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PUBLISHED BY THE LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO., LTD. NAMES IN THE NEWS ^ -P ' ! ci FRANK E. GRIFFIN (above) was recently ap. pointed division superintendent of Light Oils Finishing, replacing D. I. Maxwell, who has been transferred to a EuroprJin post. K. H. Repatl has assumed Mr. Griffin's former duties In L. 0. F. E. M. RUIZ (at left above) took over the lease of the Esso Service Station in the Colony July 1, continuing his long association with the Com- pany as an employee from 1925 to 1943, and as bulk kerosene agent in recent years. Man- aging the station for him will be Ovid Croes, at right. E. M. RUIZ (ariba, banda rober) a tuma over huur dl Estacion di Servicio Esso den ago Camp dia prome di Jull, siguiendo di es moda ey su asociacion largo cu Compania, come em- pleado dl 1925 te 1943 y come agent di kero- sene durante ultimo anjanan. Ovid Croes (ban- da drechl) lo admlnistr a e estaclon p6. . - *-- JOE PROTERRA lopes home with the first run of the Army-Navy versus Lago baseball gar.iu July 4, thereby adding Intuit to injury, since ho had just finished striking out the first six ser- vice men to face him. Lago won, 6 to 1. Waiter McGregor Grant, for many years em- ployment agent for the Company in St. Vincent. died recently after a long and fruitful life as one of the Issand's prominent citizens. Mr. Grants connection with Lago was first established in 1937, when Captain Jdhan Beaujon secured his assistance during a recruiting trip to St. Vincent. Since that time the men he has been instrumental in employing for the Company num- ber in the thousands. General Manager L. G. Smith has written to Mrs. Grant expressing the Company's sympathy an her loss. Four Capital Awards totalling $1,100, covering Coin Your Ideas suggestions from all units of the Company, were announced last month by the Central Committee in New York. First, third, and fourth prizes went to the Louisiana Division of the Stan- dard Oil Company of New Jersey, while a Bayway man took second. Lago, which has shared the Capital prizes several times in the post, failed to place. The number one award of $500, an engraved certificate, and a gold medal. went to C. N. Achord of Baton Rouge. He suggested a rearrangement of dis- charge lines of wet phenol and phenolic water feed pumps, resulting in improve- ,nent in drier tower operation. His idea brought about an increase in plant charging capacity of about 12 per cent, leading to an increased lube oil produc- practica tolerancia y biba un cu otro na paz manera bon bisinja" E frase aki ta tumA di Charter di Nacionnan Uni formal na San Fran- cisco y e ta expresA den 14 palabra speranza di tur hende cu tabata ho- rorizA pa tanto morto y destruction den mundo foi anja 1939. E ta ex- pres& tur loke e delegadonan a brin- ga pa logra. Realmente por reduci e frase na dos palabra: "PRACTICA TOLE- RANCIA". Casi tur loke e Conferen- cia di San Francisco a haci, mayor parti di tur detaljenan di politiek di mundo, nos por pone un banda y lu- bida, bast cu henter mundo tuma na cuenta e dos palabranan aki. Casi semper tolerancia tin di haci cu raza of religion, of keremento den un of otro cos. Generalmente e ke meen: "Bo tin bo ideanan, muy bien, pero ami tamb6 tin di mi nan." Pesei tolerancia ta important y mester tin tolerancia pa hendenan por trata un cu otro. Pero nacionnan tambe por practicA tolerancia, MESTER practicA tole- rancia, si no tin un motibo mihur, anto siquiera pa nan salba nan mes curpa di un otro guerra cu lo ta mas terribel. Tolerancia ta un respect fuerte pa loke ta pertenec6 na otro, un sorto di generosidad, un bon voluntad pa laga otro cu loke ta di dj6, sin molestie. Mayor parti di e "malestar" di mundo ta bini directamente pa via di falta di e voluntad di laga otro na paz cu loke ta di dj6, sea hende, po- litiek of terreno. Mayor parti di e malestar, no tur; pasobra durante siglonan asuntonan di hende a bira much complicA pa un solo medicinea" por curanan. Pero pa cuminza e cura mester tin masha lolerancia, sin tolerancia tin poco speranza cu un otro medicine por yuda. Kles di Aprendiz di Anja 1945 lo Hahri na September Mas di 150 mucha-hombernan Arubia- no lo worde entrevista y getest durante e dos proximo simannan, pa nan cumin- za den prom4 klas di aprendiz na Sep- tember, Nan lo forma e di 7 grupo cu !o sigui e plan di trabao-y-estudio, cu a bini riba program di Training Division na anja 1939. Representante di Training Division lo entrevistA e aplicantenan y duna nan test prome, na schoolnan di Gobierno y Parokia durante siman cu ta drenta y tion of about 57,000 barrels annually. The second award, of $300, was won by Willis J. Cree of Bayway. His idea. covering the use of soda ash solution for dehydration of crude butylalcohci, gave a substantial increase in butyl al- cohol