05/19/06
- NNHS Newsletter
Hot Stuff
"Whoever called it necking was a poor judge of anatomy."
- Groucho Marx
(2 Oct 1890 - 19 Aug 1977)
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05/19/06
- NNHS Newsletter
"Whoever called it necking was a poor judge of anatomy." |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
As we
unexpectedly had two Newsletters yesterday, and another two today, much of
what I had intended and promised for today did not materialize, including
some really cool vintage items. But it's a very long Newsletter
anyway, and gives you something to look forward to with wild anticipation
over the weekend.
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BIRTHDAYS:
A Very Happy Birthday to
one of our
Famous Soldiers, the ever
glorious
 David Whitley ('67) of VA
(a.k.a.
Freakin' HOT!),
who is celebrating 57 years today.http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html You know Sweetie, I was
going to "build you a cake", but I simply couldn't figure out the logistics
of shipping it to you. But if I had, it would have been this one: |
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Frances' Fabulous
Pineapple Cake |
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| 2 beaten eggs 2 cups sugar 2 cups sifted flour 2 tsp. baking powder |
1 (20-oz.) can
undrained crushed pineapple 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans |
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Combine ingredients, and mix until smooth. Pour into greased 9" x 13" pan. Bake at 350 degrees approximately 45 minutes. Frost while hot. Chill. Cake tastes much better when chilled. |
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cream cheese 1/2 stick butter |
1 3/4 cup
powdered sugar 1 tsp. vanilla |
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Beat softened cream cheese and butter with beater. Add powdered sugar and vanilla, and beat until smooth.
- Frances Pratt Weatherford, Norfolk, VA |
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As a matter of fact, I just took one out of the oven just now. That's
because I have our local LDS
missionaries, 
Elder Bradley Smith (Thatcher
HS, AZ - '03) of MO and AZ, and
Elder Daniel Pratt (Foothills Composite HS, Alberta - '02) of Alberta (and my
sister,
Eleanor Buckley Nowitzky - '59 - of NC) coming over for dinner
tonight. And in one of those "non-coincidences", Elder Pratt is
celebrating his 23rd birthday today. As a matter of fact, today would
also have been
my mama's
98th birthday, and my great aunt
Neville Tuck's 103rd birthday, but I digress......
So, David, when you get the
chance, make yourself this yummy cake. You'll just love it.
Have a super terrific
day, Gorgeous!
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From Me ('65) of NC - 05/19/06:
And speaking
of Canada, as we've been trying to pinpoint the infamous 
"Redneck Spoiler" from Saskatchewan, I asked Elder Pratt last night the
correct term for Canadian rednecks. All I had been able to recall was
"hoser", as in "Take off, you hoser!"He told me that "hoser" really had the connotation of "twit" rather than redneck, to which I readily agreed.. After a brief disclaimer that Canada had no such things, he did allow that they had "Newfies", i.e., people who had lived on the rock of Newfoundland for soooo long, that they.... well, whatever....... But when I asked him specifically about Saskatchewan, Elder Pratt replied, "Ohh, those would be "Prairie Newfies!" I take that to mean a
Newfie times two.......
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From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 05/15/06:
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Rules for a Healthy Day http://www.daily-blessings.com/bless4331.htm Thanks, Shari!
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From Fred Mays ('60) of VA - 05/15/06:
| Carol.... ......Remember the sweet inquiry from someone who wanted anything they could find out about someone named 
Lucy Queensberry in the class of 1960, my class. Well, for
starters, I do not recall her. Secondly, it mentioned that she was in the
seventh grade at N.N.H.S. The seventh grade
at Walter Reed was moved to N.N.H.S. in 1955, when I began my eighth
grade. FINALLY, I had arrived in high school and low and behold, a couple of
weeks in the new year, along came seventh graders....we were not pleased at
all. I believe this is the only year that seventh graders were at N.N.H.S......This
was all due to overcrowding at Walter Reed.
Hence, with this said, this girl could not have been in the class of 1960. YIKESARONI!!! Let's see what happened here: The 1955 Anchor has no seventh graders.
