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cE VOL. 5, No. 8 SERVICE AWARDS Cuater Team Pa Dicidi E Prome Serie New Semi-Postal Issue Di Knockout Di Aruba Sport Unie June, 1944 To Benefit Red Cross E prome competitie di knockout orga- 10-Year Buttons niza door di un grupo nobo di clubnan, Stamp collectors and well-wishers of Aruba Sport Unie, casi a yega na su fin the Red Cross alike are looking forward Jose Lacle Acid & Edel. e luna aki teniendo e cuater tcam cu ta to a new special air mail issue of stamps sigui aki ainda ariba e lista — Jong Hol- Eugenio Dirkz Bldg. & Maint. which will go on sale here August 16. A land, Lago Heights, San Nicolas Jr. i La Ira Crippen & Paint charity issue, each stamp will show an Carp. Fama. E teamnan ey ainda tin un chens Salvador Blanca Dining Hall mientras cu Jong Bonaire, Unidos, Vul- amount for regular postage plus an addi- Juan Nicolas Croes Dry Dock cania, e team di Poliznan Mlitar, Boti- tional amount which will go to the Cu- Alberto Besaril Dry Dock var, i e oncena di Batterij (soldanan) a racao Chapter of the Red Cress (of Marcelo Ras Drydock worde elimina den e competitie i a per- which the Aruba Section is a part). Francisco Bergen Dry Dock de e oportunidad pa gana e trofeo obse- The stamp is designed with a picture Vougham Canwood Electrical quia. of Princess Juliana displayed in a red, San Nicolas Jr. tawata pa hunga con- Walter Huffman Hydro Poly white, and blue frame. The word ”Cura- tra La Fama dia 25 di Juni. Ganador di Allan La Vega Instrument e wega aki lo enfrenta den e wega final cao” appears at the top, and at the left Johan Ridderstap Labor e team triunfante di e wega hunga en- is a red cross on a white field. The Fernando Maduro Labor tre Lago Heights-Jong Holland, cual amounts, in which the first figure is the Joseph Krozendijk Lakor ainda no a worde determina. postage and the second figure shows Benancio Maduro Marine Wharves E cuerpo representativo di e Unie di the portion the Red Cross will receive, Eusebio Ras Marine Wharves diez-team ta consisti di e siguiente ma- are: nera: Van Gerenstein di Poliznan Militar Cresentius Brete Paint como Presidente, Mario Croes di Lago 10 + 10 30 + 50 Edward Byington Jr. Personnel Sport Park como Vice-Pres‘dente, A. 15 + 25 35 + 50 Francisco Dijkhoff Pressure Stills como Secretario, i Narcisso Geerman 20 + 25 40 + 50 Agustin Figaroa Warehouse Kock ocupando e puesto di Tesorero. 25 + 25 50 + 1.00 20-Year Shown below are seven representatives of var- Buttons lous U.S. organizations who recently snent two The issue will be on sale from August weeks here assisting in the turn-around of Lago’s Anton E. Federle Electrical record-making ’'Cat” Plant. Left to right are H. 16, 1944, to May 10, 1945, and will be Richardson, of Research Corporation, B. Chamb- useable as postage up to December 31, Anton Federle, Sub-foreman in the ers, of Baldwin-Hill, A. Moehler, of Esso's General Engineering department. F. Mugford, of 1945. Purchase of the charity stamps Electric department with duties at the Colonial Beacon, R. Mason, of Bayway refinery (Mugford and Mason were formerly employees will be optional, with the regular issues Telephone Exchange, was first employed here), R. Sampson, of Bigelow-Lip'ak, and 0. available as usual. by the Company at Wood River, Illinois, White, also of Esso’s General Enzineering. June 27, 1924. His service, which has been continuous with no deductible ab- sences, has been at Aruba since his transfer here January 10, 1929. The nine lines above are the standard —_=— ‘cold story carried in the service records. Behind them, though, lies a bigger and better story, made of the stuff that often goes into tales of adventure. Tony joined the Navy in December, 1917, and was assigned to an Army transport as radio operator. For the next couple of years his ship, controlled by the U.S. government, ran a sort of international shuttle service, carrying Red Cross supplies to troops who were fighting the ”Bolsheviks”, and trans- porting back to their home countries some of the batches of soldiers of many Cont. on page 8 ARUBA ESSO NEWS JUNE 30, 1944 Holders of Semi-Public Passes One of One Thousand Safety Sweepstakes Winners To Be Assigned Parking Lots Claudio Illis, Electrician, and Augustin A new parking arrangement for em- Kock, Wharfinger, were lucky men last month when the ticket ployees with limited semi-public car of which each held half won Fis. 500 in the Bond For- passes has been devised, with five park- tuna. Their substantial prize brought up ing lots set aside for their use. to Fis. 1,150 