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05/28/08 - NNHS Newsletter
- “I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them.” -
Ian
Fleming |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Not only were you around in the Age of the Beatles, you were around in the Age of the Great James Bond movies, which glorified all the wrong things and every conceivable vice in pursuit of the greater good for the free world, but impacted our society nevertheless.
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HOMEWORK:
http://klast.net/bond/fleming.html
http://www.ianflemingcentenary.com/
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/209963/Ian-Fleming
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/ifleming.htm
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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday
tomorrow to our Two-Fer:
Donna Chadwell Nunemaker ('64) of VA and FL AND
Dee Hodges Bartram ('66) of VA;
Happy Birthday this week to:
30 -
Mickey Spivey ('65) of FL;
31 - Calmet Sawyer ('57) AND
JoAnn Houston Parrott ('61) of NC;
01 -
Dawn Yevak (Hampton HS - '6_) of VA;
02 -
Jerry Blanchard ('62) of VA;
03 -
Gail Kiger Bonsey (Ferguson HS - '73) of OR;
04 -
Raoul Weinstein ('57) of FL AND
Catherine Slusser Hudson ('64) of VA!
Many Happy
Returns,
One and All!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
1. Jeff Wise - 05/27/08:
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Amen to all that! Thanks, Jeff!
HEALTH ALERTS:
From My Niece Shari of VA - 05/26/08 - "* A SILENT KILLER *":YOWZERONI-RINI-ROONI!!! Shari, we're so sorry you're not well, and hope and pray that things will all be better for you soon!
Thank you very much, Al!
For most of my life I took the position that it did not matter to me what public people did in their personal life; I was much more interested in how they performed whatever skills, talents, leadership or service for which they were being compensated. Can a singer sing? Can an actor act? Can an artist paint? Can a teacher teach? Can a physician heal? Can an executive maintain his integrity? Can a statesman lead?
This policy still basically holds true for me.
But I'm not an overly consistent or necessarily logical person, so two events occurred which altered my opinion on that somewhat.
The first was about 35 years ago, when a man whose spirituality and opinion I greatly admired pointed out that for a nation to be led in righteousness, it must have righteous leaders, otherwise they would not be subject to receiving divine inspiration to help them make wise decisions.
"Where there is no vision, the people perish..."
The second was the whole Jane Fonda affair. While I can recognize her obvious talent, and I enjoyed her performance in Cat Ballou (1965), after her treasonous actions, I can think of no extenuating circumstances which would ever compel me to watch her act in anything else again. I'm just not interested. Period.
From Steve Burns
('65) of MN - 05/26/08 - "RE:
05/25/08 - Emerson's 205th
Birthday":
Hi Carol,
Didn’t know whether or not you knew this but Emerson is my great-great-grandfather.
Steve Burns
NO WAY!!! Well, obviously, YES way, but no, I did not know! That is way cool!
No, Steve, I don't believe I ever knew that; surely I would have remembered. I remember your having an amazing knowledge of the British Royalty at an early age. (Was it fifth grade? Seventh grade? Okay, so I can't quite recall that either, but I remember your making an impressive class presentation without notes on the subject somewhere along in there...) And speaking of James Bond, I remember going to see Goldfinger (1964) with you when it first hit town.
Thanks so much for letting me know,
Steve!
If you could send me the lineage in your spare time,
I'd love to see it!
Is it on your mother's side or
your father's side? And hey, I remember them, too!
From Christine Wilson Starkman ('68) of CA - 05/26/08, 1:59 PM - "Hi!":
Hi Carol,
I can't connect to any of the nnhs65 pages.
I'll get my computer geek (aka husband Harry) to check it out,
but wanted to let you know in case it's a widespread problem.
Meanwhile, I hope you are enjoying a peaceful Memorial weekend.
Chris
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YIKES!!! It was working in the the morning! If they're ALL down, my server, 00freehost.com, must be working on their site. Perhaps it won't be long.
Thanks, Chris -
peaceful, no; memorable, yes!
Carol,
Foxfire can't find the server to open
today's Newsletter, I am
in great distress.......got any ideas ! Glad you are back putting letters
out every day, you must be feeling better ! I always save them until last,
because they are sooooo special !
Dimples
Yeah, they're working on that server, all right. They tend to do routine maintenance work on holidays, as it's generally less disruptive.
Feeling better, no; trying harder to cope, yes!
Thanks so much, Dimples!
Carol,
At 5:51 p.m. Firefox finally found
the Newsletter, I feel much better ! Good job, by the way !
Dimples
SUPER-DE-DUPER!!!
Thanks again, Dimples!
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"soon you will be sending breakfast, lunch, and supper e-mails telling us the best place to get all three" or something like that...
GIGGLES - that would be great, Lady, except for two things: One, the Newsletters are generally of a better quality if I have two days to work on each one (Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and either Saturday or Sunday would probably be ideal for us all!). And two, it's that announcement situation problem again. If I were simply to post them online and y'all were all to bookmark the site and check it without reminders, that might be a wild possibility (especially if I were to simplify them to allow for such a thing). But I'm now sending the Newsletter announcement through gmail.com (even though they appear to be generated from yahoo.com). Gmail only allows me to send to a maximum of 500 people per day. As I now have about 520 people on the current mailing list, I'm forced to send those last 20 people their announcements through yahoo.com. That's just for one mailing per day; obviously, multiple daily mailings are not possible.
Sorry,
Sweetie-Pies!
