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er which takes fir tees from
the United States mainland.
The Fijians begin their Christ
mas Day preparations a bit ear
her than any Of the other color
full peoples IN that part Of the
world. By 2 O'Clock In the
morning, the singing Of carols
begins. At first, the chief Of
each village Is serenaded by his
people, who are then given
some tapa cloth, rush mats or
whale teeth as a yearly reward.
They then 60 on to all the 9TH
er thatched huts in the village,
and everyone gets up to ex-
change early morning greet
ings. This ends with many Of
them going to church while 9TH
ers remain at home to start I'D
the special pit ovens which viii
cook the holiday fare of suck
ling pig or roast turkey.
On the following day, Boxing
Day, villagers compete in more
athletic pursuits such as horse
racing, outrigger sailing or nim-
bly, climbing coconut palm trees
In competition.
No traveller need feel lonely
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08

on Christmas in a Pacific coun-
try. There's always q mass &C
tivity going On somewhere in
which anyone can join.
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Virqin Gorda Suburb of Out

resort was started with scenery
and solitude as its prime assets.
Except for native stone,
everything had to be shipped
in to the remote island site.
Electric power, sea water
distillatiOn, docks, roads and
utilities had to be brought in.
Looking it over on a visit
there when construction was
barely getting under way, the
thought persisted-'it can't be
DONE"
Now, heading for its opening
next month, the resort plans to
feature simplicity and an infor-
NAL beach life. Fishing, the ma
tiveS will vow, is at its best.
The other water sport POSSIBLE
ties are obvious.
The temperatures will loll in
pleasant 7OS throughout the win
ter. The rates begin dropping in
the spring to a low Of $50 double
during summer with all meals
and they're gearing for the
honeymoon and family trade
during the off-season.
Getting there is a romantic
inducement by itself.
Virginia Gorda is reached by
boat from Road Town, Tortola,
connecting with the regular
daily boat service from St.
Thomas.
There is air taxi service to
the Beef Island airstrip serving
Tortola from st. Thomas.
There may be direct air serv-
ice to Virginia Gorda if airstrip
plans materialize.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-12-08
By CHARLES YARBROUGH
Star Travel Editor


II you could find one still ar.
ticulate, Sir Francis brakes
sailors could tell you more
about a new suburb Of "0ut'
than some of the winter vaca-
TONERS who will be heading for
Virgin Gorda.
Newest in the Caribbean and
certainly one of the most iSolat.
ed, the Little Dix Bay resort in
the British Virgin Islands is due
to open next month.
Here is an enchanting jewel
Of leisure where modern con.
venience was created in a man.
ner a lmoSt SurreptitiouS, as
though to keep from disturbing
the 600 natives who live largely
off the land and the sea.
At $50 and SIS a day double
with all meals during the winter
season, Little Dix Bay and its
potential to island economy be-
come more obvious than the re-
sort itself, nestled so neatly on
a crescent of sand and unbeliev-
ably clear water.
Virgin Gorda, one Of 10
(sparsely) inhabited islands Of
the al in the British Virgins,
takes up only eight square
miles along the Sir Francis
Drake Channel.
It is "a miles northeast Of st.
Thomas and the only way there
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Miami Beach Gearing
For Orange Bowl Fete

