St. Croix Avis (Christiansted, St. Croix [V.I.]) 1844-Current
September 11, 1963

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MILLIN TO GOV: «“WON'T SHUT UP” The St. Grpix Auvis 5 119TH YEAR TODMAN, GERARD PROMOTED BY PUBLIC SAFETY The promotion of two Police officers was announced by Deputy Commissioner Win ston Gibson yesterday. They are Sergeant Orville Todman to the rank of Lieutenant and Corporal Oliver Gerard to Sergeant. In making the announce ment Commissioner Gibson said that with these two men of proven outstanding ability should increase the efficiency in the patrol force, thus giving the citizens of St .Croix greater service. The appointments were made effective September 9th. AUTO ACCIDENTS IN C'STED AREA A car operated -by Alfred Liebert was travelling north ward when it was hit by a Ford driven by Idelonso Gar cia Corea who was heading east and failed to see the other car until too late to avoid a collision. e e The Volkswagen was dam aged. Corea had no drivers license and was charged with reckless driving and bail set at $l5O. T Alfred Cariton, 49, reported that his vehicle was parked when a car No. 2383 driven by (Continued on page 4) CORPS CATCHES t CONCH, EATS THEM SAME NIGHT The Instructors ‘for the Peace Corps trainees did a little “re-’ searching” and made a good dinner-out of it. They caught some Conch off stndy Poingy brought them back to Mrs. 1 Hinksen, Manager of the Clover Ctest Hotel; wheze‘ the Peace Co;ps"iisegiyin{‘;ad" asked to have them foridinner. Mrs. Hinkson complied and served a conch chowder -and conch cutlets, which has long! been a specialty of the hotel. SAINT CROIX, U. S. VIRGIN ISLANDS ‘SENATOR LUCINDA MILLIN WRITES v r r n GOVERNOR THAT "SHE WON'T SHUT UP" ‘Governor Ralph M. Paiewonsky st Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, V. I. g Dear Governor Paiewonsky As anelected representative of the people of the Virgin Islands and also being one of the leaders of the Democratic Party opposed to the abandonment of the -sugar cane industry in favor of the proposed citrus fruit ‘scheme, I wish to advise you that I take strong excep ‘tion to some of the statements made by you during the _course of your television appearance on Friday night in ‘support of the change over advocated by you. :I Regardless of the circumstances surrounding the ‘release of the report and recommendations compiled by the staff of the United States Department of Agriculture on the subject, it cannot be denied™hat the reasons ad vanced by the Department against the immediate abandonme?‘of. the sugar.cane industry are logical, im portant, and worthy of careful ¢onsideration. I am indeed surprised that one who holds such high office as you do would engage in slanderous statements s "(Continued on page 4) FEATURE ARTICLE f THE AGE OF LOUIS XIV f By WILL and ARIEL DURANT The Age of Louis XIV, eighth volume of Will and Ariel Durant’s monumental ten-volume series The Story lof Civilization, is published by Simon Schuster, Inc., ‘nas 832 pages and costs $5.95. Louis XIV ruled France for seventy-two years, \from 1643 until 1715. He stamped his personality not 'only upon his own realm, but upon most of Europe more deeply than any monarch since the days of Rome. Through war and diplomacy -he made France the" dominant European power. Through his wisdom, his ’téste-van'd his generosity he set her up as the artistic and social leader of Western civilization. This intellectual side of the Sun King’s world, the,| |side of reason and peace—this is the aspect of history \that particularly fascinates Will and Ariel Durant, Ex-/ 'plorers and voyagers get little space compared with Ben who stayed at home—to write books, paint pictures, l |discover scientific laws, compose music and enliven the; |salons of Paris with their epigrams. The quiet philiso SHer Spinoza is given a whole chapter. The rise of the gao 1D &1 (Continued on page 5500 WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 1963 MONEY RELEASED FOR ROADS, |HOUSING- Governor Ralph M. Paie wonsky today announced the release by the United States Department of the Interior of $475,000.00 in Matching Funds for use in Housing and Road Projects. This brings match ing funds released to date to a grand total of $4,109,000.00 The funds that have just been released will launch three separate projects. $150,000.00 was released for the start of an emergency Housing Program in St. Tho mas for which a total appro priation of $200,000.00 was made. Valdemar A. Hill, Com missioner of Housing and Community Renewal explain ed that this project will occu py two parcels of vacant land in. Bourne Field which have been leased. from the Virgin Islands Corp. It is expected that the Island Government will obtain title to these par .cels in the near future. On one plot of 1,67 acres, wooden emergency housing with 25 two and three bed ‘room units will be construct ed. This plot already has been cleared and construction will begin within two weeks. The )mits will be available for occupancy before Christmas. Another plot of 2.55 acres will be the site of 44 additional two and three bedroomy units jupon which construction will .be “started when sufficient funds have been released for their completion. i Os $300,000.00 appropriated i' (Continuea on page 4) Je e il il ety 10 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS THIS MONTH 5. NO. 253.

