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^^& VOL 18 No 12 PUBLISHED BY LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO LTD June 15 1957






I Rasmijn Completes 30 Years Progreso Ta Depende di Lago Ariba Lago Cites Substantial



Condicionnan Siabil Increases Gained By

De vez en cuando ta bon pa tira

4m un vista ariba e cosnan cu ta forma

nos bida diario algo den estilo di Employees Since 1955

conta nos bendicionnan Esaki ta

yuda re evalua e hopi cosnan cu In the thick of discussions the good is often overlooked Clear
hunto ta forma e dia Kiko nos tin background information is needed The
Lago Management and Lago
I Ml ^& / _
Di unda bini Com nos ta te
nan a Employee Council negotiations are a case in point
ne e cosnan cu nos tin y cu nos Seemingly forgotcen with all current attention cast on increases

mester and Christmas bonuses is what representation at Lago has gained for
Ariba un mainta typicamente Aru the employees

bano na 1924 algun homber tabata Look at what Lagos staff and

observa e sitio cu awe te haaf di regular employees have gained in

San Nicolas Nan a escogele como compensation and lib2ralized benefits Rae Mechling

un sitio di translado pa azeta crudo in the past few years Lets

cu ta bini for di Venezuela Algun review the past and probably forgotten Service Exeeeils
anja despues structuranan di hero
accomplishments in figures
pa plantanan di refinacion a bira un and florins Here is how the increases 71 Years

parti di horizonte di Aruba E refi- of Lago employees have Two veteran Mechanical Depart

neria a crece y bira di mas grandi risen since January 1 1955 a period ment employees whose combined

na mundo of two and half
one
years services exceeds 71 years have left
Un di e motibonan pakiko el a cre The Lago employees
average Aruba preceding their retirements
Felis Rasmijn received his 30- Felis Rasmijn a recibi su premio ce asina grandi tabata e actitud di e base pay has increasad 32 cents an The twd are William Rae and J

ear service award from the hands pa 30 anja di servicio for di man di hendenan involvi den su desaroyo hour These same employees have Y Mechling both zone supervisors

jf General Manager W A Murray Gerente General W A Murray na Aruba e tempo mescos cu awe mester also received an increase of 8 cents Mr Rae whose service will total 39

it a meeting of management staff un reunon di management staff di un fuente di entrada pa su an hour in direct benefits The direct six months
years on retirement was
May 22 Mei 22 hendenan y su gobierno E isla tabata benefit payments to employees

Mr Rasmijn who completed his Sr Rasmijn kende a completa su y lo sigui ta sin recursonan natural include larger Company contributions

10 years May 9 was first employed 30 anja di servicio Mei 9 a worde Tempo cu e refineria tabata to the vacation savings plan

n March 1926 as a laborer He empled na Maart 1926 como laborer principia tur hende sea cu nan ta the thrift plan and the retirement

vorked later as carpenter and trans Despues el a traha como carpinter y bata traha pa Lago of no tabata plan This totals up to an inciease

erred to Colony Service now Ge a transferi pa Colony Service Department plenamente di acuerdo pa apoya e in pay of 40 cents an hour

leral Service Department in July awor General Services Department crecemento di Lago No laga nada On top of this substantial inciease

JL937 He is currently carpenter B na Juli 1937 Actualmente para den camina di existencia y desaroyo of 40 cents an hour the men

issigned to Operations Division el ta carpenter B den operations di di esun empresa cu por duna working shift have received an increase

rafts vision crafts Aruba bida economico tabata e le in shift differential payments

Present for the brief ceremony Presente pa e ceremonia cortico ma ariba e isla Esaki tabata demon fiom IOV2 cents an hour in 1954 to HkltSfeB uHNniK

vith Mr Rasmijn were V C Fuller hunto cu Sr Rasmijn tabata V C stra un realizacion general cu direc 22 cents an hour today And still

Hartwick and Mr Rasmijns im- Fuller S Hartwick y supervisor to of indirectamente e oportunidad in addition 2000 employees eligible

nediate supervisor H Varlack imediato di Sr Rasmijn H Varlack pa progreso di tur residentenan di e for in grade service pay received J Y Mechling W Rae

isla tabata depende ariba operacion increases based service
on averaging
first employed by the Midwest Re
di Lago 7 cents hour
an fining Company from March 18 to
Y asina Lago a crece E actitud The has offered lo fur
Company Oct 21 when he joined Standard Oil
di e trahador e hendenan y gobier ther increase wages and salary by
Company Indiana at Casper Wyo
no tabata yuda den e progreso Can 7J2 cents an hour effective June 1
ming He transferred to Lago in
to di otro tur tabata traha tabata 1957 This offer was made to fully
April 1928 as master pipefitter He
Four promotions in the Mechanical Department and one in the Marine un existencia amistoso mas of me compensate the employees for the was made subforeman in December
Department were announced effective June 1 nos ariba base di bo tin mester di increase in cost of living which has
of that and pipefitter foreman
year
Named to higher positions in the Mechanical Department in order of mi y mi tin mester di bo y hunto occurred during the past two and in June 1933 In January 1934 he

ervice were F N Smith who became zone supervisor field coordination nos por prospera one half years Should this offer be
to
was promoted zone supervisor
incente Briezen subforeman machinist craft G A Anderson zone Lago a acepta su rol den comuni accepted the increase in wages and
Mr Mechling came to Lago in
oreman machinist craft and H M dad Arubano El a enfrenta su res benefits would reach a total of 50
September 1929 as first class machinist
LlcMillin zone supervisor field coor machinist helper and tradesman before ponsabilidadnan cumpli cu su obli cents an hour above the January 1
He had previously been employed
dination being made engineer II in gacionnan y cu orguyo e por mun 1955 level
by Standard Oil Company
W C Mink Jr became division August 1937 He remained in engi stra e resultado Empleadonan di These figures show what Lagos
Indiana at Casper Wyoming from
lead haulage coordination in the neering as equipment inspector and Lago en general ta goza di sueldo y employees have received in increased
March 1925 to Sept 26 1929 He
-Tarine Department engineer I until November 1942 salarionan mas halto di henter Ca pay and benefits what representation
was made central zone dispatcher in
Mr Smith joined Lago in June when he returned to the Mechanical ribe empleadonan di Lago ta recibi has won for the employees how
March 1932 outside machinist fore
930 as refinery apprentice and Department as technical assistant mas y mehor beneficio den e terri- Lago compensates its employees
man in June 1936 and zone supervisor
Ivorked subsequently as truck driver Continued on page 8 Continua na pagina 8 Wages and benefits are high they in May 1941 On retirement

form the largest part of the Com-
Mr Mechling will have over 32 years

(Continued on page 8 of service
Lago ta Cita Aumentonan Substantial

-fcWrsg
atfim

Obieni Door di Emoleadonan Desde 1955


Den cayente di discussion honi ora den beneficionan directo E pa di 50 cents pa ora mas halto cu e

ez e parti bon ta worde perdi for gonan di beneficio directo na empleadonan nivel di Januari 1 1955

li vista Semper tin mester di in- ta inclui contribucionnan E cifranan aki ta munstra kiko

ormacion corecto E neeociacion- mas halto di Compania na e plan di empleadonan di Lago a recibi den