Visitors in Miami Beach can
reach the marine stadium by
crossing to the mainland over
any of four causewayS, going
south from downtown Miami for
about two miles and taking
Rickenbacker causeway to Vir-
ginia Key.
Most of the winter seasons
gala activities already have be-
gun at Miami Beach. The night
clubs have enlarged entertain
ment, thoroughbred racing is
under way at Tropical Park and
concerts and theaters offer
added attractions.
Hotel and apartment accom-
modationS re m in plentiful
within the city, but it appears
advance reservations should be
made wherever possible for the
Christmas-N ew Year period
Transportation lines and hotels
report bookings already well ad.
vanced for the holidays and ex-
pect the demand to continue ia
! increase.
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at present is by boat-or to be
facetious, by parachute drop.
If disappearing, movies and
televiSion can't help you conjure
up an idea of a Spanish Mains
pirate lair, Virgin Gorda can. It
is mountainous enough to offer
burro rides as one phase of rec
reation and who ever heard OF
a burro on a beach?
Its terrain escapes magma
ton. At one point, as though
tossed there by a playful giant,
are huge, houSe-sized boulders,
known as The Baths, forming
beach-Side caverns and pools.
Although Little Dix Bay offers
only so rooms for its opening
season, it took more time to
build than the multi-million-dol-
lar House Office Building in
Southwest Washington.
A special, hexagonal design
was developed by the architec-
tural firm of Tippetts-Abbett-
McCarthy-S tratton, who de-
signed Pan American Anyways
Idlewild terminal.
Built in pairs, the rooms face
the sea with some Of them
raised for additional view. The
scene looks like one right out Of
the South Seas. They're clus-
tered about a central dining ter
race and pavilion.
First conceived in 1856 by
Laurance S. Rockefeller to
stimulate island economy, the
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a total Of % plays during the
Montreal season.
Some 80 art eShihits wiz be
held with the biggest taking
place at the Montreal Museum
Of Fine Arts. Montreal has over
two dozen galleries.
The 7 sdcal, Garden will Of
Ter its annual Chrysanthemum
show through December II, and
the Show Mart will present the
Agricultural Fair February 8 to
IA.
Visitors to Montreal will con-
tinue to explore the galaxy Of
notable restaurants, and visit
such places as Place Vile
Marie, the Chateau de Rame-
gay historical museum, Notre
Dame Church, and St. Jo-
seph's oratory.
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THE BIG EYE
STAYS ON YOU
AROUND JAPAN

TOKYO. - Television
sets are taking to the high
ways and skyways In ia
pan.
TRANSFORMED receivers
have been installed in long
distance motor coaches
operated by the Fujita
Travel Service and the All
Nippon Always Co., is ex-
perimenting with airborne
televiSion sets aboard one
Of its Viscounts.
II the project Is weIl-re-
ceived, sets viii be installed
in all Of the airline's planes
to bring passengers such
telecaSts as the "a 0lym-
pics In Japan.
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Visitor Total
Shows Gains

''ViSit U. S. A." took on new
momentum during October, &C
cording to figures just released
by the United States Travel
Service.
Business and pleasure visi-
tors for the month totaled H.
400. an increase Of 43 per cent
over October Of last year. The
figure does not include 21,7OO
visitors from Mexico, which is
not classified as an overseas
country.
Travel from Great Britain,
Ireland and Scandinavia was
up As per cent; from Germany,
Austria and Switzerland, up
68 per cent, the report said.
Tokyo and the Far East con-
tributed an 80 per cent increase.
For the first 10 months,
visitors from abroad tOtaled
628, 6OO-an increase of 81 per
cent over last years first 10
months.
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Christmas Is not Just Deem
Der Is In many of the lands and
islands Of the Pacific.
In the P q eific, where It's
warm during our winter
months, reindeer are replaced
and Santa may arrive by canoe,
outrigger, or any other sort Of
boat, according to the Pacific
Area Travel Association.
Carols may be sung with a
Polynesian beat In a lot Of
places.
B. cause Christmas comes
early In summer in Australia
and New Zealand, those coun-
tries celebrate it with an En-
glish flavor, using boughs of
holly to decorate rooms where
dinners Of goose, roasted chest
nuts and plum pudding are
some Of the ingredients.
In Tahiti, Wet Nam and New
Caledonia, it has a French &C
cent. Cafes are trimmed with
greenery and celebrants may
lift their glasses Of good French
wine in yuletide toasts. In New
Caledonia, Santa Claus-known
there as ''Pere Noel"-speaks
French, of course, and he. ar
rives by a mode Of transporta-
ton that Is utterly modern.
The fun-loving people Of Tahi-
| ii stress the ''merry" In their
Merry Christmas. The evening
of December "a begins with a
carnival, replete with fireworks.
! Reversed In Japan
Christmas and New Years
celebrations are reversed in ia
pan, for Christianity is not the
predominant religion in h a t
country, as it is not in many
other Pacific countries.
Mostly, the religious mean
ings of the day are ignored in
Japan and only the more frivo-
lous a ects stressed. Many
companies give year-end bonus
es on Christmas Eve, and ever
yone seems to rush off to tinsel-
trimmed department stores to
get rid Of it; the commercial
lcOnnotation given to Christmas
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MIAMI BEACH, FLA new
treat for Miami Beach visitors
over Orange Bowl festival time
will be the inaugural Of power
boat racing in the marine sta
dunn just south of this city.
Opening event in the stadium,
now rapidly nearing completion,
is the annual Orange Bowl re
gatta. Previously the thousands
who watched this series Of
speed events did the best they
could in gaining vantage points
along seawalls and causeways
near the courses used.
Now a 7,OOO-seat grandstand
will give that many spectators a
choice view from the finish line
and additional parking space
along part of the One-and-two-
thirds-mile raceway will pro-
vide more spectator room.
The marine stadium will be
dedicated the evening Of De-
cember q with a concert Of
classical and popular music
plus a water show.
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MIAMI BEACH. FLA.
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Five New Hotels
On French Riviera

