The Bermuda Recorder

              always fresh the m 1 jfemuda jb recorder m jg^p jawmti w price 4(i * wednesdays saturdays 6d x & drinking ltd canada's best hamilton bermuda saturday february 7 1953 ho 54 volume xxix public and private about 200 at opening of supper club urges revision of rules so bermuda megroes may get rhodes scholarship committee of 25 outline policy and aims of new hospital funds to aid flood p-fer_%ur _____ h*k ■ tv*f . m awt a mm tmtsi icti fi <_■ m wwmtm wc i wlw l am m wm amamwrnmr % m ' 4p i m __ fe-^-i bf mammm^ii^mw / is jm^^^^m^efm\mw m m "* mm^amw^w g m m \ w ah l\mmmmmm^i\\j m^j hb wl>*!fl.hk^r l^r . victims the sum of t-lmmio was voted hy th house of assembly yes terday to provide relief for victims of the recent storms and tloods in the i'nited king appeal for 10 t x/0 for children's mi e t richards flares during house debate on message about rhodes scholarship institution dolll in iiitroduc ns the resolve mr ernest vesey chairman of the finance committee said bermuda has nearly always assisted other parts of the commonwealth when they were hit by disasters and the sug gestion to send the money had been made by the hon h d butt riield there will be no disci liniiiation regarding race creed or colour of patients or staff at the children's hospital which will be opened at ireland island by the committee of 25 a spokes man said esterday in uu-mncing that a drive to raise c 10,000 to estiip and maintain w li get underway on tuesday of next week normally one of the calmest members of the house of ass.-mhl .'. mr k t richards virtually exploded yesterday ai what io called the nonsense expressed by the chairman ot education mr ii t watlington during con sideration of a inessa.ge to the governor recording the profound ch bermuda holds hot the pro a ot tin the committee will niain tain a ward for mentally re tarded children up to the age of 12 years since there s no institution available in ber muda eot this care crippled and convalescent children w 11 also bt^arcdforattlij^o i nt ill man mrs cecil moore — trea surer honorary mrs robert rowkcr — secretary honor ary mrs ronnie williams mrs bin mitchell mrs alec aim he 1 1 mrs peter fish mrs lohn k cook mrs jolin foun iin mrs hans pedrol ni mrs august scheuing mrs doris thomson mrs ev hctland mrs walter weaver mrs thatcher mrs will rand lames , mrs iii miiiorgan mrs conway atwater lady hcot.'r'y duveeii miss elsa i itch mrs stanhope joel mrs lain.s dresser miss queenie ivnboss mrs james ramsey 11 1 ina n and mrs m chael wentworth mr vesey sa d the commit tee endorsed the suggestion and lie presented a resolve for 1,000 mr s s toddings felt that was not sufficient aud he moved to double the amount the motion was agreed to admiration and gratitude iu wh of the late cecil rhodes beeai scholarship for bermuda mr watlington noted that celebrations arc due to take place at oxford and in south africa to commemorate the centennial of the birth of cecil rhodes aud he thought it fit tig that the colony should ex press its appreciation to the trustees for the benefits ber muda has received through the rhodes scholarship sity scholarships for men and women drmtod in red cost nines to portray live cardinal birds bella jones and kenny beau were pictured doing a bird-like dance at the opening of the cardinal room last sunday niirlit in the background is the hayward and hayward vocal ensemble about 200 persons were at the opening of the supper club ( story on page 7 1 do not think 1 can let the opportunity pass without ex pressing the hope that the hou member who has moved this motion will do something to see that the rhodes scholar ship as awarded in bermuda is awarded to negroes of ability who satisfy requirements of the will and trust established by cecil rhodes mr richards stated in another effort to aid flood victims the st george's rotary club has collected 250 since it initiated a fund this week already £ 100 have been cabled to the lord mayor of london archdeacon john stow said donations have been coming in from all over the colony in amounts ranging from two l-cnce donated by a small boy to a cheque for 25 the sum of 10,00 is need ed to equip and maintain the hospital for one year the cost of nitial renovation is es timated at 3,000 the drive will mark the tirst time the committee of 25 has made an appeal to the public in less than a year they have through their own efforts raised over 4.000 by means of a carni val theatre n ghts dances etc first public appeal m.c.p.'s record pleasure over queen's visit capta n dill had very micc-ss fully captured iu his message the sense of gratification the entire country feels he thought it was significant and lining that when the queen s.