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The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08
More Help Named
For Cage JOust

Additional volunteer workers for
the fourth annual Northwest Nisei
1nvitational Basketball Tournament
booked for Friday March 100, Sat
urday March IL and Sunday
March l2) in the Seattle Buddhist
Auditorium, were announced today
as follows; Joe Jinguji, timekeeper.
Nobi TakahaShi, announcer; Poh-
Poh Yorozu master of ceremony.
The others are Bellami girls. food,
Girl Scouts Troop II. usherettes;
Eddie Kanno, public address system
director; Hideo Hoshide, schedule;
Shadow NakaShima, finance; John
Ogishima, referees; Suds Nakagawa:
prizes; and Stumpo Karikomi, tro-
phieS.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08
Collins Juniors
Will be Feted

An award banquet for all Collins
fieldhouse junior basketball teams
will be held at 7:30 pm. Thursday
March 81 at the fieldhouse by OPP
timist International of Seattle.
About so boys from the five teams
and the "PickleWeightS" will be
awarded letters. The teams are the
100 Founders, ITO AS and BIS and
the 90 AS and BIS.
Pickleweights are boys about 8 to
10 years old who are not yet ready
to play with the 90 BIS.
Bob Buren,. II, will receive an in
spirational trophy as the boy who
has done most for his team. This is
Bob's fourth year with Collins teams
3 years with the "PickleweightS"
a year with the 90 BIS and this year
with the 80 AS.
This year, the 90 A and 40 B
teams won inter- fieldhouse champ
ionships.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08

the circuit helped the druggists
cause with 10 and points respec-
lively
Scorings follow.
CATHAY POST C58l-Mar 5. 500
II, f. Wong II, Yee 10. H. Wong 4,
Mar Hing l. Louie 1. Yaplee 4. D.
Wong s. Chinn 3; TOKUDA DRUG
C40-YaSuda 8. Fujii 10, Fujino 7,
Kinoshita l. Heyamoto 6, Otani l,
YoShioka 6, S Takeuchi. Y Take
uchi l. Halftime. Cathay Post %.
Tokuda Drug IA
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08
Don't Forget!
Free Prizes!

Prizes which the local merchants
donated will be ready to be given
away free to lucky booster ticket
holders at the fourth annual North
west Nisei Invitational Basketball
Tournament scheduled for Friday
March 100. Saturday March IL
and Sunday March 12) in the Sc
attic Buddhist Auditorium.
Studs Nakagawa, who is in charge
of the prizes, have the ducats with
their numbers. The numbers will be
called out via public address sys-
tenn at drawings held periodically
throughout the tourney.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08
Roth to Feature
Girl Vocalist

Nisei dance lovers will be keeping
in time with frankie Roth's ten
piece orchestra and will be listening
to popular tunes sung by attractive
Carol Ross when the fourth annual
Northwest Nisei Invitational Basket
ball Tournament sports dance begins
at pm. this coming Sunday March
II, in the Seattle Buddhist Audi
forum.
Roths musicians, who are cur
rently playing at Parker's Pavilion,
are well known to the Nlsei, having
appeared many times before Japan
csc American crowds before the war
at Spanish Castle.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08
PING PONG TOURNAMENT
MEETING SET FRIDAY

A meeting to discuss the third
annual ping pong tournament to be
sponsored by the Nichiren Buddhist
church Rissho club has been set for
8 pm. Friday March 10. i'm the Nj
chiren Buddhist hall, 1912 Weller
St All teams interested are urged
to send their representatives.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08
. ALL RIGHT, GIRLS, TAKE A BOW!