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CARBBANK EAN DEV San Juan—To make a:prelimin ary survey of the feasibility of es tablishing a Caribbean develop ‘ment_bank, the services of two isenior development specialists of iStanford Research Institute have ‘been made available by the U.S. ‘Agency for International Devel ‘opment to the Caribbean Organi zation. Wi e The team, Dr. Alfred S. Cleve land, who will direct the ‘project, .and. M. Paul Athans, financing specialist, arrived in Puerto Rico on_ September 1, and conferred with the Secretary-General, C.F. Beauregard, and to finalize details of the tour: of the region -with a view to completing the survey in time to report to‘the Fourth Meeting of the Caribbaen Coun cil, September 23-21. e The purpose of the survey is to gain information on the devel- opment potential of the members of the Caribbean Organization, to assess the credit facilities' for equity and long-term financing available both inside and outside the Caribbean, and to recommend the type of development organi zation and programme needed to’ meet the demands of Caribbean Yondlites >lsMe il anee The tour of investigations. will be made to selected Caribbean countries representative of re sources and problems of the region. Dr, Cleveland will visit countries in the Northern Carib-' bean while Dr. Athans will tour, the Southern Caribbean. This practical step of collecting data and making enquiry into the scope and function of the bank follows with great promptitude upon. the recommendation made by.’the Standing Advisory Com mittee of the Caribbean Plan at its Third meeting held in June. LOBT Large black Poodle Dog, named Siuy. Lost néar St. George and Grove Place. Male, closely clipped. REWARD. Call Jeitrups’ Books, 773-1018, nine to five ==Orlo =mo =S fi MISS THE STEP LAST =y NIGHT Let us create a railing b 3 for you. Ornamental iron is our fi 4 specialty: v ,01 fi?lhgimlshnds Iron Indusiries 1 In the new F'sted Contractors’ Arcade 19, Strand Si, F'sted Phcme 772-0311 P.O. Box lllnfi .‘.V1,,_0 R e oyt 5 o~ B g L S EA- L P N g R el A i oy A s b g Sl B 2 5 L 3 g 1 4 y

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i ATI e SO y :‘Ehrfi Qrpix Avis| ;::-".'s'cuiiil;;‘ofi ‘ot fi’ru\luc .iicn;'. Aqb-__xm‘fi_qr e ls e Prmted &-f.fiublished every afternoon exc?ép‘t\ Sundays Holidays by BRODHURST'S PRINTERY _ Christiansted, St.. Croix, U. S, Virgin Islands Telephohe 773 1145 P. 0. Box 333 E‘i“"l‘& Manager Canute A. Brfi,ihurst i T AsshEditer Bryant Henderson. im »&s*‘aff,,ma p‘\Brodhmst o Be. p;r copy $1:00 per month. Payable in advance Setond Class postage paid at Christiansted, Virgin Tslands VOL 119 _ WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 1963 NO. 253.| From G‘oiré}‘nfiient House e o T SURVEY OF BANKING FACILITIES IN THE U.S.VIRGINISLANDS (July 15, to July 20, 1963) At the time of this survey (July 15, t 6 July 20, 1963) two commercial banks, The Chase Manhattan Bank of New York City and the Virgin Islands National Bank, operated six offices in St. Thomas and St. Croix, United States Virgin banks operdted one office in’ Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, and 'in Christiansted and in Frederiksted, St. Croix. (The Chase—~Manhattan. Bank also operated an office in St. John and the Virgin Islands Nation al Bank operated an office in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The survey was conflned to the islands of St. Thomas and St. Croix; branches in St. John and Tortola Were not considered). A St. Croix sav ings bank operated one office in Christainsted afid an office in Frederiksted. The First Federal Savings and Lioan As sociation of San Juan, Puerto Rico, operated offices