The Bermuda Recorder

              h jsernuula jh recorder j rg8ff «~^*«*> man-appe qggj published bi weekly price tjd wednesdays 1 saturdays i eal al hamilton bermuda saturday april 30 1960 no 76 volume xxxvi it has worked well long period police chief outlines new plan for local force floral pageant drew applause of thousands franchise com'tee urges no change in present electoral system ttltv f fj '_-_-__-__■__. w illhiiifft t fe 9 * a 2 h___-_pr fcxb h s___i .- 3k i p . • _ l t mwr tm w ____■___■_■_. v ■ bjf 4fl - rl^b "*^ * a___s r tb p . s v v,^ji^3e_-__3s _-___.? h b^8e__--s !_»' \^*^ * m____b !______■__ _____ j p__h_____9-"v t ___________________________________ r j f ________ m , r . ._ *"^ ■ ki^kb m^m ii k j ---__ - jt ■ • ■:*»»■ ik if __________■______■£, ' ' l ____. li v « a ii proposals calling for the sitting up of a police station near cedar hill the creation of an 18-strong hamilton dock police unit recruitment of two trained police women were contained in a report from the commissioner of police which reached the house of assem bly yesterday extension of vote to lease holders paying not less than 20 monthly recommended in report to house yesterday all all schools in fine arts festival of b u t also proposed is a plan to attract more locals to.ruhe force and a recommendation that all locally recruited can didates be sent to the united kingdom for training during the first three years service a recommendation that the present system of franchise based on freehold ownership of land should not be changed as it has worked well over a long period of years but that the right to vote should be extended to any leaseholder of land with dwelling house or to the spouse of such leaseholder under certain conditions which include that the lease should not be less than 240 a year was contained in a majority report of the pranchise committee submitted in the house of as sembly yesterday the bermuda union of teachers is sponsoring a fine ar1s festival in which all schools from kindergarten to secondary level have been in vited to participate the festi val will be at the berkeley institute on may 4 and 10 for elementary schools and may 11 for secondary schools the report contains several recommendations for improve ments in the establishment conditions of service and equipment of the police force but the governor in a mes sage accompanying the report urges the house to^provide funds immediately for those recommendations which can be put into effect immediately such as those mentioned above this year's festival unlike previous ones will be on a non-competitive basis and will bring the secondary schools tof.t-.er for the first time in such a programme under the aeijris of the 13 ft each participating school will do something different in the respective categories musical renditions will include unison two-part and solo singing on the dramatic side they may offer playlets skits or panto mimes and dancing will in clude interpretative ballet and folk dances the majority also recom mended that plural voting be abolished immediately but that no action be taken to stop plumping or syndi cate voting since they state the abolition of plural voting would automatically rob syn dicate voting of its effective ness one da^nstea^mhrcea^ii ppsrllth w}t trds report seeks to have the franchise extend ed to a person or his bomc who arc the occupier and ten ant of a dwelling house ra ther than to leaseholders ol land as the majority state tops in its class — this float depicting the home of a sure foundation was entered in thursday's floral pageant by the salvation army it took first prize iij the motor-drawn class prize for the most beautiful entry in the pageant went toj kmith-s parish photo l.v k.i kelhi the governor stated he par ticularly welcomed the com missioner's desire to attract as many local recruits as pos sible into the force and for this purpose considers it es seniial to introduce new salary scales and provide better pro motion prospects by the crea tion of additional senior posts s recommended !■ l-5bf '* fl k^p^^^-_^-_~^^s-l iibli^^v *_ a ." «_ j a v 2 _____■________. ' mmr a k f *\ mirt.'^k i b__-_____r the report was set down for consideration at the third meeting of the house from monday next every vantage point on front street and along other points in hamilton was crowd ed on thursday by the thou sands of spectators who turn ed out to see the 1960 floral pageant the hon w l tucker chairman of the select com mittee appointed by the house nearly two years ago to study what amendments if any should be made to the parlia mentary election act 1945 presented the majority repor signed by himself and seven other members and two sepa rate minority reports signed by mr m a gibbons and mr e t richard text of report the select committee ap pointed the 2nd july 1938 with leave to report in the present bession for the pur pose of examining the parlia mentary election act 1 and to report as to what amendments if any should be made thereto has the honour to submit the following in tcrim report the committee planning the festival for the union includes miss ruth thomas chairman miss frances van putteii miss moris cann mrs sylvia ca-ines miss shirley wellnian mr bertrand iuishard miss muriel patrick miss eva cai sey mr dean furhcrt mrs henrietta ingham all of whom are teachers the pageant turned out to be as colourtul a spectacle as any despite the many set backs and headaches suffered by the organizers at the last nuuute ioni 33 floats were entered and they not only drew the applause from the many spectators but praise from the visiting judges from america for the beauty and the good deal of imagination which had gone into their con struction promptly at 8 o'clock each evening and an admission charge of five shillings will be made it is expected that par ents of participating children will attend tbe festival but the committee has issued a special invitation to other members of the public to at mr gibbons minority re port is *§■*■■* dietwrbiiig tfea rights of those presently en joying plural voting and also oppose the majority's recom mendation to hold elections on 1 on the 10th december continued on page 2 the programme will start lend salvation army opens drive for 10,000 next week progressive ♦ ion eradicated and replaced with a positive programme which is spelling a