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Page 1: 1996 SUMMER 1 copy - Aramco ExPats · SAUDI ARA，，"， CO PRESIDENT AND CE。 One o f th e high poims o the ceremony was the lradi tional Saudi sword dance 句 a/. 'ardah. In addi
Page 2: 1996 SUMMER 1 copy - Aramco ExPats · SAUDI ARA，，"， CO PRESIDENT AND CE。 One o f th e high poims o the ceremony was the lradi tional Saudi sword dance 句 a/. 'ardah. In addi

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THE MAIL

CENTER

Lcucrs and

bullclins

7 附。SAIC

News aboul old

fricnds

11

ONE RO。例Aす ATO附 E

On Ihe 50th

anniversary of

Saudi Aramco

$chools.Tom

Pledge lalks 10

firsl Icacher

S，m 、.Vhipplc

16 ANNUITANT5

AND E.MAIL

Going "on linc

is easy. according

10 wrLlcr

Jane Grulz

ddぷWPLEASANT DAY5

20

COVER STORY

A VISIT TO THE TENT5

。FAL.MURRA

One'limc Aramcon Mcrriam Mallar

nc¥'cr had 10 be coaxed 10

go 10 the desen

28

TW。附INIS

NOTTO。阿ANY

Minト陀umonsm

Reno and Austin

:32 GOLDEN

州εMORIES

官leDhahran

Women's Group

celebrmes 50

ycarちof

fellowship and

suppon

Af.A、:)'(1111A/.Jllmi/ah， "Plcasant Days:' is produccd for annuitants. families and fricnd!> of Aramco.

now $audi Aramco， :md il5 ass田 iatcdcomp:mics by Aramco Scr刊 ccsCompany

Prcsident. Musmfa A. Jalali: Dir叫 " げ .Public Affairs Dcpartrllcnl. Shafiq W. Kombargi

二

:36

FLORIDA IN

THE FALL

More ncws from

Ihc 20th Aramco

Annuitants

Rcunion hosts

Roger and

Pcggy、:Vard

&1ilor. Co巾oralePublica!ions. ¥Villiam Tracy. Dcsign. Baxtcr + Korgc. Summcr 1996. I$$N令 1319.1512

Addrcss co打"Cspondcncc10 Thc Editor. A/.A.I:WlI/1 A/.Jamilt，I1， ArJmco Scrviccs Company， P.O.Box 2106; Hou~ton ， TX 77252-2106

Page 3: 1996 SUMMER 1 copy - Aramco ExPats · SAUDI ARA，，"， CO PRESIDENT AND CE。 One o f th e high poims o the ceremony was the lradi tional Saudi sword dance 句 a/. 'ardah. In addi

THEMAIL CENTER

Dcccmbcr 16， 1995 、，Veheld our firsl gather.

ing or $:ludi Aramco Saudi

同 IlfC川esin Novcmber 1995. at

AmiT Muhammad ibn F;.hd

Amusement Pnrk. Ovcr

1.5田 retircesancndcd along

wilh many wives. childrcn

and grandchildren. Everyω，e

had a marvelous tirne

The cvcnt. sponsorcd by

$audi Aramco manngement

was welJ organizcd and rnιch

appreciated 、，Vchad a dcli・

cious rneal and the kids had a

ball on thc various amuse

ment park ridcs

Editors' IIOle

See四'ge36for脚 reon

the IIpcom;ng Florida

re//tI;oll. Afi Ball/chi's

fe1ter i町rpiredAl-Ayyom

Al-Jamilah (0田'kP//blic

Af!ll町田Ue.噌岬'$;11Salldi

Arabia 10 leU us more

abollllhe landmllrkjirsl

rewlion there， (lI1d

SalehM.As抽 bli.Gellt!ral

5，ψen1j押 roftheP/lblica

rIolIS Di附 1011.graC/Ol“かreSjχIIu/ed with (，回ol1d

phorogmphs

THE KIDS HAD A IIlIAI.I. 011

THE VARIOUS A例 us・E例 区側Y

P'.・( RIDI!i:S

Asa陀 tiree1 app陀 ciated

the oppor1unity of seeing so

many friends回 meofwhom

from the early creation and

conslruction of Aramco守 l

hadn't seen for many years

I'ml∞king forward 10

seeing Amcrican fricnds and

retirces at Ihe ncxl U.S

reunion in Kissimmce

Florida， in OClobcr 1996

Ali Haluchi

P.O.1如来 2236;:II-Khobllr

例。肉ETHAN 1.500 C。例PANY

RETIRI!I!S ATγ'ND・tDTHI!i:

c，縄 I!:，，"，ONY

Thc Social [nsurancc and

Rctirclll創刊Affairs Division

of Saudi Aramco's Employee

Relations Serviccs

Dcpartmcnt sponsorcd a lun-

chcon ccremony lasl fall in

honor of Ihc company's

Saudi Arab rclirees al Amir

Muhammad ibn Fahd

Amusement Park near HaJf

Moon say回 uthof Dhahran

More than 1.5∞company

retirees anended the cerc.

mony. The IOlalnUlllbcr

anending was 回 timatedat

9αXl counting the rclirees

and their family mcmbers

Abdallah S. JUIll'ah

Saudi Amrnco prcsidclll

briefcd those presenl on Ihe

C加 lpany'sachicv叩 lcnlsin

rccent ycars. He a[so

e来pressedthe company's

TRADITIDNAL. SAUDI ，，"，USICIANS PERFOR，，"，ED OURING THE AFTERN。酬

graliludc to the relirees and

Co"自問lcdthe company's

desirc 10 strcngthen its rela

lionship with Ihcm

January 3，1996

1 forgcllhc exacl year

bul sOnlctimc in thc lalc

19曲Sor earJy 70s while 1

was working aboard thc DP-

2， thcn dril1ing in Ihe Zuluf

ficld. wc reccived a visil frorn

;1 naval 、.'cssclfrom a ncigh.

boring Gulfcountry. We Icft

Ihc DP-2 tcmpomrily. bUl

rcbo..rdcd il [alcr whcn the

mattcr had been deared up

rd bc intcrcsled in hcar

ing from :II1Y formcr

cmployee who happencd 10

bc wilh me on cither occasion

10 gct rcacquainted and陀 mト

nisce aboullhc cpisode

frank Richards

Rt. 5， sox 424-A

Carthage， MO 64836

TeJ: (417) 358-8705

Aliル1.Baluchi. a reれ<ee

and fonner general manager

of Community Services

dclive問 da speech on bchalf

of Saudi Aramco relirecs

H.E. Nassir Mohammad

al-Ajmi. presidcnt general

of Ihc Saudi Railways

Organization. and retired

Saudi Aramco executive

vice presidelll. delivercd

an impromptu speech al

Ihe ceremony

Ed;tors' 1I0te

Wllell A1UI/I;1{lIIf (a1l4 Brat)

HlIrfelle Morrow sent

AI.AYJ淘"， AI.Jamilal， a

/Jersoll(l!ized computer.

dr{/¥I"/I card 問 cent/)内lI"e

llsked her 10 slwre some

detlli!s 01/1er回 叫川町

eql/I/Jmem GI/dιXpeTlCIICe

旬 itliOIhl!T readers

AOOAL.L.AH S. JU，，"，'AH

SAUDI ARA，，"，CO PRESIDENT AND CE。

One of the high poims of

the ceremony was the lradi

tional Saudi sword dance句

a/. 'ardah. In additIon. various

Saudi Aramco町 'gam日 1I0ns

partlclpalα1 in an exhibit held

at the ceremony

Fcbruary 7，1996 Our illle陀 Sl111 compul

ing has becn a real A同 mco

entc中rise.We boughl our

first computer after a visit

from Petcr Manson (Carl and

Gloria's回 n)who came to

Austin one year on an IsM

business trip. Natu悶lJywe

bought .111 IsM. and my hus

band Bob slill has il in his

upswirs office and uses il for

fin:lI1ci:t1 records. But in 1994

when our son Mikc was 011

vacalion from Saudi Aramco，

..L...VV...... 2 "1..'''.¥111.''11

he purchascd a Dell wilh CD

Rom for shipmcnl 10 Ras

Tanura and scl it up al our

house 10 check il oul

1 could正1bclicve it

whcn 1 saw his then Ihrce.

year-old daughterル1andy

wilh mouse in hand. pJaying

computer games Ihal talked

to her! I kncw righl thcn we

had to upgradc. Mike

researched Ihe markel and

helped us buy our ncw叫 Ulp.

ment I..st May when hc was

again on vacalion

Pcople somclImcs ask

me how much they need to

invest. Of CQurse， il will

depend on what thcy want to

be able to札 :compJish，bul

Bob四 ysour cqUlpmenl ran

somewhat over $3，0曲 Wc

bought a Compaq Presario

972 with Pcntium chip， prc-

loaded wilh Encar1a '95 mul-

timedia encycJopcdi札 butil

kept h:tving syslem cra曲目

As il was still under waπanly

Comp USA rcplaced il刷 Iha

new Prcsario 9232 with

、，Yindows95 、，Vhata joy 10

use!、.Yeupgmded the mem

ory 1016 mcgs of RAM. but

the way Ihings secl1l 10 go in

thc computer world il will

probably need to be upgraded

agmn as tJmc passcs、.Yealso

have a NEC XE 15.co[or

11l0nitor. Sony spcakers and a

HP DeskJcl 660C color

prinlcr. Of cour総 likcgolf

Sl'M刈同 3 ，・・・

or sai1ing， computing is a

hobby that never stops COSI-

ing money!

Grandmother in cybe目Ilacc

、，Vekeep the Compaq

downstairs ncar thc kilchen

and sIncc it's so handy， l"vc

become its main user. 1 use II

daily 10 correspond via e

mail (moslly ¥VIlh ex-Aramco

friends and fami1y， "chat

民 casIonallyonlIne， work on

gco同 logyusing Ihe Family

T問eMaker (an incredible

program ElIcn Speers told me

aboul)， play card games， etc

(Nme: For lIIore lIbolll alllllli

tal/tS Cllld e-lIIail see Ihe

anicfe IJ¥' 品川

Gntlζο11 {Jage 16

j(lIIe川 '1/¥¥，，.ue abolll

ge川町'1108)'in the Fal/

1996 isslIe.)

Mainly 1 use Ihc

compuler 10 make

greeling cards and

Olher slatio田町 usmg

Prinl Shop Deluxe (PSO)

Enscmble 11. Mike山"，dmc oul wilh山e

original PSD sofl-

warc and said Ihe

onJy way 10

leam il was 10 jusl

do it. Since 1

don'tlikc 10 read

technical man-

ualS，lhis

suitcd mc

just finc! He

てtaught mc a lot before he Jeft

but Ihc rcst has四 meby cxpcr.

Itncmation. I"ve nc¥'crhad any

fonnal凶 ining， I、.Cpcrhups W 叫 cda 101 of paper泊、dink

but 1¥.'c also lcamed a lot and

had a lot offun doing it

Rarely a day g叫 sby山at1

由 n'lwork on回 megraphics

projccl or simpJy jusI dick

山rough山cvarious grJphics

calcgories 10 gCI idc邸 It'sa

grcat crcativc oUllct 凶 the

combinatiom‘of叫山即graph

ics. columns，冊、vs，bo代Jcrsand

backdrops ar古田cminglyend

l田 s.and cvery出 ngc四民

chang<吋 withjusl山cclickof

山emouse - size. coJor， and

even di町 Ilon

Thc original PSD 50ft

warec問、ew，山 black-and-

white catalogs. but ncw

EnsembJc IJ d世相 t.田 l問

found il vcry usefullo prinl

my own catalog using the

い削

Page 4: 1996 SUMMER 1 copy - Aramco ExPats · SAUDI ARA，，"， CO PRESIDENT AND CE。 One o f th e high poims o the ceremony was the lradi tional Saudi sword dance 句 a/. 'ardah. In addi

Graphics Exportcr， [t'~ easy

ju回 dにkon that icon. sc[叩

Prilll CaraJog. thcn Setllp

OptiOf眠 and/:'col1ofast coJor，

It' s so much fun 10 watch pagc

after pagc of colo問dgraphics

come off Ihe printcr

Sincc 1 makc a 1m of

cards for my linle granddaugh・

Icr in Ras T泊nura，1 also kccp

samplcs of most of Ihc c:u由

回 1won'td叩 licated田沼田

1 somctimcs tcll slori~ 10 hcr

using diffcrent animals aJ叫

people. and En記mble11 has

various word and Ihought b.11-

l曲目 wh凶 makeit easy 10

show thc charnctcrs lalking

Il's al皿 vcryuscful 10 prinl

OUl all of thc availablc fOllls. as

偽eright fonl can makc such a

d汀e同市ein a dcsign官、cse

t田， c四 gomloapre明 ntall間

以)()kor dcar pl舗 licfoldcr for

ca~y accなss

Aramco Bral Dcbbic

Dorsch has bccn .. big hclp 10

rnc， mainly with thc ins and

OUIS of naミhmailand c-mail

bUl shc al問 hasIhc answcr‘10 0山crqucstions I havc con

ccming Ihe compul町 AftcrI

got thc PSD upgrade (which

uscrs of PSD gOI for only

519.95)，1削Dcbbieand hcr

mothcr Pat a couplc of g陀創一

ing cards using lhe ncw soft-

、四re.Debbic d田 san Aramco

dass ncwslctlcr同 shcwas

cspcc凶lyinlC陀 Slcdin thc

Middlc Easlcm graphics. and

in looking Ihcm up for hcr 1

found quitc a fcw， induding

camcls. nying ClIrpCI!>， n:lgs

shapcs of co叩 trics，and cvcn

a Saudi discovcring oil! Shc

wassold、andnow shc I)wn誌

her own PSD softwarc

1 wa... walching NBC the。山cr

mommg皿 dthc au山orof

'Crcalive Grandparenting

was bcing intervicw国 aboul

vanous 10plCS m山eb∞k.onc

of which concemed comput-

巴隠 Asked if compUling

wouldn'l nmkc gmndparcnls

(Ihoぉ ofus who are novIccs)

fecl illlimidatcd. he answercd

"No， No onc's going 10 put

Ihcrn on an icc 何回 iflhcy'rc

into computcrs." 1 think

円以:rspaccis much bcucr Ih叩

an icc n世間yday!

Happy 1996!

