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04/09/13 - NNHS Newsletter -
What Is This Thing Called Love?
“Love withers under constraints: its very essence is liberty: it is compatible neither with obedience, jealousy, nor fear:
it is there most pure, perfect, and unlimited where its votaries live in confidence, equality and unreserve.”

Percy Bysshe Shelley

(4 Aug 1792 - 8 July 1822)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,   

   Ahhh, Cole Porter.....

BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qo2P7AhMbxk - What Is This Thing Called Love? - Ella Fitzgerald

BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIOJ2gkrNvc - What Is This Thing Called Love? - Frank Sinatra

BONUS #3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luQNCROK0wM - What Is This Thing Called Love? - Peggy Lee


From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_This_Thing_Called_Love%3F:

"What Is This Thing Called Love?" is a 1929 popular song written by Cole Porter, for the musical Wake Up and Dream. It was first performed by Elsie Carlisle in March 1929. The song has become a popular jazz standard and one of Porter's most often played compositions.[1]

Wake Up and Dream ran for 263 shows in London.[1] The show was also noticed in New York, and the critics praised Tilly Losch's performance of the song.[2] The show was produced on Broadway in December 1929; in the American rendition, "What Is This Thing Called Love" was sung by Frances Shelley. Ginny Simms performed the song in the 1946 biographical film about Porter's life, Night and Day.

Jazz musicians soon included the song in their repertoire. The recordings of Ben Bernie and Fred Rich made it to the charts in 1930, and the song was also recorded by stride pianist James P. Johnson, clarinetist Artie Shaw and guitarist Les Paul.[1] The piece is usually performed at a fast tempo; the 1956 recording of Clifford Brown and Max Roach with Sonny Rollins is one of the best-known uptempo instrumental versions. Saxophonist Sidney Bechet made a slow rendition in 1941 with Charlie Shavers...[1]


ALERT - SPECIAL REQUEST:

   From Malcolm Davis ('65) of VA - 04/09/13, 8:47 AM - "Special request concerning      Jamey (Douglas) Bacon ('66 - of VA)":

Dear Carol,

Because of your Typhoon newsletter, that has previously alerted all of your readers to Jamey's medical and fiscal needs in the past,
  Polly Norris Davis - '65) and I have been helping Jamey and getting to know her more personally and seeing just how great her needs are. Thank you for making us aware.

It is now my request to ask for financial assistance from our classmates and your readers as we try to provide Jamey with improvements for her driveway so that she can maneuver her motorized wheelchair outdoors without getting stuck in the ground or thrown from her chair. Jamey wishes to fill in the center of the driveway and because of her home being located in Hilton, she must use brick to accomplish the project or it will not be approved.

I have measured the area and priced the brick paving stone. She will need 288 sq. feet of the brick and that will cost $655.44 retail at Lowe's. She will also need 3 yards of crushed stone and 1 yard of sand which I have not priced yet. I am seeking to have the Peninsula Baptist Summer Youth Work Camp take this on as a mission project in July. This could hold down the cost for labor if the city and the community will allow them to do the work. If not, we will need to purchase the labor from a contractor.

I have permission to set up an account at my church, Parkview Baptist Church, to receive any contributions and also to afford us sales tax exempt status when purchasing the materials from this account. An additional 5% discount will be afforded by using the church credit card when making the purchase. You may also deduct the contribution that you make on your income tax returns.

I am seeking contributions now to make this mission a reality. This is a real need. Jamey's quality of life would be enhanced by this improvement to her home and yard. She is an amputee and is completely dependent on her wheelchair for mobility.

Anyone wishing to contribute to this project is asked to make a check out to Parkview Baptist Church and mail it to Malcolm and Polly Davis at 118 Cindy Circle, Newport News, Va. 23602. I will turn the checks over to the church and keep everyone informed, through your news letter, of the running balance of the contributions received and their ultimate disposition. The names of those who contribute will be kept private and I am hoping that enough individuals will be willing to contribute at least $10.00 so we can raise enough to complete the job even if we have to hire a contractor to install the bricks. Please note on the check that this is for the "Jamey Bacon Mission Project."

Here are some pictures of the driveway in its present condition.
 
