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(Ponape District)
KUSAIE
of 388 pupils.
(Cont'd)
The able superintendent of these schools is
Mrs. Rose Hoppin Makwelon, a Gilbertese, who attended Pomona
College (Claremont Colleges) for three years, entering in
1922, There are three chief assistants, all of whom are welltrained, The school on Lele, with an attendance of 140
pupils, was inspected.
Theschoolhouse is of native, thatched-
roof, open=-sided, construction, and was clean and well~kept.
It is barely adequate in size, and the commnity is remedying
this by building a new schoolhouse, which will be of frame
construction, aluminum roof, concrete floor, and well-
screened. Mrs, Makwelon has started a modified form of
Parent-Teachers Association, with some progress apparent.
Reverend Harold Hanlin, Protestant missionary living on
Kusaie Island, was present during the inspection. Reverend Han-
lin is re-establishing the former mission school on the inter-
mediate grades level. It is planned that the students will live
at the school. Since some of the school's former graduates are
teachers, the recommendation was made that elementary grade
teacher training have a place in the curriculum,
(d)
Religion,
There are four Protestant churches on Kusaie,
The church
on Lele is of native, thatched-roof construction and is reported to have 100% attendance, With the exception of 2
Catholics, all of the Kusaieans are Protestants,
(e)
Economic development,
Although its production has not reached pre-war levels,
copra is the chief export from Kusaie.,
Charcoal, handicraft,
In the last calendar quarter of
1948, export was made from Kusaie as follows: copra, $14,994.80;
charcoal, $8,314.08; handicraft, $2,275; fruit, $170.49. The
field trips gathering these products had occurred in October
and December, and this period of two months between field
trips was recommended by the council in view of the progress
being made in building up the island's economy.
Kusaie is self-sufficient in food, having coconuts, taro,
pandanus, breadfruit, bananas, papayas, a wide variety of citrus
fruits, fish, chichens and pigs.
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KEPRUUULED FROM HOLDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES
and fruit also are exported,
There is one I.T.C. branch wholesale store and 4 privatelyowned retail stores now in operation on Kusaie, The stocks at
the I.T.C. store were adequate in quantity as well as in the
range of items carried, with the exception of fishing tackle,
principally hooks and net-making line. The I.T.C. store appeired
to be well thought of by the natives.
A sawmill on Yepan Point has a 30" circular saw, powered
by an 8 HP diesel engine, and is able to cut logs up to 20" in
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