Caracas, 28 of September 2019 No. 934
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Dear Friends,
Here is another example of our efforts to
find Old Boys. This time RAYMOND VIVIES
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To: ViviesEvelyne@aol.com
Date: 9/4/2004
7:48:11 PM
Dear Didier,
Thank you for the email.
The photo was taken by a friend of his,
long long time ago.
I am sorry to hear that he has passed
away.
I would like to hear from you and about
Raymond, so that I can include information for the Circular.
Would you know if he had photos of his
time in the Abbey School, or other memorabilia?
I am sure his friends would like to hear
as to his family curriculum vitae.
You can send as many photos as you wish,
as: his home, family etc.
I hope that one day I may travel to your
island.
God Bless
Ladislao
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To: ViviesEvelyne@aol.com
Subject: Raymond
Vivies
Date: 9/11/2004
11:45:40 AM
Dear Evelyne,
Thank you for the lines.
I am sorry about your uncle. my respects.
I have some more photos from Devaux with
you uncle.
Do you want to receive them?
Did he have School friends that are
living?
I would like to include them in my list.
God Bless
Ladislao Kertesz
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To: ViviesEvelyne@aol.com
Date: 9/12/2004
5:10:33 PM
Dear Evelyne,
Sorry to bother you again but I have
Michael Vivies as brother of Raymond?
If there was another Vivies at the Abbey
School, can you put me in contact with him?
Do you know Louis Lacour? He is in the same island.
God bless
Ladislao Kertesz
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From: ViviesEvelyne@aol.com
Date: 10/5/2004
9:36:51 AM
No Michel Viviès is not his brother.
But, there is a Michel Viviès somewhere
in the family.
Right, Simon?
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From: ViviesEvelyne@aol.com
Date: 9/19/2004
9:03:59 PM
Ladislao,
Neither I nor my husband Didier have
heard of Michael Vivies.
But someone else in the family might
have.
I'll forward your message to Simon,
Guillaume, Laurence and Gregory to see if they have heard of him.
Salut Simon, Laurence, Guillaume et
Gregory, savez-vous qui est Michael Vivies?
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From:
ViviesEvelyne@aol.com
Date: 8/19/2004
12:10:44 PM
Hello Ladislao,
You sent us a picture of Raymond Vivies,
who was our uncle.
Thank you so much for the picture.
We will pass it along to the whole
family.
Write back so we can write more.
Best regards
Didier Vivies
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Guillaume,
Regardes ce message qui est arrive sur
le site d'Evelyne.
Fait passer a toute la famille de Tonton
Raymond.
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To: rdabadie@sympatico.ca
Date: 9/24/2004
10:39:01 PM
Dear Roland
Thank you for the message.
Feel welcome to write any of the mischief
as they return to memory after you see the photos.
God bless
Ladislao
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From:
Roland
d'Abadie
Date: 9/11/2004 4:45:47 PM
Thanks for the update Ladislao, will
look forward to the circulars as always.
Unfortunately, do not have any pictures
to share but do cherish my memories of mischief we got up to while with the
scouts, running away on weekends, which we invariably got caught for and paid
the appropriate price.
Unfortunately, my few years at the Mount
and having been away for so long has dimmed the old memory.
All the best though - Roland
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From:
Roland d'Abadie
Date:
9/6/2004 8:55:04 PM
Hi Ladslao:
Forgot to inform you of my new e-mail
address it is rdabadie@sympatico.ca
I was fortunate to be visiting David de
Verteuil on the weekend when your latest e-mail arrived, and he was good enough
to forward on to me.
Thanks for continuing to keep the
"Old Boys" in touch.
Roland
d'Abadie
Toronto,
Canada
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From:
Pal Kecskemeti" <palk@buscala.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002
11:42:14 -0400
Dear Ladislao,
I just received your Invitation for the
8th and remembered that I promised you something: We generally used to sing as we returned to
Mount from any event or escape that we had from school.
The chorus I think was: When
the saints are marching home + Glory Glory alleluia. I can’t remember if there was something else
in between or if these were 2 different songs all together.