CANNES, France.-Already
famed for its fine hotel accom-
modations, the Riviera now
boasts five new ones.
There are two-the Cannes
Palace and Hotel Canberra
here.
Three more, the Hotel Napo-
leon, Alexandra and Viking, are
in nearby Mention.
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Florida

Plan now to leave winter behind and step into
Florida sunshine. Glorious golf is only part of the
fun you'll have. You never run out of things to see
and do Balmy beaches, fighting fish, racing thrills
at famous thoroughbred tracks And Florida's foot
ball classics. Everything you want is here for
pleasurepacked holiday.
orenss ciose. Bowl Joon-
vile Dee 20 Tenssins Bowl oondo Jan. oranss Bowl emi
Jon s Pro pIcy-oH Bowl. Memi :
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Lecture on Orient
Opens Series Here

Margaret Baker, who has
lived and Travelled in the Orient
for 80 years, will open the first
of five lectures for the UNIVERSE
ty Of Northern Virginia Exten-
sion Center Wednesday evening.
The lectures, running through
April l, will be held in the
auditorium of Swanson Junior
High school, $500 North Wash
ington boulevard, at 8 pm.
1t will mark the third year Of
the Center's World Around
Us" series.
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Four Winds Thrice

Four Winds Travel. New
York-based tour planner and
operator, won three top prizes
in this years America Society
of Travel Agents competition.
HOnors came for "best program
to the Pacific, best program to
Africa, and best use Of photo
graphs on travel brochures"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

z. 8. ]. Baby Powder: Smooth
z. 3. 7. on your finger. Dip II
into . glass Of water. Amazingly.
there's not . drop Of water on
the skin protected by z. 3. 7.
And that's exactly how z. B. 7.
keeps your baby's skin dry.
Moisture Proof" protected
against diaper irritation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

u Mrs. ]. W. Chapple,
independence, Mo-,
sUrites that former Presi-
dent Harry S. Truman
sUiu ring a replica Of the
Liberty Bell at the Trs-
man Library. Mr.. Trss-
man sCiH be assisted BY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

nigh man Friend Of ours is a bug on 6g-
ures. As soon as he read that
vi LVCIeSI James ". Whitaker, the
Redmond, wash, climber who last month
became the first American to reach the top
of Mount Everest, is 6 feet S inches, he
checked up on Sir Edmund Hillary, who
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

Boy aud Ctn ScOuts.
= Mrs. Melva Fitzpatrick, Bakersfield,
Calf, asks sOheFs she can buy "Let Free
dom Ringl" the bells record THIS WEEK,
april 2Sl. The aRssOer Is - at any record
shop. It's a I2-inch Up put out BY COlPiT
Records. On one side are famous bells
around the country; on the other, FredHc
March reads the Declaration Of IndePend-
eHce, Burgess Meredith the Bill Of Rights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

Snace ah0Ve The Space Age has Cata-
rI pulled Huntsville, Ala,
CIeSS ueIOW from. l6,4S7 in 1850 to
over $4,000 today. Its sole claim to
fame in 1850 was the bucolic title of
"Watercress Capital Of America" Today
it has worldwide renUwn as headquarters
Of NASA's George C. Marshall Space Flight
Center and the us. Army Missile Com
mand, responsible for the design and devel-
Opment Of Americas RedstOne and Jupiter
C rockets. Though the missile complex
sprawls over 10000 acres, we're happy to
report that not one tender leaf of water
cress has been trampled or plOwed under.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

