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LEG Lo Aumenta Grandura LEC To Enlarge to 13


Pa 13 cu Eleccion di 5



Primario Complete Ayera Eleccion Final pa Election of 5


Miembronan Adicional Skedula pa Oira Siman To Be Held


Lago Employee Council lo avanza un paso adelante den buscada di
mas amplio representacion di empleadonan otro siman ora e votamen Next Week

to final tuma lugar pa eligi cinco miembro adicional pa e cucrpo aki
E cinco miembro mas lo aumenta e cantidad di miembronan di e Council

te 13 E fechanan di eleccion siguiendo mes ora tras di e primario Primaries Completed

cu a caba ayera ta Diarazon Dia
Diabierna 28 29 Lago Employee Council lo tene
hucbes y Sept y The Council
Lago Employee
dos eleccion den anjanan inigual
30 will take a stride forward in pursuit
Tnnta y cinco homber a competi 55 57 59 cuminzando a anja
of broader
den c eleccion primario Tur e 35 aki y un eleccion den anjanan igual employee representation
next week when the
56 58 60 E sistema di eleccion
di
aki tabatm mas cu un anja ser
final balloting is held to elect five
vicio y un lormulano di peticion cu den anjanan inigual lo ta resultado
additional men to its body The
nobo
firma di a lo menos 50 constituyen di e grupacion departamental
additional five will swell the councils
te Di e 35 20 lo drenta e eleccion di LEC su constituyentenan Mane
to 13
membership
lo tin un eleccion na December
final cinco depar ra semper
como c gruponan
The election dates
coming on
ariba base general E eleccion
cuatro
tamental cada un a eligi
the heels of the primary completed
aki ta cuatro homber Ma
homber pa votamento di otro siman pa
yesterday are Wednesday Thurs
Y di e eleccion ncra den pasado e sistema di eligi
completacion
cu
day and Friday Sept 28 29 and 30
final constituyentenan di e council mitar di e miembronan y asina per
five entered the
Thirty men prim
lo tin un forma mas amplio di representacion petua hombernan cu experiencia den
election These 35 all had better
ary
council lo Ademas di e eleccion
Pasobra en vez di sola e sigui
than one service and a petition
years
anual aki lo tin eleccion departamental
mente ocho homber tur di cual un
po THE FIRST official petition form for the LEC election was turned in form with at least 50 signatures
siblemente por worde eligi for di un den anjanan inigual by Mario Franken of Departmental Group E The Accounting Department of constituents Of the 35 20

departamento of area maske esaki na Juni pa e cinco posicionnan cu employee was one of 35 who submitted petition forms to S Brath- will go into next weeks election as
no a socede nunca e council lo ta worde agrega na e council awor waite of Committee Coordination
the five departmental each
consisti di 13 homber cinco di cual En corto CADA anja constituyentenan groups
E PROME formulier oficial di peticion pa eleccion di LEC a worde en- elected four men
lo worde eligi semper for di grupo lo eligi cuatro pa e grupo trega door di Mario Franken di Departmental Group E E empleado di And with the completion of the
di miembronan di LEC cu ta involvi
nan departamental E factor aki -gruponan
tabata di 35 cual submiti formuliernan di
Accounting un a peticion na final election constituents of the
den eleccion general cada SEGUN
departamental ta asegu
S Brathwaite di Committee Coordination
council will have a broader form of
ra constituyentenan di LEC irres DA anja constituyentenan lo eligi
For instead of
representation just
pecto unda nan ta traha representacion cinco pa e grupo di miembronan di

complete LEC cu ta involvi solamente den Boton pa 30 Anja Committee Names eight be men elected- all of from whom one could department possibly

E cual tur votamento departamental
grado na empleadonan
lo worde represents ta mehor indi E promer biaha cu LEC bao di e Di Servicio Duna 10 for Sport or area although this has
the council will
never happened -
ca den forma cu e eleccionnan pri sistema nobo lo tene dos eleccion
IVa E Kock Park Election be composed of 13 men five of
mario y final tin y den e forma cu lo ta na 1957 Na Juni cinco lo
whom will always be elected from
eleccionnan futuro pa LEC lo tin Continua na pagina 8
E lista di empleadonan di Lago Ten men including three incumbents departmental groups This factor -departmental

cu a cumpli 30 anja di servicio ta were named by the Nominating groups assures all

Year Service Award sigui crece E ultimo kende su nom Committee as candidates for LEC constituents regardless ot

ber a worde agrega na e lista ta the Lago Sport Park Board election where they work complete representation

Ezequiel Kock di Mechanical Department Oct 26 27 and 28 Heading the list
Presented to E Koch Pipe Sr Kock tabata of candidates are Incumbents Ro The extent that all employees

recibidor di e emblema pa 30 anja bert E A Martin president board will be represented is best pointed

di servicio na un presentacion durante chairman Andries Geerman and out in the form the primary and

management staff meeting di Mateo Reyes The three are employees final elections have and the form

Sept 2 E presentacion a worde ha of Mechanical Administration future LEC elections will have

ci door di Gerente General O S Accounting and Mechanical Electrical Two Elections
Mingus The Lago Employee Council will

Sr Kock a cumpli su di 30 anja The seven other candidates as hold two elections on odd years

di servicio Sept 1 Tabata ariba e selected by the Nominating Committee 55 57 59 beginning this year

fecha aki na 1925 el a tuma un tra headed by C R MacDonald and one election on even years

bao di laborer den haaf di Lago of the Mechanical Department are 56 58 60 The odd year two

Cuatro anja despues Januari 1929 F L Hodge of the Executive Office election system will be the result of

el a transferi pa Mechanical Department Juan A Perez & Camy of Account the new departmental grouping of

Pipe como un helper Seis ing Juan F York of Industrial Re LEC constituents As always there

promocion a sigui su transfer cual lations Jose A Bislick of Account wil be an election in December held

a haciele helper segunda clasc ing Alvin M Mathews of Mechanical on a plant wide basis with no attempt

tradesman cuarta y tercer clase y Administration John M Halley to departmentalize the bal

pipefitter C B y A of Mechanical Storehouse and loting This election will be for four

Posicion actual di Sr Kock como Lloyd F Putten of Process men As in the past the staggered

pipefitter A tabata resultado di un Of the nominated group four system of electing half the councils

promocion na October 1938 Hcnter have Sport Park experience Mr membership each year thereby per

su servicio di 30 anja el a cumpli Mathews is a former board mem petuating experienced men in office

sin -lingun ausencia deductible ber Mr York has served on steer will continue In addition to this

ing committees as well as having annual election there will be a departmentalized

acted on the board while Mr Hodge election on odd

Hoben Dunes ta and Mr Perez & Camy both have years in June for the five positions
steering committee experience being added to the council now

Busca Pen Pals Only three present members are Briefly every year constituents

A WARM handshake is extended by General Manager O S Mingus to seeking reelection Annually the will elect four for that group of

Ezequiel Kock of the Mechanical Department Pipe The gesture fol Ora c tanquero Sueco MT Ny Sport Park Board elects 50 per cent LEC members involved in plant

lowed the presentation of a 30 ycar service award to Mr Kock by kopinghus a drenta haaf di San Nicolas of its membership This year however wide elections every other year
Mr Mingus Sept 2 mas tempran c luna aki e ta Raymundo Kemp and Juan constituents will elect five for that

UN CALUKOSO sagudi di man ta worde extendi door di Gcrente Gene batin abordo un hoben excita cu e Briczen do not wish to run Five group of LEC members involved

ral O S Mingus na Ezequiel Kock di Mechanical Department Pipe idea di bishita un pais den Hemis positions will be contested during only in departmental balloting

E gestion aki a sigui e presentacion di c emblema di 30 anja di servicio ferio Occidental Y ora c tanquero the three day election period next The first year the LEC under the

na Sr Kock door di Sr Mingus Sept 2 cu ta propiedad di Trclleborgs Ang month new system will hold two elections
fartygs A B di Suecia tabata mard Official petition forms will be will be 1957 In June five will be
The list of Lago employees at laborer in the harbor for Lago Four na Fingar Pier No 2 Villy Hein available at Committee Coozdina elected in departmental groups In

taining 30 years of service continues years later January 1929 he trans Rusmussen a corre baha for di e tion of the Industrial Relations December four will be elected from

to grow The latest to add his name ferred to the Mechanical Department trapi y su idea a bira un realidad Department Sept 26 These forms the entire plant

to the list is Ezequiel Kock of the Pipe a3 a helper Six promotions Villy no obstante su edad ta un with the signatures of 100 constituents In order to carry out the departmental

Mechanical Department Pipe Mr followed this transfer that viajero vetcrano Ademas di viaje must be returned by the elections the plant has
Kock was the recipient of a 30 year made him helper second class nan extensivo den su pais el a wan Oct 11 deadline been divided into five departmental
emblem and service award at presentation tradesman fourth and third class del door di Alemania Holanda Bel groups A B C D and E To be

ceremonies during the and pipefitter C B and A gica Luxemburg Francia Spanja elected to the council the candidate

management staff meeting of Sept Mr Kocks present position of Austria Suecia y Norwega Tambe abordo como ayudante ariba dek must be elected by the people of his

