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The Lago Colony Legend The Lago Colony Legend —Our Stories— II Cover photo courtesy of A. S. MacNutt Compiled, authored and edited by— James L. Lopez and Victor D. Lopez Editors— Martha T. Lopez Victor D. Lopez Printing by~ Precision Printing 3606 North Frazier Conroe, TX 77303-1431 Published by~ Victor D. Lopez Vig Wig Productions 12093 La Salle Oaks Conroe, TX 77304-4002 email: [email protected] © 2005 by Victor D. Lopez Dedication This book, like the first, is dedicated to the thousands of multinational pioneers who arrived in Aruba as strangers. With an incredible "can-do" spirit, they came together, coping with unforeseen and unforeseeable situations, forming a unique “Family” over the 60-plus years the Lago Refinery operated. To this day, these one-time neighbors connect and reconnect across continents and around the globe through e- mail, phone calls, letters and especially Larry Riggs’ Lago Bulletin Board and the enduring Aruba Chronicle , still seeing each other in memories if not in reality. This book is especially dedicated to our father who spent 20 years gathering this information and more that we never will recover. Thanks, Pa. i PREFACE This story concerns a group of young men including recent graduates, greenhorns and some with a little experience. In fact the company was finding that it was not easy to attract anyone to be a part of a crew to build and operate a new oil refinery on a barren coral island in the Caribbean. These men who agreed to come to stay either married after establishing themselves or were married before they came. Their wives had to endure hardships in many aspects of their lives they previously took for granted. Many had to learn how to cook under primitive conditions without many of the conveniences of stateside folks. They learned to be friends with the only people available or be mighty lonely. And then along came the Lago Kids , both newborns and children who came with their families. Lago Kids. We had opportunities for adventure and danger they were not geared to handle. We learned to thrive. It was a community unlike any other. We also learned to make friends with almost everybody, friendships that lasted a lifetime. We were not aware we lived in a vacation paradise, a utopia that rivaled Mark Twain’s imagined stomping grounds of Tom Sawyer. This book series was begun by our late father, James L. “Jim” Lopez back in the 70’s. Many of the story-tellers have since passed on, as has Pop. We siblings saw to its completion, culminating in “The Lago Colony Legend—Our Stories.” Reading the stories of the first book while editing, it was evident that our parents, with their dreams and hopes for the future, embarked on one great adventure when they came to work in the Lago Oil and Transport Company Refinery in Aruba. They came from small towns, struggling families and hard knocks to attempt to improve their lives. One, Don Gray’s father, is remembered as changing grocery store jobs in N.Y.C. if it meant an increase of only pennies an hour. A common thread among the “first arrivals” (c. 1924-1934) at Lago was the fortuitous opportunities that came with a chance reading of a “want ad” in a local newspaper, a conversation with a relative, banter with a cab driver or being in the right place at the right time. Again from Don Gray we learn that his dad learned about a supervisory position opening at the Lago Oil and Transport commissary in Aruba after having driven trucks for the U.S. Navy at Bermuda Base Command and ii Trinidad Naval Base during WWII. Leaving their old lives behind them at the turn of the mid-twentieth century to take up home-making in a foreign land they knew little about, these pioneers routinely signed up for 18 month contracts. Their expectations of lush tropical isles and towns not too different from the ones they left, were quickly dispelled when they stepped off the ship in San Nicholas. It wasn’t unusual for some to quit before their contract was up, even by returning on the boat rather get off! These adventurous pioneers did not escape the fortunes of employment that befall even the most faithful in times of what has now been quaintly called “downsizing” either. Those of us who were born in Aruba and lived there all our lives (until we left) didn’t know anything else. It wasn’t a world of many choices. There was one movie theater, there was one school, one commissary, one hospital, one each of things that our stateside counterparts had and we didn’t have everything they had. We did have some unique things they didn’t have, however. Not knowing of some of those things we didn’t have, we adapted and accepted what we did have. What a shock it was