production. J. A. Durnin of Baton Rouge took the third award of $200, for a procedure for continuously changing the quench oil used at the steam cracking plant. The idea more than doubled the length of runs, reducing the number of turn- arounds per year. The fourth award, of $100, went to R. P. Forrest of Baton Rouge. His sugges- tion involved a refund of tank car ren- tals assessed against asphalt and lube oil shipments, and an agreement with the tank car company to discontinue a certain charge. Past Success of Apprentice Program Cited as Recruiting Commences for Class of 1945 Over 150 Aruban boys will be inter- viewed and tested within the next two weeks for the 1945 apprentice class, which starts in September. They will be the seventh group to be taken into the combined work-and-study plan since the present apprentice training program be- gan in 1939. Representatives of the Training Di- vision will interview applicants and give them preliminary tests at Government and parish schools during the coming week, and at the classrooms in Bachelor Quarters 3 on July 21 and 28. On August 7 the boys will assemble at the Lago Club for a full day of tests. The long-range benefits of apprentice training were pointed out recently in a survey of jobs held by the boys (now young men) who enrolled in the first class of this kind in 1935. (For news about one of them, see page 3). Two are now subforemen, one has served as va- cation relief subforeman, and others are qualified machinists, electricians, foun- drymen, or operating employees. The course of study in this early plan lasted only 18 months, and was taken up chiefly with English and arithmetic. The present enlarged program, covering four years and offering more subjects, ex- tends great opportunities to Aruban boys for future advancement and to "earn while they learn". shownn below is the Lago Club Advisory Committee, organizer of the Club's highly successful July 4 athletic meet. (See page 5 for pictures of some of the events). Left to right are Leslie Stonte, Ralph Lowhar, Henry Nassy (chairman), and Cecil Hunte. Inset: Hugo de Vries. Calvin Hassell, also a member of the committee, was on vacation whrn the picture was taken. S.O. (N.J.) President In Europe Surveying Company War Damage Eugene Holman, president of the Standard Oil Company (N.J.), went by plane to Europe last month to study war damage and rehabilitation costs on Company properties there. He was accompanied by Orville Harden, vice- president, and Bushrod B. Howard. who heads the marine division. Their findings will be used as a basis for war reparations claims on property in France, Italy, Belgium, Rumania, Eugene Holman Germany, and other locations. It is known that some installations are not seriously damaged, but many will have to be completely rebuilt because of Alli- ed bombings, and looting during Ger- man occupation. Tentative claims for the book valua- tion of the European properties have been filled with the U.S. State Depart- ment, and while overseas the three-man commission will consider the filing of claims with local governments. The Company has no information about the state of its properties at the other, still surviving, end of the Axis, in Borneo and Sumatra. At least a part of that question will soon be answered, since an Allied invasion of Borneo start- ed June 15. Aki riba nos ta mira portret di Euge- ne Holman, president di Standard Oil Company di New Jersey, cu a bai haci un biaha na Europa recientemente, pa investigate propiedadnan cu Compania tin aya. Algun refineria ta completamente destrui, mientras tin algun cu no a hiba much danjo. Senjor Holman lo studia extension di e danjonan pa yuda dicidi riba "Reclamonan di Danjo pa via di Guerra" contra Alemania. Continua den Pug. 2 Central Committee Makes $1,100 "C. Y. I" Capital Awards -A _ __~_ I ~ ~i~S~~=--=T--~T~T~f~=(^i~-=-~-~-CL- i ~ ^" 1?~'14"~~2 JULY 20, 1945 VOL. 6. No. 9 %ss0 .ws A PUBA , : it~ ~~i :L~r I 1 L ARUBA ESSO NEWS JULY 20, 1945 SHIFT SCHEDULE-AUGUST WI The next issue of the ARUBA ESSO NEWS will be distributed Friday, August 10. All copy must reach the editor in the Personnel building by Saturday noon. August 4. Telephone 523 Printed by The Curacao Courant, Curacao. N.W.I. "... to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors". This phrase, taken from the United Nations Charter framed at San Francisco, expresses in 14 words the hopes of every man who has been appalled at the death-and-destruction enveloping the world since 1939. It expresses the whole concept of what the dele- gates were striving for. It could, in reality, be reduced to just three words: "TO PRACTICE TOLERANCE". Nearly all else that the San Francisco conference did, most of the intricate details of world politics, could be brushed aside and forgotten if these three words could be given life and meaning on a