Circular No 50

Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 26 of October 2002. Circular No. 50
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Dear Friends, a couple of lines from Jaime Elias Benazar Andrade:
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Debo empezar por agradecer tu gentil llamada del día martes. Trate de enviarte respuesta ayer pero sabes en ciertas ocasiones estas maquinas se ponen algo necias y no hubo forma de hacerlo.
Debo explicarte que efectivamente estudié en Mount St. Benedict en los años escolares 66-67 y 67-68, en Form I y Form II respectivamente. Me parece formidable que alguien haya tomado la iniciativa de reunir información y ex alumnos en este extraordinario medio que es el web. Espero que podemos compartir más adelante experiencias y tantos recuerdos de aquella época.
Los teléfonos de mi oficina son (0212) 286 3323/286 2440, es un despacho de abogados.
Espero que en futuro cercano mantengamos comunicación constante.
Saludos
Jaime Elías Benazar Andrade

I must start thanking you for your call last Tuesday. I have tried to send you an answer yesterday but you know that under certain occasions these machines turn to be stupid and there was no way of doing it.

I must explain that effectively I studied at Mount St. Benedict during school years 66-67 and 67-68 in Form I and Form II respectively. I find it formidable that someone has under taken the initiative to gather information and alumni in this extraordinary media that is the Web. I hope we can exchange experiences in the future and so many memories of that era.

My office telephone numbers are 80212) 286 3323 /286 2440, it is an attorney’s office.

I hope that in the future we can maintain constant communication.

Regards

Jaime Elias Benazar Andrade

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Continuing the Who is Where,


33. Paul Quesnel's home number. 1(868)624-1025. Paul may also be able to help you with some other names. Paul works at Kiss Bakery.
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I would like to inform you that there are times when I get a few emails bounced back, these are not the same every time, so please send me a note if you are missing any of the issues and would like to receive a back copy. Some email fans tell me that the bounceback messages are false in most cases, and that the email is being received but the bounceback message is automatic and is just a false alarm.

Circular No. 47 was bounced back for 20 email addresses, I was notified two weeks after I sent it!!!!.


Those that sent emails inquiring about circular No. 50, please do not worry, I had lots of work these two week. I promise, you are going to be informed the day I quit making these circulars.


God Bless


Ladislao
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ATTACHMENTS

Listado C50.xls

Names	Form V	Contact	nicknames	business address	business phone	e-mail
Michieli, Daniel Roberto		glen		YV
Mickiewicz, Antoni Jerzy (RIP)		glen		YV
Mickiewicz, Yuri		jon		yv
Miller, John D.				Quebec, Canada
Minet, Alain Gustavo		glen		YV
Mitchell, Don	1963	lk	Boxhead	Antigua	HQ	idmitch@anguillanet.com
Mitchell, Gordon	1964	gabby		TT	Construction	gordon@tobagomitch.com, gemces@hotmail.com
Modeste, George		roge	Dayboy
Moffat, Andrew				Uk???	pilot boac
Moffat, Lindsey				Uk???	art+
Moffat, Nigel	1966	gabby	Pnhead	Uk???

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Circular No 49

Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Caracas, 19 of October 2002. Circular No. 49
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Dear Friends, a couple of lines from Anthony Viera, Guyana.
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Date:1 June 2002

Ladislao,

I read your circular, nice piece but no award. its my turn now.

One of my not so fond memories of the Mount, was the teasing I got, especially from the Trinidadians about my naiveté about so many matters and I have to tell you, that I had lived such a sheltered life that my ignorance was profound, of course BoBo telling me that I will never amount to much did not help, does anyone remember that I got expelled for telling one of the cooks in the refectory that the boys don't mind the horse meat, but they object to the saddle.

the best book in the library was "The Last Frontier" written by I think Dennis Weatley about the Duc De Richleau, and "Reach For the Sky" about the British pilot during WW 11 who had no legs, the Germans are still trying to figure that one out, "The Great Escape" was also in there. All have been made into movies. the library was a 4ft by 8 ft operation [located where you said it was above the driveway and opposite the entrance to the big dorm] which was filled with Agata Christie, Dennis Weatley, St. Francis of Assisi, nursery rhymes etc, guess any book worth reading would have had the boys heading for the nearest toilet, anyone remember Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple. etc from those books. Reading a book per month is no big deal, reading that lot at the mount was pure torture.

