BOSA NewsLetter Volume 14

“Only The Best Is Good Enough”

Volume 14 July 2013

Produced by:    Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA)
Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased)
New Market P.O., Saint Elizabeth
Jamaica, West Indies
E-mail: beershebaoldstudentsassn@gmail.com

Officers:     Glenis Daley, President
Victor Smith, Vice President
Vincent Samuels, Secretary/Treasurer, Newsletter Editor/Producer
Ann Hamilton, Assistant Secretary

Reflection On Beersheba Primary School Alumni That Have Passed On.
It is with much sad regret that Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) brings to the attention of all Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumni in Jamaica and the Diaspora, the following Alumni that has passed on since the publication of Volume 13 of its Newsletter:

1. Kenneth Adolphy Williams, Carr District, Saint Elizabeth and United Kingdom.
2. Mavis Walker-White, Flint Valley, Saint Elizabeth and USA.
3. Elesa Idona Hamilton “Miss Ellie”, Woodlands and Kilmarnock, Saint Elizabeth.
4. Rachael Chambers, New Savannah, New Market, Saint Elizabeth.
5. James Lenford Cain “Son Son”, Long Ground, United Kingdom.
6. Virie Smith-Colquhoun “Miss Virie”, “Man Hill”, Flint Valley, “Sky”, and   Paynes Town, Saint Elizabeth.

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to express its sincere condolence to all family members and relatives of the deceased as they continue to grieve and mourn the loss of their love ones. May the memories of these bereaved love ones continue to linger in our hearts

Decision Taken By The School Board At Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) And the Managing Committee For James Richards Educational Trust Fund Re Shanisa Jones, Now Grade 10-C Student At Saint Elizabeth Techncal High School (STETHS).
Although in keeping with the decision taken by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education in a meeting that was held at the Ministry’s Head Office, Kingston, Jamaica on March 13, 2013 with representatives of Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA), the Permanent Secretary sent a written directive to the School Board at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) to pay all outstanding amounts owed to Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) and Vincent Samuels in respect of Shanisa Jones, the School Board and the Managing Committee appointed by the School Board to manage and make disbursements from James Richards Educational Trust Fund, has defied and scoffed at the directive given by the Permanent Secretary.

Readers of this Newsletter are urged to log on to BOSA website to read the following news articles that will give them additional information with respect to this outstanding, contentious, unresolved matter:

1. What was the mindset and intention of James “Dick” Richards (1872-1965) when he bequeathed money in his trust Fund to his alma mater, Beersheba Primary School, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies? – Vincent Samuels
2. Why is the name Shanisa Jones omitted from the Honour Roll at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased)? – Vincent Samuels
3. Managing Committee defies directive from Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education to make disbursement to Shanisa Jones, qualified beneficiary of James Richards Educational Trust fund.
4. Managing Committee of James Richards Educational trust fund scoffed at directive given by Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education.

Progress Report On Shanisa Jones, Tanhoi Guthrie, Nickayla Stevens, And Damankie Smith.
Shanisa Jones, grade 10, Tanhoi Guthrie, grade 9, Nickayla Stevens, grade 8, and Damanike Smith, grade 8 students who currently attend Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) and Hampton School, Santa Cruz and Malvern, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies respectively, continue to maintain satisfactory academic performance.

BOSA Invaluable Honorary Members, Friends, And Well-Wishers.
Cognizant of how invaluable Honorary Members, Friends, and Well-wishers are to Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA), the Secretary/Treasurer of the Association with importunity, continues his relentless search through the use of social net work websites and Information Technology (IT) to build BOSA database so as to add Honorary Members, Friends, and Well-wishers who are invaluable to the work that BOSA is doing in the interest and welfare of students at Beersheba Primary School.

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to place on record and express its sincere gratitude and appreciation to Carlton A. Prince, CPA, New York, USA, Hartley Cawley, Cawsley’s Pharmacy, Black River, Saint Elizabeth, Rory Allen, Allen’s Texaco Service Station, Black River. Saint Elizabeth, and Reuben E. Spencer, Retired Entrepreneur, for their continued invaluable support to the Association.

Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumni Who Continue To Have A Caring Heart Towards Students Who Have Graduated From Beersheba Primary (Government Leased) As Well As Those Who Are Currently Attending The School.

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to place on record its sincere appreciation and gratitude to Sheila & Winston Hamilton, Nora “Kitty Teacher” Lawrence, Kenneth Smith, Viola Cain-Hall, RN, Gloria Smith-Meredith, BSC, Roy Holness, Neville Jones and other Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumni who have requested that they remain anonymous, for their generous sacrificial financial contribution that are utilized by the Association as a safety net to assist students who are in need to further their education.

Need For GSAT Students Graduating Beersheba Primary School To Be Computer Literate.
All interested Alumni are urged to revisit previous issues of BOSA Newsletters so as to ascertain resources which are urgently needed to establish the Computer Lab. As soon as the Computer Lab is established, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) will contact Stephen Curran, Network Design Director at DIGICEL Group, Kingston, Jamaica, West Indies, regarding the interest which he has indicated to the Association to provide Wireless Broadband Internet Service to Beersheba Primary School notwithstanding the fact that his knowledge of the terrain in the area could be challenging to provide service to the school.

It is with much regret that the hostile “cat and mouse “environment that continues to come from the Administration at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased), has not enabled Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) to aggressively and innovatively pursue its desire to completely equip the Computer Lab at the school.  The Association has made two futile attempts to take a computer Technician to the school to continue work on the Computer Lab but both attempts were met with frivolous and reckless excuses.  On the advice of the Chairman of the School Board at the school, two Central Processing Units (CPU’s) which a Beersheba Primary School (government Leased) Alumna donated to the school, were removed from the school and taken to Computer Technician’s work shop in Black River so that they could be trouble-shooted and evaluated.

Up to the date that this newsletter is published, check that has been made with the Computer Technician has not revealed that anyone from the Administration at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) has contacted the Computer Technician to ascertain the whereabouts of these two Central Processing Units (CPU’s).

More Jamaican Probverbs
On page 8 of Volume 2 of BOSA Newsletter under the heading: JAMAICAN PROVERBS THAT OUR ANCESTORS TAUGHT US, we defined a proverb (which comes from the Latin word proverbium) in any language – including Jamaican Patois – as a simple and concrete saying that is popularly known and repeated and expresses a truth based on common sense or the practical experiences of humanity.

In addition to one hundred and three (103) Jamaican Proverbs that were published in Volumes 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the Association’s Newsletters, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is pleased to list the following twenty-seven (27) additional Jamaican Proverbs for the information and consideration of all Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased0 Alumni, Honorary BOSA Members, Friends, and Well-wishers and other readers of its newsletter in Jamaica and the Diaspora:

• We lickle but we tallawah

• A no ebrey ting weh good he eat good fe talk

• So me get it, so me sell it
• Long road draw sweat, short road draw blood
• Weh dog not get invitation fe go, no bones nah dida fe dem
• No care weh rabbit do, put im on de scale , im neba weigh more dan im four quarters
• It’s a foolish dog dat bark at a flying bird
• If you a de big tree; me a de small axe, me we cut you down; me we cut you down
• Me throw me corn, me no call no fowl
• When you a dig a pit, dig two; ‘cause whosoever digeth a pit a go fall dung inna it
• Bud weh fly too fast wi pass im nest
• You can’t mek bood outa stone
• Two bull can’t reign inna de same pen
• Donkey roll pon de groun from side to side, den im shake im head and say: “de worl’ no lebel.”
• You can’t pare you nose fe fit you face
• Sorry fe maga dog, maga dog tun roun’ bite you
• When dog hab money, im buy cheap
• Too many rats neba dig a good hole
• One day Busha a Busha
• When belly full, coco hab neck
• Mek we tun we han’ and mek fashion
• Trousers too big fe horse but give me yah
• No care how boar hog try fe hide ‘imself inna sheep clothing, im grunt always betray im
• Alligator lay egg but im no fowl

Feedback, Comments, And Suggestions Are Welcomed.
In keeping with its vision to broaden its scope and maintain its brand by maximizing Information Technology (IT) to its advantage, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is pleased to announce that with tremendous sacrifice and assistance from Garfield Hamilton, Beersheba Primary School (government leased) Alumnus and Web Builder, and his mother Sheila Hamilton, Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased)Alumnus and Webmaster, BOSA website: http://bosaonline.org has been launched and is up and running.

