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03/24/09 - NNHS Newsletter -
“We cannot tell the precise moment when friendship is formed. As in filling
a vessel -
Samuel Johnson |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Today's Newsletter theme is being repeated from nearly four-and-a-half years ago, though whatever the images were then, there're long gone now:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/11-29-04-NNHS-Stand-by-Me.html
BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vbg7YoXiKn0 - Ben E. King - Stand by Me
Normally, when I "rerun" a theme, it is on the anniversary of its first appearance, which greatly simplifies my life. I'm using it out of order today because of the following note:
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From David Whitley ('67) of VA - 03/23/09
- "great musical video":
I think this link is so great that I want to share
it. Wish I had it on DVD.
Here’s a version of the Ben E. King classic “Stand
by Me” for our times:
http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2539741
Oh, WOW!!! I can't do anything about providing you with a DVD, but I can let this fabulous video star on today's Newsletter!
Thanks,
Gorgeous!
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HEALTH UPDATES:
1. and 2.
From Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA -
03/21/09, 2:35 PM - but somehow neglected to be carried by ditzy webmistress until
today!
- "
Monty (Phillips - '62 - of VA) and
Jerry (Allen - '65 - of VA) update":
3.
From the Head Flagtwirler of 1965,
Janice
McCain Rose of VA -
03/23/09, 9:30 PM - "Another Good Day Monday March 23rd":
SUPER NEWS
all around!
Thank you, Judy and Janice!
We're still
praying!
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THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
A Beary
Happy Birthday
today to
Olivia House Brickey ('65) of
VA!
Happy Birthday
tomorrow to
the late Billy Williams ('57)
(d. 21 May 2007)
AND
Joan McKenna Ward ('60) of VA
AND
Bill
Hobbs ('66) of Northern VA!
Happy Birthday this week to:
26 -
Gene Collins Glave ('60) of SC;
28 - Elizabeth Tedder
Nunnally ('65 and '68) of VA;
29 -
David Hatchett ('65) of VA;
31- Webb Edwards ('57)
AND
Don Jett (NNHS / Warwick HS - '60)
of FL
AND
Tina Crowder Adderholdt ('65) of NC!
Many Happy Returns to You All!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
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From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA -
03/23/09 - "DATES TO REMEMBER":
OH NO!!!!!
That means I've messed up all the Newsletters all the way back to
who knows when!
ARGHHH!!!!
Thanks
for letting me know, David!
I've
fixed the last couple of issues, and I'll fix those older editions as soon as
I'm able.....
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From Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 03/23/09:
Hi Carol!
Hope you’re settled and feeling fine!!!
I am so glad you added the music and words to
May the Good Lord
Bless and
Sarah
Thank you, Sarah
Sugah!
That's one of the added benefits for y'all of my having such obsessive
compulsive tendencies! The
lyrics and outrageously thorough credits have been Newsletter staples since the
git-go, and with the development of Wikipedia and YouTube, background
information on practically everything and everyone as well as BONUS videos are
added whenever possible.
Today's edition is
no exception. As I frequently tell people, if you haven't scrolled down as far
as possible on each page, chances are excellent you've missed a great deal of
information - which may or may not prove valuable (or at least interesting) to
you!
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From Karrin Williams Frankie (Warwick HS - '61) of VA - 03/23/09 - "KARRIN IS RETIRING ON 31 MAR 09 SO WILL HAVE A NEW EMAIL ADDRESS":
Dear friends and family:
I will be retiring from the US Army Corps of Engineers after 24.5 years of service on 31 Mar 09. I have had a great time working here at Craney Island and am hopeful that my title of “Queen of Craney” will be retired as that was given to me by Col. Carroll.
If this office was over on the peninsula, I’d work until Joe (Dickson - '66 - of VA) can retire at 62 in Jan 2010. However, the 28 mile ride to work everyday (one way) just has gotten too much. I will also be going in for left knee replacement on 22 Apr at Mary Immaculate Hospital so I can be back to normal so I can ride our 2001 Honda Goldwing to Maggie Valley, NC on 21 May and out to our annual Honda WingDing in Tulsa, OK on 27 Jun.
My home email address is _________________ so please send any emails there and NOT to the work one AFTER 27 MAR! If you would like to call me, my home number is ___-____ or Verizon cell ___-____.
Thanks again for a great 24.5 years.
Karrin
a.k.a. “Queen of Craney Island”
a.k.a “Motorcycle Mama”
VA-O Williamsburg
Congratulations once more, Karrin!
Enjoy your well-earned
retirement; let me know if you'd like your email addy published!