Of course my favourite mount story were the showers, 16 boys at a time, 2 minutes to get wet [turn off] one minute to soap up [turn on] two minutes to wash off. The five minute pause that refreshed. Up to this day I don't spend more than 6 minutes in the shower.

Where is Leon Alves, I don't see him listed anywhere, that moron and my brother Joe Vieira pushed the entire pax honey bee hive installation down the hill into St. Agustin, we did not get our weekly movie for one month.

Hilderbrand Green who was the very tall priest and who became abbot is back in Guyana and has started a Benedictine order on the Essequibo river.

Tony

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Continuing the Who is Where,


31. Philip de Pass should be able to get Mike de Verteuil's number, as Mike is, or was one of the priests for the Living Waters Community. Philip might also be able to do the same for Sean and Brian Costello..
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From the story I gather that Leon Alves is still missing??? Does any one know if he is still in TT. I have tried to locate him during my last visit to TT but no luck. Need help!!!
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Now for a sad story recently received from Nigel Boos on the passing away of Dick Huggins, the date of the email is: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 16:26:27 -0400 (EDT)

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Las,

I'm just writing to tell you, for the benefit of all who knew him, that Robbie Huggins' father, Dick, died of cancer on Friday, October 11th. Dick had been a Past President of the Royal Life Saving Society in Trinidad, and would willingly volunteer his time week after week to train us boys at MSB in Life-Saving, helping us to pass our Bronze Medallions, Bronze Crosses and Awards of Merit. He leaves to mourn him his wife, Kay, and his three children, Robert, Cherise and Gary, as well as their spouses and his grandchildren.

I'm sure that those who remember Dick would like to pass on their condolences to the family. God rest his soul.

Nigel

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Until Circular No. 50


God Bless


Ladislao
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Photos: 021007 lk manuel prada1
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ATTACHMENTS

Listado C49.xls

Names	Form V	Contact	nicknames	business address	business phone	e-mail
Medico, Giorgio		glen		YV
Mejias, C
Mendes, Emmanuel
Mendes, John	Bishop			TT
Mendoza, Alfredo		glen		YV
Mendoza, Ramon Eduardo		glen		YV
Menendez, Jorge Luis		glen		YV
Mew, Timothy	1958	roge	Gunrat
Mew, William		roge
Mezzana, Luis Alfredo	1967	pablo		YV, Caripe,	(0292) 545 1648

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Circular No 48

Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 12 of October 2002. Circular No. 48
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Dear Friends,

Here is an appropriate response to a Circular from Rafael Echeverría CHECHE.
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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 a International Lawyer in my practice in the Oil Industry ... and I have a great time with all of them ... I even met a group one 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 be 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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Continuing the Who is Where,

30. Anthony Farfan formed a Company called, and I stand to be corrected on this, Air Cargo Services. Again, no phone number. I will ask my boys to try
and get one, as they are always talking to his daughter. Small world.
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Now this is getting out off hand, I am glad to have passed for the time being two pages. But good news cannot last long if you, 1. Do not write
articles, 2. Do not participate, 3. Do not promote by adding new friends, 4. Send photos or articles.

God Bless

Ladislao
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ATTACHMENTS

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Names	Form V	Contact	Nickname	business address	business phone	e-mail
Mata, Pedro Jose		glen		YV
Mathas, Trevor		roge
Mathieu, Ronald		roge		TT
McCartney, Richard
McCoy, Michael		Mickey
McIntosh, Lewin	Teacher	jgioannetti		Calypso Singer Short Pants
McKoy, Vincent		roge
McLean, Hugh		roge
Mechdessies, Joseph		roge
Mechdessies, Raymond		roge

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Circular No 47

Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Caracas,
5 of October 2002. Circular No. 47
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Dear Friends now something from Guyana:
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Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:33:31 -0300

HI my name is Simone Vieira and I am married to Anthony Vieira's brother Eddie....don't know how I ended up with your email but I did....they are all home numbers ... will find their email addresses and send them on to you saw you were looking for a Clive Vieira ... I think he lives in Canada ...sometimes I get FWs with his name on it will send on to you when they come again..........Terry John is an uncle and lives next door to me .....

If you can´t get through to them on the phone, email me letters to them with your contact address etc. and I will have them delivered to their homes............