world scale. Tolerance is usually associated with race or religion or beliefs of some sort. It generally means "you have your ideas, and welcome to them, but let me have mine". As such it is important, and vast quantities of it are needed on the lowest level of one man dealing with one man. But nations, too, can practice tolerance and MUST practice it if for no higher reason than to save their own skins from another and more terrible war. Tolerance is simply a strong respect for what belongs to the other fellow, a sort of great unselfishness, a wil- lingness to leave him in possession of that which isis, without interference. Most of the world's sickness can be traced directly to a lack of that willingness to leave the other fellow alone with what is his, whether it be people, politics, or square miles. Most of the sickness, that is, not all; for over the centuries Man's affairs have become too complicated for any single medicine to cure them. But without a first great measure of tolerance, there is little hope that any other prescription will work. This peaceful and impressive scene is at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, at Santa Cruz. E escena pacifico y impresivo aid ta na Misa di Inmaculada Concepci6n di Santa Cruz. Nelson Morris - PUBLISHED AT ARUBA, N. W. i. BY THE LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO., LTD. July 1 15 July 1 31 APRENDIZ Tuesday, July 24 Thursday, August 9 Cont. di pig. I na cuartonan di Bachelors Quarters No. 3 dia 21 y 28 di Juli. Dia 7 di Au- gustus e mucha-hombernan lo bini jun- to na Lago Club pa nan haci test henter dia. Poco tempo pasA nos a mustra cuan- to beneficio e training di e mucha-hom- bernan tin, dunando un resume di di- ferente jobnan cu e mucha-hombernan cu a cuminza den prom4 klas na 1935 tin awor. Na pagina 3 bo por lesa algo di un di nan). Dos di nan ta subfore- man, un a queda na lugar di un sub- foreman ora esaki a bai cu vacantie, otronan ta bon machinistanan, electri- distanan, foundryman, operators na stillnan. E curso di studio di e plan bieuw ta- bata dura 18 luna so; Ingles y Reekmen- to tabata e puntonan mas principal. E program extend di awendia ta dura 4 anja y tin hopi mas puntonan di estu- dio cu e bieuw, y e ta duna mucha-hom- bernan Arubiano gran oportunidad pa nan bai adilanti y pa nan ,,gana placa mientras nan ta studia." ARI 11101100 0ENo h ARUBA ESSO NEWS JULY 20, 1945 Congratulations Sent To Fleet by Associates Well-deserved recognition was receiv- ed by Lago's Lake Fleet recently in a letter received at the Marine Depart- ment from S.E.L. Maduro & Sons at Curaqao. It is quoted from below: "Victory in Europe has been won and when the history of this war is written the part played by the Allied merchant fleets and especially the Allied tanker fleets and their gallant crews will un- doubtedly rate as one of the major contributing factors in the victorious prosecution and termination of this world conflict. It is therefore entirely appropriate that on this memorable occasion we pre- sent to you our sincere congratulations with the share of your fleet in this joint victory, a job well done on which you may well look back with pride and sa- tisfaction. At the same time we wish to pay a word of well-merited tribute to the me- mory of all those who lost their lives in attaining this object, amongst which is many a good friend of ours. We do not overlook the fact, of course, that there is still a major enemy in the East to be coped with, but we sincerely hope that this one may also soon be as completely and decisively defeated as the one in Europe. (signed) S.E.L. Maduro & Sons" E tres portretnan mas ariba na pagt- na 3 ta revel, algo di desarollo hist6ri- co. Riba No. 1 nos ta mira Loreto Lo- pez, Electrician A, park banda di un mo- tor cu ta un di esnan di mas grand cu ta na uso den Planta, riba cual el a ka- ba di haci un trabao grand, pasando tur wayanan di nobo y conectA nan des- pues. (Esnan cu a yud6 ta Lawrence Aitcheson, mecAnico, y Aquiles Le6n, un apprentice cu a graduk recientemente, sintf dilanti di e motor). Nos por mira algun complicaci6n di es trabao, cu ta dura henter un luna, riba e portret na banda robez, No. 2, un portret sakA ora e trabao tabata na mitar. Portret No. 3 ta draai holoshi back diez anja, tempo cu Loreto (marc cu c flecha) tabata den prom6 klas di ap- prentice na 1935. Na banda robez: Jan Beaujon, cu ta Supervisor di Departa- mento di Seguridad awor, tabata instruc- tor; e tabata concentrA principalmente riba Ingles y Reekmento. E much hom- bernan den careda mas atras ta: Jose Hernandez, Simon Dirksz, Loreto Lopez, Herman van Dinter (difunto), Vicente Briezen, Porfilio Croes, Jos6 Figaroa y Pablo Henriquez. Careda mei-mei: Jos& Dirksz, Josef Maduro, Josef Oduber, Quirino Geerman, Jose Tromp, Floren- cio Croes, Gilberto Webb y Cletano Geerman; di e careda mas adilanti nos no por a identificA e di prom6; e siguien- tenan ta: Rafael Wever, Pablo van der Biezen, Jacobo Rasmijn (difunto), Za- charias Kelly, Cerilio Lade y Frans Croes. SCHEDULE OF PAYDAYS AALY 20. 