Saturday 25 July 2009

Circular No 403





Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.

Caracas, 25 of July 2009 No. 403

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Dear Friends,

Here I am including a mix of emails, and two class photos.

Can you help with them???

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Fw: ...VERY HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU...

From: Gmail Jan jankoenraadt@gmail.com

Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 8:59:38 AM

Dear Cornel,

Yes, we are all very grateful to Ladislao Kertez, Nigel Boos, Don Mitchell and other aiders for keeping up the Old Boys Alumni so we can communicate with each other via internet.

Ladislao has been sending out circulars all the way back starting in 2001.

They are numbered staring with #1 and last December 2008 was #373.

The circulars puzzled me first, but you have to see them as when some old boys send each other mails and pictures, they send a copy to Ladislao and he publishes them in the circulars.

Mostly a few months later.

Sometimes a message is a reaction upon another message; sometimes they are "stand alone".

Please keep in mind; you have to read the circulars from bottom to top.

You can find all the circulars back to 2001 on this website:

http://abbeyschool2008circulars.blogspot.com/

This is the year 2008, but if you scroll down a little and on the right side you see the other years until 2001.

People tried to put up some weblogs about MSB where old boys can drop messages, you see them on the sidebar.

If you want to see old pictures of MSB, almost every circular has 4 pictures.

If you left click on a picture you get a larger one which you can save with a right click to your hard disk.

About some pictures there were discussions going on, if you can add anything, if you recognize the UNKNOWNS add a copy of the picture in your mail and send it to Ladislao.

If you already visited Nigel Boos, he mad a beautiful compendium of the history of MSB from the beginning only with pictures.

We all got one, please ask him a copy.

You can see in the database of Nigel Boos that about 1100 old boys have been tracked down until now, residing over almost all the continents.

Thanks a lot for your pictures. I see I was right about your thick glasses and darkish frame.

But your recent pictures show there has been a lot of styling and design going one in glasses since 1960 ;-).

The picture of you from 1970 comes closest as I remember you.

The one of the sports fields 1960 you are young to me.

Strange T-shirt with the large V on the boys, don't remember that shirt.

Cornel, would you send your old MSB pictures and any other of your choice also to Ladislao, he will publish them in the circulars one at a time when possible.

I am sending you a bunch of old and present pictures.

There is one 65UN0001CLASS1967 unknown.jpg. I got this picture from Ladislao.

Could this be your class?

Are you #28 on the picture? If so, if you can remember any names, please mail them to Ladislao.

My eldest son is living in München in Germany.

Every year München has the large Beer Festival.

Some pictures enclosed are made at that festival.

Best wishes to you too, nice to hear from you,

Much greetings,

Jan Koenraadt

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From: Cornel de Freitas

Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 6:50 AM

Subject: ...VERY HAPPY TO HEAR FROM YOU...

Dear Jan:

Amazing! and Fantastic! - being able to reach out and once again touch the lives of 'My Brothers' of The (old) Abbey School, Mount St. Benedict.

I, and all of us 'Old boys', owe a great debt of gratitude to our 'Big (older) Brothers', such as the likes of Ladislao Kertesz, Nigel Boos to name just "two" of the many men, who have given so much of their time, so that we could, after all these years of silence.

We can finally contact each other and rekindle the fire of friendship and camaraderie that existed between all of us, that were literally thrown together by our fathers and mothers.

We grew up together and 'grew together' as brothers, as the older ones moved up through the ranks of our classes and the younger ones joined us at the Mount in Prep.

Interacting together much as real brothers do.

Sometimes supportive and sometimes not as supportive as we should have been or could have been - all of the time.

I have, for so long, felt like being detached from a greater something, but did not know what it was, until Ladislao Kertesz literally "found me through my 'real (baby) brother, Errol de Freitas, who resides currently with his wife Nathaly in Miami.

[He has been there studying for his Masters Degree]

I have one other brother who still resides on the Dutch Island of Aruba, [Sadly at this time he is in the Hospital in Aruba with a serious kidney problem]

We are all praying for him, with the hope that he will get better.

