--- Page 1 --- Weekly Every Haili 10c Sunday Sun FORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI Avenue' Marie-Jeanne Ll CITE DUMARSAIS ESTIME 11 Phone 2061 - Vol XX L1 Sunday December 17th, 1961 No. 12 Point IV "Self-Help" Gains Popularity Snakes Shake Whether four fat pythons es: Ithree weeks ago according 4 Miss Bahamas 7 caped from Katherine Dunham's front-page reports in Port au to Elected. Zoological garden at Habitation Prince Newspapers and now. Leclerc and threaten to take threaten to take over the nation Miss Panamerican over the entire island of Hispa- in a few years. niola in the next few years is Haitians were lamenting "We Of Tourism difficult to ascertain this week. thought we had all the world's Miss Dunham ridicules the problems and now have snaOn Thursday night, Dec. 14th, multitude of reports published in kes to contend MANS in the presence of 3000 people, the daily press, on radio and Haitians have always consid. Nwere held at the Casino the fin- TV, and carried throughout the ered themselves blessed that als of the Pan American Beauty nation by the telediol that in they have no poisonous reptiles Contest, organized by the Dep- fact the snakes did take to the on this overcrowded one-third of artment of Tourism. woods. an Island and this snake scare The Jury, composed of six The famous American Dancer is really worrying them. Ambassadors and the Delegate of] learlier this year set up an ex- Whether four snakes actually ONU in Haiti, elected on the sec- otic tourist night-club on the did, escape from her little 200 ond ballot round,, "Miss Baha- fringe of the City in what is is hard to pin down. Miss Kathemas". Miss Leonora Rogers, known as Habitation Leelere, rine denies they escaped and Shown above it Haiti's first rural intermediate School, dedicated Miss Pan American of Tour- named after Pauline Bonaparte's said this afternoon while feedat Laborde (near Cayes) October 9. Constructed at a cost of ism". General husband. Although Pau- ing bananas and tomatoes to $85,000 by C.E.P. this is one of the largest school complexes in Miss Bahamas was born in line slept about everywhere else two little Capucine monkeys, TiNassau on August 16, 1942. She in Haiti but Port au ki and Felix rural Prince, Leeither or urban Haiti. It includes student dormitories, cafe- works as a Traffic Clerk for the clerc has been given a historical one not a well-wisher from Brazil, wants "somefour this teria, bakery, laundry, warehousey acadennic classrooms, an BOAC in Nassau, Bahamas. past and now a Z00. propaganda to have effect on industrial Arts building, Home Economics Building, library and The 19-year-old beauty was On a small terrace before Bar my business". Agricultural Warehouse. elected over thirteen Contestants Geisha and Salon Guinee at Ma- "This momning we received a ineluding Miss Argentina, Miss dame Dunham's *Habitation Le- visit from four armed criminalCanada, Miss Chile, Miss Col- clere" four fat pythons escaped (Continued on page 15) Port au Prince Recent re- ceived during the past few ombia, Miss Equator, Miss Visit ports from CEP indicate that months. USA, Miss Haiti, Miss Jamaica, the Point IV sponsored "self 2) During the same weekere- Miss Mexico, Miss Miami, Miss Colombia Honozs help" education' program. is gain: (Continued On page 14) (Continued on page 16) ing an ever increasing popularPresident rural Duvalier ity. amongst Haitians. Paret Back What Woman And according to Chief EducaHome tion Advisor Charles Briggs this Doesn't Love ..Wednesday. morning, the is a from trend should continue, possibly Alix Paret, who was granted A New Hat? self 2) During the same weekere- Miss Mexico, Miss Miami, Miss Colombia Honozs help" education' program. is gain: (Continued On page 14) (Continued on page 16) ing an ever increasing popularPresident rural Duvalier ity. amongst Haitians. Paret Back What Woman And according to Chief EducaHome tion Advisor Charles Briggs this Doesn't Love ..Wednesday. morning, the is a from trend should continue, possibly Alix Paret, who was granted A New Hat? cious Miss Lyda Descobar, beau- gra-Salver bian gift the Colomat an even faster pace, a two-year scholarship to study ty Queen of the Republic of Col a Department of Tourism and Personnel of the Haitian-Ame- Journalism and Public Finance Mrs Fritz Gousse know's the ombia, accompanied by Senor "special homage paid by the rican Co-operative Education at Pontificia Catholica Javeriana woman who doesn't find a lift Ambassador Doctor Restrepo del Colombian people to to the Haitian Program (CEP) reported that: University of Bogota, came back ina new hat hardly exists. Corral, offered a Silver Salven people vices and rendered also the many ser1) During the second week Of to Port au Prince last week. At her shop at No. 2 Ruelle to His Excellency, Doctor Fran President to PanamericNovember alone requests from! He visited the HAITI SUN on St. Cyr she has a showing of cois Duvalier President of the anism The by Chief Duvalier." 17 individual communities in the Friday and told us how he: en- chapeaux in all styles, colors Republic of Haiti. Minister of spoke of State, in his rePlateau Central for construction Joyed his 2-year stay in Colom- and materials, today, Sunday Foreign Affairs, Mr Rene Chal- ply, for the of his deep of appreciaof rural schools were received bia. December 17th, which will be mers and high officials attended tion Nation: of Colombia gift and the thanked Sister by a CEP co-ordinator visiting Alix Paret is an employee of worth seeing. You men might the ceremony which took place the Queen and the that area. More than three doz- General Administration of Con- remember that a new hat is alin the Yellow Reception Room Diplomat. en such requests have been re-Itributions. (Continued on page 2) of National Palace. The Silver INVESTIGATION OF ESCAPED SNAKES Beauties Friday The SUN morning, the European Secretary Reading of State of Justice, Me. Simon Desvarieux, accompanied by: the General Secretary of this Department, paid a visit to Habitation Leclerc operated by Miss Katherine Dunham, to investigate the rumored escape of four pythons which the Port au Prince press isi making a to-do about. Hain SR ALL REPTILES AT DAMIEN - - According to urgent instructions from Prefect Windsor Day, all reptiles of indigenous or foreign origin caged at Katherine Dunham's Habitation Leclere have been carried off the place and are now at Damien, where they will be carefuly identified by specialists of Department of Miss Denmark, "seduisante" Sonja Helene Menzel was delighted Agriculture. ..Sweeter than Sweet Maria Gudmundsdottir, Miss Island,- is with the story written about the Mannequins of the Comite Fran- No reptiles can be found at thrilled in reading the Column "In Haiti This Week" of the SUN... cais de P'Elegance... Leclerc now. --- Page 2 --- PAGE 2 *HAITI SUN" Sunday Décember 17th. 1961 n/ Compton California made a stop. here this week in swing througy ***Dr Arthur E. Falk. amo In Haiti This Week the Caribbean. Sweet Maria Gudmundsdottir, Miss Island,- is with the story written about the Mannequins of the Comite Fran- No reptiles can be found at thrilled in reading the Column "In Haiti This Week" of the SUN... cais de P'Elegance... Leclerc now. --- Page 2 --- PAGE 2 *HAITI SUN" Sunday Décember 17th. 1961 n/ Compton California made a stop. here this week in swing througy ***Dr Arthur E. Falk. amo In Haiti This Week the Caribbean. The charming visitor got entranced with the Counstetrician Gynecologist fron try and planned to make a longer visit with her husband. She Lansdale, Pa is visiting thi BY AUBELIN JOLICOEUR was delighted with the show of the Bacoulou Night Club... Mr week with his charming wif ***Mr Gruenther Geisler, a German Producer Claude W. Timmons, owner of an orchid nursery in Naples, Fla Mary Ellen. Arthur is meeting from, Washington, D.C. and wife Eleonore, an and wife Elizabeth are currently visiting their friends Mr and Mrs here with schoolmate Dr Gerar Austrian journalist arrived last. week-end and Horace Ashton at the Villa Rosa... Gross and who wife is introducing hin were joined here this weekend by 22-year-old his to the charms 0 ***Mr and Mrs Ernst Forestal are rejoicing in the birth of their Haiti. Eugene Lamour, the from "sym, Unit Manager Sheldon Rochlin New York first-born child, a boy named Guerlens, last Thursday, December pathique Maitre d'hotel" of th and lovely wife Diane, a model, and Kurt-Wer- 14th, at 10 p.m. at Canape Vert Hospital. We wish to congratulate El Rancho is introducing Mar ner. Drews, a German Cameraman and Klaus the happy father and mother, the former Giliane Pinard, and our Ellen to the Haitian rhythms. Manfred Eckstein, a TV Director from Berlin. best wishes to young Guerlens. The party is housed at the- Sans Souci Hotel. They are making a ***Mr Warren Norlin and charming wife Florence and lovely" NEWS IN BRIEF documentary film for the Doeumentary Programs Inc from Ger 9-year-old daughter Paula sailed down here this week from Miami. Marcel Ch. Fombrun, who wal many. Gruenther and Eleonore are writing the story for the pro-1 Warren tests missiles at Cap Carnaveral, he is in the quality working with in the United Nationt Organization the Division ol duction. Bil Godsey arrived from the U.S. Saturday to act asi control Department. The Norlin family is staying a week at the UNICEF at Brazaville, has jus second cameraman and' Assistant Director. We warn them that Grand Hotel Oloffson. been transferred as Director Ge they can't do anything good for Haiti without the Haitian co-opera- ***Mr David Christy in Banking Business in New York and neral of the same Division al tion. pretty wife Barbara and 10-vear-old son Sulzber-Arthur were greetLeopoldville. **Roland Pierr-Louis and lovely Betty Mevs, daughter of Mr ed here by Mr Jacques Berne, and Geo Deslandes. They are current This promotion is a new proo and Mrs Paul Mevs got officially engaged in a ceremony held on guests at the Villa Creole. of the consideration given to Wednesday December 6 in the home of the girl's parents. Best Haitian World personalities by the wishes. Organization. ***Salesman William B. Veneris and his beautiful wife Lotus WHAT WOMAN A NEW DOESN'T HAT? LOVE] Ifrom Chicago stopped here early this week for a few days at the El Rancho. Lotus works for a showroom in Chicago. This "sympa- fine Christmas present for the thique" couple is delighted with Haiti. lady in your life. If you can't dulls Thursday night, Dec. 14th, hair Louis ***Mr Philippe Mongeau, an Executive for the in "Soaping" HASCO the presence of 3000 people, the and wife Josephine are back from their vacations in their home finals of the Pan American FesHalo it? from Chicago stopped here early this week for a few days at the El Rancho. Lotus works for a showroom in Chicago. This "sympa- fine Christmas present for the thique" couple is delighted with Haiti. lady in your life. If you can't dulls Thursday night, Dec. 14th, hair Louis ***Mr Philippe Mongeau, an Executive for the in "Soaping" HASCO the presence of 3000 people, the and wife Josephine are back from their vacations in their home finals of the Pan American FesHalo it? in Montreal... Clarence Law glorifies Mr A. Bain, a maker from the Baha- and send the lady to make her mas stopped here early this week. Clarence is also a Travel Agent, Fown selection. a Realtor and a Hotel Representative. Mr Claude Paul Ducreux, Mrs Gousse is long experiencAssistant Director of the Wilson's Travel Agency in Beverly Hills ed in the business and has a Calfornia spent a few days at the El Rancho this week. The Wil- real flair for millinery. Don't son's Travel Agency is specialized in travel for actors of Holly- miss her showing. By the way, in case you don't know, the wood, mostly those of the Twenteth Century Fox and Metro Gold- word "millinery" comes from win Mayer.. Dr John Gould,a surgeon fro mthe States and wife wak back when Milan supplied Jean Ann are current guests. at the El Rancho Pretty Mrs Mar- straws for the first straw hatsgaret Allen, a Travel Consultant for the Compton Travel Service Milan-ery. Lavinia Real Estate Agency LOISEAU Williams & Co. 