ARCHIVED "NEW STUFF" THAT IS NOW OLD
IN ORDER TO KEEP THE "NEW STUFF" LIST SHORT I WILL ARCHIVE THE OLDER MONTHS HERE ON THIS PAGE.

 

TO GO TO THE  CURRENT "NEW STUFF" LIST, CLICK ON THIS LINE

THIS LIST IS FROM THE OLDEST ADDITION TO THE NEWEST.  GO GO THE END OF THE LIST TO VIEW LAST MONTHS ADDITION.
DECEMBER 2005
December 15, 2005

LAGO COLONY / BUNGALOW DIRECTORY  Added some names to bungalows. See bungalows:  B-12     199     210     504

December 16, 2005

SCRAPBOOKS / TRES DUNLAP'S SCRAPBOOK These are photographs submitted by Tres of time in Aruba as well as when he spear fished in the Red Sea.

December 17, 2005

LAGO FAMILIES / LAGO FAMILY DIRECTORY / TRES DUNLAP A short history by Tres Dunlap of his life and spear fishing in Aruba and the Red Sea.

December 17, 2005

EXCERPTS  excerpts from Family Histories and web pages to get you interested.

December 18, 2005

LAGO COLONY / VERY OLD LAGO COLONY  Added some photos from Vic Lopez.

December 19, 2005

HIT COUNTER  Up dated the Hit Counter.

December 19, 2005

LAGO PUBLICATIONS / SOME FACTS ABOUT LAGO  Another Lago publication.

December 19, 2005

MERRY CHRISTMAS  Christmas Card and just a page to remember Christmas in Aruba.

JANUARY 2006
January 1, 2006

Removed MERRY CHRISTMAS from opening page, you can still reach it by clicking on the link above.

January 1, 2006

FEEDBACK  Added feedback I got when the site was just opened, back in December of 2004.

January 1, 2006

HIT COUNTER  Again the Hit Counter was updated to include the month of December.  Hits were up!

January 4, 2006

"The Lago Collection"  Added links to pages mentioned in The Lago Collection by Don Gray.

January 5, 2006

600 TO 699  Added Bungalow 633 to the bungalow list.

January 6, 2006

THE GIBBONS FAMILY  Added the Gibbon Family history.

January 7, 2006

TED GIBBONS' SCRAPBOOK   Added the Ted Gibbons Scrapbook.

January 7, 2006

MITSY RAE'S SCRAPBOOK  Added a photograph to Mitsy's Scrapbook.

January 8, 2006

LAGO "GOVERNMENT JOBS"   Added two photographs to this page.

January 8, 2006

CLASS PHOTOS   Added a couple of class photos supplied by Ted Gibbons.

January 8, 2006

1988 ARUBA REUNION   Photos of the 1988 Aruba Reunion, provided by Ted Gibbons.

January 9, 2006

LOOKING FOR LAGOITES   Looking for "missing" persons or information about those who lived in Lago Colony.

January 9, 2006

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION   More information about U-156 from Ted Gibbons.

January 9, 2006

PHOTO FROM WORLD WAR II  Added another photograph of the Cameron Highlanders. supplied by Ted Gibbons.

January 27, 2006

CERAMIC TILE FROM ARUBA   Copies of ceramic tile made in Aruba in the 1950's.

January 28, 2006

NEWSLETTER # 7   U-156 Roundtable Newsletter # 7 from Don Gray.

January 31, 2006

LOOKING FOR LAGOITES  Looking for information about Mr. Russ Ewing & Mrs. Frank Roding, requested by the The Sociedad di Orquidia Aruba, (The Aruba Orchid Society).

FEBRUARY 2006
February 20, 2006

FFEEDBACK  Added new comments received about the site.

February 22, 2006

POSTCARDS FROM JOE CARROLL  Postcards, calendar drawings and pen & ink cards submitted by: Joe Carroll.

February 22, 2006

CARROLL'S REFINERY PHOTOS   Lago refinery photos from the 50's & 60's, by Joe Carroll.

February 23, 2006

JOE CARROLL'S SCRAPBOOK  Early photos from around the island and in Lago Colony.

February 23, 2006

LAGO SPEARFISHERMAN'S ASSOC.  Added a photo of a Jewfish and Tres Dunlap & Eddie Gruenberg.

February 24, 2006

STAN NORCOM'S SCRAPBOOK  Stan Norcom's scrapbook, I only just found it, again, worth looking at, some new photos, however, lots of the photos from his scrapbook are found other places on the site.  I don't know how I let it sit around for a year, must be getting old!

February 28, 2006

ARUBA CARNIVAL 2006  Photos from carnival in Aruba, 2006, supplied by Richard Beaujon.

MARCH 2006
March 3, 2006

FEEDBACK   Another thought about the web site, comments please.

March 3, 2006

HIT COUNTER  Up-dated the Hit Counter to include the month of February and two days in March.

March 5, 2006

FEEDBACK   Another e-mail about the web site from a "construction brat" .  His words, not mine.

March 9, 2006

AMERICAN TROOPS IN ARUBA  Information about the American troops in Aruba and the guns at Colorado Point.

March 11, 2006

QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS  A page for the Cameron Highlanders in Aruba during World War II.

March 11, 2006

OCEAN GOING TANKERS  A little about the ocean going tanker that called on Aruba

March 11, 2006

This is the photo album sold today on EBay and I was the lucky one who got it.  As soon as I receive the album, probably 10 day or two weeks, I will do a quick scan of all the pages and then send it on to Stan Norcom who has volunteered to do a "good" scan and then "clean up" the photos so we can post them on the web.  Keep an eye out for this to happen, you will see photos from the '30's and the '40's.  If a family member is interested in the album please let me know, if not the American School in Aruba has shown an interest.

March 12, 2006

ROSBOROUGH SCRAPBOOK FROM THE 1930's  Great photos from the 1930's.

March 17, 2006

WOMAN'S CLUB OF ARUBA  WCA NEWS submitted by Polly (Mingus) Ericson, from 1975/76.

March 20, 2006

MOYER BROTHERS  Story of the Moyer brothers and how they got to Aruba.  By Bill Moyer.

March 20, 2006

EBay SCRAPBOOK  First photos from the scrapbook purchased on EBay.

March 25, 2006

JOE CARROLL'S SCRAPBOOK   Added new photos to Joe's Scrapbook.

March 26, 2006

Um Bezoek aan LAGO  A booklet give out to Lago visitors in Dutch, Submitted by and translated by Dolfi Kock.

March 26, 2006

DEVIL'S ISLAND ESCAPE  The piecing together of the story of escapees from Devil's Island, the French prison off the coast of French Guyana,  who landed in Aruba in the 1930's.

March 27, 2006

BILL MOYER'S SCRAPBOOK  Lots of great photos from very early day at Lago in Aruba.

March 27, 2006

BACKGROUNDS  Blowup of some of Bill Moyer's photos showing early Colony in background.

March 28, 2006

PAN-AMERICAN PETROLEUM  Very early photos of the harbor and tankers in the harbor.  From the photos supplied by Bill Moyer.

March 28, 2006

OLD ARUBA  Very old photos of outside Lago, from the photos supplied by Bill Moyer.

March 28, 2006

OLD LAGO COLONY  Added photos to this section from the photos supplied by Bill Moyer.

March 29, 2006

DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA   A look back with photographs on how an area developed.

March 29, 2006

SCHOOL DOCUMENTS  Documents, Report Card, Diploma, School Letter, supplied by Stan Norcom

March 29, 2006

SCOUTING   Cards from Cub Scouts and Sea Scouts, submitted by Stan Norcom.

March 30, 2006

LAGO SPORT PARK  Program for the XIII Olympiad at Lago Sport Park submitted by Stan Norcom

March 30, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEW  June3, 1949 issue submitted by Bill Moyer.

March 31, 2006

BALI RESTAURANT  Added a menu from the Bali, supplied by Steve Fremgen.

APRIL 2006
April 2, 2006

BILL McMASTER  Bill McMaster's story on how he got to Aruba.

April 2, 2006

BILL McMASTER'S SCRAPBOOK  Photos from Bill's time in Aruba.

April 2, 2006

DEVIL'S ISLAND ESCAPE   Added a photo of Henri Charriere, author of Papillon, compare him to the man who was photographed in Aruba in 1934.  Let me hear your comments.

April 4, 2006

SID FAUNCE CHICKEN FARM  Photos from the 1930's showing Sid Faunce' Chicken Farm, submitted by Richard (Dick) Faunce.

April 8, 2006

ANCHOR & CANNON MISSING  The search for the missing Anchor & Cannon found by John Geis and Crew are still missing, can you help find them?

April 9, 2006

THEN & NOW  A preview of what I intend this page to look like, check it out and offer suggestions.

April 10, 2006

Um Bezoek aan LAGO  Very much improved photos of the Dutch booklet from Lago.  After a lot of work on the part of Dolfi Kock in Aruba and some very LARGE emails sending data, we now have good copy on both the English translation, by he and his family, and the Dutch booklet by Lago.

April 13, 2006

NAMES FROM THE PAST  Story about people, times and places in Aruba by; Bill Moyer

April 13, 2006

CAVES IN ARUBA  Story about the caves in Aruba by: Bill Moyer.

April 13, 2006

MORE PHOTOS FROM STEVE FREMGEN  Steve has sent in a few more photos he took in 2005.

April 13, 2006

ARUBA TRAVEL BROCHURE FROM 1954  Sent in by Steve Fremgen.

April 13, 2006

LAGO COLONY SUPPORT FACILITIES  Tom Schindeler, Class of 1964, provided "cleaned-up" photos of Slim's Garage, and the Esso Service Station as well as an old photo of the "Upper" tennis courts.
 

April 18, 2006

ARUBA TRAVEL POSTER  A travel poster from the 60's, submitted by: Tom Schindeler.

April 18, 2006

THE EBay SCRAPBOOK  Photos from the scrapbook purchased on EBay.  The scanning was done by Stan Norcom.  This presentation is in the form of a slide show.  Many of these photos will be placed on other pages on the web site.

April 18, 2006

HIGHLANDERS  Added photo from the EBay scrapbook to the Cameron Highlander's page.

April 18, 2006

CLASS PHOTOS  Added photos from the EBay scrapbook to the Class & Group photo page.

April 18, 2006

GERMAN FREIGHTER  A page about questions raised in my mind because of photos from the EBay scrapbook.

April 18, 2006

LONE PALM STADIUM  Added a page about Lone Palm Stadium to Lago Colony Support Facilities.

April 19, 2006

DEVIL'S ISLAND ESCAPE  And now, the rest of the story.  Lura Ward found an article published in THE LAMP, telling the story about the escapees who landed in Aruba. Interesting reading, thanks Lura.

April 19, 2006

BUGS OVER ARUBA  A story by Bill Moyer.

April 20, 2006

EBay SCRAPBOOK  The EBay scrapbook presented as pages of photographs.

April 21, 2006

DEVIL'S ISLAND ESCAPE   More information keeps coming in, this from Mr. Willy Maal, Plantage Klein Sint Joris, Curacao.  This is the plantation where Mr. Charierre, the author of the book Papillon landed and it was Mr. Maal's grandfather, Dr. Maal who helped the escapees.  More interesting reading.

April 28, 2006

COMMISSARY    REFINERY   APPRENTICE PROGRAM  Dolfi Kock sent photos that I have added to these three pages.

April 28, 2006

THE MYSTERY LINK  I played around yesterday and added the longest link on the web site, see if you can find it, it is about me, Dan Jensen, so you may want to begin with Lago Families, happy hunting.

April 28, 2006

ARCHIVED LIST  In order to keep the NEW STUFF list short, I will archive the previous month to the Archive List.  You can check the Archive List by clicking on the line at the top of this NEW STUFF list.

April 28, 2006

LAGO POLICE & VOCATIONAL SCHOOL  Separated the two and gave each its own page.

April 28, 2006

DON BLAIR & BETTINA STEINKE  Added information about the artists who drew the Aruba Map.  This comes from the Donald C. & Elizabeth M. Dickinson Research Center at the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and was sent to me by Bill Moyer.

MAY - 2006

May 1, 2006

HIT COUNTER  Updated the Hit Counter.  It just keeps getting better and better.  Check back over the last year by clicking on the individual month in the second box.

May 1, 2006

LAGO SCHOOL & CLASS PHOTOS  New photos supplied by Pam (Mathiasen) Wade. There are two group photos on the CLASS PHOTOS page and one on the LAGO SCHOOL page.

May 2, 2006

2 BEDROOM HOUSE PLAN  A drawing of a two bedroom bungalow in the old houses.  Submitted by Pam (Mathiasen) Wade.

May 2, 2006

MITSY RAE'S SCRAPBOOK  Mitsy send me a lot of wonderful slides for the web site, see them in her scrapbook.

May 2, 2006

GRAF SPEE   Interesting story about the Graf Spee and how it ties in with Aruba, by: Bill Moyer.

May 4, 2006

BRILLIANCE OF THE SEA  A great photo, sent in by Dick Faunce, of the ship arriving in Oranjestad last week. 

May 4, 2006

BOY ECURY  Bill Moyer explains about the 2002 Aruba stamp with Boy Ecury's statue on the stamp, and who Boy Ecury was.

May 7, 2006

MORE ABOUT BACKGROUNDS  A look at what can be found in backgrounds of old photos.

May 7, 2006

2006 FLORIDA REUNION  Photos from the reunion at Hillsborough River State Park, Florida, sent in by Dotty Dill.

May 7, 2006

BOB SMITS SCRAPBOOK   Photos from Seroe Colorado by Bob Smits taken in 2005.

May 7, 2006

LAGO VOCATIONAL SCHOOL  Added two new Class photos that I just found in Mr. Spitzers' papers.

May 9, 2006

BUNGALOW REQUEST FORM  A form you fill in to submit information about what Bungalow you live in.  This was suggested by Bob Smits, thanks for the suggestion Bob.  I had some trouble with it working but it should be OK now, sorry for the problem.

May 10, 2006

Um Bezoek aan LAGO   Dolfi Kock in Aruba sent a photo of one of the groups taking the Lago tour as well as the tour director who later had the snack bar and souvenir shop at Natural Bridge.  When you get to the page, scroll to the bottom to find in photo.

May 10, 2006

Charlie Brouns II ANCHOR   Story and photo of the anchor placed by  Charlie Brouns II where Gate # 6 once was.  Provided by Dufi Kock.

May 10, 2006

BUNGALOWS   Added more information about who lived in what bungalow, thanks to the new form.

May 14, 2006

BOOKS FROM ARUBA  A few photos about Lago from the Book ARUBA  and the book entitled THE NETHERLANDS WEST INDIES.

May 16, 2006

BATCHELOR QUARTERS  Added a page for persons who lived in the Batchelor Quarters.  Also added a page for the Single Woman's Dorm but have no information on anyone who lived there.

