THE TROPICS 
THE TROPICS 
HUGO CUELLAR recibiendo de manos del Sr. Taylor trofeo ganado por el Changuinola. 
Ernest A. Hall 
hagen and Dr. Lucas Calpouzos, plant path¬ 
ologist, USDA, Puerto Rico; Henry H. True, 
representing manufacturers of Triton; J. R. 
Strange and Mr. Honiball from Santa Marta 
and Patrick Cochrane of London, England, 
observing various phases of banana opera¬ 
tions; Rodger C. Abraham, second secretary, 
U. S. Embassy, Panama City, and also Juan 
R. Morales, Engineer Francisco A. Lopez, 
Arcenio Sanchez, and A. Montenegro, Pan¬ 
ama City; Harry Crawford, representing heli¬ 
copter to see spray operations; Nancy Arrea 
with three children visiting the Gronblads. 
Vacations 
Lucky people in this category were Oliver 
Balschun who headed towards Mexico City 
but liked Guatemala so well he spent the 
entire vacation there; “Chev” Chevalier to 
Panama City; Guillermo and Aurora Vidaurre 
to Costa Rica; Dudley and Phyllis Linton to 
Jamaica; Eddie and Agnes Taylor with son 
Dukie to New York; Manager Munch to Bos¬ 
ton, then to Palo Alto, California. 
Other Notes 
Mr. Munch arranged a farewell cocktail 
party for outgoing local Commander of the 
Guardia Nacional, Captain Victor Mata, at 
the Social Club. Welcomed at the same time 
was Captain Santos Rios who replaced Cap¬ 
tain Mata. 
Congratulations to Ike and Edith Smith 
who became grandparents recently when Ike 
and Betsy, now living in New Jersey, pre¬ 
sented them with a granddaughter. 
Almirante friends extend condolences to 
Doris Campbell whose brother passed away 
in the States and to Eleanor Geoffrion whose 
step-father, ex UFer Charles Burton, passed 
away. 
Ernest A. Hall Holds 54-Year Record 
In the Engineering office on the line, Ern¬ 
est A. Hall is known to those who know him 
well as a grand old man. He has worked for 
UF for 54 years. He came from Jamaica in 
1903 and has worked all over the place — 
Guabito, Bocas, Islagrande, down in the old 
abandoned San San Farms, Baseline and other 
spots. He has been foreman on banana farms 
and cocoa farms, he has been a cook and 
now is Engineers office boy. 
We salute a faithful employee, (see photo). 
Other News 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, noted ornitholo¬ 
gist of Washington, D. C., accompanied by 
his wife, is here making a collection of the 
birds of Panama for the Smithsonian Institute. 
Mr. and Mrs. Jaime Llaurado announce the 
birth of a daughter on January 10. 
lie Church in Base Line. Carmela's sister enter¬ 
tained wedding party and friends at dinner. 
In 1957 “Bill” Mais served on the Board 
of Governors and was also chairman of the 
Membership Committee. He is a charter 
member of the Panama chapter. 
Puerto Armuelles 
By Snooky Francis 
Visitors 
We have enjoyed the visits of many dis¬ 
tinguished guests recently including: Mr. and 
Mrs. W. W. Taillon and party, Dr. Vining C. 
Dunlap, the T. J. Coolidges from Boston and 
their guests, the Simkins, and several mothers 
and dads who came down to spend the 
Christmas holidays with their children and 
grandchildren — Barbara Hoekenga’s mother 
and father, the Nordwells, from California; 
Betty Mallett’s mother and father, the Lauers, 
from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Flo Robert’s 
mother and father, the Sawyers, from Maine; 
and Mrs. Simmons’ mother, Mrs. Newton, 
from New Jersey, who returned with T. P. 
and Ruth Simmons from the States recently. 
All these lovely people certainly helped make 
the Christmas holidays even more enjoyable 
by being with us and must have found Christ¬ 
mas in the tropics a shade different from 
“back home”. 
Armuelles recognized a familiar face among 
its most recent geologist visitors, that of Al 
Bieber who this time was accompanied by his 
charming wife, Natalie, and son Rusty, and 
fellow geologists, Norman Rowlinson and Mr. 
and Mrs. H. Oborne. We would like to ex¬ 
tend a sincere “Come again soon” to Mrs. 
Oborne, Mrs. Bieber and Rusty. 
One Bachelor Less 
Goodbyes were said to Kenny Kizirian of 
the Accounting office, who resigned recently. 
As a Bon Voyage gesture his stateroom was 
appropriately decorated with bananas and 
palm trees, and as the ship pulled away from 
the pier slowly, loud and lovely serenades 
*Front, I. to r. f Tigre Sanjur, Hector Palacios, llde- 
fonso Valdez, Eddie Gomez, Len Murray, Mario Diaz, 
Lot Miranda. Rear, Aurelio Sanjur, Congo Sanjur, 
Hernan Castillo, Sonny Moreno, Frank Jager, Dido 
Franceschi, Erasmo Williams. Not shown, Lucho Ross. 
BALLET Cldsico de Concepcion directed by dance from Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre, part 
Professor Silvia Araya de Rodriguez in ballet of a program presented in Puerto Armuelles. 
CARMELA Carreta and Rafael (Pucho) Sanchez 
were married December 29 at Sta. Isabel Catho- 
Those who Travel 
George and Sue Munch returned from Palo 
Alto to spend Christmas with son John . . . 
The Gronblads made a quick trip to San Jose 
for Christmas with the Arrea family . . . 
Paolo Messina flew down for the holiday va¬ 
cation with his parents Dr. Nicola and Margo. 
He is attending Thomas Jefferson School in 
St. Louis, Mo. . . . The Kay Holders vaca¬ 
tioned in Lima, Peru . . . The Eddie Taylors 
are back from vacation with Eddie’s mother 
to brighten the Casa Taylor. 
Panama City 
Mais Elected 
Vereker T. Mais, Representative of the 
Chiriqui Land Company in Panama, was 
elected vice president of the Panama Forge, 
American Public Relations Association for 
1958. 
Dunn 
A. L. BUMP at party in his honor; hostess Alice 
Louise Dunn, right, and Betty Richards. 
EQUIPO campeon de "base-ball 
de Armuelles. (vea hist.) 
The 1958 Board of Officers of the Almi¬ 
rante Club took office in January with the 
following officers: Ramon Sanchez R., presi¬ 
dent; Luis Flores, vice president; Gonzalo 
Reyes, vice president; Jose Segovia, treasurer; 
Miss Rhina Gonzalez, secretary. 
We welcome Nurse Marina Naranjo from 
Costa Rica, recent addition to the Medical 
Staff. 
Christmas Celebrating 
We always look forward to Dr. Lutz and 
Hildegarde Jaffe lighting their Christmas tree 
— REAL CANDLES! And speaking of the 
holidays, the Brass Rail Boys (Bob Bruce, 
John Lidell, Alex Hoffman) entertained to the 
capacity of their house with a celebration that 
will long be remembered . . . Dr. and Mrs. 
Clive Loos had a party at Farm 8, the con¬ 
versation piece there was the inimitable curry 
powder, blended in Ceylon by Clive’s mother. 
And what a treat to discover in the empana¬ 
das! . . . Doris and Mike Campbell gave a 
Christmas buffet dinner for their many friends. 
GONZALO REYES recibe del Padre Strouse 
trofeo ganado por "Banana Trotters". 
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UNIFRUITCO, January-February 1958 
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