Monthly Archives May 2013

It is with much sadness and regret that Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) announces the home going of the following Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Alumni:

Rachael Chambers, sister of Clarence Chambers former Tin Smith and Beersheba Primary Alumnus of  New Savannah, New Market, Saint Elizabeth.

James Lenford Cain “Son Son”, predeceased by his parents Charles Cain “Mass Charlie” and “Aunt Lor” of  Long Ground District, New Market, Saint Elizabeth.

The thoughts and prayers of all Beersheba Primary School Alumni in Jamaica and the Diaspora are with the family of the deceased as they mourn and try to cope with their loss.

L-R-Vincent Samuels, Secretary/Treasurer BOSA, Mrs. Tatlin E. Smith-Williams, Principal Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased) Wilford Holness, BOSA member (partially hidden, and the Rev. Phyllis Seymour, Chairman of the School Board.

Against the backdrop of hexagonal architectural partition, amidst a sea of bright eyed students, males wearing khaki shirts and pants and females wearing royal blue blouses and over the knee navy blue tunics who gathered for the morning’s assembly, Vincent Samuels, Secretary/Treasurer, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) flanked by Vincent Brown, Vinnette Cain, Veronica Arthur-Heath, Victor Smith, Hymie Harvey, Wilford Holness – who currently resides in the UK – representatives of the Association, Councillor Cyril Martin, member Parish Council, N...

In keeping with its vision to diversify and broaden its scope as it interacts with Beersheba Primary School Alumni, Honorary BOSA members, Friends, well-wishers and  other readers of its newsletter, and visitors to BOSA website in Jamaica and the Diaspora, Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is inviting interested persons with literary writing and communication skills to contribute articles that fall under one or more of the following categories:

ACHIEVERS AND TRAILBLAZERS (scholastic, career, church, and community involvement)
PHILANTHROPY (including giving back to the community that nurtured them)
BOSA NEWSLETTER (please review previous volumes of our newsletter to familiarize yourselves with the format used)

HISTORY (with specific reference to the community that nurtured them).
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Mrs Virie Smith-Colquhoun “Aunt Virie”

It is with much sadness and regret that Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) announces the passing of Mrs. Virie Smith-Colquhoun “Miss Virie”, Beersheba Primary School Alumna and Village Dressmaker and Shopkeeper, initially from Flint Valley “Sky”, and Paynes Town, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica West Indies.

“Miss Virie” passed away at Black River Public General Hospital on Monday, May, 20, 2012 where her Doctor sent her for observation by the medical staff at the facility. Although “Miss Virie” has been ailing from natural causes for sometime, she was still a faithful and loyal member of Carmel Moravian Church, Westmoreland where she sang on the choir at the Thanksgiving Service for Rev, Noel Keith Monteith, O.D., J.P. on May 18, 2013.

“Miss Virie” w...

Four tall coconut trees loaded with coconuts provided the backdrop to the hilly terrain on which Carmel Moravian Church, Westmoreland, Jamaica West Indies, boasting its German Gothic Architecture and buttresses punctuated with Greco-Roman Arched Stained Glass Windows and Wooden Doors made of hardwood that is termite free and has lasted for many years, stood as mourners from far and near, began filing into the sanctuary as early as 7.45 a.m. so as to ensure that they got the best seats.

Not to be out done were vendors in the church yard and also on the  Carmel Primary School grounds who staked out the best spots to peddle their wares...

Miss “Ellie”

Standing in close proximity to Kilmarnock School epitome of the work done by early Moravian Missionaries in educating ancestral slaves who were snatched from their habitat on the West Coat of Africa and taken in shackles to Jamaica where they were sold to slave owners and masters in Paynes Town, Hopeton and other white dominated plantacrocy; Kilmarnock Moravian Church with its four buttresses, a white painted corrugated steel gate is the entrance to the church cemetery where the remains of John Monteith and his son the late Rev. Noel Keith Monteith, O.J., J.P...

Beersheba Old Students Association (BOSA) is delighted to inform you all that victory has been obtained on behalf of Shanisa Jones, grade 10 C student at Saint Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS), Santa Cruz, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies whom the administration at Beersheba Primary School (Government Leased), New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies has victimized and denied benefits from James Richards Educational Trust Fund although Bermuda Trust Company Limited – former Trustee of the Fund – declared Shanisa a qualified beneficiary...

Dark nimbus clouds that descended as a veil over New Road All Age School, Westmoreland, Jamaica, West Indies, did not dampen the spirits of the ancestors including “Mass” Roland Kirlew and his wife “Miss Jimima, peasant farmer and housewife respectively from Happy Hall, New Market, Saint Elizabeth, Jamaica, West Indies who sat in the audience in the main auditorium of the school on Thursday, April 25, 2013 as the hour of 2.00 p.m. drew near for the appreciation Ceremony in honour of Nora D. “Kitty” “Teacher’ Kirlew-Lawrence was about to begin.

Seated on a raised platform overlooking the audience, was several distinguished persons that included: The Very Rev. Canon The Honourable Hartley D. Perrin, Custos Rotulorum for Westmoreland, Mr. C. A...

On page 13 of 15 of Volume 11, October 2012, writing under the above captioned headline, BOSA Newsletter introduced its readers to 24 year old New York Jets Quarterback and Heisman Trophy Winner Tim Tebow.
When the news article appeared in BOSA Newsletter, Tim Tebow was wearing his No. 15 Jersey in the New York Jets as one of the most dynamic players in the National Football League (NFL) and a follower and disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ who is known for sharing his Christian Faith openly and unhesitatingly.

It would appear as if the New York Jets couldn’t have hated Tim Tebow more. They dumped him on the first Monday after the NFL Draft knowing that the roster on other Major Football League will be filled and the chance of Tebow finding another job will be very bleak.

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