May 16, 2006

DRIVERS LICENSE   Added Al Leak's drives license to those already on the page, Thanks Al.

May 16, 2006

BOY ECURY   Bill Moyer sent copies of the stamps and I added them to the page. Thanks Bill.

May 16, 2006

SEARCH   I have added a search program to let you search for words, phrases, names or bungalow numbers on the web site.  Please note that this will not search a photo on the web.  All the Pan-O-Ram annuals and weekly's as well as Pan Aruban, Ink Spots and Aruba Esso News are really photos of the pages, thus they the search will not find anything on these pages.  It may find a photo is the description is such that it is found in your search.  Check it out, also check the HELP for suggestions on how to word the search.  Let me know what you think of it.

May 24, 2006

2006 TULSA MINI-REUNION  Photo from the mini-reunion of friends in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

May 25, 2006

LAGO VOCATIONAL SCHOOL  Added more classroom photos that I found in Mr. Spitzer's files.

May 25, 2006

LAGO SPORTS PARK  Added a photo at the bottom of the page of Mr. Spitzer presenting an award, can anyone help with names or dates?

May 25, 2006

LANDING   Check the birds and then follow the link.  I think the birds trained the Canadians. Thanks Yvonne.

May 25, 2006

MITSY'S SCRAPBOOK  More photos for Mitsy's scrapbook.  Thanks Mitsy.

May 25, 2006

CLASS & GROUP PHOTOS  Added Mitsy's Girl Scout troop photo to this page.

May 26, 2006

FAMILY HISTORY FORM  Added a form so you can submit your family history should you so desire. 

May 26, 2006

DON BLAIR'S PHOTOS  The photos arrived today, check them out.

May 26, 2006

OLD ARUBA     GENERAL OFFICE BUILDING     SCOTTISH TROOPS   Placed copies of Don Blair's photos on each of these pages.

May 27, 2006

PRESIDENTS OF LAGO   A page with information and links about the men who have been president of the Lago Refinery.  I need help in the later years, please help.

May 27, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS   Added the March 1, 1958 copy of the Aruba Esso News, found in Mr. Spitzer's files.

May 27, 2006

ARUBA - BOOKLET BY LAGO  A booklet about Aruba published in 1957 by Lago.

May 27, 2006

COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMS  Added the Class of 1958 & 1959 Commencement Exercise Programs.

May 27, 2006

CLASS & GROUP PHOTOS  Added photos to this page.

May 27, 2006

STRIKE AT LAGO  Added a letter from Mr. O. S. Mingus to Mr. Spitzer after the strike was over.

May 27, 2006

LAGO SPORTS PARK   Added photos to the bottom of that page, need help with names and dates.

May 27, 2006

LAKE TANKER TRIP   Cleaned up the photos and added some new ones, Take a look.

May 27, 2006

PAM MATHIASEN'S SCRAPBOOK  Photos sent in by Pam Mathiasen Wade.  Thanks Pam.

JUNE - 2006

June 1, 2006

2006 FLORIDA REUNION  Added photos to the reunion page that came from Bob Lloyd. Thanks Bob.

June 1, 2006

L. G. SMITH   A great biography of L. G. Smith by his son Gerry Smith as well as photos of Mr. Smith and his wife.  Really a great addition to the web site and an insight into one of Lago's early Presidents.  Thank you Garry and the Smith family for sharing this.

June 4, 2006

CAVES IN ARUBA  Made correction to Bill's story on information received from Paul E. Baldwin.

June 4, 2006

FIRST SOLO FLIGHT   Mary B found her pilots license so I added it to the page with the photo of her on her first solo flight.

June 5, 2006

OLD LAGO COLONY, NOTED  Added a photo of Old Lago Colony noting the landmarks.

June 6, 2006

TIME LINES   Added a page to try and help to date photos and buildings and confirm dates.

June 6, 2006

CLASS OF 1956  Added a page for the Class of 1956 supplied by Pam Wade and redid the Lago High School Directory Page and split the graduation classes on to individual pages.

June 6, 2006

NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION FOR ARUBA  Dan's though on what could be another Natural Tourist Attraction for Aruba now that Natural Bridge has fallen down.

June 7, 2006

ARUBA HOME COOKING  Mary B. my wife, handed me an Aruba cookbook of over 210 pages and said she thought it should be on the site, this is just a start, less than 5%.  It will take some time but I will get it on the site someday.  Happy cooking and eating.

June 7, 2006

ARUBA DRIVERS LICENSE   Dolfi Kock came through with a photo of the Esso License Plate which he found in Charlie's Bar, San Nicholas.  Well done Dolfi!  And thanks to Charlie Brouns III for allowing Dolfi to photograph the plate. 

June 13, 2006

WIKIPEDIA  Added a page to take you to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia where I have added entries for Lago Colony and Lake Tanker, I ask for anyone who has used and edited Wikipedia to make improvements to my entries.

June 27, 2006

MAGNA-CORA WELLS  My son Paul and I paid a visit to the old Magna-Cora wells above the Picnic Grounds, that supplied the brackish water to the Lago Colony.  Take a look.

June 27, 2006

7.5 INCH GUNS  Photos taken in June of 2006 of what is remaining of the foundations of the 7.5 inch guns placed on Aruba by the Dutch in 1940.

June 27, 2006

GUNS AT COLORADO POINT  Added photos of Ammunition Bunkers that were taken in June of 2006 by my son, Paul Jensen.  They are added to the bottom of the page.

June 27, 2006

CAVES IN SEROE COLORADO IN 2006  A look at the "Old Lago Colony Caves" as they look in 2006.

June 28, 2006

MYSTERY SCRAPBOOK  This is a scrapbook of unknown origin that Vic Lopez gave me at the 2006 Reunion in Aruba.  It was given to his dad, but there is no record or information as to whom it may have belonged.

June 28, 2006

DYNAMITE STORAGE  Photos of what was the Dynamite Storage facility below Colorado Point, these photos are taken in June of 2006.

June 28, 2006

PAUL'S ARUBA SCRAPBOOK, 2006  Photos from around Aruba taken by Paul Jensen in June 2006.

June 28, 2006

TWO COMPOSITE PHOTOS OF EARLY COLONY   Two composite photos of early Lago Colony, one from Don Rosborough and the other from photos in the "Mystery Scrapbook".

JULY - 2006

July 1, 2006

REEF CHECK NEWS ARUBA - 2006   An article from Aruba Today about the Reef Check done in Aruba.  Sent in by Al & Ann Leak.

July 1, 2006

KEN BROWN'S SCRAPBOOK  A wonderful scrapbook with lots of "stuff" give to the web site by his daughter.

July 1, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS, DEC. 10, 1943  Inauguration of the Cat Cracker, from the Ken Brown Scrapbook.

July 1, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS, AUGUST 6, 1943   Another Esso News from Ken Brown's Scrapbook.

July 3, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS, MARCH 10, 1944  Another Esso News from Ken Brown's Scrapbook, this one covers the visit to Aruba and the Lago refinery by Her Royal Highness Princess Juliana.

July 3, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS, SPECIAL EDITIONThis copy of the Aruba Esso News was sent in by Dolfi Kock in Aruba.  When I was in Aruba in June of this year, he gave me this and other Aruba Esso News to copy for the web site.  Thanks Dolfi.

July 3, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEW, JANUARY 29, 1996  Another copy of the Aruba Esso News from Dolfi, this one is the 40th anniversary issue.

July 3, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS, GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY  Yet another collectors item Aruba Esso News from Dolfi, this is for the 50th anniversary, the Golden Anniversary of Lago. 

July 3, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS, 60 ANNIVERSARY  The final anniversary publication before the Lago refinery closed in 1985.  Again, this issue is thanks to Dolfi Kock in Aruba.

July 6, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS, MARCH 25, 1966  This issue cover the wedding of Princess Beatrix & Prince Claus.  Dolfi also supplied this issue.

July 6, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS, FEBRUARY 16, 1962  The story of the U-156 attack on Aruba with photos.  Thanks again to Dolfi Kock.

July 6, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS, DECEMBER 20, 1966  The Christmas issue, also supplied by Dolfi Kock.

July 6, 2006

GROUP PHOTOS   Added a group photo to the bottom of the page of kids at a formal party.  The photo was give to me in Aruba by Brenda (Engle) Wilmes.  Thanks, Brenda.

July 7, 2006

LAGO COLONY, THAN & NOWAdded photos that were taken in June of 2006 to this page.  Take a look.

July 11, 2006

DON ROSBOROUGH'S ARUBA REUNION PHOTOSDon's photos he took at the 2006 Reunion in Aruba.  Some great photos.  Thanks Don.

July 11, 2006

25 Years of Refining at Lago   A booklet published by Lago Oil & Transport Co. Ltd. to celebrate 25 years of refining at Lago.  This booklet was found, scanned and then set via email attachments in numerous installments by Dolfi Kock in Aruba.  It involved a great deal of time and effort to get it to me, Thanks, Dolfi.

July 18, 2006

KEN BROWN'S SCRAPBOOK   I have added a couple of short movies clips taken from home movies that were taken by Ken Brown in 1941/42 in Aruba.  They may be slow in downloading to your computer.

July 18, 2006

THE BEGINNING OF LAGO   Andreina Kock, Dolfie Kock's daughter, handed in this paper for her final report for the Social Cultural History course she is taking at the Universidad di Aruba.  Andreina is studying in the Hospitality and Tourism Management program at the University.  Here is that paper, it is well worth reading.

July 22, 2006

NEW HOUSES MAP   Made a new map for the New Houses.

July 22, 2006

ARUBA REUNION PHOTOS FROM DUFI KOCK   Dufi Kock sent in a few photos from the Aruba Reunion, thanks Dufi.

July 22, 2006

BUNGALOW 323   Received information about this Bungalow from a grandson of William and Mary Nugent, check out what he said and does anyone know if Bungalow 323 is still standing?

July 22, 2006

LAGO CALENDAR - 1962  The 1962 Calendar published by Lago Oil & Transport Co. Ltd.

July 22, 2006

BUNGALOW 323  Thanks to Dolfi Kock in Aruba, Jonathan's question about Bungalow 323 is answered. 

July 25, 2006

LAGO COLONY 1956  A great view of Lago Colony taken in 1956, this photo was submitted by Stan Norcom.

July 25, 2006

BUNGALOWS  604   174   632   &  1501  Added information about the Bungalows listed, information was supplied by Patti (Ciccarelli) Sams on her family, Frank & Rose Ciccarelli.

July 25, 2006

BUNGALOWS  77  Added information about the Bungalows listed, information was supplied by Anke Marks.

July 25, 2006

BUNGALOWS  80  Added information about the Bungalows listed, information was supplied by Sandra Ellwood (Pamplin). 

July 25, 2006

MAP OF REFINERY & COLONY   A map by Lago of the refinery and Colony.  Will who ever sent me this map please let me know so I can give you credit, I have forgotton.

July 31, 2006

BUNGALOWS 366  &  510   Photos of the Bungalows from the 40's as well as 2006, submitted by Vic Lopez.

 

AUGUST - 2006

August 1, 2006

BUNGALOW 58   Added information about the Bungalows listed, information was supplied by Colin Craig. 

August 3, 2006

FEEDBACK   Added material to the feedback page.

August 3, 2006

ARUBA REUNION   Check out Reg Kennerty's wonderful photos from the reunion, all 800 of them.

August 5, 2006

LORD BOXOE   Information about his song, God Bless Lago, which I received from Vic Lopez.  Take a look.

August 5, 2006

GOVERNMENT JOBS   Don Rosborough sent in a photo of a table, a "Government Job", that his dad had done just before leaving Aruba.

August 8, 2006

LORD BOXOE  Dolfi Kock got permission from the man who has the copyright on the song to let me put it on the web site, go there and enjoy some good old calypso music and a great song about Lago.

August 8, 2006

ELNA HARRIS KING'S SCRAPBOOK   Photos provided by Elna Harris King, take a look.

August 17, 2006

RESIDENTIAL & COMMUNITY INFORMATION  A Lago publication about the rules, rates and services offered to foreign staff employees living in Lago Colony.  This publication is not dated but probably was printed around 1956.

August 17, 2006

DISCUSSION GROUP   I have added a inter-active discussion or forum page.  It is not working as envisioned but with work it may get there.  This web site is my "learning tool" and each new addition is a steep learning curve, but fun, and keeps my mind active.  Please give it a try.

August 17, 2006

U-156 ROUNDTABLE #4  The agenda from the Roundtable discussion # 4.

August 17, 2006

ESCAPE FROM DEVILS ISLAND  More photos of the escapees and their boat, these from Alex Miller in Belfast who's father was on a Lake Tanker docked in Aruba at the time the escapees arrived in Aruba.

August 17, 2006

ARUBA/LAGO COLLECTION  Personal memorabilia, stored by Ginger Bassett for many years now has a permanent home at the Center for American History at The University of Texas in Austin, Texas, thanks to Frank Binetti.  Because of research I was doing for the web site I found out where to point Frank.  He and Ginger have done all the work.  See the notice.  Find out how you can still donate Lago memorabilia to the collection.

August 17, 2006

LAKE TANKER FAMILIES  If you have families who worked on the Lake Tankers and would like to correspond with others who also had members in the Lake Fleet send me an email and I will get you together.

August 20, 2006

ARUBA ID CARD  I did not know we were issued ID Cards in Aruba by the Government until Vic Lopez send me a copy of his ID Card.  Take a look.  If others have ID Cards, send them in, I will post them on the site.  Do they still use ID cards in Aruba?  What do they look like now? 

August 20, 2006

PAINTING FROM ARUBA  Painting sent in by Bruce Kilpatrick, these painting were done by Maud Thomas and Svea Stanly.  Check them out, they are good.

August 20, 2006

CLASS OF 1948   A group photo of the class of 1948, taken in 1946.  Submitted by: Dotty (Learned) Dill

August 20, 2006

BOB LLOYD'S ARUBA REUNION PHOTOS 2006  Lots of great photos from the Reunion.

August 20, 2006

LLOYD FAMILY SCRAPBOOK  Aruba photos from 1945 to 1956 by Everett and Bob Lloyd.  Some great photos here. Check it out.

August 20, 2006

LEON VROLIJK'S SCRAPBOOK - SUPPLIED BY DOLFI KOCK  Wonderful photos from a graduate of the Lago Vocational School and Dolfi's cousin.

August 25, 2006

CAPTAIN RODGER  A biography, by his daughter, home movies from the 1930's, GREAT STUFF.

August 25, 2006

GERALD BURKARD'S SCRAPBOOK  A collection of photos sent in by Garald Burkard.  Can you name some of the people in the parade?

August 25, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS  February 26, 1971, sent in by Dolfi Kock  Leon Vrolijk in Aruba.  Thanks Leon & Dolfi.

August 29, 2006

ARUBA SHIPS  A run  down and history of ships that effected Aruba during World War II, by Bill Moyer.

