Circular No 838

Newsletter for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.

Caracas, 25 of November 2017 No. 838

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Dear Friends,

Here is the list of songs that won throughout the years while the school remained open.

·  1942 - 45 No Carnival – War

·  1946 No Competition

·  1947 Pharaoh King Pharaoh

·  1948 Melody Canaan Barrow

·  1949 Wonder Ramgoat Baptism

·  1950 Killer In a Calabash

·  1951 Terror Tiny Davis

·  1952 Spit Fire Post Post

·  1953 Spit Fire Bow Wow Wow

·  1954 Blakie Steel Band Clash

·  1955 Happy Wonderer North American Ballad

·  1956 Sparrow Jean and Dinah

·  1957 Valerie North American Ballad

·  1958 Sparrow Pay As You Earn

·  1959 Sparrow Mae Mae

·  1960 Sparrow Royal Jail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVdocTev65A,

·  1961 Sparrow Royal

·  1962 Blakie Maria

·  1963 Kitchener The Road

·  1964 Kitchener This Is Mas

·  1965 Kitchener My Pussin

·  1966 Sparrow Obeah Wedding

·  1967 Kitchener Sixty Seven

·  1968 Kitchener Miss Tourist

·  1969 Sparrow Sa Sa Ya

·  1970 Kitchener Margie

·  1971 Kitchener Madison Square

·  1972 Sparrow Drunk and Disorderly

·  1973 Kitchener Rainorama

·  1974 Shadow Bass Man

·  1975 Kitchener Tribute to Winston Spree

·  1976 Kitchener Flag Woman

·  1977 Calypso Rose Tempo

·  1978 Calypso Rose Soca Jam

·  1979 Poser Smoke Ah Watty

·  1980 Blue Boy Soca Baptist

·  1981 Blue Boy Ethel

·  1982 Penguin Deputy Essential

·  1983 Blue Boy Rebecca

·  1984 Sparrow Doh Back Back

·  1985 Crazy Soucoyant

(A list that you may use to find out your graduation date !!!!, ed.)

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Sun, 6 Feb 2005 10:18:54 -0800 (PST)

"Stuart Monplaisir" <stumon@yahoo.com> 

Moffats in St. Lucia

Ladislao

Yes there were Moffats in St. Lucia but I was not close to them and have no information on them.  Perhaps either Richard Johnson johnsonr@canw.lc or his brother Bernard would have more info. 

They both still reside in St. Lucia.

Stu

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Dear Stu

Were the Moffats from St. Lucia???

if so: Were they Andrew, Linsay and Nigel??

Would you know their whereabouts?

Nigel wrote that he was displeased with MSB! One of a bunch!

God Bless

Ladislao

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From:  Stuart Monplaisir

Date:   2/21/2005 1:02:20 PM

Yes, I got a list from him of the ones he wanted and I sent him 10 and asked him to check if they came across OK including the pictures.

He was off island for a while but I heard from him this morning,

Monday, and he said that they were OK so I will send the rest there are about 50 more to go.

Stu

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laci kertesz wrote:

Dear Stu

I hope you got in contact with Boxhead and sent him the needed Circulars.

I do not need them, but also I do not collect them.

I can always reconstruct an old one but I am also cleaning out the Inbox of old ones.

God Bless

LAdislao

Original Message-------------------------------------------------.

From: Stuart Monplaisir
Sent: 2/15/2005 4:57:27 PM

I have numbers beginning with 44 through 119 in Eudora.

I am not sure if I have all of them but I can forward them if you will supply me with an email address.

I am not sure if the pictures will be there because I have been cleaning my disk and those circulars were on the list to get deleted.

After I send them I will delete them unless you have a need for them.

Stu

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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2005 13:16:31 -0800 (PST)

From: "Stuart Monplaisir" <stumon@yahoo.com>

Ladislao

I have sent all the circulars that I had to Don and I received confirmation from him that they all transmitted correctly.  Out of the ones he requested I did not have numbers 72-83 and number 98.

Maybe you or someone else has them.

Stu

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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 06:21:13 -0800 (PST)

From: "Stuart Monplaisir" <stumon@yahoo.com>  

Subject: Dues

Ladislao

You need an address in the newsletter where someone can send a check and a suggested amount for the check. 

I don't have very many stories that I remember but would be more than happy to support your efforts. 

You put in a lot of time and I am sure there are costs. 

I know that my Yahoo account costs me $20/year since I have Mail Plus. 

I don't know what you have but there is also icq and I got a message from Hotmail yesterday that seems to suggest that they will be going the same way as Yahoo as far as downloading and costs.

Looking for an address

Have a great weekend

Stu

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Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 11:54:47 -0800 (PST)

From: "Stuart Monplaisir" <stumon@yahoo.com>

Subject: Dues

REMEMBER TO PAY YOUR DUES, 50 WORDS PER YEAR, OR SEND A CHECK preferably from any U.S. Bank, for those that prefer this way to cooperate with the Circular and the expense that this generates. It is 52 issues.

