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03/11/11 - NNHS Newsletter
“When anyone asks me about the Irish character, I say look at the trees. |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Just as we did
three years ago, all this week
leading up to St. Patrick's Day, we'll be celebrating with Irish songs.
In fact (as I'm so very far behind), we'll be using the very same themes all
week as we did then.
http://nnhs65.com/03-11-08-NNHS-The-Cliffs-of-Doneen.html
BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-CWyYR962c - Cliffs Of Doneen - Quadriga Consort
BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYWnv02NGSI - Cliffs Of Doneen - Paddy Reilly
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy
Birthday today
to
Margaret Blayton Cowan ('57)
AND
Nancy Horton Wilkes ('62) of FL
AND
Shirley Caudill Williamson ('65) of VA!
Happy Birthday
this week to:
13 -
Betty Spain Uecker ('63) of VA
AND
My Daughter-in-Law,
Kim Woods Harty (Hillsboro HS,
IL / Richard Milburn Academy, FL - '03) of IL;
15 - Joan Williams Eberwine ('57)
AND
Linda Robinson Gillespie ('71) of VA;
16 -
Bill Gross (February '48) of VA AND
Linda May Bond Crayton ('66) of VA AND
Jacque Ray Fisher ('66) of NC;
17 -
Barbara Brewer (’69) of VA!
Many Happy Returns to You All!
http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.htm
THIS DAY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES:
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/This%20Day/thisday0311.htm
From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 03/09/11 - "This is very
interesting... just 4 questions to know yourself":
This is very interesting... just 4 questions to know yourself
It takes patience.
http://www.slideshare.net/prestiva/tibetan-test-dalai-lama
Thanks, Norris
Sweetie!
This was interesting - and fun!
From Jerry Blanchard ('62) of VA -
03/09/11 - "I Let My Grandson See My Retirement Check":
Carol,
This is the state of my retirement
now. I'll say no more... |
From My
Daughter, Adrienne (Harty
- Hillsboro HS,
IL / American School, IL - of IL) -
03/09/11 - "More Laughing Babies":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RP4abiHdQpc - Baby Laughing
Hysterically at Ripping Paper
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wIEihDAcpU&feature=related - Best ever laughing baby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P6UU6m3cqk&feature=related - Hahaha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxUulGkLu4I - 4 Laughing Babies
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From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of
VA - 03/10/11 - "Best little Johnny joke ever":
Little Johnnie's
neighbour had a baby. Unfortunately, the baby was born without ears. When mother and new baby came home from the hospital, Johnnie's family was invited over to see the baby. Before they left their house, Little Johnnie's dad had a talk with him and explained that the baby had no ears. His dad also told him that if he so much mentioned anything about the baby's missing ears or even said the word ears, he would get the smacking of his life when they came back home. Little Johnnie told his dad he understood completely. When Johnnie looked in the crib he said, 'What a beautiful baby.' The mother said, 'Why, thank you, Johnnie.' Johnnie said, 'He has beautiful little feet and beautiful little hands, a cute little nose and really beautiful eyes. Can he see alright?' 'Yes,' the mother replied, 'we are so thankful; the Doctor said he will have 20/20 vision.' 'That's great,' said Little Johnnie, 'cause he'd be screwed if he needed glasses'. GROANING
GIGGLES! Thanks,
Joyce!
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From
Wayne
Stokes ('65) of VA - 03/10/11 - "Where
In South Carolina? You have got to watch this. Best yet!!!":
If this doesn't get to ya--there's
no hope for ya!! Also, you may need a compass?? Oh, and you'll need to be able to understand "southern" if you don't speak it!! I never knew that North was in the South!! And there's so much more!! Start your day off with a laugh!!
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From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of IL -
03/10/11 - " Blue Roses":
Beautiful story
A Blue Rose
Thanks,
Dools!
