The Bermuda Recorder

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nkrumah wa3 calling on all nations to impose economic and political sanc tions on south africa necessity of education stressed bermudians urged to cast off spell of intellectual lethargy dr nkrumah said south africa's decision to quit the commonwealth rather than modify her apartheid policy ealls for new measures of south africa two years ago when the republic was being planned dr verwoerd's attitude to britain was entire ly different he said the great challenge to parents teachers and students pre sented by the necessity for education for living in thisi technological age was stressed by miss iris marsh head of tho english department at the girls secondary school when she addressed the 26th anniversary meeting of southampton glebe parent-teachers association meanwhile in south africa dr verwoerd the prime min ister walked out of parlia ment in cape town in thj face of a violent opposition at tack on his decision to go it alone xow it was me and mae yet he did not do much to help the british during tho war and now he wanted th help of the british prime min ister miss marsh who taught al the glebe school tat 14 years before going to ei'.irland iui post graduate studies bor rowed tin word of the american educator oh:i dewey education m i ii _ eessity for life for her topic was given by mrs patricia quinn secretary who noted that ihe planning of a school tuck shop and fund raising projects to support four scho larships to the berkeley in stitute were the major efforts integration — members of the bermuda militia artillery band and the bermud.i rifles were pictured rehearsing together for a joint band concert they will give during the easter season — photo by ed kelly mr sidney waterson a for mer minister speaking from the united party front bench described verwoerd as a man with a lucid and plausible tongue but a padlocked mind and not fit to govern any country debate in london kicking off the debate in the commons mr macinillan denounced south africa's ra cial policies as remote from and indeed abhorrent to the ideals to which mankind is struggling in this century larger post office in warwick planned commercial boatmen petition house against new taxes miss marsh was introduced by mrs winifred xisbett a teacher and thanked by po lice sergeant kenneth ro berts a potest representa tives from almost every par ent teacher association in the colony brought greetings and were unanimous in their praise of the progressive spirit which was traditional at southampton glebe remarks were made by the headmis tress mrs dalton tucker mu sical renditions were rendered by the inah quartette com prising ex-pupils she coin rasted present day life in bermuda with thai of 20 years ago at that iimc the colony did not have ears the hulk of the population found their employment in purcly physical areas which did not require much edorotioa la bour was mostly by hand there being very little di a__iui for inlellectual labour ther ' seemed to be no need for edu the volume of postal bosi ness in warwii-k parish ha increased to such ■■ extent that the snh-nost office at the foot g kvber p;iss bond cannot cone efficiently w i t h the additional work in the existing small building the house of assembly was in formed vesterday to the angry shouts of jj to ghana from the xatioi alist m.p mr waterson continued we must not we dare not leave the common wealth even if it means post poning the declaration of a republic the republic is a minor matter compared to tlu commonwealth leading the opposition mr gaitskell said he did not be lieve that in the years ahead the purely family ties would be enough for the new nations of asia and africa to remain in the commonwealth there should be a feeling that the commonwealth was w o r t h while for what it could do in the world a petition for a modification of the increased taxatio-u proposed on march 15 by the finance committee on gaso line and imported boats was presented in the house of assem bly yesterday by the hon james e pearman on behalf of some yo persons the petition was set down for consideration wheu the finance committee brings in legislation to give effect to proposed increase .. cation according to a message from the acting governor it has b come neecssnry f or the building to be enlarged and th home was therefore ask ed to nrovid 2.sth to meet the cost of ixikinc'ing the sub post office the hon w l tucker w h o sneaks for post office matters for the execu tive set the request down for consideration at th ni'xt day of meeting the text of tli petition is as follows he taunted the prime min ister with trading on the good will of britain to the people was semi illiterate the gasoline used by private !.< at owners opening the dehate mr continued on page 2 bermuda was semi-alliterate the teetthtt observed very few people are doing cleri cal work llowev the pic ture was changed with th war and establishment of the american bases today more and more opportunities were opening f o r intellectual em ployment and she added more changes wt-r • in vogue with the trend to automation 1 your petitioner are de sirous of procuring a modifi cation of the proposed legis lation with respect to taxa tion on gasoline and boats c that the duty of 17v 2 per cent proposed to be levied on importation on all boats sho»ld be reduced to 5 per cent officers installed for the tmeeheg year by the outgoing president mrs enid sy monds were as follows mrs elsie baseonie director mr earl bean president mrs prsula gresty vice-president ; mrs patricia quiiln secre tary mrs lora bean trea south african advises bermuda set your mouse in order first 2 at a meeting held at the city hall on wednesday march l."i your petitioners were duly elected to represent some !•() persons who attended the same meeting and to act as representatives of the in terests set opposite their res 4 that at the time when the tax on gasoline was increased by 7'^d per gallon it was hen a black south african like the rev moses mason sephula who is currently visiting the colony asks a ber mudian why he criticizes south africa's racial policies he could quite easily be misunderstood in fact the bermndian is most likely to get furious with the african continued on page 2 surer smith mrs hazel richardson mrs bernice scott mrs ruth bassett and mrs enid sv monds automation will diminish the need for labourers and if one wanted a job perhaps ever as a street sweeper one will have to iutellectua'lv cquipo ed miss marsh said as str i suet ping ii linn w-'h be done by machine as in the case now in other countries committee members include mr stuart butterfield mrs frances bean mr vincent peetivc names personal and social rev sephula who arrived hfre a week ago and since has been preaching the gospel showing movies on life in south africa and discoursing on music — the second love of his which brought