The Bermuda Recorder

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dren were twins who died a birth mrs ming was des cribed by the solicitor gen eral mr hector barcilon as a perfectly respectable woman whose conduct was be - yond reproach the husband was described as jealous and possessive and suspeious of his wife on the night of the stab ing she left home in comapny of a long standing girl friend the judge sir trounsell gilbert in his summation noted that ming was the only one who could say what words the wife used to him he suggested that it was quite likely that she used them not meaning perhaps for them to be taken literally but said on a note of exasperation he also suggested that they could be taken as insulting words and were in fact insulting there was however the question of whether the words were sufficient to make ming lose his self - control and whether he did the killing in the heat of passion the fact that ming suspected his wife did not mean the words could not have come upon him like a blow it was a matter for the jury to decide the judge said mr toddings attempting to rationalize the failure of sufficient white bermudians to volunteer for service in the bermuda rifles was reported 1 by the royal gazette to have told the st george's rotary club that the fact that the rifles could only muster 80 volunteers should not be viewed by the public as any great criticism of the unit past he added that the chairman was being wined and dined by his hosts and one might therefore say he was not responsible for what he said he should make a public retraction if not he was doing a great dis-service to the b.m.a and alienating the support of nearly two-tjiirds of the populace with respect for the local forces if he failed to do so the governor should ask him to resign after alluding to the ber muda militia artillery which is nearly up to full strength with volunteers mr toddings intimated that a reason why the b.m.a was in such a posi - tion was that because 99 per cent of the unit found better conditions and live better while at camp than they do at home so they found military service more inviting whereas 99 per cent of the other unit did not find better living con ditions at camp than at home underprivileged volunteers ? th ese smartly turned out members of the ber muda militia artillery could hardly have tho ught that a few hours after they were pictured attending their annual church parade servic e at st peter's in st george's that the senior representative of the parish mr s s tod dings in his capacity as chairman of the local forces board would cast a slur on th eir loyalty and readiness to volunteer for ser vice while addressing an all white audience in st george's on monday night story else wicked and untrue mr george ratteray who like his father had served in the b.m.a bitterly took issue with the chairman describ ing his remarks as wicked and untrue it seemed as if mr toddings just opens his mouth and the winds blows around his tongue he adde where leading the platoon in church is c.s.m wade q.m.c.s.m vernon jones — photo by austin john front the extreme left is 7:30 p.m and did not return the prosecutor noted that fo stay until about 11 p.m the fact ming struck lashed before she left home the out 35 times irresistibly in husband met her in the yard ferred that he meant to kill and asked her where she was jj er going he had to ask three jj e pro duced a chart show times before she showed him ing the t j mes 0 f mrs ming's letters she had in her hana pre g nanc y during their six and said she was going to post ra marr j age and suggested them she did in fact do that * hat six births pro ducing but went on to spanish point geyen chndren did not leavc wjm her friend in connection much for gal i ivant i ng with a wedding the following aronn j da l v u j i if i mr donald smith who re th e husband also left home nted the accused , felt but when he returned and did * wounds showed tfa not find his wife he went to inflicted qn look for her lpon finally re suff n turning home he found i her disord or sittinsr on her bed m ner mgut ' lothes he said he asked her ■ fiend had there been any where she had been but she premeditation then the kffl jnst runted after a short mg would not have been done argument he asked her again m that way and she replied as he said the ju comprised of if vou want to know i've messrs william monteith been out with my man foreman joseph nathaniel | those words went right cumberpatch james douglas through him the accused tes grover melvin lamb herbert tified.^he said his wife had eldridge marshall george his knife in her hand and u mclean jeremiah rego hugh he reached for it she cut his edward richardson carlton left hand then remembering leonard welch philip eric what she told him he said he welch wilfred paul white rare musical treat promised in recital tomorrow night the week in piano recital to aid women's speaking on the motion for adjournment on wednesday assemblymen viewed mr toddings remarks as a grave aspersion on the loyalty of tha coloured people mr russell 1'earman joining others in calling for a public retraction from the chairman said th latter's insulting statements illustrated more than ever my contention that we have got to do away with this dis graceful principle of a segre gated army he had cast a slur on the coloured people they have fought and given their lives for king and country and have the credit of being the best negroes who have ever served in the army mr ratteray said adding he would watch in brief day fund what promises to be a rare musical treat is the recital which will be given tomorrow night by two of bermuda's foremost soloists mr dilton cann tenor and mrs ismay philip - mezzo-soprano who will be accompanied on the piano by mrs eunice simons bermuda's first 3 million budget in history was pre sented to the house of assem bly on monday by the finance committee it estimates reve nue for 1958 at 3,145,408 expenditure at 3,108,782 leav ing a surplus of 36,626 presented by mr j e p vesey chairman of the fi nance committee the budget will be debated next wednes day the lyceum of st paul's a.m.e church presenting the first of its musical programmes is sponsoring young mr errol simmons in piano recital in aid of the womens day fund the recital will be held on friday november 15th at 8.30 p.m at the church lec ture hall continued on page 10 personal and social the artists are being pre sented under the distinguished patronage of dr the hon e a cann and mrs cann in the oddfellows hall somer set at 9 p.m tickets will be on sale at the door and pro ceeds are in aid of allen temple a.m.e church mr pearman said he sup posed that the 1 of the 20 strong bermuda militia who enjoyed equal home life with the 99 per cent of the bermu da rifles must be the two white officers of the b.m.a major bronlow tucker commanding officer and captain annear adjutant not even captain v o'd king and the other negro officers appear to rate he added mr simmons will play