August 29, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS  July 14, 1972, sent in by Dolfi Kock  Leon Vrolijk in Aruba.  Thanks Leon & Dolfi.

August 31, 2006

FEEDBACK  Check last item on feed back from dino di aruba and see what a small world it is.

August 31, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS  November 3, 1973, sent in by Dolfi Kock  Leon Vrolijk in Aruba.  Thanks Leon & Dolfi.

August 31, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS  August 27, 1971, sent in by Dolfi Kock  Leon Vrolijk in Aruba.  Thanks Leon & Dolfi.

August 31, 2006

CLASS OF 1951   Thoughts and information about the Class of 1951, written in 1991 by Bill Moyer with additional information supplied by Shirley Gladman and Gea Husing.

SEPTEMBER - 2006

September 1, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS  August 25, 1972, sent in by Dolfi Kock  Leon Vrolijk in Aruba.  Thanks Leon & Dolfi.

September 1, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS  January 26, 1973, sent in by Dolfi Kock  Leon Vrolijk in Aruba.  Thanks Leon & Dolfi.

September 1, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS  December 22, 1972, The Christmas issue, very pretty cover, sent in by Dolfi Kock  Leon Vrolijk in Aruba.  Thanks Leon & Dolfi.

September 1, 2006

ARUBA ESSO NEWS  Carnival Issue, March 9, 1972, sent in by Dolfi Kock & Leon Vrolijk Aruba.  Thanks Leon & Dolfi.

September 1, 2006

THE LAGO COLONY LEGEND  The entire content of James L. Lopez's book, completed and produced by Vic Lopez.  A monumental undertaking and still available for purchase from Vic, check it out.

September 6, 2006

THE CHRONICLE   A stab at beginning to do a history of the Chronicle.  Please, if you can add information please do so, email, call or write.  Thanks, Dan Jensen

September 10, 2006

DAN'S MOVIE  I made an attempt at making a movie, now this was a real learning curve.  Check it out.

September 10, 2006

CAPTAIN & MRS. LAURENSON   Received a note from Captain Laurenson's granddaughter with a short outline of what she knew of her grandparents and mother in Aruba so I added it to the Lago Family Page as well as to the Looking for Lake Tanker Family Page.

September 13, 2006

KEN BROWN'S MOVIES  My son Paul has enhanced Ken's 1941 movies and they are much clearer.  See the center of the Directory page for Paul's enhanced movies.

OCTOBER 2006

October 11, 2006

HOME MOVIES FROM BILL MOYER  Bill has given me his dad's home movies and I have added clips to the web site.  Great quality and interesting.  Take a look.

October 12, 2006

PHOTOS FROM PETE EATON  Submitted by Alice May (Eaton) Spitzer.  These photos were taken in 1949/50 and 1963 by her Uncle, Pete Eaton when on vacation in Aruba.

October 12, 2006

LAGO BEACH GIRLS   Photos taken by Lago's Public Relations Department of Alice May Eaton, Ann Nixon, Cisca van der Linden, Pat Osborn and Vicki Schults. 

October 12, 2006

POSTCARDS FROM ARUBA  Added postcards submitted by Alice May (Eaton) Spitzer.

October 13, 2006

GROUP PHOTOS  Added five new photos submitted by Alice May (Eaton) Spitzer to the group photos.

October 13, 2006

ARUBA ART CIRCLE  Added photo and program from Jose Iturbi's performance at the Esso Club on December 14, 1955  and the program for the Cotton Blossom Minstrels.  This material was submitted by Alice May (Eaton) Spitzer.

October 13, 2006

PAN-O-RAM-WEEKLY  Added the June 16, 1954 and the April 15. 1955 issues, thanks to Alice Spitzer.

October 14, 2006

LAGO SPORT PARK  Added two programs to this section, the programs were give to me by Alice Spitzer.

October 14, 2006

LAGO COMMUNITY CHURCH  Added the program for the dedication of the Church School Building, July 10, 1955.  Submitted by Alice Spitzer.

October 20, 2006

FEEDBACK   Added to the Feedback page.

October 20, 2006

LAGO VOCATIONAL SCHOOL  Photos and material send by Dolfi Kock and supplied by Leoan Vrolijk, thanks to both of you.

October 20, 2006

STRIKE AT LAGO  Photo send by Dolfi Kock and supplied by Leoan Vrolijk showing workers with signs ready to go on the picket line.

October 22, 2006

LAGO CALENDARS   Photos from the Lago Calendars kept by Mrs. Spitzer and given to me by Alice Spitzer, her daughter in law.

October 27, 2006

COLIN CRAIG'S SCRAPBOOK  Colin's father was a Captain on one of the Lake Tankers.  There are wonderful early photos of the Lake Tankers and San Nicholas Harbor.  Colin was born in Lago Hospital and now lives in Scotland, thanks Colin.

October 27, 2006

GROUP PHOTOS  Al Leak sent a photo of the Aruba and Curacao Woman's Golf Team from the 1950's.

October 27, 2006

LAKE TANKER FAMILIES   Check this page and see what a small world it really is.

NOVEMBER 2006

November 18, 2006

FEEDBACK  Added a piece to the Feedback page.

November 28, 2006

LAGO COMMUNITY CHURCH  Added a photo of the Church Classrooms below the Church, submitted by Vic Lopez.

November 29, 2006

BRYAN McCALL'S SCRAPBOOK  More great photos of Lake Tankers, postcards from Aruba, the class Jr. class of '46 and Sr. class of '47.  Thanks Bryan. 

DECEMBER 2006

December 1, 2006

PROGRAM FOR PLAYS BY THE CHURCH  A program for 2 one-act plays produced by the Lago Community Church in 1941.  Submitted by Becky Moseley.

December 1, 2006

PROGRAM FOR A PLAY BY THE WOMAN'S CLUB OF ARUBA  A program for a Christmas play by the Woman' Club of Aruba date unknow.  Submitted by Becky Moseley.

December 1, 2006

FEEDBACK  Remarks about the web site and questions about her great aunt from Becky Moseley.

December 19, 2006

GROUP PHOTO  At the bottom of the group photo page a group of kid sent in by Colin Craig, can anyone help me with names.  Colin said it may be a Birthday Party for his brother Jim.

December 19, 2006

COLIN CRAIG'S SCRAPBOOK  Added four new photos to Colin's Scrapbook.

December 21, 2006

CHRISTMAS IN ARUBA  Photos sent in by Dolfi Kock, Thanks.

December 23, 2006

MYSTERY PHOTOGRAPHSVic Lopez has sent in a bunch of photos taken in around 1939.  Can anyone help in identifying the ones on these pages?

December 23, 2006

ASSORTED PHOTOS.  Vic Lopez sent in a bunch of photos taken in 1939.  I have placed them on different pages.  Check out: LAGO COMMUNITY CHURCH   -   VERY OLD LAGO COLONY  -  QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS  -  GENERAL OFFICE BUILDING

December 24, 2006

MYSTERY PHOTOGRAPHS  Dolfi Kock went out and photographed what is now in place of one of the Mystery Photos, now is that not fast. One Day, and on the day before Christmas.  Thanks you so much.

December 27, 2006

BUNGALOW 927  Added information about who lived in Bungalow 927 as well as links from the Lago Colony Map and Bungalow Directory.

December 29, 2006

FEEDBACK  Added a piece to the Feedback page.

December 29, 2006

MESSAGE BOARD  I have added a message board, if your name is listed please contact me I have a message from some other viewer of the web site that would like to make contact with you.

JANUARY - 2007

January 3, 2007

ESCAPE FROM DEVILS ISLAND  Added another email to this page.

January 15, 2007

BUNGALOWS  Added information about bungalows 1504 and 639.

January 16, 2007

HILL FAMILY  Added information about the Hill Family.

January 21, 2007

ARUBA ESSO ROAD MAP   Added a road map submitted by Robert van de Ven.

January 22, 2007

MAP DIRECTORY   Added a Map Directory Page to the web site and moved some of the map links from the left hand link bar to the Map Directory Page.

January 23, 2007

COLIN CRAIG'S SCRAPBOOK   Added photographs to Colin's Scrapbook.

January 23, 2007

CHURCH PROGRAM   Added the Church Program for July 12, 1953, submitted by Colin Craig.

January 25, 2007

NEWSLETTER #9  Added Newsletter Number 9 submitted by Don Gray.

January 30, 2007

BRYAN MCCALL'S SCRAPBOOK  Added photos to Bryan's Scrapbook and links from his scrapbook to Colin Craig's scrapbook.  Both had photos from the same party at the Marine Club.

FEBRUARY - 2007

February 3, 2007

BOY ECURY  Posted an email I received Giselle Ecury, Boy Ecury's nephew, who now lives in Holland.

February 3, 2007

ARCHIVE LIST  Moved the December submissions from the "NEW STUFF"  list to the archived list.

February 11, 2007

BUNGALOWS  Added information to Bungalows 635, 733 & 1530

February 11, 2007

LAGO FAMILIES STORIES  Added the Holzer Family Story.

February 11, 2007

LAGO FAMILIES STORIES  Added the Ratcliff Family Story.

February 13, 2007

BUNGALOWS  Added information about Bungalow 711 and 1510

February 13, 2007

POSTCARDS  Added two new postcards sent in by Linda (Bond) Myers.

February 14, 2007

BUNGALOWS  Added information about Bungalow 256 

February 14, 2007

LAGO FAMILIES  Added the Bill & Thelma Murphy family history.

MARCH -2007

MARCH 11, 2007

LARRY RIGGS  A history of The Lago Bulletin Board and Bits & Pieces, written by Larry Riggs.

MARCH 11, 2007

SPEARFISHERMEN  Added a photograph to the Lago Spearfishermen's Association page.

MARCH 11, 2007

STUDENTS RETURNING  Added a group photo of college students returning to the US on KLM.

MARCH 11, 2007

SEA SCOUT'S BOAT  Added another photo of the Sea Scout's boat tied at the dock.

MARCH 11, 2007

MINGUS PHOTOS  Added photos to the Mingus Family Page submitted by Mrs. Frances (Teet Mingus) Kretschmer from her collection.

MARCH 11, 2007

ARUBA NATIONAL LIBRARY  The Aruba National Library has added a link to the Lago Colony web site thanks to the efforts of Dufi Kock.  Thanks Dufi.

MARCH 11, 2007

CERAMIC TILE  Added four new ceramic tile that were submitted by Lura (Fields) Ward.

MARCH 11, 2007

FEEDBACK  Added to the Feedback page.

MARCH 12, 2007

MITSY'S SCRAPBOOK  Added four new photos to Mitsy's Scrapbook.

MARCH 12, 2007

BUNGALOWS  Added information to Bungalow 711, Bungalow 2, Bungalow 217, & Bungalow 514

MARCH 12, 2007

PHILLIPS FAMILY  Added the Phillips Family page.

MARCH 15, 2007

LLOYD FAMILY SCRAPBOOK  Added captions to some of the photos.

MARCH 15, 2007

HOW TO INCREASE VIEWING AREA ON THE SCREEN  I added some tips on how to increase the viewing area on your screen.  Many already know about these features but others do not, for those who do not I hope it helps.

MARCH 16, 2007

BUNGALOWS  Added information to Bungalow 217, Bungalow 543, Bungalow & Bungalow 613 

MARCH 23, 2007

LINK BAR  Added what I hope are improvements to the link bar on the left.

MARCH 24, 2007

COLIN CRAIG  Added new photos from 2007 to Colin's scrapbook.  And Steve Fremgen submitted names for one of the group photos, 2ed grade.

MARCH 30, 2007

ARUBA CHRONICLE, JANUARY 2007   Added the January 2007 copy of the Chronicle to the web site.

APRIL -2007

APRIL 2, 2007

BUNGALOW  Added information about Bungalows 144 & 146

APRIL 2, 2007

BILL MOYER'S HOME MOVIES  I have added the remainder of Bill's home movies, remember, these are large files and will take 3 to 5 minutes to download each movie using a high speed connection.

APRIL 5, 2007

BILL MOYER REMEMBERS TINKER BAGGALEY  Bill Moyer letter to Tinker's widow.

APRIL 8, 2007

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT'S VISIT TO ARUBA  In March of 1944 Eleanor Roosevelt visited Aruba.  Mrs. Miriam Henriquez sent some information.  Does any of the viewers of the web site have anything to add to this page?  If so please send it along.

APRIL 10, 2007

DON BLAIR PHOTOS   Vic Lopez has supplied some additional photos taken by Don Blair before World War II.

APRIL 10, 2007

BACKGROUNDS  Added an example of what can be seen in the background of old photos when cropped and blown up.

APRIL 12, 2007

CERAMIC TILE  More ceramic tile from Aruba, sent in by Lura (Fields) Ward, which came from her sister Eleanor Fields Phillips collection.

APRIL 15, 2007

FEEDBACK  Added to the Feedback Page.

APRIL 18, 2007

BUNGALOWS  Added information about Bungalow 434 & 355.

APRIL 18, 2007

ARUBA ESSO NEW - MARCH 31, 1944 The front page of the Aruba Esso News covering the visit by Eleanor Roosevelt to Aruba.

APRIL 20, 2007

CERAMIC TILE POSTER  I made up a poster using all the ceramic tile.  You can download the photo and have a poster printed if you so desire.

APRIL 20, 2007

PAN-AM CLUB MOVIE PASS  A free move pass from the Pan-Am Club, issued to Vic Lopez's mother, before she married Vic's father.

APRIL 20, 2007

ELEANOR ROOSEVELT  A letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Mary Lopez, Vic Lopez's mother.

APRIL 22, 2007

U-BOAT ATTACK  Added a clipping from the London Times about the U-Boat attack.

APRIL 27, 2007

2007 FLORIDA REUNION  Added photo of the 2007 Florida Reunion sent in by Dick and Barbara Faunce as well as Don Gray.  If someone will send the names of the persons in the photos I will add them to the photos.

APRIL 29, 2007

SHELLS AND CORAL FROM ARUBA  A collection of photos of shells and coral collected by Mrs. Spitzer in Aruba during the late 1940's and the early 1950's.

MAY - 2007

MAY 1, 2007

FOREIGN STAFF ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES' PARTY  Booklet for the party with committees and menu sent in by John Geis

MAY 8, 2007

BUNGALOWS  Added information to Bungalow 484 - 817  & 312

MAY 8, 2007

2007 FLORIDA REUNION  Added photo of the 2007 Florida Reunion sent in by Janet Lloyd.  If someone will send the names of the persons in the photos I will add them to the photos.

MAY 11, 2007

ARUBA MONEY POSTER  As you may have guessed, I have gotten into trying to make posters.  This is one of the Aruba Money found on the web site.  You can download and print to a 16" x 20" poster if you are so inclined.

