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04/23/09 - NNHS Newsletter - The Sweetest Sounds “Sweet is every
sound, |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
If you think that every Newsletter this week has been a rerun, you're right!
This one is from exactly
two years ago today:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/04-23-07-NNHS-The-Sweetest-Sounds.html
BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi_8L2-u9lg - The Sweetest Sounds and Strike Up The Band - Judy Garland and Count Basie
BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9bKGWVXF7c - The Sweetest Sounds - Neva Small and Ron Spivak with the Walla Walla Symphony (Yaacov Bergman conducting)
BONUS #3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMWTY5-n90E - Cinderella Overture and The Sweetest Sounds - Lea Salonga
BONUS #4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIapewuQsxE - The Sweetest Sounds - Brandy and Paolo Montalban
HEALTH UPDATE:
From the Head Flagtwirler of 1965,
Janice
McCain Rose of VA - 04/22/09,
5:33 PM - "Update....and Birthday Picture":
Dear Email Family and Friends.....
SUPER-DE-DUPER!!!
Thanks so much, Janice!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/requests-prayers.html
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday today
to
Evelyn Casey Snead
('57) of VA AND Peggy Hartsel Sack ('57)!
Happy Birthday tomorrow to Donald Smith ('57) of VA!
Happy Birthday this week to:
25 - Lolly Wynne Burke
('57);
26 - Deanna Steele Capps
('57) AND
Becky Braswell Branch ('65) of AR;
27 -
Bill Campbell
('54)
of VA AND Genis Bird Crowder Hornsby ('54) AND
Barbara Jones ('54);
29 -
Brenda Davis English ('64) of KS
AND
Mike Sagman ('66) of VA!
Many Happy Returns to You All!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
From Jamey Douglas Bacon ('66) of VA - 04/20/09 - "Alums":
Hey, Cluckmeat,
I ran into 2 alums this week. I had a
garage sale with the rest of
Hilton Village and came across 3
old whisky decanters with the name Old Fitzgerald on the label. I found an old
friend,
Gary Fitzgerald ('61 - of VA) on the alumni listings and asked if
he would like them and he came and got them.
My minister came to the yard sale and told
me a member of our church was looking for old records. I just happened to have
some Beethoven, etc. They are 78's and older than I am, which makes them
antiques, I guess. The member's name is
John Talbert. I think he said he
graduated in 1955. His wife is Judy Mathews [ WHS ]. Very
nice. I was glad that they came to my house to check out my old records.
I have enough old stuff in this house to have 10 garage sales and not get rid of it all. Did you get rid of stuff when you moved ?
I wish someone could find me a 1966
yearbook at one of these garage sales. I'm still hoping
Dave Spriggs ('64 - of VA)
will find one.
I told Fitzgerald that I had talked to you and that you were one crazy girl. He took up for you and said we were all a little crazy.
Later, Jamey
Did I get rid of
stuff?!?
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I had never sold any of it before because I never really wanted to part with any of it. Life is funny, hmm? As so many people had given us so many things over the past 39 years, we simply paid it forward. I think it's safe to say that we gave away thousands of dollars worth of "stuff" - "free to a good home". Not counting the larger items (refrigerator, washer, dryer, tables, chairs, bookcases, dressers, etc.), there were scores of smaller things of equal or greater value that we placed in the homes of friends we loved. |
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I can't quite remember in many cases "who got what"...... The washer and dryer went to the LDS missionaries serving in our Fayetteville First Ward congregation.
My beautiful Tongan friend
and neighbor,
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Wednesday, January 21, 2009 | |||
Aaron, Jason, Adam, Andrew, Anthony, and David | |||
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My Christmas dishes and all my outdoor Christmas decorations (which I had made myself) went to my friend, Anna. | |
Friday, December 5, 2008 | Monday, December 26, 2005 | ||
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The antique portrait of
"Stonewall" Jackson we brought along with us to
give to our #2 son,![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() My friend, Tina, received my entire 35-year collection of amber glass (as well as that little white media shelf partially visible to the left of the display case), in remembrance of her grandmother, who collected it as well. The old display case itself I believe was ultimately hauled off to the dump. |
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Monday, January 21, 2008 | Friday, November 23, 2007 | |||
Well, you get the idea.....
And, oh yes, Jamey, I am
quite crazy, though it was very gallant of Gary to defend me
(Thanks, Sweetie!
).
The other day I was all worked up about something or other which I cannot now recall, and said to my daughter-in-law, "It's enough to drive a sane person crazy!"
She smiled sweetly and
replied, "Well, then, you have nothing to worry about, do you?"
Thanks,
Jamey - it was fun talking with you on the phone, too!
From Tom Norris (Hampton HS - '73) of VA - 04/21/09 - "another internet history
lesson?":
Carol ... some good trivia for you.
babe ...
