The Bermuda Recorder

              1 mf 1 • for cooking & drinkmg - fhl5l • ♦ * xj ! recorder always berm k w s purvis i co ltd r«j published bi-weekly price 44 wednesdays saturdays 6d always fresh no 67 volume xxvn hamilton bermuda saturday february 3 1951 youths between ages of 1 8-25 must register for military service assemblymen warned they around .. miks^h las vegas new ym v£&e third atomie^j rumbleul irtix the government i grinds milcs«fl i thistfesort anttl i sky orangel i be sti*n 300 awl | maiy los angeles 1 more wan 300 milesl b atomic energy i | proving ground ida wn wry light up . i red cross atom test visible 300 away scouts postpone june tour to west indies treading on dani in restricting plan to attend jamboree in jamaica early next year francnis work feb 2 explosion in yesterday improving away jarred proposal to look into matter rejected the six weeks educational tour of the west indies plan ned by the hamilton coral anders boy scout troop for june this year has been post poned mr . vernon trott scout master of the troop stated last compulsory registration for military service of all british males between the ages of 18 and 25 residing in bermuda is to begin monday february 12 it was announced yesterday i mr s s toddings chairman of the local defences board revealed at a press conference in the hamilton armoury thatfl approximately 1,767 youths fall in the age group and mustfl report at the city hall hamilton between february 12 and 23,fl unless they fall in the exempted group as outlinedinanad-^^^^m appearing elsewhere in this paper.j the thefl we have to i do two the chairman ■ males be-fl tween thenfl the bermudafl officersfl other thefl bermuda officersfl i law waysl compul-l volunteerfl toddingsl he naturelyfl the adoptl the whenfl a comes to hefl nirnedthe athat could away . young somerset couple wed on thursday after heated debate in house commission's it hi pre j e r ltt7 been the firstfl jamboree to ja-h which le the world parts present i bcfl ore to to take the time com-h be organizersb the last ten m-b vanousb the eost le stayfl ■ aboutb on year,b theirb for montnab beenb theb disap-h over the postponement are moret^^^mmmmmw}___\_\\\\\\\^^b agerly for the caribbean cruise _. a jl tllan 1 000 nd an already planning to uuburte w10pc lft*n x1,wiu vw iev up their fund raising cam during seven y«3-*ar life * lv "' z.^u z . 1 ' ! x-x\xx__ww next friday night febru mtttzi ry fl the tsland commissioner after a life of seven years during which time it disbursed f scouts is calling a special more than 10 oo to its members who found themselves neeting at the st monica s finjuu . ial diffleult y ; the bermuda dockyard benevolent«^^h t*z 2>oree t mo cr wound up its activities this week kft=it f frs s about 50 members meeting in the oddfellows hall auxiliary of the coralanders e rset on tuesday night agreed to dissolve the society the troop is organizing a share the funds remaining in the treasury amougthelojj^m u , „ , tl , r&iillm tw members - somerset returned home last j make anappeal on behalf fof the j^^^^^s the action was forced o<m t^js^-ss - u0u aa^n^k^lbti fcted wo be repented [ them by the closing of thedock-^^^^m miss jueenie hodgson of de forts of a committee to find vonshirc returued to the ll/f f d olr rli^teh hi socecq ways and means through which colony after a visit to new itja^al ltiitlbcs ollolct m*-fi u tb / f f wqrk could be carr ied^^^^^^^^^^^m miss beryl douglas of heath ovtm coloov's prodlciils m henry douglas of 8om-l cote hill somerset left ber j one of t he organizers muda yesterday for philadel |- and ' secre t a ry of the society phia where she will enter , arguments about maintaining dual standards in ber sillce i ts ineeption told the re temple uiveniitjr to sit for her | wearing thin and are proving to be nauseating and cordc r that it is with much wht is^membes tws hunting to the coloured people of the eount * david t that^ga^tion had^^^^^h end school rtaff studied at tucker m.c.p told the leopards club at their weekly lurt to p 3i b««nttod too i sbortwood teachers college ill hot.ii oil thurtcla j | — -^=--~ " ," 77 we have done some extreme 1 jamaica where she fimtfted 1 1 , ou ditions are breed 1,ot reiu1 - v fo f a **?***: > t ly good wbfk iot th members three year v_m in two years . t f be . 0u l^l nt ft a mis ' answer is that the * nmst be who were workers k tm yard i also returning from winter ' f because we cannfit j w families ,» he said i vacations in the states last f *■§ 1 l.