THE TROPICS 
HOME for the holidays were Don Burgess, left, 
and Dick Smith, right. The two visitors are Carol 
Barretta, Cedar Crest College, Pennsylvania, and 
Caroline Cutting, University of New Hampshire. 
doing post graduate work. They have partici¬ 
pated in a full schedule of social events dur¬ 
ing their holiday visit. One of the highlights 
of the social whirl was a birthday party given 
for Dick by his parents at their home on 
December 23. 
Dianne Rose arrived from Hampton School, 
Malvern, Jamaica, to spend the holidays with 
her family, the Dudley Roses. 
Mary Ann Ford came from her school in 
Florida to spend the holiday with her folks, 
the J. G. Fords, at Mejia. 
Guaro School celebrated the beginning of 
vacation with a pre-Christmas program and 
afternoon party in the Guaro Club house. At 
the close of the program, guests and school- 
children were served refreshments by the 
school teacher. 
Mrs. A. F. Smith gave a lovely Santa Claus 
party at the Club on December 24. High tea 
was served buffet style to adults at five 
o’clock and the young fry were served sand¬ 
wiches, cookies and hot chocolate at a beauti¬ 
fully decorated Christmas table during the 
same hour. Christmas carols were sung by 
all and jolly old St. Nick arrived with an 
overflowing pack of presents for the children. 
Notas de Guaro 
Por C. N. Flores 
Baby Shower 
Tambien fue ofrecido un “Baby Shower” 
a la Sra. Celda Arias de Maffud, esposa 
del Sr. Yusef Maffud, comerciante de esta 
Localidad, organizado por el “Club Femenino 
de Guaro”; en la Terraza del Union Club 
Guaro. 
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 
Libertador 
By Toni Breck and Alma Maza 
Condolences 
Gone but not forgotten, is what we say of 
Dona Nellie Cloward who died November 13. 
Doha Nellie, as she was called by all here 
in Puerto Libertador, will always be remem¬ 
bered for her never tiring energy — her inter¬ 
est in the planting of the many beautiful 
flowering trees and shrubs in our port; her 
kindness to the poor; each in our happy group 
of people will always remember. Dona Nellie 
Cloward, a name repeated over and over 
again, stands as an example of a wonderful 
lady, mother, wife, sister, friend and grand¬ 
mother to those she leaves behind. 
We extend our deepest sympathy to Mr. D. 
J. Cloward and children and to her many 
other relatives on their loss. 
Personnel Changes 
James McNair and family, wife Maggie and 
sons Jimmy and John Ross arrived December 
24. Jaime is in the Engineering Department. 
Welcome to Libertador. 
Our good luck wishes to Victoria Vinas and 
Sra. Lillian Jimnez, both new employees in 
the Purchase Fruit Department as typists. 
Filgia Quinones, of the Purchasing Fruit 
Department, resigned in December to work 
in Ciudad Trujillo, in the Varig Airline Office. 
Good luck, Filgia. 
Diaz — Polanco 
On December 14 Liliana, daughter of 
Hector and Aurora Polanco, was married to 
Humberto Antonio Diaz, of the Agriculture 
Department. Liliana’s attendants were Kenia 
Polanco, Filgia Quinones, Celeste Guzman 
and Vanesa Molina. After the church wed¬ 
ding at the Puerto Libertador Chapel, a 
lovely reception was held at the Manzanillo 
golf club “Blue Room.” 
Our congratulations to the newly wedded 
couple and wish them many years of hap¬ 
piness. 
Vacations 
The W. W. Turnbulls spent their annual 
Sr. and Sra. Euclides Gutierrez 
Restablecido 
Despues de haber sido sometido a una 
intervencion quirurgica en la ciudad de la 
Habana, se halla nuevamente entre nosotros 
el querido amigo Sr. Jose Morgado Guarda 
Jurado, quien se encuentra totalmente res¬ 
tablecido. Bienvenido. 
Aniversario de Bodas 
El dia 24 de Diciembre celebraron sus 
“Bodas de Porcelana” veinte anos de union 
conyugal, los apreciados esposos Sr. Domingo 
Piferrer Jefe del Depto. de Carpinteria y su 
esposa Sra. Cora Mir de Piferrer, por cuyo 
motivo se vieron muy felicitado por el grupo 
de sus amistades. 
Onomastico 
Con motivo de celebrar su cumpleanos 
recibio muchas felicitaciones la Sra. Irma 
Rodriguez Barciela, hija de los esposos Sr. 
Felix Dodriguez Empleado del Depto. de 
Agricultura, y Sra. Rosario Barciela. 
Tambien se vio muy felicitada la Sra. 
Irene Virues de Ochoa, esposa del Sr. Delfin 
Ochoa (Titio) quien tuvo un recibo para 
sus amistades. Felicidades. 
GUEST of Shirley Breck at Christmas were, Canahuate, Kenia Polanco, Shirley, Josefina 
front. Bob and Mike Rogers, rear, Magaly Santelises, Annette Hurst, Fernando Quinones. 
