| 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. |
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| DECEMBER 2005 |
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15, 2005 LAGO COLONY / BUNGALOW DIRECTORY Added some names to bungalows. See bungalows: B-12 199 210 504 |
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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. |
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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. |
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17, 2005 EXCERPTS excerpts from Family Histories and web pages to get you interested. |
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December
18, 2005 LAGO COLONY / VERY OLD LAGO COLONY Added some photos from Vic Lopez. |
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December
19, 2005 HIT COUNTER Up dated the Hit Counter. |
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December
19, 2005 LAGO PUBLICATIONS / SOME FACTS ABOUT LAGO Another Lago publication. |
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December
19, 2005 MERRY CHRISTMAS Christmas Card and just a page to remember Christmas in Aruba. |
| JANUARY 2006 |
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January
1, 2006 Removed MERRY CHRISTMAS from opening page, you can still reach it by clicking on the link above. |
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January
1, 2006 FEEDBACK Added feedback I got when the site was just opened, back in December of 2004. |
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January
1, 2006 HIT COUNTER Again the Hit Counter was updated to include the month of December. Hits were up! |
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January
4, 2006 "The Lago Collection" Added links to pages mentioned in The Lago Collection by Don Gray. |
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January
5, 2006 600 TO 699 Added Bungalow 633 to the bungalow list. |
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January
6, 2006 THE GIBBONS FAMILY Added the Gibbon Family history. |
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January
7, 2006 TED GIBBONS' SCRAPBOOK Added the Ted Gibbons Scrapbook. |
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January
7, 2006 MITSY RAE'S SCRAPBOOK Added a photograph to Mitsy's Scrapbook. |
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January
8, 2006 LAGO "GOVERNMENT JOBS" Added two photographs to this page. |
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January
8, 2006 CLASS PHOTOS Added a couple of class photos supplied by Ted Gibbons. |
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January
8, 2006 1988 ARUBA REUNION Photos of the 1988 Aruba Reunion, provided by Ted Gibbons. |
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January
9, 2006 LOOKING FOR LAGOITES Looking for "missing" persons or information about those who lived in Lago Colony. |
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January
9, 2006 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION More information about U-156 from Ted Gibbons. |
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January
9, 2006 PHOTO FROM WORLD WAR II Added another photograph of the Cameron Highlanders. supplied by Ted Gibbons. |
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January
27, 2006 CERAMIC TILE FROM ARUBA Copies of ceramic tile made in Aruba in the 1950's. |
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January
28, 2006 NEWSLETTER # 7 U-156 Roundtable Newsletter # 7 from Don Gray. |
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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 |
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February 22, 2006 POSTCARDS FROM JOE CARROLL Postcards, calendar drawings and pen & ink cards submitted by: Joe Carroll. |
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February 22, 2006 CARROLL'S REFINERY PHOTOS Lago refinery photos from the 50's & 60's, by Joe Carroll. |
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February 23, 2006 JOE CARROLL'S SCRAPBOOK Early photos from around the island and in Lago Colony. |
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February 23, 2006 LAGO SPEARFISHERMAN'S ASSOC. Added a photo of a Jewfish and Tres Dunlap & Eddie Gruenberg. |
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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! |
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February 28, 2006 ARUBA CARNIVAL 2006 Photos from carnival in Aruba, 2006, supplied by Richard Beaujon. |
| MARCH 2006 |
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March 3, 2006 FEEDBACK Another thought about the web site, comments please. |
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March 3, 2006 HIT COUNTER Up-dated the Hit Counter to include the month of February and two days in March. |
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March 5, 2006 FEEDBACK Another e-mail about the web site from a "construction brat" . His words, not mine. |
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March 9, 2006 AMERICAN TROOPS IN ARUBA Information about the American troops in Aruba and the guns at Colorado Point. |
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March 11, 2006 QUEEN'S OWN CAMERON HIGHLANDERS A page for the Cameron Highlanders in Aruba during World War II. |
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March 11, 2006 OCEAN GOING TANKERS A little about the ocean going tanker that called on Aruba |
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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. |
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March 12, 2006 ROSBOROUGH SCRAPBOOK FROM THE 1930's Great photos from the 1930's. |
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March 17, 2006 WOMAN'S CLUB OF ARUBA WCA NEWS submitted by Polly (Mingus) Ericson, from 1975/76. |
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March 20, 2006 MOYER BROTHERS Story of the Moyer brothers and how they got to Aruba. By Bill Moyer. |
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March 20, 2006 EBay SCRAPBOOK First photos from the scrapbook purchased on EBay. |
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March 25, 2006 JOE CARROLL'S SCRAPBOOK Added new photos to Joe's Scrapbook. |
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March 26, 2006 Um Bezoek aan LAGO A booklet give out to Lago visitors in Dutch, Submitted by and translated by Dolfi Kock. |