MAY 11, 2007

1997 ARUBA REUNION  Photos from the 1997 Aruba Reunion supplied by Kyle & Alice Spitzer, found in Mary B's closet.

MAY 17, 2007

EARLY ARUBA - INSIDE LAGO  These are photos supplied by Vic Lopez from his mother, who grew up in Lago and his father, who also grew up and worked at Lago.  Great photos.  Thanks Vic.

MAY 19, 2007

BRYAN McCALL'S SCRAPBOOK  Added many new photos of Lake Tankers which I just received from Bryan, Thanks Bryan, they are great photos.

MAY 22, 2007

HIT COUNTER   Check it out, over the past 12 months the Lago-Colony web site has been hit over 2 million times.  Hard to believe.

MAY 22, 2007

TRANSLATION OF THE SPANISH    My very good friend has translated the old Spanish describing a visit to Aruba in 1500's by Juan de Castellanos which was sent to me by Mrs. Miriam Henriquez.

MAY 23, 2007

SUMMER EMPLOYMENT   A summer job with Lago and the work book needed if you are not born in Aruba.

MAY 23, 2007

BLACK & WHITE POSTCARDS FROM ARUBA  These black and white postcards were found in the Spitzer's papers.

MAY 23, 2007

PILOTS LOG BOOK  Added Mary B's pilots log book.

MAY 23, 2007

ARUBA ESSO NEWS   The July 3, 1942 copy of the Aruba Esso News which covers the fire that destroyed the first Esso Club.  This was submitted by Becky Moseley.

MAY 23, 2007

ARUBA FLYING CLUB  Added a brochure put out to attract new members to the Aruba Flying Club.  Submitted by Vic Lopez.

MAY 23, 2007

REFINERY BADGES  Added a badge that belonged to Vic Lopez's grandfather.

MAY 25, 2007

MISCELLANEOUS PHOTOS  Just a collection of odds and ends from a lot of people.

MAY 26, 2007

INVITATIONS  Added some invitations to the page.

MAY 26, 2007

EARLY ROAD MAP OF ARUBA  What may be the first road map of Aruba.

MAY 26, 2007

LAGO COMMUNITY CHURCH  Added the program for Mother's Day, May 8, 1949 and the certificate of promotion in Sunday School.

MAY 26, 2007

LAGO HIGH SCHOOL, PLAYS & SHOWS  Added programs for plays and shows done at Lago High School.

MAY 26, 2007

PAN-O-RAM WEEKLY  Added a Pan-O-Ram Weekly from November 8, the years is not known.

MAY 28, 2007

2005 CHICAGO REUNION   In order to make room on the web site I have eliminated all the photos of Chicago, that is to say, of buildings, I have left the people photos.  I have also removed some photos from Paul Jensen's photos from around Aruba taken at the 2006 Aruba Reunion and Steve Fremgens recent photos from Aruba have been cut considerably.  Sorry, and believe me it is no fun being an editor deciding what goes and what stays.

MAY 28, 2007

PAN-O-RAM WEEKLY  Added a lot of new Pan-O-Ram Weekly to the web site.

HELP!

WITH THE CHANGES I HAVE HAD TO MAKE TO GET MORE ROOM ON THE WEB SITE SOME OF THE LINKS HAVE BEEN LOST.  WHEN YOU FIND A PROBLEM, ANY PROBLEM, PLEASE EMAIL AND I WILL FIX IT, THE WEB SITE IS TO LARGE FOR ME TO CHECK EACH PAGE SO YOUR HELP IS REQUESTED.  THANKS, DAN.

JUNE - 2007

JUNE 2, 2007

MCCALL  &  CRAIG  I got an email from Hugh Chandler and he gave me information about some of the people and Lake Tankers shown on both Bryan McCall and Colin Craig's Scrapbook pages.

JUNE 3, 2007

BUNGALOW INFORMATION:  Added information about Bungalow 829 & 100

JUNE 6, 2007

LINK PAGE  Added two new links to information dealing with Aruba.

JUNE 6, 2007

PAN-O-RAM ANNUAL  Changed the Pan-O-Ram pages to PDF files to save space on the web site, you will need to use Adobe Reader to access these files, it is a free download if you do not already have it.

JUNE 11, 2007

LAGO SERVICE AWARDS  Added a page, Lago Service Awards, and moved stuff from Lago Police page to this new page and added a photograph.

JUNE 11, 2007

SHIPS TORPEDOED, WWII  Some of the ships that were torpedoed near Aruba during World War II by German U-Boats.

JUNE 15, 2007

HENRY GIBBINS  Added a page with links about the US Army transport ship the Henry Gibbins.

JUNE 15, 2007

1957 LAGO TELEPHONE DIRECTORY  Sent in by Bruce Kilpatrick.

JUNE 15, 2007

MARY B's 1977 ARUBA TRIP  Photos from a trip to Aruba in 1977.

JUNE 15, 2007

MITSY RAY'S SCRAPBOOK  Added three new photos to Mitsy's scrapbook.

JUNE 15, 2007

ROYAL VISIT - ARUBA 1955  This booklet of 8x10 glossy photographs was sent to me by Teet Mingus  Kretchmer.

JUNE 15, 2007

ETTENSPERGER FAMILY SCRAPBOOK   Added a scrapbook for the Ettensperger Family.

JUNE 19, 2007

DEVILS ISLAND  Added additional photos of escapees sent in by Vic Lopez and taken by his father in the 1930's.

JUNE 20, 2007

NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS  Posted newspaper clipping from various newspapers about the attack on Aruba by German U-Boat.

JUNE 21, 2007

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalow 51 & 411

JUNE 21, 2007

STEVE FREMGEN'S 1950's PHOTOS  Added photos of the Colony from the air by Steve Fremgen taken in the 1950's.

JUNE 22, 2007

EYE-WITNESS REPORT  A rundown on what Ted Gibbons remembers on the night of the U-Boat attack, Feb. 16, 1942, he was 11 at the time.

JUNE 22, 2007

CLASS OF 1950  Added a group photo of the Class of 1950 to the Group Photos Page, the photo was sent in by Ted Gibbins.

JUNE 28, 2007

QUESTION PAGE  Added a page where I can post questions with the hopes that someone can provide an answer.  See how it works, if you have a question send it to me.

JULY - 2007

JULY 1, 2007

PAN-O-RAM ANNUALS   All the Pan-O-Ram Annuals have been re-scanned so Adobe Reader can now recognize the text.  This means you can search the test as well as copy and paste the text.  Some issues worked better then others, it depended on the font that was used when published.  I am sorry they all did not work, but technology being what it is, I think this is an improvement for searching for information

JULY 6, 2007

THOSE WHO DIED  A list of those who died during World War II which were directly related to Aruba, researched and translated by Dufi Kock.

JULY 8, 2007

BUNGALOW INFORMATION:  Added information about Bungalow 341504408465137211821469426344; 60634  & 307

JULY 8 & 20, 2007

THEN & NOW  Added a photo looking South at Palm Beach.  Taken by Bob Lloyd in 2007.

JULY 23, 2007

HENRY GIBBINS   Added some unimportant information about the "Henry Gibbins", the supply ship in San Nicholas Harbor during the U-Boat attack that was reported to be loaded with 3000 tons of TNT.

JULY 31, 2007

VICTOR A. LOPEZ  Added information about Victor A. Lopez, Vic Lopez's uncle who was killed in World War II.

JULY 31, 2007

GILBERT BROOK JR.  Added information about Gilbert Brooks Jr.

JULY 31, 2007

DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA  Added a note about one of the photos.

AUGUST 2007

AUG. 3, 2007

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added Bungalow information to Bungalow 70  -  356  -  30  -  32  -  74  -  28  -  26  &  24

AUG. 4, 2007

ARUBA ESSO NEW, OCT. 8, 1972    Added the Oct. 8, 1972 issue submitted by Dolfi Kock.

AUG. 5, 2007

INTERVIEW ON TELEARUBA-2002  A translation of a television program on Telearuba interviewing people in about the U-Boat attack.  Translated from Papiamento interview to English by Dufi Kock.

AUG. 5, 2007

DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA   Added a photo sent in by Vic Lopez showing the area that became the parking lot for the Lone Palm Stadium and the New Esso Club before it was paved and the Big Steps were made of wood before being rebuilt in concrete.

AUG. 5, 2007

EDMUND G. SMITH  Added a page of clipping about L. G. Smith submitted by his grandson, Edmund G. Smith.

AUG. 15, 2007

FLY FISHING IN ARUBA  A story by Lad Mingus as told to him by his father Odis Mingus.

AUG. 18, 2007

FIRST ESSO CLUB (PAN AM CLUB)  Added another photo of the old Pan Am Club that became the first Esso Club.  It was sent in by Dotty (Learned) Dill and taken by her dad.

AUG. 18, 2007

PHOTOS OF DEAN PASSING ARUBA  Dolfi Kock sent in some wonderful photos from the area of the Esso Club as Dean passed Aruba.

AUG. 20, 2007

DOTTY (LEARNED) DILL SCRAPBOOK  Dotty sent in some wonderful photos of a skit put on at the Old Esso Club, great shots. Thanks Dotty.

AUG. 20, 2007

DISCUSSION PAGE  I have added a new discussion page which is password protected.  Send me an email at: dje9537459@austin.rr.com tell me your connection to Lago and Aruba and I will send you the password.  I have also added a link to the discussion page on the left hand side in the link bar.

AUG. 26, 2007

TRANSLATIONS OF TV INTERVIEW AND LETTER  Added a translation of a letter from Dutch to English about the shelling of Aruba.  The translation is done by Dufi Kock.

SEPTEMBER - 2007

SEPT. 1, 2007

THE FLAIR  A poem by Roland W. Peterson. 

SEPT. 2, 2007

PETE & DOROTHY MANTYLA  Short history of the Mantyla family.

SEPT. 2, 2007

NEWSLETTER #10  Added Newsletter #10 to the U-156 Roundtable discussion.

SEPT. 2, 2007

HURRICANE FELIX  A photo sent in by Dolif Kock.

SEPT. 4, 2007

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added Bungalow information to Bungalow  62  -  274  -  352  -  365

SEPT. 4, 2007

ESSO NEWS MAY 21, 1971  Added the May 21, 1971 issue of the Aruba Esso News sent in by Dolfi Kock

SEPT. 5, 2007

ESSO NEWS MAY 4, 1973  Added the May 4, 1973 issue of the Aruba Esso News sent in by Dolfi Kock

SEPT. 6, 2007

ESSO NEWS MARCH 22, 1974  Added the March 22, 1974 issue of the Aruba Esso News sent in by Dolfi Kock 

SEPT. 6, 2007

ESSO NEWS APRIL 19, 1974  Added the April 19, 1974 issue of the Aruba Esso News sent in by Dolfi Kock  

SEPT. 6, 2007

ESSO NEWS OCTOBER 4, 1974  Added the October 4, 1974 issue of the Aruba Esso News sent in by Dolfi Kock

SEPT. 8, 2007

ESSO NEWS DECEMBER 1975  Added the December 1975, Christmas Issue of the Aruba Esso News sent in by Dolfi Kock

SEPT. 18, 2007

MARVICK FAMILY SCRAPBOOK  Photos sent in by Hazel (Marvick) Steadham.

SEPT. 18, 2007

MAPS  Added new maps to the map directory.

SEPT. 19, 2007

ANCHOR AT GATE # 6  Added the history of the Anchor at Gate # 6 by Dufi Kock.

SEPT. 19, 2007

ROYAL VISIT TO ARUBA - 1955  A booklet about the Royal Visit to Aruba in 1955 submitted by Brenda Engle.

SEPT. 20, 2007

25,000th PERSON TO TOUR LAGO  On Sept. 9, 1959 Mrs. Eliza Bonifacia Lopez, was the 25,000th visitor to Lago and was presented with this booklet.  The booklet was scanned and sent to me by Dolfi Kock who got it courtesy of Mrs. Edna Martilia, the grand daughter of Mrs. Lopez.

SEPT. 20, 2007

MEMORIAL PLAQUE FROM WW-II  A plaque hanging in Santa Teresita church in San Nicolas in memory of Lago Marine Club members who lost their lives in World War II.  The photos were sent in by Dolfi Kock.

SEPT. 20, 2007

2007 OKLAHOMA LAGO REUNION  Photos from the reunion sent in by Don Rosborough.

SEPT. 22, 2007

HISTORY OF ARUBA  Published by the Pan-Aruban, third edition, 1938.  Submitted by Brenda Engle.

SEPT. 22, 2007

SHEET MUSIC FROM ARUBA  Hand printed sheet music, given to me by Bill Moyer at the 2007 Oklahoma City Lago Reunion.  It was transcribed in 1952 by Maria Croes of Savaneta, the wife of "Pat" Croes who worked for Lago.

SEPT. 22, 2007

LIFE MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON TORPEDO ATTACK  A article that appeared in Life Magazine about the attack on Aruba, submitted by Bill Moyer.

SEPT. 22, 2007

LITTLE THEATER  Two programs for two plays presented by Lago employees in 1930.  These programs were submitted by Bill Moyer.

SEPT. 22, 2007

LEAVING ON VACATION  Added the farewell dinner menu from the Grace Line.  Submitted by Bill Moyer.

SEPT. 27, 2007

DISCUSSION PAGE  I have made changes to the password.  If you want to use the Discussion Page send me an Email with your NAME and what PASSWORD you would like to use and I will set it up.  I intend to be very select and only give add persons connected with Aruba and who I know.  Let me hear from you if you would like to gain access to the Discussion Page.

OCTOBER - 2007

OCT. 8, 2007

YET ANOTHER ANCHOR  Another anchor has come to light.  This on sent in by Frank Pekary.  Anyone know about this anchor?

OCT. 8, 2007

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added Bungalow information to Bungalows: 31   113   312 & 366

OCT. 8, 2007

LOOKING FOR TOON SEGERS  Somehow I lost Toon's email address.  Dufi Kock in Aruba would like to be in contact with him.  Toon, if you read this please send me you email address. Dan Jensen

OCT. 25, 2007

PAUL & KAMMA JENSEN'S SCRAPBOOK  Photos from a scrapbook that belonged to my mother and father.  I thought it had been lost but turns out my daughter had it.

OCT. 25, 2007

VIDEO CLIP OF LAGO IN THE 1950's  A video clip of Lago in the 1950's sent in by Ryan  Oduber in Aruba.

OCT. 26, 2007

SHE STANDS  A good slide show.

OCT. 28, 2007

NEWS ABOUT THE LAGO COLLECTION AT U of TEXASThe list of material in the Aruba archives at the University of Texas.

OCT. 28, 2007

NAVIGATION OF THE WEB SITE  Added a page to try and explain the layout of the site.

NOVEMBER - 2007

NOV. 4, 2007

TOT TALK  Words of wisdom from the First Grade, Class of 1956. 

NOV. 4, 2007

TOT TALK  Words of wisdom from the Second Grade, Class of 1957.  Submitted by Ann Nixon Leak. 

