The Bermuda Recorder

              cooking & prinking the t bm^mlu umit yyy v fqjp w&isi purvis lm ~ **~ h£*§£e agent3 purvis ltd published bi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays k for volume xxxm hamilton bermuda saturday january 12 1957 no 4d your people should come out and support you mayor tells dismont p m.a warrant officer hospital gets two gets appointed to local ambulances as gifts forces permanent staff a military career which began 17 years ago was climaxed recently for b.m.a company sergeant major ii av outerbridge when he was appointed to the permnnont staff of the local forces he is the second bermudian in three years to gain sucli recognition and will now carry out duties on a full time basis that the authorities formerly brought professionals from the british army in england to do ever since there have been local the hon b t gosling chairman of the trustees of the king edward vii memorial hospital revealed yesterday that two new ambulances worth 1,400 apiece have been donated to the hospital and are already in use less than 25 of eligible negro voters went to polls yesterday churchill's hand seen in macmillan choice for premier one m 201)6 has been given by two of the hospital's greatest benefactors the hon edmund gibbons and mrs gibbons which is the third ambulance they have presented in 15 years while the second m 2034 was given by a small group of hamilton business men who wish to remain anony mous " mr coaling stated p:tal would c ntinue to use the old ambulance forces 7 3*^1 ■, a j *.-*&.-& «, £ ? y ar y d^.__tmfrf'r ■ . «.- ' j m v n ■ ' t ~ m&_sm '■ ' ei ' ■' z&zzslz some of tiie notable features of tlie new vehicles which are american made fords are the built-in medicine cabinet and oxygen recusitator fans heat er emergency door permitting the driver to enter the back without getting out the siren which flashes a red light in the front and back that can be seen four miles away a wide angle spot light in the front and a floodlight in the rear they have tubeless tires which do not go flat when punctured and are powered with 90 horsepower engines the ambulance are painted white and they do not have stop lights in the rear like other vehicles because it is the present day view that persons should always beware of emer gency vehicles whether driving in front or behind them mr cecil k ulsmont w&s deteated m nis dia yesterday u gain a seat on the council of the corporation of hamilton in an election which returned members of the 1956 corporation tc office for another year after the results were made known the mayor the wor e r williams m.c.p urged the defeated candidate not to be discouraged by his defea^^^^^^^^j have made a eleai to am m the 34-year-old warrant officer who has been described as a born soldier told the recorder last night that he was pleased at the distinction he has gained he had looked for ward to the position for a long time and worked hard to get it he turned down a commis sion in his own unit to get the staff appointment which makes an instructor for both the b.m.a's atyl the bermuda rifles london jan 11 — sir winston churchill great bri tain's most revered statesman is believed to have played a major role yesterday in the selection of harold macmillan to succeed sir anthony eden as prime minister the chairman invited the press down to the hospital yes terday to see the new ambu lances and ( to take a drive around the block in one of them to see how smoothly they operate mr gosling said these have come at a time when we were in dire need of ambu lances because we only have one which can be put on the road at the present time _______________ your people will turn out mora than they did today to help you get in mr williams said there ar e some 455 free holders in the city of which 225 are negroes only 215 went to the polls yesterday of which 53 were coloured the eighty-two-year old veteran of british politics who as prime minister led this country through some of its gravest crises w:;s one of the three men known to have advised quc-en elizabeth ii on the use of her royal preroga tive of officially selecting sir anthony's successor in announcing the appoint ment this week mr s s tod dings m.c.p chairman of the local forces board said it was in accordance with tlie stated policy of tlie board that whenever and wherever we find local men who can qualify fo>r these appointments we would give them the opportun ity to do so the results of the polling were as follows mr e graham naturally oue ambulance cannot possibly serve the people of bermuda the way things are constituted today he said adding that the hos gibbons 156 mr g a cooper m ?. 150 mr w frith mr cecil r dismont others were sir anthony himself at his meeting with the queen and the marquess of salisbury the conservative government's leader in the house of lords who saw tlie queen just before she received sir winston 148 mr i s outerbridge .. 