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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. |
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March 27, 2006 BILL MOYER'S SCRAPBOOK Lots of great photos from very early day at Lago in Aruba. |
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March 27, 2006 BACKGROUNDS Blowup of some of Bill Moyer's photos showing early Colony in background. |
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March 28, 2006 PAN-AMERICAN PETROLEUM Very early photos of the harbor and tankers in the harbor. From the photos supplied by Bill Moyer. |
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March 28, 2006 OLD ARUBA Very old photos of outside Lago, from the photos supplied by Bill Moyer. |
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March 28, 2006 OLD LAGO COLONY Added photos to this section from the photos supplied by Bill Moyer. |
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March 29, 2006 DEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA A look back with photographs on how an area developed. |
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March 29, 2006 SCHOOL DOCUMENTS Documents, Report Card, Diploma, School Letter, supplied by Stan Norcom |
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March 29, 2006 SCOUTING Cards from Cub Scouts and Sea Scouts, submitted by Stan Norcom. |
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March 30, 2006 LAGO SPORT PARK Program for the XIII Olympiad at Lago Sport Park submitted by Stan Norcom |
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March 30, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEW June3, 1949 issue submitted by Bill Moyer. |
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March 31, 2006 BALI RESTAURANT Added a menu from the Bali, supplied by Steve Fremgen. |
| APRIL 2006 |
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April 2, 2006 BILL McMASTER Bill McMaster's story on how he got to Aruba. |
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April 2, 2006 BILL McMASTER'S SCRAPBOOK Photos from Bill's time in Aruba. |
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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. |
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April 4, 2006 SID FAUNCE CHICKEN FARM Photos from the 1930's showing Sid Faunce' Chicken Farm, submitted by Richard (Dick) Faunce. |
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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? |
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April 9, 2006 THEN & NOW A preview of what I intend this page to look like, check it out and offer suggestions. |
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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. |
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April 13, 2006 NAMES FROM THE PAST Story about people, times and places in Aruba by; Bill Moyer |
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April 13, 2006 CAVES IN ARUBA Story about the caves in Aruba by: Bill Moyer. |
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April 13, 2006 MORE PHOTOS FROM STEVE FREMGEN Steve has sent in a few more photos he took in 2005. |
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April 13, 2006 ARUBA TRAVEL BROCHURE FROM 1954 Sent in by Steve Fremgen. |
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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. |
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April 18, 2006 ARUBA TRAVEL POSTER A travel poster from the 60's, submitted by: Tom Schindeler. |
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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. |
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April 18, 2006 HIGHLANDERS Added photo from the EBay scrapbook to the Cameron Highlander's page. |
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April 18, 2006 CLASS PHOTOS Added photos from the EBay scrapbook to the Class & Group photo page. |
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April 18, 2006 GERMAN FREIGHTER A page about questions raised in my mind because of photos from the EBay scrapbook. |
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April 18, 2006 LONE PALM STADIUM Added a page about Lone Palm Stadium to Lago Colony Support Facilities. |
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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. |
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April 19, 2006 BUGS OVER ARUBA A story by Bill Moyer. |
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April 20, 2006 EBay SCRAPBOOK The EBay scrapbook presented as pages of photographs. |
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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. |
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April 28, 2006 COMMISSARY REFINERY APPRENTICE PROGRAM Dolfi Kock sent photos that I have added to these three pages. |
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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. |
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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. |
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April 28, 2006 LAGO POLICE & VOCATIONAL SCHOOL Separated the two and gave each its own page. |
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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. |
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MAY - 2006 |
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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. |
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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. |
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May 2, 2006 2 BEDROOM HOUSE PLAN A drawing of a two bedroom bungalow in the old houses. Submitted by Pam (Mathiasen) Wade. |
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May 2, 2006 MITSY RAE'S SCRAPBOOK Mitsy send me a lot of wonderful slides for the web site, see them in her scrapbook. |
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May 2, 2006 GRAF SPEE Interesting story about the Graf Spee and how it ties in with Aruba, by: Bill Moyer. |
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May 4, 2006 BRILLIANCE OF THE SEA A great photo, sent in by Dick Faunce, of the ship arriving in Oranjestad last week. |
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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. |
