04/02/11 - NNHS Newsletter -
April Love

“April is a promise that May is bound to keep.”

- Hal Borland
(14 May 1900 - 22 Feb 1978)

In the film, the Pat Boone character, Nick Conover, leaves Chicago after being put on probation for stealing a car. Living and working on the Kentucky farm of his uncle Jed Bruce and his aunt Henrietta, he falls in love with a neighbour's daughter, played by Shirley Jones. In the same way that Boone is often criticised for singing watered-down versions of rhythm and blues songs, the film April Love can be seen as a milder version of James Dean's Rebel Without a Cause (1955) or Marlon Brando's The Wild One (1955).^{[citation needed]}

Helped by the release of the film, "April Love" became a number-one hit in the United States for Pat Boone in December 1957. In 1958, it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song.

http://www.nnhs65.com/11-29-08-NNHS-Margaret-Buckley.html

   This does not work.  A slip of the finger caused me to make all of the graphics in all the Newsletters disappear.  Several months later I found their hiding place, and from time to time I replace them - but there were hundreds of them.

   Then last March we switched servers from 00freehost.com to AwardSpace.com.  I solved many issues we were having - and gave us far more benefits for far less money - but meant that most links no longer worked automatically - and after ten years there were thousands of them.

   This problem has three cures.  The first would be the simplest - were I not so - well, simple.    Mike Sisk ('63) of CA graciously offered to do something waaay cool (and over my head) to remedy the entire problem in ten minutes.  I'm awaiting my resident tech reppie's help in implementing this - and he's a busy man.

   The second way is for me to manually switch each one independently - which I do when I spot them, and I've corrected hundreds of them - including all (I hope) of the Teacher Pages last night:

   The third way is for the gentle reader to simply remove the offending characters ".00freehost" from each URL bar so afflicted, re-hit "Enter" - and report back to me so I can do more.

   Now about that date of ours.  It was Independence Day 1965.  We went to Fort Monroe to see the continental Army Command Band play the entire 1812 Overture.  It was fabulous!  We had great seats - in a way - right by the cannon!

   Earlier that day I had babysat my sister's three small children.  They were such naughty babies and I was such a crummy babysitter, I decided I would never, ever have children of my own, and probably would never even get married.  Something must have changed my mind.  Four summers later       Paul (Harty - Bardolph HS, IL - '61 - of IL) and I were married, and over the course of the next 18 years we had seven children.

   Oh, yes - one more thing.  Back in 2003 while we lived in Fayetteville, we went to see the fireworks at Fort Bragg.  Hearing that the band was "posta" perform the 1812 Overture, my #6 son (who was 19-and-a-half that very day) and I decided we really, really wanted to hear that - so we left our party at the fireworks spot and sprinted (yes, verily!) about a mile over to the concert grounds.  We saw a magnificent military demonstration followed by a very good pop concert - and the final "famous" movement of the 1812 only.  We were a bit disappointed as we were expecting to hear it in total, but hey - it was still a once in a lifetime opportunity!

   Besides - I still had the memory of seeing it 38 years before!  Thanks again, Ray - and Welcome Aboard!

  

     

This goes back a long, long time. Mostly sad news about them all, but hope you enjoy the pics and info.

http://www.tvparty.com/50rascals3.html 

   Thanks, Wayne Honey - and Bill! This show was a great favorite of mine, though you're right - I didn't see anything in the article about Rip Precious!

If you are fed up with dealing with the automated "customer service" processes forced on you by your business, health care provider, phone company, etc. etc. etc.?

Just click on the link below to find out how you can "reach a human.'

This was found in the AARP Mag.....Don't know how accurate it is...

http://dialahuman.com/

   Oh, this is lovely news that y'all might very well wish to bookmark! I waited on the phone just the other day for 24 minutes trying to reach something other than a recording! Thanks so much, Janice!

   Okay, either he's nuts or I am! Thanks again, Dools!