02/12/10 - NNHS Newsletter - Abraham Lincoln's
201st Birthday
“Common looking people are the best in the
world:
that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them.”
“I claim not to have controlled events, but
confess plainly that events have controlled me.”
“If
I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made on me, this
shop might as well be closed for any other business.
I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep
doing so until the end. If the end brings me out all right,
what's said against me won't amount to anything. If the end brings me out
wrong, ten angels swearing I was right would make no difference.”
From Harry Simpson ('54) of VA - 02/11/00 - "NNHS Class of 1954":
Carol,
The NNHS Class of 1954 will be holding a mini-reunion at THE CHAMBERLIN on April 24, 2010.
This 56th year since graduation gathering will be a Luncheon beginning
at 11:30 AM. Information on this event can be obtained from Mickey
Marcella at
mcmiceli@verizon.net (757 - 249 - 3800) or Betty Hamby
Neher at bineher@cox.net
(757 - 898 - 5099) or Dr. Harry Simpson at hdsdds@aol.com (804 - 694
- 0346).
Thank you, hds
SUPER-DE-DUPER!
Thanks, Harry!
I've posted this great news on the
main front page, and it will be carried there as well as on the bottom
of this and each successive Newsletter until then:
Y'all have fun!
THIS DAY IN WWII:
February 12,1941 - German General Erwin Rommel
arrived in Tripoli, Libya, to reinforce the position of the Italians.
Friday, February 12, 1965 - Nothing whatsoever of any kind happened on
this day anywhere in the world - well, more or less.....
From My
#6 Son, Dale Harty,
(Hillsboro HS, IL / American School, IL
- '02) of MA - 02/11/10 - "Adorable
Buckley":
Hi everyone,
I
thought you might enjoy seeing this video of
Diana (Lyons Harty -
Portsmouth
HS, NH / Eastlake
HS, CA - '05
-
of MA) talking to Buckley while he watches Finding Nemo. It was recorded
two days ago.
The picture was taken a
couple weeks ago while we were packing to move (pardon the boxes and
junk), and it's Buckley who fell asleep in a laundry basket while
watching... you guessed it, Finding Nemo.
Monday, January 25, 2010
Buckley Harty
AWWW!
Thanks, Dale!
Unfortunately, my
attempts to upload the video were met with some rude message about having
exceeding my quota (?!?), but I enjoyed it, anyway! Please scoop that cuddly
little fella up in your arms and give him a couple of hundred kisses for me!
From Dimples Dinwiddie Prichard ('58) of NC -
02/11/10 - "Kathryn
Grayson":
Perhaps I am wrong, and I am sure someone will
correct me if I am, but I understand that Kathryn Grayson was a native of
North Carolina along with Ava Gardner !
Two exceptionally beautiful women. Grayson's voice along with her angelic face
still lingers in my memory ! Ava was the sultry one, and did that as well as
Kathryn sang !
Dimples aka Sepi
No need for anyone to try to
correct you, Dimples; you're absolutely correct!
"Kathryn Grayson (born February
9, 1922) is an American actress and
operaticsoprano
singer...
"She
was born Zelma Kathryn Elisabeth Hedrick in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The Hedrick family later moved to
St. Louis, Missouri, where she was discovered singing on the empty stage of
the St. Louis
Municipal Opera House by a janitor, who introduced her to Frances Marshall
of the Chicago Civic Opera, who gave the twelve-year-old girl voice lessons."
"Ava Lavinia Gardner (December
24, 1922 – January 25, 1990) was an
American actress...
"Gardner was born in 1922 in
the small farming community of
Brogden, North Carolina (nicknamed "Grabtown"),
the youngest of seven children (she had two brothers; Raymond and Melvin, and
four sisters; Beatrice, Elsie Mae, Inez and Myra) of poor
cotton and
tobacco
farmers; her mother, Mary Elizabeth ("Mollie") Gardner (née Baker) was a
Baptist of
Scots-Irish and
English descent, while her father, Jonas Bailey Gardner, was a
Catholic of
Irish American and American Indian (Tuscarora)
descent.[citation
needed] When the children were still young, the Gardners lost
their property, forcing Jonas Gardner to work at a sawmill and Mollie to begin
working as a cook and housekeeper at a dormitory for teachers at the nearby
Brogden School.
"When Gardner was 13 years old,
the family decided to try their luck in a bigger town,
Newport News, Virginia, where Mollie Gardner found work managing a
boardinghouse for the city's many shipworkers. While in Newport News, Gardner's
father became ill and died from
bronchitis
in 1938, when Ava was 15 years old. After Jonas Gardner's death, the family
moved to the Rock Ridge suburb of
Wilson, North Carolina, where Mollie Gardner ran another boarding house for
teachers. Ava Gardner attended high school in Rock Ridge and she graduated from
there in 1939. She then attended secretarial classes at
Atlantic Christian College in Wilson for about a year."
