New Visitors

Tues.
June 24 - Wrote Doris & Bud [Hamilton].

Met Mr. Pete Van Den Heuvel [sp?]. He stopped by the Hotel for a rest and a lunch - he is on 2 weeks sick leave (points to his head), is Dutch from Holland but has lived in the Dutch islands for 20 years. We went down to the Sea for our customary swim. Mr. Van Den Heuvel was still here but just getting ready to leave. He plans to sail awhile. We went to pick up Vince after having a short swim. Talked with an Englishman. He had been to St. Martin - says prices are double for an American tourist. (He also says Anguilla's prices have gone up since the British came - and the outlying villages are more expensive than the Valley.

Arik floated.


Arik enjoying a swim. Photo credit: Vince Williams.

New tire put on.

Took box to airport this a.m. Will go out tomorrow.

Wed.
June 25 - Got letters from Mom [Agnes Blakey] and Spence [Williams].

Kept the car again so took the kids swimming this morning. I got burned again. Was talking to a couple who motorboated in from a sailing yacht. They had to have their passports stamped by military. (The Beacon said the passport requirement for American, Canadian & British tourists was lifted June 12.)

Picked up Vince & girls. He was too tired to go for a dip, but I took kids plus Pat, Lorna, & Pearl.


Pat (far left), Lorna (far right), and friends having fun at the beach. Photo credit: Vince Williams.

Vince said the Drs. - owner of the yacht - had stopped in to see him. They seem to be young to be retired. He-surgeon, she-anesthesiologist, have been sailing since Nov.

Some Council members met here. I think the British are moving too slowly with the improvements.

Vince told me the British military had arrested a Dutch man. I'm curious.

Evening Invitation

Mon.
June 30 - Letters from Sharon [Asche] & Lillie [Vince's mother]

Took Vince to work again. Took the kids to Sandy Ground again this morning – both Arik & Jené napped this p.m. so didn't work swimming in. Were invited to the Vanier'[s] for the evening – had a nice visit. He is manager of Barclay's Bank. Will be transferring to another island in a couple of months. Claudia is getting all her dentistry done before they leave. Think Vince has convinced Mr. Vanier to do the same. Got home at 11:30 – went to bed by candlelight.

Tues.
July 1 - Wrote Elaine Grimes & Pastor N. [Ness]. Vince wrote Spence.

A quiet day – cloudy and comfortably cool. Had the car but didn't take the kids swimming till Vince was done. Lorna & Pat went along.

Letter from Pam [Verla's sister].

A Rainy Day

July 18 – Vince wrote his mother. A rainy day – I kept the car but we didn't use it. The second day we didn't go swimming. Mark & Dawn made up treasure hunts for Pat. She found both of them when she got home.

The lights went out with only a second's warning so we went to bed by lantern light.

Spells fat.

• Breakfast – 8:00
• Orange – 9:30
• Porridge – 10:15
• Lunch – 12:00
• Taste of watermelon
• Cookies & Milk – 2:00
• Supper – 5:15

Sat.
July 19 –  Mark went to the clinic with Vince & Pat. Such a night we had – it poured! A couple of loud thunder cracks. Jené fell out of bed twice. Dawn came in to see if I heard the thunder.

Arik "messed" his pants in hallway.

Mark came in with a pain in his right hip.

The ceiling leaked – dripped on Vince's pillow. As I said, such a night!

Took Lorna & Pat down to Sandy Ground with us for a swim. Vince found starfish but no conch shells. So far we've had no luck preserving starfish.

Got lotsa mail – Sharon, Mom, Groteguts, Stroms, Hoxeng [?], Lippman, Spence, Lillie, Sita, Tim,  Elaine.