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07/01/08 - NNHS Newsletter
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"In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and
unhappiness -
- Leslie Caron |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
How could this darling girl possibly be turning 77 today?!?
BONUS #1- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=li497yAMcqA - Louis Jourdan singing to Leslie Caron - Gigi, 1958
BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMj-zGa87hw - Gigi, 1958 - Surprise! - from http://cinememorial.com/
BONUS #3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsJUCB1PCKM - Leslie Caron singing Hi-Lili Hi-Lo, Lili, 1953
BONUS #4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHG6du4xi7g - Leslie Caron dancing in An American in Paris, 1951
HOMEWORK:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie_Caron
http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity-biography/leslie-caron/
http://www.moviefone.com/celebrity/leslie-caron/1027317/biography
BIRTHDAYS
- TODAY AND UPCOMING:
Happy Birthday
today to 
Julius Benton ('58) of VA
AND
Linda Ray Letchworth Enochs ('60) of TX!
Happy Birthday
tomorrow to
Fred Mays ('60) of VA!
Happy Birthday this week to:
07 -
Frank Blechman ('65) of Northern VA
AND
Steve Silsby
(Ferguson HS - '72) of NC!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
Many Happy
Returns,
One and All!
UPDATE:
From
Jimmy Parker ('62) of VA - 06/30/08 - "RE:
06/30/08 - Bridle Thy Tongue":
(Jimmy)
Smith ('62 - of VA) is absolutely correct, and I find myself quite embarrassed. In checking
my '57 annual I found that
Helms was not in it. My brother
(Bubby Parker)
graduated in 1955, and Helms did not arrive
at
NNHS
until September of 1957.
So who was it that made the comment I remember so vividly? And I do remember
the comment quite vividly. Why I accused Helms of the statement I will never
know. Was it because he harassed for most of the five years I was in his
class? I know that now, some fifty years later, my memory is somewhat fuzzy,
but I do remember the cruel statement being made in gym class before the
entire class. The comment directed to me is not something one makes up
or imagines. The obvious fact that Helms
did not
make the
statement still does not leave a warm place in my heart for him. But I do make
sincere apologies for falsely accusing the man, and may he rest in peace.
Chambers,
Conn,
Nuttycombe,
Range, or
Robinson. I doubt it was Chambers,
or
Nuttycombe, certainly not Robinson, so that leaves either Conn or Range.
Maybe the comment was made in jest, and not meant to cause any harm, but in
this case it obviously did. I hope I did not cause you any grief over this.
Any discomfort I felt over this incident pales in comparison to the pain you suffered for over half a century, Jimmy-Jimmy. I hope this discussion has helped alleviate some of that.
The comment
may well have been made in jest, but some things just are not all that
funny, as you learned first hand.
Thank you so much for this clarification, Sweetie!
I amended his page:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/faculty.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/teachers.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/teach-Helms.html
From Jean Poole Burton ('64) of
RI - 06/29.08 - "Nowadays...vs. back then":
Nowadays a teacher or coach would be fired for saying those things (that
coach said to
Jimmy...) Of course kids can abuse
teachers all they want with little consequence...if I was raising kids today I
would either choose home schooling or private school. I have good friends who
are dedicated and conscientious teachers and you would not believe the crap they
have to put up with.
Jeanb
"Everything changes....." Thanks, Jean!
From Linda May Bond Crayton ('66) of VA - 06/30/08 - "stuff":
My dear Carol,
There were so many words in your
last newsletter that I
found myself asking myself, have we pushed you too far? Burdened you with too
much?
I love you, Carol, All you need do is what YOU do.
Linda May '66
WILD GIGGLES!!! Honey, I've been over the edge for years!
It's
just that this time, two of my knee-jerk triggers were ignited at once -
"careless words" and "hurt feelings". It's like that classic vaudeville routine,
when the trigger words were "Niagara Falls":
SLOWLY I TURNED:
"Slowly I turned...step by step...inch by inch...,"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stranger_with_a_kind_face
BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ9lQe2YoBs - Slowly I Turned - The Three Stooges
BONUS #2 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pQii1L8fGk - Slowly I Turned - Abbott
and Costello and Sid Fields.
I was just feeling
Herb's
loss the very day you wrote this. Sometimes it is overwhelming and I never
even met him.
As for my Darlin' Herbie, I've only just barely reached the point where I can usually make it through a day without crying - and only then if I don't pause to think.....
Thanks so much, Linda May!
