Newsletter for Alumni of The Abbey School, Mt. St. Benedict, Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.
Caracas, 7 of January 2006. No. 218
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Dear Friends,
For some time that I get some of your emails returned either with the note that your address is non existent or that the message is SPAM.
If you really would like to be eliminated from the list, please say so, this would make my work load easier.
And for those that have paid their dues, remember that the photos are considered SPAM by lots of filters, in this case if you check your mail, make sure that you have all the issues.
If not then ask for the missing ones, I can send you the last few without a problem.
If the problem persists, I recommend that you open a Yahoo account and use it exclusively for the Circulars and your MSB correspondence, this way you need to open it only once a week and you would be in my message.
If you are missing the old ones, please write to my friend Don Mitchell for he has all of them from No.1 to the latest.
All this organization so that I may have time, to keep them coming to you every week, God willing.
Now back to business for two complete summaries of the old old gang.
(I would like that some of you would write this long, even if it is once a year. Ed.)
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From : Art & Val Knaggs
Sent: Friday, November 4, 2005 1:51 AM
To : ekayne@shaw.ca
Great news and a real, pleasurable, condensed history of your life, bringing us up to date.
I retired about 8 years ago, having worked in sales of engineering equipment (mostly liquid handling equipment) like pumps, meters, valves, and all the accessory stuff, hose, nozzles for all types of industry.
We have 6 off-spring, in our alphabetical way, A, B and C are in our area of Nova Scotia; D is in New Brunswick; E is in Sheffield, England; and F is in Tobago (her Husband Iain Mac Kinnon is with High Ropes and works on the Offshore Rigs in the North Sea (or where ever else they send him).
We have 9 Grans and another on the way; and love the snow (especially when we leave it and venture down to the W.I.
On Sept 2004 we handed over our home to Anne-Marie, Martin & son, to look after while we did the "Nomad" (or quite mad) thing and drifted wherever the tide took us.
Started at our Island Resort (very primitive - Fr. Ildefons would have a ball there); and stayed there intermittently till mid Oct when we closed it down for the Winter.
Then we packed up our camping gear and headed South through the U.S.A. Eastern Seaboard, moseying along camping or hoteling till we reached Maryland where we stayed with a niece for a week.
We then continued visiting relatives and friends as we cruised down to Georgia and visited with cousin 'Bumpy' Llanos (Douglas' wife - he was at Barclays Bk), and gathered her up and set off for Louisiana to stay with her brother for a few days.
We then mosied along the panhandle, along the coast, through Mississippi camping again, cutting into Florida around Orlando, and gradually tracked slowly back up to Georgia, savouring the weather and friendships.
Stayed there a few days to complete some projects, then cruised back to Nova Scotia, at the end of November.
Visited with "Shaves" Stanley Ferguson for a while in where ever the heck he is in Florida, (need his email and telephone number, ed)A
Also saw all the O'Connor crowd as we passed through.
Bumpy's daughter Mary is married to Richard.
Spent Christmas with the family in N.S., and Ed & Michelle with their baby joined us from Sheffield for the festivities.
On 2nd Jan we headed to Tobago where we spent 3 months, frolicking between Trin & Tob, and even snuck in a trip to Barbados, where we met Cecil Ince & Scipio Soodeen.
Back to Toronto in April to stay with Val's Mum & the Burke/Bell Clan there;
Back to N.S. to open up our Cabin for the Spring, and then left for Spain in June for 3 weeks (Ed & Michelle met us there);
next, over to Sheffield for a couple weeks, then down to enjoy more family in the London/Kent area till it was time to drag our smiling faces, and enlarged hearts back in Aug to N.S.
Again a summer stint at our Island Retreat, as we gradually started to settle back into our "Home Sweet Home".
All else goes well, and here we are gearing up for the White Stuff.
Holy Macaroni Man what an adventure.
So we were here in Sept when you came through, but had disconnected our phone for the Year.
Our new # is 902-404-5845, but same address, and as you see we have a new e-mail add as well.
Thanks ever so much for Ian's e-mail, as we stayed with Ian & Brenda in June 04 when we were out in Victoria for a month, when Ed & Michelle had their first baby, Jesse ( now they are expecting another in the new year).
So that's us in a nutshell.
I have recently had a little challenge with a "Ticker Flicker" that had me on a Medical Roller Coaster ride for 6 weeks, but am now on some new medication that has me feeling my old, 'young' self once more.
Still trying to stabilize my condition, so 'Don't worry, be happy'.
Fondest regards to you and your Clan,
As always, with love,
Art & Val
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From: Earle Kayne
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 22:15:34 -0700
Hello Art & Val,
Thanks for the e-mail with all your news.
What with to-day being Halloween you'll probably think this must be a note from the grave.
Not so, Elaine and I are keeping well and even warm, as Calgary continues to enjoy a fabulous Indian summer (well deserved as winter seemed to stretch into September this year).
Also glad to have got your e-mail as I now have your correct address.
You had written in December telling of your planned junket and I had e-mailed back hoping to get to you before you took off, to make sure you looked us up if out this way.
When we passed through Halifax in Sept., on the way to Badeck, we were hoping to call you from the hotel but could not find your name in the phone book which included Halifax, Dartmouth and many smaller communities.
So figured you had moved to areas unknown.
A great pity we couldn't get together, as don't know when we will be back that way.
Also e-mailed you when we got back, but not sure if you got any of the e-mails as they were sent to a 'sympatico' address I had on file.
So much water under the bridge since we last communicated (when was it?), not sure where to start.
The long and short is 5 kids (3boys, 2 girls), all married except our free spirit (youngest boy) who works in the oilpatch in Saudi Arabia and plays wherever the surf's up (including near Halifax recently).
The eldest couple live in Toronto, whilst another is in Calgary and the other two in Sherwood Park (suburb of Edmonton).
We have 3 grands (2 boys, 4&2yrs; 1 girl 6yrs.).
I retired four years ago from the heavy equipment company (Wajax Industries) I joined when I came to Canada and spent 29 years with in their parts operation.
It was a great experience, as we moved about, spending 21/2 yrs. in Vancouver, 21/2 in Calgary, 14 in Edmonton and back to Calgary for the last 10.
Thoroughly enjoying retirement, although because of lousy knees have had to curtail my hobbies (tennis, squash, racquetball).
Still, don't miss the 60 hr. weeks; besides Elaine, while not admitting it, is probably thrilled to have me home 24/7!
She also retired about 14 yrs ago, after 10 yrs as a secretary with the school board in Sherwood park, where we lived when working in Edmonton.
That pretty well outlines the Kayne saga to date; so where and what have you folks been up to all these years?
Drop a line some time giving us the details, or better yet, come visit us.
Being so called 'empty nesters' we have lots of room!
Keep well and keep in touch!
Elaine joins in love,
Earle
P.S. Re. Wittet's e-mail, try bwittet@vtechworld.com
Seems they seldom use it, but Elaine speaks to Brenda regularly and we'll let you know if it's changed.
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To compensate your lecture, I shall include additional photos to bring back the memories of the then years.
Also from this issue on, I am starting to catalogue all the photos that are going to be sent, by description, primary by person.
In description there is going to be the author and year taken.
Maybe Fr. Christopher could indicate if I am on the right track.
Of course you are going to get photos that you have seen but this time with catalogue number.
In the photos that have names missing, please help me.
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God Bless
Ladislao
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Photos:
00UN1EDIMSB, medallion
01DM503FAUMSB, faculty
57RB02D6TAS, pepe braggio
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