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07/24/11
- NNHS Newsletter -
Mormon Pioneer Day
1847 Plus 164 Years |
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“President Brigham Young entered Salt Lake Valley on 24 July 1847,
officially marking the beginning of settlement in the valley of the Great
Salt Lake. Those first days in the valley were filled with feverish
activities. The pioneers set to work at once: plowing, planting, and
watering; setting up a blacksmith shop; and building a grist mill and a pit
saw, a storehouse and corrals. At the same time, parties explored nearby
mountain canyons and neighboring valleys. On Wednesday, July 28, at five
o’clock, President Young and the Apostles met between the two forks of City
Creek and designated the site for the temple and gave the details for laying
out the city. At eight o’clock, a public meeting was held on the temple
site. President Young called on the Saints to express their feelings on the
subject of locating there. Howard Egan wrote: 'It was moved and seconded
that we should locate in this valley for the present, and lay out a city in
this place; which was carried without a dissenting voice.' The company thus
unanimously confirmed President Young’s prophetic pronouncement that 'this
is the right place.' ”
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S. George Ellsworth,
“Heeding
the Prophet's Call,”
Ensign, Oct. 1995
(1916-1997) |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
This is our
fourth observance of this holiday here together; you'll find your homework
assignments plus extra bonus materials on 2008's edition:
http://nnhs65.com/07-24-08-NNHS-Mormon-Pioneer-Day.html
http://nnhs65.com/07-24-09-NNHS-Mormon-Pioneer-Day.html
http://nnhs65.com/07-24-10-NNHS-Mormon-Pioneer-Day.html
BONUS #1 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yReVEchT2Po - Come, Come, Ye Saints -
Mormon Tabernacle Choir - 177th Annual General Conference
BONUS #2 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d5ymkcxWEU
- Come, Come, Ye Saints - Mormon Tabernacle
Choir - moving video!
BONUS #3 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TfZuI_BQ5w
- Come, Come, Ye Saints - Mormon Tabernacle
Choir
on the Nauvoo (Illinois) Temple grounds, 2010
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
YESTERDAY IN THE
WAR BETWEEN THE STATES:
From
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/This%20Day/thisday0723.htm - INCLUDING:
Tuesday, July 23, 1861
BULL RUN BRINGS BITTER BEWILDERMENT
The Battle of Manassas was a tremendous shock to both sides. While there
had been the initial blast of the firing on Ft. Sumter, Bull Run was
where American fought American hand to hand. Few had ever thought it
would come to outright bloodshed, and even those did, assumed that there
would be no more than one battle. Today the command changes started,
with John Dix appointed to the Department of Maryland and W.S. Rosecrans
getting the huge Department of Ohio.
Wednesday, July 23, 1862
POPE PROMOTES PECULIAR POSITION
A few days ago Gen. John Pope, head of the newly created Army of
Virginia, had showed his disdain for popularity by announcing that the
populace of the area would be charged for any damage committed by
Confederate agents to railroads or telegraph lines. Today he went even
further, announcing that any male who refused to swear loyalty to the
Union would be shipped South, and if found to have returned without
permission, shot as a spy.
Thursday, July 23, 1863
FRENCH’S FEELERS FORCES FOILED
The plan was straightforward: Gen. Meade assigned Maj. Gen. William
French to take his 3rd Corps through Manassas Gap and cut the Army of
Northern Virginia in half. Like many of Meade’s plans in the aftermath
of Gettysburg, this one just didn’t work out either. Lee knew the passes
were there and he had them all guarded. A fierce resistance by a brigade
stalled the assault for hours. In those hours, Longstreet and Hill’s
corps managed a last burst of speed into the Luray Valley and safety.
Saturday, July 23, 1864
HUNTER HURLED HASTY HURT AT HARPER’S
Abraham Lincoln often seemed to have an instinct for what enemy armies
were going to do next. This was frequently a better instinct than the
commanders in the field had, as was proven by a telegram today to Gen.
“Black Dave” Hunter in Harper’s Ferry. “Are you able to take care of the
enemy when he turns back on you, as he probably will on finding that
Wright has left?” Sure enough, Early turned and headed for Kernstown.