1945 ARUBA ESSO NEWS 3 NEWS and VIEWS The three pictures above and at left reveal a bit of historical development. No. 1 shows Loreto Lopez, Electrician A, standing next to a motor, one of the largest used in the plant, on which he has just finished a complete rewinding and con- necting job. (He was assisted by Lawrence Aitcheson, mechanic, and Aqnuiles Leon, recent apprentice graduate, seated in front of the mo- tor). Some of the complications of the work, which takes a full month, can be seen in the picture at left, No. 2, showing the same sort of job in progress. Picture No. 3 turns the clock back ten years, At right, two aspects of the Fourth of July ob. servance in the Colony. Top, Joe Proterra isn't bawling out the swimmers, as the first person who saw this picture thought HNo is polatng out the course to the entrants in the distance swim. o' . At left is deVUist, in the center are Uurbage L , and Wade of Lago and *irkhelmer of Navy, and next to Joe i1 Jim Davis who was In charge of the meet. In the lower picture, M.C. Do. Blair presents first women's prize at the Esse Club's "Come-as-you.are" party to Patsy Engelking, while the other winners. Robert Helze, Annette Brandes, and Cliff Monroe, wait their turn. (Note: with one exception, they had changed from their prize-winning costumes). Samuel Ralroop of T.S.D. Laboratorle. is seriously studying photography,. both by mall and by practice. and his results are good. judging by the beach scene he has contributed at left. The model is Aki Luckhoo. wife oI Edward Luckhoo of Receiving A Shipping. Samuel Najreop dl Laboraterle to ste- diande fotegrafla co masha serledad, tan. to to pa oerreo eo. me a practiea y so resultadonam to ma. sha bon, mameoa o per juzga for dl es*- cona playa on tl a produce. E model* to Aki Luckhe, seo- Jora dl Edward Lh.k- hoe dl Receiving a Shipping. when Loreto (indicated by the arrow) was in the first apprentice class in 1935. Standing at left is Jan Beaujon, now acting safety supervisor, who was the instructor, concentrating chiefly on English and arithmetic. The boys are, back row, Jose Hernandez, Simon Dirksz, Loreto Lopez, Herman van Dinter (deceased), Vicente Briezen, Porfillo Croes, Jose Figaroa, and Pablo Henri- quez; middle row, Jose Dirksz, Josef Maduro, Josef Odnber, Quirino Geerman, Jose Tromp, Florencio Croes, Gilberto Webb, and Cletano Geerman; front row, unidentified, Rafael Wever, Pablo van der Biezen, Jacob Rasmijn (deceased), Zacharias Kelly, Cerillo Lale, and Frans Croes. . -I 4 ARUBA ESSO NEWS JULY 20, 1945 ARUBA'S FUTURE DEVELOPMENT In April, 1944, the ARUBA ESSO NEWS published an article which General Manager L. G. Smith wrote at the request of "Knickerbocker Weekly", titled "Aruba's Recent Development". On June 20 Mr. Smith addressed the Rotary Club on the subject of "Aruba's Future Deve- lopment", and since his text is a natural supplement to the earlier article that will be of interest to many readers of the NEWS, it is published below. In our Rotary Club we have had' many discussions on the improvement of social and economic conditions in Aruba and what the future holds in store for us. With the postwar world in sight it might be well for us to consider our ideas for making Aruba a better place to live in. I am, therefore, taking the liberty of presenting my views to stimulate dis- cussion and perhaps start some action along the lines I will suggest. World War II has proved beyond any shadow of doubt that plans based sole- ly on the material welfare of a self- appointed superior group and on ideals which are contrary to Christian ethics are doomed to failure. Therefore, if we wish any plan for the improvement of our community to succeed it must be a broad Christian one which has as its object the elevation of the social, in- tellectual and spiritual concepts of all the people as well as improvement in living conditions. We are a small com- munity. We cannot imitate the life in large countries such as the U.S.A., Great Britain, France, etc. The best patterns for us are the Scandinavian Countries, Switzerland and Holland, that attained before the war a social and economic life that was the most civilized and cultured the world had seen in modern times. Such conditions were not es- tablished by decree or in any short space of time, but were evolved by ideals, discussion, compromise and hard work. They succeeded because they satisfied the fundamental desires of men. If our thoughts and efforts are directed to- wards satisfying these same desires in Aruba, we will be on the road to suc- cess. These aspirations are in my opinion universal and apply to all men of any race, nationality or state of culture. The principal ones are: 1. A satisfactory standard of living. 