han entre Directiva di Lago y La- spaar pa vacacion thrift plan y e sentido di mas placa y beneficionan
o Employee Council ta un caso en plan di pension kiko
representacion a gana pa empleadonan
unto Ademas di e aumento substancial y com Lago ta paga su
Loke aparentemente ta worde lu- aki di 40 cents pa ora e hombernan empleadonan Sueldo y beneficionan
ida awor cu tur atencion ta worde
cu ta traha warda a recibi un aumento ta halto nan ta forma e parti mas
ledica na aumento bonus di Pas-
y den pago di abono pa trabao grandi di e costo di operacion di
u ta tur e cosnan cu representa di waida di IO V2 cents pa ora na Compania En realidad nan ta dos

ion na Lago ya a gana pa emplea 1954 pa 22 cents pa ora awe Y ain vez mas halto cu refinerianan Euro

lonan da mas 2000 empleadonan eligible peano cu cual nos mester competi

Mira loke empleadonan staff y pa compensacion pa motibo di hopi Directiva di Lago ta kere den e
egular di Lago a gana den pagro v tempo den solo
un

ocupacion a re sistema di representacion di LEC y
nehor beneficionan den e pasado ul- cibi
aumentonan den
sueldo na un ta comprende nan demandanan actual
lmo anjanan Laga nos tira un vis
promedio di 7 cents
mas pa ora pa Pero directornan di
Lago mes -i -
drwrnnn ? m .- mu aaa-?? >.**jcUMVdBB
a ariba pasado acomplecimentonan cada un ter tene nan costonan balanza pa por VV i t T mum 11 in 1 hi ill 1I1 > 231l
len cifra vw :*'~.
florin loke
y -
probable-
Compania a ofrece pa aumenta competi Esaki ta na mehor interes
nente ta casi lubida caba Sueldo sueldo y salarionan mas leuw ainda di tur empleadonan di henter Aru HIS EXCELLENCY A B Speekenbrink new governor of the Netherlands

ian di empleadonan di Lago a subi cu 7 V2 cents pa ora efectivo Juni ba Esaki mester worde haci pa tene Antilles recently paid an official visit to Lago Escorting him on

a e siguiente manera desde Jan 1 1 1957 E oferta aki a woide hacl Lago un refineria sano progresivo a tour of the refinery was General Manager W A Murray right At

955 pa awor un periodo di dos y pa compensa e empleadonan total cu por opera 24 ora pa dia na Aru left is P Croes acting lieutenant governor of Aruba

nitar anja mente pa e aumento den costo di ba Pa mantene e posicion aki Compania SU EXCELENCIA A B Speekenbrink gobernador nobo di Antillas Ho
E pago basico di un empleado bida cual a ocasiona durante c ultimo a duna landes recientemente haci
su empleadonan aumentonan a un bishita oficial na Lago Escortando e
romedio di Lago a subi 32 cents pa dos anja y mei Si e oferta aki succesivo cual a haci nan gobernador ariba un paseo den refineria tabata Gerente General W A

ra E mes empleadonan aki a reci worde acepta e aumento den sueldo e grupo di trahador mehor paga den Murray banda drechi Banda robez ta P Croes waarnemend gezagheb-
i tambe un aumento di 8 cents pa y beneficionan lo alcanza un total henter Caribe ber di Aruba



ARUBA ESSO NEWS
June 15 1957




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PUBLISHED EVERY OTHER SATURDAY AT ARUBA NETHERLANDS
ANTILLES BY LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO LTD cio combing ta alcanza 71 anja a

PrlnUd by th Aruba DrukkKJ NV Ntb Ant laga Aruba en espera di nan pension '*
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Rae kende tin un total di 39 anja
Lets Be Realistic About
seis luna di servicio ora su pension

yega a worde empled door di Midwest

Labor Supply and Costs Refining Company for di
Maart 18 pa Oct 21 tempo cu el a

cuminza traha cu Standard Oil Company

People where they come from and the jobs they hold are subject to Indiana na Casper Wyoming tej BS- RrbhbbbbbbbViSS il eSbbi Wb m A v**

misunderstanding and wild guessing1 and oft times emotional distortion El a transferi pa Lago na April 1928

Much misconception arises in current discussion of Lagos foreign staff como master pipefitter El a bira

its wages and availability Lago has foreign staff employees for very subforeman na December di e anja

definite reasons Heres why ey y pipefitter foreman na Juni 1933 DISCUSSING WAYS and means of plant safety the newly formed

Modern business hires to fill specific needs There are good reasons Na Januari 1934 el a worde promovi Safety Study Group begins its deliberations under the chairmanship of

The first step for a successful business is to hire the men who have pa zone supervisor Industrial Relations Manager E Byington Representatives of manage

skills and know how to do the job right Sr Mechhng a bini Lago na Sep ment the Safety Division and various departments are members of

Where are these men found In this day of highly technical demands tember 1929 como machinist first the group

by every industry throughout the world that is the big problem Industry class Anteriormente el tabata em DISCUTIENDO VIANAN y medionan pa seguridad di planta e Grupo

and community alike cannot function without the highly trained engineer pled door di Standard Oil Company di Estudio di Seguridad ta cuminza su deliberacionnan bao presidencia

chemist economist mathematician and other specialists and experienced Indiana na Casper Wyoming for di Gerente General di Relaciones Industrial E Byington Representante

personnel Competition for these men is very keen Again the question di Maart 1925 pa September 26 1929 nai di directiva di Division di Seguridad y varios departamento ta

where are these men found Na Maart 1932 el a bira central miembro di e grupo

From the people that make up the community in which the industry zone dispatcher outside machinist

operates comes the first selection But supposing the immediate community foreman na Juni 1936 y zone supervisor

cannot supply the highly trained men what then The industry na Mei 1941 Na su retiro Sr Laga Nos Ser Realistico

in order to survive and most important in order to compete must look Mechling lo tin mas di 32 anja di

world wide for the men it needs to perform the necessary professions servicio

Some companies like Lago must go to other countries Most of Lagos Tocante Lago Personal

professionally trained personnel or experienced specialists come from the Panama taLamta
Hendenan di unda nan ta bini e empleonan cu nan ta bien
y ocupa por
United States as foreign staff employees to handle its complicated and
Nobo ta obheto di malcomprendemento y pensamento den aire y mucho vez
technical refining and business problems Why Because the technical Refineriii
emocionalmente retroci Hopi malcomprension ta resulta den discusionnanj
skills needed to build and run Lago were not and today are still not available
locally in the quantity needed Un refineria nobo di promer di e coriente tocante empleadonan foreign staff di Lago nan salario y nan pre i

pais lo lamta pzonto na Panama sencia Lago tin empleadonan ioreign staif pa motibonan bon funda Y esa
Without these skills Lago would not be able to operate Without foreign
Cu un capacidad di 55000 barril pa ki ta pakiko
staff there would be
employees no Lago
dia cu mester ta cla den dos anja Negoshi moderno ta emplea pa ye larionan na vigor pa trabaonan ul
Now how is their compensation arrived at Foreign staff employees
e planta lo corta hundo den un di e na mesternan specifico Tin bon mo tramar Bayendo un paso mas leuw
to the salaries in the USA The
are compensated according prevailing
mercadonan di bunker di tibo Lago ta compensa tur su personal di
economics involved in US selections the promer
employee are easy Pay men
ta barca como 4 million E un negoshi pro acuerdo cu economianan di e terri
paso pa
Lago Lago promer
same as they receive in their own home town and they arent the least bit
torio Sueldonan local ta basa
barril di producto pa anja gresivo ta pa emplea e hendenan cu aribaj
interested in overseas assignments To induce these men to bring their
tarifanan di ta
e cu na vigor
mayor parti como bunker pa tin e capacidad y saber pa haci e pago
experiences and skills to another land the employing company Lago Panama trabao bon den e territorio aki