The following feedback, comments, and suggestions have been received from our readers who have visited our website:

1. My friend BOSA Man thanks for the information and congrats on the website. Please keep up the good work and you can count on me.” (Nameira “Ira”Philip, J.P., M.B.E, Author, and Veteran Bermudian Journalist)
2. “This is impressive! Very good indeed! Keep up the good work. May I mention as well how brilliant this website is? It was quite nostalgic seeing a photo of the school. This photo brought it all together for me. Very well done.” (Dr. Winston A. Samuels, Ph.D., President and CEO, Maxx Performance, Inc., Chester, NY, USA)
3. “I was just browsing the website and it’s truly an informative, well put together site. Hats off to the persons behind this site. Step in the right direction. Hope the Administration at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) recognizes that this is great publicity to let the world see what the school is doing and work with the Association to help take the school to higher heights.’ (An honorary member of BOSA who wishes to remain anonymous)
4. “That’s brilliant. I shall access the details via the website in future. Kind regards.” (Wilford Holness, London, England).
5. “Being fully committed to any progeamme through to a successful outcome is normally hard work. To this effect, your presentation reveals a lot about the time it must have taken you to do the research covering so many different aspects relating to BOSA and what it is trying to achieve. I wish to BOSA, every success in achieving all expectations and congratulations to your effort in keeping it going.” Wilford Holness, Beersheba primary School Alumnus, London, England)
6. “Congratulations on having your Newsletter online. It would be most appreciative to post the tribute given by Councillor Troy Symonds together with any pictures that you may have of the banquet held in November last Year.” (Donal E. Smith, Deputy Mayor and Alderman, Corporation Council, City of Hamilton, Bermuda)
7. “I just had time to look around the BOSA website and it is pretty good! There is a lot of information there. The pictures are outstanding! Thanks so much for the history about Carmel Moravian Church. I did not know this at all. The Methodist Church has fallen apart. Mrs. Meyler looks lovely for her age. Thanks for maintaining the site. There is a lot of good stuff on it.” (Dr. Winston A. Samuels, Ph.D., President and CEO, Maxx Performance, Inc., Chester, NY, USA)
8. “This is awesome! You are doing a wonderful job. I will definitely follow up with you. This brought back precious memories. (Andrea Morgan-Palmer, Beersheba primary school (Government Leased) Alumna and qualified beneficiary of James Richards Educational Trust Fund Scholarship)
9.  “I read with a lot of interest the two fantastic articles on businessmen Kenrick Morgan. (I think he is Devon Morgan’s brother??) and Selvin Coote. Kenrick for certain fulfilled a need because beyond what he has done, the bushes were still “our friends’, on the journey from points between Montego Bay and elsewhere south.” (Dr. Winston “Stando” Samuels, Ph.D., President and CEO, Maxx Performance, Inc., Chester, NY, USA.

Erection Of UnPainted Ply-Board Partition In The Main Auditorium At Beersheba Primary School.
In the pursuance of comments listed on page 9 of 14 of Volume 7 of BOSA Newsletter regarding the above subject matter, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to report that as a result of pussy-footing by Ministry of Education Technocrats Errol Golding, Director of Technical Services, Courtney Hamilton, Regional Building Officer, Bertram Brooks, Area Building Supervisor, and Collin Blair, Director of Communications, the issue remains unresolved and inimical to all Stakeholders in the Beersheba Primary School Community. Notwithstanding the assurance given by the Board of Governors Beersheba Primary School which met at a meeting that was chaired by Mrs. Nadine Leachman, Regional Director, Region 5, Ministry of Education that the Board would handle and resolve the matter, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) wishes to report that this outstanding matter remains unresolved.