He has two sons both married with children (three grandsons).

I also have two sisters, one (the older) still lives in Aruba, and the other lives in Canada, Ontario not too far from me.

So does Nigel Boos, by the way.

I was literally overjoyed when Ladislao informed me that one of my MSB brothers did not live far from me.

I did not take me long to contact him and discover that he lived about 50-60 kms from me.

I called him the minute I got his telephone number and had great chat on the phone with him.

I asked him if he would mind if I dropped by to pay a visit and he was equally delighted at the idea.

*>>> Amazing, so close to each other. It looks like Ontario is an old boy "hotspot".

Soooo... I did!

My son, Michael is (what I like to refer to him as) 'a computer wizard', had a computer he had 'fixed' to return to a friend of ours that he used to work with about ten years ago, they were having all kinds of "Virus" problems.

I asked Michael if, when we returned the computer to his friend Marcella, if we could make a small detour to the town of Ajax and pay Nigel a visit on that same day.

As it turned out, Marcella had recently moved into a new house, and when she explained where she had moved to, we took out the map that we printed from a map site on the internet, and discovered to our amazement that she lived on the same street as Nigel Boos.

She said to us don't you dare visiting your friend Nigel and not come over to my house (about three houses down on the other side of the road)...so we stopped in and visited with Nigel and his wife Jackie for a few hours and when Marcella got home around 6pm that evening we crossed over to the other side of the road about three houses down and visited with her and her family until after 10pm.

(My son during the course of the visit to Marcella, left for a few minutes to pick up his two sons just a few minutes away from where Marcella lived, and they joined us there.

It was their weekend to spend with us.

My son is currently separated from his wife, and the boys just adore their grandfather - me!

*>>> You are blessed! I have to wait a few years, at this moment I am in a stage that one beauty after the other passes by soliciting for daughter in law . . .

I will try to remember to include a photograph of my two little angels, Lorenzo (7, he was born on the first of January) and his younger brother Christian (5+ soon to 6 on the 28th. of May)

My life right now is pretty much dedicated to them.

Now... I don't want to put you to sleep with my long-winded letter (almost a little book).

*>>> I am at the other side of the world, when you write we sleep, when you sleep we read, ha ha!

I am overjoyed that you took the time to write to me.

I sincerely wish more do.

I know that you said that you told your story many times, but I must say that I would be delighted to hear it or just about anything related to the Mount.

There are so many stories, and I loved the pictures you sent,....send more! if you have them... I could not find you in the first class picture: [Class picture of 1966 in 1962].

*>>> That is right, they were a class below me.

I did recognise you [#2] in 65UN0001 CLASS 1968 FORM II 1965, and of course you standing next to Bro. Alphonse [1965]

Jan, there are more stories, but I must get some sleep.

Best wishes to you and your loved ones for a healthy 2009

GOD bless you all,

Cornel de Freitas

P.S.: I will answer some of your questions into your email to me ...the one below...!

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From: jankoenraadt@gmail.com

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:46:47 +0100

Dear Cornel de Freitas,

Amazing you still remember me. You were an older boy to me in a higher class, but you were one of the few other boys at the Abbey School who spoke Dutch.

We were not allowed to speak Dutch, but in my first term I had to learn English and maybe you helped me out once in a while.

*>>> I am glad to have helped...

I remember you wearing thick glasses with a darkish frame and you came from Aruba.

You say you were until about 1964 at Mount?

I remember you more than one year after 1963, maybe two or three years, maybe you left in 1965 of later?

>>> I can't remember exactly what year I left...

Two years ago I discovered the Old Boys Alumni like you do now, and I have been writing and chatting already with several old boys I knew well. I have told my story several times.

*>>> I think you are lucky to have been discovered / found before me...

I had my prep school same as you in the Dutch system from the 1st to 6th grade in Surinam, and before that even the Fröbel school (sort of kindergarten).