must compensate them accoiding to 1 the highly paid unbelievably competitive Mas di 5000 empleadonan staff y
Panama Refining & Petrochemical hendenan aki Den
Unda ta haya e
market for trained specialists in the United States and 2 a pre regular for di territorio di Caribe ta
donjonan di e planta aki di demandanan tecnico
Company e tempo
mium for the overseas move out of their own town and country den empleo Mayoria di e empleadonan
nobo ta spera di cuminza construc asina halto den henter mundo esaki
aki recibi entrenamento
no a
Prevailing Salaries cion tan pronto cu gobierno di Pa ta un problema grandi Industria y
Den infancia ariba
profesional su
Lago must therefore pay its foieign staff personnel according to the nama duna su aprobacion proba comunidad no por funciona sin servicio terreno di educacion Caribe solamen-

blemente e verano aki di e capable enginiero quimico
prevailing salaries for overseas jobs Going one step further Lago compensates te recientemente a cuminza duna su
Despues cu construccion ta cla e economista matematico y otro spe
all its personnel in accordance with area economics Local rates hubentud entrenamento profesional
refineria lo worde poni na operacion cialistanan personal cu experien
are based on the prevailing wages and salaries in this area y y sabernan specializa
door di un compania Americano cu cia Competicion pa haya e hendenan
Over 5000 staff and regular employees are hired out of the Caribbean
worde menciond ainda cual su fuerte Atrobe Diferente Entrenamento
no a aki ta masha e pre
area Most of these employees are not professionally trained The Caribbean
trabao lo ta mira volumen di hendenan aki? Sueldonan vigente territorionanl
cu unda ta
pa gunta haya e y
in its educational youth has just started to give its sons and daughters
ta worde hendenan ta forma no mester worde nunca El
specialized training and professional knowledge producto y specificacionnan For di e cu e compara
encontrd E lo obtene su crudo comunidad den cual e industria ta dosnan aki ta totalmente diferente ^
Prevailing rates and areas should not be compared They are totally
for di Americano mester bini eelec E dos di empleado tin di
companianan opera e promer gruponan
unlike The two groups of employees have different prevailing wages and
En construccion ta bolbe trece cion Pero supone cu e comunidad ferente sueldo vigente y diferentejj
different training to offer Lago Lago needs both
padilanti algun di e grave proble imediato no por produci e homber entrenamento pa ofrece Lago Lago
Nevertheless Lago pays its staff and regular employees far above the
manan di competencia cual ta en nan altamente specializa kiko anto mester di tur dos i
prevailing wage rates of this area Job for job no one industry in the
frenta Lago Maske ta imposible pa Pa por sobrevivi y mas importante Sinembargo Lago ta paga su em
entire
Caribbean can even approach the salaries paid Lagos staff and
ta ainda mester tira pleadonan staff y regular mucho mas
competi
pronostica cu precision parce pa por
regular employees Lago has always been able to state with justifiable
henter un mercado vista ariba henter mundo e halto cu e tarifanan di sueldo vigen &
probable cu pa un pa
pride that it has helped its employees and the community establish a
di worde re hombernan tin mester te den e territorio aki Trabao pa
productonan Lago por cu e pa ocupa
standard of living in Aruba second to none in the Caribbean It helps do
emplaza den e mercado aki e profesionnan necesario | trabao ningun industria den henter
this by paying wages far above the Caribbean average
Un di competicion ta re territorio di Caribe ni por acerca e
In addition to wages Lago is far above the average in benefits parti e Sabernan Tecnico
di salarionan cu ta worde paga na empleadonan
sulta di hecho cu poliza
To remain in business Lago must never lose sight of competitive labor e gobierno Algun compania manera Lago
di Panama ta haci desaroyo staff y regular di Lago
and labor costs Fall out of line too far either hiring or refining and Lago mester tira un vista den otro pais
industrial extremamente favorable Lago semper tabata por declara cu
will find it difficult to compete in the world maikets nan Mayor parti di e empleadonan
Panama & Petrochemical un orguyo hustifica cu el a yuda su
A realistic approach is needed on the part of all employees and community Refining di Lago cu entrenamento profesio
recibi for di gobierno empleadonan y comunidad establece
members Everyone has a part in Lagos existence including the Company a nal of specialistanan di experiencia
di inkomstenbelasting un standard di bida na Aruba cu no
island of Aruba as a whole Everyone should be interested in having Lago un excepcion ta bini for di Estados Unidos como
25 ariba tur entrada di ben ta igualable den Caribe E ta yuda
meet competition in labor costs and refining costs to keep the refine pa anja empleadonan foreign staff pa trata sueldonan
door di
di haci esaki paga
di e
de su productonan pafor
to help Aruba complica tecnico
ry open su problemanan y de
lo ta mucho mas halto cu e promedio
pais Canal Zone cual e mercado
Pakiko Pa
di refinacion y negoshi
mas grandi di e compania ta Caribe
tecnico ta
motibo cu e sabernan cu
Ademas di sueldonan Lago ta mu
worde considerd pafor di Panama
necesario pa traha y opera Lago no
de
cho halto cu e promedio
mas
Ademas e terreno ariba cual e refineria
ainda ta disponible
tabata y awe no

COIN YOUR IDEAS Lago SURGE WM BLANK huur for ta di worde gobierno trahd na a worde un tarifa ge localmente na e cantidad cu tin mester beneficionan Pa keda den negoshi Lago nuncaM

mester perde for di vista e costona
favorable y e compania lo no tin
Sin e sabernan aki Lago lo no por Ba
di
compensacion
&**< di paga derecho ariba importacion staff competitivo
foreign
Sin
opera empleadonan di den deri
mucho leuw for linja sea
construccion Como
di materiaal
pa
lo no tin un Lago
of refinacion Lag
kC0 OIL I TMXSrOIT CO LT0 i su gastonan inicial a worde cortd empleamento y
I 111 TbV ta worde de
MUI KEWKUK01 MTIUES DO HOT HHITE HERE Awor com nan pago
lo extremamente dificil com
pa
haya
y VuJTctlTIOll den tal nobo ta bira
Iff ??? manera e planta termina Empleadonan foreign staff
ariba mercadondn mundial
peti
\* Xf M OAT VUWB ma formidable den competicion ta worde paga di acuerdo cu e sala Un vista realistico ta necesario d

.. ?jNLL -BBBBB-*-. rionan cu ta na vigor na Estados
N fPI *... ifeM Pniu miem M
M v t ptPMTUCNT IP t Five Chosen In banda di tur empleadonan y
Unidos E reglanan cu ta domina se bronan di comunidad Tur hende tir
irrriMC n hot eojurnt pih on ?
I SUOStST \ J LCAC Election leccion di empleadonan na Estados un parti den existencia di Lago m H
Unidos ta simple Paga hombernan
cluyendo isla di Aruba en general
Four Netherlanders and one non mes hopi cu nan por gana den nan Tur hende mester tin un interes paH