Jean Terso, YoYo Konshi Miye Ishikawa Sue Lew and
rumi Yosllida
Please take at the head of the table and tell
nd the boys how than share of the prizes
last weekend the fourth national JACI bowling
nament at Downtown Bowl in San Francisco
On second thought forget it 1t might be embarrassing to
some of the robust members of the stronger
Girls you through with flying coors when the chips
down. You had that ''oomph win 1t be
stated here unashamcdy Never underestimate the power of
woman.
Seattles Nisci bowling fans join in welcoming you home
and concentrating you upon your sweet triumph
AS for the WELL ask them Wot Hoppened?
After all, everybody can't win
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08
These Are Teams
In Tournament

Following are the teams entered
in the fourth annual Northwest Nisei
Invitational Basketball Tournament
this week end-March 10, IL and
Pin the Seattle Buddhist Audi
torium:
MEMS
Tokuda Drug (championship-de-
Tending team, Cathay Post 1856
Glass AA champions), Lotus Mer-
curry Portland All-Stars, Tokuda
Drug Savoys Glass A champions)
and Spokane Nisei Athletic Club.
WOMEN'S
Lotus Girls league championsD.
WWG's. Seattle Chicks and Tacoma,
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08
Nakamura's Shot in Second Overtime
Gives Tacoma N. W. Basketball CUP

TACOMA, Wash, March 8 - A
| field goal by Kaz Nakamura in the
second overtime period gave Tacoma
= 4l-39 victory over the Lotus Ian
GERS from Seattle and the Northwest
BusSei basketball championship last
Saturday afternoon in the old gym
of the College of Puget Sound. The
score was 1881 at the end of regu-
lation time. and 37-37 at the con-
clusion of the first overtime.
Nakamura tossed in three field
goals and two foul shots for eight
points two of his field goals coming
in the overtime periods. John and
Joe Asahara, however, were hot gun
ners for the winning team with II
and 10 points respectively.
On the other hand, Osa Edamura
of the Lancers set the pace for all
basket shooters with % points which
consisted of eight field goals and
six charity throws.
The five-game tourney results fol-
low:
TACOMA (41 ~ Stogie Kawabata
6, Joe Asahara 10 Henry Hashimoto
Kaz Nakamura 8. John Asahara IL,
TAX Ikeda 2, Tets Tamaki, Sharkey
Kajimura 2, Frank Shigio, Noble
Yamasaki Mako Yaguchi 2; LOTUS
LANCERS 39)-Nakamura 6. Eda-
mura %, Mano l, Terada 2. Jinguji
3. Aoyama. Shimizu. Ichikawa 4,
Tainaka.
GAME I
cambridge 25. White River II
GAME ii
Tacoma 81, Wapato %
GAME III
Lotus Lancers 81, Portland 10
GAME w
Lotus Lancers 81, cambridge 16
Tacoma drew bye.
GAME v
Championship
Tacoma Al, Lotus Lancers 81
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08
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Only sudden. deadly downpor of Hbombs
weary civilization halt the march of Cahay Post 1S6 the
top of the Northwest Oriental American basketball world
The present members of that fine polished machine
from King ST. which thrves Especial brand perhapsl
have the youth and the knoV-how win against all
Cahay Post 1876 handed tie druggists horrible defeats
the last times and stands that end the
three-year reign of Tokuda Drug this weekend.
Okda Drug, however be counted out 1t may
with victory prescription but hardly think there
is much time before the of the fourth annual Northwest
Nisei lnvitational Basketball tournament.
Stanley karikom WHO holds the Ieigns the Toluda
squad has yet discovered what is ang his proud
champions His usually dependable long bombersShobo
Fuii Mote Yasuda and Chuck Kinostahave been erratic
i'll their trings lately the least On the other hand Ca
ay Post has up lazorsharpness hitting its mark
with Ray and Eddie WONG putting nearpro demonstra
ions on cffensc and defense
The wise hcttos backing Cathay Post to take Tokda
Drug for the third straight time and thus win the Northwest
Betting against Catlay Post is much than betting
against always olson avor Citation There handicap
weight OF pointgiven in basketball game
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08
Sport Calendar
MARCH

10, Il II - Fourth annual North
west NiSei Invitational Basketball
ournament in Seattle Buddhist
Auditorium.
u - Northwest Nisei Invitational
Basketball tournament sport dance
n Seattle Buddhist Auditorium.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08

Give what you have. To some one
ii may be better than you dare to
think. -Longfellow.
The Northwest times. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1947-1955, 1950-03-08
Seattle Women
Win First Place
In Natl Meet

