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This article should have been published two years ago! Ian was one of my childhood friends, we went to the Foreign School together and lived in neighboring houses (TIPO C 711-5 and 711-1). Other members of these "gunnies" are Harold and George Lambeth, Tito Pasut, Reggie Chellew, Johnny Bradford, the Morton Brothers, the Alvears, Richard Dickenson and those wonderful girls that made us return to Chuqui every school vacation: Cynthia Brown, Marjorie Fish, Barbara Dickenson, Mary Lou Key, Irene Darricades, Monica Brain, Olga Olsen, Chi Chi Alvear, Pamela Chellew... well I have to stop or I will fill this article with names that you can all find in the Chuquichat page. One of the best memories of those 1950's have to do with the Saturday night dances; we would all meet in someone's house; everybody properly dressed in their finest, and we would dance to the tunes of the bands of the 50's. We all treasure the memories of those magical days! Ian's mother worked in the old hospital lab. Continue
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The founder of our team has decided to step down as editor
of the Chilex Weekly 2000
because of the heavy workload that a new job and new surroundings have imposed on her.
Hopefully, after a short "getting adjusted period" she may decide
to return to her position at the helm of Chilex Weekly 2000. We are all extremely grateful for her insight; as some of you know it all started with "El Noticiero", that she wrote, published and mailed all over the world, at her own expense. I was very proud to work with this intelligent and charming woman, her sensitivity and warmth is something few can match. I pray that she will return to us and bring this effort to the heights she envisioned. I will continue with the tradition she established hoping to carry out her vision that keeps us all together. Charles Letters to the editor |
The mine we knew must continue to grow and the price
we pay is the loss of the past which is now covered by mountains
of crushed stone. It is important that we document the history
of the Chuquicamata that we all knew. This installment, the first
of a series, displays a map of the "Campamento Americano".
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In 1959 I was sent to Santiago to a boarding school from which I graduated
in 1964. I then returned to Chuqui for eight months before going off in
August of 1965 to Loretto Heights College in Denver, Colorado. During that
time I worked in the physical therapy department of the Roy H. Glover
Hospital where I had a great time and learned a great deal.Continue |
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