Honored For Heroic Harbor Rescue Lights To Be Turned On Gold May Bolster Aruba’s Economy For Thirteen th Olympiad ”*Aruba’s economy, so dependent Pantophlet Given Medal upon oil, may get a shot in the arm from gold...” are the first Inauguration of Lights at Lago Sport Park April 29 words of a story on Page 4. These rescue To Highlight Annual Track and Field Events words may well herald the birth A Lago worker, who has riske sd his life three times in of a new «€ in Aruba’s economic | attempts, has been given the President’s Medal oi the National Safety history. Read how the island’s || Council for saving the life of a seaman two years ago. Aruba will celebrate Queen Juliana’s 44th birthd with an Olympiad gold — for which Aruba reported- The medal, which is the council’s only award for the saving of under lights at the Lago Sport Park in San Nicolas the night of ly was named — may prove to be || human life, was presented April 21 to Maxwell E. Pantophlet, 42, an April 29 a source of income for many who Receiving and Shipping Department— The date of the celebration tentative here-to-fore was an- are unemployed today. BadRearionse rat in. of when he swung head-down from the nounced by the Sport Park Board after the firm of K. Loonstra earned the ¢ d Dec. 28, 1951, side of Finger Pier No. 2 and pulled Oranjestad reported the lights would be installed by that date. an unconcious seaman from the w: Later, Mr. Pantophlet administe One hundred and twenty-two arcs, artifical diration, atop nine poles, will be set aglow at At a Receiving and Shipping staff 7 p.m. with brief mauguration cere- st Tues Mr. Pantophlet monies. The blaze of light from the » the first person in Aruba to 1500-watt lamps will mark the firs receive the President’s Medal. time that sports activities at the park It was about 1 o’clock the morning have been carried on after dark. The lights, part of Lago’s sports of Dec. 28 that Mr. Pantophlet — who before had defied death in park improvement program, will » attempts — risked his life in extend into the cooler hours the time third try. He was walking along athletes and spectators will be able | Finger Pier No. 2 when the cry of to use the park facilities. ”man overboard” split the morning The 13th annual Olympiad will get under-way at 6 p.m. Robert Martin, air. chairman of the Sport Park Board Racing to the wharf-side, he spotted — in the darkened waters the will declare the games open and kite | figure of a man floating face-down will be sent aloft in the first of 2S ) events. They include track and field |near the wharf piles. Mr. Pantophlet competition, bicycle races and novelty Varanned down to the pipes which line events. the pier side, hooked an arm and A weight-lifting tournament plus a leg over the pipes and swung head- "Body Beautiful Contest” for men | down to grasp the body. and women both part of the | Other dock-workers, who had hur- Olympiad — will be held at the park |ried to the spot, grabbed Mr. Pan- April 26. The "Outstanding Athlete” | tophlet and puiled him — still holding of the Olympiad will be chosen on a the unconcious figure atop the point-score basis and named at the | pier. There antophlet admini- | stered artifical respiration until the close of the games National Safety Council which he rece ed for saving the life of a seaman. Shown presenting the medal man showed signs of life. He was A dance to start on the combination is Edward Kulisek, assistant Safety Division head Attending the ceremonies were (ieft to ght) Norman basketball — tennis court — dance Bell, Ralph Watson and Robert Baum, Receiving and Shipping Department supervisors. then relieved by George Beck, first floor at 10 p.m. will wind up the |mate of the "Esso Reading.” park’s celebration of the Queen’s IDENT’S MEDAL: M well E. Pantophlet (centro) ta munstra aki cu e President’s Medal di Nationai Mr. Beck to receive a ”Certi- Birthday Sa y Council cual el a r bi pa salbamento di bida di un marinero. Presentando e¢ medalja ta Edward te of Assistance” from the council Recent improvements to the Sport Kulisek, assistant Safety Division head. Presen ndo e ceremonianan tabata (di robez pa drechi) Norman | for his part in the rescue of the man Bell, Ralph Watson y Robert Baun, ehecutivonan di Receiving & Shipping Department. Park, costing over 160,000, are: | who was later indentified as L. Allen, The addition of 7 ) seats to the a 30-year-old Irish seaman from the north end of the grandstand; paving 3ritish tanker ’Busen Rollo.” of the area frcm the entrance to the Investigation later showed that stand; installation of the basketball Mr. Allen, on shore-leave prior to — tennis court — dance floor; in- leaving with the Rollo” for an stallation of overhead lights at the extended cruise in Antarctic waters court and children’s playground; in- fueling whaling ships, was returning stallation of lights in the stadium to his vessel when he fell from the passage-ways and the largest pier into the water. (Continued on page 2) Mr. Allen was the second person Mr. Pantophlet rescued. In 1937 he plo ssc pulled another seaman from the wate rs of the harbor. Five years Constituyentenan di 2 r he risked his life in another LEC cue try, but the man later died A Vota Ariba from injuries sustained in the mishap. Siman di Trabao The medal, presented by Edward Kuli 2 tant Safety Division VOL. 14 No. PUBLISHED BY LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO. LTD. April 24, 1952

head, is faced with three figures Si constituyentenan di Lago Em- from Greek mythology ”Clotho,” ployee Council cu ta traha 48 ora pa who ’spins the thread of life;” siman lo sigui traha ariba e base (Continued on page 2) aki of si nan lo bai traha ariba un Seen As Potential Olympiad Training Ground base di un siman mas cortico, a wor- de decidi. Ora Esso News a bai pren- Dos Trahador di Lago sa, e constituyentenan tabata vota pa indica nan preferencia; awor ¢ voto- Na Estados Unidos pa nan ta worde conta, y e resultado lo Island-Wide High School Track Meet Set worde anuncia pronto. Studia 1.B.M. Votamento ariba largura di e si- man di trabao a resulta ora Ley di Students from seven Aruba high schools are scheduled to compete | but may not compete in the same Dos empleado di Lago ta na Esta- Trabao — 1952, promulga door di in the first island-wide interscholastic track and field meet to be held event in both divisions. dos Unidos awe pa un curso di tres Staten, stipula e siman di trabao The relay does not count as an siman den operacion di International May 8 at the Lago maximo ariba 45 ora. E ley, sinem- Sport Park. event under the exclusion rule. Only Business Machines bargo, por duna dispensaci om na ope- The meet, designed to assure "the continued development of good three students from a school mi Andr A. Thijzen, un administra- racionnan continuo manera Lago, sportsmanship enter any one event. pee a istant den Tabulating and Lands and athletic skills” among the island’s high school Water Voorzieningsdienst y First, second and third place rib- Statis tical Division y Theodore J. Fi- otronan. youths, will pit boys up to 18 years E votamento reciente lo in- bons will be awarded in each event. | garoa, un grcup head den seccion di of age in Junior and Senior events. 220-yard dash; half-mile forma Compania si mayoria consti- relay and International track and field event general accounting di e mes division, tuyentenan di The students will appear as inde- high jump. LEC ta na fabor pa} rules will govern the competition. | a sali for di Aruba cu aeroplano dia pendent entries. Because pidi dispensacion of no. of conflicts Schools and competitors’ colors will E. M. Lloyd of Lago’s Colony Service 17 di April. Despues di promulgacion di e ley, in the schools’ vacation schedules, b Department will ve as chief judge. Su siguiente dia nan mester a yega Compania a informa LEC cu e lo no officials felt too little time was Comm. Gen. Abr. de Veerschool — He will be a: ted by Lago High New York City y sigui cu avion y continua sueldcnan actual available to ready teams. As a result, pa un si- black pants, orange shirts; St. Do- School coaches and representatives of trein pa Endicott, N.Y., pa un curso man di trabao di 45 ora. individual rather than team awards minicus College — blue and white; | the various Compania schools. di instructor di un siman na planta | will be made at this first meet. Aruba Trade a bisa miembronan di Council cu e lo School — black pants, His Honor, Dr. di 1.B.M. na Endicott. cuminsa pidi dispensacion si e con- Team awards will be made in white shirt Juiianaschool — blue) jjeutentant governor Despues nan lo mester studia dos stituyentenan ta desea asina. subsequent competition. The meet has pants, blue and yellow shirts; Lago|the Island Council have been invited siman mas IBM World Training been set up on an annual basis. Vocational E papeinan di vota claramente a School — red, white and} to attend the meet. Lago, which has Center New York City. Den nan Twelve Senior and five Junior blue shirts; laga e decision pa cada constituyente Lago High School ~ | made its sport park available for the tempo liber durante nan permanencia events have been listed. Boys under white pants, di LEC cu ta traha 48 ora. E dos tri-color shirts. St.) competition, has greed to set up na New York, Sr. Fi a seleccionnan ariba e papelnan di vota 19 years of age will compete in: Augustine Coilege did not announce | the field and its track and field sa pa bishita muse its colors. tabata: Fifty-yard dash; 100-yard dash; equipment for the various events. centronan cultural mient 1. Mi ta na fabor pa mantene e rd dash; one-mile ru half- Age Limits In announcing the meet, school re- zen tabata pensa pa presencia algun di trabao na 48 ora. mile run; high siman jump; pole vault; According to meet rules drafted entatives said it v designed to wega di ball. ta na fabor pa reduci e si- broad jump; 2. Mi hop-skip-jump; shotput March 25 by repres ntatives of the ure "the continued development of Sr. Figaroa lo mester regresa na di 48 ora pa un siman (12 lbs.); discus man di trabao (3 lbs., 9 ozs.) and schools, contes ants must be atten- good sportsmanship and athletie Aruba dia 8 di Mei. Sr. Thijzen tin Mi ta comprende cu esaki | javelin. di 44.8 ora. ding students under 19 years of age.| skills among our school boys in intencion pa pasa su yacacion largo corespondien- | Boys under lo involve un reduccion 15 years of age will Junior contestants — who must be| Aruba.” cu su ruman muher na _ Houston, pago di mas of menos 6% por | compete in: te den under 15 years of age — may com- The meet was also. seen as a Texas, promer cu el regresa pa Fifty-yard ciento. dash — 100-yard dash; | pete in either Junior or Senior « ents, | potential Olympiad training ground. Aruba.

ARUBA ESSO NEWS April 24, 1953 Aruba Esso NEWS Nurses Conduct Tours Of Wing Now In Use|

PUBLISHED EVERY OTHER FRIDAY AT ARUBA, NETHERLANDS WEST INDIES, BY THE LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO., LTD. Printed by the Curagaosche Courant, Curacao, N.W.I.

Hala Nobo Funcionando Como Reemplazo di Hospital

E hala nobo completa na Lago Hospital awor ta funcionando como un reemplazo pa e hospital bieuw di 15 anja cu awor a bira acomodacion pa clinico y otro servicionan medico. E cambio a socede mainta di April 14 ora — dentro di 214 ora — 92 paciente a worde translada for di e facilidadnan bieuw pa esnan nobo.