For a great story about Ava from
Charles Wicke (June '45) of Canada, see here:
The
gentlemen's opening remarks force my hand here. I, too, was introduced to
the Tabernacle Choir by my father when I was a little girl, and I think that was
a pivotal step in my joining The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints in 1967.
If you're interested at all in reading that story, you may find it here:
MORE WOWZERONI!
Thank you, Dimples - I thoroughly enjoyed this!
From
Jacque Ray Fisher ('66) of NC - 02/11/10, 10:07 PM - "Elbert Keel":
Hi Carol
Jacque Fisher here with a couple of links in reference to the death of Elbert
Keel. He was probably class of 69? His sister Bonnie Keel Back was
class of 64.
It's time to throw your
own Boston tea party... and make these sinful brownies the center of
attention. One bite and those store-bought brands will totally be put to
shame.
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
powder
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. baking powder
3 tbsp. butter, softened
3 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa
powder
1 tbsp. honey
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup confectioners'
sugar
Methods/steps:
Preheat oven to 350
degrees. Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
In a large saucepan,
melt 1/2 cup butter. Remove from heat, and stir in sugar, eggs,
and 1 tsp. vanilla. Beat in 1/3 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup flour, salt,
and baking powder. Spread batter into prepared pan.
Bake in preheated
oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Do not overcook.
To Make Frosting:
Combine 3 tbsp. butter, 3 tbsp. cocoa, 1 tbsp. honey, 1 tsp.
vanilla, and 1 cup confectioners' sugar. Frost brownies while
they are still warm.
Additional Tips:
Ready in 1 hour
From Mike White ('67) of VA - 02/03/10
- "Seniors (#8 in a Series of 19)":
Carol
For anyone age
appropriate…that means almost everyone
in the Typhoon Nation !
Mike
Someone had to remind me, so I'm reminding you too.
Don't laugh.....it is all true...these are the perks of
reaching 60 and heading towards 70 and older!
Thanks,
Mike!
ABBREVIATED ALERT:
From Jane
Chambers of VA - 07/01/09 AND 02/07/10 - "CNC BOOK BROCHURE & AD"
AND 61-62 DECADERS ADDENDA:
A truck driver was driving along on the freeway. He
passed a sign that said "low bridge ahead."
Before he knew it, the bridge was right ahead of him and he could
not avoid getting stuck under the bridge. You could say that he got
a "Truck Wedgie."
Cars were backed up for miles.
Finally, a police car pulled up. The cop got out of his car and
walked around to the truck driver, put his hands on his hips and
said, "Got stuck, huh?"
The gutsy truck driver said, "No officer, I was delivering this
bridge and ran out of gas!"
DATES TO REMEMBER:
1.
Friday, February 12, 2010, 6:00 PM - The NN/Hampton Breakfast Bunch will
hold their Annual Valentine's Dinner at the Hampton Yacht Club. Those interested
can call Mickey Marcella at (757) 249-3800.
2.
Saturday,
April 24, 2010,11:30 AM
-
The NNHS Class of 1954 will hold a 56-Year Mini-Reunion
Luncheon at The Chamberlin.
For details, contact
Mickey Marcella at
mcmiceli@verizon.net (757) 249-3800
or Betty Hamby Neher at
bineher@cox.net (757) 898-5099
or Dr. Harry Simpson at
hdsdds@aol.com (804) 694-0346 -
CLASS OF 1954
3.Friday and Saturday, August 6 and 7, 2010 - The NNHS Class of
1970 will hold its 40-Year Reunion. Saturday night will be at the Kiln Creek Golf & Country
Club. For details, contactCarol Comer
Cutler atca23comerww@aol.comor
visit the reunion website atNNHS1970Reunion.myevent.com
-
CLASS OF 1970
4.Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 6, 7, and 8, 2010 - The
NNHS Class of 1960 will hold its 50-Year Reunion at the Marriott Newport News
at City Center. For details, contact Karen Weinstein Witte at kwitte@tampabay.rr.com
-
CLASS OF 1960
5
.Friday and Saturday, October 15 and 16, 2010 - The NNHS Class
of 1965 will hold its 45-Year Reunion at the Point Plaza Hotel, 950 J. Clyde
Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA 23601. For details, contact Dave Arnold at
captarnold@vprj.net.
To donate, click on the Donate Button on the left, or just mail it directly to my home (address available upon request). Thanks!
nnhs65@gmail.com
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!
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Valentine Birthday
to
I've posted this great news on the
main front page, and it will be carried there as well as on the bottom
of this and each successive Newsletter until then:
Hi Carol
Jacque Fisher here with a couple of links in reference to the death of Elbert Keel. He was probably class of 69? His sister Bonnie Keel Back was class of 64.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/dailypress/obituary.aspx?n=elbert-keel&pid=139442349
http://www.legacy.com/gb2/default.aspx?bookid=1460428322989&cid=full
Take care and thanks again for all you do to keep us connected.
Thank you so much for bringing this to my attention, Jacque; I had missed it entirely.
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/02-12-10-NNHS-Elbert-Keel.html