Part of Strand Street
F'sted,
St. Croix.

Photos here are from
Old Site,
St. Croix 2 to 7,
plus 16.



Photos will appear in no particular order.



What's left of St. Patrick's Kindergarten, 1986



What's left of the Kindergarten in 2005



What's left of old Convent, 2005



View of St. Patrick's School, 1986



Belardo for Senate, 1991
Corner of King and Hill Streets



Prince Street, with King Cross intersection, 1988.
Guy without shirt, foreground, is Joe.



King Street, close to Market Street.
In background is Paul E. Joseph Stadium, 1986.



The clock was once on the fort. The structure has changed over the years. 1991.
Known as Eliza James McBean Clock Tower.
(2025: No longer looks like this.)



Christmas Seal Fund of USVI

Always purchased through Ms. Nina York





Architectural Heritage of Our Islands
1988







Historic Churches of Our Islands
1989







Cultural Crafts and Traditions of Our Islands
1998







Our Islands Open Doors to a New Millennium
1999





I have no idea what happened to the other years.

Did I use them?





Above, First Voyage of Christopher Columbus.

Always remember, Columbus lied!!







Above: Postcard of Frederikssted, St. Croix, CA 1850.

(c) R&R Trading, Inc.

(Written as shown on the back of the card.)



Above photo by Ron Cox. Whim Greathouse Plantation, St. Croix. Postcard.



Creque Dam, 1986



King Street, intersection Custom House Street.
One story building in foreground was a bar, destroyed by a storm and a multi-story now stands on the corner.



Fort Christiansvaern when it was red.
Christiansted
Hotel on the Cay, right side, not too clearly visible



Entrance to Fort Christiansvaern
Christiansted



From Scenic Road. Carambola Hotel being built.
1986 or 1987



Hotel completed. 1993
Hotel on Davis Bay



View from Hermon Hill. Christiansted. Protestant Cay.
May 1992



I zoomed in for this one. Protestant Cay from
Hermon Hill. May 1992



Christiansted
Three years after Hurricane Hugo



St. John's Anglican Church,
Christiansted, May 1992



Another view



Cropped version of St. John's Anglican Church.
Christiansted



Hotel on the Cay, Protestant Cay
Christiansted



Fort Christiansvaern, now yellow
Was at one time red like Ft. Frederik, see photos above.



Postcard of Buck Island
Christiansted
Photo by Don Hebert



Flamboyant, Flamboyan, Flame tree.
National Flower of Puerto Rico



Bouganvillea
They come in many colors.



Ginger Thomas or Yellow Cedar
National Flower of USVI



Hibiscus/Amapola
They come in many colors, shapes and sizes



Mongoose crossing the road



Wasps - Jackspana/avispa



Queen Street as seen from Fisher, 1993



Another house on Queen Street, 1993



The old chain design on the waterfront,
Strand Street, Frederiksted.



The Radison Diamond cruise ship.
At this time, Radison owned the hotel that
became Carambola, Davis Bay



Clover Crest
1989



Clover Crest



Another view of Clover Crest



Flamingoes resting in the lagoon in F'sted.



View of northside from Scenic Road.



A closer view from Scenic Road of the Carambola Hotel on Davis Bay.



Mural on the wall of pump station in
Harrigan Court Project.





Upper left - A Banyan tree - rubber tree,
Marley Houses, destroyed by Hugo.
As kids, we played in this tree.
Upper right - Clock tower. (2025: No longer looks like this.)
Lower left - Strand Street Park. (2025 - No longer looks like this.)
Lower right - La Grange Beach and Tennis Club. (2025: Does it still exist?)
Center - Victorian-Danish style house,
now The Fred Hotel.
Postcard.





View of Salt River
My photo





Durant Tower, 1980.
No longer exists.





Durant Tower



Photo was taken in 1980.

Corner of Queen Cross and King Streets. The guy in the right corner with hat on is Dove (Lloyd Braffith),

the person who painted what follows.

I have it hanging on a wall in my bedroom.

Yellow semi-circle is sun reflection on lens of camera.



Durant Tower



Painting by Dove.



Mural on
King Street



Photo taken in 1978 (2025: Does it still exist?)



The following 6 photos taken in Christiansted, January 1993
The last two taken in 1992, Frederiksted



40th Anniversary Celebration



Having fun?



SMILE!!



JASON



Nilsa, Gigi, Jessica, Eric, Nelson



1992



Queen Cross Street - Where red car is parked is where the family lived. Foreground, corner with Prince.
The communal faucet once stood in this area.



West side of Prince and Queen Cross
I wrote my name, George, in the wet cement.
Only Ge stands.



Queen Cross - First floor is where Don Domingo
had his grocery shop.



Corona of Prince and Market Streets.
Where Westley Thomas had a store. Building was2 stories. May 2005



King Street
Was this where Bata (shoe store) once stood?
May 2005



Beach at the Divi Hotel
2005



Divi Hotel
Today there is a casino across the street
from the hotel.



