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From: The
Alumni Association of the Colegio Moravo
Date: 23 December 2003
Wishing all our alumni, their families and
friends a very MERRY CHRISTMAS and a very healthy and safe new year!
From: Alwyn Miller
Date: 4 December 2003
Garvin Dayne Hooker Hooker, born in 1944 and graduated from Colegio Moravo in 1963, passed away in peace early Wednesday night, December 3, in Bluefields, and was buried Thursday afternoon.
He was a graduate of the agriculture school in Zamorano, Honduras, and is mourned by his mother, Mrs. Daphne Hooker, who was by his side during his fight with cancer.
Our deepest sympathy is extended to his wife and children as well as his many other relatives.
From: Patrick Palmer
Date: 2 December 2003
To my Grampa Mr. Oscar Palmer, thank you and may your soul rest in peace.
From: Clark Palmer
Date: 29 November 2003
Just wanted you all to know that my grand-uncle Oscar Palmer died the 17th of November, 2003. He left behind 3 sons (Larry, Carl and Marvin), 3 daughters (Alda, Shirley and Marian), 2 sisters (Joyce Acevedo Palmer who resides in Bluefields, Nicaragua and Edith Robotham Palmer who resides in Hazel Park, Michigan), grand-children, great-grand-children, in fact a lot of family members and friends who really will miss him. May he rest in peace.
Sincerely,
Clark Palmer
Mr. Oscar Palmer
From: Jaime McMurray <jmcmurray34@hotmail.com>
Date: 25 November 2003
My name is James McMurray; I was born in Puerto Cabezas in November 1934. Presently I am living in Panama. I lived in Managua from June 1957 to October 1961. During my stay I met the Siu sisters, i.e. Toni and Marion.
After I left Managua in 1961, I lost contact with them and would like to renew that contact once again. I was told by Richard Siu, a cousin of theirs that I could possibly reach them thru your association. Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you very much!!
From: Darling Lau Rivers
Date: 18 November 2003
We regret to advise you that Mr. Oscar Palmer, the father of Carl, Alda, Larry, Shirley, Marvin, Marian passed away yesterday in Puerto Cabezas at the age of 97. He will be buried on Wednesday, that's tomorrow.
May his soul rest in peace and may God comfort the family.
From: La Prensa (Sergio León C. - Corresponsal/Bluefields)
Date: 7 November 2003
En el marco de la celebración del centenario de Bluefields, y la promulgación de la Ley de Autonomía, el colegio Moravo se suma a la fiesta costeña, al cumplir 82 años de labor educativa, en cuya ocasión la dirección, personal docente, administrativo y los alumnos moravianos de secundaria realizaron la decimoquinta elección de la reina de su alma mater, previo al festejo central, el pasado martes.
“Los moravos cumplen 154 años de servicios misioneros y educativos en Bluefields. El 4 de noviembre celebramos 82 años de haber fundado la educación secundaria en la ciudad. Es muy difícil medir nuestro impacto en esta ciudad ya que nos hemos dedicado a formar y forjar destacadas personalidades en el ámbito regional, nacional e internacional”, destacó el reverendo Allan Boudier, director del centro.
La elección fue realizada el pasado primero de noviembre, en el gimnasio Wilfred Dreguer, del centro educacional y fue abarrotado por centenares de estudiantes, profesores, padres de familia y pobladores.
Un total de 16 lindas estudiantes se disputaron el cetro a Miss Moravo, sin embargo una tenía que ser la ganadora, y resultó ser la bella jovencita del cuarto año Bianca Torres Wilson, de 18 años, habitante del barrio Old Bank, el mismo en que habita la Reina del Centenario, Anasha Campbell .
El jurado calificador del certamen fue conformado entre otras personalidades, por el gerente del casino Pharaohs, Rafael Oré Mafjuan, la doctora Darling Omier, los licenciados Paula Ingram, Silvia Byers, Norman Howard, Fernando Hodgson, la profesora Lissy Nelson y la Reina del Centenario de nuestra ciudad, señorita Anasha Campbell Lewis.
EXITOSA ORGANIZACIÓN
Muchos de los asistentes a la elección de la Reina a Miss Moravo,
comentaron que nunca antes habían presenciado un certamen de tan
alta calidad, desarrollado en un colegio, a tal punto que el costeño
Keith Brooks aseguró: “Ya no tenemos que contratar a nadie
de Managua que nos vengan a ayudar a montar un evento. Supieron hacerlo
y les salió bien. Me siento feliz cuando (a los costeños)
nos salen bien las cosas”, valoró el espectador.
Miss Moravo, Bianca Torres Wilson, manifestó que en coordinación con las autoridades del colegio, pretende representarlo dignamente: “Me voy a involucrar en algunas sesiones que tienen las autoridades educativas para desarrollar nuestra alma mater”, valoró.