After that I went to Mount and after four years in 1967 my dad decided to put me on the Dutch "hogere burgerschool HBS" in Surinam for better connection to the university in the Netherlands.

I heard from other boys the same story that the GCE O-level did not qualify for university, you need an extra year.

And that's what I got on the "HBS" in Surinam.

After that I went to the technical university of Delft to study civil engineering and later changing to architecture finishing in 1978.

I got married living in Netherlands since then and we have four sons, being big young men now.

*>>> You've been a busy boy

I always say Nederland too, but don't know how you guys want it in English, Netherlands or "the Netherlands".

We still are "the lowlands" of Europe, les Pays Bas, haha!

I haven't been in Curaçao or Aruba, but a lot of people from the Antilles are staying here.

I only need to hear them say one word for me to know if they are Otrabande Papiamento or Patoi from the Antilles, or Kondreman Sranang Tongo from Surinam, because they look the same.

*>>> I am surprised you never got to spend a vacation in Aruba, you would have loved it....

Paul Zeven contacted me too.

He has family living right here in my hometown Oosterhout in the south of the Netherlands and is planning a visit.

About a school picture I attach my class picture of June 1965 made by Father "Voosh". There are a lot of pictures going around to Ladislao.

There is a nice compendium with pictures of the Mount made by Nigel Boos.

But what about you? What have you been doing after you left Mount?

Have you any pictures of yourself and the Mount?

*>>> Thank you very much for the photographs... any more?

Much greetings

Jan Koenraadt

MSB 1963-1967

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From: Cornel de Freitas

Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 7:47 AM

Subject: FW: Re. Circular No.379, The Abbey School MSB

I would first like to pay my respects to the family of Gordon Walker and his brother, Alan Walker.

I am so very sorry at your loss.

It is always sad to hear news of the passing of one of our brothers.

Please accept my deepest sympathy.

Be comforted in the knowledge that he is now with Our Lord in heaven, and at peace with all of those who have gone through that beautiful door to the other side, welcomed, I am sure, by all of our other family members and friends who have gone before us and are now celebrating their new life in the presence of GOD.

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Hi Ladislao:

Very interesting reading in your Circular No.379;

Glad to make the 'acquaintance' of two more MSB boys in the persons of Paul Zeven (the name: 'Zeven' translates to seven in dutch) and Jan Koenraadt.

These are Dutch names.

Greetings to Paul Zeven and to Jan Koenraadt,

We attended The Abbey School, Mount St. Benedict at about the same time.

I attended somewhere between 1959 to 1964.

Nice to read all of the very interesting stories of all of our experiences.

I grew up in Aruba and was educated under the Dutch system from the "Eerste clas" - (First grade) upto the "zesde clas" - ( sixth grade ) and was then shipped off to attend a British/English education.

My dad was educated in the British system.

I speak dutch and because I grew in Aruba and there their system is dutch, there is also the local language and most of the populous speaks spanish because of our close proximity to Venezuela and they all like to follow the "Novelas" (soap operas) on the spanish channels.

I notice, Paul and Jan, that you refer to 'Holland' as the 'Netherlands', whereas I know it as 'Nederland'?

Have either of you - and your families ever visited Aruba or Curacao or Bonaire?

Is there a school picture from MSB that either of you are in?

I must say, that it is really 'Fantastic' that we are able to "reach out and touch" and I am eternally grateful to Ladislao and Nigel and the many others who have contributed so much time of their lives to facilitate this little miracle.

It means a lot to me - and I am sure so too do the many others of us old MSB boys.

Keep in touch you guys, may GOD keep you all in good health....and keep those pictures coming...there are so many great memories are embedded in them.

I am still trying (hoping) to get to see a photograph of the old refectory we used just before the new one was opened...does anyone have any photographs of those old buildings?

Goodbye for now and hug your loved ones - everybody deserves a hug!

All the best,

May GOD bless you all

Cornel de Freitas ...

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I promise to be up to date by next week.

Regards

Ladislao Kertesz, kertesz11@yahoo.com,

So now you have all the exchanges and photos.

