The home journal. [volume], May 19, 1952, Image 1

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THE HOME J@RN——AL .
2nd Year
Make Plea For
Better Pay
For Nurses
A strong plea for more
attractive salaries for
nurses in orderto relieve!
the existinlg shortage was]
made last Friday by Doc-|
tors John S. Moorhead
and Roy Anduze in a hear-‘
ing held by the Municipal |
Committee on the appro-‘
Briations for the Health!
apartment for the 1952-.‘
53 fiscal year.
The (%’ommissioner of;
Health and his Assistant:
pointed out that it is im
possibie to obtain trained
nurses at the salary now
offered, and urged that'
as a beginning nurses who
graduate from recognized’
school be given the same
compensation as college
trained teachers. -
The addition of one
physician to the staff of!
the hospitaland the crea
tion of the position of
housekeeper were recom
mended.
The need for substan
tially increasing the appro
priation for medical pur
poses when the new
hospital is put info opera
tion was discussed. The
new hospital is expected
to be completed in Feb
ruary. ,
Governor Speaks Today
Gov, de Castro will deliver|
another supper-time chat over
radio station WSTA this even
ing at 6:45 o’clock. ’
‘Macbeth’ to be Repeated Tues.
The presentation of “Mac-i
beth’’ hy the Senior Class of
the High School was so high-,
= ly acclaimed by those who at-|
tended the performance on'
St. Thomu,?Virgin Islands, Monday, Ma] 19: 1952
'Caribbean Synod
of Lutherans
To Meet May 29 |
The first convention of
the Caribbean Synod oft!:e
'Lutheran Church will be
'held in San Juan on May |
129,30 and 31. Composed :
of all Lutheran Churches
'in Puerto Rico and the‘
lVirgin Islands, the Synod
will be formally organized atl
| this convention which will be
presided over by Dr. Franklin
‘ Fry, president of the Lutheran
€hurch.
Brown To Quit
AsGuide Head
Omar Brown, Sup-rvi
sor of the Virgin Islands
| Progressive Guide, is ex
'pected toannounce his re
signa’ion at a meeting of
the organization thisweek.
Chairman of the Legisla
tive Assembly, the Muni
tcipal Council, and tte Or
ganic Act Commi tee, Mr.
Brown has recently s.art
e . consiruction work on a
building to hcouse a shirt
factory, and he 1s b:lieved
to be resigning as supervi
sor due to the pressure of
these cther activities.
Committee Ends Hearings
This Week
The Municipal Committee
'will wind up its hearings on
the budget this week, and ex
pects to issue a formal ceport
on the 1952-53 appropriation
act to t he legislature some
time next week. The Depart
ments of Education and Wel
fare will be heard today, and
Ilater this week the Committee
'will confer with Governor de|
‘Castroonthe revised estimates. i
Friday that it will be repeated;
tomorrow night in the CAHS;
courtyard
Butler Ukag,q
Senate To Name |
ICom. on V.L Act|
In a letter written on
May 9 to Ashley L. Totten,
president of the American
%Virgin Islands Civic As
'sociation, of New, York,
iSenator Hugh Butler, of
‘Mebraska, ranking Re
publican cn the Committee
l continued on page 4
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THE TOWN CRER
Miss Adina Dunlop, who.
was a Graduate Nurse in|
St. Thomas before sh eif
left for New York nearly:
thirty years ago, is home!
for several weeks vacation.!
She is now connected with !
the New York Dept. of l
Hospitals. She is the-sis
ter of Grocer Willy Dunlop
and the aunt of Police Sgt.
Raelle Dunlop. '
Miss Leona Gibbs,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Arn 1d Gibbs of this city,
became the bride Friday
night of Mr. Louis Augus
tus Joseph in a ceremony
at the Lutheran Church.
Dr. Sabatelle isconclud
ing the purchase of Fish
Bay from Hon. Julius
Sprauve. The 300-odd acre
St. John estate has a good
harbor.
Survey work has been start
ed at Estate Hope, and wheni
the task of mapping out plots
has been . completed, land will
be allocated to applicants by
the Homestead Commission. !
| Maurice Brady, 16, son of,
Mr. and Mrs. Ruel Brady of
| St. Croix, was drowned earlier
this month in Dryers Beach,
:nea‘r San Francisco, California,
while on an outing.
No. 158
Coldessats On
7 X
'Mental Helth Set
I A working conference
on Mental Health, will be
held here June 5 through
June 7 for the staffs of
the Health, Welfare, and
Education Departments,
the Courts and other
social agencies. -
Dr. Roger William
Howell, Professor of Men
tal Health of the Univer
-1 Bity of North Carolina, at
| Chapel Hill, will lead ‘the
' discussions.
gExpectanl Mother Struck
By Car
! Beryl Hector charged last
night that sh: was struck on
‘the shoulder and abdomen by
{a car driven by Übaldo Swan
‘ when she tried toget her 1 1-2
year old son out of the way of
the vehicle near Denton’s gro
cery. Eight months’ preg
nant, she was detained in the
i hospital.
Swan said that the boy tried
to run across the street from
behind two parked cars, a n d
that w hen his mother at
tempted to stop him he struck
his head against one car, but
he appeared unhurt.
Charged With Offering
Marijuana for Sale
Juan Fuentes Comacho was
arrested on Saturday and
charged with offering to sell
marijuana cigarettes to visit
ing servicemen. Nomarijuana
was found on him when he
was searched at Fort Chris
tian, however.
[Com. Acts On Police Promotions
The promoOtions o f Police
fficers Morris, Hendricks and
Felix were confirmed last week
by the Police Commission, but
it rejected two other recom
mendations of the Police Di
recter. Instead, the Commis
sion voted to promote Cpl. Ira
Chesterfield to Sergeant a n d
Ptm. Jurgen to Corporal.