in Char lotte Amalie, Christiansted and Frederiksted. As of December 28, 1962, the commercial banks operating in the Virgin Islands held total bank deposits of approxi mately $47 million. The Virgin [slands population at the ti me of the 1960 census was abouh s il Comparisois Wik Aseus Ia 4o United States 'The county ift flwlh\iwd States is the unit most nearly comparable to the:Virgin Isl e ands in size, population and statistical banking data. As of the 1960 census there were 128 counties in the United States ‘which had a population of from 30,000 to 35,000. Banks in 120 .of these counties held _deposits of. less than $45-mil-. ‘lion and banks in four of the counties had deposits exceed ing SSO million. Banks in the -remaining four counties held’ deposits of $45 to SSO million. Only four of these counties had a population of 30,000 to 35,000; in three counties the population was less than 30, 000 and population in the other 42 counties exceeded 35,000. Compared with these counties in the United States, commercial banks in the Vir gin Islands hold a 'relatively large volume of deposits. There are four counties in the the United States which are similar to the Virgin Islands in that they have a population “of ~30,000 to- 35,000 and hold ‘deposits of from $45 to"sso million. The four counties, located in four different states, California, Illinois, New York ‘and South Dakota, were serv ‘ed by banks operating a total of 40 offices or an average of 10 ty. St. Thomas and Bt. Croix are served by six ercial bank offices. Gen lerally speaking the commer cigl banks in the Virgin Islands hold more deposits than do- thei ‘commercial banks in cémmu- THE ST. CROIX “AVIS CARIBBEAN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENTS COMPLETE INSURANCE COVERAGE Y INSURANCE COUNSELLING AGENTS ALAN LOOSE HERB SUGDEN, JR. 1-=A Church Street, 16 Strand Street, Christiansted Frederiksted Phone 773 1466 Phone 772 0192 let S f BAVERNMENT ‘OF voo e THE VIRGIN ISLANDS OF THE UNITED STATES Christiansted, St. Croix _ Department of Property Procurement b CALL FOR BIDS Sealed bids, in quadruplicate, will be received at the Department of Property Procurement, Division of Procurement, Christiansted, St. Croix .U. S. Virgin !Islands until 11:00 A.M. September 20. 1963. Water Meter Boxes ey g Gas, liquified petroleum e Ready-Mixed Concrete L ’i« e’ Ro_lling‘Metal' Doors 4 3 fizgmf(}ovemment reserves the right to reject any. or -all bids, to waive any informality in bids and, unless (otherwise specified by the Government or by the bidders Sodemotanvitemdn the bid. Copies of Invitation to bid may be obtained from the Division of Procurement, Christiansted, St. Croix U 8 Virgin Islands. 2 i A. G. ANDREWS ik Deputy Commissioner. 9, 10; 11 ‘nities considered comparable ‘in the United States. Another county which is similar in several respects 'is -Sullivan County, New Yorlg.! This county encompasses a re gion where tourism is consid ered of vital importance to the economy. Agriculture and in dustry, although present, re main relatively ‘unimportant. Sullivan County has a perman ent resident population of ab out 35,000,but it is located in the Catskill Mountains sumJ' mer resort area and conse _quently its population increa-' ses substantially during the -summer season. Like the Vir gin Islands, its economy is de ~pendent ypon tourism, but un fike the Virgin Islands, Sulli ~van. County. appears uncon ,cerned about developing the' _agricultural and industrial sec .»;pOrs of its economy. '“0-%(To be- continued) Ad 2 ‘A G g ALEXANDER TS ATSE ’THURSDAY FRIDAY at 5 pm. 8.15 pm. We present a Warner Bros. production “F. 8.1. CODE 98" starring: Jack Kelly, Ray Danton, Andre Duggan, Philip Carey, This is the story of the hard-hit ting, hand-picked heroes of the DR e T Also latest world-wide New-s At ot IgATUR-DAY~ At o ‘at 445 8.15 p.m. Paramount Pictures presents ~+...Soome of the ‘most exciting young stars of our Time....in “HELL IS FOR HEROES” i .starring Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker, Nick Adams and .+*Bob Newhart, with Michele o Montau b el A M eal D et S it bheanh IRary. Calhoun- Willian. Réhdix Page 3