μιj

Harlcllc Morrow

滋さ?f鵠2Zg

April4町 1996

My falhcr workcd for

Aramco in Dhah同 nfrom

1950 to '56， J aucnded

school in SwIlzcrland in

1952-'53 with a friend

named Don Colcman. who

had graduated from the

9th gradc in Dhahran in

1952， His family was from

Rivcrsidc. Califomia. If any

rcader knows how to rcach

伽f1or his family rd叩preclatc

a call at (770) 923-2992 。011Raposo

1187 Castlc Way

Norcross， GA 30093

January 18， I開 6

針ior10 my Aram四回開ー

町田eJ spent却 yc四 tcach

ing in TriJ)()li. Libya 創出cOil

Company Sch田 1.1 first wcnt

to Saudi Arabia in 1982 10

tcach thc sixth gradc in Ras

Tanura. and 1 remained thcre

untill retircd in 1開2

S;田 cmy回 目 mcntI'vc

tnughl English as a St.'Cond umguagc 10 His仰nicand

Laolian stud岡山 fo，出cStonn

Lake. Jowa， sch∞ls and

clas総 sm紙xialsludies nl For1

DαJge Conununily Collcgc

As a fonncr tcacher who

spent 30 ycars lcaching in山e

Middle East守 1・mmlc間 ledin

，1m田 1any山mgCOI鷲emmg山e

倒別巴of加 Iyf，∞rfom町

Aramoons [jving in the由 l'

according 10山'ncw

Annuitants Annual A曲四

List. 1 write 10 ICI Y明 ，k田 w

a肢X1tothcr Iowa plac国間th

Middlc Eastem narr田

Jowaal皿 hasaCannel

which isl田 混同問"Lcban町

田 dG叫.am no同hwesllowa

Thcn，t.回 出creis ML Carmcl， locatcd田町出clarger town of

Carroll， A few miles田 uthof

KEITH CA・H・~~ AT HO"'I[附 Ne:We:LL 同 w.

陀:gH)(¥羽海 thinlfl∞rofmy

M即時amlm-muscum 岡 崎

ing manyof廿lC300 Middle

Easlem田畑出回sI'vecol-

loclα1. J cnjoy showing them

ωlocalorgan山刷ons

TheFalll開 5article

Mapping山eMiddlcEぉ1m

Amcrica"回 Ughlmy cycωI

h岨 actuallybecn 10ぉvcmlof

山cpla悶 Iistcdin lowa. As

DesMoit四 isthe srnaJl cωn

munity of PaImyr司 JUSI鉱刻由

。fAdair lies泊、'10、咽 ofBe四g

Ac∞同ing10由'g位出町nn

山eMcrriam Webster's

ColIcgiatc町αionary，Be陀a

was血 叫 剛山田 fo，Aleppoin S戸'"

Dr. Loren Horton， a friend

in Jowa City who is a hislorian

for Ihe State Hislorical S舵 lCty

' 川 VAM4 "l.IAMII.AIl

of lowa. lold mc hc had間四r

hcard of Alexandria lowa. and 由atit isn't lisled in his陀 f，，-cnce肱)()恒 includingα"on

gh醐 low田 andtowns同

longcr incorpo剛 cdor having

p田 toffices. Howe¥'cr he did

Icll mca加ul山reeo山erplace

nan間 日kader，Smyrna and

Jcrusalem

日kadcris山em田 Imter

csting. According to one story

it was namcd for Abd el-

Kadcr. an Algcrian B岡山m

who strugglcd againsl French

coloniz.1tion in山c1830s

TαJ3y lhc town of Elkader has

a sislcr ci{y in Algeria whc陀

出回目1国akewas bom， Thc

【Qwnhas cxchangcd ∞m

S開)Odcnceand visits with血l'

siSler city (Mascarn}

Smyma (aftcr山eoriginal

in Turkcy)間 longcrhasa戸国

officc. bUI is a small commu

nity of five or six houぉs

k刷 tcdbelwccn山CIOW田 of

Luc官 叩 dWoαJbum.lowa

Jerusalcm， IOW3. wa凶located

in Grudy Country ncar the

lown of Bcaman. 11. 1∞IS no

longcr inco凹 r.ned

1 also discovcrcd an

1stc印 刷 nglinlc b∞k entitled

From AckJey /() b‘'ingJe. a C()JJectio/l of the Origins of

101m pJace Namt!s， and

found several morc towns in

it. TaTor， northwest of

Shenandoah. is named aftcr a

mountain ncar Nazareth in

Biblical Palestinc: I四 nium

north of Centcrville， IOW3

was named after ancient

Iconium. now modem

Konya. in Turkcy. Scve目 l

places havc changed namcs

ovcr the ycars: Diagonal

nonhwcsl of Mount Ayr. was

original1y named Goshen

阪府首脳ωu

γ 一九}、v

笠間剛幽.. '"羽..

日 { 帽」「f山

""" 01'刷魁

and latcr New Goshen;

8rooks， wcst of Coming. was

once named Ca刷:130City‘

and Ccnlcrvil1e was formcrly

known as Chaldea

I fou叫 atown natnαi

Saudc in Jowa. locatcd righl

市川 10Jerico， bul Dr. H開削

loldme血isis a Norwcgian

namc-even山∞ghit's pro-n加 nced"Sa'ud"， as in King

Ibn Sa'ud

問、en1 finishcd 1∞kingal

lowa's Middlc EaSI place

nam国 Imo吋 don 10 thc加や

dcring sta t~ of lIIinois

Kansぉ， Minnc!叩 旬。Missouri.

Nebms畑、NOl1hDak()(3

Soulh Dakota and 、Nisconsinfinding other namcs Ih31 Illay

bc of intcrest ¥0 rc‘Idcrs

!山NOlSー ゐ例坦，Justno山

e叫 ofCai1'O.on山clIlinois-

Kentucky linc: Galatia

(Roman provincc in cenlral

Turkey). jusl west of Eldorado

lIIinois: Adell. abou¥ 30 rnilcs

east of Mt. Vcmon: New

Mcmphis，jusI拍 U山ofNew

Badcn. J¥lino凶:Troy.just west

of Highland: New

Philadelphia.just east of

Macomb

KAN抽Sー凶悶 (ncarancicnl

Carthagc in modcm Tunisia)，

00巾 westofN田 SCil)に

Gal叫a田 uthof Russcll

Sharon， caSI of Mcd山 田

L民Igc:Sharon Springs， on

highway 40 near Colomdo

bordcr.

刷s拙叙x山j刷剛一胎悶勾恥賓

s叫山w国 tofNe目，.岨'"孔L

Missouri: Cao岨 o，no巾 e副

of Rolla: 1'roy， nonhcast of 、V即時 臥 on:PhiladeJphia

匝Iw田 n8ethel and Palmym

Missouri: Utica，j回 tsoulh of

Chillic似 hc;Goshen， nonhcasl

of Bethany. Missοun

醐NNESOTA-Medi間 ，north

weslofMinn叫 polis:Utica，

bclW田 oR但 hesterand

Winona

NE皿ASKAー凶回 onhigh-

way 34 casl of York

NORTH DAKOTAー 柚

Com叫 同 巾 ofLangdon ncar

加国crwith ManItoba， C印紙la

SOUTH DAKOTA-Ca1ttoge 曲 ulhof Dc Smel: Tabor

。α由 加dw凶 ofYankton

Utica叫四回巾 andweslof

Y剖 kton

WlSCO附 Nー 柚 h 由 (曲c

mountain where the law w硝

given toMo:田，=悶aled

帆 thJabal Musa in Sinai)， 拍 u山W田 tofMad即 n:1¥'I1.

I'abor， south ofTom油 ，

sc山cl、田uthofM山吉hfieJd、

TripoJi， west of Rhinelander

Wi鉱。nsm

Now I havc cJasses 10 pt宅

開refOf皿 l'lllcave山e間 lof

the stales 10 othcr匝aders!

Keilh A. Cartcr

P.O.B倒 392

Newell， low8 50568

1 was wonclering whethcr

Bclen. New Meltico， is

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CAN WE TALKl

園In August of 1995

Aramco Brnt (and

cx-cmployee) Fred

Bobb accompanied hIs

fathcr. annuitant Dr. Arthur

Bobb. Jr.， from hIs home in

PaJn】City.florida. to

Burbank， CalIfornia. where

Ihey celebrated Dr. Bobb' s

70th birthday by rnccling

Jay Leno on刊 eTonight

511011'.111 Maπh this ycar the

pc叩 alclicBobbs. father and

son. sew 10 New York for

the taping of another TV

show. this time wilh SaJly

Jessy Raphael

In the pasllhree ycars

Frcd has allcndcd lapings of

sevcn olher shows in Ncw

York. 1 f hc manag田 toslay

PUIIs円oridaLLntil Oclobcr and if enough video cam

eras a陀 aimedhis way in

0出IOdo- hc could prob3

bJy bc pcrsuadcd to tcJl aJl

ARABIAN SHIELD

GEOLOGY

同孟孟孟目 AmwiWII/S'、ぜ

H島国j801l'I'rs hrOl引 rm

巴z..=o/lr altenrioll the

IIel叩 tlwlhis lmlg-I;me friend

ill S(llIdi Ar(lbia. geologi~'1

Glen 81"011'11， Iwd 1¥'011 (111

(j¥wrdfrom Ihe InslitUle for

Ihe 51lfdy of Eal"lhωldM，刷

。I50lllhem Ml'lhodisl UII;I'ersIlr;1I Oall(ls.

l'he 1995 HolJis D. Hedbcrg

A ward in Encrgy

Dr. Glen Brown slaned

his work in S3udI Arabia in

19.斗when.at the偲 questof

King 'Abd al-'Aziz AI Sa'ud

h，回guna p同 gram10 sccure

bcuer water supplies for Ihe

kingdom. His success at

finding water for Ihe cities of

Jidd油 Riyadhand Mecca

(Makkah)， as well as for agri

culturc. bcgan the 50.year

association of the U.S

Gcological Survcy wilh

Saudi Arabi:.

一、

LI!:FT TO RI聞 T:DE8・..阿C阿URTRY;.JOHN WITTRIG， ONI!:-

TlMI!: SVPERI柑TENロENTAT THE: RAS TANURA RE:F・NE:RY;.JAY

LENO; FREO 8088， WHO W。肉KE:DWITH WITTIUG IN RAS

TAHURA:A阿DDR. ARTHVR 808固.JR.，F。慣例巴関l.YWITH

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EARl.Y GI!:OLOGICAL FIEl.O PA同 TY

The hydrologic快。rk

donc by Glen Brown rcsultcd

in a recognIlion of the nccd

for basic g四 logicInvestiga

lions of Ihe entire Arab凶 n

Pcninsula. Conversations

with King 'Abd al.'Aziz and

Shaykh 'A民JAl1ah as

Sulayman evolved imo an

early cffort 10 map the west

ern part of Saudi Arabia

京、守 、砂

'A ， ，

ι

IIn 1953，ajoimeffortby

the USGS and the Arabian

American Oil Company

bcgan 10 produce topograph.ic

and geologIc maps of山e

entire pcninsula. Glcn

Brown led Ihe USGS effon

for the Ambian shield and

Aramco prepared the llIaps

for the nonh， east and soulh

sedimcmary 町 ksof Saudi

Arabia. Thc late Lec

墨 LMM(~ 7 I~.~

Rami陀 l.assiSled by Ed

日bergand the lalc Lou

Caslro. c曲 rdinatedthc out

pUl for Aramco. See "A

Peninsula in Profile:' by

8rainerd Bates in the

No、.'embcr-Dccembcr1964

Aramco 1V0rld.1

Any discussion of

Arabian Pcninsula gcology

bcgins刷 Ihthc tectonic rnap

of thc region compiled by

Glen srown， His日開.α珂

maps of thc shield reprcsent

the first unified picture of a

reglOn 1111似)rt;lIltfor the his-

tory of the African contincnt

and for the 0戸ningof onc of

our youngest ocean basins

SelCClion of Glen

Brown as the Hedbcrg award

陀 cipientprovides the com

mlltee an opponunlly tO rec

ognize a geologisl who has

becn incredibly importllst 10

thc geologic undcrS13nding of

a major ponion of Ihe contト

ncntal crust as a tmilblazcr， a

SClentlst山 da diplomat

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Plattcrs of fl回 hfruilS

and vcgct;lbles. Jars

of ja11ls. jell町四d

juiccs. Jugs of cidcr. Nearly

evcrything fonncr Ammcons

John and Ba巾araSchnautz

serveon 山cirlable is home

growo

η1CY 1'1皿Iand han'四.tll

出cmscいesat Bcart肥町Estate.

their出陀C叩 d.a-halfacres of

g:u工Icns.bc町 patch田叩d

fruil-trcc 0陀hardscomaining

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h陣 V台司自Y-拘-oduao刊ebesl woy to gel

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S閉山岳山崎町

foodp"鎗('Iin9.You'lI get

on Ins廿vctionb∞kok>噌

w仇同吋同nproctice in

the kitchen

sch問 由 自ysmoki噌

huit joms ond伊11闘"聞'y

ify山臥"10boxof開副n

000 foIlow the direclions 10 the letter. B凶 ify別'，.thinkirlg obout conning

時 getobles，he urge喝youlo

geI割問け加蜘岬明。吋

出ypressure-∞0""同"'P-『酬明削除 foodpoi-

sonmg con αコロ，，&冊、同問何分間憎dfoods，~

出回y'

JOHI'II SCHI'IIAUTZ WIγH HIS PRIZI!:-WII'II剛NGA割 ANPl!:AR5 (RIGHす)AI'IIO附 UTSUAPPLE5【ATLEFT)

陀wardingwhen tI地:ytell us the 叫叩e削除以i、

$chnaull. grows moで

bem回 a，羽p'田町gew.bl田chcrries， rhubarb and asparagus

，h加 lhecouple can eat imme-

diateJy. s泊、ar.t.chief blue

berry picker， ooJJe由 uplo4田

qu:uts a year

Muchg世 smlo出efreezer

a，d陀 frigcl"J.lor富山atli田山e

garage waJJs， 10 bc consumα1

in coming momhs官官

remaindcr $chnaulZ pr田町四

tummgout即日程 7Sc揖"戸arof jams and jelli白血d

l曲 gallon~ of appJe， plum

ch叩 γ叩 dgrape cide時刊C

sear恒 rryEslate-Iabeled jars

a陀 alwaysweJcome gifts

am飢¥gfamily皿 dfriends

planωin Asheville， North

CaroJinaτne couple moved

he陀 in1989 wi山田戸別的凶

gardening experienιe， foJlow

ingJohn's 1986reti陀 men'

frorn J 6 years wi山Aratnco

皿 d14)官制閉山Exxon

寸hat“rstyear I rnade a 101 of mislak凶，"5chnalllz

admits. 50 he cnlcred the

Mastcr Gardener and M瓜'"F似刈怜"CSCI"¥宅'pmg回目

offc回 Jby the sunoom匝

Coumy C()(辛抱rativeExte凹 00

5crvI因。fNonh Carolina.

