The Bermuda Recorder

              tor cookie _ m£~mis%ibste?m slf v tl ' m_£___£i m jha hecordei ih a j|l|f purvis lt j purvis ltd published bi-w.eehj : price gajgednegd^llasatnrdayi ijgjjc a „,_._-^ sjjrinjdag / y_w volume xxxiv hamilton bermuda saturday august 24 1957 no 8 dozen teachers get visit of ghana elder delayed a week welcome meeting last night for jersey lodge group bermudian named assistant professor at central state college government scholarships to canada and l.s.a a presiding elder of the a.m.e church iu west africa rev matci markwei who was schedule i to arrived in thi colony yesterday to partici pate i i a number of services at st paul a.m.e church in hamilton 1 >- 1 de yed his trip a week i was announced vesterday a welcome meeting was held last night at the house hold of ruth lodge no 61 hamilton for visiting mem hers of the district qfand household of ruth lodge xo 29 x'ew jersey of the g.u.o of o.f who are on a post-convention trip to ber muda winnifred brown and miss francis taylor the latter are from somerset at least a dozen teachers will be leaving the colony dur ing the next few weeks to entc institutions in england or can ada on teacher training scholarships for periods up to yearsb queen's university as will m paul de la chevotiere who was on the staff at howard acad emy until the end of last term miss brangman will do a re fresher course having already received her teacher training in jamaica several years ago principal speaker for the visitors was mrs moseley who acknowledged the greetings that had been extended and she told of the wonderful time her sisters were having in ber muda mrs moseley also com mented on how much lodge work had been revived iu america and how old and new lodges were flourishing because of a revamping of ideas and methods by ira philip a talented young bermudian teacher has been signally honoured by being called back to her old college in america to fill an appointment as assistant professor in physical education tmrs barbara h symonds leaves the colony next tuesday to take up her new post afe central state college in avilberforce ohio on september 1 for england will be mr mansfield brock a teacher af the berkeley institute who will do a post graduate certi ficate of education course at london university & • ? s z~'z fm •- • 5____8r__3 ji______f4____^__f h j___w___r4_v__p*_~*hmi^w___h__^__fl____fiff the following will enter teacher training colleges in canada : the vi iters arrived on monday and leave on august 26 they are under the leader ship of mrs margaret a mose ley who is serving her 7th term as district grand most noble governor of xew jersey there are twelve members in her party mr cecil da costa a teach r at berkeley mr clifford max well who recently graduated from st francis xavier uni versity in nova scotia mr donald dane a student teach er at howard academy mrs symonds whose prodi gious theatrical talents brought her international fame even as a young girl will be greatly missed in bermuda because of the interest she has taken in educational and civic affairs since 1953 * k _________________ ri ______* : aaaw***********\w^&?*8^^yvt ' ije_h m hp^^^txm ki___r f ji : ' hi hi't *• jt/a jmrn m _______________ also miss beverly eve a graduate of the berkeley ami teacher at central school who left by the reina del mar on wednesday for the united kingdom where she will study physical and health education for three years the visitors who are guests at swanston and archlyn villa guest houses were met at the airport upon their arival by a delegation comprising bro richmond lambert worthy recorder bro samuel johan sen sis harriett williams sister angelina burgess and sis julia place last night's meeting was well attended by members from hamilton ai ; somerset it was opened by sis elisha burch most noble governor who also presided among the speakers were mrs julia place mr also miss rose ann tucker miss carol plummer miss mary francis miss barbara francis miss dorothy xearon and carlton darrell the daughter of mr and mrs james horton sr of cook's hill somerset she attended the berkeley insti tute and received her bache lor of science degree at cen tral state college in 1951 the following year she got her master of arts degree from teachers college colum bia university new york miss mona brangman one of the senior staff members at central school will enter rev matei markwei the week parents and social rev marl-wei was ordained in the ministry in 1947 he was educated in ghana where he served as president of fori krome academy previous to that he was dean of the a.m.e seminary for religious educa tion in sierra leone he left ghana in 1956 to study at lin coln university russian idlers face labor camps workers urged film returning to bermuda to begin her teaching career mrs svmonds started at sandys secondary school in 1953 the following year she was as signed to purvis school war wick after ceremonial nup tials she returned to sandys secondary where she was wholly responsible for the health and physical educa tion programme in brief to see mrs barbara symonds messrs robert leroy green and llewellyn talbot left the colony for canada on sunday but not before their luggage was searched hy officials the two were recently found not guilty of holding up the som erset branch of the bank of bermuda in may moscow aug 21 the russian republic has drafted a law branding as anti-social citizens who do not hold reg ular jobs and