07/27/07 - NNHS Newsletter - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini “Women shop for a bikini with more care than they do a husband. The rules are the same. Look for something you'll feel comfortable wearing. Allow for room to grow.” - Erma Bombeck (21 Feb 1927 - 22 Apr 1996)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,   

   Today's theme comes to you at the suggestion of    Jean Poole Burton ('64) of RI - 07/23/07:

You probably have enough songs for the rest of the summer, but I just thought of ..... "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini".....

and located for us by       Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA.

   Thanks, Jean and Dave!

UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS:

   We have a couple of Two-Fers coming up next week - two on Monday and two more on Tuesday!!

   Don Chaney ('66) of MD and my daughter     Adrienne Harty (American School, IL) of NC are celebrating on the 30th, and   Helen Flax Kierstead ('58) of Ontario and     Anne Sawyer Turpin ('65) of VA on the 31st!

   As we head into August, we'll have      Paul Harty (Bardolph HS, IL - '61) of NC on Wednesday, and    Eddie Beasley ('64) in Ethiopia on Thursday!

   Many Happy Returns to One and All!

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html

   Y'all be sure to take a look at that page.  How are we going to wish you a happy birthday (or in the case of my coo-coo brain, forget to wish you a happy birthday) if we don't know when it is?!?  Thanks!

   From Frank Saunders (Hampton HS - '64) of VA - 07/25/07 - "HHS 64":

If this is not of good enough quality I can pull out the big one and scan that. This one came from the annual of HHS 64

   Thanks, Frank! I added this to our "Alumni" page:

http://nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html

     http://nnhs65.00freehost.com/alumni-list.html

  From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 07/26/07 - "Bank Account":

OUR BANK ACCOUNT

This is AWESOME....something we should all remember.


A 92-year-old, petite, well-poised and proud man, who is fully dressed each morning by eight o'clock, with his hair fashionably combed and shaved perfectly, even though he is legally blind, moved to a nursing home today.

His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary. After many hours of waiting patiently in the lobby of the nursing home, he smiled sweetly when told his room was ready.

As he maneuvered his walker to the elevator, I provided a visual description of his tiny room, including the eyelet sheets that had been hung on his window.

"I love it," he stated with the enthusiasm of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new puppy.

"Mr. Jones, you haven't seen the room; just wait."

"That doesn't have anything to do with it," he replied.

"Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn't depend on how the furniture is arranged... it's how I arrange my mind. I already decided to love it. It's a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice; I can spend the day in bed recounting the difficulty I have with the parts of my body that no longer work, or get out of bed and be thankful for the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as my eyes open, I'll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I've stored away. Just for this time in my life. Old age is like a bank account. You withdraw from what you've put in. So, my advice to you would be to deposit a lot of happiness in the bank account of memories! Thank you for your part in filling my Memory Bank. I am still depositing."
 

Remember the five simple rules to be happy:

1. Free your heart from hatred.

2. Free your mind from worries.

3. Live simply.

4. Give more.

5. Expect less.


..... Have a nice day, unless you already have other plans.

   Thank you, Shari!

  From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 07/26/07 - "HOW TO TELL IF YOUR FEET STINK!!!":

I have a gazillion messages. Sorry to bombard, but this is too cute!

How to tell if your feet stink!!     Thanks, Shari!

  From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 07/26/07:

There have been many, many times when I may have.
disturbed you,
troubled you,
pestered you,
irritated you,
bugged you or got on your nerves with all the emails I send,

So today I just wanna tell you that...

I PLAN TO CONTINUE

   Go right ahead, Lady!  I missed you while your computer was down!

  From Sepi Dinwiddie Prichard ('58) of NC - 07/26/07 - "Carol--summer songs":

Carol

Sweetie, do the summer songs have to be songs from the sixties? Cause if they don't, I have three so far that I can send you when I get home.

#1' Summertime' by Janis Joplin. #2 (60's) 'Boys of Summer' (not 60's) and 'Down Home Summertime Blues' by Norman Blake #3 this is blue grass-country and I have no idea when it was recorded. Reuben just mentioned a couple more, 'Under The Boardwalk', that one I don't have recorded but if you haven't used it yet I'm sure it would be easy to locate. Now he can't remember the second one he just mentioned, but I'm sure it will come to mind later.

Later: 'Walking on Sunshine' Katrina and the Waves, 'Summer Loving', from 'Grease', 'Up On The Roof', The Drifters, 'Schools Out', Alice Cooper (not my favorite) 'Hot Fun in the Summertime', Sly & The Family Stones', 'In The Summertime' Mungo Jerry, ' Margaritaville' J. Buffet, 'Saturday in the Park', Chicago, and 'Summer in the City', Lovin' Spoonful.