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Photos:

48TE0001CLASSMIX, with inputs from Mew, Evelyn and others.

64TF0001TFEGRP, John Abraham, Russell Cunha, Jose Fernandez and Terence Ferreira, eating Watermelon.

09SC0011REUNIONAJAX, Salah Wilson and Steelpans

09SC0021REUNIONAJAX, David Johnson and Fr. John Boos

Saturday 18 July 2009

Circular No 402





Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.

Caracas, 18 of July 2009 No. 402

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Dear Friends,

The 5th Day of my visit TT was dedicated for some sight seeing, so there is little information that I can pass to you.

This day was reserved for a trip to Toco with Joseph Berment.

It was interesting to see that the Main Highway is closer to Sangre Grande, and also to see many industrial complexes, sign of a healthy economy.

During the trip we spent a few hours debating on the ideas that should be taken in the uses of the association, soon these shall be published as soon as the Association gets to be legal.

We still must get the name straight, the first obstacle in our way.

The photos of this trip shall have taken a back seat to the photos taken at the meeting in Ajax.

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From: "Peter Boos"

Date: 2 May 05:13 (PDT)

Hi Ladislao,

Please note that I am a Chartered Accountant not an Architect.

I had sent you a message some time ago.

Did you receive it?

Congratulations on the outstanding job you are doing for the old boys of Mount.

Peter

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Caracas, 3 of May

Dear Peter

I have made the change to Accountant, thank you.

Please send me corrections when needed.

I even took the not msb line off, this was Nigel’s input a year ago.

Now that we are correcting, please tell me if you did or whg, would have graduated in 1955? as the list says.

Do you have any telephone number?

Address?

A photo or two?

Did you contact those that I wrote you last?

God Bless

Ladislao

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On 28-Mar-09, at 8:12 AM, laszlo kertesz wrote:

Dear Nigel

Keep me informed so that in each Circular we can write something on the get together.

LAdislao

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From: Nigel Boos <nigelboos@yahoo.ca>

Sent: Saturday, March 28, 2009 7:34:32 AM

Hello, Salvador,

It would be wonderful to get together with you during your trip to Toronto.

Please let us have your itinerary more specifically, so that we can try to plan a get-together while you're around.

Note to all you GTA-based MSB OB's - Please keep your eyes on this.

I'll let you know as details are made available, and perhaps we can try to get together, this time, downtown Toronto, or else in Mississauga, Burlington, Brampton, Durham or wherever's the most convenient spot.

Any suggestions? (Spouses and children also welcome, but naturally, everyone will be expected to pay his own bill - I hope you understand).

Salvador, just for your information - there are a FEW OB's in Quebec as well, and you might like to look them up too.

I've been able to find:

Alain Devaux - (Left MSB in the 1950's) St. Hyacinthe, Quebec. (Ph: 450-773-4652)

Raymond Devaux - (Left MSB in the 1940's) Montreal, Quebec. (He lives in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida during the winter)

Patrick Devaux - (Class of 1966) - Montreal, Quebec. (Ph: 450-469-4979)

(These three guys are brothers)

Ladislao - You might want to mention this in your next Circular.

If any OB from MSB happens to be around while we enjoy this get-together, you're welcome to join us.

Please contact any one of us via email or whatever and let us know you'd like to come, so that we can keep you updated as to venue, date, etc.

Regards to everyone.

By the way, if I've missed out anyone who you know and who is not on the above list, please advise me.

Nigel

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On 28-Mar-09, at 12:41 AM, salvador coscarart wrote:

Hello cornel

Welcome to the club.

My name is Salvador Coscarart, I attended the mount in 1967 to 1974.

I am from Cumana, Venezuela, and now I live in Lafayette, Louisiana.

I will be going to Montréal and Toronto in June 2nd till June the 15th 2009.

I hope we can have a little reunion with the old boys that are living in Ontario, Toronto.

I have send, Nigel boos a note and hopefully we can meet.