Friday, March 22, 2013
 

Thank you all for considering this request for assistance. Your participation will be a blessing for Jamey and she is grateful for your concern always.

Sincerely, Malcolm and Polly Davis
NNHS Class of 1965

    Thank you so very much, Sweetie-Pies!

   C'mon, Typhoon Nation - y'all know what to do!


REMINDER:

        From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 03/20/13, 4:46 PM - "     Dave Arnold's ('65) (12 Aug 1947 - 21 July 2012) Final Resting Place":

Carol,

Please post this in an upcoming newsletter.

Dave Arnold’s Ashes to be Distributed by Civil War Cannon at Fort Shenandoah on April 13th

My good friend, Dave Arnold (NNHS ’65), died tragically on 21 July 2012, as a result of an automobile accident. In accordance with his wishes, his body was cremated.

It was also his wish that his ashes be distributed in the Shenandoah Valley. Dave loved "the Valley" (as he called it) of Virginia. He grew up in the Tidewater area, but his heart remained in the Valley area of Virginia. It is only fitting that his ashes should find their final home there.

It is also only fitting that his ashes should be distributed by being fired from his very own cannon, which he was having fabricated, so that he could more fully participate with the 1st Virginia, his skirmish group, which is a part of the North-South Skirmish Association.

His final wish will now be fulfilled, thanks to the efforts of his fellow Civil War skirmishers.

On April 13 at 12:00 noon, this ceremony will take place at Ft. Shenandoah at the primary range where the skirmish events are held. Attendees will enter and pass the range keeper's house, and there are signs to the main range.

All are welcome to attend. Dave would have been thrilled to have you watch his cannon being fired on the skirmish field. I can think of no greater way in which to honor his memory.

Fort Shenandoah is owned and operated by the North-South Skirmish Association and is located near Winchester VA.

You can learn more at their web site: http://www.n-ssa.org/

Directions are here: http://www.n-ssa.org/NATIONAL/maps.html

For GPS users, the street address is “480 Chalybeate Spring Road, Winchester VA, 22603”.

   Oh, WOW! I had no idea! We wish we could make it ourselves, but I think the chances of that are infinitesimally small.....

  Thank you so much for letting me know, David!

April 13, 1861 American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrendered to Southern forces.


THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

   Happy Birthday today to   Denise Roane (Hampton HS - '71) of VA!

   Happy Birthday tomorrow to     Dale Parsons, Sr. (June '48) of VA AND    Skip Wood ('65) of NC!

   Happy Birthday this week to:

11 -     Brownie Shaffer Haracivet ('62) of VA AND   Susan Avent Hill ('66) of VA AND    Kathy Cooper ('70) of VA;

12 - Harvey Weinstein ('57) AND   Richard Rawls ('71) of VA;

13 -   Gil Hughes ('64);

14 -   Linda DeShazo Hatchett (’65) of VA;

15 -        George Helliesen ('61) of MI AND    Linda Bowen Uplinger ('63) of VA!

   Many Happy Returns to You All!

http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html


THIS DAY IN WWII:

April 09, 1940 - Operation Weserübung Germany invaded Denmark and Norway

April 09, 1940 - Vidkun Quisling seized power in Norway.

April 09, 1942 - The Battle of Bataan/Bataan Death March United States forces surrendered on the Bataan Peninsula. The Japanese Navy launched an air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Hermes and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer HMAS Vampire were sunk off the island's east coast.

April 09, 1945 - The German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer was sunk.

April 09, 1945- The Battle of Königsberg, in East Prussia, ended.


THIS DAY IN 1963:

Tuesday, April 09, 1963 - Fashion designer Marc Jacobs was born in New York City, New York.

Tuesday, April 08, 1963 - Television host, lawyer, author, and politician Joe Scarborough was born Charles Joseph Scarborough in Atlanta, Georgia.

Tuesday, April 08, 1963 - Jazz musician Eddie Edwards (Original Dixieland Jass Band) (b. Edwin Branford Edwards on 22 May 1891 in New Orleans, Louisiana) died at the age of 71.

Tuesday, April 08, 1963 - Painter, sculptor, and writer Xul Solar (b. Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solari on 14 Dec 1887 in San Fernando, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina) died in Tigre, Argentinaat the age of 75.