And one of my favorites, 'Sunshine Superman' by Donovan.

Hope this helps! Love from the Sacred soil of No. Va.
Sepi a.k.a. Mimi

   WOWZERONI, Lady!  Okay, the Mungo Jerry "In the Summertime", we already used:

http://nnhs65.00freehost.com/07-10-07-NNHS-In-the-Summertime.html

  Thanks, Sepi! Stay tuned, and we'll see what we can do!

  From Jean Poole Burton ('64) of RI - 07/26/07 - "Just thought of another one...":

How 'bout "I'll remember you...long after this endless summer...is gone...love you always...love you always, etc. I am not sure of the title...I think it was sung by the Lettermen or the Beach Boys! Don't remember any more of the words...

It is a gorgeous day here. Love, Jeanb

  From Jean Poole Burton ('64) of RI - 07/26/07 - "Found it...Don Ho sang it as well as others...":

.....I'll Remember You She's Gone Again.....


I'll Remember You She's Gone Again

words & music by Kui Lee


I'll remember you
Long after this endless summer is gone
I'll be lonely, oh so lonely
Living only to remember you

I'll remember too
Your voice as soft as a warm summer breeze
Your sweet laughter mornings after
Every after I'll remember you

Chorus:

To your arms some day
I'll return to stay 'til then

I will remember too
Every bright star we made wishes upon
Love me always promise always
You'll remember too

   Ummmm, okay, Jean thanks! That one's not ringing any bells with me at all.

  Oh, DA-VID.......

   From Frank Saunders (Hampton HS - '64) of VA - 07/26/07:

I was perusing through the website and saw a picture of      Bobby Turpin ('58 - of VA). I usually see him out on the Noland Trail in the mornings when I go for my daily run. Didn't know he attended NNHS, but there are a lot of things I don't know, but can't think of them right now. Sorta like I have never made a mistake; thought I had one time, but I was wrong???????

   WILD GIGGLES!!! You've stumbled onto a fact which we find proven more and more frequently as time passes.  Our lives here are connected and tangled and united by strings we couldn't possibly have imaged all those years ago.

   Thanks for the report!

    From Gloria Woolard Price (Hampton HS - '65) of FL - 07/26/07 - "Reply to    Dicky Dawes (NNHS/HHS - '62 - of VA)":

I thought I sent this reply to you, but it wasn't in the newsletter.


Hi, Dicky........

You're talking about Adrian's band. Watson Mishoe was not Adrian's brother. As far as I remember, Watson Mishoe did not play an instrument......he sang the country songs. Remember, this was Kenny and the Klovers, the Mishoe brothers' band. I know them because I go-go danced with them in 66/67. I might be wrong about Adrian drumming with them, but Gary Church was the rock and roll singer, and there was another Mishoe brother who played lead. I don't know when they broke up.....I moved away in 69, but returned in 70 and found out about Adrian's band at the Checkmate.

Gloria a' Go-Go

   OOPS! Sorry, Gloria!

  From Chandler Nelms (Hampton HS - '63) of MD to    Frank Saunders (Hampton HS - '64) of VA - 07/26/07:

Frank (aka FA),

The men's store in Hilton Village that you referred to was probably Beecroft and Bull, owned by Moss Beecroft. It may be still there on Warwick Boulevard. I know he also had one in VA Beach. I got to know Moss quite well through my job at the Varsity Shop and I later sold him a car.

Chandler Nelms

   Beecroft and Bull?!? That's definitely still there in Hilton Village, and Frank lives in Hilton now himself. I thought he was referring to a business which has closed sometime in the last forty-eleven years, but as you know, I live in a state of confusion most of the time myself.....

   Thanks, Chandler Darlin'!

   Say, that reminds me - Frank, would you refer to be called Frank or F.A.?  I seem to be confused about that as well.....

  From Sepi Dinwiddie Prichard ('58) of NC - 07/27/07 - "   Herb Hice is 83?":

Dear Carol...

I am totally amazed that our Favorite Marine, Herb Hice (of MI), is really 83 years old! I've seen men a LOT younger that look a whole lot OLDER!!! Herb, you still have that look on your face and in your eyes of a Marine that has proudly served your God, (and mine) your country, your family, and your fellow man! My guess is that you could still drop and show all these younger guys how to really do a MANS' push-up, beginning with 25!!!

