THE TROPICS_ 
were clearly audible across the water. It was 
a sendoff long to be remembered (by the 
room steward for one!) Marion Martin was 
the first of the “bachelors” to leave and 
Kenny the second. It’s really sad to see the 
forces depleting. 
News Items 
Two helicopters now make their home in 
Armuelles. They caused quite a sensation 
among the school children when a special 
helicopter show was staged by Roger Spain 
and Thomas Bayden from New Zealand and 
London, England, respectively. All this ac¬ 
tivity is in conjunction with the oil spray 
research program underway in our sector 
right now. 
Congratulations are in order for player- 
manager, Erasmo Williams who led the “Gal- 
lito” softball team to the championship of 
Puerto Armuelles. After losing the opening 
game of the playoffs, it appeared that the 
team did not have a chance. However, due 
to the timely hitting of Eddie Gomez, Frank 
Jager, Mario Diaz, Lenny Murray and Sonny 
Moreno, plus the fine pitching of Erasmo 
Williams, Lucho Ross, and Aurelio Sanjur, the 
“Gallito” team came fighting back to win 
their next three games and the highly coveted 
championship. Well done, boys! 
Medical Meeting Held 
A highly successful medical meeting was 
held here November 30 to December 1 with 
38 present from this area and Costa Rica. 
Problems pertinent to tropical medicines were 
discussed; a film reviewed. Out of town guests 
from Panama including Drs. Strumpf and 
Johnson, and Dr. Jose Gutierrez, WHO con- 
MRS. J. C. BOSTICK who visited in Armuelles 
at year's end, was host to Maurice and Emily 
in New Orleans over the holiday season. 
sultant to Panama, and Marcelo Gallardo, 
chief of Panama’s Malaria Eradication pro¬ 
gram. From David, ten doctors were pres¬ 
ent Marino Perez J., Ramon de Aguilar, Jose 
Romero G., Amael Ortiz C., Carlos Rabelo, 
Raul Cuestas, Gonzalo Gonzalez R., Jose A. 
Jurado, Julio A. Miranda, and F. Armulfo 
Menendez. 
Drs. Jaffe and Stanziola represented Al- 
mirante; Drs. Silva, Roboz and Guerrero from 
Golfito with Dr. E. L. Faust; Dr. Cino from 
Tenguel; and all the Armuelles staff including 
our dentist, Dr. Domingo Amat, and Dr. 
Jaime Bravo, Director of the local Unidad 
Sanataria, and our medical superintendent, 
Dr. Mark Hoekenga. 
Holiday Activity 
The Christmas season was ushered in with 
the lighting of the huge tree in our manager’s 
yard and the presentation of the Las Palmas 
School Christmas program. The program this 
year included recitations, Christmas carols 
and a comedy pantomine and was enthusias¬ 
tically received by the parents at the New 
Club, which had been decorated by the 
children. 
Smaller parties were held throughout the 
holidays in many homes including a special 
one given by our Accounting Department 
Trainees on Christmas Eve at their casa 
which had been gaily decorated for the oc¬ 
casion. From all reports all of Las Palmas 
was made aware of the hilarity as the “grabs” 
were opened and the gifts proved to be 
apropo to each personality! 
Santa Claus was especially robust this 
year in Armuelles as he deposited not only 
the usual dolls and bicycles to sleeping 
cherubs but muchos horses as well. The wild 
west has nothing on us! 
Births 
Pedro and Edna Cecilia Moreno welcomed 
a new son, their second, on November 20; 
Edmundo and Marialina Vidal were also pre¬ 
sented with a son, their first boy, second 
child, on December 18. 
Congratulations to both families! 
MILESTONES 
PROMOTIONS AND TRANSFERS 
Clarence L. Adams, labor relations supervisor Tela 
Railroad Co. to labor relations supervisor, Tiquisate. 
J. Malcolm Burnham, assistant to executive vice 
president to assistant vice president, Revere Sugar 
Refinery. Rolando Cose, assistant superintendent 
agriculture Tela Railroad Co. to administrator gen¬ 
eral, Berlanger District, Dominican Republic. Thomas 
C. Desmond, clerk in training Maritrop Trading Cor¬ 
poration, New York, to special trainee, M & S depart¬ 
ment Armuelles division. Lawrence M. Drennan, Jr., 
special assistant to manager. Tela Railroad Co., to 
assistant medical director, New York. Raymond C. 
Hands, Jr., cashier St. Louis to assistant manager. 
Fruit Dispatch Co. Minneapolis. James J. Hartnett, 
assistant to executive vice president to assistant vice 
president, Revere Sugar Refinery. Jesse E. Hobson, 
vice president to vice president and director of 
Research, general office. Jose Iturbide, assistant 
superintendent to superintendent Medical Depart¬ 
ment, Tiquisate Division. Edwin Y. Jones, assistant 
vice president to senior assistant vice president, tro¬ 
pical operations, general office. Oscar Lanier, pas¬ 
senger agent to general freight and passenger agent, 
Havana agency. David C. MacKcnzie, clerk in train¬ 
ing Maritrop Trading Corporation, New York, to 
special trainee Merchandise Dept. Guatemala division. 