2 The presentation was made by pipefitter A was the result of a el a bishita Inglaterra Su deseo pa pa e viaje di 38 dia for di Suecia pa particular departmental group Votes

General Manager O S Mingus promotion in October 1953 His entire viaja particularmente pafor di Eu Djnamarca pa Aruba y Suecia pa are cast for a man from a particular

Mr Kock reached his thirtieth 30 years of credited service ropa tabata loke a pone e hoben Dlnamarca Ora e bapor a bolbe pa group by the workers of that

year Sept 1 For it was on that date have been attained without a deductible aki yega den cabina abordo di Ny Dinamarca e hoben a baha No pa group A candidate may not run

in 1925 that he took the job as absence kopinghus El a tuma un trabao (Continua na pagina 2 Continued on page 2



ARUBA ESSO NEWS
September 24 1955





AiUAfsNlEWS Danish Youth Seeks Pen Pals



PUBLISHED EVERY OTHER SATURDAY AT ARUBA NETHERLANDS
Visits Aruba Aboard Tanker
WEST INDIES BY LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO LTD
Printed by th Aruba DrukkeriJ NV NWI

When the Swedish tanker MT Nykopingshus pulled
into San Nicolas Harbor earlier this month it had i

aboard an excited youngster thrilled at the thought of

Council Increase visiting a country of the Western Hemisphere And

when the tanker owned by the Trelleborgs Angfartygs

Continued from page 1 Cracking Catalytic and Light Ends A B of Sweden was secured to the Number 2 Finger

for an LEC post in a departmental Acid and Edeleanu Receiving and Pier 16-year-old Villy Hein Husmussen raced down

group that does not include his Shipping and Light Oils Finishing the gangway and the thought became an actuality

place of work Nor are workers al Departmental Group D Dining Villy despite his youth is a veteran traveller In ad

lowed to vote for any other than Halls Colony Operations and Colony dition to extensive travellings in his own country he

those of the departmental group in Administration Laundry Stewards has hitch hiked through Germany Holland Belgium

which they work and Clubs Commissaries Luxemburg France Spain Austria Sweden and Nor

Example John B works in the Colony Maintenance and Lago way He has also visited England His desire to travel

Yard He wants to run for the LEC Police and particularly out of Europe was the driving force

He may do so only in Departmental Departmental Group E Techni that moved this young man into a berth aboard the

Group A which includes the Yard cal Service lab divisions Technical Nykopingshus He signed aboard as a deck hand for

Votes cast for him will be done on Service engineering and process the 38 day trip from Sweden to Denmark to Aruba to

ly by the men who work in the divisions Marine Accounting Sweden to Denmark When the ship returned to Den

Yard Pipe Masons and Insulators and Executive Industrial and Pub mark the young man absented himself from the crew

Metal Trades and Garage all of lic Relations and Medical list Not because he wanted to but because the ships

which fall in Departmental Group The present eight man council is itinery had Far Eastern destinations that would return

A made up of F Ritfeld president him to Denmark far too late to return to school

To facilitate voting of this type J Erasmus vice president E D The Nykopingshus journey was a summer vacation

five different ballots will be hand Tromp secretary G Geil J Madu job The trip here however and his jaunts around THIS YOUTHFUL traveller Villy Hein Kusmussen

led one for each departmental ro L Dirksz G E S Straughn and Europe all tie in with his school his course of study visited Aruba earlier this month aboard the 31 T Ny

group The ballots for the different S E Howard The terms of the last and the profession he hopes to enter Villy is a student kopingshus background A student of languages he

groups will be used only by the four expire this year at The Stroer Gymnasium university at Skive Denmark seeks 16-year-old boy and girl pen pals

groups they are designed for As in He is studying to be a translator Hence his E HOBEN viajador Villy Hein Rusmussen a bishita I

the example if John B is elected to Comite A Nombra desire to travel in foreign countries for practical experience Aruba mas tempran e luna aki abordo di 31 T Ny

the LEC the constituents of De in the use of different tongues He is present kopingshus atras Un studiante den idioma el ta bus
10 Eleccion
partmental Group A and ONLY pa ly concentrating on French Spanish English German ca pen pals mucha homber y mucha muher di 16 anja

Departmental Group A are the ones Di Sport Park and Dutch According to Villy I have six more years

who elected him of study and then I plan to take the Danish government He collects souvenirs likes travelling and corres- if

Two important factors exist with Diez homber incluyendo tres examination to become an official government ponds with whomever he can interest in a pen pal

the new system miembro actual a worde nombra translator I like languages so what better position friendship One of the first things Villy did after dis

1 There will continue to be a door di un comite nominativo como could I strive for embarking from his tanker was to find out how he

nationality split in the annual candidato pa eleccion di Lago Sport If his ability with other languaes is on a par with could publicize the fact he would like to correspond i

plant wide election but not in the Park Board dia 26 27 y 28 di October his English the Danish government has an excellent with 16-year-old boys and girls of Aruba His search

departmental group elections and Na cabez di e lista di candi translator in the making His English is near perfect for publicity resulted in this story So 16-year-oldsters

2 Even though members under datonan ta Robert E A Martin and if it werent for such tell tale signs as the Scandinavian boy or girl desiring a Danish pen pal that is able to

the departmental group set up are presidente di e Board Andries Geer sing song inflections in his voice blue eyes and correspond in Danish German Dutch or the Romance

elected by only one group they man y Mateo Reyes E tres ta em blond hair he might easily be taken as a lad from Languages have one in Villy Hein Rusmussen Hedel

still represent the entire constituency pleado di Mechanical Administration well perhaps not Brooklyn but lets say Chicago toften 63 Skive Denmark

when they become LEC mem Accounting y Mechanical -Electrical

bers and as such can be chosen to
Promoted San Nicolas
the bargaining committee E siete otro candidatonan selecta Viaprce Night
E Hoben
The bargaining committee also door di e comite nominativo bao To Storehouse School Registration Viajador

comes in for slight rearrangement presidencia di C R MacDonald di
Continun di 1
pagina
under the new system Previously Mechanical Department ta F L Catalog Supervisor Nears End

the entire eight on the council made Hodge di Executive Office Juan A Bertie I Viapree was promoted to sobra el no tabata kier sigui mas

up the bargaining committee The Perez & Camy di Accounting Juan catalog supervisor in the Mechanical Registration for tho coming year pero pa motibo cu e barco tabata

addition of five does not mean 13 F York di Industrial Relations Department Storehouse effective of classes at the San Nicolas Night bai despues pa Lejano Oriente y lo
will end next week Applications
will form the committee Instead Department Joss A Bislick di Accounting Sept 1 Mr Viapree with over School bolbe Dinamarca mucho laat pa su
school classes in
eight will be retained and will be Alvin M Mathews di 20 years service was promoted for evening school
will be accepted
made up of the councils three top Mechanical Administration John M from the position of catalog control St Augustinus College E viaje abordo di Nykopingshus
and Thursday
officers plus five to be selected Halley di Mechnical Storehouse y assistant maintenance Tuesday tabata un trabao di vacacion di ve-
7 to 9 Thursday
from the remaining 10 prior to each Lloyd F Putten di Process Mr Viaprees nights from pm rano E viaje aki sinembargo y su
will be the last opportunity
meeting Membership on the bar Di e grupo nomina cuatro tin ex start with Lago night paseonan door di Europa tur ta pla

gaining committee will not be a periencia di sport park Sr Mathews took place in to register classes offer candidates the ned entre su estudio di school y e
The
fixed position The council will ta un anterior miembro di e August 1935 to increase their know profesion cu el ta pensa di drenta
make the selection of five The Board Sr York a actua ariba co His first job opportunity
in languages arithmetic geo despues Villy ta un studiante na
nationality split of six nationals misionnan y tambe como miembro was that of a ledge Stroer Gymnasium universidad
and algebra to name but a
and two non nationals will be retained den e Board mientras Sr Hodge y tradesman third metry
Skive Dinamarca El ta studia
na
few of the major courses
Sr Perez & Camy tur dos a
yega class clerk in
bira traductor Di esaki ta
The school under the direction of pa un
The departmental groups are as di actua den comisionnan welding The following
of its principal and founder J C bini su deseo pa viaje den palsnan
follows Solamente tres miembro actual ta he
1 year A M Bezens a St Augustinus Col estranhero pa experiencia practico
Departmental Group A Yard bolbe corre Cada anja Sport Park transferred to
teacher is in session two hours di diferente idioma Actualmente
lege den uso
Pipe Masons and Insulators Metal Board ta eligi mitar di su miembro tr v k the machinist
7 9 Tuesday and el ta concentra ariba Frances
through every
Trades and Garage and Transportation nan E anja aki sinembargo Ray craft holding the
H I The four hours Aleman Ho
Viapree Thursday evenings Spanj6 Ingles y
mundo Kemp y Juan Briezen no ta same job title
of instruction students receive in a mi tin an
landes Segun Villy seis
Departmental Group B Carpenter desea di corre Cinco posicion lo That same year 1936 he became an
and Paint Electrical Machine worde decidi durante e eleccion di apprentice clerk and then an week approximately 16 hours of ja mas di estudio y despues mi tin
apprentice
month is obtainable for the
and Foundry Instrument Mecha tres dia otro luna clerk A He was later promoted study a intencion di pasa e examen di go
modest sum of Fls 5 a month This bierno bira traductor oficial di
nical Administration and Storehouse Formularionan oficial di peticion to junior clerk II and in pa
lo ta disponible na Industrial Relations August 1940 he was promoted to is the third year the evening school gobierno Mi ta gusta idioma y ki