More of the Divi Hotel beach area.
2005



St. Patrick's Church yard, Prince St. entrance. Monument to sailors who died in the 1867 tsunami.



South Shore of St. Croix
Dist. by V.I. Cards, Inc.
Post card



St. Croix, USVI. Can you name any?
Dist. by VI Cards, Inc. Photography by In Phocus, Don Hebert
Postcard



Davis Bay
Before the resort was built
Remember the movie "The Island of Dr. Moreau"?
(c) Ron Cox. Postcard



Pasteles made By Ma.
Also see St. Croix O



Soulja (soldier) / Hermit crab



Another view of the Hermit crab



A blue pigeon



Nest of wasps on a seaside grape tree




Remember this? Baron Spot.
Every time we went to C'sted, we'd stop here.
It's now a mall. Postcard



This and the next two cards are postcards.
(c) 1986, Pamela Kerschner



Whim Greathouse
This was taped to a menu I had.
No other information available.



Whim Greathouse
Blank Card
(c) Charles H. Overly (I think)



The kitchen (cook house)
of Whim Greathouse
(c) Charles H. Overly (I think)



St. Joseph High School, 1966



This statue of St. Joseph no longer exists






This is the statue that stood facing the Queen Mary Highway (Centerline Road) on the St. Joseph's High School Campus.

When I began attending St. Joe's, I think there were 9 buildings. The one you can see clearly in this photo was the administration offices and the library. For a while it was also used as a cafeteria.

When it rained heavily most, if not all, of the classrooms leaked. We would have pails all over the rooms collecting water.

The buildings were connected by a sidewalk in the shape of an octagon.

Eventually a gym was built on the western part of the campus. The cafeteria was moved to the same building. The cafeteria/gym was destroyed by a hurricane.

Unfortunately, this statue did not survive. It was not destroyed by a hurricane, it was vandalized. A sign now stands in its place.


​



Olguita Monell
Gabriela Cabret



María



Providencia and Genoveva




​





Class of 1969
From the 1969 Octagan Life yearbook





Myrtle Adams, Rita Baumann (RIP), Graciela Cabret, Nora Archibald, William Bernier,
Andrew Capdeville



Carmen Carrasquillo, Marie Florence Chauvert, Ilma Cepeda, Joseph Christian, Rodney Christian, Barbara Christopher



Genoveva Cintron, Deneys Cochrane, Thomas Coughlin, La Verne Clarke (RIP),
Paul Colgan, David Drew (RIP)



Charles Edwards, Christian Farrelly, Robert Forbes, Milagros Encarnación,
Patricia Farmer, King Harris





Sami Hassan (RIP), Robert Hennings, Ira Jacobs, Rita Hendricks, Janice Hodge,
Winfield James



Ferne Joseph, John McIntosh, María Monell, Lauren Larsen, Mercedes McIntosh,
Olga Monell (RIP)



Griselle Morales (RIP), Irma Navarro, Doreen Newsome, Wilfredo Morales,
Jaqueline Nelson, Joseph Osborne (RIP)



Joan Paulus, James Prine, Lydia Rios, Sylvannus Peters, Providencia Ramos,
Carmen Rivera





Carol Roberts, George Rodríguez, Patricia Sackey, Lenore Rodgers,
Robert Rauch, Claudette Schuster



Susan Silver, Shelley Thomas, Luis Vegas, Wilhelm Simmon,
Olguita Vasquez, Jacinta Weeks (RIP)



Alecia Wharton, Mae Louise Williams (RIP), and Beatrice York.
Mr. Raymond Ferreira, Principal, with Carol (left) and La Verne.



The caption reads, "On June 18, 1969, the keys are brought again - this time the busses are turned off, lockers are unlocked for the last time, classrooms
are closed and locked for the summer and another year is over at
St. Joseph High School."



Staff





Most Reverend Edward J. Harper, Bishop of the Virgin Islands
Mr. Raymond Ferreira, Principal
Sister Ann Hunt - Vice Principal, Shorthand, Typing, Civics



Mr. Frank J. Archibald -
Business Math, Accounting, Health, Gym
Mr. José Cartagena - World History, Carib History, English,
Secretarial Practice
Mrs. Myrna Hoffman - Spanish, French, Accounting
Mrs. Candy Hopewell - English, World Literature, Biology



Sister Evalina John Phillip - World History, World Geography,
Religion, Health
Miss Jane Kelley - Creative Writing, Typing
Miss Betty A. Lucas - Spanish, US History
Father James McSwigan Prefect - Religion



Father Thomas O'Connell - Religion
Miss Mary H. Snyder - Physical Science, Chemistry, Physics, Math
Sister Gabrielle Van Rostenberghe - Religion, Algebra, Geometry,
Math IV, Health
Miss Wendy Williams - English




Mrs. Agnes Davila
Head Cook


Cooks were, left to right - Miss Octavia Barnes,
Mrs. Jane Williams, Mrs. Etta Williams, Mrs. Miriam Parris and Mrs. Jane Farrelly.