Glen Mckoy and I were in the same class as well as his brother Hudson that lives over there in Toronto.

Well hope we can meet.

God bless. Hopefully glen may show up jajajajaj.

Salvador coscarart.

PS. I’ll be making a photo album in facebook about the abbey school boys,

So look me up on it.

Adios amigos. Hermanos.

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salvador coscarart

Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:41:59 PM

Hello Nigel

My plans are to be in Montréal on June the 2nd and I will leave to go to Toronto on June the 4th ,5th 6th 7th,8th, and will depart on the 9th to go back to Montréal , so that I can spend one weekend in Toronto and one weekend in Montréal.

Am only staying for 15 days vacation and will get back to Lafayette, Louisiana for the 16th and back to work on the 17th jajajajajajajaj.

Time flyes. I have never been to Toronto, so I will appreciate if someone can meet me at the airport and bring me to a decent hotel in Toronto.

Or send me information on hotels near by where you leave, so I can get a taxi to bring me there.

Am an indian from Venezuela, but don't tell everybody jajajajajajaj.

Regards to all, and see ya later alligators.

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From: nigelboos@eagles-wings.ca

Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 13:17:09 -0400

Salah,

Thank you for the information. I'll pass it along now to Salvador.

Salvador - here is the phone number for Angel Da Silva, as you requested.

Please let me have a specific date when you plan to be in the Toronto area, so we can plan a get together.

Thanks.

Nigel

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On 26-Apr-09, at 3:09 PM, Salah Wilson wrote:

Hi Nigel, ´

The following is Angel Da Silva's phone

Salah

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From: Angel Da Silva

Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 9:18 AM

Hey Salah,

My cell is 514-246-2250. Hope to see you soon.

Angel

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From: Salah Wilson

Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:50 PM

Hi Angel,

The brother in Toronto Nigel Boos would like to get your tel: number so that he can pass it on to Salvador...but I do not have it

I will need it also

Salah

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It would be helpful if we had a telephone number for Angel Da Silva, so that Salvador will be able to get in touch with him directly.

Can you let me have it?

Once again, thanks for your first class story.

Nigel P. Boos

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Re: ABBEY SCHOOL OLD BOY 1967-74.

Nigel P. Boos

Friday, April 24, 2009 7:20:32 AM

Salvador,

Can you be very specific and let me know what evenings you plan to be in Toronto, please.

I need this info, so that we can start planning a little get together with you while you're here.

Thanks.

Nigel

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On 16-Apr-09, at 10:18 AM, salvador coscarart wrote:

Hello Mr. Wilson.

My name is Salvador Coscarart I am from Cumana' Venezuela.

I attended the abbey school in 1967 thru 1974.

So from seeing on the information that Nigel Boos send me I was there when you was there for three years.

So you were with: attila gyuris ,fulvio cantore, cecil camacho.paul quesnel, rafael echeverria, ronnie lew, roberto mezzana,miguel angel luongo,edgar and eloy moffie, gonzalo montiel,etc...

Well just to mention a few of your old class mates.

I will be arriving in Montréal on June 2nd, be staying with some friends in Montréal and if possible will like to meet with you and some of the older guys that went to mount,

Best wishes

Salvador Coscarart.

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On 17-Feb-09, at 1:34 PM,

You guys keep calling names and my ears prick up.

That's exactly what I was hoping would happen.

Some point of interest would spark a memory . . . and another . . . and another . . . and soon we'd have contacted every last living OB from MSB.

And then we could really try to draw people together. Fantastic!

Now, help me here:

Luis?

Jobie?

Richard Lawrence in Whitby? (That's next door to Ajax).

Tell me more? Any email addresses?

Now, let me introduce you fellas to another OB - but from my era this time.

Dr. Roger Lee Kam (Class of 1960) came to my attention in mid-2008, but I forgot to include him (mea culpa, me culpa, mea maxima culpa, Roj) in my Address Book as a member of the subset "Abbey School - Toronto".