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SHOPPII'IIG 11'11 AL-KH08AR

1967， BY SHEI)竜HAH・"lmprinlcd for Lifc Amcric:d師、，¥'hoGrcw Up

ill Ohahran

にALMONSTORY

sy Palricia F. RoJa.nd

In thc 1970s， al-Khobar

Darnmam and Dha.hran and

IIS :lI中ortwere isolated sct-

tlements connected by long

straight roads running

through desert scene庁 bro-

ken by occasionaJ metaJ biJJ-

boards featuring such items

as a rough depiclion of a

RoJex watch and Arabにー

script ad copy. On one sidc

Meelings鳩 ithold

fricnds from Dhahran now

provide aJI-loo-rarc叩向山 e

nilies 10 reminisce with Ihosc

who share印刷山崎川伊'"

ble to e足pJain10 others 、.Vewere bom and raised as

Americans. and now many of

us are raising American fami-

lies of our own. sul decp

inside we are diffcrent. Likc

the salmon imprinted wilh Now a graduate of bolh

courses， Schn山 IZceJebrat田

bountiful harv凶 ISof priz.e-wmmng p田 Juce.He has a

drJ.wer full of ribbons from山e

cn岡田hchas submitted 10

state fairs， including a seslof

JOHN HAS cou伺TED1，00。.AR・Eγ，匡.0'

P"'AI'IITS 11'11 THE THREIE-AI'IIO-AーHALF ACRIE GA胸-

DEI'II. THE51E ARE

CRA8 APPI..ES

Sl' ~B' f・ 9 ，・・・

Sho¥V for his Asian戸田

In 199-l. Schnau位、叫，n-

t田町drnore Ihan 2田 hoursat

theexl叩針。nofficc. tcaching

dasscs :Uld回 lvingprob1ems

50四 rJ.lthous:md pcople call

w，山 plantingand P陀servmg

qucst剛 lsevery戸ar.says

Schnauti'、.Veexpl:LIn why

their lawn is tuming bl問。wn

、、hmkec問、¥'omlSOUI of

apples. how 10肌 akepは 同

crisp.alld句 on.It's es問cially

L

Ihe仰口icular¥Vaters in which

thcy spend their earlicSI d:¥ys、

wherever ¥vc問山nwc rcrnam

imprimcd wilh the sights

sounds. and feel of a distant

ullique land and the warmth

and hospitality of ilS仰=ople、.Vernay never 陀 tumto

Saudi Arabia. but cach of us

carrics insidc oursclvcs

intcnscly personalmcll1orics

of a sccond homeland thal

was once our home.

they al1 began 10 merge into

one vast melTopolis

¥Vhenever I rClumed

from school abroad. 1 was

proud that my group of

fricnds feh a kinship with Ihe

Saudi Arabs. had Saudi

fri副 lds.spoke Arabic 、"，ilh

thc Saudi peoplc we encoun

tcred. and even effectcd some

aspects of nati¥'e dress

Whatever the effeCl!雪。four

linguislic exenions on our

e¥'er-co岡田usSaudi hosts

our intcntions were good

、.vcdid want 10 fit in. and wc

aspwιd 10 undcrstand Ihc Tcli-

gion. lifeslyle. and language

of thal unique country in

which we had the good for-

IUne 10 grow up. and Ihcn

問 tum10 from distant sch∞Is

As our parents e¥'entu-

ally retir‘~d and our fami1ies

Icfl Saudi Arabia. our

direct bonds 10 the counlry

WCTC broken. To this day.

howevcr. 1 fcel a wave of

noslalgia when I scc wriucn

or anislic referenc田 10

Ih31 country

of thc Iwo-lane blacklop road

from the山'J'O円 mlO

Ohahran was the conc陀1<-

blcacher soccer stadium. On

thc othcr. the 1930s-style

pelrol station with its zigι'g

friel.c of f1uorcscent lights

and IWO ancicnt. frcc-sland

mg gas pumps

By the carly 1980s

scrious change was under

way.... As more and more

buildings wcrc crectcd in

and around al-Khobar and

thc neighboring towns of

Ohahran and Dammam

n，e Fehmtlr)'-March

岬96isslleofThe

Washingtol1 Report

QI1 Middfe East AjJairs (/Jllhlish"d hy the Americtll1

&JIICtltIOII Tmst. P. 0. Box

53，師2.川口:IIi1l81011.DC

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WH ERE EAGLES FLY

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with冶liulecmch-up news

from ex-Arall1cαIS:' Thc

Bunkcrs wcre in Dhahran froll1

1982-1985叩 dtwo of thcir

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scoutmg山C陀

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ideals皿 dchallenges ofthe

Aramco schools helped lay

the foundmion of my sons

successes in thcir lives

Bonnie wrote

SOI1 Jim is印刷norsstu-

dcnt al the UnI暗部tyof San

Diego， a senior wi山 adouble

major of history and cOll1ll1uni

cations. The Bunkers enclosed

m 副 ic1efrom their local paper

a加ot山eiryoungest son， Nick

NICHOLAS BUNKER

NicllOlas Frtmklin BllI1k肌the ~'Oll oJ }olm削 dBOImie BllllkeroJCO/叩 rd.has削 medlIis &Igle SCOIIf rank lIS (1

mCI1的eroJBoyScolIl Tr削 '1'

#425えledby 5colllma，¥'ler Jim W似Jd.BUllker II'(U' hO/lored lI'itll (1 NlIIiollal CI削 nufHOllor. For his &Igle 1'1のeClBllnkerdes昭Iledω1dsIリ'JerI'ised tlle COllstntCtIOII lI11d U1S/allarioll oJ tI岬加ndicllpped-acι:e.¥'sib/e !n川che~' at the }olm Mllir hωωe

He 11m {Jllrticipated IlI

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a削"川"問7ηu!d(1 L'叩ο"川11111旧『昭凹eω叩IIdaωf“iOl1fi保(M

S(IIγ'ng a /仇 "αmemberoJthe OrderoJlhe A，.，.oll'， Ihe w吋I伽 roM仰 げ 川leers{lIld 1111' ¥Vo/jをboroPIOIICt'/"!!;， (/IId {J1lI1it:ipllled;'1 the RIISsi(l1l RII'er 50-mileκ BUllker， 18， is {/ graduatc oJC削 cordHigh Schoo/ {lIld iSllfi陀slm的 11mUC-S<初的 Cru:..

STlLL REACHING OUγ

国A……Elcanor Nicholson of

Rancho Palos Yerd且

Califomia. joined Aramco in 1950. 1l1ey livcd in Dhahran

白ldRas 丁目urauntil 1971

They later signed on with Ruor

and retumcd to Arabia until

1982. Twodaughlers， Linda

and Cynthia. were bom in

Saudi Arabia and anended

ぽ}四IsUlroUgh !he 9th grnde.

Today， daughler Cyn由同

Caslain 1i¥宙開 Dc町対IW.山

husb回 dRalph叩 d!wo young

悶悶 FonnerJyacωnpU!er

specialisl al !he Las Al山 0<

しもinNew Mexico， she now

compules" for Chrysler

Daughler Lil叫awas a

doctoral candidme m the

UniversilY of Mninc u山 1hcr

untimely death in 1989， when

she was struck by a d四 nken

driver whilc walking across

the cam似IS.The Nicholsons

recentJy sharcd with AI-Ay'Wlm AI-Jami/ah a pamphlel

and press releasεput OU! by

the universilY describing Ihe

schola内hipfund established

in Linda's mCl1lory. Friends.

including many Aramcon!し

have contributed generously

to the mcmorial fund

'Orono， Maincー

University of Maine gmduate

studems receiving sup凹nr，田m

山cLinda Nicholson Lancaster

円。r，ぉ:sionalDe、'clopmemFund陀apmo陀 thnl1rin:mcial

asslslance 10 en吋chthcir prひ

THE NICHOLSONS W・THA PASSING BEDOUIN ON A I)ESERT 。UTlNG，1977: Russ， EL正AN。向 (SITTING)AND LINDA

r，総ionalcxperience. TIley

also be<:ome vatlled mcmbers

of U1C growing exlended family

of the Califomia couple who

国 tablishedthe rund in memory

of their daughter. AI the time

of hcr death In 1989， Linda

L'Ulcaster was a promising

doclOral student in the

Univc内ity'sCOll出clor

Educmion progmm 1lte fundα隠atedby fam

ily and friends. is dcsigned 10

help UMaine College of

Educationd田 10m!Sludents par-

UClp川emproぽ凶sionaldevelop-"回11acuvltles凶ated10山'"

陀sc羽-chintc陀:SISand progr.uns

of slUdy. Since the fall of 1989

mo宮山四 $34αX>has been awarded too刊 r40stll伝I山

enabling山emto回、elto and

F曲 cipalCin confe偲 nces:md

O由erprofessional even民

Providing lhis op(X}rtu-

mty to complCI11仰11what we

can deliver in our graduate pro-grams is the single best山ing

wecouJddo 、円山由is111ωl10r

ial gi仇 notesTed Coladarci

i出叫iateprofcs岨 lor国 ca-

tional psychology and陀総制陀h

who chairs thc出陀e-member

Collegc of Education faculty

comm11tee山alo四時e田山e

award proc崎市

Russell and Ele胡"Nicholson agree. 1l1ey

describe山cirdaughter 舗 a

courag凹 us，indepcndenl indi-

vidual who found life e昆cJtmg，

full of discovery加 dchal

lenges. ilnd always took timc to

listen 10 anyonc who needαlto

talk through a problem.." The

fund has 陀 sultedin (X}sitive

叩 dpersonaJ resuhs， according

10山cNにholsons.Leuers from

doctoral candidates rcceiving

awards frol11 the fund is assur

aoce that their daughler contin-

ues to reach ouはandoffer

asSI計四回 toothers

For infonnatIon about the

Linda N. Lancぉ'"針。fessionalDcvelopmenl

Fund. contact Ted Colad皿 1:11

(207) 581-2474

百花

lINDA N.LAN日 STl:Il~O間関NAlDlVEW'山

叩

出臥NLA1"C師，

"向，2.1989

戸ALl，

山町C畑山

AI..AVVAM 10 AL.IAMILAIt

ONE ROOM AT A TIME

ーs Y T 11 11 ~ L E 0 G E

“BY YEAR'S END 1 HAD 13 STUDENTS， WITH CHILDREN IN ALL EIGHT

GRADES. 1 TAUGHT ALL SUBJECTS IN ALL GRADES."

Sam Whipple， who;11 1945 was thefirst

school teacherfor rhe children of Aramco's

American employees， retl/rned 10 Dhahran il1

Seplember 1995 to participate in the celebra-

1i01l 01 the 50lh anl1ive目 Qlyof Saudi Aramco

Schools. He spoke with leachersαnd studellls

al schools in Dhahran， Ras Tanura， Abqaiq

αnd 'Udhailiyαh and cut a ribbon 10 open an

ιxhibit commemora1ing the anniversαry a1 Ihe

Community Heritage Gallery ;，/ Dhahran

As Owen Harrison， SI伊erintendel1101

Saudi Aramco Scl1ools， la1er wro1e 10

Al.・AyyamAl-}amilah “Sam 's visi1 10 Saudi

Aramco was a resounding success. We 11101'-

oughly enjoyed his many inreresling slories

and mem01凶 :， with bOlh swde11ls and staff

alike gail1I1Ig a great deal 0/ illsighl inlo

Aramco's pasl， It was a1l occasion we will

1101 soonforget."

'"川l同 II ，・9・

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1 叫 ， 1叶 山 川h

1945. Thcend of 、.vor叶11【di

、，V，訂rllwasinsi唱ght.[n n

Califomia <l former school

teacher named Sam

Whipplejαned the rising

lide of cx-scrvicemcn try

1I1g to自ndIhcir placc in a

fast-changing w町 Id

、.Vhipplehad just com

plctcd two "nol very p[cas

anl ycars句 witha U.S

Army and aircraft division

based at Camp Callan in

San Dicgo. Califomia. then

al Fort Blis5. near EI Paso

Tcxas. AI age 29 he was

living in a chcap hOlel in

Los Angeles and working

al a dead-end job in a

paper factory

1 didn't know what 1

wanted 10 do."' hc recalled

I kncw 1 didn'l want to go

home. I wanted to do

'0"陀河川ngdifferent

、.vhipple's hometown

was Clarkston、.vashingtonjust across the Snake Rivcr

from Lewiston. Idaho. In

1938. after graduation from

North Idaho College of

Education. a twcトyear

Normal" school. he

received a teaching certifi-

cate. For the next several

ycars hc altemated bctween

teaching at small-to、'"schools in the Clarkston

area and allendance at state

coJlcges and universities

graduating from thc

Universuy of 、.Vashingtonwith a major in English 3nd

drama. In 1943 he was

drafted into thc Army

Like many other veter-

'"' 、，Vhi町Jlefound himself

at loose ends after he was

discharged from thc mili-

tary in Fcbruary. 1945. He

AL.AYYAM 12 AL.'AMIL州

had two sistcrs living in thc

Los Angclc活 area.so， with

out any s戸cifkgoal in

mind， he hcadcd that愉 ay

Jn an interv陀 w1l10re

than 50 ycars latcr. Whipplc

rccallcd thc day in thc

spring 01" 1945 thm changed

thc course of his life

1 picked up a copy of

the Los AIIgefe.f Timcs and 1

saw an ad， 'Tc以;hcrs

、N'anted，Foreign Se刊 にe

SO 1 pursued il. being an

adventurous individual at

hean. The guy interviewing

me said. 'Saudi Ambia." 1

said， 'Saudi Arabia! Whcre

on eanh is thatヲ

τ恒!:eihM凶川川0叫刷叫叩C印叫川a瓜山川"

