Dear Friends and Schoolmates,

   We try to celebrate this very special day each year:

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  THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

   Happy Birthday today to   Carol Collier Sparrow ('63) of VA!

   Happy Birthday tomorrow to    Bruce Sims ('56) of VA AND Carolyn Clark Wilt ('57) AND Sandra Sherman Filippo ('57) AND     Rochelle Spooner ('63) of NY!

   Happy Birthday this week to:
23 -     Chandler Nelms (Hampton HS - '63) of MD;
25 -     Jeannie Collier Fitzgerald ('65) of VA;

26 -      Charis Bean Duke (Governor Thomas Johnson HS, MD - '85) of NC;

28 - Courtney Russ ('57) AND      Jennie Sheppard ('62) of NC AND    Rick Billings ('65) of NC AND My Granddaughter,   Becca Harty of IL!

   Many Happy Returns to you all!

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PAGE HITS:

   Hit # 102,000 was made sometime on Friday, January 21, 2011 while I was taking a nap, so once again, I missed it completely.

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THIS DAY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES:

      From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 01/20/11 - "Did you know???":

		National Hug Day or National Hugging Day is an annual holiday occurring on January 21, officially recognized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. The holiday was founded on January 21, 1986 in Caro, Michigan, and has since spread to Canada, England, Australia, Germany, Poland and other countries.....    No, I did NOT know! Thank you so much, Shari!

   From My Grandson, Jacob Harty, of TX - 01/20/11 - "Lord of the Monty Rings":  

		I thought it would be funny to make the The Black Knight say Gandalf 's line, so I made it.    WILD GIGGLES! Thanks, Jacob!    Say, I have a great idea! Your PhotoShopping skills far outweigh mine. Why don't you come up here and take over that aspect for me? I'm "a bit" behind.....

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  From My #2 Daughter-in-Law, Bethany (Winona Harty (Siuslaw HS, OR - '94) of TX - 01/20/11 - "Nerds R Us":

... I did some Facebook time.

And my friend had this on her status:

WARNING! Facebook now automatically scans your brain through your monitor. To BLOCK, go to your kitchen cabinet and remove the box of aluminum foil. Wrap foil around your head, stay calm & breathe through your left nostril. This is a serious problem & has been confirmed by my cousin's girlfriend's neighbor's son's baby's mama and her pet Chihuahua. Copy and paste as your status! SAVE YOUR FRIENDS

		Which, I, of course, thought was HILARIOUS! So I ran to the cupboard, grabbed the tin foil, wrapped it around my head, grabbed my laptop, and snapped a picture. Yeah, I know, I'm a nerd. And proud of it! Nerds Unite, right!?!    Bethany, you goofbutton! I was trying to be as quiet as a little mouse and I saw this and started laughing out loud!    Thanks for the big giggle fits, Lady!
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Bethany the Nerd

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      From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of IL - 01/20/11 - "Bikers Escort boy with flag on his bike to School.. - good one.":

He wants to join the AIR FORCE when he gets bigger. I REALLY like this one and think the boy is a super kid! Hooray for this kid and the patriotic American bikers! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Po7k5O9LtBo&feature=player_embedded - Bikers Escort Denair Boy To School The school district in Denair, CA  told a young boy he couldn't fly the American Flag on his bike.    YOWZERONI-WOWZERONI! Thanks, Dools!

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  From My Friend, Judy Bundy Bowermaster (Litchfield HS, IL - '59) of IL - 01/20/11 - "human clock":

This is cool. This is a masterpiece!!! This is extremely clever and it does actually work, in BOTH formats!!!!   And actually on correct time. Don’t miss the human clock. Fantastic! http://lovedbdb.com/nudemenClock/index2.html Click anywhere in the clock and it becomes digital, another click and it returns to normal. "HAVE A GREAT DAY"    WOWZERS! This IS waaay cool! Thanks, Jude!

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      From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of IL - 01/20/11 - "This is just weird . . .":

This year we will experience 4 unusual dates.... 1/1/11, 1/11/11, 11/1/11, 11/11/11 .... NOW go figure this out.... take the last 2 digits of the year you were born plus the age you will be this year and it WILL EQUAL TO 111.   Crazy huh?    AHA! Another weird math situation - and still over my head! Thanks again, Dools!

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  From Ruth Ann Reece Horace ('67) of FL - 01/15/11 - "CAN'T FIX STUPID" (#5 in a Series of 10):

I didn't know we could choose.

Thanks, Ruthie!