LEER LA BIBLIA, PASATIEMPO FAVORITO
La jovencita blufileña Bianca Torres Wilson reveló que su
principal pasatiempo es leer la Biblia, así como practicar el basquetbol
los fines de semana.
“Me gusta ser jovial. No tengo novio. Me gusta el camarón empanizado. Cuando concluya mis estudios de secundaria quiero dedicarme al estudio de la sicología, porque de esta manera voy a poder ayudarle a mucha gente que se dedica al consumo de drogas y al alcohol”.
LA PRENSA consultó a la diva costeña sobre sus planes futuros al frente del reinado de su colegio y ésta expresó: “Mi calificación más baja es 85, y voy a trabajar duro en el colegio por fortalecer los círculos de estudio, subir el índice académico del centro. Quiero que todos juntos levantemos nuestro índice académico”.
Ante centenares de asistentes al certamen, Bianca Torres Wilson dijo sobre la reciente celebración del centenario: “Hubo dos aspectos, uno positivo y otro negativo, lo positivo del centenario fue la reparación de las calles, seguido de la participación de la señora Maxine Gayri y la elección de la Reina del Centenario; mientras que los aspectos negativos fueron, mucha injerencia del Pacífico, seguido de las actividades que no fueron populares, y finalmente, el poco respeto hacia las autoridades autónomas”.
From: Richard Siu
Date: 5 November 2003
I wanted to share some history of the Colegio Moravo de Pto. Cabezas: In 1968 we produced the first bachilleres en Ciencias y Letras in the history of Pto. Cabezas, thanks to the hard work and vision of the school board of the Moravian Church in Pto. Cabezas. The first class had to travel to Bluefields for their final exam, which of course, was written and oral. Part of the tribunal was formed by Hno. Fabian de Maria, director of the Colon at that time, and by Miss Marx from the Bluefields Col. Moravo. Dr. Luis Moroney and myself traveled with the class, and we were also part of the tribunal. Some of the graduates of that class were: Alice Simmons, Frank and Sara St. Clair, Rose Humphries, Eduardo Chow, Fernando Tenorio, and others I don't remember at this time. Future graduates took their final exam right there in Pto. Cabezas. Perhaps others involved in producing the next classes of bachilleres can fill in some of the later history, up to when the name was changed to John Amos Comenius. I would be very pleased to hear from some of the newer graduates.
I salute all grads from the school in Pto. Cabezas,
Your friend, Lic. Richard Siu
From: Richard Siu
Date: 4 November 2003
Hello, from Richard Siu, former Director of the Col. Moravo de Pto. Cabezas,
from 1965 to 1968...I want to congratulate Tony Serrano for writing and
feeling that we are all from the same Alma Mater: I admire that spirit,
as the high school in Pto. Cabezas was formed by a board that was interested
in furthering education, and all who taught there were products of the
Col. Moravo of Bluefields...I encourage all alumni from the former Col
Moravo de Pto. Cabezs (now John Amos Comenius ) to write, I am interested
in finding out where and what you are doing now.
Please write to this website, and if you want to get in touch with me,
write to: r_siu@bellsouth.net
I will try to answer you individually.
Best wishes to all of you,
Richard Siu, Class of 1959 and former director of the Colegio Moravo de
Pto. Cabezas.
Date: 4 November 2003
Mrs. Ruby Hodgson Berry, class of 1937, passed away today, Tuesday, November 4, 2003.
We express our condolences to her son, Dr. George Berry, grandchildren and other family members.
Mrs. Berry served our Alma Mater for over 40 years. In 1995 she was honored by the alumni association, Miami chapter, and in November 2002 by the alumni association Bluefields chapter. Well done thou good and faithful member.
Date: 11 September 2003
The following is the speech presented by Evans Curtis on the annual banquet in Miami.
Thirty years ago, when we were so young, just out of HS, we were all
full of dreams.
Most of us with BIG dreams.
Many, many years later, some of you have achieved those dreams.
Some of us ended up not reaching them, but doing OK nonetheless.
Of course we ALL have grown older, some of us fatter and stiffer, and
a couple of us ugglier.
The one thing *I* have not become is... a good public speaker. So
I was certainly taken aback when Steve, my palero over here, asked me
if he could put me on the program. There are definitely more worthy
examples of achievements from the Colegio Moravo... My best friend, (Cleveland
Taylor)... PhD in Math, teaching in Florida Int'l University...
My puffy, (Freddy Escorcia) an MD, working the ER at Proctor Hospital
in Peoria, Illinois... and I'm sure there are others, but Steve is on
the lazy side, so he didn't want to search for good examples, therefore
you're stuck with me...
