Circular No 197

Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 13 August 2005. Circular No. 197----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dear Friends,

The latest from a good friend of ours
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From: Roland D Abadie
Date:1/1/2005 12:29:25 AM

Hi All,
Sorry, do not have any pictures to send of falling snow flakes, "de rain wash it away dis marning" but "more soon come, me shore a dat" !!!! (sorry, my best Trini/Jamaican)

Any how, me gan to drink a few grog before bed time come so just be good and all de best for 2005.
Roland
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From: Roland D Abadie
Date: 12/23/2004 3:48:06 PM

Hi friends and family,

Just thought I would share a few "snow flakes" with you all on the eve of Christmas eve.
Hope you are all blessed this Christmas with love and peace.
Roland

ps. Our first white Christmas for some time
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From: Roland D Abadie
Date:1/31/2005 10:17:34 PM

Laz,
I have seen some of your recent e-mails but have not noticed any that specified an amount, so please let me know and I will be pleased to forward a money order in the currency of your choice.
Thanks for the incredible job you are doing to keep us all informed.
Read Ian de Verteuil's resume with interest.
We met at his Mom's place in Mississauga last summer and David and I meet on a regular basis.
I am looking forward to a presentation in February on fly fishing in Venezuela.
Thanks –
Roland
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From: Roland D Abadie
Date: 3/9/2005 11:29:15 PM

Ladislao,

Can you please let me know where to send $
Thanks –
Roland

(The mailing address is at the end. Ed.)
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Here is another Donation, this time from Cecil Ince.

Dear Las,
Enclosed as promised USD 100.
I telephoned Paul Carrington, who is now retired.
He sends his best wishes.
After a bout with a heart problem last year, he is keeping very well.
All for now
Cecil

PS. Do you know what this means? UIOGR.

Ut In Omnibus Gratia Dei
In my years (1948 and 1949) we had to head each written page with “PAX” (Peace) and end with UIOGD

(Thanks for the donation; it shall be put to good use. Ed.)
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Caracas, 23 of November 2002.

Dear Dion,

Sorry for this belated reply.
No luck with Sean or Brian.
Things are no easy to find a charitable soul to get a phone book and look up the addresses so that I may make a call.
I would appreciate if when you have a snail mail contact with them that you mention the Circulars and the web page.
I looked up the web directory and no Costelloe has replied.
Well thanks, next year if I manage to get to TT I shall look Brian up personally.
Keep well
God Bless
Ladislao
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From: "Costelloe, Dion"
Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2002 08:56:52 -0400

Sean lives in Toronto, Canada, and Brian is in St. Augustine , Trinidad.
Neither would have an E-mail address but their wives, children would.
Sean's wife is Hillary, child is Brenna.
Brian's wife is Charlene, child is Sarah.
Perhaps you could find them with a search.
Dion Costelloe

Dion.Costelloe@ispat.com

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From: "Oscar Cantore"
Date: 26 Aug 08:41 (PDT)

Estimados amigos,
La presente es para informarles que a partir de la presente fecha el email mio ha sido cambiado a: Cantore@aincosa.com
El Oscar@aincosa.com seguira activo hasta finales de mes de Agosto.
Por favor tomen las previsiones que el caso amerite.
Saludos
Oscar Cantore

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Caribbean Watercolours by David de De Boehmler,

Now living in Australia, David was born in Trinidad and has been a prolific artist for 30 years. He currently paints watercolours depicting life in the tropics, focussing on Trinidad and Togabo with its fun loving people. His paintings reflect the vibrant colours and scenes found throughout the Caribbean. He has exhibited his work in Australia, Canada, Trinidad and the United States

(Taken from the internet, sorry but David has not sent any news. Ed)
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David has been a prolific artist for the past 30 years, working in every medium. Over the last few years he has focused on watercolours. He has had exhibits in Australia, Canada, Trinidad and the United States. You can purchase some of his art from this site. We have a new page called the Gallery, where you can see a sampling of works that have sold. David also works as an illustrative sign painter and commercial artist, specializing in artistic signage, but he makes every effort to put his art first.

David and his lovely Australian wife, Joy, live on the south coast of Victoria, Australia. His current works depict life in the tropics - focussing on his homeland, the beautiful, tropical islands of Trinidad and Tobago, with its fun loving people. His paintings reflect the vibrant colours and scenes found on all the islands in the Caribbean and in many other tropical places - beaches, boats, vegetation, people, street and market scenes.

(need information, David. Ed.)
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From: David de Boehmler
Date:2/7/2005 9:42:31 PM

Dear Ladislao,
Well I believe you were far before my time.
But I am impresses with the idea of a site for Mount St Benedict's.
If there is such a thing .
So far I have only received your letter and the photo attached, which seemed incomplete by the way because one of the names was Mr Tyrell, and he was not on the photo perhaps there was another photo.
I like the idea of email addresses attached also.
I too would like to know the story of Mount St Benedict.
I guess I lost touch when I left in 60 or 61, I am not sure.
Wouldn't it be great to see photos of all the classes.
Well here is my contribution.
I am sure I have more some where but cannot find them at present.
As to which class this is I am not sure but some of the names I will try to fit in.
David de Boehmler.

Top left to right
1. Azar?....
2....
3.....
4.....
5....
6. Edward Lloyd.
7. Simon de Costa, Barbados?....
8....
9.
10. Don Mitchell Nick name 'Box Head'(senior)
11.
12..........
13. Agoustini ?...
14.......
15. Hokoon?...
16. Herrera ??..
17. Seheult Jnr

PS. The names won't be spelled properly.
Hope someone enjoys these, and can fill in the missing names.
Will try to find the other photos.
Thanks for the effort.
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REMEMBER TO PAY YOUR DUE, 50 WORDS PER YEAR, OR SEND A CHECK preferably from any U.S. Bank, to my mailing address:

Ladislao Kertesz
Apartado 69072
Caracas 1062A Venezuela

For those that prefer this way to cooperate with the Circular and the expense that this generates. It is 52 issues per year.

God Bless

Ladislao
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Photo: david de Boehmler, class azar….1964, watercolors guayaguayare
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Look us up at http://www.theabbeyschool.com, an all class msb web site.
Look at www.paxabbey.com for information on the Monastery, Mt St. Benedict.
For those that want to communicate with the web, use, webmaster@theabbeyschool.com
Send information to: Ladislaokertesz@hotmail.com if you would like to be in the circular’s mailing list or any old boy that you would like to include. Telf. 0 (212) 263.5346 Caracas.
Use kaviacion@cantv.net or kertesz11@yahoo.com for photos as I leave enough storage space for these.
Please note: you may have missed some of the circulars, if you have not received one every week, do not hesitate to ask for the missing number to idmitch@anguillanet.com
For those that would like to contact me here I include my telephones:
Telf.Office: 58 (212) 263.5346, 267.2416, From: 11:00GMT to 22:00GMT
FAX: 58 (212) 261.0829,
Home: 58 (212) 238.4084. From: 00:00 GMT to 04:00 GMT
Cellphone: +58 (0416) 612.5695
Remember that Venezuela’s time is the same as Trinidad’s, -04:00 GMT.