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, 1961-11-06
ADDRESS
delivered by the
Hon. Cyril E. King
Government Secretary of the
Virgin Islands
at the Liberty Day Celebration
Of The ST. Croix Labor Union
November |, 1861
Virgin Islands

Mr.. Chairman, distinguished
guests, officers and members of
the ST. Croix Labor Union, fellow
Virgin Islanders, and friends.
1t was the middle of the year
1914 when a campaign of agitation
moved into high gear to force the
recall of the Danish Governor
HelWeg-Larsen as well as the dis
missal of the Governors friend
and the Kings Physician, the des-
picable Mr.. Kalmar. Motivated by
the indignities, yes, even the afro
cities, that were being heaped on
their fellow natives, a group of
crusading reformers decided to do
sometime about these transgress-
ions. 1t was a reform movement
in keeping with the most glorious
reform movements that. through
cut the history of Western civil
zaticn have marked the end of
tvrants and the beginning of popu
lar rule.
This group designated one of
their own, the illustrious native
son and crusader, D. Hamilton
Jackson, and dispatched him with
a n etition to- King Christian TX.
Two of the su~pplications are of
special relevance to the cause we
are celebrating here today. One
asked for a grant to publish a free
newspaper; the other was a re-
quest for assurances against init
midation and interference by local
rnlice and gendarmes when public
meeting were held, as well aszthe
right to conduct such meetings in
public places. These pleas were
Granted, our historians tell us,
even before Mr.. Jackson had re-
turned to st. Croix from Den
mark.
It needs little emphasis that the
right to hold public meetings as
well as the right to publish a free
nawsnaner augured well for the
advent of the labor union although
it is doubtful whether the power
full Planters Association, suffering
from the short-sightedness with
which all oppressors seem to be
afflicted, had seen the handwrit-
ing on the wall.
Tho e1lPar r of 1915 much
like that of 1861 was a bumper
o~or But unlike the wages earned
hv rrelSilled SUGAR workers II soc
an hour today--however deficient
today's wages may be--they can
hardly be compared with the zoe
a day which native workers were
earning. at that time Faced with
this abundance Of sugar cane but
lowly-paid and dissatisfied en-
ployees, the Planters got some
what concerned, & perhaps agitat-
ed sensing that all was not, as in
deed all could not be, well They
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-11-18
Page IS
THE ROBBINS EAGLE
Saturday, November Is, 1861

Mr.. Smith ano his faculty mem
bers. ED. Geo. Wright, a former
school board member, was also
high in his praise of the school,
the children and the village.
Mrs. Lindsey, PTA representa-
tive spoke of the role played by
the PTA, its value to the school,
ana invited all parents who are
not members, to- join as we'll as
visit the school and see the work
being done there.
After thee various guest re-
marks, the audience was invited
to tour the rooms and view the
fine display of work bone by the
children in the hall and to soci-
alize throughout the building.
The displays done by grades,
carried out the American Educa-
ton Week theme, also seasonal
art work done by the children.
Refreshments were served by
the Turner IPTA. This organiza-
fine spirit and cooperation
sown at all times in the pro-
gram of the school. -
The school board, principal,
and faculty invite parents and
friends to let every day be
Open House and visit the school
often and see what the school
is doing in other words
'fKnow Your School
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-11-18
Swimming Pool Is Alright; But
First Things First Says Writer

