The home journal. [volume], October 01, 1952, Image 2

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Puerto Rico Notebook
By Julio Francis Edwards
All Superintendents of
Schools in Puerto Rico wili
discuss together with Se
cretary of Education Mati
ano Villaronga and other!
high officials the Reform!
Project referring tothe im-!
provement of the public!
schools, as recommended]
by the Pedagogues Com
mittee from Columbia Uni
versity some time ago.
Propositions nclude im
provements in child health,
development ofthe aestetic
and creative life, efficient
social life; development
Publication
Pursuant to the provisions of
Section 37 of the Regulations
for the Levy, Assessment. Col
lection and Enforcement of an
Assessed Valuation Real Pro
perty Tax in the Municipality of
St. Thomas & St.John,all delin
quent taxpayers :re advised
that their Real Property Taxes
and accrued interest thereon
must be paid to the Depart
ment of Finance, Administra
tion Building, Charlotte Amalie
and in case of those taxpayers
who reside in 'heislands of St.
John, in the Office of the Ad
m!mistrator for St. John, Cruz
Bay, within a period of :hirty
days from the date of this no
tice. namely up to and includ
ing October 22, 1452
Un esssuchdelinquent taxes,
together with interest, are paid
within such period the proper
ty of delinquent taxpayers will
be attached and soid in the
manner provided by law.
This list is posted in accor
dance with Sectivns 36 and 37
of the Regulations aforesaid.
Goverrment of the Virgin Is
lands of the United States
Office of the Government
: Secretary
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas
. Virgin Islands
* September 23, 1952
Daniel W. Ambrose
Government Secretary
of skill in communication !
and solution. |
.~ The 65th. Infantry Rfl-'
giment (Puerto Rican) has.
been in the united Korean
lWar since two years ago,
September 22, when the'
unit landed at Pusan. ‘
| - es e e e
Ted Willi-ms, former!
Boston-Red Sox slugger,
| oW Captain in the Marine
i Corps aviation, arrived in
:Puerto Rico last Thursday
to participate in the two
i week naval training opera
;tion in Vieques Island.
l The U.S, Navy will con
istruct a permanent naval
ibase at Vieques, beginning
|January 1953 to offer all
‘facilities t o men during
future maneuvers, includ
‘ing ample kitchens mess
rooms, sanitary installa
tions, post offices, ete. A
small-detachment of Mar
iines will be permanently
stationed at said camp for
maintenance.
i Thousands became
homeless when two rivers
overflowed. due to the
heavy rains all over the
.island. .
' Residential zones in
Ponce, Bayamon, Jayuya,
Caguas, San Lorenzo, Ad
juntas and Coamo were
flooded. Telephonic and
}telegraphic servic s andl
transportation were also|
interrupted. Big trees fell|
on the waysides and some
mtorists were injured.
The Portugues River in
Ponce washed away 22"
small houses and more,
than 300 others were des |
troyved. At Caguas, the|
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The Home Journal
Mr. Editor:
Kindly allow me enough
space in your paper to con
vey to our people something
that they lose sight of.
Dear Citizens,
I would like to bring to
your notice a situation that
[ believe should be of great
concern to each and every
one of us. In this notice I
am making referenceto the
present proposed plan of
taking away from our child
tren, the Municipal Ball
Park which I might say is
iabout the only public re
creational center that we
have. As present condition
stands, we do not have suf
ficient playing areas in our
c om m u n ity. Therefore,
some ot our kids have to go
quite a distant from their
homes in order to partake
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R eaders’ Forum
in clean and healthy sports
which they love so well.
I believe that should this
municipal park be taken a
way, our government will
be doing a great injustice to
the community and might
even face a greater problem
than that of findiag a site
for the new school building.
Instead of taking this place
from our children, our gov
ernment should try to im
prove same for their bene
fit.
It seems so strange that
one or two types of sports
‘'with only a minority group
participating in sameshould
receive so much attention,
' white other sports in which
almost the whole island in
cluding our children are
iinterested, get, the type of
treatment that we might ex
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