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ODVA organized a partyiwipch gave riseto a colossal demonstrations of sym: pathy to the address of Their gracions and ephemeral PanAmerican and Tattian Majesties They weine enthusiasrienllay cheered, on their way from Pori au Prince to Plateaur Central. but cheerings inereased in intensito at Mirebalais where all the town's houses had been spontaneously decorated and where the whole population kept gathering The Caribbean and Latin- American Queens of Beauty attend the program of nautical sport organized by ODVA at Peligre Lake. for three hours in the General Benjamin Noel Street in order to applaud the "beauties" Of our At the entrance of the Peliere Mrs Roger K. Cantave, and mem- plane ràces. Queens and people flonged that excursion up to 4:00 Country and those. of the New CAMP: under a rustic arc of bers' of ODVA's CDA; the Wel- invited took their places on the p.m. Rowing on the Peligre Lake Worid. triumph the ODVA Director and come Committee of ODVA the floating barrestaurants and the has been part of the excursion. Director of Peligre Dam, Engin attendance assembled under bow- The attendance. left at night. reers Robert Miot, cordially greet ers on the shore got more ac ed the Queens and guided them quainted to the typical and tasty Secretary of State, Victor Netoward the lakelon the shores creole cooking. vers Constant) oblingingly interof which a dense crowdi was Music from two jazz bands was rupted his occupations for a sathered. so amusing and the surroundings while and devoted himself to the First, anr attractive aquatic S0 appealing that the queens DID: party. progran took, place: swimmers, pirogues, outboard; and aqua A Square At St. Martin With thè full cooperation ofall tenants of the Second City of St. Martin, the Director of OACO, Mr Franck Sterlin is building up a nice park on the east side of the #Fover Simone Duvalier for Poor Children." Each lodger contributes for S1 per month. The square will linve a kiosque and a rhusical fount W ain; benches will be Dlaced along the sides of the park The second City otSt. Martin Haiti, Latin - néeded this park fon the TUROE Surrounding Miss the American Queens its inhabitants and their chil participate to the pieturesques barbecue organized dren. in her honor by ODVA at Peligre. Melle Miot, LMiss Haiti- accepts the homage of a fisherman, a beantiful Carp, during the festivities organized by ODVA at Pe ligre in the plan of the Pan American Festival of Tourism: O - 2 < 2 oro Drambuie LIQUEUR INDISPENSABLE FOR AIEBUNDIPVOAL THE ENJOYABLE PARTY E Surrounding Miss the American Queens its inhabitants and their chil participate to the pieturesques barbecue organized dren. in her honor by ODVA at Peligre. Melle Miot, LMiss Haiti- accepts the homage of a fisherman, a beantiful Carp, during the festivities organized by ODVA at Pe ligre in the plan of the Pan American Festival of Tourism: O - 2 < 2 oro Drambuie LIQUEUR INDISPENSABLE FOR AIEBUNDIPVOAL THE ENJOYABLE PARTY AND 0 AGENTES a FESTIVITIES a UNICOS @ The only sweet LIQUEUR made in Scotland oo the basis OI the finest pure old SCOTCH WHISKY Cylndispenssble for festivities and for every occa- 0 G sion, EXOLUSIVE AGENTS: Haiti's "Gingerbread Palace" and famed hoste ure pool, is the haven for the uninhibited. 3L PREETZMAN-AGGERHOLM & CO.O Haitian archifecture, exquisite cuisine and conteal lery the Grand Hotel Oloffson, show place 0. 2000 seceeseece ce6se and gardens the Oloffson, complete with miniai lied living. Set amongst a myriad of tropical frees --- Page 4 --- PAGE 4 "HAITI SUN" Sunday December 17th, 1961 S The TroubledDominican Come and Enjoy à THE SUN, In Transition THE SEA, THE SALT SPRAYO By Thomas P. WITHNEY In the back of the room there just a few minutes earlier, just At The stood guards, with submachine prior to the President's entry 1 Dusk was falling over, Santo guns. Near them was a group into the room, the announcement of SHOAL afternoon, officers-some whom that SANDS Domingo on Thursday of were that night there would be 8 November 23, and nervousness looking. out of. the open doors an all-night curfew from six p. hung in the air of the office at onto the veranda of the palace m. until five the next morning. 1 BEACH & MOTEL the Southeast corner of the Na- where several other guards with Everyone there was acutely tional Palace of the Dominican submachine guns patrolled up conscious of the fact that (Mariani, 10 minutes from town) a Republic, Tired-looking President and down and looked out into throughout the country there & Wherever you may be in Port au Prince... Balaguer was speaking read- the twilight above the city. Sev- outside that crowds of Dominic- ( ing from a prepared. text- into erab planes were cireling over-ans were looting properties of 3 You Are Near three microphones in front of head.low and slowly. The roar of the Trujillo family which had THE SHOAL SANDS him. Two of the: pages of his their motors droned monotonous- been gone from the Republic not FOR RESERVATIONS WRITE speech stuck together and he ly and penetrated into the room even a, week... And President 0 faltered for a moment until one where the President was speak- Balaguer was particularly con- 1 THE SHOAL SANDS of his aides succeeded in pulling ing. Every minute of so came the scious of it. I listened to him G P.O. Box 85 - Port au Prince (HAITI) "the two pages apart so that he sound of an explosion from the speak... @ could continue his measured city. For those familiar with M0 a - 000ee - X reading in a voice which was at such sounds as was everyone tempting to convey to his listen- there at the National Palace He proclaimed his intentions A A ers a sense of urgency and em- that night- these could be re- of restoring order E and blam- A ergency but which was not the cognized asi noise bombs, harm- ed the looting on Communists. au Prince (HAITI) "the two pages apart so that he sound of an explosion from the speak... @ could continue his measured city. For those familiar with M0 a - 000ee - X reading in a voice which was at such sounds as was everyone tempting to convey to his listen- there at the National Palace He proclaimed his intentions A A ers a sense of urgency and em- that night- these could be re- of restoring order E and blam- A ergency but which was not the cognized asi noise bombs, harm- ed the looting on Communists. voice of an orator. less grenades intended not to 4 far-fetched accusatian, kill but to scare. They were ob- it seemed to me. After all if N I room in a viously being thrown that day the and ONS Arrayed in the row by police police army two deep to the President's left and army detachments in efforts had provided adequate protec stood the members of his cabin- to get groups of Dominicans to tion to the properties being 1oot FROM et. They seemed troubled and disperse and scatter, Evervone led they probably would not have pale and listened with attention. there in that room had heard been attacked. Maybe there/ had even been a willingness on the part of the govemnment to let things get out of hand SO as then to be able to come down OD a firm and disperse VA with hand CARESSA So Soft... So Pretty with force the crowds of Dominicans which had been continu- < ing their "freedom" celebration Onions of first quality are available at the> right from Tuesday on. I wond: of ered at any rate... Gsales counter ODVA at the corner of Ruck (des Cesare and Rue du Centre, at the following, I heard Balaguer declare: Sprices: The era of Trujillo. is ended." And there on tme wall right beside him at his right hand there hung a full-length portrait in oil of the assassinated Generalissi10lbs.- Bags 15 Gourdes mo whose spirit overhung that 50lbs.- Bags 15 Gourdes tense gathering there that even- Wholesale orders will be filled on > ing, And it seemed to me that ( the basisy no matter how things worked out 2of Gourdes: 2.75 per 101bs. bags (Minimum) that it was, not Joaquin Bala- 210 and Gourdes: 14 501bs. guer, who after all had become bags) per (MinimPresident of the Dominican Re- um 10 bags.) publie by the will of Generaliss- 6 SAMBA imo Trujillo, he could put an end to the era of Trujillo. ECHO Bea utiful Peligre Lake His speech continued and he announced to the Dominican for and all who wish the people that as President hel any to partake of beautiful sC 9-26 sc 9-26 goodness of a peaceful vacation amidst the surLamp Post Shop Place Geffrard (Continued on. page 13) roundings of nature's own greenery. 38 Miles From Port Prince au HUNTING FISHING <FOCUSING, COMPOSING AND SWIMMING RECREATION (EXPOSURE SETTING IN ONE <COMMON VIEWER BUNGALOW RESTAURANT Nikon WATER SKI RELAXE OUALITY REFLEX CAMERA WITH For your reservation, call up ODVA Radio-Station at F:2.5 in NIKKOR 50mm LENS. OFFERED < 35mm. SINGLE -LENS IN POLT AU PRINCE Corner Rue du Centre and des Cesars 68. MEDIUM PRICE Nikkorex CAMERA ! Caribbean Construction Co. SA. New At: LITTLE EUROPE Builders Of The Military City THE HOME OF EXQUISITE GIFTS Gen. Manager: Gerard THEARD Phone: 3955. P.O. BO : 284 --- Page 5 --- Sunday December 17th, 1961 "HAITI SUN' PAGE 5 However, I confess havi ving companied by my wife and by HAITI SUN LETTERS been rather abashed by Miss a couple of friend of ours. Cesars 68. MEDIUM PRICE Nikkorex CAMERA ! Caribbean Construction Co. SA. New At: LITTLE EUROPE Builders Of The Military City THE HOME OF EXQUISITE GIFTS Gen. Manager: Gerard THEARD Phone: 3955. P.O. BO : 284 --- Page 5 --- Sunday December 17th, 1961 "HAITI SUN' PAGE 5 However, I confess havi ving companied by my wife and by HAITI SUN LETTERS been rather abashed by Miss a couple of friend of ours. I had Dunham's unequivocal declara- learned that one of the little THE HAITIAN ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER to the tion in her answer to the News- monkeys was dead and that the Community Weekly Published Sunday Morning paper "Le Jour", saying that others seemed sick. It was durEditor-Publisher BERNARD DIEDERICH nothing was true of the rumors ing this very cordial visit our about EDITOR MAUOLAIR LABISSIERE the escape of the snakes. friends were introduced to Mr. Gerant.Responsable Indeed, about two months ago, ESTABLISHED IN '1950 