Mount Verses:
The bread at Mount was mighty, mighty
fine, a slice fell off the table and it killed a friend of mine.
The chicken up at Mount was mighty,
mighty fine, a leg fell off the table and it started marking time (like in the parades)
The (refresco de Mount = tenia un nombre especifico?) at Mount was mighty, mighty fine but it tasted like
Turpentine.
There was something else that tasted
like Iodine???
Anyway, I appreciate the invitation, but
unfortunately I wouldn’t be able to attend, got to work, maybe another time.
Don’t forget my pictures.
Say Hi to everyone
Pál
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Kenny, Gerald - I now live in Westmoorings, Trinidad, after spending 10
years in Toronto, Canada. I am married
to my Venezuelan wife "Ysaely" for over 25 years, and have a son
Daniel, who is now finishing University in London, Ontario. I now operate my own Real Estate company here
in Port of Spain for the last 18 years, and decided 10 years ago in my old age
to start playing music professionally (one man Band) which I enjoy
tremendously, especially when working with people such as Denyse Plummer (name
dropping) and other local artists here in Trinidad.
Ps. Still have lots of photos for you
from Stuart Henderson, but no Scanner. Hoping
to have one soon and will send them on to you as soon as I can.
(Can you scan the photos? Ed)
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From:
Gerald Kenny <gkenny@fiberline.tt>
Date: 18
Apr 22:21 (PDT)
Understand my friend.
Will keep in touch
gk
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Date: Sun,
18 Apr 2004 20:10:02 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Gerald
The photos are taken by:_____ but in most cases the
oldboy that gives me the photo does not remember the subject.
In this case it is obvious that it is Bro. Vincent,
but I wanted to see who remembered him after all these years.
In many instances the subject in the photo does not
remember how he looked 40 years ago.
I usually place the name in the photo once I get
multiple confirmation.
Thank you for collaborating, I need further
information on about 200 photos that shall be sent through the circular.
Can you help me with Scouting badges?
The unofficial hymn of the school?
By the way I lost contact with Wayne Henderson.
God bless
Ladislao
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On Sun, 18
Apr 2004 02:00:16 -0400, Gerald Kenny wrote:
Ladislao
Quite
often, photos come in especially "by Roberto Bodington", but with no indication
as to who picture is of.
Is
this Bro. Vincent, and (I am guessing) Wayne Henderson?
Best
regards.
Look
forward to your correspondence.
Gerald
Kenny
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Another old letter dated August 3, 1982:
Hi
there,
A
quickie for you.
Thanks
for your OASIS report.
We’re
all going to erect a monument to you one day at the Mount, you know…… to the guy
with all the perseverance and patience in the world.
God
help you…. So far away and yet interested in MSB, Wow!
It
was good to hear from you, thought, no kidding.
I
see Jack all the time at Galeota and he is growing the strangest beard….
The
rest of us like it on the chin….
But
you know Jack, his own has got to grow underneath his neck and under his
jawbone. Unbelievable.
Jackie
and I have two now and a third on the way.
Tell
Gord for me.
By
the way, you should ask him to play the trumpet for you.
He’s
quite good, really. And please send our love too, to Libby.
I’m
glad you told me about Geoff Prada.
I
am about to make a trip to Venezuela and I have written to him to get some
advice etc. about contacts in Maraven.
How
is your tribe? Wait….
Don’t
write. Just send me your next OASIS and tell me all about them.
Steven
Anderson and Sandra are somewhere in Los Angeles, and Richard is back here with
Basil, in the real-estate business.
I’m
not at all sure who is in charge of the Old Boy’s things these days….
In
fact, I think that it’s dead as a dodo, but if I can find out I’ll tell you.
Sorry
Art, but I just have too much on my plate to get too involved right now.
Love
and best wishes to all.
Nigel
Boos
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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:
15LK23331FBSBU, Stephen
Bushe
16LK0507FBGRA, Gregory
Ragoonan
08UN1741REUNION,
16LK5276YALWFE, Yunus
Ali and wife
