Newsletter
for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 18 of April 2020 No. 963
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Dear Friends,
I have included in this issue some more Whatsapp and Facebook
conversations.
I have noticed that there have been some interesting
exchanges in the social media between groups of Oldboys that pass unrecorded
for posterity.
So now I have been searching for my past contributors
like Glen Mckoy and others who have been posting but with no CC to the
Circular, at Kertesz11@yahoo.com.
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idmitch@anguillanet.com
Sat, Apr 18 at 7:58 PM
Good
for you, Donald.
I
have used Google Earth as well and found it very useful.
Last
April I had to be in London for two days to conclude an international
arbitration I was involved in.
I
was determined not to cheat and take a taxi from Gatwick airport to the hotel.
I
wanted to see how much I remembered about getting around the city.
The
hotel was called the Ned, and I was warned by the lawyer I was going to meet
that it was difficult to find.
Google
Earth made it easy to find.
I
printed out the map and used it to walk everywhere.
I
had originally planned to purchase an A to Z of London, the famous book of
maps.
Not
necessary.
At
the airport, I learned the Gatwick Express train was down.
So,
I took the underground railway to Bank Street where my hotel was located.
The
lawyer’s Chambers where the hearing was to be conducted was nearby.
I
located that on the map too and walked from the hotel to her office the next
morning.
The
following day I left the UK for Anguilla via Toronto where I spent a couple of
days visiting with my sister.
We
are on real serious lockdown here in Anguilla.
Nearby
St Maarten is a lawless land, crawling with tens of thousands of illegal
immigrants.
We
have hired all the speed boats and ferries, and they sail around Anguilla in
shifts watching out for boats trying to come across with Covid-19
refugees.
So
far, we have had only three cases that turned out to be mild, so no real health
problems to date.
School
classes will continue to be held online for the rest of the academic year,
which ends in June.
Some
of the restrictions have begun to loosen.
Law
and insurance offices are now permitted to open as of Monday coming, practicing
physical distancing.
It
is a relatively mild lock down.
No
one has been prosecuted as yet.
We
are still being exhorted to practice safe contacts.
How
is the plague where you live?
Anguilla
is a lovely place to retire.
There
are dozens of fine restaurants, all shut now save for take-aways.
But,
on the other hand, there are no fine arts exhibitions, art galleries, regular
theatre, or other cultural activities.
You
remember what a Caribbean island is like.
Anguilla
you might say is like Gasparee, but with more people.
In
the mornings, I spend a couple of hours digging the ground while Maggie reads
newspapers online.
In
the evenings, Maggie reads while I watch Netflix.
She
has three rooms with books all the way up the walls.
Occasionally,
we have a visitor who stays in our guest shack.
That
permits me to continue guilt-free my invariable sartorial style of walking
around my house with no clothes on!
Occasionally,
I write a commentary for the local media or a free legal opinion for a young
lawyer or ex-client.
My
latest commentary, which you may have seen already for which I apologise, is
here:
One
constructive job is attending monthly meetings of the Anguilla Retired Persons
Association (of which I am the honorary executive secretary) and exhorting the
others to do all the work, while I enjoy the advantages of seniority.
Best,
Don
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From: Donald A Goddard <dgodda1@lsu.edu>
Sent: Saturday,
18 April 2020 17:21
Don;
After
traveling all over your small island with Google, I presume you guys live from
tourism, mostly.
Other
than relaxing all day, taking the ferry to St. Martin on occasion and swimming
over from Windward Point for exercise to Scrub Island,
I
imagine the word stress is not in your vocabulary.
I
just love traveling all over the world with Google earth.
Don
G.
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GEORGE
MICKIEWICZ <amickiew@att.net>
Mon, Apr 20
at 9:56 AM
Y’ALL:
Continue
to pray for your continuing good health and well-fare and that of your family
and friends.
Thanks
for this Circular Extra, Ladislao.
Also,
Muchisimas gracias for posting the campaign related messages.
Hi
Joe & Adolfo:
FYI
- As of today, my family and friends have contributed $2350 to this year’s
campaign.
I
expect to get a few more $$$$ on the 23rd, my 74th birthday……..have
asked my family to contribute to the campaign instead of birthday gifts.
Please
keep me posted on the what, where, who, when & how the distribution will
take place for the effort this year.
Thank
you so such for your continuing and valued leadership in this admirable effort
that both of you created a few years ago.
Hi
Peter ……
you
are looking good…… and ….. very dapper fellow classmate and
brother.
Other
than David Bratt today in Trinidad and Zop RIP, do you know anything about our
other 1962 graduating class buddies?
Here
is me today……suspect that it also represents your current state:
Please
be extra careful and stay healthy, safe and sound,
George
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Whatsapp and Facebook Exchanges
Muchas gracias para este photo mi hermano
Behind Montiel is Aguilera. Left hand of father theo
is Gabriel Baptista (GRINGO). Top row In the middle with red shirt is Frank
Ibarra.
Who's next to Frank Ibarra? Can you tell?
And sitting in front of Baptista next to Manuel
Becerra?
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Mount bread was the best, did you know they sold it to
the public also?
I knew some people that lived in St Augustine that
drove up almost every evening to buy two loaves.
You ever had the sweet bread for tea time?
indeed, as it mostly fresh.
Double yolk eggs was some weird shit..never seen it
anywhere else.
Yes! The sweetbread ... I forgot about the sweetbread.
We need a time machine.
The sweetbread was heavy, all you needed was one and
sweet drink to get you ready for your pool practice.
Frig! I need a slice of SB now with a pine drink.
Fr Odo was in charge of tea time, not much guys showed
up so we can go for seconds sometimes.
You have the munchies?
Drink some warm milk and eat two crix.
I loved the bread at mount also .
It was good and freshly made.
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My Victor Ludorom
I have been wanting to write this for many years and
would like a feed back from the guys that remembered the two years that I was.
I won it for Aquatic and Athletics.
My closest teacher at The Mount was Brother Vincent.
Months before the sports meet in 1972 we would go down
to the field right after lunch and do the mile run a few time before my swim
practice.
I had no idea he was getting me ready for the last
race on sports day which was always won by guys from form 4 or 5.
I won the most medals and points for swimming I think
was the week before,
The day of Athletics I got the most points for running
( all meters) long and high jump.
The mile race took place while I was still doing my
high jump, I ran towards Bro Rupert and asked him why the race was started
without me, he said I already was the Victor Ludorum winner and let the other
guys win some medals...
I was so disappointed since I trained for that race
and knew I would have beat the guys in form 4 and 5.
I remember watching Bernard Julien, Glen Evelyn,
Neville Tenia, Garth Alexander in that race.
I think Bernard won...I won 12 golds,2 silvers and 2
browse that year.
The same time for the medal ceremony, Johnny Garcia
also got a special medal for rescuing two people at sea.
He was awarded a national medal (can't remember the
name).
My Trophy was kept at home for the two years and would
really like to know where it is now.
Scouts had to direct traffic for that day
Remember the synchronised manoeuvres and the
formations of the drum and bugle band, the uniforms that we wore, the drum
major and his mace?
It was a grand show.
U have it on video?
Wish I did. Dr. Ben must have video taped it.
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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:
68LK4310FBLCHGRP, The
photo for the text
56DG0003DGOGRP, Donald
Goddard and group
80LK9938FBAPLWFE,
Aelred Plimmer and wife
59UN0010CLASS1959,
Class 1959 with lots of UNKNOWNS
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