St. Croix Avis (Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]) 1844-Current
August 2, 1963
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NCENTURY ;;sm ED i 119TH YEAR Four U.S. and One To Visit St. Croix Mullgrav, Administrative Assistant for St. Croix an nounced the following Yen ‘tative- schedule of naval vessels to visit St. Croix during the month of Aug- The USS Lowry with fourteen officers and sixty enlisted men and midship men August 2 to 4; the Ruchamkin with 12 officers and Ilawenhsted men@m Augyst 2 1 5 Her Majess, ty's Ship “Ursa” will visit o 0 oflicers and 25 men from August 23 through 26 and the USS Spiegal Grove with 27 offi cers and 279 enlisted men. Rvis To Complete Proceedings on Hand Peamsswn to .publi_s]a the rema;nder of the Legislative Progeedings “of ‘the Fourth We of the Virgin Isl ands, Regular Session, was confirmed by the Honorable Earle Ottley recently, who in dicated that -it was not inten ed: 1 cancel ap'order of his lication would be Placed on 54 TSR aptities of- the _session, Legilative deys Feb. 20 to shortly in the Avis. Ohe St. Crpix Anid “CHAMPION OF PUBLIC RIGHT AND JUSTICE SAINT. ‘CROIX, U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS bATXt 7 v Ao mope o Re A 2 L RRR AL it s M *CRARAVANS”, JAMES M. MICHENER'S iy v&_‘ oSW RNy, :,;&Tfi iz re,_;,'_—l;j 3 ~\"j;;,v,., a., 1{ S AR By 5 Wv :‘_,w..:'_..‘.. ‘-y -SR ,A“w,n RS o _‘,‘; S o s iSt ““FIRST NEW BOOK SINCE “HAWRAIN" TRy RTR it :T O i..; e T B 1 L o PP T R s A SRR SN R R 3&~:7.~‘.-‘.'=;ls"§s:s:-‘.t=:~;~"-::::::::-’E:§:-:s;.-:::t:mS: S e SR R eTR e P AR B R B e SN R§\ RESRR S R S R PR R R s e S P A A R B e R A P ey P e s RR R e e S S Rt R S N o E s N g AR R .43:'*;&55:\:5 RN \fi i e AR RS B A el e BN B b R SRR LR R BS R S R R AR e SRR DR i R S SN RS SRR B S AR B o e B A R L S R "53@ B PR g A A PR P B SR b NN et R 2 e B R R e g JAMES A, MICHEN ER %fin Korea, in Japan. Now he tells a story of the search éfirgmtlogge*Bryn ‘Mawr girl- who has disappeared in the wilds of Afghanistan. 0 Her name is Ellen Jaspar. The Staté Department "senas young attaché, Mark Milfer, in seéarch ‘of her.: iark knows Afghanistan well and calls it “one of the world’s great cauldrons.” It is a forbidding land, moun-. tainous, parched, bleak, torn by feuds and wars. Rarely ‘visited by travelers even in the 20th century, it is sepa rated from the rest of the world by arid siretches of the ‘Middle East, by the Soviet Union and by the Indian sub _continent. 6 The people are Moslems, but say that they are of the tribe of the Ben-i-Israel—descendants, that- is, of the Hebrews who 'were carried away by Nebuchadnez zar. The. Afghan way of life, as Mr. Michener’s novel describes it, is not unlike that of Old Testament tribes. The adulterous Afghan woman, for example, i 8 punished py being dragged fbrt'h,lt(iy';fi%(‘) a stake in a public place, and stoned serea\mmg S Rl Ellen Jasper has come to Afghanistan as the wife of ‘a handsome, cosmopolitan Afghan engineer she met ~while he was studying in the United States. But the majority of her husband’s people, she soon learns, are ‘mile range in search of pasture and waltring places. bo sl who el ki tetssnd thovght o e b bttt ok and the One G 1 v 0 (Continved i tomorrow's issud) Caravans, James A. Mich _ener’s first movel since ‘Hawaii, is the August Se lection of the Book-of-the l Month Club, published by Random HO“SE, Ific;, a book of 352 pages, priced .at $5.95. o .Mr. Michener has long “been fascinated by the ad ventures of Americans far from homeé<-in the Pacific, FRIDAY AUGUST 2, 1063 Five Applicants Up .For Postmaster at Kingshill The 11. S&Civil Service Com-. mission*i§ interviewing and _investigating applieants for the position of Postmaster at Kingshill, St. Croix, in accord ance with an Act of Congress, it was announced today. The applicants® being considered are Daniel Baez-Ayala, Ra ph Elroy Delemos, Frank Emo Jacobs, Alphonso Evelyn James and Rupert Anselo Wil liams. _ After investigation, the Com mission will rate these app.i cants by considering the kind, extend and success of experi ence; the extent of public; initiative personal attribuie:, character and physical condi (Continued on page 4) Lok eBT N e “Gdle Fores Winds, {'leavv Rains Drench sland In the most severe storm of the ,hurricane season, g-'e winds drove sheets of rain through city streets and the ‘country side aiike, causing difficulty throughout the island. Cars were stalled along Cen terline Road as well as in Christiansted. Apartment dweliers, home owners and businesses which left windows open found their t,or: ered with water. A power shortage was also reported by residents. Ted and Guyare Back: Comanche Under Full Sail The Club Comanche has its Nwt’s because Ted Dale mmo@ mofith to Spain, England, France, ete, while Guy spent his time e, IN UNITY e _ NO. 220.
