22 June 2013

Circular No 607


 


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

Caracas, 22 June 2013 No. 607
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Dear Friends,
Our calypso guy, The Bandit, during his last Carnival Cruise.
Karaoke singing.
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From
Yes Don, I do agree, let us do what we do, because we love doing it.
Blessings to you all........
Kaz
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On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 6:45 PM,
Don Mitchell <idmitch@anguillanet.com> wrote:
Hi, Nigel,
I just read your email on Ladislao’s Circular No 594 about perhaps only doing a database for the interested and voluble. 
Please don’t even think of it. 
In my view, the value of the database lies in its objectivity, its lack of connection with any particular sub-group, its all-encompassing nature, its historical value as a total record.
When you and I are dead and gone, let others cut it up and use bits of it for their own minority interests. 
Like the worms do to our mortal remains!
Sincerely,
Don
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From Glen:
AWAKEN KNIGHT. 
The Universal Mind, is not only intelligence, but it is substance, and this substance is the attractive force which brings electrons together by the law of attraction so they form atoms, the atoms in turn are brought together by the same law and form molecules, molecules take objective forms and so we find that the law is the creative force behind every manifestation, not only of atoms, but of worlds, of the Universe, or everything of which the imagination can form any conception.
You have just entered the Time Zone - 1942- 1985 - Mt.St.Benedict, Abbey School, Tunapuna, Trinidad W.I. (This is a Private Site, Alumni only).
ABBEY- OLD BOYS=WELCOME= TO =THE CLUB....Jan=2010...MI AMIGOS....
TALES OF THE KNIGHTS OF WHITE-STONES, FROM THE BOOK THE KING OF HEARTS.
Letters from The Past Leaders - (Circle#58)
The year 1958, the 4th year and last year, of this leader of the Knights on the mount, His-Story. 
My dear brothers, it has been a hard 4 years, we have toiled well, in our labours on the bunker, and the safe keeping of the chest.
I know I have to give a last speech, that will be written into the book,
The King of Hearts, I have learned so much in these few years, and it would take a long time to tell it all, so I will pass this on to you, what I think express, most of us, this I attained while meditating, on our sacred, secret spot, we call White Stones, high up on the mountain of Tabor, in our secret meetings, circled around the meaning of life.
Today we are just beginning to emerge from the repression and superstition that have limited human thought for over a thousand years.
The concept of freedom, for example, is cherished by all and many even believe that because they enjoy a certain freedom of action they are truly free.
Yet many of the ancient inhibitions are still with us, confining most men´s minds more rigidly than prison bars and chains, depriving them of attaining their desires. It is high time we all grew up.
We all possess gifts of the spirit as St. Paul described them.
When we begin to regard these gifts for what they actually are, human abilities that need but to be encouraged,
we will find ourselves on the threshold of a new, richer and more exciting life.
It will lead you to become a greater and better human being, my brothers it is time I too must leave the Mount, but we know, we will meet again, should all go well, after the great year 2000.
May you all strive to and achieve your hearts desires, in my earnest wish for you all. For the younger Knights I leave this message. 
It’s not your job to change the world, or the people around you.
It’s your job to go with the flow inside of the Universe and to celebrate it inside the world that exists, our Castle on earth.
Soul Rapport and How it works.
Soul rapport is the third general telepathy classification.
This exists to a greater or lesser degree between all individuals.
As each person achieves a greater refinement and leads a more spiritual life, he gradually becomes more aware of his fellowmen.
As you train yourself to use psychic energy and employ ever greater surges of this remarkable gift, you will find that spiritual awareness shows a corresponding improvement.
You will become more and more cognizant of all that goes on about you, not only the thoughts and emotions of the people who are close to you, but also the stirring of life in the trees, bushes and flowers, the feelings and intentions of animals, and the great Cosmic calls of wind and rain and tempest.
This is the highest human form of telepathy, that of the awakened soul, with this knowledge, I became aware of the truth of the world and myself.
