The Home Journal (Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V.I.)
August 30, 1952

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THE HOME JOURNAL 2nd Year Woodstock Reward Money Stolen; Charles Payslt Police Director Earle Charles yesterday re;leasedl the follcwing statement: I have reported to Gov-l ernor de Castro, t h a t the reward money contributed tor information leading to. the whereabouts of the! Woodstock Child, which was kept in my office safe; in the Police Department, and amounting to the sum of $582.28, composed of ap proximately three hundred and fifty dollars in checks! and moley orders and the remainder in cash, was re-] moved by some unkuown person. The discovery of the loss was made when I checked! the contents of the safe this! w e e k, prior to [eavingon my annual leave, scheduled to become eftective on Sept Ist Realizing that am thei officer fully responsible for the custody of this money, l I have immediately re placed it in cash from myi personel savings, The re-! ward, in the amount collect ed, has been paid this morning, to Mr. James Fleming, the person whoml the United States Attorney has designated as being en titled torecieve the reward. ‘I have staried an _immediate! investigation of this matter, in order to determine who is! responsibie for the removal, i and in order to do so, 1 have deferred the taking of my an'l pual leave which was schednled! for Septemberl, 1952, for schi time as may be necessary .tu, conduet a thorough investiya. tion. “‘Since none of the checks or’ St. Thqmas, Virgin Islands, Saturday, Augast 30. 1952 10c Wage Boost Okayed byCouncil i A 10c increuse in wages for all workers was voted yester day by tde Municinal Counci'.l Sules and Service Clerks would lget 40¢c an hour; Unskilledl Labor 50c. Semi-skilled 65e, and Skilled 75e. The increases| wouid become effective one lmomh after approval by the, iGover‘nor. Th2 Council adopted 't h e ‘wage-ho.r amendment afterl consid.ring a petition present ed by the St. Thomas dLabor Union and signed by npearly one thousand werkers. The new amendment als 0' provides for the establishment }\;f a Wage Board to consider appeals made from decisions ’Of the Wage Commissioner, lCesar Concepcion At Center Monday Popular Cesar Concep ’cion and his fifteen-piece orchestia will be present-| ed at the Cen er Theatre] on Monday, Sept. 1 at| 8:45 lin a specially ar-i ranged Carnival Concert befcre the screen show of l a ‘‘Streetcar Named De-; sire”, Warne: Bros. t op| production of 195 1-3 2| which won five Academy| Awards. Admission _Wi“’ be 75c for orchestra seats and $1 for stadium. i Because ‘A Streef.ar Named Desire” is strictly for adults, no person un der 16 years will be ad-' mitted to the stage or| screen show. money orders were cashed or endorsed by me, ail persons or firms who issned same in pay ing their pledzes are request ed to immediately ask t h ei bankto sicp payment cn them. No re.issue of said ehecks or money orders will be request ed by we;l will stand the loss. God, conscience and publie o pinion, will destroy the thief.’’ City In Merry Mood As 3-Day Carnival Opens ot Thomas took on a gay and festive "mood to day on the eve of the opening {of a Carnival which will keep this community in a state of merriment for the next three days. The town has been buz zing with talk about the barniaal for the past sev eral week, and almost the entire populace is expect ed to turn out for the ac tivities. Ron de Lugo, WSTA’s radio announcer, who took the lead in fas hioning plans for the event, has had the assist ance of E. L~onard Brew er, M rs. Eldra Shulter brandt, Guido Moron, and many others who have worked hard and diligent ly to make it the success (L Is expected to be. There will be a horse race program tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. at Sug ar Estate. At 8 o’clock at King’s wharf a wat-r pa gean: will be staged. Im portant eventsin t h e is lands® history will be dra matized. Monday will be the busiest day of the Carni val. Fungi bands will play? throughout the town and singing groups will tour the city. Then at 8:30 at‘ King’s Wherf there will be' the coronation of the King and Queen of the Jarnival, who are Leo Sibilly an di Carmen Nicholsen, re s pectively. A monster parade will leave French Viilagea nd mo ve through principal streets at 9:15. These wil be demonst-’ rations of special evesats at the Ball Park at 2 p.m. and at 7! p.m. there will be quadriile‘ and lancers demonstrations in No. 201 'Emancipation Garden, follow ed by bleek dancing. On Tuesday, the merry making will coniinue with parades of varicus groups, competition betweenorcheztras various types of demonstra tions, dances, ete. The official closing time iz at 6p.m. Tues day has been declared a public ‘holiday.