Na 8 ’or nursenan a cuminza transla- | ———————— —— da muchanan y pacientenan di ope- racion pa di promer piso; despues a |ResplicaciondiCambionan sigui casonan obstetrico y di gyne- Den Poliza di Vacacion cologia pa di tres piso. Por ultimo tabata turno di casonan di medicina Pa Empleadonan S & R interno cu a worde translada pa se- Pa motibo di algun confusion den 10:30 e mudacion ta- gunda piso y pa e poliza actual di vacacion pa emplea- bata completa.

donan Regular y di Staff, Lago NURSES TURN GUIDES: Dos warda di nurse tabata requeri Over 6600 persons were taken on a tour of the recently-opened Lago Hospital Employe2 Council a publica e siman wing by the pa efectua e mudacion pa motibo di nurses pictured above. Serving outs de their normal function, they guided Lago employees, aki un splicacion di cambionan den members e cambio den agrupacion di paciente- of their families and other isitors throughout the three-story structure, offering poliza cu a drenta na vigor mas tem- explanations nan den e hala nobo. Mientras nan of its various features in English, Dutch or Papiamento. pran e anja aki. tabata comparti segun payroll den e Segun e revision di poliza, emplea- NURSENAN A BIRA GUIA: Mas cu 6200 persona a haci un paseo den e hala nobo di Lago Hospital seccion cu nan a abandona, nan ; e cu a |donan S&R cu tuma retiro of worde habri recientemente. E d nursenan den e X retrato aki ki riba a sirbi como nan guia. Trahando for di nan fun- mester a worde agrupa segun enfer- cion normal, kita despues di seis of mas luna di nan a guia empleadonan di Lago, miembronan di nan familia y otro bishitantenan den henter cu nan tabata bai e edificio di tres piso, medad den esun servicio lo haya — envez di vaca- duna splicacion di su varios aspectonan na Ingles, Holandes y Papiamento. ocupa. cion — un dia di pago pa cada luna Consecuentemente, solamente parti traha desde cuminzamento di nan di LEC seccionnan por a worde movi na ultimo vacacion, of desde nan fecha New Wing In Operation Constituents mes un tempo. Mester tabatin nurse | di empleo, cual cu ta mas laat. disponible tanto den e seccion bieuw E poliza di vacacion pa empleado- Vote on Preferred como den e nobo. i nan kende nan servicio ta termina pa As Hospital R eplacement Planeamento pa e mudacion, cual! motibonan involuntario — lay-off, Work Week Hours tabata den progreso varios siman en | etiro, medico, ete. — ta keda incam- | adelante, a drenta na vigor Dialuna | bid. The newly-completed wing of the Lago Hospita! is in operation today tramerdia ora tur pacientenan den as a replacement for the bedspace of the 15-year-old former hospital | Whether or not constituents of the hospital e ora a worde asigna otro which now becomes housing for cli nics and other medical services. | Lago Employee Council who work a den e hala nobo, A. H. Richardson The change-over occurred the mor- 48-hour week will continue to main- Ora Diamars mainta a yega, nan a Archibald H. Richardson, 25, 2 ning of April 14 when — within 21% tain this schedule or drop back to a worde carga ariba_ stretcher, movi died at Lago Hospital April 19. hours — 92 patients were fted Two Lago Workers shorter work week has been decided. den stoel di wiel of a bai cu pia) Mr. Richardson was employed in from the old to the new facilities. As the E News went to press the — segun naturaleza di nan enferme- the Mechanical Department - Paint At 8 o’clock, nurses started trans- In U.S. To Study constituents had voted indicating dad — pa e camanan asigna den e and had Lago service of seven | ferring children and surgical patients their preference; the ballots are being seccion nobo. Hunto cu nan e her- years, 10 months. Unmarried, he is to the first floor, then moved ob- Business Machines | counted and the result will be an- mentnan medico necesario pa nan survived by his mother. stetric and gynecology cases to the | nounced shortly. cuido a worde hiba. third floor, Next came internal medi- | | The voting on the length of the

cine cases who were shifted to the Two Lago employees are in the} work week resulted when Work Regu- second floor and by 10:30 the move | United States today for a three-week | lation 1952, promulgated by the Sta- had been completed. |course in the operation of Interna- ten, set the maximum number of Two shifts of nurses were required | tional Business Machines. working hours in one week at 45, The to handle the transfer because of the | ss A. Thijzen, an administra- regulation, however, provides for change in grouping of patients with- ssistant in the Tabulating and exemptions in continuous operations in the new wing. Where they had Statistical Division and Theordore J. such as Lago, the Government water been divided by pay-roll in the section | Figaroa, a group head in the general works and others. The recent ballot- they were leaving, they were to be accounting section of the same divi- ing will inform the Company whether grouped according to illness in the} sion, left Aruba by airplane April 17. or not the majority of LEC consti- one they were entering. | They were scheduled to arrive in tuents want the exemption. As a result, only parts of sections New York City the next day and go Following the promulgation of the could be moved at one time. Nurses on by airplane and train to Endicott, regulation, the Company informed the were required to be on hand in both | N.Y., for a one-week instructors’, LEC that it would not continue pre- the new and old quarters. course at the IBM plant in Endicott. | sent wages for a 45-hour work week. Planning for the move, which had | They were next scheduled to study | The Company told members of the been in progress for several weeks, two additional weeks at the IBM! Council that it would start exemption went into effect Monday afternoon World Training Center in New York proceedings if so requested by the when all the patients then in the hos- | City. On leisure time during their constituents. pital were assigned beds in the new | New York stay, Mr. Figaroa planned | The ballots clearly put the decision

quarters. to visit museums, libraries and other} up to each 48-hour constituent of the When Tuesday morning arrived, cultural centers while Mr. Thijzen LEC. The two selections on the ballot they were carried in stretchers, mov- planned to include some baseball | were: ed in wheel-chairs or walked games. according to the nature of their ill-, 1. Iam in favor of keeping the 48- Mr. Figaroa is scheduled to return} hour work week schedule. ness — to the beds assigned in the to Aruba May 8. Mr. Thijzen plans to new wing. Moved along with them spend his long vacation with his sis- | 2. I am in favor of reducing the was medical equipment required for | ter in Houston, Texas, before return | their care. 48-hour work week schedule to a 44.8- | ing to Aruba. hour work week schedule. I under- The shift was planned so that the stand this would involve a correspond- patients woula not miss any medi- ing reduction in pay of approximately cinal applications nor mid-meal 6%4 percent. nourishment. Patients entering the [park Lights, olympiad | hospital Tuesday were assigned directly to beds in the new quarters. (Continued from page 1) single project — installation of lights | Pantophlet, Medal over the playing field. 1st Woman Nominated The company also plans to provide (Continued from page 1) a new western entrance to the sta- "Lachesis,” who ‘determines its To Lago Committee dium. length’ and ’Atropos,” who ’cuts the Much of the improvement work was thread of life.’ awarded to Aruba contractors at the The three figures are shown IT TAKES ALL KINDS: The operation of a refinery requires a multi- For the first time in Lago’s direction of Lago’s board of directors working under a figure symbolic of tude of skills, crafts and professions, but few so spectacular as that history, a woman has been nomi- in conjunction with a policy of maxi- Safety,” who ’stays the hand of a painter C. In a bosun’s chair, Mr. performed here by C. Toussaint, nated to represent locally hired mum local purchases. Atropos’. Engraved on the reverse Toussaint went aloft with a bucket of grease to coat the guy wires of employees. She is Mrs. Adeline de Under rules set up by the Sport side of the medal are Mr. Pantophlet’s a blow- down drum stack while the Cat Cracker was down for its annual Park Board, the Olympiad is open to | Mr. Allen inspection. He is a member of the Stack Painter ’gang’ which does Vries, a stenographer with seven name, the date he rescued most of the "high work” during the inspection. years service and the wife of Otto all; a minimum of three persons | and Mr. Allen’s name. de Vries of the Accounting Depart- must be entered in each event and) Mr. Pantophlet, who was an acting TIN MESTER DI TUR SORTO: Operacion di un refineria ta requeri un only participants and track official | corporal at the time of the incident, ment. multitud di saber, ofishi y profesion, pero poco asina spectacular manera will be permitted on the stadium field | has been employed by Lago for 22 Mrs. de Vries accepted nomina- esun cu ta worde practica aki pa C. Toussaint, un pintor C. Den un stoel during the running of an event. years. emtji di gries pa hunta e di bosun, Sr. Toussaint a bai ariba cu un tion to the Lago Commissary Ad- It is expected that staging the) Throughout the world, the Presi- di un blow-down drum mientras Cat wayanan di guia di schoorsteen visory Committee whose election is Olympiad at night will attract more dent’s Medal has been awarded to Cracker tabata abao pa su inspeccion anual. El ta un miembro di ’gang’ scheduled May 27—29. |than the 6000 persons who attended 1735 persons since it was inaugurated di verfdonan di schoorsteen cu ta haci mayoria di nan trabao na laria durante un inspeccion. ‘the celebration last year. in 1928.

April 24, 1953 ARUBA ESSO NEWS

Lago Will Distribute New Safety Book;—_ Island Report ;. + Manual Describes West Indian Federation Safety Practices For Refinery Work Is Discussed At London

