Newsletter for past alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 18 of October 2003. Circular No. 102
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Dear Friends,
Now a splendid article by another Queen´s Scout, the first one was by Nigel Boos, and it appeared in Circular No. 71
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From: "Isaias Farcheg"
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 23:44:11 -0400
My dear good friend Ladislao AND OF COURSE MY OLD GOOD FRIENDS OF PAST YEARS...
You have been asking me to write you my experience as a Scout, precisely as a leader of the Tucans patrol, and also with the merit that I made it as a Queen Scout.
I have to confess after some many years, that in order to acquire this Badge, I had to cheat in my swimming test, since I have always been a very bad swimmer. I still recall that the last test was carried out in the American Base during one of our camping experiences. We were made to carry out about 4 different swimming tests, and for me it was exhausting, since I did not have the perfect coordination between legs and arm, in summary I was a mess swimming, and really made to the finish line by cheating.
My brother Elias, and a few like you and the Fedaks were not Scouts, and I really believe that you all missed a lot.
With Scouting one was able to make plan on the week ends and participate with the different marching parades that we had to assist, and that was a way to show off in front of the girls down in Port of Spain.
The camping days were wonderful, and what made me start this recalling of the memory, was a camping we had in the American Base in 1956. Each Patrol was given a chicken or a duck to cook on a specific day, which Father Ildefonse, our troop leader, assigned. I remember that Roberto Lipavsky belonged to Woodpeckers patrol. We were taught a trick that made the pieces of chicken to be a little brownish, this was to put a slight amount of sugar while frying it. On the day Roberto had to prepare his chicken, he started adding a little tea spoon of sugar, while the piece of the chicken was put to fry. Roberto was not patient enough, and he saw that there was not change in the colour in the pieces of chicken, so his occurrence was to keep adding still more little tea spoons of sugar, and of course, after a few minutes, that seemed like hours, what he ended up in cooking was a sugar syrup with fried pieces of chicken.
Fr. Ildefonse went from patrol to patrol testing the food and of course making notes, which accounted for the final marks in the competition of the best Patrol in the Camp.
We had wonderful ideas in order to keep up with the time that we were allowed during the day. Thus we had to plan the hours dedicated for cooking. One trick we practiced with regards to cooking the potatoes, was that we dug a hole, put the potatoes in, and above it we started the fire, so that the heat of the fire prepared the potatoes at the same time we were cooking with it the chicken, the heat was cooking in a indirect way, our buried potatoes.
We had to make good plans in the handling of the cans of food we were given, and also every one had to participate in the kitchen section.
The initial day was very interesting, because, we had to choose the ground where to settle the tent. In the rainy period we had to be aware of the water drainage, so that we had to be engineers in a way.
Discipline, handling of the time, handling of the food, was the way of getting a lot of points in the competition. We also had to handle the different competition according to the scouting book of Baden Powell (did you all know who was the founder?)
I am sure Lipavsky he still remembers how it was to be a Scouts, to be a troop leader, as did our pledge with the flag and Our Queen.
I took the opportunity of reviewing and recalling with the help of internet, the essence of Scout, and I do believe that we need in the younger generation is the bringing back a lot of the virtues or values, of which humanity as a whole have forgotten...to trustworthy, to be loyal, to be a sincere friend, to be helpful, courteous, kind and obedient, cheerful, thrifty ( ahorrativo para lo que se olvidaron del ingles fino, atencion Lipavsky, quien siempre fue el mejor), brave, clean and reverent.
Scouting still goes on in the world, and I regret I did not have the time to have gotten my children in the Scouting movement here in Venezuela.
LADISLAO, LET ME IN THE FUTURE WRITE A NEW REMEMBERANCE OF THE OLD
DAYS...REMEMBER THAT WE WHO LEFT SCHOOL SINCE 1958, HAVE TO WRITE SLOWLY AND
SURELY, IN ORDER THAT THE CRITICAL ONES AND WHO ARE GOOD IN ENGLISH WILL NOT
CRITICIZE US ( I AM REFERRING TO MANUEL PRADA AND LIPAVSKY).