}‘N ants to Build 'Dry-Dock racilities Here A plan for filling in of ecer tain shallow water areas west of#he old slaughterhouse at French Village and creating Inew land, a portion of which will be reserved for the use of small craft that ecan be ‘hauled out of the water, and the balance used for the con struction of dry-docking faci lities for larger eraft,has been presented by Atty. Creoxton Williams. He pointed out that small boat owners who have been accustomed to use the cay at French Villa ge commonly known as Ballast Island, to ticup their boats and make repairs. are now faced with the problem of finding =ome other place to carry their hoats. Mr. Williams estimated that filling i the desired area and constructing modern dry docking facilities will invnlve a capital outlay of more than $£25,000. s il eke Loan for Ball Park Okayed A-n ordinance autho: ing the Governor to borrow 609 from the Lottery Fund ¢o compleiework at the ball park at the former Subrarine Base was passed ye-terdas hy the Council, The loan vwsuid be repaid within two years.

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Mbspruation ToWPr J. Antonio Jarvis Last summer I promised myself not to work during| my next vacation period,! but the combined pressure of economic necessity andl the lure of teaching in the social science field could not be resisted. For the past six weeks was occu-l pied at Lincoln School with! fifty one students and some visitors. Fortunately anum ber of competent and pub-| lic-spirited citizens made contributions of lectures! which enriched the course| and stimulated me. Os course I h a v e been thinking deeply about com munity affairs and reading some serious b o o k s, but! I’ve had time for a little swimming close to shore, some movies and an occa sional automobile tripl about the countryside. Many people have tried tol get my opinions oa the Car-l nival, the Pay Plan, the Waterfront project, but lvel not said anything of con sequence. To my miod the Carm l val is one of the finest ex amples of cooperative en terprise in the history of the Virgin Islands. Nothingi eilse within the past four de cades has been so much the talk of the town and so well supported. The amazing thin g about it is that so| many people are in agree ment and enthusiastic about the project The Pay Plan which has just gone into- effect is nei ther as popular.nor as sti mulating as the Carnival program. A few individuals’ who have friends in high placesareprobably satisfied temporarily,but most other’ workers tr y to manage with what the law allows them. I think that this stan-l za from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is appro priate comment: “The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,‘ Moves on: nor all your Piety and Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line, Nor all your tears wash out a Word of it.” The Water Front project and the location of the Tor tola Wharf are developing nicely. Growth of any com munity is not a very rapid matter. In the Virgin Is lands it 1s still necessary for -a woman to take nine months--and even Governor de Castro can’t make her hurry. 1 prefer to think of some of the highlights of my sum mer activities than of poli tics and problems. Phil G o m e z singing “Mother Machree” at a party; Am bassador Kaufmann making a nice little speech to the guests and Quadrille Dancers at Denmark Hill; Frankie playing the piano for the teachers at their Calyspso dance; cating piece of Terence's wedding cake; meeting Mrs.. Fon taine whom I had last seen when we took Elementary School Administration at Columbia; and receiving a lovely present fr o m the teachers at the reception ‘which closed the class in Ethnology of the Virgin Islands. Mrs. Eulalie Peter son certainly paid me a tri bute which I shall strive to deserve, After twenty-eight years of teaching, I'm still in love with my profession. It is true that the past ten years have been years of J‘ continued on page 4 The Home Journal Puerto Rico Notebook By Julio Francis Edwards Unexpected hospitaliza