  From Joyce - 04/08/13 - "17 Year Cicadas":

CICADAS READY TO EMERGE
 

  If you like red-eyed bugs that look like space invaders and whine like little chain saws, you are in for a treat.

Millions of 17-year cicadas — insects that crawl up from underground once a generation to find mates — will be partying in the Richmond area in about a month. They last appeared in 1996.

It’s a phenomenon worth celebrating, said Gene Kritsky, a cicada expert at the College of Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati.

“To me it’s like having a David Attenborough special in your backyard,” Kritsky said, “if you are lucky enough to have them emerging in your yard.”

About 1½ inches long, the big bugs can damage the twigs of young trees. Dogs can get sick if they eat too many. But mainly the cicadas are harmless, if you can put up with the noise and numbers.

Driving through them, “it’s like chunks of gravel hitting the front of your car,” said Eric R. Day, a Virginia Tech insect expert.
 
 

There are 12 populations, or broods, of 17-year cicada. Different broods appear in different regions in different years.

This is the year for Brood II — as in 2 — which inhabits a stretch from north-central North Carolina through central Virginia to Connecticut. In terms of territory, Brood II is Virginia’s largest.

“This is Richmond’s day in the sun for cicadas,” Day said.

About mid-May, the cicadas will crawl up out of the ground, leaving dime-size holes. The brown bugs will then climb up trees and buildings, shed their skins, pump their wings and darken to Halloween-colored adults — black bodies, bulbous red eyes and wings with orange veins like racing stripes.

The males make the big noise, singing to attract mates. The females flick their wings — sort of the cicada equivalent of batting eyelashes — making sounds like the click of a light switch.

“If you know how to do this, you can actually snap your fingers and the male will respond and walk toward you,” said Kritsky.

The insects mate, and each female lays 400 to 600 eggs in punctures she makes at the ends of twigs. Shortly after mating, the adults die. The visit lasts four to six weeks.

The eggs hatch in summer. Youngsters the size of tiny rice grains drop to the ground, dig in, and start counting the years to 17.

“We have no idea how they know how much time has passed,” Kritsky said.

Kritsky used to eat cicadas — stir fried, deep fat-fried, other ways — until he tired of munching on his friends. They taste like canned asparagus, he said.

“I always bring in one or two for my cats. They play with it, and then they eat it.”

The puncturing of twigs can harm small trees — you can cover them loosely in cheese cloth — but can help larger trees, according to Kritsky.

“It’s like a natural pruning,” he said. “Next year, they’ll come back with a better growth.”

The cicadas aerate the soil with their holes, return nutrients to the soil when they die and provide food for birds and other animals, Kritsky said. “They do a lot of good.”

Kritsky recommends that people get married when cicadas are courting.

“‘Think about it. The only time you will have the same environmental conditions of your wedding day will be on your 17th anniversary, your 34th anniversary and your 51st anniversary.”

Cicadas are as Virginian as Smithfield ham and humidity. Thomas Jefferson recorded their visits at Monticello, writing in 1775: “It appears … that they come periodically once in 17 years. They come out of the ground from a prodigious depth.”

The insects’ lengthy disappearing act may have evolved as a way to avoid predators. After all, no one wants to wait 17 years for food to arrive.

There are also 13-year cicadas, as well as dog-day cicadas that appear every year in the heat of summer.

But the 17-year brand gets the most attention.

“We are so used to our comfort,” said Maymont horticulture director Peggy Singlemann. “But just to know that for 17 years an insect has been underground waiting for its time to re-emerge. I think it’s fascinating.”

The cicadas “were just everywhere” in Maymont in 1996, Singlemann said. They were “very, very noisy” but they didn’t cause significant tree damage. “Some people were complaining about them, and some were taking them in good stride.”

“I have fond memories of it,” Singlemann said. She marked the insects’ return on her calendar.

In this world of instant gratification, 17-year cicadas tell us there are other ways to look at time. When Richmond’s cicadas return in 2030, your toddler will be in college. Today’s college students will be facing middle age.

And this writer will be retired — or underground with those clock-watching cicadas.

rspringston@timesdispatch.com
(804) 649-6453

   OH, JOY! Thanks so much, Joyce!


