Saturday, 9 November 2019

Circular No 940







Newsletter for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 9 November 2019 No. 940
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Dear Friends,
Waiting for some news to publish.
Please send in your latest short story of your vacations, help me with the Circular.
Meanwhile here is some music.
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Dear Salvador,
Thank you for your kind words and for the memories.
I agree, our days at MSB were special, although perhaps we didn't think so at the time.
It is wonderful to see how Ladislao has been able to bring so many of us together through the use of the computer.
The record you're referring to was made back in 1970 and it seems to have become a sort of rallying point for the teenagers of those days, who are getting together again next month in Trinidad to celebrate their "Group Age 50" since so many of them are turning 50 either last year, this year or next year.
Thanks also for the invitation to contact you in Louisiana.
May I extend the same courtesy to you if you should happen to pass through Ajax, Ontario.
God bless, and keep the faith.
Nigel
(Nigel, send me the https// for your choir, EDITOR)
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Salco56@cs.com,  wrote:
Hello Nigel, it has been a very long time.
My name is, Salvador Coscarart and my brother Pedro, we both went to the Abbey School in 67 to 75.
We are from Venezuela, two years ago we went to visit our sisters and she gave us back a recorded disc, that I had purchased in Trinidad, it was one of your records and your Choir,
I also found a picture taken at the abbey refectory during a mass with the boy scouts and your Choir,
Father Cuthbert was saying the mass and you were standing behind him.
Just wanted to tell you hello and I’m glad to know you have done good for yourself,
I have been in contact with, Tony Johnson and Ladislao, it is also nice to have met new oldboys from Mount,
I live in the USA now in Louisiana, Lafayette.
If you ever come around this way you are welcome, my phone and address are in the Abbey School Web, best wishes God bless
Salvador Coscarart Msb Old Boy.
(For those that like to collect Choir music, please contact either Nigel or Salvador. CDs are part of our history, EDITOR)
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SCOUTING OR NO SCOUTING.
There is a lack of news on scouting activity.
I cannot believe that this activity did not leave a mark on its members.
How about the yearly trek to the North coast??, for those wanting the badge (called the Breaking out badge, Or was it something else?), maybe someone can tell me the badge’s name??,
And the other badges, can anyone remember at least some of the names??
Those that were the Queen’s Scouts???, can you raise your hands??
And better yet, those that were King’s Scouts?? Any alive??
I would like to include your names in the big list, for posterity!!!!
What did you do to get them??,
I cannot believe that all of you threw the badges away as soon you left the school, as something without value!!!.
What about the structures that were built for the annual competition???,
I only got photos for two, the watchtower at the swimming pool site built in 1956, and the Caura river camp.
But I know that every year something new was built, can any one help.???
Non scouts please help our scouting brethren with a line or two!!!.
Why were they built?? for what??? competition against whom??
I can write about the scouts as I saw them from the outside but that is not fair.
I cannot conceive that the continuous practice of:
flag waving,
construction,
cooking delicious chicken,
making dozens of knots,
memorizing booklets,
wonderful camping,
sightseeing trips by WV bus,
taking the oath
Fr.Ildefonse tutoring,
There must be a story.
I still have my Royal Lifesaving medallion and cross and still remember how I got them, but that is for another story.
I still buy sew on badges for both, from RLSS in UK. for use in my bathing suit., when they get old!!, it helps to create conversation with children and friends.
(Maybe Issais Farcheg with his mighty pen can help us out, EDITOR)
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Nigel Boos
Fri, 18 Oct, 16:08
Guess I’m late to the party.
Was busy with medical matters, but I’m home again.
Just found Don’s msg re. Fr. Augustine’s 95th birthday.
Please accept on his behalf, my sincere congratulations and good wishes for a happy belated birthday and a very special wish that he’ll make it to the hundred. 
May Almighty God bless him and grant him a peaceful and pain-free last few years before they meet in heaven.
Nigel
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On Oct 15, 2019, at 1:00 PM,  idmitch@anguillanet.com  wrote:
Dear Bro Paschal,
Please pass on to Fr Augustine my best wishes on his 95th birthday.
What a truly remarkable achievement.
Please let him know that I am thinking of him today.
He honoured me during the years 1960-1964 by allowing me to act on his behalf as school librarian, issuing books to the students, receiving them when they were returned, putting them back on the shelves, and generally keeping the library tidy.
He trusted me with the library key, so that I was free to spend as much time as I wished there outside library hours in peace and quiet, while the other boys were running about on the basketball court making noisy nuisances of themselves.
It was under his patient eye that I read most of its contents and developed my life-long love of literature and reading, to which I attribute any success I have enjoyed as an adult.
Best wishes to Fr Augustine, and all the Monks.
Sincerely,
Don Mitchell (Big Boxhead)
Anguilla
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Empower With Art <empowerwithart@gmail.com>
Tue, 15 Oct, 14:18                
Yes, Happy Birthday to Fr. Augustine.
Abbot John posted a photo of Fr. Augustine today which I shared on our MSB Facebook group.
Blessings to all,
Kaz
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GEORGE MICKIEWICZ <amickiew@att.net>
Tue, 15 Oct, 14:50
Dearest Father Augustine
95 years young and counting.  
On your way to joining all those centenarians and outliving many of the students that you taught decades ago.
Sharing these wishes in the name of the thousands of students whom you taught:
We thank God for giving you patience, love and wisdom of understanding.
You are an exemplary and visionary teacher who has dedicated his life to Jesus and to expand the visions and knowledge of all of us who attended your classes.    
Father, as you mark your 95th birthday, we wish you good health, happiness, and lots of beautiful things in this world and hereafter.
Een liedje bij je verjaardagstaart
With Love
Abbey School Alumni
Thanks, Don, for reminding us of this glorious day.
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idmitch@anguillanet.com
Mon, 4 Nov, 05:04 (13 days ago)
Thanks, Tim,
It is good to hear from you.  
I’ll post your identification as a “comment” on the Blog, and by copy to Ladislao I’m letting him know.
Best,
Don
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From: Tim Mew <tim-mew@bigpond.com>
Sent: Monday, 4 November 2019 00:06
Hi Don,
Thanks and in Circular No 931 the photo of three MSB boys – they are to the best of my knowledge:-
Marcel Gomes Guyana, possibly a Gonsalves from Trinidad and Luciano Savornan {do not think this is spelt correctly] but – you or Ladislao may know.
Cheers Tim
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From: idmitch@anguillanet.com
Sent: Monday, 4 November 2019 2:20 AM
Dear Alumnus,
Don’t forget to visit the Blog from time to time to see whether there is any new Circular posted:   
I don’t always remember to circulate you with a notice.
Best,
Don
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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:
05LK0001RBOPCA. Roberto Bodington and Pablo Castellani
80UN0010UNKNOWN, Need his name
14LK0948AKNFAM, Arthur Knaggs and family
15LK5796LUNCH, Peter Morvay, Kendrik Allum and UNKNOWN






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