Kingdom was exp肘'"則ined

and Whipple pres叩 tedcre

dcntials. "1 didn"t hear

r，ωn them for a long timc

he said. "So. one day 1

callcd thc rccruiting orfice

They said thcy had bcen

¥ryll1g to g回 holdof me. 1

went in and ¥hey offered l1le

ajob t削 chingschool in

Dhahran. 111a¥ was川 April

1945. Presiden¥ Franklin D

Roosevelt had juSt died

The recruiter pre

sented a very blcak picture

to IllC of Saudi Arabia

Aramco was considered a

hardship post in those war

days. He told me there

wcrc nO Al1lcrican women

or children there yet. No

air conditionin忌 anda con

I印 ctwas 30 Illonths

、.vhipple's job、.vasto

国 tablisha new school

frol1l kinderganen through

eighth grade - for the sons

and daughtcrs of sεllIor

slaff cmployees at

Aramco、sSaudi Arabian

headquarters in Dhahran

He was thc first person

with a U.S.¥eaching ccnifト

cate hired for the Sc川町

Staff Schools

My salary was to be

$250 a month. plus 11 $50

hardship bonus. That was a

pretty good salary in those

days. Beforc 1 signcd the

contract. the recruitcr

asked me. . Are you sure

you want to go?' 1 said

Yes." 1 think one reason 1

wantcd to go overseas was

my disappointment that 1

didn't get overseas whcn 1

was in the Arl1ly

Whipplc had beel1 1ook-

ing for something differcnt

and he ccrtainly found it 011

this trip

，之

J was assigned to a

group of cOllstructiol1 stiffs

That was what they called

thcmselvcs. 'stiffs.' men who

worked hard ;lI1d played hard

Thccαnpany sent us to New

York 、.vewere the問 tohe1p

celcbrate VE Day (Victory ln

Europe Day). May 8， 1945 The cOl1lpany used 10 PU¥

pcoplc up in the Dixie Hotel

at the timc. but aftcr only IWO

d岬 sthey ¥Vcrc getting so

m山】ycomplaims ¥hat the

mcn were tearing the hotel

apa口thalthcy sel1t us to a

rel1lote Iodgc in Ihc Pocono

蜘10untainsin Pennsylvania

for two wecks. while trying

to find a ship

for us. Only

V.I.P.s were

nown 10

Saudi Arabia

in those days

in a convoy of

151020 ships

still on a war-timc

footing. During the

trip over J read a lot of

4内

books. Thc war with Japan

was $till going 011 and we

wcre in5tructed not to kccp a

joumal. J'11l 叩 re11l0st of our

group didn't think J would

last long in Saudi Arabia

SU~l .'II; N 13 !・..

Our first porl W<lS

Algiers. Of coursc. the oldcr

mcn. knowing that J was sti1l

of a tendcr agc. insistcd thm J

町 USIsce thc Casbah， which 1

did. We went叩 10

Alcxandria， Egypl. and by

traIn tO Cai冊、 wherewe

staycd two weeks before

boarding a twO-propcller

plane、川thbucket seals and

all. for <l night to Bahmin

Frolll Bahrain we wcnt

by dhow to the mainland

Thcn thcy dumpcd us into thc

back of a pickup and hauled

us to thc bunklトousewhich

was tO bc our ncw homc

1 was very Ihankful to

the rccmitcr who had painted

such a dark picture of condi-

tions al Aramco. When 1 g凶

AUGU5T 1.1947:THE

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GRADUATION・NRA5

TANU肉A..JOYCE BUTLEA

OAUGHTER OF CAIN

AND .JEWEL. BUTLI5:A

THE U.S.A. 5T・LL.HAD

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τHE NEW TOUNG TEACHEA

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1949.1950; IN THE LI8陀A関YOFT例 ENEW 5C;I-IOOLI-IOU5E. RA5 TANURA. RI;AR: MARILY，.. BUNYAN. MIT:r.1 HE，..RY..JI附阿ANOAV・LLE.TEACHER SAM WHIPPLE. BILL T関ACY.RIc;1-I

HOWARO. FO陶EGROU則。"例 CHRI5TE側 5EN.NA，..CY BRAOFIELO

therc 1 hadn"t c:<pectcd much

and 1 didn't自ndmuch eithcr

The recruitcr was right. Thcre

was no air conditioning in thc

bunkhoωcs. YOU know thc

turnovcr of manpowcr in

those e3rly days W3S as high

as 50. 60 up to 70 perccnt

On hot nights a lot of Ihe fcl

lows would lake Ihcir m3l-

Iresscs up on Ihe roof and

，te叩 Ihere.Thcse guys

would lic up thc陀 onIhe r加 f

l∞king 31 the slars. Ihinking

of homc and thcir familics

and probably saying 10 thcm

selves、、，Yh31in Ihc devil am

I doing he陀 T1 did thal

myself， many limes

明記y岨 idal the lime

Ihat if you could stick it out

si:< monlhs. you mighl last out

your contract. 1百ercwere 12

men 1n my ongln[・1group. I

Ihink mos[ oflhell1 we陀 gonc

within six !l¥on[hs

Arall1co、sfirsl gre3t

exp:msion period W:lS

already undcrway whcn

、，Yhipplereached Dhahran

in Junc. 1945. Thc COIl1-

pany took on 10.683 new

cmployccs-an averagc of

ncarly 9∞a month-[hal

ycar 10 raisc Ihc 10lal work

force to ncarJy 13開。

row somc books. Thcy wcrc

very gcnerous

I "sep叶巾巾Se拘山e叩p

W 】ipplefaced a cris釘is.The

school was叩 p卯p。剖"吋d'ω。o肝 n

l間na few days守 bul"[ didn正1γ山、1t

h，四 anylextb∞ks. I had

ordered books and supplics

bul in thosc days ships wcre

late in arriving:' The com-

pany newspaper carricd an

appeal for any sch∞i以)()ks

which rnighl be on book

shclvcs in privalc horne活

There was lillle or no間同目。

。Finally.1went overto

sAPCO (Ihc 8ahrain

Pctrolcum Co.) in 8ahrain

jusl Iwo or Ihr.ιc days bcforc

I opened Ihe school 10 bor-

、，Yhile1 was in 8ahrain

I leamed Ihal Ihcir s油田t，werc on Ihc trimcsler syslcm

[ [hought this was a good

idc温 andsuggcsled 10 rny

supc円 isor.Grcgory "Mac

N四 rpass，thal wc try it. Thc

systclll has bccn in existcncc

cvcr slllce 、，Vcfelt it would

be g。α1bccause Ihc kids

would bc in an air condi.

tioncd r.∞m during mosl of

the hot sUlllmcr monlh匂"d

could bc ou[-of-d閣内 during

April and Deccmbcr. 1¥¥0 of

thc nicc monlhs

Whipple opened Ihe

Scnior Slaff School on sched-

ule. Ocl. 1. 1945. I-lis class

r∞rn was in Ihc living roorn

of a duplcx. nurnbcr 1443-s

1田 atedwhere Ihe cast wing

of [hc main Dhahran dining

hall now stands. Thc duplcx

'"'白川cdns a privatc homc

wa当 alsobcing uscd :tぉ offkcs

by Community Servic出羽犯

school r∞m came sparscly

cquipped、川Iha blackboard

and chalk plus somc map~

supplicd by the company

Thcrc were lables and chairs

for [hc studcnts rathcr than

individual desks

T宜he加刷山山……1川川叫叩a叩川山"d山…d帥。d批c叩n川t。凹nopellln昭gday was a

'"ロ ldgrader， Sleve Furman.

son of thc head of the corn

pany s Corll1l11S田町 sc刊 Ices

(Sec 、'TheDay 1 Met Dad:

in thc Fall 1993 A!-Avwm Al-

Jami!afl，) Two days latcr

Robin "Pinkie" Alexander

Lhc rcd-haircd、frecklc-faccd

daughter of the company

doclor. T.c. Alexander. reg

iSlcred as a fifth-gradc slU-

dcnt. A few days after thal

Carol Dunten bccame [hc

first kindergartncr in Scnior

Staff schools

sy year's end 1 think I

had 13 studenlS. Thcre wc陀

childrcn in all eight grades. 1

did everything. Ilaught all

subjecls in all grades. Our

first sch∞ls were similar to

【hecountry school pic[ured in

Lhc TV program "Liu1c

House飢 llhePrairie." But 1

was used [0 Ihat because my

lirs[ school in Ihe Sta[es

bcfore Ihe war was a one-

room school 、.viththrec SIU

dcnts inlhe Grande Rondc

River country of southeast

、，Yashingtonslale

The mothers were

always cagcr to help out in

anylhing I asked ofthem

Also. many of Ihc young

bachelors.' many of them

married men whose familics

、刊陀 slillback in Ihe S[atcs

would volunteer [0 give talks

or would offcr 10 take [hc

childrcn 10 Taru[ lsland or on

othcr ficld trips ne:trby

/lL./lYI/lM /.1. "L.I..~II ・ ^"

In Ihc spring of 1946 the

Scnior Slaff Sch∞I llloved

into housc numbcr 1621

soon nicknalllcd "the linlc

red schoolhouse:' even

though thc building's bricks

wcrc 1I10re ycllow Ihan red

Shonly the問after 、~Vhipple 's

stud叩 tspr叫 ented[he fi回

sch∞1 play. performed for

[he elllire communi[y at [he

rccrcalion hall、.Vhippledoes not陀 memberthe namc

of [he play. bUI believcs it

was a "fairy talc" from a

school tex[回ok.He does

rccall [ha[ Sleve Furman por一

川 ycda king. and Miles

Snyder. son of annuilant Les

Snydcr. a company vice pres-

idcnl before his剛 lrement

played "an old man." A year

later Miles bccame the firsl

cighlh-grade g悶duatein

Ahogether、，Vhipplc

spenl 10 ycars as a leachcr

and adminiSlrator al Aramco

Senior Staff Sch∞ls. eighl of

Ihem in Ras Tanura. Hc has

fond mcmori酎 oftho総 y町内

E同 ryoncknew all

aboule、cηoneelse. Thc

sch∞I W3S thc hub oflhe

community. 1 was a fricnd. a

tcachcr and falhcr confessor

[0 my sludcnts、andeven to

some of Ihe pa陀 nts

'The Arnmco cOlllJlluni

lies were great places for

kids. Evcryone fcll so sorry

for them. bcing aW:ly from

Ihe Slales and grandparcnls

and nll. During thc holiday

season， Essie Laney， one of

Ihe ladies in [he comnlllnity

conslructed a gingcrbrcad

house eve可 ycarand se[ it up

in a show place where the

1951・1952:THE RASγA，..URA ".JUNIOR OLY，"，PICS"， SA，"，

W剛仲CE例 A剛 STI-IE SPOT WHERE開。AD-JU，"，PC;HA附P

DALE GRAY'S HE匡LSTOUCH THE SAN。

Dhahran. Joyce Buller was

the lirSl eighlh-g悶 degradu

ate in Ras Tanura

、，Yhippleslayed in

Dhahran only one year before

moving 011 [0 Ras Tanura 10

。伊nIhe seaside commu

nity's firSI Senior S[aff

Sch∞1. "A lo¥'ely young

Ital日 nwoman， Mary

Lconardini took 0四 rthe

Dhahran school 、，vhipple

日 id."Janc Scelcy c‘lI11e [0

Dhahr礼nsoon after

kids could see it and nibblc

on jts g。αliesThe kids 、...erefetcd，

given parties， givcn gifls

Everγ c1ub in Ras Tanura

and Ohahran in [hose days

would ha¥'e a holiday party

for Ihe kids with presenlS for

everyone. They didn'l suffcr

by any meに:ms

In Ras T山川町Iwe had

an outdoor rnovie Ihcaler. 11

was no[ far from Ihe beιach

and completely su昨O川 nded

1950-1951: THE STAFF AT RASγ.附URA.REA関 s.伺

WHIPPL匡.ROBE肉TAWOOD， N。肉阿ALABELLE. A肉LE，..EGUE"'THER， PEGGY HAY区S，.JOH，.. FISCHI!;R， U，..，DI;，..T・F・EDFRO，..T: HELEN GASKILL. DOR・SE"'GI;N問.，‘'.E

例 ANO'‘VILLE守 BETTYS，"，ITH

by lall reed rna[ting as a

windbreak. In Ihe win[er we

used 10 take our blankets， and

the kids would [ake [heir

blanke凶 andpillows. and

W悶 pup in these :md jusI sit

there and watth the movie

Thc kids though[ it was great

Adnlission was free

ln 1947 a Senior Sta1T

So>剛1opened in A同aiq.By

昨'8山eAramco expatriate

sch∞s enrol1ed. col1ecti¥'ely

倒 studen嶋田d.n刊ploycd

認可nteache筒、日U1infivc

years student聞 rollmel1l

IOp戸d8凹 Thehigh point to

dall巴Wお陀ach吋 inSeptember

1983. wiU13.677 students

enrolled in nine sch∞t， employing a回01“x)leachers

and staff.σαCty、血grown-up

Ar.unco 8raIJ雪inthe Uni[ed

Statcs mainta.in胡 intcmational

mailing list of2.5曲alumniof

A間前。andSaudi Aramco

Senior StafT ScI四~.)

