The Bermuda Recorder

              g bermuda jfck ttccordet ipi vj/kjtf c^jggfc li 8 purvis ltd w t_bk agents ? purvis ltd published bi-weekly price 6d wednesday 1 saturdays volum^xxi^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^hamiltol^ermim i toddings under administration of plea for more government no fuss or bother aid for old folks home over budget more fire berkeley institute again falls on deaf ears without any particular fuss or bother the house of as in house sembly began consideration o nwednesday of the colony v attacked m.c.p.s clash over-segregated army first 3 million budget most of the board chairmen welrc absent from the house thu hamstringing the back-bench pleas for more government support for the welfare of the colony's aged failed to move the majority of the house of assem bly on wednesday to increase the grant to the packwood old folks home by 3o0 a move was made in the house of assembly yesterday to delete from the defence estimate for 1958 the fees payable to mr s s toddings as chairman of the local forces board in protest of his conduct of the affairs of the board and also for his failure to be present in the house during consideration of the estimates ers who look forward to th budget debate as the best op portunity to check on the be hind-the-scene activities oil government mr w l tucker who caused a big furor earlier this year when he charged that the berkeley institute was badly adminis tered re-opened the issue in the house of assembly yesterday with a slashing attack on the governing body and principal of the school mr j e p vesey chairman of the finance committer with mr gayous powell chairman of the social wel fare boar led the resistance to the increase which was pro posed by mr a e nicholl they pointed out thdt the home had shown a credit balance at the end of junt that it had other endowments and was therefore not in dire need of the increased govern ment aid vesey accused mr nicholl of pursuing the interests of the packwood home as an election stunt it was not fair for members to come up here and curry favour in their consti tuency in vietv of the election which takes place next year the debate was opened by mr j e p vesey chairman of the finance committee who noted that the colony had gone through the most pros perous period it has had during th preceeding months of 1957 this was shown by treasury figures revenue was high customs receipts were pafrtic larly healthy and the working balance for this year was the greatest ever mr vesey did not spend too much time explaining thi various departmental votes and he seemed bent on getting the estimates through the house as fast as possible ho noted that this was his 13th year in presenting the budget — the fofrm of which had hard ly changed in fact he said it had become stereotyped and was the best method during consideration of the 479,732 vote for education iu 1958 mr tucker challenged the hon h t watlington chairman of the board of edu cation to state whether an in vestigation in the school took place a week after his earlier criticism and also to state what the results of that probe were so that it could be seen whether or not his allegations were justifiable last week mr toddings was given a tongue lashing by several m.c.p.s for a speech before an all-white audience in which he slurred the coloured bermuda militia artillerymen yesterday m donald smith moved to delete lf^he estimated that thai was mr todding's worth to the board from the item for fees to board members he did so he said because the dis integration of the all-white bermuda rifles was an indica tion of the failure of the chairman and his boalrd the motion which was later withdrawn was seconded by mr e t richards who criticised the chairman of going away and leaving some one else lt colonel j c ast previous speaker did not know what he was talking about bring matters out in public as mr tucker had mr ratterary recalled that it was 25 years ago that he met the principal mr f s fur bert in london studying at london university he re turned to the colony and be came the first son of tbe soil to be head of the school that was something to be proud of since then he has done yeo man work more than half the present staff passed through the school under his administration the question of the integra tion of the local forces was also raised by mr pearman after mr j e p vesey de clared that nato required bermuda to have two units ' they did not tell you to hav two racially segregated units mr pearman retorted mr nicholl was outraged by mr vesey assertion the chairman of the finance com mittee should have more dignity than to say a thing like that he declared adding that if he did not bring the matter up he wondered who would mr vesey did a good job trying to save the colony money but as soon as some one says something he dislikes he gets absolutely rude and loses his dignity mr nicholl pointed out that the home used to get 800 some years ago but for some reason it was cut in half he was now merely trying to raise the amount to where it was befor.e the home was going through a rough period at present and was faced with heavy expenses including re placing the badly leaking roof of the building there were 17 people in the home which was the only place which accepted old men it also takes care of women as a negro leader he said he felt duty bound to bring up the matter because it was a serious one affecting genera tions of my people there were a great many parents who were not satisfied with the way the school was beins operated and had suffered because of the administration mr vesey rejoined saying mr pearmanwas making silly statements and he wondered what the members of the b.m a thought of his doing so the unit had existed for a long time and the members were proud of its record mr peat man had never served in it