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Evening star., 1952-05-29
By Katherine M. Brooks

Hosts took advantage Of the
wondrouS weather and planned
out-of-doors fetes for late yester-
day afternoon and early evening
The Latvian Charge d'Affaires
and Nine. FeldmanS arranged
their reception for the garden OF
their home at 4704 18th street and
invited hundred or more to meet
the Latvian Senior Minister. Mr.
Charles Zarine who also is Minis
ter to London. Guests were asked
from 6 to 8 o'clock and in the
company were officials of the
State Department and other Lat
vians living in and near Wash
1ngton.
The Senior Minister was ap-
pointed to that post by the now
defunct government to serve as a
permanent chief of the Foreign
Service for Latvia until such time
as that country again is inde-
pendent.
The party yesterday was one of
the very few given by the chief
Of the Latvian mission since the
country was invaded by the Soviet
in June 1910. At that time DR..
Alfred Bilmanis was minister, hav-
ing presented his credentials in
November 1885. He and Nine.
Bilmanis virtually retired after the
free government was driven into
exile and DR.. Bilmanis died in
July 1948. The legation then was
left in charge of the attache, Mr..
Anatol Dinbergs until the arrival
Of Mr.. Feldmans who became
charge d'affaires in June 1949. Mr..
FeldmanS has the rank of minister
although the legation of a govern
ment in exile has only q charge
d'affaires as its chief.
Mrs. Roy st. Lewis gave q
luncheon yesterday for Mrs.
Myron M. Cowan. wife Of the
newly-appointed United States
Ambassador to Belgium. Mrs. St.
Lewis entertained at the 1925 F.
Street Club and had as her guests
close friends of Mrs. Cowan. In
the company were Sonora de
Heurtematte, wife of the Panama
Ambassador; Mrs. Carlos Romulo,
wife Of the Philippine Ambassa-
dor; Signora Luciolli. wife of the
Counselor of the Italian embassy:
Mrs. Wade Hampton Haislip, Mrs.
Frank Rediker and Mrs. Daniel
B. Markell.
Service Fetes
The Acting Chief Of the Air
Force and Mrs. Nathan Farragut
Twining were the guests in whose
honor Air Force Maj. Gen. and
Mrs. Charles Pearre Cabell gave
a garden supper party last eve
ming. The fete was laid in the
garden of the hosts in Arlington,
Evening star., 1952-05-29
Photo.

Mr.. and Mrs. Luke A. Mattare
Of Chevy Chase announce the
engagement Of their daughter,
Lora Ann, to Mr.. George B.
Mickum III. Mr.. Mickum is the
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Mickum.
Miss Mattare was graduated
from Georgetown Visitation Col
lege and is now attending Dunn
barton College of the Holy Cross.
Her f1ance is an alumnus OF
Georgetown University and is now
attending its School of Law. Mr..
Mickum is editor of the George
town Law Journal and will be
graduated in June. He is also
a member of Pi Gamma Mu Hon.
orary Society and Delta Theta Phi
Law Fraternity.
No date has been set for the
wedding.
Evening star., 1952-05-29
Bryn Mowr Club
Elects Officers

Mrs. Edward A. Raymond has
been elected president of the
Bryn Mawr Club of Washington
succeeding Mrs. T. Paul Freeland
Other incoming officers are
Mrs. Charles D. Heron. vice pres
ident; Mrs. James A. Crocker, re-
|cording secretary; Mrs. John l.
Vandegrift. mailing list secretary
and Miss Frances Bourne. treas
Iurer.
Evening star., 1952-05-29
Miss Harris
To Be Wed

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph r. Harris
or Edgemoor, Md, announce the
engagement of their daughter
Betty Jannette. to 1t. Edwin Gill
pin Wilson, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank F. Wilson of Sandy Spring
Md. The wedding date has been
set for July 10.
Miss Harris attended Stephens
Junior College, Columbia, Mo. 1t.
Wilson was graduated from
George School, Bucks County, Pa,
and attended the University of
Maryland. He is now stationed at
Fort Belvoir.
Evening star., 1952-05-29
Fall Weddinu

Announcement is made by Mr..
and Mrs. Edward A. Eubank of
this city of the engagement of
their daughter, Janet Elizabeth, to
Mr.. Douglas James Bennett, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. John w. Bennett
of Woodstock, Va. The wedding is
planned for the fall.
Evening star., 1952-05-29
Mr.. Jerome POmeranz.

