The Bermuda Recorder

              n*^.3i jui titmf a^a£±ai tint's for qualify ; g4b|ggp h thicker richer iasy-pour bottle published weekly price 15 cents r the best olume 49 hamilton bermuda saturday sept 1 1973 no 34 zbm's summer training program bermuda's department of tourism daring daylight robbery promoting bermuda worldwide zbm's number of student trainees increased from fou to six this summer with the d dition of diana caisey and el roy smith as the two success ful applicants out of the fii'tv that applied for this summer training program the robert crawford school but will be transferring to the warwick secondary school at the beginning of the fall te r.i letter dianna is a recent piuil of warwick secondary scho_l and will be joining the student next step is to go into the con ti ol room and set up her music in sections then she is ready to let her program roll police describe robbers elroy's hobbies include music and singing and he is a member of the new breed a local vocal group body of the departmen f academic studies for the fal term bermuda receives a vast amount of coverage in foreign news media in the past five ' years writers have come from as far away as england to gather information about the islands the department of tourism's news bureua sec tion here as well as our for eign branches plays an import ant part in assisting these journalists in getting the infor mation they need the extent of the department's help de pends on the nature of the journalists visits came to bermuda with a gtjup and stayed at ports island on a research project shirley dill and the res of dianna's teachers have noth ing but praise for this young lady they informed this re corder reporter that diai.na learned the control board within a half-hour just by lock ing over the shoulder of its operator from the time he besan to work this trainee has been on her own the zbm staff were also appreciative of her taste in music this teenager says she lovcs reading and listening to mus.e she took part in last year's operation summer theatre when the news bureau found out that he was here he was hustled from ports island to one of the hotels where he enjoyed a comfortable three-day stay twelve high schools pen visited and the children were asked to write letters stati'.g their concept of the importance of radio and television in the community in addition to ihe letters submitted the pupils were given auditions and judt ed on the basis of their basic knowledge of reading rates control and command of music the promoters noted that they particularly emphasized that a job in either of these media was not an ego trip a stip ulation which turned to be ono of the reasons why many of iiie applicants failed to be chosjr for the job shirley dill although no di rectly responsible for the scheme was helpful in select ing the successful couple in commenting on elroy's po lormance over the summer site stated elroy is a challenge and i intend to work with hi until he has achieved his ,'. r oa here wednesdays are dianoa busiest days at the station starting at 8.10 a.m dianna is responsible for choosing her music her choices are b such artists as englebert hum perdink percy faith and ray conniff she says that she is very free to do whatever type of program that she wants ex cept to take the format i'lto the rock world police have released descriptions of two of the masked men involved in the attempted robbery of tbe bank couriers along the south shore road in hamilton parish at 11.30 a.m on wednesday morning the assistant travel editor of the christian science mon itor a journalist for the suv day supplement of the toioato star and a sports illustrated journalist have all had occa sion to use our bermuda new s eureau while here one is said to be a coloured male very dark-skinned with a full afro 5 9 in height of stocky build and wearing a sort of multi-coloured sleeve less pullover shirt which gave the impression of predominate ly red horizontal stripes the incident while the couriers were being forced onto the mid ocean golf course one of them slipped and fell and was told to get up this giving the bank couriers a chance to hear the voice of his assail ant other young people working with the station on a part-time basis are ed williams due curtis dudley seaton jr and preston hutchings although dianna caisey described by zbm's shirley dill as most refreshing was the best reader anion the applicants and also to submit the est actually the department of tourism has a budget for ihe entertainment and transport ation of writers side features ol this budget include bouquets cf flowers sent to the female writers rooms the providing of taxi tours under a qualified tour guide and the giving of excess factual material and even protographs at times the conducted tours have proved very successful and many f tnese visitors have said that the taxi-drivers are great am bassadors for bermuda england unlike america and canada has a guild of travel writers consequently the cov erage received by bermuda in the english papers is handl.d on a somewhat different bas's than by american and cana dian journalists a number if writers from england however who come to bermuda see that the island has been well repre sented in the english pres r.o.a.c has been of great as sistance in the transportation of english journalists to ber muda music selected dianra '_ continued on page 6 s-l-t ..