02/06/13 - NNHS Newsletter - J

02/06/13 - NNHS Newsletter -
J. E. B. Stuart's 180th Birthday

“He was superbly mounted and his side arms gleamed in the morning sun like burnished silver. A long black ostrich plume
waved gracefully from a black slouch hat cocked up on one side, held with a golden clasp..... He is the prettiest and most
graceful rider I ever saw. I could not help but notice with what natural ease and comely elegance he sat his steed as it
bounded over the field..... He and his horse appeared to be one and the same machine.”

- George Neese of Maj. Gen. James Ewell Brown Stuart, C. S. A.
(06 Feb 1833 - 12 May 1864), June 1863

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,

Because I so adore Jeb Stuart, today's theme repeats each year.

BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh1YU3YKFBI - Jine the Cavalry - 2nd South Carolina String Band

HOMEWORK:

http://www.usa-civil-war.com/Stuart/stuart.html

http://www.usa-civil-war.com/Hollywood/hollywood_3.html

http://www.civilwarfieldtrips.com/richmond/pages/166jebstuart.html

http://www.freestateofpatrick.com/Laurelhill.htm

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

Happy Birthday today to Sue Miller Dearnley ('64) of VA AND Steve Burns ('65) of MN!

Happy Birthday this week to:

08 - Bob Hines ('66) of VA;
09 - Tina Burroughs Farmer ('62) of VA AND Janice McCain Rose ('65) of Northern VA AND Elliott Smith ('65) of TX?? AND Mary Frances Southall Waller ('66) of VA;

10 - Meyera Ellenson Oberndorf ('58) of VA AND Norm Covert ('61) of MD AND the late Bobby Helmer ('61) (deceased 02/26/11) AND the late Bernie Helmer ('61) (deceased 03/12/99) AND Mike Miller ('65) of NC AND Tommy Jenkins ('66) of VA;

11 - Harmon Gordon ('63) of VA;

12 - Jon Pearl ('57);

13 - Carla Fine Cripps ('65) of South Australia!

Many Happy Returns to You All!

http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html

THIS DAY IN WWII:

February 06, 1942 - The United Kingdom declared war on Thailand.

THIS DAY IN 1963:

Wednesday, February 06, 1963 - Ice hockey player and coach Scott Gordon was born in Brockton, Massachusetts.
Wednesday, February 06, 1963 - Ice hockey player Mike Hough was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Wednesday, February 06, 1963 - Entrepreneur Kevin Trudeau was born Kevin Mark Trudeau in Lynn, Massachusetts.

Wednesday, February 06, 1963 - Journalist Quentin Letts was born Quentin Richard Stephen Letts in the UK.

Wednesday, February 06, 1963 - Politician Muhammad Ibn 'Abd al-Karim al-Khattabi ( محمد بن عبد الكريم الخطابي‎) (born 1882/3 in Ajdir, Morocco) died in Cairo, Egypt.

From - 02/04/13 - "Domain Renewal Notification (nnhs65.com)":

Dear Customer,

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REQUEST:

   From Sandra Ray ('61) of VA - 02/05/13 - "Looking for someone.....":

Good Morning, Carol,

I might not comment on your site, but I surely check it out everyday. You are amazing doing all the work you do to keep this site up. We all appreciate it and love you for it.

I had a close friend ask me if I could find out if someone on the site might know a former Newport News Classmate. Don't think either of them graduated, not sure.

Peggey "Edwards" Lewis......late 50's
James Edwards....Brother....not sure of year at all

Any help would be greatly appreciated, but since I don't have enough information and you aren't able to, that isn't a problem. Just thought I would check with you first.

Thanking you in advance,

Sandra Ray '61
   Hi, Sandra - good to hear from you! I hope someone out there will be of more help than I, but I've remembered and found one lead for you.

    There was a Jimmy Edwards in the Class of 1962; I'm relatively certain he graduated. He was a Stuart Gardens kid. If he's the same Jimmy Edwards, he could more than likely connect you with his sister. In 1997 he was living in Yorktown, but Brenda Amos Williams ('62) of VA could supply you with more recent contact information than that: Brenda <typhoonmom@juno.com>

   I checked the junior and senior sections of all the yearbooks between 1954 and 1960. The problem in finding Peggy is that individual portraits of sophomores and younger did not begin until the 1960 Anchor. Prior to this, the students were shown in group photos with their homeroom - and only their last names and the initials of their first name given (and they were sometime incorrect). Indexing would have been a tremendous help here, but it did not begin until the 1961 Anchor, and the 1964 and 1967 Anchors did not include one.

