Newsletter for alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St.
Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 27 of October 2012 No. 573
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Dear Friends,
How about the idea?? Shield, ring, orb, only
missing the crown, hahahah
Here is the news:
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Re: THE
BANDIT TAKES THE TITLE --"SIR KNIGHT BANDIT" AKA "THE REBEL
KNIGHT"
FROM: Nigel Boos
Wednesday, October
17, 2012 10:38 PM
Received in all its
glory, Dave. Man, you are something else, oui!
Enjoy the ring. I'm
sure it's going to raise eyebrows everywhere, and you can rightly say it's the
only one of its sort.
Keep on going, Dave.
You're quite the
man!
Nigel
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On 2012-10-17, at
8:31 PM, david decastro wrote:
Note sending again
--be sure to get the ring--please let me know if you were capable to pull the
whole file up.-"bandit"
I am sending this to
the four most important people that keep the mount saint benedict group
together all over the world.
You may pass it on
if you so desire.
You are invited to
view David’s album. This album has 6 files.
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
I, David Noel De Castro,(calypsonian.......songwriter........musician......author......MC......impresario)
do hereby appoint myself as a Knight of the Round Table of Sir Knight Glen
McCoy.
I will be known as Sir Knight Bandit AKA The
Rebel Knight.
Sincere congratulations to all who did
something to celebrate the centennial of the great Mount Saint Benedict College
(OUR LADY OF EXILE)—
I have no affiliation with the present ABBOT
or priests for I was a border student from 1944 to 1953.
However, I always wish them well and I have
supported in new vestments for the new priest that were ordained a few years
ago and I have just bought their new book,
Longing to Belong from Barnes and Noble for
$40.00 U.S. (unlike those who have my book and sent no financial support)
I decided to do my own celebration for the
centennial and become a full knight
(SEE ALL ATTACHMENTS) (I WAS ALREADY A TRUE
KNIGHT THE LAST TIME WITH SWORD ON BOTH SHOULDERS--SEE CREDENTIALS)
I also designed and had made a special MOUNT
SAINT BENEDICT power ring—
MSB which I will wear with pride at every
function I attend I know by now you all must be saying "BANDIT" gone
over the deep end.--but you just don't understand—
YOU CANNOT TAKE THE FUN OR THE DREAMER OUT
OF ME OR GLEN MCCOY.
p.s. that is what I did---what did you do
????????
SINCERELY--"SIR KNIGHT
BANDIT"--AKA "THE REBEL KNIGHT"
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Re: Richards and Yearwood [don't mix them up]
FROM: Nigel Boos
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
12:31 AM
Hi, Terrence,
Nice to hear from you.
I know for sure, that Guy
Yearwood was shot in the Maracas River, not far from our home, also on the
river.
Never knew him, though.
"Sambo" I
certainly remember.
He was a nice, harmless
sort of chap, friendly, but with a streak of mischief in him.
I have no idea how he died,
other than Robbie suggesting that he was shot by the police. Perhaps that's
true - I just do not know.
Hope you're keeping well.
With best wishes.
Nigel
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On 2012-03-20, at 7:12 PM,
QNOISE@aol.com wrote:
Dear
Nigel,
Robert
Huggins is mixing up Richards/Sambo with Yearwood.
I knew
both students well.
In 1962
Richards was in Form 1B with me, perhaps the same year he left Mount [have
photograph to prove it] and Yearwood was a top class athlete who always smoked
my St. Lawrence, Junior B team come Sports Day.
Yearwood
left Mount around 1963 [have photograph to prove it].
In my time
[59-65] Richards was one of many Black students at Mount, [have photographs to
it] plus he was accepted by his peers; just ask Peter Tang.
I recall
Richards being called Sambo, but his blackness didn't bother us.
During my
time at Mount "Blackness" was synonymous with greatness, ....
Br.
Vincent, PG Wilson, Vincent Brown, Serette, Howell, Robinson, Yearwood and at
least two teachers, to name a few.
Sincerely,
Terrence
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From: Robert Huggins
Sent: Monday, January 30, 2012 9:13 PM
Hi Don,
Long time no talk.
Hope all is well with you.
Don, Nigel is correct
concerning Sambo.
In fact he was the leader
of the pack during the 1970 riots, and it was I who recognized him at that
particular time.
Fortunately for me I always
got on with him at Mount, and maybe that is why I was never accosted by any of
the black power participants.
Unfortunately, he was shot
by the police together with another MSB boy, Yearwood I think was his name.
His "student"
name if I am correct was whitey, black as black you can get, and one heck of a
runner.
Hope that helps,
Regards,
Robert
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Glen
Schaefer Gabe, I thank you for all
your efforts in recognizing Cutty for all that he has given to our Mt Boys.
I truly would have like to be present but other
priorities took precedent.
Contributing to the effort was not a second thought
for me,
I was just happy to see someone out there
appreciated cutty enough to awake the other as to how much he did for us.
Thank you for all your efforts.
Peace.
Gabriel
Faria Glen, he deserved it, all
the old boys have some connection with him.
Even though his body is frail his mind is still
sharp.