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Page 4 Auto o 0 o (Continued from page 1) Earl Lindquist, 30, crashed in ta it. Lindquist explained that both vehicles were parked and that his car rolled back as he was starting, and damaged the car. He promised to repair the damaged vehicle. A Ford wagon 3732 driven by Francisco Santos was in volved in an accident and found to be wusing license plates which belong to a Chev rolet sedan. He was charged with reck ‘less. driving, failure to report an acéident, leaving the scene of an accident, failure to reg ister change of ownership and ‘transferring license plates from one vehicle to another. Senator. (Continued from page 1) and such vehement denuncia tion of those who would have the courage to disagree with you on a matter so important to the welfare and well-being of the entire Virgin Islands. It may be well in the future for you to recognize the fact that being Governor of the Virgin Islands does not give you lib erty nor license to slander those whom you govern as you so loosely did by labelling and “dishonest and unscrupu lous” those who dare.to dis agree with you. .Experience has taught me to be extremely cautious and to be careful in endorsing ventures that enjoy the support of certain political leaders whose enthusiasm may not necessarily be always in the public interest. With regard to your warn- ing to “put up or shut up”, 1. take this opportunity to re mind you that the Virgin. Islands are still a part of America where freedom to disagree is a treasured herit age. You may therefore be assured that I and my col leagues of the Democratic Party have no intention to shut up but will be heard Joud and ciear 'whenever the interests of %::Qpeoylg we represent are threatened, as 1 am convinge ithey now. are ST. DUNSTAN ADDS 10TH GRADE St. Dunstan’s continues its _ development toward a com plete high school by the addi _tion this year of a tenth _grade. It is expected that a _ grade will be added each suc ceeding year until the full college preparatory require _ quirements of twelve grades y arc fulfilled. B bt o Enroliment has gone over 200 for this sixth year of oper ation which begins September 9, 1963 and ends June 5, 1964. -It is the second year in the new ..buildings at Orange Grove. e Four teathers are. new to L the faculty. There are three 5 replacements and one is an addition because of the new tenth grade. The teaching staff is as follows Mrs. Ruth Beagles, Mrs. Melba Biggs, Mrs. Hermione Fabio, Mrs. Barbara Fretz, Mrs. Maxine Hawkins, Mrs: \ita James, Mrs. Barbara:Jo ‘ephs, Miss Constance Kenne 'y, ‘Mrs. Sandra Miller, Mrs. Tera Smith. S BB Burton A. Daughtery is the Headmaster, Miss Ruth Mor ton is Principal, and *Rev. David G. P. Kenworthy is Chaplain. Money b (Continued from page 1) for road construction and im provement on St. Croix, $150,- 000.00 was released, sufficient funds to get a good start on the program for that island, according to James W. Huston, Commissioner of Public Works. Commissioner Huston said that the remaining $175,- 000.00 of the current release will launch the Road Construe tion program on St. Thomas for which a total of $350,000.00 has been appropriated. G ot i e by the proposal to abandon the sugar