Departmental Group C Utilities Department Sept 26 junior clerk I has been in existence mehor posicion mi por busca sino
The schools Board of Directors
In June 1942 he became shop esey
A F Dus
has as its chairman Dr
clerk I in machine and foundry Four Si su abilidad den otro idiomanan
Fr W J de
senbroek Members are
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years later April 1946 he was igual
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and Cerilio Maduro
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f illlWi7jVlM JB7BBBBBbV zone office clerk I and engineer assistant fecto y si no tabata e notanan subi

A in Mechanical Administration Registration pa y baha den su voz cu ta typico di

In March 1953 he took his en School tli Anochi Scandinavia wowo blauw y cabei

gineer assistant A title over to the rubio el por a worde tuma facil

Storehouse with his transfer there Na San Nicolas mente pa un tercio di wel no laga

IBBBBfc e I ffMaBKteWrciStfea rVv ? J ^ His September 1954 promotion nos bisa Brooklyn pero por ehem

made him catalog control assistant Registracion pa e curso di proximo plo di Chicago

maintenance anja pa school di anochi di San El ta colecta souvenir ta gusta

Nicolas lo cerra otro siman Aplica viaja y corresponde cu kende cu el

Jack Lo Termina cion pa e school di anochi den St por interesa den corespondencia Un

21 di Servicio Augustinus College lo worde acepta di e promer cosnan cu Villy a haci
Anja
vv- JHrQiiSSSHbWt Diamars y Diahuebes anochi for di despues di baha for di bordo tabata

Binti un anja di servicio lo yega 7 te 9 pm Diahuebes anochi lo ta e informa com el por publica e hecho

na su fin Dec 1 ora B F H Jack ultimo oportunidad pa scirbi nom cu el tin deseo di coresponde cu mu

tuma despedida for di Lago Police ber cha homber y mucha muher di 16

MNStw Department e departamento den E school ta ofrece candidatonan anja di edad na Aruba Su buscada

cual el a traha durante hentcr su e oportunidad pa aumenta nan saber di publicidad a resulta den e storia
SIX GUESTS take time out from feting Sid Tucker to pose for this re servicio na Lago den idioma reekmento meetkunde di
aki muchanan di 16 anja
tirement luncheon picture At the table with Sid prior to his retirement Sr Jack a join Lago police 21 an y algebra pa menciona solamente Pesey muher deseando
homber of
edad
are left to right C F Smith J M Rosborough J 31 Smith E Bying- ja pasa e luna aki como un laborer algun di e cursonan principal
Dinamarca cu por
ton E L Wilkins and C C Dunlap segunda clase Anto Sr Jack a sigui E school bao direccion di su director un pen paL di

SEIS IIUESPED ta tuma tempo for di honra Sid Tucker na un come- move ariba segun promocionnan a y fundador J C A M Be scirbi na Danes Aleman Holandes

mento di retiro pa saca e portret aki Na mesa hunlo cu Sid prome cu haciele corporal C corporal B y zens un maestro di St Augustinus of Idiomanan Romano tin uno den

su retiro ta robez pa drechi C F Smith J 31 Rosborough J 31 corporal A e posicion cu el ta ocu College ta den sesion dos ora 7 te Villy Hein Rusmussen Hedeltoften

Smith E Byington E L Wilkins y C C Dunlap pa actualmente 9 tur Diamars y Diahuebes anochi 63 Skive Denmark



September 24 1955 ARUBA ESSO NEWS



CYI Awards Total FIs 2565 School Protestant

Noho A Habri Four Employees Retire


Na San Nicolas

Tromps FIs 600 Prize

Un school protestant nobo De

Christelijke School a habri su por

Tops June July Winners tanan oficialmente pa publico Sept

1 cu ceremonianan den presencia di
Gezaghebber L C Kwartsz G Kok

S Tromp of the Mechanical Department Machine was the top inspector di educacion y G C Boek

money winner of the June and July group receiving the Coin Your kooi director di e school

Ideas awards Mr Tromp earned a FIs 600 award for his suggestion E school nobo a tuma e edificio

of drilling and tapping pump and fan shifts to facilitate in di e anterior Prins Bernhard School

stallation of couplings and pulleys na San Nicolas En realidad nobedad

Mr Tromp led a total of 61 per di e school ta den loke e ta repre
sons who had their ideas pay off to L P Sullivan FIs 30 senta su programa su maestronan

a total of FIs 2565 Actually 63 M St Paul FIs 25 su interior y su lectura E edificio-

prizes were awarded In two instances T Willems FIs 25 renoba pa e school nobo anterior
however the suggestors J Kelly FIs 25 mente tabata acomoda e klasnan

hit with two ideas A de Nobriga N O Lee FIs 20 por nada di Bernhard School Stu

of Cracking took down two awards H Sukhdeo FIs 20 diantenan di e anterior school publico

of FIs 30 each and C F Mapp of Storehouse tin opcion pa bai sea Marijke

LOF received two awards of FIs 25 C H Campbell FIs 25 of Irene School of paga pa school y

In addition to Mr Tromps top J Annamunthodo FIs 25 bai Abraham de Veer of Pieter Boer WITH HIS retirement from Acid Plant activities G A Thomas re

award there were two other awards Machinist School ceived a wall clock and check from his friends H W Humphreys

in the three figure class C T Em S Tromp FIs 600 E school nobo un school di paga made the presentation

manuel of the Garage received an Mech Mach Drill & tap pump & lo tin seis klas di promer te seis CU SU retiro for di actividadnan den Acid Plant G A Thomas a recibi

award of FIs 125 for the accepted fan shafts to facilitate installation y un bewaarschool Acutualmente e un oloshi di muraya y check for di su amigonan H W Humphreys a

idea of installing gutter guards for of couplings & pulleys school tin siete local Tin plan pa haci e presentacion

electric motors to prevent cleaning V Burgos FIs 25 traha adicion cada anja pone un

compound leakage into motors The F Misaine FIs 25 klas acerca cada anja te ora e bira

other big award was FIs 100 and it H Quijada FIs 20 un MULO school completo cu 10

went to H E Garcia of Colony Service Metal Trades klas

who suggested that that depart D Gomez FIs 50 Desaroyo di e school a socede door

ments headquarters and related Device for handling burner assem di trabao di e Sociedad pa Educacion
buildings be equipped with floures blies Boilers No 9 10 11 at No 1 Protestant Cristian bao pre

cent lights Powerhouse and No 1 2 3 and 4 at sidencia di G Eikelboom asisti pa

The FIs 25 and FIs 30 awards No 2 Powerhouse un comite organizador cu ta con

were the highest for the two month L de Cuba FIs 25 sisti di seis persona y maestronan WH kMw Eft

period Twenty three suggestors had T Geerman FIs 20 di e school Miembronan di e comite

ideas accepted that were worth Paint organizador ta Sra B Schelfhorst

FIs 25 Fifteen employees received L Yarzagaray FIs 25 suppl Sr y Sra A Veenendaal Sra B

FIs 30 prizes Mech Paint Revised procedure in Meier A Macknack y C de Mildt

The awards follow refinishing furniture Tesorera actual di e school ta Sra

Accounting Instrument B Schelfhorst
A Geerman FIs 35 E S Stanley FIs 75

F L Solognier FIs 25 TSD Process Design Alterations to

B Sloterdijk FIs 20 D Britten FIs 30
Dia di
Colony Service E Chittick FIs 20 Deporte