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FINALLY:

From Will and Guy's Joke of the Day - 01/20/11: 
 

* Some of Will’s Favourite Political Bloopers: "China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese." --Charles de Gaulle, ex-French President "This is a great day for France!" --President Richard Nixon while attending Charles De Gaulle's funeral. "Things are more like they are now than they have ever been." --President Gerald Ford "Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life." --Orrin Hatch, Senator from Utah, explaining his support of the death penalty. My fellow astronauts..." --Vice-President Dan Quayle, beginning a speech at an Apollo 11 anniversary celebration. "Outside of the killings, Washington D.C. has one of the lowest crime rates in the country." --Mayor Marion Barry, Washington D.C. "We found the term 'killing' too broad." --State Department spokesperson on why the word 'killing' was replaced with 'unlawful or arbitrary deprivation of life' in its human rights reports for 1984-5 "The chairs in the cabin are for the ladies. Gentlemen are not to make use of them till the ladies are seated." --Instructions posted in a river cruise ship, Suir River, Ireland. "The exports include thumbscrews and cattle prods, just routine items for the police." --U.S. Commerce Department spokesman on a regulation allowing the export of various products abroad.

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

1. Friday, January 28, 2011 - Tidewater Friends of Folk Music Coffeehouse - 7:00 PM Wesley United Methodist Church, 2510 N. Armistead Avenue, Hampton, VA 23666 - SEE: http://www.tffm.org/coffeehouse.html.  2. Thursday, February 3, 2011 - The NNHS Class of 1955 holds Lunch Bunch gatherings on the first Thursday of every month at Steve & John's Steak House on Jefferson Avenue just above Denbigh Boulevard in Newport News at 11:00 AM. The luncheon is not limited to just the Class of '55; if you have fiends in that year, go visit with them. 3. Wednesday, February 9, 2011 - The NNHS Class of June 1942 meets at noon on the second Wednesday of every other month for a Dutch treat lunch at the James River Country Club, 1500 Country Club Road. PLEASE JOIN THEM. Give or take a few years makes no difference. Good conversation, food and atmosphere. For details, call Jennings Bryan at 803-7701 for reservations. 4. Wednesday, April 13, 2011 - The NNHS Class of June 1942 meets at noon on the second Wednesday of every other month for a Dutch treat lunch at the James River Country Club, 1500 Country Club Road. PLEASE JOIN THEM. Give or take a few years makes no difference. Good conversation, food and atmosphere. For details, call Jennings Bryan at 803-7701 for reservations. 5. Saturday, April 30, 2011 - The NNHS Class will have a Luncheon. Team Leaders are Mickey Marcella (mcmiceli@verizon.net - 757-249-3800), Betty Hamby Neher (bjneher@cox.net - 757-898-5099), and Dr. Harry Simpson (hdsdds@aol.com - 804-694-0346). - CLASS OF 1954 6. Saturday, July 9, 2011 (6:30 PM to 11:30 PM) - The Class of 1971 will hold its 40-Year Reunion at Newport News Marriott at City Center, 740 Town Center Drive, Newport News. For details, contact Richard Rawls at Richard@Rawls.com - CLASS OF 1971

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  Y'all take good care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER!  We'll Always Have Buckroe!

                           Love to all, Carol

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Carol Buckley Harty
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Dixie

[From the Richmond Dispatch, March 19, 1893.]
 Dan Emmett its Author and New York the Place of Its Production.


I wish I was in the land of cotton,
old times there are not forgotten,
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.
In Dixie land where I was born in, early on a frosty mornin',
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.

Chorus:
Then I wish I was in Dixie, hooray! Hooray!
In Dixie land I'll take my stand, to live and die in Dixie,
Away, away, away down south in Dixie,
Away, away, away down south in Dixie.

Old Missus marry Will de Weaber, Will-yum was a gay deceaber,
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.
But when he put his arm around her,
smiled as fierce as a forty pounder.
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land. (Chorus)

Dars buckwheat cakes an' ingen batter, makes you fat or a little fatter,
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.
Den hoe it down and scratch your grabble to Dixie's land
I'm bound to travel,
Look away, look away, look away Dixie land. (Chorus)

"Dixie" midi courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/8313/dixieslow.mid
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 08/10/03
Thanks, Dave!

"Dixie" lyrics courtesy of http://www.countrygoldusa.com/dixie.asp and http://www.civilwarhome.com/dixie.htm - 01/19/08

Images of General Jackson courtesy of http://www.vmi.edu/archives/jackson/Photocoll/jacksonimages_exhibit.asp - 01/19/05

Large Confederate Divider Bar clip art courtesy of http://www.tennessee-scv.org/Camp1513/clipart6.htm - 01/18/05