Let
us know how your knee surgery goes, too!
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From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 03/23/09 - "The Tree":
http://home.att.net/~soloshideaway/751/tree.htm - We All Need a Tree!
Thank you,
Shari!
What a valuable reminder for us all!
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From Marty Whitmore McCoy ('67) of VA - 03/23/09:
.....We (some members of the Class of 1967) were together Friday night as we try
to have a dinner w/locals every 3 months or so.....
Thanks so much for all your hard work keeping us informed of fellow Typhoons.
We love it & hope things are going well with your new location :-)
Marty
How delightful! When I first moved back east seven-and-a-half years ago, I had envisioned something like that! Alas, it didn't happen as often as I'd have liked because I ended up too far away from The Sacred Soil, but it still always delights me when I hear of others taking advantage of that opportunity!
Thanks again for your help, Marty!
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From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 03/23/09 - "A diver calls his sister after having
a bad day at work ( Funny)":
"Hi Sue,
"Just another note from your bottom-dwelling brother. Last week I had a bad day at the office. I know you've been feeling down lately at work, so I thought I would share my dilemma with you to make you realize it's not so bad after all.
"Before I can tell you what
happened to me, I first must bore you with a few technicalities of my job. As
you know, my office lies at the bottom of the sea. I wear a suit to the
office. It's a wetsuit. This time of year the water is quite cool. So what we
do to keep warm is this:
"We have a diesel powered
industrial water heater. This $20,000 piece of equipment sucks the water
out of the sea. It heats it to a delightful temperature. It then pumps it down
to the diver through a
garden hose, which is taped to the air hose. Now this sounds like a darn
good plan, and I've used it several times with no complaints. What I do, when I
get to the bottom and start working, is take the hose and stuff it down the back
of my wetsuit. This floods my whole suit with warm water. It's like working in
a Jacuzzi.
"Everything was going well until all of a sudden, my butt started to itch. So, of course, I scratched it. This only made things worse. Within a few seconds my butt started to burn. I realized what had happened. "The hot water machine had sucked up a jellyfish and pumped it into my suit. Now, since I don't have any hair on my back, the jellyfish couldn't stick to it. However, the crack of my butt was not as fortunate. When I scratched what I thought was an itch, I was actually grinding the jellyfish into the crack of my butt. I informed the dive supervisor of my dilemma over the communicator.
"His instructions were unclear due to the fact that he, along with five other divers, were all laughing hysterically. Needless to say I aborted the dive. I was instructed to make three agonizing in-water decompression stops totaling thirty-five minutes before I could reach the surface to begin my chamber dry decompression. When I arrived at the surface, I was wearing nothing but my brass helmet. As I climbed out of the water, the medic, with tears of laughter running down his face, handed me a tube of cream and told me to rub it on my butt as soon as I got in the chamber. The cream put the fire out, but I couldn't poop for two days because my butt was swollen shut.
"So, next time you're having a bad day at work, think about how much worse it would be if you had a jellyfish shoved up your butt.
"Now repeat to yourself, "I
love my job, I love my job, I love my job." And whenever you have a bad day,
ask yourself: is this a 'jellyfish bad day?'
"Cheers!"
WILD GIGGLES!!!
Thanks, Shari!
It's good to keep a healthy perspective!
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From John Murden ('60) of VA - 03/23/09 -
"Stonewall Jackson Data Update":
Carol,
I can add a little information re: Tommy Koger
- for the Stonewall Jackson elementary school picture and data.
Tom moved to Middlesex after the 10th grade at NNHS. He played both
football and basketball there; I used to follow his exploits via the Daily
Press.
I know he attended the Apprentice School. I believe he still resides in
the NN-Hampton area.
Hope you are doing well and enjoying the warm teasers of spring! It is getting warmer out there in the mid-west, ain't it!
Keep up the great work; your efforts are truly appreciated (and amazed at!)!
John
Thanks so much, John!
I
filled in those blanks on the Stonewall Jackson School page:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/our-schools.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/B-stonewall-jackson-sch.html
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From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA -
03/23/09 - "NNHS 64/45 Planning to Attend":
Maurine Burnett Frank of VA
Thanks, Brown Eyes!
I've added her name to that page:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2009-64.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2009-64-ATTENDING.html
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From Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA - 03/23/09 - "
Cookie's (Phillips Tyndall - '64 - of VA) Birthday":
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Here is Cookie celebrating her
?? birthday. Isn't she just beautiful? She looks more like she is
from the Class of '84 rather than '64.
Compliments of her proud
cousin.
