Circular No 788

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

Caracas, 10 December 2016 No. 788

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Dear Friends,

Emails below

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ANTONI MICKIEWICZ via yahoo.com 

14 Nov

Un bello recuerdo de nuestro pasado.....y.......una gran esperanza para el futuro del pueblo Venezolano.

Adorado y Querido Dios Nuestro.......apiadate de Venezuela y de todos los Venezolanos......por favor, ayúdanos hoy, manana y siempre 

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mailto:idmitch@anguillanet.com

Nov 21 at 12:50 PM

Thanks, Joseph.

I have published your message as a comment at the foot of the Circular:

 http://abbeyschool2016circulars.blogspot.com/2016/10/circular-no-781.html

And, by copy of this message I am requesting Ladislao on your behalf to note your correction and to remove it from his Old Boys collection.

Keep well.

Don

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From: joseph habib

Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 10:35 AM

Love the work you guys are doing.

Always look forward to an Abbey School Circular.

One little correction, if you mind, that picture of me, is not ME! I see the resemblance.

He's a good friend of mind from Venezuela.

Please continue to keep up the wonderful work that you doing.

I have learned a lot about the school and the you guys. I had a blast in my days and I thought that nothing could have compared to the things that I had experience.

Look at how the Mount was developed in the days gone by,

Is like a dream. I was born in 1961 and I feel sometimes that I have been at the mount from the time I was born.

May God keep His blessing on you all, all the time. Thanks  

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On Saturday, November 19, 2016 4:33 PM,

Don Mitchell <idmitch@anguillanet.com> wrote:

Dear Old Boy,

Don’t forget to visit Ladislao’s Circulars for 2016 every weekend to see if the latest ones are posted on the Blog:   http://abbeyschool2016circulars.blogspot.com/ 

The bright blue links in the Circular pages are live, and you need only click on them to go to the page, see the video, or listen to the music in question.  

I have removed the hyper link to all the email addresses to save you from being automatically spammed as you would be if the links to your addresses were live.

I have enabled “comments” on the 2016 Blog, so that if you have a remark to make on any of the emails, you can do so. 

If you are unfamiliar with the process just send me your comment at my email above and ask me to post it for you. 

I’ll do so straight away. 

I can’t keep all the Blog’s comment feature open as too many spammers put stuff on it.

Keep well.

Don

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mailto:idmitch@anguillanet.com

Nov 19 at 10:27 PM

Hi, Kazim,

I have an old-time Mount Boy staying with me. 

His name is Brian Goddard of Valencia in Venezuela. 

He has some stories about the Old Boys that I have been listening to. 

He has corrections for the Database. 

These are some of them.

Harley Day:  His mother was Venezuelan who grew up in Trinidad, and his father was American. 

His mother was David Bain’s mother’s sister. 

Harley’s early life was spent as a musician in New Orleans, and in his later years he manufactured harpsichords, concert guitars and violins. 

Thirteen years ago he was still alive and well living in St Petersburg, Florida.

David Bain -  He lived and died in Pampatar in Margarita Island.

Brian Goddard – Exxon industrial sales retired.  Now an industrial consultant for chemical solvents, and recently a Caribbean representative for oilfield industrial solvents and reverse osmosis equipment.  Lives in Valencia, Venezuela. 

Christian Goddard -  He is Brian and Donald’s younger brother.  He  lives in Edmond, Oklahoma, and is completely retired.  According to Brian, he plays golf several times a week.  The address in the database needs correcting. 

Donald Goddard – Still an active geophysicist, working as a consultant in Texas, Louisiana and Mexico.

Juan Carlos – His real name is Juan Carlos Golik: He was a cheese maker in Merida in Venezuela who rented out cottages to tourists. 

Pedro Castro – School teacher in Caracas.  He had his own school.

Manuel Prada – School teacher in Caracas.  He had his own school.

Giovanni Marini – Top engineer with a cement company called Vencemos which was bought by a Mexican company from where he retired as a technical director.  Now he is retired and living in Caracas.

Adds a bit of excitement to an otherwise boring database!!

Keep well.

Don

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mailto:chandler.arch@gmail.com

Nov 15 at 6:15 PM

I am a Mount old boy class of '78.

Also a founding member of Aqualads swimming club. 

Yes I know Bruce Hutton, Richard Knox, RogerAmes, Pete and Norman Tang, Harry Laughlin, brother Michael Laughlin diseased, Roger Gellizeau, all three Echeverría brothers, Raulito Leoni y para de contar la lista... los hermanos Cantore.........

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mailto:timgailmew@gmail.com

Nov 20 at 12:34 AM

Hola Ladislao,

Can you pass on my / our regards to Elias Farcheg with his wife from the latest photo in your website, fantastic.

Also does anyone have the list of students from MSB in the 1958 class and their contact details.

The years pass and we are all a bit older, so it would be nice to stay in touch, eg. Ricardo Figuera.

My wife Gail and were in Spain this May / June, but had no way of knowing if he was there.

We are always sorry to read of Venezuela’s troubles and think of our friends who still live there;

Elias, Urbano, etc.

Tim [74] and Gail [70] – the years fly and we have already 53 years since we were married with five daughters, four grandson, two granddaughters and soon a great granddaughter on the way.

All living relatively close bye in Melbourne Australia.

Cheers Tim

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In this circular I am going to enumerate the names in the photo of class 1960, so it can be included in our web page.

1. Louis Lacour

2. Manuel Prada

3. Richard Galt

4. Michael Herrera

5. David Pampellone

6. Ladislao Kertesz

7. Michael Howard

8. Randal Galt

9. James Seheult

10. Michael King R.I.P.

11. Wayne Vincent Brown R.I.P.

12. Egan Baichoo

13. Matias von Fedak

14. David de Verteuil

15. Christopher Webster R.I.P.

16. Roger Henderson

17. Giuseppe Braggio

18. Nigel Boos

19. Geoffrey Golding

20. Anthony Johnson

21. Daniel de Verteuil

22. Christopher Knowles R.I.P.

23. Maurice de Verteuil

24. Fr. Paul R.I.P.

We are in contact with all the above and some of those that were with us for at least a year. These include:

Graham Gonsalves Form I to From II.

Richard Gransaull until From IV.

Basanta dayboy from Tunapuna R.I.P.

Elias Farcheg, left in From III

Brian Goddard, left in Form II

Harry Guildner ??

Maybe you remember others that went with the group through the years but had to leave before graduating, if so please include the name for future files.

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EDITED by Ladislao Kertesz,  kertesz11@yahoo.com,  if you would like to be in the circular’s mailing list or any old boy that you would like to include.

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Photos:

14LK8773FBAZAFAM, Arturo Zavarce and family

85LK6032FBGLA, Gustavo La Grave

15LK0001DLA, Desmond Lange

60UN0001CLASS1960,  Look at the list