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THE HOME JOURNAL
2nd Year
Prann Says He
Needs Mandahl
Sand For Prcject
Referring to adveirse
, bublicity given to a bill
authorizing the Governor
to sell sand from Mandahl
.Bay, Robert R. Prann, con
tractor for the waterfront
Improvement project, de
clared in a letter to Gov
ernor de Castro on Satur
day that approval of the
measure would result in a
stronger construction of
the waterfront project.
- Omar Brown, chairman of
the 'legislature, had been ecri
ticized for preparing the bill,
inasmuch as he has con racts
to supply sand to Mr Prann &
other contractors.
We cannot see where Mr.
Brown is financially benefited
by the furnishing of sand
from Mardahl Bay, and most
certainly no advantage would
result to our pocketbook by
~ the obtaintaing cos sand from
t his source, Mr. Prann de
cla ed.
Sand obtaired from Smith
Bay which has been accepted
by government authorides
weighs enly 64 pounds per cu
~ bic foot, and we find it con
tains too many shell particles
to produce the best concrete,
the contractor stated. Because
of our objections to the Smith
Bay sand Mr. Brown located
much better sand at Coki
Pcint, but after obtainir.g con
siderable sand from that source
the owner of Coki Point vbject.
ed to further removal of sand
from this beach, and we were
again left without acceptable
sand, he asserted. “Once again
Mr. Brown endeavoured to lo
cate a deposit of good sand &
finally discovered for us the
Mandahl Bay depusit.”’
““The cartage of sand from
Mandahißay is much more dif
ficul. than the bringing of it
from Smith Bay Despite the
fact that we have offered Mr.
St. Thomas, Virgin lslands, Monday, May 12, 1952
Tourist Meeting I
Wednesday Night
Shopkeepers, hotel own- |
ers and managers, taxi
union officiais, heads of
government departments
and others interested in
tourism are invited to at
tend a meeting to be held
by the Tourist Develop
ment Board on Wednes
day night, May 14 at Bo’
clock at the Council’s hall.
The Board will report
to the community on its
activity during the winter
season, g i ve an outlook
for summer business and
outline future [plans for
the promotion of tourism.
Steals Car And Smashes It
An unknown person last
night stole a jeepster which
was parked at the Bourne
Field housing projeet by Paul
Brittian. After a search, the
vehicle, its wirdshield smash
ed, was found aba-sdoned at
Long Bay. The car thief was
apparently cut by the broken
glass, but no one reported at
the hospital for treatment.
Brown 25 per cent more for
sard from Mandahl Bay, we
frankly believe that the bring
ing of material from Smith
Bay would be better business
for him. Although there can
be no question but that Mr.
Brown is in the sand business
to make money, we frankly
believe that his actions are
motivated more by the desire
to give service than by the
thought of profit. Suec h an
attitude we find none too pre
valent in this community, and
it is our intention to keep on
buying sand from Mr. Brown
just as long as he will furnish‘
with thic material. Approval
by yous Excellency of the oilll
in question will assist Mr.|
Brown & ourselves in obtain
ing for St. Thomas a stronger
construction of the Water
front project.”’
Council Race l
Expected To +
Be Close ]
With onl{) two weeks
remaining be fore the
special election to fill a va
cancy in t h e Municipal
Council is held, political
observers agree tEi)mat the
race would be close.l
Although many country
voters, express the view
that the battle is between
Mrs. Irene Bayne and
Henry O. Creque, the
third candidate in the race,
Arthur Boreham, who has
been waging a quiet cam
paign, is believed to be
pulling votes from the two
other candidates and gin
ing in strength.
It was believed that
Mrs. Bayne and Mr.
Creqltlle would divide most
}of the Northside votes,
and that Mr. Boreham
and Creque would split
the east. Mrs. Bayne’s
supporters predict that
she will make her best
showing in the Nisky-
Bourne Field area which
has the largest number of
voters. |
N.Y. Group To
Visit In Summer
The Stars Social-Athle-l
tic Club of New York,
which is composed of Vir
gin Islanders, is planning|
to visit St. Thomas and St.
Croix during the summer to
play a series of softball games{
and to present youth organi
zations here with softball
equipment.
To defray the cost of t he|
trip. the club is holdiug it =
No. 156
4 Men Hurt As 2 Cars
1 ‘. ) i
wollide on Eaphune Hill
One Whose Cuts Take
- 24 Stitches Detained
- In Hospital
_ Four men were injured
in a smash-up of two ve
hicles on Raphune Hil 1
4.30 o’clock yesterday
morning.
A station wagon driven
by Floyd George who, to
gether withtwo other
men, was on his way to
town froma dance at
Smith‘s Bay, and an auto
‘mobile operated by Prince
Brown, who was taking a
passenger to Smith’s Bay,
crashed head-on.
The most seriously in
jured was Sidney Baptiste,
who was in the car driven
!by George. A cut which
extended from one end of
his upper lip to the other,
toook 24 stitches. He was
detained in the hospital.
~ Brown suffered face in
juries. He had lacerations
on his lips and nose, and
was ordered to return to
day for X-ray pictures.
Elvin Parson suffered
cuts which took twelve stitch
es. He was in George’s car.
Oliver Webster, who wa s in
the other vehicle received la
cerations on his fore h egg,
George suffered no visible in-
Jury.
Traffic on Raphune Hill was
blocked for an hour by the
wreckage.
Wisheimniromishibiihibac i
Third Anniversary Ba ]|l on
June 21l at the Golden Gate
Ballroom, 142nd St. and Le
nox Ave,, New York,
Heyford Benjamin of St.
Croix is the Club’s Presi.
dent.