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The Bt. Croix Avis »’;;L“" g SORE THAE A cewruay o EBTABLISHED 1830 “~CHAMPION OF rgfiu.n’c; mtesy aNn: usTicE Printed published every afternoon except Sundays Holidays by BRODHURST'S PRINTERY Christisnsted, St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands Peléphone TIS-1146° P. O. Box 333 Editor Manager Canute A. Brodhurst i Asst, Editor sAI A. Bryant Hende‘rson Clrculuion Anna C. Brodhurst F O s Bc. per copy SI.OO per month. Payable in advance éecond Class postage paid at Christiansted, Virgin Islands VOL. 119 A'REPEAT OF AN EDITORIAL o NOW, “SPEAK YOUR PIECE’ IN THE AVIS WHEREVER THERE ARE- gatherings, large or small, among the old or young, the rich and. the poor, among men afid women or men with men and women with women, in big homes or smallhomes, in bars or restaurants, in cars or buses, _in streets or on beaches, there-is-discussion, Differences of opinions. Some are unimportarit and quic_:_kl;‘x&fo;gotten. Others concern the vital issues of the day. Os pldns for the future of children and that of the whele island. /Os *who is right and who is wyong. Os why this should be done and why that shiould not be. cione,Dlscuss iscus; lm Differences of opinion. A, i, o (s e _BUT HOW OFFEN have you Heard “If I could only. print that! ‘lf I could only fgfi more people about what I’ think, they'd agree with me, not you! ‘Why doesn’t some newspaper champion this cause or that cause i NOW, YOU can do it yourself. And that's because the St, Croix Avis is introducing, as an experiment, a new guest column entitled “SPEAK YOUR PIEGE”. In it you can air your opinions-on any subject from birdwatching to \i)olitics, from skin diving to knitting, what should be law and what shouldn t. Anything. *A$ long s it’s in geod taste, of course. SINCE THE AVIS has its own editorial policies, don't expect us to agree with you or disagree with you on what you put into your column. The Avis is simply giving an opportu nity to those interested in'expressing their own views. Specially those who so often have lamented, the fact they didn’t Tget‘ffi' chance to do so. Don't be shy. Step right up. It's. ving to be iteresting and.informative. 1t going to be dis Cuion. A Aiflxsis of ptons. A ey, ot s of advancement and maturity, Y B&k Hoomdp-ontm Loader, Bulldozer, Ploughing, S BL Bl e T Tk Lalikes N SR Prompt service Reasonable Prices s RUPERT JOHANNES LEONARD ROGERS i Estate La Valle Tel 773-1029 or Sion Farm. Y B PO Rt T AR Dl L 36 TR R O SR IR N To L i o eAT et FRIDAY AUGUST 2, 1963 THE ST. CROIX AVIS GOVERNMENTOF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES Christiansted, St. Croix Dép‘ért'mefit" of Propegrt;;y Procure,mer.xt} __ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids in Single Copy for furnishing labor, materials, equipment and transportation necessary to ,perform the following work. East End Road Starting at Smugglers Cove, thence to Turner’s Hole, Christiansted, St. Croix, V. I.'will be opened on August 23. 1963 in the Department ofWPrOpgx"t%‘i Procurement, Christiansted, St. Croix, U. S.'Virgin Islands, Conies of Invitation so hid may he abtainad the Department of Property Procurement, Christian sted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands. Each proposal must be accompanied by-a bid bond or certified check in the amount of 5% of the total bid. E The Government of the Virgin Islands reserves the right to select the successful Contractor or to refuse all bids or to perform any other course which may be in the best interest of the Government of the Virgin Islands, and the decision of the'Government shall be final. MARIO LEWIS Commissioner of Property Procurement Per: i ALPHONS@ ROMNEY" e District Supervisor 81, 1,3 Cruil emueawsl PO Pee e eeeReOPOPOSN CARIBBEAN ATLANTIC. AIRLINES, INC. Y Effective August Ist Thru Sept. 2, 1963 FLTS 154/155 WILL OPERATE AS 104A/105A 9 ON THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE FLIGHT lIO4A LV. SAN JUAN 215 PM. AR, ST. THOMAS 2:48 PM. LV. ST. THOMAS 3:00 P.M. "AR ST. CROIX /324 PM. Ly sricrom g 0 P AR ST. THOMAS 4:O4PM. LV, ST. THOMAS 415 PM.. AR SAN JUAN -445 PM. senvmn Tz catßsEa roR ovem 29 YEARS NO. 220. Page 3
