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From: <montemayor.aq@pg.com>
To: "Mailman@dig" <alaminoscitypost@digitelone.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: Message from the Family of the Late Dean Jeremias U. Montemayor

Hi Jerry, thanks for your quick response...of course, we agree to your suggestion! Thank you very much for all your help.

As I said in my note, even if we dont get to use all the material in the book, I think that it would be great for all us Alaminians to share our recollections with each other....perhaps if there is enough response, someone can even decide to do a separate book just on Alaminos!

Tony

From: "Mailman@dig" <alaminoscitypost@digitelone.com>
To: <montemayor.aq@pg.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: Message from the Family of the Late Dean Jeremias U. Montemayor

Greetings Tony,

Condolence to you and your family for your great loss.

We at AlaminosCity.com (ac.c) would be honored if we can assist you in your project. First, if you permit, we would like to post this message on our ac.c Email Message Board, this way other Alaminians worldwide will know of your project and can contribute additional information. Next, we are offering the use of our forum board, http://net.alaminoscity.org/gforum/, as a depository for such information and a venue for you to conduct your research.

Sincerely,
The mailman.

From: <montemayor.aq@pg.com>
To: <alaminoscitypost@digitelone.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 9:14 AM
Subject: Message from the Family of the Late Dean Jeremias U. Montemayor

To all "Anak na Alaminos" (both current residents and those who are living elsewhere):

First of all, our family would like to thank all of you again for condoling with us in sharing with our grief at the passing of our Papa, the late Dean Jeremias U. Montemayor. We deeply appreciate it and are eternally grateful.

We are also very touched that the people of Alaminos even featured a tribute to our Papa in the Alaminos City website.

At the time of his death, our Papa was in the middle of writing his autobiography which he had entitled "How Rich is my Journey". We, his children, have resolved to complete his unfinished story if only because we believe that it is something worth telling and sharing with others. While it will be primarily about our Papa, it will also cover the history of the Federation of Free Farmers (FFF)/Federation of Free Farmer's Cooperatives, Inc. (FFCI) and, hopefully, include a "mini-history" of Alaminos, Pangasinan. We hope to complete it in time for the 50th anniversary of the FFF in October, 2003.

We would like to invite all of you who are interested to help us in this endeavor.

We plan to structure the book in such as way that it would contain direct quotations from people who knew him or who knew of issues and topics that were important to him (though some editing might be necessary as well...of course, we may also be unable to include in the book all the inputs we receive although I suppose that it could become a separate project later on).

As a fellow townmate, you probably have important/interesting insights, recollections, anecdotes and experiences that we can use in the book. We would be extremely grateful if you can share these with us. Below are some subjects and topics which we suggest that you think about. However, please do feel free to add any other topic or item which you think might be useful, important or that you would want to comment on. Please make sure that you give a timeline on all the experiences that you will share.

Alaminos.
Any interesting anecdote, story or recollection on "how life was" in Alaminos, Pangsainan (and in Pangasinan, in general), the town, its culture, its people, etc. during our Papa's early years (1920-1950).

Our Papa.
Information about yourself and brief history of your relationship with our Papa (if any). Any interesting anecdote story or recollection about our Papa. For example, his character and personality; Experiences during his Assemblyman years in the late 1970's/early 1980's when he represented Pangasinan; How was our Papa as a "politician", his style and approach?, Etc.

I would appreciate it very much if you can send me your inputs via email or surface mail (please see contact details below). I currently live in Japan but would be coming home towards the end of this year and will devote my full time to this project.

Thank you very much for your patience and invaluable assistance.

Sincerely,

ANTONIO "TONY" Q. MONTEMAYOR

Contact Details (Note that I currently live in Japan but will move back to the Philippines in November):

From: "Eusebio Paeste" <bpaeste@hotmail.com>
To: <alaminoscity@digitelone.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 08, 2002 1:44 AM

Aloha, Thank you for sharing the site. It's very informative. Hope to share some business ad soon. Anyway, I had the pleasure of meeting your BM, Mr. Danny Dizon last month. Atty. Juan Amor, BM Ariel Deguzman and BM Dizon was here to sign the Sisterhood agreement between Pangasinan and Hawaii. Hopefully, we will be there in November 2002 to seal this agreement. Aloha,

From: FIEL L. DURANTE
To: 'Mailman@dig'
Sent: Wednesday, August 07, 2002 12:28 PM
Subject: RE: alaminos website

Thanks Jerry!

I’ve visited the site and voila……ELA auto supply is there!

You know, you should have somebody to take care of your marketing. You are a pioneer in this field and just a little skill in convincing prospective customers your yellow pages will take a boom.

Again, thanks, keep it up and more good luck….