Bi-Monthly Meetings of BOSA
Bi-monthly meetings of BOSA are held in the main auditorium at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) on the second Sunday every two months at 4.00 PM. The view has been expressed that Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) should revisit and reconsider the day on which bi-monthly meetings of the Association are held so as to avoid friction and rivalry from a political group and church groups in Beersheba School Community which tend to hold meetings on the same day and time at which BOSA meetings are held.

Fund Raising Activities In Connection With BOSA Scholarship Fund.
BOSA Members, Honorary BOSA Members, Friends, Well-wishers, and other Beersheba Primary School Old Students who have not yet heard but who through the help of other Old Students, and this News Letter, will be made aware of BOSA existence and the work that the Association has been doing in the interest and welfare of students at Beersheba Primary School, are urged to make Checks/Cheques/Money Orders for their generous financial contribution to BOSA Scholarship Fund payable to Beersheba Old Students Association and is to be mailed to the Association at 99 Jacaranda Avenue, Flat Rocks Subdivision, Black River P.O., Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies.

Another most cost effective method for persons named herein to send their generous financial contribution to the association is to use MONEYGRAM MONEY TRANSFER which should be sent to the Secretary/Treasurer of the Association at the Association’s indicated herein. The name and mailing or e-mail address of the Sender, and Reference/Control Number, amount that will be sent of the money that will be transferred should be called in to the Secretary/Treasurer at telephone numbers: 1-876-634-2410, 1-876-919-0456, 1-876-297-1515 or e-mailed to the Association’s e-mail address: beershebaoldstudentsassn@gmail.com All donations received will be promptly acknowledged in writing on BOSA official letter head.

Persons living in Jamaica, West Indies may deposit their generous financial contribution to Beersheba Old Students Association Savings Account No. 4410317200298396 at any Branch of RBC Bank Jamaica Limited and advise the Secretary/Treasurer of the Association when this has been done so that such contributions may be promptly acknowledged in writing. Likewise, persons who reside outside of Jamaica in London, England, may wire their generous financial contribution to BOSA.

Beersheba Old Students Association Is Looking Forward To Hear From Beersheba Elementary/All Age/Primary School Alumni Whom Its Secretary/Treasurer Networked With At Funeral Services And Other Social Gatherings.
Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is still awaiting word from Beersheba Elementary/All Age/Primary School Alumni whom its Secretary/Treasurer networked with at Funeral Services and other
Social Gatherings in the New Market area, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies regarding their commitment to make a generous sacrificial financial contribution to assist with the work that the Association is doing in the interest and welfare of students that attend Beersheba Primary School.

Meet The Achievers And TrailBlazers
No profile has been received from any Beersheba primary School (Government Leased) Alumnus/Alumna; consequently, there is nothing to report under this heading in this newsletter.

Editor’s Note: If Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumni in Jamaica and the Diaspora would like to see themselves being featured under this heading, Alumni who have not yet responded to appeals made in BOSA Newsletters to send the Editor/Producer their curriculum vitae, academic, and communal profile as an attachment to the Association’s e-mail address, are urged to do so in order that they can be published in Volume 15 as well as future volumes of the newsletter.

Resolution To Rename Beersheba Primary School, James Richards Primary School.
As a result of the above subject matter being thoroughly discussed with the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education in a meeting that was held at the Ministry’s Head Office in Kingston, Jamaica west Indies on March 13, 2013, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is hopeful that with the full backing and support of the Saint Elizabeth Parish Council, in the same way that the Bob Marley Foundation has succeeded in getting the nod from Cabinet for Hon. Robert “Bob” Nester Marley’s O.M. alma mater to be named after him, Beersheba Old Students association (BOSA) will also get the nod from Cabinet to rename James Richards alma mater, Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) after his name.

