Newsletter for alumni of The
Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 18 of October 2014 No. 676
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Dear Friends,
From this Circular on, I am
sending you the booklet published by David de Castro on his EARLY YEARS at the
Mount.
For those that want a hard print
copy endorsed by the BANDIT please contact him, there might be some charges,
but you shall have the complete issue, TOMORROW.
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Gerard Pampellone has left us
Nigel Boos
Sep 24
Kazim,
It is my sad duty to report to
you that Gerard Pampellonne (OB 1959/60) has passed away today in England,
after a battle with cancer. His wife and children were at his bedside when he
died.
I would appreciate if you
would do the honours and advise the Old Boys of MSB of his passing.
Gerard was, in my time, our
2nd Mt. St. Benedict Scout Troop Leader, and a fine, highly principled young
man he was. He graduated from the Abbey School in either 1959 or 1960.
He married Kathleen, an
English girl, who he met while studying in England. Their children are
Anna-Marie, Jean-Marc, Claudette, Andre and the twins Christian and Chantal.
They lived in San Fernando for many years, while he operated an oilfield
service company - Trinidad Inspection Services Ltd. He retired from his
business to move to England some years ago, and his son-in-law, Paul Navarro,
now runs the company.
In 2011 Gerard was planning to
return to Trinidad to spend time in a house he had built in Diego Martin.
Everything was packed and they were ready to leave, when, feeling unwell, he
went to see the specialists and he was diagnosed with lung cancer. They managed
a final visit to Trinidad last year when he was still feeling strong.
Gerard's brother, Dave, was
also a student at the Abbey School, but unfortunately, I do not have his email
address.
I'm sure I speak for all of us
Old Boys in expressing my deepest sympathy to Kathleen and her children and to
Dave.
May his soul rest in peace.
Anyone wishing to contact his
family can do so using this contact telephone number (0208 508 - 7730) and
email address: gerard.pampellonne@ntlworld.com
Nigel
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From:
"Don Mitchell" idmitch@anguillanet.com
Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2014 10:45:26 AM
Dear all,
Just a note to remind you to
visit Ladislao’s Circulars on Sundays: http://abbeyschool2014circulars.blogspot.com/
Keep well.
Don
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From:
bgcaribajan@live.com
Subject: RE: Abbey School Circulars
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2014 19:12:19 -0400
Hey, Don:
After reading the different
response links, I specially noticed the one sent by Salvador Coscarart, where
some friends got together in Lafayette, Louisiana, not far from where my
brother Donald lives (Baton Rouge) and I am sure that he would have enjoyed
being at the referred reunion.
We should try getting Donald
and Salvador to make contact; since they live so close by!?
Just a thought and all the
best to you and yr family,
Saludos, Brian Goddard
PS: Thanks again Ladislao and
Don for yr MSB news down memory lane.
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From:
mckoy43glen@hotmail.com
Subject: RE: Hot off the press
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 20:09:52 +0000
Hello, Sir Anthony,
Thank you for sharing this
good news with us.
Your daughter Gillian is a
great person for this jo. Hopefully, we
will have one honest person there ha! ha!
Give me a call when you are
back in town, have a great day,
Cheers, mi amigo, adios,
Glen.
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From:
celandaal@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2014 12:35:22 +0000
Hi Glen,
Here is a photo
Regards
Anthony
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FORMER PCA DIRECTOR APPOINTED JUDGE
Story by Bavita Gopaulchan
Former Director of the Police
Complaints Authority, Gillian Lucky was today appointed a judge of the high
court.
Justice Lucky was sworn in at
President’s house this morning at 9:30am in the presence of the Chief Justice
and close family members.
Justice Archie warmly welcomed
and congratulated Justice Lucky on her accomplishment as the country’s newest
puisne judge.
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Nigel Boos
Oct 18
Champion Golfer, Stephen Ames,
has been inducted into the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame.
Stephen is the son of Michael
Ames (Mt. St. Benedict 1955) and we should all feel a sense of pride in his
achievement.
I’m forwarding this report to
you, for your enjoyment, and, should you wish to do so, please send it along to
others who might also enjoy i.
Nigel
Video link to "From a Dot
on the Map" also includes an interview with Bob Weeks of Score Golf which
showed last night on TSN
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Diego Martin, 17 of August 2002. Circular No. 40
Dear Friends,
This Newsletter is being
prepared from Trinidad. I finally did get to the island, leaving the work and
stress in Venezuela.
The trip was uneventful, I
started on the trip on Monday, 11th with my daughter Viki (13) early
in the morning to avoid traffic in Caracas; we arrived in Pto. La Cruz about
300 km away at about 10am, where I met Hector Ahow (those that were at msb in
the mid 1960 would remember him) and family and left Viki while I moved to a
meeting with the chief of communications of the local cellphone company to
discuss the possibility of giving a workshop on obstruction lighting systems
and the controllers that we manufacture. After the meeting I had lunch with
Hector while Viki had a great time swimming with Hector’ s daughters.
In the afternoon I went to
Hector’s office which is close by, but the traffic was horrible, strange for
the resort city. After being stuck for a few hours at his office we decided to
walk back instead of using the car.