Fiel L. Durante
Riyadh Training Center
P.O. Box 41772, Riyadh 11531
Tel: +966-1-2852585 (w/ voice mail)
Fax: +966-1-2852322
Cellphone: +966-52891594

Visit our website:
http://tcd.aramco.com.sa/crwrtd/

From: Mailman@dig [mailto:alaminoscitypost@digitelone.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 3:49 PM
To: Durante, Fiel L
Subject: Re: alaminos website
Importance: High

Greetings Fiel,

I deeply apologize for not posting your request sooner and it will be my prime objective tomorrow.

This past month has been hectic for me, with the migration to two different servers, the testing of our new forum board, and helping the Mayor schedule his U.S. trip and prepare his presentation materials for the trip. Boy, what a rush, but the Mayor left for Manila tonight and the elections are over and I can take a break.

But I will use my break to fulfill your request!!!

Thank you for your appreciation and hopefully understand. The ac.c project is definitely an undertaking!

Sincerely,
The mailman.

From: Durante, Fiel L
To: alaminoscitypost@digitelone.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 7:49 PM
Subject: alaminos website

I am a regular visitor of your website. In fact, my name is on the “white pages”.

Two weeks ago I emailed you asking how to post our “business” (ELA Auto Supply) on the yellow pages. Yet, I haven’t received a reply from you. Could you please help me with this?

I’ve seen your white pages developed and suggested by my colleague, Paul Ruiz. He was my classmate in elementary. We both work in Saudi Aramco but we are in different area.

You deserve to be appreciated for what you are doing to Alaminos City. Keep it up and hope to see you on my vacation!

Fiel L. Durante
Riyadh Training Center
P.O. Box 41772, Riyadh 11531
Tel: +966-1-2852585 (w/ voice mail)
Fax: +966-1-2852322
Cellphone: +966-52891594

Visit our website:
http://tcd.aramco.com.sa/crwrtd/

From: "Monruskin Calma" <ruscalma@hotmail.com>
To: <alaminoscity@digitelone.com>
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 12:52 PM
Subject: Re: www.AlaminosCity.com

To the Webmaster of Alaminoscity.com:

Thank you for your email of Aug. 4, 2002. It was a pleasant surprise to discover your wonderful work on Alaminos City. It covers several areas of interest and history of which I have not learned about up to this writing. I have been living in the States for about 21 years now and your website just brought back beautiful memories about my life in Alaminos. Most of my time in Alaminos was spent in Lucap where I assisted my father, the late Dr. Monico C. Calma in the now defunct University of Pangasinan Fishery School (Formerly known as the Pangasinan Fishery School). Because of my experiences in Alaminos, particularly in Lucap, I am proud to say that I am a better person today.

I have learned about some of the Philippines' most precious marine flora and fauna, part of which were preserved and kept at the Don Manuel Lichauco Museum which was housed at the school. For example, we had vertebras of a whale shark and a jar of Pandaca Pygmea (the largest and smallest fish in the world respectively). As an assistant Curator, I also had the privilege of meeting numerous visitors from other countries. They too have learned not only about marine biology but about Alaminos and her natural resources.

During late afternoons, I had the chance in hearing my father explain the sketches on the wall of the Oceanographic Research Building and watch the sun set at the same time. When the late Mr. Guillermo Ablan, also a Co-Founder of the Pangasinan Fishery School, comes for a visit, they would both study the drawings. The illustration on the wall showed part of the existing pantalan, the "boulevard", a semi-circle positoned east of the "pantalan" and proposed bridges. Being around the founders of the school back then was very interesting to me. They discussed theories and principles about marine life including the possible formation of the Hundred Islands.

If you go to Lucap today, you'll notice the the fishponds where they used to culture Siganids(Siganidae) and milk fish (Chanos-Chanos). I have noticed during my last visit this year that some of these ponds were filled with dirt to accommodate new structures and projects for the growing city. Yes, things have changed in Alaminos, not to mention a McDonald. Having read about the proposal for further developments, ie. a mall is definitely very interesting. Hopefully, it will improve the physical appearance of the town, bring in more local and foreign tourist and create more jobs for Alaminians.

Your creation of a website for Alaminos will bring positive response and consequences for the city. It will be a meeting place for Alaminians locally as well as internationally. Thank you for your wonderful job and best wishes!

From: Fitzgerald
To: alaminoscitypost@digitelone.com
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 9:59 AM
Subject: Re: How to add a business in the yellow pages listing

Hello,

I am glad you are back up, it is now a routine for me to check your website everyday just to see if there's something new. I can't tell you how happy I am that this website exist. This is such a nice service you are providing for us who are away from home.

I do need a favor from you. I would like to add my parents business in your yellow pages listing. They have a driving school in Palamis, it is called Road Master Driving School and the phone number is 551-2457. If you can add this in your listing maybe it will generate a little business for my folks, I will really appreciate it. If you have any questions, you can contact me or my folks. My mom runs the business and her name is Naty Rabanal, my dad's name is Emeterio.

Thank you and keep up the good work.

Tess Rabanal Fitzgerald
coconut2@adelphia.net