From
Harry Covert
('57) of Northern VA - 06/30/08 - "Harry Covert - The Covert Letter":
Harry Covert - The Covert Letter |
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Posted: 29 Jun 2008 02:47 PM CDT
A Special Report
By HARRY COVERT There is no evidence that Americans truly care about the rising gasoline prices. I don’t see any citizens holding the government accountable including the Current Resident of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, or those who prattle under the Capitol Dome on either side of the aisle. Nor are we really angry with the oil companies. I’m no economist but we ought to be more than somewhat irate with those to whom we trust our lives. Gas prices keep creeping up. Except for an occasional blip on television; it’s business as usual for Americans. It’s acceptable now to believe the old axiom that talk is indeed cheap. It seems to me the high oil costs ought to be a major part of the currently outrageous presidential political campaigns and the races for the House of Representatives and the U. S. Senate. While the average American does want change, Mr. and Mrs. America have simply been lulled and dulled into accepting the status quo. I’m convinced the politicians and their cohorts are in a win-win situation. They really don’t care what it costs taxpayers even though they feign interest and move on to those topics, which seem to be merely subject changers -- obfuscations -- the floods in the Midwest, the fires in California, the idiotic global warming stuff, same-sex marriages, criminals gone wild in the District of Columbia and no energy self-sufficiency. The obfuscations are so evident that no one wants to talk about accomplishing any thing that makes a difference. A policeman was killed last week in Prince George’s County, Maryland, adjacent to the District line. A gun didn’t kill him but it came at the hands of a 19-year-old in a stolen truck. Why is no one angry? I’m beginning to believe that we Americans are suckers. In this time when we wail at the alleged failing of Social Security which government wizards tell us is going broke; that seniors won’t get their money; then they tell us no one in the government can do anything about escalating gasoline prices; that the government can’t do anything about the outrageous prescription drug prices; that the government can’t do anything about illegal aliens; that the government can’t do anything about . . . The list goes on. Tell me, what is it that the government can do? If the truth were known, the coming Presidential elections ought to be just one ticket of candidates, Ticket Number One: John McCain for President and Barack Obama for Vice President; Ticket Number Two: Barack Obama for President and John McCain for Vice President. Neither would make a difference for the United States come January 20, 2009. We are led to believe the nation is in peril because of international terrorists, the oil cartel, the Iraq war, the Afghani war. I’m a bit cynical of course. Every American ought to be suspect these days. Our leaders have all become status-hungry eunuchs. We complain among friends, and ourselves. The fire that was in the bellies of our forefathers seems nearly extinguished. A humorist wagged a few years ago, "an honest politician is one that when he’s bought, he stays bought." That seems a bit true today. Take a look at the latest fund-raising figures from the Federal Elections Commission. The Presidential candidates received $968.1 million through June –- let me repeat -– that’s 968.1 million US dollars. And they say the economy is tanking. Let’s break it down even further. The nation can’t be suffering too much if the political candidates are raising these exorbitant amounts of money. We must admit, this amount of money is outrageous and probably sinful. You may ask who gets it all – campaign workers, advertising outlets and fund-raisers and others. Of that total, Democratic presidential candidates received contributions of $605.5 million. The Republican candidates got $362.6 million. So, let’s feel sorry for ourselves in this awful economy. Senator Obama’s coffers have received, through June, $244,212,855.54; Senator Clinton received $229.4 million; and Senator McCain came in with $111.3 million. So, it’s business as usual in the 50 states. The average American donated $3.22 to the presidential campaigns, not enough for a gallon of gas in the nation’s capital.· Copyright 2008. |
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, Harry!
I
truly appreciate your words!
From
Wayne
Stokes ('65) of VA -
06/30/08 - "New Carjacking Scheme":
True? Why take a chance?New Carjacking Scheme
From an Acquaintance:
Just last weekend on Friday night we parked in a public parking area. As we drove away I noticed a sticker on the rear window of the car. When I took it off after I got home, it was a receipt for gas. Luckily my friend told me not to stop as it could be someone waiting for me to get out of the car. Then we received this email yesterday:
'WARNING FROM POLICE-BEWARE OF PAPER ON THE BACK WINDOW OF YOUR VEHICLE--NEW WAY TO DO CARJACKINGS (NOT A JOKE)'
Heads up everyone! Please, keep this circulating...You walk across the parking lot, unlock your car and get inside. You start the engine and shift into Reverse. When you look into the rearview mirror to back out of your parking space, you notice a piece of paper stuck to the middle of the rear window. So, you shift into Park, unlock your doors, and jump out of your car to remove that paper (or whatever it is) that is obstructing your view. When you reach the back of your car, that is when the carjackers appear out of nowhere, jump into your car and take off. They practically mow you down as they speed off in your car.
And guess what, ladies? I bet your purse is still in the car. So now the carjacker has your car, your home address, your money, and your keys. Your home and you are stranded far from your house...so they have plenty of time to get there and rob you...plus your whole identity is now compromised!
BEWARE OF THIS NEW SCHEME THAT IS NOW BEING USED. This can happen during the day or at night...so be very careful...especially if you have a small child or baby in the car with you...they will take them too...or toss them out on the open road somewhere...
If you see a piece of paper stuck to your back window, just drive away. Remove the paper later. And be thankful that you read this email. I hope you will forward this to friends and family, especially to women. A purse contains all kinds of personal information and identification documents, and you certainly do NOT want this to fall into the wrong hands. Please keep this going.
Thanks, Wayne Honey!
