Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 05 November 2005. Circular No. 209
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Dear Friends,
Another newcomer to the Circulars, let us welcome Attila GYURIS, I am sure that his appearance is going to make his friends happy.
Now to the request for information or dues, here is the continuation, this time from
Also the 1963 classmates worry on the health of Michael Azar, in
Before I start, please take note that the best way to send photos to the Circular is by Kertesz11@yahoo.com.
Also please write me if you are not getting the Circulars with the attached photos. Maybe I missed or did not get your dues??
With that cleared, here is an email from a good friend.
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From: "Don Mitchell, QC"
Subject: Circular No. 200, The Abbey School MSB
Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 20:51:02 -0400
Hello Ladislao,
This is Don Mitchell (1963 and 1964) acknowledging receipt with thanks of No. 200.
I would very much like to continue to receive the circulars and with the photos.
I have no difficulty downloading the attachments and they take no time at all with our broadband connection in
Just an update as requested:
I retired from the Bench in late 2004 and Maggie and I are now back in
We have reopened the house that had been shut up for the previous 5 years and have recovered our furniture from storage.
We are now enjoying pottering around and doing odd jobs.
Neither of us goes to the office as there is no office other than the ones we have set up in the house.
Hope all is well with you and yours.
Don
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From: Baknal@aol.com
To: tandjv@networksgy.com
Subject: Re: Class of 1964
Date: 9/29/2005 1:20:39 AM
Tony, I just wrote an email to you re the same question you asked about Joe's whereabouts (before I read this email).
I'm in
Will try and locate Joe...maybe Nigel knows?...
All the best,
Howard.
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In a message dated 9/28/2005 4:24:16 PM Central Daylight Time, tandjv@networksgy.com writes:
Subj: Re: Class of 1964
Date: 9/28/2005 4:24:16 PM Central Daylight Time
From: tandjv@networksgy.com
To: Baknal@aol.com
CC: Edwardlloyd@tiscali.co.uk
Sent from the Internet
Don, Edward, Laszlo Check out the part in Red.
I am in Guyana Howard, preparing to launch the political party on the 24th October for next year's general elections, so I may not even go to the
I may go with the Guys to raise money in
Glad the hurricane missed you, so sad that the previous one did so much damage to the people of
Do you know that
Earlier this year 24.66 inches of rain fell in 5 days!! from the 14th January to the 18th January 2005 we were flooded in 6 feet of water for nearly two months 13 people died from Leptospirosis and other medical complications billions [Guyana dollars] in property was also lost.
As my gardener Fazal would say "everybody getting it good boss!"
Are you close to Michael Azar, the guy seems to have dropped off the planet!
No one has been able to raise him.
The last telephone number I have for him is 503-254-4101 give him a tinkle if you have the time................. whilst I was writing this to you I said to myself, what the hell I may as well call the guy myself, so I called his number it has been disconnected, Joe's silence now takes on a sinister aspect.
Is anyone in contact with the Michael Azar? the last time I spoke to him he was not well guys, so lets find out what happened shall we?
Does anyone know how to contact the real Big Joe in
He’s the older brother that owns the Mall near
It was a hilarious encounter, I saw him and I recognised him right away since, I used to see him working at Joseph's arcade when I went to town with Michael on Saturday's, so I asked him what he was doing patrolling the place, I even accused him of stalking some woman or the other since during the time when I was waiting for my wife [a notorious shopper] I saw him drive by several times looking around, he laughed and told me that he was actually working since he owned the place and he was inspecting it.
Tony
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Tony,
good hearing from you!
"Bacchanal" survived as well, estimated sustained winds in the marina was about 65 MPH.
The biggest impact to the
Are you in
..all the best,
Howard in
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In a message dated 9/28/2005 12:16:40 AM Central Daylight Time, tandjv@networksgy.com writes:
Sent from the Internet
Cheers Howard,
I was asking Edward Lloyd if he had heard from you and how you fared in the hurricanes with that monster boat of yours?
Glad to hear that you're OK.
Tony
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A newcomer to the List and the Circulars.
From: Attila GYURIS
Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 8:23 PM
Subject: The Abbey School, Trinidad
<<>>>
I was browsing the internet for my old school and I run into your info above at the following website:
http://msbtunapuna.blogspot.com
I would like to be included in any newsletter or information about the ex alumni of the Abbey School.
I was a boarding student there from 1964 to 1969, (Prep "A" to Form V). I was living in
I am living in
My personal email is: gyuris@yahoo.com
Thanks,
Attila GYURIS
(The blog spot was a trial effort by Don Mitchell, but from the response from Alumni, it was stopped. Ed.)
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Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 08:57:38 -0800 (PST)
From: "Attila GYURIS"
Attached is the photo.
Below is a short Bio of myself that I had sent to the website and got returned.
Maybe you can use it also.
Thanks, I have been receiving the circulars.
They are a lot of fun.
Question. Why is the webmaster no longer keeping it up?
Do you know what happened?
All those priceless Photos in the
Cheers,
Attila
(the webmaster just called it quits. Ed.)
