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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
   While we were searching for the perfect love songs to round out the month of February,        My #5 Son, Nathaniel Harty (Hillsboro HS, IL - '97) of IL, suggested this very interesting non-traditional ballad from 1969, which while quite popular in Europe, was rather obscure here in the United States, and therefore probably unfamiliar to most of us.  If it does ring a bell, perhaps you recall it from more recently:

"In 2007, the song was prominently used in Wes Anderson's short film Hotel Chevalier. The film is a prologue to his movie The Darjeeling Limited, in which the song also appears."

   I myself certainly do not remember it; how about you?? Watch the bonus video, and let us know, please.

BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aE89OeM5nmU - Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To, My Lovely?

   Thanks, Nathaniel!

HEALTH UPDATE:

      From Don Jett (NNHS / Warwick HS - '60) of FL - 02/26/09 - "Carl Jett, President of the Class of 1952":

   We're so glad to hear such good news, Don! Thanks for letting us know!

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PRAYER REQUEST:

  From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of VA - 02/26/09 - "Prayers PLEASE":

Thanks a bunch,   Joyce *********************************************************************** P.S. I attached a picture of Sunni.  I hope I got the one I wanted.  She may kill me, you know how teenagers are about their pictures!
		Sunni

   WOWZERONI!!! That we will do, Joyce! I remember Sunni's angelic singing voice from a video you sent us some time ago!

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THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

   Happy Birthday today to      Evelyn Vretos ('55) of VA  AND   Phil Hammond ('64) of UT AND to my newly-acquired grandson,    Azrae Woods of IL, who is turning three years old today!  Have a great day, Sweetie!
   Happy Birthday tomorrow to    Wayne Agee ('58) of FL!

   Happy Birthday this week to:
29 - Bob Schweida ('54) of NH;

01 - Alan Cohen ('57) AND    Robert Shapiro ('63) of VA;

04 -   Mr. William Etheridge (NNHS Principal) - 1922 - (deceased - 04/19/05);

05 - Hazel Pegram Southall ('57) AND Helen Pegram Ignace ('57) AND   Jeanie Scruggs Anderson ('65) of VA!

   Many Happy Returns to You All!

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GUEST BOOK SIGNERS:

1.   Taz Whitley ('65) of VA - 02/26/09:

   Thank You, Taz, it's good to hear from you again after all this time! I was so sorry to learn of the passing of your parents this past year:

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PAGE HITS:

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      From Wayne Stokes ('65) of VA - 02/26/09 - "Please Read":

This has been around before and apparently originated in Europe ("football watch"), but just in case you missed it, I'm bothering you with it again! Don't thank me, what are friends for? I mean, if I didn't trouble you with this, someone else would have and probably have already so done! :-)

   And as they used to say on tellybision about a quarter of a century ago, "Let's be careful out there!"

   Thanks, Wayne Honey!

      From My Sister, Eleanor Buckley Nowitzky ('59) of NC - 02/26/09:

        (Our cousin), Cheryl (White Wilson - John Marshall HS - '64 - of VA) and I will visit you sometime in the spring, and Cheryl will bring at least one friend. Everybody knows that you're the center of the party. Adrienne and I will catch up on side trips just like old times.

   Well, OF COURSE, we all miss you, Silly Lady!

I miss you especially, but also our friends from church, and our home, and our neighbors, too. I miss the opportunity of running up to the Sacred Soil with you and all the fun we had, and dinners, and even shopping with you, and - OH, CRUM!!! Now I'm bawling again.    We're having fun here, too, but I must say, I think Yogi had the right idea:

"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

- Yogi Berra
(b. 12 May 1925)

   Thanks, Eleanor - I love you - and I'm REALLY looking forward to your visit with Cheryl!

  From Ruth Ann Reece Horace ('67) of FL - 02/26/09 - "RE: 02/24/09 - Mardi Gras":

Carol,

We lived in Gonzales, LA for 3 years back in '81 to  '84.  We loved the people and the culture there.  Mardi Gras was a special time, not just in New Orleans.  We would exchange King Cakes with friends and co-workers.  There were festivals and parades in many places.

We loved to go to Metairie, LA for what was billed as the Family Parade.  The kids loves it.  They had a contest to see who got the most beads.  One year our daughter, Sheri (age 5) was crying because all the beads seemed to go over her head.  Her brother and sister had arms full and she had maybe a dozen.  We went to get something to eat after the parade and when we took off her coat, the hood that hung down her back was full of beads.  She was one happy kid.

Another time we went to a craw-fish boil at the home of a family from church.  They let some of them go and you should have seen the kids run.  There was a giant pot and everything went in it, onions, potatoes, corn on the cob, carrots, celery and last of all the craw-fish.  Then when all was done, they put all the food and sauces out onto a large trailer covered with newspaper.  You pulled up a chair and everyone ate.  Great fun.

If you every get a chance to visit, take it.  There is so much more to it than New Orleans.

Thanks for the chance to remember a great place.