From http://www.SelfGrowth.com - 03/04/13 - "3 Ways to Release Negativity":

How To Disconnect from Negativity

By Beate Chelette

You will find that I like acronyms and tools. It's easier to remember something if we can build a bridge in our minds. We are talking about K.A.R.L. which stands for Know, Accept, Relax, Live.

In this article I'd like to take a closer look at an often overlooked yet pleasant side effect of acceptance. As the mother of 19-year-old on the cusp of stepping into womanhood, I witness first hand how the conspiracy theory can throw some unexpected wrenches in your path.

Energetically the process is simple. What you put out you will get back. If you expect bumps there will be plenty. If you expect difficulties and rejection your path will be full of it. The universe is here to agree with you. To ACCEPT what you are putting out. If you, like my daughter, struggle perhaps a little too much with what life throws at you here are three ideas to help you disconnect from negativity.

Let's face it. Tough situations come along in life and a dark cloud sometimes descends over us. It happens to the best of us and at times life just isn't fair. But while we can't change what has already happened we can choose how we react.

Truly accepting a situation in your life, be it personal or professional, will keep your emotions in check. At first it's okay to get upset over something, and it's okay now and then to have days when you throw yourself a pity party.

Idea 1
When you fall into your personal black hole, allow your thoughts to exist, acknowledge them, thank them, don't fight them -- and know they will pass. Offer no resistance; let your thoughts go right through you and realize that tomorrow will be better. Don't spend so much time attaching emotions to your issues. Tomorrow you may be able to see that "this too, shall pass." -- Jewish proverb

A core principle of The Women's Code is acceptance and knowing how to counteract self-destructive behavior so you will attract a different type of energy. If you're beating yourself up over the perceived negatives in your life, make a real and conscious effort to remind yourself of the other side of the coin. For example if you say to yourself, "my hips are way too big," or "I don't make as much money as she does," you can refocus that negative thinking by forcing a positive follow-up thought, such as "my hair is awesome" and "my work product is great, the money will follow."

Think of a time in your life, in the past or recently, when you urged yourself to "get over it," or told yourself that the situation was only temporary. Have you had such moments? How did you overcome them? Here's what Oprah says about unhooking from negativity.

Idea 2
Time limit on negativity.

It's helpful to set a time limit for when you will put a stop to negative thoughts and allow yourself to feel better again. I've noticed that I pick fights and get grumpy and whiny when I get PMS. I've learned to accept that this is a reoccurring phenomenon and so I make an effort to remind myself that my body image will be better in a few days. Remember that what happens in your life is part of a phase or rhythm, and leave it at that. If a specific issue is driving you crazy, how about setting a time limit to stop fussing about it by, say, tomorrow morning at 7 a.m.? Then, let it go.

Setting time limits for your negative thoughts might be hard for you. It's entirely possible that you can't believe that your situation will improve within the time frame you've set. One reason might be that you know you're not being realistic with your time frame. You'll know instinctively what is realistic and what is unachievable.
Once you give yourself the time you need to succeed in achieving your own set of benchmarks, you'll find that making it happen feels pretty good. If you're still having trouble, then you'll need to double up on your efforts to accept the things that are fabulous about you, things that people around you compliment you on.
Is this all there is? No, of course not.

Idea 3
Still having a hard time overcoming those negative thoughts? You can do what I did and refuse to think that this is all there is. This works exceptionally well for stubborn people such as myself. Thoughts such as, "is that all there is?" and "there has to be something better" are pretty powerful as well. Eventually the universe will agree with you and give you something better.

While it might sound trite, this works: try to focus on the positive aspects of your life--the glass is half full idea--and think about healing and improvement. Make a conscious effort not to dwell on negative thoughts whenever you catch yourself thinking one. This is how you get unstuck and move forward in your life.