The Director I was visiting at Leclerc, ac-] (Continued on page 11) Le Nouvelliste NEEDED EFFICIENOIES FOR OUR COMMERCE Port au Prince Mr. Director: Haitian commerce has two serious handicaps which SAVE BY increase prices to the consumer public of the country I have read with interest the and increase costs of exports, in competition with sim- reproduction of a short paragraph of Le Jour and the answer crops of other countries. TIME Jlar export given by Mrs Katherine Dunham The first is the position of Port au Prince, situated about the news of the flight of at the head of a long bay with two long peninsulas ex- the snakes of the zoological gartending a hundred miles or more to the West. This den of Habitation Leclerc. pauses an increase in steaming-time to reach the port and A neighbour her husband of Miss Mr Pratt Dunbam for pf 4 to 6 hours incoming, and another 4 to 6 hours the past four years, I have been steaming-time for the outward voyage. This costs mon- able to obseyve with all the more Py for which compensation is obtained from increased sympathy the progress of, their freight-rates. The increased freight-rates in turn cause realization that myself, next to increased retail prices to the consumer on all imported task them, of I building was undertaking my future home the articles which enter into the SUBSGRIBINO daily life, i.e., steel, some in this charming neighbourhood potton-goods, vegetable oils, etc., etc. lof Martissant by gradually buildIn turn, coffee or chocolate exports must pay higher ing up.my property, by up keep-1 - freight-rates than the same products from Santo Do- ing month after month the acmingo City, or Vera Cruz or Puerto Cortes. cess road to Leclerc. Today when Katherine Dunham took over this job of the The solution? Difficult. Perhaps better air-freight Commission of Highways, and lacilities. Perhaps better roads for camions to Jacmel. that in addition, the development We have a friend who says that a canal was dig about of her tourist center insures this 1940 from the Bay of Gonave to Lake Saumatre for section of the town; until then He abandonned, with a future that Irainage. says a similar canal to Lake Enriquillo, I hope brilliant, I can only apand from about Lake to Barahona would be a circle, plaud to whatever may contriall sand and silt. Both lakes are below sea-level, Maybe bute to the success of her enterSea Beas TO the would be intrigued to do it. Not for prise. TIME large ships but for the Gonave-type boats. The second big arises from She has herself underlined the handicap our wharf in social work she offers by the Port au Prince a portion of which collapsed this week care she provides to the needy of old age. can only apand from about Lake to Barahona would be a circle, plaud to whatever may contriall sand and silt. Both lakes are below sea-level, Maybe bute to the success of her enterSea Beas TO the would be intrigued to do it. Not for prise. TIME large ships but for the Gonave-type boats. The second big arises from She has herself underlined the handicap our wharf in social work she offers by the Port au Prince a portion of which collapsed this week care she provides to the needy of old age. Ocean-going ships lie out at the end of a at her clinic. As far as the tourwharf, probably 400 or 500 yards long, and accessible istic interest that a place such for passengers only on foot, and for freight only by as Habitation Leclerc offers, norailway car. Believe it or not, all out-going freight ar- body doubts it. tiving by truck must first be unloaded by hand-labor It is, I think, in the light of to the Customs weighing-scales, and then by hand- this "mise en valeur" that we trucks and manual labor to railway cars. The railway must appreciate the idea of the pars, pushed by rail to the end of the wharf, are then zoological garden. From the 40 WEEKS OF AIR-SPEEDED TIME again unloaded and freight transferred by manual lab- start, I have shared, without repr to slings or mechanical carriers. All this manual lab- serve, Pratt for the it is enthusiasm difficult to Of dream Mr. The World's Most Widely-Read Newsmagazine br costs and costs, and must be deducted from the of most appropriate "ambiance". price received by the Haitian farmer or manufacturer. 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(2 Ea I2I EA La Fa Ea ai TA aS Eeal RE E D2 E ES ES PI ma E 23 Ra Time International, c/o Ba nique Nationale de la Republique aHaiti, Port-au-Prince Please send me air-speeded TIME,Latin America Monday Night ondee for 40 weeks at the special introductory price: G 35,00 HOTEL IBO LELE Name (Please Print) VIRGIN Cidacetiss Addres O. itation and patience... and we'll have it. (2 Ea I2I EA La Fa Ea ai TA aS Eeal RE E D2 E ES ES PI ma E 23 Ra Time International, c/o Ba nique Nationale de la Republique aHaiti, Port-au-Prince Please send me air-speeded TIME,Latin America Monday Night ondee for 40 weeks at the special introductory price: G 35,00 HOTEL IBO LELE Name (Please Print) VIRGIN Cidacetiss Addres O. Pox Shango Night Cluab City Country 3011, JOSEPH NADAL & Co. HERBIE WIDMAIER & HIS GROUP Agents. --- Page 6 --- PAGE 6 "HAITI SUN" Sunday December 17th, 1961 FIRUMEN TRUCKS FIRST! The New The accident that Income Tax Law occured Article 54.-Joint or individual enterprises financed by the samel or by absorption of one corporation by another. the last week when a big truck of Fire Corps hurt a are Jeep to capital subject consolidation of the results shown atthe end Dividends shall be subject on the part of a corporation to a tion Wagon "Service de l'Etat" Staof each fiscal year in the various balance sheets submitted by withholding at the source of 10 per cent, which shall be acquired plated, is the illustration of the each one of them. m every case; dividends shall not be included in declarations of necessity for our drivers to be The same capital"? means funds advanced, loans for establishing personal income. more prudent. an investment, credits for manufacturing, selling or purchasing, The corporation shall transmit the amounts with an explanatory The any means at the disposal one or placed of enterprise by another statement to the Internal Revenue Office between the first as trucks in all of Fire countries Brigade, in without visible (Particularly andtiant compensation. purchases of shares the 15th of the month following the declaration of the didividends, world, have in the of traf the lines priority and bonds, and granting of credit). under penalty of being personally responsible for the amounts fic, When in service, they can "Consolidation of the results" means unifying in one single re- or sums. "burn the red lights", drivers port profits scattered among various balance sheets submitted by Forced recovery will involve for the corporation the usual sur- of private cars must remember firms which are interdependent with regard to means of financing, it and stop their cars when they and taxation of the total or integrated profits as iflit were a ques- (Continued on page 8) hear Fire Brigade. the whistling siren of the tion of one single balance sheet. In case several bills should be issued for purposes of taxing the profits shown in the balance sheets under consideration, the additional income tax will appear in a bill to be issued for the consolidated profit to the account of the firm which finances the others. The Internal Revenue Office, for purposes of consolidating the balance sheets, will take into consideration close relationships existing among the operations carried on by the firms, as indicated by factors. such as: absorption of production or sales, deliveries at cost, consignment, advances on current account, payment of invoices or obligations, or any other transactions whatsoever which RACTION are not justified by for the Vaine necessity financing enterprise to. alienate part of its capital or to invest it without drawing any profit au therefrom. Other indications shall be considered, i.e. blocked accounts, deposit accounts in cases where authorized capital is insignificant as compared with the assets of the enterprise, loans or constituant transfers of capital remaining unpaid, identical shareholders in APOINT D'ATTAQUE various corporations or identical boards of directors, identical owners, partners, procurators, managers, etc. Le nouveau Traction Sure-Grip Consolidation shall also mean unifying dividends declared prode a été portionately on investments of a corporation which holds shares Goodyear spécialeme in others, in which case these dividends shall be added to the coTconçu pour vous donner une poration's profits, or when they are declared ppoportionately to traction maximum. loans or constituant transfers of capital remaining unpaid, identical shareholders in APOINT D'ATTAQUE various corporations or identical boards of directors, identical owners, partners, procurators, managers, etc. Le nouveau Traction Sure-Grip Consolidation shall also mean unifying dividends declared prode a été portionately on investments of a corporation which holds shares Goodyear spécialeme in others, in which case these dividends shall be added to the coTconçu pour vous donner une poration's profits, or when they are declared ppoportionately to traction maximum. Il est muni investments of a particular individual they shall be added to the de longues barres pour vous profits shown in the balance sheet submitted by his firm. procurer la force de traction requise parles tracteurs CHAPTER V modèrnes. Il mord en biais e! INCOME TAX ON PERSONAL INCOMES grâce à son profila Article 55.-Te following are subject to income tax on' their perC-E-N-T-R-E O-U-V-E-R-T. sonal income: all salaried personnel whatsoever, private business il se nettoieautomatiquement, employees, public officials, persons engaged in liberal professions ori in any other gainful non-commercial occupations, money-lenders, Ainsi vous obtenez une traction pensioners, holders of seeurities, and all persons who possess any constante. Il vous coûte sources of income other than industrial or commercial profits. moins de temps, moins de travail Salaries of partners in commercial and industrial companies beet moins de carburant. long to the general mass of their personal income, and are subjeet Allez le voir encore aujourd'hui to monthly withholding at the source as in the case of employees, chez votre dealer Goodycar. Salaries of merchants and businessmen working for their own account are not subject to monthly withholding and are declared and taxed with all other items which constitute personal income, DIVIDENDS Article 56.