. pool only, is their goal. The
swimming pool is fine thing
for community to have. But,
is Robbins ready for a swimming
pool? Many town, larger than
ours, and much more financially
able, don't have one.
Has the swimming pool COM
mittee investigated or given any
thought to the operation of a
swimming pool? There are state
laws governing the maintenance
of a swimming pool, such as
sanitation, dressing rooms, life
guard, water changing, temper
allure regulations, etc. Would
we want to insist that our Vii
lage take on this extra obliga lion
for 3 months of the year?
This writer is of the opinion
that it would be far better for
all concerned to work together
for fieldhouse which could be
useG II months of the year by
all of the citizens, young or old,
than to have swimming pool
that can be used only abauo SC
days of the year.
On the other hand the field
house can be used for conven-
tons, basketball, ballroom, ping
pong, table tennis, pool room,
volley ball and many other forms
of recreation and entertainment.
Back to the Celebration League
for moment. It is regrettable
that the procedure of operation
is so unpopular that more of our
citizens will not work with this
organization.
The Celebration League is a
civic organization, one in which
every citizen who works with it
S donating his or her time. It is
not one where some will be
paiG and others not. The job of
erecting a fieldhouse is too big
for this kind of thing. If the
fieldhouse is ever to be COM
pleted -everybody's going &c have
to give and give freely. There
is no place for chislers. 1T is sim
cerely hoped that the Celebration
League can get it's house in
order so that all citizens will be
glad to pitch in and help to build
this, so absolutely needed, field
house.
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-11-18

, Each year most schools holG
Open House during American
Education Week, but this was
the Turner Schools first one.
Upon entering the building,
guests were greeted by school
ushers, and faculty members,
who assisted with the registra-
ton. After registration they
were were escorted to the ALI
Purpose room to hear a short
program conducted by Mrs. Min
ME Watson, a End grade teacher.
who served as mistress of cere-
monies.
Thanksgiving being near, that
theme was carried out in the
rendition of the program by the
children from grades 4 and 5.
The Glee Club singing was con-
Quoted by Mr.. j. Bagby and
accompanied by Mrs Annie
Kimbel.
The guest speakers were the
supervisors from the district,
Mrs. H. BleGsoe and Mrs Geneva
Metz, who spoke on the role of
the supervisor in the school.
Mr.. A. Smith, the principal,
introduced other guests present
among whom were Mr.. E. Jones,
principal of Thomas J. kellar
school; Mr.. G. kimbell, principal
If ACKNOWLEDGEMENT school. Both
spoke briefly of the fine work
being done by the faculty and
principal of the Turner school.
Mrs. Della M. Turner for
whom the school was named,
summarized the accomplish
ments the village had made and
especially as was being done by
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-11-18

"Who knows? Who knows?
How strange life is, how tickle!
How little is needed to ruin or
save!
The Robbins eagle. (Robbins, Ill.) 1951-1963, 1961-11-18

swimming pOOl duVUCdGCS,
but as o believer In First
Things First" and whereas
the swimming pool would be
a project of continued and
constant expense, the field
will be source of revenue.
The Robbins Celebration was
organized some years ago for
the purpose of having a home
coming for the citizens. This
II 'HeeM quo pe4seT uone1qeIao
was a week of fun and merry
making-a time when old friends
came out to meet ano greet each
other and enjoy themselves.
This rather spontaneous cele-
bration went off so well and was
so enjoyable that it was tried
another year-and another, until
someone got the idea of making
it yearly event. Afterwards
a group got together and form
cd the league, elected officers,
ETC., and finally incorporating
it under the name of Robbins
Celebration League.
In the early years of the Cele-
bration League the officials were
shrewd enough to make this
event pay off to the tune of
as much as $1,000 in a single
year. The money raised from
this source would he turned
over to some needy department
of the village, such as the fire
department for equipment. One
year $2,1O0 was given to- the
Village Board for a Gown pay
ment on once of the present
fire trucks.
In the latter years the League
has turned it's attention to re-
erection for our youth. Some
progress has been made in that
direction. The League has pur
chas I'd lot at 138th and Trum-
bull avenue. On this lot the
foundation has been laid for a
building 60 feet wide by 120 feet
long to cost an estimated $5,000.-
co. ALI of this represents some
effort and work done by some
body before now.
For the last few years progress
has been slow. But the Celebra-
ton League is a chartered or.
ganiZation. 1t is a institution
Well worthy worthy of the sup
port of all of us-and it should
not be looked upon as Jumped
up' group or committee.
The Celebration League has
now taken under its wing a
group of people who have band
Evening star., 1961-09-03
SPECIAL NOTICES

TWILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE fol-
any debts incurred by anyone
other than myself. BRYAN C.
BRYANT, 1918 Eye st. Sc. 4e
I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE
for any debts incurred by anyone
other than myself. LOUIS z
PADGETT 5l24 Dumfries st.
Oxon Hill, Md.
WILL WITNESS TO TRAFFIC AC.
CIDENT on August "a, 1851. a.
10 pm. at Bladensburg I'd: ane
South Dakota ave. ne. call ST
3-1950.
Evening star., 1961-09-03

Operator Of the Gas Turbine Test
Facility. the Nations first closed
cycle Gas Turbine Power Plants,
has the following immediate open
ings:
Evening star., 1961-09-03
HELP MEN

DINING ROOM CAPTAIN, 5 PM
until l AN. Experienced only. For
1st class downtown restaurant
Company benefits, salary open.
See Mr.. Week. daily bet. 10 am,
and OCCIDENTAL RESTAURANT,
Evening star., 1961-09-03
HELP MEN

CARPENTER, capable Of SUPER
vision; perm. work; exper. In ce-
ment finished pref. White or COL
ored. Call WE 5-0700, o to $3.50
daily.
CARPENTERS, framing and trim,
residential work. Apply ct Job
site ready to work. South on
Shirley hwy. to Route 236. right
on Route 236 to Braddock rd.,
left on Braddock to Montrose st.
and lett on Montrose to subdiV.
PITTMAN & CARY. 354-1724.
CARPENTER, experienced jobbing
and remodeling; good pay, steady;
references: interview, immediate
opening. 7:15 am. VITO SONS,
73S Longfellow NV, Rm. 103.
CARPET ESTIMATOR - Must be
exper.: good salary: auto. furn.
Year-'round work. UN. 4-s600.
CEMENT FINIsHER with carpentry
exper. Capable Of supervision;
perm; work; White or colored.
CIGAR CLERKs iull time, Mon,
FOUR CORNERS PHARMACY.
lGl2S ~ ,S Goiesy5lls daeJ I'd. Silver Spring,
CLAIMS ADJUSTOR TRANEES,
college grads. out of service, peri
some legal study or Lbs who
do not wish to practice law: inside
and outside work; car helpfuli
$4,000 for training. Good refs.
screening for customers. v. WOOL
PERSONNEL, S00 18th ST. NV,
AT H. SOUTHERN BLDG, SUITE
303. DI. 7-5752.
CLERK, motel desk, night shift,
MGR experienced, or will train,
Immediate opening. Reply to
Box 6-E, Star.
CLERK-ACCOUNTING-High schl,
work. Good opportunity foT
young man willing to learn. Ap-
ply PERSONNEL OFFICE, 140l
Eye st. NV, CAFRITz CO.
CLERKS. h.s. grads or a little col.
lege. to handle purchase orders
and telephone orders, must have
some office background; 5 days
S75. to start: also few for stock
clerks at $50. v. WOOD PERSON
MEL. sos 18th ST. NV. AT H
SOUTHERN BLDG. SUITE 303
DI 7-5752.
COLLEGE GRADS.
SALES MGT. TRAINEES (2), $500
College grads. bus. admin. acctg.
major; sales exper. highly desi-
able; military over, 1898; full
year training for marketing career
PEG GREENWAY AGENCY
1920 New York Ave. NV.
IDI. 7-16S7 Suite 719 DI. 7-9467
CONTINENTAL WORKING Ist
CHEF for exclusive restaurant
French, German. Swiss, etc. type
preferred. Only dinner served 6
nights ca. wk. State salary ex-
pected and previous positions
held. Information strictly confi-
Dental Reply Box 355-E. Star
CONTRACT ADMINISTRATORS
exper.. knowl. Govt. regulation,
and admin. co-ordinating; fee pd
Evening star., 1961-09-03

