A top businessman, a cosmetologist and a career trade unionist were among the Bermudians to be honoured in the Queen's New Year's Honours list.

Stephen Roy Kendell, currently a corporate manager with Shell Oil, Bermuda was made an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

Mr. Kendall, a graduate of Mount St. Agnes Academy and a member of the Public Service Commission since 1984, is a fellow of the Association of Accounting Technicians, a fellow of The Institute of Directors amd a Member of the British Institute of Management.

He also served in the Armed Forces from 1959 to 1966 and was honourably discharged with the rank of Warrant Officer, Second Class.

Since 1987 he has been a member of the Defence Exemption Tribunal and was promoted to chairman in 1991.

Eugene Algernon Blakeney, has been made a Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

For more than 40 years Mr. Blakeney has been at the forefront of trade unionism in Bermuda. In 1958 he was one of three persons credited with having breathed new life into the Bermuda Industrial Union, the island's largest and most influential trade union.

Mr. Blakeney served for many years as the general secretary of the BIU and during his tenure, the union experienced unprecedented growth.

And he took his skills to the Bermuda Public Services Association where he became the first, full time General Secretary.

Mr. Blakeney is a member of the Progressive Labour Party where he was appointed to the former Legislative council (now called the Senate) and served in this capacity until 1980.

Lawyer John Douglas Campbell, senior partner at the law firm Appleby, Spurling and Kempe, has been awarded a Queen's Certificate and Badge of Honour.

A veteran barrister of some 30 years, Mr. Campbell is recognised for his contribution to the arts in Bermuda, principally as the chairman and major fundraiser for the Menuhin Foundation since its inception in 1975.

Theresa Joy Furbert was also awarded a Queen's Certificate and Badge of Honour because she is largely responsible for the creation of a dental unit at the King Edward VII and St. Brendan's hospitals.

Mrs. Furbert is a graduate of Howard University in Washington DC., but she also trained as a dental hygienist at the Henry M. Goldman School of Graduate Dentistry at Boston University.

Dana Goodfellow, a seasoned volunteer for the Bermuda National Trust for more than 20 years, is currently a buyer for the National Trust's gift shop.

She has held that position for more than five years. Every January Mrs.

Goodfellow goes to a gift show where she carefully selects items that she anticipates will attract the interests of her customers.

Once here she collects the goods from the docks, handles the Customs processing and does the paperwork. For this work she earned a Queen's Certificate and Badge of Honour.

Cosmetologist and prominent local businesswoman Dorothy Louise Matthews Paynter was awarded a Queen's Certificate and Badge of Honour for her work with local charities.

Dr. Matthews Paynter holds a doctorate in cosmetology and was certified as a practical nurse in 1968.

She was the first black person in Bermuda to open a business in hair weaving and she scored another "first'' when she organised "Salon Week'' and used the proceeds to assist various charities throughout the island.

David Semos' work with the Boys Brigade singled him out for recognition as a Queen's Certificate and Badge of Honour recipient.

Mr. Semos holds the rank of Captain in the First Bermuda Company of the Brigade and has held this rank for the past nine years.

Taxi driver Robert Alexander Simmons' contributions in the profession for more than 37 years earned him a Queen's Certificate and Badge of Honour.

A long time and well respected resident of Devonshire, Mr. Simmons is a member of the First Church of God on Angle Street in Hamilton.

Meanwhile, Albert Thompson received a Queen's Certificate and Badge of Honour for his work with the Sandys Lions Club.

He is the club's current president and is zone chairman-elect for the 1997-98 year.

As zone chairman, he is responsible for overseeing the Lions, Lionesses and Leo Clubs in the Bermuda district.

Mr. Thompson serves as a volunteer with Beacon House for the Blind and is a member of the Bermuda Society for the Blind.

Elizabeth Virgo, one of the guiding lights behind the Bermuda Debate Society was also awarded a Queen's Certificate and Badge of Honour.

A former debater herself, she became interested in developing debating in the local schools.

That fledgling interest has grown to the point where teams of local youngsters have travelled overseas to take part in the World Schools Championships.

Miss Virgo also is a management consultant to small companies.

Stephen Kendall OBE Eugene Blakeney MBE John Campbell Theresa Furbert Dana Goodfellow Dorothy Matthews- Paynter David Semos Robert Simmons Albert Thompson Elizabeth Virgo