NOV. 4, 2007

TOT TALK  Words of wisdom from the Third Grade, Class of 1958. 

NOV. 15, 2007

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added Bungalow information to Bungalows:  65   651  75

DECEMBER - 2007

DEC. 5, 2007

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added Bungalow information to Bungalows:    75    352   60    36    543   114

DEC. 13, 2007

DISCUSSION PAGE  Today I removed the Discussion Page from the web site, it was causing problems and not working properly. 

DEC. 13, 2007

CHRISTMAS IN ARUBA 2007  Christmas decoration sent in by Dolfi Kock.

DEC. 20, 2007

CHRISTMAS TREES FROM AROUND THE WORLD  Christmas Greetings from the Lago Colony web site.

DEC. 25, 2007

LAGO WEB SITE-DECEMBER 30,2004  On December 23, 2005 I launched the Lago Colony web site, to celebrate the third anniversary of the web site I have added the earliest copy of the web site I still have.

2008

JANUARY - 2008

JAN. 7, 2008

HISTORY OF ARUBA BY EVERT BONGERS  The History of Aruba web site by Evert Bongers, check it out.

JAN. 13, 2008

PAN ARUBAN DECEMBER 3, 1938  A copy of the December 3, 1938 Pan Aruba submitted by Elna Harris King and given to her by her cousin Kurt Dahlberg.

JAN. 13, 2008

ARUBA WALTZ MUSIC  My daughter-in-law, Cherie Henderson played the music, click on the sheet music to hear it play.  Thanks Cherie, great job.

JAN. 16, 2008

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added Bungalow information to Bungalows:  46   625  2   1523

JAN. 18, 2008

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES OF INTEREST  Added a link to a web site about oil camps in Venezuela.

JAN. 28, 2008

GROUP PHOTOS  Added two photos from of kids at a party at the Binetti's house.

JAN. 28, 2008

ARUBA REAL ESTATE MONTHLY  An article about the old Lago Colony that appeared in the publication.

JAN. 31, 2008

HOWARD & MARJORIE MCMILLIN  Added the McMillin family history.

FEBRUARY - 2008

FEB. 4, 2008

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added Bungalow information to Bungalows:   2   1523   134  76   206   204   355   426   74   323

FEB. 16, 2008

CAPT. JAMES HILL  Added information about Capt. James Hill.

FEB. 24, 2008

U-156 ROUNDTABLE NEWSLETTER #11  Added Newsletter Number 11 from Don Gray to the U-156 Roundtable page.

MARCH - 2008

MARCH. 29, 2008

REMEMBERING ARUBA  I was just having a little fun when I made up this slide show. Enjoy.

MARCH 30, 2008

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added Bungalow information to Bungalows:   540    435

APRIL - 2008

APRIL 1, 2008

ANOTHER ANCHOR FOUND  Read about the anchor Steve Fremgen found on his last trip to Aruba.

APRIL 1, 2008

AN ISLAND AWAY  A novel written by Daniel Putkowski set in San Nicholaas.

APRIL 6, 2008

ARUBA ESSO NEWS  Added the March 8, 1968 copy of the Aruba Esso News, The Carnival Issue, submitted by Dulfi Kock.

APRIL 7, 2008

GERMAN FREIGHTERS  Added a link at the bottom of the page to a web site that has additional information about the three German Freighters.

APRIL 15, 2008

FEEDBACK  Added yet another comment about the web site to the feedback page.

APRIL 22, 2008

2008 FLORIDA REUNION  Photos from the 2008 Florida Reunion.

APRIL 26, 2008

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalow 816

MAY - 2008

MAY 5, 2008

32 FIGHTER SQUADRON  Photo of the squadron sent in by Bill Gibbons, go to bottom of the page.

MAY 5, 2008

OLD ARUBA   Added four old photos from Aruba sent in by William (Ted) Gibbons. Go to bottom of page to see the newly added photos.

MAY 10, 2008

WORLD WAR II HERO   This is a story about Mr. Joseph Oduber sent in by his daughter, Monica Etlien Oduber.

MAY 10, 2008

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  The following Bungalows have had new information added: 275  725

MAY 15, 2008

CHRISTMAS CARD  A Christmas Card sent in by Ted Gibbons.  Go to the bottom of the page to see the card.

MAY 17, 2008

PEDERNALES MID-SECTION PHOTOS Recent photos of the mid-section of the Pedernales, dumped in the ocean in 1942.  Photos taken by Willem Donck

MAY 19, 2008

32 FIGHTER SQUADRON  Added corrections and additional information about the photo.  This information was sent in by Jerry Casius.

MAY 20, 2008

CROSS OFF BABY BEACH, 2008  Photos of the cross off Baby Beach sent in by Willem Donck and Steve at Searuba Dive Shop.

MAY 22, 2008

CROSS OFF BABY BEACH, 2008  Additional photo of the cross just before it was placed in the water.

MAY 25, 2008

CAROL HINES PHOTOS  Photos sent in by Carol Hines.

MAY 22, 2008

CAPT. FISHER'S ESSO ESSAY  An essay by Capt. Fisher about life in Aruba.

MAY 27, 2008

UNDERGROUND BOMB SHELTERS  Added Doug Frazer's map of Lago Colony enhanced, to clearly show the location of underground bomb shelters in Lago Colony. 

JUNE - 2008

JUNE 1, 2008

LAKE TANKER FAMILIES  Additional information about Lake Tanker Families. Go to bottom of the page.

JUNE 1, 2008

ARUBA TOURIST INDUSTRY   Added a section called on the early tourist industry in Aruba.

JUNE 9, 2008

ARUBA ESSO NEWS  Added the February 20, 1970 edition of the Aruba Esso News submitted by Michel Nicolaas who lives in Holland and his grandfathers worked for Lago.

JUNE 9, 2008

ARUBA ESSO NEWS  Added the February 23, 1973 edition of the Aruba Esso News submitted by Michel Nicolaas who lives in Holland and his grandfathers worked for Lago.

JUNE 20, 2008

T-DOCK IN THE 1930's  Added photos of the T-Dock and Big Dock taken in the 1930's.

JUNE 22, 2008

LAKE TANKERS  Added a photo of an unknown Lake Tanker.

JUNE 28, 2008

FEEDBACK   Added more feedback to the page.

JUNE 30, 2008

BUNGALOWS   Added information on Bungalows:   60    421    482

JUNE 30, 2008

BEAUJON FAMILY  Added two documents to the Beaujon Family page.  They are at the bottom of the page and were submitted by Richard Beaujon.

JULY 2008

JULY 11, 2008

ARUBA TRAVEL INDUSTRY  Added a 1951 poster from the Grace Line submitted by Bill Moyer.

JULY 11, 2008

USS VINCENNES  Added a photo of the USS Vincennes which was submitted by Bill Moyer.

JULY 30, 2008

DRIVER LICENSE  Added Louis Lopez's Aruba drivers license sent in by Vic Lopez.

JULY 31, 2008

GOING ON VACATION   Added an interesting piece of paper submitted by Vic Lopez that was his mother's.  See bottom of the page.

AUG.  2008

AUG. 9, 2008

BUNGALOW INFORMATION:  Added information to Bungalow  258    1527   306  330    39    426   465

AUG. 14, 2008

THE LAGO STORY   Added a page about the book, THE LAGO STORY.

AUG. 14, 2008

BOOK DIRECTORY  Added a directory of books about Aruba and Lago that appear on the web site.

AUG. 18, 2008

TED GIBBONS REMEMBERS HIS VACATION   Ted Gibbons remembers his vacation and returning to Aruba in 1947.

AUG. 18, 2008

LAKE TANKER FAMILIES   Information and photos send in by David McKee about his uncle Jim Samson

AUG. 28, 2008

DON GRAY'S ROUNDTABLE NEWSLETTER #12  Added newsletter number 12 about U-boats to the directory.

SEPT.  2008

SEPT. 8, 2008

EAGLE REFINERY  An article written by by Emilie van Gent, the Operations Coordinator for Aruba's leading Real Estate magazine, Aruba Real Estate Monthly.

SEPT. 8, 2008

2008 ASHVILLE, SC ARUBA REUNION  Photos from the Aruba Reunion in September 2008 in Ashville, South Carolina.

SEPT. 16, 2008

ARCHIVE COLLECTION  Added a letter about what is needed for the Archive at the University of Texas.  This letter was handed out at the Aruba Reunion in Ashville this month.

SEPT. 16, 2008

WHEN LAGO WAS LUCKY   A complete history and background by Ray Burson on the attack by U-156 on the island of Aruba in World War II.

NOV.  2008

NOV. 2, 2008

NEW BUNGALOW INFORMATION:  77    530    Sea View Apartment 9-A

NOV. 3, 2008

GROUP PHOTO TAKEN IN 1954  A great group photo taken in 1954 and submitted by Vic Lopez.  Go to the bottom of the page to see the photo.

NOV. 12, 2008

NORMAN YOUNG'S SCRAPBOOK   Great photos from when Norman Young was a boy in Aruba.

NOV. 13, 2008

LAKE TANKER BACHAQUERO   Photo of Bachaquero entering Havana harbor in Cuba in 1947.  Photo was sent in by Bryan McCall.  After going to link, go to bottom of page to see the photos.

NOV. 18, 2008

ARUBA FLYING CLUB PHOTOSVic Lopez found some photos of the Aruba Flying Club in his brother David's scrapbook, go to the bottom of the linked page to see the photos.

NOV. 19, 2008

BOY SCOUTS, IN 1956  Vic Lopez sent in this photo, go to the bottom of the linked page to see the photos.

NOV. 20, 2008

ADDITION TO COLIN CRAIG'S SCRAPBOOK  Colin Craig has sent some papers and photos from his father, they are at the bottom of the page in his scrapbook.  Anyone who reads Dutch, please give me a little help on one of the government forms.

NOV. 20, 2008

STEVE KEIBLER'S SCRAPBOOK  Photos from Steve's family and pages from the Pan Aruban.

NOV. 20, 2008

STUDENTS FROM INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS CLASSES   Steve Keibler, who's father taught in the Industrial Relations Department, included photos of some of the students his father taught.  I placed them under the Vocational School page rather then on his scrapbook.

DEC.  2008

DEC. 5, 2008

NEW BUNGALOW INFORMATION:  346

DEC. 11, 2008

LAGO PRESIDENTSAdded information about Lago's Presidents, Lee Raymond and G. E. Golden.

DEC. 18, 2008

TOM MYERS' SCRAPBOOK   Photos sent in by Tom Myers from his time in Aruba.

DEC. 31, 2008

WAR MEMORIALS IN ARUBA-CURACAO-BONAIRE  Photos sent in by Dufi Kock of the war memorials to those who died in World War II from Aruba, Curacao and Bonaire.

JAN.  2009

JAN. 3, 2009

NEW BUNGALOW INFORMATION:  465    476   1554   256    277    1   1529

JAN. 3, 2009

HISTORY OF HERMAN TIELEN  The story of Herman Tielen who went from Holland to Aruba in 1938 to work for Lago and stayed there until 1963 when he and his family returned to Holland.  Sent in by Nelly Tielen- van Deutekom.

JAN. 4, 2009

CHANGED THE OPENING PAGE  Added titles to the photos on the opening page.

JAN. 5, 2009

FEEDBACK  Added to the feedback page, go to the bottom of the page to see the new addition.

JAN. 6, 2009

CHURCH PLAQUE   A bit of information about the impact the Plaque at the Church makes on visitors to the island.

JAN. 9, 2009

DAVE SORENSEN    A bit about Dave and his family who lived in Aruba and some great watercolors and photos taken by Dave.

JAN. 16, 2009

ATTACK ON LAKE TANKER PEDERNALES  Added a link to another web site maintained by Willem Donck with the story of the attack on the Pedernales.  Go to the bottom of the page to see the link.

JAN. 17, 2009

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SCHOOL  Additional photos sent in by Steve Keibler of students his father taught while in Aruba.  Go to the bottom of the page to see the new photos.

JAN. 17, 2009

THE STRIKE AT LAGO  A copy of the letter Steve Keibler's father received from then President Mingus for working to keep the refinery operational.  Again go to the bottom of the page to see the new photos.

JAN. 24, 2009

BILL MACNUTT'S SPEECH   Copy of the speech that Bill MacNutt, the president of the Class of 1957 gave at the graduation.

JAN. 24, 2009

SAN ANTONIO REUNION 2003  Added photos I just found.  These photos were taken by the professional photographer who was at the reunion taking photos.  These photos were added to the bottom of the page.

JAN. 24, 2009

BUNGALOW 1529  Today I received information about Bungalow 1529.  In the past I have just added the information as it was received, as of today I will add the date the information was added to the Bungalow.  See 1529 as the first example.

FEBRUARY - 2009

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

LAGO REFINERY  Added a photo from inside the refinery sent in by Dolfi Kock.

FEBRUARY 3, 2009

ARUBA  Added a photo showing an old Aruban house, coral stone walls and the refinery in the background, photos was sent in by Dolfi Kock.

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

POMEROY SCRAPBOOK   Added photos and information about Al Pomeroy and his family to the Lago Family Scrapbook page.

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

BEAUJON FAMILY SCRAPBOOK  Added a photo of a card given to John Beaujon when he left Lago.  This card was sent in by Richard Beaujon.

FEBRUARY 6, 2009

LINKS   Made changes to the description of the color coding used on the links on the left hand side of the page.

FEBRUARY 18, 2009

Short History of The Lago Oil & Transport Co., Ltd.   Added links within the story.

FEBRUARY 19, 2009

TOM MYERS SCRAPBOOK   Added photos for the 1950's to Tom Myers Scrapbook.  These photos were supplied by Tom's brother Bill.

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

LINKS  Added some of the links to other web sites found on the ling page to the LINKS bar on left hand side of the web page.

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

QUESTIONS   Added a question submitted by Bob Halpern requesting information about father.

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

HELP    A plead for help to organize the web site in a better way.

FEBRUARY 22, 2009

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES  Added a link to the Aruba Flying Club's web site.

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

BUNGALOWS    Added information to Bungalows:  324     415

FEBRUARY 27, 2009

LAKE TANKER PHOTOS   Added a photo and information about the Inverlago, one of the early lake tankers.  Go to bottom of page to see the addition.

FEBRUARY 28, 2009

DUKE RICHEY'S MEMORIES OF WORLD WAR II IN ARUBA   Memories of World War II in Aruba as related to Bill Moyer by Duke Richey in an e-mail.  Duke was 12 years old at the time.

MARCH  2009

MARCH 2, 2009

HANNA GREGERSEN   Hanne visited Aruba and traveled by tanker from Denmark in 1949.  She had family living in Lago Colony and went to stay with them for a couple of months. Hanne visited Aruba in 1949.  The photos Hanne sent me were taken by Jens Damkier, her uncle, in the 1930's.

MARCH 2, 2009

THE BIG LAGOON  A story by Bill Moyer.

