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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-28
PAGE EIGHT
DIED
CHARLES HOVER vAsTlNE

Charles Hover Vastinc, II, Bcr-
wick, Pa. died Monday, Septcm-
Der IS, at 4:5O in the Berwick
Hospital, where he had been a
patient for five weeks. He suffered
a stroke August 18th.
He was born in Mifflinville. Pa,
january 3, 1890. Since retirement
as foreman in the electrical de-
partment of Dodge-Chrysler Cor
poration in Detroit for over 40
years. he had lived in Berwick
He was member of the Metho-
dist church in Berwick; of the
F & A. NJ Temple No sol and
the Consistory in Detroit, Michi-
gan Masonic services were held
Thursday evening at $50
He is survived by his widow,
the former Permclia Newman
formerly of Oakland; and a daugh-
ter. Miss Ethel Vastine of Detroit.
Funeral services were held
from the Longenbcrger Funeral
Home, Friday afternoon Septem-
Der %, at 2 o'clock. The Rev. d.
Perry Buck, pastor of the First
Methodist Church officiated Burial
in the Mifflinville Cemetery
Mrs Vastine's relatives attend
ing from out of town. were Mr..
and Mrs w. r. Bryon. Pittsburgh,
Pa: Mrs. John H. Sisk. Lavonia,
Michigan; Mrs G. E. Newman,
Miss Winifred Newman and Mrs.
C. A. Walworth of Charleston, w.
Va
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-28

Lewis, Sherman H. Lewis. with
the army; Frederick II. and Nor
man S. Lewis, both Oakland;
Claude A, Lewis, Morgantown;
and Cletus II. Lewis, with the
army: Is grandchildren and four
great grandchildren.
Funeral services were conducted
this morning at 1890 o'clock from
the Leighton Funeral Home with
Rev. Lawrence Sherwood, pastor
Of St. Paul's Methodist church, of
ficiating. Interment was in the
Lewis family cemetery at Swal-
low Falls.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-28

Circle number three, Mrs. Paul
B. Naylor, leader, at the church,
with Mrs. Ralph Fauber and Mrs
Harry Hinebaugh, co-hostcsses. The
film. "The Church in Action" will
be shown with Mrs. Hoover Pelton,
narrator. Circle will combine for
the showing of the film.
Circle number four, Mrs. John
Wolf leader. at the church, Mrs.
James Feaster and Mrs Howard
Turner, entertaining.
A tea towel shower for the
church kitchen will be held by all
circles.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-28
MELVIN &, LEE

Melvin E. Lee, aged II, of Loeb
Lynn Heights, died suddenly Sun
day September "a, at his home
after suffering a heart attack.
Born in this county January
30, 1884, he was a son of the late
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1961-09-28

A high school math teacher in
Chicago was suspended because
he flunks any student who can't
score 100 percent on his tests.
, 1961-03-01
Pages

already pledged h S vigorous
leadership and support, we should
note carefully a significant portion
of the Presidents message to the
Congress:
Each state will be expected to
maintain its own effort or contri-
button: and every state whose eff
fort is below the national average
will be expected to increase that
proportion of its income which is
devoted to public elementary and
secondary education"
The record of our outgoing
Governor, the Honorable John
David MerWin, the prompt and
earnest declaration of our Cover
nor-designate, and the determine
ton manifested by the members
of the Virgin Islands Senate to
improve our educational system
reaSSure me, as they should re-
assure all of us, that this admoni-
ton of the President will not be
needed here. For the people in the
Virgin Islands, this bold act Of
craftsmanship by our President
will be, in a very real sense, a
Sstimulatory measure" for which
we offer our heartfelt thanks.
In a succeeding article, / will
discuss the Presidents proposals
for Assistance to College and
University Students and the To-
cal programs for assistance to col
lege students from the Virgin
Islands.
, 1961-03-01

