The Bermuda Recorder

              • rorfcokin m^mh mjjlui 1 w .__________________! purvis ltdj v b_e_z ftpmt'^m -^ __________ ____: —^^ purvis ltd published jtji weekly price 6d wednesday 1 saturdays volume xxxiv hamilton bermuda saturday october 5 1957 no 29 successes and four boys admit to 41 cases of stealing in 9 - month period set-backs of how'rd academy revealed sir i l&mtm ___________ ■ j?j3js3b3_^____i -■-' j_______i_i____a_!__b__3i hr ;: iff mm m wil /$;. mmnew imiwiiiiii.iii ' t mmmmt^sm m fr i wi aged 11 to 13 they said moncy was spent on hire the following review of efforts of the sponsors of the howard academy to provide a sorely needed secondary school in the colony was written for the recorder by mr howard smith chairman of the governing body of the school of speed boat and fairs 1944.50_mr e p skinner after retiring from cavendish school starred howard academy as $. private second ary school in his home iu 1944 later as enrollment increased the school moved to his home in devonshire in the basement of a house in devonshire and then to a balding on jubilee road parents and well-wishers of the school children came to gether for the purpose of im proving and maintaining the premises • n four voung boys confessed in juvenile court yesterday to a total of 41 cases of breaking entering and stealing from prac ticallv all of the churches in hamilton shops residences and taxis over a nine month period the youngsters ranging in age from 11 to 13 said they spent the money on the hire of speed boats and fairs iu devonshire eousistiug of two buildings and an area of laud suitable for a playing field which was offered for sale for 6,000 100 was deposited as a down payment and a six mouths option was obtained the board of edu tion refused the governing body's request for a guaran tee of 1,000 a year for six years and offered as an alter native the use of a stone build ing on the property on which the technical school now stands a nominal rent of 1 per year was charged since this building was not large enough to provide the number of classes then needed a wooden building was pur chased from the dockyard for 100 plus customs duty and the governing body parents teachers pupils and friends of the school took the build ing down transported it to the new site and re-erected . __.___.___ new health centre — the new government health centre situated to the west of the coion opfera house on victoria street is hearing completion and will be ready for occupancy by the end of this month a total of 50,000 was appropriated by the legisla ture for the centre which will house under one roof the now scattered medical and dental clinics the dietician nurses health inspectorate rodent control division as well as the general offices — photo by austin john they were ordered by tho court to be placed in the junior training school until they reach the age of 16 years one had only recently been released from there were admonished by colonel newing to watch their step but within an hour after their release they had broken into two places and stolen more money reds comment on little rock police trap 13 year-old thief who threatened to burn down office the tragic story of these boys was revealed to the press this morning by superintend ent cecil newing head of the c.i.d who said they were first charged with breaking and entering four premises to which they pleaded guilty later they also admitted 19 other cases which had been reported to the police among the places burgled were the salvation army st paul a.m.e church presbyterian church and the cathedral the real tragedy of this story lies not so much in the fact that four youths were able to commit so many crimes before being caught but rather that financial greed disrupted family life and the educa tional set-up in the colony were factors that directly contributed to their delin quency moscow oct 2 after a lull of three days the krem lin's propagandists returned today to the racial situation in little rock with their most violent attack to date 1951 after the death of mr skinner the school was kept open by his assistant mr braxton burgess until the governing body which had been formed earlier ob tained the services of mr edward dejean thanks to mrs may ming who lived nearby and provided a play ing field drinking water and other necessities the school survived and progressed ap plications for enrollment in creased because many chil dren were unable to obtain admission to any other second ary school a 13-year-old boy who gave a certain hamilton business man two days in which to leave the key to his safe in a drawer or have his place des troyed by fire has been ar rested as a result of a trap set by police the following morning the note was missing from the drawer on his desk the mer chant found a typewritten note stating : ve will give you to more days to live the key here if not we'l burn the place down with oil your fraud the violence of the charges leveled against the united states government by pravda the communist party news paper avas reminiscent of the tone of atrocity stories printed here at the height of the korean war the story began on septein ber 16 when a merchant whose name was not revealed by police reported to the c.i.d here the detectives stepped in placed a marked 1 note in an envelope and put the key in the drawer the follow ing morning the safe was found unlocked and the money missing also a small cash box had been forced open in ouiries led to the arrest of a 13 year-old boy who when confronted denied knowledge of the theft one is left to wonder why shop keepers do not query the cource from whence young sters get big sums of money to spend also one wonders why these youths were not in school when the school leav ing age is 14 that oyer time odd sums of money amounting to about 10 had been taken from a safe in his office but there were never any signs of the premises hav ing been broken into period apart from the 19 cases which had been reported they admitted 22 other cases of larceny which had not been reported to police making a grand total of 41 offences be tween them in little liock the news paper said white racists are head-hunting for negro chil dren and this ean happen only because the united states rulers actually approve of the racist action third teacher added 1953 — a third teacher miss eva robinson was added to the staff in 1953 the stone building having been reno vated and altered was in use from the beginning of the year when the boys of the school moved in the girls remained at jubilee road until the wooden building was completed at this time the school had the record enroll ment of 120 investigation showed that these boys parents were liv ing apart and in poor housing one of the lads had recently been discharged from the junior training school on condition that he lived with his parents but they had no place for him another of the four lived in a tool shed more room needed 1952 — realizing that more tiom would he needed a move was made to secure a property the sat 1 ' was n'ways locked with u key