The Bermuda Recorder

              for f frl mmxwkmmmmvtmmmf 9 btrmuda jb recorder mb u.23j f4r4j^t w « ft purvis ltd i h ageats purvis ltd published bi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays | k hamilton bermuda saturday february 9 1957 volume xxxin no 55 berkeley's dirty linen should not 7 elderly w '■'■ ,: '-'■■■ " r 1m^sss " jbjffl gab5 jl . vu t^ssa^b^gjs8iki^sr *-** bsr b : w__.tt'^_h fc h bb^^^'-&'^j " i » jbkwbbc •'&.■ , a x 3&7 tl pwnwrfi b v f s ' 1 a ■ j s hb__kiii_^_l ambma ... m^jygjjj saj k*it bl tb __^'* k^&-;^_^m_b k jpbw*''mi^_^*i ' mmw'mm b^_r_s_h b hps „ s bg^;„jiji jmn w sbhl r ' v^i /:, :;:;--:-:::.- :: ,,^:: : s#^ftfrtm l 1 " i _•&--__. - --— britons in bewashed in public,councillorsays jl * mystery deaths , dr the hon e a cann speaking in the legislative council yesterday as a graduate of the berkeley institute deplored what he called the washing of the school's dirty linen in publ ; c i feel somewhat ashamed he said after dr the hon '.'. a williams succeeded in a persistent effort in the council to reply to criticism levelled at the school in the house of assembly by mr w leroy tucker see page 3 hon j w sykes who was acting as president in the ab sence of the chief justice sir trounsell gilbert agreed with the attorney general and ruled mr williams out of blanford england feb 5 — police today announced the arrest of an unidentified avoman in the deaths of seven elderly patients at a county home it was the second such case in this south coast resort area in a month order mr williams declared that he had been placed in an em barrassing position by the statements in the assembly and his reply could not be con stftmed as personal or offensiv 2 as he had not mentioned any one by name the acting presi dent said that was true but he was referring to a member of the lower house and therefore had to be ruled out of order mr sykes informed him how ever that he could speak on the administration of the school mr williams is ehaifrnian of the governng body of the berkeley institute and has been a member of the body for 20 years mr tucker reiterated on wednesday a charge he made a fortnight ago that government appointed mem bers'of the governing body and the principal of the school to gether made a rotten adminis tration he added that the school should be investigated tucker knows nothing police superintendent jack cray said the woman was ar rested on forgery charges at eastbourne the town where dr john bodkin adams last month was o_dered held for trial for the murder of a wealthy eighty - one - year - old widow who had named him in her will mr williams said the hon gentleman in another place knows nothing about the man agement of the berkeley insti tute he never attends prizel givings where repofrts are given on the operation of the man agement he never attends a function given for or by the institute and has never made any financial or moral contrib ution to the school to my knowing • '■ b.m.a trophy winners shortly before the l.u-odd members of the bermuda militia artillery were dispersed on sunday following two weeks of intensive field training at war wick camp the commanding officer of local forces lieut colonel j c astwood m.c.p presented prizes to winners of various competitions held throughout the camp above from left to right lance corporal barker holds the trophy won by no 3 platoon for winning the assault course sgt marvin washington has the p!_ize the band won for having the cleanest eicks and corporal outerbridge was awarded his prize for being the champion shot in light h^m^^^^sejsoh photo by kill simmons 2 — - just prior to the adjou!r_i ment of the council meeting yesterday mr williams at tempted t o answer mr tucker's criticism but he was ruled out of order and inter rupted four times by members who thought the council was not a proper place to air the issue mr williams persisted and was finally allowed to give some statistical data on the school but was ruled out of order in so far as referring to the hon member from devon shire mr tucker whom he did not mention by name the woman was seized in connection with the death of a the councillor was about to take up the issue again he was interrupted by dr cann who stated that if the hon gentleman wished the public to know about the matter he could give it to the pfress he added that he was not in favour of using the floor of the coun cil for matters which could be dealt with in another way it was true he was a member of the berkeley scoiety and is a member of the committee mr williams went on the une gun compe two men and five women at castleton house a dorset county home in blandford 100 miles from eastbourne but still in the same general south coast area popular with retired wealthy britons sources said one of the seven bodies might be exhumed if he confined his remarks to matters in the public interest front street shoe shop burglarised this morning personal and social it was at this point that the attorney general the hon j b pine interrupted to re mind the speaker of rule 50 which says a member of the council may not speak on the adjournment of debates in the lower house it seemed he added that that was what mr williams was doing cites progress mr williams then referred to the progress of the school since 1915 in that year the governing body was given a grant of 2,700 and had 10 teachers and 271 students in 1957 it received a grant of 21.895 and has an enrolment of 372 and 22 teachers mrs maud harvey a ber mudian who has been residing in boston for several years is visiting her native land on vacation * • * mr williams replied jthat any member could speak of matters in the interest of the public he said he knew what is behind dr cann's mind the latter remark was ruled out of order by the acting president police making routine in vestigations at about 6.15 o'clock this morning discovered that lindley's shoe shop on front street had been broken and entered and merchandise stolen entry had been gained by breaking a pane of glass patients and attendants at the big brick home were told that this matter must not be discussed outside but one patient told a reporter i havo made a statement to police about an elderly woman friend at 8 o'clock one night she ap peared most upset and we had a long talk in the morning i learned she was dead i have told the police what we dis cussed congratulations are extend ed to mrs isadore beek of eden villa pembroke 1 who celebrates her birthday to morrow mrs beek is recover ing at home from an illness the colonial secretary the in 1948 a new science build ing was erected at a cost of 8,750 a music department and a physical education de partment for girls were added end two lots of land purchased for 550 in 1952 the sports arena