Mshap Of Names in md this St. story are c',
We week Cbacked by evidence in the
hands Ofseveral lawyers), it really happened
this spring in large Eastern city. Some
200 nattily attired guests sat at a huge
horseshoe table during glittering dinner
party. For the main course, the lights were
extinguished and fanfare sounded by the
orchestra, as an army Of red-jacketed wait
ers marched in, each bearing aloft two
skewers Of flaming shishkebab. At the cen
ter Of the room, the walters held their
tasty torches high for all to see and admire
Suddenly, there was the sound Of RAIN
From the shadows several ladies screamed
Then all 200 guests made madly for the exits.
The flames had SET Of abe sprinkler system
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conquered Everest in 1853. Sir Edmund,
it turned out, is only 6 feet 8.
"Aha,' said our friend, ''the NeuO Zea.
lander got dhere frss BY 10 years, but the
american topped him By tsUO inohesr'
"DOR'tbe TOO sure, " said another friend.
Sometimes Ghen dose bays get to The top
Of Eogesfs 20.O28 Eees, they're on their
hands and knees"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

Huntsville is still the
Watercress Capital. And
while DR.. Wernher Won
Braun has his head in the
clouds, it is reliably re-
ported that he also has
cress in his salads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16
News, Views and
Cues from all over


drinks Nf In Europe this summer,
:. American tourists will get a
ue WEek taste of a new mixed drink
concocted by the Common Market cOun-
tries. It's half French vermOuth, half Ital-
ian, and called EurGpeHt6. The British
humOr magazine punch" makes the un-
sober suggestion that Russia and Britain,
left out in the cold by the Market, should
strike back by blending vodka and whisky
and labelling it VOdsky.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

Other leading baby powder:
Smooth It on your finger. Dip Il
into a glass Of water. Notice:
the powder washes right off :.
the skin gets all wet. This lead
ing baby powder cannot pro-
tect your baby from moisture
and from the diaper irritation
il causes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

RinGin0 Each day brings fresh reports
mS from people all over the us.
dIl uGIIS who are planning to ring bells

to celebrate the Fourth of July.
. Mrs. Anthony ]. Eberhardt, Dubuque,
Iowa, sOrites that the Most Reverend
james J. Byvne, Archbishop cf Dubuque,
has asked all churches iR his 3O-cOunty
archdiocese to sound their bells on July 4.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-06-16

TINS WEEK MssssIas I Js"' 70. 1893
Milford chronicle., 1963-10-18
Clothing Needed
For Oversees

Nine million pounds Of cloth
ing are still needed by Church
World Service the overseas
relief agency Of Protestant
churches to meet requests from
overseas for 1868. On Wednes-
day, October Is, and Thursday,
October II, a Church World
Service truck from New Wind
sor, Maryland, will visit Della
ware and the Eastern Shore Of
Maryland to pick up cloth
ing given by people Of the
churches Of the state.
Clean clothing with much wear
remaining In It, Is acceptable :.
summer or winter weight.
On Wednesday, Oct. l6, the
truck will visit New Castle
County. All clothing should be
brought to the listed depots no
later than Tuesday, Oct. IS. Do
nations should be In sturdy con-
tainers identified with name,
address and denomination of the
donor. Supplies may be taken to
the following churches: Alders-
gate Methodist, Hanover Pres
byterian, st. Marks Lutheran
and st. Marks Methodist all
OF Wilmington; Newark Presby-
terian and Odessa Methodist.
On Thursday, Oct. II, collect
ions will be made In Kent and
Sussex Counties. Clothing for
pickup at the listed churches
may be brought to them from IL
noon, Sunday, Oct. l3 through
Wednesday, Oct. l6. The down.
state depots are: Dover Pres
byterian Church, Georgetown
Wesley Methodist Church, Laurel
Christ Methodist Church, Mid
way : Presbyterian Church, Mil
ford : Calvary Methodist Church,
Seaford St. Johns Methodist
Church.
Milford chronicle., 1963-10-18
Gub-Fesf From Trails End
by Pat Hatfield

anything to prevent spoilage. It
seems to me also that with all
the automatic burner business
on my modern stove, l can new
er get the right simmering
tempo as easily as grandmother
could by "just pulling them back
a little on the range"
What do children remember
most out Of their childhood?
When ! was fourteen, / remem-
ber telling mother that my earl
lest recollection was of me Sit
ting on the porch with a sand
pile. An old colored woman
came in the yard selling straw
berries. My mother bought some,
and then the colored woman se-
lected a special big one and
handed 1t to me. This was my
first gift from someone outside
the family. Then we took the
berries, and mother cut a big
bunch OF "Pineys" (peonies)
from the bush in the yard. We
got into the hired rig (horse and
carriage) that the livery stable
man brought to the door, and we
we're off for a day with grand
mother in the country. Mother
was astonished and said / could
not have been more than two
and half years old at that time.
/ think children always rem
ember the attention they get from
their parents. It was such fun
for me when mother sat down
and helped me dress my dolls.
I was a great one for pIayfngI
house in those days, and after
every meal, I had real food inl
my doll dishes and father alwaysl
dined again with me and my
dolls. He was a huge man and
squee Zing under that small doll
table was no mean feat. On win
ter mornings when mother cook
ed buckwheat cakes, she always
made a little stack Of quarter
sized ones for me. I thought
they we're the cutest things ever
and the half teaspoon Of cocoa
in the doll cups tasted so good.
! remember the first time
mother left me with father one
afternoon. ! kept him drawing
dolls, page after page Of big,
little and middle-si ones.
The poor darling must have been
worn out but he was patient
man. When mother came home,
father was In the kitchen start
ing supper; and, when she ask
ed how we made out, said,
"Oh, berry fine, Daddy fried cof-
fee." remember wondering why
Milford chronicle., 1963-10-18