-A payment of dividends exists whenever there is a distribution, wholly or in part, of profits to the shareholders of à corporation, either by payment, in cash, by clearing to private ac counts and, in the case of morgers, by transfer of corporations C 2 2 2 a @ WEDNESDAY NIGHT MEANS: SUPER-RIB - € Spécialement conçu pour donner une conduite a BACOULOU aisée pour une meilleure faculté d'adapa CABARET-THE 4TRE tation, pour moins d'usure : 0 allez voir le $ PETIONVILLE Super-Rib de Goodyear. Et, tous les superbes a Home of the pneus tracteurs Goodyear sont construits à entoilage ST & "Triple Tempered", une excluExciting, sivité de Goodyearl Sophisticated TROUPE DE DANSE BACOULOU D'HAITI a in a new repertoire Complimentary Meringue Lesson at 9:30 p.m. IL Y A DES PNEUS GOODYEAR POUR CHAQUE ROUE DE LA A FERME eeeeeeee < X & c06600 X X0 2-59-8F the pneus tracteurs Goodyear sont construits à entoilage ST & "Triple Tempered", une excluExciting, sivité de Goodyearl Sophisticated TROUPE DE DANSE BACOULOU D'HAITI a in a new repertoire Complimentary Meringue Lesson at 9:30 p.m. IL Y A DES PNEUS GOODYEAR POUR CHAQUE ROUE DE LA A FERME eeeeeeee < X & c06600 X X0 2-59-8F --- Page 7 --- Sunday December 17th, 1961 HAITI SUNS PAGE 7 V 12th ANNIVERSAR Y da Belle Guiole FREE-PORT SHOPPING CENTER P. O. 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A. without affecuing your quotaSee us for more information. atotsto Lee V 10N0 faxo 42 2 2 * > - Ae A a AA --- Page 8 --- PAGE 8 Sunday December 17th, 1961 "HAITI SUNZ PAGE 9 fraction thereof beginning from the 15th of the month following texation schedule: the month during which the deduetion should have been paid; and 2% of G. 1.00 to 10,000.00 New issuance of a constraint order against the said manager. 3% on any excess of G. 10,001.00 to 20,000.00 Tax a The Income The latter will liable to fine of G. --- PAGE 8 Sunday December 17th, 1961 "HAITI SUNZ PAGE 9 fraction thereof beginning from the 15th of the month following texation schedule: the month during which the deduetion should have been paid; and 2% of G. 1.00 to 10,000.00 New issuance of a constraint order against the said manager. 3% on any excess of G. 10,001.00 to 20,000.00 Tax a The Income The latter will liable to fine of G. 100.00 5% Law also be from to G. on any excess of G. 20,001.00 to 30,000.00 1,000.00: for failure to forward to the nearest Internal Revenue 7% above G. 30,000.00 (Continued from page 6)" 9 Amount of tax withhold at the source for the month (one been made, shall be liable to payment: in the same manner Office the returns submitted by his employees. Article 68-Profesionals are subject to payment of the "forfeit" axes of 10 per cent per month's delay or fraction thereof, and the twelfth of No. 8). of-applicable income tax Lan whatever may be the results of their final 58.-As issuance of a constraint order, Article regaras the returns of officials and employees Article 60.-In case of proven tax-ertion by a false return con- TAX ON PERSONAL INCOME - PROFESSIONAL "FORFEIT" showing total deductions higher than personal income, returns and hired personnel of the Government, the Ministries or Public taining fictitious expenses, or by negijence or failure to subinit BASIS ON ADJUSTED INCOME.- or to or less 7,500.00. adjusted FILE income G. OBLIGATION. TO RETURN Offices to which they belong will forward to the Internal Revenue anew declaration within 8 days after he occurrence of an event In equal than in 57.- such whose case, Article -Any physical person not personal income ex- Office or to its representatives. in the Headquarters or Communes causing a decrease in expenses or anmerease"in salary, the de- Article 63.-Persons engaged in a liberal or in any Communes taxpayers shall engaged a professional Pactivities in ceeds G. 5,000 or G. 3,000, according to whether he or she is mat the said returns, according to the jurisdiction where the declaring duction or the additional tax due shallpe effeeted beginning from other gainful non-commercial occupation, money-lenders, profession all the follows: following pay "forfeit" income tax as ried or not, is required to file a personal income tax return. parties perform their duties. the month following the one for declaration should have thosewho possess-any source of income other than industrial and or a) of 1st-class Between the first and the 30th September of each year, salaried Agents of the Internal Revenue Office in the Headquarters and been made, in accordance with thea saicale aboje provisions of the present commercial profits are subject to the "forfeit" income tax on b) Communes, per year. 150.00 personnel are required to submit their declarations for the next Communes are reguired. -under penalty, to forward these return Law. the professional basis. c). 2nd-clase Communes, per year, 112.50 fiscal year. Beginning with the month of October of each fiscal forms to the Director General of the Internal Revenue Office, Article 61.-Exceptionally, in case ofdeath of a dependent, the Article 64.-The "forfeit" income tax on the basis" d) 3rd-elass 4th, 5th, 6th-class Communes, per year, 100.00 year, 11 12th of the amount of the intome tax due from officials, Superintendents via their respéctive Collecdtorse and those perform- declaration of the tax to be withola * the Source shall be sub- shall be caleulated according to adjusted income "professional from the last Article Communes, pe ryear..G. of a dependent, the Article 64.-The "forfeit" income tax on the basis" d) 3rd-elass 4th, 5th, 6th-class Communes, per year, 100.00 year, 11 12th of the amount of the intome tax due from officials, Superintendents via their respéctive Collecdtorse and those perform- declaration of the tax to be withola * the Source shall be sub- shall be caleulated according to adjusted income "professional from the last Article Communes, pe ryear..G. 80.00 public employees and hired personnel of the Government shall be ing their duties within the Financial District of Port au Prince dir mitted six month following the event, End the additional tax, due two returns filed by the taxpayer, taking into account the averager held against 67.-Any a error, omission or to false a declaration of income withheld each month from their salaries. This same withholdinz ectly to the Central Office. through negligence or failure, to submt another return shall be to be determined in accordance with the provisions of Article 17 made during the taxpayer fiscal pursuant shall involve subseqquent a examination shall be made by thei heads of enterprises from the salaries of The Internal Revenue Office, according to the results of its withold as of the beginning of the sHmonth period elapsed. of the present Law. tax which be year supplementary "for their employees, to be paid to the nearest Internal Revenue Office control, shall inform the check k-issuing division of the Ministry The provisions of the preceding pangraphs also concern com- Article 65.The taxpayers referred to above in Law feit" the last will declarations. calculated on the basis of the: average of along with a statement signed by the manager at the latest by of Finance of all withholdings to be made on the salaries of the mercial employees, and partners of Industrial and commercial are subject to payment of the "forfeit" income tax the present on the basis Article two 68.-Any readjusted to the 15th of the month following the quarter for which the salaries said public employees, ande shall- forward to the Ministries or corporations, and the nenalties preserdgi-thercin. are also applic- of their adjusted income according to the following progressive taxpayer subject payment of the "forfeit" have been paid. Bonuses and New Year's gifts shall also be shown Public Services concerned a copy of its latters to the Ministry of able to them. (Continued on page 10) in the statement submitted at latest by the 15th fof the quarter Finance on the very day of their transmittal, Article 62,-In all the cases ini geusipn,any head of an organwhich follows the quarter for whiehi they have been paid, which ization who noglects, when the Reventie Professional statement must be accompanied by the amount of the correspond- The Internal Revenue Office is authorized to conduct any invest. Oitieeor its proper agents, to requestedby withold pnetwelfth Intérnal of thet tax each Photographer School ing tax. igations deemed" useful within the Ministries or Public 'Ofices month or to deduct fully the amountspt additional taxes due on with a view to examining the returns filed by Government ofte account of tax "evasion, emission or leglect." on the part of his Petionville, Rue Rigaud No. 11 The quarterly statement. accompanying payments made by the cials, employceès and hired personnet. employee, shall be held persanally mponsible. to the Treasury. ERNST: FORESTAL heads of enterprises for income tax on salaries must show for Any useful information must be furnished by the employee con- In any case, forced recovery will the head ofthe organiza Manager cach employee the following: cerned, particularly regarding his civil status. tion liable to the usual 10% rende month's delay or 1 Name name DEVELOPING, PRINTING bears and first eneatiqo ertra bos Address PENALTIES 3 Total annual salary Article 59.-Government officials, employees and hired person4 of 10 cent the salary (max- have submnitted their within erlia General deduction per from nel who not retrns the period CX goodhewn imum of this deduction: G. cach employee the following: cerned, particularly regarding his civil status. tion liable to the usual 10% rende month's delay or 1 Name name DEVELOPING, PRINTING bears and first eneatiqo ertra bos Address PENALTIES 3 Total annual salary Article 59.-Government officials, employees and hired person4 of 10 cent the salary (max- have submnitted their within erlia General deduction per from nel who not retrns the period CX goodhewn imum of this deduction: G. 1,000.00) tending from he 1st to the 30th of the month of September of each 5 Total personal exemptions year, or who have not complied with this requirement within 8 Total of Nos. 4and 5 above days after their appointments, shall be liable, as appropeiate, of the tax or due on one month's the Annual salary withholding surtaxes claims: taxable to,a complete 8 Amount of annual tax salary beginning from the date when the declaration should have Ea e4 cart a Some parts compettors claim that they manufacture parts under license from Caterailari in the U.S. A Europe, Canada, or Latin America, and that Heir parts are, therefore, of Caterpillar quality. yes...you get G aitian SOS0 beans in every cup of the facts: W CIE L roft neM UTIGAUE S NESCAFE 69.RUE DU QUAI The all coffee instant coffee with the "Let's have another cup" taste. WHAT TO BUY : These claims arobetruel It's no secret that extra coffee beans make GEW) J Some competitorh manufacture to specifications lower than coffee extra good. 43 . choice, deep-roasted SISAL BAGS and BELTS those required bypaterpillar. TRTSS enables them to sell at prices beansg go intoevèry flavorfulcup of ftoday's less than the Dealer's NESCAFE Catoillar prices. coffee. FRENCH PERFUMES and LIQUORS Nescafé. Noother no1 matter how INSTANT All parts) from outside suppliers) by Caterpillar must meet it's made : : tastes S01 fresh, SO friendly,so .WOOD CARVINGS : MAHOGANY Caterpillar arde completely satisfying. In today's Nescafé, 2 COFFEE the accent is on coffee! .TORTOISE SHELL e Only the Caterpil Dealer has parts which always include CaterEAT Cofeehst AE pillar's1 latest enge bering improvements. Get NESCAFE today! .STRAW GOOS PAINTINGS blended andnoauled CATE 00 lasle Sare ERPILLAR your rivier CIvIe HAYTLA TRACTOR & EQUIPMENT Co. S. A. Maute Bonnefil, Manager La Chancerelles --- Page 9 --- PAGE 10 *HAITI SUN" Sunday December 17th, 19 THE NEW INCOME TAX LAW Article 80.