Ruthie

  Well, now, that's more like what I had envisioned! I somehow doubt I'll ever be going more than a hundred miles from home again, but it's good to know! Thanks, Ruthie!

From the President of the Class of 1965,     Joe Wingo of NC - 02/26/08:

Thanks for the birthday wishes, my dear. Just glad to be having another one!

I’m healthy and happy so what more do I have a right to ask for? Life is simple and I try not to complicate it.

Hope you are happy as well even if not settled as yet.

Take care, Carol.

Love ya’ girl,

Joe

   Thank you, Joe Sweetie - love you, too!

From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 02/26/09 - "The Tea Cup":

This is beautiful

Then WHAM! I was placed on a spinning wheel and suddenly I was spun around and around and around.

"Stop it! I'm getting so dizzy!  I'm going to be sick!", I screamed.

But the master only nodded and said, quietly; "Not yet."

He spun me and poked and prodded and bent me out of shape to suit himself and then he put me in the oven. I never felt such heat. I yelled and knocked and pounded at the door. "Help! Get me out of here!"

I could see him through the opening and I could read his lips as he shook his head from side to side, 'Not yet'.

When I thought I couldn't bear it another minute, the door opened. He carefully took me out and put me on the shelf, and I began to cool. Oh, that felt so good!

"Ah, this is much better," I thought. But, after I cooled he picked me up and he brushed and painted me all over.  The fumes were horrible. I thought I would gag.

"Oh, please, Stop it, Stop," I cried.

He only shook his head and said. 'Not yet!'.

Then suddenly he put me back in to the oven. Only it was not like the first one. This was twice as hot and I just knew I would suffocate. I begged. I pleaded. I screamed. I cried.  I was convinced I would never make it. I was ready to give up. Just then the door opened and he took me out and again placed me on the shelf, where I cooled and waited and waited, wondering, "What's he going to do to me next?"

An hour later he handed me a mirror and said, "Look at yourself."

And I did. I said, "That's not me; that couldn't be me. It's beautiful. I'm beautiful!!!" 

Quietly he spoke: "I want you to remember, then," he said, "I know it hurt to be rolled and pounded and patted, but had I just left you alone, you'd have dried up. I know it made you dizzy to spin around on the wheel, but if I had stopped, you would have crumbled. I know it hurt and it was hot and disagreeable in the oven, but if I hadn't put you there, you would have cracked. I know the fumes were bad when I brushed and painted you all over, but if I hadn't done that, you never would have hardened. You would not have had any color in your life. If I hadn't put you back in that second oven, you wouldn't have survived for long because the hardness would not have held. Now you are a finished product. Now you are what I had in mind when I first began with you."

The moral of this story is this: God knows what He's doing for each of us. He is the potter, and we are His clay. He will mold us and make us and expose us to just enough pressures of just the right kinds that we may be made into a flawless piece of work to fulfill His good, pleasing and perfect will.

So when life seems hard, and you are being pounded and patted and pushed almost beyond endurance; when your world seems to be spinning out of control; when you feel like you are in a fiery furnace of trials; when life seems to "stink", try this.

Brew a cup of your favorite tea in your prettiest tea cup, sit down and think on this story and then, have a little talk with the Potter.

   Thank you so much, Norris! I've heard this analogy many times, but it was expressed so nicely in this telling. Make mine herb tea, please!

  From Jerry ('65) and    Judy Phillips ('66) Allen of VA - 02/26/09 - "Our Childhood Visits to Santa":

Hey, Carol!  Does this Santa picture count?  It was taken in '62 or '63 down on Washington Avenue somewhere.  We think it was Grant's.    AWWW - this certainly DOES count! That is soooo precious - and I'm glad y'all were able to re-visit with him later! We just love those THEN and NOW shots!
		1962 or '63	Later	Later
		Jerry Allen ('65), Santa Claus, and Judy Phillips ('66)	Judy Phillips Allen ('66) and Santa	Jerry Allen ('65), Santa Claus, and Judy Phillips Allen ('66)

   Thanks so much, Jerry and Judy!

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    From Linda May Bond Crayton ('66) of VA - 02/26/09:

This is my father at the age of 10, around 1912. To his right are his parents and to his left are the engineer with his wife. Note the name on the train, that was my grandfather's sister's husband! Wise Co., VA    COOL BEANS!!! Your own personal train!  Well, sorta - close enough for our purposes, anyway!
		ca. 1912 - Wise Co., VA

   I'm always more eager to return to the Saga of the Two Trains - and four long years had passed since we'd added anything to it!

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Thanks, all, for the    Good & Plenty! Should have known, Hey?

   Perhaps we should have known, Linda May, but I really didn't remember it either - probably because I didn't like licorice for the first twenty five or so years of my life.....

  Thanks, Lady!

  From Ruth Ann Reece Horace ('67) of FL - 02/26/09:

Carol,

My daughter Sandy is a blonde and a nursing student.  She sent me this:

Why did the blonde student nurse take a red marker to the hospital with her?

She was told they were going to learn to draw blood!

  GIGGLES! Thanks again, Ruthie!