\tl '"- ever bury our heads in the „ w id out in direc t benefit week were mrs maud simon sand and do nothing forever z jsufil 1,079 and it i of warwick and mr uw lligljr dlfccult for bjm^othel styl5n „ h * mse lf as a co'dsef g^sjjjis we have to dis 1 barg of spanish point representatives to f , «? elnnot ' c ** d d a »> one to say iolvethesy at » time when i congratulations are extended 0p z^jtlhytltvl that the people want revolution j*££5£u be more tw i to little leslie and sandra j this or g w ' or to ui goveriimont by un j c ]^ j sri far reaching wolfe children of and institutional .*.. jj any similar socie ty here or i i their 6th and 3rd birthday's re f " mha , to y bniuritii would like to look t bermuda ny as 2 06 dockyard workers ■ i speetively today xs^stxsm lottj » the same light dii-eetew of both bwmudian and foreign i congratulations are also er a empauy view a balance where were mem bers t hey reed i teded to austin jottes ww of ™ a j^^1£*£^t 9 the assets are shown ou one to have sixp ence a week de ! mrs eva jones of ' itoittg sl^l^lr^kss e ami the debits oil the t1lit , t d from their wages and i street hamilton who celebrated "^ the eotonv's other side to determine wheth were eligible for for i ! his birthday yesterday and to 8 ®. a th j j ■ lb l er or not they are ahead of the themselves or members of their i his sister olive who will mark problems cah be thrashed i out *« » families in hoven cases of *-^^^^^^^^^^« her birthdav on monday and d solution arrived at in a &™- e s ma ternity dental i j mm^)!s^xsssmmmtm of the loured people the island that it is easy ttr ffitf eofltrol i montreal . he is an engineer mr . tucker asserted that the them to forget that > has f au ts on j^j stated « was i with trans canada airlines dual system seems to operate in s(^v f h f s . h \^ innd was the gnest of mr and bermuda in everything the are oue of th fin f^^^l 1 when other forms i mrs maria benn of hamilton people try to do whether it be in the world ml emp lo>m assistance j cersed | he came in first on sunday and in the state or church he add humble homes and well clothed of relief ar j j on itg | i left wednesday to finish his ed that he was referring no and well fed peopl e . i bathca s c ■ vacation in trinidad only to the nauseating and . the z~2fi t^fidence of the commit mr and mrs reuben lam humiliating segregation of the by mr i van trott and^hanked t conhdence | ; bert of scott's hill road som ! coloured people but that un by mr russell p earman tec b ■ ' erset observed their fourth , written law which says you m p who endorse 1^h sng , ( 0 f name s and no^^^^^h wedding anniversary on thurs i can go so far and no further es.,on of an inter-racial numbers «^ not - some may say bermuda is__eouii£d the house of assembly was warned that it is treading on dangerous ground by restricting the right to vote to a ridiculously small portion of its highly literate masses through its antiquated land franchise . l a small group of relatives and friends gathered at st james church somerset on thursday afternoon to witnesb the marriage of miss florence estella simons daughter of mrs enid simons of cook's hill somerset and mr george randolph dickenson gilbert fourth son of mr edward gil bert also of somerset the bride was given in mar riage by her uncle mr albert nights and her sole attendant was her cousin miss marilyn simons of khyber pass war wick the groom was attended by mr merlin swan the bride who looked quite charming was drqssed in a powdered blue doe skin suit an off the face halo and a cor sage of sweet peas and fern she carried a prayer book her attendant also wore a suit of american beauty rose with black assessories and a halo styled ha^sh^arrie^^posy sweetfl will be given a slip containing the terms of engagement and if he wants to enlist he will be asked to sign on the spot . mr toddings was quite op timistic about raising the units on a voluntary basis he said the country is going to have a entirely new army officers and non-commissioned officers will be selected on a competi-fl tive basis judged from their attainments by examination and i ability for leadership this will apply to both regiments i the chairman stated that thefl continued on page 8 the warning was sounded during a heated debate intheb house of assembly on wednesday on a motion by mr davidl tucker for the appointment of a select committee to consider what if any changes should be made to the franchise i he was told at the start by hon members who opposed his motion that he was wasting his time by coming forward with such a request because no good would come out of it theyl rejected it by a vote of 19 to 10 • i a grim picture of economic h disaster streets lined with beg government should wait until gars and bloodshed was painted there is unrest to make al to show cause why more than change i 4,000 out of a