LIFE IN THE 1500'S
Interesting! The next time you are washing your
hands and complain because the water temperature isn't just how you like it,
think about how things used to be. Here are some facts about the 1500s:
These are interesting. ..
Most people got married in June because they took their yearly bath in May, and
still smelled pretty good by June. However, they were starting to smell, so
brides carried a bouquet of flowers to hide the body odor. Hence the custom
today of carrying a bouquet when getting married.
Baths consisted of a big tub filled with hot water. The man of the house had the
privilege of the nice clean water, then all the other sons and men, then the
women and finally the children Last of all the babies. By then the water was so
dirty you could actually lose someone in it. Hence the saying, 'Don't throw the
baby out with the bath water.'
Houses had thatched roofs-thick straw-piled high, with no wood underneath. It
was the only place for animals to get warm, so all the cats and other small
animals (mice, bugs) lived in the roof. When it rained it became slippery and
sometimes the animals would slip off the roof. Hence the saying 'It's raining
cats and dogs.'
There was nothing to stop things from falling into the house. This posed a real
problem in the bedroom where bugs and other droppings could mess up your nice
clean bed. Hence, a bed with big posts and a sheet hung over the top afforded
some protection. That's how canopy beds came into existence.
The floor was dirt. Only the wealthy had something other than dirt. Hence the
saying 'dirt poor.' The wealthy had slate floors that would get slippery in the
winter when wet, so they spread thresh (straw) on floor to help keep their
footing. As the winter wore on, they added more thresh until when you opened the
door it would all start slipping outside. A piece of wood was placed in the
entranceway. Hence the saying a 'thresh hold.'
(Getting quite an education, aren't you?)
In those old days, they cooked in the kitchen with a big kettle that always hung
over the fire. Every day they lit the fire and added things to the pot. They ate
mostly vegetables and did not get much meat. They would eat the stew for dinner,
leaving leftovers in the pot to get cold overnight and then start over the next
day. Sometimes stew had food in it that had been there for quite a while. Hence
the rhyme, 'Peas porridge hot, peas porridge cold, peas porridge in the pot nine
days old.' Sometimes they could obtain pork, which made them feel quite special.
When visitors came over, they would hang up their bacon to show off. It was a
sign of wealth that a man could 'bring home the bacon.' They would cut off a
little to share with guests and would all sit around and 'chew the fat.'
Those with money had plates made of pewter. Food with high acid content caused
some of the lead to leach onto the food, causing lead poisoning death. This
happened most often with tomatoes, so for the next 400 years or so, tomatoes
were considered poisonous.
Bread was divided according to status. Workers got the burnt bottom of the loaf,
the family got the middle, and guests got the top, or 'upper crust.'
Lead cups were used to drink ale or whisky. The combination would sometime s
knock the imbibers out for a couple of days. Someone walking along the road
would take them for dead and prepare them for burial. They were laid out on the
kitchen table for a couple of days and the family would gather around and eat
and drink and wait and see if they would wake up. Hence the custom of holding a
'wake.'
England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to
bury people. So they would dig up coffins and would take the bones to a
'bone-house' and reuse the grave. When reopening these coffins, 1 out of 25
coffins were found to have scratch marks on the inside and they realized they
had been burying people alive. So they would tie a string on the wrist of the
corpse, lead it through the coffin and up through the ground and tie it to a
bell. Someone would have to sit out in the graveyard all night (the 'graveyard
shift') to listen for the bell; thus, someone could be 'saved by the bell' or
was considered a 'dead ringer.'
And that's the truth... Now, whoever said that History was boring ! ! ! Educate
someone...Share these facts with a friend.
EWWW!
I love historical trivia, Tommee - thanks!
From Fred Field (June '45) of CA - 04/22/09 - "Postal Rates Change":
YOWZERS!
Thanks, Fred!
Sigh.....
From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 04/22/09 - Peroxide":
Careful, it could spot your clothes.
http://www.kbda.com/c3/library/070397bleach.html
No one knows exactly when peroxide was invented.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen_peroxide
Please think about this:
1. Take one capful (the little white cap that comes with the bottle) and hold
in your mouth for 10 minutes daily, then spit it out. (I do it when I
bathe...) No more canker sores, and your teeth will be whiter without
expensive pastes. Use it instead of mouthwash.
Truth!
But Limited Use!
2. Let your toothbrushes soak in a cup of peroxide to keep them free of
germs. Unproven!
3. Clean your counters and table tops with peroxide to kill germs and leave a
fresh smell. Simply put a little on your dishrag when you wipe, or spray it
on the counters. Truth!
4. After rinsing off your wooden cutting board, pour peroxide on it to kill
salmonella and other bacteria. Truth!
5. I had fungus on my feet for years until I sprayed a 50/50 mixture of
peroxide and water on them (especially the toes) every night and let dry. Unproven!
