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03/11/16 - NNHS Newsletter - Bonnie Kellswater
“The English language brings out the best
in the Irish. They court it like a beautiful woman. They make it bray - T. E. Kalem on Brendan Behan's 1958 play, Borstal Boy |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
All this week
leading up to St. Patrick's Day, we'll be celebrating with Irish songs.
BONUS #1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwWJjAwb524 - Kellswater - Loreena McKennitt
BONUS #2 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXkGMnxVOqc - Kellswater - Andy Irvine
BONUS #3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9bjUqPuk3w - Bonnie Kellswater - Irish Rovers
HOMEWORK:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellswater -
How's that for a short assignment?
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
AND
Betty Ames Burton ('71)
of VA!
Happy Birthday this week to:
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13 -
14 -
15 - Joan Williams Eberwine ('57) AND Linda Robinson Gillespie ('71) of VA; 16 -
17 -
18 -
Kay Knight Midkiff Evans ('59) of VA AND
Linda
Coates Jones ('63) of VA AND
Aderon Gibbs ('66) of VA AND
Wade Scott ('66) of MO!
Many Happy Returns to You All! 
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100 YEARS AGO TODAY:
| March 11, 1916 - USS Nevada (BB-36) was commissioned as the first US Navy "super-dreadnought". |
THIS DAY IN WWII:
| March 11, 1935 - The German Air Force became an official
organ of the Reich.
March 11, 1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Lend-Lease Act into law, allowing American-built war supplies to be shipped to the Allies on loan. March 11, 1942 -
General
Douglas MacArthur abandoned
Corregidor for Australia. He vowed, "I shall return." March 11, 1945 - The Empire of Vietnam, a short-lived puppet state, was established with Bảo Đại as its ruler. March 11, 1946 - Rudolf Höss, the first commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp, was captured by British troops. |
THIS DAY IN 1966:
| Friday, March 11, 1966 -
Wrestler and trainer
Robbie Brookside was born Robert Edward Brooks in
Liverpool,
Merseyside,
England. Friday, March 11, 1966 - Poker player Joe Hachem (جوزف هاشم) was born in Lebanon. Friday, March 11, 1966 - Basketball player and coach John Thompson III was born John Robert Thompson III in Boston, Massachusetts. Friday, March 11, 1966 - Basketball player and coach Ilias Zouros (Ηλίας Ζούρος) was born in Greece. |
From My Friend, Katie, of NC - 03/10/15:
| “Our job is to love
others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy.”
-
Thomas S. Monson |
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From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of
NC - 03/09/16 - "DEER CROSSING":
| DEER CROSSING
Anyone out there know her?
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From Wayne Agee
('58) of FL - 03/10/16 - "The Cicret":
| The Cicret This blows my mind, and it’s only a hint of what might be coming in the future Now this is simply amazing. This is the coolest bracelet going and will be very marketable soon. Are you ready for this? And it's waterproof too. Look what they have developed in Israel. Forget everything you think technology can do. This goes beyond that!! This will be available next year. https://www.youtube.com/embed/9J7GpVQCfms
WOWZERONI!
Thank you, Wayne!
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From Wayne Agee
('58) of FL - 03/10/16 - "Two Classics - And One's A Packard":
| What a great pair of treasures... A CAR SALESMAN'S NIGHTMARE! She will not buy a new car until she has worn her old one out and it is still in new condition - after all it is only 84 years old (the car that is, oh the lady... she's 101!!! at the time video was filmed in 2011). Take notice in the video that she lays a shop rag on the running board to step onto when she gets in the car. After she is in the car, she leans all the way down to the running board to get the rag. She is in great physical and mental shape for her age. The car is not bad either! Click on the link below to view this beautiful car and listen to this wonderful, seemingly ageless lady. http://www.youtube.com/embed/qxCpK1W_Gjw?feature=player_embedded
MORE WOWZERONI!
Thanks again, Wayne!
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From Marc Snyder ('65) of NC - 03/10/16:
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Thanks, Marc!