On pages 20 and 21 of the 1956
Anchor, bearing the headlines, "GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES...",
there are pictured six homeroom classes (101, 103, 218, 220, 218, and 320)
of seventh grade students who would ultimately be in the Class of 1961 -
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AHA!!! On pages 22-25 of that same1956 Anchor, ten images of the eighth grade (students who would ultimately form the Class of 1960) home rooms (107, 116, 117, 123, 126, 203, 207, 208 - yours, 309 - hers, and 315 are shown: |
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Mrs. Jean Clift's Home Room 208 |
Miss Lois Callahan's Home Room 309 | |||
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By the 1957 Anchor, there were only nine home room classes ( 107, 123, 126, 203, 207, 208 - still yours, 309 - still hers, 315, and 317.for the freshmen, shown on pages 64 - 67. Home Room 116 had been eliminated. |
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Mrs. Jean Clift's Home Room 208 |
Miss Ann Lundberg's Home Room 309 | |||
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My wife 
(Patti Andrews Mays - '61) was in the next class....one of those who
came over from Walter Reed in the seventh grade....I asked her if she
recalled this girl and she has no recall.....maybe someone else in the class
of 1961 will recall her. I am so sorry as I love to help in locating those
missing or for families to find out about them.
Sooooo - what happened here is that in my joy at finding two images of Lucy (and trust me, I was shaking with excitement by that moment), I placed her in the correct class, but counted the grades incorrectly. She would indeed have been in the Class of 1960, but the images I found were of her in the eighth and ninth grades, not in the seventh and eighth grades as I reported. OOOOPS!!!
Thanks, Fred!
I will be there, but Paul will not. That's a busy time for him at
work, trying to reach quarterly quotas in time to earn his bonuses. It
would also leave
That still leaves the
Open Reunions for the Classes of
'57,
'61, and
'56 to which Paul might
bring me, but they're a very long shot at the moment; my coffers are
running awfully dry right now, and I fail to see how I could afford it..
GIGGLES!!!
Thanks, Fred!
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From Jane Monfalcone Simmons ('61) of VA - 05/16/06 - "Alma Mater":
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Hi,
Do you have any idea where I can find the sheet music for the NNHS Alma Mater? We always sing it at our reunions but it would be so much easier with music.
Thanks!
Jane Monfalcone Simmons
Class of 1961
We're looking for this for you now, Jane. Here's a progress report now:
Charlie,
I'm sorry, Dave...no luck here...I had an old band
piece somewhere..40 years ago. I'll forward this to
Well, I thought sure that Charlie would have it.
Perhaps Van will save the day. Van? Jimmy? Jean? Linda? Craig? Chuck? Al? Renee? "Anyone?? Anyone?!?" Don't despair yet, Joan. If we are unable to find a copy, as a last resort I can transcribe it for you myself from "memory". At my request, my composer friend, Charis Bean Duke, sent me home several sheets of manuscript paper Wednesday night so that I may begin. I have the key and the melody nailed. Now if only I could remember the true and actual original harmonization, as opposed to my imagined version.....
Thanks, Joan. We love a good
adventure!
