02/12/08 - NNHS Newsletter - "With the fearful strain that is upon me night and day, if I did not laugh, I should die."
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Today's theme is supposed to repeat every year, barring technical difficulties.....
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NEWBIES:
1. Betsy Turner ('70) - 02/11/08:
Welcome aboard, Betsy!
I've
added you to both the Alumni List and the contact page for the Class of 1970:
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BIRTHDAYS - TODAY AND UPCOMING:
Happy
Birthday today to Jon Pearl ('57)! And
Happy Birthday Wednesday to
Carla Fine Cripps ('65) of Australia!
And a very happy
Valentine Birthday
to
Jimmy Parker ('62) of VA
and to my niece,
Renee Dick Wallace (Booker T. Washington HS - '80) of
Northern VA.
Many Happy
Returns to you all!
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HERBIE:
From
Me
('65) of NC - 02/07/08 - "
One
of my Famous
Marines,
Herb Hice
of MI,
who served in the Pacific Theater during WWII":
You've no doubt noticed that it's been a while since we've heard from our Darling Herbie.
He writes to
Dimples (Sepi Dinwiddie Prichard - '58 -
of NC) and
Linda May (Bond Crayton - '66 - of
VA) and me practically every day, and we'd not heard from him since
01/24/08. That is VERY un-Herbie-like of him!
The three of us began to bombard him with emails. No response.
Dimples left him two messages on his answering machine. Again, no
response.
Thursday, Linda May and I called
his daughter,
Heidi Hice MacKay of MI, and again left messages.
Heidi returned my call to her
Thursday night, with some distressing news
to pass along to all of y'all.
In late January (I think probably on
01/25/08) she had taken her dad to the doctor's for what they thought would be a
rather routine visit, or possibly to have a slightly invasive
procedure. Instead, they kept him to perform a triple bypass surgery as well as
a clean-up of his carotid artery.
He's still in ICU, and is expected to
remain hospitalized for a couple of months.
Heidi requested our prayers on his
behalf, which I of course promised if she would give him our love and kisses.
She assured me that she would, and she'll keep us posted on his progress.
From My Sister, Eleanor Buckley Nowitzky ('59)
of NC - 02/08/08 - "
Herbie (Hice
of MI)":
I added Herbie's name to the prayer rolls when I was at the Raleigh (LDS) Temple today. It'll remain there for two weeks, at which time we'll renew it.
Thank you so
much, Eleanor!
From Sepi Dinwiddie Prichard ('58) of NC -
02/12/08 - "
Herbie (Hice
of MI)":
Hi Carol and Typhoon Family,
I spoke with Herbie's daughter
Heidi (Hice MacKay of MI)
this morning, and she has brought me up to date so far.
Herbie is comatose, but will come and go out of it if spoken to. Heidi, her
husband and their children and other family members are exhausted from
sorrow and many trips to the hospital. Herbie's vital signs are good and the
physicians in charge are puzzled as to why his body is reacting this way.
She asked for prayer, strong, uplifting prayer. Not just for Herbie, but to
lift the spirits of the entire family and to supply them with God's strength
and some peace of mind until our Herbie is out of the woods. I gave Heidi a
message to give to Herbie....That he was needed, loved and missed very much
and to quit slacking off and get back quickly because God was not finished
with him....YET ! She laughed and said she would tell him just that and
would say that I said so.
Herbie thought that a stint was going to be
the end of it but the damage was far worse than feared. Herbie is 83, but is
strong and the pillar of his family and a big part of ours, too. Heidi
thanks all of us for our prayers and said it made her feel better just
knowing that we cared enough to pray for her precious dad. Herbie needs all
of us to pray, he helped make this Country a wonderful pace for us to live
and did it so we could keep the freedom we enjoy. He did this when most of
us were small children, babies or yet to be born, but he did it for us...we
can pay him back through prayer.
Dimples aka Sepi
Thank you very
much, Dimples - DITTO!!!
From My Niece, Shari, of VA -
02/09/08 - "Cochrane Mural":
Awesome send! This is really neat. Beautiful.
WOWZERONI-RINI!!!
This is not only beautiful, it's mind-boggling!!! Thanks, Shari!
