PROPELLER MONUMENT COMMITTEE |
UPDATE JUNE 21, 2009 |
Last night the SS
Oranjestad Memorial Committee held another meeting to further continue
with their planning. Present at the meeting were: Percy &
Ella Sweetnam; Dick de Bruin & Mandy de Boer; Andre Loonstra; Toine v/d
Klooster; Paulus Martijn; and Dufi & Maria Kock.
The following topics were discussed: 1) The Lago Aruba Reunion - "U-156/U-502 Roundtable meeting of June 23rd at the Aruba Westin Resort. 2) The Fundraising meeting of June 26th at the Aqua Windies. As far as the Lago Reunion meeting, Dick and Dufi will be at the hotel early (at 8:00am) to set up the posters, photos, the sound system, etc. to be ready for the meeting which starts at 9:30am. We have invited Mr. Calixto de Palm, who lost his brother on the SS Oranjestad. Various local ex-Lago employees called to let me know that they will also be present. The Fundraising, like the word says, is to raise funds for the installation of the monument. I am attaching the Press Release that we are sending tomorrow to the media as it will give you a better idea of the program. I am sending you a couple of pictures that I took yesterday of the propeller to give everyone an idea how much work Percy has been doing on it to get it in its present state. It really looks beautiful now. |
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