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From: Tony Vieira
To: ladislaokertesz@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 31 May 2002 06:31:59 -0700

Cheers Ladislao,

I have been given an email which I found quite astonishing, after all of these years, imagine a couple of old mount boys attempting to communicate with each other.

I have virtually lost track with everyone, we came from every part of the compass anyway didn't we? I did go back to the Mount in 2000 August and found that the school no longer existed, and was now a rehabilitation facility for drug users, the pool was empty, the field and tennis courts were unkept, there were huge gates presumably to keep the druggies in, so I did not even get the opportunity to walk around the place. Just as well perhaps, it was depressing enough to see the place in that condition, my new born baby was very sick at the time and she was in the Mount Hope Hospital so I went into to the Abbey to say a prayer, they have kept that well, I ran into this old priest Father Benedict [says that they named the place after him??] he told my wife that he used to teach me science, but I did not make the connection until we were driving down the hill, then the old bulb came on "of course" I said to my wife Jewel "Father Voosh". Over the years I have met Joe Azar, Puds Laquis and Brendon Gurley. 

I go to Trinidad quite frequently now, two, three times a year. I have a business association with Ken Gordon CCN and I have a friend Dr. Omar Khan who is head of the radiology department at Mt. Hope hospital.

Does anyone know where Edward Lloyd is? he was the closest thing approaching a friend I had at the place and Enrique Manuel Castells where is he? and what happened to Joel Guy Blandin?

I am very interested in what you are doing and I would be very happy to take part. Let me know if I can help in any way.

As far as the scout band is concerned I think that I vaguely remember most of the boys especially Stephen Clark, Pablo Figuera, Manuel Prada and Nigel Boos, Boos I remember for his name it is such an unusual one.

Tony Vieira.

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Cheers Ladislao,

I got your circular, brought back a lot of old memories, I have only recently found you guys but surely the mount must have, somewhere in their archives, some photos of the school and the results of sports activities graduation classes etc, I remember father Eugene and some other priest even putting in a photo lab on the hill above the refectory, so there must be a lot of photos around, have you tried to determine what happened to the abbey school's photo archives?

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Continuing the Who is Where, I need some more two liners!!!

32. Gregory Farfan: I don't have a number for him, and I don't remember the insurance co. He will be in the T&T phone book.

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My project, to round up the Form V boys of Class 1959 is moving ahead with the following old boys missing: Donald Charles, Gokool, Ronald, Serrette, Irwin, Chin, Ronald, Richard and Randal Galt.

Some of the names Richard and Randal Galt, might been have been but they graduated in 1960. Of course there were cases of oldboys repeating one of the Form years, which causes confusion.

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And before I close, a short note from Salvador Coscarart:

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Dear Mr Tony Johnson, I just found out about the ABBEY SCHOOL web site. It is fantastic, as I browsed thru it and with tears in my eyes I leapt back in time at the mount.

My name is SALVADOR COSCARART. I attended the Abbey School in 1967 to 1975, as well as my brother Pedro Coscarart.

I now reside in Bristol Louisiana U.S.A. My phone # (337) 668-4595

My e-mail addresses: salborbolla@hotmail.com, and Salco56 @cs.com.

I have been wanting to know about what happened to the Abbey School, its faculty and students. I am originally from Cumana, Venezuela. I am now a citizen of the United States.

Married to Gina Beaugh of Eunice Louisiana, we have three children, Jonathan 20, Lander 18, Ansley Nicole 17.

Best wishes Salvador Coscarart.

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You have noticed that I am a few days late, I am glad that you have showed interest on this unusual delay, thank you for expressing your worry.


In the attached photoI need names, this is a photo sent by Christian Goddard, can you help????


God Bless


Ladislao
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Photos: Bro.Vincent CG etc.
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Listado C47.xls

Names	Form V	Contact	Nickname	business address	business phone	e-mail
Maravels		lk
Marconi, Franco		glen
Marin, Carlos Julio		glen		YV
Marin, Juan
Marini, Giovanni						gmarini@cemex.com.ve
Markus, Kitty	Teacher				(868) 663 1173	Mt.St.Benedict St.Peters Home for the Aged
Marothy,		farcheg
Marquez, Bruce		roge
Martin, David
Martin, Fr.	1958	maurice

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