Newsletter for alumni of The
Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 17 January 2015 No. 689
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Dear
Friends,
Sorry to
say that last year I had more well-wishing cards than this year.
Of
course we have lost some members, and the group has lost momentum.
After
over ten years there are no new, lost, forgotten tales, and Alzheimer is
overtaking us.
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Nigel Boos
Hans,
I’m just jumping in here to try to give you the information you
asked about:
This list might be faulty, and if it is, and if your memory gets
jogged, perhaps you might send me a note so I can make the corrections.
Nigel Boos
Ajax, Ontario,
Canada
56
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Ames, Peter
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peterames@hotmail.com
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56
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Bain, David
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bainven@cantv.net
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56
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Correia, Michael
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moc6711@yahoo.com
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56
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D'Ornellas, Leslie
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j_dornellas@yahoo.ca
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56
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Henderson, Christopher
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ccjhenderson@yahoo.co.uk
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56
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Hutton, Benedict
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benhel@bellsouth.net
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56
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Lopes, Benedict
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benedictlopes@sympatico.ca
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56
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Lucky, Anthony
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celandaal@hotmail.com
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56
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Hermans, Hans
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hjhermans@verizon.net
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57
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Ames, David
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davidames1@suddenlink.net
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57
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Diaz, Garnet
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garnetdiaz@gmail.com
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57
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Farcheg, Elias
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farchegelias@hotmail.com
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57
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Jakobszen, Csaba
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csabajakobszen@yahoo.es
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57
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Koenraadt, Gerard
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koen@sr.net
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57
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Vieira, Terry John
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NO EMAIL
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58
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Atela, Azier
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azieatel102@cantv.net
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58
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Bodington, Roberto
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cbodington@cantv.net
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58
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Boos, Anthony
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Anthonyboos@hotmail.com
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58
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Castro, Lorenzo Maximiliano
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Lctelca@cantv.net
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58
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Castro, Pedro
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elmagodecamelot@hotmail.com
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58
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Castro, Reinaldo
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reinaldocastro38@yahoo.com
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58
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de Verteuil, Ian
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irdev@shaw.ca
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58
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de Verteuil, Robert
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bobdev@tstt.net.tt
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58
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Dumas, Robert George
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robd46@gmail.com
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58
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Farcheg, Dr. Isaias
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farchegisaias@gmail.com
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58
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Figuera, Ricardo Horta
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rfihor@cantv.net
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58
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Gabriel, Norman
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norman@normangabrielLtd.com
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58
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Goddard, Brian
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bgcaribajan@live.com
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58
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Goddard, Donald
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dgodda1@lsu.edu
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58
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Henderson, Gary
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birdman268@yahoo.com
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58
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Johnson, David
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davidwendy@ozemail.com
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58
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Lange, Esmond
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esfran@poppie.com.au
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58
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Laughlin, Ivan
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ivan.laughlin@hotmail.com
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58
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Lipavsky, Roberto
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jurislipavsky@cantv.net
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58
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Mew, Tim
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tim-mew@bigpond.com
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58
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Paula, Alejandro
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bjorn2007Paula@hotmail.com
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58
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Thavenot, Gordon
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gthavenot@gmail.com
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58
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von Fedak, Urbano
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urbanovonfedak@gmail.com
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58
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Xavier, Arthur
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arthurxavierusa@aol.com
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58
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Xavier, Geoffrey
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geoffxavier@hotmail.com
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On Nov 10, 2014, at 8:13 AM,
Glen Mckoy <mckoy43glen@hotmail.com> wrote:
Sir Anthony,
Nice to read this, two brothers connecting for the first time
since 1956, 58 years ago is when you and your classmate last saw each other,
just great Ha! Ha!
You just never know who can show up from the past eh? Ha! Ha!
Yuh Honour, just for the record, I was born in 1956. ha! ha!
Cheers Glen.
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From: celandaal@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2014 13:00:29 +0000
Hola Amigo,
I received the appended from Hans Herman whom I knew in my days
at Abbey School 1950 – 1956, last time I saw him was in 1956 (before you were
born!) In reality I am old.
Kind regards
Anthony
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From: hjhermans@verizon.net
Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2014 14:48:23 -0500
Hello,
I believe the correct title is Sir Anthony. (This from Ladislao’s
recent circular which has a picture of your daughter)
The name Anthony Lucky struck a bell. I believe we attended the
Abbey school at the same time in 1954-56. In fact, if my memory is not totally
eroded, we were in the same form. You were, I believe, one of the eight who
graduated with me. (I’m assuming that we all graduated!) Chris Henderson
might have been one year behind? Don’t know if I have the right person, and if
you remember ‘duchy’ the football team’s goalie? Regardless, I extend my
greetings from the Philadelphia area where I have lived since about 1978 after
getting my PhD from the University of Notre Dame and teaching there for a short
while. I might be imagining things, but it seems that your daughter looks a lot
like you from what I remember.
Once more, greetings from a former classmate.
Hans Hermans
p.s. I do not recall our fellow classmates clearly. If you do, I
would appreciate their names.
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Dear Ladislao,
I was SO inspired by your latest Circular
No. 46 and reading the story by Robert Huggins ... you know .... he
described IN A VERY PRECISE MANNER how we all feel about the long
lasting marks The Abbey School of Mt. St. Benedict left in all of
us ... deep in our hearts ... .
I remember how we use to complain
all the time ... "Gosh ... this is jail man ... " ... The
food stinks ... it's terrible" .... "All the Fathers are
dictators" .. and so forth ... but the truth is that we ALL miss those
days ...any of us would give anything just to go back to one normal mount
day .... just for one day .... wouldn't we ????
.. I know I
would ... any time ..
