The Bermuda Recorder

              h bermuda jl rccordei — cmi^^^gaty published hi-weekly price 6d wednesdays 1 saturdays qmn-appet eal al volume xxxvi hamilton bermuda saturday march 26 1960 ho 67 search for missing child proves fruitless health director scores population problems mk\w mm b w kwa 4 bb i ama nbf # j ■ kkm v r m aw f aw wr the breeding of children by unmarried women particularly girls under the age of consent and also by mental de fective plus the problem of immigration of families into the ctiony were cited last night as factors requiring attention if ber mud 1 , is to contiol the growth of its population dr simon l'razer director of health serviees commented al length on what he called junior red cross members - twenty-four purvis sehool students were enrolled in the schools junior red cross link in a ceremony on wednesday and presented their pins by the governor's wife lady gascoigne the recipients are seen above with mr john glad win loca director of the british red cross mrs gerald frith a red cross executive and mr sinclair richards a teacher at purvis who is in charge of the school's link which is the largest in the island its membership totals 55 _ photo by ed kell ing the world that a commun is can be intelligent in such l.iattcrs at all levels of educa these local controversies in his weekly medical report which was devoted last nighi to a discussion of world popu lation problems generally and i review of bermuda's own sit tion fn other places workers in the field of family limitation arc wishing that it should bo regarded as a matter of or dinary family living and pari of health services we here have done just that and there is no doubt wc are the first to howard academy to benefit from club concert nation world-wide protests dr frazer told of his atten dance at a meeting in prince ton last week of businessmen and scientists whose special study has been population trends and controls it was shown that if the human world continues to reproduce its kinfl at the present rate there is no hope that by any means it will be able to raise the pre sent standard of living of the human race — low as it is against south bave done so the influence of the negro on american music will be dramatized in song and word next wednesday night at the atlantic beach club in a we now must enter the field of our own controversies on h how to deal with the number of children born out of wed lock the habit has increased a hundredfold in the last 25 vrars there are a number of african massacre unique programme being pro duced by mr frank heppin stall the american band leader currently engaged a the abc unmarried mothers who tak admirable care of their child ren and their pride iu them is obvious at the baby clinics iiud these on the whole are also limiting the families in a study of the under-nourished svhool child the most constant factor found was the large fai»ilr irrespective of th marital status of the mother protesting voices are being raised from almost every corner of the civilized world against the cold-blooded murder earlier this week of 86 south africans and wounding of 200 others by police while they were making a non-violent demonstration four-year-old kevin outerbridge only son of mr and mrs alvin outerbridge of bailey's bay was still missing at noon to day having vanished from the home of his grandparents mr and mrs edward fubler also of bailey's bay about 3.1.1 p.m on thursday police aided by dozens of persons have thoroughly combed the surrounding land area but have found no trace if the boy early this morning a team of skin divers led by mr park breck carried the search under water as fear began to mount that the child may bave fallen in the sea it is not bvst the jrr mr heppinstall will present ir the programme his own versatile group the allegros together with mr harlaud landy and his golden har uionairs — a male chorous which recently toureil cities iu the united states also ap pearing on the programme will be miss alicia jaramond the talented new york vocalist who is also starring at tti • abc govern against racial laws family limitalton as public policy the problem can only he solved bv mass disaster by world in bermuda posters were being distributed yesterday urging a boycott of south afri can goods sold in the colony as a protest against the mur der of your brothers and sis ters in africa ii-.dian parliament that the in cidents are not the end of an episcde but the prelude to fu ture conflicts because i cannot understand the people of air ca submitting to this kind of thing massacre to these who say that na ture always finds a remedy how true — and no doubt phy sicists working on the atom bomb are uature's agents to that purpose dr frazer went on to say under age girls the cause of his habit ob viously needs faetual and un emotional study but there are two groups which need action the pregnant girl under the age of consent not necessarily a promiscuous girl but very often an ignorant precocious silly one the parent's attitude is goodness what these girls get up to nowadays we have failed to get any hostel for these girls the least we can do might be to put them under probation officer control with hours of curfew if necessary mr nehru speaking with tension and indignation to a hushed parliament said there tould be no doubt that all the people of asia will give their fullest sympathy to the afri iii new york about 40 mem bers of muslim brotherhood u.sa and the united african nationalist movement held an hour-long demonstration across the street from the united na tions building to protest against terror in south africa the demonstrators then marched to the south african consulate building and continued picketing for auother hour b.li conference opens monday the public is invited to at tend the concert not only to avail themselves of a musical treat but to help a worthy cause at the same time mr percy paynter manager of the club who arranged a similar programme earlier this year to aid the tuberculosis association said the entire proceeds will go to the howard academy time wasted cans the annual delegate confer ence of the bermuda indus trial union will open on mon day night with a public session starting at 8 o'clock and witli sessions closed to all but mem bers continuing on tuesday and thursday ir attendance having beeu named by their respective divi sions on the basis of one dele gate for every io financial members he added that the odd thin about the problem was that while all thinking men admit ted its import and distance and agreed that family limi tation must be attained irre