Netherlander were elected to the lugar nativo y nan no ta ningun tiki laga Lago brinda frente na competi

Lago Commissary Advisory Committee interesa pa bai traha den estranhe cion den costo di trabao y costonari

in the final election held May ria Pa convence e hombernan aki pa di refinacion pa tene e refinend

-i?** ?*.: 28 29 and 31 trece nan experiencia y saber pa un habri pa yuda Aruba

ts9 wasgamscMMi Tfcs : Receiving the most votes in the otro pais e compania cu ta emplea

first group were Jacobo F Falconi esta Lago mester compensa nan di Donald W Kurtz
POISED TO scribble fire award is the Coin Your Ideas offices
a sure Eduardo Erasmus Marciano Aiends acuerdo cu 1 e mercado altamente Donald W Kurtz senior engi

newest gimmick a mechanical pencil The pencils will be awarded to and Mrs Gerda Kenson Fitz-Wil-liam bon paga y increiblemente competi neer TSD Engineering a muri

all suggestors whose ideas are accepted at the same time they receive Raveneau was chosen from the tive pa specialistanan entrena na Mei 29 na Lago Hospital El ta

their award checks non Netherlanders group Estados Unidos y 2 un premio pa batin 36 anja Na tempo di su

EN BALANZA pa scirbi un premio seguro ta e invento mas nobo di The new committee members will nan move for di nan ciudad y pais morto el tabatin 14 anja 10 luna

oficina di Coin Your Ideas un vulpotlood E potloodnan lo worde duna serve for a term of two years nativo y establece nan mes ultramar di servicio Sr Kurtz a laga atras

na tur originadornan di ideanan cu worde accepta na mes tempo cu Messrs Erasmus Arends and Falco Lago anto mester paga su perso su viuda

nan ricibi nan check ni were re elected nal foreign staff di acuerdo cu e sa-



ARUBA ESSO NEWS
- June 15 1957 ____.


Usefulness Ended


Propane Tanks Dismantled


What are you doing with those dor The special equipment was I tank in a sort of closed circuit
propane tanks asked the visitor nothing more than large propane which kept the pressure up
\\ \ J1 * from International Petroleum tanks set down in the holds where In its busiest days in the early
Lagos Frank Burson smiled the other petroleum products are nor 50s the propane facility exported
confident smile of a sharpie getting mally carried The two larger ships around 25000 barrels a month on an
ready to unload the Brooklyn Bridge made the run to Brazil taking 18 average Lago propane went to
on a Tennessee plowboy and answered days or so for the round trip and homes and restaurants all over the
Want to buy them the Esso El Salvador handled the Caribbean and to parts of South
The visitor wanted to and he did milk run among the Caribbean America So much of a market was
and thats how Lagos propane facility islands there one veteran recalls that often
which supplied liquid petroleum two of the propane carrying ships
gas propane to the Carib Underwater Pipes would come in on successive days
bean and South America for nearly Special precautions had to be for a cargo and everyone would
10 years passed almost entirely out observed during the loading The have to schamble to find enough
Vnf If ^' 3nSu of business Out of the original 12 ships were tied up at Nos 1 and 2 LPG to supply the needs In those
tanks seven were dismantled see gas docks with sterns upwind All days one whole unit in the low octane
pictures on this page to be shipped fires aboard the El Salvador were area was processing for the
to International Petroleum in Barrancas doused and steam needed for gene business
Colombia and five were rators winches other machinery and Then it happened that production
kept These will take care of the even cooking was piped aboard from of the LPG became uneconomical
propane now being processed for the dock The T 2s were parked so new refineries in Latin America
| Hooking Up Connectando Aruba consumption that the fires aboard them were were taking some of the business
The first shipload of propane from upwind from the loading lessen and at Lago it was being manufactured
the new facility was loaded Feb 17 ing considerably the chances of dan at the expense of other more
1948 the last one June 19 1955- Be ger It is a tribute to the value of valuable products So in the middle
tween those two dates 873413 barrels these measures that there was never of 1955 the last cargo left San Nicolas
of the liquid petroleum gas a serious loading mishap Harbor and the facility began
passed through the tanks Since the storage tanks were lo cutting back From 25000 barrels a
Three ships were utilized as nautical cated downwind from the gas dock month production dropped to about
delivery wagons to carry the it was necessary to run the loading 1500 all of which stayed in Aruba
propane two being converted T 2 pipes underwater from tank to ship for various island uses The pro
tankers the Esso Brazil and the side One pipe carried the propane ducing unit was dismantled and lo
Esso Sao Paulo and the third a to the ship under pressure and an cal delivery is now made by tapping
smaller tanker the Esso El Salva other carried vapors back to the a side stream in a unit

Utiliilad Termind



Faeilidad di Propane Desarma


Kiko boso ta haci cu e tankinan ro mas chikito Esso El Salvador E cerra cual tabata mantene e presion
di propane ey e bishitante di International equipo special tabata nada mas sino Den su dianan di mas ocupa na
Petroleum a puntra tankinan grandi di propane install principio di 1950 e facilidad di pro
Frank Burson di Lago a dal un den e bodeganan unda otro produc pane a exporta mas of menos 25000
sonrisa confidente y a puntra Bo tonan di petrolero ta worde cargS barril pa luna promedio Propane di
kier cumpra nan normalmente E dos bapornan mas Lago tabata bai pa casnan y restau
E bishitante tabata kier y el a grandi tabata haci viaje pa Brazil rantnan den henter Caribe y na va
cumpra nan tambe y asina e facilidad tumando 18 dia mas of menos pa bai rios parti di Sur America Aya ban
di propane di Lago cual tabata y bolbe y Esso El Salvador tabata ba tabatin asina un mercado un ve
All Ready Tur Cla percura pa gas liquido di petroleo descargamento terano ta recorda cu hopi vez dos
propane pa Caribe y Sur America Durante e cargamento mester a di e bapornan cargador di propane
durante casi 10 anja a caba casi tuma precaucion special E bapor tabata bini tras di otro pa carga y
completo Di e 12 tankinan original nan tabata mara na Nos 1 y 2 gas mester a pura pa haya bastante pa
siete a worde desarma mira retra docks cu nan atras pa biento Tur yena tur dos Den e dianan ey un
tonan ariba e pagina aki pa worde candela abordo di El Salvador tabata planta den henter e area di low octane
bared pa International Petroleum na worde paga y stiem pa gene tabata traha pa e negoshi aki
Barrancas Colombia y cinco a ke rador winch y otro mashiennan y Anto a bira cu produccion di LPG
da Esakinan lo percura pa e propane hasta pa cushina tabata worde pa no tabata economico mas refineria
cu awor ta worde deriva pa sa cu tubo for di waaf nan nobo den America Latino tabata
consumpcion di Aruba E T 2nan a worde para na un ma recoge un parti di e negoshi y
E promer carga di propane for di nera cu e candelanan abordo tabata na Lago e tabata worde fabrica a
e facilidad nobo a worde carga Feb keda banda abao di e descargamento costo di otro productonan mas va
17 1948 y e ultimo Juni 19 1955 reduciendo sina considerablemen lioso Asina den medio di 1955 e ul
Entre e dos fechanan aki 873413 te e peligronan di candela timo carga a sali for di haaf di San
barril di gas liquido di petroleo a Como e tankinan tabata keda na Nicolas y e facilidad a cuminza bai
pasa door di e tankinan banda abao di biento di e gas dock atras Di 25000 barril pa luna produccion
Tres bapor a worde utiliza como tabata necesario pa corre e tubonan a cai te 1500 y tur tabafa
medio di transportacion pa e gas dos bao di awa pa e bapor bao presion keda Aruba pa uso ariba e isla E
tanquero T 2 convert Esso Brazil y y un otro tabata carga vapor back unidadnan produciente a worde desarma
Esso Sao Paulo y di tres un tanque pa e tanki den un sorto di circuito