-With regard tol income of a'married enipte EYst "IBO BEACH" (Contined from page 9) return must show the eumulative incomeof husba-d and wilel CACIOUE ISLAND regardless of the nature of their matrimonial relationship, and the ONLY 30 MINUTES income tax on the professional basis, in the absence of final re- tax is established in the name of the Family Head. t FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE turns or in case the Internal Revenue Office is unable to calcnlate - Any legal action taken against the husband for collecting the ENTRY (NCLUDING the amount of taxable income, will pay the "forfeit" tax according tax can be directed against the wife's movable property unless ROUND-TRIP to the place where he practices his profession as prescribed in Art- she proves that she owned the said property prior to her marriage, BOAT icle 66 of thel present Law. or that it was acquired by inheritance, donation or through per: TRANSFONTATION) ONLY $1.00 Article 69.-Any document issued by a lawyer, attorney, physic- sons other than her husband. legal action taken against the husband for collecting the ENTRY (NCLUDING the amount of taxable income, will pay the "forfeit" tax according tax can be directed against the wife's movable property unless ROUND-TRIP to the place where he practices his profession as prescribed in Art- she proves that she owned the said property prior to her marriage, BOAT icle 66 of thel present Law. or that it was acquired by inheritance, donation or through per: TRANSFONTATION) ONLY $1.00 Article 69.-Any document issued by a lawyer, attorney, physic- sons other than her husband. Children LE 60 Cents ian, civil engineer, architect, notary public, surveyor or other pro: The above provisions with regard to cumulative income applv Private Dressing Kooms fessional shall not be registered if these taxpayers cannot prove also to incomes of minor children and of parents when the latter Fine Restaurant White Sand Beach that they have paid their income tax on the "forfeit" professional have legal control over their children's income. In stich cases, the WATER SKIING and Snack Bar basis for the first or second half of the fiscal year during which (Continued 10n page 13) SKIN-DIVING they' are practicing their professions. Article 70.The said document must mention, along with the, position of the professional concerned, the number ot-the receipt Immediate Jet as well as the curment half ofthe fiscal year for which the pro: Clipper* Connections in Miami to fessional has paid his income tax. I the document mentions the appointment or intervention of several professionals, the above formalities will be required foy each one of them. Article. mortgages to MEXICO 71.-Any is required pay; prior to the inscription. of his rights, a "forfeit" income tax equal to one twelfthof the annual interest due, regardless of the number" of days or months which have yet to run from the date of this transaction. Article 72.No inscription may be made except upon visa by the Office of Registration and Conservation of Mortgages of the final receipt showing payment of the income tax, and the number of the receipt must be noted on the document by the notary public, Article 3-Exceptionally, a "forfeit" income tax at the rateor 1% is applicable to all sales of sugar cane to sugar mills opèrating in Haiti. These enterprises, under penalty of being held responsible for payment of the tax, must retain the amount which is to be paid to the Internal Revenue Office between the 1st and 15th of the following month after collection has been made. ata BOOKKEEPING BY PROFESSIONAL TAXPAYERS Article 74.-Professionals are. required to deliver a receipt, dated and signed showing the amount of each sum collected as. fees, commissions, interest and remuneration as well as the namer of the client. This receipt must be made in duplicate. Further, professionals are required to possess a ledger, visacd and initialled without expense before its use by the Internal Revd nue Office, It must be kept day by' day and must show: the total amount of receipts carricd Qver from receipt books. Professional expenses incurred will- also be entered in the ledger. See the Wind God adorning Article 79-Expenditures considered as doductible.costs are, those pre-Aztec ruins and floatwhichi are inherent in the practice or the profession and whichare ing gardens at Xochimilco. made during the taxable fiscal year. Article 76-Exceptionally, any professional newly practicing his profession will be granted a reduction of 40% for the first year. Depart Port-au-Prince on Tuesday For this purpose he will bel required to submit hjs license. or Saturday at 10:15 AM-Friday at 12:30 PM. Giant Pan American PROFESSIONAL SECRECY Jets then whisk you from Florida to Article 77.-Officials and public employees, as well as the bail Mexico City. You'll arrivei in the Coniffs who renforcethe fiscal laws, are required to maintain outside tinent's most cosmopolitan capital their duties the most complete secrecy on the subject of profits or just after a sumptuous dinner aloft. income of taxpayers, when they become aware of these throuch Complete round trip Economy Class application of the laws, under penalties prescribed in Article 32 fare is US $253. Giant Pan American PROFESSIONAL SECRECY Jets then whisk you from Florida to Article 77.-Officials and public employees, as well as the bail Mexico City. You'll arrivei in the Coniffs who renforcethe fiscal laws, are required to maintain outside tinent's most cosmopolitan capital their duties the most complete secrecy on the subject of profits or just after a sumptuous dinner aloft. income of taxpayers, when they become aware of these throuch Complete round trip Economy Class application of the laws, under penalties prescribed in Article 32 fare is US $253. MEX of the Penal Code: ParAm's newest jets tservice also stops REQUIREMENT FOR NEW TAXPAYERS TO SUBMIT A PERin Merida on the Yucatan peninsula. SONAL INCOME TAX RETURN ON THE "FORTEIT" PRO: Explore ancient archaecological sites FESSIONAL BASIS of the Mayan civilization. LuxuriArticle 78.-All new taxpaye.s are required to notify the Interous hotel accommodations are availnal Revenue Office of their establishment for the purpose of pracable at bargain Mexican prices. ticing professional activities. Failure to comply with this provision And Mexico City has everything! as soon as he has filed any document connected vith his profession Smart shops, a bracing (but tropical) will render him liable to a fine of from G. 100 to" G. 500. climate, bullfights, superb dining and PAN AM TAX ON PERSONAL INCOME FINAL RETURN BASIS international cabaret life. See your Article 79.-All persons who practice liberal professions, as. well Travel Agent or Pan Amrtoday, as holders of securities, money-lenders, merchants, pensioners, and discover how delightful a holiand all other persons who posess any source of income not inclided day in jet-close Mexico can be. asi commercial, and industrial profit, are subjeet to payment of ENJOY ON THEX THE WORLDIS PRICELE MOST ESS EXTRA EXPERIENCED OF EXPERIENCE AIRLINE personal income tax on the basis of a final return or income. As concerns buildings leased without charge to relatives, friends PLACE DE LA REPUBLIQUE ARGENTINE CITÉ DE L'EXPOSITION or others, the. estimated rental value used as a basis for the rental PORT-AU-PRINCE, TEL: 3451 tax will consequently represent the taxable amount. PAI 3111-MEX --- Page 10 --- Sunday December 17th, 1961 "HAITI SUN" PAGE 11 - LETTER TO EDITOR (Cont'd) on is far superior to that of-the mongoose: Only three years is Triselle, the manager, and to came on my property near our sufficient for one pair of a nèw Dunham, that the latter water spot and it was recaptur- species of snakes at liberty here Keica without being asked, that ed there. This last € incident to literally invade the whole islhe was deploring the escape of shows how important it is that and. pur snakes which got loose the the spécimens of the zoological hy before and which she had garden of Leclerc be inoffensive TiekRollei Shall one say that such a caNo ot yet been able to find. animals. for if instead of an igua- tastrophic eventuality may help na a caiman or a snake was in the cause of tourism? And what The. intonation of this remark question, it is evident that I it to be said about the living touahe vas casual and the way, wholly would never have' considered the conditions of the people! pontaneous in which she made matter in such a light manner. did not allow any doubts on In conclusion, Mr Director, I The success of Leclerc for Kahe truth Uaoles of the information. It believe the realization of a Z00- therine Dunham has everything good possible that the errand snal- logical garden in these surround- to gain from the elimination of a have been recuperated in the ings to he not only perfectly. ac- the snakes from the zoological quichest heantime. I do not konw. The ceptable, but meriotorious. made matter in such a light manner. did not allow any doubts on In conclusion, Mr Director, I The success of Leclerc for Kahe truth Uaoles of the information. It believe the realization of a Z00- therine Dunham has everything good possible that the errand snal- logical garden in these surround- to gain from the elimination of a have been recuperated in the ings to he not only perfectly. ac- the snakes from the zoological quichest heantime. I do not konw. The ceptable, but meriotorious. But collection, AS far as the well unLIEA pecies of the snakes in ques- it is evident to any same mind derstood interest of the country; on has not been mentioned ei- that it is disastrous to let into there could be no doubt that it ber; but what I certify, with the island dangerous zoological requires a very strict interdice MECA6 testimony of Mrs Mangones species. My very frank optnion tion on the import of dangerous WITH A hd of our friends, is that day, about this is that the wrong exotic animals and the destruc: was Mrs Dunham all right, comes from the responsible par- tion of those that were So inVoint ho herself, mentioned the flight ty of the Customs of the Dep- fortunately let in, and this, be- -Lander her snakes. Following this, artment of Agriculture whose fore Spring 1962, time of their e Noigltaniter talked about it and met other job is control. Let us not forget reproduction. sople who were already infor- that the person who introduced Yours truly HASSELBLAD led of this: It did not seem once into the island, this appar Albert Mangones. BESSAMATIC en that this affair was a sec- ently inoffensive animal, the N.B.