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THE HOME JOURNAL
2nd Year
Water Island
Project Hit By
Controversy
Work on the develop
ment of Water Is. as a tour
ist resort has hit a snag as
a result of a controversy be
tween the lessees and gov
ernment officials regarding
proposed changes in the
lease.
If technicalities raised
by the government should
block progress we may feel
compellied to reduce present
activities as lessee to a ske
leton caretaker basis until
such technicalites are
straightened out, regardless
of whether this may take
weeks, months or years,
the lessees stated.
The Governor called to
their attention that the
lease requires them to coen
struct and have in substan
tial operation within five
years a resort hotel of not
less than fifty rooms.
Although I approved the
lease between the Develop
ment Authority and the
Water Island Corporation,
after discussions with the
of fice of Territories, I
believe that it will be
necessary to make certain
modifications in the lease
in order to meet possible
changing conditions, the
Governor declared. He
said the lease should be
amended to provide for a
review of rental at the end of
each ten years,after inspection
by the municipality of the ac
counts of Water Island, Inc.
Some such modification will be
necessary if the lease between
the Dept. of Interior and the
Municipality is to be approved
within the immediaie future,
he stressed. -
The lessees, who disclosed
that they have already put
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, Saturday, September 6, 1952
Seeks New Post
For Gereau
Governor de Castro is
now making arrange
ments to transfer Adolph
Gereau from the Police
Department to some other
department or agency.
One possibility was said
to be his reassignment to
the full-time position of
Direc: or of Civil Defense,
from which heresigned on
June 30. |
The Police Commission
which heard complaints
filed against Gereau by
Police Director Earle
Charles, recommended tc
the Governor that the
Chief Clerk be transferred
to a position of similar
classification in some ot
her department in view of
the friction existing be
tween him and t h e Di
rector. :
The Director suspended Mr.
Gereau for thirty days this
week but the Commission a
greed he should remain on
leave with pay pending ap
pointment to the new position.
20 New Teachers In
Elementary Schools
; Nearly twenty new teachers
and substitutes were assigned
to duty in the elementary
schools with the start of the
school year «n September 3.
‘Most of them are recent high
school graduates. About six a.
cademic openings on the CAHS
faculty were also filled.
o e
$50,000 of capital into Water
Island, said the project requires
t h e investment of a large
amount of capital which can
be amortized only over a long
period of time. One of the dif
ficulties in interesting responsi
ble, competent business peo
ple in the islands is the fact
that many of the leases o f
government property run
continued on page 4
Big Election
Fight Shapes Up
In St. Croix
Reports from St. Croix
indicate that t h ¢ number
of persons who will be
seeking election to the Mu
nicipal Council in - Novem
ber will approach the re
cord established in 1950
when more than two dozen
candidates tossed their hats
into the ring.
All the incumbents are
seeking re-election. In
Christiansted Country ex
actly half a dozen have in
dicated a desire to run,and
in Christiansted Town, a
mong those seeking election
are former Councilmen
Frank Jacobs and Alphonso
Forbes, who went down to de
feat in 1950. :
Councilmen MacFarlane and
Gardine of Frederiksted Town
face the toughest fight. It is
believed that A x el Schade,
former vice president of the
Virgin Islands Corporation.
will seek election from that
district. Another powers ul
opponentis Mrs. Ann E.
Christian, sister of Police
Judge Christian, who has al
ready announced her candida
cy. Another Christian, Peter,
who owns the First and Last
Stop Bar and Grocery, has also
announced his intention to
run.
~ Meanwhile, it is generally
believed that Paul Joseph, Edi
tor of the West End News,
will seek election as Member
at Large.
In 1950, Crucian veoters
threw out all but three of their
nine legislators,
Dr. and Mrs. Wiles Here
Dr. and Mrs. V. McKinley
Wiles returned to St. I'homas
last week. Dr. Wiles is here
at the invitation of the Legis
lative Assembly to serve as U
rologist Specialist. He will
resume practiceat Bourne
Field.
No. 205
Seeks SII,OOO
For Tax Officer
In Virgin Is.
The Bureau of Internal
Revenue has agreed to as
sign one of its agents to the
Virgin Islands on a full
time basis to assist in ad
ministering the income tax
laws,provided the local gov
ernment will pay the cost.
The salary paid to such
an officer would be $11,250
a year, and this amount
would be shared equally
by the two municipalities.
In urging approval of the
procedure, Governor de
Castro declared that the
assignment of the internal
revenue agent on a pzrma
nent basis would result in
a tremendous improvement
in the collection of income
taxes.
es i i e
Gov. Be Castro Ordered To Bed
Till Monday
Governor de Castro was
ordered to bed yesterda
to recover from an attaci’s,
oflaryngitis. He was forced
to cancel his suppertime
chat this weekand all
ot h er engagements, in
cluding a reception for
Sir Kenneth Blackburne,
Governor of the Leeward
Island, who is en route to
the British Virgin Island.
The Governor is expect
ed to be back to his desk
on Monday.
Mrs. Wiles Jis a registered
nurse and holds a degree in
Nursing Education from Co
lumbia University. She is at
present on_ leave of absence
from the Y.W.C.A. in New
York where she is Director of
the School of Practical Nurs
ing. Previously, Mrs. Wiles
was Superintendent of Nurses
at Red Cross Hospital ir Louis
ville,Ky.