Island Life Enjoyable

Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31584, 23 January 1968, Page 2

Island Life Enjoyable

Island life has no disadvantages, says Mrs Kathryne Parslow, who comes from the tiny island of St Croix, in the Virgin Isles, an American possession in the North Atlantic.

Mrs Parslow, who is on a world tour, was in Christchurch yesterday with her husband. The couple lived for long periods in Canada and New York and have been in retirement on St Croix for four years and a half.

St Croix was 28 miles long and six miles wide, had a population of 15,000, and was a thriving place, said Mrs Parslow. Tourism was a major industry and the island also drew revenue from sugar cane and rum. Plants thrived in the tropical climate, and she found gardening a very satisfying hobby, Mrs Parslow said. She is a member of numerous clubs, including the beach club, the country club and the yacht club. Mr and Mrs Parslow hired a car and drove through the North Island. “We drive on the left-hand side in St Croix

so we did not notice any difference,” she said. St Croix was three hours by jet from New York, and many Americans living in St Croix enjoyed the best of both worlds, said Mrs Parslow.