SAN FRANCISCO, Calf, March
8 (SpeciaD Seattle keglers, especial
| ly the women, Jared very we'll in the
! fourth annual national JACL bowl
ing tournament concluded last Sun
day night in Downtown Bowl on
Eddy and Jones streets.
The wOmen's team-the Seattle
All-Stars-placed first with PASS
IN the team event of the women's
division. The An-Stars were Sue
Lew, 432; Miye Ishikawa, 473;
Fumi Yoshida, 587; Jean Terao,
1872, and YOYo Konishi, Ala. Miss
YOshida came up with booming
232 game i'm a 587 series to give the
All-Stars a tremendous boost for
top glory.
Miss Konishi coupled with TAX
Shibuya and finished in the number
one pot in the mixed doubles. Their
total score was 1888. Miss Yoshida
also figured in this event by joining
Dick Osaka to place sixth with 1893
pins
And in the wOmens doubles,
Miss Ishikawa got together with
Lois Tabuchi of San Francisco and
took third place money. Their ag-
gregated pinfall was $50.
Miss Lew knocked down SIT pins
to end up with fourth prize in the
women's singles.
In the mems division, Main Bowl,
which was not expected to place OF
show, landed ninth among three
squads of teams. Members of this
money-making team consisted of
Ben Nakata, Jimmy Kuranishi, Sho-
ichi Suyama, Herbie Furuta and
Shig Takemura. Nagamine-Beppu's,
the Seattle NCL leaders, were no.
where in the race.
Dick Osaka was the only Seattle
Meier to squeeze into the money
in the singles. He hit $50 series.
Seattles Fred Takagi and Shoichi
Suyama, totaling 1874 pins earned
eighth-place cash in the mems dou-
bles
The winners follow:
MEMS SWEEPSTAKES
l. Clarence MatSumoto HawaiD
1868.
MEMS TEAM
l. John S. Towata (Alameda),
2899.
2. Hawaii, PITT.
MEMS DOUBLES
/ George Kobo-G George Yasukochi
IL. A., ITO.
MEMS ALL-EVENTS
l. Dixon Ikeda (San Francisco,
1906
WOMEN'S TEAM
/. Seattle All-Stars, 2458.
WOMEN'S DOUBLES
l. Toshi Mizuno-Iris Weinfurter
d. Al, 1882.
WOMEN'S SINGLES
l. Make Kato (Salt Lake City
551
WOMENS ALL-EVENTS
l. June Jue IL. Al, 1888.
MIXED DOUBLES
l. YoYo Konishi-Tak Shibuya (Se-
attle), 1893.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-06
Announce Engagement

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Ray Jones.
Second street, Oakland, announce the
engagement Of their daughter Audra
Caroline, to Mr., John Marshall Han
sen, son of Mrs. Alma Hansen, Oak
land, and the late Hans Christian
Hansen
Miss Jones is a graduate Of Oak
land High School and Ohio Wesleyan
university, of Delaware, 0. At present
she is a home economist of the Mo
nongahela Power company, and is To-
Gated at Weirton, W. Va.
Mr.. Hansen, also a graduate of
Oakland High School, obtained his
Bachelor Of Science degree from the
University Of Indiana at Blooming
ton, in June, 1919. He is now teaching
in Hagerstown. Ind.
The wedding will take place early
this summer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-06
Store Has Display of
of Prize Winning Book

The Iiamil Stationery store is car
lying a window display this week Of
a Prize winning mystery novel, death
in -Four Colors," which has been writ
ten by couple in nearby Preston
county.
This couple received a prize Of
81 200 for compiling the best mystery
novel of the year Brandon Bird is
the pen name Of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Evans, the authors, who for many
years in New York City but who now
dwell at "Old lIemlock Farm, near
Brandonville, w. Va,
Mr.. Evans was for years art IL
illustrator for Cosmopolitan, American,
McCalls and other magazines. Mrs.
Evans has been writing for number
of years but the mystery novel is
their first effort at collaboration.
Review critics have been praising
the book highly. Their second mystery
story has just been accepted by Dodd,
Mead company, New York, the same
company which published Death in
Four Colors."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-06
Prepare For Benefit
Card Party April IL

