The Bermuda Recorder

              a flfl bbfcaa^m bbb^b*flbb^babba j^sbsfl bbb^flfe bbbsfl x r he * i ■ _ i for cooking & drinking jbermuda recorder 4 ox canada's best always fresh published bi-weekly price 4d wednesdays saturdays 6d w s purvis & co ltd volume xxvn i hamilton bebmuda sathkday april 7 1951 no 75 bishop nichols due monday for a.m.e / ■ charge of corruption in police force made by russell pearman m c p lily pageant millard williams to to give last recital tonight to spectacle^of-gbeauty bishop d ward nichols prelate of the first episcopal district of the a.m.e chtirch which includes bermuda is due to arrive here on monday by the queen of bermuda to con duct the 66th session of the bermuda annual conference the conference will convene at allen temple a.m.e church somerset on wednes day and will last throughout to sunday a wpicoffie meet ing is planned for the bishop and his party at allen temple on wednesday night ana vari ous religions and civic leaders will participate dr ii b buchanan pastor of allen temple will be the host for the conference bermuda's own millard wil liams wlin confounded the scep tics and delighted the hundreds who packed the new colonial opera house on tuesday night and again at the berkeley in stitute last night will be heard in his final rcital at the francis patton school in bailer's bay tonight possessed of a good natural voice and a charming person ality millard accompanied on the piano by miss irene mc clellan turned in finished performance of a quality rarely experienced in these islands this is only an attempt by a layman who lacks the technical terms of a musical critic to state what the ordinary indi vidual felt ou seeing ami hear ing this talented native son i tells assembly police encourage people to break law and lie to convict them pembroke juniors meet nationals at arena ■ abundance of lilies available for sc of entrants in thursday's event a charge of corruption in the bermuda police force was made in the house of assembly yesterday when mr russell pearman revealed that he had information to the fact that certain police encouraged persons to break the law and lie to have them convicted i i a game of the champions will be played tomorrow after noon when the pembroke juniors bermuda football league champions meet the nationals sports club ber muda football combination winners the game starts at 3.15 p.m • . bermuda sonata report and a large variety of other f floats which are being re master parade an abundance of easter lilies ers are available for the scores for next thursday's mammoth mr pearman severely critical of the police force especially the traffic squad which he referred to as palestine bred and v»ry discourteous spoke of an instance i:i which a policeman cursed and slapped an american soldier when he was appre hended for speeding and of a case in which they have en couraged a person to speed and then charged hiin with an offence serious allegation ~ z \ zzt - ,, ~ ,,,,,, , slapped american solder warned bv the speaker that . , . _, . ,. , , ■ i „ i • • about the case in which he he was making verv serious , . . . „ . . n .- i i 1*1 i . charged a patrol officer slapped allegations and should subs tan v . ■ ... _. » * .• . ii m i - i an american soldier mr lear tiate them mr pearman said ' > * _ that he could do so other | !' a m s;,ul the l k,hce spotted the members thought that a select i lills ."'• ™ driving and aftei ,. -.. ' l ii u • • ♦ i ceasing it sounded the siren ci minittee should be appointed . , ■ ,- . ■ *•_;*•„* i . j a e ! the bus driver immediately to investigate the matter and it '■ ,,.,,. there was ho foundation to the w ****** |**» car ran mr pearman should "' the rear ot the bus damaging then apologize to the police , z d ,' ' . force " " know who is to it is a very serious thing ****** f r - ** } mt * do . ku ™ to sav that the police are cor ", ho ,\ vl11 1,avt ' u > p a £ for lf ' rupt or indulging in practices j r * i'-rman said referring to leneouraging speeding mr tje.dainage but that was not foudlev.sput ling declared 1 1 "' wo part of this untor enink this matter should be in un «* 8 £ air ' the j lestigated and if there is an li *'" l.hstam-e^^wlenmr irs :: ' lr,vpr - but slappc mr c m billy wells organiser for the bermuda chamber of commerce which is sponsoring the parade told the recorder yesterday that the woiidcrful island-wide respoase from individuals and organ izations to participate indicates that it will be the largest and most spectacular to be held here the two portions of marst folly road from the well ol ihe black watch and the nortl mission to the junction of cedai avenue and st john's road from clarence avenue to the tennis stadium will be closed to all vehicular traffic from 1:00 p.m to 5:00 p.m and the same roads will be subjeel to no parking restrictions from 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m the corporation of hamil ton have issued a notice which closes all streets in the city of hamilton tc vehicular traffic