H E Garcia FIs 100 locally made U tube manometers Na
Lago Heights
Col Serv
Lago Col Headquarters Pipe

and related buildings Install J L Kling FIs 40 M PETROCHI with over 21 years of service in the Mechanical Depart
Un di e eventonan deportivo cu ta
flourescent lights throughout Garage ment was honored at his retirement luncheon by clockwise T V
gosa di mas entusiasmo den e pro
Executive C T Emmanuel FIs 125 Malcolm C Berrisford H V Tromp and I Petrochi
grama di actividadnan na Lago
J Lambert FIs 30 Mech Garage Install gutter M PETROCHI cu mas cu 21 anja di servicio den Mechanical Depart
Heights tabata e dia anual di deporte
J Lambert FIs 20 guards for electric motors to prevent ment a worde honra na su comida di retiro door di T V Malcolm C
cu ta worde celebra ariba ter
L H Forte FIs 20 cleaning compound leakage Berrisford H V Tromp y I Petrochi
reno di Lago Club Bao presidencia
Ind Rel
Dept into motors
di Bertie I Viapree di Mechanical
A Croes FIs 30 L R Hodge FIs 25
Department e concursonan atletico
Croes FIs 25 F Maduro FIs 25
a worde teni bao di e luznan Sep
F Jansen FIs 25 A Hilligar FIs 20
tember 2 y 3 Mayoria di e eventonan
Parris FIs 20 Yard
tabata competicion fuerte Y
S Brathwaite FIs 20 J T Pace FIs 30
tambe e concurso di rancamento di
Lago Police Process
H cabuya Cientos di hende acumula
Oppenhuizen FIs 75 CLE
rond di e terreno bunita dornd mi
Mech Gar & Transp Paint com J M Thijsen FIs 30
rando e eventonan pa esnan hoben
pany owned bicycles yellow L Volney FIs 25
esnan poco mas bieuw esnan cu ta
Marine C Velasquez FIs 25
L E soltero y esnan cu ta casd Y ora
Marchena FIs 30 C K Jardine FIs 25
D Charles tur cos a caba Presidente Viapree
FIs 25 L Oduber FIs 20
por a conta ariba un otro dia di deporte
Mechanical
Cracking cu exito na su credito ,
Admin trr ^%^ ^^& 1
H de Robles FIs 75 suppl
R Martin FIs 30 Install water line from chamber

water line to cross & reducer fur

naces Units 1 10 and 12

Summer A de Nobriga FIs 50
Program
Completed P Cracking No 9 & 10 VB

Change present location of steam

ing in line on strip tank to east side
or middle of tank LL ODUBER retired Sept 1 His fellow workers in Colony Maintenance
H P Smith him wall clock farewell
through presented a as a gift
A de Nobriga 2 a FIs 30
L L ODUBER a retira Sept 1 Su companjeronan di trabao den Colony
A Tjon FIs 30
Maintenance te na H P Smith a presenteIe un oloshi di muraya
H E Johnson FIs 30
pa despedida
S Solognier FIs 30

C P Schwengle FIs 25

J W van Varsseveld FIs 20

LOF I

E H de LIsle FIs 60

Process LOF No 12 Aviation

Still Eliminate both deb dry gas

automatic & rerun recycle system

automatic flux drums control valves top of re V ftmM Visit /^

K E Oduber FIs 30

C F Mapp 2 a FIs 25

C Geerman FIs 25

Rec & Ship

A F Macu FIs 50

TWENTY seven college student Process Util Fire Hydrants Snow

who worked at Lago under the Pile Tankfarm Swing valves of fire

companys student program re hydrants on fire water line to a po
ceived certificates from General sition parallel to this line

Manager O S Mingus on the A Macu FIs 20

completion of their work Aug 27 Utilities

BINTI siete studiante di colegio L F van Putten FIs 30
cu a traha na Lago bao di e pro Tech Serv GUEST of honor at this luncheon is H B Brookson right With him
grama di verano a recibi certifi EIG are T V Malcolm H C Culver H Ellis A H van Vuurden and H Pe

cate for di Gerente General O S J G Straub FIs 25 ters Mr Brookson has over 25 years of Mechanical Department service
Mingus despues di completacion BISHITANTE di honor na e comida aki ta II B Brookson banda dre
di nan trabao Aug 27 Lab No 2 chi Hunto cu ne ta T V Malcolm H C Culver H Ellis A H van
T Halley FIs 25 Vuurden y II Peters Sr Brookson tabatin mas cu 25 anja di servicio



ARUBA ESSO NEWS
September 24 1955



D IV NG







in Aruba Aruba Flying Club Cenier


Of Activiiy For 40 Members




Three men sat near the waters

edge watching the Caribbean roll

in and over their cherished air
strip One picked up a piece of
coral and threw it at a goat at

the moment edging its way toward

their airplane with a hungry

look in its eyes After all
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that was the only plane on the
Netherlands West Indian island of
Aruba in 1933 The sea at that
moment was closing the islands
only air strip

Never-the-less that was the be
ginning of private flying in Aruba
The three men had dreams but
probably never envisioned their efforts
culminating in a private field
without water many single and HIGH OVER the blue Caribbean sails C C Waddell of the Mechanical
twin engine planes at their disposal partment in his Bonanza Mr WaddelPs plane is one of the three privc
and a private flying club that was owned craft presently flying out of De Vuijst Field In the backgrou
to count European royalty as one the shore of Aruba with the waterworks to the right
of its members
#
That cherished airstrip 20 years
ago was a sand flat near the sea
The three pioneers of Arubas air ONE OF THE latest plans of the Aruba Flying Club is to develop
age were Manuel Viana James night flying Peering intently at the instruments in the Cessnas illuminated
Hathaway and James M Massey cockpit is Elaine Collie one of the clubs four women pilots
Although they brought the first and Jean Richardson
plane to Aruba a Curtiss Robin -none UN DI E mas reciente plannan di Aruba Flying Club ta pa desaroya
of them had had any real experience bulamento anochi Mirando intentamente ariba e instrumentonan den
in the air cabina ilumina di e Cessna ta Elaine Collie un di e cuatro pilotonan

To overcome this handicap the muher di c club y Jean Richardson

trio engaged an ex Branif f Air- -
A J Vicellio His task
ways pilot tract much support and soon ci0Sed fort to keep private aviation was to
to assist in aviation
was building up
down ask the Government for a glider
in Aruba by means of instruction Another incident that hindered license Again the Government re-
and the possible development of an Aruba S aviation growth was the fused simply because there were
airline A small wooden frame
plane that never arrived The group no provisions for regulating such
hangar was built on the mud flat .
by this time enlarged through Mr activities
and Mr Vicellio in-
began flight
Vicellios instruction to William L RLM AM nQW
struction This little venture looked
E ^ E v Miller and O T ^ ; *., i ,, vJ
at first as though it was going to _
Borsch contracted to buy a plane the of the Caribbean
be a success but there were many in Texas The plane eft TexaS but ^ ^ ^ Qf ^ ^^ made .^ mSir JF -- -M 8 m a 191 WKmmafKmLM
disappointments to come never completed the trip to Aruba first appearance in Aruba Jan Ifi
jiic giuup iical uuugut a ouu it was rorcea aown in Tapacnuna 19 1935 when a Fokker F 18 iSKj6sjsflW9fiKtSKKSSS9Sf ? ?v -% v
biplane powered by a 100 hp Kin- Mexico Mr Vicellio who had ex- Snip Snipe touched down on the
ner engine but this plane was not perience flying in Mexico went up mudflat runway to inaugurate the
flown very often with the result to see if he could soften the inter- first Dutch air service in the West
that rust took its toll as only it national aspects that were growing indies between Curacao and Aru-
can do on a small Caribbean is- out of a plane forced down in Mex- Da KLM later transferred its oper-
land And what rust did not ruin ico that departed from a Texas ati0ns to its own graded runway HIS ROYAL Highness Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands meets Alex H
the goats did with their hoofs and field and was bound for a Dutch is- located at the site of the present prior to the royal guest flying Mr Shaws plane from De Vuijst Field to D
peculiar eating habits Mr Hath- land Mr Vicellio never got the Dakota Airport After the outbreak Airport during his visit to Aruba in February 1950 B Teagle flying clu

