Elmena Swan have been made Members of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

They led a group of 10 Bermudians to be recognised yesterday in the Queen's New Year's Honours List.

The other eight were awarded the Queen's Certificate and Badge of Honour.

They included Bermuda Regiment Quartermaster Major Glenn Willis Brangman, former General Manager of the Bermuda Festival Mrs. Estous Lee Davidson, Meals on Wheels organiser Miss Barbara Winifred Frith, long-time Personal Secretary to the Chief Justice of Bermuda Mrs. Margaret Leitner, and retired Magistrates' Court Office Manager Mrs. Wilma Marie Yearwood.

Former top athlete and coach Mr. Gerry Marvin Swan, the first Bermudian to leap 50 feet or more in the triple jump, was also recognised for his contribution to sport.

And rounding out the List were two of Bermuda's most colourful characters -- kite flying champion Mr. Vincent Tuzo and veteran taxi driver Mr. Victor Arnold Woolridge.

Mr. Hayward has been Mayor of St. George's -- Bermuda's ancient seat of Government -- since 1988.

He was first elected to the Corporation of St. George's as a Common Councillor in 1967 and has also served as an Alderman.

Since 1988 he has served as Chairman of the St. George's Preservation Society and, in 1994, he became a member of the Marketing Committee of the Bermuda Hotel Association.

Mr. Hayward is also well-known as president off William E. Meyer & Co.

Born in St. George's on June 15, 1935, Mr. Hayward was educated at Mount St.

Agnes Academy and Saltus Grammar School.

He joined Meyer & Co in June 1951 as a ship's runner, moving from Manager in 1962 to Vice President and Manager in 1965, then to Vice President and General Manager in 1974 and finally, in 1975, to his present post.

A director of many companies, including Stevedoring Services Ltd and Bank of Butterfield Executor & Trust Company, Mr. Hayward served as a member of the Board of Planning from 1973 to 1980; Chairman of the Junior Training School from 1981 to 1984; a member of the Bermuda Hospitals' Board from 1981 to 1985; and a member of the Public Vehicles Licensing Board from 1981 to 1984.

Mr. Hayward was a member of the House of Assembly for St. George's North in 1980, serving as Government Whip from 1982 to 1985.

Mrs. Swan, mother of former Premier of Bermuda Sir John Swan, has been actively involved in the community for more than 50 years.

A widow, she owned and operated The Woodlawn Supermarket in Somerset for more than 10 years.

She has been a member of the Royal Commonwealth Society in Bermuda since 1980.

And, after serving as President of the Sandys Chapter of the International Order of Daughters of the Empire in 1992, Mrs. Swan became National President of the organisation in 1994. She is now in her second term as Bermuda National President.

Having worked as a teacher in Bermuda in the 1930s, Mrs. Swan went on to serve on the Governing Board of the now-defunct Howard Academy -- a secondary school for black students which closed in the early 1960s -- and the Governing Board of Addiction Services.

For some 15 years, Mrs. Swan was a member of the Parish Council in Southampton, where she lives.

A staunch member of the Anglican Church in Bermuda, Mrs. Swan has been on the Diocesan Selection Committee, and served as a Church Warden at St. Anne's Anglican Church in Southampton.

In addition, she was one of the earliest members of Bermuda's Senior Islanders Club and has been a member of the club's Social Committee for several years.

Mrs. Swan, now approaching her 80th birthday, is currently a volunteer driver for the Red Cross.

A former Chairman of the Bermuda Business and Professional Women's Association, she is also a member of the Executive Committee of the Golden Hour Club.

In 1965, she was honoured by Beech-Nut Baby Foods and, in 1994, she received an award from St. Anne's Anglican Church for her dedicated service.

Ten Bermudians receive New Year's Honours Major Brangman, aged 43, was promoted to the post of Quartermaster on June 1, 1985.

He joined the Regiment on February 20, 1976, and following the traditional Recruit Camp, he transferred to the Medical Section where he remained for three years.

Then he transferred to the Quartermaster's Department as Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant.

