Newsletter
for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 18 of April 2015 No. 702
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Dear
Friends,
We start
with the latest project of David de Castro known as BANDIT.
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22 March 2015
Hi
guys,
See my
latest project.
Click
on the website.
Then,
under my picture click on special video (in red). Enjoy and reply with an opinion.
When
you have some time, check out entire website - Long live calypso.
"Bandit"
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From: jjmiwaszkiewicz@hotmail.com
Subject: MSB PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2015 01:33:51 +0000
Gracias!
When I
was there, I did use it to develop - the old liquid method - my pictures in an
"old" Zeiss Ikon camera my parents gave me.
Yes,
it rather warm in there and felt like I was in a "cave" and the smell
of the chemicals---most likely these chemicals went up the head of those who
did not know what was going on.
BTW,
sometimes we could smell the bakery close by and would "bribe" one of
the Brothers (forgot his name - am just getting older I guess -- hahaha, like
all the Mount brotherhood!) to give us "undernourished Mount boys" a
slice of nice warm freshly baked bread-provided we swore "silence" or
else"!
I can
tell you from my personal experience I never saw any "untoward"
activity when I was there!
One of
the Priests was also involved in the photo business but I do not remember which
one.
Jorge
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From: amickiew@att.net
Subject: MSB PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 07:55:52 -0500l Jorge
There
was indeed a club with Voosh as the originator and advisor.
The
“dark room” used to develop our negatives and create pictures was located near
the tennis courts.
It was
in the downstairs part of the building that housed the ping pong table
upstairs, was used for festivities and other group functions.
I do
not remember what we called that building but still recall that Mr. Thomas took
care of it in our times.
There
were always rumours that “bad things” took place in “dark room”.
Imagine
the progress that has taken place over the last 50 years in how pictures are
created and shared instantaneously today versus a process that would take hours
then.
May
God bless y’all,
George
Mickiewicz
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Koenraadt <jankoenraadt@gmail.com>
15 Apr
Dear
Ladislao,
I got
this request from Don Mitchell:
If you
have not recently given Ladislao an update on where you are living, how many
children, and how many grandchildren, etc, please do so now at kertesz11@yahoo.com
Here
is my update:
Jan
Koenraadt, born 26 januari 1951
MSB
’63-’67
Place
of living: Remy van Haanenstraat 4, 4907 NR Oosterhout, Netherlands (60km north
of Antwerp).
Married
to Berthy
Children:
four boys 32-35years, three grandchildren.
Occupation:
self-employed architect
Email: jankoenraadt@gmail.com
Wishing
you all the best, much greetings
Jan
Koenraadt
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Doug Houk
14 Ap
Hi
there, Ladislao
Right
now I am in Baja California, Mexico. Will
be going to Houston next wk will be there for a couple of weeks and from there
to vnzla
Would
really like to shoot the shit with all who were at the Mount
I
remember u and Allum
I
nearly lost a foot from a kick he gave me but would really enjoy seeing uall
not too sure when I will be there but will get in touch.
Regards.
Doug
Houk
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On Apr 11, 2015, at 7:00 AM,
Ladislao Kertesz
<kertesz11@gmail.com> wrote:
Doug.
Are you going to be
in Venezuela during this month??
I shall be in
Maturin on the week of the 2nd for a couple of days
Ladislao
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On 19 March 2015 at 14:22,
Doug Houk houkdoug@yahoo.com wrote:
Hi
there, Ladislao,
I am
an ex-Mount boy, of course
I am
old I have been living in vnzla for the last 32 yrs
I met
one of the old boys in Caracas but I didn't follow up on it as far as trying to
make contact with any other vens which was stupid of me as I would have liked
to have got together with a Bunch of them and now
I’m a
persona non grata over there because I’m a Norte Americano
I was living
in Anzoátegui and still have a lot of stuff there but God knows what Podrido is
going to do
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Dear
Friends, now a few lines from Roland d'Abadie.
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:40:16 -0400
Ladislao:
Michael
Howard, one of my many cousins who attended "The Abbey School", was
good enough to recently send me some information about the Mount and now I must
thank you for placing my name on the mailing list and bringing back many faded
memories of days long past.
The
Mount has many memories for me although I was only there for a few short years
and left prior to graduation.
My
younger brother Bernard attended after I left,
My
sister worked with the addicts that used our old dorms after the school was
closed and my Dad died at the old age home.
The de
Verteuils featured in the "recent photo's" are cousins and living
here in Canada, and Richard and Randall Galt were also classmates of mine, just
to name a few.
The
student list also reminded me of many names and memories that were tucked away
in my memory bank.
While
looking through the recent photos, I also came across one of Pedro Castro, one
of the three Castro brothers who were there during my day.
Do you
have any news of Timieno?
He was
a good friend and classmate.
The
last I heard, several years ago, was that he was living in Caracas.
I
could go on forever but this is a starting point.