This is the best time to have ever been alive in history, it’s the first time we have ever had the power to gain knowledge at our fingertips, living on this mountain of peace and the powers that lie in that chest.
We have the ability to tap into this unlimited supply through our thoughts and feelings and bring it into our experience. 
Almost one hundred years ago, without the benefit of all the scientific discoveries of the last hundred years, a chosen few knew how the Universe operated, and please ask our good Dr.Vooosh, Our Father of Science.
If you think you are this, meat suit running around, think again.
You are a spiritual being! 
You are an energy field, operating in a larger energy field.
We call it the Realm.
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From Nigel Boos
Alan Walker has died on May 5th, 2013
Gentlemen,
I've just got news that Alan Walker died on May 5th. Please keep him in your prayers. 
May he rest in peace.
Nigel
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From: Alan Walker <lilfurniture@yahoo.com>
Date: 21 May, 2013 9:08:55 PM EDT
Alan Walker passed away on 5th May 2013.
He will be dearly missed by his wife, children, and grandchildren.
We will check his email intermittently to see if any urgent messages arrive.
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7:14 AM May 22
From Nigel Boos
Donald McIntyre - who left MSB in/about 1949
Ian,
I seem to be getting some wires crossed, and I apologize. 
Please tell me - were you ever a student at Mt. St. Benedict yourself?
If so, would you please let me know the years during which you were there?
And finally, are you related to Don MacIntyre?
Thanks.
Nigel Boos
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On 2013-05-19, at 9:06 AM, IAN MACINTYRE wrote:
Can't help now as I am about to leave the house for a while.
Why not contact him directly?
His address is donmacintyre@flowtrinidad.net.
Good luck
Ian
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From: Nigel Boos <nigelboos@yahoo.ca>
Sent: Sunday, 19 May 2013, 13:03
Subject: Donald McIntyre - who left MSB in/about 1949
OK, you OOOOOLLLLDDD guys (I mean really old guys),
I'm looking for some info on Donald McIntyre, and I'm wondering whether anyone can enlighten me.
This, of course, is merely to update our MSB dataBase.
Any help in this direction would be appreciated.
Thanks…
Nigel Boos
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From Nigel Boos
Hello Ian,
Thank you very much for your interesting input.
I've been trying to get in contact with the Old Boys of Mt. St. Benedict for a long time now, and suddenly, out of the blue, as a result of my question re. Donald, I get, not one, but TWO new email addresses - yours and Donald's.
I'm particularly intrigued by the fact that you have written to me, since, only last night, I'd heard from some of "the oldies" (as Arthur Knaggs calls your bunch) indicating that you had died and gone to the great oilfields of heaven, and I so announced to everyone, asking for prayers for your soul.
The prayers seem to have worked, though, because, here you are today, hale and hearty, a wonderful tale of resurrection.
So, welcome back to the Land of the Living. I hope you aren't disappointed in how we've managed since you left us. In the meantime, how about dropping me a line, when you get a chance? 50 words - no more . . . . .  just to tell us where you are, what you've done with your life, and (hopefully) to send us a nice photograph of yourself.
Hallelujah!
Nigel Boos
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Date: 21 May, 2013 8:56:23 AM EDT
Hi Nigel,
Not sure why you would want a recent photo of any of us in our old age! 
If I had to choose between this one attached or the one on the Circular of me in 1960 aged 14, guess which one I would prefer my school friends from 50 years ago to remember me by :-)
Keep well.
Don
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A short answer to all--I am from the old boys at the beginning of the school--1944 to 1953.
I am 77yrs of age, you have no idea the pleasure reading the news letters brings me.
Like the latest story from George-and the knight's stories from glen.
I personally wish more old boys would express their feelings and thoughts and experiences as they saw  it in their time.
There honesty is invigorating (how silly young boys are-the excitement to touch a girl hand or leg blows the mind) special thanks to Ladislao and Nigel for doing a tremendous job over so many years—
Yes, and thanks to Kazim and all the new guys for getting involved and adding websites ect-ect.
Peace,-love and God’s blessings to all of you.
"BANDIT"
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Ladislao Kertesz at kertesz11@yahoo.com,
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Photos:
64IF0001FBVGRP, Dinner in Caracas.
80UN0001FBEKMA, Abbot Bernard and Kitty Marcus
13SC0002SCOGRP, Latest trip by Salvador Coscarart.
YEARUN0001, Bunch of unknowns

