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Concert On The Wharf BY U, S. Navy Band, St. Thomas, V. 1., ~ ALTONA. ADAMS. Bandmaster 8:30 to 9:30 Tuesday Evening 21st Aug. 1923. 1. March .......Hands Across The Sea 2. Overture...Le Bomino Noir... Auber 3 Wi, .. v...... Danube Waves 4. Sosrenade..Mountain Maiden’s Dream 5. Selec'ion..The Dollar Princess.. Fall STAR - SPANGLED BANNER. EDITORIAL. The Bulletin of St. Thomas of August 15th reprints an article from the N. Y. Times of Aug. 4, ‘Relief for Virgin Is- lands’’ by Miss Johanna C. Colcord who will be remembered as Red Cross field representative here just over a year ago. The review of affairs in the islands is interestingly presented and considered by the writer, The following pertinent comments are striking: "Itscems hard on the peuple of St. Thomas that ships which are the means of livelihood should be kept out of their harbor because of the remote chance of breaking the pro- hibition laws, when there is little to hin- der a wholesale breaking of the law via the illicit sloop traffic from Tortola.”” * * * *x ] helieye that their efforts (the efforts of Virgin 1 landers) should be directed toward enlightening our Gov- ernment as to the great and disastrous changes which have resulted in St. Tho- mas because we have confused a port of call with a port of entry. It always cre- ates difficulties when we try to treat un- like things the same way.”’ Italics are ours. LEd. St. Croix Avis. There is much favorable comment on the film ‘'‘Beautiful Denmark’’ screened at the Christiansted Theatre on Saturday night last. We were present at the thea- tre and wondered at the lack of a more generous attendance. Mow it appears that many person 3 who would otherwise have attended the show had the impres- s;on that only members of the Dznish club and others specially invited were welcome, hence the absence of a large number. For this reason it is requested that the management of the theatre ar- range to repeat that evening’s entertain- ment. The scenery ot old Holger Danske Jand was all that those who know it would recognize and appreciate and as would be a tr2at to those not familiar with the old country; it is like taking a trip in your chair. : A report by the School Director cover- “ing the lunch fund for the period ended Aug. 18th will be tourd in this issue. ST Ccrul: A N1S Rural School Lunch Report FOR SCHOOL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 1923. Name of School Number of Totc ' Cost Balance in Food : : Meals Served . Remaining Unexpsndep Diamond - =OO B 8 BEF $255.44 $ 0.62 Peter’s Rest e 130.37 1.04 Friedensteld ' 14,360 164.16 5.49 La Princesse -8.908 91.01 4.25 La Vallee - 3,385 50,54 486 Supplies on hand in store room unexpended June 80, 1923 - * Snd diatißited RUvat 10 1000, ... . ..oi i 008 ' ‘) 65,446 $691.52 $52.80 : : 691.52 TOTAL AMOUNT OF FOOD ACCOUNTED F0R....................8744,32 Contributions from Home Service Committee, St. Croix Chapter A.R.C. $130,30 s ** Friends in Santo Domingo (Mr. 80ugh)........ .. 45624 . “! Tribune Office and other Citizen5...........:..... 49.00 b «« - Colonial Council.. .:.........3000.00 Allotted St. Ann’s (Catholic). 108.06 Amount available for Public Rural 5ch0015......... 391.94 “ ““ Various sources (Private citizens), School Gardens U. S. Experiment Station, U. S. Marines, etc.... 127.84 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS....covieee tiviereneeiinneneiiin., $ 744 .32 [ have tried to be brief in the above tabulated report, and it does not gointo de- tails that may be of interest to some. The names of people who made cash contribu- tions in most instances appeared in the local papers. , I The- total amount of food distributed is greater than $744.32.. The U. S. Marines gave twelve iarge loaves of bread vn Wednesday each week for a long period of time. ‘The value of this food was not recorded by the principals. Two ladies, I believed it was Mrs. Crowe and a friend of hers, prepared a large basket of blackberry tarts (49) which were divided between La Princesse and Peter’s Rest Schools. In looking over the re- cord book, Ifind no credit in money value for this gift. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson, mer- chants of Estate Diamond & Ruby, gave a complete dinner to every child in each coun- try School. . The Cnoperative Butchery in Christiansted gave about $35.00 worth of corned beef which was distributed for a period of about six weeks to various rural schools daily and in most instances the money value of the meat was not known and hence not recorded in the record book. One local citizen, whose name Ido not recall, gave a tub full of salted mackerel which was given to the Frie I&nsfeld School. A few merchants in both towns gave either a bag of meal or white flour which was delivered to the schoonls in their district. This was in the beginning of the campaign and wasjrecorded only as a gitt without any entry as a money value, The school _gardens turnished large quantities of fresh vegetables for consumption i) the soup. With the exception of string beans, tomatoes, egg plant and carrots every- théng raised in the garden went into the school lunch. The U, S. Experiment Station at Anna’s Hope distributed large quantities of okra from time to time. The Red Cross School Nurse in conjunciion with the Home Servicz Committee in each town rendered excellent assistance. . Soup ladles and cups were also furnished by the Red Cross in some of the schools. If all the details were known, I could perhaps go on naming many more contribu- tions to the schonl lunch. 1 believe that SI,OOO comes nearer to representing the total amount contributed from all sources. . Beiore closing this report I again want to thank all who helped to make the lunch.a success. lt gave me more work and trouble than I had anticipated, yet considering the smiling faces of the children as they ate their portion and the marked progress .n their physical growth and :rcreased atrention to their lessons, I look upop it as one} of the successful health projects in the history of the schools of St. Croix. : : Sincerely, , ' - ARTHUR E. LINDBORG, - Director of Education. The lunch fund is a worthy item, but the Council relused to revote it, as it also rejected expenditures for establishing an =dvanced grade in the public school, Ctran relv enough the Council had pre- viously urged the passage of an allowanag' to a private school with the object late. on tabooed. % £ It would [be a splendid idea to allow