Beyond that, it's time to turn it over to our schoolmates.

"Anyone? Anyone?"

From Sydney Dearing ('56) of TN - 02/05/13, 1:05 PM - "    Sarah Groshong":

Carol,

I was extremely saddened to hear that Sarah Groshong had passed away. She was my next door neighbor back in the fifties. We lived on Hickory Avenue, directly across the street from Woodrow Wilson School. She was five years younger than I and was (in the class ahead) of my sister    Nancy (Dearing Berry - '62 - of TX).

Two or three years ago, I posted on your website a short piece about her younger brother    Allen ('66) who was a Navy corpsman that died a hero in Vietnam while trying to save the life of a wounded Marine. Sarah contacted me a short time afterwards and thanked me for writing that and we exchanged some memories of growing up in the fifties on Hickory Avenue. Sarah was a marvelous photographer! She had a website http://saragro.com/ devoted to her photography and was kind enough to send me a couple of her photos that I have framed and hanging in my den.

There is a very touching letter from Sarah that was posted on Norm Covert’s ('61 - of MD) blog this past Memorial Day about her brother Allen. It brought tears to my eyes. For anyone that would like to read it, go to http://blog.thecovertletter.com/2012/05/memorial-day-allen-eberly-groshong/.

   Thank you so much, Sydney, you have my deepest sympathy.
http://www.nnhs65.com/02-07-13-NNHS-Sarah-Groshong.html

   From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 02/05/13, 11:27 PM - " Tommy Ware":

Tommy Ware (June 1943) is my first cousin once removed. His mother (Ida Evans Ware) and my grandmother (Maggie Evans Linkous) were sisters.
   Oh, David, I'm so sorry! You have my condolences on the loss of your cousin.
http://www.nnhs65.com/01-30-13-NNHS-Tommy-Ware.html

BONUS VALENTINE CROCHET PATTERN:

http://www.crochet-world.com/newsletters.php?mode=article&article_id=2227&key=CWNL - Terry Day's Heart Pocket Note Holder

BONUS SOUTHERN RECIPES:

http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/recipe_view/sweet_potato_bake/ - Paula Deen's Sweet Potato Bake

http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/recipe_view/pineapple_casserole/ - Paula Deen's Pineapple Casserole

http://www.pauladeen.com/recipes/recipe_view/shepherds_pie/ - Paula Deen's Shepherd’s Pie

FINALLY:

From www.ajokeaday.com - 02/05/13:
Sign in a Police Station: It takes about 3500 bolts to put a car together; but only one nut to scatter it all over the road.

DATES TO REMEMBER:

1.Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 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 friends in that year, go visit with them.
2. Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 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.
3. Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, 2013 - The NNHS Class of 1963 will hold their 50-Year Reunion at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hampton on the Water. SEE: The website which has been set up for their class at www.nnhs1963.com; CONTACT: Frank Gibson, frankgibson@cox.net, Joyce Williams Nettles, joywnet@cox.net, or Susie Overton Jones, tnsjones@charter.net

PRAYER ROLL:
http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html - updated 02/04/13
BLOG:
http://nnhs.wordpress.com/ - updated 03/13/11

   Y'all take 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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Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309
915-780-3048

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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 (re-saved 02/06/09)

Second J. E. B. Stuart Image courtesy of http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/General_JEB_Stuart.htm - 12/11/02 (re-saved 02/06/09)

Large Confederate Divider Bar clip art courtesy of http://www.tennessee-scv.org/Camp1513/clipart6.htm - 01/18/05 (re-saved 02/06/09)

Small Confederate Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.cybergifs.com/confederate/indexr1.html - 05/31/06 (re-saved 02/06/09)

Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!

Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still missing...)
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!

Animated Coast Guard and Navy Flags clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03

Marine Corps Seal clip art courtesy of the late Herbert Hice of MI - one of my Famous Marines who served in the South Pacific during WWII.
Thanks again, Herbie!!

Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06

Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06

Animated Pulsing Heart courtesy of ???
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