15 June 2013

Circular No 606






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

Caracas, 15 June 2013 No. 606
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Dear Friends,
Here is something to digest.
From the following articles I conclude that Mr. Yip Chuck and Mr. Chow Fat had similar characteristics, being small, thin, chain smokers and ping pong players.
I am adding the following information:
Mr. Yip Chuck lived (1960) in the house at the second bend of the road from the guest house down to the fields, we passed this house that still exist I am including a photo. I did it every day.
My Add Math teacher was Fr. Paul. I graduated in December 1960.
But I really do not recall the Chemistry or Biology teacher, either or both could have been “Mr. Yip Chuck”
Mrs. Kitty Marcus was in charge of the diatetics at the kitchen, but could have taught Chemistry?
Fr. Benedict was in charge of the in class room experiments at the study hall (Form I).
Sad to say that there no photo of Chow Fat.
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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:58:37 -0800 (PST)
From: "Attila GYURIS" <gyuris@yahoo.com>  
Subject: Re: SOS Mayday from Ladislao Kertesz requesting any currently available update on Mr. Yip Chuck 
It occurs to me that maybe "Specs" in TT can try to find out for us.
He seems to be one of the most connected with the Mount right now.
Maybe he could ask around next time he visits there? 
Maybe Fr. Cuthbert knows?
Just a thought.
Attila Gyuris
MSB 1964-1969
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Lindsay John Moffat <l.john@hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
Wow, great to make contact...
Yes I remember Mr. Chow Fat very well.
Your description is accurate.
I also remember him as a good teacher who could control the class with a focused look silence and more than a few throbbing of the muscles of his cheekbones!
Algebra was not by best subject but Biology was and it was taught by Mr. Yip Chock who was my favourite teacher of all.
In fact the Chinese teachers there were the best.
Will never forget them and by strange coincidence was recently thinking of them with affection and wondering what happened to them and indeed if they were still alive.
I can't remember the frogs legs jumping and I never learned to spell!
Wondering who I am?
Though under the artistic name of Lindsay John now my full name:
Lindsay John Moffat. Now living in Glasgow, Scotland, UK and am a Fine Artist and Lecturer
Wonder how this got through to me?? Always glad to hear from 'Mountainsiders' after all this time.
Keep in touch and regards to all.
Lindsay
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Alrighty then, so we agree that:  
Yip Chuck: Biology
Chow Fat: Physics, Math, and Add Math
Kitty Marcus: Chemistry 
When I was in From IV and V, if you took Biology with Yip Chuck you couldn't take Physics with Chow Fat and vice versa.
There was no way you could take your GCE in all three sciences at the same time.
The choices were either: 
1) Chemistry and Biology or,  
2) Chemistry and Physics. 
You couldn't take Physics AND Biology because they were taught during the same time.
That's finally settled.
Now let's try to track down the two Chinese teachers.
Attila Gyuris
MSB 1964-1969 
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Happy new year for all of you,
I do remember Miss Kitty Chemistry, no question, and Mr. Chow in Advanced Math, but Mr. Yip I have no idea.
Do you remember ?
Alfredo.
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Andres Larsen <
andres_larsen@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hello everybody,
I just received this request below from Ladislao Kertesz, asking for any currently available update on Mr. Yip Chuck.
Best regards
Andrés Larsen
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ladislao kertesz <
kertesz12@yahoo.com> wrote:
Dear Andres,
And what about Yip Chuck??
God Bless
Ladislao
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Hello Andrés,
I am scratching my memories and I did get lessons from a Chinese teacher, indeed his name could be Mr. Chow Fat, which was in the classroom below the small chapel later Prep-dormitories behind the chemistry laboratory.
I got chemistry from Mrs. Kitty Marcus and she made us do experiments in that laboratory.
What I remember of Mr. Chow Fat is that he was a science man in mathematics, differentials, numeric analyses, imaginary calculus, bolean mathematics.
During lessons he would refer to that, as we would have it maybe one day.
So I think he was our mathematics teacher.
I didn't get a full year lessons from him, for some reason we had to go to a different class and we got another teacher.
It looks like you were a murderous class of students, killing frogs in class, yikes, if I get chills from an animal it is a frog.
In this era of John F. Kennedy and Gemini an Apollo and moon travelling Mr. Chow Fat would refer to us about another kind of mathematics in which all lines are curved and you would have to do all mathematics over again.
He could tell about it in such a way that it impressed us so much that we took notes of it.
Something to keep in mind for future studies.
Greetings from Jan Koenraadt
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Attila GYURIS <
gyuris@yahoo.com> wrote:
If I remember correctly, the skinny, chain-smoking, ping-pong playing Mr. Chow Fat was my Physics, Ordinary Math and Advanced Math class teacher in both Form IV and Form V. 
I thought he was the best teacher of the bunch.
He was allergic to chalk dust and he constantly had to go to the infirmary to see the nurse for treatment.
One time he even had to use latex gloves to teach the class. 
