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Today is Super Bowl Sunday. If you're so inclined, I hope you enjoy that as well.

John London (Warwick HS - '57) of VA has another reason to celebrate today, whatever the outcome of The Game. It's his birthday!

Today would also have been the 59th birthday of

Ronnie Sanders ('65), who passed away this past October 8th::

Hey there, young lady ... hope it a little warmer there .. its been in the 20's for way too long and no let up in site. Thought you would enjoy this ....

Thanks, Randy Darlin'! I believe I did see a 29 degrees sign this morning, but now at 6:30 PM, it seems to be 49 degrees - which ain't too shabby!

We finally got some snow...not much but enough to cover the ground...it is melting fast...glad you had fun with your family, hugs, jb

Fayetteville had its first snow in two years - on Thursday, the day we came home. We saw the snow in Edwardsville, St. Louis, Chicago, and Raleigh, but by the time we reached Fayetteville, it had all melted here. Sigh. I did see the pictures in the paper, though. Thanks, Lady! Maybe we'll get our snow yet!

From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 02/03/07 - "Sabbath Day- A day of rest with sites to enjoy.":

Have a nice Sabbath Day,
Shari

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ehhh1yhxeA

Hand shadow dancers.

http://blackdog4kids.com/holiday/valentine/match/

Blackdog Valentine match game.

http://ebaumsworld.com/tags/super-bowl-2006/

The Super Bowl commercials for 2006. I did not watch them all, but if you're very
conservative minded, there may be a few that could be considered risqué.

It seems I've read where a few of the Go Daddy ones have been banned.

Some of these are really good!

These are great! Thanks, Shari!

From Richard Dawes (HHS/NNHS - '62) of VA - 02/03/07 - "Blue Angels":

Carol

I was browsing the web site and thought I would send you a good link to the photo that I found.

Richard

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/12-11-54-Forrestal.html

http://www.blueangels.org/Years/1955/Year1955.htm

OH, MY GOODNESS!!! I don't know how excited the rest of you are, but I'm thrilled to see this site! I had located these images back in 2000 (when I knew next to nothing of computers), and saved the site, but not the images. Before I was able to do so, they were removed! And I was horrified, because ... well, that's another long story which I shall save for a later moment.

Anyway, I am so excited to have this! Thanks so much, Richard! You are my hero!

From Rex Enochs (Husband of Linda Ray Letchworth Enochs - '60 - of TX) - 02/03/07:

I do not have a website up just now. I do have a models site at www.musecube.com/rexnenochs65/.

Linda has been my partner in life in business since we married June 28, 1969. I am attaching my bio and kudos. Perhaps you can extract some information from that to use for Linda. After all it is about her not me.

Thanks, Rex

WOWZERONI!!! Thanks, Rex!

In case his name sounded familiar to y'all, but you just couldn't quite place it, well, now you know!

(By the way, I'll cover that bio information later....)

From Al Simms ('60) of VA - 02/04/07 - "North End then and now photos":

		Carol, Attached are two photos, one in 1947 and one in 2003 of our house at 314-64th Street in the North End of Newport News. 64th Street was the last street in the city limits of Newport News before it consolidated with Warwick County. The house was purchased by Calvary Baptist Church and was and, I think, still is the parsonage for the pastor. The current pastor has been there since my dad left in 1960.
1947	2003
314-64th Street, Newport News, VA

I spent a great deal of time playing on the banks and beach of the James River which was just across what was then Huntington Avenue. Much of the river has been filled in and my beach is a shipyard parking lot now. As you can see the house has not changed much on the outside. You will note in the old photo that there is a small tree on the left between the sidewalk and street - It is a BIG tree now. You can't see it in the photos but there was a big sycamore tree on the right that is now gone. The 3 big Poplar? trees that were in the left hand side yard in 1947 are gone in 2003, and if I remember correctly came down during a hurricane prior to 1960 but laid down towards the street and hit nothing. It may have been Hurricane Hazel but my memory is not good enough to be certain about that.

One little tidbit about the location is that if you dig down about a foot anywhere in the yard you find concrete under the ground. My dad discovered this when digging post holes for a fence around the back yard to keep me and my siblings in the yard when we were small. I still have the heavy railroad "boxcar mover" bar that he used to break holes in the concrete and occasionally use it if I hit rock when digging that needs to be broken up. A backbreaking job but it is easier with it than without. We were told that there was a concrete anti-aircraft gun emplacement there during WWI but I cannot vouch for the validity of the story.

Thought that you might want these for the North End Neighborhood section of your website.

Al Simms

NNHS Class of 1960

Thanks so much, Al! I posted these images, and reworked the North End Page somewhat so that hopefully it follows in a more logical progression:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/neighborhoods.html

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/north-end.html

You mentioned Hurricane Hazel. As I have some vivid and frightening memories associated with it, I have been planning to create a section for it for some time, but I never seem to catch up enough on other items that arrive to give me time to do that. Meanwhile, here are some sites you may wish to read to refresh your own memories:

From http://www.vaemergency.com/newsroom/history/hurricane.cfm:

Oct. 15, 1954, Hurricane Hazel: Hazel maintained hurricane force winds up the East Coast and produced a number of record wind gusts. In Hampton, winds gusted to 130 mph; Norfolk, 100 mph. Blackstone, Va., 92 mph; Richmond, 79 mph; and Washington National Airport in Arlington, Va., 98 mph. Damages in Norfolk alone reached $3.5 million with 1,800 homes and businesses damaged. Hundreds of thousands of trees were destroyed, taking with them half of the phone and electric lines in the state, causing $2 million in damage. A 150-foot microwave telephone tower was toppled near Warsaw, Va.; 200 plate glass storefronts in Richmond broke; in the Shenandoah Valley, turkey growers lost between 150,000 and 250,000 turkeys when poultry sheds were wrecked.