DR.. and Mrs. Carl Goldenberg
announce the engagement of theil
daughter, Jacqueline, to Mr.
Jerome Pomeranz, son of Mrs
Zina Pomeranz and the late DR.
Raphael Pomeranz of Maplewood
N. j.
Miss Goldenberg is a senior in the
School of Education at George
Washington University. Mr.. Pom
eranz attended Rutgers University
and received his B. S. degree at
George Washington University. He
is now student at Boston Uni
versity School of Medicine
Evening star., 1952-05-29
Suarez Photo.

Miss Phyllis Lorraine Smith,
daughter of MIR. and Mrs. Samuel
Patri Of Hyattsville. Md. was mar
ried May "a to Mr.. John Law
renee Ward. He is the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. John A. Ward Of
|Lewisdale, Md.
The ceremony took place at the
st. John Baptist De La Sale
Church, with the Rev. Jerome
Miller of1iciating. There was a re-
ception at the PATHS residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ward will live in
Mississippi temporarily.
Evening star., 1952-05-29

Now on their honeymoon tC
New York and Philadelphia are
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas j. Leonard
jr., who were married here May
II. The bride. formerly Miss
Linnie Slye Abel, is the daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. Aubrey Abel
of Washington. Mr.. Leonard is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard
also of this city.
The ceremony took place at the
Holy Comforter Catholic Church
with the Rev. Joseph E. Kennedy
officiating. There was a reception
at the Kennedy-Warren.
Evening star., 1952-05-29
|EmeHne Hill
Becomes Bride

Mr.. and Mrs. william Hurd
Hill announce the marriage of
their daughter. Emeline Hurd, to
Mr.. Lawrence Richardson. jr. The
ceremony took place yesterday in
Washington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson will
be at home at the American Acad-
emy in Rome, Italy, after June /.
Evening star., 1952-05-29

The Rev. Russell A. Phelan
oficiated at the marriage Of Miss
Patricia Anne Pruner and Mr.
Robert G. Baumann. The bride
is the daughter of Mr.. Edward r.
Pruner of Washington and Mr..
Baumann is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Baumann.
The ceremony took place May
"a at the Church of the Annuncia-
ton. Following a reception at Hotel
2400, Mr.. and Mrs. Baumann left
on a Southern wedding trip.
Evening star., 1952-05-29
of Aunt

Mrs. Frank M. Bristow Of Kan
sas City, Mo-. is the guest of her
aunt, Miss Marion Smith. Before
returning to her future home in
Austin. Tex, she will visit her
son, Mr.. Frank Bristow, jr., in
Hartford. Conn.
Evening star., 1952-05-29
Visitor Hostess

Mrs. Allen Herman of New York,
formerly OF Washington, enter
tanned at luncheon yesterday in
the Presidential dining room of
the Mayflower Hotel. where she
is staying.
Evening star., 1952-05-29
Sailing Today

The Assistant Secretary of
Agriculture and Mrs. Hutchinson
leave today for Europe. They sail
from New York on the H. M. S.
Mauretania and will be abroad
for about three weeks.
Evening star., 1952-05-29
Back From Florida

Mr.. and Mrs. Malcolm HELEN
have returned to their home on
Nevada avenue from a two-weeks
stay in Miami Beach, Fla.
Evening star., 1952-05-29

Miss JoAnn Downey, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence M
Downey Of Alexandria, and Mr.
James M. Broaddus, jr., son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Broaddus, also OF
Alexandria, were married last eve
ming in the Washington Street
Methodist Church. the Rev. T. E
Lands officiating. A reception at
the church followed.
After a southern wedding trip
Mr.. and Mrs. Broaddus will reside
in Arlington.
, 1952-04-16

ton, my stand has been made
known on every occasion during
the past two years. # ! am to be-
lieve reports in local newspapers,
/ have become extremely UNI
popular because Of my positive
opinion that we must find new
sources. Of revenue IN order to i'm
prove the quality Of our govern
mental operations and the services
rendered by our public institu-
tions. In this unpopularity, how
ever, / do not believe that 1 have
the distinction Of being unique.
DR.. Luther Harris Evans, now
Librarian of Congress, who made
a comprehensive study of the adj
ministration of the Virg S
from 1917 to 1885, has this to say
in his book THE Virgin Islands,
, 1952-04-16
AUCTION NOTICE