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Page 4 FOR RENT in Christiansted 1 TWO-BEDROOM APT. Sea View and good ‘breeze Moderate .}iemal_ e ISABEL MASON REALTY 773-1‘38;.. 1 am. and after NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS A 34 unit apartment project will be built in Chrhtgna” ted. Plans ‘are.now ready for bidding. “All interested _ contractors should contact William Sigal Associates 2 Church Street, Christiansted A LPEX D INLLET SATOBRDAY oo Grand Double; Feature Program fgt feamuc. Metro presents’ “30 YEARS OF FUN" ‘starring Charlie Chaplin, Boster Keaton Laurel Hardy, Harry Langdon 2nd feaiw Universal Pictures present IN GOWOR i "BAGHDAD"” Maureen O’hara, Vincent Price SUNDAY MONDAY afterncon evening TUESDAY afternoon United Artists present "“IN COLOR FRGLE SWORD OF THE CONQUEROR Filmed in Italy Starring: Jack Palance, -Guy Madison, Elenora Rossi Drago, Andrea Bosic, Ivan Palance, Vittorio Sanipoli G o Also latest. world-wide News TUESDAY. at 8:15 p.m, s we present Same as above (né Spanish show) Don’t Let Unknown Battery Brands Let Yoi D0wn1..., i Insist on dependable e e a\,EBEAEY ML 2y ?‘:’3{% Bt NSSORI e pareertr. ROSKEE Ssss=# RADIO. BATTERIES [RSEB wnces overy time! &S L e l MNP o BETTER VALUE.., L OETUREE AT POPULAR FRIGES TRI L NCMWR GREATER LISTENING PLEASURE Set ol CONRAD.ETD. 26 COMPANY ST. CHRISTIANSTED. }Elg,e' Applicants (Continued from page 1) _tion. Feeubihg Careful and impartial con sideration s »t%ive“‘“‘f “to the qualifications of all applicants, {and the names of the three nighest eligibles are certified |for appointment ‘in the classi fied civil service by the Presi dent, subject to -confirmation. IP¥ %éenate aIL 11 The nunissm?&i’fiveglga |tor collects’ the facts and re ports.them, but does not re commend who shall be the highest ‘eligibles. The Com mission in ‘Washington, D.C,, decides who is eligible after the investigation is c%mpleted. WHO’'S FOR :Ping Pong, Horse Sohes, Darts; Ring Toss, Jai Alai, Indoor:Outdoo= Putfing Baseball, Basketball, Volley ball, Tether-ball, Football, 1 Kickball, Playball for the cat 2 42 TRY treasure irove. s .l Ffi“"m’=‘ _ MISS THE STEP LAST :Ml Let us create a’raiting for you. fi Ornamental iron is our 5 e 11 specmlty. 8 Virgin Islands Iron Indusiries|| In the new F'sted. Contractors’ Arcade 1] O::18, Strand St., Fsted o Pheae 1 772-0811 P.O, Box. ua! —omoE=————orloE= i Voo ..."f.,. T 4 Job Printinag THE ST. CROIX AVIS™ Gl ve Ve by ARI so 8 Q oL T Oy -e C gLk i: (V. I. Communications Company) moué:.—:gdnwaozafioqu CONTRACTOR AND BUILDERS! fi _ AW S N E.. EXCELLENT CONCRETE SAND i 'S2SOPERCUBICYARD i GOLDEN ROCK'SAND CO. 1§ GOLDEN ROCK near the Supermarket i A ':‘::}’5"?”’!“”%4": 9 Telebions Tt v matzon 16 10 Er 101 OEE OE O =OEI O wi 1 FGOYERNMENT OF _ ""HE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES ~Christiansted, St. Crofx e -_‘-—- S !l": _ Department of Property Procurement _ ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS Sealed bids in quadfuplicéte for furnishing laber, {materials, equipment and transportation necessary o perform the following work. Low Ridge Prefabricated |Steel Building for the Claude O. Markoe School, Fred |eriksted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, will be opened on {August 16, 1963, in the Department of Property Pro curement, Christiansted, St. Croix, U. 8. Virgin Islands. I Copies of Invitation to bid may ‘be “obtained from |the Department of Property &-Procurement, Christian Each proposal must be accompanied: by a bid bond {or certified check in the amount of 5% of the total bid. The Government of the Virgin Islands reserves the right to select thsemw@mhwm%’or to refuse all bids or to perform any other course which may be in the 368 Jnaree of the Government of the Virgin Islands ind th decision of the Government dhl be inal. Commissiorier ot Property* Procurement so ST SR R uremM W S Ry st o (ALPHONSO ROMNEW. vo, Distiich Syperylsor o