Mrs. Abraham is eighty

In November our dear Kdg. teacher, Mrs. Abraham,(seen below) turned 80. Some of her boys went to her house at St. Luke’s Homes to wish her well. My brother Gordon and I see Ann the first Sunday of every month as we sing at the chapel in St. Luke’s for the residents while Ann plays the organ. Several other old boys came for a visit and among them were the Anderson boys, Tom, Tim and Bill. Chris Facey was there also. In the picture below left is Ann's daughter, Phillipa Warren and Chris Facey.

Here are the Anderson boys. Dick Anderson, not in photo, was in my class at Feild.

Ann had a cup of tea and goodies for all and a donation jar to which we contributed for one of her causes. Many more birthdays Mrs. Abraham.

Garland Obituary

I want to thank Doug Butt for getting in touch with me to tell me a little about John Lewis Paton Garland who passed away in California recently. John lived very close to the school on the south side of Bond Street. He was a member of St. Andrew's Boy Scout Troop. He was a good student and excelled at anything he undertook. He left St. John's and went to California many years ago. He has two sisters living in Newfoundland. Rosaleen Pike lives in St. John's while the other, Marina MacDonald resides in Spaniard's Bay. On behalf of all Feildians and especially those who knew John we send our deepest sympathies.

Boys, if any of you were a friend of John please get in touch and tell me more about him.

NON MORITUR CUJUS FAMA VIVIT

Remembrance Assembly

Boys,

all of the students and teachers of Bishop Feild School walked to The War Memorial this morning to lay a wreath in remembrance of our war dead. With them were many alumni of Bishop Feild College. Several veterans from World War II also attended and presented the colours. Mr. Frank Galgay represented the city. We gathered there to especially remember all those Feildians who gave their lives in two world wars. The students staged a wonderful program to mark this occasion. At one point in the proceedings Mrs. Puddester read the names of those Feildians who paid the supreme sacrifice and as each name was read a child came and pinned a poppy on the remembrance tree, seen left. The Grade VI class sang songs and marched. Ms. O'Brien, the music teacher, led the class in a recitation of John McCrae's poem In Flanders Fields. It was done with drum and sound effects. The whole program was a tribute to all lives lost in war and especially those fellow Feildians who gave their lives for our freedoms today.

NON MORITUR CUJUS FAMA VIVIT

Mrs. Abraham Will Be 80.

On the 12th. of November this year a beloved Kindergarten teacher for hundreds of boys from Feild will be 80. Mrs. Abraham (aka Miss Chatwood) taught me and other boys at Feild from the early 50's to the mid 60's. She will be having an open house at her residence in St. Luke's Home, Cottage 52, on Wed. Nov. 11 from 2-4:30. She would love to see as many boys as possible. Do not bring a gift, just come and say hello and wish her well.

I remember her as Miss Chatwood. She always had rhythm band, a big sand box and a lots of wooden blocks to play with. Sometimes she would roll up the wall between K and Gr. I (Mrs. Horwood's class) and we would listen to music, march around and sing. Later as a boy soprano I would sing with her in The Cathedral Choir under Mr. Gus Stafford, a pharmacist, who played the organ at The Cathedral. Now in her later years I still sing occasionally with her at St. Luke's on the first Sunday of the month.