Later in the evening the Tv
news showed the reason for the traffic stoppage. Students from the local
University had taken their transport buses and placed them across the main road
and only intersection of the city, effectively blocking traffic in all
directions. They were protesting the lack of action by the judiciary and local
government in a multiple run over and a death by a drunken driver that ran over
four students two days before.
We closed the day with a
barbecue and the arrival of additional friends.
Next morning I had another
meeting at the main offices of our Venezuelan oil company, PDVSA. This took
about two hours. We took to the road towards Cumana where we arrived about
midday, ate lunch and went to the local Airport for a show of the flag, but we
did not meet anybody.
On the road again, this time
to Carupano we again encountered a traffic blockage, this time local citizens
of a small village were protesting a company that was about to scavenge a large
cargo ship nearby. Although we never found out the real reason, we stood for
close to two hours in the middle of nowhere while authorities, police got rid
of the burning tyres and re-established traffic flow.
Upon reaching Carupano, again
to the Airport, and we did meet the local authority, had a chat and returned to
the road towards Rio Caribe and our goal Guiria.
But again a turn of fate about
half an hour out of Rio Caribe the road was closed. The reason was because
local residents of a small village had physically cut the road about two weeks
before because after a strong rain lasting hours their houses were flooded and
their only solution was to cut the road to let the dammed up water to recede.
So far so good, but why were there no signs indicating that there was no
through traffic from Rio Caribe to Guiria??
So we drove back to Carupano
and took the alternate the road to the south to Guiria, a loss of nearly two
hours. This added to the two hours already lost, totalled four hours, so
instead of arriving at 5pm we arrived at 9pm. I do not mind driving in the dark
but I prefer to drive during daylight to enjoy the sights.
We spent the night at a nice
small hotel, we were rather tired after so many hours sitting in the vehicle.
Next morning we went to the
office of the Pier #1 ferryboat and bought tickets, 46 USD one way.
The ship left the docks at
about 3pm for the 3 ½ hour trip to Pier #1 docks, which was uneventful.
The trip was over once we saw
our friends at the TT dock.
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So, now I am in TT, enjoying
my friends’ hospitality, and my daughter is with girlfriends of her age at
another home, trying out the tricks her mind and tongue learned at her English
language class at school this last year.
Now, off course, you are a bit
annoyed, as you want to know not about my trip but about the contacts I made
here in TT these few days. So here is the part that you want:
On the 15th I
started calling friends of my class 1960 and others on the list. I called Roger
Henderson at the Bank but was told that he retired, but were kind enough to
give me his new telephone number. I got hold of him and we agreed to call each
other on Monday. The same situation with Michael Herrera.
I went with my hosts to the
Trinidad and Tobago Sailing Association on Thursday morning and was rained out
by midday.
I called in the afternoon my
good friend Graham Gonsalves, and oldboys Alfonso De Lima, Stuart Henderson,
Jean De Melliac, Capt. Jeffrey Gransaull and Gerard Kenny with whom I had a
nice chat.
I left a message with Vernon
De Lima
Going to meet Dr. David Bratt
for lunch on Monday or Tuesday.
Had lunch with Rene Bermudez
at the Chaguaramas Golf Club on Friday.
On Saturday I had lunch with
Capt. Robert Date, BWIA, at Trinidad and Tobago Yacht Club, (old Royal Yacht
Club), where I also met by chance with Robert De Verteuil.
My plans for Sunday are to go
with my hosts to Maracas Bay and Las Cuevas in the morning until we get rained out.
It does rain every day, the accustomed 5 minutes on and 15 minutes off.
Monday will be dedicated to
the Piarco Airport and Mt. St. Benedict.
In the morning I may go to see
Denis Gurley, and Abraham Laquis who invited me to their offices in Pos, but I
do not know if I can make it.
In the afternoon I am going to
msb with Michael D’ornellas, hope to get good photos and meet Frs. Benedict,
Cuthbert, Augustine and maybe others.
In the evening I am going to
meet Alex de Verteuil.
The plans for Tuesday are not
set but that would be my last day in town. The ferry leaves at 9am on
Wednesday.
Left my number for Robert
Azar, and others, I feel that time is going to be short to be able to meet
them.
Gordon Mitchell was in Tobago.
Judge Anthony Lucky, Richard
Gransaull, are out of the country.
Eddie Hares, tried but no
answer on the phone.
Tried to make new contacts
with David Strisiver, George Laquis, John Abraham, but no luck.
I may have missed out on some
of the names as I made close to a hundred calls, but you all know that the
telephone book does not reflect the uptodate changes, and that some numbers
just rang and rang without answer. So until next week for the second part of my
enjoyable eventful trip to TT.
God Bless
Ladislao
Sorry no photos and columns.
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Photos:
Bnadit p01, The Early Years
14DP0002DPHWFE, Derek Phillips and wife Marie Anne
14AL0001GLU, Judge Guillian Lucky, Anthony´s Daughter
03SC8350GRPDCU, only one name is missing, can you help?
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