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May 7, 2006 MORE ABOUT BACKGROUNDS A look at what can be found in backgrounds of old photos. |
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May 7, 2006 2006 FLORIDA REUNION Photos from the reunion at Hillsborough River State Park, Florida, sent in by Dotty Dill. |
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May 7, 2006 BOB SMITS SCRAPBOOK Photos from Seroe Colorado by Bob Smits taken in 2005. |
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May 7, 2006 LAGO VOCATIONAL SCHOOL Added two new Class photos that I just found in Mr. Spitzers' papers. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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May 10, 2006 BUNGALOWS Added more information about who lived in what bungalow, thanks to the new form. |
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May 14, 2006 BOOKS FROM ARUBA A few photos about Lago from the Book ARUBA and the book entitled THE NETHERLANDS WEST INDIES. |
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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. |
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May 16, 2006 DRIVERS LICENSE Added Al Leak's drives license to those already on the page, Thanks Al. |
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May 16, 2006 BOY ECURY Bill Moyer sent copies of the stamps and I added them to the page. Thanks Bill. |
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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. |
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May 24, 2006 2006 TULSA MINI-REUNION Photo from the mini-reunion of friends in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
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May 25, 2006 LAGO VOCATIONAL SCHOOL Added more classroom photos that I found in Mr. Spitzer's files. |
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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? |
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May 25, 2006 LANDING Check the birds and then follow the link. I think the birds trained the Canadians. Thanks Yvonne. |
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May 25, 2006 MITSY'S SCRAPBOOK More photos for Mitsy's scrapbook. Thanks Mitsy. |
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May 25, 2006 CLASS & GROUP PHOTOS Added Mitsy's Girl Scout troop photo to this page. |
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May 26, 2006 FAMILY HISTORY FORM Added a form so you can submit your family history should you so desire. |
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May 26, 2006 DON BLAIR'S PHOTOS The photos arrived today, check them out. |
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May 26, 2006 OLD ARUBA GENERAL OFFICE BUILDING SCOTTISH TROOPS Placed copies of Don Blair's photos on each of these pages. |
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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. |
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May 27, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS Added the March 1, 1958 copy of the Aruba Esso News, found in Mr. Spitzer's files. |
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May 27, 2006 ARUBA - BOOKLET BY LAGO A booklet about Aruba published in 1957 by Lago. |
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May 27, 2006 COMMENCEMENT PROGRAMS Added the Class of 1958 & 1959 Commencement Exercise Programs. |
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May 27, 2006 CLASS & GROUP PHOTOS Added photos to this page. |
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May 27, 2006 STRIKE AT LAGO Added a letter from Mr. O. S. Mingus to Mr. Spitzer after the strike was over. |
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May 27, 2006 LAGO SPORTS PARK Added photos to the bottom of that page, need help with names and dates. |
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May 27, 2006 LAKE TANKER TRIP Cleaned up the photos and added some new ones, Take a look. |
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May 27, 2006 PAM MATHIASEN'S SCRAPBOOK Photos sent in by Pam Mathiasen Wade. Thanks Pam. |
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JUNE - 2006 |
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June
1, 2006 2006 FLORIDA REUNION Added photos to the reunion page that came from Bob Lloyd. Thanks Bob. |
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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. |
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June
4, 2006 CAVES IN ARUBA Made correction to Bill's story on information received from Paul E. Baldwin. |
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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. |
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June
5, 2006 OLD LAGO COLONY, NOTED Added a photo of Old Lago Colony noting the landmarks. |
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June 6, 2006 TIME LINES Added a page to try and help to date photos and buildings and confirm dates. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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June 27, 2006 CAVES IN SEROE COLORADO IN 2006 A look at the "Old Lago Colony Caves" as they look in 2006. |
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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. |
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June 28, 2006 DYNAMITE STORAGE Photos of what was the Dynamite Storage facility below Colorado Point, these photos are taken in June of 2006. |
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June 28, 2006 PAUL'S ARUBA SCRAPBOOK, 2006 Photos from around Aruba taken by Paul Jensen in June 2006. |
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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". |
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JULY - 2006 |
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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. |
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July 1, 2006 KEN BROWN'S SCRAPBOOK A wonderful scrapbook with lots of "stuff" give to the web site by his daughter. |
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July 1, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS, DEC. 10, 1943 Inauguration of the Cat Cracker, from the Ken Brown Scrapbook. |
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July 1, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS, AUGUST 6, 1943 Another Esso News from Ken Brown's Scrapbook. |