from the Every Lago employee Economic repercussions of the Colombia, The Netherlands, the worker to the most recently employed hurricane-flood which de ated United States and Gr ain were man with the most ye rs of Company Holland and part of Belgium Feb. 1! f scheduled to service — will soon r > a copy of are now being felt. The freighter sick and wounded soldiers in Safe Practices. The the Manual of 3randenstein” bunkered recently change of prisoners with start dis- Safety Division will shortly at Lago. The ship was bound from the North Korean Communists. the refinery of tribution throughout Chili to Liverpool, gland. Part of ROK aid to safe working ways. its latest its cargo was 3000 tons of onions, Curacao is entered in the 7th Cen- is designed to offer ever The manual | | which ordinarily are imported by tral American and Caribbean Games Lago employee, regardless of w | England from The Lowlands. which will be held in Mexico next his function might be, rules and ad- | AK year. Mexico has set aside over vice to make every day a safer work- | ! Two Dominican politcal I 6 million for the games. Sixteen ing day. refugees — |Jose Thomas Reyes | nations plan to compete. Panama The Manual of Safe Practices cov- and Rafael | Mieses Peguero — have reportedly gave up its chance to play host to the ers the many aspects of working games. It clearly points out safety | | been hiding for months in the Semis fe practices and ad ory | xican embassy in Ciudad Trujillo. Prime Minister Winston Churchill I*through the use of different ay, however, is comparatively lon short-lived compared to that of Paul has been asked to save swords and Safety rules are printed in| | Haya cannon reportedly used by Sir Henry safe practices in green and} de la Torre, leader of the A COPY FOR ALL: E. J. Kulisek, a: stant Safety Division head, hands Morgan. In a letter to the prime In addi- } | Peruvian American Popular Revolu- mi- material in black. the oldest and newest Lago employ s their copy of the Manual of Safe tionary Alliance. He’s been holing up nister, Patrick Pringle, author and tion to written material, the booklet Practices. Every Lago employee from T: Harrod r of LOF (center) c with in the Colombian historian, said there was a ”shocking” is illustrated with National Safety 41 yea s of Company service to J. S. Louisa of the Mechanical Depart- embassy in Lima, proposal to sell the weapons — which Council posters, line cartoon drawings ment — Paint (right) who was hired ortly before the picture was | Peru, since Jan. 4, 1949. | have been rusting in Jamaica and photographs. On each page taken, will receive a copy of the manual. Xe Ke for several centuries — for appears a safety slogan. The manual | The only person saved when a their scrap TUR: E. J. Kulisek tant Safety Division head, ta metal value. carries a table of contents and is UN COPIA PA Caribbean International Airways entrega e Manual di Practiconan di Segu dad na e empleado mas bieuw ex indexed. | Catalina flying boat carried 13 pas- y mas nobo di Lago. Cada empleado for di T: Harrod di LOF (centro) "Adam, la Revue de l’Homme,” a The rules and practices carried in Mechanical Department — Paint sengers and crew members to their cu 41 anja di servicio y J. S. Louisa di French magazine of male fashion and the booklet are all based on exper- | poco promei cu e retrato aki a death off the coast of Kingston, Ja- (banda drechi) kende a worde emple quite popular in Aruba according to jence over man ars. They are for worde saca, lo recibi un copia. maica, April 10 was Lt. Col. Reming- library officials, is once again the employee’s use on the job and ton Hobbs, enroute to London to) on the shelv of the reading room at should be kept on the job. help organize the coronation cere- | Oranjestad. A magazine In addition to providing a wealth | monies of Queen Elizabeth II at of Italian Tur Empleadonan di Lago Italian fashions will be available of material t will aid the employ | Westminster Abbey. | shortly. in working y, the manual w s | x aes ‘Lo Recibi Manual di Sequridad xX designed for convenience. It is of a A conference on the Western A ship, which almost foundered width that enables the employee to | Hemisphere Federation of Britain’s four months ago, bunkered at Lago carry the manual in his pocket. The | Cada empleado di Lago — for di ta intenciona pa conveniencia. E ta West Indian colonies in the Carib- earlier this month. She was the ’Mor- manual may be obtained in either esun emplea mas reciente te e hom- di hanchura di un saco asina cu un bean area opened in London April 13. maemar”, a Moore-McCormack freigh- English or Papiamento depending ber cu mas tanto anja di servicio cu empleado por carge’le den su saco. | The conference is aimed at ironing ter bound for Buenos Aires with upon the empio: preference. It is | Compania — lo recibi pronto un co- E manual por worde consegui sea na a ‘out differences on a proposed feder- load of coke. Last December the ship fastened on the side with an ad- pia di e Manual di Practiconan di Ingles of Papiamento dependiendo ation of the colonies. | cracked both sides during a run justable clip so that additions to the | Seguridad. Division di Seguridad ariba preferencia di e empleado. Na aCHex | through the Baltic Sea and was al- manual may be easily i rted. pronto lo cuminza partimento den banda e ta teni cu un clip ahustable Santa Cruz police said Aniceto most given up as lost, but eventually The booklet is another indication of | henter refineria di su contribucion asina cu adicion na e manual por Dubero, who was found dead near the made Holland where she was repair- the Company’s desi to provide mas reciente pa modonan seguro di worde inserta facilmente. | abandoned gold mines near Santa} ed. Another ship which bunkered here safety instruction for its employe Ss trabao. E manual ta designa pa ofre- E bukito ta un otro indicacion di ruz the morning of April 14, was earlier this month was the as well as safe equipment and work- | ce cada empleado di Lago, irrespecto deseo di Compania pa duna instruc- "Fred fatally injured when struck by an Christensen”, bound from Australia ing areas. di loke su funcion por ta, reglanan y }cion di seguridad na su empleadonan automobile. to England with a load yiso pa haci cada dia uno mas se- mescos cu e ta percura pa herment- | of wool. Aruba Maintains | guro. nan y lugarnan di trabao seguro. E bukito "The Manual of Safe Honrad pa Salbamento Heroico Cosmopolitan Air | Practices” ta cubri e hopi aspectonan | di trahamento cu seguridad. Clara- Lago Church Gives As Shipping Hub mente e ta splica reglanan di seguri- dad, practiconan di seguridad y ma- Library 73 Books Medalja Duna na Pantophlet Aruba, one of the international terial consultativo door di uso di di- cro roads of the oil-shipping world, ferente color. Reglanan ta geprint The Aruba Public Library at San Un trahador di Lago, kende a riska su bida tres vez den esfuerzo pa corra, practiconan berde, y material ned its cosmoplitan port-of- | Nicolas will soon be lending 73 new salba otro, a worde premia cu "President’s Medal’ di National Safety | consultativo preto. Ademas di ma- ition during 1952 when 5,344 | childr n’s books, Dr. John Hartog, Council pa salbamento di bida di un marinero dos anja pasa. terial scirbi, e bukito ta ilustra cu ships from 27 nations tied up at San librarian, announced. The books were E medalja, cual ta e unico premio di e council pa salbamento di un Nicolas harbor. posters di National Safety Council, the gift of the Lago Community bida humano, a worde presenta dia 21 di April na Maxwell E. OG With a gros apacity of 30,670,199 dibujo cartoon y retrato. Ariba cada Church. let, un tant dock foreman den | tons, the ship: hauled 155,051,703 pagina tin un lema_ di_ seguridad. The Rev. and Mrs. D. R. yans E manual tin un lista di contenido y Departamento di Receiving & Ship- barrels of crude oil to Lago and took presented the books in behalf of the ping. di Asistencia” for di e council pa su away 149,536,492 barrels inde parti den salbamento of finished church’s Benevolence Program. They Ela g e medalja Dec. 28, 1951, ! di e homber cu products. E regla y practiconan splica den e despues a worde identifica were written for children up to 15 ora el wing cabez a 10 for di como L. The ships were registered under bukito tur ta ba ariba experiencia Allen, un marinero Irlandes di years of age. canto di Finger Pier No. 2 30 durante hopi anja. y a saca the flags of the U.S.A., Great Bri- Nan ta pa uso di Dr. Hartog said the books will be anja di edad nabegando na bordo di empleadonan na trabao un marinero for di conocemento for tain, Peru, Argentina, France, Cu y mester wor- mad» available as soon as they are e tanquero Britanico ”Busen Rollo”. de di awa. Despues, Pantophlet a admi- Puerto Rico, Greece, Panama, Liber teni na trabao, Investigacion a indica despues Ay recorded. They form the second group | nistra respiracion artificial tambe. cu Colombia, Canada, Chili, Dominica, Ademas di duna un cantidad di ma- Sr. Allen, cu tabatin of children’s volumes given the} Durante un staff meeting di Receiv- liber na terra Venezuela, Norway, Sweden, terial cu lo yuda e empleado den tra- promer cu Den- library. Lago donated a large num- ing & Shipping Diahuebes siman salida cu Rollo” pa un mark, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, hamento cu seguridad, e manual taba- viaje extendi den awanan ber when the library was opened in Pantophlet a bira promer per- Antarctico Portugal, Haiti, Honduras, Germany hibando combustible | 1950. s na Aruba cu ta recibi e pa bayeneronan, and Brazil. ’Pre- oD OOS = sident’s Medal’. tabata bolbiendo pa su bapor ora el a The Lago registry listed 2087! cai for di ariba e pier den awa. Tabata wv of menos l’or di mar- ocean tankers, 3047 lake tankers, 195 Sr. Social Victor L. Steele duga di dia 28 di December ora Allen tebata di segunda per- cargo vessels, nine whale factories, Pantophlet — kende sona cu Sr. Pantophlet a salba, Na dos vez antes a three yachts, two tug boats and one Happenings Named Subforeman | desprec morto den esfuerzonan di 1937 el a saca un otro marinero for schooner. | ( di den awanan na waaf. Cinco anja o>COoO CO oOOOSaem salbamento — a ris su bida pur- One of the yachts was chartered by | promer el a ris Victor L. Steele, a Lago employe bando pa di tres biaha. El tabata su bida den un otro the former King Leopold of Belgium. | esfuerzo Eremita Vroolijk was married to for to 10 years, has ecamna ariba Finger Pier No. 2 ora el pa salba un hende, pero e Another was sailed by Dirk Tober of | close been pro- Francisco Ridderstap of the Shipyard a tende un grito di auxilio pa un victima a muri despues di heridanan Holland, bound round the world on a moted to subforeman in the Electrical | April 28 at the Immaculate Concep- homber cu a cai na awa. cu el a haya aurante ccidente. solo voyage. The third was manned | Department. tion Church in Santa Cru Following Coriendo pa canto di e waaf, el a EK medalja, presenta pa Edward by two Texans — Joseph Pellich and | the ceremony, ar -eption v held at Mr. Steele was | mira den e awanan scur — figura Kulisek, assistant Safety Division James Furlong — who had crossed the home of the bride’s 1rents at first employed by di un homber cu tabata drief head, tin na su adilanti tres figura the Atlantic from Holland on their Papillon 29, Santa Cruz. Fellow Ship- abao na pia di mythologia Grueco: "Clotho,” k n- way home. Lago in 1943 as an di e wa . Pantophlet « urd wor! f Mr. Ridder: ap pre- electrical helper B. baha na e tubonan na banda di e pier, de ta spin e hilo di bida; "Lach y sented him a silver t as a wedding Four months late1 a tene un braza y un pia na e tubo- kende ta determina su largura gift. he became an elec- nan y a swing cabez abao pa tene "Atropos * cu ta corta e hilo di bida. Vocational School trical helper A, be- curpa di e marinero hogando, E tr figuranan ta munstra tra Graduation July 10 Miguelina Rivera of Caracas, Vene- came an_ electri- | Otro trahadornan ariba 1 cua handc » bao un figura symbolieo di | zuela, became the bride of Edwin cian C in February | co yega, a tira man pa Pantophlet "Seguridad”, cu ta para e man di The Lago Vocational School’s Bacchus of TSD Process Control na e otro banda di of 1944 and eight y halé — ainda teniendo e figura Atropos. Engraba 1953 graduation | April 18. h n set for The wedding ce smony was months later was for di tino — trece ariba e pier. Aki e medalja ta nomber di Sr. Pantoph- July 10. The date advanced | performed according to Moslem Rites made an electrician Pantophlet a administra respiracion let, fecha cu el a salba Sr. Allen y from the customary | at mid-August Lago Heights Bungalow 8 2. Prior Vv. L. Steele B. artificial te ora e homber a munstra nomber di Sr. Allen. commencement to allow school of- | to the wedding, J. S. A. Moller pre- | senjal di bida. E ora George Beck a} Sr. Pantophlet, kende tabata un ficials additional time for | sented a recruit- check to Mr. Bacchus In 1946 Mr. Steel we S promoted to reemplaze’le. Sr. Beck ta promer | acting corporal tempo di e inci- ing, testing and assigning students. wedding gift on 99 behalf of fellow electrici in A and earlier this month | bootsm n na bordo di Esso Reading.” dente, awor tin anja di empleo | workers. was advanced to subforeman. | Sr. Beck lo recibi un ”Certificato }eu Lago.