At the request Of Maria G.
Walls, administrative, Of the
estate Of Daniel Walls, de-
ceased, and pursuant to an
Order issued out Of the Dis
trict Court dated March Is,
1852 the Vendue Director will
sell at public auction the real
property:
No. SAB Company Street
Christiansted, ST, Groix; v i.
(also known as @Skyview")
on Monday, May 70, 1852 at
400 pm. IN the Police Court
Of Christiansted, st. Croix.
The condition Of the auction
will be read at the time of the
sale.
The Vendue Directors Office.
Christiansted, St. Croix, the
|2lst day Of March, 1852 AID. /
Fee: Two Dollars
Say $500
D. G. canegata
Vendue Director
, 1952-04-16
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16. 1862

our municipal employees. I know
that the morale of our govern
ment employees, especially on the
island of ST. Thomas. is low at the
present time, and that there is
consequently a serious retardation
of and slum in the efficiency of
governmental operations. We are
losing our best employees at this
time because of the greater and
more lucrative employment oppor
tunities in emergency federal
agencies and in private employ
ment incident to the tourist bust
ness and construction operations.
This impact is felt ia every small
community where prices are ris-
ing and employment opportunities
are abundant. Salaries of all mu-
nicipall e Employees, especially in
st. Croix, were increased during
the past few years as the result
of the operation Of the Merit Sys-
tenn pay plan. A moreeequitable
and remunerative pay plan is
needed almost Immediately if we
are to. retain some of our most
loyal and. competent employees,
and if we are to attract the best
qualified persons for policemen,
nurses, teachers, welfare workers,
clerical positions and department
heads as well as professional SUI
pervisory officials.
I hold, however, that it is the
responsibility of both branches Of
the government to provide the
necessary funds for this purpose.
There are but two solutions to this
problem Of increased municipal
operating costs, namely, ~ better
enforcement Of existing taxes,
which means more employees;
and ~ additional taxes. Let me
prove this point Of better enforce
ment Of existing taxes for JUST a
moment. Does it seem possible to
effectively collect $500, 1000 in in
come taxes annually in st. Tho
mas and SIS, 900 in st. Croix with
two employees in ST. Thomas and
one in st. Croix? Yet, that is
exactly the full-time staff we
have had to devote exclusively to-
income tax collections and en-
forcement. This staff needs to be
greatly reinforced for proper in
spection and checking Of accounts
Of taxpayers and for detecting
and prosecuting violations of law.
And this same undertaking situa
ton has existed in our tax asses
ces.
In the matter of additional taxa
, 1952-04-16

from Naval Base to New Deal
published IN 1915: aOne Of the
most persistent elements in the
public opinion Of all classes has
been the resistance to new mea-
sures of taxation. The obvious
reason for this being the know
ledge that whatever local deficits
existed would certainly be cover
ed BY federal appropriations It
is only fair for me to add, how
ever, that the revenues of the two
municipalities Of the Virgin IS
lands which were sos, 900 in 1881,
$488 600 ten years later in 1911,
r now S1s30O,0OO in 1851, due to
Increase tasation as well as to
ifnprov { onomic conditions.
lContnued tomorrow
, 1952-04-16
"A D D E S S
Of Gov. Morris de Castro
over Radio Station VISTA.
ST.. Thomas. on Monday.
March "a. 1852.
Continued from Saturday,

Here is what the Public Admin
istration Service of Chicago
wrote to me just a few weeks ago
in answer to my inquiry: This
will acknowledge your inquiry
concerning the problem of COM
pairing the number of employees
of the Virgin Islands in a mean
ingful manner with the number
Of employees which might be
found in a typical local govern
ment situation of comparable
population size in the continental
United States. / am sure you APP
preciate that such comparisons
are likely to be of doubtful valid
ity as they must be based on as
sumptions that the people being
served have comparable require
ments, that the jurisdictions being
compared do comparable amounts
Of their work by the contract
method, that employees T COM
parable in terms Of qualifications,
mechanical equipment, and other
factors which dictate their rates
of production, that work is done
under somewhat comparable ch-
matte and other geographic con-
ditions, and a host Of other broad
and quite likely false assumptions.
The Public Administration Ser
vices letter continues: your com
parative data would include not
only city employees and a share
Of state employees but also the
employees Of the county, town
ships, school districts, and other
special districts, authorities and
units to be found in great profu-
sion in almost any county in the
United States" And this very
important sentence Is also taken
from the letter Of the Public Adj
ministration Service: also, if
such is possible, it would be de-
sirable to express your findings
not only in terms of number Of
employees but in terms of dollar
amounts Of personal services costs
for the so-called comparable
jurisdictions
This brings me to my next I'M
portant subject-the salaries Of
, 1952-04-16
SHIPPING NEWS

