ete they start! Lago Launches Fire Prevention Week “ Siman di Prevencion di Candela Lanza pa Lago ct. 9-15 if Geerman Honored For 30-Year Service ; € a Eight Receive Watches At Esso Club Nine employees were honored for their long service at Lago during a management dinner at the Esso Club September 30. * VOL 27, No. 20 Published by LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO., LTD. October 7, 1966 The first to be congratulated by Mechanical Manager J. R. World Record For Loading Esso Zurich Carle | Williams Becomes | Smith was Silvestre Geerman, Mechanical-M & C, who was pre- Operations Coordinator sented his 30-year service emblem and certificate. Mr. Geerman has been an Clean Products Set By Oil Movts. | Electrical With In Oil Movts. Division area supervisor in Mechanical- as a Mechanical Ap- Division loaded Esso Zurich prentice on September 25, 1936. Sunday, Oct. 2, the Oil Movements With his October 1 promc- Maintenance & Construction | He remained in Electrical until in world record time. The tanker loaded three grades of clean tion, Carle F. Williams Jr. as- since March, 1965. December, 1963, when his title products totalling 509,811 gross barrels in 12 hours and 5 min- sumed his new position of Oper- He began his employment in |was changed from Foreman- ations Coordinator in Oil Move- utes, for an average of 42,191 gross barrels per hour. Electrical to Foreman-Equip- ments Division. S. Geerman Honra Pa 30 , Messrs. C. Lacle, I. Koolman, I. Franken, E. Hassell and W. ment Section. Nearly eleven years ago, Mr. ae principal shift their gold Lejuez were the Williams joined Lago as a Anja di Servicio: Ocho | Those who received Aruba, the Esso Zurich also pe oe | watches for 25 years of service foremen involved. Chemist C in Technical-Lab. broke a previous record by Ta Recibi Oloshi di Oro from their department man- The achievement required where he rose to Senior Che- loading 510,655 barrels in 15 Nuebe empleado a worde hon-| agers were: close cooperation and coordina- mist. hours and 25 minutes, for an |ra pa nan servicio largo cu La-| Henry C. Van Vollevelde and tion between ship and Oil Move- In December, 1961 he trans- average loading rate of 33,116 go, durante un comemento pa| Antonio B. Dijkhoff, both of ments personnel. ferred to Process-L.0.F. as barrels per hour. miembronan di gerencia den | process-Refining; Pedro Petro- technical assistant. He advanced The Mechanical Dept. also Oil Movements Division Su- Esso Club, September 30. | to Process Foreman in June, : oy .._\|chi, Mechanical-Welding & assisted by getting the low lead perintendent J. M. Whitlock _Edi promer cu a recibi pabien [eadburning; Alberto Hernan- 1963 and had been on special pump 2514 back in service in congratulated the Lago men and di Mechanical Manager J. R. dez, Mechanical-Pipe; Simon time to set the world record. ship personnel on this achieve- Smith tabata Silvestre Geer- Jansen, Mechanical-Yard; Basi- 30 On her previous voyage to ment. man, Mechanical - M & C, kende lio Maduro, Mechanical-Boiler, a recibi su insigne y certificado |Blacksmith & Tin; Alfonso J. Fire: A Constant Danger di 30 anja na trabao. Thijsen and Luvie A. Ch. Mil- Sr. Geerman ta un area su- On March 29, 1966, one of the most devastating fires in Aru- ton, both of Technical-Lab. 1. pervisor den Mechanical - Main- in San Nicolas leav- ba’s history burned 11 houses to the ground tenance & Construction desde No Smoking In Refinery ing 80 persons homeless. This fire was especially tragic when Maart 1965. you realize that it could have been prevented had the proper pre- El a cuminza traha cu Lago Except Where Indicated cautionary measures been taken. In fact, carelessness is the den Electrical como un Mech- Recently, all areas inside the cause of most fires. anical Apprentice dia 25 di Sep- refinery in which smoking is tember 1936. El a keda den For instance, small children shouldn’t play with matches and permitted have been clearly Electrical te December 1963, lighters, but they do often cause very serious fires. Adults are marked. Smoking is allowed on- ora su titulo di trabao a cam- ly in such areas. more fires. ‘al frequently careless with cigarettes — causing bia di Foreman-Electrical pa This means that in all other Foreman-Equipment Section. to Are there any frayed or worn extension and lamp cords around areas it is definitely prohibited li your house? If so, fix them — they may spark and cause a fire. Esnan cu a recibi un oloshi di to smoke. This prohibition is C. F. Williams Jr. oro como aprecio pa nan 25 anja a- Only 15 ampere fuses should be used for most lighting circuits contained in the Manual of Safe assignment