for those of us who went to live with relatives or in dormitories in order to go to high school in a different place from our families. For some it was an enriching, exciting experience, for others it was nine months of homesickness. Now here is that same story as that told by the original pioneers and as told from the perspective of the children of these pioneers (and in some cases grandchildren). A special thanks for his help to bring this book to publication goes to Malcolm Murray. iii iv iv Group photo of Dutch people of Lago. Please note on opposite page for identification of individuals. Photo courtesy of Mitzi Baer Lecluse CONTENTS Page Aruba Schools 1 Aruba and World War II War-time Document: Evacuation Assignments 30 Personal Recollections and Experiences 31 Ayers, Jim 70 Housing Assignments—1952 Alphabetical - by residents’ names 143 Numerical - by Location/ residence No. 153 Howard, Joan Pomeroy & Family 57 Fletcher, Clyde & Ruth Jackson 82 Keesler, Gene & Norma & Family 135 King, Elna Harris, Memoirs of Childhood 92 Lago Colony Housing Records 121 Lopez, Victor “Vic” 25 Moyer, Clyde 61 Pate, Margie Carrell 109 Rae, Mitsy Jackson & Family 82 Rodger, Captain Robert 127 Springer, Ken 46 The Flooded Power House Pump Pit 134 The REST of Their Story, Ed & Eleanor Harris & Family 90 Van Romondt Quiram, Fred & Alice & Family 132 Wannop, Len & Pauline & Family 138 Wilken, George & Florence & Family 95 Whitney, Bennett S. 107 Williams, Eugene R., M. D. & Family 113 ID’S FOR DUTCH PEOPLE IN PHOTO PAGE iv Front Row: Jack de Ruyter, Henk Wagemaker, Jorst Koese, Karel Egers, Tony Smits, Herman Tielen, Hans Wagenmaker, Luciell Lambert, Jim Lambert, Opi van Monfrans. Second row: Paso de Paun, Weits Wagemaker, Jan Ecltink, Weits Folmer, Leens ten Houte de Lange, Nel Tielen, Bill Koopman, Els Koopman, Helen & Jack Wervers, Guest, Iet Cousey. Third Row: Herman Cousey, Trisa de Lacluse, Henk wefers Betink, Ann De Ruyter, Ric Van Monfrans, Leny Tyhuisen, Ana Roding, Lisa Masen, Guest, Corrie Develing, Teo Maasen, Mr. Trimler, Svoon Eeltink, Al Folmer. Fourth Row: Arie Gravendyk, Alice Smits, Harry Bosman, Grit Gordyn, Nic Schindeler, Alice Gravendyk, Henry de Paun, Paul Gordyn, Peggy Hagerty, Ans Egers, Tom Hagerty (not Dutch), Mrs. Trimler, Edding Konig, Jan Moller. v LAGO COMMUNITY SCHOOL ROSTER BY YEARS PLUS NOTES ON EVENTS 1929-30 SCHOOL YEAR Jim Lopez was ready for the 10th grade and could not enter the Aruba school because they only had grades to and including 9th grade. He returned to the States and entered the 10th grade in Drumright High School. His mother and brother stayed in Aruba with his dad. PAN AM SCHOOL The teacher was Miss Florey and she had 15 pupils all in one room. 1930-31 SCHOOL YEAR Members of grades 1 - 4: Unknown Known 5th grade members: Yvonne Reifschieder Known 6th grade members: Mary Griffith, Sidney Young, James Crosby, Tiry Harrod, Millicent Reed Teachers: Miss L. Florey, Miss Powers Mrs. Foster - wife of an employee Mrs. Constance - wife of an employee High school freshman class members: Unknown High school sophomore class members: Unknown There were not enough students to make a high school junior class with Vida Hughes who was ready at that time. Jim Lopez entered the Oklahoma Military Academy in Claremore, Oklahoma. He was in the 11th grade of high school. 1931-32 SCHOOL YEAR The Pan American School Board listed 87 children from 59 families potential enrollment for 9/1/31. Only 3 eligible for 10th grade so it was not added. No kindergarten or first grade entries. Must be at least 6 years old as of 1/1/32. 1 Members of grades 2 through 8: Unknown Known members of high school freshman class: Marybelle Brown, Henry Hughes, Doris Semmens, Grace Imler, Marian Baxter, plus unknown others. Teachers: Miss Florey, plus unknown others. There were not enough students to form a high school junior class with Vida Hughes. She was still waiting. 1932-1933 SCHOOL YEAR Member of grades 1 thru 8: Unknown Known members of the high school freshmen class: Donald Russell, Lyle McGrew, Geraldine Baxter Known members of the high school sophomore class: Marybelle Brown, Henry Hughes, Doris Semmens, John Parker, Grace Imler, Marian Baxter Known members of the high school junior class: Vida Hughes There were not enough students to form a senior class this year. Jim Lopez was in the 12th grade at the Oklahoma Military Academy. High school classes held in bungalow alongside of school building. Auditorium is finished. Play: "Kicked Out Of College" to celebrate the completion of the auditorium. 1933-1934 SCHOOL YEAR According to the Pan Aruban supplement June 23, 1934 there were 8 teachers and 160 students.
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