Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I. Caracas, 11 of January 2003. Circular No. 62
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Dear Friends,
For those that are new to these Circulars please look us up at http://www.theabbeyschool.com, an all class msb web site. I am sure you would like to see a large quantity of photos and articles.
This week I am going to let others take over, so a couple of lines from Dr. George Laquis.
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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:41:53
Dear Ladislao,
Abraham Laquis is my older brother. He left MSB in Form 3 to run the family business and is extremely successful.
My younger brother, Joseph Laquis, did not attend MSB but St. Mary's College in Port of Spain. He is also a Physician.
I attended MSB and graduated in 1959. I am a physician and practiced in Florida, USA until my "Heart Attack" in 1996 - secondary to being allowed to smoke in MSB at age 13. I am now retired and involved in different charities in Trinidad and Tobago.
Anthony Sabga - "Bulldog" - is now known as Antoine Sabga. He left in 1959 without graduating but got into University of Ottawa in Canada, became a Certified Chartered Accountant, and owns an extremely successful construction business in Florida called Trinity Construction Corp.
We are married to two sisters i.e. we are brothers-in-law. Richard Galt lives in the same city (Coral Springs) as did I until 1996.
Richard is considered the most successful State Farm insurance agent in the entire USA.
Dr. Ronald Charles is a G.P. in Trinidad. I see him from time to time. His daughter recently opened her own medical practice in Trinidad.
God Bless
George (Pud)
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Subject: Class of '59
Ladislao,
It was good to hear from you but I am still trying to put a face to the name. I have a very vague image in my mind.
The photo you sent me is indeed part of the Class of 1959. It was taken one week after graduation at the end of a retreat conducted by Fr. Peter Nicholson (#13) from St. Mary's College who, incidentally, now suffers from severe Alzheimer's Disease. I remember this photo well and the exact spot where it was taken. Missing from the photo are Dr. David Ames, Richard Galt, Randall Galt, which brings the total to 12 pupils.
God Bless
George (Pud)
(Flags@tstt.net.tt)
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From the above statements, the photo of Class 1959 is nearly complete, thank you for those that helped in identifying their classmates.
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Remember, those with check books, it is 2003!!!. Those who do not write checks, no problem, cash is accepted everywhere and the date is not a matter of importance except those going to or in Europe. Those with no cash in/out of the bank should not bother with the above warning.
Just as I did last year I am going to try to recall one of the yearly events that happened at the Mount, I recall the large grasshoppers that arrived in the evening during January every year; these were green with orange coloured, size of a hand. We used to kick them once they settled on the ground and run to avoid being jumped. I always found them rather disgusting because you never knew where they would land. There were those that would try to hold them by the hind legs (Goddards?) and in the process get cut with the sharp leg barbs. It is interesting that they would arrive by nightfall and next day they would disappear, I suppose they looked for
the lights. The invasion lasted about three days.
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Dear Friends,
For those that are new to these Circulars please look us up at http://www.theabbeyschool.com, an all class msb web site. I am sure you would like to see a large quantity of photos and articles.
This week I am going to let others take over, so a couple of lines from Dr. George Laquis.
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Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 13:41:53
Dear Ladislao,
Abraham Laquis is my older brother. He left MSB in Form 3 to run the family business and is extremely successful.
My younger brother, Joseph Laquis, did not attend MSB but St. Mary's College in Port of Spain. He is also a Physician.
I attended MSB and graduated in 1959. I am a physician and practiced in Florida, USA until my "Heart Attack" in 1996 - secondary to being allowed to smoke in MSB at age 13. I am now retired and involved in different charities in Trinidad and Tobago.
Anthony Sabga - "Bulldog" - is now known as Antoine Sabga. He left in 1959 without graduating but got into University of Ottawa in Canada, became a Certified Chartered Accountant, and owns an extremely successful construction business in Florida called Trinity Construction Corp.
We are married to two sisters i.e. we are brothers-in-law. Richard Galt lives in the same city (Coral Springs) as did I until 1996.
Richard is considered the most successful State Farm insurance agent in the entire USA.
Dr. Ronald Charles is a G.P. in Trinidad. I see him from time to time. His daughter recently opened her own medical practice in Trinidad.
God Bless
George (Pud)
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Subject: Class of '59
Ladislao,
It was good to hear from you but I am still trying to put a face to the name. I have a very vague image in my mind.
The photo you sent me is indeed part of the Class of 1959. It was taken one week after graduation at the end of a retreat conducted by Fr. Peter Nicholson (#13) from St. Mary's College who, incidentally, now suffers from severe Alzheimer's Disease. I remember this photo well and the exact spot where it was taken. Missing from the photo are Dr. David Ames, Richard Galt, Randall Galt, which brings the total to 12 pupils.
God Bless
George (Pud)
(Flags@tstt.net.tt)
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From the above statements, the photo of Class 1959 is nearly complete, thank you for those that helped in identifying their classmates.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Remember, those with check books, it is 2003!!!. Those who do not write checks, no problem, cash is accepted everywhere and the date is not a matter of importance except those going to or in Europe. Those with no cash in/out of the bank should not bother with the above warning.
Just as I did last year I am going to try to recall one of the yearly events that happened at the Mount, I recall the large grasshoppers that arrived in the evening during January every year; these were green with orange coloured, size of a hand. We used to kick them once they settled on the ground and run to avoid being jumped. I always found them rather disgusting because you never knew where they would land. There were those that would try to hold them by the hind legs (Goddards?) and in the process get cut with the sharp leg barbs. It is interesting that they would arrive by nightfall and next day they would disappear, I suppose they looked for
the lights. The invasion lasted about three days.
Maybe someone else has observed these creatures and would confirm???
In my last Circular I included my Terminal Report of December 1955, and from your answers, no one had a better one!!! Now I am including the Receipts for that period, maybe this would satisfy those that wanted to know the cost of tuition at the most expensive school of the island. The Receipt consisted of three pieces of paper, so here they are. In those days the USD was 4.00 Bolivars to the USD and 2.00 Bolivars to the TT dollar. So doing calculus, Fr. Paul would have been proud, the TT Dollar was 2.00 to the USD.
God Bless
Ladislao
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Listado: C62.xls
Photos: DSC00102 msb M Lew (inside main church)
School receipt 1955, 1,2,3,
Column: 021215 wvb turn of the century blues.
Column: 021126 tv Egypt and Venezuela.
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ATTACHMENTS
Listado C62.xls
| Scott, Andrew | roge | |||||||||
| Scott, Larry | stephen | |||||||||
| Scott, Lawrence | Uk??? | (868) 628 0456 (868) 653 1770 | lscott4634@aol.com | (868) 662 8850 | ||||||
| Scott, Michael | Houston | |||||||||
| Scott, Mike | Brazil | |||||||||
| Scott, Nigel | (868) 633 5616 | |||||||||
| Scott, Philip | ||||||||||
| Scott, Quintin | roge | RIP | ||||||||
| Seaforth, Alfredo | glen | YV | ||||||||
| Seheult, Anthony | ||||||||||
| Seheult, Anthony | 1963 | lk | bwia | reservations | sejon@tstt.net.tt, | (868) 632 4243 | ||||
| Seheult, James | Mac | mac.seheult@cpkelco.com, a.seheult@worldnet.att.net, | ||||||||
| Seheult, Peter | ||||||||||
| Sellier, Pat | TT | |||||||||
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