A Workshop Meeting was held by
members of the Garrett branch Of
AAUW Monday evening in prepar-
alton for the Benefit Card Party to
be held next Tuesday, April II, at
the William James Hotel. Mrs. Bruce
jenkins is general chairman in charge
of the affair with assisting chairmen
as follows: Mrs. Robert Hoffman and
Mrs. George Hanst, foods; Mrs. c. w.
Highlander, decorations; Mrs. Homer
Bennett, arrangements; Mrs. Leo Hell
big, tickets; and Mrs. Charles Me
Intre, prizes. Tickets for the affair
can be obtained from any member of
the organization.
Prizes for the affair which will fol-
low a Latin American theme will be
on display at the Oakland Hardware
Company and selections from the
Bazaar items will be on display at
the Power Company.
The program on Central America
which was originally scheduled for
Monday nights meeting will be held
at the May meeting. Mrs. George
Hanst will be program chairman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-06
Guild To Meet April II

St. Margaret's Guild of the Episco-
pal church will meet at the home of
Mrs. Homer L. Bennett on Wednes-
day evening, April u, at o'clock, at
which there viii be continuation of
the Bible study. Mrs. c. W. England
er will lead discussion of Chapters
20 to 40 of the Book Of Exodus. Mrs.
Highlander will use Abington's COM
mentary for the discussion.
A review Of how Israel became a
nation, from the book "The Holy
Sculptures" will be given by Mrs. w.
4. Sharps.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-06

Mrs. Edith Schlossnagle left this
morning for College Park where she
will spend a few days with her SON
in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Hoffman.
Mr. and Mrs Thomas Stevenson, of
College Park. and Robert Stevenson,
Hyattsville. are spending the Easter
vacation period at the Park with Mr..
and Mrs. John Stevenson, ST.
Ms. Ida McClelland, Miss Minnie
Reed and Miss Stella Mckee, Clarks-
burg, W. Va, visited Mrs. J. H. Nc
Robe, at the home of her daughter,
Miss Coral McRobie, on Sunday.
Samuel Rarkman. Of Underwood, re-
mains very ILL., Mrs. Barkman is i'm
proved. Their son and daughter-in-
law, Nh. and Mrs Charles A. Bark
man. Oak street, are taking care Of
them at present.
MI. and Mrs. Loree McRobie and
children left last Saturday morning
for Philadelphia, Pa, where they are
visiting Mrs. Microbes parents, Nh.
and MIS- Theodore Founder They
expect to return to Oakland on Tues
day.
Rev. and Mrs. Glenn s. Garner, Of
Chicago. announce the birth of a
daughter, Nancy Lynn, on March +,
at Bethany hospital. Mrs. Garner is
the former Margaret Schmidt, daugh-
ter of Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Schmidt, Swanton.
DR.. Harold Ashby and his father,
]. j. Ashby, are leaving today for
Chevy Chase where they will spend
Easter with Miss Crystal Elliott Miss
Eloise Ashby, attending Barnard col
lege in New York City, also plans to
spend Easter there.
Floyd c. Stahl, who was patient
in the Arlington county hospital, near
Washington, D. c., for several days,
is now at the home of his son and
daughter -in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Ken
meth Stahl, in that city. He remains
in a serious condition.
Oakland's two banks will observe
Good Friday as a legal holiday and
will be closed the entire day, it was
announced. State and county offices
also plan to close on that day, and
most Of the business places plan to
remain closed from II to 3 o'clock.
Mrs. Arthur Naylor, Jr., and infant
son returned to Oakland today from
Memorial hospital, Cumberland. Mr.
and Mrs. Milton J. Yingling and son
Ronnie, of Silver Spring, were here
over the weekend to visit their
daughter, Mrs. Naylor, who was in
the Cumberland hospital. Upon their
return to Silver Spring they were ac-
companled by their granddaughter,
Janna Naylor, who will visit them for
two weeks.
Harold Stockslager, who had been
working with radio station WITH,
Baltimore for several years, and who
had recently returned to the home of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs H. F.
Stockslager, to recuperate from an
illness, was rushed to Allegany hos
pital, Cumberland, on Tuesday where
he remains in a critical condition. He
has received several blood trans
fusions from local persons. His moth
er is remaining in Cumberland with
him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-06
LOCAL NEWS