tion shortly after the color ful folklore exhibitions, de nominated Caribbean Fes tival at the University of: P. R. Theatre and under! the auspices of the Puerto Rico Board of Tourism, de-‘ prived us the privilege of commenting on the out-l standing details of such lunique an event. These comments: might seem stale at this moment; but in behalf of justice to the several national groups that accorded us so singu lar recreation, we must |mention inthis column ,that the overall program was a b o v e expectations. Eivery country oftered cos ltumes and attractive per lformances. Neverthel e s s, those who were truer to basic purpose of the festi [val—presentation of their native folklore music, and songs—in our humble opin ion and which was what SUNDAY AUG. 31 You'’re Invited to join the Gay Holiday Crowd at

Tau’s Pre-Carnival Party in the spacious Grand Hotel Ball Room and Dance to the EXOTIC MUSIC OF THE MOTTA BROS, From 11 p.m. to 4 a.m. Admission $2.00 Table Seats $3.00 everyone looked tor to be come better acquainted with the characteristic of these neighbors—were Curacao Haiti, and Trinidad. The one with less or no exhi bition of this fundamental, al th o sheis very rich in folklore, was Puerto Rico. It was disappointing espe-. cially to t hose of us who k n o w enough about the subject.lt was undoubtedly outright reluctance to do research work. which in it self would have been enjoy able, educational, and pa triotic, even if laborious, to those in charge. True, to those who visited usand to t h o s e who can be easily dazzledg by superficial Ibrilliancy, the Puerto Rican presentations were rich in luxury; but to the seekers of historic or legendary events, they were pour in folklore. Worse so was the fact that one of the presentations with some native characteristic was adulerated with exotic dances. Cout’d on page 3

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THE HOME JOURNAL l A Virgin Islands Publication Published Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday EARLEB. OTTLEY Editor 5 cent a copy, 50 a month, $5.00 a year $7.60 abroad Advertising Rates on Request Saturday, August 30, 1952 Nothing Like It Tomorrow begins a three-day period of mer ry-making which will give participants and specta tors something to talk and rave about for months fio come. No oneis talking ab.ut anything else but the Virgin Islands Carni val, and the widespread interest and enthusiasm which the event is receiv irg leaves no doubt that it will be a huge success. Only the weather stands in the way, but it wll take an extraordinary down: pour to dampen the spiri of this community. The thousands of resi dents who will take part in the three-day program and the other thousands who will watch on, will be joined by crowds who are coming over from st. Croix, Torto tola and Puerto Rico. Al though the event has been wellpublicized in the United States, no attempt is being made to attract vis itors from t he mainland now. The next carnival will give an opportunity to ob tain a wide response in the United States, and it should become our most appealing tourist attractions. Itis t r ul y amazing to note the gigantic program that eas been whipped to gether in such short order. Given more time, and with the experience of the first carnival from which to pro fit, the next one will stag ger the imagination Mr. Ron de Lugo and his associates in this worthy effort deserve the plaudits of the commu nity for a big job excellent ly done. P. R. Notebook The public is never wrong; and recognized critics were not so either on their decision that the Virgin Islanders uc:- ilng was superb: so much so that it was the only group “‘encored” in a manner with out precedents. The compact crowd tremendously cheered the St. Croix and St. Thomas popular actors, and ‘‘cordially forced them to repeat... It was then,that the unfcrtunate occured when the aged rseli made-actor w h,o personified King Arthur, was killed by the emotion, when thousands on their feet gave the Virgin Islanders a memorable ova tion, Government of The