ARUBA ESSO NEWS April 24, 1953 Gold Mines May Reopen

the ore and chemical equipment to Arubans Plan Corporation extract the gold. mm Limited to an archaic mining Plan "Possible : Kwartsz method in which an estimated 50 "I am quite To Put Up Plant, Buy Ore | Percent of the gold is lost, they none- sure, with modern methods, it would be possible if con- ducted the-less showed the Council the metal on a small scale,” Lt. Gov. D r. L. C. Kwartsz s id of the plan to From Unemployed was there and could be mined. revive Aruba’s gold mining industry. He added that the island’s executive Islanders board had promised a loan to help reopen the mines "if the ore samples prove valuable enough.” | Present Mining Archaic Aruba’s economy, so dependent vpon oil, may get a shot in the arm From an abandoned pit near the} from gold. Attempts are being made to revive the island’s gold mining | installation and a laboratory "for | once-booming mine at Bushiribana, Gold Still Found industry. about $100,000.” the brothers dug about two pounds A group of men hopes to form a corporation, set up a plant and} In order to raise the money to Others have spent their time wal- | of quartz. | king process gold ore. They plan to buy the ore from men, now unemployed, purchase the equipment and for over the area in the hope of Mateas went to another pit | | While other initial investments, the group spotting nuggets on the ground. In who would work Aruba’s gold fields as independent producers. |for more ore, Andreas sat down and | plans to sell stock in a corporation the corner of a hankerchief Mateas Gold has not always been mined in | — ae a |put a rusty mortar between his | which would take over the concession has tied 10 to 15 pieces of gold, each Aruba. Years ago chunks of almost | knees. Into the mortar he dumped | __ now held by the government — about the size of a small fingernail, pure gold were found on the ground stment the first year, and an the ore, then pounded it with the axe : neat aie and set up a plant to crush the ore, | which he has picked up in his wan- Fortune-hunters did not have to dig. | additional 50 percent the next, Mr.| end of an old pic xe. The crushed extract the gold and market it. derings. ; But the hunger for gold stripped Eman reported. }ore he dumped onto a shovel. The group also is planning Still others have panned” for gold, the surface and the island reportedly But the advent of World War I cut on a} ; From a can which Mateas had| government loan. washing the gold-bearing sand by took on the Portugese name of off the supply of German cyanide filled at a near-by pit, Andreas | the same method used years ago in Oro Huba — ”there was gold there. jused in the refining process. The | poured water onto the gravel and} Work the western part of the United Th> use of the past tense in nam-| plant was closed. By the time the | powder in the shovel. Then began the For Unemployed ing the island was premature. Pros-| war was over, the cquipment — old | jaborious proc of washing” the Arubans, unable to find other Mr. de Cuba is developing a fourth pectors found more gold in the quartz) when it was bought by the mer-/ore. Gently shaking the sludge, employment, would dig the ore in method of mining gold. From plans which stripes the northern half of | chants — had to be replaced. Re- | Andreas moved the gravel to the the concession. It would then be supplied by a California concern, he Aruba. So mines were dug, processing | luctant to invest the money needed | outer edges of the shovel and wiped | assayed at the laboratory and the | has built what he calls a "doodle- machinery was set up and gold once for new machines, the corporation it off. | corporation would buy the ore from| bug;” a small placer mining machine. again became the economic life-blood quit the business. | Adding water, he swished the finer the miner working as an independent Into a hopper go sands from such of the island. ore back and forth, k and forth. | producer. areas as the slopes of Matividiri Af first the flow was a rich, pro- As the larger pieces moved to the "We should be able to provide Mountain and the land around Santa fitable stream, but as the mines went Industry Died rim of the shovel, he scooped them | work for 500 to 600 persons,” Mr. Lucia. A pipe sprays the sand with down, operating costs went up. Even- out, leaving a gray, thin mud in the Eman explained. "Some would work water and washes f the gravel. tually it became a losing proposition During the 1920’s, prospectors sank cup of the shovel. in the concession, some would work The water, carrying the sand, to dig the ore, haul it to the surface | shaft after shaft throughout the | After adding more water, he pa- in the plant while others would work | passes through a grid at the bottom and extract the gold. northern half of the island in quest tiently rocked the mix ure. As the carrying the ore from the conces on of the hopper while the gravel is of a rich vein near the surface, but {sludge moved back and _ forth, to the plant.” caught in a chute and discarded. The were unsuccessful. The difficulty of Andreas brushed out the "mud” He estimated that a man could ship water and sand fall into a drum Mines Closed separating the quartz from the gold |from the perimeter of the puddle. 200 to 300 pounds of ore each day where the larger pieces of sand are they did find killed off the last Finally he looked up and pointed to the plant which would have a once again screened out and discard- The biggest mine on the island, | attempts to keep the industry alive. |to the spot where the handle formed | daily capacity of 50 to 60 tons of ore. d. near Bushiribana, was first closed Last month, as his father had |a depression as it entered the spade | "No one would get rich” Mr. Eman | about 100 years ago. Another con-| before him, Henny Eman started of the shovel. There, glinting in the | said, "but it would mean work for | Cloth Holds Gold cern, which took over the mine, the fanning the spark of gold mining | bright morning sun-light, were some | a lot of people who have no work | machinery and the concession, also | interest which had flickered for over | 30 flecks of gold. | today.” | The water, carrying the finest gave up. A third company followed | 30 years. He invited the Administ ae With gold selling on the world particles, passes down and through | ssuit. Eventually the holdings passed | tive Council to watch two old-time market of about Fls. 66.50 per fine a riffle box whose screen is a fine- into the hands of a group of Aruba "tribodors” dig the ore and extract Gold In Aruba ounce, it is estimated a "tribudor’” | meshed cloth. Only the finest of the merchants who had formed a corpo- the gold to prove the metal was still | who could turn out a daily average | and and whatever gold is present see, there is still gold in| ration at the suggestion of Cornelius there; that it could still be profitably "You of 250 pounds of two-ounce ore, could | tay in the riffle box, to be separated | Eman. mined. | Aruba!” Mr. Eman exclaimed. gross about Fis. 16 per day. | | later. He sees placer mining as a at their home near Crystal ”For 40,000 guilders, they bought Mateas and Andreas Erasmus, two Back If England is successful in its possible adjunct to the hardrock how | a plant worth $1,000,000,” Henny brothers who live near Crystal Mountain, the brothers showed plan to double the world market price operations in the concession. fle of gold |they extracted the a Eman, son of the man who spark- Mountain, had mined gold in Aruba of gold, the proposed revival of the None of the men interested in plugged the merchants’ group, ex- for years. They knew where the gold |from the ore with which they were industry would take on added signi- reviving the industry expect the bowl plained. By operating only the plant was, how to get it out. | still mixed. Into an earthenware ficance for Aruba. fabulous finds of the past — 20 and and buying the ore from "tribodors” But like hundreds of other Arubans | they poured quick-silver and the gold | According to Mr. Eman, dozens of 30 pound pieces of almost solid gold or independent miners who worked who had pecked at the soil for years, flaked ore. Arubans have for years eked out | — to be repeated. the concession, the merchants receiv- they had been handcuffed by a lack The quick-silver, or mercury, at- part of their living from the island’s But as Mr. Eman said, ”"What the ed a 75 percent return on their in- of money to buy a machine to grind tracted the gold much as a magnet | gold. Some have worked the pits in companies could not do on a large was attracts iron. The quick-silver the simple manner demonstrated by | scale, we hope to do on a small scale. then poured through a cloth into the Erasmus brothers. These people need work.” another bowl. The cloth strained the | gold from the mercury. Speaking in Papiamento, the bro- | thers explained that when they had| strained out a quantity of gold, they | furtheer purified it by burning off | — in a retort — the thin coating of mereury around each flake of gold.

E. A. de Cuba, who is i as a representative of Lt. Gov. oats C. Kwartz in the plans to reopen the industry, said, "They lose about | 50 percent of the gold, mining it this way. They can’t pound the ore fine enough to free all the gold. One of the things we need most is a grin- | ‘der to reduce the ore to a powder as | fine as flour’. | | |

Grinder, Laboratory Needed |

Also needed, he said, was a labo- ratory at which ore samples could be assayed to pinpoint the most profi- | | table diggings. | "If we can find ore that will yield 4 \two ounces of gold a ton it will be} | profitable to go into operation”, he said. Ore bearing up to 15 ounces of gold a ton has been mined in Aruba.

"We can go into business,” Mr. ~*|Eman explained, "but it must be on a small scale. The veins are too narrow for big operatio ” He , Mateas pointed out that numerous companies, GOLD IN THE GROUND: From a gold pit” near Bushiribana, Mateas of gold-bearing ore to four men who are inte- Erasmus, (left) and his brother, Andreas, with the tools of the goldmin- which have studied the field with an Erasmus hands a piec> to dig, a mortar in which rested in reviving the island’s gold-mining industry. They are (left to ing trade: shovels, a pick-axe and a crow-bar eye to reopening the industry, declined right) Henny Eman, M. E. de Cuba, E. M. Ruiz and E. A. de Cuba. to grind and a can of water with which to wash Aruba’s gold-bearing are. because of the operation limitations. In Cologne last September, Mr. ORO DEN TERRA: For di un mina di oro banda di Bushiribana, Mateas E HERMENTNAN DI NAN TRABAO: Dos “tribidor” di tempo pasa, Eman d, a manufacturer of gold un “piedra di ore” na cuatro homber cu ta interesa Mateas Erasmus, (banda robez) y su ruman, / ndreas, cu e hermentnan Erasmus ta entrega mining equipment told him he could aki na Aruba. Nan ta (di robez pa drechi) Henny di nan trabao den minanan di oro: shovel, un p k y un caretia, un wea pa rebiba e industria provide a crusher, a cyanide sep: ator | M. E. de Cuba, E. M. Ruiz y E. . de Cuba. pa garna e mineral aden y un bleki di awa pa laba e mineral. Eman,

April 24, 1953 ARUBA ESSO NEWS w Minanan di Oro por Habri Atrobe;|p)5,, t3 “Posible”: Kwartsz

