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06/02/08 - NNHS Newsletter
- “I like to look
on the composer's vocation as the old troubadours or bards did. |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
We first celebrated this birthday last year:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/06-02-07-NNHS-Elgars-150th-Birthday.html
This year for
the Newsletter I
chose a different composition, the Enigma Variations. It is considerably
longer; I hope you enjoy it. 
BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUgoBb8m1eE - Daniel Barenboim with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, opening the 1997 season at Carnegie Hall
HOMEWORK:
http://www.elgar.org/welcome.htm
http://www.elgar.org/2english.htm
http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Edward_Elgar/26026.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/4056/
BIRTHDAYS
- TODAY AND UPCOMING:
Happy Birthday today to
Jerry Blanchard ('62) of VA!
Happy Birthday
tomorrow to
Gail Kiger Bonsey (Ferguson HS - '73) of OR!
Happy Birthday
this week to:
04 -
Raoul Weinstein ('57) of FL AND 
Catherine Slusser Hudson ('64) of VA;
05 -
Brian Blakley (Cheyenne
HS, NV - '04) of NV;
06 - Robert Hemintoller ('57)
AND
Bertha Smith Zacharias ('57);
07 -
Fred Field ('45) of CA
AND
Al Simms
('60) of VA
AND Donnie Morris ('67) of VA!
Many Happy
Returns,
One and All!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
NEWS FLASHES - HAPPY AND SAD:
1.
From Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 06/01/08:
Hi Carol!!
Just thought I’d send a mini update
for my family! My daughter Amy and her family (in Novato, CA) are Coast
Guard and
John
is now being stationed in Chesapeake, WAY down in Chesapeake, but the movers
have come and they are on the road for VA!!!!! We are very excited. They flew
here in April and bought a house in Gloucester, and should be here by Thursday,
June 5. I will send pictures when they get here!
Amy is an ISSA certified personal trainer ( her web site is www.risingstarfitness.com ) as well as home schools Ciarra and Soren! Soren is just 4 so his “school day” is QUITE short!!! We are thrilled they will be so close and Amy is excited that she will be near family for the first time in 13 years!! Will send updates as soon as I can!!!
Sarah
SUPER-DE-DUPER!!! What
joyous news for you all! Thanks for sharing it with us, Sarah Sugah!
2.
From
Rochelle Spooner
('63) of NY - 06/01/08:
Oh, how very
sad! Thank you for letting us know, Rochelle!
From
Bobby Fox ('63) of IA
- 06/01/08 - "my mom":
Thought you would like to know.
~~Bobby
There are few pains harder to bear than the death of a parent - but what a beautiful passing your mama had! You will be in our thoughts and prayers, Bobby. I will certainly keep watching, but as of this morning, her obituary was in neither the Daily Press nor the Quad City Times:
http://www.legacy.com/dailypress/DeathNotices.asp
http://www.legacy.com/QuadCityTimes/DeathNotices.asp
When I'm able to locate it, I'll create a Memorial Newsletter for her.
Meanwhile, please accept our sincerest condolences.
From Linda May Bond Crayton ('66) of VA - 05/31/08:
Carol, (HI)
I also read about the civil war and when people get the wrong idea why, I tell
them simply - Because we are the only people in the world who had a civil war,
fought it, moved on. The only ones. We only had to do it once and it only took
four years (unlike some countries I can mention)! That is what is so great about
America - or was......
At any rate there is a book - now at Newport News Library - by Edward L. Bond
called Damned Souls in a Tobacco Colony . It gives you a true mind set as
to the way things where here in the seventeenth century and gives you a better
understanding of this war. It will surprise you.