teachers, and facilities" The fund.
to be made available under the
proposed legislation, $3.50, 000, 900
90 the 1st year, increasing by 10l
million for each of the next two
years, therefore is to be used b.
the states and territories for the
construction of additional class.
rooms and for the improvement Of
teachers salaries.
In proposing ALLEGATIONS for the
several states and territories, the
President used an equalization
formula previously used in the
Hill-Burton Act for hospital con
struction and in other Acts. It as
sures every state of no less than
$500 for each public school stu
dent in average daily attendance
with adjustments upward to re-
fleet each states relative financial
ability in terms of the income OF
its residents. For example, Miss
issippi, which has the lowest per
capita income, will receive an al
location Of $14,687, 634.00 which
represents an average stipend per
child of $29.67. In the high income
states of Alaska, Connecticut,
New Jersey and New York, the
average stipend per child will be
the minimum Of $500. The str
pend proposed for Guam, Puerto
Rico, and the Virgin Islands is
$27.93 per child. Mississippi, with
a stipend of $29.67, South Caro-
lima with $28.25 and Arkansas,
with s$S2288.i8 are the only states
that rank below t h e Virgin
Islands.
A recent report from the Re
search Division Of the National
Education Association provides
some other comparative data
which indicate that the children
of the Virgin Islands need, not
only the additional grants to be
expected from the Presidents
program, but also increased local
efforts in support of our public
schools.
Among the fifty states and four
off-shore areas of the Canal Zone,
Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Vir-
gin Islands, the median school
years completed by persons 25
years Of age and older in 1850 was
9.3, but only 6.3 in the Virgin Is
lands. Twenty-seven and nine
tenths percent Of the Virgin Is
lands population Is years Of age
and older in 1850 had less than
FIVE years of schooling as COM
pared with the national average
of eleven per cent.
Only 1867 of the Virgin Is
lands population Is years Of age
, 1961-03-01

49, 4ooO AAo0 SO1AAR4SlCo az
least four years of high school as
compared with the national aver
age of 1880.
In 1859. the pupil-teacher ratio
in the Virgin Islands had dropped
to 20. as compared with 25.8 in
the fifty states and the District of
Columbia. The increase in the
public school population this year,
however, has reversed the decline
and the pupil-teacher ratio is 35
for 1960-61.
While the Virgin Islands, over
a ten year period, increased the
average salary paid to the instruc-
tional staff by 1917, the estimat-
ed average salary of the instruc-
tional staff in the public schools
of the Virgin Islands in 1860 is
$1,000 or only 70% of the national
average of $3.50. Our cost of liv-
ing continues to rival the costs in
the higher income states, but
average salaries for teachers are
higher in all states except South
Carolina, South Dakota, Arkansas,
and Mississippi.
Between 1950-'51 and 1960-'61
we increased our estimated cur
rent expenditures per pupil by
142%-again the highest percent
age of increase under the US.
flag-but in 1960-'61 our current
expenditure per pupil is only ITO
of the national average of $4,000
spent on each child in average
daily attendance.
In the course of preparing the
Departments budget estimates
for fiscal 1862, we estimated tha,
within three years, we will need
SO additional classrooms, of which
40 are now under contract for
construction, in order to reduce
overcroWding, to take care of an
ticipated increases in enrolment,
and to replace substandard rooms
now being used for instruction.
For next year alone we will need
Is additional teachers to reduce
the pupil-teacher ration in our
current enrolment, and to keep
pace with the anticipated increase
in enrolment in h e public
schools.
The impact on our public school
system Of a fresh grant of $751;
$500 for the next fiscal year may
be measured by certain estimated
items Of expenditure for public
school instruction in the current
fiscal year. In a total budget of
81, 1853, 391.0O from local funds for
instruction in elementary and
secondary schools, an estimated
$1,146,688.OO will be spent for
salaries Of Institutional personnel.
The remainder will be spent for
school lunch programs, admins
tration, maintenance and opera
ton of buildings and grounds, for
contract services-light, water,
telephone. and pupil t~ransporta-
, 1961-03-01