/ would not have to look at the
calendar today to know that this
is October. All day, the delicious
smell Of spicy, preserved pears
has permeated the entire house.
AS / packed the preserves In
to their small jars at dusk, ]
thought how good they would
taste with hot biscuits In the
cold winter days ahead.
Another Red-Letter Day for
me this week. A wonderful let
ter from a Mr.. Kelly Of Craig
Advertising In Wilmington tell
Ing me how very much he en-
toyed the Cab Fest. It gave me
such a warm glow, and II
we're not a plain down-to-e earth
country woman, 1t would have
turned me old gray head, that It
would
Last Saturday was a grand day
too. It was nice to chat with
Winnie Lynch while I was
shopping In Milford; and she
introduced me to the delightful
lady who types my column at
the Milford Chronicle office. I
shall think Of her often and hope
to meet her again.
sometimes think that the
greatest gift Of the Creator Is
Memory. How dull life would be
without It. So many little things
happen that we do not fully ap-
preciate at the time, but we can
go back again and again and live
them over to find that they en-
rich our lives.
The smell Of those preserves
today, took me clear back to |
grandmother's old black kitchsn
range. How different my modern
kitchen is with its stainless steel
and copper but the smell OF the
pear preserves and the finish
ed product are exactly the same.
God has not found ii necessary
TO improve them, homogenize
them, Vitaminize them, or add
Milford chronicle., 1963-10-18
they laughed so hard.

they laughed so hard.
I loved the red, blue and white
morning glories along the back
fence. I still love morning glo-
ries. My outdoor playhouse was
under the trellis there and my
daily playmate was a little boy
who lived next door and crawl
ed through the fence where
picket was missing. He asked
my mother very seriously never
to mend the fence because he
would have to go all the way
around by the gate which was
kept locked anyway. His name
II remember all through the
years Alton Downes
and had the pleasure Of meet
ing him a few years ago In his
drug store In Harrington. Small
world.
All our groceries and house
hold commodities are pre-pack-
aged now and a good thing it is,
of course. The germs these days
must have gotten bigger and
fiercer because we were apretty
healthy lot back there. We took
a gallon jar to the store and our
molasses was drawn off from
barrel; our cookies and crack
ers were weighed out by the
pound from a large container;
big pickles we're In a barrel;
and when we wanted ice cream
In the evening, my father would
go down the street to the ice
cream store with mother's big,
cut glass bowl under his arm.
The man dished out as much as
we wanted. We didn't have to
worry about choosing from %
navors eitherl Chocolate, van
lila and strawberry were the
kinds. We usually got some of
each. We liked everything and 1t
looked pretty In the bowl. The
same bowl is still In use in our
dining room today.
When I was about three or
four years old, I was allowed
to go and buy a ncorice stick
for a penny, three doors down
the street, while mother watch
ed from the porch. One day when
l was walking back, a monster
came down the street with a
frightening roar. People rushed
to their doors, gesturing and
talking excitedly. started
screaming and running to the
safety Of my mothers skirts.
Later they told me l had seen
my first automobile. / took a
dim view of 1t. It was as red as
a fire engine and made more
noise. People called them Red
Devils. I was about fifteen when
! had my first ride in an auto
mobile. I was out walking near
Milford with my mother and my
aunt. DR.. Walter Grier came
along and gave US a lift back into
town. We talked about 1t for days.
Even today, l never get enough
riding. It is one of the greatest
pleasures have, and my friends
are kind enough to indulge me
In 1t. So don't ask me out rid
ing, II you don't want me to goiI