Copies of The Republican may be
obtained at G0nder's Cut Rate store,
HamilTs Book and Stationery Store
Englander's Pharmacy, in Oakland :;
Martins Store, hit. Lake Park; and
Harvey. Ream and IIumbertsOn's
Store, Loeb Lynn; at five cents per
copy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-06

Miss Wanda Whitaker and Miss
Leona Menke spent the past weekend
in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Miss Betsy Phillips is spending the
weekend with Mickey Jandorf at her
home in New York City.
Mrs. Daniel Hinebaugh underwent
an operation in Memorial hospital,
Cumberland, on Tuesday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert B. Sincell, Of
Morgantown, are spending the Easter
holidays here and at Springfield, ".
Va.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H. Gelley, Jr.,
and two children, Cleveland, O., spent
Sunday here with Mrs. Gelley's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Darwin Hauser.
Silas Sincs, who was critically in
.iured February :, near Washington,
when a tractor turned over on him,
is improving in the Georgetown hos
pital in Washington. His brother,
Jonas w Siues, visited him last Fri
day. The former had so pounds OF
weights pulling and drawing his
broken bones in place for five weeks,
but he told his brother his name had
now been removed from the critical
list. He has now been placed in
cast.
Pfc. Oscar J. Butcher, in the L. 8.
air force, who has been spending a
2G-day furlough with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. O. B. Butcher. viii leave
Saturday for Camp Dix N. j.. where
he will make arrangements for over
seas duty. Prior to his furlough he
completed a course Of instruction at
Camp Gordon, Ga. Mrs. Bernardo
Cooley and daughter Linda Byrl spent
a week here visiting her brother, Pfc.
Butcher, before he left for overseas
duty.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-06
Gospel Party To Sing

The Davis Gospel party will be at
the Grantsville High School audi
forum on Friday evening. April IA,
at 1870 p. M, it was announced by the
Willing Workers class of the Maple
Grove Church of the Brethren, which
is sponsoring the event. The Gospel
party broadcasts over WMBS radio
station in Uniontown.
Besides a number of special musical
numbers there will be a gospel mes
sage An offering will be taken
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1950-04-06


MIR. and Mrs. W, f. Yutzv. Cum
bc,land and Walter Kahl Pittsburgh.
Pa. snept the weekend here with
ie'"''N'''
Mrs. IT, G. Leighton and son. Rich
ard LEIGHTON. spent the weekend in
Fairmont as Guests of Mrs. Leigh
ION > Pale'''S'
Tommy Kahl. Johns HOPKINS Uni
versitv. is home for an Easter vaca-
tion with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
'''' wal u Mann
Mr.. and Mrs. Arlie Shahan, Oak
land. announced the birth of a daugh-
ter on Sunday. April ,, in Memorial
hospital. Cumberland.
W. f. Kildow left Oakland Saturday
enroute to his home in San Bernar-
dino, Calf, following visit of a
week or two with relatives.
WI anu Mis- " Ni'NNii i'i"'' ~
street, announced the birth OF
daughter IN Memorial hospital Oum-
berland, on Sunday April z.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Naylor' Jr.'
Center street, announce the blrth Of
a son at Memorial hospital, Cumber-
land, on Thursday March 30.
.on poLon. 1o.o,b ,,.o. ho,,, 70
M. a,d NJ. poho,+ uosor ool,
street, on Sunday evening, April 2 in
Memorial hospital, Cumberland.
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The Ladies Aid Of the Glade View
church is having parcel post sale At
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,..I,lia !. ;i,.i+od
Mrs. George Coddington is expected
to return to her home today after
having been patient in Memorial
hospital, Cumberland for observation
since last Thursday.
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loI" u pauE"' T"ul NlOcl'eII are
among those VINO man TO attend a
, 1950-12-15

