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	01/17/10 - NNHS Newsletter - Benjamin Franklin's 304th Birthday “All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.” - Benjamin Franklin (17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,

   We try to observe this day each year (though admittedly, we are not always successful...):

http://nnhs65.00freehost.com/01-17-07-NNHS-Ben-Franklins-301st-B-day.html

http://nnhs65.00freehost.com/01-17-08-NNHS-Ben-Franklins-302nd-B-day.html

BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhyMvQ_N7Zc - Philadelphia Freedom - Elton John

HOMEWORK:

http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/index.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin

http://sln.fi.edu/franklin/rotten.html

http://www.benfranklin300.org 

http://www.constitutioncenter.org

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

    Happy Birthday today to   Chuck Anspach ('60) of NC!

    Happy Birthday tomorrow to Eileen Rash Vaught ('57)!

    Happy Birthday this week to:

   Many Happy Returns to You All!

YESTERDAY IN WWII:

January 16, 1944 - Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower took command of the Allied invasion force in London.

January 16, 1945 - Adolf Hitler moved into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.

THIS DAY IN WWII:

January 17, 1941 - Kuomintang forces under orders from Chiang Kai-Shek opened fire at communist forces, resuming the Chinese Civil War after World War II.

January 17, 1945 - Soviet forces captured the almost completely destroyed Polish city of Warsaw.

January 17, 1945 - The Nazis began the evacuation of the Auschwitz concentration camp as Soviet forces closed in.

January 17, 1945 - Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody.

YESTERDAY IN 1965:

TODAY IN 1965:

Sunday, January 17, 1965 - Ice hockey player Sylvain Turgeon was born in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec, Canada.

Sunday, January 17, 1965 - Footballer Nikos Nioplias was born in Galatini, Greece.

ANSWERS:

    From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 01/16/10 - "Newport News City Jail":

Hi, Carol:     Glenn Dye ('60) of TX is seeking confirmation of a recollection that the inmates in the City of Newport News Jail could speak to citizens using 25th Street. As a Newspaper Carrier for The Times-Herald and The Daily Press and going to the newspaper offices and plant located on 25th Street, between Washington Avenue and Huntington Avenue, I can certify the prisoners from time to time would call out from their jail cells. The police station and the "Lock Up" was situated next door to the newspaper back then. Many prisoners were held there pending trails, and those convicted of crimes incarcerating them for an extended period of time were later transferred to the City Farm, where Mr. Mueller was the Superintendent. Mr. Mueller was the father of a couple of TYPHOON,   Dale ('64 - of VA) and Shirley Mueller ('60) and one more child whose name escapes my old memory.   TYPHOON Regards, Joe Madagan ('57) of FL

Thanks so much, Adonis!

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      From Wayne Stokes ('65) of VA - 01/16/10 - "NN Jail":

CBD,

Regarding     Glenn Dye's ('60 - of TX) question concerning the NN jail on 25th Street, I remember it well as it was located beside the Daily Press/Times Herald building. Every Saturday morning  Joe Mooney ('65) and I would ride our bikes or walk down there from North End, to pay our weekly newspaper delivery bill.   They had this amazing machine that would separate and count all the nickels, dimes, quarters, and pennies we had collected from our customers the night before. They would even turn our "profit" into dollar bills if we chose! However, they also had a number of vending machines there and before we would leave we had probably spent half of our profit in those machines! Joe Madagan, although a couple years before our time, may remember that routine?   Also, on Sunday morning after delivering our papers we would stand on the corner of 50th and Huntington selling any extras we had to those driving by until all the papers were sold, and then we would go to the restaurant there that was just below street level [        Dave (Spriggs - '64 - of VA) has named it before and it was directly across 50th Street from where I lived], because it was the only place open on Sunday morning at 7:30-8:00 am, and have ice cream and pie for breakfast!!   Oh yeah, we never heard any prisoners talking from the jail?   TC! "R"

Thank you, Wayne Honey! Might that have been the Rainbow Soda Shop owned by the Anas Family?? So what we know is that before a certain date the prisoners' voices could be heard, and that after that date, they could not. Hmmm...

			And for those of us who are persistently in a fog , how does this building fit into the scheme of things?    And is it still standing?!?    "Anyone? Anyone?"
Courthouse and Public Safety Building, Newport News, VA

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From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 01/15/10 - "Burial at Sea. A must read for all Americans":

I hope you are sitting quietly when you read this!

http://www.marinecorpsgazette-digital.com/marinecorpsgazette/200709/?pg=63#pg63

Thanks so much, Norris! We ran this very moving article back in December, but some may have missed it then - and that would be a travesty! http://nnhs65.00freehost.com/12-14-09-NNHS-Kling-Glockchen.html

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  From Eva Ellis Madagan ('61) of FL - 01/14/10 - "7-8-9 Chevy":

				1957, 1958 & 1959 All Rolled Into One! This car was built by N2A motors (No Two Alike). Unbelievable! The company is planning a production run of about 100 vehicles... It sits on a Corvette C6 chassis, front styled like a 57 Chevy, side like a 58, rear like a 59 - hence the designation "789." Is this a hot looking car, or WHAT !!! You probably need to be at least 50 years old to really appreciate this!!!

WOWZERONI! Thanks, Eva!

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 From Mark Friedman ('65) of VA - 01/15/10 - "Birth of a Candy Bar...":

		WILD GIGGLES!!! Thanks, Mark!

      From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 01/15/10 - "Have a beautiful weekend":

		Will be back on Wednesday. Have a nice prolonged weekend!   A clergyman walking down a country lane and sees a young farmer struggling to load hay back onto a cart after it had fallen off. "You look hot, my son," said the cleric. "Why don't you rest a moment, and I'll give you a hand." "No thanks," said the young man. "My father wouldn't like it." "Don't be silly," the minister said. "Everyone is entitled to a break. Come and have a drink of water." Again the young man protested that his father would be upset. Losing his patience, the clergyman said, "Your father must be a real tyrant. Tell me where I can find him, and I'll give him a piece of my mind!" "Well," replied the young farmer, "he's under the load of hay."

An unscrupulous businessman was feeling very ill and went to the doctor. The doctor examined him and backed away, saying, "I'm sorry to tell you this, but you have an advanced case of highly infectious rabies. You must have had it for some time. It will almost certainly be fatal."

"Could you give me a pen and paper?" said the businessman.

"Do you want to write your will?"

"No, I want to make a list of all the people I want to bite."

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En route to Hawaii, I noticed one of my passengers in the coach section of the airplane dialing her cell phone.

"Excuse me. That can't be on during the flight," I reminded her. "Besides, we're over the ocean-you won't get a signal out here."

"That's okay," she said. "I'm just calling my daughter. She's sitting up in first class."

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Easy versus Difficult

There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it.  For example, I am sitting here thinking how nice it is  that wrinkles don't hurt....      GIGGLES!!! Thanks, Gorgeous!

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ABBREVIATED ALERT:

  From Jane Chambers of VA - 07/01/09 - "CNC BOOK BROCHURE & AD":

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/CNC-CNU/brochure(2).pdf

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/CNC-CNU/CNC-Memories-Book-219390602.pdf

   Contact Dr. Chambers at cncmemories61_71@yahoo.com.

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Philadelphia Freedom

Written by Elton John (b. 25 Mar 1947)

and

Bernie Taupin (b. 22 May 1950), 1975

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