Hunter sent Crook out to meet him.
TODAY IN
THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES:
From
http://www.civilwarinteractive.com/This%20Day/thisday0722.htm - INCLUDING
BUT NOT LIMITED TO:
Wednesday, July 24, 1861
WILY WISE WEIGHS WARFARE WOES
Brig. Gen. Henry Wise was at Tyler Mountain near Charleston (the one in
western Virginia, not that other one.) He and his Confederate forces
would have no problems, if it weren’t for Jacob D. Cox. Cox had led his
Federal troops on a miserably difficult march and were now attacking
Wise’s rear. Wise, wisely, decided on the better part of valor and
pulled out, heading for Gauley Bridge during the night.
Thursday, July 24, 1862
FALLING FLOW FORCES FARRAGUT FLEET FLIGHT
Admiral Farragut had taken his fleet upriver almost as far as Vicksburg,
and they had done a remarkable job of cutting off the flow of
Confederate supplies across the Mississippi. Only right under the guns
of the city was Confederate passage possible. However, another reduced
flow was causing trouble: the river level was so low that Farragut’s
ships, many originally built for salt-water service, could not navigate.
He pulled these ships back to Baton Rouge and left gunboats on patrol.
Sunday, July 24, 1864
KERNSTOWN CONFLICT CAUSES CROOK’S COLLAPSE
Despite all the fighting that had taken place in the vicinity over the
last four years, today’s disputation is known only as the Second Battle
of Kernstown. Jubal Early, in a virtual recreation of Stonewall
Jackson’s actions in Kernstown I, hit George Crook’s defending Federals
in the center, after the left had been rolled by Breckinridge and the
right hurt by Ramseur. The day ended with the familiar sight of Federals
in flight for Winchester.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Battle_of_Kernstown
REMINDER:
From
Wayne Stokes
('65) of VA -
07/07/11 - "Gerber Baby Photo Contest -
April Ann Stokes" AND
From Cheryl Mays Howard ('66) of VA - 07/09/11 - "Gerber
Baby Photo Contest -
Greyson":
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Here's the deal, Chickadees: we'll carry both
babies' links here through the end of the month:
Gerber Baby
Photo Contest
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From Domi O'Brien ('64) of NH - 07/23/11 - "Pack
up your troubles":
My late parents (a
pilot and a nurse) used to sing this one. He put in a full military
career. Thanks for the memories. They taught me some other ones we
weren't supposed to sing in polite company.
Domi
GIGGLES!
Thanks, Domi - glad you enjoyed it!
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From Mark Friedman ('65) of
VA -
07/23/11, 10:02 AM AND
From
Jerry ('65) and
Judy Phillips ('66) Allen of VA - 07/23/11, 2:12 PM - "How
Hot is it in Virginia...?":
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HOW HOT
IS IT IN VIRGINIA ??
This is Elliot, an English
Bulldog, and this is an "un-posed" picture (trust me, you couldn't
actually make Elliot do anything)
of said pooch trying to beat the VIRGINIA heat after his owners emptied
their cooler in the driveway in Norfolk, Virginia.
One
picture is worth a thousand words...... |
SAD GIGGLES!
Oh, yeah, that's hot! Thank you, Sweetie-Pies!
(I'm almost
positive that someone else sent this to me also, but I cannot find it, so either
I imagined that or I'm every bit as much deranged as I thought I was...)
From Joan
Lauterbach Krause ('60) of VA -
07/23/11, 12:52 PM
- "Only in Iowa":
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MORE
SAD GIGGLES! Thanks, Joan!
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From Domi O'Brien ('64) of NH - 07/23/11 - "Norway":
One of the things I
notice in all of the footage out of Norway is the ethnic diversity-- not
just the kids at the Labor Party camp, but the rescuers-- police and
firefighters and ambulance crews-- of various colors and accents. It
wasn't that way when I lived in Europe as a kid. And it's a shame that
this diversity, in many places, seems to be accompanied by an increase
in some quarters of xenophobia. "They're here, and they are not like
us". But they are like us. My ancestors journeyed from place to place
looking for a good and peaceful place to live, to raise children, to
work, to build a life and be part of a community. Likely so did yours.