On September 1, 1981, he was promoted to Warrant Officer, Class Two, and four years later attained the ranks of Captain and Quartermaster.

On September 20, 1991, he was promoted to his rank of Major in the Regiment.

Major Brangman serves as the Deputy Commandant of The Bermuda Cadet Corps and helped set up the Regimental senior citizens' tea party.

Mrs. Davidson recently stepped down as General Manager of the Bermuda Festival.

In her post, she was responsible for overseeing many activities -- the securing of venues, booking of accommodation, and acting as a liaison with various artists taking part in the annual event.

Although officially retired from the post, Mrs. Davidson agreed to stay on to help her successor, Mrs. Toni Davis, become familiar with organising the festival.

Mrs. Davidson and her husband, Roger, live in Paget.

Miss Frith has been involved for several years in the Meals on Wheels programme, which operates out of St. Paul's Christian Education Centre in Paget.

A Paget resident, Miss Frith is responsible for helping to coordinate the project.

In addition to her church and community-related work, Miss Frith has acted as Secretary to the Bermuda Bible Conference organisation.

Mrs. Leitner, another Paget resident, has been Personal Secretary to the Chief Justice since 1973. She is on pre-retirement leave. She began her career in public service in 1968 in the Attorney General's Chambers where she was secretary to Attorney General Sir John Summerfield.

When the Attorney General became Chief Justice in 1973, Mrs. Leitner accompanied him to The Supreme Court, remaining in that post until her retirement.

Mrs. Leitner was also the Assistant Law Librarian for The Supreme Court, helping to maintain court records and textbooks, periodicals and law journals.

Mrs. Yearwood, who lives in Hamilton Parish, spent 22 years as Magistrates' Court Office Manager.

She began her career in public service as Registry Superintendent at the old Colonial Secretariat, now The Cabinet Building, later progressing to the Planning Department.

A member of the First Church of God in Angle Street, Hamilton, Mrs. Yearwood is also on the Friendship Bible Coffee Group.

Mr. Swan was Bermuda's Outstanding Male Athlete in 1972 and 1973.

A former student of The Central School (now The Victor Scott Primary School) and The Berkeley Institute, Mr. Swan acquired a Certificate in Education from St. Luke's College in England.

He went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Physical Education degree from University of Alberta, Canada, and got a Master of Arts degree in the same subject.

Mr. Swan represented Bermuda at the Central American and Caribbean Championships in Jamaica (1971) and Venezuela (1973).

He won a silver medal at the Venezuela championships.

Mr. Swan also took part in the Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, in 1974, and in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in 1978.

As a coach, Mr. Swan has helped many young Bermudians in track and field events. In 1972, he served as Assistant Coach for Bermuda's CARIFTA Games team in Barbados and eight years later became the Island's National Track and Field Coach.

He helped prepare such athletes as William Trott, Michael Watson, Brian Wellman and Clarance (Nicky) Saunders.

In 1989, Mr. Swan earned the International Amateur Athletics Federation Coaching Diploma.

And in the same year he became Vice President of the North America, Central America and Caribbean Track and Field Coaches Association.

Mr. Swan, who lives in Warwick, was the Outstanding Male Athlete at the Canada West Universities Athletic Association Track and Field Championships between 1977 and 1979.

He took first place medals in the long and triple jumps and in the 4 x 100 relay.

Mr. Tuzo started making kites when he was five.

Often hailed Bermuda's Kite King, he has continued this local tradition for 55 years.

In 1990, former US President George Bush and ex-British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher tried their hands at flying his kites at Government House.

Mr. Tuzo achieved a new world kite flying record on April 24, 1972 -- holding a kite aloft for 49 hours and 40 minutes.

He subsequently broke his own record the next year, keeping a kite flying for 61 hours and 25 minutes.

Mr. Woolridge has been driving a taxi for some 48 years, and is understood to be the second oldest cabbie in Bermuda. A story-teller and sportsman, Mr.

Woolridge has taken many visitors on tours around the Island, from Somerset to St. George's. Known as a natty dresser, Mr. Woolridge lives with his wife, Lucille, in Smith's Parish.