In Sep耐 mberIast year

at age 79， Whipple was the

honored guest at Saudi

Aramco for ceremonies

rnarking Ihe 50th year of the

comp官nys expalTl:ttc

schools. During his visit to

Saudi Arabia hc was

impressed by thc "bcaUliful

rnodcm 5ch∞Is. Ihc fincst

you will find rmywhcre" and

surprised by the banks of

cornputcrs a¥'ailable to SIU'

dems. ，')' vc nc¥'er seen回

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EfflCIEN1'， ECONOM¥CAl，

SO EASY 1'0 USE

BY JANE WALDRON GRUTZ

If II we陀 n'lforhis何orIyping. Les

Snyder of、.ValnutCreek. Califomi:l. who

just lumed叩.would be every bit as

enlhus岡山 aboute-mail田 h時間r，Beny. BUI as il is. ;I'S wife Bcny's fin

gers thal whiz across Ihe kcys 10 send off

messages 10 family and old fricnds like

Lois Cuπy. now in Florid品、 whocan

respond "five or six limes a day if shc

wishes，" and usually d田 srespond al

leasl two or Ih陀包 limesa wcek

、IVewere closc fricnds in Saudi

Arabia. bUI bcforc e-mail we wcre lucky

if we talked once or twice a year on the

phone、回ysBeny. who also keeps in

closc louch by e-mail with old friend

Mary Ellcrs in Mcnlo Park. Califomia

Jt.s fasler lhan maiL cheal>cr Ihan a

phone. 1 think it's wondcrful 日 ysLes

who. like Arnmco annuilanlS evcry

whcr，仏 hasdiscovcr，ιd Ihc wondcrful

wor1d of e-mail and Inlcrncl

At dcsk tops frol11 Califomia 10 Aorida

- nOllO mcntion Fmncc. IndOI削 aand. of

coursc. Saudi Ambia - Ar.um:o山 川 l

I山田 A山肱osrals. und Ar.uncons ，問

begifUlIng 10 use e-mail

n()( only for bu到ness.bUI

to enhance出eir

lifl回 Iylesin a Var1ety of

new and inle陀 sllng

叫 ys圏

Take John

SchnaulZ of

Asheville. Nonh

Carolina. A

問 tiredchcmical cngineer

who now qualifies as a rnaster gardencr

(see letter on page 的。 Johnsuccessfully

"'''田pears.apples. grapes and Olher

fruits and helps othcrs do Ihe sal1lc by

solving gardening problcms posled on

Ihe Inlemel

1 Iry 10 answer queslions aboul

problcms thm I've alrcady dcalt wilh:' hc

says. "And if I can't. 1 usc Ihc Intcmctlo

find other gardeners who can:' John also

uses Ihe Imemel in his othcr volunteer

aClivity. SCQRE (Ser¥'icc Co叩sof

RCli陀 dExccutivcs). which providcs

日nancialcounscling for small busIl悶泌総S

"1..，.vV"M 16 "1. J"MII "11

出ld10 those to川 shto go into b出"惚ss

In addition to田Kling001 business陀 laled

quen田 on山eIntemet 、，Vedownload

infonnation fl町 n山eSmall susin回S

Administmlion in Washington."回 ysJohn.

John also likes to suげIhenet

On one memorable e¥'ening he found

Ihc complcle unab討dgcdworもsor

Shakesp制問 housedin Ihe MIT library

1 could havc downloadcd lhe wholc

|山 Ig."日 ysJohn. "But Ihis tirne. 1 jusl

. downl田 d山 sonne

I(s an incredible way 10 keep in

louch wilh pcople:' says HarJene

Morrow of Auslin. Texas. who corre

sponds by e.mail wilh old Aramco

friends Pal Carpenler in Arizona. Mimi

Evans in Pennsyl¥'ania. Janice Juszcak in

New Hampshire. Diana Ryrholm-

Gccrdes in Califomia. and Pat and

Debbie Do内chin New Jersey

1 also contacted Greg Dowling in

England." repons Harlene. who even

Iries to keep up wilh the pcripaletic life

of sob Norberg in、，VashinglonD.C

[¥'s hcr fami[y， hov.目er.with whom

shc cornmunicates most ortcn (see letter

on page 3) 、，vhenmy mOlher was criti

c;llIy ill陀 cemly.my cousins in Qregon

wrole me 引 'erysingle day. It was阻

supponive:' says Harlene. She lhinks

the be剖 thingabout e-mail may be being

able 10 k田 pin close touch with son

Mikc and his family in Ras Tanura. "II's

jusl a neat way to keep up wilh family

and fri叫 she叩 困

is another en¥husiaslic e-Illail user. A

longlimc mcmber of bolh Compuserve

and Amcnca on Line - far and a山 IyIhe

IWO rnosl popular sc刊 iccsfor acc回 slllg

I1惚 In¥cmcl- sob uscs his PowcrMac 10

kecp in close louch with his wife. Jackic.

who is working lowards hcr PhD at

Louisiana St:ltC Uni町 rsilyin Balon

Rougc. todo問 search.and for continuing

discussions aboul com

puter problcllls wilh old

fricnds in Saudi Arnbia

Many問opleha¥'e

Compuser¥'e in Dhahran

I(s far cheaper than a

telephonc call:' says

sob. who actual1y

prcfers AQL for gcuing

on thc Inlcrnel. moslly

b町 auscof Ihe Browscr

the soflw;lre prograrn

Ih;l¥ pro¥'ides a rncnu

of oplions to users

and e刷 blesIhem 10

sclccl Iheir choice by

means of icons

つ

Wonde引ful:ぉeV'RG，I¥t'A C'C"T・~LLO. ...。υOT。則TIEK"Smai1 is. in sob's

view，IIleg1陀泊t0<1，皿lageof山e

Intcmet崎市 abilily10 download刷田

11 us吋 10bc a problem， when pe叩"

uscd di町田mp岡町'ols 且ysBob

BUlIはiay.the Inlemel provides a sIn

gle prol目。110Irnnsfer fil田田 IISeasy

to send仰CI"間 四d削田 E四 nify剖

h，叩apcandlha四 aMac.I1

d田sn'lmattcr:' he conlinues

色町eIlg但 Soul of Illy cornpuler

叩 donlO Ihe Intemet. iCs a com-

1110n-1叫岬仙岡山 固

Virginia Cicatello of

Houslon. Texas does nOI

sh，陀 BobTucker's exper-

lise. BUI she does share his

enlhusiasm

Inlroduced 10 e-mail

and Intemet jusl four

months ago. Virginia is

already bccoming concemed

Ihal she is slaning 10 spend far 100 Illuch

lime in fronl of her CRT screen

In addition 10 corresponding rcgu

larly with old fri剖 ds-including Ihe

IWO Maranjian daughte隠 whowere her

neigh以)rsin Dhahran - she has begun

10 dclvc in¥o thc world、~' ide web. and

fcars addiclion may oc on Ihc way

Ilry nOllO go ovcr llly fivc

W M剛健 I7 199 ~

hours:' she says (Ihe firsl five hour百a

Illonlh are f1陀 eon both AOL and

Compuse刊 c).but it has r叫 uired陀 aldis

cipline. So whilc she'd like 10 corre-

spond wilh more Aramco fricnds. she is

loalhe 10 give up hcr wcb time. She

likes 10 check on the news. and on her

inveSlmenls. and she has lakcn陀 cemly

10 acccssing a bullelin回ardcalled Ihc

MOllcy Fool

If you win:' she says. You gcl a

r， 叫ourof I川m 川附 困

Now a consultant for a cornrnunica.

lions finn in Houston. Ph目、，vhiteof

Fredericksburg. Texas. works out of his

home - via e-mail

Ilell everyone [ work with 10 gel

online:' he says. "It's so handy:' And

he adds. so easy. In facl. he回 ys，all you

really need is "a phone. a credil card， and

a computer、

Mosl peop[e. of cou時c.have a

phone and a crcdil card and， according to

While. selecting a compulcr nccd nOl be

Ihal difficult cithcr. sasically， hc says

[1 dcpends on whal you W:1I11 to do wilh

;1. Do you nced a m民lem?[)o you nced

a CD-RQM?

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η"P'曲lcmis. mc回

begin即時don'，know wh:u thcyw・U1t10 do削 ththeIr

computcr， in which case

Whitc's 叫 VICC15 10 gct a

Ih町w:lway，" By throw

away. hc mc山1Sa ChC<lp entry

le四 Icol11仰 tcrthat you c叩

use now. :md throw away later

Ofcaurse，" he日 Y'

"you nc、errcally Ihrow iI away. You cither give up the

ThaCs really all a

modcm IS、hesays. "a way

10 scnd wriuen messages by

phone:' And. hc adds. it"s

casy 10 use. The only diffi

cu1t thing is finding the c-

Illail :Iddresses of your

fricnds 吋 here's no ccntral

d附叫 hesays固

P剛I-IPW 剛 TE:FR匡ロ..・c・~SøUAG. TEl‘..

idca of using a compuler

altogcther and scll il. or you

upgradc 10 a bigger. better

cαnputer sut at lcast yau

can find out what compUlers

3re all aboul. And if you

want 10 use your computer

for e-mail日ysPhiL almost

any CQmputer wil1 do. cven a

ve，γsrnall. low-power one

E-rnail d町、'"出[UlrCιl

fa!>[ n四 Icm、hcsays. "Ihough

you陀ally、houldgCI a mini-

rnurn of 1~.4 kilobib per ~ec­

ond." Mo、1nc帆 compuleN

h"、cm似たnhbuill In. but if

not，lt、ca!>}cnough to pur

cha-.e an cXlcmal modcm

plug il into thc computer. <lnd

thcn inlO thc phonc linc

Fortunatcly， Ralph

Oli'm of Clackamas. 0陀 gon

ha、so[¥'cdIhi!"> prob[cm川

lca~t in part.ln lale [99~

R叫phhad thc initiati、ctointroducc his Unofficial

Ararncon E-mail Direclor)

(UAED). open 10 Aramco

ASC.AOC山1dTaplinc

cmpJoycc、reltreeミorannUI

tam，，: along with 10:lI1ce宅

from Ihc U.$. cornpani山

Ammco叫udcnls，and con

¥r;tClor、andscr、orgs11 was not an immediale

success. C.肌sideringIhe dir.・

ficulties in finding e-mail

addresscs， hc was a liule sur

prised that onty 30 people

signed up Ihc first year. BUI

things lIrc geuing bcner. The

li!.1 is 110W up to 60 nmncs

and is bcginning 10 grow at a

rasler ratc. Ralph finds his

unofficiallisl quite usdul

Hc regull1r1y communiclltcs

with sc¥"cr.ll Aramco fricnds

incJuding at 1田 Sltwo tn

S川 diAmbia

But his inleresl in

lntcmet goes beyond

Aramco. He also explores

thc worldwide wcb to honc ill

onル1iddlcEast news groups

削 dmcl回 rologicalrepons

as well凶 theThorcau

Society. a literary group in

Mas刷 chusetlsof which hc is

a membcr. The site poSIS and

reccives messagcs. which arc

陀 layed10 all mcmbers simul.

taneously

1、erelIre <l tOt or hobby

groups on the Intcmcl:' sllys

Ralph. who白ndsil a good

way to ll1eet and cOll1munト

cale with others who have thc

回Il1C1II1C悶 IS.The mosl

praclical use Ralph finds for

the Inlemct， howe"er. is 10

acccss library on-line C<lta-

logs 10 rescrve the b∞ks hc

wants. "11 sa¥'cs a 101 of timc

looking through the Slacks

hc says

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Diana R}rholm-Gccrdc、ofじ1Mesa， Califomia， and

Dcbbic Dor.ch of Trcnton

NcwJcれ町 arcIhc臥r，110 admil that thc Brat、c-mail1;、"、adirecl ~pinol"f 01"

Ralph ChisTI1's uno行icialli叫

The only diffc陀nceis Ihal the

Brats e-maillist is growing al

<l faster mte固

Bul Ihe e-mai11isl凶n1

all thc Brals ha¥'e. Thanks 10

Ihe work of Selcna Mara叩'"

and Jan

Testarm<ll，トUnderwood， the

Brats also ha¥'c

fom1ed <ln e.mail

discussion group

called Brat Chat. to

which any Brat

Chal mernbcr can

contribute. and

many do

It"s rcally nicc

to have an a¥'enue

where we can makc

ncw fricnds with pecト

ple wilh common back-

grounds，" says Megan

McA1ister-Rudholrn of

Twisp、.Vashington.who has

panicularly cnjoyed srat

Chat scssions with former

classmate Said A以Jul

Rahrnan， now in Jordan

'lI's wondcnullo get his

opinions on things. and 10

hear his凹 intof vicw a出 ul

what"s going on in Ihe

Middle Easl:' she says

Through Bral Chal

Megml has川socomlllUIlI

caled with Andy Fighl in

France and Ray Messinger in

Indoncsia <lnd. of coursc. the

Brats in S<ludi Arabi<l <lrc

onlinc alm回 1as frequcmly as

those in Ihe U.5

It"s such a new way to

communicate:' she says

And ifs so much fun ¥0 turn

on your e-mait log and see

mcssagcs frαn pcople you

havcn't talked 10 in ycars

Anolher rrcqucnt user is

5elcn<l Maranjian of Ri四 r

VaJc， Ncw Jersey， who came

up with Ihc idea ror Brat Chat

and who compiles the digcslS

¥Ve slaned B悶 tChatin

comrnUnlC<ltc

In our office wc hardly

use papcr at all." she says

cstirnating that at Sun Micro

$ysterns as a wholc、.Veprobably gCI IWO million c

rnail messages a day. J gel

six or scvcn hund陀 d"

wcck:' she adds， pointing OUI

Ih<lt、"Youcan get o¥'crlα，d

50 mostly you just skim

And you can print it out if

July:' $clenasays. "and we're you wam

now up 10 over 1曲 戸 叩Jc..in

just eight months

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topic of discussion 、，vchad

memories frorn田 mepeopJe

who graduated in lhe 50s

and somc who gradualcd

in the 80s. h was川 tcrcstll1g

to see the difference

says Sclcna

Jan Tcstarmala

Underwood. a senior man-

ager at Sun Micro Syslcms in

S:m Francisco、providesthe

lechnical cxpcnise ror Bral

Chm. "I(s simply a way 10

scnd one messagc 10 all par-

ticipanls at once:' says Jan

who views e-mail as an erti ピ11an印刷山n

In Jal1's view， e-mail is

叩 mcthingeveryone should

be able 10 use. "Ifs funny

she says. .、.VhenI was in col

lege 1 hatcd computers

Computers can be intimidal-

ing allimes. BUI once you

gel used to thcm:' she adds

it's amazing how easy they

削 llya陀 E

Former DIIαhrall resident

Jcllll' Grulζis 1I free-/(lIu:e

II'rift'r jll IfOIlStOll

AI-AYJum Al-Jamifah call

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Jgerbig@(lralllco.colII

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A VlSIT To THE

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rra B Y

MERRIAM M A T T AR

With photographs

by the author

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wor此kfor Be配chtωeJin A刈J)珂qa剖lq a剖n】d R描 1~、剖加1山山u山f悶ヨ 官司巾1e剖叩n 1

she ha紅刈仁dfl仏u凶lJedl山ha剖tconb:剖 1she joined Arall1co.

Lovelind had leamed Arabic and worked wilh

Aramco's A.rabian Research Department， at山al

Lime located in the tOWI1 of Dammam. There，

schoJars such as George Renlz and Chm.Jes

Matthews interviewed Bedouin elders [rom around

陶 EARIAM阿ATTAA(LOYEl.I倒。 HOEL.)W・THAAA例eoGU・DEKMAM'S tBN RI附 THAN，A80UT 1955

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efforls to explo問 andmap the kingdom In SUppOlt

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いvelindpholographed ll1any of lhe Bedouin

“relators" who visited fTequenUY at the office， and

some oflhose she came lo know gave her the

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Arall1co in 1956 and worked in lhe Uniled 51ales

as a technical wrIler.