The theme of the five-day
conference was Agriculture
and It's Place in the Caribbean
Economy concerning which
many constructive recommen-
dations were made. Special EN-
phasis was laid in the confer
ence on i~mplementing its re-
commentators as well as per
tinent recommendation Of
prior conferences.
, 1950-12-15

deep appreciation of the con-
ference to Governor Peters.
Delegates to the Conference
and their advisors returned to
the Virgin Islands from Cura-
Gao on Sunday afternoon at 5
p. m. The conference was open
ed at Piscadera Club on Mon
day, Nov. q, at 1000 am. and
lasted until Friday, December
/, at zoo pm.
The co-chairmen of the four
metropolitan governments, the
United States, Great Britain,
France and The Netherlands,
were present. The commission
ers from the four governments
represented on the Commits
sion were also present, the
American commissioners be-
ing Judge William III. HASTE,
former Governor Of Puerto
Rico, Jesus T. Pinero and Dr..
Pico. Delegates and advisers
from all the Caribbean terri
tories Of the four metropolitan
governments also attended.
, 1950-12-15
PRESS RELEASE
Interim Report Of Delegates & Advisers
To the Fourth West Indiun Conference

Conference
Caribbean Commission; James
A. Bough, Chief, Caribbean
Section of Non-Self Govern
ing Territories, United Ma
tons; and Charles Knox, the
American Consul General for
Curacao.
The Virgin Islands delega-
ton was very active in taking
part in the functions Of the
conference and offering mo-
tions to amend the various re-
ports of the nine committees
which were assigned to speei-
f1c functions in connection
with the theme of the confer
ence, Agriculture and It's
Place in the Economy of the
Caribbean Area" One of the
recommendations coming out
of the conference is the estab-
lishment of a pilot project in
the British islands of st. Lucia
and st. Vincent, where, ex-
perts from the FAC and other.
specialized agencies of the
United Nations will be station
ed to supervise the principle
Of soil conservation through
contour farming and other en-
lightened methods of farming
adapted to the prevention Of
soil erosion.
The Virgin Islands delega-
ton offered an amendment to
provide for the training Of at
least one agriculturalist from
each group of territories be-
longing to the metropolitan
governments that are now
members Of the Caribbean
Commission. This was passed
unanimously at the prelimin-
nary session nearing the end Of
the conference. This would
provide a fine opportunity for
one more Virgin Islander.
Our delegation also offered
a resolution expressing the
, 1950-12-15
PRESS

~ NAE OOA IA
The Virgin Islands delega-
ton to the Fourth West Indian
Conference, comprising of
Hon. Omar Brown, Chairman
of the Municipal Council of st.
Thomas and st. John, and
Honorable S. Christian Chase,
Chairman of the Municipal
Council of st. Croix, and adj
visers to the delegation, Mes
srs. A. Mahlon Lindquist and
Oscar Bough of st. Thomas &
st. John, and Messrs. Norman
Skeoch and Axel Schade of st.
Croix, arrived home by Carib-
air plane on Sunday afternoon,
December 10, after being de-
layed one day in Curacao due
to a change in routing of plane
scheduled to leave Curacao on
Saturday.
The delegates and advisers
report that the representation
made by the Virgin Islands
group was highly commended
by Mr.. Ward M. Canaday, U.
S., co-chairman of the Carib-
bean Commission and resident
of ST Croix, who spoke in
glowing terms of his satisfac-
ton with the manner in which
the Virgin Islands delegation
discharged their duties at the
conference. Mr.. Canaday, who
celebrates a birthday to-
day December II, 1950), gave
a luncheon in the Piscadera
Bay Club for the entire United
States Territorial Delegation,
which included Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands. Pre-
sent also were Hon. William
H. HASTE and DR.. Pico, mem
bers of the Caribbean Commits
sion; representatives of the
State Department; James p.
Davis, director of the Office of
Territories of the Department
of the Interior: Attorney Edith
Bornn of the Secretariat Of the