1959: (Class Zone II — 16 Percent and the “Middle Class” — Class Zone II Making Up 16 Percent of the Urban Population Within the Parish of Sacred Heart St.
1959: (Class Zone II — 16 Percent and the “Middle Class” — Class Zone II Making Up 16 Percent of the Urban Population Within the Parish of Sacred Heart St. Anne’s and St. Joseph’s with No Protestant Churches or Known Ounfò, the State Being the Largest Employer — Comhaire-Sylvain Surmising “This Is the ‘Middle Class’ of the Pan American Union Inquiry” with Scare Quotes Connoting Her Discomfort, the Group Including “Families of Humble Origins Who Have Won Some Public Recognition After One or Two Generations” and People “Whose Main Ambition Was to Catch Up with Their Wealthy Relatives”): Class Zone II made up 16 percent of the urban population within the Parish of Sacred Heart, St. Anne’s, and St. Joseph’s, with no Protestant churches or known ounfò. With the state being the largest employer, along with big import and export houses, retail, teaching, and clergymen, Comhaire-Sylvain surmised: this is the “middle class” of the Pan American Union inquiry. Her scare quotes connoted her discomfort with the accuracy of class terminology for the group of people who included families of humble origins who had won some public recognition after one or two generations, and people whose main ambition was to catch up with their wealthy relatives — the absence of ounfò and Protestant churches alike suggested a zone defined less by spiritual practice than by aspiration.