Soon after boarding for a Caronia cruise you'll find that there are several traditional routines and rituals
that are observed. No sooner than you reach the Atlantic Ocean after leaving New York, you are called to
your lifeboat stations for an emergency drill.
Before Dinner on the evening of the first full day at sea, another ritual takes place. Your introduction
to all of the Senior Officers in the Main Lounge. This will be your first evening where you dress in your
finery, and the first of many such formal dress evenings on board the “Green Goddess”.
On the 1959 Great World Cruise, as you approached the line-up, you'll have been greeted by Social Directress,
Lorna Yost. She will introduce you to Captain Donald Maclean, who will introduce you to the Staff Captain,
who in turn passes you on to the next in line.
Below is a picture of the 1959 line-up kindly provided by Brenton Jenkins. It's divided into two to give a
better opportunity to identify those depicted.
Line-up #1 Click for bigger image
Right to left in Line-up #1 above…
Chief Engineer M.D. Osborne
Staff Chief Engineer J.P. Parry
Purser Eric Neilson
Principal Medical Officer Isaac Winer
Surgeon Peter O'Neill.
Next, not sure, probably Chief Steward A. Mann then Brenton Jenkins. The lady at the other end could either be
Barbara Miles or Lorna Mannington
Line-up #2
Right to left in Line-up #2 are…
Social Directress, Lorna Yost
Captain Donald Maclean
Staff Captain Richard Nicholas and
Shore Excursion Manager, Marshall Read
Another treasure to have been added to the Archive is Henry J. Neils’ account of the 1959
Great World Cruise. Mr Neils, a Minneapolis businessman (1898-1986) had a long association
(1917-1964) with the Flour City Ornamental Iron Company as well as with the J. Neils Lumber
Company, Aluma Craft Boats, General Bronze Company, and Champion Motors.
His account of the cruise was produced on about 30 duplicated sheets, which in the course
of time have faded considerably. Having acquired these, the first thing to do was to transcribe
the text so that the whole document can be rebuilt and preserved for posterity. Links from the
days for which texts were written have been added to the relevant ports.
Henry in Curaçao…
with slide show