Dunando Empleo naHende SinTrabao "Mi ta segur cu, cu metodonan moderno, lo ta posible ariba un escala chikito”, asina Gezaghebber Kwartsz a declara tocante e plan pa rebiba industria di oro na Aruba. El a agrega cu Bestuurscollege di Aruba a priminti un prestamo pa yuda habri e minanan atrobe "si e muestranan Productornan Independiente lo Coba di mineral proba di ta bastante valioso.” Compania cuminza cu e industria, a bisa, "Nan | Y Bende Mineral cu ta perde como 50 por ciento di e oro, | Arubano cu lo Opera Planta Chikito trahando na e manera aki. Nan no} por garna e mineral bastante fini pa Empleo pa Hende Sin Trabao teas tin 10 te 15 pida oro, cada uno saca tur e oro afor. Un di e cosnan mas of menos tamajo di un unja, Arubianonan cu no por haya otro Economia di Aruba, cu ta depende asina tanto ariba azeta, posible- cu nos mester mas urgentemente ta cual el a haya ora el tabata camna. trabao, lo coba e mineral den e con- por haya un inyeccion di oro den su braza. Esfuerzonan ta wor- un grinder pa haci e mineral mas Otro a usa un sistema diferente, mente cesion. Despues esaki lo worde exa- de haci pa rebiba industria di oro na e isla aki. fini cu harinja.” labando e santo di oro den casi mes mina den un laboratorio y e corpora- manera cu nan tabata usa hopi tem- Un grupo di homber ta spera di| cion lo cumpra e mineral for di e mi- po pas4 den parti west di Estados forma un corporacion, establece un di Un Grinder y Laboratorio Mester nero cu ta traha como productor in- Unidos. planta y traha cu mineral di oro. dependiente. Nan ta pensa di cumpra e mineral | Tambe un necesidad, el a bisa, ta-! "Nos lo mester por duna trabao na Sr. de Cuba ta desaroyando un for di hendenan, awor sin trabao, bata un laboratorio unda muestranan 500 te 600 persona,” Sr. Eman a cuatro manera di traha cu e oro. For kende lo traha e terrenonan di oro di oro por worde examina pa fiha e) splica. ’Algun lo traha den e conce- di plannan duna door di un empresa na Aruba como productornan inde- cobamentonan di mas valor. sion, algun lo traha den planta mien- na California, el a traha loke el ta pendiente. "Si nos por haya mineral cu por tras otro yama un wichelroede, un aparato | lo traha treciendo e mine- Semper oro a worde coba na Aru- produci dos ons di oro pa ton, anto ral pa e planta.” chikito di mina. di ba. Hopi anjanan pasé klompinan ya ta combini pa cuminza opera”, El a caleula cu un homber por Den un hopper nan ta hinca santo oro casi puro tabata worde haya na} el a bisa. Mineral produciendo te 15 manda 200 te 300 liber di mineral tur di lugarnan manera na Seroe Mati- ta- suelo. Buscadornan di fortuna no ons pa ton a yega di worde coba na dia pa e planta, cual lo tin un capa- vidiri y e terreno rond di Santa Lu- batin mester di coba. Aruba. cidad diario di 50 te 60 ton. cia. Un pipa ta spuit e santo cu awa a bin caba | ¥ Pero e hambresa pa oro "Nos por cuminza traha”, Sr. ”Ningun hende lo bira rico”, Sr. y ta laba e mineral. completo cu e rikeza aki y e a, Se- Eman a splica, ”pero mester ta ariba Eman a bisa, ’pero hopi hende cu E awa, hibando e santo, ta pasa e nomber Por- gun leyenda, a haya un escala chikito. E addernan ta) awendia no tin trabao lo haya algo door di un git den bom di e hopper oro ey”. | tuges Orouba — "tabatin mucho smal pa operacionnan grandi”. di gana.” |mientras e pida piedranan ta worde Uso di tempo pasado den nomber El a splica cu cantidad di compania, cogi den un contenedor y benta afor. Minero di Oro na Trabao Oro ta worde bendi actualmente na die isla tabata prematuro. Buscador- cu a studia e posibilidad pa bolbe cu- Fils. 66.50 pa ons fini. Ta worde cal- E awa y santo ta cai den un drum kwarts- | nan a sigui haya oro den e minza cu e industria, a laga e asun- cula cu un tribudor cu por entrega unda e pidanan di santo mas grandi | Pero mescos cu cientos otro Aru- di e isla. Asina nan den parti norte to para pa motibo di e limitacionnan | 250 liber di mineral cu ta produci 2 ta worde saca atrobe y benta afor. bianonan cu a coba suelo durante hopi a bin socede cu mina a worde coba, di trahamento. | ons pa ton pa dia, por saca mas of E awa, hibando e partinan mas treci atrobe oro anjanan, nan tabata worde stroba mashinnan a worde Mientras el tabata na Cologna anja | menos Fls. 16 pa dia. _chikito, ta pasa door di un caha cu di « door di falta di placa pa cumpra un a bira bida economico pasa na September, Sr. Eman a bisa, Si Inglaterra logra redobla e prijs un adilanti di panja fini. Solamente promer tempo nan tabata hayz mashin pa garna e mineral y_her- Na un fabricador di hermentnan di coba mundial pa oro, anto e industria pro- /e santo mas fini y e pida oronan cu segun e minanan t mentnan quimico pa saca e oro afor. hopi oro, pero mina di oro a priminti cu el por tra- poni lo tin ainda mas significacion \ta presente ta keda den e caha, pa e costonan di operacion | Limita na un metodo di mineria bata bai abao, ha un garnador, separador di cyanide pa Aruba. | worde separa despues. El ta mira cu tabata bai halto. Eventualmente e segun cual mas of menos 50 por cien- y un laboratorio pa mas of menos Segun Sr. Eman, cantidad di Aru- | posiblemente e proceso aki por tin un cobamento di mineral a para bira un to di e oro ta bai perdi, toch nan a $100,000.” bianonan a gana nan bida durante ho- | oportunidad den e concesion. cu no ta deja. ra Bestuurscollege cu e metaal negoshi Pa obtene e suma pa cumpra e her- pi anja den cobamento di oro. Al-| Ningun di e personanan interes& precioso ta presente y cu nan por mentnan y pa otro investacion, e gru- pa rebiba e industria ta spera e en- | sake’le. gun a traha cu e oro na e manera po ta pensa di bende acciones den un crudo munstra door di rumannan cuentronan fabuloso di tempo pasa Minanan a Cerra corporacion cu lo tuma e concesion Erasmus. — 20 y 30 pida di casi un liber di | over — awor ta gobierno tin e con- oro solido. grandi ariba e isla, a Sistema Actual ta di Tempo Bieuw >) mina mas cesion — y establece un planta pa Ainda Oro ta Worde Haya Pero manera Sr. Eman a_ bisa, a promer mas of menos 100 anja For di un mina bandona banda di garna e mineral, saca e oro y ben- ”’Loke e companianan no por a hacié . Un otro empresa, cu a tuma e| de’le. Otro a pasa nan tempo camnando na gran e mina mayor na Bushiribana, e ru- escala, nos ta spera di haci mashinnan y e concesion, | mina over, mannan a coba mas of menos dos E grupo ta pensa tambe pa presta | den e area den speranza di haya oro ariba un escala chikito. E hendenan tambe a stop. Un tercer empresa a liber di kwarts. placa cerca gobierno. | na terra. Na punta di un lenso Ma- | mester di trabao.” despues. Eventualmente henter sigui Mientras Mateas a bai na un otro e caso a Pp den man di un grupo mina pa busca mas kwarts, Andreas di comerciantenan na Aruba cu a for- a cai sinta y a pone un wea frusto un corporacion ariba sugerencia ma | entre su rudia. Den e wea el a basha di Cornelius Eman. ! e mineral, despues el a garne cu Pa 40,000 florin, nan a cumpra un punta di un piek. E mineral garna planta cu tabata bal $1,000,000”, el a basha den un shovel. Henny Eman, yiu di e homber cu ta- For di un bleki cu Mateas a yena bata anima e grupo, a splica. Ope- na un poos ey banda, Andreas a rando e planta solamente y cumpran- basha awa ariba e material den e do e mineral for di "tribadornan” of | shovel. Despues ta sigui e trabao la- mineronan independiente cu tabata borioso pa laba e oro, Sagudiendo e traha cu e concesion, e comerciante- | nan 75% di nan suma in- wea poco poco, Andreas tabata hala e pidanan mas grandi pa e otro ban- vesta e promer anja, y un 50% adi- da di e shovel y seca nan. cional e segunda anja, Sr. Eman a Agregando awa, el tabata sigui reporta. | Pero e advento di Guerra Mundial | sagudi e pidanan mas fini. Mientras e pidanan mas grandi a move I a stop importacion di cyanide | bai na Aleman cu ta worde usa den e pro- | rand di e shovel, el tabata saca nan ceso di refinacion. E planta a worde afor, lagando un lodo shinishi fini den e shovel. cerra. Pa tempo cu guerra a pasa, e herment — bieuw caba tempo cu el Despues di pone mas awa acerca, el ta sigui move e mezcla bai bini. a worde cumpra door di e comercian- tenan — mester a worde reemplaza. | Mientras e lodo tabata move, An- Como nan tabata reluctante pa in-| dreas tabata saca e partinan sushi vesta e placa necesario pa mashinnan | for di ariba e awa. nobo, e corporacion a laga e negoshi un banda. ”Ainda Tin Oro Na Aruba”

