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07/11/10 - NNHS
Newsletter - “I
walk without flinching through the burning cathedral of the summer. My bank
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Wow. Talk about your Golden Oldies - this one's from 1902! It's being repeated from exactly three years ago today:
http://nnhs65.com/07-11-07-NNHS-In-the-Good-Old-Summertime.html
BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2gBmRuMbCw - In the Good Old Summer Time - Haydn Quartet, 1906
BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FtdzHgCQMCQ - In the Good Old Summer Time - Nat King Cole
BONUS #3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcsAGXPSlb8 - In the Good Old Summer Time - Chet Atkins
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_the_Good_Old_Summer_Time:
"In the Good Old Summer Time" is an American Tin Pan Alley song first published in 1902 with music by George Evans and lyrics by Ren Shields.[1]
Shields and Evans were at first unsuccessfully trying to sell the song to one of New York's big sheet music publishers. The publishers thought the topic of the song doomed it to be forgotten at the end of the summer season. Blanche Ring, who had helped Evans arrange the number's piano score, was enthusiastic about it and at her urging it was added to the 1902 musical comedy show "The Defender" she was appearing in. The song was a hit from the opening night, with the audience often joining in singing the chorus.[2]
"In the Good Old Summer Time" was one of the big hits of the era, selling popular sheet music and being recorded by various artists of the day, including John Philip Sousa's band in 1903. It has remained a standard often revived in the decades since.
REUNION ALERTS:
From Dave Arnold
('65) of VA - 05/11/10 - "Class of 1965's 45-Year Reunion":
The NNHS Class of 1965 will hold its 45-Year Reunion on Friday and Saturday, October 15 and 16, 2010 - which is OPEN to all classes!
Friday evening we will meet at R.J.'s Restaurant and Sports Bar. The only cost will be what you choose to eat and drink. The company will be priceless.
Saturday
will be spent at Newport News Park. We've reserved a group shelter that can seat
150 people with sufficient cover to take care of any weather concerns. If you
made it to the 55th Birthday Party you'll recall it was held at the Park in one
of the smaller shelters. The facility we're using this time is a new addition
and will give us lots of flexibility to meet and reminisce. The cost of this
event is $15.00 per person through August 31, 2010. After that date the cost
will be $20.00 per person. The charge for Saturday will cover your food and
beverages.
http://nnhs65.com/reunion-page.html
http://nnhs65.com/REUNION-2010-65.html
http://nnhs65.com/REUNION-2010-65-ATTENDING.html
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/04/10
- "NNHS 64-64 BIRTHDAY CRUISE ANNOUNCEMENT":
Carol,
Please ... run a small reminder of the event and links to forms in each newsletter for a month or two...
Thanks,
Dave - NNHS64@cox.net
http://nnhs65.com/64-BIRTHDAY-1964.html - Saturday, October 23, 2010, 8:00 to 11:00 PM, Norfolk, VA
NNHS-64-64-CRUISE-INVITATION.doc
http://nnhs65.com/64-BIRTHDAY-1964-RESERVATION-FORM.html
http://nnhs65.com/64-BIRTHDAY-1964-ATTENDING.html
Certainly, David!
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
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Happy
Birthday this week to: 13 - James Stidham ('57);
17 - Marilyn Payne Springfield ('66) of
VA AND
18 - Bill Queensberry ('57) AND Mary Ellen Brewer ('57)! Many Happy
Returns,
One and All!