-Let us emphasize that in t matter! mongoose, is in the end respon- all the zoological gardens of the BRAUN sible for the plegue constituted world snakes are exposed in Hobby On the other hand, it IS evid- by the omnipresence of this an- tightly fitting glass cages and : CAMERAS AT FREL PORT PRICES it that the danger of escape imal everywhere in our country- that at Leclere, on the contrary, real since less than fifteen. side. they are shown in ordinary thin Walz tys ago, and iguana of the Le- The snakes are oviparous and wood boxes covered with metal erc collection broke loose, the rhythm ofr their multiplica- netting of the type used for pouiCenter eamen SHIIWWIHIWUNUIMIWUUULS try houses. oftfailisa Ecnhte C RUE BONNE FOI MEN's SHIRTS Phone: 2350 OSRAM SCARVES Manager SKAHN AIR- CONDITIONEE STEPHEN BROS HANDKERCHIEPS M. ago, and iguana of the Le- The snakes are oviparous and wood boxes covered with metal erc collection broke loose, the rhythm ofr their multiplica- netting of the type used for pouiCenter eamen SHIIWWIHIWUNUIMIWUUULS try houses. oftfailisa Ecnhte C RUE BONNE FOI MEN's SHIRTS Phone: 2350 OSRAM SCARVES Manager SKAHN AIR- CONDITIONEE STEPHEN BROS HANDKERCHIEPS M. 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WHITNEY jous western third of the island the famous Citadelle-a fortress cellent dance orchestras. ulation though the majority a Creole of the popof Hispaniola, which it shares built a the speakcs patois. Port au Prince, Haiti - This on mountaintop by Creole cuisine provides in Port au Prince has excellent Negro Republic is in some ways with the Rominican Republic. Negro King, Henri Christophe. some hotels, and in many small, entertainment. Shows at night the most rewarding place the Its population of nearly 4,000,000 Breathtaking View unpretentious rest a rants in spots are vivid and colorful. American tourist can visit in the is estimated to have the lowest Haiti's attractions are plenti- Port au Prince, what many con- There is an active outdoor folkCaribbean. It can also be in per capita income of any nation ful. Few sights are SO, magnifi- sider the most tasty food in the lore theatre-Theatre de Verduother ways the most frustrating. in the, Western Hemisphere. cent as Port au Prince Bay Caribbean. No one who has mis-l re, as it is called. Tourists who It is rewarding because it is stretching out scôres of miles, sed grillot-grilled Haitian pork] wish to witness voodoo ceremovital and different and has an Haiti has been mdependent with verdant mountains tower- knows what can be accompl- nies can find a driver to take original national culture which longer than any. , magnifi- sider the most tasty food in the lore theatre-Theatre de Verduother ways the most frustrating. in the, Western Hemisphere. cent as Port au Prince Bay Caribbean. No one who has mis-l re, as it is called. Tourists who It is rewarding because it is stretching out scôres of miles, sed grillot-grilled Haitian pork] wish to witness voodoo ceremovital and different and has an Haiti has been mdependent with verdant mountains tower- knows what can be accompl- nies can find a driver to take original national culture which longer than any. nation in the ing along its shores up to 4.000 ished with the flesh of the pig. them, and it will be a new exflourishes despite desperate pov- hemisphere except the United feet and more. This view can D'riz djon-djon is a delightful perience. erty and acute éeonomic-politic- States and has had a turbulent, be particularly breathtaking seen black rice. And turkey (idinde) al problems amidst a wealth colorful history. For most Ame- over a cup of black, strong, and guinea hen (pintade) prepar Items to Buy of natural beauty. It is frustrat- rican tourists, Haiti is its cap- sweet Haitian coffee on a sunny ed according to Creole recipes ing because its travel resources ital; Port au Prince, the only morn after a long evening of are new taste sensations. It is is interesting. Aside in the republic with direct dancing, to Haitian meringue and a pity that Haitian cuisine is not Shopping are so inadequately developed with aity air connections with the outside other rhythms played at one of better known abroad. At pre- from the standard run of freeand used in comparison world. But some visit the north- the city's hotels or night clubs sent, the only place it can be Iport merchandise on sale in their Haiti possibilities. occupies the mountain-I lern city of Cap Haitien and seelby one of Port au Prince's ex- found is in Haiti. bean, many there other is places attractive in the mahog- Caribany work available in the better craft shops. It includes well-designed bowls, plates, serving Now In Operation dishes, utensils, and also objects of art such as original statuettes and large and beautiful busts of The new SHELL STATION at St. such historical figures of Haiti as the brilliant Toussaint L'Ouverture and ruthless, dramatic Martin (next to the Vehicles Inspection Henri Christophe. But perhaps the finest things SHELL) Centre neat Bowenfield airport) fully to be bought in Haiti are Haitian paintings. The flourishing art' of equipped to meet all your needs. this small nation has developed only in recent years and is characterized by brilliant color, priUnder the direction of Mr. JEAN mitive force and striking individuality. JACQUES, the motorists friend. On show, at the famous Centre d'Art in the middle of Port au PROMPT, EFFICIENT AND Prince or at the smaller but now most exciting Galerie Brochette at Carrefour on the capital's outCOURTEOUS SERVICE skirts are works by native Haitian artists such as Duffaut, ByASSURED. ron, Lazard, Denis and a score of others. TRY IT, No Duty on Art YOU CAN BE SURE OF It Many is worth are priced remembering reasonably. also that little or no duty is charged on art works, which can thereSHELL fore be purchased freely above and beyond the United States tourist quota. In shops one gets courteous treatment. And, in fact, perhaps the most enjoyable thing about Haiti for the American is to find how hospitable and friendly Haitians are, and how much they appreciate those Americans who enjoy their country and its culture,: In these circumstances, it is particularly unfortunate that OCcasionally the experiences foreign tourists encounter with Haitians are unpleasant. priced remembering reasonably. also that little or no duty is charged on art works, which can thereSHELL fore be purchased freely above and beyond the United States tourist quota. In shops one gets courteous treatment. And, in fact, perhaps the most enjoyable thing about Haiti for the American is to find how hospitable and friendly Haitians are, and how much they appreciate those Americans who enjoy their country and its culture,: In these circumstances, it is particularly unfortunate that OCcasionally the experiences foreign tourists encounter with Haitians are unpleasant. For instance, the tourist strolling down the streets of Port au Prince will often be besieged by boys who offer to "guide"him through the city. If he is so ill-advised as to give the slightest word of encouragement, he may be assailed by a whole entourage of annoying handout seekers. If on the other hand the tourist takes a (Continued on page 14) --- Page 12 --- Sunday December 17th, 1961 PAGE 13 THE NEW TAX INCOME LAW TROUBLED DOMINICAN IN TRANSITION] from the Dominican body poli- (Continued from page 10) tic which was aimed at saving income tax is established in the name of the family head, and any (Continued from page 4) Ihe held for just that moment in; for these elements much of their legal action for purposes of collection is directed against the nov order to take a series of decis- authority and influence on the would be accessible to them. He ive measures, the more obvious, body politic. Balaguer showered able property of the persons whose incomes have been cumulated invited them to come to the Na even some of them unimportant upon the country a series of new Article 81.-For each marriage occurring during the fiscal year tional Palace to see him. things, he might have saved his edicts covering all sorts of subfor which an income tax return is to be filed, the tax is determined authority. But with indecisive- jects: increasing drastically the in the following manner: And outside there that omin ness seemingly characteristic ofwages of the members of police As regards the husband, he shall declare his income belore ous evening there stood in front him he stood still for that time. and armed forces; lowering the marriage, as augmented by his wife's income beginring of the Palace tanks with their and that was enough. Dominie- some prices. equally drasticaliy - guns aimed down toward the ans made up their mind quickly and thereby cutting in some from the date of the marriage. capital below, and toward the and with startling unanimity cases tax revenues; changing In the case of the other spouse, the basis shall be her own gate, the well-guarded gate, of as the subsequent general strike names of places and all sorts of income up until the date of her marriage. the National Palace itself. aimed at getting hir out of of other things so as to remove the In case a marriage is dissolved, or in case parents cease to fice showed- that they did not Trujillo name from the Domini: exercise legal control over their children's income, cumulation of It seemed fairly clear even at want Balaguer any longer as can map; dispatching abroad, that moment that Joaquin Bala- their President. And from them often as diplomats, some of the incomes is no longer compulsory beginning from the date of the guer was not the man who on: no matter what he would do more notorious Trujillo personevent. could guide the destinies of his it would neither be trusted nor alities and likewise a few indiArticle 82.-Persons and children whose cumulated incomes are country through the transition accepted. This was an unfortun- viduals, such as General Rodepart of the family head's must be considered as. his dependen ts, period between the departure of ate fact for what the country riguez Mendez, who might cause and consequently the family head will be granted exemptions of the Trujillo family and the in- needed desperately at that june- his government trouble, and G. 1,500.00 determined per person, or per head. trusted nor alities and likewise a few indiArticle 82.-Persons and children whose cumulated incomes are country through the transition accepted. This was an unfortun- viduals, such as General Rodepart of the family head's must be considered as. his dependen ts, period between the departure of ate fact for what the country riguez Mendez, who might cause and consequently the family head will be granted exemptions of the Trujillo family and the in- needed desperately at that june- his government trouble, and G. 1,500.00 determined per person, or per head. stallation at some time in the ture and what it still needs now many other measures. They had future, one hoped, of a freely is some kind of a about them an element of franC constitutional elected new government of the bridge between past and future. Itic haste Land seèmed to be Article 83.-In cases of absence, false declarations, errors, omis Dominican Republic. He had a bridge which conceivably could aimed either at giving the apsions the Internal Revenue Office may class within a period not been too closely associated with have been given by the Presid- pearance of activity in removexceeding 5 years the payment of the full or supplementeiry the regime of the Trujillo fam- ency ifthe Presidency could have ing the heritages of the Trujillo amount of the tax due as of the 31st of January of the fiscal year ily- to be able to command even succeeded in gaining just enough era or at buying the* support of for which the tax should have been determined, taking into account a modicum of public trust and public confidence to- carry out important elements or forces in confidence. True, there had been that task. Perhaps it was an im- the country. But none Of this, it any surtaxes incurred. that one moment at the very possibility from the start. was obvious even on that ThursArticle 84.