BMdHHpRBv raH ax IT TOOK three cranes 10 men and a lot of care to dismantle A TUMA tres grua 10 homber y hopi cuidao pa desar
the propane tanks and load them on flats These ma e tankinan di propane y pone nan ariba flats E re
pictures starting at the top left show the rigging the tratonan aki cuminzando robez ariba ta munstra e rig
tanks on their bases the lifting the settling and the ging e tankinan ariba nan base e hizamento y baha
Heave Hisa loading Each of the seven tanks weighed an esti mento y cargamento Cada un di e siete tankinan tabata
mated 50 tons and it took two tractors to haul them pisa mas of menos 50 ton y a tuma dos tractor pa las
to the barge dock for shipment tra nan hiba barge dock pa nan worde barca



ARUBA ESSO NEWS
June 15 1957





MANAGEMENT PART Y ON





It was from its beginning a successful Tabata for di un pnncipio
and enjoyable party Cool
fiesta agradable y cu exito
ing glasses good friends and lively
frio
bon amigo y recreacion v
entertainment marked the 1957
tabata maicanan di Manage
Management Party at the Golf
Club May 25 Party pa 1957 na Golf Club M

The Dining Hall crew presented E grupo di Dining Hall a pr

a delicious menu and prepared and ta un menu dehcioso y a preps

served it with an efficiency that sirbiele cu un eficiencia cu a

made the whole thing look easy henter e asunto munstra facil

which it wasnt Chas Chase one di e ultimo comediantenan a la
of the last of old time vaudevilhans
bieuw
po a bira facilmente e f
was easily the hit of the entertainment
culmmante cu su atraccionnan
with his hilarious routines
cioso y hasta algun di e hend
and even some of the Lago men at
di Lago na e fiesta a cai aden
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IN THIS composite pictuie the inimitable Chas Chase DEN E retrato preta aki e inimitable Chas Chase ta

looks out over his large and appreciative audience at waak oer di su audiencia grandi y apieciativo na

the Golf Club and proceeds to keep them laughing Coif Club y ta sigui tene nan na harimento




























SPEAKING ON behalf of management Executive Vice PAPIANDO na nomber di directiva Vice Presidente

President F E Griffin welcomed the guests to the pai Ehecutivo F E Griffin a duna bienvenida na e invita

ty and remarked that it was a good thing to get together donan y a bisa cu tabata agradable pa encontra un

for an evening and not talk business Mr Griffin anochi sin tin mester di papia ariba trabao Sr Griffin BEFORE AND after just before the Dining Hall staff began serving its

also brought greetings from President O Mingus a extende tambe saludos di Piesidente O Mingus ken dinner this is what the tables looked like top And then came the tht

prevented from attending by his illness de no por a atende pa motibo di su enfermedad herd and the scene changed bottom

PROMER Y despues net promer cu Dining Hall a cuminza sirbi e cumin

cioso e mesanan tabata munstra asina ariba Y despues a bim e mult

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Anna Gloria Rosell to the delight of everyone GREETING GUESTS in the receiving line were top SALUDANDO invitadonan den e linja di

IRA KIRKMAN a tuma aden cu Anna Y ED Kulfeek cu Dotty Dagmar na de- company officers Shaking hands with arrivals aboe bata oficialnan di compania Dunando n

Gloria Rosell leite di un y tur are Directors F C Donovan and W A Murray tores F C Donovan y V A Mu



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THE STARDUSTERS above and the Estrellas Rey de Copas spelled

each other thiough the evening The Estrellas played Latin music and

the Stardusters played rock and roll and some other favorites

STARDUSTERS ariba y Estiellas Rey de Copas a intercambia otro

E conjunto Estrellas a toca musica Latino y Stardusters a toca rock

and roll y algun otro favorite


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MC BILL Hochstuhl exchanges HI HFi 4 iH nllHMliffi iXSUm

jokes with Chas Chase veteran

of many a vaudeville stage Shortly

after he appeared at the party

he opened in New Yorks Palace

Theater

CHAS CHASE the funniest thing ANNA GLORIA Rosell of Cuba
MC BILL Hochstuhl ta intercambia
to hit Aruba in years does one added a Latin touch to the party
chiste cu Chas Chase vetera
of his satires with her songs and dances
no comediante Poco despues cu

el a presenta na e fiesta aki el a CHAS CHASE e cos mas pret ANNA GLORIA Rosell di Cuba a

cuminza actua den New Yorks pa yega Aruba den anjas ta ha- agrega un toque Latino na e

Palace Theater ci un di su escenanan fiesta cu su baile y cancionnan
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Management COMMITTEEMEN HELLWIG and Antonette passed out programs and

cigarettes to the guests
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HERE IS pait of the crowd of 630 who attended the party To feed
them required 380 pounds of lobster 603 pounds of chicken 450 pounds
of beef 500 pounds of potatoes 280 pounds of vegetables for salad
23 pounds of butter and 1000 brownies

AKI TA un parti di e multitud di 650 cu a atende c fiesta Pa prepara
e cuminda tabatin mester di 380 liber di kreeft 603 liber di galinja IN TWENTY minutes the Dining Hall experts DEN BINTI minuut expertonan di Dining Hall
450 liber di carni 500 liber di batata 280 liber di berdura pa salada had fed the entire crowd and were able to congratulate a duna henter e multitud di come y nan por a
25 liber di manteca y 1000 brownies themselves on a successful party felicita nan mes pa un otro fiesta cu exito



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HERE ARE scenes from the recent Soap Box Derby on Hos left Starter Larry Norton sets one of the racers off as fami preliminary heats At right finishing in close order are
pital Hill in which Colony Cub Scouts took part There were ly friends and competitors watch intently In the center three more racers setting a fast pace Tommy Schindeler
16 cars entered all home made to standard specifications At Car No 3 blurs past the finish line as it wins one of the was the race winner

ESAKINAN ta enscena di e reciente Soap Box Derby na Hospital Banda xobez Starter Larry Norton ta manda un di e corre cion mientras e ta gana un di e eventonan preliminario Banda
Hill den cual padvindernan di Colony a participa Taba dornan mientras familia amigo y competidornan ta waak cu drechi terminando pega cu otro tin tres mas corredor
tin 16 entrada tur traha na cas segun specificacion standard atencion Den centro Auto No 3 ta cruza e linja di termina- E ganador tabata Tommy Schindeler



Boys And Girls Carved Stone Proves





Page In Discovering America


A stone that was once used to
fill in a barnyard has become one
of the greatest archaeological discoveries THE KENSINGTON STONE
Algun Anja Pasa A Nk
ever found in North
America The now famous Kensington
Stone was discovered in
Ningun Hende por a Iguala 1898 by a young Swedish farmer

near Kensington Minnesota It was

E Equipo Brook Dodgers under an aspen tree which he up
yn rooted when clearing his land and

