ERICH BELL

I received this in an email from Erich on January 2, 2011

Your website is great.  Incredibly well done, thorough, interesting, etc. 
I lived with my family in bungalow 285 from Sep 1978-Dec 1981.  My father, John Bell, worked directly (I believe) for Jerry Golden, President of Lago/Esso/Seroe Colorado for several years.  My mother is still good friends with Jerry and his wife, in 2011.  I vividly recall going over to Jerry's and his wife's house many times, which I know now as bungalow 69, as I recall its big garden, view, proximity to the church, etc.
Until 2 weeks ago, when I stumbled across your website, I had NO idea what the pile of rubble JUST east of our house was.  We were told it was the former governor's mansion, which actually wasn't that far off, being as it was Casa Grande.  
I loved and love Aruba.  Period.  I always wondered what the hospital used to look like when we wandered up that hill.  What people thought when they hid in the old bunkers we explored.  What it was like to take flight in the old airfield we only heard stories of.  Aruba holds some sort of magic spell on many of us who used to live there.  I'll never forget it and do not intend to.

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