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Historic Photo Competition Concludes at the Hilton Aruba Resort!
sures, a sculpture at the Bali
Bar and next to the Logo of
the Hotel, against the cut
stone wall at the entrance
to the lobby. The pictures
tell the story, of how proud
the islanders were of their
first upscale hotel.
Continued from page 13 -EVENT: Evert Bongers, a -SOCIAL SCENE: Nancy locals, in period swim suits playing steel pans at the
tourism historian, for sub- Maceachen, for submitting and beach wear, against Aruba Caribbean Hotel in
-NATURE: Mario Ridderstap mitting a picture of Princess a great number of pictures the backdrop of the beach 1963.
for submitting a breathtak- Beatrix, admiring the mod- and documents, having and the resort. The picture
ing image of the pristine el of the future hotel, dur- worked at the hotel as di- is hanging in Belva’s house -NOSTALGIA: Watty Hey-
coast line of Palm Beach, ing her historic visit to the rector of marketing for five in Savaneta. liger for submitting a group
with very few swimmers/ island. Evert also submitted years. Her image of Carni- picture of himself with col-
sunbathers. an original sketch by archi- val at the Klompen Club -MOST FUN: Bert Hagelen, league waiters, in the din-
tect Morris Lapidus, and reflects her dedication to for submitting the picture of ing room on Christmas
-MOVING: Arlette Oduber an aerial shot of the Aruba the resort, organizing and the San Fernando brothers 1962. q
for submitting a picture Caribbean. promoting the new prop-
of her parents and their erty, the first one to open
friends lounging on the -EDITORIAL: Jocky Tromp in Aruba. During the sixties,
beach of the resort, look- a former bell man & Pe- Nancy went to Venezuela
ing young and gorgeous, dro Henriquez, a former and Puerto Rico to pro-
reflecting a popular activ- bellman and engineer for mote the resort. She later
ity at the time: Relaxing at submitting images of them- also became the reserva-
the Carib. selves standing next to the tions manager.
Goddess of Seven Plea-
-RETRO CHIC: Karin Swiers,
for she submitting an im-
age of Belva Henriquez &
Nancy Maceachern, two
fashionable and elegant