6. Soak any infections or cuts in 3% peroxide for five to ten minutes several
times a day. My husband has seen gangrene that would not heal with any
medicine but was healed by soaking in peroxide.
7. Fill a spray bottle with a 50/50 mixture of peroxide and water and keep it
in every bathroom to disinfect without harming your septic system like bleach
or most other disinfectants will.
http://www.earthclinic.com/Remedies/hydrogen_peroxide.html
Thanks, Shari!
Like you, I take a pragmatic approach to such claims.
I'll try it once. If I find it works for me, I'll keep using it, regardless of
what the "experts" might say.
But I did notice that there were
some errors in your forward, particularly in the dates mentioned. So after
I eliminated those passages altogether, I searched a bit further:
http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/h/hydrogen-peroxide.htm - The Many Uses of Hydrogen Peroxide-Truth! Fiction! & Unproven!
That's where I found the added comments, marked in color above.
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA -
04/22/09 - "NNHS Class of 1959, Point of Contact":
Carol,
Joe Drewry
('58 - of VA) asked about a POC for the Class of 1959.
There is a
web site which lists the POCs for NN schools and classes:
http://www.nnschools.org/
Here is the listing for the Class of 1959:
1959 -
Contact
Renee
Helterbran Benton at (804) 642-6257
Dave
Well, of course!
Thank you, Captain!
I sent
this on to Joe, and (like you) received my usual notification from AOL that he
did not receive it. I sometimes wonder if AOL users are allowed to receive any
mail from anyone other than other AOL users.....
From
Me
('65) of IL - 04/22/09 - "The Cards Beat the Mets, 5 to 2!":
As I mentioned in passing the
other day in my email announcement (but not in the Newsletter itself),
my #1 son,
Lewis (Harty - Hillsboro HS, IL
- '89 - of IL) had free tickets for last
night's
Cardinals game at
Busch
Stadium. Strangely, the
only ones available to attend with him were
my #3 son,
Randolph (Harty
- Hillsboro HS, IL
- '92 - of IL,
my daughter, Adrienne (Harty
- Hillsboro HS,
IL / American School, IL - of IL),
and me! Not so strangely, we had a marvelous time!
I didn't realize how good the seats were going to be, but Lewis works for Coca-Cola and they seem to own the stadium or the team or Major League Baseball or something or other, so these fabulous seats were in the Redbird Club, just a couple of levels above the Cardinal's dugout - waaay cool!. I hadn't been to a Cardinals game in 20 years, so I was quite excited.
The last time I was there, the legendary Ozzie Smith hit a home run and delighted the crowd with one of his trademark backflips. I was thrilled last night to see the Wizard of Oz there again! Oh, he didn't play, of course, nor did he do a back flip, but it was exciting, nevertheless.
We did see
Albert Pujols,
Joel
Piñeiro,
Yadier Molina,
Khalil Greene, Rick
Ankiel,
Chris
Duncan,
Ryan
Ludwick, and
Colby
Rasmus
play, and we saw
Tony La Russa, Dave
Duncan, and
José
Oquendo doing what they
do, and it was one of the great fun experiences of my life - and I was
afraid those were pretty much a thing of the past!
Thanks again,
Lewis!
From http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090422&content_id=4388944&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=stl - 04/22/09:
Joel Pineiro pitched into the ninth inning, retiring 13 straight at one point, while sparking a third-inning rally with a leadoff walk. Pineiro improved to 8-2 at Busch Stadium, where the Cardinals have won six straight. Albert Pujols led the offense with a pair of hits and RBIs.
ST. LOUIS -- A man, a plan and a ballpark all came together on Wednesday night, and it was a beautiful thing.
Joel Pineiro, a recent convert to the classic Dave Duncan strategy of pounding the strike zone with sinking fastballs, took that philosophy to its logical extreme. With help from a fine defensive effort and a forgiving stadium, Pineiro pitched eight-plus innings of effective, efficient ball in a 5-2 Cardinals win over the Mets. Pineiro didn't strike out a single batter, but he didn't need to. Instead, he collected 16 groundouts en route to his third win in as many starts in 2009.
Last season, Pineiro didn't pick up his third win until July 8. But last season, Pineiro wasn't living and dying with the sinker. He's committed to it, and thus far it's working splendidly.
"I'm going to trust it all year," Pineiro said. "It's going to be the pitch that I go to every time in situations where I need a double play. I'm going to pitch to contact every time. The first three to four pitches, if you get them to put the ball in play, your pitch count is going to be low. So I'll keep on riding that as long as I can."
Pineiro needed 91 pitches to get 24 outs despite facing one of the National League's most dangerous and patient lineups. He didn't overwhelm the Mets. He just frustrated them.