away and Mr Massey dropped out plane out of Mexico but he did ar- 0f World War II US military air- sident at the time looks on
ALTEZA Real Prins Bernhard di Holanda ta conoci Alex H
SU
cerra cu
of the but Mr Viana
group the return of the
per- range ferry pilot craft were sent to Aruba to assist
severed He promer cu e bishitante real a bula aeroplano di Sr Shaw for di vliegve
bought
a Loening am- and his wife to the States in protecting the islands extensive
phibian from the Standard Oil Com- Mr Ewart and John McCord 0ji refinin interests Vuijst pa vliegveld Dakota durante su bishita na Aruba na Februari
pany of Venezuela With Mr Vicel- tried in vain to keep aviation alive ^ B Teagle presidente e tempo ta mirando
W1 and commercial
ho at the controls of the new ad- in the late Thirties Their attempts -n
ayiation Aruba now yery much In the latter part of 1943 the fleet growth Forty members were or
uiLiun me aiiol paaacngci anu judii to outain approval to start a nying
in the public eye the interest in was increased to three when the the books when the field was opened
service from Aruba to Curacao was club between 1935 and 1940 were
private flying was revived with Government provided two 65 hp and the two Aeroncas werf the
inaugurated But this did not at- unsuccessful Mr Ewarts final ef-
Mr Ewart P A de Vuijst Benja Aeronca trainers to enable the club only serviceable planes The Pipei
min Shearon and H F Couzy lead to train Dutch nationals in military Cub the clubs original investment
ing the movement As prime mover flying The Dutch trainees were had had a mishap and was
Mr Ewart prepared a constitution used as observation pilots in conjunction not flyable
for the proposed flying club with the activities of their By 1946 with the return ot ex
In April 1942 the Government service compatriots stationed in service pilots membership had in
accepted the constitution and the Aiuba creased to 80 The club had added fl
Aruba Flying Club was born Twenty Early in 1944 the club received two Fairchild PT 19 primary tram
members attended the clubs approval from the Government to ers in 1945 and followed a yeai
initial meeting presided over by begin work on an airstrip on the later with purchase of two Aeronca
Mr Ewart and elected Roy V east side of the island Working on Chiefs In addition club members
Wiley first president a field that was to be their own rebuilt the damaged Piper Cub By
The first plane bought was a 05 members borrowed heavy equipment the end of 1946 the club had nine
hp Piper Cub which was imported from Lago and graded and aircraft on its books In the same
from the United States with local surfaced a strip 1800 feet long year club members added 1000 ft
Government assistance to overcome Adjacent to the strip they built a to the De Vuijst Field strip
the US wartime export restrictions clubhouse and a hangar The strip In 1947 a trio of club members
The initial flight of the clubs was public domain while the clubhouse bought a Fairchild PT 26 which
first plane was made Dec 28 and hangar area were leased was the first privately owned plane
1942 On July 16 1944 two days after to use De Vuijst Field The club
The Government also helped to Lieutenant Governor I Wagemaker also added an Aeronca Champion
arrange instruction With its permission approved the name De Vuijst in 1947
and the approval of the Field was officially opened It was Immediately before and after the
local United States Military Com named after Commander P A de close of World War II the flying
mander Army Air Corps pilots became Vuijst at the suggestion of flying club had some unique instruction
members in of arrangements both receiving and
the first to give instruction club appreciation
to flying club members At this work done by the Commander as giving The first instructors were
point the club leased a parcel of liasion between the club and the United States Army Air Corps
AT WORK on a major overhaul are Don Brailey in cockpit Rae Collie land at Dakota where club mem Government during periods of approval pilots As the war progressed the
and Albert Nick Nichols flying club mechanic The three men are bers built the first hangar at the seeking Navy came in and Aruba Flying
working on an Aercoupe one of the four club owned planes commercial field The hangar also With an airfield of its own the Club members received instruction
NA TRABAO ariba un revision grandi ta Don Brailey den cabina served as a clubhouse next move forward was the purchase from the pilots of both services
Rae Collie y Albert Nick Nichols mechanico di e club E tres hom The lone Piper carried the flight of additional aircraft to take Then the Army left but the Navy
bernan ta trahando ariba un Aercoupe un di e aeroplanonan di e club burden during the clubs early life care of the clubs mushrooming Continued on page 8



September 24 1933 ARUBA ESSO NEWS





Aviation na Aruba





Gampo De Vuijst Centro di Actividad


Pa Miembronan di Aruba Flying Club



sfflMSHBflHHHDBflKHBE8flBSSBflHHBHH9BHHHHHflHHH Tres homber tabata sinta na canto di awa mirando Caribe ta lora promer reunion di e club bao presi
bin aden over di nan campo tan stima Un di nan a coi un piedra y a dencia di Sr Evvart y a eligi Roy
benta un cabrito cu ne cu na e momento ey tabata coi camina pa nan V Wiley como e promer presidente
aeroplano cu un mirada hambroso den su wowonan Sobre todo esaki E promer aeroplano cu a worde
tabata e unico aeroplano ariba isla di Aruba na 1933 E momento aki e constitucion y Aruba Flying Club
lamar tabata cerrando e unico cam- a nace Binti miembro a atende e
po di aterizaje di e isla cumprd tabata un Piper Cub di 65
Sinembargo esaki tabata princi- forza di cabai cual a worde impor
pio ai aviacion ai sport na AruDa ts for di Estados Unidos cu asis
Anja 1933 tencia di gobierno local en vista di
E tres hombernan tabatin plan restriccionnan ariba exportacion for
pero probablemente no por a pensa di Merca den tempo di guerra E
nunca cu nan esfuerzonan lo cul promer vuelo di e promer aeroplano
mina den un campo privado sin di e club a tuma lugar Dec 28 1942
awa hopi aeroplano di un y dos Gobierno a yuda tambe den duna
motor na nan disposicion y un club mento di les Cu su aprobacion y cu
privado di aviacion cu lo por conta aprobacion di United States Military
hasta realtad di Europa entre su Commander pilotonan di Army Air
miembronan Corps a bira di promer cu a duna
E campo di aterizaje tan stimd les na miembronan di Flying Club
LTO ariba lamar Caribe C C Waddell di Mechanical Department ta zeil
20 anja pasd tabata un pida terra Na e punto aki e club a huur un
su Bonanza E aeroplano di Sr Waddell ta un di e tres aeroplanonan di di santo cerca di lamar E tres pio pnda terra na Dakota unda miem
jo particular cu actualmente ta staciona ariba vliegveld De Vuijst Ban neronan di Aruba su epoca di aviacion bronan di e club a traha e promer
da patras ta costa di Aruba cu waterleiding na banda drechi tabata Manuel Viana James hangar na e campo comercial E

Hathaway y James M Massey hangar tabata sirbi tambe como
Maske nan a trece e promer aeroplano clubhuis
Aruba un Curtiss Robin -ningun Den e promer tempo e unico Piper
di nan tabatin berdadero ex Cub mester a carga tur e pesadez
periencia den laria di bulamento Den ultimo parti di
Pa compensa pa e handicap aki 1943 e flota a aumenta te tres ora
e trio a emplea un ex piloto di gobierno Holandes a percura dos
ALBERT NICK Nicholas fly
Braniff Airways A J Vicellio Su entrenador marca Aeronca cu motor
ing club mechanic prepares to
tarea tabata pa yuda establece di 65 forza di cabai pa asina e
swing the Aeronca Champs prop
aviacion na Aruba pa medio di in club por sinja hendenan di naciona
ALBERT Nick Nichols meca
struccion y posible desaroyo di un lidad Holandes bula E studiantenan
nico di e club ta prepara pa draai
linea aereo Un hangar chikito di Holandes tabata worde usd como
propellor di e Aeronca Champion
palo a worde trahd ariba e terreno piloto observador en conjunccion cu
di santo y Sr Vicellio a cuminza actividadnan di nan compatriotanan
duna les di bula Na promer tabata KLM awor e comunicacion prin- di servicio na Aruba
parce manera cu e ventura lo ta un cipal entre e hopi islanan di Caribe Na principio di 1944 e club a re-
exito pero tabatin hopi disilusion y resto di mundo a haci su promer cibi aprobacion for di gobierno pa
pa bini aparencia na Aruba Jan 19 1935 cuminza traha ariba un campo na

Despues e grupo a cumpra un ora e Fokker F 18 Snip a baha ari- punta oost di e isla Trahando ariba
aeroplano di doble hala di marca ba e campo di aterizaje inauguran- un veld cu lo bira di nan mes e
Bird cu un motor marca Kinner di do e promer servicio aereo den West miembronan a presta herment pisa
100 forza di cabai pero e aeroplano India entre Curacao y Aruba Des- for di Lago y a prepara un pida
aki no tabata worde bula asina tan- pues KLM a transferi su operacion terra 1800 pia largo Canto di e veld
to cu frusto a haci un desastre ma- nan pa su mes vliegveld unda Vlieg nan a traha un clubhuis y un han
nera e por haci solamente ariba un veld Dakota ta awor Despues cu gar E campo tabata terra domein
isla chikito den Caribe Y loke frus- Guerra Mundial II a cuminza aero mientras e terra di e clubhuis y
to no a haci e cabritonan a haci cu planonan militar Americano a wor hangar ta terra huur
nan pata y nan diente Sr Massey de mandd Aruba pa yuda protega Dia 16 di Juli 1944 dos dia des-
y Sr Hathaway a sali for di den e e compania grandi di azeta ariba e pues cu Gezaghebber I Wagenaar
WAYS ready to assist in times of emergency Aruba Flying Club members grupo pero Sr Viana a persevera isla a aproba e nomber vliegveld De
e tahen part in many mercy and search flights Club member Robert Burk El a cumpra un amphibio aero- Cu aviacion militar y comercial Vuijst a habri oficialmente El a
ler loads flour aboard his North American trainer for earthquake victims piano di awa y di terra for di Stan- na Aruba den vista di publico e in- worde yam segun Comandante P
of El Tocuyo Venezuela Aug 13 1930 dard Oil Company di Venezuela Cu teres den aviacion privado a bolbe A de Vuijst segun sugerencia di
iIPER cla pa asisti na ora di emergencia miembronan di Aruba Flying Club Sr Vicellio na timon di e avion no- haya bida cu Sr Ewart P A de miembronan di Flying Club en
articipa den hopi vuelo di rescate y pa obhetonan caritativo Miembro Robert bo e promer servicio di pasagero y Vuijst Benjamin Shearon y H F aprecio pa e trabao cu e Coman-
kholder ta carga harinja abordo di su entrenador North American pa victi post a worde inaugurd entre Aruba Couzy na cabez di e movimiento dante a haci como cadena di comu-
manan di temblor di El Tocuyo Venezuela Aug 3 1930 y Curacao Pero esaki no a haya Sr Ewart como e apoyador mas nicacion entre e club y Gobierno du-
mucho apoyo y pronto e mester a grandi a prepara un constitucion rante e periodo di buscamento di
stop pa e club di aviacion proponi aprobacion
Un otro incidente cu a stroba Na APril 1942 Gobierno a acepta Continua na pagina V