That makes much more sense! |
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From My Daughter of Other Parents, Ashley, of AZ - 03/09/16:
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This was literally me
today!!
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| “This makes me so
sore it gets my dandruff up.” -
Samuel Goldwyn,
film
producer |
BONUS IRISH COASTER CROCHET PATTERNS:
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http://www.allfreecrochet.com/St-Patricks-Day-Crochet/Lucky-Shamrock-Coaster/ml/1
- Lucky Shamrock
Coaster - "Use this Lucky Shamrock Coaster pattern to
bring some St. Patrick's Day charm to your table. This crochet
coaster pattern is easy and you'll be able to work some up in no
time. It's a practical and cute decoration for your holiday
party!" http://www.allfreecrochet.com/St-Patricks-Day-Crochet/Pot-O-Gold-Coaster/ml/1 - Pot-O-Gold Coaster - "Taste the rainbow with some colorful yarn. Crochet a bright pot o' gold coaster. These would be fun to have laying out when you have company over. Set your drink of choice on your gold." |
BONUS IRISH RECIPES:
| http://allrecipes.com/recipes/world-cuisine/europe/uk-and-ireland/ireland/ - Irish Recipes - "Looking for Irish recipes? Allrecipes has more than 180 trusted Irish recipes complete with ratings, reviews and cooking tips." |
FINALLY:
From http://www.ajokeaday.com - 03/10/16:
| Recently a large seminar was held
for ministers in training. Among the guests were many well-known
motivational speakers. One of these speakers boldly approached the pulpit and, gathering the entire crowd’s attention, said, “The best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman that wasn’t my wife!” The crowd was shocked! He followed
up by saying, “And that woman was my mother!” The crowd burst into
laughter and he gave his speech, which went over well. His congregation sat shocked. After standing there for almost 10 seconds trying to recall the second half of the joke, the pastor finally blurted out, “…and I can’t remember who she was!” |
DATES TO REMEMBER:
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1.
Wednesday, May 11, 2016 - 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.
2. Friday and Saturday, September 16 and 17, 2016 - The NNHS Class of 1966 will hold their 50-Year Reunion - OPEN TO ALL CLASSES. Friday Night: Meet and Greet at The Cove Restaurant, City Center, NN. Saturday Night: Marriott Hotel, City Center, NN. |
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Bonnie
Kellswater
Here's a health to you, bonnie Kellswater
For it's there you'll find the pleasures of life
And it's there you'll find fishing and farming
And a bonnie wee girl for your wife.
On the hills and the glens and the valleys
Grows the softest of women so fine
And the flowers are all dripping with honey
There lives Martha, a true love of mine.
Bonnie Martha, you're the first girl I courted
You're the one put my heart in a snare
And if ever I should lose you to another
I will leave my Kellswater so fair.
For this one and that one may court her
But no other can take her from me
For I love her as I love my Kellswater
Like the primrose is loved by the bee.
Here's a health to you, bonnie Kellswater
For it's there you'll find the pleasures of life
And it's there you'll find fishing and farming
And a bonnie wee girl for your wife.
"Bonnie Kellswater"
midi (sequenced by Barry Taylor) and lyrics courtesy of
http://www.contemplator.com/tunebook/ireland.htm - 03/10/09
Irish Lass Vintage Postcard courtesy of
http://www.clipartandcrafts.com/vintage-graphics/stpatricks/shamrocks-girl.htm
- 03/10/09
Small Shamrock Divider Line clip art courtesy of
http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars6.html - 03/10/09
Laughing Jester Smiley clip art courtesy of Bill Hobbs
('66) of Northern VA - 10/06/09
Thanks, Bill!
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!
Animated Navy Flag clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03
Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
Animated Laughing Woman courtesy of Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of VA - 02/23/09
Thanks, Joyce!
Animated
Laughing Frog courtesy of
Wayne
Stokes
('65) of VA - 07/16/08
Thanks, Wayne!
Animated Laughing Cat courtesy
of Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of VA - 07/29/08
Thanks, Joyce!
Large Shamrock Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars4.html - 03/10/09