THE PRESIDENTS PROGRAM
FOR SCHOOL AID AND IT'S
PROMISE FOR THE 4.
by
A1onzo G.. Moron
Commissioner Of Education
According to the report
of the Presidents message
to Congress on school aid
appearing in the New York
Times Of Tuesday, Febru-
airy d, the Virgin Islands
will share in the funds re-
quested for Federal aid to
public elementary and sec
ondary schools. The Virgin
Islands are also slated to
share in the funds sought
for scholarship aid to col
lege and University stu
dents.
On the basis of the formula adj
vanced by the President for the
distribution of assistance to pub
lie elementary and secondary
schools, the Federal allotment for
the Virgin Islands will be $751;
$500 for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1862; $50, $780, 90 for fiscal
1868; and $212,882.OO for fiscal
1868. Virgin Island students who
go on to college will share in the
$50 scholarships valued at $175,-
10000 for the next academic year.
An additional grant of $1,312,000.-
90 for 1875 scholarships will be
available for students from these.
off-Shore areas for the fiscal years
1868 through 1866.
The funds requested of Congress
by the President for Federal aid
to education in this bill will be
available, if Congress approves, in
addition to the Federal funds now
provided under the National De-
tense Act Of 1858. Funds from this
latter source available this fiscal
year for schools in the Virgin Isl
lands will amount to $60,0OO.00
and approximately $55,00OOO for
fiscal 1862.
In recommending to Congress
that the Federal Government pro-
vide direct grants to states and
territories for assistance to public
elementary and secondary schools,
the President observed that "a
successful educational system re-
quires the proper balance, in
terms of both quality and guam
tity, Of three elements: students,
, 1961-03-01
blue Denim Pants,
Shirts blue denim
Heavy duty work shoes,
low
Building Materials

The Government reserves
the right to reject any or all
hids, to waive any i~nformality
in bids and, unless otherwise
specified by the Government
or by the bidder, to accept
any item in the bid.
Copies Of Invitation to bid
may be obtained from the Di-
vision Of Procurement, Chris
tiansted, st. Croix, us. Virgin
Islands.
CARLOS DOWNING
Commissioner Of Property
and Procurement
Alphonso RomneY
District Supervisor
1913
, 1961-03-01
CALL FOR BIDS

Sealed bids, in quadrupli-
ate, will be received at the
Department Of Property and
Procurement, Division f
Procurement, Christiansted,
ST. Croix, Virgin Islands, until
Hoo AM. March 10th, 1861.
Evening star., 1961-05-07
BY J. A. O'LEARY
Star Staff Writer

Senate Democratic Leader
Mansfield said yesterday he
believes the Senate will act
before adjournment on all of
the Is major issues President
Kennedy has laid before Con-
gresS. .
The Montana Democrat did
not attempt to speak for the
House, and it is possible that
some of the more controversial
issues may not clear both sides
this year.
These doubtful issues in
clude medical care for the aged
and the Presidents request for
an $843 million increase in
postal rates.
But action taken this year
would not be wasted, since the
Evening star., 1961-05-07

the House may soon cncur in
a ninth bill setting up a bureau
in the Commerce Department
to encourage more touris t
travel into the United States.
Before the end of May the
Senate expects to pass Federal
aid to educatiin and a SAT
billion omnibus housing bill,
covering four or more years.
The Labor and Welfare Com
mittee will meet Wednesday to
complete the education bill by
.perfecting a formula for dis
tributing the Federal grants to
public schools.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

ting Senate action on the Pres
ident's plan to make medical
are for the aged a new fea
ture of social security, unless
the House brings out a medical
care bill in the meantime.
The House also has passed
the taxes needed to keep the
Federal aid highway program
going. Still in the workd in
both Houses are such major
subjects as the farm bill, the
Presidents tax reforms and a
new long-range approach to
foreign aid.
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Thursday it had completed ac-
ton on eight of the original
l6 points, namely:
Temporary unemployment
compensation, aid to children
of the unemployed, aid to de-
pressed areas, the feed grains
bill, minimum wage changes,
power to reorganize Goveyn-
ment bureaus. appointment of
73 additional Federal judges
and ratification of the treaty
for the Organization for Eu-
ropean Economic Cooperation
and Development.
The Senate has passed and
Evening star., 1961-05-07