The Music
.. I remember how much I admired John Abraham and Jeremy
with their band "The Interpreters" ... They were The
Mount Musical Band ... The Mount Boys Band ... they used to play a lot of
calypso songs and instrumentals from The Shadows who were very
famous at the time ... somehow parallel to era of The Beatles who
came up with their revolutionary "rock with voice harmonies" ....which
was a "revelation" compared with the unison rock of Elvis
Presley, Little Richard and all those. I used to sit and listen to The
Interpreters in their Mount Hall backstage rehearsals... I remember a
guy by the name of Ferreira who use to sing.... I envied them so
much that I would give anything to become a part of that band ... one day I
remember that I started to give my opinions ... and that really
"pissed" John ...he told me to GET OUT !!!! .... with time John and I
became great friends ....I started to learn how to play the guitar ...Jeremy
was my informal professor .. I bought a cheap guitar in down town
Port of Spain ... and I didn't have the slightest idea of how to form a chord
... but Jeremy taught me ... I will always thank him for that
.... with time... Norman Smith (The Interpreters bass player)
left the band for some reason and I picked up the bass guitar which became my
passion .... I will always remember the day I spent at John Abraham's
home in Port of Spain ... he invited me to practice his songs and after I was
playing for some time he softly said .... "boy ... you are good!"
... MY GOD THAT WAS A REVELATION TO ME !!!! ... I was earning the respect
and recognition from the person I so much admired ... and respected .... and we
had some "Kalaloo" .... "it's missing the crab
though" ... John said ... that was the first time in my life I had "Kalaloo"
... didn't like it much .. but I ate it !!! ...I preferred Roti ...
Then afterwards ... as I have
said in past reports ... I formed the Band "Chains" ....
playing Beatles ... with Norman Smith who took the Rhythm Guitar
... My brother Gustavo (they use to call him "small CheChe") ... he
played a VOX 12 string guitar which John Abraham loved .... (I
still have it up in my room) ... and Enrique Gomez (Departamento de
Tira-Coñazos)... played the drums .... and we made a presentation at the
Mount's Hall and it was WILD !!!! ... It was great ..we became very popular
among a group of friends in Port of Spain ... for sometime ... we also played
at St. Joseph's Convent (girls’ school in Port of Spain) ... boy... we felt
like stars !!!! .... girls were nice !!!! .... AND ... we came to Caracas ...
and we were the first Rock Group that played at La Casona ... The
Venezuelan Presidential Residence ... CHAINS !!!! ... a Mount Boy's Rock Group
... Venezuelan Mount Boys ... we were invited by Raul Leoni's son (Raul) who
was also a Mount Boy at the time ... to celebrate Menca de Leoni's birthday
.... I will never forget that ... how can one ever forget ???? ... we were in
heaven ...
The Basketball
.... I became .. with a lot of effort ... a member of Abbey's A Team
... I remember Harry Laughlin ... great player !!!! ... good guy ...
Our walks
to White Stones .. digging out spiders and putting them to fight ....
tarantulas .... the Scout Trips ... walking ... to Maracas Bay .... I don't
remember the name of our Coach ... he was our guide ... that was the first time
I ate Baby Shark .... our guide prepared it .. with curry ... I remember that
bad night we had ... sleeping on the sand ... it was raining ...
Just last night I was at a
friend's house and I met a guy from Trinidad ... Jimmy Brennan ... he is the
General Manager for Venezuela for Tucker Services (and Oil Service Co.) ... the
"Tuckers" are all Trinidadians .. they now live in Texas .... and I
told them about my days in Mount and we had a great talk .. he also started
remembering his good times in Trinidad ... I have in fact met lots of people
from Trinidad over the years ... all the time ...as an International Lawyer in
my practice in the Oil Industry ... and I have a great time with all of them
... I even met a group once at an Opus Day Retreat near Caracas ... and we
played Calypsos ... I picked a guitar and played a calypso (RinTinTin) I
remembered from The Merrymen (A group from Barbados) I wonder if
it still exists ... I guess not ... they were really good ... they played
"Yesterday" (Beatles) but with calypso tempo .. it was great ... when
I went to England to continue my studies I played "Yesterday"
as a calypso and the Brits just would not believe it !!! HA
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rin Tin Tin ...
Everybody
hear this tin ...
Ma'
galfriend promis' to gimme sometin...
and
the bells won't ring ...
and
the birds won't sing...
'caus
she promis' to gimme some tin tin tin
Ev'ry year is
the same tin ...
all
she do is promissin ...
well
she promise me a house and a motor car ...
Ev'ry year is
the same tin ..
all
you do is promissin gal ...
bu' so
help me God I'm gonna catch yu 'dis carnival !!!
Yes !!! ... Yes !!! ... That's
Mount St. Benedict ... AND WE ARE ALL BLESSED
for ever being a part of that "jail" .... it was heaven !!!! .... but
it's only now that we realize it ... so please extend my best regards to Robert
and convey to him my best feelings .... he has made me "revive" my
best times .... and I still have sooooo many more memories ... it's incredible
.... how important can a life experience be ....
God Bless Mount !!!! ... for ever
!!!! ... and The Mount Boys of whom I feel so proud to be a part of .... and I
feel so proud of Trinidad ... their people ... I still have so many friends
from there ... I have to go back one day !!!! .... HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR .. FOR
THE MOUNT BOYS GATHERING !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ... Please Ladislao ... tell all how
much I love them and miss them ....
The being a Mount Boy ... is an
old experience transformed into a culture ... almost a philosophy about
life ...
BLESSINGS TO ALL
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Rafael Echeverría (CheChe)
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Photos:
Bandit p12b The Early Times
13AL2049ALU, Anthony Lucky
61IF0022IFAUFE, Isaias farcheg and Urbano de Fedak
58RB00011a13, UNKNOWN
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