvation army's newlands citadel and youth centre on thursday others on the platform from left to right are the rev dr j d smith presiding elder of a.m.e churches in the colony rev dr freestone p-esidcnt of the bermuda ministerial associ tion major burton pedlar local head of the army commissioner booth mr m a gib bons mrs booth and mrs pedlar story elsewhere photo by bill simmons the council also went on record as favouring the institu tion of a credit union system to be operated within the friendly societies themselves to help , boost the benefits payable for sick aid and funeral costs the resolutions grew out of a re pott submitted by the president mr ira p philip on behalf of the executive committee majority of board personnel get as tyou were order a large cfrowd stood in the brisk north wind and witnessed the commissioner turn over the keys to the hon j w sykes colonial secretary who opened the building the crowd en tered and the dedication fol lowed m*r sykes described the building as a fine one and added that the large crowd present indicated that a goodly section of the community was interested in the project after paying tribute to the above mentioned commissioner booth also thanked mr james dick richards who gave considerable funds to get the building started and to a friend who preferred to fre main annonymous he was also grateful to the bermuda gov ernment for the grant of the land and to the people of canada who contributed 1,500 to the effort grateful thanks death of mr samuel smith in new york dismont seeks to be 1st negro all but a few of the person nel making up 37 government boards and other authorities in 1956 were given the as you were command by lieut general sir john woodall the governor when he published annual board appointments on wednesday the two-session conference was held in the loyal irresist ible lodge of the i.o of o.f m.u manchester street guest speakers were the rev j c johnson b.a pastor of the western circuit of the methodist chulrch who con ducted devotions and delivered a short sermon on the theme of love before business began in the morning and mr winton williams m.a headmaster of sandys secondary school to serve on city council miss maria smith of bob's valley somerset left on wed nesday to attend the funeral in new york of her brother mr samuel smith mr smith was bom in somerset but spent most of his adult years in decade vision realized major burton pedlar head of the army in bermuda said the occasion mafrked the reali zation of a vision he recalled how he drove through the new lands district about two years ago in company with lt joan perry and saw so many youths who needed attention he ap pealed to her to do something in their behalf and the next sunday she turned up to hold the fifrst meeting under a tree a successful young negro businessman mr cecil r dismont will attempt this week to be the first negro to get a seat on the council of the corporation of hamilton in nearly ten years he will be a candidate at next week's cor poration elections and is to be nominated by the hon g a williams men-bet of the legis lative council men and common councillors will take place on wednesday and election if necessary will follow on friday so far mr dismont is the only one not now serving on the corpora tion who seeks an office it will be his first attempt for city honours for the past three years he has been a member of the pembroke parish vestry abroad commissioned booth said the development of the newlands effort was typical of the william booth spirit which founded the army in london the only significant changes resulted in the hon henry vesey chairman of the trade development board trading places with the chairman of the board of civil aviation sir bayard dill and the ap pointment of a negro — mr george ratteray m.c.p to the board of immigration he is the first to serve on the board in the decade since the death of the hon r c craw ford who held the position of deputy chairman ol tlie board browulow tucker the 1956 commission resigned to protest a long term government policy which calls for the placing in the same building of young offenders with hardened criminals *• it was wonderful to note that last year the 60th anniver sary of the establishment of the army in bermuda was marked by the opening of a building at cedar hill and the begin ning of woh on the newlands project it was significant that within the compass of 12 months ' the army has been able to open two buildings of importance he said mr williams supported the council's stand on social secur ity and old age benefits the aged are in difre need and it is the responsibilty of govern ment to provide security he added that rats drove the aged members of thair community out where they were left to the mercies of pfredacious animals surely we boast to be higher than that he added mi dismont was educated at hinson's school and mrs the attention of neighbours in the district was focused on the effort and one loaned a shed for the meetings and sub sequently mrs alice basdeu allowed them to use a room in her house as the gathering grew they were obliged to move to the north village band room and now they have theiir own centre there was one addition to the trade development board — mr ford baxter five now members to the board of works two to the board of agriculture and two to the board of civil aviation mr this morning mr dismont appealed to all qualified pro gressive-minded freeholders of the city to come out and sup port him there were many who had votes but couldn't be bothered in the past to use them it was not a pleasant commentary on the people of coloufr when they looked back and realized that one of their group has not represented them on this important govern ing body for a decade the last negro city father was mr s o hinson who has now de ceased neverson's private secondary school he went to ontario *• business college in canada and upon