Durante algun anja Brooklyn Dodgers ta e crema di Liga Nacional it measured 31 inches by 16 by 6
Nan a gana pennant nan a bati New York Yankees den un Serie Mun inches On one side was chiseled a
dial un previlegio cu poco a yega di tin message in runic characters an ancient
Tabatin un tempo sinembargo cu nan promer reclamo ariba fama alphabet of Scandinavia
no tabata necesariamente nan habilidad pa hunga baseball pero cierto The stone found its way to the
actitudnan imprescindible den hun University of Minnesota where the
gamento di baseball Dodgers a yega experts were able to interpret the
di ta e coleccion mas bufonoso di Dodgers tabata haci cosnan asina message It was apparently written MINNESOTA IN 1690 3 WiWfS

atleta pa pisa pia ariba terreno stranjo cu Manager Wilbert Robin by one member of a party of 40
Por ehemplo un biaha tres di nan son a institui un sistema di boet Un Swedes and Norwegians who had
a yega pareuw na tercera base ari dia el a bisa su club cu e siguiente descended into the Minnesota lakes
ba e mes hugada Asina el a socede homber cu haci un bonehead play7 region by water from Hudson Bay
un out DeBerry ariba tercera Vance lo haya un boet di diez dollar y 14 days journey from this is VrSir TRANSLATED IN PART IT READS '
8 GOTHS AND 22 NORWEGIANS
ariba segunda y Fewster ariba despues el a camna bai pa home y land VVHAT WAS THE FATE OF
ON EXPLORATION JOURNEY rROM
primera Babe Herman a bati un hit e mes a duna e umpire un line up Nevertheless the stone was stated THOSE ADVENTUROUS MEN VINIAND WESTWARD VTAR 362
leuw y DeBerry a drenta Vance a robez to be a hoax and returned to the
pasa tercera na camina pa drenta Tabata Robinson tambe kende no farmer where it served as fill in his
pero pensando cu e bala por worde tabatin mucho bon cabez pa recorda barnyard face side down fortunately
cogi el a bolbe pa base Fewster un nomber di su hungadornan cu tabata so that the writing on it was A Few Years Ago
homber liher a yega tercer y Her haci tur esfuerzo cada vez pe preserved It remained for Hjalmar
man su tras Y asina tabatin tres por spel nomber di Oscar Roettger Holland of Wisconsin to prove that Nobody Matched Baseballs
Dodgers na tercera mirando otro correctamente den line up El no por the Norsemen had indeed reached
cu asombro mientras e cuidador di a logra El a saca Roettger afor y America and in 1362 130 years before
tercera base a toco tur di nan in a pone Hendrick aden Nomber di Columbus discovered America Unpredictable Dodgers
cluyendo e umpire- Herman a bati Hendrick si el por a spel Mr Holland consulted 23 European
un dobleta pa un double play Asina e equipo tabata universities before he passed For the past few years the Brooklyn Dodgers have been the cream
judgement He proved that the mixture of the National League They have won pennants they have even
of Norwegian and Latin alphabet beaten the New York Yankees in a World Series a privilege given
was in use at that time in Nor to few
way He found that an expedition There was a time however when their chief claim to fame was not
had left Norway eight years previous necessarily skill in playing baseball but a certain unpredictable daf-
to the date on the stone for finess in playing The Dodgers used
the west coast of Greenland Seventy to be the zaniest collection of ath
five miles away he found letes ever to step on a baseball dis players who struggled heroically to
three stones with holes drivSn in mond get the correct spelling of Oscar
had there the time Roettger dn the lineup He couldnt
them where the expedition ap For example was
parently moored their boats Several when three of them ended up on manage He pulled Roettger out and
Norwegian weapons were found third base on the same play Heres put Hendrick in Hendricks name he

along the Nelson River which the way it happened one out De could spell

drains into Hudson Bay Berry on third Vance on second and It was quite a team
What happened to the Norse explorers Fewster on first Babe Herman belt
Well according to the ed one far and deep scoring DeBer>
stone they had just returned from ry Vance passed third on his way BG Youth
a hunt to find ten of their party home then thinking the ball might
Wants Pen Pal
dead probably killed by the fierce be caught backed up to the base
inhabited the fast came on toward
Sioux Indians that Fewster a man
The Esso News has received a let
region It is reasonable to suppose third and Herman himself
ter from a young man in British
that the other explorers met the came slamming in next And there
Guiana who would like to correspond
same fate for they were a very long were three Dodgers on third staring
with people in the Antilles
way from the ocean that they hoped blankly at each other as the third
fact is that in sight Here is his letter I am a young
to reach The amazing baseman tagged everybody
SPENCER MCGREW points to the spot in the English Channel where they got as far as they did including the umpire Herman had lad born in March 1935 I am very
last December he threw a bottle overboard with a note inside it wit doubled into a double play lonely since both of my parents are
his address The bottle was picked up three months later in March of The Dodgers did such strange dead and I am the only one left of
this >ear by a Norwegian near Lindeseus The son of the man who Chistes things that Manager Wilbert Robin the family I would like to correspond
picked it up Bjorn Gabrielson wrote Spencer a note and Spencer Cliente Ki calidad di bolo son instituted a system of fines He with people in your country
hopes to keep correspondence going esaki ta told his club one day that the next My hobbies are reading writing

SPENCER MCGREW ta munstra na e punto den Kanaal Ingles unda Sirbido Con su smaak ta man who pulled a bonehead play cricket movies and travel abroad
December anja pasa el a benta un hotter over di bordo cu un nota aden Cliente E ta smaak na pie would be fined ten dollars and then Readers who want to correspond
cu su adres E hotter a worde haya tres luna despues na Maart di e anja dra he walked out to home plate and with this young man may address
akl door di un piscador Norwega cerca di Lindesues Yiu di e homber Sirbido Anto e ta bolo bura gave the umpire the wrong lineup their letters to Compton H White
kende a haya e hotter Bjorn Gabrielsen a scirbi Spencer un carta y cho Esun di coco ta smaak na It was Robinson too a weak man Mackenzie Sports Pavilion Macken
Spencer ta spera di mantene e corespondencia santu at remembering the names of his zie City British Guiana



ARUBA ESSO NEWS
June 15 1957






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MEMBERS OF the Main Gate Horticultural Societj Reception Center
Lago Police and Employment Officeharvest a crop of bananas from
their tree at the center Another stalk has developed since this picture
was made
MIEMBRONAN di Main Gate Horticultural Societ Reception Center
Lago Police y Employment Officeta cosecha bacoba for di nan mata
na e Center Un otro stek a spruit desde cu e retrato aki a worde saca


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DENNIS LAU top watches the til tM \
console of the IBM 650 machine
recently installed in the GOB
The electronic computer which I V
makes calculations at faster-than-lighting
speed is coming to be
one of industrjs most valuable ilk fifi Xs
tools At right representatives of
IBM work on the innards of the Kvf H X
computer during the installations
V B Scholey watches as A C
Goodell makes an adjustment
Another IBM emplojee not
shown is Don Brailey All are assigned
to maintain the 650 and Mil II wiflMill
other IBM equipment here