Frank A. Monroe, Jr., assistant to executive vice 
president to vice president Revere Sugar Refinery. 
Raymond A. Rourke, assistant to executive vice pres¬ 
ident to assistant vice president Revere Sugar Re¬ 
finery. Colin M. Shaw, director labor relations, Tela 
Railroad Co. to agent, Tegucigalpa. James K. Sims, 
assistant chief engineer to chief engineer, general 
office. Edward F. Sporl, Jr., manager western divi¬ 
sion to manager southern division, Fruit Dispatch 
Co., New Orleans. Harold G. Stelz, chief clerk to 
assistant manager, southern division. Fruit Dispatch 
Company, New Orleans. Curtis L. Taggart, vice 
president I/C operations to director and executive vice 
president, Revere Sugar Refinery. 
NEW EMPLOYEES 
COLOMBIA —Sidney S. Rawlins, livestock overseer. 
COSTA RICA —Mertice C. Brooks, secretary/steno¬ 
grapher, Golfito; Fernando Barrenechea, assistant 
overseer, Limon ; Ricardo Zuniga, assistant overseer, 
Quepos. ECUADOR —Claudio R. Arias, doctor. GUA¬ 
TEMALA —Annabelle Phefunchal, typist, Tiquisate ; 
Norman S. Pava, special trainee, Tiquisate; John 
B. Rapp engineer; Fabio E. Guillen, physician; 
James Aguilar, dragline operator. HONDURAS — 
Jose E. Mejia, junior soil surveyor ; Joseph R. Raub, 
project engineer. PANAMA —Antonio E. Racines, 
IBM operator, Bocas; Milton A. Yhap, accounting 
clerk, Cristobal. BOSTON —Donald Flint, teletype 
operator; Carol M. Gunning, secretary, Tropical 
Radio, G. O. ; Natalie N. Hinchliffe, stenographer/ 
clerk. Tropical Rad : o, Hingham ; Kenneth E. Keefe, 
messenger. BALTIMORE —Ellen E. Bell, secretary. 
CHARLESTOWN —Robert F. DeLorey, char boy. 
NEW ORLEANS —Jane M. Boyer, comptometer oper¬ 
ator ; Gloria A. Blanchard, IBM keypunch oper¬ 
ator; Harold M. Larter, Jr., messenger; Donald D. 
Lawson, field service technician, Ojus station, Tropi¬ 
cal Radio; Clay J. Roberts, radio telegraph/radio 
telephone technician, Troincal Radio; Dolores S. 
Schmidt, IBM key punch operator ; Marlene T. Shally, 
order typist, Maritrop. NEW YORK —Antonette 
Acesta and Mildred A. Dahl, file clerk; James A. 
Bills, Robert Bloomberg, Alessio Camilleri and Wil¬ 
liam L. Duhan, wrapping and mail clerk; John R. 
Carhuff and Robert D. Innes, messenger; Charles M. 
Devaney, John F. Fennell and James J. Jolie, pier 
patrolman; Helen McGarrity and Phyllis Smith, 
clerk/typist; Pauline F. McKinney, key punch oper¬ 
ator ; Peter M. Saavedra, buying trainee, and Marco 
Escobar, Spanish clerk/typist, Maritrop ; Michael R. 
Brooks, lab boy, Tropic Foods. SAN FRANCISCO—- 
Darlene J. Mandery, clerk/typist. CANADIAN 
BANANA CO. LTD. —K. Colin MacKenzie, Jobbers 
Service representative, Montreal ; John D. Wood- 
house, Dealers Service representative, St. John. 
FRUIT DISPATCH CO.— Jeannette E. Blaney, book¬ 
keeper/clerk, Baltimore; Eugene R. Reilly, Dealer 
Service field representative. New York ; Tommy Lee 
Short, P.F.I., Kansas City ; Dean McArthur, P.F.I., 
Minneapolis; Ruby S. Odom, P.F.I., Wilmington. 
DEATHS 
SMITH B. BATES, formerly Steamship employee, re¬ 
tired ; ELOY BLANCO, formerly minor employee, 
Tela Railroad Co., retired ; TEODORO Q. CORDERO, 
formerly construction foreman Tela Railroad Co., 
retired; CARLOS CRESPO, I/C equipment Expor¬ 
tation Department Ecuador ; CORNELIUS C. HOR- 
GAN, formerly supervisor manufacturing plants, 
Golfito, retired; ELBERT J. McGOWAN, formerly 
overseer, Cukra Development Co., retired ; HARRY L. 
MULLER, formerly selector Fruit Dispatch Co., 
retired ; MARTIN M. MULLER, C.P.F.I. Fruit Dis¬ 
patch Co., Mobile; CARLOS POSSENO, formerly 
Steamship employee, retired ; HARRY J. SHIELDS, 
formerly chief clerk M & S Cukra Development Co., 
retired ; VICTOR UGARRIZA, administrative assist¬ 
ant to superintendent Disease Control and Exporta¬ 
tion department, Colombia. 