making them liable to deportation for two to five years to places of forced labor are persons who engage in petty speculation and make a fast ruble by buying and sell ing goods privately instead of through state shops were outstandingly successful a dynamic personable ver satile woman who is known to her many admirers as the jittle atom not only taught schools but devoted much of her time and talent to the youth of the com munity she organized th somerset majorettes a youth club and dance school which have given west end boys and girls a great fillip and set a splendid example for the rest of the colony to follow were it not for mrs all parents teachers and social avorkers are invited to attend a special showing of films on the subjects of children growing up chil dren learning and over coming difficulties to learn ing at the berkeley institut _ next wednesday night tho african leader is also i poet and his works have been published in newspapers and magazines in the united states and great britain the law was based on the soviet principle that it is not only the right but the duty of each able-bodied citizen to work and that any one who does not work should not eat this proposed law would give full powers to neighbors of a suspected parasite to decido at a pab ie meeting whether he should be subjected to the penalty of expulsion from the community the projected crackdown on persons who persi.leuuy shun socially useful work was dratfed by the legislative pro posals communism of the su preme-soviet parliament of the russian republic one of her major contribu tions at sandys was her intro duction of the dance in all its phases in the general education al programme of the school after visualizing the varied abilities and potential aspects of the girls she produced and directed the june frolics which mr roy talbot a mem ber of the famous talbot brothers entertainment group was rushed to xew york on thursday for treatment of his left hand it is understood that mr talbot had the tips of three fingers amputated while using an electric plane at his home in smith's parish on tuesday the films were brught to the colony by the depart ment of education in connec tion with the local teacher courses being given at north lands school and are con sidered so informative for persons directly concerned with the upbringing of chil dren that the berkeley edu cational society through the courtesy of the departmeni of education have arranged for the public showings free of charge to deport a fellow citizen public meetings must be attended by a majority of the adults of a neighborhood street or large apartment house depending on the size of the community corporation repeals parking regulations continued n page 10 a 1952 regulation prohibit ing taxis from stopping or parking on front street for more than five minutes was repealed at this week's meet ing of the corporation of ham ilton the decision to do away with the restriction came in view of recent changes to th parking regulations in the city within three days of a de portation vote the decision must be reviewed by the exec utive committee of the local soviet council if this body approves the decision it is to take effect immediately per sons who leave deportation places without permission are to be punished under more stringent criminal laws personal and social an unidentified prison officer has been charged with steal ing government foodstuff and clothing valued at 2 6 0 the alleged theft is said to have taken place last friday sure to pass as is customary with such proposals it is certain to be passed at the next session of the supreme soviet and wil then take effect in the russian republic which comprises 55 per cent of the soviet union's population and 75 per cent of its area mr cecil jones of st albans l.i arrived , in the colony on wednesday for a vacation with his long-stand ing friends mr and mrs conrad payne of condocar woodlands road pembroke mr jones is employed as a clerk in the u.s revenue department celebrates her 17th birthday on monday next congrtulations are extended to mrs ismay philip of somer set whose birthday was cele brated on august 19 * * »' * * » asian flu may affect 34 million the meeting was presided over bv the mavor the wor e r williams m.c.p and at tended bv alderman c e white l g p powell f l r selley and councillors g a cooper m.c.p and e graham gibbons mr james ii hughes was fined 50 by the acting col onial treasurer for landing un-customed goods from the queen of bermuda persons deemed guilty of being vagrants or beggers are also to be sent to the camps for two to five years the law makes an exception for dis abled beggers they are to b sent to closed invalid homes * # •' similar laws have been en acted during the last sk months in baltic states cen tral asia and the republics in the south today's proposal will make the work or de portation principle general throughout the country mrs albert fox jr and sons glen and dennis of jubilee road devonshire left by eastern airlines on sun day to visit her aunt mrs courtney cromwell of summit n.j u s warned by surgeon general youth day was observed at st paul a.m.e church ham ilton on sunday a panel com prising miss gilda burrows mr eugene pearman mr leo trott and mr stanley thomas discussed the role of the youth towards the intellectual moral and social well-being of the community * * *' excerpts from the minutes of the meeting show that : the rev leon moore of