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA -
02/10/08 - "BEACON - 21 NOV 1962":
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That I shall,
Brown Eyes!
Thanks
so much!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Beacons.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-S-Z.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/wilder-burger.html - brand new page!
From My Niece, Shari, of VA -
02/11/08 - "Shriner's and Emily":
It got weird, the main doctor had an arm injury and is not operating. The gastro. doctor was not easy to deal with and from another hospital and hernia is an all too common side effect. Her one surgery may have tuned into four. Also we were left making the appointments, etc. They offered no help on a neurological level and it was not fun. Yet, I'm so glad to have spoken to the other parents and some teens going through that. We were led to believe a feeding tube was just necessary for Emily then we found out it was their protocol and so not worth it.
Please don't stop praying as we hope all will get worked out with Richmond! Thank you!
Oh, WOW!!! Thank you
so much, Shari! You and Emily continue to be in our prayers!
From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of
VA - 02/11/08 - "Everything OK":
Hi Carol,
Just read my
newsletter and wanted to
let you know it opened with no trouble at all. Loved "Old Blue Eyes"!!!
Great way to start the day! Hope you feel great soon, you are in my
prayers as well as those on the prayer list. We can always use some help
from above.
Have a blessed day,
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Thank you so much,
Joyce!
From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 02/11/08 - "Suggested theme":
What a great
memory! Thanks for sharing that with us, Joe!
We did indeed use Stranger on the Shore as a Newsletter theme just last spring, but as it's such a favorite of mine as well as yours, I certainly wouldn't be averse to reusing it in the very near future:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/04-27-07-NNHS-Stranger-on-the-Shore.html
Thanks again,
Adonis!
DAILY PRESS:
From Richard Dawes (NNHS / HHS - '62) of VA - 02/11/08, 10:19 AM - "Re: Daily
Press":
---- Carol
The Daily Pressure was located next to the police station on 25th Street. I am
sure that
Dave (Spriggs - '64 - of VA) has shots of
it.
Richard
AHA!!! Thank you so
much, Dicky!
From Jimmy Parker ('62) of VA -
02/11/08, 12:06 PM -
"Re: Daily Press":
My memory is good, also. I remember that every morning when I delivered papers I wore shoes, socks, boxers, t-shirts, trousers, shirts, and coats when it was cold. Am I good or what?
jwp
You are just that
good, Jimmy Darlin', thanks!
Now if I could only remember
how the police station appeared.....
From the Head Flagtwirler of 1965,
Janice
McCain Rose of VA -
02/11/08, 1:35 PM -
"Old News Paper Office":
Hi Carol.....the OLD DAILY PRESS and Times Herald offices and printing presses were located on 25th Street....as I recall.....don't know for sure...but that's what pops up in my memory.
Thanks so much,
Janice!
From Joan
Lauterbach Krause ('60) of VA - 02/11/08, 10:42 PM - "Old News Paper
Office":
The old newspaper office was located on 25th Street between Washington Avenue and Huntington Avenue. If I remember correctly, it was diagonally across from the Boys Club. When I was still in school, I worked for Waters Advising which was on 32nd street and one of my jobs was to “run” ads over to the newspaper. It was a really fun job and I enjoyed working for Leonard Waters.
Hope
all is well with your niece
(Shari of VA) and
Herbie (Hice
of MI).
Keep us posted.
Joan L. Krause
Thank you so much,
Joan!
From
Bill Lee (Warwick HS - '54) of NC -
02/12/08, 7:18 AM - "Daily Press memories":
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Relative to the pictures you included in your
most recent update, I
was happy to see that the Daily Press had saved some of the equipment used
when my father was managing editor of the Daily Press (from 1933 until
1963). I spent a lot of time, in my youth in the old newspaper plant (as
my father called it), and could write a long story, or a short book about
those 'happy days'.
For now, and for your use, is the earliest "DP" thing that I have - a
Christmas card; circa 1933. It depicts the building (whose address was
213-215 25th Street, by the way) as it appeared even before we were very
young!
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Bill Lee
WOWZERONI-RINI-ROONI!!!
I kept desperately trying to
visualize that building (or even that location), and at last an image came to my
mind while I slept - and that's it!
Thanks so much, Bill!