The SIS aRIO DALE j
scheduled to sail from New
York April 18th and is due 4
Frederiksted April 25th, ac
cepting freight for ST. Kilt
Antigua, Guadalupe, Domi
MICA, Martinique, Barbados,
Trinidad, British Guiana ane
Paramaribo.
Refrigeration facilities is
available. Al
, 1952-04-16

A Steamer is scheduled to
sail from New Orleans April
24th, Mobile Apntl 10Th, and is
due at Frederiksted on Or
about May s, accepting freigh
for Barbados, Georgetown and
Paramaribo. IA
G STEAMSHIP
COMPANY, INC.
Rob't = Merwin & Co. Inc.
The Key West citizen., 1952-07-16
Objects To
Armed Plan OF
XXX Leader

ORLANDO - 4 Daughter a
she cnnfederacy objeeied strongly
today 70 an .Amerirsn confeder-
ate Army which ! Kn KIux Klss
leader sid kss been formed.
Mrs frank caIIen. pukiirity d.
reetor and past pvexi6euf n the
uDc = Central R1orids. sid II !
ststemenl.
@c<st3iniy 10 thinking American
rouh ssbs<xibe = besrinx arms
axainst the fsdsssI rDvarnnest
- resssinly - sn. D1ngtsers
and spns a - Ceszs6ers<y m
eondern rs scsi1a 4 ressssssr
- KIsn she couEo6srnts Army
et Amex1fa.
.sWs ~ - socd Ameriesns.
korsh - s1azk. - sur Ioss e
- hr1ve men u - con1s6ers<y
i h1l5o~o1 nuensoey. - = -
b&n1ks1 absz1 lpF po1Izte1l . pl>r
la<zky r9xpcs1s Z
The Key West citizen., 1952-07-16
Rules OF War
Violated
Says Aclleson

WASHINGTON an--Secrrssry of
State Acheson accused the Chi
nese Communists today d yiolat.
inx the Geneva Conventions set
tine The rules of war. He said %
u the face ii Peiping hrpadcasss
thst The China Reds viii accept
Atheson said that III he could do
wss hope - rather feehEy.
The Red hroadcasfs announced
That Communist China has decided
10 reccgnire condsfionaIiy the Sse.
nesa treaties banning germ var
f1re ard setting rules for shs
trestnsent ii war prisnners.
Aehsscn sid that ii shs early
stages q she Knsan hghting. tass
Chinese Cnmmnnasts sid Trey
wcslld Akide hy the Geneva sres-
fses ~. - declared. tkey have
ne4 drme xu.
Spefitally. Aehesnn said. sks
ksds hAvs tailed ID ahlas hy mo
yastnns ealing tw rersntir psshlsrs-
tsrn e ~ II ssrsssss. fo~ i,
sFsiscnx a rFis0ner III war xAmcs
ey - Entssnstannal asearv ri Co
maksng Pow eamps q thss sksv
~raid ncs = msstakenay hnnshsxs
The Key West citizen., 1952-07-16
Low Rent Parking Lot Brings High
Profits 70 De|gado, So|ons Says
County Charges
$500 A II ear To
COncessi0naire
Despite Offers

What happens 70 TIE Meacham
airport parking LOT now that Mea-
cham Is being bought by the com,
" IS ! mystery that The Citizen
has not vet been able to solve.
Airport parking LOT concession.
aire. Raymond Delgado pays only
$500 rent annually to the County.
Despite this lew rent, Il is es.
tinated by two commissioners mho
would not be quoted that tie park.
ing lot yields well over 100 I
year.
Last spring commissioners turn.
ed down i bid for $150o On the
airport parking lot concession
which was submitted BY Mrs. ~,
ther Gonzalez. They said that since
bids had not been advertised 4
would not be right TO accept thal
made BY Mrs. Gonzalez.
All the airport yeases were can.
celIed as Of January i. Since that
time Circuit Court Clerk Eox|
samE haf 81 sreixed 4ny rell
from Delgado. CiareIlce HieRs, whc
is chairman at the Airport Com.
mittee of the Commission could
nof ho rnarhnd ~ axnorfasn r. Nal.
The Key West citizen., 1952-07-16
Police Bafflci
In N. Y. Murder

