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05/10/06
- NNHS Newsletter Un-Break My Heart
"Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world,
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Today's theme is one of my favorite sad songs. I first heard a
Johnny Mathis version of it five years ago.
On Sunday night,
Toni
Braxton's
powerful rendition of it was featured on NBC's "Crossing Jordan", giving me
hope that it might exist in midi form. I asked our Wizard of
Wonderment,
Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA, if he would locate one for me. Bless his
sweet heart, even though he was unfamiliar with both the song and
Toni Braxton, he found this beautiful arrangement! Thanks so very
much, David! There's no one like you!
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BIRTHDAYS:
Happy
Birthday today to Mrs. Helen Shelton.
Her address is 866 Denbigh Boulevard, #25, Newport
News, VA 23608-4476. By the way, it isn't requisite that Mrs. Shelton was
actually your teacher for you to take advantage of this opportunity to wish her
a happy birthday. You
might simply want to thank a member of our awesome faculty for her years of
devotion to her students. If perchance you forgot to mail it, that's okay.
Send a belated card; they're fun to receive too. Do you know the best
thing about belated cards? By their very name and nature, they're never
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REMINDERS:
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1.
Mother's Day is Sunday, May 14,
2006. Do yourself a big favor. DON'T FORGET!
Do something nice for the women in your life. Remember the words of
Proverbs 21: 19 - "It is better to dwell in the wilderness, than with a
contentious and an angry woman."
2.
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From
Brenda Amos Williams ('62) of VA - 05/08/06 - "NNHS":
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From Joe Drewry ('58) of VA - 05/07/06 - "NNHS Class of 1958 Update: May 8,
2006":
I'm delighted to post the Annual Picnic information for the Class of 1957 on the front page: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com As it happens, the Class of 1957 already had their own Reunion Page. I redesigned it, and added your information on their behalf. http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-page.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1957.html Thanks, Joe!
By the
way, I was unable to determined from the information available to me, their
class colors - and I only guessed at the flowers from a yearbook picture.
If any of y'all from the Class of 1957 can supply me with that data, I would
be most grateful - thanks!
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From Jo Ann Stewart ('64) of TX - 05/05/06
- "A Fish Story ":
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A guy who
lives at Lake Conroe (50 miles north of Houston) saw
a ball bouncing around kind of strangely in
the lake and
went to investigate.
You
probably wouldn't have believed this,
if you
hadn't seen the following pictures (taken on Friday, May 28, 2004)... |
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Be kinder than necessary, 'cause everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle. | ||
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Thank you so much for this reminder, Jo Ann. I've always felt that there was a severe shortage of kindness in this world. And it usually doesn't take even this much effort to be kind and sensitive to the feelings of others. Just be nice!  |
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From Susie Overton Jones ('63) of AL -
NOT FL!!! - 05/05/06 - "Hello":
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Carol,
After reading
today's newsletter
I noted
that you wished my husband Tom (Jones - Warwick HS - '60) a Happy Birthday, thank-you!
However; we only moved to AL, not FL; please, we are far enough
away from our families and granddaughter, who was one on April 21st.
Sorry, Susie, but I do tend to move people around the country on a periodic basis. And really, if you're not living on "the sacred soil of Virginia", you're simply Somewhere Else, right?!? WILD GIGGLES!!! Our second granddaughter is due on June 30, BUT, she is trying to make her appearance early. How exciting!!! But tell her to try to stay put until she's ready...
I was just "home" for about three weeks,
and can honestly say I really missed the area. Alabama is great, the
mountains and lakes are beautiful, but we think we will probably move back
in the near future. We have family and friends here, but not like the
family and friends in VA.
Well, of course not, Honey! MORE GIGGLES!!!
