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GEORGE'S 4-8122 1-2141 3-9110 FAME Story Writers: WILL FRANCIS MAGAZINE LOIS SMITH VOLUME III NUMBER 11 DECEMBER, 1964 VICKY E. SMITH Overseas Correspondents: MRS. DILTON MASTERS ALMA "CHAMP' HUNT GRETCHEN F. JACKSON Editor and Publisher Sports Editor Boston CHARLES H. WEBB Telephone 2-2832 England RONALD & BEBE PERINCHIEF Long Island, N.Y. Contents Page EDITORIAL 3 PROGRESSIVE BERMUDIAN ON THE GO 5 CLARENCE „ 9 ^ EDITORIAL GOVERNMENTS PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER MR. PATRICK DUNCH ....„ 13 Peace and Goodwill CASSAVA AND GOMBEYS IN BERMUDA'S CHRISTMAS FESTIVITIES 15 ^ FEATURES BEAUTIFUL SIMONS WEDDING Clarence IN SOUTHAMPTON 18 and 19 Mr. Patrick Dunch GUIDANCE IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION 21 LET'S GET IN THE MOOD FOR CHRISTMAS 23 ^ SPECIAL FEATURES SHARING CHRISTMAS _ 31 Cassava and Gombeys in Christmas Festivities (Cover) The Kelly Kids, Eddie and Tracey, sons or Mr. and Mrs. ^ EDUCATION Ed Kelly are all dressed up in Santa's outfit, waiting eagerly for that big, exciting day when Santa himself will visit them. Guidance in Elementary Education "Kelly photo" ^ PICTORIAL Let's get in the mood for Christmas ^ PERSONALITY Published in the middle of each month by FAME Magazine, "The George E. G. Ratteray Oleander Building," Court Street North, Hamilton, Bermuda. Telephone 2-2832. Correspondence and Advertisement copy should be forwarded to this address. Price 3/- copy, annual subscription, ^ FICTION 1 year 30/-, half-year 15/-. Foreign subscription 55/- ($5.00). Printed Sharing Christmas Photo-Offset by the Bermuda Press, Ltd., Hamilton, Bermuda. ^T1621 USES SHELL A long-time driver, Mr. Mills has been behind the wheel of a taxi for 16 years, and has hod his own cor for 1 1 years. When asked why he patronises SHELL Service Stations, he praised the company's emphasis on thorough service. "I find them efficient and businesslike. The courteous staff always try their best to keep me happy" The Shell Company of Bermuda Limited Page two FAME CclUto^Ucu Peace and Goodwill Peace and good-will are the main demonstrations, some persons protest hear them over the radio and T.V., ingredients of the Christmas spirit. The ed his being selected as a Peace Prize and hear them from the poUtical plat words are contained in the song which winner. But in his famous "Letter form, we are in a much better position the Bible says the angels sang lo the from a Birmingham Jail", Dr. King an lo solve the problems. shepherds, as they came proclaiming swers such charges. Therefore, let us aU join in and the birth of Christ. However, il was Dr. King showed clearly that it help our leaders lo find a solution to not long after the birth of Our Lord was ill-will and anti-Negro hosliUly lhal our problems and not criticise them that, as a result of his coming, a great had been present in Birmingham a long unnecessarily. Let this Christmas sea deal of Ul-will and warlike doings time that caused the riots. Birmingham son be a time for real effort to promote empted. Many people were kiUed. Yet had been a warlike city before. All he peace and goodwill in this island of bis coming was hailed as something to and his followers did was expose the Bermuda. bring peace. A careful examination of condition. Dr. King argued. He fur o what the Lord meant by peace will ther explained that il is his hope that show that His ideas and those of most by exposing the condition something people are very different. will be done to correct it. Peace and Christmas in Bermuda The Lord is concemed with the goodwill cannot exist untU it is cor By GERALDINE JOHNSTON condition of men's hearts and minds. rected. The Nobel Prize winner cited The day dawned bright and brisk A person is guilty in the sight of God the example of Christ in his letter. He and cold; of being war-like and hostile, even if accused the Birmingham Police Force, The sun came up like a disk of gold he has never stmck a blow, never said who jaUed him as a trouble maker, of And bathed the sea in a liquid fire a harsh word. Christ made this plain beieng in the same frame of mind as And touched the hills, and the tall when he accused certam Jewish leaders the Jews and Romans who persecuted church spire of being "whited graves — clean and Christ and his followers. And flung its beams across the sky goodlooking on the outside, but full of At this Christmas season, Ber And kissed each cloud that floated by dead men's bones." Thus we can un muda is in a state of poUtical ferment. Till the morn grew pink with a rosy derstand why He was not disturbed in Ther** has been some harsh things said. light the least by the death, chaos and Ul- It is Ukely that many more hot words As it Lhrew off the robes of sombre will which broke loose at his coming. will be uttered before the matters now night. He knew, in fact, that such hostiUty under discussion by local poUticians eventually would lead to his death on and others are cleared up. Then our lovely isle, like a jewel fair a Roman cross. So let us not start accusing our Glittered and gleamed in the morn Right up lo the end he proclaimed leaders of being trouble makers. (Of ing air himself as the Prince of Peace, whose course some real trouble makers are And arrayed itself in the sun's bright job was lo show the human race the bound to take advantage of situations rays way to peace. Uke this.) Most of those who are en On Christmas Day—that Day of days! Strange as il may seem, even after gaged m our poUtical affairs honestiy O perfect Day I O glorious MornI His death His followers were accused want lo cre&te a better Bermuda. The When Christ the Light of Life was of being those who have "tumed the ill-wiU and hostiUly has always been born world upside down." As a result of there. Racial feeUng, class antagonism, O Day of sweet serenityl their doings thousands died, some on labour-management hoslUity is not new O Day of glad festivityl crosses like Christ, some were thrown to Bermuda, despite the fact that some O Day of Christ's Nativityl to Uons, others beaten and jailed. It people say it is. The only difference O Christmas Day in Bermuda. was aU in the name of peace and good between 20 years ago and now is that will. people kept all these feelings to them Martin Luther King, winner of selves or voiced them only lo their Uiis year's Nobel Peace Prize was ac friends and family. cused of being a trouble-maker. Be But now that ihey are out in the cause of the riots provoked by Negro open, where aU can see them in print. 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