NEW YORK II - Ecth xnsne<f
49, nseftee elnded roasrs tnday ii
thetf kearch fcr the ranman whn
kkli*d a. sSsear.cid secretary d
~ otxscs a crlumhaa unsverssty
Mondsy
n<sscsises tait th&y wers sty.
mItd II - sAcc<sne a. Kalesn
Fshky whi1e So sst 81 her dexk
fesdlnk ! iester krcm kev issnrx
= knrsa. Marins Ptt- Kanaid Lec.
-
Meszx<s. stxsnda.ax q ! -
ns<al eAap& se1a u fzneras o.
- EiEi wc<,d - 6sisye6 urksl
Satns1sy q 49, 6me - Lee
= ~ u No. ycrk hnn Enrea.
The Key West citizen., 1952-07-16
Mayor Harvey Signs Half
Million Dollar Bond Issue
Funds 4 D Aid In
City Electric
Syste',, Expansion

A bond issue anounting to !
half-milIipn dollars 70 finapce tie
e 81 xstsnss sxpaneipn
prosrarn which was vptsd ii an
ordinance BY the city Commis-
sion earlier this month was sign
ed BY Mayor G. ,. Harvey. yes
terday.
The bonds, for which the John
Nuveen co. Of Chicago was low
bidder with an interest rate Of
about three and one-quarter per
cent are for the financing of the
following City Electric projects.
The additions Of transmission and
distribution facilities 10 the 1000
unit Naval Hospital Housing pro-
iect at Dredgers' Key. amount
ing 70 sI7s.00o: The acquisition
of two new substations and the
purchase Of i spare unit trans
former and its installation at the
Naval Hosp. at 4 cost Of $24, 900;
two feeder systems from the new
steam plant to Elizabeth and Si.
nsonton streets, $5i 600; The nov
it,g III transformers from the 18th
street ssibstatlon to Stock Island
and the construction Of d line
from 9th Street and Patterson
avenue to Roosevelt Boulevard
and Highway Number /.
A supplemental allotment al
$4,000 fof the Big Pine Key Line
IS included In the funds.
Funds Cor the financing cost. ID.
miniStration and CONTINGENCIES
amounting % $st.oco have been
planned for.
Upon deposit of the funds By the
Chicago firm with the Miami
Beach First National Bank. the
trustees for the City Electric Sys-
tern. the bonds win b. turned over
hy The city.
Tho bou<is mature IN The follow.
sns order: $50 90 On ArriI III.
isss: 500 90 a April ist. iseo md
she remaining sioo.oco On she same
dAte 1851.
Tie bonds can " called hsck III
~ tho CITY a any time slter
April ist. 1884 upon The payment
q 90 approximate three PER cent
henns = - holders of she securi.
tsex.
The Key West citizen., 1952-07-16
Civil Rights
70 Be Argued
~
Lehman Says
He Will Insist
On A Strong
Plank In Program