the works of three composers bach beethoven and chopin including bach and chopin preludes the famous beet hoven sonata in d major opus no 28 the pastorale and the bach inventions from the well - tempered clavis chord mrs herbert simons of ship's bow keith hall road warwick will be leaving the colony on monday for two weeks in new york before go ing on to beverley hills cali fornia where she will reside indefinitely miss madeline l o u e 1 1 a richards of happy valley road pembroke appeared in the hamilton magistrate court on monday charged with at tempting to stow away on the m.s whakatane and with trying to leave the colony without permission of the currency control board she pleaded not guilty to both charges and a date for the trial will be set later no strangers to the concert stage in bermuda both mr cann and mrs philip have been warmly received in their many appearances all over the island tt is no coincidence that they have selected somer set as the venue of their first • • • a student of musics for about 7 years with mrs avis vokes this is mr simmon's first serious recital leaving today for califor nia where she will join her husband is mrs anne paynter webb of st george's she will be accompanied by her daughter patricia major tucker was the first to raise the issue he said there was no doubt about which unit mr toddings was referring he said the men of his unit did not join to im prove their living conditions but through loyalty to their queen and country the speech had aroused an awful feeling he had been beseiged with telephone calls from the militiamen who wanted some thing done about the matter went to pieces and william enoch zuill continued n page 10 defeated but not down-hearted miss lois brangman of pembroke left on thursday for a holiday in new york leaving on sunday for kings ton jamaica were mr leon stines and mrs doris tatem of pembroke • • # bermuda pitmanite association flourishes olney joyiens ella francis judith woods mrs lorraine merriman mrs winnifred vanputten ; mr lionel merri man and mr michael jacques two leave for residence in japan tssm m mi.^.m^tr^m.^.s n'i £** £^~* 1 v - . zi$t 1 1 at the last meeting of ths association mrs millie nev erson m.b.e well-known educator was elected an hon orary member of the group she was invited to be the regular monthly lecturer but illness prevented her from at tending however her pre pared speech was read to the meeting by miss elvira war mrs margurite talbot and son bryan and daughter sheryan left last sunday to join her husband in new york and to celebrate their 16th wedding anniversary which was last wednesday * # • after paying a brief visit to the colony mrs thelma batts daughter of mr and mrs hilgrove adderley of north shore pembroke left here on sunday enroute to japan to join her husband she was accompanied by her daughter patricia who had heen vacationing here for the segregation must 60 the bermuda pitmanite association which was re-or ganized a few weeks ago has already succeeded in stimula ting considerable interest iu the colony among the many practitioners and students of the pitman sysem of short hand typing and business ad ministration membership those interest ing in joining may contact anv of the present members or at tend the meetings which take place in the l l w jacques commercial school dun donald street the next meet ing will be on wednesday november 13 at 8 p.m . the major suggested that the local forces board should retract the statement made by the chairman and have the units informed mr russell pearman said he considered it the gravest and most insulting statement that could be used against the coloured people he added it had demoralised the whole i nit and he thought the chairman should retract it or resign mr toddings interpolated that's what you would like to see but you will never see it • # « mr e t richards m.c.p returned to the colony yester day after three weeks in the united states the full slate of officers of the association is as follows mr l l w jacques foun der mrs jean raynor presi dent mr arthur pemberton vice-president mr ira philip secretary miss alvia pem berton assistant secretary ; mrs louise rowling treas urer miss gloria harris and miss annie pike chaplains and miss christine tannock chairman of entertainment committee mrs neverson stated shs was glad to hear of the reviv ing of the b.p.a and she was wholeheartedly for it she lioped it would not languish again she thought the meet ings should provide oppor tunity for a valuable exchange of ideas and she emphasised the importance having god as a foundation ner summer the association which meets regularly every second and fourth wednesday in th month counts among its membership several who play prominent roles in the busi ress and professional life o2 bermuda its president i3 mrs jean raynor a civil servant who is employed as secretary to the post master general mrs batts the former thelma pitt is the wife of sgt james batts of the u.s a.f they met and married while the latter was stationed in bermuda four years ago they expect to be in japan at least three and a half years sgt batts is the son of mr and mrs james batts of plainfield n j mr cecil dismont yesterday for the second time this year mr cecil dis mont prominent merchant went the way all negro candi dates have gone in municipal elections during the past nine years that is down in de feat he was beaten by mr h morris cooper in the city by election yesterday by 54 votes to 87 mr dismont said he was bridge nearly completed mr pearman continuing tj decry the segregated bermuda army he closed by saying thai if mr toddings were a young lad of 18 i do not think he would have any difficulty joining either unit mr w l tucker described mr toddings speech as au indication of irresponsible work on the new watford brjdge is continuing on schedule and it is expected that the two-lane span will be completed by mid-march the major part of the work is complete and what remains to be done consists mostly of frills such as kerbs fishing verandahs and handrails mrs neverson went on to stress the need for co-opera tion perseverance kindness and regularity on the part of members and she closed by hoping for many pleasant and profitable meetings in the fu ture the aim of the association is to accentuate the proficien cy of its members in short hand tvping and business ad ministration any pitmanite in the country is eligible for mrs batts was honoured at a bon voyage party on satur day night at her parent's home when sho left the following day she was also accompanied by her brother mr neil adderley who will holidaying other members are ifhe misses elvira warner helen dowling laura cross anno dyett matilda jacobs olive francis brenda wilkinson not disheartened by his de feat and he would try ag^in he hoped his supporters would not be discouraged b yhaving to pu up wtih so many defeats i ___________»•— t_e £_!! ltttlemon 1 iemon 0j ___. use plenty of keep cool realemon 1ss keep healthyl tsfsonstjiujed