historia di aviacion na Aruba taba
ta e aeroplano cu no a yega nunca
E grupo awor mas grandi door di
instruccion di Sr Vicellio y inclu
yendo William L Ewart E V Miller
y O T Borsch a combini pa
cumpra un aeroplano na Texas E
aeroplano a sali for di Texas pero
nunca a yega Aruba e mester a
haci un aterizaje forzoso na Ta
pachulla Mexico Sr Vicellio kende
tabatin experiencia bulando na Mexico
a bai aya pa mira si el por a
flakia e aspectonan internacional
cu tabata resulta for di un aero
plano cu a baha forzosamente na
Mexico y cu a lamta di un campo
na Texas y tabata na camina pa un
isla Holandes Sr Vicellio no a lo
gra saca e aeroplano for di Mexico
pero si el a logra haci cu e piloto y
su esposa por a bolbe Merca
Sr Ewart y John McCord tabata
trata en vano pa tene aviacion na
Aruba na bida den ultimo parti di
anjanan trinta Nan esfuerzonan
pa
ross country work flight plans are filed at
Dakota Field Talking with S J obtene aprobacion pa cuminza un
V wCrair 3t Dakta are left to riBht Ferrow IIimes Jean Kichardson club di aviacion entre 1935 y 1940 f- WmMLLllZiWmMm/&& jtj

lands Weather and field conditions and information necessary for flights to other tabata sin exito E esfuerzo final di SIX MEMBERS gathered in front of the radio shack check flight plans
countries are obtained by flying club members at Dakota Sr Ewart mantene aviacion The Dick South Rae
members
vuelo pa pri are left to right Dougald McCormick
u
un plannan di vuelo
ta worde
.. J Heringa present na vliegveld Dakota Pa vado tabata door di pidi gobierno Collie Jean Richardson John Morgenthaler club president and
dirigidor di trafico
aerco na Dakota ta robez drechi
pa permit pa un aeroplano planeador Don Brailey
ondicion
di
i otro lsla vliegveld y informa Ferrow Himes Jean Richardson y B Teag sin motor Atrobe gobierno a nen SEIS MIEMBRO dilanti di e cuarto di radio ta check plannan di vuelo
y paisnan ta wordecion
necesario
obteni pa vuelonan pa vuelonan pa ga simplemente pasobra no tabatin E miembronan ta Dougald McCormick Dick South Rae Collie Jean
, door di miembronan
di
e club na Dakota ley pa regla tal actividadnan Richardson John Morgenthaler presidente di c club y Don Brailey



ARUBA ESSO NEWS
September 24 1955j


















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Lago Heights


Sports Day


One of the most enthusiastically supported

sports events in the Lago Heights activities program

is the annual Sports Day held at the Lago

Club field Under the chairmanship of Bertie I
WITH A grunt and a groan able bodied bachelors pull the Viapree of the Mechanical Department the ONE OF the most popular events for the younger set in all
married men in a tug-of-war that saw the bachelors above island sports days is the pillow fight The Lago Heights
track and field events held under
were lights
the wedded males
overpower Sports Day was no exception as shown by these fellows
NA grunjamento y kehamento e soslteronan fuerte ta hala Sept 2 and 3 And as always when the older UN di e eventonan mas popular pa e muchanan den tur dia
c hombernan casa den un concurso di rancamento di cabuya fellows compete competition is keen and many nan di deporte ariba e isla ta e bringamento cu cusinchi E
den cual e solteronan ariba a gana nan companjeronan chuckle provoking situations arise So it was dia di reporte na Lago Heights no tabata un excepcion ma
casa nera hende por mira na e muchanan aki
in the tug-of-war The bachelors won attributing

their succes to better food Hundreds ringed the

gayly spangled field watching events for the

young these slightly older the single and the

married And when it was all over Chairman

Viapiee had another successful Sports Day to
his credit

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POUNDING down the straight away to the finish line first is B GibbsHe was followed G RONFIER flies across the finish line just ahead of Pedro Brooks and Clive McDonald
in the sack race by S George and D Graham only a jump behind right in the feature race of 75 yards for men 40 years and over
BAHANDO como promer ariba e trajecto ta B Gibbs El a worde sigui den e careda G RONFIER ta cruza e linja di terminacion net dilanti Pedro Brooks y Clive Mc
den saco door di S George y D Graham solamente un salto su tras Donald banda drechi den e careda di 73 yarda pa hombernan di 40 anja y mas halto


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TIED together with three legs for each team this MARA hunto cu tres pia pa cada equipo e evento aki
event proved to be a trial of combined coordination a resulta di ta un prueba di coordinacion combina



ONE OF the feature races on the Lago Heights Sports Day agenda was
w vBfBfBfBfBfBfF jPiBKTfKfB to be a burro race Only trouble was only one burro and one rider
showed up L Rasmijn the lone rider automatically became the win
ner and to the delight of his youthful companions paraded majestically
around the Lago Heights field
UN DI E caredanan mas interesante ariba agenda di e dia di deporte
na Lago Heights tabata e careda di burico E unico trobbel tabata cu
solamente un burico y un coredor a presenta L Rasmijn e unico core
dor automaticamente a bira e ganador y pa encanta su companjeronan
hoben el a pasear majesticamente rond e veld di Lago Heights



WITH EGG balanced and read to go the married women in the egg
and spoon race left wait for the starters gun The event was won by
Mrs Margo Naar followed by Mrs S Freeman and Mrs R Martin
This was one of the many events of the Lago Heights Sports Day
CU WEBO balanza y cla pa sali e muhernan casi den e careda cu webo
den cuchara ta warda e senjal di start E evento a worde gana door di
Sra Margo Naar sigui door di Sra S Freeman y Sra R Martin





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September 24 1955 ARUBA ESSO NEWS



New San Nicolas School Opens




Opening Ceremonies

Concluded Sepi 1

Ai Proiesiant School


A new protestant school De
Chnstelijke School officially opened
its doors to the public Sept 1 in
ceremonies headed by Lt Gov L C
Kwartsz G Kok inspector of education
and G C Boekkooi school

principal

The new school has taken over
the physical facilities of the former
Prince Bernhard School in San Nicolas
Actually the schools new

ness is in what it represents its

program its teachers its interior
and equipment The building refurbished
for the new school for

merly housed the free classes of the

government run Bernhard School
Students of this former public

school have the option of attending

the Marijke or Irene free schools A TEACHER of the new school demonstrates to visiting parents some
or paying tuition and attending of the educational devices that will be used in the beginning grades
Abraham de Veer or Pieter Boer of San Nicolas newest protestant school located on Bernhardstraat
School UN MAESTRO di e school protestant di mas nobo situa na Bernhardstraat

The new school a tuition-charging San Nicolas ta demonstra na mayornan bishitante algun di e
institution will teach seven cosnan di educacion cu ta worde usa den e klasnan chikito

classes grades one through six and
VISITORS stand in the entranceway of De Christelijke School the new
kindergarten The schools plant came about through the work of the of the working committee are Mrs school opened in San Nicolas in what had formerly been the public
comprises seven rooms Plans are to Society for Protestant Christian B Schelfhorst Mr and Mrs A Prince Bernhard School Opening ceremonies and inspection of the new
build additions each year add a Education under the presidency of Veenendaal Mrs B Meier A Mack school facilities took place Sept 1

grade each year and eventually become G Eikalboom assisted by a working nack and C de Mildt Present treasurer BISHITANTENAN ta para na entrada di De Christelijke School e

a MULO school with 10 grades committee made up of six laymen of the school fund is Mrs school nobo a habri na San Nicolas den loke anteriormente tabata Prins
The development of the school and the schools teachers Members Schelfhorst
Bernhard di
School Ceremonianan habrimento y inspeccion di e lugar

a uma lugar Sept 1
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INSPECTOR of Education G Kok addresses visitors INSPECTOR di Educacion G Kok ta dirigi palabra na VISITORS at the opening ceremonies Sept 1 viewed the new equipment
and guests at the schools official opening Among the bishitantenan na habrimento oficial di school Entre e refurbished facilities of the former Prince Bernhard School
guests were Lt Gov L C Kwartsz center first row bishitantenan tabata
Gezaghebber L C Kwartsz cen- BISHITANTENAN na e ceremonianan di habrimento Sept 1 a mira e
and Deputies E D Petrona and P Croes tro promer fila y Deputies E D Petrona y P Croes facilidadnan nobo di e anterior Prins Bernhard School



