Thursday, January 16, 2014
Hanging out at the dock in Faial
Russian ship delivering wheat!
Salazar was Socialist...
Americans had a base on Terceira!! St Maria!! Story of building a landing strip, then American drove jeeps off the cliff rather than giving them to Portuguese!!
Trucks carrying cement, Portuguese tossing them off! Half the houses in Vila do Porto were built from American cement!
The American taking care of/ supplying toilet paper! How many rabishels do the Portuguese have to use so much paper!?!?! After an inspection of the P workers' barracks, he found they were hoarding them to take back home!!!
Salazar was Socialist...
Americans had a base on Terceira!! St Maria!! Story of building a landing strip, then American drove jeeps off the cliff rather than giving them to Portuguese!!
Trucks carrying cement, Portuguese tossing them off! Half the houses in Vila do Porto were built from American cement!
The American taking care of/ supplying toilet paper! How many rabishels do the Portuguese have to use so much paper!?!?! After an inspection of the P workers' barracks, he found they were hoarding them to take back home!!!
I Just Came Back From Santa Maria
Look how sexy I look! With dark glasses!!
Maria Utilia & Joao Graca, the father came all the way from Liberia, he was working for Pan American, he shows up in Pico!! They didn't put in an airport in Faial until late 1960s!! He came by boat to Faial, then Pico!!
We had taken refuge in Pico during the earthquakes, May of 1958!! 13 of May, it shook so much that everyone thought the island would sink!! There was a big ship asked to wait & see if they could save people!!!
Maria Utilia & Joao Graca, the father came all the way from Liberia, he was working for Pan American, he shows up in Pico!! They didn't put in an airport in Faial until late 1960s!! He came by boat to Faial, then Pico!!
We had taken refuge in Pico during the earthquakes, May of 1958!! 13 of May, it shook so much that everyone thought the island would sink!! There was a big ship asked to wait & see if they could save people!!!
Fatinha & Conceicao
Not a good picture, small originally, out of focus. But two sisters here. Beautiful.
Conceicao passed away a few days ago.
Here is her obituary:
http://www.trippfuneralhome.com/fh/obituaries/obituary.cfm?o_id=2382351&fh_id=13628
Horta, Casa de Pai Martins
Photo taken from the air by Antonio Freitas!! Maybe 1980?
"The beach is not there anymore, Santa Cruz, where I used to swim!!"
"The new pier hasn't come in yet. But the beginning of the Marina!! Just starting to build it!! The Avenue is there!!"
"The beach is not there anymore, Santa Cruz, where I used to swim!!"
"The new pier hasn't come in yet. But the beginning of the Marina!! Just starting to build it!! The Avenue is there!!"
Fatinha High School
About her 3rd year in high school:
"We had 2 teachers from the continent, they treated us like we were ignorant!! The teacher was dying and the last semester, with a new teacher, she gave me a 12 in English (out of 20). I had the highest mark in the class! And the year after that, I had 13 all the way! My mother knew English, and I liked English!!"
"We had 2 teachers from the continent, they treated us like we were ignorant!! The teacher was dying and the last semester, with a new teacher, she gave me a 12 in English (out of 20). I had the highest mark in the class! And the year after that, I had 13 all the way! My mother knew English, and I liked English!!"
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