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Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown
Stuart, C. S. A.
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
I knew you'd remember that today is Jeb's birthday. How could you
forget the flamboyant commander of the Confederate
Cavalry? He's my favorite hero - a man who knew how to dress well, laugh
well, love well, have fun - and flirt! Besides, he's
my cousin on three different lines - two Randolph's and a Perkins.
If you don't know him as well as you'd like, read Burke Davis' The Last Cavalier:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0517185970/002-6918579-3996817?v=glance
Oh, yes, and today is also Super Bowl Sunday! Even I know that!
I've had
difficulties with the FTP all week, causing pages to crash and stay crashed.
I hope this hasn't caused you as much
grief as it has me. I think it would work pretty well at 0200, but as I
try to awaken each morning at 0430, that would be rather
annoying. I'll keep plugging along.
From Thelma Spade Roberts ('57) of VA - 02/05/04:
Carol – just FYI, here is our list of birthdays. I send them out to our ’57 classmates every month.
02-Feb |
Porter Phillips Booker |
01-Mar |
Allen Cohen |
02-Feb |
Thelma Spade Roberts |
05-Mar |
Hazel Pegram Southall |
03-Feb |
Maynard Thweatt |
05-Mar |
Helen Pegram Ignace |
12-Feb |
Jon Pearl |
09-Mar |
L. Patrick Burke |
18-Feb |
William Sawyer |
10-Mar |
Helen Avant Neal |
22-Feb |
Ronald Bass |
11-Mar |
Margaret Blayton Cowan |
23-Feb |
Richard E. Prince, Sr. |
15-Mar |
Joan Williams Eberwine |
26-Feb |
Peggy Wellington Craft |
18-Mar |
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25-Mar |
Billy Williams |
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31-Mar |
Webb Edwards |
I don’t know
if you want me to send you all birth dates for other ’57 classmates or not … you
may have too many to keep track of already
(I can also go back and give you January’s for future reference). Let me know
what you think, and if you want to include them – I won’t be
offended if you decide not to.
Thanks, Thelma
Hi,
Thelma!
I would be delighted to post all these and January’s too, if you
don’t mind! I rarely intentionally leave out anything or anyone.
Awww - see – I already missed your birthday! Hope you had a good
one!
Well, in that case – here they are:
01-Jan |
Gloria Hand Burns |
04-Jan |
Normal Howell Morgan |
05-Jan |
Carolyn McCormick Holmes |
05-Jan |
Cammie Dick Gibson |
06-Jan |
Harry Covert |
07-Jan |
Jimmy Shires |
07-Jan |
Bruce Smith Slama |
07-Jan |
Page Smith Morahan |
08-Jan |
Joan Burcher Green |
08-Jan |
Mrs. Wilma S. Robinson (Coach Pete Robinson’s wife and our class sponsor) |
08-Jan |
Sonja Settles Allen |
08-Jan |
Patricia Branch Coltrane |
10-Jan |
Peggy Taylor Hudson |
15-Jan |
Skippy Weitz |
16-Jan |
Johanne Coates Richardson |
19-Jan |
Eileen Rash Vaught |
22-Jan |
Carolyn Clark Wilk |
22-Jan |
Sandra Sherman Filippo |
28-Jan |
Courtney Russ |
29-Jan |
Thanks for the belated wishes. This is one birthday I’d just soon ignore (66) – I couldn’t possibly have lived this long!!!
Thelma
GIGGLES! Yes, but notice how well that beats the alternative!
Eileen Rash
Vaught gave me private flute lessons in her home in the fall of 1960 or '61.
Joe Madagan ('57) of FL
gave me her email address months ago and suggested that I write her, but I was
too bashful. She probably wouldn't
remember me anyway, but I remember her and her kindness and patience.
Thanks again, Thelma! I'll be posting these right away.
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
From Fred Field ('45) of CA - 02/04/05:
Starting with THE REAL ME | And here is the GOOFY ME |
THE BLONDE ME |
And ME AS THE EASTER BUNNY |
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Well, what can I say, Fred? Each of
those images came to me courtesy of my niece Shari in VA, who delights
in funny pictures. When I attached the first one to
my personal web page,
I was tipping the scales at 235 (I'm 5' 2") and
climbing, and thought that if anything was a metaphor for me, it was that first
little piggie. GIGGLES!!!