Vuijst Como dos anja despues placer pa e bira un miembro hono di Lago den nan oranan liber Desde
Avi Turner tambe a cumpra un Bonan rario di e club su formacion e club a entrena mas
lacion na Aruba
za y a bin cu ne aki Na 1952 tem Vliegveld De Vuijst mientras of menos 150 piloto privado un record
po cu el a retira for di Lago el a strictamente un club privado ta un di cual e por ta hustamente
Continua di parina 5 ta pilotonan di United States Army paketa su cosnan subi den su Bonanza campo bon utili Canto di e start orguyoso

Cu un campo di su mes e siguien Air Corps Ora guerra tabata pro y a bula bai cas baan tin seis hangar y e clubhuis Awendia miembronan di e club ta

te paso tabata cumpramento di mas gresa Navy a bini aden y miembro Na 1948 e club a yega na su top Desde 1948 e club tin un mecanico activo den aire bulando den siete
aeroplano pa acomoda e rapido cre nan di Aruba Flying Club tabata cu 80 miembro y tabatin 20 aeroplano na su completo disposicion pa haci aeroplano cu actualmente ta ariba
cemento di e club Cuarenta miem haya instruccion for di tur dos ser ta bula E mes anja dos tur trabao di drechamento cu e fa e veld cuatro di e club y tres di
bro tabata scirbi den buki tempo e vicio Anto Army a bai pero Navy miembro di club cada uno a cumpra cilidadnan limits cu ta disponible donjonan particular Na terra miembronan
veld a habri y e dos Aeronca tabata a keda y a sigui duna instruccion
un entrenador surplus North E experiencia corto di e club cu di Aruba Flying Club ta tone
e unico cu tabata bula E Piper Ex pilotonan di guerra cu a bolbe instructor full tambe estudionan
American AT 6 di 650 forza di cabai un pa tempo nan mes ocupa cu pa
Cub e inverticion original di e tabata duna instruccion na miem cuminza na 1948 ta vale la pena pa aumenta nan proficiencia den cosnan
na Miami Florida y a bula nan
club a haya un accidente y no ta bronan di Caribbean Flying Association trece Aruba Otro miembronan di e conta Cu asina tanto miembronan manera navegacion y radio
bata bula cual tambe tabata usa veld nan a considera cu tabata deseable Nan ta planea vuelonan ta trata
club a cumpra dos Cessna UC 78 di
Pa 1946 cu regreso di ex-piloto-nan De Vuijst Miembronan di e organi dos motor Familianan di miembro pa emplea un piloto for di Estados pa inicia vuelonan di anochi traha
di guerra e cantidad di miem zacion aki tabata inclui hombernan Unidos pa duna instruccion E piloto pa tene nan veld y herment na or
nan di e club hopi vez tabata usa e
bronan a subi te 80 E club a agre for di e hopi islanan di Caribe cu a a resulta di ta un di e typonan den y en general ta dedica nan
ga dos PT 19 entrenador primario bini Aruba pa traha pa Lago aeroplano pa bula bai otro islanan imprescindible kende nunca hende mes na bulamento tanto den aire
di Caribe Sur America Estados
na 1945 y a sigui un anja despues Primavera di 1947 a marca prin y sabi kiko spera di dje E bulamento como ariba terra Pa sosega com
cu cumpramento di dos Aeronca cipio di e era di BT 13 Miembronan Unidos cu parachute ta un caso asina bersacion de hangar semper ta un
Chief Ademas miembronan di di e club a seis di Na Februari 1950 Aruba Flying
e cumpra e entre Mientras e tabata ariba un vuelo pasatempo popular mescos cu un
club a drecha e Piper Cub Na fin nadornan basico marca Vultee Club tabatin e privilegio pa parti
cu di instruccion el a informa su stu baile de vez en cuando den clubhuis
di 1946 e club tabatin nuebe aeroplano motor di 450 forza di cabai a laga cipa den ceremonianan en coneccion diante cu el tabata bai y el a bai di e organizacion
den buki E mes anja miem hende hiba nan Newark New Jersey cu bishita di Prins Bernhard di Ho
tambe E club a worde alertd di e Aviacion privado na Aruba a
bronan di e club a 1000 unda worde landa Mientras Prins tabata come
pone pia nan a desarma
y hecho aki y a worde bisa cu e para crece hopi desde e promer Curtiss
mas cerca veld de Vuijst barca pa Aruba abordo di miembronan di e club a dunele un
tanque chutista
a cai den awa Un grupo Robin tabata subi for di un pida
Na 1947 un trio entre miembro ro Despues ties bienvenida for di aire Mirando e
mas BT 13 a wor a bai afor pa rondiele pero mientras terreno di santo 22 anja pasa
nan di e club a cumpra un Fair de treci Aruba door di miembronan aeroplano den aire e Prins a decla tanto e instructor a landa ye
child PT 26 cual tabata e promer pa haci un total di nuebe Vultee na ra cu el tin deseo di bula E bishi ga terra ora nochi tabata cerra y

aeroplano di donjo privado ariba veld De Vuijst tante real a worde hibd campo De a camna bai Lago Colony y drenta Schedule of Paydays
veld De Vuijst Na 1947 e club a Na October 1948 Alex Shaw y Vuijst unda el a lamta na timon di club manera cu nada a socede Poco

pone un Aeronca Champion accrca Vernon Turner dos pilar di e club un Beechraft Bonanza y a bula bai despues e club a sali for di instructor Semi Monthly Payroll
Imediatamente promer y despues durante e periodo aki a bula un vliegveld Dakota na otro banda di aki y a bolbe na operacionnan
di fin di Guerra Muncjlial II e club Beechcraft Bonanza y un Ercoupe e isla Dos luna despues Brerton normal Sept 16 30 Saturday Oct 8

tabatin algun areglonan unico di respectivamente for di Miami Flo di club tem
Teagle presidente e e Vliegveld De Vuijst y Aruba Fly Monthly Payroll
instruccion tanto di duna como di rida pa Aruba y a agrega dos otro po a recibi un carta for di Prins ing Club awendia ta hunga un papel
tuma E promer instructornan taba aeroplano na posesion di veld De Bernhard den cual el a expresa su importante den bida di trahadornan Sept 1 30 Monday Oct 10



A RUB A ESSO NEWS
September 24 1955



Inter Departmental Jack To End

Football League 21 Years9 Service Plan Belly Retirement Poiuuls Private Flying in Aruba


Opens Nexi Month Twenty one years of service will Continued from page Jt equipped field Adjacent to the runway
Norman M Bell and Leonard A
The Football Steering Committee come to an end Dec 1 when Riley Pounds plan to retire in the near future stayed on and continued giving instruction are six hangars and the clubhouse

of the Lago Sport Park Board is B F H Jack bids farewell to the Mr Bell process foreman -Shore Ex service pilots who returned Since 1948 the club has main

presently lining up teams for the Lago Police Department the department Operations in Receiving and after the war gave instruction tained a full time mechanic to

annual Inter Departmental Football he has worked for during his Shipping will leave Aruba the end of to members of the Caribbean handle all repairs that can be done

League The league is tentatively entire Lago career next month prior to retirement Nov Flying Association which also used with the limited facilities available

scheduled to open at Lago Sport ^ 5a js v Mr Jack join 1 Mr Pounds left Aruba Sept 2 on De Vuijst Field The membership of The clubs brief experience with

Park next month ? z V ted the Lago pol local vacation and furlough followed this organization included men from a full time instructor also engaged

The deadline for entries is Sept frfrggSWfr ice 21 years ago by an extended leave preceding retirement the many island of the Caribbean in 1948 is worth recounting With

28 Groups interested in entering a this month as a Oct 1 1956 who came to Aruba to work for so large a membership it was considered

team from their department or division ^ v laborer second Mr Bell with ^ Lago desirable to hire a pilot

should contact any one of the j class Two years over 25 years of '"** The later part of 1947 marked the from the United States to handle

five steering committee members -Raymundo later he was pro service began as beginning of the BT 13 era Club the clubs flying operations and instruction

Kemp of the Lago Police lmriJi
Department S R Tromp of Mecha ^ hi si ciass oui helper in Re 450 hp basic trainers had them one of those unpredictable types

nical Administration Juan Briezen cessivc promotions ceiving and flown to Newark New Jersey whose actions could never quite be

of Catalytic and Light Ends A in the next Shipipng in October where they were dismantled and anticipated or explained The

