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In "Around The Bahamas By A. H. McKINZIE August 9, Fox Hill Day, was celebrated with church programs, fairs, concerts, dances and a mammoth parade. The little vil- lage was bursting at the seams as thousands of Nassauvians crowd- ed in to enjoy the celebration. By afternoon vehicular traffic was so heavy that the police had to open the school yards for parking space. Enterprising persons did a lively business.» In a two and a half hour cere- mony at Christ Church Cathedral, the Rev. Michael Eldon, B. A., was ordained to the Anglican priesthood on August 10. His Lordship the Bishop of Nassau, the Rt. Rev. Spence Burton, of- ficiated. He was assisted by the Rev. Collingwood Cooper, Deacon of the Mass; the Rev. John Lisle, sub-deacon; the Revs. Sidney and Claude Saunders, Deacons of honor; the Rev. Canon M. E. Cooper, assistant priest and preacher; the Rev. Donald Lam- bert, master of ceremonies and sponsor of the candidate, and Rev. Wm. Granger, litanist. Other priests taking part were Revs. M. Rohn, A.B. Jones, E. Butler, J. Pugh, Canon Addington Johnson, Canon Wallop Johnson, Allworth Eardley, Peter Culmer Rivett and H. A. Stirling. Father Eldon is the son of the Hon. and Mrs. S. A. Eldon. He is parttime assistant priest at St. Matthew’s Church and assistant master of St. John’s College. He will continue at St. Matthew’s on part time until the end of the year, and then will- devote his full time to the work of the parish. Grand Bahama js about to get the greatest lift in its history. Tly Bahamas government has given the OK to the Grand Ba- hama Port Authority, Ltd., a company headed by an American millionaire industrialist, to use an area of 50 acres of land to es- tablish a free port without Re- striction and guarantees manu- facturing companies the use of the area of 50 acres of land to estab- lish a free port without restric- tion and guarantees manufacur- ing companies the use of the area for 30 years free from taxation. Within the next 90 days the company is to begin dredging a 53,000,000 deep-water port with a minimum depth of 40 feet and docks and other facilities are to be erected. The Port Authority will also provide power for in- dustrial use, homes, shopping centres, churches, schools, medi- cal facilities and other desirable features for a modern industrial community. Thomas Smith, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Claudius Smith, left home on August 3 to take his father’s lunch and did not get back home until Saturday mom- inf, August 6. Somehow or other, Tommy fell in love with sea life and found himself on “Queen of Nassau," bound for Miami. He could not join the crew, but he had the time of his life. In Miami the Immigration authority “turn- ed the heat on” Tommy, but did not hurt him —much. * Saturday morning he was home again, doing fine. Bethel Baptist Church, Rev. Dr. H. W. Brown, pastor, celebrated its 165th anniversary on Sunday, August 7. Beginning with prayer meeting at 6 a.m., services were held at 11 a.m., 4 p.m. and 7:30 pun., and a concert sponsored by Bethel’s program committee end- ed the celebration. Other churches participated. Bethel is the oldest church in the Nassau and has made much progress under Dt. B. own’s administration. The Galilee Baptist Church. Rev. E. E. Simmons, pastor, gave its annual treat and outing for the poor inmates of Prospect Hospital on Sunday, August 7. A bus was chartered by the pastor, and the patients, after going sight-seeing around the town, were taken to A total of 97 cases was listed for trial in Judge L. E. Thomas’ Municipal court Monday morning. Even some of the veteran court observers were surprised at the excess of cases on what was re- garded as an average weekend. The courtroom was jammed with an over-capacity crowd. The case of Willie James Tho- mas of 841 NW 69th st., charged with disorderly conduct, creating a disturbance and with discharg- ing firearms in the city, was one of the most uhusual cases wit- nessed in the court in several weeks. According to Officer Eu- gene Butler, he and his partner received a call to go to the Thomas home to investigate the shooting of a gun. Upon arrival the officers found Thomas and his father in a tussle over a .22 cali- ber rifle. The son, Willie, said he shot the rifle at a tree because he was angry because his father had gotten the better of him in a tussle in which they were at- tempting to prove which one was the better man. Young Thomas de- clared that he did not intend to harm anyone—he just shot on general principal. The elder Thomas was in court and testi- fied in behalf of his son, asking for leniency The rifle was also on display in th*' courtroom. After a long hearing, Judge Thomas gave young Thomas a suspended sentence on the dis- orderly conduct charge, fined him $25 or 10 days on the shooting charge and confiscated the rifle. Another case which captured the attention of the courtroom was one in which a total of 13 men were charged with a series of offenses. The men were David McMillan, Ferdinand Pete, Perry Green, John D. Weight, Cecil McLeod, Chester Alien Palmer, Chanes Conley, David Hill, Rob- ert Dreason, Reese Tolbert, Sam Henry Smith and Sam Smith. McMillan was charged with operating a poolroom after the legal closing hour of 12 midnight. All of the others were charged with disorderly conduct by loit- ering in a poolroom. The incident occurred at 1:30 Sunday morning at Clyde’* Pool- room, 930 NW 2nd ave., accord- ing to Officer W. Carrol, who was one of four arresting officer*. The officer told the court that they received a call to go to the pool- room and investigate a dice game which was *aid to have been in progress at that time. However, the officer said, upon arrival they did not find and dice game going NEED A HOME ? WHY PAY RENT ? You can own a home for less. Add up those rent receipt* for the past five year* and call or come to ... GIBBS CONSTRUCTION We will help you to own a home with small down payment 633 PEMBROKE ROAD HALLANDALE, FLA. PHONE 2-5626 Good Morning Judge m News from Miami's Municipal Precinct Court JUDGE L. E. THOMAS, PRESIDING By ELLIOTT J. PIEZE, Times Staff Writer on, but did fin the men in the poolroom with the doors shut and some of the men were playing pool after the legal hour. All of of the men were arrested. In their defense most of the men had nothing to say. McMillan said he did not know that it was against the law to operate after midnight, but declared that there was no dice game going on. The men asked for another chance declaring that they will not do so again. At the end of the hearing Judge Thomas fined McMillan the man- ager $25 or ten days and dismiss- ed all of the others with a warn- ing. Among other cases heard and disposed of were the following: Herman Hall, James Brown, O. B. McCorkle, Winston Edwards, John Timmons, John Hodge and Macon Peoples were each charg- ed with assault and battery on Hennie Jee Johnson; Hall on Mary Albury; McCorkle on his wife, Frances; Edwards on Mary John- son; Timmons on Aretha Long; Hodge on his wife, Viola, and Peoples on his wife, Gladys. 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