■.—"'- mmrmmt __■_____! j___h bb9ki p _____ h 5l|.i||^w'.-'-y^j m__ft_ttmtfm_fl i • mm waw mmmw * k»^l^_^_l _______§ ar dm vl ihk pvisfbiflltiwh jib be jlrjr^b j — e %- "- 7 siiis ■■ - p "'_« mti^lmm w%ms'm0 * f_flrvr . fl_ffi3tbs-fi--l h__bi k_tfwy ___ : mmmr *__. l -^_____ mmmmjmwbbmbombm—w^^jm v w v^i k:ji^f __# jht_b :^.' l^vrfll ha _» flfc __- ; f __^- '"" \ bk — i^__h__bb pr c^_^hh____li^-flb--bbbb ks ————— " - second of the men is said to be slightly slimmer than the first but of approximately the same height at the moment the police have no descrip tion of the third man concern ed all three men were mask ed with a white gauze type material the blue car concerned in the robbery has also yielded more information license no p-7958 is a two-door estate vv agon of dark royal blue col cur this vauxhall viva is the property of mr roger anthony parris the car was removed from the devonshire dock ar_*a some important observation of the applicants performances were made during the audi tions mr roy richardson and mr webster tucker empha sized that they were appalled by many of the students lack of reading ability they report ed that many of the children failed to satisfy them at the au ditions due to their unfamiliar ity with the pronounciaton o words that should be a part of a hi school student's everv day vocabulary according to the police tha couriers are said to be per lectly satisfied that the men were bermudians because of their accents as two of th?m spoke during the course of the where it had been left by its fjisherman-owner around 8 a.m that morning when mr parris returned from fishing at : 2.30 p.m that day he fo'ind his car had been stolen foreign news media hotels like the airlines work hand in hand with the local news bureau stories covered in foreign news media on bermuda have ranged from the nor mal travel story to politicai stories this range shows that bermuda has been host to celebrated as well as free-lance writers the editor of the new york times the travel edit-t and the assistant travel editor o f the boston globe have been here along with the inner city reporter from the boston museum of fine arts whu superintendent frank ham mond described the incident somewhat like this two batik couriers were returning to hamilton near the dover house on the south shore road in hamilton parish when tieir car was rammed in tbe side by a dark blue car carry ing three masked men the couriers car was forced off the road after which the three masked men got out pulled out the driver and forced both of the couriers some 25 y«\rds along the road to the mid ccean golf course where they were forced to lie down and consequently were blindfolded the would-be robbers left the men lying there and returned to the couriers car which they examined upon finding ng money they drove off in tb blue car continued on page 4 where to stay book publishers one particular error noted by these men was the pupils inability to pronounce the names of current world lead ers and in the instance of a particular word like chain pionship it was often called companionship the news bureau publishes at their own expense a bro chure where to stay in be muda this brochure is a direct asset to the hotel indies try in return for the free ad vertisement the hotels receive they have t extended a crdit contiiutd on pa/,'c 8 american friends of bermuda visits the group initially five students ware to be chosen for thi year's summer program the number was finally reduced to two however and elroy sp_ith and diana caisey uere/ffosen elroy smith k years oid is a resident of southampton elroy is a former student of mr kenneth a ives presi dent and mr francis a ku vice prepiderrt of he am-;-i a visit to the group's head can friends of bermuda paid quarters on thursday morning to hand over the keys of a new ly purchased van to executive director of the group mr hal gordon the lions club hears about entertainment in bermuda dianna caisey pictured at the controls at zbm she is one of the two high school youngsters chosen for the summer scheme price of milk goes up mr melvin joell of j.b.j talent agency was the guest speaker at the lion's weekly luncheon on wednesday — h:s subject naturally was enter tainment in bermuda which he spoke off as it affects hotels and nightclubs importing their entertainers — i find no fault with this t.n their part for i feel the prob lem lies partly with the schools who do not