01/17/13 - NNHS Newsletter -
Benjamin Franklin's 307th Birthday

“Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do.”

“He’s a fool who cannot conceal his wisdom.”

- Benjamin Franklin
(17 Jan 1706 - 17 Apr 1790)

I wanted to let you know I am in room #800 at Penrose Hospital now for rehab.  Thus far I am doing very well although I was pretty much out of it from Friday up to Tuesday.  I want to thank all our Typhoon Nation for all the prayers!  I truly believe those prayers are what has brought me thru this and will forever be thankful.  They amputated mid thigh.

Will start rehab this morning for preparation for going home for home care.

I will keep you updated as best I can and please keep the prayers coming.

God bless all of you.

   It's so good to hear from you, Butch! As you can tell, you have had some mighty prayers on your behalf from our Typhoon Prayer Warriors! We continue to pray for your renewed strength and speedy recovery!

   Butch can be reached at this address, should you want to send him cards and notes: 

Henry Ragland
Room 800
2222 N. Nevada Avenue
Colorado Springs, CO 80907

http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html
 

   We spent Monday and Tuesday in Urgent Care, Cape Fear ER, and Specialist's Office because of a serious infection causing swelling, severe pain, and fever.  He is on total bed rest for at least one week and probably two...  Prayers are requested.

http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html

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

January 17, 1944 - Allied forces launched the first of four assaults on Monte Cassino with the intention of breaking through the Winter Line and seizing Rome, an effort that would ultimately take four months and cost 105,000 Allied casualties.

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 was taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he was never publicly seen again.

Wednesday, January 16, 1963 - Tenor-saxophone player Ike Quebec (b. Ike Abrams Quebec on 17 Aug 1918 in Newark, New Jersey) died from lung cancer at the age of 44.

Thursday, January 17, 1963 - Fencer Henri Masson (b. 17 Jan 1872 in France) died in France on his 91st birthday.

 

http://www.nnhs65.com/seven-oaks.html -       From Dimples Dinwiddie Prichard ('58) of NC - 01/14/13

   WOWZERONI! Thanks, Dimples!

   Thank you so very much, Eddie Darlin'! Paul is feeling considerably better (most of the time), but was ordered on total bed rest for at least one week and possibly two until he sees the specialist again on February 7. He's trying to be a good patient, and I'm trying to be a good nurse, but it's pretty much a total role reversal for us, as he generally spoils me outrageously. A scary setback last night caused me finally to break down, but he is greatly improved today, and so am I!

The Reunion for the Class of 1963 is coming up on Oct 4th and Oct 5th, 2013 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, (formerly Radisson, Hampton).

I've lost 140 pounds the hard way...

   Congratulations on your new computer and your weight loss, Jimmy!     I forgot to ask you if you want me to publish your address, so let me know please.

    I wish, though, that you hadn't left all those pounds lying around; I seem to have found them. (Well, maybe not all of them...)

Tired of all the junk mail     _____@____________.___ should be deleted shortly.

   Gotcha covered, Stacy!  But, ah, I forgot to ask you if you wanted yours published, too! Let me know; otherwise it'll be our secret!

http://www.allcrafts.net/crochetsewingcrafts.htm?url=web.archive.org/web/19991009152219/members.aol.com/undcvrsis/pattern6.html - Carolyn's Kite Fridgie

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/21879451 - Vintage (May 14, 1910) Crochet Kite Stitch - "Suitable for counterspans, cot quilts, and toilet covers"

A teacher sees a lad entering the classroom – his hands were dirty.

She stopped him and said, “John, please wash your hands. My goodness, what would you say if I came into the room with hands like that?”

Smiling the boy replied, “I think I’d be too polite to mention it.”