When you're approaching 50, you've done a lot of things, in addition to
growing old. You've set and achieved many goals. You've set and failed
at some, you've probably brought some new lives into this world... and
you've certainly set goals for them too... you've done some serious partying,
and if you're like me, you've also spent some time chewing the fat with
friends.
While chewing the fat, or shooting the breeze may seem a waste of time,
if you think about it, it's really quality time. And I mean GOOD
quality. It's a time when you're at ease, a time when ideas flow
freely, when you can become inspired at the spur of the moment... It was
at one of these moments that I was talking to a close friend of mine,
and the thought of Zelaya came up.
The thought of Zelaya and its despair. The thought of Zelaya and
its poten- tial. The thought of Zelaya and its future.
I asked him to think about Bilwi (Puerto Cabezas) and its hayday.
When things were SO GREAT, when The Nipco Company was making money hand
over fist. I asked him to recall our local leaders at that time,
how well they lived, how influential they were. Then I asked him
to think about what they did for Bilwi, for Zelaya, for us... I
told him it was embarrassing that with SO much taken out of the place,
today we have NOTHING to show for it. That our local leaders, tho
born and raised there, did not look after the people, the community, the
future. I touched on Pescanica, Promarblue, Booth...
The response I got from him hit me in the chest like a hammer. I
almost went down, since I wasn't expecting it... but I liked it :) :)
He said to me... and just think what the children of today
will think about US, if we too, do nothing for Zelaya.
These words were deeper than he ever realized. Why? Because
our forefathers of those years were not very well educated. They
didn't have vision like WE have today. They simply wanted to work
and raise a family. Today WE have the potential to retire, go back
and make a difference, make it a corruption free government. We
have no need to steal, we will have our finances taken care of by our
retirement system here in the US. We can call things like we see
them, because we'll have no need for kick-backs. We can truly contribute
in a meaningful way, while remaining active.
There's an old proverb that goes like this in spanish:
El que no sabe, y no sabe que no sabe
es un imbecil -alejate de el.
El que no sabe, y sabe que no sabe
es un hombre sencillo -instruyelo.
El que sabe, y no sabe que sabe
es un hombre dormido -despiertalo.
El que sabe, y sabe que sabe
es un genio -siguelo.
I would like to change the third one here to say:
El que PUEDE, y no sabe que puede
es un hombre dormido -despiertalo.
My friends, I will not challenge any of you here tonight, but I WOULD
like to tell you, you CAN make a difference. Wake up, think about
it!
Let's try to make the next generation think about us differently, when
THEY chew the fat.
Thank you!
From: Tony Serrano
Date: 6 September 2003
Muchas felicidades por tener una pagina en el internet referente a nuestro Colegio Moravo. Me llamo Tony Javier Serrano Ortiz; soy de la decima promoción del Colegio Moravo de Puerto Cabezas, la cual proximamente mandaré una lista de los bachilleres de la promocion decimal. Actuaba como director en ese entonces hoy Reverendo Adolfo Ugarte que recide en Port Arthur, Texas, subdirector, Dr. Luis Maroney Gomez, Lista Profesores: Adolfo Buchie, Irma Chow, Herta Mazanto, Larry Palmer, William Chow, Archie Smith, Profesor Kelly, etc. En proximo contacto seguire informando. Saludes a todos los alumnos y ex-alumnos del Colegio Moravo porque todos somos fabricado en el mismo alma mater.
From: Yvette Mullings
Date: 11 June 2003
Hello,
My name is Yvette Mullings and I am trying to locate some long lost relatives.
I am using every avenue to accomplish this. My mother's maiden name is
Hooker and her grandmother, who raised her along with her father and aunt,
left Bluefields, Nicaragua at the age of 12 and relocated in Limon, Costa
Rica.
My Great-Grandmother's name was Adelaide Hooker. She came to Limon with
her older sister but to my understanding she left many relatives back
in Bluefields (including brothers and sisters). In any event, there is
currently a large portion of the Hooker family residing in Limon. Those
would be my cousins and aunt. My grandfather, Eugenio Hooker died in 1994
and he had two(maybe three) offspring, my mother and her brother Roy.
Cecelio Hooker who was Eugenio's younger brother died in the early 1980's
at age 54 of an ulcer but he had 10 children and they are all alive with
children of their own, Ceta Hooker who was their sister and next to the
oldest child died in the early 1980's, Calmore Hooker who has a son living
in California, died in the late 1980's and Delceda Hooker, who is the
youngest child of Adelaide Hooker is still alive and living in Limon.