Somewhere in the MSB box I still have a copy of a letter of recommendation from him for my university applications.
Miss Kitty Marcus was our Chemistry teacher in both form IV and form V.
Attila
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Achong <
hanlan@pathcom.com> wrote:
Hi everyone ....
Andres: I believe Mr. Chow Fat was in the Chemistry class, though I may be wrong.
Also recall one of the Fathers in our science class doing the experiment with the headless bull frog suspended by a spring and jumping when electricity was applied.
Was it Fr. Voosh?
See if we could get some help here....
Regards, Stan
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From: Andres Larsen
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2006 11:18 AM
Subject: Mr. Chow Fat
Hello Stanley and Jan:
A few questions on Mr. Chow Fat:
Was he our Biology or Chemistry teacher ?
If I remember correctly he was an excellent ping pong player but also a chain smoker.
If someone would curse in class, or speak when not spoken to, he would say something like:
Go wash out your mouth with soap and water.
Was it in his Biology class that we used to make headless toads jump with electric jolts and was it there that we drowned stray cats in order to make arrow quivers out of their furry skins ?
I remember there was a time when we all had this craze with bows and arrows.
Regards
Andrés Larsen
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Achong <
hanlan@pathcom.com> wrote:
Forgot to give you my address
Stanley & Judy Achong
45 Supino Crescent
Brampton, Ontario
Canada L4L3T4
Home: 905-790-0101
Bus: 905-264-7278
Toll free North America: Bus 866-264-7278
E-mail: hanlan@pathcom.com
Skype: Stanley Achong
Regards, Stan
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MSB DataBase Update - as of May 19, 2013
Thanks, Esmond.
That's proof positive, if I ever needed it.
Please understand the way the dates as given on our MSBOB dataBase have been "determined".
The fault is entirely mine.
I have no way of knowing when everyone had left the Abbey School, since it's hard enough to get any kind of feedback from the fellas.
So, I had decided long ago to take a good guess as to when one or other OB might have left the school, publish it, and hopefully, get someone (like you've now done) stirred up to help me to correct it.
So, to be quite honest, I sincerely appreciate your intervention and input, to try to get Brian's dates straightened out.
So, where has this now brought us to?
Well, I've adjusted Brian's last year at MSB as 1959, and I'm guessing that he left in Form 3, finishing his secondary education at Douay in 1962.
BUT, here's the bonus. I see from the Douay list that you also were there from 1959-1963, and therefore, i guess that you might have been a year behind Brian.
If I'm wrong, do correct me again, but I wonder whether you left the Mount when you had completed Form 2.
In any case, this has given us a chance to communicate and I appreciate it.
Keep in touch.
Nigel
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On 2013-05-26, at 9:23 AM, Esmond Lange wrote:
Nigel,
Here is the listing of Douai (http://www.douaiabbey.org.uk/HistSchool.pdf) and it confirms Brian from 1959-1962...
Esmond Lange
319 Riverton Drive,  
Shelley, WA 6148
Mobile: +61414711082
Phone & Fax: +61894579570 
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On 26/05/2013, at 9:12 PM, Esmond Lange <esfran@poppie.com.au> wrote:
Nigel,
If you revert to my original email you will see I indicated both the school and dates I was in England and I am pretty certain Brian was there with me for the full time....
If I am wrong then it would, at most have been 1960 when he came to Douai as he and I were on the swimming team together and Lange and Lewis are two names that come very close on the roll!!!
Cheers,
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On 26/05/2013, at 9:03 PM, Nigel Boos <nigelboos@eagles-wings.ca> wrote:
Brian,
With all due respect, I seem to recall that you are a little younger than I, and I also remember that you war an excellent swimmer, a sprinter if my memory is correct, and that you were a year of two behind me.
But then I left MSB and lost touch, and I wonder about 2 things.
1.         How old are you? I am now 69 and will turn 70 in October.
2.         When you left MSB, what form were you in, and where did you then go to school?
I'm trying to solve this puzzle.
Nigel
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On 2013-05-22, at 10:54 PM, Brian Lewis wrote:
Esmond may well be correct as I have never taken an interest in dates so please make the correction.
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On May 21, 2013, at 10:35 PM,
Nigel Boos <nigelboos@eagles-wings.ca> wrote:
Thanks, Esmond, for the observation. Let's ask Brian to comment / clarify for us.
Hope you're keeping well.
Best wishes.
Nigel
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On 2013-05-21, at 10:27 PM, Esmond Lange wrote:
Nigel
I was browsing through this very large spread sheet (boy you must have spent many, many hours on it) and in the interest of accuracy, I believe Brian Lewis left MSB before the year stated.
We both started at Douai in England in 1959 consequently his entry (below) as 62 cannot be correct, but you best check with him.....
Best regards,
Esmond
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Ladislao Kertesz at kertesz11@yahoo.com,
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Photos:
09LK0100EDIMSB, the teacher´s house on the downhill path to the sports field.
60LK0001LKEMAR, Ladislao Kertesz and Kitty Marcus near the kitchen.
60LK0001FPETAS, Fr. Paul, the only photo that I have.
62LK0001FBUGRP, Fr. Bernard, Ladislao Kertesz and Mr. Yip Chuck