from 1 0c i . m . to 5 00 p . m . under police direction as required extra policemen will be on duty to control movement within the general assembly and parade a mfl members of the press arid < fficial photographers have been granted permission to move freely along the parade route at 1.30 the b teams of the two clubs will meet h the opener 1 a 1 m m baau^^^oiie<>ll , k hari€-druwr^ha>d o 0 : . persona and s ' vo:o notice to recorder • arriving home on tuesday was rev edward benjamin of somerset who has spent the last four years in tre fritted states well-known as n local preacher in the a.m.e church mr benjamin received a bachelor's decree in relmioiis education at the nyac mis sionary training college in new york and was ordained bv bishop d ward nichols inst on tuesday night readers a majority of the entrants in the parade are keeping close secrecy about the type of float they will have and they are ex pected over this week end to work feverishly in their hide outs giving full reign to their creative and imaginative powers in an effort to get one of the 30 odd prizes as well as to provide m spectacle of beauty for i.ur visitors the hamilton jbraiaiiders scout troup im have twit en tries together with their bugle calculated to be a surprise will be in the *■*- and t . b lk'nuuilu choral and drfflatic iroup will enter one and tlhey too are very secretive about its design the orchid charity club will enter a health float to reflect their interest in health and social welfare after his two opening milli the publishers of tile ber muda recorder regret that owing to the heavy demand for advertising space in to day's issue several new fea tures intended for publica tion had to be curtailed we also take this oppor tunity to inform our readers that an expansion of plant facilities is underway a the recorder offices and in the very near yutvljm a much larger issue of m be corder will be published bers in which he was obviously adjusting himself to the some what difficult acoustics of the buildinir millard demonstrated to the audience why he ranks so highly among canadian sinners z *" xu his stage presence at once command in r and friendly put everyone at ease with the promise of a musical treat to come his ransre though not remarkable enabled him to do justice ti a well balanced pro continued on page 8 vacationing in the island are air and mrs herman mc willie of new york who are the fruests of rev ami mrs ttnrold thomas olh year . *^ these^ienshi>uld hi ri^ibrnl^^^^^^ii l of . from the service if 7 br r n 8 * h .» ma »« mrs me willie who is presi miis&r mportaiu^nanst io i^aspa a „ u1 , giw .,- ti,o . rni v ,>^ an ?! b j , ra a ci osous,andd^i«*.sof .* __ -^ iw f ,: xe^e e know what hag been a „„. .;,,,. tnc aapp^kj^jg lt1 1 1 is recommended that flake up a po..iliun olyfl somewhere along tfn route well in advance of trt time of it's passing and the committee appeal to the gen era public to extend then every facility for securing some good ffhotographs of the various entries thtmuanerof^s h was ou tlminotioii i adjournment irickards i mission lease a^iwthe wspstantdwinires and modifications in the laws governing j the conviction of n youtl a . ... • , ■ i l-n u for speeding motorization m bermuda are contained in a draft bill sub m ri ,.,, ar(ls sa i ; t was hi , bitted to the house of assembly on wednesday by a select lin(b > rs tandinir that when th committee appointed in june to overhaul the motor car act mo iey was voted + o bring tin to 192(j : — . machine here it was fi r a ahl>,,...rli it ■ --~--- luniwral trial he said that he ima-rinc 1 j^ek^ke^bm^l itmm+mmmaxf-tlja before any definite step tains unaltered the basic prfft port contro1 board they sub were taken f or the machine'f nw ■,..,} ufman.nl •,., ainst n,it ■ »' a i ont . v n p or t as well be used in that manner it sboub sa^^t^i^two-i^tyrj^toi h ha(1 th e sanction of th i , . il hy mr pearman and mrs legislature the colonv approved by the ft ,;, , t crislatum five vears airo watson he did not seem too pleasec tl inc^i le omm,'-nda-l the *«*•** re p 0rt in the •«« the fact that hon mem tid i jraf ti r;,::;!m i -* j •. *«. not = „ t r limit of horsepower on motor , *™" the spe efica £«<■&« tunity to see t demonstrated cars be increased from 10 to «* *"' *£ ats ?" t f?rt mml . j ' t 1a horsepower that tbe right presses disagreement with wonld b e accepted here u onerate a taxi must ' be *{* removal of restrictions on lured by police r-ntod to anv applicant who jj umber o permits to oper is of rood character and sev ■' « x * { th fpw men ibers to see th er 1 modifications in respect to mr barman in his repor hp w;k sat i the buying selling and owner supports the majority _ report . f j hip < f cars nth rta ; t n x n te s n the 1 work better than the present ■• -■-'■■■ ■'-'■ •■' '-" ,! - j ii i ' l legislation proposed ~~ 1 tlie ni,i 1 1 ib pedesttnedred police ctmii^^m and are very discourteous and are breaking down the good anglo-american spirit that we ! a vi built tip mr pearman