-In case of death of a taxpayerisubject to the pers n end of the Trujillo rule, just a day evening as Balagueri spoke al income tax, his heirs are responsible to the Financial Adminis few days earlier before that At any rate what Balaguer on the radio and planes circled tration, proportionately- to their inheritances, for the full amount speech of Thursday, November did attempt to do was something overhead with the capital sink23, when he might have quite different: He tried, evid- ing down into its curfacts all-night above by virtue of the enumerated above remaining under been able to capture possibly the public ently, to carry out a rear-guard few that President /Balaguer no de cujus responsibility. imagination and emerge as a Dolitical action on behalf of the longer commanded sufficient supnational leader able to achieve elements of officialdom which port or prestige to be able to Article 85.-The return for personal incomes taxi on the final "re- a transition for the nation. Tf'had, the most to fear from a tho- carry out the functions of the turn basis shali be filed at the nearest Internal Revenue Office on Sunday, November 19, and rough-going purge of Touilldiam'Preidengy. by the 31st of January of each year at the latest for the fiscal Monday, November 20, when the country lived through its crisis, year ending the 30th of September of the previous year. when the biggest group of the Article 86.-The said return shall be completed by the taxpayer Trujillos were itiduced to leave, on the forms furnished by the Internal Revenue Office. when thereafter the Dominican The return shall include tax deductions resulting from collections Dublic for one brief day was made at the source numb, and quiescent not lookfon by employers upon salaries, and from the still "forfeited" amounts advanced by taxpayers subject thereto. quite believing that they had de parted, if on those tivo days Ba- (To be continued OIN next Edition) laguer had seized the initiative BLUE ANEEL G STAR on the lahel claguuie by Wyler Munshotancen Diatitit outeille * Suers, de paut Barbire 6Co. for one brief day was made at the source numb, and quiescent not lookfon by employers upon salaries, and from the still "forfeited" amounts advanced by taxpayers subject thereto. quite believing that they had de parted, if on those tivo days Ba- (To be continued OIN next Edition) laguer had seized the initiative BLUE ANEEL G STAR on the lahel claguuie by Wyler Munshotancen Diatitit outeille * Suers, de paut Barbire 6Co. Rertauprincel (Mat) Mkemstintauoat Exclusive Agent: FOUAD A. MOURRA Served EXCLUSIVELY af Haini's Leading Avenue Jean-Jacques Dessalines HOTELS & RESTAURANTS & BY CONNOISSEURS and LE CONTINENTAL STORE Rue Bonne Fo THROUGHOUT THE WORLD --- Page 13 --- PAGE 14 *HAITI SUN> Sunday December 17th, 1961 Point IV Self-Help? Gains Popularity DIFFERENT AND DELIGHTFUL HAITI cleret cOSt S1150 cormletes This covered drinks, dinner and the (Continued from page 1) Tough designed to accommodate (Continued from page 12) the heart of the city facing the show, which included at voodoo presentatives Of two rural com 200 students, classroom attendChamp del Mars which run as ritual at an outdoor amphitheamunities in the Artibonite Valley ance was not: expected to reach driver, as) he often must, he may Jow as $7 a day for a couple tre and Mme Dunham's own offered substantial sums of mo- that figure before the fall of also have a problem. with meals. dancing, ney as well as their time, labor, 1962., Latest attendarice figures, Haitian tourist drivers some A middle range of hotels runs and materials to assist CEP in however, show 360 children at times try to take over their from $12 a day up; with beauti- Taxis within the city of Port expanding their rural schools. tending the community school whole stay. This pa- ful luxury hotels in lofty Petion- au Prince generally are 10 cents: 3) And at Bac d'Aquin school CEP personnel speculated that tron's work out satisfactorily and may it ville charging up to S50 a ride: if one is able to explain attendance daya has doubled since many new families had moved may mot. Drivers often try to for a couple with meals. Excel-to the driver in French or Dig-if classrooms opened there for the into the Bac d'Aquin community steer their to places Ient dinners may, be had at res- eon English where one wishes first time six weeks ago. because it provided education where they have charges arrange- taurants in the range of S2 tol to go. One should also be willAgricultural Ministeri Andre opportunities for their children. ments, and there special have been $3,50. Drinks, particularly rum ing to relax a bit and wait one's Theard noted that these repprts In acordance with the outlines some cases when they have re- drinks. are very reasonably pri- turn while- other Haitian passaugur well for the Community of the aided "self-help" project fused outright to deliven tourists cd in most places. engers are delivered to their desSchool Development Program caph. community agrees ito furn- to establishments they wished Voodoo Ritual tinations. Sucha rideis as good since "self-help" projects inevit- ish unskilled labor, rocks sand to see, even going as far on DCa way 'as any of making the acably depend upon the interest, and gravel as well as one-halt casion as to claim the owners An evening at Katherine Dun- quaintance of these delightfal enthusiasm and dynamism of its 1o two carreaux of land. places. engers are delivered to their desSchool Development Program caph. community agrees ito furn- to establishments they wished Voodoo Ritual tinations. Sucha rideis as good since "self-help" projects inevit- ish unskilled labor, rocks sand to see, even going as far on DCa way 'as any of making the acably depend upon the interest, and gravel as well as one-halt casion as to claim the owners An evening at Katherine Dun- quaintance of these delightfal enthusiasm and dynamism of its 1o two carreaux of land. For its were dead or the store shut. ham's famous "Habitation Le-] péople. participants, part CEP provides other buildBriggs also noted that this was ing materials, skailled labor and The Problems the first time rural communities professtonal guidance. The standhad offered money to assist C- ard four-room school building, Neither the boy nor E.P. in school construction. The accommodating 200: children, the officious driver "guide" are two Artibonite villages to do so costs Point IV $3,200. lems unique Haiti, probwere Gilbert and Haute-Feuille, During the past 11 months a But in Haiti, to laxity of of controls course. Notice both of which, appropriately, total of 14 new rural schools has were among the first five rural have? been built under this pro- to get permitted, more out them of hand seemingly than schools constructed in Haitil, gram, including Haiti's first:ru- elsewhere. through CEP. Iral Intermediate school at LaCommittees from both villages borde near Cayes. Another 15 Such problems are indicative visited CEP headquartersat Da- are under construction. a state All mien/ Nov. each volunteering of general of affairs To money and 13 resources towards HOUSE FOR RENT which has: ledi to a decline inl the expansion of their presently Beantiful modern home located recent years in Haiti's tourist over-crowded schools. The com- at the entrance of the Village Caribbean Dosition jin centers. comparison But with it is other pdmittees also met wifh Minister Willy Lamothe in Delmas. litics in which has Tropigas Theard to discuss possibilities of Three bedrooms, two bath- played: an particular unhappy role in unadding much-needed teachers to rooms, large living and dining dermining some of the promis their school staffs. Thé Gilbert room. Modern kitchen with rew ing beginnings in the Haitian committee offered Customers even to pay stove and refrigerator. Very spa- tourist trade of half a dozen the teacher's salary. cious grounds and large swim- vears back. Haitian politics have To members of the) Community ming pool. Water 24 hours a day, affected tourism both ini respect School Development Branch of NO BLACKOUT. to things. done and things needCEP the/ greatest surprise was Formerly occupied by Mrs ed but not done. Last winter, SO THAT YOU MAY HAVE TROPI population explosion at Bac d'A Dean Turley of the Point IV. for: instance, at the height of the DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLI quin, whose four-room school Contact Mr. Alfred Stecher, winter scason: martial law was GAS was dedicated only last montl. Source Turgeau 103 Phone 5539. declared, and this did not help DAY, WE URGE THAT YOU PLACE S AnAa A A Mrm A A A business. At present. Haiti is YOUR ORDERS FOR CYLINDERS OF calm and quiet, and no troubles TROPIGAS > are foréseen. NOW. Caribe-Haiti Hotel > Whatever problems Haiti has THE TROPICAL GAS COMPANY WILL > for tourists, it nevertheless proABLE TO GIVE YOU BETTER SERmises always to bera particul- BE SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DINNER $5.00 P.P. 5539. declared, and this did not help DAY, WE URGE THAT YOU PLACE S AnAa A A Mrm A A A business. At present. Haiti is YOUR ORDERS FOR CYLINDERS OF calm and quiet, and no troubles TROPIGAS > are foréseen. NOW. Caribe-Haiti Hotel > Whatever problems Haiti has THE TROPICAL GAS COMPANY WILL > for tourists, it nevertheless proABLE TO GIVE YOU BETTER SERmises always to bera particul- BE SPECIAL CHRISTMAS DINNER $5.00 P.P. > arly fascinating country for the VICE NOW THAN LATER IN DEC > traveler who wishes to get the DURING THE HOLIDAYS. December 24that 10:00 P.M. > feel of a culture which is very EMBER different, very alive. and very > colorful. For such a traveler it ORDER NOW AND BE HAPPY DURCAROLS by H. WIDMAIER & Starlettes' may noti matter much that Port ING THE HOLIDAYS. au Prince is not a clean town, et F. GUIGNARD 8C ORCHESTRA 2 that it still has virtually no useful telephone system, or that, TROPICAL GAS COMPANY, INC., > on entrance to the country by ) air, tourists are charged the pet: - For Reservation See "COLETTE ) ty but annoying amount of $2 Rue Pavee Tel. 3883 > for a tourist card. at Front desh. Port au Prince has a variety of hotels and accommodations. 