Just be careful out there!
From Buster Vest ('63) of VA -
06/30/08 - "Please watch this clip":
http://s259.photobucket.com/albums/hh289/Impish_Dragon/?action=view¤t=Untitled.flv
Thank you so
much, Buster!
This
beautiful video really struck home with me. Just before I read
it last night, I talked to two friends of mine on the phone. The first, a
woman with three little girls, told me her husband had just walked in the door
twenty minutes earlier with the news that he would be leaving this morning at 5:00 AM.
He couldn't say where he was going or when he would return - and he had only
very recently returned from a lengthy deployment.
The second woman's husband has been gone five months. He'll return home in September for a few short days, then back he'll go until sometime in December.
A couple of weeks ago, a third friend found out on Wednesday that her husband would be leaving that Saturday morning for a year's deployment to "the lands dark and dusty" - his third (at least).
These men and their families are truly remarkable people. The
hardships they suffer can scarcely be comprehended by the rest of us. They
should remain in our hearts, thoughts and prayers.
From
Glenn Dye
('60) of TX - 06/30/08 - "Laugh for the day (Smarter ) Senior Driver":
An older lady gets pulled over for speeding...
Thanks,
Glenn - excellent advice!
PRAYER ROLL (arranged alphabetically, but not necessarily complete):
1.
Connie Bloxom Thompson ('66) of MD - multiple heath and financial
issues; needing cataract surgery to prevent inevitable blindness ASAP;
Connie
Bloxom Thompson
2237 Hunter Chase
Bel Air, MD
21015
2.
Betty Brockwell McClure ('58) of VA - broken hip - early this year; still
recovering and in pain;
update of 06/17/08 - SEE:
3.
Clyde Bryant ('58) of PA - heart replacement surgery - 12/13/07
4.
Jimmy DeBerry ('64) of VA - stroke on 06/17/08;
update of 06/25/08 - SEE:
06/26/08
5
. 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;
update of 06/15/08 - SEE:
06/17/08
6.
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";
update of
06/14/08 - Her leg is healing much faster than the doctor had expected. She
is in a waterproof walking cast now for 3 weeks, then this cast will come
off and she will have physical therapy.
7. Frances Heath Scott ('62) of VA - inflammation of nerves; due to have been
released from hospital on 02/27/08; update
of 04/14/08 -
"at home recuperating";
update
of 05/22/08 - "still at home
recuperating";
update
of 06/09/08 - "still at home recovering. I
am sure they would love receiving cards/notes from NNHS friends."
8.
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).
9.
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. "10. Tommy Scott ('61) of VA - update of 04/14/08 - "at home recuperating"; update of 05/22/08 - "still at home recuperating"; update of 06/09/08 - "still at home recovering. I am sure they would love receiving cards/notes from NNHS friends."
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"
12. Jim Wilson ('58) of VA recovering from prostate surgery on 06/02/08
13. All of Us
DATES TO REMEMBER:
1. 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
2. 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
Y'all take care of each other!
TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe!Love to all, Carol
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NNHS CLASS OF '65 WEB SITE:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com
PERSONAL WEB SITE:
http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/cluckmeat
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Carol Buckley
Harty 219 Four Ply Lane Fayetteville, NC 29311-9305 910-488-9408 |
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Words by
Alan Jay Lerner,
1958
(31 Aug 1918 - 14 June 1986)
Music by
Frederick Loewe
(10 June 1901 - 14 Feb 1988)
Gigi
Am I a fool without a mind
Or have I merely been too blind to realize
Oh Gigi
Why you've been growing up before my very eyes
Gigi
You're not at all that funny awkward little girl I knew
Oh no
Overnight there's been a breathless change in you
Oh Gigi
While you were trembling on the brink
Oh Gigi
Have I been standing up too close or back too far
When did your sparkle turn to fire
And your warmth become desire
Oh what miracle has made you the way you are
Gigi
While you were trembling on the brink
Was I out yonder somewhere blinking at a star
Oh Gigi
Have I been standing up too close or back too far
When did your sparkle turn to fire
And your warmth become desire
Oh what miracle has made you the way you are
"Gigi" midi courtesy of http://calskp.50megs.com/MemMidis.htm - 07/01/08
"Gigi" lyrics courtesy of http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/dean_martin/gigi.html - 07/01/08
First Image of Leslie Caron courtesy of http://www.nndb.com/people/300/000083051/ - 7/01/08
Second Image of Leslie Caron courtesy of http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/leslie-caron/ - 07/01/08
Animated Blue Flame Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars40.html - 03/08/06
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
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
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!
Army Seal clip art courtesy of
Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thank, Al!
Animated Army Flag clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03
Animated Laughing Smiley
courtesy of
Janice
McCain Rose ('65) of VA - 02/07/05
Thanks, Janice!
Animated United States Marine Corps Flag clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03
Animated Wildly Laughing Dog
courtesy of Eva Ellis Madagan ('61) of FL - 11/24/07
Thanks, Eva!