Small crafts were driven ashore or sank. Four people died when a tug capsized on the James River about 25 miles from Richmond. Piers were demolished and private docks swept away in the Tidewater rivers. Lynchburg, Roanoke and Danville recorded five to six inches of rain, which caused flooding in small streams. Virginia lost 13 people and damages were conservatively estimated in from Connie and Diane brought record total rainfall for the month of August. Severe flooding followed on the Rappahannock River with some flooding also on the James, Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers. Norfolk winds gusted to 53 mph from the east, Cape Henry had 43 mph winds with gusts to 49 mph. Roanoke saw winds gusts to 62 mph and Lynchburg 56 mph out of the north. While only minor tides occurred, Atlantic Beach, Oceana, again had another $200,000 in damages that included sewer and water lines. Statewide damages equaled $1.5 million.

Also See: http://www4.ncsu.edu/~nwsfo/storage/cases/19541015/

From Karen Weinstein Witte ('60) of FL - 02/04/07 - "Cancer stamps":

Hi Carol,

Sorry for the old information about the breast cancer research stamps. I should have picked up on that since I still use these stamps. They have been revalued and now sell for $.45. You can still purchase these stamps and support breast cancer research for a few pennies more.

Karen

ARGHHH!!! I spent about twenty (apparently useless!) minutes flipping through the post office site looking for those stamps, because I thought that might very well be a possibility, and I never did find them!

Well, that is very good to know, Karen, especially as I still haven't purchased my stamps. I'll try that all again tomorrow. Thanks so much for letting us know! I was feeling badly that I had let such a moment pass by forever, as my family has suffered so at the hands of this killer disease. Now we all still have the opportunity to do so much good for so little effort. Thanks again!

From One of my Famous Marines - Herb Hice of MI, who served in the Pacific Theater
during WWII - 02/04/07 - "Dear Carol, Looking over old pictures !!!":

Dear Carol,

Please believe me when I say I am not living in the past; I just enjoy looking at old pictures. This is my wife, Gloria, when I was stationed at the Marine Air Base, Quantico, Va. in 1945. We lived off the Air Base in the Historic town of Fredericksburg Va. That was about 25 miles from Quantico. I commuted twice a day by local train that stopped about every two miles to pick up people standing along the tracks. Gloria was not a "Casual Wife" as we were married for 53 years when she passed away a little over nine years ago.

That's about all the family history for now, More later, Watch out for it,

Your Friend, Herbie

1945 - Fredericksburg, VA

Gloria and Herb Hice

How adorable you both are! Thanks, Herbie Darlin'! As you know, I love old pictures, too. Come to think of it, I don't have any real problem with living in the past. Reality often tends to be vastly overrated....

From Tom Norris (Hampton HS - '73) of VA - 02/04/07 - "Medical Humor":

... truth IS funnier than fiction.

Tom

During a patient's two week follow-up appointment with his cardiologist, he informed me, his doctor, that he was having
trouble with one of his medications.

"Which one?" I asked.

"The patch. The nurse told me to put on a new one every six hours and now I'm running out of places to put it!"

I had him quickly undress and discovered what I hoped I wouldn't see. Yes, the man had over fifty patches on his body!

Now, the instructions include removal of the old patch before applying a new one.

Submitted by a Norfolk, VA physician (name withheld because I haven't time to run it through scopes.com)

GIGGLES!!! Thanks, Tom!

From Sandra Canepa ('56) of VA - 02/04/07:

Hi Carol,

Has anyone given you an update on how the NINTHS graduates who live in The Villages, Lady Lake, FL faired after the recent tornadoes went across Florida and hit The Villages? I have Bobby and Joanne Fowler's email address somewhere and when I get home tonight, I'll find it and send them a message asking how things are for anyone down there from our area.

Better yet, believe I'll ask Evelyn Fryer Fish ('58 - of TX) now. Will let you know.. sac

I'm sorry, Sandra. The only information I've had so far came from Joe Madagan
('57) of FL - 02/02/07:

Hi, Carol:

Welcome back to North Carolina and the daily grind.

Just a quick note to let everyone know that Hilton Henderson ('57) of FL is safe and his property was not damaged in the storm that hit The Villages and Lady Lake. The lines were down, and many of us were very concerned about him since he lives in the area that was devastated this morning. He was able to send a text message to let us know he is OK.

TYPHOON Regards,

Joe Madagan ('57) of FL

Thank you again, Sweet Joe! That's a great relief to hear, and very gratifying to see how y'all keep track of each other!

Thanks again for your concern, Sandra! We'll look forward to hearing your report - and pray that the news is all good!

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