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	07/18/09 - NNHS Newsletter - White Wedding “To keep your marriage brimming, With love in the wedding cup, Whenever you're wrong, admit it; Whenever you're right, shut up.” - Ogden Nash (19 Aug 1902 - 19 May 1971)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,

   Saturday is a good day for a wedding, n'est pas?

BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AofzLsvTsM0 - White Wedding - Billy Idol, 1982 - Hmmm. Ya gotta love the eighties. They're so weird, they almost make me look normal. Almost.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Wedding_(song):

"... Idol claims it was written to show his displeasure with his sister's fiancé."

40 YEARS AGO TODAY:

Friday, July 18, 1969 - A car allegedly driven by Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), age __ (37??), plunged off a bridge on Chappaquiddick Island near Martha's Vineyard. The other occupant of the car, 28-year old campaign worker Mary Jo Kopechne (b. 26 July 1940), lost her life in the incident.

Friday, July 18, 1969 - Professional wrestler Masanori Murakawa was born in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture.

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

  Happy Birthday today to Bill Queensberry ('57) AND Mary Ellen Brewer ('57)!

  Happy Birthday tomorrow to Dale Chestnut (Nakina HS, NC - '54) of VA,  Mannie Smith ('57) AND   Sylvia Midgett Mullins Brown ('70) of VA!

  Happy Birthday this week to:

20 - Harlan Hamby ('57) AND Alan Jecmenek of TX (? HS - '?);

21 - The Lucado Twins,   Gail and   Dale ('68) of VA;

22 - Jerry Saunders ('57) AND     Bryce Bartel (Brighton High, UT - '04) of UT;

23 - Newell Blayton ('57) AND Bettie Bracey Gosner ('57);

25 - Janey Roane Harper ('57)!

Thought For The Day
"GOOD looks catch the eye but a GOOD personality catches the heart.
You're blessed with both!"

   Then wait no longer, Sweetie!

   Herein I'm sending this to about 550 of my closest friends - including you, because you are certainly one of them! Thanks so much, George!

Hi Again,

Boarding Houses stories ...

During the depression the shipyard was one of the few employers who didn't lay off their employees.  They reduced the number of shift hours, so each of their employees had some money coming in.  With the onset of WWII work exploded at the shipyard.  A lot of men and women came to Newport News from North Carolina and West Virginia because of the work.  When they first arrived there was very little housing.  (My husband)  Dick (Krause - '56 / '57) (05 Feb 1939 - 27 Dec 1999) told me that the the widows in the big houses near the shipyard began renting out rooms -plus feeding the workers a hot lunch for a small amount of money.  He told me that as the work load increased at the yard, and more workers arrived, they were sharing beds at the boarding houses.  They called them 'hot beds' because as one worker got up to report for his 12 hour shift, another fellow was getting off work and headed straight to sleep in the same bed.

I know for a fact the hot lunches continued well into the 60's.  Dick was accepted to the NNSB Apprentice School after he graduated from high school.  He loved those boarding house lunches - fried chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy, corn on the cob, green beans and of course hot biscuits for a couple of bucks and don't forget the SWEEEET TEA.

The housing situation was relieved by the construction of Ferguson Park Apartments adjacent to Huntington Park, Newsome Park, and Copeland Park.

Probably, some of you will remember more of these stories.

Joan

   Thank you so much, Joan! I really appreciate your input!

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        From My #2 Son, Brent Harty (Hillsboro HS, IL - '90) of TX - 07/02/09 - "WW II posters :~ (#14 in a Series of 18)":

Thought you might like these...love bh

		Some old fashioned  Patriotism. I wonder whatever happened to this kind of thinking in America. I got a lump in my throat when I read this..  I "grew up" thinking: patriotism, it is the AMERICAN  way!  I am glad to see that somebody saved these. The statement at the end says it all!

These were our parents. What in God's name have we let happen to our Country? We were taught these values and then we let them die .....  I guess we are the last generation to see, or even remember anything like these? Whatever happened? Political correctness (or "re-education") happened, lack of God's name happened, lack of personal responsibility happened, lack of personal integrity and honesty happened, lack of respect and loyalty to our country happened, lack of being an American happened.

Brent Harty
"You may be whatever you resolve to be."  General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
"FIRST TO FIRE!"

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2. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 18, 19, and 20, 2009 - The Warwick High School Class of 1959 will hold its 50-Year Reunion at the Marriott Newport News at City Center, Newport News, VA. For details, contact WHSREUNION1959@aol.com - WHS CLASS OF 1959

3. Friday and Saturday, October 9 and 10, 2009 - The Class of 1964 will hold its 45-Year Reunion - For details, see: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2009-64.html - CLASS OF 1964

4. Friday and Saturday, August 6 and 7, 2010 - The NNHS Class of 1970 will hold its 40-Year Reunion. Friday night they will all meet at RJ's; Saturday night will be at the Kiln Creek Golf & Country Club. For details, contact Carol Comer Cutler at ca23comerww@aol.com. CLASS OF 1970

5. Friday , Saturday, and Sunday, August 6, 7, and  8, 2010 - The NNHS Class of 1960 will hold its 50-Year Reunion at the Marriott Newport News at City Center. For details, contact Karen Weinstein Witte at  kwitte@tampabay,rr.com. - CLASS OF 1960

Written and performed by Billy Idol, 1982
(b. 30 Nov 1955)