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TODAY IN WWII: July 11, 1940 - The Vichy France regime was formally established. Henri Philippe Pétain became Prime Minister of France. July 11, 1943 - The Massacres of Poles in Volhynia. July 11, 1943 - The Allied invasion of Sicily – German and Italian troops launched a counter-attack on Allied forces in Sicily. July 11, 1944 - Count Claus von Stauffenberg, a German army officer, transported a bomb to Adolf Hitler's headquarters in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria. The assassination attempt was delayed and was postponed until July 20 at Rastenburg. |
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TODAY IN 1965: Sunday, July 11, 1965 - Footballer Tony Cottee was born in Plaistow, England. Sunday, July 11, 1965 - Kickboxer Ernesto "Mr. Perfect" Hoost was born in Heemskerk, Netherlands. Sunday, July 11, 1965 - Musician Scott Shriner (Weezer) was born in Toledo, Ohio. |
From Buzzy Blanchard (Kecoughtan HS - '68) of LA - 07/10/10 - "birthday":
Thanks, Buzzy!
I've added you to our page:
http://www.nnhs65.com/Happy-Birthday.html
From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL -
07/10/10 - "Regional
Differences":
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Hi, Carol:
The topic of
"Regional Differences" appearing in recent
Newsletters is
quite interesting. Surely the various states reflect the thinking of
the citizens of the respective state, which has always been our
greatest strength in insuring our liberty.
May I share one "Regional
Difference" that I found when I traveled around the country in the
Reinsurance business? While visiting with primary insurance clients
in the state of New Hampshire ("Live Free Or Die") when I dined at
breakfast alone, I paid no sales tax. Yet, when I took the staff of
our clients out to lunch and picked up the tab, there was tax added
to the total. Of course, I did not challenge the waitress, but did
happen to mention that I thought it was strange that tax was not
added to my other meals. The Vice President of one of the companies
who was a native of New Hampshire solved the mystery.
He said when the state of New
Hampshire instituted a sales tax on food and beverages served in a
restaurant, the legislature provided an exclusion for meals totaling
under a certain amount...and it has been too many years for me to
recall the amount, but the clincher was that anyone paying over that
excluded amount was required to pay tax.
He explained that no sensible
citizen of New Hampshire would eat a meal that exceeded the
exclusion, only folk traveling from New York would pay such a price
for a meal!!!
TYPHOON Regards,
Joe Madagan ('57) of FL
WILD
GIGGLES! Thanks, Joe!
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From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL -
07/10/10 - "A beautiful place to visit.":
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Hi, Carol: Yesterday, 
Eva (Ellis Madagan - '61 - of FL)
and I visited the Bok Tower Gardens to celebrate her birthday. It such a
beautiful place that we wanted to share an image of the tower.The website is: http://www.boktowergardens.org/ |
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Hope you and your many newsletter subscribers also enjoy this image. TYPHOON Regards, Joe Madagan ('57) of FL
WOWZERONI!
How lovely! Thanks, Adonis!
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From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 07/10/10 - "Class Reunion":
close but no cigar
THE CLASS REUNION
Every ten years, as summertime nears,
An announcement arrives in the mail,
A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand;
Make plans to attend without fail.
I'll never forget the first time we met;
We tried so hard to impress.
We drove fancy cars, smoked big cigars,
And wore our most elegant dress.
It was quite an affair; the whole class was there.
It was held at a fancy hotel.
We wined, and we dined, and we acted refined,
And everyone thought it was swell.
The men all conversed about who had been first
To achieve great fortune and fame.
Meanwhile, their spouses described their fine houses
And how beautiful their children became.
The homecoming queen, who once had been lean,
Now weighed in at one-ninety-six.
The jocks who were there had all lost their hair,
And the cheerleaders could no longer do kicks.
No one had heard about the class nerd
Who'd guided a spacecraft to the moon;
Or poor little Jane, who's always been plain;
She married a shipping tycoon.
The boy we'd decreed 'most apt to succeed'
Was serving ten years in the pen,
While the one voted 'least' now was a priest;
Just shows you can be wrong now and then.
They awarded a prize to one of the guys
Who seemed to have aged the least.
Another was given to the grad who had driven
The farthest to attend the feast.
They took a class picture, a curious mixture
Of beehives, crew cuts and wide ties.
Tall, short, or skinny, the style was the mini;
You never saw so many thighs.