Por fin el a lamta su cara waak y Industria a Muri a munstra e lugar unda cabo di e | shovel ta forma un depresion dren- Den curso di decenia 1920, busca- tando planta di e shovel. Aya, tabatin dornan a sink shaft tras di shaft den un trinta pidacito masha chikito di henter parti norte di e isla en busca oro ta blink den solo di mainta. di un adder rico no mucho hundo, "Bo ta mira, ainda tin oro na pero nan no a logra nada. E dificul- Aruba!” Sr. Eman a exclama. tad pa separa e kwarts for di e oro Atrobe na nan cas na Seroe Plat, cu nan tabata haya, a mata e ultimo) € rumannan a munstra com nan ta esfuerzonan pa tene e industria na saca e pida oronan for di e mineral bida. cu ainda nan tabata bruha cu ne. Nan THIS AGE OF PROGRESS, ARUBA’S ONLY DEN E SIGLO AKI DI PROGRESO, UNICO MI- Luna pasa, mescos cu su tata a ha- a basha e mineral di oro y un poco MINING METHOD IS CENTURIES OLD: In NERIA DI ARUBA TA SIGLONAN BIEUW: Ariba ci promer cu ne, Henny Eman a cu- kwikzilver den un komchi ceramico. picture No. 1, Andreas Erasmus (left) and his retrato No. 1, Andreas Erasmus (banda robez) y su minza hinea palo bao di e candela E kwikzilver, of kwik, a atrae e brother, Mateas, emerge with handfuls of ore from ruman, Mateas, ta sali cu nan yen di mineral for di interes den industria di oro, cual | oro mescos cu un magneet ta atrae one of the many crude gold “pits” which dot the di uno di e hopi minanan crudo di oro cu ta plama northern half tabata bai pagando e ultimo 30 an-} hero. Despues e kwikzilver a worde of the island. In a rusty mortar, den parti di norte di e isla. Den un wea frusto, An- Andreas crushes the ore with an old pick-axe dreas ta garna e mineral cu un punta bieuw di piek janan. El a invita Bestuurscollege pa basha den un otro komchi door di un (No. 2). The brothers “wash” the ore (No. 3) in (no. 2). E rumannan ta laba e mineral (No. 3) den tempo panja. E panja ta kita e oro for di contempla dos tribudor di their shovels, sluicing the heavier ore over the side nan shovel, spulando e mineral mas pisd mientras bieuw coba e mineral y saca e oro pa e kwik. while retaining the gold. Visible to the naked eye, nan ta retene e oro, Visible cu wowo desnudo, pero proba cu e metal tabata presente Papiando na Papiamento, e ruman- but more clearly seen under a magnifying glass, the mehor visible bao un yergrootglas, e oro ta blink ainda; cu ainda e por worde coba cu nan a splica cu ora nan saca un gold gleams in the morning sunlight (No. 4). It is den solo di mainta (No. 4). Sinembargo, ta worde beneficio. cierto cantidad di oro afor, nan ta estimated, however, that 50 percent of the gold is caleula cu 50 por ciento di e oro ta bai perdi usando Mateas y Andreas Erasmus, dos ru- purifike’le kimando e kwikzilver afor lost by this mining method. But convinced that gold e metodo aki. Pero conyenci cu ainda oro por worde man cu ta biba banda di Seroe Plat, den un retort. can still be found in Aruba are (left to right) E. M. hayé na Aruba ta (di robez pa drechi) E. M. Ruiz, Ruiz, Andreas Erasmus, Harry Turton, Esso News Andreas Erasmus, Turton, miembro di redac- a coba oro durante hopi tempo na E. A. de Cuba, kende ta sirbi co- Harry staff-member, M. E. de Cuba and E. A. de Cuba. cion di Esso New M. E. de Cuba y E. A. de Cuba. Aruba. Nan sabi unda e oro ta, y mo un representante di Gezaghebber Mr. Ruiz, Mr. Erasmus and both de Cubas are in- Sr. Ruiz, Sr. Er smus y e dos De Cuba-nan ta in- haci pa haye. L. C. Kwartsz den plannan pa bolbe com mester terested in reviving the island’s gold mining industry. teresa den rebibamento di indus ria di oro di e isla.

ARUBA ESSO NEWS April 24, 1953 [NAMES Luznan lo Cende in the pa di | MAJOR | EAGUES Diez-tres Olympiada

Twenty-three -old Bill Bruton Inauguracion di Luznan na Lago Sport Park of the Milwav Braves is off to April 29 Lo Ta Colmo di Weganan an impressive start in his bid to be- Anual come a major-league regular. The youthful rookie practically won the Aruba lo celebra di 44 aniversario di Reina Juliana cu un Olympiada first two games for the Braves. In| | bao luznan di Lago Sport Park na San Nicholas dia 29 di April anochi. the league opener in Cincinnati, the Fecha : di e celebracion — provisional te ainda - a worde anuncia young outfielder drove in the win- | door di Sport Park Board despues cu firma di K. Loonstra di Oranje- ning runs and made near-impossible stad a reporta cu e luznan lo ta cl la pa e fecha aki. catches in the field. When the Braves | Ciento y bint: are, monta ariba nue- , opened in Milwaukee the next dz be mastre, lo cende 7 p.m. cu cere- punto final na celebracion di aniver- Bruton continued his sterling play. monianan cortico di inauguracion. sario di La Reina na e parque. He tied the ball game with a triple Luz di e bombianan di 1500-watt lo lehoracionnan reciente na Sport and won it in the 10th inning with a marea di promeer vez cu actividad- Park, costando mas cu Fls. 160,000 home run. nan deportivo a tuma lugar den e | ta: parque despues cu solo drenta. See | Adicion di 730 sienta na banda E luznan, parti di programa di | panord di e tribuna; empavimiento di When the Braves opened against Lago pa mehoracion di su sport park, e area for di e entrada pa e stadion the St. Louis Cardinals in Milwaukee, tambe lo aumenta den oranan fresco | te tras di e tribu instalacion di un it was the firsi time in 51 years that e tempo cu atletanan y mironesnan lo | cancha di tennis — vloer di baile; in- a major league team represented the ta capaz pa usa facilidadnan di e ' stalacion di luznan na laria den patio city that beer made famous. parque. |di recreacion pa muchanan; instala- Di 13 Olympiada anual lo cuminza cion di luz den pasadanan di e stadion VICTORY SIP... was participated in by the rival captains of the Aruba xx x na 6 p.m. Robert Martin, presidente ly —etr ‘a mas grandi and Curacao St. Eustatius cricket teams. The even! took place following — instala- di Sport Park Board lo declara e |cion di luz Little Bobby Shantz, Philadelphia’s the Easter week-end matches between the sister clubs. St. Eustatius— pa e terreno di hunga. weganan habri y vlienan lo subi como Tambe Compania mighty mite, pitched four and one- Curacao, captained by Heiliger Reid (left), defeated St. Eustatius— tin intencion pa promer di e 29 eventonan. Nan ta laga traha un entrada third innings of no-hit ball until Aruba. Hugh Lopes (right), is captain. nobo banda inclui weganan atletico, careda di bi- pariba di e stadion. veteran Johnny Mize of the New BRINDIS DI VICTORIA ... a worde tuma door di captainnan di e team- cicleta y eventonan di noveltad. Bao reglanan formula door di Lago York Yankees stroked a solid single nan di rival di cricket di St. Eustatius na Curacao y na Aruba. E suceso Un torneo di hiza peso y un "Body Sport Park Board, e Olympiada ta into right. The Yanks went on to a tuma lugar despues di e weganan di fin di siman di Pascu Grandi entre Beautiful Contest” pa homber y mu- habri pa un y tur; un minimo di tres touch Shantz for four runs and the | e dos clubnan. St. Eustatius — Curacao, bao captain Heiliger Reid (handa her — ambos parti di e Olympiada | persona mester worde registra pa ball game. Over the first four innings, robez) a derota St. Eustatius — Aruba, cu Hugh Lopes (banda drechi) lo worde teni na e parque April 26. cada evento y solamente participan- Shantz set down the first 12 Yankees | como captain. E ”Atleta Sobresaliente” di e Olym- tenan lo worde permiti in order, \ den terreno di piada lo worde escogi ariba un base je stadium ora un evento ta na pro- xxx di punto y lo worde anuncia na fin | greso. RCA, La Salle Annex di e weganan. Ta expecta cu tenemento di e York out- | Johnny Lindell, ex-New Un baile cuminzando ariba e patio Olympiada den oranan di anochi lo as a] fielder, is back in the majors combina di tennis na 10 p.m. lo pone jatrae mas cu 6000 persona, e canti- allowed | pitcher. Although Lindell Island Basketball Titles dad cu a presencia e celebracion anja only eight hits, his wildness hurt him | pasa. as the Dodgers went on to defeat the Pirates 4—2. The Pirates’ only score RCA Completes 18-Game Schedule Without Loss; 23 Players Asked came on Lindell’s homer with one La Salle Boys Take B Division Title With 16 — 2 Caribe, Local aboard. Because of his hitting ability, To Vie For Lago Manager Haney plans to use Lindell Win Opening Games RCA and La Salle Boys are the A and B Division champions, res- | Cricket Team Posts higher in the batting order, vacating spot reserved for pectively, of the Aruba Basketball Association League. The league Of Softball League the usual ninth Twenty-three men have been invited pitchers. finished up early this month with RCA posting a perfect record of 18 to compete for positions on the cric- Caribe and Local turned in first straight wins. La Salle Boys annexed the B crown with 16 wins and ket team Lago will send to Curacao game victories with the opening of xxx two losses. Whitsuntide weekend for a three-day | the Lago Heights Softball League complete, RCA, Connie Ryan, 32-year-old Phillies’ To make its season test match against a Royal Dutch the night of April 17. Gordon Owen Stars 47—46 on| ssecond baseman, tied a major league defeated the A All Shell squad. of Colony Service threw out the first April 18 in a Leo Kuiperi handled both all star record for the largest number of con- the Tivoli Club Court C. A. Browne, D. N. Soloman, H. S ball, setting the league in action. secutive hits in one ball game when special game which highlighted the teams the night of the presentation Figueria, C. McDonald and O. Sarran, | | Caribe defeated Oranje by one run games. He played with and coached} he collected four singles and two dou- presentation of league trophies. In members of the Lago Sport Park |8—7 while Local also gained a one Dles in six times at bat. Ryan’s re- the second half of the special double- the A All Stars and coached the B All Cricket Selection Committee, ex- run victory over Carta Blanca 16—15.

Mickey Mantle Twenty-one-year-old | interesting is the fact that the Yankees put his) of the New York | switch-hitting star does not use his) along side of name in the record book own bat when he bats right-handed. | hitting. The | Babe Ruth’s for distance He belted his record drive with Loren hold of one of | youthful athlete caught Babe’s hat. Babe usually supplies} Griffith Sta-| Chuck Stobb’s pitches in Mickey with bats when he hits right- 565-foot | dium and drove a towering handed. thome run over the 55-foot high left) field wall. His prodigious blow is only Ce surpassed by mighty Ruth wallops. Sal Maglie continues to hold the) x x x | upper hand with the Brooklyn Dod-| | gers. In the first meeting of the two | ARUBA BASEBALL PLAYERS... who competed in the 13th annual A mateur World Series at Cuba last batted right-handed when | rivals, the Barber held the Dodgers September were honored earlier this month at a banquet staged by the Aruba Basebali Bond. Plans for Mantle the new season were also dis who he hit his lengthy homer. Oddly | hitsless for six and two-thirds ussed at the dinner, held at the Hotel Marchena. Team members competed against clubs visiting Aruba were also honored. enough, when Mantle first came to innings, let up a little over the re- the Bomber coaches maining innings, and won the game} the Yankees, HUNGADORNAN DI BASEBALL DI ARUBA... cu a competi den di 13 Serie Mundial Amateur anual were of the opinion that the young- 6—8. The victory, Maglie’s first of na Cuba September pasa a worde honrd mas promer e luna aki durante un banquete duna pa Aruba ster’s power was not on the right side the 1953 season, was his 16th over the | Baseball Bond. Plannan pa e proximo temporada tambe a worde discuti na e comida, teni den Hotel e of the plate, but the left. Even more Dodgers. | Marchena. Miembronan di teamnan cu a competi contra clubnan cu a bishita Aruba tambe a worde honra.