-ts foot n bermuda this an cient and loyal colony will be th first part of the common wealth that the dainty royal foot touches after her corona tion negroes should get beneftts mr richards declared he had no objection to the message going forward because he imped it would result in the revision of the rules governing the scholarship in bermuda so that negro boys of ability and merit here could enjoy the eik-fits of the scholarship like they do in other countries never intended to exclude the civil service associa tion has agreed to donate part of the proceeds of its valen tine ball on thursday next and employees of the bermuda electric ligh company in hamilton ra'sed 10 his excciiciny the governor was requested in a message from the house of assembly yesterday to convey to her majesty queen elizabeth ii the deep satisfaction and plea sure that members of the house and the community sliared by the announcement of her majesty's gracious inten tion to v sit here next novem ber i am sure then has hardly been as great a benefactor to the british empire than cecil rhodes and i am certain in my own mind that cecil rhodes never intended that any section of a country which was awarded the scholarship would be excluded from its benefit ir donations by committee r 1 1 is will take place on the i ig dates in the follow ing parish mi house to house canvassin the committee have asked the colonial < met for permis sion to name the institution prince charles hospital and a reply 8 expected from the secretary of state shortly when fully ei-uipped the hos pital will have two large tern bed wards one small three bid wartl ami rpanr wing with eight beds for mentally retarded children tuesday feb 10 st c.eorge and st davis — cha rmaii mrs cecil moore thursday f.-b 12 — sandys parish — chairman mrs ronnie avil liams saturday feb v4 — southampton and warwick — chairman mrs elsa mott m t che-ll mrs peter fish tues day feb it — smiths hamil ton parish ; tuckers town chairman mrs john foun tain mis juhn k cook mrs al mitchell thursday feb lit — devonshire — cha rman : mrs hans ivdrolini satur day feb 21 — paget — chair man mrs will rand mon day feb 2:1 thru saturday y.'\y 28 — pembroke and city of hamilton — chairman mrs august schcuing mrs robert watson ; saturday feb 21 and saturday feb 28 — booth on front st hamilton to receive donations from any persons missed or visitors who wish to give archdeacon stow said that an englishman visiting ber muda was so impressed with the ready and sympathetic re sponse to ad the flood victims that he thought he should con tribute to a bermuda charity he has donated 1 to the tackiyn fund contributions to the fund may be made at the bank of butterfield or to archdeacon stow mr r j pitcher and mr maurice standcven who comprise the fund committee kenya forest fire laid to mau maus this statement brought the reply from mr watlington that the bermuda technical scholarship was made for negroes to parallel the rhodes scholarship nairobi kenya feb 5 — a forest fire raged out of con trol in central kenya today and a government spokesman said it was set by mau mau i.ative terrorist mr richards pointed out that negroes in the united states and other countries have been awarded scholar ship captain the hon n b dill in moving adoption of the mes sage recalled that the news was received in the house on monday with applause and rightly so since then he had heard from all quarters how pleased the people are over the proposed visit he noted that it would be the first to be made by a reigning sovereign mr f c misick stated that two specially trained nurses have been engaged and w.ll arrive iu the colony from eng land in april the remaining nursing and hospital staff will be chosen from appl cants iu bermuda that is non-setose inter rupted mr richards who was apparently taken by surprise by the chairman's remarks he added in contradiction that the technical scholarship was awarded to parallel the ber muda and not the rhodes i have been connected with secondary education in ber muda for over 15 years and it has been a source of concern to me and many others that that many of the young men i considered eligible for the scholars p who were excellent students and would have been a great credit to the country have not been considered seven africans had been seen near the spot where the fire egan in a district from which the government recently forced a mass removal of kikuyu tribesmen in an effort to halt lau man operations the cost of a bed complete with mattress linen bedside table and chair amounts to 50 a special appeal has gon eout to clubs to support a bed continuing mr watlington said perhaps the hon member has not been in bermuda long enough to know the background to these scholarships the rhodes scholarship has improv ed the standard of education ... beriiiud i which everybody cii.-oys he saitl plans being made for bfl-bfc soccer tussle george ratteray to run i hope that one of the re sults of this celebration as far as bermuda is concerned will be the revision of the rules win-in govern the granting of these scholarships so that every sect on of the community can enjoy the benefits provided everybody has the necessary members of committee the names of members of the committee were released for publication yesterday for the tort time they are as follows :■ for sandys parish end conuni-vsion merchant and esterday that he definitely will ish in the forthcoming election election he promised his sup plans to have the much talk ed of gaw between the ber muda football league and the bermuda football combination on marcli 1 it was announced last night following a meet ing of the bermuda football mr george ratteray west real estate agent aiiiiouiictvd y be a candidate for sandys pari narrowly defeated in the last porters that he would again be mrs robert watson cliair text of message plans for tv film industry here revealed the message to the governor which was