population of h explained that his motion nearly 40,000 eould not say merely asked for the appoint who should govern them ment of a fact finding but mr rdssell pearman committee to go into stated the house is inviting the various phases of the civil disobedience and creating franchise and see what improve a strong undercurrent among ments can be made . it is noth a great many white and col ing revolutionary about that oured citizens who are resent it is merely a successor to the ful toward the little respect many committees which have the government shows them been set up in the past but mr ernest vesey was the never reported he added first to speak on the motion i haven't come here to make he was opposed to it and ask hon members believe that ed what benefit the colony would there is a rebellion around the derived from opening up the eorncr or that bermuda is franchise at the present time seething with unrest but 1 be granted he stated that the lieve that a wise government present method is based on always keeps a step ahead of ownership of land but the what the people waht value of 60 is not beyond the two changes in 300 years means of anyone who is infer j xucke.r pointed out sted in the welfare of the that the f railc hi s e has been colony . i changed twice in 300 years ; in it can be argued that every jgjn w jj en s i ave ry was abol one who reaches a certain age jghed ant i ollce when we in other countries have the j et two j a iies become members right to vote but i ask hon of house members is such a system in the that change mtttt liiivc best interest of the colony wor k e j alright he said be bccause other countries have cau se one of the ladies an these things it does not hieau ap p 0 i n ted chairman of two that bermuda niust follow suit government boards soon after he declared she was elected — something it seems to me that persons other hon mem bers weren't to who are interested in the wel r j 0 j n a jqo years fare of their country can make j believed we have reached themselves qualified under the the stage w here we can go a present system i do not say ste p futher and possibly ex that in years to come it will tenc j t ij e franchise to rent payers not be desirable for a change j or those who have a certain but at the present time there i neome .» has been no great agitation for | continued on page 2 a chang*e . . " mr vesey said amid laughter the hon mem 0 ffi'^i e nursing scholarship did not always come from wax wick the speaker said through the loeal branch of ' no agitation tne cross a circular has continuing mr vesey said been sent to the mat ton of the that if there was some great nursing home and the king agitation there would be some edward hospital concerning a reason for a change but unless red cross scholarship for a mr tncker could give some post graduate nursing course reason for making his motion in london he would vote against it nurses with three years post in reply to mr vesey mr graduate experience may ap tucker saw that he agreed with ply • applications should be lome of the things he said i sent in to the matrons before but not with his inference that march lst -. ■ r rociety vfinav ho mem rnmittee were in fldissolu dockyard benevolent society ends activities this week klreception was held after the marriage at the groom's residenee the couple are re siding at bob's valley som erset ot personal and social much relief was paid^jl bers mr douglas said the largest amount paid«i individual was 80 andl were several payments tune of 60 nl m llu iill iiinl^^^^^^b of management whofl office at the time of thefl tion were all members helped in the founding ■ society august 7 1!)43."»^"»^j they were messrs r efl palk chairman who was re-1 cently returned to england mr henry rouse vice-chair man mr douglas secretary howard rouse treasurer the following were trustees : messrs claude williams thaddeus smith thomas gilbert a copeland simmons and wilmot douglas the membership dwindled with the gradual release of men from the yard to 106 and the amount to be divided among them is 130 fl ! < i bbbsft ' ' 1 there will be a forum warwick workmen's club sunday afternoon february 4th women's day at 4 p.m mr leroy dowling — goest speaker entertainers : professor anderson earl darrell radio four quartette j members and friends invited in the evening the club will iourney to st monica's mission i for church service at st phillip8 ame ohuech sunday february llth 19s1 8fi*cvic68 i - — 11.00 a m speaker miss helena williams 4.00 p.m — speaker 8 00 p m.-a pageant entitled the silver tree directed by miss gertrude simons good mixer any company iidrink swizzel a - popular drink ri in soft al 1 l m * tt / i f xi i