And when I see the footage, the teen girl with cafe-au-lait skin and the
pale blonde one from the camp with identical Norwegian-accented English
clutching each other semi-hysterical trying to respond to a reporter's
questions; two Black ambulance attendants and two Nordic-looking ones
and one who could have been Welsh or Black Irish doing triage at the
bombing scene, I am reminded that most people want the same basic
things.
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Thank you so much,
Domi!
We have been
sans-television since our move back to North Carolina, so I've been
limited to what I decide to watch or read online. I was so horrified
after seeing the image of the perpetrator of this monstrous crime that I
chose not to watch the videos. What most struck me was the apparent
beauty of the killer; he looks like a movie star - only more innocent! I
was reminded that if evil wasn't so attractive, we would all be more
inclined to shun it. Even knowing that, I - with the world - am still
reeling. Every time I (in my Pollyanna mode) feel that surely we have
grown and moved past such narrow thinking, I am bitterly jolted back
into the reality that we have not.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jul/24/norway-attacks-live-updates
http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/factbox-excerpts-from-1500-page-norway-killer-manifesto
http://www.washingtontimes.com/blog/robbins-report/2011/jul/23/oslo-terrorist-his-own-words/
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From F.A.
Saunders (Hampton HS - '64) of VA
- 07/23/11, 3:18
PM - "Fender Skirts" AND From Patricia Matthews Sheene
of NC - 07/24/11, 10:34 AM - "This is fun--Double-Dog-Dare You!":
SWEET MEMORIES,
THOSE OLD CLUNKERS!!!
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I sure remember these
things. Enjoy!!!
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From My Husband, Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of
NC - "Shadowland":
FINALLY:
From
www.ajokeaday.com - 07/23/11:
Two men were walking through the woods and came upon a big black,
deep hole. One man picked up a rock and tossed it into the hole and
stood listening for the rock to hit bottom. There was no sound.
He turned to the other guy and said "that must be a deep hole...let's
throw a bigger rock in there and listen for it to hit bottom." The men
found a bigger rock and both picked it up and lugged it to the hole and
dropped it in.
They listened for some time and never heard a sound. Again, they agreed
that this must be one deep hole and maybe they should throw something
even bigger into it.
One man spotted a rail-road tie nearby. They picked up the tie, grunting
and groaning, and lugged it to the hole. They tossed it in. No sound.
All of a sudden, a goat came flying out of the woods, running like the
wind, and flew past the men and jumped straight into the hole. The men
were amazed.
About that time, an old hayseed farmer came out of the woods and asked
the men if they had seen a goat. One man told the farmer of the
incredible incident they had just witnessed...they had just seen this
goat fly out of the woods and run and leap into the big hole. The man
asked the farmer if this could have been his goat.
The old farmer said "Naw, that can't be my goat...he was chained to a
railroad tie."
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DATES TO REMEMBER:
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1.
Thursday, August 4, 2011 - The NNHS
Class of 1955 holds Lunch Bunch gatherings on the first Thursday of every month
at Steve & John's Steak House on Jefferson Avenue just above Denbigh Boulevard
in Newport News at 11:00 AM. The luncheon is not limited to just the Class of
'55; if you have friends in that year, go visit with them.
2. Wednesday,
August 10, 2011 - The NNHS Class of June 1942 meets at noon on the second
Wednesday of every other month for a Dutch treat lunch at the James River
Country Club, 1500 Country Club Road. PLEASE JOIN THEM. Give or take a few years
makes no difference. Good conversation, food and atmosphere. For details, call
Jennings Bryan at 803-7701 for reservations.
3.
Friday and Saturday, August 19 and 20, 2011 - The Class of 1966 will hold its
45-Year Reunion at RJ's Restaurant and Pun AND the Warwick Yacht Club, Newport
News. DETAILS:
http://www.nnhs65.com/reunion-class-of-1966/45th-Reunion-Letter-2011.doc;
CONTACT: Dee Hodges Bartram at dhbartram@cox.net
- OPEN REUNION!
4. Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday, August 26, 27, and 28, 2011 - The Class of 1961 will hold its 50-Year
Reunion. - For details, see:
www.nnhs1961.org and contact Gary Fitzgerald at
Fitz43@cox.net or 757-879-2847 - CLASS OF 1961
5. Saturday, August 27, 2011, NOON - Mike O'Neil's Irish Pub, Warwick Shopping
Center - Reunion Luncheon for the 97th Rifle Company, USMC
6. Saturday, September 17, 2011
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Evelyn's Birthday Party for Everyone - Canepa Cottage, Buckroe Beach - 2:00 PM. For details, contact Evelyn
Fryer Fish ('58) of TX at
evelynfish@msn.com - OPEN TO EVERYBODY!
7 . Wednesday and Thursday, October 19 and 20, 2011 -
The Class of 1956 will hold its 55-Year Reunion.
Contact Judy Leggett Elliott at
jandcelliott@aol.com
or
757-868-1111.
- CLASS OF 1956
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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.com
PERSONAL WEB SITE:
http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/cluckmeat
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Carol Buckley Harty
7020 Lure Court
Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309
915-780-3048 |
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THREE WAYS TO DONATE:
1. Visit the main page (http://www.nnhs65.com), scroll
halfway down, and click on the Pay Pal Donate Button (nnhs65@gmail.com);
2.
Go to www.PayPal.com, log in,
select "Send Money (Services) to
nnhs65@gmail.com; or
3.
Just mail it directly to my home.
Thanks!
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Come, Come, Ye Saints
"This hymn
text was written by William Clayton, who was inspired by the existing hymn 'All
Is Well' and his experiences traveling to Utah as one of the Mormon Pioneers.
They, the early members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,
gathered from around the world and walked across the American plains to find a
new home in the West where they could live their religion without persecution.
They settled and colonized much of what is now the state of Utah and although
the bitter persecution of the past has, for the most part, been replaced with
understanding and respect, for members of the Church throughout the world the
hymn 'Come, Come Ye Saints' continues to represent their heritage of faith and
sacrifice."
Words by
William Clayton
, April 15, 1846
(1814 - 04 Dec 1879)
Music: English
Folk Song
Come, come, ye
Saints, no toil or labor fear;
But with joy wend your way.
Though hard to you this journey may appear,
Grace shall be as your day.
'Tis better far for us to strive
Our useless cares from us to drive;
Do this and joy your hearts will swell —
All is well! All is well!
Why should we mourn or think our lot is hard?
'Tis not so; all is right.
Why should we think to earn a great reward
If we now shun the fight?
Gird up your loins; fresh courage take.
Our God will never us forsake;
And soon we'll have this tale to tell —
All is well! All is well!
We'll find the place which God for us prepared,
Far away in the West.
Where none shall come to hurt or make afraid;
There the Saints will be blessed.
We'll make the air with music ring,
Shout praises to our God and King;
Above the rest these words we'll tell —
All is well! All is well!
And should we die before our journey's through,
Happy day! All is well!
We then are free from toil and sorrow, too;
With the just we shall dwell!
But if our lives are spared again
To see the Saints their rest obtain;
Oh, how we'll make this chorus swell —
All is well! All is well!
"Come, Come, Ye Saints" midi and history courtesy of
http://www.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Come,_Come_Ye_Saints_(Traditional) - 07/23/08
"Come, Come, Ye Saints" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.davidcole.net/music/diatonic_harmonica/come_come_ye_saints.html -
07/23/08
Image of Cloy Kent's Painting of a Latter-day Saint handcart family moving west
(the original of which hangs in Iowa City 4th Ward meetinghouse)
courtesy of
http://www.mormonhistoricsitesfoundation.org/articles/iowaCity1.htm -
07/23/08
Rope Divider Line clip art courtesy of
http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars10.html - 07/23/08
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
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!
American School Logo courtesy of
http://www.americanschoolofcorr.com/grads.asp - 09/05/06
Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of
http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/
- 10/02/05
Replaced courtesy of
http://www.hamptonhigh1964.com - 02/17/09
Navy Seal clip art courtesy of
http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
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