adopted by the house was as follows i available if they desired him oters and voteless to stand at continued on page 8 i have been asked by \| the coining election and i havt travelled former missionary toi may it please your excel lency the house of assembly hat learned that celebrations will take place this year at ozfwd and south africa com memorat ng the birth of cecil rhodes a century ago and the founding of the rhodes scho larship half a century ago assoc ation • decided to do so the widely d the recorder committees from the white and negro groups are expect ed to meet shortly to made plans personal and social plans to establish a television film industry in bermuda wen revealed yesterday when a proposal to lease darrell's island for the purpose was placed before the house of as sciiihlyj over the entire maintenance cost of the island is proposed for the first two years of the lease born in sandys 49 years ago mr ratteray received hit elementary schooling in the parish and subsequently got a diploma from bennett college in sheffield england he also sat for the university of lon don matriculation examination mr ratteray is one of the larg st real estate holders in his parish he has three chil dren ccorgc veronica and oswald george received com mercial training u canada and now works in the commis sion business veronica is now n great britain where she has been studying at the i'niver sity of cardiff since ima in 1950 miss ratt'iay was award ed the bermuda scholarship she hopes to graduate iu juue mrs fay brown of pem broke left the colony yester day for a holiday in new y'ork island ideal the b.f.l which is headed by dr v o.'d king invited the b.f.c early this season to play the match last week it was reported that plans were underway to have the game played on apr.l 5 at i'li.spcct this period the letter states should bene as a proving time :,, nee whether it would be suc cessful or not,*"*nd if so the company would be prepared to review the amount of rental payable when it takes over the hangar in addition to the ter minal building congratulations will be ex tended to mrs hannah burgess of paget west who celebrates her birthday next tuesday r implication for permiss.on lease the former marine airport was made to the board of civil aviation by messrs butterfield dill and company ltd and was forwarded to the house through the governor by the board accompanying the gover nor's message was a letter from messrs conyers dill and pear man on behalf of the group stating that an expenditure of around 50,000 will have to be made in order for the basic equipment to be brought to the island and they propose a five-year lease so that the in vestment would be warranted a rental of 2,0fjj per annum and for the company to take the house most respect fully request that your ex cellency will express to the trustees of the late cecil rhodes will the profound ad miration and gratitude in wh ch ber m u d a holds the memory of cecil rhodes for ins generosity to these islands iu nominating thi in to be a re ceipieiit of one of the rhodes xcholarsh'ps in 1932 mr ratteray accom panied by his wife and two children left bermuda for eng land where he underwent a brief period of tra ning fol lowing which he wassscnt to central africa as a missionary he was a representative of the group called the osp(-l of many lands bett r known here as the brethreu also observing her birthday next tuesday w 11 be mrs janie babaiu of paget west the island is considered to be ideally situated for a tele vision industry its isolation will preserve it from too many nterruptions by visitors but on the other hand could be come a great tourist attraction and specific times for visitors could be arranged docs not see any immediate uecessity for the provision of term mil facilities at the island for flying boats operations to and from bermuda but in order to safeguard the government's position the board recommend that any lease should contain a provision for re-entry by the government on six months not ee in the event the ter minal facilities are required 01 more for civilian flying boat operat ons this year a social evening will be held at the home of mr and mrs ethvard tucker at south stone warwick next thurs day night to raise funds for the bu r vis school parents teachers association re freshments will be sold as well as given away and there will be games for both young and old mr ratteray has always tak ii an act ve interest iu the affairs of the colony he was formerly chairman of the go verning botly of sandys sec ond u-y school for seven years during his tenure of office he was infiu iitial in procuring the property and the erect on of the school building he was , continued on page 8 this gift has been respon sible to a great decree for the improved standard of educa tion here and has inspired the colony's government to in crase the opportunity afford ed bermuda youth by the es tabl shincnt of three univer he served in afr ea s.-vcll vears returning to b rmuda ten days before the outbreak of war the war forced him back into secular employment and since september 1939 he has been operating his own business in somerset it is estimated that some 12 to :*<) persons will be employed in connection with the station a letter from the board of civil aviation states the board why not try these two