Submitted by: Brenda Humphrey nee Staub
Date: 05-02-05
The years you were in Venezuela: 1952 to 1961

Year graduated from Staff School: Left after 3rd grade.
City and State you live in now: Riverside, CA

Birth Announcements: my daughter (31 years ago) and my son (26 years ago) Sorry I was so late getting this news out.

Passing Announcements: My parents, Harrison and Ida Staub, passed away last year within four months of each other. While my dad was very much a social recluse after coming to the states, they also treasured memories of their San Tome friends and spoke of them often. My mom, being the opposite of my father in many ways, yearned for the dances at the club, and the Halloween parties for which she was, at different times, a Sultan attended by her more svelte friends who fanned her with palm branches and a "Mammie" with the Showboat crew of which Jake Howland was the riverboat Captain. She tied a wide basket to her head and covered it with fruit.

Your Other News: I thought I'd try to get this going, so although this isn't news, I figured I'd introduce myself. My family moved to Anaco at the end of 1952, I think, where we lived in a house on stilts. Mom always said that was to keep the snakes out, but later we saw that snakes can climb, so I think Dad told her that to encourage her to stay. We moved to San Tome shortly after that. My brother Jerry and I went to the San Tome school where he was often in trouble, and I was just quiet and sweet. He was involved in several pranks, one that I remember distinctly brought our second grade class out into the hall to see why his teacher was screaming. Turned out to be a harmless little snake or lizard in her desk. We went to Nursery school at Sarah and Tica Welsh's house. My kindergarten teacher was blonde and looked like Barbie (who was nonexistent at the time) and held back the boy who kicked my sand castles over, so I liked her a lot.

Let's have some more memories posted here, like there were on the old site (by the way, thanks Terry, for making sure my virtual home town is still up and running) so our kids can understand our passion for our unique way of life in San Tome.

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Submitted by: Sherley(Bisch)Loucks
Date: May 3, 2005
The years you were in Venezuela: 1957 to 1972

Year graduated from Staff School: 1972 - with the other incredible seven... Kyle, Doris, Linda, Javier, Patricia ("Googie"), Robert and Pablo City and State you live in now: Kitchener, Ontario, Canada ("The Great White North")

Birth Announcements: Gave birth to one son, Aaron, 19 years ago!
Passing Announcements: Dad (Cameron Bisch)died in October, 1995 after only 3 months of finding out he had cancer. We miss him still.
Moving Announcements: Left San Tome to finish high school in Canada, then moved to Quito, Ecuador for Grade 12. From there, moved back to Canada in 1975 for business college and have been here since!
New email address announcement: sloucks@conestogac.on.ca

Your Other News: After finishing business college, I got a job at the local community college (Conestoga) in June of 1977. I still work at the College as the IELTS Administrator (International English Language Testing System), and am responsible for English language testing for the province of Ontario. Married Keith in 1982 and had a son, Aaron, in 1986.

The rest of the "Bisch" family all live in Kitchener, Ontario. Mom (Nayibe) lives with my sister Susie (Chipman) and her family - husband, Wally, and their two daughters, Lauren (9) and Sarah (7). My other sister, Kathy, and her husband, Al, also live in the area. My brother, Cam, and his wife live a short distance away, and they have two boys - Daniel (12) and Jeremy (11). Write us if you want more news!!!

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Submitted by: Melanie Peacock Proffitt
Date: 5/11/2005
The years you were in Venezuela: 1969 to 1970
City and State you live in now: Dermott, AR

Birth Announcements: Jesse, 19; Joseph, 15; Jonathan, 11

New email address announcement: mproffitt@excite.com

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Submitted by: Jimmy Young jyoung@terraine.com
Date: 5/22/05
The years you were in Venezuela: 1966 to 1976

City and State you live in now: Knoxville, TN

Birth Announcements: Isabel Sofia Young - Nov 20, 2004

Your Other News: Great site. Would love to go back to visit San Tome after nearly 30 years since I left. Does anyone have recent pictures of San Tome?

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Hello Terry

I will be coming to the states May 16, I will send a donation from there as I don't trust our mail service here in Trinidad. Also do you know of anyone from San Tome that lives within the Louisiana area (Lafayette).

Sincerely, Jonathan Torry (torrytt@hotmail.com)

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