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ON PHOTO OF SID AND SAILBOAT TO GO TO SCRAPBOOK.Sid Faunce (born in Thibodeaux, LA) married Annie Songy (born in Ama a suburb of New Orleans) in 1927. He was employed with the PanAm Oil Refinery in Destrehan, LA when he accepted a more lucrative position with Standard Oil in Aruba. I recall my dad chuckling as he recounted the fact that he beefed up his credentials to get a better position during this job transition. He went to Aruba in 1929 as a First Class Machinist. By 1936, when the living conditions improved in the Lago Colony, Annie joined him there. Sid resigned a couple of times in the early years and traveled back to the States, but always came back to finally retire to New Orleans in 1957. He spent his career in the mechanical department ending as a zone foreman in Catalytic and Light Ends. The last two bungalows the Faunce family occupied were 348 and finally 351. Only one of their five children (Margie) was born in Aruba. The other four, Sidney, Patsy, Richard and Albert (Tinker) were born in New Orleans. All of his children did however grow up from infancy in Aruba. The only exception was the one year following the WWII submarine attack. Annie sailed home with the children while Sid remained in Aruba. Sid left us in 1982 and Annie followed in 1993. PHOTO OF SID FAUNCE FROM BILL MOYER'S SCRAPBOOK, PROBABLY TAKEN IN 1929 / 1930.