Linda May '66
Thanks, Linda May -
this sounds like a fascinating historical work!
http://www.vahistorical.org/publications/review_Bond.htm
http://www.amazon.com/DAMNED-SOULS-TOBACCO-COLONY-Edward/dp/0865547084
From Sydney Dearing ('56) of TN - 05/31/08 - "Re:
05/29/08 - Patrick Henry's
272nd Birthday":
Brent Harty's
(Hillsboro HS,
IL - '90 -
of OH) website is very informative and
intelligently written. I love American history in general and the history of
the Revolutionary War and the Civil War periods in particular. I am presently
about halfway through Shelby Foote's 3000 pg, 3 volume set, The
Civil War, a Narrative. It is written in an easy to read novel style; I
highly recommend it. For anyone who loves to read and loves history, I might
also recommend anything written by David McCullough. He is another
author that makes history read like a novel. I've read four books by him so
far, covering several periods in our history: 1776, John Adams, Truman, and
The Johnstown Flood and every one is a pleasure to read.|
I personally have one more piece of writing
that always me goosebumps. It is the only surviving letter from my father
to my mother written February 26, 1945 from a little volcanic island in
the Pacific called Iwo Jima. I have attached it here which reminds me,
one other highly recommended book is Flags of Our Fathers by
James Bradley.
Pleasant reading,
Sydney Dearing
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| Monday, February 26, 1945 | ||
| Letter From Iwo Jima |
WOWZERONI-RINI-ROONI!!!
Thank you so much for sharing this
incredible historical treasure with us, Sydney!
From Sydney Dearing ('56) of TN - 05/31/08 - "Some Interesting Trivia":
Thanks again,
Sydney!
Once again, we were having this
very same conversation just this week! There yet exists an appalling ignorance
of our own history here in the United States....
From Liz Breeden ('61) of VA -
05/31/08 - "A true American Idol":
This is powerful and awesome well worth your time to watch....
This is
a new and awesome video. Three soldiers wrote the song and put this together in
their 'free time' over 'there'. Whoever the Singer is, he needs a Recording
Contract when He comes Home! This is a small way we can show our troops we
support their efforts, their sacrifice and that of their families. Please pass
this on.
TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS !
Send this around the country to as many people as you can. This is absolutely
awesome!
This soldier video is new and different. It
is moving and heartwarming. Enjoy and pass it on! Click below:
http://g.dwgsee.com/wake/index.htm
Thank you so
much, Liz!
From My Niece, Shari, of VA -
06/01/08 - "This Is Heaven":
I am having company Monday and Tuesday so I won't be back on 'til Tuesday night. Hoping the beginning of your week is happy and bright! ..... I hope to play to catch up the next few days, so I am taking a small e-mail break. I found this story really cute, so I hope u do too!
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The Cat in the Bag ~
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When my
aunt's beloved feline died, she prayed to see her pet again in heaven.
Did this cat have nine lives?
Aunt Faye and her cat Sophie were inseparable. In fact, though Aunt Faye never had any children, Sophie was like a child to her. I have to admit that the cat was amazing. Sophie always knew when Aunt Faye wasn't feeling well. In fact, Sophie even knew when Aunt Faye's feet were cold at night. Because that cat would snuggle up at her feet in bed, Aunt Faye used to call Sophie her "bed warmer." My aunt was sort of hard of hearing, so when anyone came to the door of her apartment, Sophie ran to the door to alert her. Good old Sophie the cat was getting on in years. My aunt would call me from time to time to ask me to drive Sophie and her to the veterinarian. In fact, I think she took better care of Sophie than herself. If Aunt Faye didn't feel well, she wouldn't go to the doctor; she would just take an aspirin. But should Sophie sneeze or cough with a hairball in her throat, we were on our way to the vet almost immediately. |
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| January 15, 2007 | ||
| Highway to Heaven |
So it came as a bit of
a shock when Aunt Faye called me crying hysterically, "Sophie is dead! My little
Sophie is dead!"
Between sobs, Aunt Faye explained, "You know I don't sleep so well at night. So
the doctor gave me some sleeping pills. I didn't like the way they smelled so he
told me to put a drop of vanilla extract into the bottle to make the pills taste
like candy. So this morning when I was cooking in the kitchen, Sophie got into
my bedroom and accidentally knocked over my bottle of sleeping pills. They must
have smelled good to her because she ate almost every last one of them. The
empty bottle was on the floor next to her."
Aunt Faye was still crying uncontrollably. "You know how long my Sophie and I
have been together?" Not even waiting for my answer she said, "We've been
together for twelve years. Yesterday, I even bought her a new cat food. They
said this cat food was softer for older cats...her teeth have started to fall
out like mine. Do you know how much Sophie meant to me?"