While we were in Nashville a few weeks ago
for my brother-in-law's birthday, we had a cook out at my husband's
niece's home where a lot of the "Nashville Writer's and recording
artist hang out", I am attaching a couple of photos of some of the most
popular "country writers and singers". (The one with the long curly hair
is
Bud Lee,
who wrote the song for
Garth Brooks' "Friends in
Low Places", and the one with the cap on is
Brad Cotter, last year's
Nashville Star winner.) We have known these guys for quite some
time, and they are great guys. Bud Lee's son died last year at the young
age of 19.
WOWZERONI - and YOWZERONI!!!
Carol, you do an amazing job with the
"site", and the time you spend is overwhelming, thanks for all your hard
work, and the time you spend doing your research.
Susie
Class '63
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Susie Overton
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Susie Overton Jones and Bud Lee | First Birthday! | |
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Thanks for all the images and news, Susie! I really appreciate your thanks, too! |
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From Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 05/08/06:
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sent this info. I think I forgot to send the info on my dad for the Navy page My dad - Douglas Ralph Puckett - was born: August 1, 1919 in Appomattox, VA Died: January 31, 1967 in Newport News, VA Graduated from Newport News
High School in 1939; also went to
Stonewall Jackson Elementary School. sarah sugah Sarah
Sugah, you're amazing! You just moved into your new home,
and you took time out to think of this! Thanks so much!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/famous-sailors.html Any moment now I actually am going to divide that page into segments for easy loading, although it will break my heart to split it...... Sigh. |
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From Edna Whitcomb Harrison ('65) of VA - 05/08/06 - "
old
gal
in the daisy dukes":
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Carol,
The picture of
the woman in the daisy dukes came from here: It is easy to
find the directory list where this picture was included; however, it appears
that the old gal in the daisy dukes might actually be one of the saner
pictures on there. I think you're
right, Edna!
Thanks!
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From Lynn Walker Brothers ('65) of VA - 05/09/06:
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Dear
Carol:
Happy
Mother's Day. You certainly deserve it if anyone does.
How
sweet! Thank you so much, Lynn!
I
really enjoyed
Wasn't that a hoot?!?
Hope
all is well with you.
Lynn
Brothers
Thanks, Lynn! You
have a great Mother's Day as well!
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From Anita Morgan Becker ('66) of VA - 05/09/06 - "May
Day Celebrations":
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Carol, I remember participating in a May Day Celebration at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School when I was in first grade. My teacher, Ms. Shawell (not sure of spelling) had an old victrola that she wheeled outside and she would crank it and play records. The boys wore hats made out of oatmeal tops that were painted red and the girls were hats made out of paper plates and tissue flowers. The boys wore dark pants and white shirts and the girls wore pastel dresses. The flag pole was decorated and all classes took turns “dancing” around the May Pole. Do any other Thomas Jefferson students remember anything about May Day? Anita Becker ‘66 Thanks, Anita!
"Anyone? Anyone?" Wait a minute. I do remember making those tissue flower, paper plate hats...... This May Day celebration issue is now effectively driving me crazy. Oh, stop that snickering! Such a thing as becoming crazi-er IS possible, really! It simply doesn't stand
to reason that Magruder
would have halted theirs for a few years, while the other schools in the
system did not. And as they were obviously school-wide events, and
both
Even given the
not-too-far-fetched notion that I would have managed to weasel out of school
for all those days in May each year (and I did talk my way into missing 50 days of
school in the second grade alone), why does Janice not remember them?!? Would the rest of
you Magruderites of the '65 persuasion please check in with a "Yea", "Nay", or
"Fer-Pete's-Sake!
Who CARES?!?" Thanks!
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From David Whitley ('67) of VA - 05/09/06:
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silver somewhere in your cloudy linens". d Why, you're
absolutely right, David! Only moments ago, I was washing my sheets,
and I found a quarter in the dryer!
Thanks for your nonsense,
Gorgeous! You certainly brightened my day!