graduation returned to manage his father's various enterprises in the city for the past five years he has operated his own shoe business in reid street another major change one which was forced on the governor by the wholesale resignation of all the members of the treatment of offenders commission resulted in ap pointment of an entirely new commission headed by major the commlissioner appealed for volunteers to assist in the youth guidan&e programme which would be developed for the centre captain laura henson will be in fulltime chafrge and mrs bernell wil liams and mr sam webb will continue to assist russell pearman who was ap pointed to the board of works last year after serving a num ber of years on the board of education lias been dropped entirely the speaker said that the aged of bermuda wanted secur ity not charity he added that it had been said that bermuda as prosperous as she boast to those mainly responsible for the building had a place of honour on the platform with commissioner booth they in cluded mr m a gibbons married and father of three children mr dismont's wife was the form miss leonie wingwood daughter of a c wingwood of somerset the candidate's nomination will be seconded by mr henry stovell continued on page 2 • - yima.|pii.i , bj^/^f p-'te 1 v :•'■ •" 1 lt~'t : 1 1 ~ r f . -.' it t?tc -'**•■ v^wpf^j is *^ jfljf _?£■! 1 f • ' *" hp 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' 1 fl - i j_f 1 i r ' 7'7 v t«7.vm^p'%*"^7-3^^^;flflb r - ■ ' it jb «£_ ___. /^ si j^__i h_3 h *£»_■__ 1 h^e h_s^l 2s her h sjms h 4 ________??' jf ihs flk____p3kminbh jbp-7 - ap * s_f •«—»-» j hvwf ww r pflsf " _* mr m o s*«isfi8™i _— - ■ 1 — -- - — ... ._- .._.-. x x~-xx - ."__ . ... xx . m___-tt i m.c.p moves to " smoke out fire nomination of mayor alder brigade on its racial policy mcfs talkative at year's first sitting personal and social congratulations to mr and mrs ralph lawrence of rip leigh cottage king street who will be celebrating their first wedding anniversary to day mr w l tucker who at tacked the jim crow policy of the hamilton fire brigade which forces negroes to stand on the sidelines during times of disaster as if they weren't willing to undertake their civic responsibility gave no tice in the house of assembly yesterday that he intends to smoke out the brigade on its racial policy may it please your excel lency the house of assembly has recently had under consid eration the work of the hamil ton fire brigade and wishes to record its deep appreciation and gratitude for the excellent work performed by this volun teer organization members of the house of assembly proved to be quite talkative yesterday when they met in the first sitting for the new year they spent nearly as much time debating various subjects on the motion for adjournment as they had done during then ordinary business portion of the meeting • # * mrs clara james walker arrived on christmas eve from new yoi-k to spend christmas with her sister mrs margaret perinchief of till's hill accompanying her are her granddaughter miss suzanne walkefr and her great-grand daughter jeanine walker they will leave on sunday the house understands that the brigade is at present made up wholly of white per sons and believes that there are members of the coloured race who would be willing to offer their assistance as a con tiibution to the community and in furtherance of the public spirited service tendered by brigade m*r tucker gave notice that at monday's meeting he would move to have the house send the following message to the governor : mr bale outerbridge started the ball rolling running true to form his topic was televi vision and his beef this time was how could the hon w w davidson as colonial treasurer levy an import tax on a number of american made television sets which arrived here before the dead line which mr davidson as chairman of the wartime supplies commission set allow i*ng importation mr wayne jackson son of mr and wrs vernon jackson of cox's hill pembroke leaves bermuda today to begin his final year at taft school in watertown conn at taft he is a member of the varsity soccer team and tenor soloist with the oriocos the school's singing group he is also a membet of the school honour rence james of smith's parish miss janet simmons of north shore devonshire and miss nellie gilbert of pembroke the house therefore re spectfully requests that the corporation of hamilton be ap proached to ascertain theiir views on this proposal and that the house be informed in due course of the corporation's reply • • * congratulations were ex tended to mr mrs arnold knights of cook's hill somer set when they celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary last saturday mr tucker criticised the policy of the brigade follow ing the disastrous fire which ripped through a portion of the robinson last month he said negroes who wefre wil ling to help were prevented from rendering assistance be cause of their race mr outerbridge was re ferring to the three importers whose sets caught the wrong boat and arrived in bermuda a few hours before the january 1 deadline when the reduced rate of duty — from 50 per cent • • * society • • • congratulations are ex tended to miss bernice brown of curving ave who cele brates her 22nd birthday to morrow and to dean smith of devon lane devonshire who will be eight tomorrow miss ruth simmons of smith's parish left on wednes day for a vacation in the u.s.a queen op the leopards ball mrs laurette trott of pembroke was selected for that title at the big president's ball sponsore d by the leopards club at their headquarters on new year's eve more than 500 attended the ball which was held for charity abov with mrs trott is the president himself mr r l pearman m.c.p mr sam light bourne master of ceremonies is seen at the mike — photo by abbott # * * continued on page 10 also leaving on wednesday for the states were mr law why not try these two