Members oF The Board oF Governors (School Board) Beersheba Primary School, (Government Leased) New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies.
The National Council on Education (NCE) has published the names of the following persons whom the Honourable Minister of Education has appointed to serve on the School Board at Beersheba Primary School (Government School), New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies:

Chairman: Rev. Phyllis Smith-Seymour
Principal:   Mrs. Tatlin Smith-Williams
Academic Member: Mrs. Naomi Foster-Brooks
PTA Member: Nickesha Lawrence
Community Member: Mr. Valdes Hamilton
Member 1: Mrs. Karen Walker

 

Golden Thoughts And Nuggets That Are Worthwhile Pondering.
“A visionary is someone who knows what people want before these individuals know that what they want ever exist.”

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“The culture of the Force has not changed since it was formed in 1867. It was formed to protect the plantocracy, the elite, the landed gentry from the small man, and it still remains that way. There are those in powerful positions who don’t want that to change and that is why things don’t move faster. They are forcing square pegs into round holes.”

Retired Senior Superintendent of Police Reneto Adams – native of Saint Elizabeth – speaking to the JAMAICA OBSERVER in support of former Assistant Commissioner of Police Les Green’s harsh criticisms about the Jamaica Constabulary Force (JCF) during his interview with the DAILY MIRROR in London, England.

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“Our Government must not make promises it cannot keep but it must keep promises it has already made”

 

“It is not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that invests in broad-based growth”

“If we want to make the best products, we have to invest in the best ideas”

The sooner a child begins learning, the better this child will be down the road”

President Barack Obama speaking in his State of the Union address to the US Congress, Washington, D.C., USA, on February 12, 2013.

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“Don’t focus on what you don’t know, focus on what you know”

NYC Councilwoman for the borough of Queens speaking in an interview with Piers Morgan, CNN.

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“Don’t you worry ‘bout a thing, ‘cause every little thing is going to be alright”

“One Love, one heart, let’s get together and we’ll be alright”

“Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds”

“Rise up stand up, stand up for your rights!”  Rise up stand up, don’t give up the fight”

Hon. Robert “Bob” Nester Marley, O.M Jamaican Reggae Icon and Grammy Award Winner.

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“How came you so bareface fe tell you bredda/sista fe mek you tek out de speck weh deh inn aim eye when you no see de log weh deh inna fe you eye. Hypocrite! Here me now, my youth; tek out de log outa fe you eye fus, den you wi see clearly fe tek out de speck outa you bredda/sista eye.”

Translation of Jesus’ words found in the Greek Text in Matthew 7: 3-5 into Jamaican Patois

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“Many are the plans of a man’s heart, but it is God’s purpose that prevails”

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“The hardest thing in the world is to do what is right and the next hardest thing is to live with our conscience if we don’t”

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“Life has a tendency to teach us what’s right from what’s wrong and we learn it from experience”

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“Focusing on doing good can alleviate interpersonal conflict while promoting harmony among people with whom we interact”

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THE CROSS
Whatever your cross, whatever your pain,
There will always be sunshine after the rain.
Perhaps you may stumble, perhaps even fall
But God is always ready to answer your call.

He knows every heartache, sees every tear,
A word from His lips, can calm every fear
Your sorrows may linger, throughout the night,
But ‘twill suddenly vanish with dawn’s early light.

The Savior is waiting, somewhere above,
To give you His grace and send you His love.

Editor’s Note: Let us not forget that God promises a safe landing but not a calm passage. We complain about the cross we bear but do not realize it is preparing us for the bump in road that God can see and we can’t.

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Reinventing Del Cottage Where It Is Proposed that A Museum Should Be Established At “Del Cottage”, Carr District, New Market, Saint Elizabeth in Honour of James “Dick” Richards.
As a result of the decision taken at a special meeting  of Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) that was held in the main auditorium at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) on February 20, 2013, Vincent Samuels, Secretary/Treasurer and other representatives from the Association in the presence of Councillor Cyril Martin, Member Parish Council, New Market Parochial Division, on May 27, 2013, officially handed over all portraits, artifact, memorabilia, notes, texts, compact discs, books, magazines relating to James “Dick” Richards to Rev. Phyllis Smith-Seymour and Mrs. Tatlin Smith-Williams, Chairman School Board and principal respectively Beersheba primary School (Government Leased).