CHICAGO R-Sen Herbert I.eh-
man Of New York today pledged
4 floor fight al the Democratic
National Convention Il that's what
II takes 10 get i strong civil rights
plank III his party's platform.
Lehman called news confer.
ence lust before Democratic plat.
form drafters began public hear
ings In the Cpnrad Hilton Hotel.
He said he win insist On i civii
rights plank 'sat least Ill strong
IS the one II the 1913 party plat
form. E
That plank was aiopted from
The floor four years ago and led
N ! Dixie walkoslt from tho con.
Nention.
Lehman said he expects the
Platform Committee Id write the
Kind of civil rights plank he fayors.
Including endorsement az com
pulsnry Fair Employment prac-
tices CommsSSion
But il 4 pruposed platfnrm lack.
ang such features reaches the con
Seniion floor. Lehman said Id ex.
poets fc submit i minority report
~ iight out the issue with she del.
egatex.
Party leaders fnom TIE Southern
states are seeking III have fhe
party steer clear IL any eampsslso.
ry features II the civil rights
plank
| arm very hoppful and emit
dent. " Lehman said. ssthas II !
strong plank comes before the con.
Nention whether - ! majority O.
2 minority report III win be ABORT.
Lehman sid N also Win pspss
for ! change ID The Senaae's anti
hlihuster. or ssrlotnre rule q,
that debate can ~ rhnknd nff Nv
vuie of two thirds II thoss rsrsens
instead III swn thfras III the So
Ate's membership III Is now ~
quired
He said the pfesems elnanfa rule
has allowed she Threat II Fslssalst.
srs g hlock veses on sIssl rights
legfsisssnn
Lehman 4 4 newker nf -
Platform Drafting cnmmatsse ara
2 suppoFteg a Avexen fsassIman
tnr ~ n<mnceAsac presidential
nemIaafson - tnl3 mswsnsxn
Ak ate nes gnsnk tn rsN ssaneh
NHntsnned - rake FExxs
The Key West citizen., 1952-07-16
Cupboard Motor
StoIe1, From
Cub0,, Y0cht Here

lh1n 0nhan 1ginine nneg-
note csraIde ASI< invised
i qnarlst 81 1ocal shrimnoxs
aboard his pslatisl yacht =
ihs Gulf Oil Docks Monday
niohi. fhey ars said to have
reciprocatsd ~ walking OF
with IN expensive susbesrd
motor.
When Aults complained TO
The Sheriff's Office. Deputy
Sheriff Ssrgs Hsrnandes ar
restsd four shvimpers FOR h.
vsstigation. They are being
held in the County Jail.
AuIet. who arrived aboard
his Yachf. the s'Moa Bar"
from Havana ssrIy IN ihs
week. Il leaving for Miami
this afternoon snd will re-
turn TO Key West In about
Two days.
No charges have bssn piac.
% u this tirne. pending
The return oS Hernandez from
Fort Myers
The Key West citizen., 1952-07-16
President Truman
III With Virus
Goes TO Hospital
Occupies Snife
Al " alter Reed
For Firsf Time
In Screen Years

WASHINGTON IN = President
Truman entered the hospital for !
ehechup to-day n was she first
inns Mr. Truman ms been hos-
ritaItxed sinrs - became th< ~.
tion's ehief executive more than
sever ysarx 40,
Mf Truman. wio Is ss. was
afflicted viii ! rid virus snfeefaor
% SUNDAY and hxd eanrsIisd sd
his appointments his week Thsf
inferfica hxd ~ hsn <is1red %
today. ~ Prsssdents prexs serre-
fxry, Jos<pa Ghcfs, I'D newsmen
Sh1st ssid III. Trmmxn wsx II.
dered y - h1spsxsl ~ IL -
tCsa1xnnd O. Pxse Flre,
The Key West citizen., 1952-07-16
Monroe County
School Board
Sets Tax Levy
No Change Made
From Last Year

A nillage of il and one-half.
the same as last year, will b.
levied by the Monroe County
Board Of Public instruction to
raise $378, ,404 for the I952-53
school year, Superintendent Hor-
ace O'Bryant announced today.
Tho levy Is on $27, so, ,355 d
non-exempt property Of the
county The Board estimates that,
95 percent of the yield for the
six mill school levy comes TO
$156,5S2. The one and one-half
mill levy for the county school
building and bus reserve fund
comes to $39,I44 and the seven
mill levy for special tax school
district No. |, comes to $i82, ,67s,
which = 95 percent Of the yield.
O'Bryant said that he hopes
mat the dobule sessions formerly
thought necessary for peak loads
Of students may be avoided next
year. He is negotiating now with
the Navy for the loan of ! bar
racks building at the Seaplane
base that may be used to take
care Of some Of the excess pupils.
Transportation to the Seaplane
base from Sigsbee Park by bus
would be as simple Is to other
schools, O'Bryant said. A bus
line has started operating out to
the large Navy tenanted housing
project.
Meanwhile the extensive addi-
tions to Poinciana are not vet
started. The school board is wait
ing for a final OK Of cont act
documents from the Office 81
Regional Engineer in Atlanta.
O'Bryant is hopeful that antici-
pated pupil load for the coming
school year may not be so large
as first predicted. A first hand
observation Of the youngsters 1T
Sigsbee Park has shown them ia
be pre-school age, in many cases.