cane industry in favor of another industry, the success of which ig not only unpredictable but quite doubtful. ke e i IR LUCINDA A. MILLIN 5 cs@agator At Large: THE ST. CROIX AVIS \The Ageof... {Continued from page 1) life insurance business in Louis XlV’s reign is described, as are the great scientific ‘advances of the age. Rcemantic stories far strang er than fiction mark the Du rant chronicie. One learns of the tragicomedy of Sabbatai Zevi, who claimed ot be the Messiah and was welcomed by ‘hundreds of thousands'of re joicing Jews and ended as a Moslem prisoner. Or of the fantastic epic of the Turkish grand vizier who invaded Austria with camels and ‘elé phants in his baggage train. So vast was Louis’ influence that gentlement from Peru to Poland built themselves fine houses modeled after Ver sailles and adorned them with classical statuary:and baroque paintings. Like the Grand Monarsh himself, these aristo crats wore high heels, peri wigs, laces and flowery waist coast. They prided themselves on being able to converse in French, the language of “true culture”.’ G International intellectual pg'bperation, according to the Durants, began in the Europe of Louis XIV. Czar Peter of Russia visited most of the countries of western Europe to study their social and tech nical organization, bfore drag ging Russia, “groaning and protesting”, out of the Middle Ages. Lois actually put foreign scientists on the payroll of the French- state without requir ing them to come to France and work. Philosophers and thoughtful statesmen con stantiy corresponded with one another across frontiers. Gilbert Highet, in his re port to Club members, says of the husband-and-wife team of Will and Ariel Durant: “They combine _industrious learning with sharp common sense and lively unorthodox inquisitiveness. They produce vast quantities of interesting and little-known facts.” %2 Born in North Adams, Mase sachusetts, in 1885; Will Dus rant resolved long ago to re search and write the history of civilization. ‘He began this PROGRAM SCHEDULE 1 Monday thru Friday 5:00 AM. Sign On—Morning Singspiratoin 6:00 Back To The Bible 645 ‘Musical Clock 7:00 Rise and Shine O TNb Mystery Tune 8:15 Rise and Shine 9:05 Caribbean Holiday— l Burtons of Banner f Street r10:05 Daily Devotions »10:20 Comedy Time 11:05 Tops in Pops 11:35 Broadway Parade 12:10 P.M. Suddenly It’s Swing- L 1:05 Music forDaydreams lelb Weather Report gy Music forDaydreams 2:00 Spanish Request Program 4:05, 970 Request Progrm o 0200 Island Bulletin Board Lo L L BID Personality Time 6:31 Calypso Tent 6:45 Danish Tunes .08 Waltz Time 7:30 Music Box 4G Stocks Music 22450 WIVI Sports Scope 8:08 Comedy Spot 8:30 Tin Pan Alley 0815 Melody Magic 9:30 Music for the Nostal gic Traveler a -10:15 PS Shows j 10:30 Down Memory Lane 11:15-12:00 Music from the Lighthouse—Sign off News on the Hour Headlines each 15 hour work while completing his doctoral thesis at Coiumbia University, at the time of the: First World War: At an early stage he devel oped his concept of integrated cultural history by lecturing on philosophy, literature, sci ence, music and art to groups of working people in a church at Fourteenth Street and Sec-- ond' Avenue, Manhattan, Out ‘of these lectures grew the vol ume which made him famous, The Story of Philosophy (1926) and subsequiently the first vol-_ urres of The Story of Civiliza- Hem, 'From 1929 on Will and Ariel Durant concentrated on ‘the grand desing for their epie work. The project: has called for increasingly intensive re géarch and study, two trips @round the world, and’ fre guent sojourns’ abroad. The Diirants make their home to- day in California, in a house high in the hills aboye-Lok"An geles.. Y B