new day for both prisoners and their keepers — it is doubtful if the press would have been welcomed anywhere near the prisons the prize for the best entry in the parade went to war wick arbour society which also swept away the trophy for the best parish organiza tion the most imaginative and skilful entry as well as the prize for coming first in its own class of parishes new spirit seen in operation of local prisons the entry of st john's ambulance brigade is seen here depleting the brigade's emblem it took 2nd prize in tiie class for voluntary organizations first was hamil ton fire brigade photo by ed kelly the salvation army ha an objective of 10,000 this year for its annual red shield building and maintenance ap peal which commences on monday next yesterday a group of prominent hamilton business leaders who will can vass firms in the city for con tributions met under the chairmanship of mr jack da vis at the army citadel court street to map out plans for the big drive there were many manifes tations of the new spirit in this reporter's view the chief among them and probably one ol the underlying reasons for the success of the programme has been the bermndianiaza tion of the top echelon of the prison staff the doors of her majesty's penal institutions in bermuda were thrown wide open this week to members of the local pre to get a first hand account of the new happenings inside the walls and behind the bars and to get a feel of the new spirit which at long last is abroad in the prisons today the theme of the float was coral reef and the whole of the production from the sandy ocean bottom to the tip of the reef included some 30 to 40 varieties of plant life mrs park breck was credit ed with conceiving the idea of the float more than a year ago and it took some 30 peo ple five weeks to produce it smith's parish took the prize for the most beautiful entry which was entitled the belle of smith s teer fire brigade 2 st john ambulance brigade 3 hamil ton volunteer firebrigade prize ■ two new pastors named for a.m.e churches pl'lass u commercial adver tising : 1 holmes williams and purvey 2 bank of ber muda 3 electric light co class e schools 1 war wick academy 2 dellwood infants were it not for the fact that the warden of prisons mr norman goldinj was so ion fident that many of the ills according to information received here today the rev leon buniham b.s b.d has been appointed pastor of rich ard allen a.m.e church st george's and is expected to arrive in the colony from philadelphia next week we have also been inform al that the hcv w j john son of gouldtown new jer sey has been appointed pastor of vernon temple a.m chnrch southampton to suc eeed the rev r w coleman who left here last week with hi wife and daughter to at tend the philadelphia con ference of the church for re assignment also leaving last week with his family was the rev h cross former pastor of rich ard allen he too attended the philadelphia conference which was presided over by bishop george w baber who has jurisdiction over ber muda concomitant to the decade most of the chief and prin ciple officers at all the estab stupidity slackness and even corruption in the prison opera continued on page 10 class k motor drawn salvation army h "* 3 h .___»'- * * ___________■ r - —,___. * 1 , aiibn-_i b--k t fmw^mk wm i5im3j y n^wb brigadier charles watt head of the army in bermuda said a special appeal is being made to the public this year to enable the organization to build a youth centre at ce dar hill warwick class c parishes 1 war wick 2 smith's s southamp the entire awards list is as follows : toll annual awards most beau tiful entry — smith's parish most beautiful entry featur ing lilies — staff of king ed ward vii memorial hospital most original entry — south ampton arbor society best school entry — warwick aca demy 0 labour relations officer for bermuda named this is a heavily populated district and our facilities are over-crowded we hope to al leviate this situation by es tablishing a youth centre if we can do this a tremendous need will be met and afforded the entire community the brigadier stated the secretary of state for the colonies has selected harold e chudleigh esq o.b.e for appointment as la bour relations officer ber besl parish entry — war wick arbor society best vo luntary organisation — ham ilton fire brigade most arti tie entry — holmes williams and purvev most imagina tive and skilful entry — war wick arbor sor»iety muda the drive is under the patronage of the governor and is being co-ordinated by the advisory board of the army mr dudley butterfield m.c.p chairman of the board noted that since the board was formed six years ago the red shield fund drive has been the accepted method of volun tary giving to the army in mr chudleigh is 56 years old and has had long experi enee of labour relations and trade union organisations both in the u k and abroad he was appointed inspector of labour in palestine in 1942 and became deputy director of social welfare in 1947 in 1048 he was transferred to cyprus as commissioner of labour mr chudleigh was appointed secretary for social services in cyprus in 1955 and was responsible for introduc ing a social security scheme best entry in show rick arbor society — whr in that colony he was also chairman of the prison board from 1948 to 1953 and a mem ber of executive council from 1948 to 1955 h retired in 1969 . . mr chudleigh is expected to arrive in the colony with his wife within the next two weeks class winners class a bi cycles and hand-drawn 1 beryl brown dianne mitchell lynda mitchell cindy young 2 gary lee keller 3 alec iriiterbridvj bermuda the prison farm once dubbed a holiday camp where some prison officers and most of the convicts had a good time whooping it up is developing into what one officer confidently feels will be one of the best institutions of its kind to be found any where the barracks building seen above in the well laid out mam compound is the blessing which resulted from the deliberate firing by the prisoners 18 months ago of an old unattractive stone building the annual cost of running the salvation army here is approximately 18,000 he pointed out noting that last rclass b horse drawn : uj p.c.a 2 beta sigma phi class c voluntary organ isations : 1 hamilton volun continued on page 10 •____! diet delightfully with diet delight