MARCH 3, 2009

HOW BIG IS THE WEB SITE   Added this page to give you an idea as to the size of the Lago Colony web site.

MARCH 3, 2009

NEWSLETTER 13   Added U-156/U-502 Roundtable Newsletter #13 written and sent in by Don Gray.

MARCH 7, 2009

U-156 ATTACKS ARUBA  Added the longer (30 minutes) version of the move about the attack on Aruba by U-156 in 1942.

MARCH 7, 2009

TRAVEL POSTERS  Added three new travel posters donated by Bob Levy.

MARCH 12, 2009

TWO PHOTOS ADDED  Two photos from a 1934 book on Aruba were added to the Group Photos.  These photos were sent in by Clyde Harms.  Scroll to the bottom of the page to see the two new photos.

MARCH 16, 2009

BUNGALOWS    Added information about Bungalows 58   277   320   338    1557     1571

MARCH 16, 2009

JOHN GEIS ANCHOR  Added a Google Map showing the location where John Geis found the anchor and canon in 1957.  Go to bottom of the page to see the Map.

MARCH 20, 2009

GROUP PHOTOS  Added names to the group photo of the Boy Scouts in 1956, supplied by Hazel (Marvick) Steadham

MARCH 20, 2009

HAZEL MARVICK'S SCRAPBOOK # 1   Added scrapbook photos sent in by Hazel (Marvick) Steadham.

MARCH 26, 2009

HAZEL MARVICK'S SCRAPBOOK # 2   Added more scrapbook photos sent in by Hazel (Marvick) Steadham.

MARCH 26, 2009

ORGANIZATION OF THE WEB SITE   Up dated the information on this page.

APRIL  2009

APRIL 1, 2009

ESSO DIRECTORY 1948  Added a refinery/colony telephone & bungalow directory.  The directory shows all of the telephone numbers in the refinery as well as the names of occupants of the Bungalows, Bachelor Quarters, Nursing Home, Girls Dorm and Colorado Point Apartments.  This directory was submitted by Fay (Cross) Keene.

APRIL 1, 2009

COOKBOOK  Added a cook book that was produced by the ladies of the Colony, probably during World War II.  This cookbook was also submitted by Kay (Cross) Keene.

APRIL 1, 2009

FAY (CROSS) KEENE SCRAPBOOK   These are photos submitted by Fay taken in Aruba before and during the war.  There are some great group photos of the men who designed and built the refinery.

APRIL 1, 2009

REBECCA BAKER  Added a email from Rebecca Baker, granddaughter to Captain Russell of the Lake Tanker Valera and daughter of Patricia Russell.

APRIL 2, 2009

REBECCA BAKER'S SCRAPBOOK  Added photos sent in by Rebecca Baker, granddaughter to Captain Russell of the Lake Tanker Valera and daughter of Patricia Russell.

APRIL 5, 2009

BUNGALOW 252   Added photos of Bungalow 252 taken by Belinda Boot in 2008.

APRIL 13, 2009

ORANJESTAD PROPELLER  Photos of the team of divers that retrieved the propeller from the Lake Tanker Oranjestad, torpedoed by U-156 in World War II.

APRIL 15, 2009

ORANJESTAD PROPELLER  Added a link to video of dive to Oranjestad prior to retrieving the propeller from the Lake Tanker Oranjestad, torpedoed by U-156 in World War II.  I believe this is the first video of the Oranjestad since it was torpedoed on February 16, 1942  at 0121 hours.

APRIL 16, 2009

PRESS RELEASE IN ARUBA ON PROPELLER   This is the English translation of the press release that went out today in Aruba about the Propeller.

APRIL 17, 2009

ADDED DIRECTORY FOR ORANJESTAD PROPELLER   Added a Directory as well as information about the dive as told by ANDRE LOONSTRA

APRIL 17, 2009

VIDEO OF LIFTING PROPELLER  Link to You Tub video of the lifting of the propeller from 225 feet to 40 feet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olLhGHgGxjw

APRIL 18, 2009

ADDED PHOTO OF PEDERNALES  Added a photo of the Pedernales, a sister ship to the Oranjestad, while she was under construction, this was added so you could see the propellers on the Lake Tanker.  Almost at the bottom of the page.

APRIL 18, 2009

PROPELLER - PHASE II - ON TO LAND  Photos of the propeller being lifted from the sea and placed on land.

APRIL 19, 2009

THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES   The names of the men who lost their lives when the Oranjestad was torpedoed. 

APRIL 19, 2009

SLIDE SHOW OF PROPELLER RECOVERY  A Power Point slide show of the recovery of the propeller from the Lake Tanker Oranjestad has been added but it is not running properly.  This will take you to the PROPELLER DIRECTORY, go down to SEE SLIDE SHOW OF THE EVENT and follow those instruction.  Sort of a round about way until I learn how to do it.

APRIL 19, 2009

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT ORANJESTAD  Added some more information about the Lake Tanker Oranjestad that was supplied by Larry Riggs.

APRIL 20, 2009

REBECCA BAKER'S SCRAPBOOK  Added to Rebecca's Scrapbook page.

APRIL 21, 2009

ORANJESTAD PROPELLER, FROM THE SEA TO LAND   Added a video of the lifting of the propeller from the sea to land.  This video is on You Tube and this link will take you to the Propeller Directory, see it at the bottom of the page.  If is also on the web site under VIDEOS ON THE WEB SITE

APRIL 21, 2009

REBECCA BAKER'S SCRAPBOOK  Added information received from Bryan McCall, he recognized him self in one of the photos in Rebecca's Scrapbook.

APRIL 21, 2009

2009 LAGO REUNION, HILLSBOROUGH, FLORIDA    Added photos sent in by Dick Faunce for the 2009 Lago Reunion in Florida this month.

APRIL 21, 2009

BUNGALOW 411   Added information about who lived in bungalow 411.

APRIL 22, 2009

DUKE RICHEY  Added letters and photos to Duke Richey's page.  Go to the bottom of the page.

APRIL 23, 2009

DOUG MONROE   Added Doug Monroe's memories of Aruba to the Lago Family section of the web site.

MAY

May 2, 2009

ORANJESTAD PROPELLER Added information about Calixto (Lino) de Palm, who's brother lost his life when the SS Oranjestad went down.  The information was give to Lourdes (Lula) Emerenciana, a second cousin to Calixto de Palm in Papiamento and translated by Lourdes into English for the web site.  Dufi Kock sent me the information.  This can be found under the Phase II section on the Directory.

May 4, 2009

MORE PHOTOS FROM TOM MYERS  Added another page to Tom Myers' scrapbook. 

May 7, 2009

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalow  528     346     348     352

May 7, 2009

PROPELLER MEMORIAL COMMITTEE  A report on the first meeting of the committee to begin the process of erecting a memorial to those who lost their lives during World War II while living in Aruba.

May 14, 2009

CLEANING THE PROPELLER   Photos of the propeller being cleaned by the Mourik Company  who do contract cleaning with Valero refinery.

May 21, 2009

DONATE TO THE MEMORIAL  Information on how to donate to the planned memorial to those who lost their lives living in Aruba during World War II.  This memorial is to incorporate the Propeller from the SS Oranjestad.  Please check this page and if you can please make a donation.

May 24, 2009

ADDED PHOTOS FROM THE 1988 ARUBA REUNION   Gene Williams sent in some photos of the 1988 Aruba Reunion.

May 28, 2009

PRESS RELEASE, ARUBA  Added the press release put out in Aruba to all media about the monument and where to send donations.

JUNE - 2009

June 2, 2009

MOVED MAY MATERIAL TO ARCHIVE LIST  Moved the May 2009 NEW STUFF to the Archived List.

June 2, 2009

AGENDA FOR ROUNDTABLE IN ARUBA  Added the agenda for Don Gray's Roundtable discussion in Aruba on June 23, 2009 at 9:30am.

June 3, 2009

ADDED INFORMATION ABOUT BUNGALOWS:   73   69   806  921  161   438

June 12, 2009

MEETING WITH MINISTER:   Notes on the very positive meeting with Minister of Labor, Education, and Culture; Mr. Ramon Lee and SS Oranjestad Memorial Committee Members, Percy Sweetnam and Mr. Dufi Kock.

June 17, 2009

ARUBA TOURIST AUTHORITYAnnouncement about an Exposition that reflects the tourist development of Aruba from the beginning until today.

June 18, 2009

ARUBA TOURIST AUTHORITY:  Announcement about the beach and reef clean up on July 4 and 5, 2009.  If you are in Aruba at that time then check this out.

June 18, 2009

NEWS RELEASE:  News release in Aruba about the up coming Roundtable Discussion.

June 21, 2009

CLEANING THE PROPELLER  News about clean the propeller in preparation for it use in the memorial.

June 21, 2009

ORANJSTEAD MEMORIAL COMMITTEE  News about the committee meeting on June 21, 2009.

June 21, 2009

ELVIS ARENDS FAMILY VISITS LAGO   Photo of a family visit when they went on a Lago tour.

June 26, 2009

PRESENTATION BY DIVE TEAM TO ROUNDTABLE MEETING  Photo from the presentation give at the U-156 Roundtable Discussion in Aruba by the Dive Team on the propeller recovery.

June 27, 2009

FUNDRAISER FOR MONUMENT IN ARUBA  Photos and information about a fundraiser in Aruba to raise funds for the memorial. 

JULY - 2009

July 7, 2009

ADDED PHOTOS TO NORMAN YOUNG'S SCRAPBOOK  Added photos to Norman Young's scrapbook.

July 23, 2009

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalow  194   440   651   523

July 27, 2009

STEVE KILBURN  Added a scrapbook for Steve who is the son of Judy Watkins and his uncle was Tommy Watkins, the boy who drowned at the T-Dock in 1946 at age seven.

AUGUST

AUGUST, 2009

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalow:  811   920

August 7, 2009

BOOK FOR SALE  A book entitled THE PROPELLER by Dan Jensen and covering the recovery of the propeller from the SS Esso Oranjestad, the history of the ship, the U-boat that torpedoed it, and the story behind it.  All proceeds from the sale of this book will be donated to the SS ORANJESTAD MEMORIAL COMMITTEE.

AUGUST 12, 2009

HELP WITH A MEMBER OF THE MARINE DEPARTMENT.  Jennifer Soppitt, the granddaughter of Francis (Frank) Caldwell, who worked in the Marine Department, on the tugboats, is looking for information about her grandfather or am American who also worked on the tug boats in the 1940's. 

AUGUST 13, 2009

PRESENTATION TO GOVERNOR OF ARUBA  Members of the SS Oranjestad Memorial Committee presents the Governor of Aruba with a copy of the book, The Propeller.

AUGUST 15, 2009

NEWSPAPER ACCOUNT OF PRESENTATION Newspaper account of the members of the SS Oranjestad Memorial Committee presenting the Governor of Aruba with a copy of the book, The Propeller.

AUGUST 24, 2009

BOOK SIGNING AND SALE   Members of the SS Oranjestad Memorial Committee had a book signing at De Wit/Van Dorp bookstore for The Propeller, see the photos.

AUGUST 24, 2009

BOOK TO ARUBA LIBRARY   Members of the SS Oranjestad Memorial Committee presented a book to the Aruba Library.

SEPTEMBER

SEPTEMBER 21, 2009

1930 BOOKLET  A booklet given to prospective employees about life in Aruba in the 1930's.

OCTOBER 2009

OCTOBER, 2009

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalows:  201     500    326     1502     473     30     51

OCTOBER 2, 2009

AMERICAN TROOPS AND TANKS IN ARUBA   A photo submitted by Dufi Kock showing American troops and tanks on parade in Aruba during WW-II.  Go to the bottom of the page.

OCTOBER 2, 2009

LAGO PUBLICATIONS - .pdf format.   1960 Community Information submitted by Peter Henriksen.

OCTOBER 2, 2009

LAGO PUBLICATIONS - .doc format.   1960 Community Information submitted by Peter Henriksen.

OCTOBER 2, 2009

LAGO PUBLICATIONS  1964 Bungalow Directory submitted by Peter Henriksen.

OCTOBER 2, 2009

REVIEW OF THE PROPELLER   The first review received about The Propeller, get you copy and submit a review and support the memorial in Aruba.

OCTOBER 3, 2009

LAGO PUBLICATIONS  Employee and Community Interests of Lago, Published in 1952 and submitted by Peter Henriksen. 

OCTOBER 3, 2009

LAGO PUBLICATIONS  Lago in 1954, Published in 1954 and submitted by Peter Henriksen.  

OCTOBER 4, 2009

AMERICAN TROOPS AND TANKS IN ARUBA   More photos submitted by Dufi Kock showing American troops in 1945 saluting U S dead in Aruba during WW-II.  Go to the bottom of the page.

OCTOBER 14, 2009

LAGO FURNITURE   Photos of the furniture issued by the company to furnish the older houses in Lago Colony.  That it is still in use today is testimonial to it quality.

OCTOBER 14, 2009

US TROOPS IN CURACAO  Photos of US Troops in Curacao, can any one help with explaining these photos? 

OCTOBER 16, 2009

CREATING ONE HAPPY ISLAND   A book by Evert Bongers outlining the history and development of tourism on the island of Aruba. 

OCTOBER 22, 2009

LAGO FURNITURE   Added more photos of Lago Furniture that was sent in. Go to the bottom of the page to see the new photos.

OCTOBER 29, 2009

GRADUATE OF LVS CLASS OF 1935 CELEBRATES HIS 90th BIRTHDAY  On October 2nd, 2009, Emilio (Mimi) Kock celebrated his 90th birthday. Mimi is one of the last LVS student from 1935 class still alive. The other 2 are Jose Dirkz and Joe Oduber.  Go to the bottom of the page to see the photos.

NOVEMBER 2009

NOVEMBER, 2009

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalow:   725     471

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

ESCAPE FROM DEVILS ISLAND   Added information sent in by Susanne Gravendijk Wirth about the escapees from Devils Island, go to the bottom of the page to see the information.

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

SUPPORT THE SITE   Added a name to the persons who have made contributions to help support the site in the future.

NOVEMBER 16, 2009

OCEAN GOING TANKERS THAT CALLED ON ARUBA.   Bryan McCall sent in a photo of the Esso Lincoln, go to the bottom of the page to see the photo.

NOVEMBER 18, 2009

ANCHORS OFF OF EAGLE BEACH   Three anchors have been found in the area of Eagle Beach and Oranjestad Harbor by the same team that raised the propeller from the SS Oranjestad, check out what they found and what is intended.

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

RELEASE ABOUT PROPELLER ON CARIBBEAN LAGOON WEB SITE   The Caribbean Lagoon Web Site carried the story of the recovery of the propeller from the SS Oranjestad.