I hope he gets to enjoy the gift.
Glen
Schaefer I enjoyed the TV clip and the photos and like I previously
posted,
His body may be frail but that look when he
engaged my mind as a young man I will never forget.
As young men he challenged our minds to do
right never mattered to his if it was unorthodox message was always challenge
yourself to do your best.
Once again Gabe thanks for giving me an opportunity
to express my gratitude to Cutty.
(No disrespect I never addressed him as
Father Cuthbert, to me Cutty had all the warmth and love when i speak of him)
Gabriel
Faria I feel the same way about him too, from the success in terms of the
money we collected from over 50 old boys I think the feeling is shared by many.
Comments from our time
with Cutty yesterday: while his body maybe frail, his mind is sharp and he
still has an amazing sense of humour.
We all talked for about
20- 30 minutes.
He also gave a short
speech and a blessing to all the Old Boys.
We also donated the gifts
for the Monks to the Abbot who also gave a short speech and blessed the Old
Boys, even Odo came grudgingly to get his gift.
A video was done of the
presentation, which will edited this week and I will try to post it on online
so all of you all could share in the joy we felt.
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From:
Glen Mckoy <mckoy43glen@hotmail.com
Date:
11 October, 2012 7:56:49 AM EDT
Hola Sarkis,
Today, I would like to Welcome
home back to the Club our brother –
Angel Gomez Ramos, Mt.
72-74,
Angel is the GM for
Caterpillar Dealer in Jamaica.
It’s been 40 years since he
made contact, then somehow he found El Ambassador Salvador, ha! ha! jejejej,
Please do send Angel a
note, he would like to hear from good friends.
His email address - angelmgomezster@gmail.com
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20
August 21:59
Hi Guys....
Getting some back
and forth communications going.
Question: Were you a
regular altar boy in assisting the monks in masses at the main altar or the
side chapels at the main church?
I recall that Fr
Augustine coordinated this effort.
I recall serving 2-3
masses on average per week.
Any interesting
stories to share other than trying to drink the left over wine?......
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FROM:KAZIM ABASALI
Monday, April 23, 2012 3:42
PM
Thanks Nigel,
Guys, I will follow up on
this one.
Take care.....Kazim
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From: nigelboos@yahoo.ca
Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012
14:07:55 -0400
Hans,
I'm passing this info on to
Ladislao as well.
Good job.
Kazim - Hans has passed on
a great piece of information here, about Fr. (now retired Abp.) Kevin Felix, an
OB of the Abbey School.
Here he is in all his
school-days' 1953 football glory, standing between Hans (the goalie) and Bro.
Vincent (Sports Master).
Nigel
This would make a nice
"Alumnus article".
Nigel
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On 2012-04-23, at 11:25 AM,
Hans Hermans wrote:
Hi again;
Was browsing thru the Old Boys directory.
Saw Kevin Felix with whom I played soccer, attended
the seminary for a while, and later met again at Notre Dame University.
Even though I don’t have an email address for him
as yet, I found his bio at http://www.da-academy.org/daas_honorees_felix.html
He is Archbishop of St. Lucia (retired now I
believe).
I’ll be trying to contact him and let you know.
Might be interesting ‘person of interest’ for the
Alumni website.
Hans
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From: Nigel Boos [mailto:nigelboos@yahoo.ca]
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 5:03 PM
I used to work in PA, in a
place called "Farmer's Valley" doing a consulting job for Honeywell.
Now "retired"
since 1999 and still seeking contracts.
Give me a call sometime.
Nigel
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On 2012-04-22, at 4:29 PM,
Hans Hermans wrote:
Nigel;
Laz already has me registered and has a slightly
more detailed QV that I send a few months ago.
Still these pictures are new.
I sent him a bunch of others which have appeared in
his circulars in the last few months.
Hans
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From: Nigel Boos [mailto:nigelboos@yahoo.ca]
Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 3:29 PM
Hans,
You're a giant!
Thanks very much for these
new and revealing pictures of yourself.
I'm relaying them to
Ladislao and I'm sure you'll see them again, soon in an upcoming Circular.
Laz, here are some new pics
of another OB we've just "found".
Hans Hermans lives in
Wayne, Pennsylvania.
He retired 12 years ago and
still gets involved as a consultant in one area or another. (Care to elaborate,
Hans?)
Nigel
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From:
"Hans Hermans" <hjhermans@verizon.net>
Date:
22 April, 2012 1:43:50 PM EDT
Thanks for the info Nigel;
I’ll try again, but will
send each picture by itself.
I (we) live in Wayne, PA
(near Philadelphia, USA).
I’ve been retired for about
12 years but am busier than ever before.
Still consult a bit for my
sons whenever they have a problem with some computer program that ‘the old man’
still is able to give them advice about.
I include 2 pictures, one
from the Trinidad days and one a year or so ago.
Hans
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Ladislao Kertesz at kertesz11@yahoo.com,
Photos:
69023LK12FACEBOOK,
12AG0003AGO, Angel Gomez
12DC0001DCACARD, Sample
card of Knight Bandit
12DC0002DCARING, True real
ring designed by the Bandit.
