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	01/12/16 - NNHS Newsletter - Swinging on a Star “The best cure for one's bad tendencies is to see them in action in another person.” - Alain de Botton (b. 20 Dec 1969)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates, 

         My daddy, the late Robert Buckley (John Marshall HS - '25) (19 Oct 1907 - 25 Apr 1960) was as big a fan of Bing Crosby as I am of Frank Sinatra. From time to time he'd play    this old 78 and the two of us would sing-a-long with Bing. Great times.

BONUS - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rATftJiWdkw - Swinging on a Star - Bing Crosby, 1944

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinging_on_a_Star:  

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

   Happy Birthday tomorrow to My Grandson,   Hunter Huber of Alberta!

   Happy Birthday this week to:

14 - Ronnie Todd ('63);

15 - The late Skippy Weitz ('57) (deceased 22 Nov 2012) AND   Mary Markiewich Hux ('67) of VA;

16 -   Johanne Coates Richardson ('57) AND   Howard Smith ('63) of VA AND Steve Kiger ('66) of VA;

17 -   Chuck Anspach ('60) of NC;

18 - Eileen Rash Vaught ('57) AND    F.A. Saunders (Hampton HS - '64) of VA!

Many Happy Returns to You All! http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html

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400 YEARS AGO TODAY:

January 12, 1616 - The city of Belém was founded in Pará, Brazil by Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.

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150 YEARS AGO TODAY:

January 12, 1866 - The Royal Aeronautical Society was formed in London.

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100 YEARS AGO TODAY:

January 12, 1966 - Both Oswald Boelcke and Max Immelmann, for achieving eight aerial victories each over Allied aircraft, received the German Empire's highest military award, the Pour le Mérite as the first German aviators to earn it.

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THIS DAY IN WWII: January 12, 1940 - Soviet bombers raided cities in Finland. January 12, 1942 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt created the National War Labor Board. January 12, 1943 - Soviet troops created a breach in the German siege of Leningrad. The breach allowed the Soviets to receive supplies. January 12, 1945 - Soviet forces began a huge offensive against the Germans in Eastern Europe.

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THIS DAY IN 1966:

Wednesday, January 12, 1966 - Lyndon B. Johnson stated that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended. Wednesday, January 12, 1966 - Actor Olivier Martinez was born in Paris, France. Wednesday, January 12, 1966 - Golfer Craig Parry was born Craig David Parry in Sunshine, Victoria, Australia.

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  From Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA - 01/11/16 - "Rodent Control!":

There were four churches and a synagogue in a small Ohio town: a Presbyterian church, a Baptist church, a Methodist church, a Catholic church, and a Jewish synagogue. Each church and the synagogue had a problem with squirrels. The Presbyterian church called a meeting to decide what to do about their squirrels. After much prayer and consideration, they determined the squirrels were predestined to be there and that they shouldn't interfere with God's divine will. At the Baptist church, the squirrels had taken an interest in the baptistery. The deacons met and decided to put a water slide on the baptistery and let the squirrels drown themselves. The squirrels liked the slide and, unfortunately, knew instinctively how to swim so twice as many squirrels showed up the following week. The Methodist church decided that they were not in a position to harm any of God's creatures. So, they humanely trapped their squirrels and set them free near the Baptist Church. Two weeks later the squirrels were back when the Baptists took down the water slide. But the Catholic Church came up with a very creative strategy. They baptized all the squirrels and consecrated them as members of the church. Now they only see them at Christmas and Easter. Not much was heard from the Jewish synagogue, but it's rumoured that they took one squirrel and circumcised him. They haven't seen a squirrel on their property since.      Thanks, Dearest Judy!

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From My Friend, Jamie, of OK - 01/11/16:
 

		Thanks, Jamie!

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        From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of NC - 01/05/16 - "TO MY FRIENDS WHO THINK THEY HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING (#2 in a series of 60)":

		I think you will enjoy this!    OOH! Thanks, Dools!

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Carol Buckley Harty 7020 Lure Court Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309 910-584-8802

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Would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a mule

A mule is an animal with long funny ears
Kicks up at anything he hears
His back is brawny but his brain is weak
He's just plain stupid with a stubborn streak
And by the way, if you hate to go to school
You may grow up to be a mule

Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a pig

A pig is an animal with dirt on his face
His shoes are a terrible disgrace
He has no manners when he eats his food
He's fat and lazy and extremely rude
But if you don't care a feather or a fig
You may grow up to be a pig

Or would you like to swing on a star
Carry moonbeams home in a jar
And be better off than you are
Or would you rather be a fish

A fish won't do anything, but swim in a brook
He can't write his name or read a book
To fool the people is his only thought
And though he's slippery, he still gets caught
But then if that sort of life is what you wish
You may grow up to be a fish
A new kind of jumped-up slippery fish

And all the monkeys aren't in the zoo
Every day you meet quite a few
So you see it's all up to you
You can be better than you are
You could be swingin' on a star