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Saturday, July 12, 1952
A Swell Idea
With the passing of the
years, the unique type of
merry-making which made
holidays in this community
gay and much desired
events has completely
vanished. Except for an
occasional preogram o f
speech-making of which the
people are tired most of
our holidays are the same
as ordinary days, only
that stores an d offices
close, and workers
receive a respite froin their
every day chores.
Time was when every
important holiday was the
occasion for a spontaneous
community celebration. In
dians & Zulus danced,war
whooped, made faces and
‘fought’ in the strecets to the
enjoyment of grown-ups
and youngsters alike. The
mocko-jumbie was always
an object of amazement
and delight The , masque
raders, with their colorful
costumes -and bamboula
music, never failed to make
a hit And the public sup
ported these activities quite
generously, without any
one having to pass the hat.
Perhaps these activities
disapreared because the
people have very little to
be happy about. In those
days there was little money’
in circulatien, and a per
son received for one day’s
wages what he now earns in
an hour. Nevertheless, they
had less to worry aboui.
and merry-making caméi
naturally, |
A determined effort is
now being made to revive
that old spirit. A group of
citizens led by Mr. Ron de
e @ .
Lugo, is mapping plans for}|
an old-time carnival to be‘
staged here on Septemberl,
1f successful, it should be‘
the biggest thing of its|
lk ind in twenty years,i
Some of the performersl
iwho thrilled andi
delighted the populace in|
the 1930’s are still with us,
and are enthusiastic about
the event. It should not be
‘difficu!t to enlist the sup-l
port of business places &the ,
community at large. Even:
if we look at it froma strict-’
ly business standpoint, it is!
a good in vestment. A suc-|
!cessful carnival on Septem-i
iber | will result in "c;iggeri
;and be'ter ones next year!
land every vear thereafter,;
land it should be able to at-|
itract visitors in the same
‘manner t hat neighbor-,
ling is'ands are able to lure
tourists with gay festivals. |
Let us all pitch in and do’
'what we can to make the'
carnival an outstanding
success. [t isa swell idea,
'We Are Proud : !
. One of the most lamen
‘table shortcomings of Vir
‘gin Islanders is our failure
‘to give due recognition and
to offer encouragement to
those among us who ac
complish something really |
!worthwhile. On the other,
‘hand, we frequently make
la great fuss and get excited
about persons who have!
very little claim to even|
passing recognition. ”
Selection of Amadeo|
IFrancis jr.as a member of
(Puerto Rico’s delegation
to the World's Olympic|
Games which wili open in|
'Helsinki, Finland later this ”
’month is a signal honor, ‘
not olny to young Francis|
but to all Virgin Islanders.‘
Francis made a name for"
himself in Puerto Rico inl
track. Last year he re
presented that island in the '
Central American Carib-
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bean games, and at Hel
sinki will compete in the
400-meter hurdles, of which
he is insular champion.
~ In Puerto Ricoand New
iYork where the delegation
Istoppe’d en route to Fin
i]and, ‘he athletes were
given rousing receptions.
An official congratulatory
message to Francis in be
half of his fellow Virgin
llslanders for his signal
‘achie' ement seems to be
in order. In competition
[With the world’s best, he
'may be eliminated in the
trial heats, b u t it makes
us proud to note that for
the first time in our his
tory one of our sons is
irubbing shoulders with
‘the world’s fastest sports
company. We are proud
‘of him, and we shou!d not
‘hesitate to express it.
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Islands of ihe United States
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
Certificate of Registration of
Renewal
Application Having Been
Made By:
MEAD OHNSON AND
COMPANY
for registration in the Virgin
Islands of the United States
of renewal of Certificate of
itegistration No. 295,757, re
gistered in the United States
Patent Office on July 12. 1932
and in the Virgin Islands of
the United States on June 6,
1947, and it having been
shown that said certificate of
registration was renewed in
the United States Patent Of
fice on April 29, 1952, for a
period of twenty years from
July 12, 1952 unless sooner ter
minated as. provided by law,
in the name of Mead Johnson
& Company of Evansville, In
diana,a corporation of Indiana
which has made a showing of
ownership of the said trade
mark:
This is to certify that the
said renewal has been record
ed in theOffice of the Govern
ment Secretary of the Virgin
Isiands of the United States
at St, Thomas in accordance
with the provisions in the Re
gulations governing the regis
tration of Patents and Trade
marks in the Virgin Islands,
approved April 1, 1946.
In testimony whereof, I
hereunto set my hand and
caused the Seal of the Govern
ment of the United _States to
be affixed atCharlotte Amalie,
St. Thomas. Virgiu -Islands,
this third day of July A.D.,
1952.
Louis Shulterbrandt
Acting Government Secretary
for the Virgin Islands