said he did not know any where else in the world where a policeman would eet away with what that par ticular one did tucker of shelly ba>^returned to the cob nv on sunday after a few months vacation in the united states select committee overhauling motor cat act reports to house mrs tsabelle hollis and her nephew dewilton brimmer of marsh folly road pembroke left wednesday night for a trip to canada . the leopards club whose entry received a prize last year are planning to set more hon ours t!his year and so is the ex-art illerymen's association other entrants are the north village band the youth ad vancement club st john's ambulance brigade hamilton fire brigade mr austin bean of somerset ; gosling's brothers bermuda electric light company masters lim ited and scores of others four bands will participate in the parade and they will be the somerset brigade band the north village band the hamil ton coralander's band and a roup of majorettes from north shore . reserved seating — the patrons of the pageant of the bermuda easter lily will be accommodated on a reviewing stand located opposite the foot of burnaby street . the stand is being erected by the cor poration of hamilton arid tlie patrons will be guests of the mavor of hamilton mr e r wiiliams m,c.p patrons have been requested to be in their seats by 3 10 p.m the mayor will arrive at 3:25 p.m his excellency the gov ernor will arrive at 3:30 p.m r me eel the public would )»■ the efl losb tin h'l t,l:l b beerh tiuh make in court || p was at this point the "' i b i i ' '■ speaker reminded mr pear successful indoor dances to !><■ „,:■„ he was making serious sponsored in bermuda was belih statement and should sub last night when more tha-h stantiatc them or withdraw 1.000 happy people crowded ;!:,.„, to do so the member into the xew n , shed i ■ soobe of eases he had actually ! hamilton h s(mm1 joi-ular freddie barnes whoh captain the hon n b dill ' promoted the affair scored m said that one day the police other success with hs unique y force is cursed and another day i i is last nights was i continued on page 8 continued on page 6 : o more than into 1,000 ncvr shed bleacher seats loaned for tbe occasion by the bermuda athletic association and chairs ovided by the bermuda trade development board have pen placed on the south side f front street on no's 3 and 5 wharfs with fihe kind per mission of the corporation of hamilton officials the following is a list ol officials of the pageant c m wells lady conyers mrs percy liand mrs her mann ruhm mrs leonard slosson lehn plowman j j outerbridge mrs lightbourne w v williams f w kent k w sankey geoff kitson richard gorham capt le mesuerier major david graham mrs c g crawley miss cynfjbia cooper all officials will be provided with a rosette for identifica tion which will admit them within areas otherwise restrict ed those with vehicles yill also be given an official sticker the new bill proposes that partment he said he was verj n ower be able to use a new concerned about their policy l -• for export rather than m patrolling the stree s wait mdimt has ben shipped . they are contmnously speed ' - " . .„, mg and speeding at excessive '' vi .„* solve the coloav ft , pttioul-rl in uk months elapsed after the sale w g rf p h-ate mexal practitioners police speeding wi 1 certain restrictions will be he went on to relate how 0 0^,1 two cars and anv youngster who was riding l n ear owned bv i motor assisted cycle w.iicli if rr i i ,„„ r ,„ ir , * *. * *.™ . '"™ l s »- m»<le for police ear lie i,l m«*£j mn <"■«"""■!' ji s m ,»;, he was stopped bv ike eln.-er of 14 days fnder the distinguished patronage of his excellency the governor licut.-gen sir alexander hood and lady hood the bermuda union of teachers presents its combined with the standing room within the area there is accomodation for over two i ! eaded by the hon lb-nry 1 vesev comprised messrs f'wst veaey james pearman george a williams percy outerbridge and mrs edna continued on page 3 third annual music and speech festival ille 27th annual convention , . of the bermuda conference branch woman missionary society of the a m e church will convene at allen temple church — somcset wednesday april llth 19s1 at 10.00 a.m the local societies abe urged to attend in full an invitation is extended to the public to be present with us fa at 8 p.m • at the \ somers opera house st george's monday 9 april oddfellows hall somerset ■ wednesday 11 april traffic control the trans port control board have issued a notice closing tilre whole of bernard park to vehicular traf fic from 8-30 p.m to 6.00 p.m with the exception that official vehicles will be admitted by th south - eastern entrance only n.b vehicles in cludes all autocycles — motor assisted bicycles and bicycles — : finals :— new colonial opera house hamiton monday 16 april admission divisional competitions — 4 finals — 5 6 7/6 wax-seel look lor the black and yellow box new self - sealing wax paper kttsctch^sshehs airtightlfood wrap keeps freshness ln...air ana nis