4 There are spacious pensions in ISSA OHAITI LEIN PORTAU-PRINCE ART HAITIWI GALLERY Dete Sd Bidg M onRoedo Quai letorniom MAHOCANY RUGS Scolplures by PAINTINGS by OF EXQUISITE OF SELECTED Cedor Designs R.FRANÇOIS OHUT Rush J.DU DERRIER J.E.Gourgue AND SUPERB AND FAMOUS V.Denis O.DU PERRIER dame L.Lazard Quality. -Phese Soods ane sold Sisal. J.Gabriel GRAND RUE im. the oost exolusive Storesin the U.S. PHONE : 26849 A.DIMANCHE N.Jean --- Page 14 --- nday December 17th, 1961 "HAITT SUN' PAGE 15 Telediol Time hue Dffthe Snakes takes on a rosy There's a magazine called Drum in Africa with a circulation through the sapphire crystal iver a quarter million among black Africans. Shows how moof your Movado s Firmament" watch n that continent is. One edition contained. an article called How Be the Hostess with the ShakeMostess, listing 7 points for party (Continued from page 1) ers. The 7th was How To End It All. Quote. It's six o'clock the morning and your guests are all set for a second time' research officers led by a lieutend. So you appear with a tray of black coffee and say sweetly nant who asked for a complete with an air of finality: "Well, hasn't it been fun?" Il that list of animals and reptiles we - never, never scream at them. Unquote. I guess parties are have here." mane the world over. -Miss Canada was seen with a hungry "This is third week of campaign. Didnt pay much attention *in her eye last week. She explained that she loved Haiti and to it at first. We paid for two having awonderful time, but OH, how she longed for a cheese- days of denials but the stories pert The hungry look is gone... someone tipped her off to have grown bigger. One story Rendez-Vous. Don't know which she enjoyed more 1 the this morning said the Army had eseburgers or meeting Dan! have here." mane the world over. -Miss Canada was seen with a hungry "This is third week of campaign. Didnt pay much attention *in her eye last week. She explained that she loved Haiti and to it at first. We paid for two having awonderful time, but OH, how she longed for a cheese- days of denials but the stories pert The hungry look is gone... someone tipped her off to have grown bigger. One story Rendez-Vous. Don't know which she enjoyed more 1 the this morning said the Army had eseburgers or meeting Dan! -Marie Jeanne has opened a captured two of the pythons and nch storè in Petionville, next to the National Dry on the road another in the Matin was that a head of a devoured man was Choucoune. One day the shopping district up there will be discovered not far from here. Its ger and better than the downtown section. -I'm going to run pretty convenient if you want, to of map soon, but before then I'd like 'to know the why of get rid of someone," said the se two-Trou Bonbon and Jacquasse. The latter might have American Dancer., The Movado sapphire crystal 2654, en left oyer. from the days of the Marines, with a little different Department of Tourism at gleams with a rare brilliance, look", Hling, eh? L-Looks like Scientists are beginning to chase their noon Monday advised Dunham its only hardness byt that off is surpassed geld dial without reason tomorrow's the diamond, Be Party ntails. In an article on the. chemical boom it was reported that at her Place for the South AmeYou will cherish your longer can chemical companies succeed on new products alone. rica Queens participating here precision Movado which thrice offers triumphant you a Rnsive competition has begun to force down prices... profits in a Pan American Festival had in three years (at the official minlature Ref. 148, shrinking, AND the chemical industry is exploring the front- been cancelled. Tele-Haiti that Neuchâtel). Swiss Observatory at goldf ment, a figure dial 6 of marketing as avidly as it explores the frontiers of chem- Inight said it was because Brazi-l fy. Those paper and paste Christmas churches are around lian Boas were on the loose. ain, this being the season. Michael Quinn's Pop bought him Miss Dunham said the z0o was hobby of her business at the Choucoune the other nite. By the time Michael and partner youthful Swede bert Marini finished examining it, it was already apart at all Dick Frisell who "has givims. Didn't bother Michael tho'; all that worried him was that en freely of personal funds have MOVADO church didn't a cross on top. -Haiti should be interested and unlimited devotion towards the fact that Old King Cotton, who lost large portions of his success of the Night Club with fiamament irkets to synthetic fibers, is making dramatic new plans to its authentic: Voodoo dances and " ONE MAISON has started ZOO as a sideline." SALE AT ORIENTALE wain his throne. Watch for new uses of cotton toz be announced Asked whether the Haitian resAND LITTLE EUROPE m. LTuned in on that English language lesson again the other pect for Damaballah the Snakemning and came up with "Claude Duvalses", and some pretty God of Voodoo cult has not intenTHROUGHOUT THE WORLD - presting sentencess a la Berlitz and every other language sified their fear of these four irse. One was, "There were Del Monte asparagus cans on the romping rovers who will lay eggs ing room table". Poor housekeeping, I calls it. Another was, in the spring and eventually swamp Haiti, Katherine said no le. were sitting on Choucoune beds". How's that again?? Who and that Damballa happened to ites those things? --From where I sit it looks as if the rear-end be her god. Added she generally thel wharf collapsed last week. Father Burrough's 'mystere did not like snakes and feeds the week was how come the organ bellows was blowing back- other animals in preference to rds? -Cap Dick Weinman is in the States to attend his father's feeding weekly white mice and eral. spring and eventually swamp Haiti, Katherine said no le. were sitting on Choucoune beds". How's that again?? Who and that Damballa happened to ites those things? --From where I sit it looks as if the rear-end be her god. Added she generally thel wharf collapsed last week. Father Burrough's 'mystere did not like snakes and feeds the week was how come the organ bellows was blowing back- other animals in preference to rds? -Cap Dick Weinman is in the States to attend his father's feeding weekly white mice and eral. Cacao Tycoon Scharf is in Canape Vert Hospital occasional frog to the sole pywho shares a cage along stones. Sharf nunainsjaen couple of kidney Mrs. was shopping for some with a Haitian sleeping snake icolate covered mints for him (she referred to him as "my and an emerald tree snake, both teinte husband" The sidewalk entrance to the Casino is lined also non-poisonous. h mahogany ware for sale. A tourist was overhead to say, "My By chance our story was a: Do you have to buy something to get in here?" Dashing shown to a friend who has a Hart is back in town and plans to be around for a while. Stop farm neighboring Habitation Leclerc and chances to have some and tell us' about the details, Irv. -Despite the rash of rumors biological background. He said t he was sick... had been shot... was dead, the Editor arrived that pythons are not uncommon t in town last Sunday, none the worse for wear. Looks as on his farm and he has seen (Continued on page 16) them there over since he owned the farm, at least 10 years. Py- "Wbite Label" IS YOUR thons are not poisonous and the relatively small species would not PASSPORT TO PLEASURE even attack an animal as small as a cat. Undoubtedly they do A famous name to remember, wherever you are. You know eat rats, mice and possibly small In every golden drop; you sense the glorious softchickens. They will not develop ness ofpatiently malted barley, the faintl lingering k'sa really fine in arid areas, probably the rea- fragrance ofthe peat fire, and that delicate flavour son they are found mostly alongrare qualities, these! Scotch when it's side the small streams east and JOHNNIE west of Carrefour. The Haitian Government has Wbite Label" WALKER an effective veterinary and plantWbite Labe quarantaine service which controls the importations of new DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKY DewarsSo animal and plant species. malted barley, the faintl lingering k'sa really fine in arid areas, probably the rea- fragrance ofthe peat fire, and that delicate flavour son they are found mostly alongrare qualities, these! Scotch when it's side the small streams east and JOHNNIE west of Carrefour. The Haitian Government has Wbite Label" WALKER an effective veterinary and plantWbite Labe quarantaine service which controls the importations of new DEWAR'S SCOTCH WHISKY DewarsSo animal and plant species. It is doubtful that these well informIT NFVER VARIE: JOHNNIE WALKER ed serious people would have approved the entry into the ANDRE KHAWLY Bora 1830- - ail going strong country of any poisonous or Agent Distributor: harmful new shakes species, even with Mademoiselle Dumham 48, Rue du Magasin de l'Etat Phone: 3721 DISTRISUTOR FREETZMAN-AGGERHOLM as the charming importer. P. 0. Box 1207 --- Page 15 --- PAGE 16 "HAITI SUN" Sunday December L Voyagez par.. AIR FRANCE CONSUL VOTRE FRANCE BOEING ET CARAVELLE LES MEILLEURS -JET8. SUR LE PLUS GRAND RESEAU DU MONDE DE VOY OFF THE TELEDIOL If Miss Miami is going to go throughy life with that petulant pout on her cute face, Too bad. Somebody taught Mary Rose Paul, Girl Guide, the American slang expression 'you stink on ice'. I'd like to see the face of the first tourist she pulls it on. Background music for Radio Commerce's 8:45 morning. newscast is the U.S. Marine Hymn. Sounds good. -Haiti is featured in a fullpage ad in the Dec. 11th issue of U.S. News. It's the Universal Oil ad which says "today, as in past centuries, the perfumers' art depends on exotics such as grass roots from Haiti.." That's news to me and TIl bet there a story in it. Who can tell me? -Heard a man ask Rose-Ann at Rendez-Vous for a pack of Chesterfields. She handed them to him' and said fifty cents. He said, "Fifteen cents,-that's easyl" She repeated FIFTY cents. "Not-so easy", he said. "I might even stop smoking at these- prices" The Christmas trees are going up all over. PAA has a big one in its window in the company colors; Dan Allen has a silver one on his piano which shivers in the air conditioner's breeze and has colored Ights playing on it. And this is the last week for Christmas shopping. Let's go, everybody, and a Merry Christmas to youA1l. KAY MAJOR "MISS BAHAMAS" ELECTED OUEEN... Panama, Mss Peru and Miss) The Beauty Queen was crownVenezuela, by a Jury composed ed by Mrs Jean Rene Baucicot, by the Ambassadors of Ethiopia, wife of the Chief of Staff of the France, Italy, Liberia, National- Armed Forces and the Secretary ist China, Spain and the United of State of Tourism, Mr Victor Nations Representative. Nevers Constant. Miss Argentina, Virginia de She opened the ball with the Carlo and Miss Haiti, Evelyne Minister of Tourism, and was Miot were elected First and Sec- congratulated by a crowd of adond Princesses. mirers. Onr 200-veat tradition forbids it e 6313099X00X1MXgimesspratuctien BachVacheron & Constantin watch 1s hand-crofted a PRrC masterpicce dee Mnestforashalliedermationalissemnational/dliec VACHERON ETM CONSTANTIN In Geneva since 1755 Exclusive Agent: FOUAD A. MOURRA Avenue Jean-Jacques Dessalines The Beauties of the Comite Francais de l'Elegance, from left and LE CONTINENTAL to right: Miss Elegance, Marie Christine Tempez, Miss Paris; STORE Yvette Minec; Miss Island, Maria Gudmundsdottir; Miss Berlin, Rue Bonne Foi Renate Hutte and Miss Denmark, Sonja Helene Menzel seen at the lovely Hotel Ibolele. SHOES FAMOUS OVEI R FOR EVERY OCCASION Batta The Wor Imprime sur les Presses de HAITI SUN - Ave. Marie-Jeanne Cite de Port PExposition au Prince