On My Honour, I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to God and to the Queen,
To help other people
And to keep the Scout Law
Scout Law is:
A Scout is to be trusted.
A Scout is loyal.
A Scout is friendly and considerate. (Helpful)
A Scout belongs to the worldwide family of Scouts. (Friendly).
A Scout has courage in all difficulties.
A Scout makes good use of time and is careful of possessions and property.
A Scout has self-respect and respect for others.
The Scout Motto is:
Be Prepared
A Scout is Trustworthy.
A Scout tells the truth. He is honest, and he keeps his promises. People can depend on him.
A Scout is Loyal.
A Scout is true to his family, friends, Scout leaders, school, and nation.
A Scout is Helpful.
A Scout cares about other people. He willingly volunteers to help others without expecting payment or reward.
A Scout is Friendly.
A Scout is a friend to all. He is a brother to other Scouts. He offers his friendship to people of all races and nations, and respects them even if their beliefs and customs are different from his own.
A Scout is Courteous.
A Scout is polite to everyone regardless of age or position. He knows that using good manners makes it easier for people to get along.
A Scout is Kind.
A Scout knows there is strength in being gentle. He treats others as he wants to be treated. Without good reason, he does not harm or kill any living thing.
A Scout is Obedient.
A Scout follows the rules of his family, school, and troop. He obeys the laws of his community and country. If he thinks these rules and laws are unfair, he tries to have them changed in an orderly manner rather than disobeying them.
A Scout is Cheerful.
A Scout looks for the bright side of life. He cheerfully does tasks that come his way. He tries to make others happy.
A Scout is Thrifty.
A Scout works to pay his own way and to help others. He saves for the future. He protects and conserves natural resources. He carefully uses time and property.
A Scout is Brave.
A Scout can face danger although he is afraid. He has the courage to stand for what he thinks is right even if others laugh at him or threaten him.
A Scout is Clean.
A Scout keeps his body and mind fit and clean. He chooses the company of those who live by high standards. He helps keep his home and community clean.
A Scout is Reverent.
A Scout is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties. He respects the beliefs of others.
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I have two comments, for now we know of two Queen´s Scout patrol leaders, that have mustered enough strength to write on Scouting, and that Isaias has used up all of the space available in the Circular, so until next week.
I am sure that through the years, there were others patrol “ “, but we cannot be sure until we hear from them.
Can anyone of the Scouts, remember the scene that is depicted in the photos that I have included in this Circular???
God Bless
Ladislao
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Listado: C102.xls, Has any one difficulties with this file????
Photo: scouting camp 2 y 3
Wayne Vincent Brown’s column can be seen at www.Jamaicaobserver.com
Column: dbratt –Selling Sickness
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Caracas, 18 of October 2003. Circular No. 102
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Dear Friends,
Now a splendid article by another Queen´s Scout, the first one was by Nigel Boos, and it appeared in Circular No. 71
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From: "Isaias Farcheg"
Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 23:44:11 -0400
My dear good friend Ladislao AND OF COURSE MY OLD GOOD FRIENDS OF PAST YEARS...
You have been asking me to write you my experience as a Scout, precisely as a leader of the Tucans patrol, and also with the merit that I made it as a Queen Scout.
I have to confess after some many years, that in order to acquire this Badge, I had to cheat in my swimming test, since I have always been a very bad swimmer. I still recall that the last test was carried out in the American Base during one of our camping experiences. We were made to carry out about 4 different swimming tests, and for me it was exhausting, since I did not have the perfect coordination between legs and arm, in summary I was a mess swimming, and really made to the finish line by cheating.
My brother Elias, and a few like you and the Fedaks were not Scouts, and I really believe that you all missed a lot.