Ladislao

Or how about both?

Still need a street address or a post office box address to send the check to.

Stu

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THIS LAST EMAIL MIGHT SEEM TO BE EXTEMPORE, BEFORE IT WAS TO CONTROL THE COSTS OF THE CIRCULAR; BUT NOW IT IS A REAL LIFE ANGISH FOR THOSE THAT ARE LIVING IN VENEZUELA.

I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THOSE OLD BOYS THAT ARE WILLING TO DONATE AND HELP TO KEEP THE CIRCULAR GOING.

THE SITUATION IN VENEZUELA HAS BECOME DRAMATIC AND THERE IS LITTLE HIGH PROTEIN FOOD AVAILABLE.

The contact information is in Miami, Florida from where there is a door to door service to Caracas. The person is called Ernesto Torres and is part of my family, who has left for the U.S. at the beginning of the year. He can give you information on the logistics and how the donation is converted to food items and sent to my address.

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Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2005 16:13:10 -0800 (PST)

From: "Stuart Monplaisir" <stumon@yahoo.com> 

Subject: Re: Queen Scout

I will have to think about it. 

I don't remember much other than the requirements for one badge that required us to camp out one night and navigate our way back to a pickup point while mapping our route. 

That one I remembered and I wrote about it in an earlier circular. 

Other than the odd episode that for some reason stuck in my mind the memories from 50 years ago tend to be somewhat sparse. 

They are probably still there but need to be stirred a bit to bring them to the surface.

I believe Roberto Lipavsky (sp) was the leader of our group and at this moment I have even forgotten what a group was called.  

Fr. Ildefonse was the scout master and I am sure there were exams as you mastered the various requirements for each badge. 

They were mostly oral and demonstrations that you had achieved some level of competence in subjects such as knot tying. 

Fr. Ildefonse was no pushover and there was always a certain amount of underlying fear that you would not meet his standards. 

Unpleasant at the time but it made you work harder to achieve the goal, so ultimately beneficial.

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lazslo kertesz <kertesz11@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Stu

Now the hard question:

How did you earn it?

Was it hard work??  Or, it was easy??

I presume that was an exam? Or, exams?

God bless,

Ladislao

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Stuart Monplaisir <stumon@yahoo.com> wrote:

Ladislao –

You can add one more Queen Scout to your list

Stu Monplaisir

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Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 10:43:11 -0700 (PDT)

From: "Stuart Monplaisir" <stumon@yahoo.com>

Ladislao,

I asked my sister and she had no idea if Mr. Modeste attended MSB. 

I have forwarded the email to Richard Johnson and asked him to email you directly if he knows the answer. 

Let me know if he knows. 

I tried to find and email address for Mr. Modeste but Cable & Wireless which provides emails in St. Lucia no longer list their customers email addresses on their web site.

Stu

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lazslo kertesz <kertesz11@yahoo.com> wrote:

Dear Stu

I have in the list a George Modeste that went to the school.

Could this be the same as an assistant police from St. Lucia???

He appears in internet search.

God Bless

Ladislao

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Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:52:11 -0800 (PST)

From: "Stuart Monplaisir" <stumon@yahoo.com>  

Subject: Seasons Greetings

Ladislao 

Here’s wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a healthy and prosperous 2006

Stu Monplaisir

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CV of Peter Sammy

Gifted musician. Electrical Engineer.

For those of you who do not know me, I am Peter Sammy, the Treasurer of the ASAA.

I was given the position I think maybe by default as I was probably the one who was least trusted to do wrong with our collected monies.

Such is the nature of Abbey Boys.

I try not to comment on any issues which arise between us, and yet I enjoy reading all of the contributions.

Like most I do not fully understand what the motives behind refusing permission are, frankly I do not care.

I like most others say with a clear heart that I owe who I am today to my father, my mother and to the years that I spent at the Abbey School.

In fact my entire youth and adult life have been spent within 4km of the Mount.

No one beside we who were there know the impact that monks like Fr. Cuthbert had on creating in us who we are today.

For my sense of duty, and whatever honesty there is in my actions I owe a great part to the Mount experience.

Over the years, the bad experiences have faded and the good have taken a life of their own as they have grown in my mind over the years.

This is why I take personally the events which have overtaken us and I am truly am brought close to the words of Luke 10, 10-12.

That is all.  

Peter Sammy 

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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:08UN1656SPECKN, Sammy Peter and Christopher Knowles

14LK1958FBPBA, Paul de la Bastide

13LK0749FBSCOGRP, Salvador Coscarart and UNKNOWN

09SC0012SCOTAMPA, Salvador Coscarart, Antonio Zanella, Sarkis Farchak