wiii'li was kept in r.n unlocked desk drawer en deavouring to ncare away the thief the merchant left a note in his drawer stating the key is in my ekct police watching this.plaee boats hired at 5 daily no justice pravda says inspection of his clothing and hands revealed traces of the police trap and a search of lis trousers yielded the marked 1 and an envelope which had been torn to pieces the lad broke down and confessed to having broken in to the office on a number of occasions and stolen money he also admitted typing the threat and said he tore up the note lie took from the drawer as he was scared on three consecutive days colonel xewing related the boys went to a place on east broadway and hired speed boats at the rate of 5 daily no questions were asked of the youths and obviously no one cared about the risk _ to life and property in hiring such lethal weapons to irre sponsible children trying to make the situation iu little rock appear to be general throughout the united states pravda declared the week the racist savage orgy in 1his town has shown to all the world that in the united states there is no freedom for its 1 000,000 xegroes that there is no equality or justice for people whose skins happen to differ somewhat in color from that of the white masses in brief colonel newing said it seemed that fairs held a great temptation to youths to steal in order to patranize them the four convicts who are tha subject of this story said a good portion of their takings were spent in this manner at length everyone was settled in the new quarters which comprised four class rooms office tuck shop and lavatories a road grader was hired to make a netball field for the girls and permis sion was given by the army authorities at prospect for the boys to have frequent use of the garrison field later when the garrison was leav ing devonshire recreation club gave permission for the boys to use their field if it had not been for the kindness of these two groups howard academy's sports programme would have been seriously curtailed while the teachers and pupils settled down to work the governing body concerned themselves with raising approximately 1,000 which was owed to business establishments in hamilton for fixtures and materials used i'i the building parents and friends were consistently help ful and held many entertain ments however the cost of running the school did not allow any payments to be made on these accounts meanwhile the board of edu cation was again approached on ihe question of a grant lor the school ' newspaper alleged the white house tried not to irritate the racisrs and put through a back-stacc deal with their leaders mr e t richards m.c.p chairman of the joint select committee of the legislature appointed to study a motion once when the boys had been arrested in connection with a particular case they it added thai washington had no intention of defending the rights of xegroes it said the shipment of troops to little rock and the few words of condemnation were prompted by narrow party interests and a hunt for xegro votes by the republican administration by mr richards to repeal or instead of cracking down on ' unbridled hooligans the amend the hotel keepers protection act 1930 con firmed on wednesday that the committee has begun its de liberations the controversial act was described by the chairman as an instrument of ___________ ____ f_l^__i ______ **>"* ______ 1 ______ wmw ma ________ mm*$r , -> j z _ ml mtmm '■_____■ h • -- - l m f ma w _________ i m mim " ' i m f wnl v k3 -£_■ f ______>. t ■>» i mm mw ' at z-z ■■ - w\m t_-__i jl jb _____? ■ f ig v 5 b ' 9 r fc ■ us •&*! % bp*^^^^^^___iv ■■¥ s^sta ' ' • " j^_p1p s ' w i^b________i ' ■ ' - — ' ' ''- i ' f ■■ - f'-t '■ ' "■ jas^mw w . m_2__*pv!i _________________ __________ k • ' - -^ a v »«* s??^^b _________ l #='-'"\ v\l ■ ■•** - ba ' * ■'* 7 m mmm ' ____■_ '/"•";-• : -' 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'- h ■ (■ hr wmwmfm m^b-^b _____[ h________________k .- .^___^^ kaks i^_s ; ~ . ., e _. ._!•-___«--_--- y -—^— — " ' r mr paul de la chevotier since though the school was then divided into four classes there were still only three teachers permission was not granted until the third appli cation was made racial discrimination to ex elude the entire negro rae s well as jews from local hotels and restaurants 1955 — notice to vacate the premises was received the board of education suggested that the school move to a building on middle road devonshire and visits to the building made by representa tives of the board and of the school the plan fell through and howard academy was left with no where to go amidst this confusion and that caused by the building of the techni cal school classes continued and candidates were prepared for the school certificate examination the rt hon sir arthur william fadden deputy prime minister and treasurer of australia is making his first visit to the colony and is holidaying at mid-ocean club i •■ f _, .' jh ______ p csh _________ __________ mmmwmmm ________ e_i__fl t______p^_____________w ___«_____ "*-' " permisson to operate a full scale air service between ber muda and new york and ber muda and montreal is being sought from the board of civil aviation by eagle avi ation ltd a large british charter airline 1956 — one candidate willa denbrook obtained a school certificate in 1956 and is now teaching at the east end school one of the unsuccess ful candidates became ■> at least 1 million are to he spent in bermuda on a new 39-sequence series of tele vision films called the ad ventures of the sea hawk a spokesman for film studies bermuda limited stated this week mr richard van hessen production manager of the company said that work began on monday at darrell's island which has been leased by the government . to film studios company teacher at the pembroke in fants se'iool she has since on page 10 government aid granted 1954 — government granted ihe school 1.000 to pay its debts and 1,000 to assist in running the school since that time a yearly grant of 1,000 has been received at that time the governing body ap proached the board of educa tion for permission to hire personal and social married on tv programme pictured in one of the local stores yesterday were mr and mrs luther d quarles of new york who got an all-expense paid honeymoon m bermuda after their marriage on tuesday on the n.b.c.-t.v bride and groom show the couple are staying at sunset lodge hotel she is the former miss maria battle wno studied at howard university and he is an aeronautical engineer employed by the o.aj in addittion to their trip the newly weds received gifts valued at thousands ot douars from sponsors of the show photo by ed kelly seventh-day adventist leader pastor t e lucas of washington d.c will speak at a youth fellowship meet ing tonight story on page 2 returning to the colony sunday after six weeks in th u.s and canada was mr donald jackson of north shore pembroke continued on page 2 i lemon w 7m rks ml i realemon lemon reconstituted juice it's so convenient,,,..economical too