Geerman of Accounting and R Ni two years made 1930 Re shipped to Aruba in tankers Later parachute jump is a case in point

colaas of Metal Trades him laborer A maining in Receiving While on an instruction flight he
R B F H Jack three additional BT 13s were flown
Last years tournament was won and watchman and down by members to make a total informed his student that he was

by the Lago Police Department The A Mr Jack then proceded to move Shipping his entire of nine Vultecs at Do Vuijst Field leaving and thereupon left The fly
team representing Carpenters and through the ranks as promotions Lago career ing club was alerted to the incident

Paint was runner up made him corporal C corporal B he was promoted N M Bell In October 1948 Alex Shaw and and was also told that the parachut

and corporal A the position he pre to pumper help Vernon Turner two mainstays of ist had landed in the water A

sently holds er second class then operator second the flying club during this period -flew search party was sent out In

LEC Eleccion and first class and operator in a Becchcraft Bonanza and an the meantime the instructor had

February 1939 Later promotions Ercoupc from Miami Florida to swum ashore as darkness fell and
Continua di pagina 1 ba base general pero no den c elec
made him shift foreman and process Aruba to add two more aircraft to had then casually walked back to
worde eligi den grupo departamen cionnan departamental y foreman In January 1952 he the complement of De Vuijst Field Lago Colony as if nothing had happened
tal Na December cuatro lo worde 2 Maske miembronan ta worde
became process foreman Docks About Shortly thereafter the flying
two later
henter door di bao di c sistema years Turner also
eligi for di planta eligi un grupo
club
and Shipping Just one year ago he relieved itself of one instructor
bought a Bonanza and flew it down
Pa tene c eleccionnan departa departamental toch nan ta rc
became process foreman Shore and reverted to normal operations
mental e planta a worde parti den prcscnta tur constituyentenan ora In 1952 when he retired from Lago
Operations his present position De Vuijst Field and the Aruba
cinco departamento A B C D y nan bira miembro di LEC y como he packed up his belongings climb
Mr Pounds started out with the Flying Club today
E Pa worde eligi den Council e tal nan por worde eligi pa e comi ed into his Bonanza and flew home play an import-
Lago Shipping Company Seagoing i ant narr in tVi livoa nf tito *._
candidatonan mester worde eligi sion ncgociativo in July 1932 He came ashore in In 1948 the club reached its peak f;,,,. ",
door di hendenan di su particular Bao di c sistema nobo e comision May 1933 as a ship dispatcher in the with SO members and had 20 wooers during their leisure
departamental Voto ta worde ncgociativo tambe ta bai haya cam hours Since its formation the club
grupo Marine Department He later served planes in operation In the same
tira pa un homber for di un gru bio chikito Anteriormcntc tur ocho has trained about 150 private pilots
as chief dispatcher and then signal year two club members each bought
po particular door di trahadornan miembro di c council tabata forma tower operator He held this position a sarplus 650 hp North American a record of which it can be justly

di e grupo Un candidato no por comision ncgociativo E adicion di at the time he left Aruba AT G trainer in Miami Florida and proud

corre pa un pucsto den LEC den un cinco no ta nifica cu diez tres lo flew them to Aruba Other club Today the clubs members are
ta inclui forma comision En vez ocho lo
cu no
e
departamental
grupo
members bought two twin engined active in the air running up hours
su lugar di trabao Tampoco vota worde reteni y lo ta consisti di e NEW ARRIVALS
Cessna UC 78s On many occasions in the seven planes presently on the
dornan ta permiti pa vota pa nin tres oficialnan di c council plus cinco
Mr and Mrs Flying Club Member field four club owned and three
gun otro sino pa csnan di e grupo cu ta worde selecta for di e otro
August 29 and family used the planes to fly privately owned On the ground the
departamental den cual nan ta tra 10 E council lo selecta e cinco E TETERSON Godfiey C Colonv Commissary
ha division di nacionalidad di seis na A daughter Cheryl Laverne around the many Caribbean islands Aruba Flying Club members busy
FRANKEN Feline S Mech Machine
Ehcmplo John B ta traha den cional y dos no nacional lo worde reteni A daughter Rose De Linda to South America and to the United themselves with studies to increase

Yard El kier corre pa LEC El por August 31 States proficiency in such things as navigation
DA VJ E Ceferino V Mech Yard A
haci esey den grupo departamental E gruponan departamental ta daughter In February 1950 the Aruba and radio They plan crosscountry

A cual ta inclui Yard Votonan cu manera ta sigui CROES Adriano Mech Machine A Flying Club was privileged to take flights are endeavoring to
Antonius Ovito
worde tira ariba dje por worde tira Grupo departamental A Yard CROES son Nibio Laundry A daughter part in ceremonies in connection initiate night flying labor to keep

solamentc door di hendenan cu ta Pipe Masons and Insulators Metal September 1 with the visit of HRH Prince their field and equipment in shape

traha den Yard Pipe Masons and Trades y Garage and Transportation WILLEMS win Piisco Louis B LOF A son Ed Bernhard of the Netherlands Before and in general have dedicated

Insulators Metal Trades y Garage September 2 the prince dined members of the themselves to flying both in the air
cual tur ta cai den grupo departamental Grupo departamental B Carpen MATIIESON Leonard Rec & Ship A and on the ground For relaxation
son Lennox flying club gave him an aeronautical
A Paint Electrical Machine
ter & y MADURO Cerilio TSD Lab 1 A
son hanger flying is always a popular
Pa facilita c votamento aki lo tin Foundry Instrument Mechanical Stefanus Adrianus welcome Seeing the aircraft
LA ROSA Jose Col Maint A daugh overhead the prince expressed his pastime as is an occasional dance
cinco diferente carchi un pa cada Administration y Storehouse
Josefa Clasista
ter at the organizations trim and
very
grupo departamental E carchinan Grupo departamental C Utilities September 3 desire to fty The royal guest was
DE CUBA Mario Plant A comfortable clubhouse
di vota pa c diferente gruponan ta Cracking Catalytic & Light Ends daughter Aisl nn- Cracking taken to De Vuijst Field where he

worde usa solamentc door di e gru Acid & Edcleanu Receiving & Ship BEYDE Arnold W Mech Eec A son took off at the controls of a Beech Private flying in Aruba has come

po pa cual nan ta destina Manera ping y Light Oils Finishing Eirol llumhiey craft Bonanza and flew to Dakota a long way since the first Curtiss

den c ehemplo si John B worde Grupo departamental D Dining Two months later Brerton Teagle Robin took off from a sand flat 22

eligi como miembro di LEC consti Halls Colony Operations y Colony y Public Relations y Medical president of the flying club at that years ago
tuyentenan di grupo departamental Administration Laundry Stewards E actual council di ocho homber
time received a letter from Prince
A y SOLAMENTE grupo departa y Clubs Commissaries Colony ta consisti di F Ritfeld presidente
Bernhard in which he expressed his CLASSIFIED ADS
mental A ta csnan cu a eligiele Maintenance y Lago Police J Erasmus vice presidentc E D
pleasure in becoming an honorary
Ta existi dos importanto factor Grupo departamental E Technical Tromp secretario G Giel J Madu
member of the club TOR SALE Large table model radio -Loewe
den e sistema nobo Service div di lab Technical ro L Dirksz G E S Straughn y Opta RC 80 model Geirad pick

1 Lo sigui tin un division di na S2rvice Eng & Proa Marine S E Howard Termino di c ultimo De Vuijst Field while strictly a up threc speed Apply W F 11 San

cionalidad den c eleccion anual ari- Accounting y Executive Industrial cuatro ta caba e anja aki private club enterprise is a well- Nicolas



























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THE BG opponent Bonny Garaway ducks this slashing . drove Garaway to the canvas with a crashing right sent Garaway sprawling through the ropes This time

left that Sugar Boy Nando threw with such furry it car and short left jab The challenger rose at the count of he didnt get up and Nando had another knockout to his

ried the middleweight champ off his feet Nando missed four took the mandatory eight count straightened up credit The end came at one minute thirty seconds in the

this one but not so in the sixth when he . and met another onslaught that . sixth of a scheduled lQ rounder

E OPONENTE di BG Bonny Garaway ta saak pa e ro- ... a manda Garaway terra cu un derechazo aplastante y a benta Garaway door di cabuyanan E biaha aki el no

bezado cortante cu Sugar Boy Nando a tira cu tanto furia un jab robez cortico E retardor a lamta na conteo di a lamta y Nando tabatin un otro knockout ariba su nom-

cu esaki a lamta c campeon di peso mediano for di suclo cuartro warda e conteo mandatorio di ocho drenta y a ber E fin a bin na un minuut trinta seconde di rond 6

Nando a hera esaki pero no den di seis ora el . topa im otro atake f urioso cu . di un pelea aparta na 10