With Scouting one was able to make plan on the week ends and participate with the different marching parades that we had to assist, and that was a way to show off in front of the girls down in Port of Spain.
The camping days were wonderful, and what made me start this recalling of the memory, was a camping we had in the American Base in 1956. Each Patrol was given a chicken or a duck to cook on a specific day, which Father Ildefonse, our troop leader, assigned. I remember that Roberto Lipavsky belonged to Woodpeckers patrol. We were taught a trick that made the pieces of chicken to be a little brownish, this was to put a slight amount of sugar while frying it. On the day Roberto had to prepare his chicken, he started adding a little tea spoon of sugar, while the piece of the chicken was put to fry. Roberto was not patient enough, and he saw that there was not change in the colour in the pieces of chicken, so his occurrence was to keep adding still more little tea spoons of sugar, and of course, after a few minutes, that seemed like hours, what he ended up in cooking was a sugar syrup with fried pieces of chicken.
Fr. Ildefonse went from patrol to patrol testing the food and of course making notes, which accounted for the final marks in the competition of the best Patrol in the Camp.
We had wonderful ideas in order to keep up with the time that we were allowed during the day. Thus we had to plan the hours dedicated for cooking. One trick we practiced with regards to cooking the potatoes, was that we dug a hole, put the potatoes in, and above it we started the fire, so that the heat of the fire prepared the potatoes at the same time we were cooking with it the chicken, the heat was cooking in a indirect way, our buried potatoes.
We had to make good plans in the handling of the cans of food we were given, and also every one had to participate in the kitchen section.
The initial day was very interesting, because, we had to choose the ground where to settle the tent. In the rainy period we had to be aware of the water drainage, so that we had to be engineers in a way.
Discipline, handling of the time, handling of the food, was the way of getting a lot of points in the competition. We also had to handle the different competition according to the scouting book of Baden Powell (did you all know who was the founder?)
I am sure Lipavsky he still remembers how it was to be a Scouts, to be a troop leader, as did our pledge with the flag and Our Queen.
I took the opportunity of reviewing and recalling with the help of internet, the essence of Scout, and I do believe that we need in the younger generation is the bringing back a lot of the virtues or values, of which humanity as a whole have forgotten...to trustworthy, to be loyal, to be a sincere friend, to be helpful, courteous, kind and obedient, cheerful, thrifty ( ahorrativo para lo que se olvidaron del ingles fino, atencion Lipavsky, quien siempre fue el mejor), brave, clean and reverent.
Scouting still goes on in the world, and I regret I did not have the time to have gotten my children in the Scouting movement here in Venezuela.
LADISLAO, LET ME IN THE FUTURE WRITE A NEW REMEMBERANCE OF THE OLD
DAYS...REMEMBER THAT WE WHO LEFT SCHOOL SINCE 1958, HAVE TO WRITE SLOWLY AND
SURELY, IN ORDER THAT THE CRITICAL ONES AND WHO ARE GOOD IN ENGLISH WILL NOT
CRITICIZE US ( I AM REFERRING TO MANUEL PRADA AND LIPAVSKY).
On My Honour, I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to God and to the Queen,
To help other people
And to keep the Scout Law
Scout Law is:
A Scout is to be trusted.
A Scout is loyal.
A Scout is friendly and considerate. (Helpful)
A Scout belongs to the worldwide family of Scouts. (Friendly).
A Scout has courage in all difficulties.
A Scout makes good use of time and is careful of possessions and property.
A Scout has self-respect and respect for others.
The Scout Motto is:
Be Prepared
A Scout is Trustworthy.
A Scout tells the truth. He is honest, and he keeps his promises. People can depend on him.
A Scout is Loyal.
A Scout is true to his family, friends, Scout leaders, school, and nation.
A Scout is Helpful.
A Scout cares about other people. He willingly volunteers to help others without expecting payment or reward.
A Scout is Friendly.
A Scout is a friend to all. He is a brother to other Scouts. He offers his friendship to people of all races and nations, and respects them even if their beliefs and customs are different from his own.