And with everyone's input, we now have (still in very rough form) another brand new page, so feel free to share your precious memories with us!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-C-G.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Daily-Press.html
PRAYER ROLL (arranged alphabetically, but not necessarily complete):
1. My Friend Judy of IL - shoulder replacement surgery - 04/22/08
2. Clyde Bryant ('58) of PA - heart replacement surgery - 12/13/07
3.
Me
('65) of NC - recent escalation
of shortness of breath, heart and blood pressure problems plus the usual
.....
4. Emily (daughter of My Niece Shari) of VA - continuing problems with advancing scoliosis
5.
Herb Hice
of MI
- triple bypass surgery plus carotid artery cleanup - @ 01/25/08
6. Patsy Lewis Hancock ('57) of VA - suffered second massive heart attack - 01/31/08
7.
John London
(Warwick HS - '57) of VA - lumbar surgery to
fix a spinal stenosis [ laminectomy]; will also involve fusion of vertebrae -
02/05/08
8. Pam Pennington Cherry ('58) of VA - congestive heart failure; cardiac ablation procedure - 02/06/08
DATES TO REMEMBER:
1. Friday and Saturday, May 16 - 17, 2008 - NNHS CLASS OF 1958
From Jerry Blanchard ('62) of VA - 01/12/08 - "Gas Stations Of
Yesteryear-------------------------this IS REAL Americana" (#13 in a Series of
37):
Carol, do not know if you would like to show these or not. Just brings back a lot memories from yesteryear. Hope you like them.
Jerry Blanchard (62) of Va.
Gas Stations Of Yesteryear
Back when life was much simpler and gas was 18-25 cents a gallon!!
(or there about) and as low as 17 cents during gas wars.
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Yeah . . . I remember!
And with a fill-up you got the gas pumped for you,
your windshield cleaned, oil and fluids checked, tires checked,
a free map, if you wanted it, and greeted in
ENGLISH !!!
Yeah! I remember!!!
Enjoy Your Days & Love Your Life.... Because...."Life is a journey to be savored."
Thanks, Jerry, I remember
them quite fondly, too!
Because I've had to lie down and nap so frequently due to shortness of breath in the last couple of days, I've reserved a great deal of exciting material for use in a bonus Newsletter tomorrow.
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 29311-9305
910-488-9408
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
- Julia Ward Howe
Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord
He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored,
He has loosed the fateful lightening of His terrible swift sword
His truth is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps
They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps
I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps
His day is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnish`d rows of steel,
"As ye deal with my contemners, So with you my grace shall deal;"
Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel
Since God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat
He is sifting out the hearts of men before His judgment-seat
Oh, be swift, my soul, to answer Him! be jubilant, my feet!
Our God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,
With a glory in His bosom that transfigures you and me:
As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,
While God is marching on.
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
Glory! Glory! Hallelujah!
His truth is marching on.
"Battle Hymn of
the Republic" midi courtesy of
http://www.divtune.com/dtmid.htm#06
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 02/09/05
Thank you so much, Dave! This rendition has exactly the period flavor I
had hoped against hope to capture.
"Battle Hymn of
the Republic" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.law.ou.edu/hist/bathymn.html
also
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 02/09/05
Thanks again, Dave!
First Lincoln Image courtesy of http://www.wildwestweb.net/cwleaders/lincolnphoto.html - 02/09/05
Second Lincoln Image courtesy of http://www.lib.utexas.edu/photodraw/portraits/#L - 02/09/05
Flag Divider Bar clip art courtesy of http://www.cowboyclipart.net/patriotism/dividers.asp - 02/09/05
Animated "NEW" clip art courtesy of http://gifsnow.com/ - 03/07/06
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Animated Heart clip art courtesy of http://www.gagirl.com/graphics/graphics.html - 02/12/05
Marine Corps Seal clip art
courtesy of
Herbert Hice of MI
- one of my
Famous Marines
who served in the South Pacific
during WWII.
Thanks, Herbie!
Booker T. Washington logo courtesy of http://ww2.nps.k12.va.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=18567 - 09/25/07
Page Hit Counter clip art courtesy of http://www.bravenet.com - 03/07/06
Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
Army Seal clip art also courtesy of Al
Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thanks again, Al!
Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06