JA
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That beautiful
Cookie always looks fabulous and far younger than she's "posta" by all
that's fair! Thanks so much for this happy photograph, Judy Dear!
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From Linda May Bond Crayton ('66) of VA - 03/23/09 - "reunion":
Carol,
Thanks, Linda May!
I'm
glad you enjoyed Don's entire account - and the pictures - as much as I did!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/our-schools.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/B-stonewall-jackson-sch.html
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From Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 03/23/09 - "Saunders Stadium":
Ok, girlfriend, I
have SO been taught a lesson! I was just reading
yesterday’s
newsletter and it is the FIRST I’ve heard of the Navy tearing down the
stadium. HOW SAD!!! It hurt my heart! Guess I’d better keep up! The pictures
are really great. Thanks,
Dave (Spriggs -
'64 - of VA), and others who
took those pics! Guess I should have never left! You go away, you come home
and half the town is gone and they give away your high school! I wonder how
close we can get to the stadium now.
Also, get yourself well! That’s an order!! Stay well!!!
Sarah
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
I don't know how much
publicity has been given to the demolition of the now unsafe stadium. Those who
were given the last tour of NNHS/Huntington Hall in conjunction with the Reunion
for the Class of 1968 were told the sad news - and I thought I announced it here
after that; perhaps I didn't. I understand the demolition is scheduled to begin
on April 1.
I'll try to stay
well, Lady!
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FINALLY:
From Butch Ragland ('63) of CO -
03/12/09 - "Have a Giggle (#9 in a series of 13)":
GIGGLES!!!
These are great, Butch -
thanks!
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DATES TO REMEMBER:
1. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, April 23, 24, and 25, 2009 - The Class of 1954 will hold its 55-Year Reunion. For details, contact Dr. Harry Simpson at 804-694-0346 or email him at hdsdds@aol.com - CLASS OF 1954
2.3. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 4, 5 and 6 (Labor Day Weekend), 2009 -
The Class of 1969 will hold its 40-Year Reunion at the Point Plaza Hotel, Newport News, VA. For details, see: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2009-69.html and contact Jean Baker Howell at hokie13mom@cox.net - OPEN TO ALL NNHS ALUMNI4. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 18, 19, and 20, 2009 - The Warwick High School Class of 1959 will hold its 50-Year Reunion at the Marriott Newport News at City Center, Newport News, VA. For details, contact WHSREUNION1959@aol.com.
5.
Friday and Saturday, October 9 and 10, 2009 - The Class of 1964 will hold its 45-Year Reunion at the Newport News Marriott at City Center, 740 Town Center Drive, Newport News, VA 23606: For details, see: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2009-64.html - CLASS OF 1964
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Y'all take care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe!
Love to all, Carol
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Written by Ben E. King (28 Sept 1938), Jerry Leiber (b. 25 Apr 1933), and Mike Stoller (b. 13 Mar 1933)
(Ben E. King), 1961 When the night has come And the land is dark And the moon is the only light we'll see No I won't be afraid, no I won't be afraid Just as long as you stand, stand by me And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh, now now stand by me Stand by me, stand by me If the sky that we look upon Should tumble and fall And the mountains should crumble to the sea I won't cry, I won't cry, no I won't shed a tear Just as long as you stand, stand by me And darlin', darlin', stand by me, oh stand by me Stand by me, stand by me, stand by me-e, yeah Whenever you're in trouble won't you stand by me, oh now now stand by me Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me Darlin', darlin', stand by me-e, stand by me Oh stand by me, stand by me, stand by me
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"Stand by Me" midi courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/rokpile/rokcaverns.html - 11/29/04
"Stand by Me" lyrics courtesy of http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/standbyme/standbyme.htm - 11/29/04
Friendship Bears clip art courtesy of http://ufdesigns.com/bears.php - 03/23/09
Teddy Bear Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars38.html - 03/23/09
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!
Embarrassed Smiley clip art courtesy of http://www.pdclipart.org/displayimage.php?album=108&pos=96 - 03/01/09
Marine Corps Seal clip art
courtesy of the late
Herbert Hice of MI
- one of my
Famous Marines who served in the South
Pacific during WWII.
Thanks again, Herbie!!
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Teddy Bear clip art courtesy of http://www.resourcesforbears.com/CLIPART/pix/bearb.gif - 03/23/05 (replaced 03/23/09)
Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
Animated Head-Bonking Smiley courtesy of http://www.hauntedhamilton.com/cgi-bin/scripts/board-image-lister.cgi - 02/20/09
Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of
http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/
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10/02/05 (still missing...)
Replaced courtesy of
http://www.hamptonhigh1964.com - 02/17/09