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

MOVING FIRST ANCHOR TO SHALLOW WATER   The first anchor was moved to shallow water so it could be lifted ashore, see the photos of this move

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

MOVING SECOND ANCHOR TO SHALLOW WATER   The second anchor was moved to shallow water so it too could be lifted ashore, see the photos of this move in this new section.

NOVEMBER 20, 2009

WHERE IS YOUR ARUBA MAP   Many persons who lived in Aruba have a map of Aruba hanging in their homes, if you have one send it to me and I will add it to the ones received already, take a look.

NOVEMBER 21, 2009

MOVING ANCHOR INTO POSITION TO BE LIFTED   This takes you through the steps that were taken to move one of the anchors from the shallow water out in the bay to the location t Varadero Marina where it could be reached by a crane and lifted ashore.

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

SUNDAY, NOV. 22, THE DAY THE FIRST ANCHOR WAS LIFTED  This is the day the first anchor was lifted ashore, lots of photos of the lift and the crowd that watched. 

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

50th ANNIVERSARY COIN FROM LAGO  This is a coin produced by Lago in 1974 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the oil industry in Aruba.  This coin was sent in by Nico Herders.

NOVEMBER 24, 2009

NOTE OF THANKS The President of the SS Oranjestad Propeller Committee issued this word of thanks to all those who were involved with the raising and witnessed the anchor being brought ashore.

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

WHERE IS YOUR ARUBA MAP   Added another photo to the collection of photos showing where people now have the Aruba map hanging. 

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

60th ANNIVERSARY COIN FROM LAGO  This is a coin produced by Lago in 1984 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the oil industry in Aruba.  This coin was sent in by Dufi Kock.  Go to the bottom of the page to see the medallion. 

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

JOSE ANDRES de PALM  This page has a photo of Jose, one of the men who lost their lives on the SS Oranjestad, photo sent in by Dufi Kock.

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

WHERE IS YOUR ARUBA MAP   Added another Aruba map hanging in the home of Anton Segers.

DECEMBER 2009

DECEMBER, 2009

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalow:    471

DECEMBER 7, 2009

WHERE IS YOUR ARUBA MAP   Added another photo to the collection of photos, this one Elsje va Ogtrop Bean from showing where her Aruba map now hangs.

DECEMBER 28, 2009

ARUBA ESSO NEW   Added another issue of the Aruba Esso New, February 9, 1968, submitted by Joe Carroll.

DECEMBER 28, 2009

WHERE IS YOUR ARUBA MAP   Added yet another Aruba Map to the collection.

JANUARY  2010

JANUARY, 2010

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalow:   246     55

JANUARY 11, 2010

SCHOOL DOCUMENTS  &  BRYAN McCALL'S SCRAPBOOK  Added a diploma issued to Bryan, it is placed in to locations on the web site.

JANUARY 18, 2010

HAITI  Added the photos of what Aruba is doing for the people of Haiti, these photos were a taken by Mr. Greg Peterson, President of Red Cross Aruba and submitted to the web site by Mr. Dufi Kock.  Thanks to both of you.

FEBRUARY 2010

FEBRUARY, 2010

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalow:   370    377   83    366

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

BRYAN McCALL'S PHOTOS FROM OKLAHOMA REUNION  Added photos sent in from the Oklahoma City Aruba Reunion in 2007 

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

OPENING PAGE  Changed the information on the opening page, removed the link to Haiti, (it is still on the links on the left) and added a link to Feedback with request for photos and other material.

FEBRUARY 8, 2010

SECOND ANCHOR  Added photos of the second anchor from the Oranjestad Harbor that was lifted and it to be placed at the Savaneta Marine Base as a monument to the four Dutch Marines who were killed in 1942 disarming the German torpedo that ran up on Eagle Beach and did not explode.

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

SECOND ANCHOR  Added photos showing the second anchor being cleaned, sandblasted and painted.

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

SECOND ANCHOR  Added photos showing moving of the second anchor to Savaneta and the dedication as a monument to the four Marines who lost their lives in 1942. 

MARCH

MARCH, 2010

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalow:   324   58   627   317   465

MARCH 10, 2010

BERT BAKER'S SCRAPBOOK  Added photos sent in by Bert Baker's son, Bert Baker Jr.  Bert Baker was in the class of 1952.  His son did not recognize some of the people in the photos, if anyone knows who they are let me know and I will pass on the information.

MARCH 13, 2010

PLAQUE AT ESSO CLUB SQUARE  Added a page with photos for a plaque that has recently been placed at the old Esso Club.

MARCH 14, 2010

DAN JENSEN FAMILY  Added a link to the page in the 1938 St. Petersburg times that talks about me getting a passport to go to Aruba. Click on  CLICK HERE TO SEE NEWSPAPER REPORT-1938 on this page to see the newspaper.

MARCH 19, 2010

WORLD WAR II EXHIBIT  Added a page to show the opening of the World War II exhibit at the Aruba National Archives.

MARCH 20, 2010

WHERE IS YOUR ARUBA MAP  Added a photo of Maryanne Byington's Aruba map hanging in her kitchen.

MARCH 22, 2010

JOHN MONROE'S SCRAPBOOK  Added photos submitted by John Monroe that were taken by his Dad, Lloyd Monroe.

MARCH 29, 2010

BUNGALOW DIRECTORY 1956  Added the bungalow directory for 1956 sent in by Helen Chaudoin

APRIL  2010

APRIL, 2010

BUNGALOW INFORMATION  Added information about Bungalow:   30  1511  (4/20/2010)

APRIL 2, 2010

SEA VIEW APARTMENTS  Add photos of the Sea View Apartments located on the road to Colorado Point.

APRIL 2, 2010

PHOTOS FROM DR. ARTHUR MEINERS   Add photos over a 60 year span from the collection of Dr. Arthur Meiners. 

APRIL 8, 2010

PAGES FROM THE DUTCH MAGAZINE ONDERWATER SPORT   Add pages from the Dutch magazine Onderwater Sport about the salvage of the SS Esso Oranjestad's propeller, the book The Propeller and the Memorial Monument.

APRIL 9, 2010

YET ANOTHER ANCHOR IS RECOVERED   Add a page showing the recovery of another anchor.

APRIL 11, 2010

CLASS OF '57 POSTER  Add a page with the poster made as a door prize for the Class of '57 50th reunion dinner. 

APRIL 13, 2010

AVIATION IN ARUBA  Add a page with a directory to those pages that deal with aviation, both commercial and Aruba Flying Club.

APRIL 14, 2010

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES  Add a link to Debra Bislip's web site.  Debra owns Bungalow 72 and has renovated it and will rent it to those wishing to visit Aruba.  Go to the bottom of the page.  Debra's mom, Carmen Bislip, worked in the Employee Relations department for 30+ years until she retired in 1984.

APRIL 14, 2010

FRED EATON'S MOVIE  Add a movie that was made by Fred Eaton in the middle 1930's and 1950's.  This shows some good shots of the early refinery and Aruba country side.  The move is 9 minutes long and will take some time to download.

APRIL 19, 2010

HIT COUNTER   I removed the Hit Counter from the links on the left side of the page because this was a service of the old server provider, I will try and install a new hit counter in the near future.

APRIL 19, 2010

ADDED A SIMPLE HIT COUNTER   I added a simple Hit Counter on the opening page which you just passed through on your way to this page.  Thanks for using the site.

APRIL 19, 2010

2010 ARUBA PICNIC IN FLORIDA   Added photos sent in from the picnic in Florida this year.

APRIL 26, 2010

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES   Added a link to information about the wind farm on Aruba. Go to the bottom of the page to find the new link.

APRIL 27, 2010

ANCHOR MEMORIAL   Added a page about the write-up in the Dutch Marine Corp Magazine about the anchor memorial at the Savaneta Marine Corp. Base.

MAY  2010
May 2, 2010

BUNGALOW INFORMATION   New Bungalow information will be added here as it is received.  Each new Bungalow insert will be dated as to the day it was added.

May 2, 2010

HOW BIG IS THE WEB SITE   Added information about how much the web site has grown in the past year.  Go to the bottom of the page to see this new information.

May 3, 2010

FEEDBACK   Added a piece sent to me by Jenny Dirksz Rodriguez who's grandfather worked for Lago and her mother grew up in Aruba but the family moved to Texas in the 70's.  Go to the bottom of the FEEDBACK to see what Jenny wrote.

May 5, 2010

65th YEAR COMMEMORATION TO THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES DURING WWII   Added information about the ceremony that was held on May 4, 2010.  This material was submitted by Mr. Dufi Kock.

May 7 2010

STEVE FREMGEN'S ARUBA PHOTOS FROM 2005   Added back photos that were taken out when the old server became overloaded.  I have added these photos back on the web site now that it is on a new server.  I believe there are 431 photos.

May 10 2010

MONTHLY QUESTION   A new section has been added to the web site.  Each month I will post a question about Aruba's past and hope that someone can shed some light, provide photos if needed and can help answer the question.  I am also asking that if you have a question about Aruba's past to submit it and I will post it as a monthly question.  I hope I get a lot of questions as well as a lot of answers and together we can expand the knowledge of Aruba's past.

May 12, 2010

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES   Added a link to the web site, www.Aruba.com and the Wildlife Photographs page, so you can see the photographs by Gregory Peterson, they are wonderful photographs.  Go to the bottom of the page to find the link.

May 13, 2010

CARL BEYER'S SCRAPBOOK   Added a scrapbook of photos sent in by Carl Beyer.

May 31, 2010

DICK'S LOST CAMERA   Great story with video about how Dick de Bruin, one of the divers who retrieved the propeller from the SS Oranjestad lost his camera, whtat happened to the camera and how he got it back. 

JUNE 2010

June 2, 2010

BUNGALOW INFORMATION   New Bungalow information will be added here as it is received.  Each new Bungalow insert will be dated as to the day it was added.  263

June 15, 2010

DICK'S LOST CAMERA   Added some more information to the page about how Dick de Bruin lost his camera in Aruba and it was found by Paul Shultz in Key West, Florida.

June 17, 2010

DUFI'S BOOK   Dufi Kock has just published a book in Papiamento about the history of Savaneta, To see the presentation of the book and how to purchase this book check out this link.

June 26, 2010

OLD AND REALLY OLD HOUSES IN LAGO COLONY   A study on the houses that were built in 1924/1925 and then moved and those that were built in 1928 and later.

June 27, 2010

THE BUCCANEERS OF AMERICA   Took information from the Eleanor Roosevelt page and put it on a page of it's own.

June 17, 2010

FAUNCE SCRAPBOOK   Added additional information at the bottom of Dick Faunce's Scrapbook Page.  Go to the bottom of the page to see addition.

JULY 2010

July 8, 2010

DICK'S LOST CAMERA   NBC news is scheduled to broadcast the story of Dick's lots camera and the 6:30 PM news.  This item was posted on the opening page in case you missed it and came right to the New Stuff.

July 11, 2010

DICK'S LOST CAMERA AS SEEN ON NBC  This is the clip of the NBC New's Broadcast about Dick's lost camera which was posted on You Tube.

July 13, 2010

ESSO CLUB SQ.  Added a photo of a sign that is at the new Esso Club Sq. which is the Old Esso Club being renovated.  The photo was sent in by Butch Hudson.

July 24, 2010

ESCAPE FROM DEVILS ISLAND  Added new information to this page, go to the bottom of the page to see the new material.

AUGUST 2010

Aug 6, 2010

DICK'S LOST CAMERA  The end of the story as Dick and Paul meet in Florida.  Go to the bottom of the page to see the added material.

Aug 19, 2010

FEEDBACK  From time to time I get email from people who find the web site and have past connections to Lago, this is an email from a fellow in Holland.  Go to the end of the Feedback Page to see his email.

SEPTEMBER 2010

September 3, 2010

PHOTOS FROM 1930  These are new photos from the 1935 period were give to Dolfi Kock by a man who lives in Aruba today and came to Aruba in 1935.  Dufi Kock forwarded them to me.

September 15, 2010

POSTED AN UP DATE ABOUT THE ARCHIVED COLLECTION  Received an up date from the Archivist and put the information on the web site.

September 15, 2010

ADDED PHOTOS TO MARY B's ALBUM PAGE  Go to the center of the page to see the new photos I have just added.  They were found today when Mary B. was cleaning out a draw.

September 18, 2010

FRANK van GASTEL  Added a short history and photos sent in by Frank van Gastel.

September 21, 2010

2010 ALASKA CRUISE  Added photo of the persons attending the 2010 Reunion, a trip to Alaska.

September 26, 2010

JAN VAN BREE'S SCRAPBOOK  Added a scrapbook with photos for Jan van Bree who's father was a Harbor pilot and Jan lived in Lago.  Check out some great group photos.

September 30, 2010

JOHN & JESSIE MC BRIDE SCRAPBOOK  Added a scrapbook for the McBride's, the information was sent in by a great niece Jill Ruddell.  Jill is looking for additional information about her Great Aunt and Uncle so check it out and if you can add information about the McBride's please let me know.

OCTOBER 2010

October 2, 2010

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES  Added articles found in U. S. newspaper about Lago and Aruba found in a scrapbook belonging to Mary B's mother, Mrs. Walter Spitzer.

October 2, 2010

THE GREEN HOUSE-SHACK  Added information about The Green House-Shack that stood on stilts in the big lagoon.

NOVEMBER 2010

November 8, 2010

COPIES OF THE ARUBA ESSO NEWS  Dolfi Kock (a cousin to Dufi Kock) found a web site that lists "most" of the old copies of the Aruba Esso News.  Click on the first link on the page. 

November 8, 2010

GRAVE PHOTOS  Dufi Kock sent photos of the graves of the four Dutch Marines who died disarming the German Torpedo on Eagle Beach.  Dufi Kock received the photos from Dick de Bruin in Holland, Dick in turn got the photos from Willem Donck, one of his dive buddies.  Willem has his own very interesting website (in English) about the history of the Aruban shipwrecks. The link is: http://willemsubmerged

DECEMBER 2010

December 26, 2010

RAY BURSON'S ORAL HISTORY  Added a link to Rutgers University's oral history files.

December 26, 2010

SUPPORT THE LAGO WEB SITE  Added a contributor's name to the list of contributors.

A NEW YEAR - 2011

JANUARY 2011

January 2, 2011

ERICH BELL  Added Erich Bell's email about his time in Aruba to the LAGO FAMILIES page.

January 2, 2011

LINKS TO OTHER WEB SITES  Added a link to a Face Book page dealing with Seroe Colorado.  Site provided by Erich Bell. 

January 4, 2011

PHOTOS FROM FRANK BINETTI Added three photos sent in by Frank, can anyone help with some names of the persons in the photos?

January 6, 2011

THE STORY LIVES ON   Added a link to the web site that named the story of Dick de Bruin's lost camera one of the top ten underwater stories of 2010.

January 27, 2011

LAGO REFINERY IN 1968   Added photos of the additions to the refinery in 1968.  These photos and the discription were submitted by Joe Carroll. 