Meanwhile, the Senate will
act tomorrow on changes in
the Battle Act, regulating trade
with captive peoples behind the
Iron Curtain.
On Tuesday the Senate will
vote on another key admins
tration measure, already ap-
proved by the House, making
$500 million available for eco
nomic aid to Latin American
countries.
The House has passed a Sc
ries of social security amend
ments, and this bill probably
will become the vehicle for get
Evening star., 1961-05-07
Mansfield Has Hope
For All Kennedy Bills

1862 session will be a part Of
the same Congress. Bills which
clear only one branch would
hold their position in the next
session.
July Adjournment Seen
Senator Mansfield also pre-
dicted last night that Congress
will be able to adjourn be-
tween July Is and August /.
He said this goal could be met
even if time is taken to adopt
a stronger anti-filibuster rule.
Appearing on a radio-tele-
vision program with New Jer-
sey Senators Clifford Case,
Republican, and Harrison Will
liams. Democrat. the Majority
Leader revealed that he is pre-
pared to join Republican
Leader Dirksen of Illinois in
invoking the present anti-fili-
buster rule in order to get q
vote on the new rule.
Under the present rule,
which seldom has been used
successfully, two thirds of
those present and voting are
required to curb debate. With
all 100 Senators present, this
would mean 81 votes, but if
there were some absentees, it
could be a smaller number.
Senator Mansfield said he is
prepared to support a rule I'M
der which not less than so,
or three-fifths of the total
number of Senators, could end
debate.
Analysis Of Voting
In discussing progress thus
far on domestic legislation,
Senator Mansfield told a re-
porter that he thinks the sup
port which a group of between
eight and 13 liberal Republi-
cans has given Northern and
Western Democrats has been
an important factor.
He said some people have
built up a myth" about a
coalition between conservative
Republicans and Southern
Democrats, but overlooked this
liberal coalition which has
been more effective.
An example Of how the CO.
alition works occurred early
this year on the temporary ex-
tension of compensation. Five
liberal Republicans gave the
administration the margin it
needed to prevent a m a or
change in that bill.
The administration wanted
to treat the unemployment
problem as a national issue
and use a temporary tax in
crease on employers without
regard to State lines. BY a vote
of A to AZ the administration
defeated an amendment which
would have required the new
taxes to be spent only in the
States in which they were COL
lected.
In February the President
gave his congressional leaders
a preliminary list of 16 issues
on which he wanted a action
this year. Since that time he
has added at least nine major
problems to the list.
When Congress recessed
Evening star., 1961-05-07
TEACHING
OPPORTUNITIES

SuburbOn community is seeking teachers Of mothemuies
SCIENCE English and foreign languages with four or more
yeo Of successful teaching experience The positions ore at
the junior and senior high school levels Several vueuneies
exist in the elementary school, Grudes and physical edu-
cotton UemuIe).
Starting suoY: Teachers with four to ten wears ex-
perience may start S. 500 to S. 300 depending upon
experience Ond professional preparation Maximum sal
uY ranges to $4,000.
obIe. =
More thun twelve outstanding colleges und universities ore
within committing dstunee where stu members uy achieve
additional preparation leading to and dOetorOs de-
srees.
, 1961-10-02
Clayton Willis Of
NeWsweek Mogdzine
Visiting Virgin Islunds