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and ll1arried Caplain Ahmed Khalifa Mattm'， a

Saudi Arabian Airlines pilot who later became

clirector general of that airline， she took the name

Merriam formally. 5he relumed to AJ"abia 10 live

in Jiddah

M剖 lyye師 later，in 1卯 4，Meniam Matlar

晶 sembJeda coJJection of her pholographs and a

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VisillO the 百entsof Al-Muna" h描 beenexcerpled

剖 ldcondensed from Memam MaUar's恥ok

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Cenler， P.O. Box 295， Troy， Michigan 48仰 9.

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an】dg 悶 en sh】。αs 、Wゐ町e閃 pu'由h一

mgupmt山henewly-washed

dese円s以oi1.The warm s凱礼山』川n

rising in a sapphire sホydrew

all manner of fresh und invit

ing fragrances frofl1 the

desert's vastncs喝 Aliibn

Hamad. number-one tracker

in the tribe of al-Murra. was

thinking about how he could

escape from山econfines of

the stil1ing office andjoin his

family in their tents. He had

to expcnenιe thc exhilarating

spring-like 陀bit1hof natu偲

出atpcrhaps朋 Iy山eBcdouins.

people叫 oknow加山山e

dehydration of summer and

the damp. stiffening cold of

winler. can fully appreciate

Merriam:' 'Ali阻 id10

me， ""Now is the perfect time

to visit the desert and 1 must

tuke supplies 10 my family

while they are slill nearby

Why don"t you invite Don

Holmes and his wife und Dr

Ernmy Schurink (Aramco' s

Dutch woman d皿 tor)for a

fine desen ride. and weil all

spend the wcekend in the

tents of my family、.vouldyou like that?'

I didn"t have to bc

coaxed to go 10 the descn

ever. Thc plans we陀 practト

c:Llly in motion fromlhe

moment the suggestion came

from "Alis 1l10uth

Don Holmcs was an

Aramco geologisl and h凶

SUMMU 2 I同9・

wife ESlher taught college-

level classes in Dhahrnn's

nighl school. Don had access

10 a company sedan equipped

、川tha radio and sand tires

AnOlher fricnd who also loved

Ihe dcsι:n had access to a

、，VDXtruck. On topoflhe

truck we hoisted water bar

rels. camp cots and sleeping

bags. gr'世間es.a shovel. an

axe and "Alis suppli国 which

told a story <111 their own

Our hosfs entire shop

ping consisted of two burlap

bags of dates守 anotherof rice

and two small paper bags，

one of coffee beans and one

of card:unom伊ds初出 C

four ilcms. in addition 10 Ihe

ready supply of camcl and

goat milk from the ramily's

herds. would not only su訳出n

Ali's wife and six children

but also his brother. his wife

and Iheir five childrcnー

14 persons in all" This was

not 10 menlion :my and all

visitors who might pass

their、，vay

The dates. of course

were dried， a truly remark

able work of mllure

Provided Ihey are lightly

packed 10 kecp out the air

somcthing within the dutes

themsel¥'es prevents contami-

nation and permits them to

retain flavor and nourishmcnl

for years. regardless of how

dry or humid the c1imalc

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(rree;， the ooe 1山昭

日間"凶凶19吋 inby Arabs of aJl

ages. Rice is四 e町'y同w-an<J

山enspecialty which bcco何回

qUile ta抑制山政't1Iell 加~.a

variety of g岨 tbuller with sca-

soning. B吋oumsm立k，山eir

dairy products from shcep or

gom milk. C山nelmilk is

almω[ free ofbuncr f(ωandis

besl drunk fl陀 shand WaJ1n

although Bcdouins also lovc

shak聞蕊川陀dcamcl削除

considering山 acidtang most

rcfreshing in the hcal oftheday

Th，、，VDXtruck. driven

byaccトwo山町f町mSomalia

and canying . A1i as navigator.

t田 k山ele.岨胃、eHol山田

Emmy Schurink nnd I followed

'"出eA同 mcocar which. tike

all others in山岨edays. wa.~

胆intoobrighl聞1.From

Dhahran ¥'，可eIrnveled Ihc high

wayw凶 tloA岡山q，whcre

Ali planned 10 stop at the 1国 al

mcat market It was hardly the

Bedouin way 10 do山ings.but

'Ali had been 1i¥'ing sorne tillle

in the oil com[Xmy camp・Il1d

had pick吋叩日"鷲cityways

Ali was dislu伐阻jwh町 3

wefound山emeal market

closed. but 1 was jusl as副ad

that he wouldn'， ha、e10 spe叫his n聞 記yonus and aJ回

抽 mewhal陀師、.. cd. bccause of

my conccm that fresh mcat

mighlllOl keep附 11on the hOI:

joumey. 50 aflcr we all t∞k

onc last drink of ice water and

made a final cht!ck of gasolinc

U偲 sand radi川orwalcr.WC

headed 。汀ma more

soulhcrly direction

S∞n aflcr 'Ain Dar wc

Jeft trayelcd n刷 dsand

enter唱dIhe trackless desen

More exaclJy守 itwas lrackless

10 all of us except 'Ali ibn

Hamad of al.Murra. for he

possessed a sixth sense thal

would guide hirn perfeclJy-

nOIα叶Y10:1 自足edgeographic

poinl. bul direclJy 10 the lents

of his ever-migraling farnily

、.vehad Ihoughllhal we

would bc stopping for a brief

respite from the long dri四 m

one of Ihe Bedouin lents as

we passed encampments

from time 10 time. But 、~' ith

Ihe advent of Ihe firsl、vmterrains. al-Murr.:l. tired of clus

tering around their問 IIsdur-

ing the long summer. had

bcgun to scatter far and wide

刊 eydo this with assurance

lhat wher定、erthe renewing

rains have louched the descn

g'ιcn sproUlS issuc fonh to

provide pasture. Because Ihe

lribe had already stan岡山

l1lig悶1I0n.we came u凹 nbUI

one family during our entire

day'sdrive. Theyhadslop酔 d

for a brief reSI and when山cy

saw tlS they ha~ tily creCled a

seclion of lenl for shadc、under

which they invitcd us 10 sil. ln

bm moments. water was heat-

ing in a blackcnιd pot over an

open fire

Following Ihe age-old

Bedouin rilual. our hosl prc-

pared coffcc to weJcωnc his

unexpecled gu目 IS.(See side

D.1.r on凹ge27.) ¥Vhen the

refreshing brew was r官民Iyhe

n陪 Iproudly scrved Ihe most

dislinguished visitor. in our

casc the Alllerican rnan. Don

Holmes. then "'宅 foreign

womcn. then olher mcmbcrs

of the pany including his fcl-

low-tribcsrnan ・AJi

Although il W.必 nOl町田s-

S 町 byCUSlom. wc 1田 k

山lightin Icaving a D.1.g of frc油

~L.A \. Y ~ M 22 AI J ~ MI L AlI

fruit with加 rBedouin h国 IS

famiJy when w芭 d冊、o'eon.TIle

""叫amom-flavorでdcoffee

secmcd to gi vc us a偲 alencrgy

lift. South札.'ard.as f ar as lhe

eye could聡宮山eblue sky

uninlerruptedly rnct the goJdcn

k討geof the sand. In places Ihe

鈎 ndwas imerspe田 dwith thin

田 il.harder surface s凹~or

m町 1or Jow sandstone ja依'IIs

The sand was 1Ufted now. wi山

brilliant gIl田nbunches of gr田s

betw閏 "ru毘 eda拘ib出 hos

Travelers are usually

glad to see a耐 bushes

quilting Ihe desert. for they

provide a回 urceof excellent

fi" 恥 oodand also an under

tirc traction mat should onc's

car become sluck. UsuaJJya

sparse co、erofa柿J山 u

C"'同 firmgoing. A driver

must be vigiJant. For the

umrained eye. the "powdcr

duneー附ichcan swallow

、

a hcavy 四 hにle10 ils axle-

is nOI apparcntly different

from courser. hcavIer sand

As wc progresscd. he吋"r

prcdominamly brown aI-Murra

carncls. int出戸即刻閉山田町田

grnys and blacks.四回11110

‘cw細羽dfadcd. 001 問 sawoo

othe， B吋加intenlS until the

aftcn】回目刊cn.di悶 t国 by

what録制限110us'Alis

uncanny. buih-in guidance

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sy到ωn.we de岨}も白血Jright

uplohi宅farnily・slcnlS 胃、eJOY山 ISrcun他。

回 "hcd佃".刈Cl11b町吋 alJof

"'間tonly as偲 n回 nbcrcd

fricnds加las山由c"加 h岨

防ooght'Ali同 伺詑【ohIsfamIly

Alis wifc was wcaring

a red colton fl町 k.orρ山 n

that cxposcd only her hands

and fect. and thc frcc-hanging

bllrq(l. a black hcad-covcring

composcd of a fllcial mask

"，po宅ingonly hcr cxprcssivc

eycs and an clbow-lcngth

vcil. Thc thrcc girls worc

gaily-pancrncd. almosl ank:lc

lcnglh drcsscs and thc bl:lck

bukhnik， a facc-framing h似XJ

and waist-Icnglh ca凹 com

Illon 10 girls who ha¥'c not

attaincd pubcrty. Mosl

scdouin girls have thcir nosc

and ears pierccd as infants

The 0ldc51 girl. Fahtima

alrcady had a silver and

turquoisc nosc ring in hcr lert

nostril. The lWO older boys

wcrc wearing lhc darker

hcavier winter.weighllhobes，

thc I∞sc-fil1ing. anklc-

length. shirt-likc gamlent

、，vcdiSlribulcd somc prc

scnts: bits of jewelry and

bundles of colorful yard.

goods 10 lhc mOlher and hcr

daughters. Therc werc while

helld-cJolhs (gfllflrcls) for Ihe

boys. and a 10y for Ihc baby

、，Vehad 11150 broughl sugar

Ica. fruit and candi目。Ali，

同 passcdout his gifts. p日，.

lical items such as underv.'ωr

and sandals. Then we for

eign visitors excuscd our-

selves to set up our camp on

a little knoll about a hundrcd

feel from thc scdouin lenlS

anxious 10 leave lhalliUle

family. so long separated

10 thclllsclvcs

W，" we had oompktod

our camp‘a hosl of curious

Iil1le inspeclors cllme 10

check: us over. Naturally

Alis children were inlcト

目 ledin e同町thingwe did

and had. As Ihe others in Ihe

non-Murra visilOrs' camp fclt

Ihe need of a nap before din-

ncr. I wenl off with Ihe girls

to glllhcr白rewo叫

E、.enthe liniest child

along with this one full.

grawn American womcn

scarchcd for suitable brush

快 oodand some g陀 engras洛"

and galhercd il sizable

引 MMI興 2:1 Iq~&

山 llounlof cach inlo onc spω

Thc cldcst girl thrcw her ropc

田 :IS10 embrace Ihc wholc

pilcofbrush. Thcn shc SlIl

with Ihc ropc cnds in hcr

hands while wc placcd the

sofl grasscs on hcr head as a

cushion. It was our job to

hold the grasses in p1ace

whilc shc sort of burrowcd

hcr hcad into the sidc of thc

rough pilc. al1 thc whi1c

pulling U1C ropcs mo陀 firmly

Whcn shc had il good and

tight. wC hclpcd bal則lCCthe

pilc as shc mised hcr torso

inlo an upright posilion. Her

"'足Ifcal of agilc Sl陀 nglhlcft

me gaspmg 111 am叫 cmcnt.for

with an unaffcclcd cffortlcss

ncss. shc jumpcd 10 a slanding

poSIII朗 dcspIlcwhal muSI

have bcen a rather heavy

wcight on hcr hcad and ncck

She thcn walked gracefully

back 10 camp. with the陀 slof

叫悶ilingbchind. admiringly

、，Vhenwe arrivcd at the

tcnts. .Alis wife had started

Ihc fircs. arrJngcd Ihc c∞k.

ing pots. and bcgun 10 parc

sornc k:ind of a dcscrt root. I

didn.t Ihink: 10 ask abou【Ihe

vcgctablc roαbccause I

walk:cd back to our carnp to

g"田IIlCcanncd rneal which

I had brought along and an

O肘ncr.To Ihis day I don.t

know Ihc namc of thc root

b"け dids∞n get a 1esson in

dcscrt hospitality

By Bedouin cuslOm. 'Ali

was supp田 ed10 providc his

honorcd gucsts wilh rrcsh

mcal. Of coursc. lacking

refrigerators in their tents

Bcdouins sc1dol11 ha、'cmcalIhclllsclves CXCCpl whcl1 therc

arc guest‘Our arrival was

unseasonablc. bcc叫 seIhe

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‘mimals the family kept at Ihis

lirne of year were eilher t国

young or t∞old. As descn

Ambs， "rear' Ambs or 'Arab

al丸ra!x[.al-Murra werc pri

marily camel pc叩 le.keeping

only enough goals 10 proも do

dairy products. and owning no

sheeI】alalJ. Allhe rnαnent

Ali's farnily had only IWO

baby goals - frisky. shiny

black-haired kids - and their

mOlhcrs. who we陀 goαJmilk

givers. The camels. with their

young. would nOI be in from

grazing until pasl sundown

When I rctumed I gave

what I thought 10 be a very

salisfaclory saleS-lalk as to the

cxccllcnce of the canned

meal. 'Ali's wifepul il into

Ihcpol、叫thIhc root. Thcn

from bchind me 1 heard famil

iar words intoned: BIsmalfllh

af.Rahmal1 af-Rahim (ln the

Namc ofGはJ，the Merciful

Ihe COll1paSSionale)