2. Friendly relations with his neigh- bors. 3. Opportunity for economic and social advancement. 4. Respect and admiration of his as- sociates (a feeling of importance). 5. Pride in his work as to its quality and value. 6. Satisfaction that the community in which he lives gives his children an opportunity to develop to the extent of their capabilities. We must admit that these aspirations have no absolute values, are never conm- pletely attained, and are widely variable depending on the man's surroundings, intellectual capacity, etc. They can b! satisfied in primitive, rural, urban, or industrial environment if it is more or less static. When a community is chang- ing from one type to another then some action must be taken to adjust the popu- lation to the change and to see that the new conditions provide the means for satisfying the desires. For instance, Aruba prior to 1925 had rather static conditions and the people had adjusted themselves to them and, from what I can learn, they were pretty content with their way of life; in other words, the six desires mentioned above were attain- ed in a large measure by most of the people. However, during the past twenty years, life in Aruba has been revolu- tionized by conversion to a modern in- dustrial community and all the old standards have been altered. New style houses, higher cash income, modern sanitary conveniences, automobiles, bet- ter clothing are demanded. An influx of foreigners with different social customs has upset the old social structure. The type of industry and business is radical- ly different making new standards of accomplishment, workmanship and value. Parents have grave doubts as to whether this is the right place in which to bring up a family where the new standards of conduct and behavior are so indefinite and so disturbing. The main purpose in life seems to be the accumulation of money and the things that money will buy but in their hearts they know that money is not the solution to the problem. Therefore, while Aruba has lived more comfortably than most other people during the past few years, there is great dissatisfaction and worry about the future. The people of Aruba have done a marvelous job in adjusting themselves to these changing conditions, but the time has been too short for a complete and satisfactory adjustment. The small countries of Europe mentioned above made the same adjustment and satisfac- torily solved their problems but they had Nelson Morri. nearly a century in which to make it. I think Aruba can do it also if sufficient thought and planning is devoted to the subject and the real objectives are ap- preciated. It cannot be done with mere money and it cannot be done by the Government alone. It will take the cooperative work of the thinking people of Aruba to bring it about. May I suggest some things that deserve our thought and action. As regards the first three aspirations of men enumerated above, the conditions, for satisfactorily attaining these, are already fairly well established, 1. The standard of living is high and money is available for the improve- ment of housing, diet, transportation, etc., when materials are on the market. 2. Friendly relations exist among all our people and the growth of clubs, churches, cultural associations, etc., here are a visual evidence of it. 3. There are no obstacles to a man's economic or social advancement ex- cept his own limitations. It is in regard to the last three that we must improve conditions so that they can be realized and more contentment be attained. A man gains the respect and admi- ration of his associates when his ideals are high, his integrity recognized and his job is done with honesty and sincerity. These qualities can be encouraged by careful selection of the persons whom we elect to positions of responsibility in the Government, our clubs and organiza- tions and employ in our businesses and then giving them our cooperation with praise or constructive criticism when they deserve it. In short, this means we must seek to understand other people and appreciate and encourage their good qualities. The pride a man has in his work and the satisfaction he gets in turning out a first-class job is the thing that keeps most of us doing our jobs. If we are con- vinced that it is good and is of value to the community we can forget our minor troubles and get a big satisfaction out of life. In the process of revolutionizing the industry and business of Aruba, new standards of workmanship required in the modern world have not been fully recognized by the majority of people here. The shortage of labor for the rapid increase of business has caused us to accept the kind of service, workmanship :nd quality of goods that would not be accepted in places where keen