"He worked both sides of the plate and threw a lot of strikes," said David Wright, who may have hit the two hardest balls of the night against Pineiro. "He kept his pitch count down. We couldn't afford to get deep in the count because he was throwing so many strikes and getting ahead of us. He made some good pitches."
Meanwhile, the Cardinals jumped on Mets starter John Maine early, scoring on Albert Pujols' sacrifice fly in the first inning. New York tied the game in the third, but the Cards took the lead for good on a Pujols RBI single in the bottom of that same inning. Chris Duncan, Joe Thurston and Skip Schumaker also drove in runs for St. Louis, which has scored at least five runs in each of its past seven games.
Pineiro had to work in the first few innings, but cruised as the game went on. He retired 13 straight batters from the fourth to the eighth inning. Pineiro improved to 8-2 with a 3.61 ERA in 16 career appearances at the current Busch Stadium.
"The more you're out there after the third, fourth inning, everything starts feeling more comfortable," he said. "[Catcher Yadier Molina] just kept setting corners and [calling] that sinker where I wanted. He called a good game. I didn't shake him off once."
Pineiro even contributed with the bat. He walked and scored a run in the third inning and singled in the sixth.
But that was secondary to his contributions on the mound. Pineiro has followed a fine spring with two very good starts sandwiching one so-so outing, and that's a much-improved rate compared to 2008. On the year, he's posting career bests in groundout-flyout ratio, as well as pitches per inning. If he's able to keep those numbers going, he will have a very good year.
"He did a good job throwing strikes, keeping the ball down and getting a lot of groundballs," Molina said. "If he does that every time, he's going to be OK. I think he's keeping the ball down better."
Matthew Leach is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
FINALLY:
From Ruth Ann Reece Horace ('67) of FL - 04/22/09 - "The New Alphabet":The New Alphabet
A's for arthritis;
B's the bad back,
C's the chest pains,
Perhaps car-d-iac?
D is for dental decay and decline,
E is for eyesight, can't read that top line!
F is for fissures and fluid retention.
G is for gas which we'd rather not mention.
H is High blood pressure--We'd rather it low;
I for incisions with scars you can show.
J is for joints, out of socket, won't mend,
K is for knees that crack when they bend.
L 's for libido, what happened to sex?
M is for memory; we forget what comes next.
N is neuralgia, in nerves way down low;
O is for osteo, bones that don't grow!
P for prescriptions. We have quite a few,
Just give us a pill and we'll be good as new!
Q is for queasy, is it fatal or flu?
R is for reflux, one meal turns to two.
S is for sleepless nights, counting our fears,
T is for Tinnitus; bells in our ears!
U is for urinary; troubles with flow;
V for vertigo, that's 'dizzy,' you know..
W for worry, NOW what's going 'round?
X is for X-ray, and what might be found.
Y for another year we are left here behind,
Z is for zest WE still have -- in OUR minds.
We've survived all the symptoms, our body's deployed,
We're keeping twenty-six doctors fully employed.
GIGGLES!!!
Thanks, Ruthie!
DATES TO REMEMBER:
1. Thursday, April 23, 2009 - See Cal Ripken, Jr. at the Hampton Convention Center. For details, see www.bagclub.com - ALL FORMER BOYS AND GIRLS CLUB MEMBERS
2. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, April 24, 25, and 26, 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
3.
4. 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 ALUMNI5. 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.
6. 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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The Sweetest Sounds
Written by
Richard Rodgers (unlike most of his compositions, writing both music and
lyrics) for the musical
No Strings,
1962
(28 June 1902 – 30 Dec 1979)
The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear
Are still inside my head
The kindest words I'll ever know, are waiting to be said
The most entrancing sight of all, is yet for me to see
And the dearest love in all the world
Is waiting somewhere for me
Is waiting somewhere, somewhere for me
The sweetest sounds I'll ever hear
Are still inside my head
The kindest words I'll ever know, are waiting to be said
The most entrancing sight of all, is yet for me to see
And the dearest love in all the world
Is waiting somewhere for me (waiting somewhere)
Is waiting somewhere, somewhere for me
The most entrancing sight of all, is yet for me to see
And the dearest love in all the world
Is waiting somewhere for me
Is waiting somewhere, somewhere for me
Kissing Kids Image courtesy of http://www.cupidschapeloflove.com/ - 04/20/07
Hearts and Flowers Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars12.html - 05/01/06
Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty
('65) of VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!
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.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!
Governor Thomas Johnson High School's Logo courtesy of http://www.tjathletics.org/ - 06/16/08
Hillsboro Topper (Band Version) clip art courtesy of
http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/hhs/activities/music2/Band/bio.html
- 06/07/08
Thanks, Mark!
Animated Cheering Smiley
clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 08/18/05 (re-saved 02/27/09)
Thanks, Al!
Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of
http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/
- 10/02/05
Replaced courtesy o