She is 75 years old and had 10 children of her own, the eldest of which
died at age 3 more than 55 years ago and the more recent, our beloved
Jorge. Jorge Enrique White Hooker was a somewhat famous and beknown futbol
player for Costa Rica and the professional futbol(soccer) circles. He
drowned in 1996 at age 41. Aunt Girly as Delceda is commonly referred
to, has eight surviving children in Limon Costa Rica. Those members of
the Hooker family who do not live in C.R. reside in the United States,
primarily New York City. I am looking to make contact with the Hooker's
of Bluefield, Nicaragua. If there is anyway that you could pass this information
on, I would be forever grateful.
My e-mail address is babychris931@aol.com
and you can tell any Hooker or offspring of, that I would welcome an e-mail.
Sorry to take up your e-mail space looking for my long lost family but
as I mentioned earlier, I am willing to exhaust any and all avenues.
Sincerely,
Yvette Mullings
From: María Teresa Gómez
Date: 23 May 2003
Es mi deseo
conocer acerca de ustedes. Me gradué en 1978 y quiero saber de
algunos amigos y compañeros de graduación.
Mi correo es: Tgomez582002@yahoo.com.mx
María Teresa Gómez Angulo.
Clase '78
From: Clark Palmer
Date: 15 May 2003
Happy Birthday Uncle Oscar!
I would like to wish a Happy Birthday to my grand-uncle Oscar Palmer,
who turned 96 years old this May in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua. On behalf
of my grand-aunt Edith Robotham Palmer and family, my mother Kay Sanchez
Palmer, my brothers Jose and Eric Sanchez and their family and myself
and cousin Jose Sanchez Gomez
Palmer. Ausubanka Yua Tati !!!!
Clark Palmer
From: Suyen Rebecca Coe
Date: 10 April 2003
Greetings from the Cayman Islands. My name is Suyen Rebecca Coe and I am the daughter of Judy Chea (Coe) and Anthony Coe. Both my parents attended the Moravian School in Bluefields, Nicaragua. I have heard many great stories of the days spent there and the wonderful times they had as youngsters.
I just wanted you to know that they enjoyed the web site, you did a good
job.
The web site was great for them both to remember some of those days and
pictures were a good laugh at times.
Kind regards,
Suyen Coe
From: Lillian Tom
Date: 20 February 2003
Hi!!! I am an ex-alumna, graduated year (1979-1980). I would like to get in touch with some of my old good friends. My email is tomlillian@hotmail.com.
From: Jannet Jureidini
(janjur@netzero.net)
Date: 16
February 2003
Mi nombre es Jannet Jureidini, yo estudie mi ultimo año de bachillerato
en el Moravo de Bluefields. Perdí mi anillo de graduacion.
Quisiera saber si hay alguna manera de poder comprar el anillo de 1974,
fue cuando me gradue.
Les agradeceria me dejaran saber.
Agradeciendoles de antemano.
Sinceramente
Jannet
From: Nour Efrain Sirker
Date: 29 January 2003
Hi there:
I started kindergarden under miss Elsa ...Coe?
Then went to Mr. Lenny for two years..why?? ...don't ask me.
Returned to third grade. (1947) ?? Schoolmates were my sister Halima Obeda Sirker, Willy Hooker, Bernardo Campbell, Franklin Williams, Lloyd Sujo, Marylin Hooker, Olivia Tom, ...the ones I remember.
Fourth grade with Miss Sylvia Chen.
We started 1st year in 1950-51..the first time the new building was used.....
Then regtretfully my family moved to Managua.
P.S. Nancy Sirker translated the Himno del Colegio Moravo from English into Spanish..and usually credit has been given to her, at the end of the Himno.
Now I live in Managua, where I practice Medicine , supervise the Emergency Department of Baptist Hospital, and serve as a medical missionary at El Samaritano Medical facilities in Nejapa.
It was a joy to visit your webspace.
Nour E. Sirker
From: Clark Palmer
Date: 10 January 2003
Just to let u all know that my grand-uncle John Palmer passed away today (1-10-03) in Chicago. He had another stroke and he was on a "life-support-unit". He left behind a twin sister "Edith Robotham" who lives in Detroit, "Joyce Acevedo Palmer" who lives in Bluefields, a brother "Oscar Palmer" who lives in Puerto Cabezas, 3 daughters "Floretta Palmer" and "Ruth Palmer" who lives in California, "Clarissa Palmer" who lives in Chicago and a son "John Palmer the II" who lives in Honduras as well as grand-children, nephews, nieces, cousins and friends.
Sincerely yours,
Clark Palmer
From: Steve Benedict
Date: 6 January 2003
With great sadness we report the passing of Mrs. Janet Green, the mother of our esteemed alumnus Leonardo Green. Mrs. Janet passed away this morning, January 6, 2003, in Bluefields. Funeral arrangements are pending. The Alumni Association of the Colegio Moravo extends its most profound condolences to her son, Dr. Leonardo Green, her daughter-in-law, Dr. Yolanda Green, and her granddaughter Alyssa..
Steve Benedict