competi- tion prevails. One of the results has been that many businessmen and workers think that money is the only objective of their labors and they are missing the greater satisfaction of life of being proud of the quality produced by their efforts. Every line of business here can be improved to the great satisfaction of the owners, employees and customers. It will take considerable study on the part of the owners and a definite train- ing program for the employees to teach them the duties of their jobs towards their employer and his customers and inspire them with a pride in doing tho job right. An Association of businessmen would be of great value in establishing standards and organizing training pro- grams. A man likes to live in a community where his children have a chance to make careers for themselves as good ap or better than he has made for himself. He wants schools, hospitals, playgrounds and employment opportunities for them. Some of these are necessarily provided by the Government on demand of tlp citizens but many times the Government does not recognize the demand until thu people themselves show their desires by putting their own time and money into community enterprises and proving the value. High schools and colleges were first established by the people them- selves long before any Government thought it worthwhile to spend the tax- payers' money. The same was true of hospitals, playgrounds, etc. Community enterprises, therefore, must be started and encouraged to provide these things and also to give citizens the satisfaction of having a part in accomplishing some- thing for themselves as well as others. In conclusion I wish to say that the matter of Aruba's future development to give greater satisfaction in life to all its inhabitants is in their own hands, encouraged and directed by the ambiti- ous leaders of the community. The job does not require the establish- ment of universities here to make doc- tors, lawyers and engineers, but only the concentrated effort by us in our own businesses in inspiring, training and di- recting the people we come in contact with in attaining higher ideals of service. Playgrounds, clubs, and organizations have an increasingly important role in Aruba's development. JULY 20 1945 ARUA ESSO NEWS JULY 20, 1945 ARUBA ESSO NEWS 5 BASEBALL SCORES July 1 Garage 19 Dodgers 4 Battery 814 6 Cerveceria 3 Battery 253 13 Cafenol 3 Dutch Army 11 San Lucas 4 July 8 Savaneta 9 Cafenol 0 Dodgers 11 Venezuela 7 Cerveceria 1 San Lucas 1 The Cerveceria San Lucas game is under discussion; game stopped at fourth inning because of disputed deci- sion. (Battery 814 and Battery 253 game postponed) SCHEDULE July 22 9:30 a.m. Field Venezuela vs. Savaneta L.S.P. Garage vs. Battery 814 S.N. Jr. 2:00 p.m. Cerveceria vs. Dutch Army L.S.P. Dodgers vs. Battery 253 S.N. Jr. July 29 9:30 a.m. Battery 814 vs. Cafenol L.S.P. San Lucas vs. Savaneta S.N. Jr. 2:00 p.m. Battery 253 vs. Dutch Army L.S.P. Garage vs. Cerveceria S.N. Jr. August 5 9:30 a.m. Savaneta vs. Battery 253 L.S.P. Cafenol vs. Garage S.N. Jr. 2:00 p.m. Dodgers vs. San Lucas L.S.P. Venezuela vs. Battery 814 S.N. Jr. BATTING AVERAGES (10 highest, after July 8 games) William Dowers .600 Juan Maciera .555 Sgt. P. Julia .539 Gregorio Hodge .529 J. G. Laveist (di Maggio) .500 Benito Navarro .500 Lino Saurez .500 E. Ruiz Demas .500 T. Lake .385 Pantin .333 Some of these averages will take a nose-dive in coming weeks, as they are based on play in only one game. Most of them, however, cover up to three games. Spectators, Entrants, and Prizes Numerous at L.H. Meet Competing for more than 60 valuable prizes donated by business houses and private individuals, a long list of en- trants kept a huge crowd of spectators entertained at the Lago Club's grounds all afternoon July 4. The Lago Heights Advisory Committee (see page 1), to- gether with assisting officials, can take credit for one of the best sports meets ever staged there. Prize-donors (a listing of whom took up most of the program's reverse side) were generous, with prizes ranging from wrist watches to lottery tickets, and from 50-gallon gasoline books to cash donations of Fls. 50. Displayed at the Club for some time before the meet, they made the competition keen and entry lists full. It would be impossible to mention all who had anything to do with making it a success, but the hard working officials were: Judging Committee: C. Hunte, R. D'Abreu, C. Bristol, D. Persaud. Tape: F. D'Amil, A. Stevenson. Starters: E. Tulloch, B. Viapree. Timekeepers: F. Gilkes, L. Khan. Prize Recorders: J. Geerman, M. Trott. Stewards: J. de Vries, L. Stoute, N. Bap- tiste, B. Dirksz, E. Rankin, I. Chin, G. Rufus, W. Wellman, W. Emanuels, and A. Gonsalves. Bell: H. Grant. Groundsmen: G. Lawrence, R. Jailall, A. Kalloo, S. Gomes, G. Libard. Relief Men: H. M. Nassy, H. de Vries, E. Hassell. Announcer: B. Chand. PICTURES IN COLUMNS 3 AND 43 1 J. Cox of the Electric Shop wins the high Jump at 5 feet 7 inches, oing over with inches to spare. Maxim Bernard had stayed with him to 5 feet 4 inches, which Is his height, but be- yond that the longer underpinnings of the winner made the difference. Toddle Johnson was third at S 1. 