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UNIFRUITCO, January-February 1958 
THE TROPICS 
JOSEFINA SANTELISES was recent sixth grade 
graduate from Libertador's Escuela Ramfis. 
Mercedes’ mother dona Olimpia Sanchez 
from Ciudad Trujillo with them for the holi¬ 
days. . . . All the out of town students were 
home with their families for the holidays. 
. . . Belated congratulations to Fernando and 
Lydia Lara on the arrival of their son Teddy, 
born November 16. The Laras have three 
daughters so Teddy will be man of the house. 
. . . Allan Eris, son of the Nick Erises, was 
a surprise visitor from the U. S. 
School Notes 
The Escuela Ramfis awarded 16 certificates 
to graduates from Junior High School (sixth 
grade). The Escuela Comercial of Puerto 
Libertador awarded 13 diplomas to graduates 
at the close of the year. This Commercial 
School is directed by Sra. Julia Luisa de 
Germoso. 
On December 20 the English speaking 
school gave its annual Christmas program at 
the golf club. There were various recitations 
by different groups and a short play entitled 
“Paddy’s Christmas” written by Miss Ellen 
Ramsey. After the program the children were 
surprised by a real “live” Santa who delighted 
them with candy and whose identity had all 
the “wise” ones quite baffled. Rumors have 
it that while all this commotion about Santa 
was going on, Gifford Rogers seemed to be 
missing from the audience. 
Anniversaries 
On December 14 the Ralph Mazas cele¬ 
brated their tenth wedding anniversary and the 
Guiterrez’ their twenty-fifth. . . . Also cele¬ 
brating their silver anniversary was Sr. and Sra. 
Hector Polanco, December 24. A small group of 
friends joined the three daughters and new 
son-in-law to toast the couple. . . . December 
25 found Rafaelito and Juanita Abreu and 
Sante and Dora Santelises celebrating their 
twentieth and fifteenth respectively. A party 
at the Abreu’s home was a joint celebration. 
ECUADOR 
Guayaquil 
By L. Duchicela 
People in the News 
Tom Cole is new in Ecuador Accounting. 
He lias been with UF since 1946 and worked 
in Preston, Cuba, and in New York. His 
transfer is from Preston. Tom is 33, married, 
Sr. Hector and Sra. Aurora Polanco 
Sr. and Sra. Huberto Antonio Diaz 
DR. NEFTALI MARTINEZ presented trophies won Taveras holds trophy, Romulo Suero holds the 
by Manzanillo baseball team. L. to r„ Rafael diploma, Rafael Abreu, sub-champion trophy. 
vacation and holidays with their families in 
New Orleans and Texas. Their time off 
included visits to UFers and ex-UFers in 
Covington and Hammond, Louisiana, and see¬ 
ing the Sugar Bowl classic on New Year’s. . . . 
Chery Jimenez, of the Purchase Fruit Depart¬ 
ment, and family spent vacation time in San¬ 
tiago and Ciudad Trujillo during December. 
. . . Rene and Julia Ginebra, also of that 
department, spent a quiet vacation in Santi¬ 
ago. . . . Americo Garcia, chief radio operator, 
and his family visited relatives during their 
vacation; and the Rafael Pla family visited 
relatives in Puerto Plata. 
Julio Quinones, of the Processing Plant, 
and his wife Tete allowed themselves some 
days during their vacation for Ciudad Tru¬ 
jillo, getting daughters Martha and Filgia 
settled and ready for work in the big city. 
. . . Osvaldo Lister and family, Adrian Gon¬ 
zalez and family and Euclides Gutierrez and 
wife, all of Agriculture, visited their respective 
families during vacation. 
Holiday Excitement 
Christmas was a noisy time this year. The 
children had fun shooting fire-crackers at the 
tennis court with many adults in the audience. 
Santa’s visit to all the homes was a generous 
one, and on Christmas Day little girls out 
with new dolls and buggies and little boys 
with new bikes made a happy sight. 
On December 31 a dance was held at the 
Manzanillo golf club with all the glamour of 
the holidays. Idorns to blow, whistles to toot, 
and all the well wishers running about with 
greetings for a Plappy New Year. 
The Estrellas Fronterizas Club entertained 
their members with parties during December 
with sancochos and out of town orchestra for 
dancing. 
We truthfully say that 1957 ended with all 
the trimmings, and we look forward to a 
better and more prosperous year in 1958. 
This and That 
Ellen Ramsey and Mary Stump, teachers 
in the English speaking school, toured Haiti, 
Cuba, Jamaica and parts of this country dur¬ 
ing their holiday. . . . Elida Cruz, of M&S, 
spent a few weeks visiting relatives and friends 
in Moca and Santiago during December. . . . 
On January 6 a children’s party was held at 
the golf club. Labeled a success, there was 
candy and presents for all and music available 
for those liking to dance. 
Don Luis and dona Italia Villalon, visited 
daughter and son, Anna and Johnnie Hurst, for 
the holidays, as did dona Maria Limardo, 
mother of Cristina and Wenceslao Arvelo. 
These folks hail from Puerto Plata. . . . Mer¬ 
cedes and Enrique Zeller were happy to have 
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