offer anything in the way of music instruction and those who enter the enter tainment field must do so on their own while those who go abroad to study music don't want to return home because here they are under-rated and underpaid in the short ceremony mr gorden expressed his appreci ation to these two officials tor their donation he also ex pressed his pleasure that the organization of the american friends or bermuda with their 5,000 gift had become the group's largest contribu tors to their recent appeal for a van and the purchase of much needed air conditioners bermudians in britain / from london correspondent prior to opening her present business she worked with the mecca organization the com pany which runs the miss world competition she was also executive secretary to ihe creative director o lin'.as advertising co which is an in ternational advertising co when in this position norm was a regular girl friday having to handle a great many affairs on her own iniative elaine ellingham although norma sherlock johnstone has spent the greater part of her life in the united kingdom she if well known in bermuda her homeland norma is a per son who has to be involved especially in the thing oi the moment she attended alma college in canada when she was only fifteen and returning to bermuda began doing secretarial mr joell was introduced to the lions by mr charles vau croson who stated he is a voting man whe is very involv ed in the entertainment field he started off at the age of 13 at the bottom of the ladder to the point where he is now president of his own agency to promote entertainment in ber muda on an equal basis so that it can be recognised with enter tainment everywhere in the bermuda flamingoes fly to blackpool dunkley and pioneer dairies ltd announced on thursday that the price of filled milk wil increase 4c per quart as of today september 1st 1973 the american friends of bermuda are comprised of a membership of americans who reside in the island some who work here and others who visit the money contributed by this organization was not only used in the purchase of the van but also went tow ards the payment of the air conditioning system installed on the group's premises returning to the subject of hotels and entertainers mr joell said i don't blame the hotels for importing their en tertainers lor again the fault lies mostly with bermudians in talking to entertainment directors of hotels one of the'r major complaints is that ber mudians don't wan't to matce time or adhere to rules con tinuing he said that local mu sicians will usually want to this increase is due entirely to the cost of ingredients and materials and does not take into account labour or the gov ernment employment tax due to the increased costs of raw materials it is simply costing dunkley and pioneer dairies ltd 4c per quart mote to manufacture filled milk than it did three months age four west indian flamin goes which were bred in the aquarium's zoo in june 1971 were flown thursday night to the municipal zoological gar dens in blackpool england blackpool is the former con stituency of lord martonmere who was governor in bermuda from 1964 until 1972 the birds were sent as a gift from ber muda to the zoo in blackpool as a token of recognition for the services rendered to ber muda by lord martonmere work she became quite active in the entertainment field waif'.ed to do sometninj in which her knowledge of tliis would be an advantage so she opened a charm cchool in be i ' i she has now opened a shop called simply the boutique in which she sells dresses blouses suits coats etc ; most ly catering to the younger set tia\ii studied dancing i w rh y rot surprising tnat sne muda winch was highly 71 _ jj i ______________________________ «_____! m mt m ™>*'''"- j jm tcmt / 9____l r 4^______j __■* ____■ 91 hf ° _ hk s _____ u*9 *^ ■ l _____________ ___. 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" ■ " h ______ fl * ra__bs__r ■ » h9 _____ v mi ] i___r * m 9____fif 4tt___fl___fi______l l ■ i j(mnhh______h__«wibw_-l 3 mf^^mmiffmmm^mjm^^^^ram^^m - . sd-flh continued on page 4 world in his speech mr joell r.oted for some time the hotels in bermuda have been personal and social both mr ives and mr kur.n reside in bermuda mr ives lives in southampton while bermuda civic ballet continued on fage ci three new ballets - each distinctly different the birds were flown to eng land by courtesy of british airways boac thursday night and was delivered dire-:rt ly to mr cyril f grace direc tor of the municipal zoological gardens in blackpool best wishes to miss br.