Virgin Islands of the Unsted States Charlotte Amalie, St. Tho mas Amendment No. 1 To Executive Order No. 1- 1952 Section 4 of Executive Order No. 1- 1952, dated August 21, 1952, is hereby amended to read as fol lows: “The term ‘vessel’ as used in this Executive Or der iacludes st ea m e rs, sloops, lighters; barges and seaplanes. Exempt from the provisions of this Order are government-owned vessels, vessels landing exclusively government-owned cargo, and barges and lighters which are stationed in the port of St. Thomas.” In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my Hand and the Seal of the Govern ment of the Virgin Islands,3 at Charlofte Amalie’ St. ’Thomas, this 22nd day of August A.D., 1952. 1 Morris F. de Castro! Governor 1 (SEAL) l Countersigned: Daniel W. Ambrose Government Secretary The Home Journal Antigua’s performance, and Curacao’s, were as the French say ‘‘magnifique’’. Very rich in their folklore. Even the layman could see, and feel the naturalness of these natives. They were superb in candour. That the Caribbean Festival must become permanent and develop into a classic, there should be no doubt. We are all looking forward to its annual presentations. Itisa beauti ful competition. It i 3 a needed revival, Special Traffic Regulations For Carnival Period, August 31st to September Znd, 1952 T h e {ollowing Special Traffic Regulations for the Carnival Period, August 31st to September 2nd, 1952, are published under the provision of Section 8 [c] of the Ordinance to Re lgula'te the Operation of Mo tor Vehicles in St. Thomas, of February 14th, 1930, as amended to August 1, 1947. They will be strictly ob served, in order to prevent accidents or injury to per sons or property: 1. On Sunday, August 31st, from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p-m No parking or move ment of vehicles will be permiited anywhere in the area bounded on the east by Fort Christian, on the west by the Continental Store and on the north by the Emancipation Garden. 2. (a) On Monday, Sept ember Ist: From 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.: No Parking or movement of vehicles will be permitted in the de fined area. (b) From 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.: No Parking of any kind will be permitted on Main Street, from the traf fic light at the head of main' street, west to the Western] Cemetery. Parking is also pro hibited onßjergegade, from the Hospital to the traffic light atl the head of Main Sireet, during the same period. [3] On Tuszsday, September 2nd: From 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.: No Parking will be per mitted on Main Street, from the Virg in Island National Bank, east to Bjergegade, nor on Bjergegade north to the Hospital. 4, During theperiod Au gust 3lst to September 2nd, the speed limit of 20 miles per hour within town limits, will be strictly observed. Viol a tions of this provision and of any of the provision and of Spec'al Traffic Regulations, wil] be dealt with as provi ded for in existing laws, Earie H. Charles Director of Police Approved: August 26th, 1952 Morris F. de Castro, Governor Notice Parents and guardians are requested to enroll on school lists the names of all children ‘who will be of school age dur ing the present year. Children are of school age if they are 5 1-2 years or over on Septem ber 3, 1952. Children of kindergarten age, 4 years or over, but under 5 1-2 years of age, on Sept} ember 1, should be taken for enrollment in the nearest kindergarten, While kinder 'garden attendance is not. com pulsory, it is greatly to the advantage of the chiid to have he benefit of kindergarten training prior to entering the first grade of the school system; and parents andguard ians are uged to enroll their children of these ages in kin dergartens. Schools open on Wednesday, September 3, 1952. Take your child to the nearest school or kindergarten. It chould be un derstood, however, that your child may be transferred to another school if enrollment in the school in your vicinity. ex ceeds the capacity of that school. C. Frederick Dixon, Superintendent of Education Clearance Sale Fixtures, Show Cases School Supplies Ladies and Children Wearing Apparel Laura dMoorhead,s Store Across from Bar Paris Telephone 567