About the Author:

Beate Chelette, the SelfGrowth.com Official Guide to Empowering Women, is a respected career coach, consummate entrepreneur and founder of The Women's Code, a unique guide to personal and career success that offers a new code of conduct for today's business, private and digital world. Determined to build a community of women helping each other, after selling one of her companies, BeateWorks, to Bill Gates in 2006 for millions of dollars, Beate created The Women's Code. In February 2012, to reach women everywhere, Beate launched The Women's Code Online course.
http://www.selfgrowth.com/solos/beatechelette.html 
http://beatechelette.com/the-womens-code 


     From Me, of NC - 04/08/13:

    
 
 


  From Ruth Reece Horace ('67) of FL - 04/08/13 - "Pets make you smile, ya gotta love em' (#1 of 36)":

  To make you smile.....

Happy Pet Day!!!

   AWW! Thanks, Ruthie!

 
 


BONUS THING CROCHET PATTERNS:

http://www.micahmakes.com/blog/happy-birthday-dr-suess - Thing 1 and Thing 2 Hats


BONUS THING CALLED LOVE RECIPE:

http://crazylittlethingcalledlove011808.blogspot.com/2009/02/really-good-chocolate-chip-cookie.html - Crazy little thing called Love! - Really Good Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe


FINALLY:

From www.ajokeaday.com - 04/08/13:

During the initial space flights, NASA scientists discovered that biro pens didn’t work under zero gravity conditions. To beat the problem, NASA spent 6 years and $2 million in designing a pen for use in space. The pen would work under zero gravity conditions due to the pressurized ink inside, it would work under sub zero conditions, underwater, on glass and virtually any surface known to man.

The Russians used a pencil.  


DATES TO REMEMBER:

1. Wednesday, April 10, 2013 - 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. Thursday, May 2, 2013 - 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.

3.  Wednesday, June 12, 2013 - 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.

4. Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, 2013 - The NNHS Class of 1963 will hold their 50-Year Reunion at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hampton on the Water. SEE: The website which has been set up for their class at www.nnhs1963.com; CONTACT: Frank Gibson, frankgibson@cox.net, Joyce Williams Nettles, joywnet@cox.net, or Susie Overton Jones, tnsjones@charter.net


PRAYER ROLL:

http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html - updated 04/05/13

BLOG:

http://nnhs.wordpress.com/ - updated 03/13/11



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

                                 Love to all, Carol

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PERSONAL WEB SITE: http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/cluckmeat

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Carol Buckley Harty
7020 Lure Court
Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309
915-780-3048
 


THREE WAYS TO DONATE:  

1. Visit the main page (http://www.nnhs65.com), scroll halfway down, and click on the Pay Pal Donate Button (nnhs65@gmail.com);

2. Go to www.PayPal.com, log in, select "Send Money (Services) to nnhs65@gmail.com; or

3. Just mail it directly to my home. Thanks!    
             


What Is This Thing Called Love?

Written by Cole Porter (09 June 1891 – 15 Oct 1964), 1929


I was a hum-drum person
Leading a life apart
When love flew in through my window wide
And quickened my hum-drum heart
Love flew in through my window
I was so happy then
But after love had stayed a little while
Love flew out again

What is this thing called love?
This funny thing called love?
Just who can solve its mystery?
Why should it make a fool of me?
I saw you there one wonderful day
You took my heart and threw it away
That’s why I ask the lord in heaven above
What is this thing called love?

You gave me days of sunshine
You gave me nights of cheer
You made my life an enchanted dream
’til somebody else came near
Somebody else came near you
I felt the winter’s chill
And now I sit and wonder night and day
Why I love you still?


"What Is This Thing Called Love?" midi courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/Nashville/1761/easy44 - 03/30/05

"What Is This Thing Called Love?" lyrics courtesy of http://www.lyricsfreak.com/f/frank-sinatra/55494.html - 03/30/05

Pink "I Give You My Love" Heart clip art courtesy of http://groups.msn.com/TheClipArtPalace/hearts.msnw?Page=2 - 04/04/05

Pink Roses Bouquet clip art courtesy of http://groups.msn.com/TheClipArtPalace/flowers.msnw - 04/04/05

Pink Rose Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://groups.msn.com/TheClipArtPalace/linesbarsfloral.msnw - 04/04/05

Navy Seal clip art courtesy of
http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06

Animated Air Force Flag clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03

Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!

Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/ - 10/02/05
Replaced courtesy of
http://www.hamptonhigh1964.com - 02/17/09

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!!

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!

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