I've corrected that oversight now, however, so allow me to introduce you to my friend and classmate, who I hope will grace us with his presence at the Friday "Roti Night" (details below, Roj) together with his wife.

ROTILICIOUS - 89 Commerce Ave., Ajax, @ 6.30 pm. (Ph: 905-686-8070)

Roger, please consider this a formal invitation to join a few of the Old Boys from MSB and their wives for a delicious roti and a drink in Ajax.

I sure would like to see you again, so do try to make it.

Nigel P. Boos

(He did not attend??, ed.)

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Nigel P. Boos

Sunday, November 30, 2008 9:24:11 AM

Hi Don,

Las has asked me to offer a little advice, so here goes:

To send large files:

1. Prepare the file as you want it to be received.

2. Open www.yousendit.com

3. Attach the file as indicated

4. Send the file to yourself

5. You will receive an email giving you the link you should use to open the file under yousendit.com

6. Prepare your email message to whomever you wish, and add the given link to the email, for others to open it upon receipt

7. Send

That's it.

Have fun.

Nigel

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From: laszlo kertesz <kertesz11@yahoo.com>

Date: November 30, 2008 8:05:48 AM GMT-05:00

Subject: Re: Identification of some Old Boys

Dear Nigel

Thank you, the corrections have been made.

Please could you write Don and tell him the method on sending large files.

He has about 30Mb of photos to send and we do not know how to proceed.

God bless

Ladislao

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I am on time this week, good on the promise made last week.

Was there only one photographer at the reunion?????

Regards

Ladislao Kertesz

So now you have all the exchanges and photos.

That is for now, till the next one.

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Photos:

09SC0010REUNIONAJAX, Terrence Ferreira and Leslie D´Ornellas.

09SC0003REUNIONAJAX, Hudson McKoy, Linda McKoy and Salvador Coscarart

09SC0017REUNIONAJAX, Paul Dewan, Rose Dewan and Cornel De Freitas

09SC0004REUNIONAJAX, Angel Da Silva, Salvador Coscarart and Saslah Wilson

Saturday 11 July 2009

Circular No 401





Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.

Caracas, 11 of July 2009 No. 401

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Dear Friends,

MSB Old Boys (!) Committee Meeting Sun 12th July 09.

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Chris Knowles

Sunday, June 28, 2009 6:42:32 PM

Gentlemen,

PLEASE NOTE: The last meeting on 14th June was attended by Joe and myself only, so nothing was discussed. Also, I had very little feedback either by phone or email about who could or could not make it; that contact would have helped.

So, we try again:

A committee meeting is proposed for 7.30pm Sunday July 12th in the Members lounge at the Queens Park Cricket Club, Elizabeth Street, Port of Spain.

The Agenda is

1. To discuss the Association name,

2. To Discuss matters arising from Ladislao's recent visit, incuding Association publicity etc.

3. Any other matters.

Item One is occasioned by difficulties in obtaining permission to use 'Abbey School' in our Association name.

When you get there call me on 345 7987 so I can direct you if necessary.

I would appreciate a response so I know who will be there (or not).

As I did last time, I am copying interested non committee Old Boys.

See you there this time,

Chris.

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Here I am including a mix of emails, and two class photos.

Can you help with them???

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Sunday, March 8, 2009 5:42 AM

From:

Hi Ladislao,

Dave (equipus77@hotmail.com) is living between Argentina and TnT and is trading in South American manufactured goods.

He has three daughters from his first marriage and 2 from his second.

Allan, is recovering from open heart surgery and is taking things quiet.

He has no e-mail. Allan has 1 daughter.

Chris, is living in Toronto and I am as yet to pinpoint what he is doing.

He has 2 sons and 1 daughter I am living in T'dad and am a consultant on regional trade.

Also, taking on a new challenge (even at 51 years old) and starting to manufacture household cleaning products.

I am still unmarried and no children.

I used to go to the Abbey every morning (have not been since Dec '08 though due to some health issues) for Mass.

Will start back soon.