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From YahooNews.com - 05/17/06:
Final Clarabell the Clown Dies at 84
Wed May 17, 7:58 AM ET
  AP Photo: Lew Anderson, dressed as his old character Clarabell the Clown from the Howdy Doody Show, wears a smug face at the NBC Experience store in New York Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2000. |
Lew Anderson, who captivated
young baby boomers as the Howdy Doody Show's final Clarabell the Clown, has
died at the age of 84. The musician and actor died Sunday in Hawthorne of complications of prostate cancer, said his son, Christopher Anderson. Long mute as Clarabell, Anderson broke the clown's silence in the show's final episode in 1960. With trembling lips and a visible tear in his eye, he spoke the show's final words: "Goodbye, kids." Though Anderson was not the only man to play "Buffalo Bob" Smith's mute sidekick, he was the best, Smith said in his memoir. With the Peanut Gallery looking on, Anderson used bicycle horns to give yes and no answers. For more expressive moments, he wielded a bottle of seltzer. The show, which launched in 1947 when televisions were still a novelty, was the first network weekday children's show. Anderson joined "Doodyville," a circus town peopled with puppets and human actors and watched by a Peanut Gallery of kids, in the mid 1950's. Though his fame as Clarabell followed him throughout his life, Anderson was also a success as a musician and bandleader. In recent years, his All-American Big Band appeared on Friday nights at New York's Birdland jazz club. Anderson was born in 1922 in Kirkman, Iowa. He started a band while serving in the Navy during World War II and later toured the Midwest with bands before landing in New York. It was when he joined the Honey Dreamers, a singing group that appeared on radio and early television shows, that he met Smith and became a clown. Anderson followed Bobby Nicholson, who later played Doodyville's J. Cornelius Cobb, into the role. The first to play the mute clown was Bob Keeshan, who later became known as Captain Kangaroo. Anderson, who lived in South Salem, is survived by his wife, Peggy, two sons and five grandchildren. |
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From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 05/18/06 - "When You Are Feeling Down ":
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When
you are feeling down 1. If you want your dreams to come true, don't oversleep. 2. The smallest good deed is better than the grandest intention. 3. Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important. 4. The best vitamin for making friends....B1. 5. The 10 commandments are not multiple choices. 6. The happiness of your life depends on the quality of your thoughts. 7. Minds are like parachutes...they function only when open. 8. Ideas won't work unless YOU do. 9. One thing you can't recycle is wasted time. 10. One who lacks the courage to start has already finished. 11. The heaviest thing to carry is a grudge. 12. Don't learn safety rules by accident. 13. We lie the loudest when we lie to ourselves. 14. Jumping to conclusions can be bad exercise. 15. A turtle makes progress when it sticks its head out. 16. One thing you can give and still keep ...is your word. 17. A friend walks in when everyone else walks out. 18. The pursuit of happiness is: the chase of a lifetime! - JWD - Oh,
I like these - especially the first one! I didn't crawl out
of bed this morning until 5:27, and I've been behind ever since.
Bummer. Thanks, Shari!
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From One of Our
Famous Marines,
Bob Rohrer of NC via
Joe Madagan
('57) of FL- 05/18/06 - "F-18 ride with a Blue Angel":
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You have
to sign up with the Atlanta paper to see the video but it is worth it. Gives
you a real idea of what a ride in an F-18 would be like. I got to hand it to
the reporter! http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/extra/blueangels/
PUT AMERICA FIRST!
WOWZERONI-RINI!!! This is so cool! Be sure to watch
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From Jamey Douglas Bacon ('66) of VA - 05/19/06 - "A picture for you:
JAMEY'S GRANDSON":
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What a cute kid he is, Jamey! Do I detect a
slight glimmer of mischief in his eyes? Now, I wonder from whom he
could have inherited such a thing.....
Have fun with your babies,
Lady! And thanks for the picture!
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From Me ('65) of NC - 05/19/06:
And for
those of you who are simply pining away to see recent images of five of my
adorable nine grandchildren (and I know you are legion ),
my wonderful #2 daughter-in-law Bethany (Winona Harty - Siuslaw HS, OR -
'94 - of IL) is incredibly good at posting them almost daily on her
blogspot:
Thanks, Bethany!
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From
Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA - 05/19/06:
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Hi, Carol.
I'm so sorry that you and your family have been going through so much of life's "stuff". I hope you know that your extended family is all around you and keeping you in our prayers. It really is nice to have the "special" contact that we all thank you for. It draws us all together in such a special way.
God Bless You!
Judy Thanks so much, Judy!
It's all just a part of life; it's just not my favorite part! And I
really do appreciate all the love, support, and prayers from all of y'all!
You're the best!
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From Jamey Douglas Bacon ('66) of VA - 05/19/06 - "Parenting":
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HI THERE,
SINCE I'M WORKING IN THE OB FIELD , I THOUGHT I WOULD SHARE
THIS WITH ALL YOU GRAMMIES AND GRAMPIES.
I CAN TELL YOU, MOST OF IT IS TRUE.
JAMEY
BIRTH ORDER
1st baby: You begin wearing maternity clothes as soon as your OB/GYN
confirms your pregnancy.
2nd baby: You wear your regular clothes for as long as possible.
