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THE HOME JOURI/
2nd Year
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Reef Bay Sale LLnds
In $20,000 -
Damage Suit .
-A suit filed by Orlando
Baa against Alice Marsh
Jensen, Ellen Smith Dan
iel and Frank Faulk, seek
ing d amagesin the
amount of $20,000 will be
heard in the next session
of the Distriet Court.
The plaintif claim ed
that in a power of attor
ney issued in 1949, he was
authorized by Mrs. Jensen
and Mrs. Danieltosell
Estate Reef Bay, St John,
which was allegedly pur
chased by Mr. Faulk for
the sum of of $60,000.
As a result of fraud and
fraudulent concealment by
the defendantg, the plain
tiff said he was damaged
in the amount of $20,0C0.
Here To Train
Tele. Peyrsonnel
"Henry S. Van Devanter
of Leonardtown, M ar y
and has b e e n appointed
a s Telephone Technician
for a term of one year.
He will act as plant sup
erin-endent for the system
in St. Thomas, and also
will give maintenance to
the St. Croix system. He
will also establish a
training course to develop
a local organization for
both islands to maintain
and extend the new sys
tems.
Mr. Van Devanter re
cently retired f rom the
Choesapeake and Potlo:s.ac
Telephone C 0 m pany of
Washington,D.C., after 46
years of service.
St. Thomas, Virzgia Islands, Wedaesday, A,xféust 20719757:?7
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Court Asked To }
Set Boundary of |
o = % L]
Bovoni and Nadir
A dispute between the‘
Municipality of St. Thomas
and St. John and Augustine
Lima over the boundary of
Estates Nadir and Bovoni
has been taken to the Dis
trict Court, The muni "f;}(}~%
ty. represented by District
Attorney, has asked th c!
court to determine the
boundary. l
The western boundary of
Nadir, which is owned "iafl
the municipality, abuts on
the eastern bouadary of Bo
voni,whichMr. Lima owns.
The dispute isover the
course the boundary should
i’cake.
iGreeff To Plug
For Eisenhower
On Mainland
5 William Greer, owner of ra
dio station WSTA, has denied
any inteniion to seek election
i 0 t h.e Municipal Council in
November,
Mr. Greer, who was the Vi
rgin Island delegate to the Re
publican National Committee,
and who attracted nation wide
attention when he flew to Chi_
cago in his small plane to at.
tend the Conventicn, 1s plan
ning to makea trip to the
mainiand to actively campaign
in support. of the election of
General Eisenhower, the Re
publican nominee.
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Racing Program
M e
Set iFor Aug. 31
A horse race program,
which will be the first acti
ity of the three-day Car
nival, will be staged at Su
gar kEstate Race Track on
Sunday afiernoon, Aug’ustj
31.
..y ®
Bill Signed To l
Regulate V.l.
Limployment
A bill making it illegal
forany person, firm or
business to engage in con
itrz:cting for domestichelp,
workmen or empioyees
‘whose services are to bel
used outside the islands
‘without first securing a'
lic nse, has been signed
into law by Governor de
Castio. 1
' Thelaw provides that per
' sons who are sent tu work out-'
side the islands shall be gua
ranteed ret rn expenses dur
ing the first year of ewmnploy
ment, and that conditions
\t:f employment and wages
i shall no* He inferior to that in
ithe locality, -
New Physical Ed.
Rs A i 7 /
Supervisor Named
Charles Starwald, who
{has his B.S. in Physical
!EducatiOn from Syracuse
' University, has taken over
‘the position of Supervisor
of Physical Edncation wiiln
the Department of Educa
!tiazz, He succeeds Hugh
Smith,who is now with the
V. I. Employment Service.
l Mr. Starwald’s wife, will
‘join the teaching stafl of j
the Depariment, azd will,
'be assigned to an elemen
i tary school. : ‘
| Aubin Honored
fir
By Panama Club
l The regular meeting of Co
ilon’_s Liens Clab this week was
' dedicated to Lion Luis Aubin,
gwho for 14 yrs. has helg a re
§cqrd of 100 p.c. arten ance.
' Lion Buenaventura Paoliilo de
livered the address honoring
Lion Aubin. and Lion Jos el
Maria Gonzalez, chairman of
the attendance committee,gave
Aubin a special button, Lion
No. 197
Legislature
Considers 10c¢
Wage Boost
A 10-cent increase in
minimum wages is being
considered by the legisla
ture. A similar incressez
was voted recently by the
St. Croix Council and ap
proved by the Governor.
A petition submitted a
few weeks ago by the St.
Thomas Labor Union urged
a 15-cent increase.
At the present time utili
ity workers receive 20c per
hour: sales and service
clerks, 30c; unskilled labor,
40c: semi-skilled, 50c; and
skilled 65c,
'lO Taxicab
Drivers Fined
Ten taxicab drivers were
}fincd $5 each in the Police
%’Coz;rt yesterday for failing
‘to have the automobile tariff
posted in their cars.
Labor UnicanPlans
‘Open House’
The St. Thomas Labor
Union will hold ‘open
house’ for its members and
friends on the night of La
bor Day, September 1 in
ihe Progressive Guide hail,
Refreshments willbescrved,
The Union will sponsor a
radio program on Sunday,
August 1 to mark its third
anniversary and in com
memoration of Labor I:ay.~
Jose Antonio Sossa D., Prosi
dent of t h e Club, prescited
Aubin with a keychain vith
he Lion’s emb'em 352 cpecial
gift of the Ciup.
Mr. Aubin is the husbhand of
the former Miss Ada van Ba
verhoudt of ihis eity, They
now reside in Panama,