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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. |
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July 3, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS, SPECIAL EDITION. This 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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July 6, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS, MARCH 25, 1966 This issue cover the wedding of Princess Beatrix & Prince Claus. Dolfi also supplied this issue. |
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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. |
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July 6, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS, DECEMBER 20, 1966 The Christmas issue, also supplied by Dolfi Kock. |
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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. |
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July 7, 2006 LAGO COLONY, THAN & NOW. Added photos that were taken in June of 2006 to this page. Take a look. |
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July 11, 2006 DON ROSBOROUGH'S ARUBA REUNION PHOTOS. Don's photos he took at the 2006 Reunion in Aruba. Some great photos. Thanks Don. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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July 22, 2006 NEW HOUSES MAP Made a new map for the New Houses. |
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July 22, 2006 ARUBA REUNION PHOTOS FROM DUFI KOCK Dufi Kock sent in a few photos from the Aruba Reunion, thanks Dufi. |
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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? |
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July 22, 2006 LAGO CALENDAR - 1962 The 1962 Calendar published by Lago Oil & Transport Co. Ltd. |
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July 22, 2006 BUNGALOW 323 Thanks to Dolfi Kock in Aruba, Jonathan's question about Bungalow 323 is answered. |
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July 25, 2006 LAGO COLONY 1956 A great view of Lago Colony taken in 1956, this photo was submitted by Stan Norcom. |
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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. |
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July 25, 2006 BUNGALOWS 77 Added information about the Bungalows listed, information was supplied by Anke Marks. |
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July 25, 2006 BUNGALOWS 80 Added information about the Bungalows listed, information was supplied by Sandra Ellwood (Pamplin). |
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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. |
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July 31, 2006 BUNGALOWS 366 & 510 Photos of the Bungalows from the 40's as well as 2006, submitted by Vic Lopez. |
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AUGUST - 2006 |
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August 1, 2006 BUNGALOW 58 Added information about the Bungalows listed, information was supplied by Colin Craig. |
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August 3, 2006 FEEDBACK Added material to the feedback page. |
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August 3, 2006 ARUBA REUNION Check out Reg Kennerty's wonderful photos from the reunion, all 800 of them. |
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August 5, 2006 LORD BOXOE Information about his song, God Bless Lago, which I received from Vic Lopez. Take a look. |
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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. |
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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. |
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August 8, 2006 ELNA HARRIS KING'S SCRAPBOOK Photos provided by Elna Harris King, take a look. |
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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. |
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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. |
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August 17, 2006 U-156 ROUNDTABLE #4 The agenda from the Roundtable discussion # 4. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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? |
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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. |
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August 20, 2006 CLASS OF 1948 A group photo of the class of 1948, taken in 1946. Submitted by: Dotty (Learned) Dill |
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August 20, 2006 BOB LLOYD'S ARUBA REUNION PHOTOS 2006 Lots of great photos from the Reunion. |
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August 20, 2006 LLOYD FAMILY SCRAPBOOK Aruba photos from 1945 to 1956 by Everett and Bob Lloyd. Some great photos here. Check it out. |
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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. |
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August 25, 2006 CAPTAIN RODGER A biography, by his daughter, home movies from the 1930's, GREAT STUFF. |
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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? |
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August 25, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS February 26, 1971, sent in by Dolfi Kock Leon Vrolijk in Aruba. Thanks Leon & Dolfi. |
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August 29, 2006 ARUBA SHIPS A run down and history of ships that effected Aruba during World War II, by Bill Moyer. |
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August 29, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS July 14, 1972, sent in by Dolfi Kock Leon Vrolijk in Aruba. Thanks Leon & Dolfi. |
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August 31, 2006 FEEDBACK Check last item on feed back from dino di aruba and see what a small world it is. |
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August 31, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS November 3, 1973, sent in by Dolfi Kock Leon Vrolijk in Aruba. Thanks Leon & Dolfi. |