148 mr j g young 138 and ,, , , t „ c+qt . t • m tv . oa they were unable to start mr dismont 94 jj would begin within b mr williams thanked the mon th freeholders for returning him plans for the city flail were by acclamation on wednesday well in hand and work will he added i am very happy start some time this year to have the members you there were a i so p i ans to ire elected today i am sorry that place no 6 shed at an esti mr dismont did not get in mate d cost of 60,000 and it _ referring to the small per was hoped to pa y f or t hi s as centage of freeholders who we g0 along the road run ballotted the mayor said he n j ng f rom west pr ont street could not understand why along the old railway bed will only 215 out of 455 came out be widened and paved before the only reason he could give the end of the year all and perhaps be a little con streets have been paved and cetted about it was that some » we hope to get to the side people must be satisfied with wa lks now the mayor de the present corporation clared commenting on the state of the three aldermen who the corporation mr williams were also returned unopposed said the freeholders were and other members of the tortunate to have a eity that corporation spoke briefly after was m such a sound financial the mayor mr gibbons con position a look tat th e record gratulated mr dismont on his would reveal that they only showing and said that under r n ? dg * b0nd kma the circumstances i feel he or i»,uuu for the sewerage he did remarkablv well with 52_"fc r w % \ u du in a little more su pp rt the 1959 but the cash to pay it right direction he would have off is already deposited in the given us a little more of a 0&nk - run than he did plans por this year mr dismont thanked the we have due from the ber shakers for their encourage muda government an amount ment > an d also thanked his of 36,000 for the hamilton proposer the hon g a hotel but against that we owe williams and his seconder 32,000 on the purchase of the mr - reginald stovell he con befrmudiana waterfront prop gratulated those who had erty mr williams stated been returned to office and major projects to be under said he hoped nert year he taken in the city this year in would be one of them last elude the opening of court night the defeated candidate street through to north street asked the recorder to state the may went on money for his thanks to all who sun this was voted last year but ported him in the election sgt major outerbridge three years ago c.s.m w h burnard of the bermuda rifles was given a staff ap pointment he was sent to england for an instructor's course which he came through vctv successfully the feme will be done for c.s.m outer bridge we feel suite certain doubt he will qualify in tlie smart n.c.o and we have no that he is an excellent and same way as burnard did mr toddings said stripe and his second three monthe later somehow or ciher it was deemed he was too young to be a corporal so he was demoted a year later he got his second stripe back and a month afterwards was promoted sergeant matthews back in be taken to england to serve out the nine years remaining on a ten year sentence know ing matthews like we do and also the meaning of maximum security in hamilton goal where sousa the convicted murderer was able to escape from the death cell we are keeping our fingers crossed for the next ten days conservative party members considered it highly significant however that the queen re ceived sir winston last in many quarters this was taken to mean that the queen re garded him as her senior ad viser on the question of sir anthony's successor hamilton prison won't stay long tlie b.m.i was demobilized in march 194g and sgt outer bridge regretfully put his boots away fortunately for him he was called back a couple months later to be one of the 24 bermudians sent to london to participate in the victory parade on june 8 1946 he and his comrades were singled out because of the exemplary con duet as soldiers nearly seven years after his sensational break out of hamilton prison and escape to new york where he ' ac quired anions other things an attractive wife george leroy matthews was brought back to the colony / and placed yes terday in a maximum security cell matthews now 36 years old has a record of five escapes from custody he was brought p a a plane escorted by a p a a plane escored by a united i states immigr£,tion service agent and turned over to tho local three police offi cers — lt . colonel newing herd of the c.t.d ; inspector oliver trott and det s-t f deurden a plumber by trade sgt major outerbridge is married to the former miss eileen smith they live at trinity road bailey's bay and have a daughter judith ann who attends the berkeley