CARPENTER, capable OF SUPER
vision; perm. work; exper. in ee-
ment finished pref. White or COL
ored. Call WE 5-0700, o to $3.50
Evening star., 1961-09-03

CRAFTSMAN. statistical drafting
illustrate technical reports; salary
open. POTOMAC EA1PL., ell King
St. XII. 9-5055.
Evening star., 1961-09-03
AUTO MECHANIC
AUTO MECHANIC

Experienced truck mechanic. Must
be sober and reliable. Good sal
ary. vacation with pay and other
incentives. Apply B. Crandall,
MONROE FORD SALES, 1887
East-West hwy Silver Spring,
Evening star., 1961-09-03
PERSONAL
(coHTINUEp)

EX-PFC, %, g., 175, VIII. congenia
fully-rounded personality, gooS
local contacts, seeks Job. Ed
POST, RE. 7-2131 "a hrs.
FOAM RUBBER-See list Of item
supplied on Page 929 in yelloy
phone book. FOAM RUBBER CO.
SO7 H st. NV. DI. 7-05S7.
FORD 1928 Model A: excel. cond.
being driven every day; $500
Box 4S5-E. Star.
Evening star., 1961-09-03

DRIVERS-Must have Nd. chauf-
teur license. Apply in person,
1927 Wise, ave, Beth
Evening star., 1961-09-03
LEGAL NOTICES

NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION OF
PARTNERSHIP. is hereby
given that the partnership o.
BERNARD L. DOUGLAS anc
JOHN H. FRAVEL, trading al
Douglas and FraVel, has been dis
solved. This notice is given t.
satisfy the provisions Of Sector
35, Article 73A, (Partnerships): o.
the Annotated Code Of the Public
General Laws of Maryland. JOIN
H. FRAVEL, Partner.
Evening star., 1961-09-03

DRIVEk-SALESMAN for soft ice
cream truck CMr. Softee): earn
hustle. We can use you. Apply in
person. 1411 L st. Sc.
Evening star., 1961-09-03
HELR MEN

BANK TELLERs, exper. not nee
tGI DAYS: :less sa76 g. soToMtac sSSTSo tse Paid aMPL
1884 Wilson blvd. IA. $4,000
BOOKKEEPER-TYPIST, I-yr. Of.
POTOMAC EMPL., 104 z. Broad
Kodiak mirror., 1961-01-28

While I was still teaching, some people in Mount Vernon started prodding me to run for County Clerk. I had no knowledge of the job except that I knew they re- corded all county documents, but I ran and was elected. They told me was the first woman and the youngest elected officer in county government on the Pacific coast; I was 9 at the time. The term then was two years but it was later in- creased to four; I was reelected for second term so I served six years all together. It was my duty to sit in on Circuit Court cases, swear in the jurors and witnesses, and listen to the cases. Nearly all the other work was typing and had never typed. They told me they guessed I could learn. The state had passed bounty law on coyotes and one of my duties was to pay the bounties. The price on females was higher; few trap pers brought them in and I always trusted them to tell me the truth until realized there were always more females than males. It oc- cured to me that by the law of averages there should be more males than they said there were, so I asked the sheriff to check on the sex. It was surprising how the male coyotes increased.
 ''Then the legislature passed a dog licensing law The state sent us reams of leather-all widths and riveting machine. was sup posed to make the dog collars. We'll, I did but I wasn't very good at that, so I wrote the Secretary of State. He replied that shouldn't have to make dog collars.
 There was quite to-do about it; the story hit the front pages of the Portland paper"
 For a time after this Mrs. Fen ner was bookkeeper for a garage; still later, while visiting her sis ter in Aberdeen, Washington, she
Kodiak mirror., 1961-01-28
Many Sides of Kodiak Life
 Concern Deputy Magistrate