Our readers will recall that BOSA Secretary/Treasurer collected items handed over to the Administration at Beersheba Primary school (Government leased) when he visited Bermuda September 17-23, 2012 to continue and complete primary and secondary research on James “Dick” Richards, (1872-1965), Beersheba Primary School Alumnus, Soldier, Self-made Businessman, and philanthropist.

Our readers are invited to visit BOSA website to view a photograph of the official handing over as well as BOSA’s position with respect to the proposed museum inter alia.

Mayoral Delegation From the Saint Elizabeth Parish Council to Visit Bermuda June 23 – 29, 2013

Our readers are asked to visit BOSA website to read and view full details that is provided on the above subject matter in the following news article that is posted on its web page: His worship the Mayor of Black River and Chairman Saint Elizabeth Parish Council Councillor Everton Fisher leads delegation to Bermuda June 23 -29, 2013 – Vincent Samuels.

Facts About Bermuda

1. Bermuda is a 21 square mile island that is located in the Atlantic Ocean to the east of cape Hateras off the coast of North Carolina, USA. There are 365 islands that make up the island of Bermuda.
2. The total population in Bermuda is 68,000.
3. There are nine (9) parishes that make up the island of Bermuda. They are: Hamilton, Saint George’s, Smith’s, Sandys (Somerset), Paget, Warwick, Pembroke, Southampton, and Devonshire.
4. The dress code for male and female bus drivers is royal blue short sleeve shirts, navy blue Bermuda short pants, calf length socks, and black shoes.
5. The dress code for female students attending schools in uniform at their respective schools is short sleeve blouses, ties, Bermuda short pants, and calf length socks and shoes.
6. Although it is not a dress code, it is not unusual to see businessmen dressed in Bermuda shorts, calf length socks, shoes, neck ties, jackets, and brief cases of portfolios as they make their way to work
7. Royal Navy Casemates Barracks, Dockyard, Bermuda were built in the 1830’s to house Marine Troops that were responsible for manning the Dockyard eight (8) feet thick wall fortifications where convicts that were brought from England were imprisoned. The building was constructed from massive hard lime stone walls and a vaulted brick roof topped with concrete, which was the standard bomb-proof construction of the period.  James “Dick” Richards (1872-1965), Beersheba Primary School Alumnus, Soldier, Self-made Businessman, and philanthropist, worked as manager of the Canteen at casemates after he was honorably discharged from the British west India Regiment  in 1903.
8. The Last Will and Testament for James “Dick” Richards that was probated by the Supreme Court in Bermuda is available for viewing as a Public Record at Bermuda Government Archives.
9. There is no piped running water supply in Bermuda. Water for all purposes is obtained from underground tanks into which rain water is harvested from gutters that are built on the roof of buildings.
10. All roofs on buildings in Bermuda are white and are made from local granite slate limestone material that is found on the island. This material is ground to powder at quarries and manufactured into 2 feet x 8 feet slabs.
11. Casemates Barracks, Commissioner’s House and other buildings within the fortified Dockyard Compound in Bermuda are surrounded and protected by a wall 6 feet thick which is made of limestone.
12. Bermuda is Britain’s oldest self-governing colony, a strategic military  base and tourist resort situated in the Atlantic Ocean 600 miles off the coast of Cape Hateras, North Carolina, USA and approximately 1,000 miles north of the nearest Caribbean Island. For centuries, Bermuda has been known for its affluence with a few white landowners, lawyers, and businessmen. They were the oligarchy, the aristocratic whom Dr. Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon, M.D., from Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, as a Freedom Fighter, led Bermuda Masses against the racist oligarchy which he labeled “THE FORTY THEIVES” were powerful and feared because they held the black masses and poor whites in economic slavery. (For additional information about Dr. Edgar Fitzgerald Gordon’s, M.D. fight against the oligarchy, please try to obtain and read the book FREEDOM FIGHTERS FROM MONK TO MAZUMBO by Ira Philip, J.P. M.B.E., Akira Press, London, (1987), ISBN: 0-947638-42-3. It is no coincidence that Dr. Gordon’s two daughters became prominent politicians in Bermuda. Dame Pamela Pamplin, served as Premier and Hon. Patricia L. Gordon-Pamplin, FCAA, Vice President and Chief Accountant at Everest Re Advisors Limited is currently Member of Parliament and Minister of Health and Seniors in the Government of Bermuda.
13. There is an Honorary Consul of Jamaica in Bermuda. He is Winston G. Laylor, Dip. Ed., Cert. (E.Eng), BSC, MSC.
14. There are 30 Jamaican Nationals Trained Police Officers who were recruited from Jamaica by the Commissioner of Police in Bermuda and are now serving in Bermuda Police Force.
15. Due to limited access to trailers on the island’s narrow roadways, all goods are brought into the island on containers that are loaded unto ocean going ships and barges that dock in the port of Hamilton where they are inspected and cleared by Bermuda Customs.
16. James “Dick” Richards who is fondly remembered in his native impoverished poverty stricken peasant farming Carr District, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies as “Bermuda King” was (a) the first black man to be granted a hotel license in Bermuda (b) the wealthiest black man in Bermuda (c) one of the Principal Shareholders in the Bank of Bermuda.