I sympathized with her.
"Now what can I do?" she sobbed.
"I'm so sorry, Aunt Faye, there isn't much you can do. Put Sophie's body in a
paper bag, and place it in the garbage can in the basement. The sanitation
department will take her away."
"What?" she screamed. "My Sophie in a garbage can? She was like my child. Since
your uncle passed away, she's been my closest friend for all these years. I
can't just put her in the garbage!"
"Okay," I said. "I'm working very late tonight so I won't be able to get over to
your house. However, if you'll feel better about it, take a taxi to your
veterinarian and ask him to have Sophie taken to the animal cemetery. I'll
provide the money for the plot and the burial."
The tears continued. "Will I be able to visit her from time to time?"
"Sure. I'll take you to the pet cemetery any time you want to go."
"How can I take Sophie to the vet? Her carrying case fell apart a few years
ago."
"Put her in your old suitcase. It's not too big and Sophie will fit perfectly."
"Will there be a funeral?"
"No, dear. The vet calls the people from the pet cemetery. They'll put Sophie in
a little casket and take her to the cemetery."
"Okay," she muttered with a broken heart. "It will be dignified?" she asked.
"Yes, it will," I said.
That was it. I felt bad for her, but there was nothing more I could do.
About six o'clock that evening, Aunt Faye called me at my office. "Arnold, I
have something to tell you." Strangely, I sensed excitement in her voice.
"Did you go to the vet?" I asked.
"I did just like you said. I put Sophie in my suitcase. I was standing by the
bus stop waiting for a cab, so I figured, Why spend money for a taxi when I
could certainly take the bus? So I put the suitcase down next to me and started
to look into my purse to see if I had the exact change. While I was looking in
my pocketbook, some teenage boys came up behind me. One threw me to the ground
and grabbed my suitcase with Sophie inside!"
"Oh no, Aunt Faye! Did you get hurt?"
"Just a few scratches. Nothing serious. I yelled for the police, but nobody
came. So what could I do? I figured this was the way my relationship with Sophie
was supposed to end. So I went home."
"I don't believe this!" I said, trying to hold back my laughter. "Can you
imagine the expression on those kids' faces when they opened the suitcase and
found a dead cat?"
She started to laugh. Aunt Faye was actually laughing!
"Wait, wait -- that's only part of the story. Sophie came home! She really
wasn't dead! I only thought she was dead because she was lying so still when I
found her in the bathroom this morning. Being jostled back and forth in that
suitcase must have finally roused her. When I got back to the house, she was
waiting at my door!
"Arnold, thank you for all your help. I prayed for Sophie to enter heaven, and
she came back to me."
What a charming
story - thanks, Shari!
From Sepi Dinwiddie Prichard ('58) of NC -
06/01/08:
Carol and Typhoon Family...
Thanks to 
Jimmy Shires
('57 - of VA) I finally reached my old friend Edna Martin
Clemence on Saturday, we had a looooonng marathon phone call, you are well
aware of those phone calls. Just wanted to thank Jim for his efforts to help me
reach her. She is doing well and had just come in off the golf course. Once
again the Typhoon Nation has answered the call ! Would still be wondering if it
weren't for you and your hard work on the wonderful Newsletter. Thank you for
all your do !
Dimples aka Sepi
WOWZERS! What a happy thought! Thanks so much for sharing this with us, Dimples! Sometimes there's just nothing that can equal the joy of reconnecting with old friends!
From Elaine Wilkinson Bracken ('61) of VA - 06/01/08 - "newsletter news":
It's funny that you should
ask, Elaine. Last week I
was feeling much, much worse. Last Sunday was a nightmare. Then I had a
drastic turn-around this week, and yesterday I felt better than I had in
months!
Thank you for those prayers! 
Warren Mitchell, our coach at
NNHS. Well, she and I had planned a bus trip to
the Marine Corps Museum and
Mt. Vernon, so Warren invited
the two of us out to dinner. He looks great and is still as handsome as ever.
I invited him to out mini reunion, but he call me yesterday and had to
decline. He plays tennis several times a week and is "fit as a Fiddle".
COOL BEANS!!!