Mount Vernon, There were five girls and one boy in our family. We rode great deal; in fact, girl friend and I rode ten miles every Saturday to take music lessons; we didn't make good as pianists but we became good horsewomen. As l remember, we probably did it to get out of housework."
 After graduation from high school in Mount Vernon her high school teacher and his wife per suaded Mrs. Fenner to take the state teachers examination. She was successful and taught for sev- eral years in rural schools where often all eight grades were con- bined in one room. "One thing I'm happy to say, one of the school teachers here in Kodiak is one of my former pupils-Mrs. Elodia Metzgar. I had between IT and 20 students; one later became an in- structor at the University of Wash ington and another is a doctor of medicine in Portland, Oregon. I don't take credit for them; I'm just very proud of them"
Kodiak mirror., 1961-01-28

met and married her husband. In the next few years the Fenners moved to Caspar, Wyoming, where their son was born, and then to Port Angeles, Washington. In 1922 MT. Fenner came to Kodiak and worked at Ft. Greedy; Mrs. Fen ner and their son, Don, followed a year later.
 Those were the days of OPA," Mrs. Fenner continued, and when the Clerk of the Board retired, there again, someone prodded me to take the job, and there again, l knew nothing about it. It was a funny thing: I took over on New
Kodiak mirror., 1961-01-28

Years Day, 1945 and was given ex- plicit instructions to keep open that day though there was no busi- ness all day. I worked at this until OPA went out in 1947. The next year I went to work as billing clerk and cashier for KEA, and was there until my appointment as U. s. Commissioner in 1854"
 As U. S. Commissioner, Mrs. Fenner also became Probate Judge, Ex-Officio Justice of the Peace, Coroner, and Recorder of the Court. In the days before state hood, a circuit court, complete
 Continued on Page 8
Kodiak mirror., 1961-01-28
By Marian J. Angell

Through the people of Kodiak whose interviews have appeared in these pages, profile of the town begins to take shape. Many more parts need fitting in the frame before the outline can be consid- cred complete, and finally, we hope it will be our good fortune to fill in the whole picture.
 One missing chink, until now, was Mrs. Mabel Fenner whose titles sketchily explain her i'm portance in Kodiak life: she is Dep uty Magistrate, Judge of the Court, Special Master and recently ap- pointed Deputy Clerk of the Su- perior Court. Before putting these titles into detail we asked from where she had come to Alaska, and when, and what had sparked her interest in a career such as this.
 Demurring that her life cer- tainly had not been exciting or un- usual, Mrs. Fenner told us she was born and raised on ranch-farm in Oregon, near the small town of
Evening star., 1961-11-01
By EARL H. VOSS
Star staff Writer

Voice Of America will mass
So transmitters totaling as
million watts for a Sunday
punch" to carry the story of
Soviet nuclear testing behind
the Iron Curtain.
The story will be told over
nearly 80 frequencies in the
greatest concentration on the
Soviet-bloc area ever achieved.
the United States Information
Agency reported today.
The USIA described the cam
paign as IAN unprecedented all
out effort to spread word among
the people behind the Iron Cur
tain Of Soviet duplicity in pol
luting the atmosphere by pro-
tracted and monstrous nuclear
blasting"
All Facilities Ready
Edward r. Murrow, USIA
director. announced "the crash
program to Shatter Soviet
secrecy"
All facilities capable of carry
ing an effective signal to the
Iron Curtain area will be used
for eight hours from 140O to
2200 hours GMT, evening and
nighttime listening hours in
the Soviet Union.
The power to be focused on
the Soviet area is the equiva-
lent of more than Sc of the
strongest American broadcast
ing stations operating stimuli
taneously. Most of the pro-
grams will be carried on short
wave. but the million-watt
medium-wave transmitter in
Munich also will be used.
The VOA's Theme
Advance announcement of
the saturation-level broadcast
was in open defiance of multi
million-dollar Soviet jamming
transmitterS which American
officials say have been unable
to keep Soviet-bloc listeners
from getting the VOA message.
The theme of the VOA broad
Evening star., 1961-11-01
VOA Crash Broadcast
On Red A-BIosts Slated