Ali. honor-bound as hOSI，

was bUlchering one of Ihe baby

g伺 IS.Nol 10 ll1inutes pas犯 d

befo陀 Ihefl悶 shJyskinned

meaC was lx泊lingaway in

Ihc c田 king阿 Conversm刷

、ν悩 onlymOll1entarily sub-

dued as I faced up 10山efacl

w，山inmysclf. that this was the

changcless c岨eof Arabian

hospIlality and 1 would j凶 1

have 10 accepl il as thal

10山elalc aften叩"'

beautiful.lawny dfwflll， or rid-

ing camel. appI'曲chcd山ctcnl

It haltcd at a陀甲田Ifuldis

tance， and the ridほr.a splendid

older白go問 inIlwbe and cash-

n、C花、叩01head scarf dis

mounled as if 10 CI氾氾khis

camel's forefoα 、WeleamcdIhm山崎 wasa JXllilc way of

出0"川 folkfor the nighl， if

they wouJd bc kind enough 10

invile him

Ali 怜lenlto him immedi

ately and in叫Icdhim 10 shaJ宅

山cf;官 nily'shospitality、，Vhcn

he had hobbled his dliω1111 he

was brought into山eguc以総0-

tion of thc tent and inviled 【oSIl

00由ecarpeled J1田rand

町 line唱ainstdle canlcl saddle

O四 rwhich a quill町 bride's

cornfoner". as il is known 、N"，

folded for padding、，Vh犯nhe

had bcen made conuonable

Ali offered him a bowl of

feben. or sourcd camcl's rnIlk、

10 drink

About Ihis tirne lhe for

eign gucsts bcgan to g;Lther

in "A!i's tent， 100. The guesl

seclion is an area panilioned

from the family and cooking

area by a gllla(l' or hand

、，¥'ove】cunainsuspended

from Ihe top of thc lent

Ali commenced the cof-

fee-making ritual‘:md we all

questioned tl児 intriguing

stranger. who now had equal

stalus、引Ihus as a guest 、，V，couldn'l believe our ears

when thc old man told us Iltal

hc. Ihis sedouin who Itad

come into view on his riding

camel over a nearby sandy

knoll. had jusl relumed from

London! Y cs. London

Theold man剖 da friend

Itad gone thcrc to pul thωr

boys in sch∞1. No. he ωsured

"'ιthcy had nOI cnlcred uny of

Ihe English mm叩 hous曲。r

出Caler.i， but ycs， Ihcy had

wom、，veSlemclothing while

山cre.YC湾、 indeed、，VCSlcm

clolhing、四凶 '"αcessl1y

bccausc of the cold. No. they

would never wamωlive thcre

'"邸 100cold - but il had

aJl been a most interesling

cxpcricnce. Thcy had comc

hωne by way of Damascus

That was a city which. with its

river and bcautiful mosques

Ihey 10刊:dvery much. 51ill

the descn‘nowrf;附Iwas

'home". and always would bc

B…剛lioned the 四時>oft∞dour

eating arca with Iheir head

lights. the call1els 陀fos氾dlo

come in and circle round the

tent. as was their custom aftcr

durk. 50 whilc "A[i went ω

fetch a pan of fre込hcamel

rnilk削 neonelum吋 offlhe

lights. S∞nwcwe陀 sportmg

milk-foalllllluSlaches while

the call1els lhemseJves

crouchcd. made themselvcs

comfortable and ruminated、

a[mosl within paning dislance

There we were. such an

unusual group， in Ihe wann

sweet-scented dcsen of

Ambia. al home wi山 members

of al-Murru， a tribc dislin

guished for i1S uncanny track-

ing inslincl~. surrounded by

tltose phenome田 1ships of Ihe

des回 God'sgift 10 a people

inhabiting one of the earth's

mOSI austerc climatc zones

signalling his dcsire tO陀51閉山 Ovcrhead we陀 slar.iof自問

L_ "Y M 26 L.' MII.Ml

magnilude brilliancy. 111C陀

wewe陀 logcthcrin the

wildcmcss 陀 P'田町山U町 S

of America. El同 pcand Africa

ga山ercdin the hair len1S

of a southwestem Asian people

who secrned always 陀 ady

tO recelve a gu回胡dshar芭

ameal

、Whentil叫 Iyweslepl

underthalluminous Ilighl sky，

it sccmed bul a moment

elap切dbcforc 1 he泊せ my

name cal1ed. [n山efaim田【

glow of a ncwly-aw札kening

day. 1 saw 'Ali bedoning and

Fahtima came running to tcll

mo山atif [ wanlcd a piclure of

Ihe caJllcls bcfo問 Ihcymo¥'ed

to pasturc 1 had 10 come imme

dialely. In no time 1 was

among山cmilling camels四 d

l:.llking to 'Ali' S oldesl son who

wcnt Olll each day with them

under thc supervision of his

uncle from Ihe neighboring

剛1.As we lalked. the回y

fondJy s甘okeda baby camcl

and 山 mothercame over and

brush巴:dhef muzzle againsl his

nose as if 10 gi、IChim a kiss

Apparently we werc nol to

お引hedistinguished Ambian

S肌mgeragain. wh田 vcrhe

might havc becn， for he had

departed bcfo陀 daybreakto

tmvel 民10児山esun climbed

high and hot. Whcrc he w::協

同und，it had nOl been JXllile

for usωask. so all wc kncw

W"'山athe was rcluming fTOm

lρndon by way of DaJllascUS

and had passed our way

Bcforc long we 100 had

10 slrike camp and. along

with 'Ali， hu汀'yback 10 our

eight-hour-a-day. work-a

day-wor1d. None of us

returned emply handed

Gur rich memories liν000

j “ ~側川川州ru副州州州州州1 11川川川州lro l陥蜘l目山山~~加I11州i印伽伽[111聞I1I剛油伽州酬酬1I川帥m自m川叫C叩川蜘mIllslwllah， we can caplUre on paper some of

the essence of how al-Murra Bedouins make

Ih引 rcoffee. While the water is broughl to boi卜

ing. Ihe coffee beans are roasted in the long-

handled iron mahmas. by Ihe head 01' the house，

who always officiales at Ihe coffee ceremony

He stirs Ihe beans gently wilh an iron slirring

rod attached by chain 10 Ihe mahmas. W hen

the beans are jUSl loasted - never. never

burned - he pours Ihem 川 10a wooden. sl叩-

per-like container Lo cool. Next he places a

scant p叫m full 01' cardamom， hail川 Arabic司川

the brass mOrlar and

凹undsit with a brass

pestle in wonderfully

musical intonation

until it's al ils fragrant

best. He places the

cnlshed cardamom in

a shiny b岡田 servll1g

仰い hedella， and s出S

it aside

NexL the cooled

coffee beal1s are

crushed 川10a

品nerform than the

usual WI田町 ngrind

- and added 10 the

heating waler. When

coffee and water have

boiled to Ihe right

brew (similar 10 A merican boiled coffee) it is pou悶 d

over lhe crushed cardamol11 and reheated until it

bubbles from the SpOUI of the shiny dalla. Finally

the spOUI is stuffed with 'ashb (d田e円 grass田 )10削-

ter any cardamom pieces when pouring. Then Ihe

littlefillajeel. liny porcelain cups which resemble

Japanese lea cups， are removed from the brass

cylinder in which they are transported

The hosl selS aside his own lasle for coffee until

his guests are salisfied. His full allenl旧民 byArab

CUSlOm， l11usl be on Ihem. Mosl Aramcolls have

learned coffee etiquelle， but jusl to refresh minds，

the rule is thal one

should drink at least

three tiny servings 10

show appreciaLion for

the hosl's coffeι bul

no more lhan白ve.ln

order 1101 to appear

greedy. There may

well be tribal neigh-

bors waiting politely

for a bracing lasLe of

coffee after guests

have shaken lheir

cups 10 indicale bass，

_L" 'enou，gh 句 or

Thank you， we've

had our fill."

SUMMHR 27 19・6

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出止About 26 former Aramcons

and Brats enjoyed a sunny after-

n∞n slllll-r<ιunion in Ihe high

desert sunshine of Nevada

Dccember 9. Roger叩 dMarsha

Lindeken opened their home 10 local annuitants for a holiday

reception and even managcd 10

lure Ihe elusive Syd Bowers

'>0門hfrom Las Vegas. where. il

is said. he has relIred 10 live in a

P.O. Bo:< Among Ihe OIher pho

lographs on Ih田εpages.AI-

Ayyam AI-}amilah is ple国εd，opublish Bill Bartlett"s candid

shOI of Syd with fellow-geolo

gisl Charlie R田 kv山 tingin thc

Lindeken kilchen. Ihus pUlting

10 rcst the ru日lOrsof Syd's

unlill1ely demise Ihal circulated

last year during a period in

which he now claims his mail

went叩 answeredonly because

of his absence on皿 eXlended

Pacific sailing voyage HEAD KLEMME:. BILL SA関TLETT.GENE QUAATIe:開量。N.JACI引 EOHLEA

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Photography by Taylor Johnson

Annuitams in Au~tin are gctting咽 gO剖

‘1I gClling togcther-in a fonllal evcning詑E

ling cach Christma~ 縫品。n and ca.~ua11y in山C

pa"-四 chspring -Ihat山eirgathcrings are

auracting A田町onsfrom a11 0、erTcx箇胡d

beyond 古川April17山e¥¥ildnowcl'¥時C陀 m

b∞m al Austin'5 Zilkcr Park for叶'lCannual

plCIlIC問 11allended by local :mnuitanl'o and

刷同f-tow田内

AI Ihc eighth皿 nualmini-rcunion， hcld

inDc四 llber，one special gucsl wa¥ Annωtc

Hcnry， who f1ew in【oAuslin from San

Fm町叫:010 visit with fric胤lsfl附 lllhc(νery)

early days. Annette 's hus加nd.thc lalc

Schuylcr B. (Krug) Hcnry 愉 ~oneof由e 而岡山 oCASOCg田 logi描 10W叫!a!由ore1Il

lubai1. cros~ing 10 Saudi Arabia by (/110¥1" from

sahmin in the fall of 1933. DiSCO¥'ery!， novcl

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coun:-.hip at a Lcbancse mount.'l.in rcson in

1934 -during ¥¥hal V 稲ばh剖ulcdloh:l日

bt:cn a岡山田悶pitefrom Ihc Ambian d~匂en

for thc Americ-.m gl四 10宮田 In 1937守 3rt町

Krug h:凶嶋田 hcrhand.An田ttebe四 neone

。rthc伽'¥1IWO wi¥'cs 10 join thcir husbands in

Dhahrnn. Hcr arrival markcd the tmnsfonna

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into a family cαnmunlly

Allhc De叩nbcr1神5，四111.{凶 mthc

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In Ihc ';;011 109.) isslIcィルII，/I!}!}o川/lId山 lIi{o{II{，(D{wllml/ 1¥ο川川" (;rollP

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1 ¥ (w円nIfIc .)οIhα川/1川I日111'e刊I内湾'ROα削tυ1".1)diυI印P町clοr.JlIli川rα t

Cilめ{J/}仇J乃S.[1'川lerccenl/.y I¥'illl I/())'S (!(Ihe

specio{ celcbralio/l he{d il/ DIIαIImn 1{lIs

) {orch. shr srnl o{ong p{WIOS olld e. \:C())J I.~

jirJIII lf1e progrC/l/l hooklel. .;(I/山 liclr01/

Ihe¥'()ν.'ifJcciaf errnin，ιjο11ο[¥，8/ICr()[I'JI

/}ri<11/οle. {川)1[

“Dcspite a raging shamal and a lorn Hoor in the ad

Diwan (duc 10 walcr damuge)， tbe cclebralion机lent011 、Neonly wish Ihe :tnnuitant womcn could have been

a part of il!

“The evening bcfore Ihe big C¥'CIII. thc Dh泊hran

、Vomen'sGroup also hosted a receplion for the boards of

othcr self.directed groups and community organizations-

mally of which had Iheir roots in thc origin:dl DWG

at 8aker House， the group‘s facility at 1425 Holrncs

“The endosed pholos represent a year 01' planning‘an

cntire week of decoratin包10gellhe ad-Diwan ready町 tons

of gluc， lapc and wir"c， and whal se創刊cdlikc lons of nowers

The room has ne¥'cr bccn prctticr and il smelled like

a garden.'