Best wishes

Chandra

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Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2009 04:19:35 -0800

From: kertesz14@yahoo.com

Dear Chandra,

Your You tube msg was great laughs. Thank you.

Please do not forget to write a two liner for your brothers.

Ladislao

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From: Laci Kertesz kertesz14@yahoo.com

Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 9:56:44 PM

Dear Chandra,

Please give me an inside news on where and what your brothers are doing??

The Circular needs your help

God Bless

Ladislao

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From: Chandra Teelucksingh chandrateelucksingh@hotmail.com

Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 3:51:04 PM

Hi Ladislao,

Yes, I am Abbey Alumni, as are four of my brothers before me, Keith (Bunny), Christopher, Allan and Dave.

I was at Abbey from 1968 (in the then newly formed Prep class) until form 5.

You will get my e-mail address from this transmission.

I have been chatting with Paul Quesnel and he thinks that the Alumni association needs support.

If we can harness the collective talents of the old boys, we are indeed a force.

Years ago, I met a gentleman in Caracas, Pedro Castro who claimed that he was an Abbey Old Boy, years b4 me and he did assist Bunny in a problem where someone stole his money in a business deal.

He also told us that the Abbey Alumni in Caracas have frequent meetings and if I have more info, I would love to visit.

Regards

Chandra

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Monday, February 2, 2009 1:56 PM

From:

Good Morning Ladislao,

Many thanks for the circulars.

With reference to my surviving brothers, the only one reachable via e-mail would be Dave (equipus77@hotmail.com), and he basically moves between Caracas, Argentina and Colombia.

Allan is not inclined into the electronic age and Chris resides in Toronto.

Sorry that I could not be of more help.

Regards,

Chandra

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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:25:45 -0800

From: kertesz14@yahoo.com

Dear Chandra

I have included your brothers in the listing that I use for the Circulars

But no email address ??, please forward this to them in case you want them to receive the Circular on a regular basis.

Maybe they will send me the email address so that every week I can send them the newsletter.

God bless

Ladislao

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FW: running down from white stones‏

From: Glen Mckoy (mckoy43glen@hotmail.com)

Sent: Mon 3/31/08 1:13 AM

Well thank you, Wayne,

The things, we say on this site, are unique, if you were not there, then its all nonsense.

Its so nice, to be understood, as sometimes our feelings are so hard to express, but I tried, and look at who we brought home, a true sailor, a brother, Mr. Wayne Brown, from 1955-1960.

Welcome home, and we must hear, of some of your journeys man.

I hope you don't mind?? As we are a private club, members only, I will share this little story with all my other brothers.

Also some of these brothers will know you, as some are from your time, Cheers, keep on sailing into this site any time, my brother.

Thanking you for your kind words,

Best regards

Glen McKoy.

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From: wvb@kasnet.com

Date: Thu, 27 Mar 2008 06:23:38 -0500

Glen

we've never met (I was at the Mount before you); but as someone who's owned sailboats for most of my life, and have written maybe a dozen articles for the US yachting magazine Cruising World,

I have to tell you that never once would I have thought of yr simile for sailing downwind in strong wind and big seas--"like running down from White Stones and yuh late for Showers at Six"--but I know exactly what you meant.

Nice one!

Wayne Brown

MSB 1955-1960

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Wayne Vincent Brown was born on 18 July 1944 in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

He won the Jamaican Independence Festival Poetry Prize in 1968, and in 1973 won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for his first collection, On the Coast (1972).

Wayne Vincent Brown married Frances Lucille Waller .

Daughters: Darrel Wayne Brown, Shirley Margene Brown

Wayne Vincent Brown was born on 18 July 1944 in Port of Spain, Trinidad. After attending school at St Mary's College, Port of Spain, he read English at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica from 1965 to 1968, and also attended the University of Toronto. He won the Jamaican Independence Festival Poetry Prize in 1968, and in 1973 won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize for his first collection, On the Coast (1972). Ed.

http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/leedspoetry/brown.htm

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Earl Bonadie

Nigel P. Boos

Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:10:04 AM

Please remember in your prayers an Old Boy of the Abbey School, Earl Bonadie and his wife, Angela, who were both shot and killed by their son, Adrian in Montclair California on February 6th, 2009.

http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_11654064

http://www.insidesocal.com/news247/2009/02/funeral-services-announced-for.html

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I looked at the photo and like the rest of you i recognize a few faces that have already been named, but don't remember most of the other boys.

