M
ARIA
A
NGELICA
L
AMIEAUX
Maria Angelica Lamieaux (nee Navarro)
Wow this is somewhat spooky!! A real blast from the past, hard to
imagine... I left Chuqui to Saladillo near los Andes, beautiful place. Took
off to the Philippines, a really lovely place. Lived in Iran for a few
years, went to London, then the U.S, back to Chile & back to Denver, Wyoming
and Nevada where I became a citizen.
This is really a great place to live, huge, open, free and beautiful. I have
3 kids: PJ - a naval intelligence officer in Japan, due back in the US next
year; a daughter, Steffie - a computer trainer in Denver; and another son -
Chris, a miner near Reno. My husband Jerry is a mine super in a barite mine.
Jerry has been president of the Nevada School boards, county commissioner
and has held several other positions in local government.
Yo he trabajado de newspaper reporter, court interpreter (consecutive &
simultaneous) and am now employed as a librarian in a multimedia
library...me da risa pensar en mis maestras de Chuqui que pensaban I was a
lousy student....they were probably right.... I loved Mrs Mabel Montenegro,
and Miss Doris????
Te contare que mi papa, Jorge Navarro senior died last year in El Olivar -
very sad times for us. What a good idea to do this, how wonderful to hear
from all the Chuqui people. My brother Jorge Arturo is doing very well
working for Bycyrus Erie en Antofagasta. Spent some days in Napa tasting
some great wines, will go back next year...
Saludos, besos y pellizcos!!!! (La Nydia Cunliffe said I could not spell
worth a damn......she was my spanish teacher en el Chilex
school...hm.......chao!!)
Joke
Do you know what would have happened if it had been Three Wise Women instead
of Three Wise Men?
They would have asked directions,
arrived on time,
helped deliver the baby,
cleaned the stable,
made a casserole, and,
brought practical gifts.
Pass it on to the wise women in your life!!
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EATRO
C
HILE
There were two movie houses in Chuqui. The Teatro Chile was a fairly
modern, newer one where they showed American films and all the "gringos"
went to. The other one was older, not as fancy, where you could go to see
Spanish films - many of them were Mexican films. Mom used to go there allot
to see all the movies with the ladies and galanes of Mexican film such as
Pedro Infante, Maria Felix, Libertad Lamarque etc.
The Teatro Chile had three sections. The bottom (floor) level and two upper
levels one on each side (mezzanine? ). The balcony on the left had become
the section where all the gringos sat. Don't ask me why or how the custom
began but it was so. Not that it was a matter of life or death. It wasn't
as if the wrong person sat there they'd be escorted out or stoned. I always
sat there when I'd go to the movies with my friends. But, when I went with
my mother we always at on the right side. I doubt that there would have
been a riot and on occasion I would see some of the more adventurous and
rebellious young men from "El Nuevo" come and sit on the left side Spent
allot of time in that movie theater. They would show a different movie
almost every day unless it was popular, then they'd show it for two days or
a week. My friends and I would go sometimes three times a week - especially
during summer vacation. We'd always go as a group and all sit together.
The girls all in a clump and the boys all in a clump. We had some rows that
we had appropriated as ours. ! Later when some of us started dating the
rest of us would giggle and surreptitiously sneak envious and curious peaks
at the couples while privately wondering when that magic event would happen
to us.
We'd either get rides with each others' parents or our own parents would
take us down and we'd meet up. We'd wait on the ramp leading up to the
entrance after we bought our tickets and the girls would flirt with the boys
from New Camp (did the boys flirt with the girls from New Camp?) If it was
promising to be a particularly popular movie we'd call ahead to the office
and make reservations and then we'd run into the office and purchase the
tickets they were holding for us.
I saw so many American movies there and my whole life was influenced by the
romance of those movies of the 1950s. All I ever learned of the United
States was what those movies showed - all the romance, and glamour,
optimism, youthful exuberance and enthusiasm that was America in the 50s. I
watched my first horror movie there with my friends and getting so scared we
tucked our legs underneath us and covered our heads with our coats and
sweaters while shrieking and the boys made fun of us. I'm pretty sure it
was a Frankenstein movie. Although it might have "The Creature from." (fill
in the blank) or some other space genre movie. I did see "War of the
Worlds" for the first time and enjoying the wonderful little round white
mints you could buy in the candy store. I have never found mints as strong
as those anywhere. Those little mints would blow the roof off your
mouth. Afterwards, while waiting for our rides some of us would go to El
Refugio for ice cream and sodas. We'd play the juke box and listen to "Put
Your Head on My Shoulders" by Paul Anka. . . Ricky Nelson (and those DIVINE
blue eyes) sing "Poor Little Fool". . . and "Look Homeward Angel" (. . .who
sang that one?).
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A
BSOLUTELY
M
URDER
On August 20, 1960 the Chuquicamata Drama Society presented "Absolutely
Murder"- by Guernsey LePelley. A mystery comedy in three acts directed by
Jean Stanley. The setting was the interior of an old brick powder mill
built in 1756 and the action takes place on a rainy afternoon.
The cast: (top row) Christine Debruyne as Mrs. Cordyce, Jack Lagergren as
Charlie, Bonnie Taylor as Aunt Bess, Jack McArthur as Lane Burrage, Sondra
Taylor as Kate Landson, Jeff Brown as Sky Bentley, Carmen McArthur as Mrs.
Ranch, Helen Hammond as Emmeline, Paul Debruyne as Dr. Claud Hooker and
Jimmy Price as Mr. Cordyce. (Bottom row) Margaret Kent as Nan, Jamie Taylor
as Dottie and Tessie Leon as Lorna.
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