institute mrs outerbride said she is proud of her husband he always liked soldiering and i am glad to see he has a chance to make a full-time career of it personal and social returning to her home in the states last week was miss catherine phipps formerly of pembroke she was accom panied by her sister miss rosalind phipps who plans to enter school in new york but as u s u a 1 veteran escape artist will not stay there long the authorities plan to keep him for icn^day before lie will be put aboard the liner reina del pacifico to when the local forces were re-organized in july 1951 mr outerbridge was one of the first to join he went in as a gunner and two weeks later was promoted sergeant two years ago he became company sergeant major of the bjh7a the c.s.m is the right hand man to the gommanding officer and is charged with the re sponsibility of seeing that all the men in the unit are fit in cluding the n.c.o.s and the junior officers colonel new.'ng said ihe prisoner appeared to be ir good health and cheerful spirits he peacefully entered 8 police van and was brought to hamilton prison if and when he leaves for the united kingdom on january 20 ac companied by three policemen he will be the second prisoner to be taken there to complete a gaol term the first was none other than matthew's former prison warden mr a j croke who was con victed and ginoled while the former was enjoying freedom and married life somewhere in new york • • • mr dennis maynard son of mr and mrs carl maynard of somerset also left last week for canada to resume his university training __ __ __ mr outerbridge joined the bermuda militia infantry the same month it was formed in october 1939 he was 17 years old and only a short while out of school at the berkeley institute within 16 days he received his first we won't need to hde the buses any more until this thing is resolved in the counts said one of the ministers explaining that the arrests would clear the way for an immediate test of georgia bus segregation laws leaving for h holiday in the united states on sunday was mrs dorothy todd of south shore warwick • • « the imperial wizard of the revived ku-klux elan e l edwards called on gov mar vin griffin of georgia to discuss the integration crisis but was referred instead to state at torney general eugene cook they conferred in private . . negro churches blasted montgomery halts buses congratulations are extend ed to mrs lumley burgess who celebrated her birthday on january 9 and to little osdel simmons who was three on thursday and to mr lumley burgess whose birth day is tomorrow montgomery ala jan 10 — the city commission to day declared a state of emer gency here in the south's worsening bus crisis robert graetz mr graetz had expressed sympathy with the negros there were no injuries gov james e folsom offered the smith's parish and flatt's branch of the bermuda welfare society • # » bermuda militia artillery mrs nonetta cross carr returned to philadelphia after a trip to the colony to attend her father's funeral < a 2,000 reward for informa tion leading to conviction of the terrorists will hold their all bus service was stopped the auxiliary police was called to duty and parents negro and white were warned to get their children off the streets six dynamite blasts shook the city early today last night a sniper's shot the sixth since montgomery buses were inte grated ripped into one of the vehicles band annual meeting meanwhile atlanta officals arrested five negro leaders for violating the anti-segregation laws a patrol wagon picked up the five men all ministers at a church before they could begin a mass march with their follow ers to the courthouse to post bond on the jim crow charges at the » * * vacancies exist in thle b m a band for bandsmen whitney institute on tuesday january 21st 1957 at 8 p.m i major geoffrey nash after spending a three month stay in bermuda dr fikri hannia a young egyptian physician returned last week to the united states where he will do a short course of study before returning to his native land he was the houseguest tof mr and mrs dilton cann of cannvjlle pembroke land made a host of friends during ins stay and band boys applicants should apply to band master w j furbert at 9635 for information by tues speaker warden of prisons day 15 januay in order to join before annual camp - subject some aspects of the treatment of juvenile delinquency four negro churches and the homes of two ministers one white the other negro were bombed in the pre-dawn dark ness the white minister whose home was blasted is the rev the five ministers were booked fingerprinted and placed in 1,000 bail each all five posted bail and were re leased in a matter of minutes d r f houlton-hart major the royal lincolnshire regiment adjutant bermuda local forces the public is welcome why not try these two