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August 31, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS August 27, 1971, sent in by Dolfi Kock Leon Vrolijk in Aruba. Thanks Leon & Dolfi. |
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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. |
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SEPTEMBER - 2006 |
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September 1, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS August 25, 1972, sent in by Dolfi Kock Leon Vrolijk in Aruba. Thanks Leon & Dolfi. |
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September 1, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS January 26, 1973, sent in by Dolfi Kock Leon Vrolijk in Aruba. Thanks Leon & Dolfi. |
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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. |
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September 1, 2006 ARUBA ESSO NEWS Carnival Issue, March 9, 1972, sent in by Dolfi Kock & Leon Vrolijk Aruba. Thanks Leon & Dolfi. |
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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. |
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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 |
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September 10, 2006 DAN'S MOVIE I made an attempt at making a movie, now this was a real learning curve. Check it out. |
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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. |
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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. |
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OCTOBER 2006 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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October 12, 2006 POSTCARDS FROM ARUBA Added postcards submitted by Alice May (Eaton) Spitzer. |
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October 13, 2006 GROUP PHOTOS Added five new photos submitted by Alice May (Eaton) Spitzer to the group photos. |
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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. |
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October 13, 2006 PAN-O-RAM-WEEKLY Added the June 16, 1954 and the April 15. 1955 issues, thanks to Alice Spitzer. |
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October 14, 2006 LAGO SPORT PARK Added two programs to this section, the programs were give to me by Alice Spitzer. |
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October 14, 2006 LAGO COMMUNITY CHURCH Added the program for the dedication of the Church School Building, July 10, 1955. Submitted by Alice Spitzer. |
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October 20, 2006 FEEDBACK Added to the Feedback page. |
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October 20, 2006 LAGO VOCATIONAL SCHOOL Photos and material send by Dolfi Kock and supplied by Leoan Vrolijk, thanks to both of you. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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October 27, 2006 GROUP PHOTOS Al Leak sent a photo of the Aruba and Curacao Woman's Golf Team from the 1950's. |
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October 27, 2006 LAKE TANKER FAMILIES Check this page and see what a small world it really is. |
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NOVEMBER 2006 |
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November 18, 2006 FEEDBACK Added a piece to the Feedback page. |
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November 28, 2006 LAGO COMMUNITY CHURCH Added a photo of the Church Classrooms below the Church, submitted by Vic Lopez. |
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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. |
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DECEMBER 2006 |
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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. |
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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. |
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December 1, 2006 FEEDBACK Remarks about the web site and questions about her great aunt from Becky Moseley. |
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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. |
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December 19, 2006 COLIN CRAIG'S SCRAPBOOK Added four new photos to Colin's Scrapbook. |
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December 21, 2006 CHRISTMAS IN ARUBA Photos sent in by Dolfi Kock, Thanks. |
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December 23, 2006 MYSTERY PHOTOGRAPHS. Vic Lopez has sent in a bunch of photos taken in around 1939. Can anyone help in identifying the ones on these pages? |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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December 29, 2006 FEEDBACK Added a piece to the Feedback page. |
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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. |
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JANUARY - 2007 |
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January 3, 2007 ESCAPE FROM DEVILS ISLAND Added another email to this page. |
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January 15, 2007 BUNGALOWS Added information about bungalows 1504 and 639. |
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January 16, 2007 HILL FAMILY Added information about the Hill Family. |
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January 21, 2007 ARUBA ESSO ROAD MAP Added a road map submitted by Robert van de Ven. |
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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. |
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January 23, 2007 COLIN CRAIG'S SCRAPBOOK Added photographs to Colin's Scrapbook. |
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January 23, 2007 CHURCH PROGRAM Added the Church Program for July 12, 1953, submitted by Colin Craig. |
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January 25, 2007 NEWSLETTER #9 Added Newsletter Number 9 submitted by Don Gray. |
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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. |
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FEBRUARY - 2007 |
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February 3, 2007 BOY ECURY Posted an email I received Giselle Ecury, Boy Ecury's nephew, who now lives in Holland. |