3rd baby: Your maternity clothes ARE your regular clothes
Preparing for the Birth:
1st baby: You practice your breathing religiously.
2nd baby: You don't bother because you remember that last time, breathing
didn't do a thing.
3rd
baby: You ask for an epidural in your eighth month.
The Layette:
1st baby: You pre-wash newborn's clothes, color-coordinate them, and fold
them neatly in the baby's little bureau.
2nd baby: You check to make sure that the clothes are clean and discard
only the ones with the darkest stains.
3rd baby: Boys can wear pink, can’t they?
Worries:
1st baby: At the first sign of distress--a whimper, a frown--you pick up
the baby.
2nd baby: You pick the baby up when her wails threaten to wake your
firstborn.
3rd baby: You teach your three-year-old how to rewind the mechanical
swing.
Pacifier:
1st baby: If the pacifier falls on the floor, you put it away until you
can go home and wash and boil it.
2nd baby: When the pacifier falls on the floor, you squirt it off with some
juice from the baby's bottle.
3rd baby: You wipe it off on your shirt and pop it back in.
Diapering:
1st baby: You change your baby's diapers every hour, whether they need it
or not.
2nd baby: You change their diaper every two to three hours, if needed.
3rd baby: You try to change their diaper before others start to complain
about the smell or you see it sagging to their knees.
Activities:
1st baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics, Baby Swing, and Baby
Story Hour.
2nd baby: You take your infant to Baby Gymnastics.
3rd baby: You take your infant to the supermarket and the dry cleaner.
Going Out:
1st baby: The first time you leave your baby with a sitter, you call home
five times.
2nd baby: Just before you walk out the door, you remember to leave a number
where you can be reached.
3rd baby: You leave instructions for the sitter to call only if she sees
blood.
At
1st baby: You spend a good bit of every day just gazing at the baby.
2nd baby: You spend a bit of everyday watching to be sure your older child
isn't squeezing, poking, or hitting the baby.
3rd baby: You spend a little bit of every day hiding from the children.
Swallowing
Coins (a favorite):
1st
child: When first child swallows a coin, you rush the child to the hospital
and demand x-rays.
2nd child: When second child swallows a coin, you carefully watch for the
coin to pass.
3rd child: When third child swallows a coin you deduct it from his
allowance!
GRANDCHILDREN
-- God's reward for allowing your children to live. You're a hoot, Lady!
Thanks for these goodies!
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From
Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA - 05/19/06:
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reading more accounts of Thomas
Jefferson and realizing just how much I loved school--especially the
first years. I guess that is why I stayed in school so long---January of
2006. Ha-ha! I still go back a few days a week to help out. Does anyone remember the cafeteria manager? She was a large lady and we called her Miss "Mosquita". I have no idea what her real name was. Maybe that was her name. Anyway, she would walk around the tables and make us eat our lunch. "Eat those vegetables...". She even took her knuckles and rubbed the boys on top of their heads if they didn't eat or if they acted up. Some of us hid our spinach in our milk cartons. What a time! :) Compared to now, our meals at school were fantastic! I used to love the chocolate cake and coconut pie, parsley potatoes, green beans, .... Oh, stop, Judy!
GIGGLES!!! Thanks,
Judy!
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REUNION REMINDERS: Reunion information is ALWAYS posted very near the top on the front page, and on the Reunion Page section: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-page.html
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YOU ARE INVITED!!
The NNHS Class of 1957
will hold its annual picnic on Saturday, June 3, 2006.
If you would like to renew old friendships, send a check in the
amount of $10 for each attendee made out
W. D. Dangler,
Newport News AND CHECK THIS WEB PAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION - 05/10/06: |
The Super
Open Reunion sponsored by the NNHS Class of 1961 in honor of their graduation 45 years ago will be held on Saturday, July 1, 2006 at the Radisson Hotel, Hampton, VA at 6:30 PM. There will be a social hour/dinner, at a cost of $65 per person. On Sunday, July 2, 2006, there will be a Sunday morning brunch, also at the Radisson, for the cost of $20. If you attend both events, the combined cost will be $75.
The Radisson is holding a block of rooms until June 14
for $139
plus tax.