2 Eight starters line up west of Sabanota for the five-mile run. Left to right are K. Tulloch, official starter, and runners H. Lopez, R. Henry, C. George, C. Bonadle, H. Ibrahim, R. Watts, I. Brewster, and C. Nickhes. 3 Willy Williams breaks the tape In the half. mile race, with a little help from an enthusiastic spectator. Rupert Sardine was second, and Cecil Joaqulm came In third. '-"";"~"rl ' - c: ... (- Results in Lago Heights Meet * (Ex'luslve of those given In picture captions) 100 yards, boys: Roberts, R. Da Silva, C. Da Silva. 100 yards, men: R. Jackson, F. Clarks K. Wong. 50 yards, girls: R. Brown, V. Dash, M. Arrias. Needle and thread: J. Pandt, A. Luck- hoo, D. Syed. 220 yards: R. Jackson, F. Clarke, K. Wong. Egg and Spoon race: P. Hiencke, W. Rohee, J. Pandt. 50 yards, children: C. Da Silva, A. Sharpe, T. Bakker. 440 yards: R. Watts, K. Kahn, C. Joa- chim. 50 yards, women: P. Dash, V. Dash, O. Brown. Sack race: H. Lopez, M. Bernard, J. Gonsalvez. Relay race: first, team of R. Jackson, F. Clarke, S. Cato. Shot put: Barran, V. Lee, S. Wellman. Long jump: R. Jackson, S. Cato, F. Clarke. 100 yards, men (40 years and over): S. Joseph, M. Trott, Tulloch. 50 yards, women over 20: M. Fistler, W. Rohee, J. Pandt. Mile run: I. Brewster, H. Ibrahim, E. Crichlow. Cricket factions have been quiet lately; the only recent game was a friendly match played at Lago Heights July 8 between the St. Eustatia Cricket Club and the Allies C.C. St. Eustatil batted first, all for 64 runs, and the Allies followed with 203 runs for the less of seven wickets. S These bachelors are husky, but married men are huskier, according to the tug-of-war results. The bungalow men at the other end of the rope won two out of three grunt-and-groans, with Worleman as cptal.. 4 Comic relief was provided by the donkey 6 Hugh Ibrahim, at extreme left, fleishl race. This view Is actually the second finish of strongly to win the five-mile run, three minutes the same race, with tin winner at loft completing before C. GOorge and six minutes before H. his second lap before the seond-place burro Lopez. finished the required one. C;n~~c' w:ly: -U. rla- * a, I k~ .:. 1. di 6 ARUBA ESSO NEWS LONG SERVICE AWARDS June, 1945 20-Year Buttons Dominico Henriquez Dominico Henriquez Storehouse C-a Ambrosio Arends Drydock Pedro DeWindt R. & S. NEW ARRIVALS A daughter, Cynthia Margaret, to Mr. and Mrs. Augustin Williams, June 21. A daughter, Shirley Lenell, to Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Varlack, June 21. A son, Hector Juan Bautista, to Mr. and Mrs. Jose Thijzen, June 24. A son, John William, to Mr. and Mrs. S Cary Daly, June 27. A son, Leonard Leopold Bert, to Mr. and Mrs. John Bacchus, July 1. A daughter, Alicia Margarita, to Mr. and Mrs. Juan Pimentel, July 2. A son, Cuthbert St. Bernard, to Mr. and Mrs. Percival Cox, July 2. A son Leo Ricardo to Mr. and Mrs. Eusebio Ras, July 2. A daughter, Rita Ridella, to Mr. and Mrs. Florienne Solomons, July 2. A son, Basil Anthony, to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Sepersaud, July 2. A daughter, Diane Marie, to Mr. and Mrs. Linus Harth, July 3. A daughter, Lilli Renee, to Mr. and Mrs. Rene Watchman, July 4. A son, Colin Xavier, to Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Alleyne, July 5. A daughter, Lucia Linda, to Mr. and Mrs. Henri Lo-A-Njoe, July 6. A son, Oslin Urbano, to Mr. and Mrs. Urban Oduber, July 7. A daughter, Sara Gracelis Minerva, to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Benjamin, July 7. A son, to Mr. and Mrs. Alberto Croes, S July 9. U Roman Vroolyk Marine Bernardo Croes Stewards Marine Old-Timer Retires A long series of farewell dances, teas. smokers, and other events that had gift presentations on the program preceded the final departure July 9 of John VA e S Stephen, Assistant Superintendent Engi- neer in the Marine Dept., who is retiring to Scotland after Aruba service dating back to 1927. Mr. Stephen and his wife leave a host of good friends, and took with them countless good wishes. Carlos Maduro Marine 10-Year Buttons Ricardo Van Blarcum Leon Froston Samuel Conner George Tremus Estanislao Koolman Acasio Vingal Augustin De Mei Santiago Croes Donald George JULY 20, 1945 SERVICE SLANTS Gerald Smith, 18, Navy-minded son of General Manager L. G. Smith, recently completed an intensive course in radio fundamentals at the Great Lakes Naval Training Center. war- rw .T TAOi Sero / fS you - Curtis Leonard is now a Resident In- spector of Navy Materials, with a rat- ting of 3rd Class Petty Officer, Specia- list "O". The "O" stands for Oil, which has been more or less a lifelong connec- tion with Curtis. He is stationed at Long Beach, California, has his wife with him, and expects to be there for some time. Cvrtis' younger brother, Thomas V. jr., (best known as "Pete") is some- where in the Pacific, serving as a Fire- man 1st Class on the U.S.S. Husser. 