A Scout is Courteous.
A Scout is polite to everyone regardless of age or position. He knows that using good manners makes it easier for people to get along.
A Scout is Kind.
A Scout knows there is strength in being gentle. He treats others as he wants to be treated. Without good reason, he does not harm or kill any living thing.
A Scout is Obedient.
A Scout follows the rules of his family, school, and troop. He obeys the laws of his community and country. If he thinks these rules and laws are unfair, he tries to have them changed in an orderly manner rather than disobeying them.
A Scout is Cheerful.
A Scout looks for the bright side of life. He cheerfully does tasks that come his way. He tries to make others happy.
A Scout is Thrifty.
A Scout works to pay his own way and to help others. He saves for the future. He protects and conserves natural resources. He carefully uses time and property.
A Scout is Brave.
A Scout can face danger although he is afraid. He has the courage to stand for what he thinks is right even if others laugh at him or threaten him.
A Scout is Clean.
A Scout keeps his body and mind fit and clean. He chooses the company of those who live by high standards. He helps keep his home and community clean.
A Scout is Reverent.
A Scout is reverent toward God. He is faithful in his religious duties. He respects the beliefs of others.
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I have two comments, for now we know of two Queen´s Scout patrol leaders, that have mustered enough strength to write on Scouting, and that Isaias has used up all of the space available in the Circular, so until next week.
I am sure that through the years, there were others patrol “ “, but we cannot be sure until we hear from them.
Can anyone of the Scouts, remember the scene that is depicted in the photos that I have included in this Circular???
God Bless
Ladislao
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Listado: C102.xls, Has any one difficulties with this file????
Photo: scouting camp 2 y 3
Wayne Vincent Brown’s column can be seen at www.Jamaicaobserver.com
Column: dbratt –Selling Sickness
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ATTACHMENTS
Listado C102.xls
| Names | Form V | Contact | Nickname | business address | Phone | |
| Karpiak, | glen | YV | ||||
| Karpiak, Antol | glen | YV | ||||
| Kayne, Earle | Canada | ekayne@shaw.ca | ||||
| Kecskemeti, Pablo | (0416) 887 7674 | palk@buscala.com | ||||
| Keithallen | coscarart | poggy | ||||
| Kendall, Luis Alejandro | glen | YV | ||||
| Kenny, Gerard | 1964 | geoffrey | whg | Kerry Gerard and PartnersTT | (868) 637 0300 | gkenny@wow.net, gkenny@fiberline.tt |
| Kenny, Michael | mkenny@dial.pipex.com | |||||
| Kerry, Dennis | roge | Dayboy | ||||
| Kerry, Franklyn | Dayboy | Stones | ||||
| Kerry, Michael | Dayboy | Donkeyman | ||||
| Kerry, Stanley | boos | (868) 663 2860 | ||||
| Kerry, Winston | 1963 | roge | Dayboy | (868) 643 1294 | ||
| Kertesz, Ladislao | 1960 | YV | kaviacion@cantv.net | |||
| King, Eric | roge | |||||
| King, Michael (RIP) | 1960 | herrera | ||||
| King, Ronald | roge | (868) 627 6338 | ||||
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2 comments:
Don asked the question on the camp pictures: What's the story behind these photos?
Nigel Boos replied concerning the second photo: Well, pitching a tent on land is hard enough. But these guys, for whatever reason, have decided to pitch their tent on a bamboo platform above water. Nice job, fellas. This took a lot of planning,
I'm sure.
Concerning the first camp photo, Nigel Boos commented:
This is a modification of the earlier picture. There, the scouts had pitched a tent on a bamboo platform above water. But in this photograph (and I've never heard of such a thing being done before, they've built a two-storey bamboo structure, properly lashed, and pitched one tent above another, over water. Fantastic. This must have been done before 1955, in my opinion, because I never heard of
such a concept before seeing this picture.
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