Julia Gibbs， Ohahran

D U A H WO~1EN'S

R A N

G R 0 U P

BY AUDREY STANALAND

PHOTOGRAPHS BY KELLY WEST

Dhahran Women's Group presi血ntLinda Ba而osopened

thc festi、titiesfor a regal 50th anniver日rycelebration March 8 in

Dh<lhran's川J-Diwan.Morc than 230 women gathcred to cele

b日 tcthe田 C刷 onin a grand fashion and pay tribute to thc gcn

erations ofwomcn who havc joincd hands in suppc口 ofcach

othcr. thcir familics， D、，VGand thc community

Abdallah S. lum'ah. Saudi Aramco prcsidcnt and CEO， sent

a congratul<ltory letlcr， praising thc group's gel悶 ousCOml11lt

mcnl to Ihc comll1unity. Thc Dhahran School Music Depanment

P'田 entcdll1usical renditions to carry oul thc event's 1 940s and

50s thcmc :Illd thc group's intcmational qualitics， Charles

Angclo directcd the sch∞lj:IZZ band's livcly swing tuncs and

pianist Ladinc Housholdcr accompanicd thc harmonies of Robin

Pape's intem.l!ionally drc俗edCant似10問 schoir

Thc program included Mary A. 8lanchard's inspiring prosc，

品川dsAcross Tit川、 writtenfor thc町 caslOn守 MargarctBoyes

rccitation 01" F，ωmdillg Femmes， a poem penncd years .¥go by

former ll1ember Betly Leahy. and a reminisccnce by guesl

日peakcr- and 25-year Dhahran resident - Peggy McGinley

A sumplUolls dinner catercd by thc AI-H叩1TaHotcl was 1"0ト

lowed by the cuning of a stately three-lie陀danniversary cake

created by Dhahran's Tcd Seina

Thc 50th anniversary direclor. Julia Gibbs. and chair予ersons

Joni Reynertson and Rcbecca Wood. along with Mary

Blanchard. went to work on the pr句ectin Fcbruary 1995

Reynel1son and、Noodcornbincd their d邸宅nand noral skills 10

crcate a lustrous and elegant art dcco decor

A!..YY、， 32 l.)'HlJI

A commiUce r.肘 carchcdD、，VGand S:mdi Aramco phωo

archivcs to prepare a historical pholO display. ln Ihc United

Statcs， f，町"悶:rDhahmn residcn¥ Joyce Kricsmcr providcd

information， as did Lucy Jarncs， thc company、stir引 kinder

gancn teachcr

Dcsigner、，voodand anisl Blanchard also crealed a corn

memorative mcdal1ion 10陀伺ectelemcms of Middle Eastem cul

ture， Ihe bonds of friendship beれ町cnthc WOs1CIl. and the 50

ycars ofthc Dhahran WOlllcn's Group. A sma]] booklet accom

panied the largc gold mcdallion， only 50 of which will bc made

In honorof D、NGpioncers. a gold med..llion was p陀sented

10 Mr. R. A. Hattrup陀 prescntingthe family of the latc Virginia

H:mrup. D、.vG守sfirst prcsidcnt

RI!:DECCA WOOD. DESIGNER OF TH・， c。阿I'I'IEI'I'IORATIVI!:GOL.D 例区DAL.LIO例。 CUTTHE THREE-TIERI!:D CAKE

一寸一一一一一一一一一Sl' ~IM I-..~ 33 I'~・

EL.ECTED TO SE肉VEIN 1996. DHAHRAN W。阿EN'SGROUP PRESIDENT

LlNDA BARRIOS CARRIES ON A

SO-YI!:AR TRADITION

.JVL.IA GI回 S，AT L.E円。 WITH

MISS S. AVAL.E. WHO HAS自EENA

N" 時SEAT DHAHRAN HOSPJγAL F。肉 31YEA時S

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凶叫ranWI開閉'5Group一冊目臨時刊品ー1明6

1946 M毘.R. A. Hattrup

1947 Mrs. E. Fullmer

1948 Mrs. W. C. Johnson

1949 Mrs. D. Wilson and Mrs. D. Swindig

1950 Mrs. R.G. V皿 Peursem

1951 Mrs. F. W. Russell

1952 Mrs. P. Dillon 1953 Mrs. L. L. M困問

1954 Mrs. H. E. Shennan

1955 Mn;‘ J.G咽Pestoniand M四E.Masso

1956 Mrs. E. M咽Ross

1957 Mrs. W. L. McW.倒XI

.1958-1959 M悶.R. W. Engels

1959.叩剖 Mrs. R咽1.Hayes

19“~1961 Mrs. R. H. Zinszer

1961・ 1962 Mrs. E. A. Elher10n

-ホ1962・ 1963 M悶T.W. $hea

1964 M陪 .J.K‘Christen田 1

1965 Mrs. D. K. Wallace

1966 Mrs. T. F. Hauck

1967 M同 K.Leggett

1968 M悶 .T咽H.Gray

1969 M悶.Z. H. Husseini

1970 M臥 J.V. Knight

1971 如U百F.M. Moffet

1972 M四 J.1. $1国"'

1973 Mrs. R、.v.Ryrholm

1974 肘!n;.J晶、，Valte悶

1975 Mrs. Nonna T日 cyand

M四.Elaine Zimmennan

1976 Mrs. Barbara Harp

1977 M昭 RuthEdmundson

1978 M四 CarolMason

1979 M四 GloriaMock

1980 M円 BcverlyF:問drickso日

1981 Mrs. B'回目 Vance

1982 Mrs. Jcanne D'souza

1983 M鳳 MargaretBoyes

1984 M目.Darlene Humph陀 Y'

1985 Mrs. Emestine Montanaro

1986 Mrs. Linda Hamel 1987 M四 CindyDurston

1988 抽ち KathleenMcKenney-Grover

1989 M悶 PetieBerg自eld

l明却 M四百e"回 aWagnerand

Mrs. Marilyn LaRowe 1991 M厄 NellieLai叫 1nLannin

1992 M同KathleenMcKenney-Grover

1993 Mrs. Rita Pratt 1994 M四 Elizabe山 Calabro

1開5 Mrs. Linda羽 田岡田曲n

1996 Mrs. Linda B訂nO'

• ConSllluUoo訓 ChanglS'Ju前 !oJune

・・印刷叩温Jchanges. Jan明細川

PE;TlE; B豆腐GFtE;LO，1989 PAESIOE;NT. W・THFOAME;開

ロHAHI考ANAE;SIOENT ANN RHE;A， 11・SITtNGSAUOI AAABIA AT

THE; TI阿 EOF THE C区L"肉ATION

IIANDS ACROSS TIME BY MARY ADRIAN BlANCHARD

The year is 1946、.Vewere thc pionee凶 Onccwomen of

our homelands. we tmly be屯arnewomen of the wor1d 、I+/etrav

eled great dislanccs to be herc 、.Vcgave up so much of whal we

oncc knew. leflloved ones behind， and sevc問 dthe lasl remain-

ing tics 10 support systerns we hardly kne、1<1wc had 、，vecanト''"small numbers. bul grew sleadi旬、Nccarne together in com-

mon good and of shared vision. Our la戸市'ybcgan 10 grow

Wc formed a group - a group of women - and we named our

sclvcs. simply. The Women's Group. We said 10 oursclves

、，Vesurvivcd"'. bul more accuralc would bc the statemcnt

、，veperscvered Wilh a courage :md an inner strenglh we nevcr

knew we had." And whcn wc left we found lhal we had gained

far more Ihan we had givcn up. Thc y同 rwas 1946 and warm

winds blcw across Ihe dcser1

Soon wc noticed Ihat each woman in turn w碕 supported

by Ihe自rsl.the ones who had gonc before. as far as Ihe eye

could sec 、.Vemel wonderful women、rVomcnof subslance

quality， st閃 nglhand grace. Beautiful women of all races and all

political and rcligious persuasions 巳achwoven together by a

common bond of mutuallo¥'e， support and underslanding. Thc

year was 1976 and warm winds blew across Ihe desen

Now our comings and goings remain as steady and varied

as the magnificcnl tapeslry slarted so many y国防 ago.Our

group has sccn a rise and fall in numbcrs as we welcome ncw

friends and say learful good-bycs to old ones. Each pcrson we

cncounler has a unique qualily aboul them Ihal should be nur-

tured and forever valued. for they ha四 addedimmcasurably 10

our livcs and we、川11never forgellhem. The year is 1996 and

warm winds gJ()1I' across lhc dcsert

...L....VV...M 34 ...L.'...MIL...II

一An item in The Arabiall SUII， Fcbruary 24， 1946

The first meeIIlIg of the Dlwhratけや'omen~' Club 1¥1α"S hefd ar the I/Ome of Mrs. T. C. Ale.λander Drl

Monday， Febmary 11， 194匝Aconstitlltion was adopred cmd rhe foflowing members ¥時間 electedto

office: P問 sidellf，Mrs. R. A. Haul1lp; Vice-Presidem， D/: Virginia Singleroll; Public Relariolls

Officer. Mrs. CI.α止Cypher;Secretaη~ Mrs. G. A. Fobes;山，dTn印刷町 Mrs.H. W Fritue

η'le plupose ofthe Dhahran 肋 mel山 Clubis 10 promote goodfel/owship alld sponsor social，

recreational and educatiollal aCfivities. Allwomen are illvited to membership

.and a lel¥er 50 y回開 later

則的 fheevolutiol1 of the Compa1ly fhrough these years， and 110W more than ever， your members

may differ i1l e.xperiel1c.ιculture， social backgrolllld， reJigioll and educatioli. Despite this， your

group has alwa)'s exhibited a remarkabJe sense of amit)' a1ld wli砂川ichtrallscellds the barriers of

nαtiollaliry alld cllltllre. This history ofthe DWG is filled with accon伊lishmemsand traditio1ls

which have enriched )'ollr participati1lg members

地 valueDWGs ge1lerous commitment 10 the Saudi Aramco comnllmiry of which ir is a parf a1ld

l¥Ie hope your members will colllillue ro displa)' tlie leadership mul enlh!lsiasm which haνemade theIr ac/ivities and programs so succes.ゆlthroughlhe years. ...May yO!l col1tinlle yOllr good work

forl1山町yearsto come

Abdallah S. }wll'ah p，官sidentand c.E.O

TH匡 AL-DIWANWAS FILLED WtTH FAE;SH FI..OWE同S.WITH

SCUI..PTE;O STAAS SHINING OVE;RHEAD

SUMMf.R 35 190‘

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α The 20th Reunion of Aramco AnnuitanlS - Kissimmee， Florida - OClOber 2-5， 1996

Dear Fellow Annuitants

By now you should have rec沼ivedthc fonns for Rcunion Registration and Hotel Reservatωn that were senl 10 all annu山 nts10 a spe刷almail-ing at the cnd of April. $0， hopefully. most of you havc削ledin the blanks. signcd your ch目，""and mai1cd both forms 0仔10thcir respective des 11Oallon5明1eHOlel ReservalIon (and check or credit card dcposit) g田 sdi陀:ctly10山eHyall Orlando HOIcl at the add陀 ssshown on that fonn The Re凶nionRegistration fonn and check (including Banquct Se沼IIogand Acliv山田 infoトmation) comes dircclly 10 us - yaur岬96reunion h051S - at lhc add陀 55below

If， due 10 your b回日yschedules， you hav四"e臥 tcnaround 10 signing up ye，守 h，陀nrcsome rcmindcrs. Makc all chccks other than for hOlel rooms pa抑制e10 Aramcon Rcunion， 1996.似 盟thc hank、S田lIi帥 白Arnmcon" wilh加 V句)Th，

regislralion fcc of $1 0.00 per person is non問 fundable.刊 eThursday evening poolside c∞koul is $15∞P'" P'凶on;the Friday evcning banquet meal is $25∞P"戸時on;出eSalurday moming continental breakfast is $5.50 per person百 egolftoumamcnl is $71.34.

P匡GGYA伺 DROGIi!:R WA時DAT

FAI.CON'S FIRE GOLF CI..UIIJ

We'陀坦11蜘 .kingfor a volunl田 rtochair血 Sidefu四Exhibit凹 rumlt皿So.ify側frie叫S加vcbfヨ閉山Wngyω 10 share your ar匂由cta.lcnlSαtoshowoff廿lCreW3J廿mgr田ul~ofyourαoUt or h品by.世羽巴beslway toe岡山事由a1y四回n由回is10 offer y凹 rhelp and t.in鼠

げbychance you haven't received the fonns. or if you've回 mehowm叩"田dthem. you can obtain a new副 bywriting or calli暗 usat (叫4)427曲08.or by writ・ing 10 Ihe editor of Af-Ayyam AI-Jamiljαh at ASC pt岨licAffai筒 inHouston 官letime remaining unlil October is growing shoner. lf you have qu田 llOnsor s{田 ialneeds please feel作田 10tclephone us

See you in Orlando. JIIsha'alla/! PEGGY AND ROGER 、，VARD

115 LlVE OAK LANE

NE、，ySMYRNA UEACH

FLORIDA 32168-2028

Al."YYAM 36 "1 ."MII."II

CO~1九1ITTEE CHAIRS:

Rcunion hosts

Rogcr and Pcggy、.VardRegistration

Ann Kcnncdy

Hospitality

J。、.VardTonguc

8anquel Seaung

Ruth Pulliam

Golf:

Cun Widcman

Tennis

Jim Milnc

8ridge

Don Falc

Sid‘!Iines Exhibil Voful1feer lIeeded

HOTEL ROO開 SARE・NTW。STORY CLUSTERS A健。UND

A CENTRAL SWI阿阿INGPOOL

AND GARDEN

Y開。PICALLANDSCAPING SETS OFF THE ENT肉ANCI!:TO THE

"、tATTORLANDO HOTEL

LOCATION: The Hyatl

Od‘1I1do I-lolcl. at Kissinuncc

怜 scrvcdby Ihc Orlando

lnlcrnalional AirjXlrt. which

怜 a以)Ul15 rniles east. To

rcach Ihc hOlcl. usc exil rarnp

指"25Afrom Inlcrslalc 4 to

U.S. 192 cast. The hOlcl

grounds arc on Ihc Icft at

thc fi削 Imfficlighl cast of

Ihc intcrslalc

CIIE仁KIf'GI¥'.

l'IIECKIf'G OLT: Aftcr

chccking in to Ihe hOlel -

mo~1 of you. wc presume、

on ¥Vcdncsday. Oclobcr 2-

plcase rcgisler with Ihc

Rcunion Commillee. I田 atcd

olllsidc thc l-lospitalilY

ROOlll. for namc 1:lgs and

Olhcr h:lI1dOllls. Also stop by

Ihc Banquct Scming COIl1

mincc t:lblc附 S四 11as possiblc

10 plιk up yc川rb:lnqucl lick-

CIS and scaling a阿 川 Igcmcnts

Thc tradili伽1:1.1"Ar:ul1印

Updatc" spccch will bc hcld

0119同 a.111.(aftcr an C:lrly

b陀akfa~t) on Saturd:IY

Octobcr 5. and finish w叫 1in

lilllc for your noon chcck

叫

l¥I EA LS: Meals a陀 00<

included with Ihe hOlcl

『佃mralcs. TickelS、.¥'illbc

issued 10 those who have

‘igncd up for the Thur;day 肝 Cll1ng戸副sidec∞koUl

the Friday banqucl or thc

Sml1rd:ly 1110ming contIncn

tal brαIkfaSI. all of which

111U1>l be paid in advance

Prices include laxe引sand gra

IUIIICSぉorry.no refunds

aflcr Al1gusl 15

ACTIVITIES: Average

lemperaturcs for白 dy

October range from 85-90 dcgrcc宅fordaytime highs

日cbridge room and lightcd

tcnms cou町 a同 availableal

HM....配偶 37 1・・・

all timcぉforIhose wishing to

use thcm. I)raclice rounds of

golf can al曲 bcammgcd

Thcca同 andgreens fce is

S師 34(inclusive). You may

makc your practicc arrangc-

Illcnts di陀 ctlywilh山e

F:llcon令円陀 GolfClubal

(407) 239-5445. up to 10

days in advance

Di~ncy's Magic Kingdom

陪 onlyonc oflllany family

qylc以Ir.刷'0附 inthe Orlando

出でa.Olrn巳事 includcEPCOT

Ccntcr. MGM Studios.

Univcrsal Sludios川ldSCol 、.Vorld.You t11o1y want 10

plan v川村 10such rnajor

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向山l10nIt対 If

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.JUST OOWN T肘 E ROAO F問。M THE H"'ATT ORI..ANOO HOTEL.. SITE OF THIS OCT06ER'S 20TH

REUNION OF A同A附 COANNUITANTS句 ISFAL.CON'S FIRE GOI..F CI..U6， W HERE STATEL. ...

SA"'DHIL.L. C胸ANESPATROI.. L.AWNS AND FAI陶WAVS. REU剛 ONOETAIL.S 0'" PAGE 36

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