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Ladislao Kertesz wrote:
To: gyuris@yahoo.com
Subject: RE: The Abbey School Website...Fwd: failure notice
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 16:39:29 +0000
Dear Attila,
The Web page is a bit obsolete as to email addresses.
The person that did the work is no longer available.
Only the Circular is weekly.
I hope that you are getting it, just in case I am sending you a new one.
At the bottom you can observe the latest email addresses.
For photos use kertesz11@yahoo.com, as this is compatible with yours.
Don is slowly setting up a photo page in yahoo so that all photos can be posted and maybe those that can help can tell me the name of the guys in it.
God bless
Ladislao
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From: Attila GYURIS gyuris@yahoo.com
To: webmaster@theabbeyschool.com
Subject: The Abbey School Website...Fwd: failure notice
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:40:12 -0800 (PST)
I am not sure who to send this to but I just wanted to let you know that the email address posted at the end of several WebPages (Roll Call, Faculty etc) does not work.
The email gets returned. See below.
(i.e.: the following email address: jogncp@winfirst.com does not work.)
I was going to send some old pictures but now I don't know where to send them.
Also the last picture at the bottom of the page on the Class photos webpage does not appear. (Just a little red-x in the corner)
Same in the History Photos page. Two pictures do not display.
Same on the Action Photos page: three photos do not appear.
(I hope that someone can help us in the WEB page but there have been only half hearted efforts. Don Mitchell was right in saying that we should hire a Webmaster. Ed.)
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Here is a short BIO for the
Attached is a recent photo of me and my wife.
Attila N. GYURIS
I attended the
I went though all the grades from Prep “A” to Form V. (I did both Form II and Form III in one year, that’s why the years don’t match).
During my time at MSB I was active in the House of Saint Anthony, in the “Aqualads” swimming Team, and in the Scout Troop.
I was also a drummer in the Abbey Marching Band.
I remember my favourite activity during weekends at MSB was to climb the hill up to the “white stones” or escape into the “bush” behind the Refectory and build a “den”.
I had a pellet gun hidden in the bush with which I had many adventures.
After graduating Form V in 1969 I returned home to
That took me a whole year in the Liceo San Jose in
After graduating a second time from this
I graduated as a Chemical Engineer in 1977.
Then I emigrated to the
During all this time I also attended
After finishing my MBA, a Venezuelan oil company head hunter found me and gave me an offer I couldn’t refuse, so I returned to Venezuela then transferred to New York to work as a Project Engineer for Shell-Maraven for a little while (2 years) but didn’t like it.
My true calling was in aviation.
I resigned for good in 1982 and embarked on my aviation pilot career.
Along the years I have worked as a commercial pilot for several companies, among them Petroleum Helicopters in the Gulf and USAir out of NY.
In 1986 I got hired by the US Federal Government as a Law-Enforcement Officer / Agent.
At present I have been working for the last 20 years as a Federal Agent-Pilot for US Customs (Treasury Dept.), and recently got transferred to the new US Dept of Homeland Security as an Air Interdiction Agent – Pilot at a grade equivalent to Lt. Colonel.
Currently I fly 4 aircraft types: the C-550 Citation, B-200 King Air, the AS350 Astar and the UH60 Blackhawk.
I will be eligible for my 20-year federal full service retirement next year (2006), then I will probably look for other pilot adventures in the private sector.
I am happily married to Susy (she is from
My long-standing hobbies include sport skydiving, scuba-diving and long distance motorcycle touring.
I have finished the LA Marathon once (4.2 hours), never again!
I live in
My ph: is 951-780-4197. My email address: gyuris@yahoo.com.
Thanks to this wonderful internet, it’s great to be able to reconnect with all my old friends at the Mount.
I have several old b&w photos of my years at MSB.
I will email them as soon as I scan them and label them.
(Please send them, for resending. Ed.)
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From: Attila GYURIS
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 7:09AM
Subject: Hi Ladislao
Dear Laszlo,
Thank you for sending me the circulars. I am enjoying them a lot. .
If I remember correctly, you visited the
I think we met then.
You asked me what I wanted from town, and you bought me a bottle of ketchup.
I will never forget that.
Thanks.
I also remember that you were involved in building balsa-wood model airplanes, true?
I was a small boy in "Prep A" at the time, you had already graduated.
I graduated Form V in summer 1969.
I have several class pictures and also some pictures of the
They were taken by the Mount photographer, Fr. Benedict (woosh), if I remember correctly.
Would you like me to scan them and send them to you?
I see that your email address is Kaviation?
Are you working in aviation?.
I was formerly an airline pilot flying for US Air.
Now I am working (for the last 20 years) for the US Homeland Security Dept. as a Federal Agent / Pilot both in Helicopters and fixed wing.
Cheers,
Attila Gyuris
(Kaviacion makes airport lighting systems. Ed.)
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REMEMBER TO PAY YOUR DUE, 50 WORDS PER YEAR, OR SEND A CHECK ANY
Ladislao Kertesz
Apartado 69072
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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Photos: Susy and Gyuris, Don Mitchell Portrait,
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