April 24, 1953 ARUBA ESSO NEWS

A Latino Gone Hillbilly ? \Kerki di Lago ta | S & R Vacation Policy An Americano Gone Latin? Regala 73 Buki Changes Reexplained What Gives.....? Na Libreria Because of some confusion in the at all. Just drop in at No problem current ition policy for Staff and any Thursday night the Lago Club | Pronto Libreria Publico na San Ni- Regular employees, the Lago Em- Esso Club on Friday and then the Ca colas lo ta prestando afor 73 buki no- ployee Council reissued this week an see for yourself. The Lati- night and | |bo pa mucha, asina Dr. Johan Har- explanation of policy changes which is le to swing his partner no wo tog, bibliotecario, a anuncia. E buki- went into effect early this year. strains of good United States to the nan ta regalo di Lago Community Under the pol revision, S&R music while the Americano mountain | Church. employees who resign or are dis- throw his hip out of joint | is trying to | Rev. D. R. Evans y su esposa a charged after six or more months of actually doing it to the mam- without | presenta e bukinan en coneccion cu service will be given — in place of of Padu Lampe. bo beat oH Programa di Benevolencia di e misa. vacation — one day’s pay for each Pan- American trading of It’s a Nan ta scirbi pa muchanan te 15 anja month worked since the start of via the dance floor. ideas di edad. their last holiday, or since their date Every Thursday evening at the Dr. Hartog a bisa cu e bukinan lo of employment, whichever is later. Club the guy re swingin’ their Lago worde haci disponible tan pronto cu The vacation policy for employees gals under the instruction of Al Hell- TEACHERS HONORED: Sylvia Be *njamin, Bernard Marquis and Ivan nan worde registra. Nan ta forma di whose service ends for involuntary wig. Mr. Hellwig, a staunch member Heyliger, (above) Aruba shorthand teachers, were honored by Walter | segunda grupo di buki pa mucha du- | reasons — lay-off, retirement, medi- Club — dedicat- | of the Foot ’n Fiddle FE. Bara, Gregg Publishing Co. repres sntative, for their use of Gregg }na na e libreria. Lago a haci un do- | ; cal, ete. — remains unchanged. vation of square dane- courses in their schools. Mr. Bara i shown receiving a gift from Mrs. ‘nacion grandi tempo cu e libreria a | Also present ing in 4 — is contributing his) Heyliger at a party at the Heylige eo home in Sabaneta. abri na 1950. time. The group of 30 — known as) were D. Williams, Mrs. C. Honre, M Ramou, E. Brown, Miss Re eoD sa ariba poliza di compania pa bus- the Rip ’n Snorters — practices for) E. Remou and Mr. P. Kelly. ca azeta den terranan di cual e go- two and one-half hours and will take Jersey Ta Busca bierno ta seriamente interesa pa INSTRUCTORNAN HONRA: Srta. Sylvia Benjamin, Bernard Marquis 10 weeks desaroya su recursonan natural pa lessons for honra pa y Ivan Heyliger (ariba), instructor di shorthand, a worde medio di empresanan privado, And while this is eee ee Walter E. Bara, representante di Gre gg Publishing Co., pa uso di curso- Azeta na Turki Gobierno di Turkia, despues di Latin-American group gives pone nan di Gregg den nan schoolnan. S Bara ta munsira recibiendo un re- Standard Oil Co. (New Jersey) lo anuncia su decision anja pasa pa in- every Ir night at the Esso Club galo for di Sra. Heyliger na un fi in na cas di Heyliger na Sabaneta. with the quick-quic ow beat. There] Tambe presente tabata D. Williams, Sra. C. Honre, Srta. / Ramou, bai busea azeta na Turkia bao e po- vita desaroyo di recursonan cu ca- ibout 20 in this group under the} E. Brown Srta. E. Remou y Sr. P. Kelly. liza nobo di gobierno pa encuraga ca- pital estranhero, a de-nacionaliza su tion of Paul Harthorn. | pital estranhero den ayudo pa desa- poliza di petroleo. E accion aki a It all adds up to a lot of fun both | Three Shorthand |} Among those attending the party|roya recursonan di Turkia. cambia un practico di empresanan wa s. While the gent with the slight | were Dennis Williams, a Gregg stu- Jersey Standard a declara cu su siendo controla door di Gobierno cual

British aceent is swingin’, the Yankee Teachers Honored dent who has accomplished 160 words} decision pa explora posible territo- tabata na vigor durante hopi anja

is | of short-hand per minute. |vionan di azeta na Turkia tabata ba- with nipplh’ the New England twang \By Gregg Concern | caba, Three Aruba shorthand teachers | | dead, and they bury him today, and Graduacion di have been honored by the Gregg Pub- so you had better put on your new lishing Co. for their u of the Gregg | clothes.” | Yes, very true, he must go to the School di Ofishi a system in their Presented funeral. And she helped him on with Honor rds by W d, Move pa Medio Juli! {his new suit, for it was so fine, he Gregg representative, were Berr |might tear it asunder if he put it Pa haya espacia mehor € etividad- Marquis, Ivan Heyliger and Sylvia on alone. nan di Training Division, gradua ion Benjamin. So when he came up to the farm, di mas of menos 94 studiante di Mr. Marquis is connected with Mar- where the funeral was to be, they School di Ofishi lo worde movi for) quis’ Private School; Mr. Heyliger had all drank hard and long, and | you may fancy their grief was not di medio Augustus pa medio Juli e| with the San Nicholas Commercial School and Miss Benjamin with the | greater when they saw him come in his new suit. But when the train set Commer« ul School. anja 1953 lo ta; Community |off for the churchyard, and the dead di promg pa completa programa di The awards were presented by Mr. oan peeped through the breathing 4 anja e school. E cambio den e| Bara, general manager of Gregg’s holes, he burst out into a loud fit of fecha digraduacion lo ta permanente. | Foreign Department, at a party at The Three Sillies laughter. "Nay, nay!” he said, "I E anja egcolar di 48 siman lo worde| the home of Mr. and Mrs. A. I. He i-| can’t help laughing, though it is my funeral, for if there isn’t Olof South- manteni dor di hala fecha di habri- ger, G. M. de Bruijne Wijk 42, Saba- Once on a time there were two ;——M@£—\——— grange walking to my funeral in his mento di klasnan un luna adilanti. neta. | goodies who quarreled, as women of- | hums, and all the while you’ve shirt tails, without a shred of a j ten will; and when they had nothing | nothing on it.” ? suit.” }else to quarrel about, they fell to "Nothing on it!” said the goody. | When the bearers heard that, they |fighting about their husbands, as to|»The thread is so fine, it kes bet- were not slow in taking the lid off | which was the silliest of them. The /ter eyes than yours to see it, that’s the coffin. And the other husband, longer they strove the worse _ they | qj,” bs he in the new suit, asked how it was grew, and at last they had almost | So, when her spinning was over, that this man, over whom they had {come to pulling about it, for, |she set up her loom, and put the just drank funeral ale, lay there in }as everyone knows, it is easier woof in, and threw the shuttle, and his coffin and chatted and laughed, | begin than to end, and it is a bad | wove cloth. Then she took it out of when it would be more seemly if he | lookout when wit is wanting. the loom and pressed it and cut it wept. | At last, one of them said there out, and sewed a new suit of clothes was nothing she could not get her "Ah!” said Farmer Northgrange, for her husband out of it, and when "you know tears never yet dug up jeuebene ie peneys gh she only es it se reas alle US the ee anyone out of his grave - that’s why ata dry i ‘s jin the linen closet; but as he a I laughed myself to life again.” a ee eaione and for all got it into his head But the end of all their talk was band to do, if she only said it must thathat was too: fine Por ise BSE? that it came out that their goodies had played them those tricks. So the be done, for he wa uch a fool he ne rent ae Precis he fine, Sk because teen | |could not tell B from a bull’s foot. lit = ae fine” gh dBA sbands went home and did the "Well, let us put it to the proof, oS eae st thing either of them had done which of us can fool them best, and Well, in a day or two his goody 1 long time; and if anyone wishes then we'll see which i the silliest.” said to him, ’’'Today you must go to} to know what it was, he had better what they said once, and a funeral. Farmer Northgrange is go and ask the birch cudgel.

the first husband, | Master Northgrange, come home! from the wood, his goody — said: "Heaven help us both! What is the! ;matter? You are surely ill, if you jare not at death’s door?” | "Nothing ails me but want of |meat and drink,” said the man. "Now, heaven be my _ witness!” INHABIT screamed out the wife, "it gets | THAT worse and worse. You look just like THE PACIFIC a corpse in the face; you must go OCEAN HAVE N}to bed! Dear! Dear! This never earl AN ARM last long!” And so she went on till | she got her husband to believe he | SPREAD OF was hard at death’s door, and she MORE THAN put him to bed. Then she made him | TWENTY fold his hands on his breast, and FEET. shut his eyes; and so she laid him out, and put him into a coffin. But that he might not be smothered | OUT OF THIS WORLD: Looking like men from out of this world, |while he lay there, she some holes | these members of the "concrete gang” of the Mechanical Department |made in the sides so that he could are busy putting in a new base for the No. 7 turbo-generator in the | breathe and peep out. | No. 1 Powerhouse. Working inches above sea-level, they’re wearing | The other goody, she took a pair of fresh air masks to guard against hydrogen sulfide which seeps through carding combs and began to card the coral strong enough to discolor the coins in their pockets. The new wool; but she had no wool on them. J General Electric turbo-generator will produce 7500 kilowatts; some 'n came her man, and saw this tom- 3500 more than the old No. 7 which "went bad” in January of 1952. foolery. "There’s no use,” he said, tl The new unit is expected to go into operation early next year. )"in a wheel without wool; but card- |ing combs, without wool, is work for HENDENAN DI OTRO MUNDO: Pareciendo ras hendenan di otro mundo, e | fool.” miembronan aki di “conerete gang” di Mechanical Department ta po- | "Without wool!” said the goody. ait niendo un fundeshi nobo pa No. 7 turbo-generator na No. 1 Powerhouse. |"l have wool, Trahando duim onl ou can’t see it; ariba nivel di lamar, nan tin mascara di aire fresco jit’s of the fine sort.” So when she bisti pa warda nan contra hydrogen sulfide cu ta el door di e coral had carded it all, she took her HE GILA MAN- OF-WAR CAN BRING DEATH y cu wheel ta bastante fuerte pa cambia color di e placa di plata den bo saco. }and fell a-spinning. MONSTER.A|S THE WITHIN A FEW MINUTES. THIS JELLY- E turbo-generator General Electric nobo lo produci 7500 kilowatt; mas ; "Nay, nay!’ This is all labor lost!” | ONLY POISONOUS IS OFTEN FOUND IN AMER- of menos 3500 mas cu esun No. 7 FISH bieuw cu a "danja” na Januari 19 }said the man. ”There you sit, wear- LIZARD... E unidad nobo probabiemente ICAN WATERSw lo cuminza traha promer parti di otro anja. ling out your wheel, as it spins and |