		That picture of your beautiful family is a treasure...I believe that it takes someone very special to conceive their children in their hearts, and it seems your daughter and her husband found one another, and were obedient to what God asked them to do. I have heard there are some people that don't acknowledge grandchildren that are adopted, I have also heard that these same people die alone...apparently they freeze to death from hearts that are made of ice!! That's really COLD! Herb, I think that look on your face also comes from a job well done. THANK YOU!!! From my heart...Sepi Prichard
Sunday, July 1, 2007
The MacKay Family - Heidi, Don, Donnie, Hailey, Holly and Jacob

   Amen to ALL of that, Sepi!  Thanks!

AS PROMISED - STILL NOT:

  From Me ('65) of NC - 07/23/07:

From 07-13-07-NNHS-Lets-Hang-On.html - cheerleaders 1970, Mr. Leonard

   OOPS! Still not yet..... (LLPOF!)

6. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 7 - 9, 2007 - NNHS CLASS OF 1957

   Reunion information is ALWAYS posted very near the top on the front page, and on the Reunion Page section:

   As these five messages were consuming so much space on each Newsletter, I've decided just to publish the NEXT upcoming reunion on each Newsletter:
 

The NNHS Class of 1960 will hold a Typhoon Informal Reunion on Saturday, August 4th, 2007, at 3:00 PM at the Beach home of Mary Ann Edwards Elliot, 504 West Ocean View, Norfolk, VA Afternoon into evening beach party with covered dish dinner $15.00 per person   For information/reservations, please contact: Karen Weinstein Witte 14314 Wadsworth Dr. Odessa, FL  33556 813-920-9498 kwitte@tampabay.rr.com AND CHECK THIS WEB PAGE FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION - 04/02/07: nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1960.html

  From Christine Wilson Starkman ('68) of CA - 07/24/07 - "Summer's Not Over Yet! "- #1 in a Series of about 38:

It's not Buckroe, but it'll do in a rush! This is sand? Thought this was one you'd enjoy seeing; it all took place in British Columbia. THESE SEEM TO GET BETTER AND BETTER EACH YEAR...

 WOWZERS!!! Thanks, Chris!

   In the interest of time, and because I'm experiencing a couple of technical difficulties, I have removed several major items in reserve for next time!  Additionally, several more exciting items arrived in the mail, so you know - there's much, much more to come!

   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

Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini

(Brian Hyland)

 
She was afraid to come out of the locker
She was as nervous as she could be
She was afraid to come out of the locker
She was afraid that somebody would see
One, two, three, four, tell the people what she wore

[ It was an itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini
That she wore for the first time today.
An itsy bitsy teentie weenie yellow polka-dot bikini ]
So in the locker she wanted to stay.
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

She was afraid to come out in the open
And so a blanket around she wore
She was afraid to come out in the open
And so she sat bundled up on the shore
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore
[ repeat ]

So in the blanket she wanted to stay.
Two, three, four, stick around we'll tell you more

Now she is afraid to come out of the water
And I wonder what she's gonna do
Now she is afraid to come out of the water
And the poor little girl's turning blue
Two, three, four, tell the people what she wore
[ repeat ]

So in the water she wanted to stay.
From the locker to the blanket
From the blanket to the shore
From the shore to the water
Yes there isn't any more.

“Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” midi courtesy of http://ynucc.yeungnam.ac.kr/~bwlee/midi_i.htm - 07/21/07
located by Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/25/07 at the suggestion of Jean Poole Burton ('64) of RI - 07/23/07
Thanks, Jean - and Dave!

“Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” lyrics courtesy of http://yu.ac.kr/~bwlee/lyrics/ylpolka.htm - 07/25/07
also located by Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/25/07 at the suggestion of Jean Poole Burton ('64) of RI - 07/23/07
Thanks again, Jean and Dave!

Yellow Polka Dot Bikini Image courtesy of http://www.handsnpaws.com/product/WAGAPPWW25 - 07/25/07

 Yellow Polka Dot Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars2.html - 07/27/07

Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!

Hillsboro Topper (Band Version) clip art courtesy of http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/hhs/activities/music2/Band/bio.html - 06/07/08
Thanks, Mark!

Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thanks, Al!

Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/ - 10/02/05

Animated Laughter clip art courtesy of Janice McCain Rose ('65) of VA - 01/24/06
Thanks, Janice!

Animated Rolling on the Floor Laughing Boy courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 04/06/05

Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06

Marine Corps Seal clip art courtesy of Herbert Hice of MI - one of my Famous Marines who served in the South Pacific during WWII.
Thanks, Herbie!