playing field was bought for 20,000 half of the money being advanced by the govern ment and the rest by the school the same year a com merce department was estab lished west indies federation talks continue in jamaica again mr williams at temped to proceed but was interrupted by the attorney general who said he did not see how statistical information in connection with the berke ley institute or any other school was in the public in terest to be aired on the motion for adjournment of th she suffered several weeks yesterday the police re ceived a report from the manager of the coral isle club in flatts that an envelope con taining 117 in cash and cheques for 36 113 and 25 had been stolen from the club's office sometime between thurs day and friday ago * * • mrs austin john of spic hill warwick gave birth to a daughter on wednesday the mother who is doing fine celebrates her birthday today there was similarity getween the blanford case and the one involving adams at east bourne in each case the sus pect fifrst was arrested on forgery charges adams was accused of forging death certi ficated and changing prescrip don awaiting trial next month tions he is in prison at lon don awaiting trial next month appointment of native governor and capital in jamaica urged » # # congratulations are extended to little alaine whitter of pembroke whose third birth day was sunday last also to harley whitter jr who was eight yesterday and to keith who will be five tomorrow council kingston jamaica feb 8 the west indies standing federation committee meeting here yesterday rejected a resolu tion of the hon eric gairy of grenada proposing that unit territories be left with the discretion of deciding whether or not their representatives in the federal legislature should be allowed hold seats legislatures as wellm in london the dem severalm caribbeanh legi-i-h inh gainb to meetinirh tn clu'-lh m thch fab iinprac-h anyh m changed now ex.-pp.j on a vot _■ the acting president then ruled that he could proceed death of dr l j williams his brother in 1953 whom he succeeded as chairman the same year a physics laboratory was added and two years later a home economics department instituted in 1955 extensions to the sehool including an auditorium were added at a cost of 46,000 at present a library is being organized at a cost of 5,000 a cottage on adjacent property was pur chased for 3,700 and a lease acquired on a building in which to house a biology and art department negotiations were in progress to buy some land adjoining the scienc building to accommodate a biology laboratory he went on to recall the • • • i«**b<i«*«j«m^^^^^jj uj _____ m hbl tjb f__p 1 *'- h k • »■ ■ m ; m jm m nmbn&m wk^^^^^mtml mr andrew charles hay ward of 569 west 161 street new york is visiting his native land and is the house guest of mr and mrs horace packwood of st john's road pembroke west he arrived on january 14 via the queen of bermuda and expects to be here until ma.rch 12 mr hayward says he would appre ciate a call from old friends at 5748 * * • police withheld identity of the woman they arrested pend ing fcrmal charges a^iins her tomorrow mentng on th e desirability of appointing native governors in jamaica and demanding that the capital of the feder ation should be in jamaica sir alexander's telegram reads : the only information offi cials would give out was that they are investigating castle ton house where thirty men and twenty women ranging in age from sixty to ninety-two live the patients all are cap able of helping them elves and pay only what they can afford for their keep how can any sensible body even speak of federation with out demanding that there must be a west indian governor and dministrators in each indivi dual territory the whole thing is fantastic the federation committee is now protesting aganst the appointment of a chief justice who is not a west indian and that the territories to be federated should have a voice in the selection of a gov ernor-general and yet not on word has been said against th r " retention of an outmoded sys congratulations are extended to adrian leon looby of north shore pembroke who cele brates his 7th birthday to there had been some crit icism with regard to not many students passing their higher school certificate that mr william said was not the fault of the staff or principal pupils did not stay long enough to take those examinations as they could leave school early and get lucrative jobs another issue to be brought before the conference this week is a cablegram sent by sir alexander bustamente to mr edwin allen member of the jamaica delegation com tions is carlos woolridge of smith's parish whose 5th birthday was yesterday morrow also in lines for congratula notice ten remaining founders day exercises where the annual general i hope that the federation committee does not believe that the caribbean area can not and has not produced a good men with far greater ability and knowledge of local circomstances than those who are sent to govern us at conference a giant in camp — a new order — eyes up — was in vogue at warwick camp on satui-day last when a young giant from the british garrison at prospect paid a friendly call on the b.m.a's encamped there the visitor was corporal robett parson a native of huddersfield yorkshire england he's so tall that he made everyone in the camp look up to him including the commanding officer major b-ownlow tucker himself a strap ping six-footer teacher to speak at st paul's a.m.e sunday school of the somerset bermuda industrial union sunday february 10th will take place on march 19th 1957 tho guest speaker at a pew rally being sponsored at allen temple church somerset to morrow afternoon at 4 o'clock will be mrs lucetta raynor a short programme will be rendered with renditions by the allen temple choir and guest artists mrs raynor is a teacher at purvis school at 3 p.m 1 do not believe in opening windows while all the doors still remain closed where is the change and what is the significance of a new nation when the same policy of con trol from britain still exists corporal parson is 24 years old six feet 11 inches tall and weighs 266 pounds he is the shortest of four brothers and wears a size 13 shoe one militiaman remarked that when he walked in the mess hall and saw the stranger standing in line he would have sworn he was standing on a chair ; but he wasn't pictured with the young giant are pte burrows l/cpl simons and pte hendrickson photo by pte austin john guest speaker mrs cynthia taylor agenda minutes of last conference programme by children of the school report of executive committee election of officers parents and friends are cordially invited by order of the president continued on page 10 5 why not try these two