the total won by employees These passes, issued only for trans- in the May Safety Sweepstakes. Other portation to and from work, will be winners, all of Fls. 25 prizes: supplemented by a circular windshield 5 James Hassell sticker showing the number of the park- 8 Johannes F i ing lot to which each car is permitted 2 Rupert Pilgrim George Feliz to pass. Hugh Walcott The five areas designated for this use 5 Alleyne Chichester George Boston are: Corneli Fong A Kan Arturo Frans 1— Lot east of bowling alleys, assigned Cecil Edwards 5 Jose Bareno to employees of the Colony Service at Mario Croes Building & Maintenance, Calvin Hassell Colony Com- Bertie Charles missary, and Esso Club. Bernardino Dirksz Calito de Cuba John Rawls 2—Lot south of Garage, assigned to 1098 Herman Trott employees of the Garage and Transpor- 9921 Porfilio Croes 648 Garbilio Dirksz tation Section. 1402 Rennyx Carter 9407 John Field 3 — Lot near Personnel Office, assigned 279 Israil Jermain 7317 Jonas Samuel to employees of Personnel department and Steward’s Service. In addition, two tickets belongng to NESTS men in the Pressure Stills, but which 4—Lot near General Office and west were not called for, won Fls. 25 prizes. of Dining Hall, assigned to employees of A beauty contest winner at a tender age, General Office and those working in little Susan Marie MacKnight recently At Laboratory No. 3 June 2, 18 men (at refinery adjacent to this area. was named ”’Miss Personality” in a Pue- right below) received diplomas in the blo, Colorado baby photo contest, win- 5— Lots in Lower Yard area, Laboratory Job Training Course after such as ning first prize and a $50 War Bond west of Naval Annex, Marine one and a half years of training in che- Club, and from a thousand other entrants. It came Acid Plant, will be assigned to employ- mistry and physics, with D. C. Barnes as a complete surprise to her, as neither ees working in these areas. as instructor. The graduates were, front she nor her parents knew she had been row, Cecil Hopmans, Samuel Rajroop, entered in the contest. The proud father, Frank Sarran, George Asregado, Jacin- William MacKnight, works at the Hydro- to deKort, Cyril Richardson, Richard Poly Plant. Johnson, Eugene Phillipzoon. Back row, Diplomas were awarded to ten 1941 Azee Bacchus, Evaristo Kock, Henry process apprentices May 26 (at left Nassy, A. ©. Stevenson, Eric Harting, below) after completing 14 months stu- E hoben-aprendiznan cu nos ta mira aki Robert Amoroso, Claude MacDonald, dy in the Light Oils Finishing Job Train- bao na banda robez a ricibi dia 26 di Edward Hewitt, and Thelmo Newton. ing Course. Those who graduated were, Mei diploma como resultado di un curso Supervisors D. C. Barnes and T. M. Bin- front row left to right, Apolonario Mar- di Instruccion den trabao di L. O. F., du- nion are at far right. Two graduates tis, Higinio Jensen, Gregorio Maduro, rante cual nan tawata studia materia- were not in the picture: Joseph Johnson, nan dificil pa 14 tuna. Nan tawata e pro- Jacobo Erasmus, and Camilio Maduro. who is now with the Esso Laboratories me aprendiznan cu a tuma e trabao aki. Bayway, and Alphonsus Jesserun. Back row, Leopoldo Tromp, Frederick Abao na banda drechi nos ta mira e at repeated, starting Ritfeld, Ceril Vroolijk, Pedro Fleming, empleadonan di Laboratorio cu a ricibi The course is to be and Antonio Koolman. Frank Roebuck diplomanan dia 2 di Juni completando late this month, with Ernest Johnson as. was the instructor. un periodo di estudio di 18 luna. instructor and an enrollment of over 30. ARUBA ESSO NEWS 3 JUNE 30, 1944 SHIFT SCHEDULE - JULY ~ oe Anus Ess) NEWS N PUBLISHED AT ARUBA, N. W.1., BY THE LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO., LTD. | N the Arusa Esso News will be distributed i [ The next issue of 7293 1 Friday, July 21. All copy must reach the editor in the 21/2 noon, July 15. 3 | Personnel building by Saturday 8 | Telephone 523 The nN x nw | | ° New 20 Moo 1 op N.W.1 6 Printed by The Curacao Courant, Curacao, | a suggestions 120 wo cO 3 1 dis x 4 7 "Nothing can be more seriously and more - | 1 | meant than when I wish you God's strength nN deeply {bic0 [00 | good as you go through the dark valley”. we co | These were Queen Wilhelmina's words, broadcast — oO “ on May 10, fourth anniver- for people in Holland J to her NS sary of the invasion, and just 27 days before the = o new invasion in the other direction that will free well Europe. dis All Europe is entering the dark valley. Some of it ee) eychas aa will be torn to shreds as hundreds of thousands of men fight over it.