Note By The Preparer of This Fact Sheet on Bermuda: The assets of The Bank of Bermuda have been acquired by HSBC Private Bank, Bermuda, whose subsidiary Bermuda Trust Company Limited was Trustee for James Richards Educational Trust Fund prior to the transfer of the remaining balance in the Fund to Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) under the management of a Managing Committee that is appointed by the School Board at the School.

 

Prepared by Vincent Samuels, ASC, BBA, Secretary/Treasurer, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA), June 17, 2013 solely for educational purpose

 

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) Home-Coming And Students Reunion.
Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) has not received any feed back, comment, and/or suggestion since the above subject matter was promulgated and thoroughly discussed in Volume 13 page 12 of 12 in its Newsletter, April 2013.

Cancer Update From John Hopkins Hospital, USA

1.  Each person has cancer cells in his/her body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after they have undergone treatment, it just means that the tests are unable to detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.
2. Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person’s lifetime.
3. When the patient’s immune system is strong, the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.
4. When a person has cancer, it is an indication that the person has nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, but also to environmental, food, and lifestyle factors.
5. To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet to eat more adequately and healthy, 4-5 times per day and by including supplements will strengthen the immune system
6. Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract, etc., and can cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs, etc.
7. Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars, and damage healthy cells, tissues, and organs.
8.  Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However, prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.
9. When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation, the immune system is either compromised or destroyed; hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.
10. Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.
11. An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.

Cancer Cells Feed On:

1. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet, Equal, Spoonful etc., which are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses, but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg’s aminos or sea salt.
2. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy milk, cancer cells are being starved.
3. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and is best to eat fish, and a little other meat, like chicken. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth hormones, and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.
4. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts, a little fruit, helps put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells, try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C)
5. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine.  Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water – best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.
6. Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.
7. Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat, it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body’s killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.
8.  Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Florescence, essaiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy cancer cells. Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body’s normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.
9.  Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.
10. Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.
11.  No plastic containers in microwave.
12. No water bottles in freezer.
13. No plastic wrap in microwave.
14. Saran Wrap, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.

 

Editor’s Note: We wish to remind our readers that as part of its vision to contribute to a paper free environment as well as to use Information Technology (IT) to minimize cost, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) will no longer circulate its Newsletters by Post Office and hand delivery. Effective immediately, BOSA Newsletters will be sent as e-mail attachments to persons whose e-mail addresses are in BOSA data base and they will also be posted simultaneously on its website: http://bosaonline.org on publication.

 

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