-t'.y jean o'brien of khyber pass v arwick who celebrates net l,">th birthday today the civic ballet opened it major production for this yc_r on tuesday night when it pre sented three new ballets to a capacity opening night audi ence under the patronage of kis excellency tlie governor sir edwin leather and lady leather members of the c vie ballet danced their way j irough pegas picture — site grace a pas de deux with laurence haider katina woodley who danced a waltz with a great deal of expression and fluid precision and moir stott who although young is a very good dancer as seen in prelude 2 of note also is coral patterson who proved to be a very versatile and ex pressive dancer laurence haider tall trees in georgia danced by alii son masters and kristina jnj ham to a song by folk sinter buffy sainte-marie was very and out from among the screens and with the use of a strobe light appeared as figures from a silent screen movie * * * outstanding among the danc ers who swayed and body jerked their way through rehearsal take 1 and rewind and re-take was dance captain coral patter son also of note was vcr congratulations to little janell rc'ene west of middle town pembroke who cele brated her second birthday on thursday august 30th dramatic and enh^rjced by dancers standing in the bark wrapped and holding umbrel las over their heads in this allison masters exhibited lie lull range of her ballet tech nique and mime ability flamingoes were first bred in bermuda in 1967 and any where from one to five birds have been reared at the aqua rium since then the breeding success is attributed to adjust ing water levels in the pool of the birds and to the gener ous donation from an ameri can of a number of female birds to more nearly balance the sex ratio of the local pock * * * the rehearsal roaroke river — cica 1961 and jazz play ending in a classical finale choreographed by local director patricia gray congratulations to mr eugene ernest richardson who will be celebrating his birthday tomorrow sunday september 2nd roanoke river by far the most dramatic and lively of the three presentations was choreographed by charles ben nett the stage was set for this lively interpretation of the lives of citizens inhabiting a rural community with a traditional dance the stage setting and effective use of children witu a minimum of props were the signs of a skilled professional choreographer at word the carousel ". again usin.4 music by buffy sainte-mane was aptly danced by jennifer lambert and verniece b..nja min roanoke river ended with piney woods hill an other buffy sainte-marie num ber danced by laurence haid er with the whole company niece benjamin finale an exciting night that offered a variety of dance styles to please all tastes was fittingly ended with a classical white ballet chore ographed by patricia gray it was a fitting vehicle for such cancers as moira stott coral patterson katina woodley and alison masters to show oif their skill en pointe a customer inspecting the clothes for sale outside o norma's boutique degas picture choreo graphed by patricia gray is a classical ballet with john pso fit chairman of the bermuda arts council as the ballet master in mime he involves the students with laurence haider as the young student in a rehearsal against a back drop drawn from degas fam ous picture the rehearsal cessful and some of her pupil _ the women's christian as sociation under president rhoda raynor and secretary thelma jones will be resum of this period have gone on to make names for themselves in the modelling field notice inside pages ing their activities after a summer break this sunday their first meefting for die fall season will take the form ol a fellowship with the mem bers of the lorraine rest heme in somerset the meeting be gins at 4.00 p.m and members of other prayer bands are in vited to join them on this oc casion jazz play the last of ihe ballets and choreographed by dale muchmore used congo drummers steven hollis and wendell darrell and coloured panels moved around by t.he dancers to effect richard lathanj kurt callabras and lloyd smith added humour to the night as they danced in norma has made retir visits to bermuda since mak ing her home in the u.k and spent a couple of years there a few years ago however tiie call of her adopted home v as strong and so she returned there since her last stay i;i bermuda she has been invoi ed in a variety of things please note that mrs jane masters former manager of the union printery and bermu da recorder and mr alfred augustus former editor of tbe bermuda recorder are no longer with this company editorial weary wilue & page 2 tired tim manhattan age 7 johnny be fair added a touch of humour with katina woodley as the daughter who was rigidly protected by her parents john profit and eilei johnson from the likes of johnny richard lathan jim my kurt callabras and biily all in all bermuda civ ; c ballet's three new ballets deserve to be seen tonight is the last night the doors open at city hall at 7.30 and ticket can be bought at the door chessboard cookery sports church news the charmaines page i page 10 outstanding among the stu dents in this ballet are alison masters an accomplished dan cer who performed with exqtj page 5 page i page