FEBRUARY 2011

February 6, 2011

PAINTING FROM ARUBA  Added a photo of a painting purchased in Aruba by Dan Jensen.  Go to the bottom of the page to see the photo.

February 6, 2011

SUPPORT THE SHOCO (BORROWING OWL) AS THE NATIONAL BIRD OF ARUBA Greg Peterson and the Aruba Birdlife Conservation is asking for you help to to make the Shoco the national bird of Aruba.

MARCH  2011

MARCH 13, 2011

JOHN GEIS' ARIEL PHOTOS  A collection of Ariel photos taken in 1956.

MARCH 15, 2011

LAYNE CANNON SCRAPBOOK  A collection of photos sent in by Layne Cannon. 

APRIL  2011

APRIL 7, 2011
PETER WARD'S SCRAPBOOK    A collection of photos and a journal by his father, Arnold Ward while he was stationed in Aruba during World War II.
APRIL 12, 2011
ARUBA BIRD CONSERVATION    A collection of photos sent in by Greg Peterson
with the Aruba Birdlife Conservation.
APRIL 15, 2011
TWO BOOK ABOUT ARUBA AND WORLD WAR II    A preview of two book now being written by Dufi Kock about Aruba and World War II.
APRIL 23, 2011
ARUBA BIRD CONSERVATION    Added to the collection of photos sent in by Greg Peterson
with the Aruba Birdlife Conservation.

MAY 2011

MAY 3, 2011
ARUBA BIRD CONSERVATION    Added more photographs and paintings to the bird collection sent in by Greg Peterson
with the Aruba Birdlife Conservation.  
MAY 13, 2011
HOW BIG IS THE WEB SITE?  I updated the numbers to reflect how large the web site is today.  Take a look at the bottom of the page and compare it to what it was, I think you will be shocked at how large this web site has grown.  I know I was and it is all because of you, the contributors.  Thanks to all of you.
MAY 13, 2011
PHOTOGRAPHS OF SOME OF THE NEW HOUSES  I added a page showing in one group the photographs I have on the web site of new houses.  If any one looking at the web site have photos of any of the houses please send them along so I can add them to the site.  Thanks.
MAY 16, 2011
BUNGAL0W 1502  I added information about who was living in Bungalow 1502.
MAY 19, 2011
A PLEA TO THE PEOPLE OF ARUBA AND BIRD LOVERS ALL OVER THE WORLD.   Greg Peterson
is again asking for help to get the Shoco (Burrowing Owl) nominated "National Bird of Aruba."
MAY 29, 2011
COPIES OF THE ARUBA ESSO NEWS  Another source for copies of the Aruba Esso News, the Library at the University of Florida.

JUNE 2011

JUNE 3, 2011
TORPEDO ON EAGLE BEACH   I added a page with more photos of the torpedo on Eagle Beach.
JUNE 3, 2011
WEB SITE USAGE   I added a page with charts showing the activity on the site each month.
JUNE 10, 2011
LAKE TANKER PEDERNALES   I added some new photos of the Pedernales that I just received.
JUNE 11, 2011
LAKE TANKER ORANJESTAD   I added a page covering the Lake Tanker Oranjestad.
JUNE 12, 2011
OTHER SHELLS HITTING THE REFINERY    I added a page showing photo of what damage was done to parts of the refinery when U-156 fired small caliber shells at the refinery.
JUNE 21, 2011
VIDEO ABOUT ARUBA ON YOUTUBE    I added a page with web addresses, not links, so you can cut and paste the address into your browser and view video of old home movies and new video and YouTube.
JUNE 21, 2011
PHOTOS FROM JOE SERAROLI AND HIS DAD IN WW-II  I added a page with photos taken by Joe Seraroli's dad while in Aruba, Curaçao, and Venezuela with the US Army.
JUNE 25, 2011
L. G. SMITH'S RETIREMENT  I added a page that came from the Aruba Esso News announcing L. G. Smith's retirement from Lago.
JUNE 25, 2011
PARIA ALLEN LEARNS TO FLY   I added a page that came from the Aruba Esso News announcing that Paria Allen was the first woman to obtain a pilots license in Aruba.
JUNE 25, 2011
ORANJESTAD ANCHOR   I added a page showing the page from the Aruba Esso News announcing that Esso Bayonne had snagged the anchor of the torpedoed Lake Tanker Oranjestad with its owe anchor.
JUNE 25, 2011
GROUP PHOTO   I added a photograph of the Class of 1948, which came from the Aruba Esso News, to the GROUP PHOTOS page.  Go to the bottom of the page to see the new photo.
JUNE 25, 2011
ARUBA'S FIRST AIRPORT TERMINAL   I added a photograph of the first airport terminal in Aruba.  This photograph also came from a copy of the Aruba Esso News.  I placed it in the center, where there are photos of the aircraft we took when going on vacation.
JUNE 25, 2011
MANGEL CORA WELL   I added a page with information about Mangel Cora Wells that I found in a copy of the Aruba Esso News.

JULY  2011

JULY 1, 2011
155 MM GUNS   I added to the page showing photos of the 155 mm guns in Curacao and Venezuela.
JULY 1, 2011
LAGO DRY DOCK   I added a page about the Lago Dry Dock.  This information is from photos sent in and an article that appeared in the Aruba Esso News, July 3 1953.
JULY 2, 2011
LIVING ABOARD A LAKE TANKER   I added a page about what life was like living and working on a Lake Tanker.  This is from an article that appeared in the Aruba Esso News, July 3 & 17, 1954.
JULY 3, 2011
THE RAZING OF THE BACHELOR QUARTERS
  I added an article from the Aruba Esso News about the removal of the Bachelor Quarters. I added this to the bottom of the page about the Bachelor Quarters.
JULY 3, 2011
THE CAVES IN LAGO COLONY  I added an article from the Aruba Esso News about the caves in Lago Colony.  It is at the bottom of the page, scroll down to see the article.
JULY 3, 2011
ESSO AIR WORLD & ARUBA FLYING CLUB  I added an article from the Aruba Esso News to the page about the Aruba Flying Club.
JULY 5, 2011
L. G. SMITH DIES
  I added an article from the Aruba Esso News and made a new page about the passing of Mr. L. G. Smith, the past President of Lago.
JULY 8, 2011
INVERCAIBO RETIRES
  I added an article from the Aruba Esso News about the retirement of the Lake Tanker Invercaibo.  It is at the bottom of the page dealing with Lake Tankers, so scroll to the bottom to see the article.

AUGUST 2011

AUGUST 3, 2011
FEEDBACK PAGE  I added a kind word that was sent to me about the web site, scroll down to the bottom of the page to see the comment.  This is the first new comment in a year.
AUGUST 27, 2011
VIDEO BY ALES J. M. VAN DE VEN  I added a video sent in by Robert Van de Ven, the video was shot on 8mm film by his father.

SEPTEMBER 2011

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
BUNGALOW PAGE  I added information about Bungalow 90 sent in by Andy Smith
SEPTEMBER 5, 2011
ARUBA BIRDS  I added the Barn Swallow at the bottom of the page, again Greg Peterson sent in this photo which he took.  Go to the end of the page to see the photo.
SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
ARUBA BIRDS  I added the Grebe at the bottom of the page, again Greg Peterson sent in this photo which he took.  Go to the end of the page to see the photo.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
POSTCARDS FROM ARUBA  Added some wonderful postcards sent in by Johannes Jansen.  The postcards are from the early 1970's.  Click on the last item on the POSTCARD DIRECTORY page.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2011
CAPTAIN RUSSELL  Added some information about Capt. Russell's family,
sent in by Mike & Nicky Goodall who is Rebecca Baker cousin.  Rebecca is the daughter of Patricia Russell who's father was Captain William Marshall Russell.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
RAILROADS IN ARUBA 7 CURAÇAO  Added a page about a book by Lee A. Dew about railroads in Aruba & Curaçao.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
ARUBA IN FULL COLOR   Added a page about a book sent in by Johannes Jansen entitled Aruba in Full Color.
SEPTEMBER 8, 2011
ARUBA ESSO NEW - FEBRUARY 25, 1972   Added a copy of the Aruba Esso News, Carnival Issue, 1972 sent in by Johannes Jansen.
SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
UNDER A BLUE FLAG  Added a page about Under a Blue Flag, a new book by
Daniel Putkowski and a sequel to An Island Away.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2011
LES SEEKINS' SCRAPBOOK  Added a page with the pages of a wonderful scrapbook that was sent in by
Billie Keefer Shambley.  She received the scrapbook from Les as they were neighbors on the lower road.
SEPTEMBER 10, 2011
TIME CAPSULE UNDER FLOOR OF CHURCH  Added a page showing photos of the placement of a time capsule under the floor of the church when it was being built.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
GERMAN FREIGHTERS    Added photos from Les Seekins' scrapbook to the page showing the three German freights that were interned after Germany invaded Holland.
SEPTEMBER 11, 2011
LES SEEKINS' REFINERY PHOTOS    Added photos from Les Seekins' scrapbook showing inside the refinery.
SEPTEMBER 12, 2011
CAPTAIN HENRY JOHN TURNER   Added information and photos provided by his son John Turner.
SEPTEMBER 15 - 19, 2011
ARUBA BIRDS  I added the
Black-belied Whistling Duck, the Tricolored Heron, the Brown Pelican, the Burrowing Owl, the Northern Scrub Flycatcher and the Reddish Egret, all found at the bottom of the page.  Again Greg Peterson sent in these photos which he took.  Go to the end of the page to see the photos.

OCTOBER 2011

OCTOBER  1 - 2, 23,  24 & 29, 2011
ARUBA BIRDS  On Oct. 1, I added three birds to the list that were sent in by Greg.  On Oct. 2, I added two more.  Go to the bottom of the page to see the five new birds. 
OCTOBER  10,  2011
SEARCH FOR MISSING TORPEDO - 2011  This is the story and photos of an attempt to located the third torpedo fired by U-156 which missed the tanker Arkansas and went out to sea.
OCTOBER  17,  2011
ARUBA BIRDS  On Oct. 17, I added a link to a video Greg Peterson placed on You Tube.  When you get to the first page, click on the last link to Greg's photos and then go the the bottom of the page and click on the link, I think you will be happy you did, it is impressive footage of a rare sight.

NOVEMBER 2011

NOVEMBER  1, 3  & 13, & 28, 2011
ARUBA BIRDS   I added another great photos to Greg's page of bird photos.
NOVEMBER  16, 2011
BRITISH NEWSREEL   Dufi Kock send in an address for a web site that has old British newsreels.  One of these newsreels is the attack on Aruba by U-156.
NOVEMBER  18, 2011
CAPTAIN ERNEST ARMSTRONG   Added a page of photos from Captain Ernest Armstrong's family scrapbook.
NOVEMBER  25, 2011
BUNGALOW 253   Added a page of photos taken of Bungalow from the 1980's to present.  These were sent in by Mrs.
Rowena Y. Williams the present owner of Bungalow 253.
NOVEMBER  30, 2011
BOB PEARSON'S SCRAPBOOK  Added pages of material submitted by Bob Pearson,
includes copies of the Aruba Esso News, school publications such as, play programs, SCRIBBLES, Pan-O-Ram Weekly as well as Pan Aruban and other material.  This section will grow as I find time to scan and post the material to the web site.  The material is pretty extensive.
NOVEMBER  30, 2011
RESCUE AT SEA  Added pages with a
story conveyed to me by Sonya Armstrong Brittingham, Class of 1953, and confirmed by the Aruba Esso News, August 13, 1948.  It is an interesting story and well worth reading.

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DECEMBER 2011

DECEMBER  2, 6, 7  10, & 12, 16 & 17 & 18, & 28, 2011
BOB PEARSON'S SCRAPBOOK  Added pages of material submitted by Bob Pearson,
includes copies of the Aruba Esso News, school publications such as, play programs, SCRIBBLES, Pan-O-Ram Weekly as well as Pan Aruban and other material.  This section will grow as I find time to scan and post the material to the web site.  The material is very extensive.
DECEMBER  19,  2011
LAGO HIGHLIGHTS 1955  Added this publication by Lago about Lago.
DECEMBER  19,  2011
GROUP PHOTOS  Added a photo sent in by Bob Pearson, go to the bottom of the page, maybe you can help with some of the names.
DECEMBER  20,  2011
TELEPHONE EXCHANGE  Added a photo of the Telephone Exchange to the Telephone Exchange page.
DECEMBER  20,  2011
GRACE LINE PASSENGER LIST Added a page showing a passenger list from a Grace Line voyage from New York to Aruba and points beyond.
DECEMBER  21,  2011
OLD ESSO CLUB  Added photos to the Old Esso Club page showing Christmas at the Club.  Bob Pearson sent in the photos.
DECEMBER  24,  2011
LAGO COLONY COMPARED TO CANAL ZONE   I read a book about the building of the Panama Canal and realized the similarities between the Canal Zone and Lago Colony and wrote about this comparison.  Dan Jensen
DECEMBER  25,  2011
ARUBA BIRDLIFE CONSERVATION   Added more photos of birds in Aruba and a Card from Greg and the ARUBA BIRDLIFE CONSERVATION.
DECEMBER  25,  2011
LAKE TANKER PHOTOS   Added more photos of Lake Tankers.  These are of the Inverlago entering Havana harbor.  Look in the middle of the page to see the photos.
DECEMBER  26,  2011  (BOXING DAY)
GROUP PHOTOS  Added a photo of a New Year's Eve party at the Esso Club sent in by Mitsy Ray.  Go to the end of the Group Photos page to see the newest addition.
DECEMBER  28,  2011
TINA
BANERJEE CHITTOM  Added the family history and links to bungalow 341 they lived.

JANUARY 2012

JANUARY 2, 3, 4 & 5, 2012
BOB PEARSON'S SCRAPBOOK  Added a page of papers that Bob Pearson did as a "ghost writer" while in the 11th & 12th grades and Programs from Stage Production.  See if you recognize any of the Ghost Written stories as having been one done for you by Bob.
JANUARY 5, 2012
GREG PETERSON'S BIRDLIFE IN ARUBA  Added a new page for 2012 with photos sent in by Greg.
JANUARY 6 & 7, 2012
TRACK & FIELD EVENTS Added a program from the 10th Annual Track & Field Event.
JANUARY 19, 2012
WHERE THE CRUDE OIL CAME FROM  I added a page giving links to some of the "Oil Camps" around Lake Maracaibo that supplied the crude oil that fed the refinery in Aruba.  Without this supply of crude the refinery would not have existed.
JANUARY 25, 2012
ALLIED TROOPS STATIONED IN ARUBA  I added a page outlining the different Allied troops that occupied Aruba during World War II and the periods they were there.
JANUARY 28, 2012
ORANJSTEAD PROPELLER GETS TEMPORARY HOME  I added a page showing the moving of the propeller to a temporary home on the main street in Oranjstead.
 
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