When I was at the Marine Corps Museum I thought of
Joe
Madagan ('57 - of FL) constantly and felt
Herbie's (Hice - 22 Oct 1924 - 18 Apr 2008)
spirit in every hall. What a place!!!
WOWZERS - that must have been mighty special! I miss that Herbie so much.....
T
hank you so much, Elaine - have fun at your mini-reunion Saturday!
PRAYER ROLL (arranged alphabetically, but not necessarily complete):
1.
Jerry Allen ('65) of VA -
began radiation for cancer
last week of February; it was delayed when he was diagnosed with pneumonia on
02/20/08;
update of 03/11/08: recovered from
pneumonia, is in his third week of radiation, and seems to be doing well. He is
back at work and comes home tired, but overall, he is in pretty good shape;
update of 03/24/08: last radiation
treatment was Friday; "looking good and feeling pretty good except for very
irritated skin and fatigue";
update of 04/05/08:
"getting better each day";
update
of 04/14/08: "now dealing with a blood clot in his pic line; receiving daily
injections in the abdomen and taking antibiotics and blood thinners; feels
pretty good in spite of everything and his ATTITUDE is great---as usual";
update of
update
of 04/24/08: "no longer taking daily
abdominal injections for blood clot that developed a few weeks ago; everything
is looking pretty good. The PET scan will be in the next few weeks. We are
expecting good results."
update
of 05/05/08 - "scheduled for two more chemo visits; will have the first chemo on
Thursday, May 8th followed up by an injection on Friday to boost his immune
system";
update of
05/08/08 - "did pretty well with the
chemo today in spite of the risky business with the procedure without the pic
line that was removed due to a clot";
update of 05/28/08: has chemo again
on 05/29/08
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
.
Me
('65) of NC - recent (late
January) development
of congestive heart failure plus the usual
financial woes;
update
of 03/28/08: not as well as I'd hoped to be by now; more downs than ups..... ;
update of 04/18/08 - SEE:
04/18/08
6
. Emily (daughter of
My
Niece Shari) of VA - advancing scoliosis; surgery 03/11/08;
update
of 03/12/08: surgery went well, running slight fever;
update of 03/18/08: had some ups and
lows, but is home again;
update
of 04/14/08 - still in pain, running a fever;
update of 04/18/08 - SEE:
04/18/08;
update of
05/05/08 - "finally getting better. Her hamstring stretching is painful, but
making a big difference. She has years of physical therapy ahead of her, but is
doing soo much better";
update of 05/13/08 - has had a
setback; going to see the surgeon in Richmond on 05/15/08.
7
. My second granddaughter,
Rachel Harty of IL - broke her ankle/leg in 3 places on 05/17/08; clean
breaks, no surgery required, but located in a tricky place for a growing
girl, so proper healing is essential; update
of 05/30/08 - "healing nicely. They put her in a cast below the knee. She
still can't put any weight on it for 2 more weeks. Then she will be in a
walking cast for 3 weeks after that."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.
John London
(Warwick HS - '57) of VA - lumbar surgery to
fix a spinal stenosis [ laminectomy]; will also involve fusion of vertebrae -
02/05/08
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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Enigma Variations
Composed by
Sir Edward Elgar, 1899
(2 June 1857 - 23 Feb 1934)
Elgar's "Enigma Variations" midi (sequenced by Robert Finley) courtesy of http://midistudio.com/Management/R-Finley/Sequences2.html - 05/31/08
First Elgar Image courtesy of
http://facstaff.uww.edu/allsenj/MSO/NOTES/0607/8.Apr07.html -
06/02/07
Second Elgar Image courtesy of
http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/302.htm - 06/02/07
Gold Leaf Divider Line clip art courtesy of
http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars4.html - 01/05/06
Navy 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!
Cheyenne High School's Desert Shields Logo courtesy of http://www.ccsd.net/schools/cheyenne/sports.htm - 02/05/08
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thanks, Al!
Coast Guard Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/SealsEmblems/USCG.htm - 10/03/07
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!
Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06
Hillsboro High School's Topper
(Band Version) clip art courtesy of
http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/hhs/activities/music2/Band/bio.html
- 06/07/08
Thanks, Mark!