for 1!5 years in di servicio for di man di geren- Also, too many plugs in one outlet may heat wires inside a wall Practices, Page 7, whichs tates: Process-Oil Movements. In May tenan di nan departamento ta: "DO NOT SMOKE OR USE and cause a fire. this year he transferred to Henry C. van Vollevelde y OPEN LIGHTS WITHIN THE For obvious reasons curtains, clothes and furniture should be Operations Coordination where Antonio B. Dijkhoff, tur dos di REFINERY ZONE EXCEPT kept away from stoves. Cooking fats spilled on stoves easily he acted as division superin- Process-Refining; Pedro Petro- WHERE SPECIFICALLY AL- tendent. chi di Mechanical-Welding & catch fire. Your stove should be checked and cleaned regularly. LOWED.” The October 1 promotion was Leadburning; Alberto Hernan- Clean up the piles of newspapers, boxes, old clothes and trash Mr. Williams’ fourth promotion. dez, Mechanical-Pipe; Simon To inform employees and vi- that may be lying around the house. They make a good place for Before coming to Lago, Mr. Jansen di Mechanical-Yard; Ba- sitors that they enter a no- a bad fire to start. Williams had been in charge of silio Maduro, Mechanical-Boiler, smoking area, ’’No-Smoking” signs are posted at Gate No. 1, It is every citizen’s responsibility to various U.S. Army petroleum Blacksmith & Tin; Alfonso J. know these fire hazards Gate No. 3, Gate No. 8, Gate and to avoid them. labs in the U.S. and Korea for Thijsen y Luvie A. Ch. Milton, (Continued on page 5) tur dos di Technical-Lab 1. No. 9 and at all the docks. The main principle to remember regarding fire prevention is Employees are, therefore, re- to keep things that will burn away from fire starters. IBM Seminar By Bob Vassar Explains minded to smoke only where October 9-15 is Fire Prevention Week, but let’s not stop there there is a _ sign saying: "SMOKING PERMITTED IN Let’s condition ourselves for fire prevention every day of the THIS BUILDING”. year. Computer Operations In Plain Terms Some 50 Lago employees are currently taking a seminar in An irresponsible smoker is a General Computer Theory. The course is non-technical and dis- threat to the safety and job Candela, Un Constante Peligro cusses computer operations in security of every Lago em- everyday language. The cours Dia 29 di Maart 1966 un di e candelanan mas desastroso den ployee. Offenders may be dis- was arranged after the subject of "computer theory” x ived a historia di Aruba a kima 11 cas completamente na San Nicolas, charged without previous warn- large number of requests in an employee questionnaire survey. ing. lagando 80 persona sin lugar di biba. E candela aki tabata espe- Robert Vasser, an IBM sys- > B cialmente tragico, ora nos realiza cu e por a worde evita, si © tems engineer, conducting t worldwide,’ Mr. Vasser said, Many of the best applications medidanan adecuado di prevencion no- a worde tuma. Realmente ta course on Monday and Wednes- "and we will analyze in non- have been thought of by non- falta di cuidao den ta causa di majoria di candela. day evenings. He has taught si- technical terms what computers technical people with only a ba- f Por er, ehempel, mucha chiquito no mester hunga cu lucifer y milar courses in Ibadan, Nige- can do, what they cannot do sic knowledge of electronic data lighter, ria and the United States. and why. processing.” pero toch nan ta causa hopi bez candela serio. Hende mo- grandi ”We will be discussing the so- ’Like any other tool,” he said, In recent years, modern tech- hopi bez no ta paga tino unda nan ta tira nan cigaria — cial developments that led to the “it’s helpful to know both its nology has decreased the dis- (Continua na pagina 5) growth of the computer field abilities and its limitations. (Continued on page 2) ARUBA ESSO NEWS Ip October 7, 1966 No Huma Den Refineria Excepte Unda Ta Indica Recientemente tur lugarnan den refineria caminda ta permi- PUBLISHED EVERY OTHER FRIDAY, AT ARUBA, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES. BY LAGO OIL & TRANSPORT CO., LTD. ti pa hende huma, a ser marca Neth. Ant. Printed by the Verenigde Antilliaanse Drukkerijen N.V., claramente den e sentido ey. So- | lamente na e lugarnan ey ta per- Prevent Fire: Save Human Lives & Property miti pa huma. of The saying "An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth a Pound Esey kier meen cu na tur otro Cure” also applies to fires. It certainly costs less to prevent them lugar den refineria ta terminan- than to put them out and sum up the damage done. temente taha pa huma. E prohi- bicion aki ta scirbi den At Lago every employee is not always aware of fires occur- e Ma-| nual of Safe Practices (regla- about the larger fires.