6ICT-l^-l'JWm JO OYL, WHO KEEPs HI? MACHINE WELL LUGRICATED THFFRy AdVnOti"N. fl SERtol'Tlr.,T'' i-' qll N3j CQEARPOWNS. Wilber Self Gets "C.Y.I." FIs 200 Award for Self Early Registration Required o S To Vote Outside Home District Stewards Commissary Commissary Boiler Utilities Drydock Gas Plant Personnel Accounting Lake Men Complete 20 Two Lago Shipping Company men rounded out 20 years of service with the fleet recently. They are Captain William Craig and Chief Engineer William Mc- Phee, who joined up in Glasgow on the same day, June 1, 1925. When construction was completed on the SS Invercaibo (which is now the dredge on continuous duty at the en- trance to Lake Maracaibo since 1938), they were in the ship's first crew, bring- ing her from Scotland to Aruba, Craig as First Officer and McPhee as 4th Engineer. Captain Craig received his first com- mand with Lago Shipping on March 31. 1927, while Mr. McPhee, who is now on the SS San Cristobal, became a Chief Engineer November 25, 1931. Featuring "Coin Your Ideas" presen- tations during June was an award of Fls. 200 to Wilber Self of Light Oils Finishing. He worked out a revised oper- ating procedure on No. 11 Crude Still which under certain conditions increases the yield of a gas oil product. Two awards of Fls. 50 were made: an initial award to Percy Douglas for his suggestion to install a platform at ser- vice water pumps in No. 2 Powerhouse, and a supplemental award to George Larson for a suggested device for wash- ing wire electrodes on the Acid Plant precipitators. Lewis Johnson received Fls. his suggested change in the system of the contact plants at Plant. 30 for cleaning the Acid Awards of Fls. 10 went to John Lash- ley (change in lighting system at gate- way traffic islands); Esteban Rodriguez (install platform at blockvalve on line west of tank 159); Herman Lopez (new type distillation board remover at No. 1 Laboratory); Maude Thomas (switch on telephone at Girls' Dormitory); and Do- minico Christiaans (walkway west of Low Octane Plant). Jan A. Croes of the Drydock received commendation for his suggestion to in- stall a water cooler on the Butterworth Dock. A recent Government notice will be of interest to employees who wish to cast votes in the forthcoming election of Cu- raqao Legislative Council members. Th. following is a translation: "1. Voters whose names appear on the official list of voters for the Electoral District of Aruba and who wish to vote in the Electoral District of Curacao must submit a declaration to that effect in person to the undersigned not later than 30 days prior to November 5, 1945, which is Election Day for Curagao Legislative Council members. Forms for such de- claration are obtainable free of charge at the office of the undersigned. 2. Voters who can produce acceptable reasons for their absence on November 5 from the Electoral District in Aruba where they are supposed to vote ac- cording to the official list of voters, and who are unable to be present in their district within the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. on Election Day, shall, if they so request, be given the opportunity to cast their vote in such other Electoral Dis- trict in Aruba as they designate. Such request must be filed in person at the undersigned's office 30 days prior to No- vember 5, and forms are available free of charge at the office of the under- signed. The Acting Lt. Governor, Dr. L. C. Kwartsz" Aki ribs nos ta duna un blta general dl e Ce- Shown above Is a general view of the Investlure remonia dl instalaclon cu a tuma lugA as Me- ceremony held *t the San Nicolas Methodist thodist Church dl San Nicolas dia I dl Jull il Church July 1 for Scouts Guides. Brownles. Cubs, Padvinders. Padvindsters. Brownies, Welpen y and Rovers, units of the Nederland Padvindcrs. Voortrekkers, unidadnan dl "Nederlandse Pad- District scout leader Robert Martin Is making a vinders". District Commlssarls Robet Martin ta welcoming address. In the picture at left, Viola paplando un discurso dl blenvenida. Ribs pr- Lake. captain of the Girl Guides, Is congratulate. tret n bands robne, Viola Lake. groepsl.lder di Ing Gloria Thompson following the Investiture of Padvlndsters to feliclt Gloria Thompson, depues the Brownes. Janesha Thomas, the Browales' dl Instalacldo dl Brownies. Janesha Tohmas, tel- leader, and Dorah Hamlette, the littlet Brownie, der dl Brownies y Dorah Hamlette. e Brownie dl leek *n. mas chikit tamb to ribs e pertrt. S&vr 11 |