DENNIS LAU ariba ta mira e
console di e mashien IBM 650 cu
tp 1 im- fc T a
a worde instala recientemente den STZ JZ J Vj
Oficina Mayor E calculador elec A NEW dolphin is going up in the harbor near the entrance to be put
tronico cual ta haci calculacion in use sometime next month The idea is to relieve dock congestion by
na un velocidad manera di lamper berthing ships on the dolphin if they have minor repairs or are taking
ta birando un di e brazanan mas on bunkers
valioso di industria Banda drechi UN DOLPHIN nobo ta bai ariba den haaf cerca di e entrada y lo worde
representantenan di IBM ta traha poni na uso e lima aki E idea ta bai alivia congestion na waaf door di
ariba paden di e mashfen durante mara bapornan na e dolphin si nan tin drechamento chikito pa haci
instalacion W B Scholey ta mi of tuma bunker
rando mientras A C Goodell ta
haci un ahustamento Un otro
empleado di IBM kende no a sa
li ta Don Brailey



RETIRING AFTER 39 jears of
seivice William Rae examines a
gift presented him by his fellow
workers in the Mechanical De
paitment 3Ir Rae left Aruba
May 31 preceding letirement as
zone foreman

RETIRANDO despues di 39 anja
di servicio William Rae ta exa
mina un regalo presenta na dje
door di su companjeronan di tra
bao den Mechanical Department
Sr Rae a laga Aruba Mei 31 pro
mer cu su retiro El tabata ocupa
posicion di zone foreman


PRESIDENT O MINGUS is the first customer in the American Le
gions poppy sale held last month The salesgirl here is Lynn Stolten-
berg daughter of Mr and Mrs F E Stoltenberg
PRESIDENTE 0 MINGUS ta promer cliente di e bendemento di poppy
di American Legion luna pasa E mucha muher cu ta bende aki ta Lynn
Stoltenberg jiu di Sr y Sra T E Stoltenberg

TOUR LEADER Sev Luydens indicates F3ljr x r fakJ 1 j E Ii HdHIB
a lefinery point of interest 9 I Mb' J \ ltf wW 1fl Illl
to Miss Virginia Crlste and f m n
Miss Joan Skelston right Miss

Skelston the University studying of Caracas sociology on in a 1 ls miJ2rhr7T5rnr .^ZTztZZ f P f 1 !?!illJ /^ m MmMi

Rotary Foundation Scholarship S leHprH-rfiitL-^^^ t-IH Ifc jBr 155 Sl vlT .- l r . was in Aruba during the mew Bi rH i kj tai sks
course of a trip to visit all Rotary Wm nH3HKWiro -
la Vlwl WS
Clubs in the district She is i !

from Scranton Pennsylvania w Hs i xwm **&&* v :; K

wjnpcss
SMJUM

TOUR LEADER Sev Luydens ta
indica un punto di interes den re
fineria na Srta Virginia Criste y
Srta Joan Skelston banda drechi ADMIRING HIS service certificate held up by General Superintendent
Srta Skelston istudiando so F W Switzer S G Faunce enjoys his retirement luncheon with the
ciologia na Universidad di Caracas men he has worked with over the years Mr Faunce left May 31 He
ariba un beca di Rotary Foundation was zone foreman in the Machinist Craft
tabata na Aruba durante ADMIRANDO SU certificado di servicio teni door de Superintendente
curso di su viaje pa bishita tur e General F W Switzer S G Faunce ta goza di su comida di despedida
Clubnan Rotario den e districto hunto cu e hendenan cu kende el a traha asina hopi anja Sr Faunce a
sali Mei 31 El tabata zone foreman den Machinist Craft



ARUBA ESSO NEWS
June 15 1937




Lago Progress Dependent Four Service Employees Waiches Win



Upon Stable Conditions General Manager W A Murray

presented 25th anniversary service
Every once in a while it is wise to look at the things that make up our
watches '
to four employees at cere
daily lives something like counting our blessings It helps to re evaluate
monies June 5 in the Reception
the many things that make up the average day Just what do we have Center A total of 463 employees
Where did they come from How do we keep those things we need
have been awarded service watches
and want?
Honored were T Maduro General
On a typical bright sunny Aruba
Services M
Department Reymond
morning in 1924 men looked at the opportunity for progress of all island
Process Acid & Edeleanu and P
that today is San Nicolas Har residents was dependent on La
area
Solognier and G J Arnell both Process
bor They picked it as a transship gos operation
Receiving and Shipping
ment spot for crude oil coming out And so Lago grew The attitude

of Venezuela Some years later steel of the worker the people the government Promotions

parts of refining units became part was helpful to progress
of the Aruba horizon The refinery Side by side all worked it was a Continued from page 1

grew to be the largest in the world friendly existence within the framework He was promoted to chief technical

One of the reasons it grew to such of you need me and I need assistant in June 1945 and assistant

proportions was because of the attitude you and together we can prosper zone supervisor in Mechanical Field

of the people involved in its Lago accepted its role in Arubas Coordination

development Aruba then as today community It faced its responsibilities Mr Briezen a veteran of nearly

needed a course of income for its met its obligations and can 22 years service has spent his entire

people and government The island point with pride to the results Lago career in the Mechanical Department

has been and will continue to be employees average higher wages and Starting out in July 1935 as

without natural resources When the salaries than others throughout the apprentice in the garage he worked

refinery was just beginning everyone Caribbean Lago employees receive as mechanical apprentice senior ap- |

regardless of whether or not more and better benefits and the prentice laborer and machinist help

they were on Lagos payroll was company through taxes and other er before being promoted to machi

solidly in support of assisting Lagos economic means have brought about nist C in January 1939 Prior to his

Let nothing hinder the existence a standard of living second to none new promotion he was machinist A
growth LEST WE forget Mrs J L Kling president of the American Legion
and development of the one enterprise in the Caribbean Lago employees Mr Anderson came to Lago in Auxiliary lays a wreath at the memorial tablet in the Legion Home

that can give Aruba econo work with modern tools in the December 1948 as subforeman machinist during Memorial Day services Americans all over the world remembered

mic life was almost the password of worlds safest refinery As a guest craft He was promoted to their fallen comrades on this day

the island It was a blanket realization on foreign shores Lago has done itt foreman in August 1950
PA NOS no lublda Sra J L Kling presidente di e American Legion
that directly or indirectly the utmost both physically and economically Mr McMillin started out in Mechanical
Auxiliary ta pone un krans na e tableta memorial na e Legion Home
and
to help its employee the Administration as technical
durante servicionan teni ariba Dia di Memoria Mericanonan tur camin-
community in which it operates assistant in November 1951 He was
Progreso da di mundo corda camaradonan muri ariba dia aki
a nan cu a e
But Lago also needs help It looks promoted in April 1952 to engineer
Continua di pagina 1 for stable conditions in which to

torio empleadonan di Lago door di work It looks to buyers to purchase

pago di Lago y compania pa medio its product As soon as working conditions romocion Arm ncia den

di belasting y otro medionan econo become unfavorable the sup

mico a trece un standard di bida in ply of refined products can become
Mechanical Marine
igualable den Canbe empleadonan unsteady Then Lagos buyers will y

di Lago ta traha cu hermentnan mo seek another source for its needs
Cuatro promocion den Mechanical Department y uno den Marine Department
Customers will the minute the
demo den e refineria di mas seguro stop
worde anuncia efectivo Juni 1
na mundo Como un bishita ariba supply is not available at a moments a

costanan estranhero Lago a haci su notice In other words many concerns Esnan nombra den poslcionnan mas halto den Mechanical Department

posible tanto fisica como economi refuse to buy from unstable den secuencia di servicio tabata F N Smith kende a bira zone supervisor

camente pa yuda su empleadonan y organizations because they cant de field coordination Vincente Briezen subforeman machinist craft

