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04/29/11 - NNHS Newsletter - The Royal Wedding
“O, TO be in England -
Robert Browning,
729. Home-thoughts, from Abroad |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Unless you were sleeping even more soundly than I, you know very well that today was The Big Day. For such an auspicious occasion, I turned to our Wizard of Wonderment to select the music - and he even located our BONUS VIDEO!
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 04/14/11:
Thank
you, Brown Eyes - an excellent choice, as always!
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HOMEWORK:
There are really no
required readings today. The internet, television, and radio can
all provide you with as much (or as little) as you'd ever want to read
on the subject. I'll only offer these three selections to you for
the reasons given:
http://www.officialroyalwedding2011.org/ - The Official Account
http://www.time.com/time/video/player/0,32068,919888511001_2067797,00.html
- How to Knit Your Own Royal Wedding
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From Me ('65) of IL - 04/29/11 - "O, TO be in (The United States) Now that April's (almost) there...":
I thought you might like to see a
piece of royal memorabilia that
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Notice that he himself was the Army Examiner and pre-censored his own
mail.
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Tuesday, March 16, 1943 | |||
Buckingham Palace |
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy
Birthday yesterday to
Marvin Barnes ('65) of VA!
Brenda Davis English ('64) of KS AND
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01 -
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03 -
04 - Wanda Hodge Underwood ('57) AND![]() 05 - Jane Penn Clark ('57) AND Tom Jones (Warwick HS - '60) of VA! 06 - Patsy Lewis Hancock
('57)
AND (according to Plaxo)
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YESTERDAY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES: |
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/This%20Day/thisday0428.htm - INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
Tuesday, April 28,
1863 HOOKER HORDES HAVE HIKE The Armies of Northern Virginia and of the Potomac had sat for most of the winter facing each other across the Rappahannock River at Fredericksburg, Va. Today the faceoff continued, with the twist that about half of Hooker’s army had split off and headed upriver. They crossed at the ford in the Wilderness area, and both armies braced themselves for the contemplated flank attack. |
![]() ![]() THIS DAY IN THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES: |
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/This%20Day/thisday0429.htm - INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
Monday, April 29, 1861 MARYLAND MAKES MOMENTOUS MOVE It was a dramatic moment in Annapolis today as the Maryland House of Delegates (the state legislature) met to vote on the question of secession. Virginia had already left the Union; if Maryland followed suit the US Government would be almost forced to relocate, possibly to Philadelphia or New York. The vote was taken, and it came down 53-13 to remain with the United States. This did not, however, put an end to pro-Southern sentiment, particularly in the Eastern Shore area. Wednesday, April 29,
1863 |
From
John London
(Warwick HS - '57) of VA - 04/27/11 - "Grand
View":
From Ray
Barnes ('65) of VA - 04/28/11 - "W.W.
Theiss":
Carol, It never occurred to me to Google the guy. I figured it was the same dude. Right family tree, wrong branch, maybe. By the way, ![]() ![]() ![]() Anyhow, I'm disappointed about Theiss. I should have checked further. I'm so thilly - to boldly go where no-one has gone before (to the monthly meeting of the split infinitives club). Thanks, Ray
GIGGLES!
Thanks, Ray!
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From Norm Covert ('61)
of MD - 04/28/11 - "RE: The Covert Letter":
Webdoll,
I am all aquiver that you would publish each of my dispatches from
Jerusalem during Holy Week. It was one of those efforts where I
decided to do one, and if one, with brother
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My work came with the loss of school mate and Typhoon band
comrade/percussionist
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I pray God's blessings on you and the Typhoon family this holy
season.
Norm Covert ('61) MD
Ah,
Normie, the blessings were all ours! Thank you so much for sharing your
dispatches with us!
Your comments about Monty brought me to tears. Thank you again; I've added them to his Memorial Newsletter: |
From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of IL -
04/28/11 - "Six Seconds to Live":
... Reports of this were
to my knowledge never carried on the nightly news of any of the four
television stations from St. Louis. I wonder how the fighting men of our
country can continue to serve those of us who are more concerned with
which ball game to attend, which new car to buy, etc. but deep down I
know why--they are all true heroes who love and appreciate a nation
which claims to be a bastion of freedom while so few even recognize the
great blessings that they enjoy... Paul http://www.legion.org/magazine/101297/six-seconds-live
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From
Wayne
Stokes ('65) of VA -
04/27/11 - "Back in the
Day- Today or Yesterday?":
CBD,
A little story about the "Green
Thing".
TC!
"R"
That "green thing"
AMEN!
Thank you, Wayne Honey!
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From
Me
('65) of IL - 04/29/11:
I "chanced" upon this scripture this
morning. It reminded me of all of y'all, so I thought to share it
with you. “And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends: also the Lord gave Job twice as much as he had before.” - Job 42:10 |
From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of IL -
04/28/11 - " A New Roadrunner Cartoon":
FINALLY!! This is very
Good. It's been FAR too long since we last saw one. This is the first one done with computer animation. Lots can be done with computer graphics that would be far more expensive to do in drawn animation. For instance.......note the reflection in the stainless tanker as it speeds past the rock-face. The computer graphics look good and it still has that old Roadrunner fun! Only 3 minutes, but it's 3 minutes of fun! http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=6Q5Qa9YdeyY&vq=medium
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FINALLY:
From www.ajokeaday.com - 04/28/11:
An acquaintance of mine who is a physician told this story about her
then-four-year-old daughter. On the way to preschool, the doctor had
left her stethoscope on the car seat, and her little girl picked it up
and began playing with it.
"Be still, my heart," thought my friend, "gee, my daughter wants to follow in my footsteps and be a doctor!" Then the child spoke into the instrument: "Welcome to McDonald's. May I take your order?" |
DATES TO REMEMBER: |
Y'all take care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe! Love to all, Carol ==============================================
NNHS CLASS OF '65 WEB SITE:
http://www.nnhs65.com
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Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner (31 Aug 1918 – 14 June 1986) Music by Frederick Loewe (10 June 1901 – 14 Feb 1988)
-
My Fair Lady,
1956
"Get Me to
the Church on Time"
midi courtesy of
http://patmw.tripod.com/PatMWsMidiCollectionindex.html - 04/29/11 Thanks, Dave! "Get Me to the Church on Time" lyrics courtesy of http://jayceemusicals.webs.com/my_fair_lady/#22 also at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 04/14/11 Thanks again, Dave! Mario Testino's Official Engagement Portrait of William and Kate courtesy of http://www.thefrisky.com/post/246-prince-william-and-kate-middletons-official-engagement-photo/ - 04/20/11
Chris Jackson's
Image of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge
Emerging from Westminster Abbey courtesy Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06 Fancy Gold Divider Line64 clip art courtesy of http://www.goldclipart.com/24k/filigree.htm - 12/17/08
John Marshall High School's Justice Scale clip art courtesy of
Cheryl White Wilson (JMHS - '64) of VA - 10/13/05 (replaced 02/23/09) Animated Army and USMC Flags 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 Collinsville High School (IL) Logo courtesy of http://www.kahoks.org/chs/ - 09/22/07 Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Animated BOO-HOO
courtesy of Glenn Dye ('60) of TX - 08/28/09
Animated Dancing
Teddy courtesy of Sandi Bateman Chestnut ('65) of VA - 03/08/11 |