Thanks, Fred!
You're a hoot! Oh, it it wasn't so much the refrigerator (unless you're
referring to ice cream!); it was the
cake and cookies and donuts and candy! Mmmmmm - especially the candy!
Sigh. And maybe the eleven pregnancies
in eighteen years. But primarily the sugar.
Oh, Jean - pull up a pillow and get comfy there in Mr. Taylor's algebra class. The trains are still running..........
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 02/04/05:
Carol,
As my name has been mentioned several times in connection with the train word
problem, I can
no longer remain silent. Remember: You asked for this.
In the wonderful world of Algebra, the Laws of Physics are flagrantly
disregarded in the interest
of mathematics, e.g. velocities are achieved instantaneously. This is not the
case in the real world
of Newtonian mechanics. Both trains must accelerate from zero velocity to their
final velocity, and
this takes time. This time varies with the mass of each train and the force
applied to accelerate it ….
remember F=MA? Further complicating the issue is this: The continued of
application of force will
result in continued acceleration which will result in ever increasing velocity.
If the train engineer
wishes to reach and maintain a constant velocity, then he must reduce the force
being applied as he
nears the desired velocity. (Just think about your foot pressure on the
accelerator of your car as you
enter the interstate from the on-ramp. Push hard to get up to speed, then begin
to ease off as you reach
the speed limit.) Even worse, the force required to sustain a constant velocity
is affected by the wind
resistance to the train, and that resistance is not a constant nor is it even
linear with velocity, i.e. the
resistance at 60 MPH is more than twice the resistance at 30 MPH. So now we have
to consider the
acceleration curves from a standing start and the curves as each train
approaches its desired velocity.
All of these factors involve time, and therefore, the distance traveled by each
train as the passenger
train overtakes the freight train.
Once you lay out all the equations, you are well into differential calculus and,
perhaps partial
differential equations, as well as a host of unknown values not provided in the
original word problem.
Accordingly, my solution to the word problem is: INSUFFICIENT DATA.
David, you're not
only adorable, you're positively delightful! Thank you so much for these
elucidating insights!
I think the
important thing to remember here is that
I WAS RIGHT
- INSUFFICIENT DATA!
WILD HYSTERICAL
GIGGLES!!!
(By the way, Dave's
degree from the United States Naval Academy
is in Marine Engineering; his Master's
from
Old Dominion University is in
Engineering Management.)
From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 02/04/05:
Oh, Adonis - I disagree! Had this
problem been crystal clear from the beginning, we could never have had so much
fun
with it! I found it almost exhilarating to realize that an exact science
could be so open to interpretation. And I never knew
word problems were supposed to be fun! They always frustrated the
bee-bees out of me! I thought they had a three-fold
mission: to give ulcers, raise blood pressure, and cause one to break out in
hives.
So thanks for the
brain teaser! It has been very educational on a number of levels!
From Cheryl Pless Ramsey ('64) of VA - 02/04/05:
Hi Carol!
Just found the ornament you have for sale.
I would love to have one
with (of course!!) blue and gold ribbon. Can you do this? Let me know your
cost – keep cranking
out those newsletters—I love
reading them and keeping up with all the Classmates.
Typhoons Forever,
Cheryl
WILD
GIGGLES!!! Those aren't for sale, Cheryl! Those are the prizes I
inexplicably decided to award for goofy contests
and certain page hits. You just won
one for giving me such a big laugh! It will be in tomorrow's mail.
Thanks, Cheryl!
From Paul Dobie ('66) of CO - 02/04/05:
Hey Carol,
The Newsletter
continues to amaze me. Does anyone remember the “Blue
Light” Club in Newport News? I remember
going there several times after I graduated from
NNHS
in which case
you would BYOB! My memory is a little foggy but I
know I went to the club, perhaps I was under the influence…anyway it would be
interesting to hear from others.
Paul
Thanks, Paul! Have we not assembled here the most remarkable gathering of amazing individuals?!?
This is
the second call for the Blue Light Club. I don't remember ever hearing of
it, much less visiting it, but then I lived
in a Dixie dup. No matter - we'll start the page - y'all let me hear from
you with details - location, images, remembrances......