EMPLOYEES ON LEAVE FOR 
MILITARY SERVICE 
Ricardo Squazzo, multilith oper-clerk, New York, 
9/27/57 ; Paul L. Scoriels, Jr., returned from mili¬ 
tary service 11/4/57 and assigned as Jr. Accounting 
clerk trainee, Accounting Department, New Orleans. 
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UNIFRUITCO, January-February 1958 
DOMESTIC DIVISIONS 
A native of New Haven, Connecticut, Mr. 
Lowe was graduated from Yale University in 
1909 and became associated with the Warner 
Sugar Refining Company of New York. Prior 
to coming to Revere in December 1918, he 
was with the California and Hawaiian Sugar 
Refining Co., Ltd., for a short time. 
The company employees honored Mr. Lowe 
with a direct color portrait, photographed by 
Bachrach, which they presented to the com¬ 
pany and which was accepted by Curtis L. 
Taggart (see photo). 
On January 3 a small group of friends and 
associates from the Refinery gave a dinner 
for Mr. Lowe at the Algonquin Club. Vincent 
Larkin spoke briefly on behalf of the group 
and Kenneth Redmond, president, presented 
a duplicate of the photograph as a gift of the 
group to John Lowe, a son, who with Henry 
J. Bornhofft a son-in-law, represented the 
Lowe family at the dinner. 
He was honored by the United States Cane 
Sugar Refiners Association at a luncheon at 
the Metropolitan Club, Washington, D.C., at 
which time an illuminated plaque was pre¬ 
sented to him. The inscription on the plaque 
paid tribute to Mr. Lowe, as founder of the 
association, for his service to the industry, 
his wise judgment and counsel which have 
guided the association in legislative, scientific 
research and other matter, and closes “Re¬ 
solved, therefore, that this unique contribution 
to the success of our Association be marked 
by this testimonial of our affection and re¬ 
spect.” 
Mr. and Mrs. Lowe left January 7 for 
Florida for the remainder of the winter 
months. 
News Notes 
Congratulations to J. Malcom Burnham, 
assistant vice president, on the birth of his 
first grandchild, John Malcolm Slason, born 
December 14. 
Welcome to two new members of the Sales 
Office —William Jackson and Patricia Higgins. 
Sincere sympathy is extended to Malcom 
Burnham in the loss of his father, John Burn¬ 
ham who died December 18; and to James J. 
Hartnett, assistant vice president, whose sis¬ 
ter, Mrs. Edward Fee, of Hingham, passed 
away December 14. 
Promotions 
Congratulations are in order for Curtis L. 
Taggart who succeeds John W. Lowe as 
executive vice president. Mr. Taggart takes 
over this important position with the support 
of his co-workers and best wishes for success 
in his work and plans for Revere. 
Congratulations, too, to David Hillis who 
was named chief engineer, following the res¬ 
ignation of Charles Dettling during the sum¬ 
mer. 
We are happy to note the promotion of 
Peter R. Kozlowski, foreman, who has been 
transferred to the position of assistant super¬ 
intendent. 
Salesmen's Dinner 
The salesmen’s Annual Dinner was held at 
Parker House December 4. All the Boston 
salesmen were present as well as the men rep¬ 
resenting Revere throughout New England. 
Invited guests included executives and repre¬ 
sentatives of various departments from the 
Refinery. As usual, it was a pleasant affair, 
marred only by the announcement of Mr. 
Lowe’s coming retirement. 
ON RECENT visit to the tropics, President T. A. Holcombe and C. E. DeLawder, I. to r., 
Redmond, right, with Tiquisate's W. M. Palmer, inspected the Guatemalan banana operations. 
REVERE Sugar Refinery executives viewing photo 
presented to that company by the employees (see 
ATLANTA 
By L. M. Herndon 
Visitors 
The Atlantic Branch was honored with a 
visit by Mr. and Mrs. George L. Dubroc De¬ 
cember 11. Mr. Dubroc retired in April ’56 
and now lives in his native Alexandria, Lou¬ 
isiana. They were returning from a visit with 
Mrs. Dubroc’s people who live in Augusta, Ga. 
The care free life of retirement, together 
with a successful eye operation seems to have 
greatly improved Mr. Dubroc’s health. 
BOSTON 
E. W. Sibley Retires 
Edward W. Sibley, mechanical engineer in 
the General Office, and a UF veteran of al¬ 
story) are left to right, John W. Lowe, Raymond 
A. Rourke, Curtis Taggart and Vincent Larkin. 
most 36 years, retired December 31. “Sib” 
as he is known to his many friends in the 
company, traveled throughout the tropics in 
the course of his duties in the mechanical 
field of operations. 
Friendly, co-operative and always ready to 
help, Sib will be greatly missed by those who 
have known and worked with him throughout 
the years. 
CHARLESTOWN 
Revere Sugar Refinery 
By Lu McLaughlin 
John W. Lowe Retires 
John W. Lowe, executive vice president, 
retired January 1 after 39 years with the com¬ 
pany. Mr. Lowe will continue as a director 
of the company. 
UNIFRUITCO, January-February 1958 
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