casts will be: Have you been
told?"
These points are to be
stressed the USIA said: Mount
ing world revulsion at the
Soviet nuclear testing, resumed
with unprecedented intensity
on September 1; 'the perfidy OF
the USSR during negotiations
to achieve a ban on testing;
the chronology and magnitude
of recent Soviet testing; and
the effect that. "to the best of
scientists knowledge" the fall
out from the tests will have on
the listeners and their children.
Programs in Russian and
English will last one hour. Pro-
grams in Ukrsinian, Georgian,
Armenian, Lithuanian, Esto-
nian and Latvian are to last
80 minutes.
After the Sunday barrage,
these same facts will be told
to the Soviet European sateI-
lites in their languages, Mr..
Murrow reported. =
VOA programs already have
begun alerting listeners behind
the Iron Curtain for the special
Sunday program. Weekend
audiences are usually larger
than on weekdays.
Evening star., 1961-11-01
Bird Flights
Studied by
AT Rudur

Classified, high-powered Air
Force radar equipment may
uncover new information about
flight patterns - bird flights,
that is.
Throughout months Of peak
bird movement over New Jer-
sey, a photograph was taken
every II seconds, between 6
am. and 10 am. of a radar
screen of the New York sector
Of the Air Defense Command.
Rutgers University reported
today.
The photographs were sup
piled to DR.. jeff Swinebroad,
an ornithologist with Douglas
College. He is studying the
photographs with a device that
flashes them on a screen. An
1BM computer helps analyze
data.
From his work, DR.. SWINE
broad hopes to get new data on
the volume and pattern Of bird
migration.
The radar not only gives the
speed and direction of flocks
Of birds but also pinpoints in
dividual birds when they are
large-waterfowl, for instance.
Part of the money for the
project comes from the Rutgers
Research Council. A large part
comes from the New Jersey
State Department of Health
because it suspects a relation
ship between bird migration
and the spread of equine en-
cephalitis, a weakening disease
hitting horses.
DR.. Swinebroad hopes the
radar technique will show
whether conventional means of
studying migration (Such as
catching birds in hair-fine
netS) are accurate.
Evening star., 1961-11-01

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PulloVer and button front:
styles stripes and
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pj's :. SanforizedG and
machine waShablel
Evening star., 1961-11-01

His long jacket is rich blend of Dacron0 polyester
and combed cotton, pile lined in Orion Q acrylic
Sleeves are warmly quilt lined, crmped acetate filled
... rib knit collar and cuffs cotton and nylon.
Evening star., 1961-11-01
BOYS HOODED
SWEAT SHIRTS!

All absorbent cotton
cotton fleece lined. Get
protective hood, muff
front, set-in sleeves. Pick
white, gunmetal, red, navy,
and fashion shades.
Evening star., 1961-11-01

Solid color cotton cordu-
roy longies have half,belt
elastic back, cuffed bot
toms double knees for
extra wear. 4 colors!
Evening star., 1961-06-27
Thomson, Lone Swop
Verbal Blows in Debate

The record Of Alexandria
State Delegate James M.
Thomson remained the central
issue today in his battle with
challenger Denis K. Lane for
Democratic nomination July IL
A charge by Mr.. Lane, a
Washington attorney, that the
Thomson committee to investi-
gate school desegregation in
Virginia several years ago in
vaded privacy rights, drew a
counter claim of "demagog-
uery" from Mr.. Thomson.
Mr.. Lane and Mr.. Thomson,
along with incumbent Earl F.
Wagner and Stanley I. Breg-
man, seeking Democratic NOM
ination as Alexandria Common
wealth attorney, spoke before
the city's Junior Chamber of
Commerce last night.
The issue Of the Thomson
committee arose during a queS-
tion-and-answer period.
Mr.. Lane told the group he
would "send no investigators