ARUBA ESSO NEWS

April 24, 1953 CYI Pays Fis. 2180 |\Victor L. Steele | Nombra Beene For 48 Accepted Ideas Subforeman| Honored Victor L. Steele, un empleado di

Lago pa cerca 10 anja, a worde pro- +

i subforeman den Departamen- ° Forty-eight Lago employees shared in Fls. 2180 awarded for ideas * rico. processed and accepted during December. Heading the list of winners . Steele a worde emplea door di were A. P. Alders of the Marine Department, E. R. Picard of the Lago na 19. como un electrical hel- Mechanical Department — Yard and W. I. De Souza of C & LE, each per B. Cuatro luna despues el a bira of whom had accepted ideas worth Fls. 200. un electrical heiper na Februari The only other prize winner to 1944 el a bira electrician C y ocho Iu- PONSA from o” receive an amount over Fls 100 was J. V. Cameron pumps and na despues el a avanza pa posicion di L. Hodge of Receiving ind Ship- install steel bushings. electrician P. B. . ping whose idea won FIs, 130 for J. A. Abrahams 1 1946 Sr. Steele a worde promo- him. A breakdown of the awards H. Kelly vi pa electrician A y na principio di shows four FI 75 winners, one Gar. & Transp. e luna aki a sigui su nombramento co- Fls. 60, two Fils. £ four E. Fortuno mo subforeman. Fls. 40, four Fls M. Korsen seven Fl] Storehouse The winne W. Ho Sing Loy NEW ARRIVALS Administration Marches S. Bacchus 1SD, Lab 2: A Accounting Department D. F. Hassell F Medical Department FWtithe O Atasor S. Malmberg F M. Shrode (Mrs.) F ; Colony Service Department Process Department > Pipe: A daughter, M. Thomas (Miss) Fls. 50 Gat. & L.E. RIGOT, Godlieb A. - Catalytic: A daughter, (supplemental) W. I. De Souza FIs. 200 Sandra Celectine. RETIREMENT Improve ventilation - Ladies Rest Vent Catalyst from exhauster back | WARNE Ayeneph € C Garage: A son, LUNCHEON: Prior to his retirement April 1, B. J. Hy- m n of the LPD (far right) Room & Study - High School. to north hopper. Melia: Baldwin: Aurins was honored at a luncheon, He retired with se vice of over J. H. Harms 24 years. With him at his final celebration were Cleft N. G. Allard Fls. 40 FIs. 50 | KOCK, Marcelo - Me © Machine: A daugh- right) to Im da Francisea C. S. Phills, H. L. Richardson, H. C. Wathey and K. A. Hoglund. S. C. Lopez Fils. 25 PCAR - install line between bell caps April 3 N. Croes Fls. 25 of C3 absorber lean oil cooler to © Welding: A son, COMIDA DI RETIRO: Promer cu su retiro April 1, B. J. Hyman bottomscooler. di LPD Ind. Rel. Department Cleuw banda drechi) a worde honra cu un comida di retire . El a retira a Cc. K. Jardine cu S. Brathwaite Fls. 40 : A daugh- mas cu 24 anja di servicio. Hunto cu ne na su ultimo celebra ion taba- J. A. Hernandez inda Veronica ta (di robez pa drechi) C. S. Phills, H. L. Richardson, Lago Police Department James M. - H. C. W athey y Mechanical: A son, R. O. Smith Fis. 75 M. J. Nunes 1 K. A. Hoglund. ee Drivers’ licenses - Examine for at J. R. Sneek anita MONCH A h | A. Lo Fo Wong . Daniel - M & C Carpenter: A daugh- Gate no. 6. piAbelay RoE oneal Grenadians Send Check Mission Pastor Fs. J. E. Francis . pee eciehe - M & C Garage: A M. C. Richardson (Miss) : . irbert. |To' Cassiacou Church Gives M. J. Baptiste F Cracking & C Garage: A daugh- Lago Thanks V. Bettencourt Fls. 75 L. Browne Fis : : - Storehouse: Grenadians in Aruba recently sent For 1952 Help Process - Cracking - Hook Marine Department up line ae a check amounting to gE ) to Sigurd speland, pastor of the A. P. Alders Fls. 200 from suction line drains Nos. 1, 2, & Trans.: the Rev. Francis G. Odgen, rector of Norwegian men’s Mission, ex- Install signal system (Ice box to 3, 4, 9, 10 & 18 to emergency K.O eline, Christ Church, Carriacou, Greneda, to tended thanks earlier this month to galley) - S.S. Caripito. drum to tank 473. & S Wharves: A as! st in repairing the church. The Aruba individuals and organizations D. Janga Fls. 30 H. de Robles Fls. 45 SD Lab 1: A daugh- Cc. Aruba Centenary Fund Committee, which helped the mission e one J. B. Fernando P. Zagers Fls. 30 ‘April 7 organized to assist in the rebuilding of its busiest — and most success- H. Pilgrim Ree. & Shipp. | ALBERTUS, Mamerto - Drydock: A son, P. L. Hodge Fis. 130 | Rudolf Epifanio. me: project during the church’s 100th ful — years. W. A. Rippon . ayan; ” Pee anniversary, was headed by Mathias One hundred-and-ten church ser- H. Marcellin Marine - S/S Misoa - Install 8” valve | 3 . Osmond - Storehouse: A | Vin discharee line | Jacintha Eulal Alexander of Colony Maintenance. vices, attended by 28 persons, E. Gazzard | on ”Y discharge J. line. | se - M & C Paint: A son, Jorge Mr. # +r and his committee were held during 1952. Some 3751 G. Phillips | L. Barriteau Fis. 2¢ raised Fls. 372.90 through dances and persons saw the 131 films which Burgos | Technical Service Department Hi oes Me - Colony Commis- V, Fls. 153 through individual contri- were shown and over 4500 attended Department | Laboratories | April 9 Mechanical Depannetielc | butions. The money will be used to the mission’s 2 social gatherings, | . Pann 25 | KOOLMAN, Francisco - M & C Boiler: A , Electrical . Maria Antonia, assist in rebuilding and strengthening the pastor reported. Fls. 20} H. S. Goodwin 25 Benjamin - M & C Carpenter: A C. F. Marie-Sainte the church’s Sanctuary and tower. The mission forwarded 648 letters Yard | D. van der Linden 75 ‘ to sailors and mailed 4760 letters and Fils. 200 Change setscrews of evaporator "4 E. R. Picard pz a Mission repre- bundles in No. 2 & No. 3 Evaporating | Butterworth plates to be made flush sentatives visited 377 hospitalized | Plants. with deck - Chattanooga, Bethlehem seamen and visited 419 ships. Over J. W. Arrias type tankers. FIs. 40 Se 9200 persons used the mission’s rea- 60) Engineering : M & C Paint: A daughter, F. E. Riggs Fls. 20-Year Buttons ding room. H. G. 7 Shoemaker eee Fis. Jidwina Graciela. ‘April 44 (supplemental) The pastor also reported that 350 blast machine on CROES, Frans M. - LOF: A son, Leo Ro- Antonius H. van Vuurden Shipyard Mount field sand | berto. Actitee Norwegian ships stopped at Arubz 5 ton parkall trailers. | | Schedule of Paydays Donicio Wever Garage during 19 s did 31 Panamer Semi-Monthly Payroll 3. - M & C Machinist Pipe: A son, Bruno Daniel Pipe 19 Swedish and 17 Danish. He ex- J. S. James Fls. 75 April 16 - 30 Friday, May 8 April 14 Pedro I. Bisslik Welding pressed his thanks to Lago, the Lago (supplemental) Monthly Payroll - M & C Adm. Gregorio Ras Paint = TROMP, &C Community Church, the Lago Com- 30 Remove stuffing boxes and flanges April 1 - Saturday, May 9| A son. Thomas Muller Carpenter munity Council and The Woman’s Antonio Arends Yard Guild for their help during the past Leonisio H. Marchena Paint year. Arnold G. Juri | Mech. Colony Maintenance Juan B. Pieter Stewards G. Leo Ta Retira Isidro Croes TSD Engineering ‘Despues di 28 Anja 10-Year Buttons Gregorio Leo, operator di e remol- cador ”Noord” di Marine Department, Victor Nisbett Tin lo retira Mei 1 despues di 28 anja Isaac Mack Storehouse di servicio. Siendo un nacional, el ta Ferdinand R. Lo Fo Sang Electrical ensa pa keda na Aruba. | Victor L. Steeie Electrical Sr. Leo tabata originalmente em- Eusebio C. Luna Yard | piea door di Esso Transportation Co. Jesus Rosa Yard | como nabegante na 19: Seis anja Thomas Jackson Colony Maintenance despues, el a bira un shoreforeman Severiano Rodriguez den Marine Department. Colony Maintenance Na 1932, el a bira gangpusher y Louis B. Hunt Welding mas despues e anja ey el a worde Charles F. Chevalier Machinist nombra como Marine Department a THREE DEPARTURES, ONE WEDDING: George to take up residence in New York City, received Willem Lampe Garage corporal. Na October 1932 el a bi her associates. Miss Mohid A. Gibson of the Mechanical Department — Pipe, gold wrist watch from Edward M. Webster Yard | segunda bosun, y e otro anja el a bira a silver vanity set as a parting Miss Josephine Williams of the Storehouse and Miss (below left) received | Joseph H. Morris Storehouse of the Storehouse un tradesman, segunda clase. Latuffa Mohid of the Service Division recently left gift. Miss Excolastica Wernet Thomas P. Viapree right) was married to Benny Vingal of the Sr. Leo a worde promovi pa cor- Lago. Mr. Gibson (above left) retired April 11 after (below Administration 23. Her associates pre- Mech. poral B na 1936 y na 1940 el a subi 241, years of service. His fellow workers presented Medical Department April as a wedding gift. Wesley Brown Dining Hall pa puesto di Corporal A. Su titulo a him with a scroll, wallet and check. 1 Williams, sented her a check Eric S. Brown Dining Hall worde cambia pa launchman A na (above right) who left after seven years of service Eric Samuel Commissary 1942. Herman Jackson Dining Hall | El a opera *Noord” desde cu esaki Alpheus Adams Dining Hall a drenta na servicio na September Aubrey Providence Dining Hall 1949. Rupert Greaves Dining Hall Durante e 28 anja y 23 dia di su Frederick A. Bowman Dining Hall jempleo, Sr. Leo tabata ausente pa Reginald Mercury Commi ry 57 dia. Ivan Roderiques Dining Hall Augustus Ross Dining Hall Reinier R. Burnet Marine Launches Adolphus Latham TSD Laboratory Eddy Wijdh Marine Office Darrel Thomas TSD Engineering Anibal J. Hoyer Accounting Dept. Dalby A. Laban TSD Laborator, Alvin Sayers Cracking John Quashie Alford St. Louis L.O.F. Alberto S. Emerenciano Darnell F,. A. Larrier Cat & LE Eugene F. Keesler Colony Se ban N. John

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