At our next get-together, no one cared whether
They impressed their classmates or not.
The mood was informal, a whole lot more normal;
By this time we'd all gone to pot.
It was held out-of-doors, at the lake shores;
We ate hamburgers, coleslaw, and beans.
Then most of us lay around in the shade,
In our comfortable T-shirts and jeans.
By the fiftieth year, it was abundantly clear,
We were definitely over the hill.
Those who weren't dead had to crawl out of bed,
And be home in time for their pill.
And now I can't wait; they've set the date;
Our sixtieth is coming, I'm told.
It should be a ball, they've rented a hall
At the Shady Rest Home for the old.
Repairs have been made on my hearing aid;
My pacemaker's been turned up on high.
My wheelchair is oiled, and my teeth have been boiled;
And I've bought a new wig and glass eye.
I'm feeling quite hearty, and I'm ready to party
I'm gonna dance 'til dawn's early light.
It'll be lots of fun; But I just hope that there's one
Other person who can make it that night.
MORE GIGGLES! Thanks,
Norris!
From Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA - 07/10/10
- "Snow Scenes":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4x5BLNWE7M - 45 Lessons in Life
Watch your thoughts; they become
words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.
Thank you, Dearest Judy!
From Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA - 07/10/10
- "I Fought For You":
http://www.sermonspice.com/product/32960/i-fought-for-you
Thank you so much, Dearest
Judy!
I don't think
I got around to the chills; I was too busy sobbing!
From
Glenn Dye
('60) of TX - 07/10/10 - "Special
Poem For Older Folks (#1 in a Series of 6)":
"Stop Worrying about the Storm; Learn to Dance in the Rain"
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Special Poem For Older Folks
A row of bottles on my shelf |
LAUGH A LITTLE EVERY DAY.... There's always a lot to be thankful for if you take time to look for it. For example I am sitting here right now thinking how nice it is that wrinkles don't hurt.
WILDER GIGGLES!
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ABBREVIATED ALERT:
http://www.nnhs65.com/CNC-CNU/brochure(2).pdf http://www.nnhs65.com/CNC-CNU/CNC-Memories-Book-219390602.pdf http://www.nnhs65.com/CNC-CNU/61-63-DECADERS-ADDENDA.doc Contact Dr. Chambers at cncmemories61_71@yahoo.com.
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DATES TO REMEMBER:
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PRAYER ROLL: http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html - updated 07/05/10 |
BLOG: http://nnhs.wordpress.com/ - updated 08/04/09 |
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Harty
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In the Good Old Summer Time
Music by
George Evans
(10 Mar 1870 – 5 Mar 1915); Words by
Ren
Shields
(1868 - 25 Oct 1913)
From "The Defender", 1902
In the good old summertime, in the good old summertime.
Strolling through the shady lanes with your baby mine.
You hold her hand, and she holds yours,
and that's a very good sign.
That she's your tootsie-wootsie,
In the good old summertime.
In the good old summertime, in the good old summertime.
Strolling through the shady lanes with your baby mine.
You hold her hand, and she holds yours,
and that's a very good sign.
That she's your tootsie-wootsie,
in the good old summertime.
"In the Good Old Summertime" midi courtesy of
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/9969/MYFAVMIDIS.html - 06/29/07
"In the Good Old Summertime" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.allthelyrics.com/song/77177/ - 07/11/07
"In the Good Old Summertime" Sheet Music Cover Image courtesy of
http://www.perfessorbill.com/covers/goodold.htm - 07/11/07
Multi Rose Divider Line clip art courtesy of - well, I don't know who, but it's
been in my files since 04/05/05
Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06
Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Collinsville High School (IL) Logo courtesy of http://www.kahoks.org/chs/ - 09/22/07
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!!
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!
Animated BOO-HOO
courtesy of Glenn Dye ('60) of TX - 08/28/09
Thanks, Glenn!