deemable time was being wasted iu arguing about arti f:ciality and acceptability of method in response to demands for a protest to the south african government he pointed out that india has no diplomatic relations with that government aud that it would be a rather feeble thing to send a note the union has 13 divisions but the more active ones are those of the longshoremen transport plumbers and hotel meanwhile in south africa itself the government seemed hardened by the mounting protests of their murderous acts five supporters of the pau-africanist congress were sentenced yesterday to ten cuts with a cane for railing to carry identification passes — caning is a common type of punish ment in south africa he said india would be sym pathetic to any move made in the united nations on the mat ter mr eugene woods acting secretary-general of the union said last night the provisional president mr gilbfrt darrell will open the conference after declaring alaska hall head quarters of the union for the purpose of the conference he will speak on the theme of the the meof the conference after whieh a talk will be given by a guest speaker this will be followed by the secretary's report teusday's session will start al 8 p.m and thursday's at 1 30 p.m in england mental defective ness is notifiable to the local health authority should a mental defective female become pregnant she is placed in an institution or foster home un der supervision unti her child bearing days are over wednesday's programme will be narrated by mr hep pinstall the first part will deal with spirituals the second negro personalties in music and their third part will be given over to the blues dr frazer said the prince ton meeting was called to re el uit private endeavour t start the ball rolling in a world population emergency campaign as governments in gieat countries have shown onwillingness openly to sup port this philosophy mr nehru compared the south african shooting to the massacre of 400 indians by british troops in the punjab if 1919 cital committee is dr marjorie l beau mr heppinstall has had a successful career as a musi cian born in atlantic city hi first played trumpet later switching to saxophone at the age of 16 years soon after he started playing professionally he has appeared on radio and television programmes not ably ed sullivan's america's greatest bands he formed his own group two years ago miss greene who hails from newark new jersey and mr battle who is a new yorker liave both been engaged profes sionally in the fields of opera church radio and television as soloists in addition miss it is a sad fact that the mental defective does tend to breed defective children and it is a sadder fact that we have some industrious mental de k fectives doing just that a well-known lady of the town had five children the only one she attempted to look after sui vivn4 three weeks we need i sotakion commensurate with the united states in an ex traordinary step officially de plored violence and loss of life in south africa arising out of police firing on negro rioters the statement issued bv the it was impressive that ber muda was able to show at the meeting that it took steps 25 yiars ago and was now show in new delhi yesterday prime minister jawaharlal nehru today strongly con demned the shooting by police ii south africa he told the all members of the union have been asked to attend the three sessions ft is expected that some 35 delegates will be continued on page 2 continued on page 10 bermioian marries in panama • nr economv rev and mrs t w foster hailed in springfield immigration , ' m . ' - ■ b «* m a if j \ ' ' 1 \ - a m a ■ f £ now our other controversy why show the world how clever we are by voluntarily imposing lainily limitation when immi grants and families are allow ed i some form of skills are ne 1 s>ary to us as a community iind until we develop and train our own labour force iu all grades such immigration .=. expedient to maintain our icon mic position two top flight personal and social g0wmi~^w m ~ ' *_*■ soloists giving u.s mr and mrs ira castle ol tills hill hamilton have au i cauced the enggameiit of thier daughter maxine loin to mr howard rodney sim mons of cox's hill pembroke mr simmons is the son of mr ai.d mrs howard simmons sr i joint recitals here w two top-flight american con cert artists miss evelyn ire ne coloratura soprano and mr robert baltic tenor will be brought together in joint re eital in bermuda on april 4th and 6th they are being pre sented bv the berkeley educt tional society at the berkeley institute auditorium kw k the ability to train is a profitable by-product of fam ily limitation we mav be pros perous but there is a limit to ihe nurse to have less prim ary school expansion means more money for secondary and technical training schools • • • mr otis eugene richardson jl of park place brooklyn n.y was due to arrive today for a visit to his parents mr and mrs otis eugene rehard son sr and family of glebe read pembroke east apt and mrs fred van zuill young salvatii n arm officers were pictured at the reception which followed ihei recent marriage in panama the bride was formerly captain uoise west daughter of mr and mrs james west of middle town pembroke capt west spent several weeks in bermuda ■ few months ago after having done extensive work with th army in south america she was given in marriage by a eloi • friend and attended by mrs major roos of sweden as matron nf honour and by capt shirley cox of panama as bridesmaid the bride's bouquet was white ealla lilies a gift from mrs altou thompson the recitals are under the distinguished partronage of his excellency the governor sir julian gascoigne and lady gascoigne they will be the first performances at the berk eley to whieh the governor and his wife have extended their patronage since their .—• ival last year chairman of to return to immigration l'nder law there is no auto matic acquisition of bermu dian status and children of undomiciled people resident here no longer obtain bermu da status by birth alone .. f .. rev and mrs t w foster carelessly producing an wanted child please think and think and think again before risking launching an unwant ed baby into an overcrowded world goodnight bethel a.m.e church in more in nine months than iu spriagfield massachussettes the history of the church the is proud to have such a leader monthly bills are paid in full m reverend and mrs t w each month and the mortgage foster bethel has progressed continued on page 10 you may remember 1 based a previous talk on the follv of wwsjsbp diet delightfully with diet delight