but he wondered what such ex-members as mr george rattefcay thought about his re marks i do not think it is fair to come up here and attack mr furbert where he could not defend himself it is equally as unfortunate that coloured members of the house get up here to to wash their dirty linen they should be more discreet mr ratteray de clared he added why we have to listen to a disgruntled minority like this i do not know we would not be any wiser listening all night to his mr tucker's onslaught continuing to speak about the plight of the home mr nicholl said it was true they had certain endowments but they could not be touched he said there was also some 400 to the credit of the home which had been raised in 1 commit effort spearheaded by the lions club because of some disagreement with the trustees of the home the money was being withheld in the treasury the two people responsible for it are mrs edna watson who now lives in naples and mr mo donald who is now in prison how can we get this money mr nicholl asked wood to pull his chestnuts out of the fire mr richards said he was not in the house last week during the rum pus and he wanted td ask mr toddings some questions colonel astwood said m_r only member to speak be fore consideration of the va rious items was mr f c mis ick chairman of thecivl ser vice committee who thought that mr vesey's speech was the best he had made made it mr watlington replied that the investigation was made ait the request of the governing body and the report was handed over to them he added he was not prepared to divulge the findings as the school was a private one thft chairman went on to defend the school saying it had done a great service to the com munity over the years and like other schools would have to do more there was no school that was above criticism election stunt pearman like some women after a number of members rose to speak in support of mr nicholl's motion mr mr ratteray said he felt it was his duty to say something it was his unpleasant duty to say something to an old sol dier mr toddings last week to hear mr pearman speak about integration of th forces he sometimes wondered if he could strain a point and keep the debates more in line to him mir pearman seemel like some women he knew — al ways wanting to have the last word toddings had asked him to tell the house that his speech hadnothing to do with the board and it was a private n*fter mr c v burch wanted to know why he did not say so himself last week was short and to the point several members deplored the absent board chailrman and the failure of some of them to deputise some one else to speak for them mr e t richards called the situa tion reprehensible mr russell pearman suggested they stayed away to avoid being questioned 4 mr richards said he did not share mr watlington's view that schools like the berkeley institute saltus grammar school and the bermuda high school where large sums of public money were spent were private schools he felt that matters relating to them were very much public women's day services at si paul church tomorrow want someone with prestige no race pride ? mr w l tucker stated that if the local forces were to be successfully operated it was necessary to remove its weak kneed leadership and replace it with someone with more prestige he said it would have been a feather in toddings cap if he had chosen to come to the house and stand on his own fee we must have a man at the head of this board who can be fully respected mr tucker declared mr r l pearman said he was quite concerned about the vote for defence it was a agnail amount but he won dered about the worth of con tinuing the present policy with respect to the trainng of the men he reiterated his sugges tion that they should be given technical training perhaps in electronics or engineering etc there was no sense having men running overhills like goats training in methods which would be only useful if bermuda were invaded by au enemy in sail boats mr j e p vesey said th<i the money he was asking for belonged to the colony and there was no need for mr vesey to get hot and bothered mr nicholl said looking the chairman square in the face i'm not hot and bothered mr vesey said yes you are no i'm not this caused the chairman of the com mittee colonel j c astwood to order mr nicholl to address his remarks to the women's day will be ob served at st * paul a.m.e church hamilton when thkeo special services will be held among the many distin guished visitors attending the services will be the governor's wife lady woodall she will attend the 11 a.m service special music will be rendered throughout the day by a special choir directed by mrs doris cok-bin organist of the church mr george ratteray ac cused mr tucker of not demonstrating any race pride in once again airing the issue on the floor of the house white schools had their prob lems but he had never once heard them aired in the house it was unfortunate that coloured members of the house got up there to wash their dirtv linen they should be a little more discreet hi said adding the proper place for mr tucker to raise the matter was in the berkeley educational society of which he was a member speaking as he did mr ratteray said he did not be lieve the member from smith's was voicing the views of the men who had served in that glorious unit mr pearman had never served in it — in fact i do not know if he even knows how to stand to atten tion other matters raised during the education debate pertained to the need for more scholar ships and to the howard academy — it was stated by mr watlington in answer to mr tucker that the grant for the academy has not been raised over 1,000 the amount received last year personal and social mr and mrs leon t williams of hamilton are the proud parents of twin sons born at the king edward vii memorial hospital last