F N Smith V Briezen G A Anderson zone foreman ma
e comunidad den cual el ta opera pend on a constant source

Pero Lago tambe mester di ayudo Arubas only contribution is pro chinist craft y H M McMillin zone

E tin mester di condicionnan stabil viding conditions that permit con supervisor field cooidination Panama io Erect

pa traha E tin mester di cumpra stant low cost operations And as
President O stated Press W C Mink Jr a bira division
dornan pa cumpra su producto Tan Mingus on
pronto cu condicionnan di trabao Day 1953 So long as the Netherlands head haulage coordination den Ma New Refinery

bira desfavorable e flujo di produc Antilles continue to enjoy a rine Department A new refinery the countrys

refina bira inconstante stable sensible government so long
tonan por first will soon in Panama
La go up
Sr Smith a cuminza traha cu
Anto cumpradornan for di Lago lo as our costs can be kept reasonable With a capacity of 55000 barrels
busca un otro fuente pa haci nan then so long will Lago continue Co go na Juni 1930 como refinery ap a day scheduled to go on stream
prentice y a traha despues como
compras Clientenan ta stop na e prosper in Aruba ^* in two years the plant will cut
truck driver machinist helper y
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momento cu nan no por haya e producto Stable conditions in which to work ( tradesman promer cu el a bira engineer deeply into one of Lagos prime
En that is Arubas only asset The ori
na e momento cu nan pidi bunkering markets Lago ships approximately
II na Augustus 1937 El a keda
otro palabra hopi firma ta nenga ginal reasons for locating Lago in G Anderson H McMillin 4 million barrels of
den engineering como equipment
di for di organizacionnan Aruba have long since disappeared for bun
cumpra
A and later the engineer I te November products a year mostly
inspector y
instabil pa motibo cu asina nan no It now is a case of stability in work to kering to Panama
same year 1942 tempo cu el a regresa Mechanical
confia ariba un fuente constante ers and government reasonable costs
por group head B In como technical assistant Panama Refining & Petrochemi
Department
E unico contribucion di Aruba ta and a realization by all that Lago June 1955 he El worde promovi chief cal Company the owners of the
a pa
pa percura pa e condicionnan cu ta cannot proceed alone it needs the transferred to technical assistant na Juni 1945 y new plant expects to begin construction

permiti operacionnan constante y na cooperation and understanding of all field coordination assistant zone supervisor den Mecha as soon as the Panama

costo competitivo Y manera Presi as assistant zone nical Field Coordination nian government gives its appro
dente O Mingus a declara ariba Dia Cinco Eligi den supervisor val probably some time this sum

di Prensa 1953 Tan tempo cu An Eleccion di LCAC Mr Mink spent Sr Briezen un veterano di casi 22 mer

tillas Holandes sigui goza di un go his first three and anja di servicio a pasa henter su ca After construction is completed

bierno stabil y sano tan tempo cu Cuatro Holandes y un no Holandes a half years at rera den Mechanical Department the refinery will be put into ope
nos costonan por keda razonable a worde eligi den Lago Commissary unnamed American
Lago in the Ma- Cuminzando na Juli 1935 como apprentice ration by an
Lago lo sigui prospera na Aruba Advisory Committee den e eleccion W C Mink rine Department den garage el a traha como company whose job it will be to

Condicionnan stabil pa traha esa final cu a worde ten Mei 28 29 y 31 as junior engineer and technical assistant mechanical apprentice senior apprentice see that product volumes and spe

ki ta e unico contribucion di Aruba Esun cu a recibi mas voto den e C and B This was from April laborer y machinist helper cifications are met It will get its

E motibonan original pakiko Lago a promer grupo tabata Jacobo F Fal 1949 to October 1952 After military promer cu el a bira machinist C na crude by purchases from American

establece na Aruba ya a desparce coni Eduardo Erasmus Marciano leave he returned in July 1955 as Januari 1939 Promer cu su reciente companies

hopi tempo caba Awor ta un cues Arends y Sra Gerda Kenson Fitz colony service assistant and was promocion el tabata machinist A The construction throws again in

tion di stabilidad den trahadornan y Wilham Raveneau a worde eligi den promoted in March 1956 to supervisor to focus some of the grave pro

gobierno costonan razonable y un e grupo no Holandes office and technical services Sr Anderson a bini Lago na December blems in conmetition which face

realizacion door di tur cu Lago no E miembronan nobo di e comite lo in the same department He trans 1948 como subforeman ma Lago Although it is impossible to

por procede su sol e tin mester di sirbi pa un periodo di dos anja Srs ferred to the Marine Department in chinist craft El a worde promovi pa forecast accurately it seems pro

cooperacion y comprendemento di Erasmus Arends y Falconi a worde November 1956 as acting division foreman na Augustus 1950 bable that Lago products may be

tur re eligi in this market
coordination displaced
head haulage
Sr McMillin a cuminza den Mechanical
Part of the competition stems
Administration como technical
from the fact that the Panamanian
assistant na November 1951 El a
Increases makes indus
governments policy
worde promovi na April 1952 pa engineer
Continued from page 1 trial development extremely attractive
den mes
A y mas despues e let-
panys operating costs In fact they anja pa group head B Na Juni W55 The Panama Refining & tish

are twice as high as competing el a transfei i pa Field Coordination Petrochemical Company has received res
the a 25
from government
European refineries como assistant zone supervisor s
income tax exemption on all
Lagos Management believes in year
the LEC system of representation Sr Mink a pasa su promer tres y income earned from the sale of its ung

and understands their current de mitar anja na Lago den Marine De products outside the country The rery

mands But Lagos managers must partment como junior engineer y Canal Zone which will be the com t are of

keep their costs in line to remain technical assistant C y B EsaRi tabata panys big market is considered

competitive This is in the best interests di April 1949 pa October 1952 outside Panama In addition the res-
di ausencia obheto land where the plant will be built itry
of all employees all Aruba Despues un pa ing
This must be done to keep Lago a nan militar el a bolbe na Juli 1955 was leased from the government ad
healthy progressive 24-hour-a-day como colony service assistant y a at favorable rates and the company

refinery in Aruba In maintaining worde promovi na Maart 1956 como will not have to pay duty on ond

this position this Company has pro supervisor servicionan di oficina y imports of construction materials ress

CONCLUDING HIS Lago service of 18 years Francisco de Freytas left vided its employees with successive tecnico den e mes departamento El Having its initial overhead costs hite

enjoys his retirement luncheon He worked in the mason craft increases that have made Lagos a transferi pa Marine Department slashed in such a manner makes ken-

CONCLUYENDO SU servicio di 18 anja na Lago Francisco de Freytas employees the highest average in na November 1956 como acting divi the new plant all the more for

robez ta goza su comemento di retire El tabata traha den mason craft come group in all of the Caribbean sion head haulage coordination midable as competition