I have been trying to find out just those things about the good ole peninsula
for awhile now...the chains have taken over, all of our old haunts are gone...I
miss The Ranch House, Shoney's, and a
few other places that I forget the name of right now...when I go "home" I like
to go to the Surfrider, even though it is in HAMPTON, Southampton
still looks much the same, as does Merrimac Shores and the area down near
the Hampton Yacht Club...it is comforting to see those old familiar buildings
still there...I have a hard time going downtown NN...it
just makes me too sad to see what is NOT THERE ANYMORE! We go to Rocky Mt.
BBQ up on Jefferson (because it seems to always stay the same), Steak and
Ale, even though it is a chain, I guess I should just mention the chocolate
malts at Sonic and the thickburgers and real shakes at Hardee's...I went to
Mama Rosa's in Phoebus recently on the
advice of a friend and it was pretty good. The Lunch Bell in City
Center is family owned and has very good food.
As we do not have a Sonic here or a Hardee's I have go get my
fill of those while on the sacred soil...but then we have plenty of New England
clam chowder, clamcakes, fish and chips, steamers and lobsters! Y'all come!
I personally still try to make it a point to visit The Oasis in Hampton and Doumar's in Norfolk - not to mention Pierce's Pitt Barbeque "up the road a piece" each time I return - for nostalgia's sake, if nothing else.
Thanks, Jean!
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For the past several days, I've been on the computer probably only about one-third of my usual time. My mail has a tendency to roll and hide if I don't keep a constant eye on it, so I'm relatively certain I've overlooked many things. Soon I'll search it all to see what I may have missed.....
My Beautiful Cousin,
Cheryl White Wilson (John Marshall HS - '64) of VA is arriving today from
the sacred soil for a three-day visit. We are all planning to relax and
goof off and forget all our problems in life and enjoy each other and ourselves
immensely.
Life's too short. I
recommend y'all do the same!
PRAYER ROLL (arranged alphabetically, but not necessarily complete):
1.
2.
Connie Bloxom Thompson ('66) of MD - multiple heath and financial
issues; needing cataract surgery to prevent inevitable blindness ASAP;
update
of 03/11/08:
"SO FAR, 1/2 FUNDS FOR 1 EYE PROCEDURE";
update of 03/28/08: re-hospitalized; $1475.00 received so far; still
short of $2000.00 goal;
update of 04/28/08 - SEE ABOVE
Connie
Bloxom Thompson
2237 Hunter Chase
Bel Air, MD
21015
3. Clyde Bryant ('58) of PA - heart replacement surgery - 12/13/07
4.
My Niece
Shari of VA - 05/26/08 - dangerous abscess in mouth
5
.6
. Emily (daughter of7
. My second granddaughter,9
. Bobby Hedrick ('58) of VA - recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; update of 03/22/08: "doing very well, no pain, just some soreness"; update of 05/10/08: "continues to do well since the surgery for pancreatic cancer and will now begin the follow-up treatment to be decided upon following the consultation and evaluation at MD Anderson (Houston)."10.
11. Pam Pennington Cherry ('58) of VA - congestive heart failure; cardiac ablation procedure - 02/06/08; second surgery on 02/20/08 for aneurysm; update of 03/17/08 - still experiencing difficulty with heart racing, breathing and pressure in her chest; pray that cardiac ablation procedure will not have to be repeated, and that Pam can learn to REST!; update of 05/04/08 - "in about eight months she will indeed have to have the ablation process repeated. "
12. Tommy Scott ('61) of VA - update of 04/14/08 - "at home recuperating"; update of 05/22/08 - "still at home recuperating"
13. Jenny Willett Wilson (daughter of the late
Edie Hallett Willett - '63) of VA - 05/05/08 - "underwent a double mastectomy
in 2007, has just completed vigorous chemo and is now undergoing radiation
treatments every day for seven weeks"
14. All of Us
DATES
TO
REMEMBER:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1957.html
2. Saturday, June 7, 2008 -
NNHS CLASS OF 1961:Mini reunion at the home of
Buddy and
Libby Blechman David of VA
3. Saturday and Sunday, June 14-15, 2008 -
NNHS CLASSES OF FEBRUARY AND JUNE 1948:http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com
4. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 26 - 28, 2008 - NNHS CLASS OF 1968
:http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1968.html - 03/31/08
5. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 17 - 19, 2008
- NNHS CLASS OF 1963:http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1963.html - 03/26/08
Remember, there's so much more to come - soon - REALLY-REALLY!
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:
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Carol Buckley
Harty 219 Four Ply Lane Fayetteville, NC 29311-9305 910-488-9408 |
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James Bond Theme
"James Bond Theme" midi courtesy of http://midis.jamesbond-online.com/ - 05/27/08
Both Images of Ian Fleming courtesy of http://www.biography-and-biographies.com/Authors/Ian-Fleming.htm - 05/27/08
Animated James Scroll clip art used to form Divider Lines courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com/en/search/index.mc?cid=&q=James+Bond - 05/27/08
Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65)
of VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
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!
Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/
- 10/02/05Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
Ferguson High School's Anchor clip art courtesy of
Steve Silsby
(FHS - '72) of NC
- 12/14/05
Thanks, Steve!
Animated Guest Book clip art courtesy of http://www.feebleminds-gifs.com/guestbook-gifs.html - 03/07/06
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thanks, Al!
John Marshall High School's Justice Scale clip art courtesy of Cheryl White
Wilson (JMHS - '64) of VA - 10/13/05
Thanks, Cheryl!
Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm
- 07/07/06