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From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 05/09/06 - "Hampton City Hall":
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E-bay. OK, I know that someone wrote "City Hall, Hampton Va" on the front,
and I know that the description does not indicate that there is a printed
identification on the back (if there were, why would someone write it on the
front?). Still, I cannot recall a former City Hall in Hampton being in an Art Deco building such as this. Until I read the engraved name on the lintel, I thought it was Bayberry Hospital. However, the engraved name does not say "Virginia", so it could be from some other "Hampton". Perhaps some previous owner of the post card assumed that it was Virginia and wrote that on the card. |
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Can you recall such a municipal building in Hampton?? Perhaps it would make an interesting entry in a Newsletter. |
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WOWZERONI!!!
Actually, the building
does look familiar to me. With
Daddy working at
Kecoughtan,
we obviously spent a lot of time in Hampton when I was a child. On the
other hand, it could just as well resemble a building on the old
Superman TV show, for all the good my mind is.
And it is possible that the card had been mounted in an album, and rather than label the album page, the owner labeled the card itself.
Surely someone will know.
Thanks, David! It's a
jewel of a building, whatever and wherever it was.
I have received reliable confirmation that the
image is, indeed, the old City Hall on Queen Street across from the court
house. Excellent! The case is closed, and the page is open for business: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-C-G.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Downtown-Hampton.html - brand new page
Thanks, David!
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From Jean Poole Burton ('64) of RI - 05/09/06 - "Cold and rainy in RI...":
Still wearing our cords and
sweatshirts! Does anyone know what became of Barbara Harrison who
lived over top of Manning's when
we were in third or fourth grade? 
Fred Mays ('60 - of VA) might know...or someone who lived on Buxton or
Sycamore? Her name 's not ringing a bell with me. "Anyone? Anyone?" Thanks, Jean!
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From Richard Dawes (NNHS/HHS - '62) of VA - 04/30/06 - "Got Gas Yet?" (#4 in a
series):
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Oh,
no.... Thanks,
Dicky!
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From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 01/30/06
- "Why I love the south" (#47 in a Series):
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Carol,
If you can stop laughing, you
might include one of these each upcoming newsletter ....
unless you think it undignified.
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From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 04/02/06:
And here are a few more I found.....:
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Of course. And it adds so much to the
style of the car.....
(??!??)
Thanks, Dave!
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Y'all take care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! |
Love to all, Carol
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Written by
Diane Warren, 1996
(b. 7 Sep 1956)
(Toni
Braxton)
(b. 7 Oct 1967)
Don't leave me in all this pain
Don't leave me out in the rain
Come back and bring back my smile
Come and take these tears away
I need your arms to hold me now
The nights are so unkind
Bring back those nights when I held you beside me
Un-break my heart
Say you'll love me again
Un-do this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked out of my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many nights
Un-break my heart, my heart
Take back that sad word good-bye
Bring back the joy to my life
Don't leave me here with these tears
Come and kiss this pain away
I can't forget the day you left
Time is so unkind
And life is so cruel without you here beside me
Un-break my heart
Say you'll love me again
Un-do this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked out of my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many nights
Un-break my heart, my heart
Don't leave me in all this pain
Don't leave me out in the rain
Bring back the nights when I held you beside me
Un-break my heart
Say you'll love me again
Un-do this hurt you caused
When you walked out the door
And walked out of my life
Un-cry these tears
I cried so many nights
Un-break my heart, my heart
Un-break my
Un-break my heart, oh baby
Come back and say you love me
Un-break my heart
Sweet darling
Without you I just can't go on
Can't go on
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"Un-Break My
Heart"
midi and lyrics courtesy of
http://www.walkthroughlife.com/midis/othermidis/unbreakmyheart.htm
located by Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 05/07/06 at my request of 05/07/06
Thanks so much, David!
Ray's 1932 Image of "Tears" courtesy of http://www.rpi.edu/~turcoj/Timeline/Art%20History/ - 0/20/06
Animated Heart clip art used to form Divider Line courtesy of http://www.gagirl.com/graphics/graphics.html - 02/12/05
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Animated Rolling on the Floor Laughing Boy courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 04/06/05