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Galveston David Gets Scholarship Mr. Howard A. Jackson has made a scholarship grant of $3,600.00 to Gal veston David, Assistant Superintendent, Juvenile School. Mr. David will en -101l at the Atlanta UniVer—i sity School of Social Work on September 23, 1952 for a two-year course of stu dy of Institutional care for Children. Mr. David was born in St. Thomas, March 19, 1914. He grrduated from Charlotte Ama lie High School in 1935. He is a veteran of World War II with 18 months of service in Puerto Rico, Louisiana and Hawaii. He was employed at the Juvenile School July 6, 1946 as Assistant to the Super intendént. Vocational Instruc. tor and Maintenance Employ ee. He became Assistant Super intendent at Mandahl last year g Big Garmval Races Sugar Estate Race Track{ Aug. 31,1952 2:30 pm. Ist Race 5 Furlong Ice Cream Madame Dove Little Girl ‘Sonny Boy 2nd Race 5 Furlong Sailor Boy Sultan Uncle Sam 3rd Race 7 Furlong El Lobo Assault 4th Race 5 Furlong Little Girl Ice. Cream Pinto sth Race 4 Furlong Mayflower Sonny Boy Winnie 6th Race 5 Furlong Tropic Moon Thunderhead Sir Henry when the School’s program was reorganized. During his years in Government employ he has given faithful, con scientious and progressive ser vice. This scholarship will pre pare him to giveeven greater 4 1§: \s‘.‘.’".: 3 a0 i ._/ 5 o b ///fi S 2 S i}L J\r‘ 0 :~-'-I.¢:. SRR -G 4 B BEROSCRe R s 4 Zws BNI PRI e .y ¢§,Sl 4 ‘395 e A igfi#"’%;‘f oo B WGO TI e §Bd L R s T OEE U G g se 2 sMo BEPS E B t home or away the call is for '‘BLACK:WHITE' SCOTTH WHISKY Distilled and Bottled in Scotland JAMES BUCHANAN CO. LTD., GLASGOW, SCOTLAND 85ttt e m~ D L iin f 02, £X 9 4 e BT EEE &0 EREEE LD e S L S :g‘?‘ 49‘ ,‘s;”@ -5."',..\’35 5 B_‘%\:‘J sk sg Ly g ?‘J@ fi i >X7 &L Ty é;{ %5 7w .‘M%\ &9 Iy i v g B phe Mexezi =X Mexse 101 ik i€ VE=itd Bowder wey =6 ‘{‘7_\‘ Ease misery of heat rash, chafe with Mexsana. Sooth ing medication in special 7 Amylum™ base checks itch, sting. ls/: You feel marvelous relief— 7 L“fl and feel it fast! Use it often. xamyLum= a& Mexsana’s special base—is super- o QUICK 2-SECOND fine, super-smooth, o 2 r-soothing 9 2 it RN Cling-¢€lose’ action g?;\’; Shake iton—instantly Mexsana'smed- 4 s ication clings close to skin—for 74 .';:l’s'l ,l fast, long-lasting relief! g\ P\ S P@W e L\ 5 DICATE S e\ ‘a\\'}\' iAME R ;‘:g OO 5 T Get amazing relief from T s\l sunburn—get Mexsana Skin Cream The Home Journal service to the children of our Islands. For Sale iCarNo.7oß. In Good Condition See Lionel Todma: Union Program Over WSTA To Be Held Sunday Francis Manopoli, an as sistant principal of a New York vocational school, and a long-time member of the Congress of Industrial Or ganization, will be the guest speaker on Snnday afternoon at 5:30 when a program presented by the St. Thomas Labor Union will be heard over radio station WSTA. Mr. Manopoli, w h o is here on a visit, is staying at Miller,s Guest House. Other persons who will appear on the program :re Percival H, Reese, ir st president of the Union, and Rodney Penha, who is now president,, Musical items will be supplied by local artists. ~On Monday night begin ning at 9 o’clock the Union will*hold “open house’’ for members and friends at the Progressive Guide hall. Re freshments. will be served. Observation Tower administration rather than class room work, but the psst three summers in Anthropology bave shown me that my good friend, the late Dr. Fred Mac Farland was right when he said that teaching should be my field. Last summer I promised myself uot to work during the next vacation period. “Some for glories of this 3 world and 'some Sigh for the Prophet‘s paradise to c0me....” Clearance Sale Fixtures, Show Cases School Supplies Ladies and Children Wearing Apparel Laura Moorhead’s Store Across from Bar Paris Telephone 567