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February 3, 2007 ARCHIVE LIST Moved the December submissions from the "NEW STUFF" list to the archived list. |
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February 11, 2007 LAGO FAMILIES STORIES Added the Holzer Family Story. |
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February 11, 2007 LAGO FAMILIES STORIES Added the Ratcliff Family Story. |
| February 13, 2007 |
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February 13, 2007 POSTCARDS Added two new postcards sent in by Linda (Bond) Myers. |
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February 14, 2007 BUNGALOWS Added information about Bungalow 256 |
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February 14, 2007 LAGO FAMILIES Added the Bill & Thelma Murphy family history. |
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MARCH -2007 |
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MARCH 11, 2007 LARRY RIGGS A history of The Lago Bulletin Board and Bits & Pieces, written by Larry Riggs. |
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MARCH 11, 2007 SPEARFISHERMEN Added a photograph to the Lago Spearfishermen's Association page. |
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MARCH 11, 2007 STUDENTS RETURNING Added a group photo of college students returning to the US on KLM. |
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MARCH 11, 2007 SEA SCOUT'S BOAT Added another photo of the Sea Scout's boat tied at the dock. |
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MARCH 11, 2007 MINGUS PHOTOS Added photos to the Mingus Family Page submitted by Mrs. Frances (Teet Mingus) Kretschmer from her collection. |
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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. |
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MARCH 11, 2007 CERAMIC TILE Added four new ceramic tile that were submitted by Lura (Fields) Ward. |
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MARCH 11, 2007 FEEDBACK Added to the Feedback page. |
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MARCH 12, 2007 MITSY'S SCRAPBOOK Added four new photos to Mitsy's Scrapbook. |
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MARCH 12, 2007 BUNGALOWS Added information to Bungalow 711, Bungalow 2, Bungalow 217, & Bungalow 514 |
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MARCH 12, 2007 PHILLIPS FAMILY Added the Phillips Family page. |
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MARCH 15, 2007 LLOYD FAMILY SCRAPBOOK Added captions to some of the photos. |
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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. |
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MARCH 16, 2007 BUNGALOWS Added information to Bungalow 217, Bungalow 543, Bungalow & Bungalow 613 |
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MARCH 23, 2007 LINK BAR Added what I hope are improvements to the link bar on the left. |
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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. |
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MARCH 30, 2007 ARUBA CHRONICLE, JANUARY 2007 Added the January 2007 copy of the Chronicle to the web site. |
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APRIL -2007 |
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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. |
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APRIL 5, 2007 BILL MOYER REMEMBERS TINKER BAGGALEY Bill Moyer letter to Tinker's widow. |
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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. |
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APRIL 10, 2007 DON BLAIR PHOTOS Vic Lopez has supplied some additional photos taken by Don Blair before World War II. |
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APRIL 10, 2007 BACKGROUNDS Added an example of what can be seen in the background of old photos when cropped and blown up. |
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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. |
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APRIL 15, 2007 FEEDBACK Added to the Feedback Page. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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APRIL 20, 2007 ELEANOR ROOSEVELT A letter from Eleanor Roosevelt to Mrs. Mary Lopez, Vic Lopez's mother. |
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APRIL 22, 2007 U-BOAT ATTACK Added a clipping from the London Times about the U-Boat attack. |
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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. |
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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. |
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MAY - 2007 |
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MAY 1, 2007 FOREIGN STAFF ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES' PARTY Booklet for the party with committees and menu sent in by John Geis |
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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. |
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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. |
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MAY 11, 2007 1997 ARUBA REUNION Photos from the 1997 Aruba Reunion supplied by Kyle & Alice Spitzer, found in Mary B's closet. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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MAY 23, 2007 SUMMER EMPLOYMENT A summer job with Lago and the work book needed if you are not born in Aruba. |
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MAY 23, 2007 BLACK & WHITE POSTCARDS FROM ARUBA These black and white postcards were found in the Spitzer's papers. |
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MAY 23, 2007 PILOTS LOG BOOK Added Mary B's pilots log book. |
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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. |
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MAY 23, 2007 ARUBA FLYING CLUB Added a brochure put out to attract new members to the Aruba Flying Club. Submitted by Vic Lopez. |
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MAY 23, 2007 REFINERY BADGES Added a badge that belonged to Vic Lopez's grandfather. |
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