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From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 03/10/11 - "Gene Splicing":
Gene Splicing Cross an Indian monkey with a vine of the legume family and a plant with yellow cup-shaped flowers will give you Rhesus Peanut Buttercup. Cross a Sasquatch and a baboon. It's a Sassoon that lurks in the suburbs at night, catches unwary women and styles their hair. Cross an armadillo with a hammerhead shark and keep your fridge smelling fresh. It's an Arm & Hammerhead shark. Cross a male grouse with a female dog and you get a bird dog that's always complaining, a Grouse-and-Bitch. Cross a parrot with an alligator and when the Parrigator asks you for a cracker, you'd be well advised to give it one. Cross a sheep dog and a baby of the carp family will get you a shag-carpette. Splice the genes of 63,360 inchworms and you get a Mile-worm. An Impossabull is what you get when you make a three-way cross between an impala, a possum and a bull. It's a 2000 lb. antelope that hangs from trees and drops down on unsuspecting matadors. Here's an interesting five-way cross. An Alaskan King Crab, a kingfisher, a jackrabbit, a jackass and a jackal gives you a Full House. Cross a rabbit with an amoeba gives you an Amoebit. It can multiply and divide at the same time. Cross a grasshopper and a hippopotamus, and you get a Grasshoppapotamus. It's a short-lived creature that can leap to tremendous heights... once. A coyote and an ass. This results in a Doncoyote - an ass that brays at windmills and tilts at the moon. Cross a lion and an ocelot and you get a political animal. It's a Lialot, close relative of the Cheetalot. Cross a racehorse with a hog and you get a Thoroughpig. Cross a sheep with a porcupine and you get a Sheepupine. It not only supplies you with wool but will also knit you a sweater. Here's one from the sixties. It travels in packs, searching for grass and other kinds of dope. Cross a male sheep, a baby sheep, an Australian wild dog and a donkey. It's Aram-alam-ading-donk. A combination of a lamprey eel and a baboon created at a famous American college gives you the Harvard Lampoon. A coward and a hyena gives you the laughing stock of the party, the Cowena. Cross a snake with a canary and you get a bird that sings with a lisp - a Snary. Here's one from the flora domain. Cross the aloe and baby's breath to get the ingredients for the French aphrodisiac, the Aloebaby. Incidentally, the cross between a parrot and a centipede mentioned earlier will get you a Walkie-talkie. GIGGLES! Thanks, Shari! ![]() |
FINALLY:
From http://www.ajokeaday.com - 03/10/11:
An Antarctican boy and his father were visiting a mall. They were
amazed by almost everything they saw, but especially by two shiny,
silver walls that could move apart and back together again. The boy asked his father, "What is this, Father?" The father [never having seen an elevator] responded "Son, I have never seen anything like this in my life, I don't know what it is." While the boy and his father were watching wide-eyed, an old lady in a wheel chair rolled up to the moving walls and pressed a button. The walls opened and the lady rolled between them into a small room. The walls closed and the boy and his father watched small circles of lights with numbers above the walls light up. They continued to watch the circles light up in the reverse direction. The walls opened up again and a beautiful 24-year-old woman stepped out. The father said to his son, "Go get your mother." |
DATES TO REMEMBER: |
1. Thursday, April 7, 2011 - 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, April 13, 2011 - 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. Saturday, April 30, 2011 - The NNHS Class will have a Luncheon. Team Leaders are Mickey Marcella (mcmiceli@verizon.net - 757-249-3800), Betty Hamby Neher (bjneher@cox.net - 757-898-5099), and Dr. Harry Simpson (hdsdds@aol.com - 804-694-0346). - CLASS OF 1954 4. Saturday, July 9, 2011 (6:30 PM to 11:30 PM) - The Class of 1971 will hold its 40-Year Reunion at Newport News Marriott at City Center, 740 Town Center Drive, Newport News. For details, contact Richard Rawls at Richard@Rawls.com - CLASS OF 1971 5. Saturday, August 20, 2011 - The Class of 1966 will hold its 45-Year Reunion at the Warwick Yacht Club, Newport News. Further details will be available soon from Dee Hodges Bartram at dhbartram@cox.net - CLASS OF 1966 |
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Y'all take good care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe!
Love to all, Carol
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The Cliffs of Doneen
You may travel
far far from your own native land
Far away o'er the mountains, far away o'er the foam
But of all the fine places that I've ever been
Sure there's none can compare with the cliffs of Doneen.
Take a view o'er the mountains, fine sights you'll see there
You'll see the high rocky mountains o'er the west coast of Clare
Oh the town of Kilkee and Kilrush can be seen
From the high rocky slopes round the cliffs of Doneen.
It's a nice place to be on a fine summer's day
Watching all the wild flowers that ne'er do decay
Oh the hares and lofty pheasants are plain to be seen
Making homes for their young round the cliffs of Doneen.
Fare thee well to Doneen, fare thee well for a while
And to all the kind people I'm leaving behind
To the streams and the meadows where late I have been
And the high rocky slopes round the cliffs of Doneen.
"The Cliffs of Doneen" midi and lyrics courtesy of http://www.contemplator.com/tunebook/ireland.htm - 03/10/08
Irish Musician Images courtesy of http://www.irishpage.com/music.htm - 03/10/08
Shamrocks Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://webster.commnet.edu/gif/dividers.htm - 03/16/05
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Hillsboro High School's Topper (Band Version) clip art courtesy of
http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/hhs/activities/music2/Band/bio.html
- 06/07/08
Thanks, Mark!
Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
Animated
Laughing Kitty courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 10/08/07
Thanks, Al!
American School Logo courtesy of http://www.americanschoolofcorr.com/grads.asp - 09/05/06
Animated Laughing Smiley
courtesy of
Janice
McCain Rose ('65) of VA - 02/07/05
Thanks, Janice!
Animated
Laughing Frog courtesy of
Wayne
Stokes
('65) of VA - 07/16/08
Thanks, Wayne!