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/blue-light.html - brand new page
From Al Farber ('64) of GA to Tom Flax ('64) of VA - 01/27/05:
THANK...... YOU..... for doing A GREAT JOB on the
DVD....REALLY ENJOYED it....LIKE they said ....THE NAME BADGES
need to be BIGGER...SOME I WOULD KNOW BUT most I wouldn't........YOU wouldn't
know me now EITHER....AFTER 40 some
years THINGS change....THANK you again for the JOB you did.....HOPE too see you
at the next GET TOGETHER....
ALWAYS
TYPHOONS FOREVER....
Al
(OOOOH,
looky-looky at that cute little swirling TYPHOON! How could have missed
finding such a thing before?!? Ah, no
matter. Y'all know what sticky fingers I have. I just swiped it.
Thanks, Al!)
Isn't that DVD
simply fabulous?!? "Change?" After only forty tears?!?
Naaaah - not us! We're all still just kids! WILD
GIGGLES!!!
Thanks, Al - and Tommy!
From Tom Flax ('64) of VA to Al Farber ('64) of GA - 01/18/05:
.....looking forward to seeing you at the next event - a turning 60 party in 2006.....
OHHH (squealing like all four of
the little piggies combined), GOODY, GOODY, GOODY!!! May I
crash that party, too?
Hmmm? Please? Pretty please????
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 02/04/05:
To All TYPHOONS Who
Requested the NNHS 64/40 Reunion Mix 5-CD Set:
I want to thank all of you for your orders, donations, and patience. Today (4
Feb) I mailed the final
batch of CDs, so you should see them in the next few days. In all, I shipped 69
sets to 65 TYPHOONS;
The total of their collective donations to our class treasury currently stands
at $530. I hope you enjoy
the music of our youth.
Dave Spriggs '64
WOWZERONI, David! You have been busy! Let's see - 69 sets of 5 CDs each, that's 345 CDs.
(See? I can do simple multiplication. I told you I had a fourth grade level of mathematical understanding! HA-HA-HA-HA!)
OTHER UPDATES:
I have at last begun working on splitting the waaay-too-long-for-one-page Famous Marines. It's about half-done:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/famous-marines.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/famous-marines-A-F.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/famous-marines-G-L.html
The two new pages are far more stable,
and obviously will load more quickly. Please be patient; this is a very
tedious
process. Once I finish, I can at long last add all the new information
from Eric Huffstutler (Bethel HS - '75) of VA, and
then begin to separate Famous Sailors and Famous Soldiers in the same manner.
I'm sorry that it's taking so long.
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/famous-sailors.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/famous-soldiers.html
Y'all take care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER!
Love to all, Carol
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Jine the Cavalry!
We're the boys who went around
McClellian,
Went around McClellian, went around around McClellian!
We're the boys who went around McClellian,
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!
chorus:
If you want to have a good time, jine the cavalry!
Jine the cavalry! Jine the cavalry!
If you want to catch the Devil, if you want to have fun,
If you want to smell Hell, jine the cavalry!
We're the boys who crossed the Potomicum,
Crossed the Potomicum, crossed the Potomicum!
We're the boys who crossed the Potomicum,
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!
chorus
Then we went into Pennsylvania,
Into Pennsylvania, into Pennsylvania!
Then we went into Pennsylvania,
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!
chorus
The big fat Dutch gals hand around the breadium,
Hand around the breadium, hand around the breadium!
The big fat Dutch gals hand around the breadium,
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!
chorus
Ol' Joe Hooker, won't you come out of The Wilderness?
Come out of The Wilderness, come out of The Wilderness?
Ol' Joe Hooker, won't you come out of The Wilderness?
Bully boys, hey! Bully boys, ho!
chorus
"Jine the
Cavalry" midi courtesy of
http://mariah.stonemarche.org/livhis/music.htm
and extracted by my # 5 son,
Nathaniel Harty of IL - 01/18/05
Thanks, Nathaniel!
"Jine the Cavalry" lyrics courtesy of http://mariah.stonemarche.org/livhis/cavalry.htm - 01/17/05
First J. E. B. Stuart Image courtesy of http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/General_JEB_Stuart.htm - 01/18/05
Second J. E. B. Stuart Image courtesy of http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/General_JEB_Stuart.htm - 12/11/02
Large Confederate Divider Bar clip art courtesy of http://www.tennessee-scv.org/Camp1513/clipart6.htm - 01/18/05
Small Confederate Divider Bar clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/garebel942/clipart.html - 01/18/05