merehantville n.j retired district superintendent of the methodist church arrived by the queen of bermuda on monday with mrs moore for a vacation as guests of mr and mrs harold stowe of flatts this is the couple's second visit to the colony washington aug 23 asiatic flu could strike from 10 to 20 per cent of tho popula toin of the united states or up to 34,000,000 americans in an epidemic sweep across the country surgeon general leroy e burney said this week following consideration o a report received from the commissioner of police it was agreed that parking be per mitted on the southern side of dundonald street between brunswick street and cedar avenue only u n gets report on togoland • * * persons who live on un earned ncome will be liable to the same penalties these mrs iris deshield of west gate warwick left byp.a.a plane for a trip to boston and montreal while in montreal she will stay at packwood's guest house operated by her aunt in boston she will be the guest of another aunt mrs henry bassett and mr bas sett she wiu also spend time with rev and mrs kelly collins formerly of st paul's a.m.e church hamilton united xatioxs x.y aug 21 — a united nations fact-finding commission repor ted today that french togo land enjoys a large measure of internal autonomy under 1 new statute introduced a year ago continued on page 8 ceylon faces strike threat over language dr barney said the disease could spread from coast to coast in four to six weeks and cripple many activities such as communications and gov ernment . xothing that a 20 per cent attack of influenza in washington would affect 200 00 persons he said with 20 per cent of the workers taken out of vital government ser vices . . . the economic impact would be terrific it was also agreed that a re * * jet so fast it melts at top speed quest from mr f b perry for lowering the level of the side walk by 3 inches immediately in front of the main entrance of the shiloh gospel hall on church street east be ap proved and the work under taken at the expense of the corporation mrs wesley outerbridge and her great grand niece janice jenkins returned to new york by the queen of bermuda after visiting rela tives and friends in the colony accompanying them was mrs outerbridge's sister mrs earle outerbridge of hamilton the new statute approved by the togolanders last octo ber guarantees the territorial administrative and financial autonomy of togoland it grants the people access to full management of their own affairs but the territory con tinues to be represented in the french parliament and in tho assembly of the french union leavesdex england fri day aug 23 — great britain today unveiled details of a new rocket and jet powered fight er that would just melt away if it flew at top speed colombo ceylon another round of sit-down strikes has threatenned to hamper the government in its search for an answer to the language problem that will satisfy both the sinhalese speaking majority and the tamil-speaking minority • * # arriving on wednesday last by plane from gsrmantown pa were mr and mrs leslie williams they were accom panied by mrs williams mother mrs bertha stubble field and mrs dorothy stan ton also of philadelphia on thursday the visiting party was joined by mrs dorothy sewell sister of mrs williams the vacationists are the guests of mr williams parents mr and mrs albert williams of north shore pembroke and will remain in bermuda until avednesday next plans were approved for mr george hazel messrs masters limited messrs powell & company limited # * # m j brenna chief designer of the sr53 rocket and jet interceptor manufactured by the saunders-roe co said th . plane is powered to fly at more than three times the speed of sound — about 2,000 m.p.h leaving over the week-end to study at palmer memorial institute in xorth carolina will be miss sylvia jackson daughter of mr and mrs l shirley jackson of brooklyn manor hamilton miss jack son will be accompanied by her mother the head of the public health service said a serious outbreak could occur any where on the east coast west coast or gulf coast and at any time because we believe the virus is seeded throughout thj united states at the present time from 20,000 to 25,000 suspected cases of asiatic flu have been reported to the sur geon general up to the present a letter dated august 15th 1957 from the bermuda tele phone company limited re questing the corporation's consideration iu allowing tho installation of a telephone iu the vicinity of the visitors service bureau for the con venience of the taxi rank lo the trouble came to a head last year when prime minister solomon w r d banda ranaike in his efforts to re place english as the official language ruled that sinhalese should be spoken throughout the land to represent canada but before it reached maxi mum speed its frame would soften in the heat caused by air friction mr brenna said it thus could not be flown at much beyond 1,500 m.p.h ottawa aug 21 i m macdonnel federal minister without fortfolio has left here by plane to represent canada at ceremonies of independence by the malayan federation * # * congratulations are extend ed to miss dianne ming of wellington st george's who but last month presented continued on page 10 continued on page 10 eat 5now crop frozen foods to make you grow plump and strong save the quick tozin ™ 0 iw cut sreeh beaks 1 snow crop labels for free teddy snow crop puppets and balloons given away each week