CONTACT Jane Monfalcone Simmons
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The Great Open Reunion
sponsored
by the NNHS Class
of 1966
in honor of their graduation 40 years ago will be held on Friday, September 29, 2006 from 7:00 PM to 1:00 AM at RJ’s Restaurant, 12743 Jefferson Avenue, NN, VA. On Saturday, September 30, 2006, meet at 11:00 AM at Newport News High School (now Huntington Hall) for a tour of the high school and gym. Parking is available next to the gym on Huntington Avenue. On Saturday, September 30, 2006 from 7:00 PM to midnight,,the grand affair will be held at Point Plaza Hotel, 950 J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA, 757-599-4460. CONTACT Dee Hodges Bartram at dhbartram@cox.net. AND CHECK THIS WEB PAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION - 03/15/06: |
The 60th Birthday Celebration for Members of the NNHS Class of 1964 will be held on Saturday, October 14, 2006, 7:00 - 11:00 PM at Spirit Events, 12672 Patrick Henry Drive, Newport News, VA 23602. INFORMAL "SOCK HOP" (WEEJUNS AND BLEEDING MADRAS, IF YA GOT 'EM), CATERED FOOD, ADULT BEVERAGES, MUSIC, DANCING, BIRTHDAY CAKE CONTACT Dave Spriggs at nnhs64@cox.netAND CHECK THIS WEB PAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION - 03/27/06: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/60-BIRTHDAY-1964-B.html
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The
Grand 50-year Reunion of the NNHS Class of 1956 will be held on Friday, October 20, 2006 at the James River Country Club, Newport News, VA from 6:00 PM – 11:00 PM. Cost is $56.00 per person, reservations required by Aug. 1.
On
Saturday, October
21, 2006
at 7:00 PM, a casual get-together will be held in a Hospitality
Room, Country Inn & Suites on Route 17, Newport News, for all
classmates
CONTACT Judy Leggette Elliott at
jandcelliott@aol.com
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"Dinner" Planning Meetings for The Class of 1962! They would love to have as many of their classmates as possible to participate in the future as they plan the details of their upcoming 45-Year Reunion!! Please plan to join them at their next meeting. If you did not receive an announcement, they do not have your address. Please email Pat Floyd Pride at patnnhs@cox.net or Brenda Amos Williams at typhoonmom@juno.com for directions, and so that you can stay in touch.
Visit Brenda's 1962 Web Page: AND CHECK THIS WEB PAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION - 05/10/06:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-62-planning-mtgs.html
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From David Whitley ('67) of VA - 05/12/06 - "Funnies" (#3 in a series of 9):
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YOWZERONI!!! Um, I mean, "No comment!"
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Thank you, Gorgeous!
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From Richard Dawes (NNHS/HHS - '62) of VA - 04/30/06 - "Got Gas Yet?" (#8 in a
series of 9):
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YOWZERONI-ROONI!!! Thanks, Dicky!
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Y'all take care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER!
Love to all, Carol
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(Donna Summer) Sittin' here, eatin' my heart out waitin' |
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"Hot Stuff" from "The Full Monty" midi courtesy of
http://www.moviethemes.org/midis/midisg-o/hotstuff.mid -
05/13/04
"Hot Stuff" from "The Full Monty" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.stlyrics.com/lyrics/thefullmonty/hotstuff.htm - 05/22/04
Animated Fire Balls courtesy of http://members.tripod.com/mrfire/animations.html - 01/06/05
First Fire
Divider Bar clip
art courtesy of
http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/graphics-sitemap.html - 07/06/04
Animated Second Divider Bars clip art courtesy of
http://www.worldfiredepartments.com/animations/lines.htm - 07/06/04
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Animated Cheering Smiley clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 08/18/05
Thanks, Al!
Animated Rolling on the Floor Laughing Boy courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 04/06/05
Animated Birthday Cake Courtesy of Gathered Gifs at http://members.tripod.com/~B123/cd/cake12.gif - 04/15/04
Sorry! Thanks for catching that, Fred!
If some of you should receive desperate
phone calls in the middle of the night from three goofy women, please have
some mercy.......
