Dayton Baptiste

. Ten (10) villagers including the late W.S. Stevens, a school principal at the time, formed themselves into a “board”.

The development of Village Councils was set on the path in the early 1930’s and dates back to the events in our unique and tranquil north eastern village of Marigot. In 1933 an English World War 1 Veteran and proprietor of the Melville Hall Estate, Mr Joefrey Ashpital, encouraged the villagers to organize themselves in order for them to improve the conditions of the village. This Board w  ...