him to this part of the world for study showed a different side of his personality when discussing racialism in an interview last night he revealed himself as a man burning with a passiou that would rid the world - not just south africa of ra cialism and all its evils a charles barron wain wright — private boat own ers william james williams — sightseeing skiing and skin diving charterers john clyde george leseur — com mercial fishermen ; roy tay lor — lame fishermen al bert francis darrell — marine service dealers xxxxxt aa-a-waa-^m i aa www xxxxxxx to be dedicated easter sunday congratulations are extend ed to mr and mrs albert jack ming of ewing street hamilton who celebrate their 19th wedding anniversary to morrow new 500 organ donated by mr james richards to salvation army in hamilton tin speaker orged bermu dians young and old to cast off tin spell of intellectually lethargy of 20 year ago and not be insensitive in techno logical change y dare not be insensitive iu this atomic worid if we want to live due to arrive from xew york today by p.a.a plane is mr donald smith of hamil ton who is enronte from lon don england where he wenl earlier this week to finalize arrangements for the somer set cricket club tour in may # • 3 that at the same meet ing the following resolutions were passed unanimously : a that the taxes on gaso line which existed on 31s die i9s0 should he rein stated for boat owners who use their craft for commercial purposes mr james richards of the canadian hotel has donated a new electric organ to th salvation army on court street at a cost of over mm 0 0 five b it ll a r e t pounds th organ is due to be dedicated on easter sun day afternoon at 4 15 p.m by colonial arthur c cameron chief secretary of the sal vation army for canada and bermuda in the educational life of his homeland so many people never think of their home land after leaving hut mr richard thinks of his hoiti amta with nostalgia and not only thinks hut does some thing about it tin minister of education the hon elori zel ulasspole of jamaica said it was a wonderful donation and a wonderful way to re member his homeland ; and we are reminded of the words of sir walter scott : challenge to parents this was implicit in his ques tion of why criticise booth africa — why pick on us when the very same thing that hap pens in south africa happens here in bermuda the answer supplied by this reporter was : we mention south afri ca because the problem is worse there the challeng miss mars-i said was to parei.ts to see at all costs that their children got an education it is your responsibility to give your life-make sacrifices not oniy in terms of money lmt time a n d personal comforts sh said she urged them not to put children's home work secondary to their chores in the home * * * rev moses sephula b that a tax of only six pence a gallon over and above the tax which existed on 31st dec 10(50 should be levied ou mr albert smith of somer set is home recuperating after undergoing major surgery iu canada with an emphatic xo tln-n made this point : he said it is countries like yours that give moral support to the bigots in south africa it makes it possible for prim ■ is south africa worse is south africa worse f he snapped back she is bold and conies forward whereas here and america england elsewhere you are subtle and cunning at least she is frank and open but the basic ap plication of racialism is the same everywhere he added minister macmillan to s:iv when commenting on the i'nion's withdrawal from the commonwealth that hardly auy country can stand blame less from the practice of ra cial discrimination "' that i moral support he added the brass plate suitably in scribed : donated by james richards as a token of deep appreciation of the work if the salvation army in ber muda—april 2nd 1.161 the challenge to teachers was be prepared lo be more flexible as teachers we eel we are doing ■ tremend ous job we are l.umau and tend to be complacent for get we can do a good job and let us do a better j.'ib let ns eeea guidance from above and be humble breathes there i man with himself hath said this is my own my xative land the berkeley institute day but mr richards does not only do something for his homelaud as a memorial of thanksgiving to the country which gave him birth but equally is devoted to his adopted country bermuda ; having given generously and liberally to many worthwhile projects iu community and church life on the island he has always been a friend and good neighbour to the salva tion army and ho says he feels that this gift of an or gan is a practical way of say ing thank you to bermuda and the salvation army while he is yet alive to enjoy it leaving a legacy that will pay dividends in the lives of yet unborn bermudians speech the salvation army 80ttg sters brigade under direction of mr david knights and mr e isaac and ji.is wife elizabeth initiatei the fund raising drive for r h e organ which raised 120 assisting them were st paul's a.m.e choir and evangelical church under rev santos o paget their effort inspired mr richards to make his con tribution put your own house iu order first then your criticism of south africa will be effec tive said the visitor he add ed that when he told colour ed friends in america he was coming to bermuda one of them frankly remarked goodness man you might a well go to the south imme diately he got the impression that segregation affects the trade amongst the coloured people of prizes i come from south africa and cannot go into your ho tels the same case backhonie the same is the case backhome what is the difference it hardly seems that 1 am away from home distribution to the young people miss marsh urged them not to be too anxious to drop the dif ficult subjects in school they could not reach the advanced levels in the g.c.e whicn children take at the age of 15 in england if they dropped subjects his excellency the governor sir jvlian a gascoigne k.o.v.o c.b d so the problem is right hare — so your criticism of south africa is ineffective set your own house in order first rev sephula said adding charity begins at home thursday 30th march 1961 mr richards was born iu xew market jamaica and came to bermuda many years ago only recently mr rich ards gave 1,250 0 0 to car inel moravian church school at heersheba jamaica whi : i is serving a useful programme year's report at 3.00 p.m the anniversary meeting was held in the school assem bly hall on march lfi the chairlady was miss rose phil pott a teacher at the school a report on the year's activity at this point the reporter asked rev sephula if he weiv not being a bit hyper-sens tivc about queries into south africa's problems he replied however he said he was encouraged after arriving to learn of the involvement and aspirations of the coloured parents former students and friends are cordially invited continued on page 10 diet delightfully with diet delight