      From Don Jett (NNHS / Warwick HS - '60) of FL - 02/26/09 - "Info from Don Jett":

Hi Carol,

I have noticed in several places throughout your web-site that some people have their e-mail address listed. Please feel free to publish my e-mail address wherever it is appropriate. It is jetsetdon@bellsouth.net.

I hope you and your family are well (and warm) and please know that I can hardly wait for your daily publication, especially sitting up here in the Virginia mountains. Can't wait to see the Florida sunshine again.

Thanks so much for publishing the news of my brother's accident on the Prayer Roll and the update in your daily publication. Carl was senior Class President of NNHS in 1952 and has many friends throughout the Peninsula.

Regards,

Don Jett, WHS '60

   Thank you so much for your encouraging words, Don! Sometimes (such as now) when I'm obsessing over tiny ridiculous details and wondering if I'm ever going to finish the job at hand, I tend to pull my hair and ask myself if anyone really cares - so it's good to know someone does!

   I have added your email addy to the Alumni Page for the class of 1960:

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     http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/alumni-list.html

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      From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 02/26/09 - "Corny but cute":

  GIGGLES! Thanks again, Shari!

     From Me ('65) of IL - 02/27/09 - "More to Come":

   In addition to the previously promised "Movies, Banks, and Track and Field" updates, I just moved a number of items off today's line-up for the next edition - else I ain't nebeah gonna finish this one today! (English major, you know...)

FINALLY:

From My Friend, Tina, of NC - 02/26/09 - "ALERT":

In 2009 the government will start deporting all the mentally ill people.

I started crying when I thought of you.

Run my little crazy friends, run!

Well, what can I say ???

Someone sent it to me, and darn it, I'm NOT going alone!!

Have a Nice Day!!!

   Thanks, Tina!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

2. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 15, 16, and 17, 2009 - The Hampton High School Class of 1964 will hold its 45-Year Reunion at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. For details, see: www.hamptonhigh1964.com - HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL - CLASS OF 1964

3. Friday and Saturday, September 4 and 5 (Labor Day Weekend), 2009 - The Class of 1969 will hold its 40-Year Reunion at the Point Plaza Hotel, Newport News, VA. For details, contact Jean Baker Howell at hokie13mom@cox.net - OPEN TO ALL NNHS ALUMNI

   Y'all take care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER!  We'll Always Have Buckroe!

                                   Love to all, Carol

Where Do You Go To (My Lovely)

Written by Peter Sarstedt, 1969
(b. 12 Dec 1942)
 

You talk like Marlene Dietrich
And you dance like Zizi Jeanmaire
Your clothes are all made by Balmain
And there's diamonds
and pearls in your hair, yes, there are

And you live in a fancy apartment
Off the Boulevard of St. Michel
Where you keep your Rolling Stones records
And a friend of Sacha Distel, yes, you do

But where do you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you
I want to look inside your head, yes, I do

Well, I've seen all your qualifications
That you got from the Sorbonne
And the painting you stole from Picasso
Your loveliness goes on and on, yes, it does

And when you go on your summer vacation
You go to Juan-les-Pins
With your carefully designed topless swimsuit
You get an even suntan, on your back and on your legs

And when the snow falls you're found in St. Moritz
With the others of the jet-set
And you sip your Napoleon Brandy
But you never get your lips wet, no, you don't

But where do you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
Won't you tell me the thoughts that surround you
I want to look inside your head, yes, I do

Your name is heard in high places
You know the Aga Khan
And he sent you a racehorse for Christmas
And you keep it just for fun, for a laugh, ha-ha-ha-ha

And they say that when you get married
It'll be to a millionaire
Ah, but they don't realize where you came from
And I wonder if they really care, or give a damn

But where do you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
You better tell me the thoughts that surround you
I want to look inside your head, yes, I do

Well, I remember the back streets of Naples
And two children begging in rags
Both touched with a burning ambition
To shake off their lowly brown tags, yes, they try

So look into my face, Marie-Claire
And remember just who you are
Then go and forget me forever
But I know you still bear
the scar, deep inside, yes, you do

I know where you go to, my lovely
When you're alone in your bed
I know the thoughts that surround you
'Cause I can look inside your head

"Where Do You Go To (my Lovely)" midi courtesy of http://jhfoster.tripod.com/the60s.html - 02/25/09
at the suggestion of my #5 Son, Nathaniel Harty (Hillsboro HS, IL - '97) of IL - 02/25/09
Thanks, Nathaniel!

"Where Do You Go To (my Lovely)" lyrics courtesy of http://www.lyricsdownload.com/sarstedt-peter-where-do-you-go-to-my-lovely-lyrics.html - 02/25/09
also at the suggestion of my #5 Son, Nathaniel Harty (Hillsboro HS, IL - '97) of IL - 02/25/09
Thanks again, Nathaniel!

Image of Cherubs Statue courtesy of http://www.cutelovequotes.info/ - 02/26/09

Gold Heart Line Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars12.html - umm, probably sometime in 2005

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