( Clayton Willis, %, a writer
for NewsWeek magazine, visit
ed the Virgin Islands for the
first time last weekend and
expressed himself as being de-
lighted with them. He had
made many visits previously
to Puerto Rico.
Mr.. Willis, a native of Wash
ington, D. c., is now a resident
of New York City. He wrote
his first article for the English
edition of Mainichi of Tokyo,
Japan, and has since written
for various English language
dailies overseas including In
dia, Thailand, Egypt and Eng
land.
He first started out in the
newspaper field as a copy boy
on the Washington Star in
1858. He was a writer and art
critic for the Albuerque Tri-
bune of New Mexico and also
the Christian Science Monitor.
He wrote the script, for the
NBC radio show "Ted and
Jinx".
Mr.. Willis spent one day in
St. Thomas and then to st.
Croix. He met with Hon. Ron
de Lugo, the Governors Re-
preventative here. He said that
Continued on page A
, 1961-10-02
JuYcees Of St. Croix
Give Impromptu Act
For Ddnce Putrons

Six members of the st. Croix
Jaycees had patrons of their
dance given at the Buccaneer
on Friday night rolling with
laughter when they put on an
impromptu show which was a
preview of a classic that they
plan to stage real soon.
Floyd Henderson and his
two partners, Misses Petersen
and Johnson, opened the spe-
cial program with their limbo
dancing and, as always that
trio can be counted on for a
good show.
Uric Benjamin was master
of ceremonies; he did a splen-
did job.
The Vibratones orchestra
vas at their best and every
one had an enjoyable evening.
, 1961-10-02
Sen. Wulter Hodge
Wus Guest Of Berry
Cray Show in N. Y.

Senator Walter /, M. Hodge,
president of the Virgin Islands
Legislature was a guest on the
Barry Gray Show over Radio
station WMCA during his re-
cent visit to New York City.
Senator Hodge, who present
ed the Virgin Islands Medal
of Honor to Emile Griffith at
a New York press luncheon,
was interviewed by Gray,
well-known radio personality,
for twenty minutes.
During the course of the in
tervieW the Senator discussed
the history of the islands, the
current boom in land and tour
Ism, the Virgin Islands pro-
gram of tax benefits for new
industry, and Operation
Weekend, the program to in
vite United Nations diplomats
to visit the Virgin Islands.
Senator Hodge emphasized
the observance of civil rights
in the Islands and extended a
cordial invitation to listeners
to come and see democracy
in action"
, 1961-10-02
Severed Inquire as to
Type of Attire for
Cola Event

Democratic National Com
mitteeman, Ron de Lugo, today
stated that he had received a
number of inquiries regarding
dress for the Governors gala
scheduled for the Buccaneer
this Thursday evening.
Mr.. de Lugo said, Il have OBJ
served that the ladies really
like to dress up and l would
like to say that Thursday night
presents a splendid opportun-
ity for just that. sAs for the
men, | would say they can
wear either dinner jackets or
dark business suits"
, 1961-10-02
Governor dieWonsky
Opens LIST Blood Bunk
Sponsored by JuYcees

Governor Ralph NJ. Pale
wonsky on September 18th
opened the first blood bank in
the Virgin Islands and cohgra-
tulated the Junior Chamber of
Commerce for embarking on a
project of such magnitude
which is vitality important to
the health of the entire Virgin
Islands Community.
A team of fourteen repre-
sentatives from the American
Red Cross in Puerto Rico,
headed by DR.. Juan Becerra,
director of the Blood Program
in Puerto Rico, arrived in st.
Thomas with a plane load of
medical supplies to open the
blood bank.
Wives of Virgin Islands
Continued on page a
, 1961-10-02
Dr.. Mdgdu Pendqll To
Resume the Practice
Of Medicine Here