The food was delicious!!



The Custodial Staff

Left - Mr. Cyril Clercien

Right - Mr. Eldon Ogarro







St. Joseph Catholic High School, 2010
Last photo is church built next to chapel



St. Patrick School






The photos that follow were taken from a 1962 & 1963 St. Patrick's Yearbook,

The Patrician


Thanks to Ms. Moors (Principal) and Mrs. García (Office Manager) for allowing me to view the books


At left - Inside the main building.


www.saintpatrickusvi.org for more information.









Sister Robertine with Graciela, ?, Mae Louise, La Verne and ?.
Home Economics?



Enlarged version lower on this page.



Sister Robertine.
I always felt the nuns were sad. They were very strict, but great teachers.
Sister Robertine was in charge of the cafeteria. She'd choose a student in her class to go from room to room to get a head count of everyone eating in the lunchroom. This was done daily. She'd then have someone handout casino-looking chips of various colors which would have to be given to nun at the door of cafeteria. Cafeteria was in St. Gerald's Hall across the street. At times what was served was not made for human consumption.



Fifth Grade are: Eugene Arnold, Irma Berrios, Graciela Cabret
Freddie Christensen, Joseph Christian, Rodney Christian, LaVerne Clarke
Cathy Coombe, David Davis, Billy David, Charles Edwards





Teresita Fleming, Carmen García, Jesús García,
Ingrid Gardine, Magdalene Gordon, Anselmo Guadalupe, Ray Iles
Ralph James, Winfield James, Loraine Jonas and Yannik Laroche



Donald Lopéz, Steve Malo (?), John McIntosh, Mercedes McIntosh
Rupert McIntosh, Henry Milligan, Irma Morales, Wilfredo Morales
Ganel Nesbitt, Jeannette Nielsen, Carmen Nieves, Felipe Quiñones



Ida Rivera, Lloyd Roberts, Alphonso Rogers, Ramona Rogers
George Rodríguez (what happened to Jorge?), Manuelita Romero,
Lionel Sackey, Patricia Sackey
Enrique Santos, Rufina Smith, Kathryn Strub (?), Clifton Vanputten



Just to show last four - Luis Vegas, Glenis Williams, Mary Louise Williams (I always knew her as Mae) and Eszart Wynter.





Third Grade, Nilsa's class.
Nilsa is on 3rd row, left side.



I will not give the names.



Ninth Grade above and following two photos.
Dolores Pedro, Alma Plaskett
Lauriel Plaskett
Aida Quiñones
Orlando Ramírez, and Edith Ramos



Sheryl Rogers, María Rodríguez, Edwin Russell, Deanna Sackey,
Pat Saunders and Pat Stahr



Just to
show the
last two,
Suzette
Vazquez
and
Christina
Williams





Sixth Grade class. Will only list those I can recognize.
Left row, front to back - Wilfredo, Luis, Clifton, Joseph, La Verne
Second row, front to back - Rodney, Lloyd, Jesus, Eszart
Next to projector - Arnold. At projector, Charles
Third row, front to back - Enrique, Lionel, Jorge, Patsy
To my left - Lorraine
By the window - Graciela
Furthest corner on right - Mae Louise
Sister Robertine in the back.



(Photo above, showing the nuns with a priest, was borrowed from www.saintpatrickusvi.org website. Do you recognize any??)

Per one of the yearbooks, the nuns who taught in grammar school were Sister Mary Carlos (Kindergarten), Sister Mary Alida (Grade 1, also Ms. López), Sister Mary Hyacynth (Grade 2), Sister Mary Clarisse (Grade 3), Sister Mary González (Grade 4), Sister Mary Ingrid (Grade 5), Sister Mary Hyacynth (Grade 6), Sister Mary Willibald (Grade 7.
Boy did we make her cry!) and Sister Mary Alban (Grade 8, plus lay teacher Miss Noah).

I remember Sister Alida and Miss López, Sister Hyacynth, Sister González, Sister Ingrid, Sister Willibald, Sister Alban and Ms. Noah.

Other nuns were Sister Mary Constantina (Principal), Sister Mary Leona, Sister Mary Romualda, Sister Mary Aleyde (later she changed her name to something with Paul in it), and Sister Mary Pius.
These nuns mostly taught grades 9-12.

The principal when I graduated from Kindergarten was
Mother Mary Luciana.

The priests were father Frank Vonasek (C.SS.R), Father Virgil Caskey and Father Chessman.
Father Frank turned out to be unstable.




My Kindergarten Certificate.
As you can see, here my name is spelled correctly. After Kindergarten they screwed up my name. Maybe because of the note my brother gave the nun????





St. Patrick's Church
Painting on a tile.
Signed by Lobo or Cobo



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