Best regards,

Garry

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From: Don Mitchell CBE QC
Date: Saturday, April 25, 2009, 10:04 PM

On further reflection, I think these are two classes.

The boys behind in long pants are two or three years older than the small boys in front in short pants.

The small boys I believe are in Form 1.

I recognise the photo, but do not remember why it was taken.

Don

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From: Ed Lloyd

Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 6:42 PM

Tony,

This is another one of those photos that show us at a younger age that your last query.......

I'm going to have to sit and think about this because I see Harold de Pass, kneeling in front of Mike Azar, next to Don Mitchell, then there is the Agostini boy infront of Harold.

Howard Ho front left.

A seminarian behind him then de Verteuil, Seheult, Aitken.

One of the Kerry boys (day student)......isn't that a Santos boy on Simon da Costa's right?.

Fourth to my right is Henrique Castillas (two day students to his right) You're (Tony) behind de Verteuil.........the rest is blurred

Best Regards

Eddie

Peter, what is Simon's whereabouts? Ed.

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From: baknal@aol.com baknal@aol.com

Date: Saturday, 25 April, 2009, 5:11 PM

Don,

I'm really not sure!..in fact I can't remember this photo being taken!..

I need to eat more curry it seems to bring back my memory!..

All the best.

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From: "Don Mitchell CBE QC"

Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:31:31 -0400

Hi Howard,

I really did my O-Levels in 1963.

However, I did not know what I wanted to do, I had failed mathematics, and I thought I should re-do the O-Levels.

As it was, I failed maths again, and did not improve the others significantly.

So, I really think of myself as graduating in 1963.

What year do you think the photo was taken?

Don

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From: baknal@aol.com

Sent: Saturday, April 25, 2009 9:47 AM

Subject: Re: Can you help to identify these guys?

I thought we graduated in 1964?..

Recognise quite a few with names (and without!)..

Will try and add names to faces over the weekend.

All the best to everyone,

Howard.

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From: "Don Mitchell CBE QC"

Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:06:34 -0400

I think it is the class of 1963 taken in 1959 (Form 1)

Don

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From: Nigel P. Boos

Sent: Friday, April 24, 2009 7:47 PM

Pete,

Great shot.

Now, I need some help to ID the guys.

I hope you don't mind if I sent this to Eddie Lloyd, Don Mitchell, Howard Ho, Big Joe and others, to see if together you all can name the boys for us.

Thanks for your kind help.

My (limited) identification is as follows.

Please feel free to add in or make corrections as you see fit:

Back Row L-R: Unknown, Unknown, Roberto Castells, Unknown, ? Karpiak (?), Fr. Augustine, Eddie Lloyd, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown, Unknown (maybe Piton??)

Second Row L-R: Unknown, Mike Marchack, Unknown

Front Row L-R: Howard Ho, Unknown, Unknown (may be Howard Ho Koon), Michael J. de Verteuil, Peter Alkins, James "Moso" Seheult, Don Mitchell, Michael "Big Joe" Azar, Unknown, Unknown.

Nigel

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I promise to be up to date by next week.

Regards

Ladislao Kertesz

So now you have all the exchanges and photos.

That is for now, till the next one

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Photos:

70UN0001CLASS1972 maybe, Here is a new one for you to place names-

XXUN00001PHOTO2009, a mix of guys, check it out and send in names.

09LK1768VISITTASS, Christopher Knowles, Joseph Berment, Peter Sammy and Ladislao Kertesz

09LK1765VISITTASS, Dennis Gurley, Christopher Knowles, Joseph Berment and Peter Sammy.