satur day the boys weighed five pounds eight ounces and four pounds eight ounces respec tively the williamses have two other children a girl and boyb mir ratteray said mr pear man lost sight of the fact that the unit gave young coloured boys an opportunity to learn to respect their own coloured leaders he added that he mr ratteray was so often mis understood on his views on racial matters and it might be said that what he was say ing was subscribing to fracial segregation however any man who has been a soldier would not look upon mr pear man's remarks in the light hi does it greived him that lv snipes at this matter when there are other issues to snipe ■ at alright mr chair inan but i believe something should have been said from chair when the member from southampton made his allega tion against me mr nicholl continued chair miss helena williams well known chtlrch worker and bible expositor will deliver the address at the mofrnin service soloist will be mrs winifred brangman st george's c c elects officers • # • mr e t richards who said he was president of the b e society stated that it was a matter which was outside the society it was one for ths school . and governing body with regard to the report mentioned by mr watlington mr richards said he had heard about it but so far as i am president of the b e s the report is shrouded in mys tery he added he had heard the report was a very far reaching one and that prob ably was the reason why ho had not yet laid eyes on it mrs charlotte wellman of spanish point is convalescing at home after a serious illness at the king edward hospital the afternoon session com mencing at 4:15 p.m promises t be unique the theme will represent life as a road with caution signs and right and wrong turns used to illustrate the road of life mlrs louisa richards schoolteach er and mrs m allen a resi dent american will present the topic the commentator will be mrs christine ford also an american resident soloist with tjie choir^will be miss willa denbrooket mr russell pearman da fended mr nicholl on the election charge he too felt the home was in need of money the people responsible for the home were doing a charitable work and he wanted to warn the house that that type of people was fast dying out it was a disgrace to think that in the absence of social securi ty the government would be grudge this home an extra 300 at the annual general meeting of the st george's cricket club inc on friday november 9th 1957 the elec tion of officers and com mittees was held and resulted as follows • • • mr and mrs princely mas ters of devonshire are also proud parents of a son born yesterday in the hospital mr norwood smith presi dent mr stephen dowling vice president mr lionel bascome secretary mr sin clair washington assistant secretary mr wilbur ed meade treasurer the many friends of miss martha bramble a teacher at central school will regret to learn that she is still a patient at the king edward hospital where she was confined on november 4 commenting on the field day between mr rattefray and mr pearman mr richards felt that each looking at the matter from his point of view mr donald smith wanted to know if the home was being properly run to which query mr powell replied that two or three years ago there was eome question about the ac counting but this year and last year reports had been submitted to the audit board weer of prayer was right the soldier having regard to the tradition and the wife of the new pastoi of heard chapel mrs alfred marshall will be featured as speaker at the evening service when mrs ismay philip will sing solo mr tucker went on to ac cuse the headmaster of berke ley with of not doing his best to keep abreast of the times tt was pathetic he said to see that there was only one de cent secondary school for colored people and that wa not even conducted properly - management committee : starts glory of his unit wants to re mr cathbert packwood mr charles waldron mr edward swainson mr chesley trott mr clive burgess mr st clair smith tain its independence and identity on the othdr hand two units by their very exist ence cost more expense to the country inrespective of trad tion home and suggested that if they threw their hand in everything would be in the laps of government to mr w l tucker it was pathetic to say that because the home had a credit balance of 300 in june that they not in dire straights and would not need the extra help by december a similar thing happened to another govern ment aided institution the 70th annual week of prayer began in all seven-day adventist churches today at the 11 o'clock worship service special readings have been prepared by world leaders o the denomination for use dur ing the week meetings will be held each evening at 8 o'clock an added feature in the evening will be reports from the various captains who have spearheaded the womens clay drive to raise funds for church renovation and im provement a number of func tions have been held including teas hallowe'en and other presentations mr collingwood burch noted that when it came to spending a couple hundred pounds there was always a squabble but no one quibbled over the hundreds of thousand pounds which go to the t d b he praised the operators of the mr st clair smith captain of a team mr donald steede vice captain of a team mr lewellyn den brook captain of b team mr earl simmons vice cap tain of b team ; mr willar smith master at arms in england units organized since the 16th century had to be merged with others be cause as the government said in the interest of efficiency and economy mr richards ob mr j fred tucker a mem ber of the gove'riiimr bodv sjiid progress had been mad at the school in recent years he added that those who had respect for the race would not sefrved j____________l i iimon 0 a use plenty of keep cool 2h ss keep healthy •