Having
left Trinidad in 1960 for Jamaica and then moving to Canada, trips to Trinidad
have not been frequent and crossing paths with old friends, much too
infrequent.
Unfortunately,
I have no photos to share of my days at the Mount but many pleasant memories.
Playing
soccer, cricket, volley ball, boy scouts, "squirrel patrol", singing
in the choir, etc.
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Hi
Las,
I am
getting ready to E-Mail you lotsa pictures and a short bio of myself since
leaving MSB.
I am
in the middle of renovating my house so my time is a bit limited (MUST finish
before winter sets in).
Please
send my e-mail to my home address.
You
are currently sending it to my work and my company would prefer restricting
that to business (unless you always want to type "XXXPERS" in the
subject area).
Thank
you.
The
"mystery person" in the class of '59 photo, I believe, is Harry
Guildner.
He was
Venezuelan and lived in Tigrito, Edo. Anzoategui.
Will
contact you later
Kristof
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LADISLAO KERTESZ wrote:
Caracas, 10 of October 2002.
Dear Christopher
Thank you for the
reply and encouragement.
Does Ronald Charles
sound a bell????
I hope the house
work is getting along and that you are placing aside the photos that you are finding
for those winter months (they are close!!, especially in the North North)
Maybe you would like
to come back for a few weeks to Caracas???
God Bless
Ladislao
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From: Chris DeMarothy
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2002 11:07:42 -0400
Hi
Las,
Just a
quick note.
I have
sent you a number of e-mails telling you the person you identified as Ronald
Chin IS Ronald Charles.
I
believe he is a doctor in Trinidad.
So I
heard when I visited Mount in 1979.
Unfortunately
I could not meet with him although I did meet with Ronald Gokool.
He was
then the Food & Beverage Control Manager at the Hilton where I stayed.
I also
met with Randolph "Swami" Galt for a pleasant lunch and memories.
I have
finally scanned all the pictures that I have and will be sending them to you
soon.
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From: kristof de marothy
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 20:02:40 -0400
Hi
Laz,
Ronald
Charles is the Chinese boy with glasses standing 4th from the left in the 2nd
photo of the 1959 graduating class.
He is
the 3rd boy on the left of the Priest in the 1st 1959 graduating class photo.
Again,
the unknown is Harry Guildner, he is the partially hidden boy with glasses
standing to the right of the Priest.
He
does not appear in the 2nd photo.
Swami
(or Randal Galt) was in the 1960 graduating class with his brother Richard
"Turtleback" whose is shown in the volleyball picture in circular #47
(it looks a lot like him at about 14-15 years of age)..
Like
you, I remember my class and a lot of the guys from 1958 and 1960, but after
that?
Memory
fades over 1/2 century but my good times at Mount and the bad ones (especially,
when I was whipped by "BoBo" in front of the whole school) are
cherished memories.
I was
really saddened to hear what happened to Mount.
It is
an ignoble end to such a great school.
It
gave us a wonderful education, built our characters through sports and
discipline, and saw us through our formative years.
I'll
be in touch
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As you notice, there
is an effort to place names on the photos, and in the case of Class 1959 there
has been some luck. I specially thank Michael Herrera, Nigel Boos, George
Laquis, Bernard Johnson, Alex de Verteuil, and Kristof for help in the
research.
I am expecting
confirmation from Christopher Date soon.
For more details see
Circular No. 56
Class of 1959: Look it up on the Blog.
PHOTO No.1 PHOTO
No.2
Pampellone, Gerard Whereabounts unknown help!
Laquis, George Dr. (Pud) Flags@tstt.net.tt,
Johnson, Bernard (Flatop) johnsonjb@candw.lc
Herrera, Michael mherrera@ghl.co.tt,
De Verteuil, Alex alexdev@trinidad.net,
Harry Guildner Whereabounts unknown help!
Johnson, Claude Whereabounts unknown help!
Donald, Charles Dr Whereabounts unknown help!
Serrette, Irwin Whereabounts unknown help!
Date, Christopher juliet_chris@tesco.net,
Nigel Boos nigelboos@yahoo.ca,
Gokool, Ronald Whereabounts
unknown help!
Fr. Peter Nicholson Holy Ghost Father
De Marothy, Kristof vze263ga@verizon.net,
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Colm
Imbert, M.P.
Abbey
School, Trinidad, St. Mary's College, Trinidad, University of the West Indies,
University of Manchester, Robert Gordon University
Currently
pursuing an LLM in Oil and Gas Law, Robert Gordon University, commenced
Master's degree programme in January 2014 (in progress)
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Juan Carlos Carretero
29 December 18:30
Que
necesitas saber?
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Photos:
Bandit p21 The Early Times
74UN0001CLASS74rev.a, Please check
10JK7012JKOPZE, Jan Koenraadt and Paul Zeven
82AK0001AKNFAM, Arthur Knaggs and family
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