DR.. Magda Pendall arrived
from New York over the week
end where she had gone for a
short business visit and has re-
sumed the practice of medi-
cine.
DR.. Pendall, formerly DR..
Shorney, first came to ST.
Croix as a surgeon on the staff
of the old Christiansted NUM-
cipal hospital when her for
mer husband, DR.. Brian Shor-
ney was chief municipal ply
sician. She resigned and went
to the mainland in 1851. In
1852 she was named assistant
professor of Administrative
Medicine at Columbia Univer-
sity and Public Health, at the
time she also practiced at St.
Barnabas Hospital, specialize
ing in Geriatrics and chronic
illness.
, 1961-10-02
SIX CHILDREN FALL lift; TWO HURT
WHEN PART OF BUILDING COLLAPSES
Women in Ydrd Bqrely Escapes Injury

A part of the building
in Christiansted, collapsed
causing six children to IA
ground between two buildings.
Mrs. Fedeiina BONANZA, 48,
who was Washing some
clothes had just moved away
when a beam about sixteen
feet in length, fell across the
pan in which she had been
wahing.
There were fourteen chill
dren in the building; the SIX
injured are: Manolin Quinones:
Jr., Z, Luis Alberto Quinones
A, Ivan Quinones, 3, Beatrice
Parilla, 9, Luz Merida Paril-
la, II, and Nerissa Iris Parilla.
5. The two slightly hurt are
Manolin, whose left arm was
bruised & Luz, who sustained
-
a blow in her back and multi
pie bruises.
The Hon. Ron de Lugo, Gov
errors Representative, imme-
diately notified the Police De
partment and after consulta-
tons with the Deputy Commits.
sioner of Public Works, Alton
so Paraliticci and the Attorney
General Peter O'Dea, the build
ing was condemned and or
dered evacuated.
Arrangements were made
and the Public Works Depart
ment moved the two families
to temporary quarters at An.
mas Hope until more suitable
quarters can be found for them
Axel Schade, owner of the
building, was notified and in.
formed that the property has
been condemned, in accord.
ance with the Virgin Islands
Code, and signs were place.
on the building and sidewalk
closed off.
Mr.. Schade had long Request
ed the ttnants to vacate so thai
he could rebuild but apparent
ly had difficulty in getting hi:
tenants to comply.
, 1961-10-02

A part of the building at No. ga & 8B Company st.
in Christiansted, collapsed about 10 o'clock this morning
causing six children to fall about twelve feet to the
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1961-05-26
SP Q RI
SCOOP

him in the 440. Throughout the
race Art closed the gap. With 10
yards remaining, he passed his op-
ponent and pulled away to win.
TO COMPLETE his high school
career, Art was invited to- a ma
tional championship meet in Los
Angeles to compete with some OF
the finest high school athletes in the
country. Art ran away from the
whole field and won with time OF
48.1 seconds. This was the best
time posted by high school senior
last year.
After passing up many offers
from some of the top schools in
the nation, Art chose the University
of Arizona, where he is now their
number one quarter miller.
We are sure that the Jewish peo-
pie of Arizona win be proud to have
the, name Art Gardenswartz COM
peting for their state. He is truly
one of the finest Jewish athletes in
the United States.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1961-05-26
By RONNIE PIES

In keeping with the prime goal
of this series, which is to give rec
ognition to Jewish athletes OF Phoe-
nix and Arizona, we will honor a
different athlete in each article.
The first person we have chosen
to honor is Art Gardenswartz, Uni
versity of Arizona track star. | had
the pleasure of competing with Art
at Highland High School in Albu-
querque, N M.
ART FIRST came into the public
eye when he was a sophomore in
high school. Passing up his favor
ite sport, baseball, to try his hand
at track, Art finished second in the
half-mile run in the state champ
ionShips. After this, the name Art
Gardenswartz became well known
among track and field fans.
In his senior year he broke the
state record in the 440 yard dash
and anchored the mile relay team
to a state championship.
This race was one Of the most
stirring and exciting races / have
ever seen. We believe it truly illu-
strates the caliber of athlete that
we are honoring this week. Wi n
his team trailing by about 40 yards,
Art took the baton while behind the
athlete who had finished second to