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08/28/08 - NNHS Newsletter -
“To meet, to know, to love—and then to part,
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
This is a new Newsletter theme for us, brought to you courtesy of my Haunted Radio. I'm not overly fond of the midi because it sounds rather heavy-handed, so be sure to catch the Bonus Video:
BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUlUfsqK-T8 - This One's for You - Barry Manilow - featuring scenes of Winnipeg, Manitoba
BIRTHDAYS
- TODAY AND UPCOMING:
Happy Birthday today
to
Tony Lapides ('57)!
Happy Birthday tomorrow
to
Richard Coltrane ('57)
AND
Connie Bloxom Thompson ('66) of MD!
Happy Birthday this week to:
30 -
Me
('65) of NC
AND
Chuck Springfield ('66) of VA;
31 -
Pat Beck Letzinger ('57) of VA
AND
Joan Lauterbach Krause ('60) of VA
AND
Elaine Wilkinson Bracken ('61) of VA
AND
My Grandson, Jacob Harty of OR;
1 - Ellen Overton Weiss ('68) of VA;
2 - Frances Adams Smith ('57)
AND
Dustin Baker (Norview HS - '65) of MA;
3 - Morton Binder ('57)!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
As of 08/17/08, the page
originally suggested by
Frances Goodson Wang ('65) of MD
on 01/22/04
has been reactivated:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/requests-prayers.html - updated 08/26/08
Hopefully, this will help
address the problem in a number of ways. Just don't forget to click on it
each time!
NEWS FLASHES:
1.
From Richard Dawes (NNHS / HHS
- '62) of VA - 08/26/08 - "Republican Convention":
Have you ever heard the saying, “The Camel has his nose under the tent”? Well, that is the way I feel. You see, I have been given the honor of going to the Republican National Convention next week as part of the Virginia State delegation. I am of the age now, knowing that I may never get this opportunity again. I have always watched both parties conventions most of my life and thought it would be a lot of fun going to one. So far, it has only been a lot of work. For those that will be watching the Republican convention, I will be wearing an Orange Baseball cap, given to me by Jim Gilmore. I will also try to get a sign onto the floor that says, “BUILD THE FENCE” on one side and “DRILL NOW” on the other. If the sign gets taken away from me, I will just leave the floor and go to the parties. (I hope they take the sign).
Best to you
Dicky
WOWZERONI-RINI-ROONI!
Congratulations,
Dicky! That's about the most exciting bit of news I've had lately!
Have a marvelous time, and we'll be watching for you!
2.
From Susie Overton Jones ('63) of AL - 08/27/08 - "Please welcome our
granddaughter":
OHHHH,
what a beautiful precious little tiny doll baby she is!
(It's a well-known fact that I think newborn
babies are the most-beautiful creatures on earth.)
Congratulations
to one and all!
And y'all are
moving back home!! How delightful - I'm doubly happy for you!
Thank you so much for sharing all your joyful news with us, Susie!
From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 08/26/08 - "Maxine":
Sometimes I think Maxine should run for president -- she was right on with this one!
Think about this:
1. Cows
2. The Constitution
3. The Ten Commandments
COWS
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow
epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three
years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And,
they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11
million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each
of them a cow.
THE CONSTITUTION
They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq .... why don't we just
give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys, it has worked for
over 200 years, and we're not using it anymore.
THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
The real reason that we can't have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse
is this -- you cannot post 'Thou Shalt Not Steal', 'Thou Shalt Not Commit
Adultery', and 'Thou Shall Not Lie' in a building full of lawyers, judges and
politicians ... it creates a hostile work environment.
Also, think about this ... if you don't want to
forward this for fear of offending someone -- YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM!
It is time for America to speak up!
Yep, I passed it on!
WILD GIGGLES!!!
So did I, Norris - Thanks!
From
Wayne
Stokes ('65) of VA -
08/26/08 - "Top 8 Morons of 2008":
1. WILL THE REAL DUMMY PLEASE STAND UP? AT&T
fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked intellectual
leadership. He received a $26 million severance package. Perhaps it's not Walter
who's lacking intelligence.
2. WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM OUR FRIENDS: Police in Oakland, CA spent two hours
attempting to subdue a gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After
firing ten tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing
beside them in the police line, shouting, 'Please come out and give yourself
up.'
3. WHAT WAS PLAN B? An Illinois man, pretending to have a gun, kidnapped a
motorist and forced him to drive to two different automated teller machines,
during which the kidnapper proceeded to withdraw money from his own bank
accounts.
4. THE GETAWAY! A man walked into a Topeka, Kansas Kiwi Stop and asked for all
the money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he tied up
the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three hours until police
showed up and grabbed him.
5. DID I SAY THAT? Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect
who just couldn't control himself during a lineup. When detectives asked each
man in the lineup to repeat the words, 'Give me all your money or I'll shoot,'
the man shouted, 'That's not what I said!'
6. ARE WE COMMUNICATING? A man spoke frantically into the phone, 'My wife is
pregnant and her contractions a re only two minutes apart.' 'Is this her first
child?' the doctor asked. 'No!' the man shouted. 'This is her husband!'
7. NOT THE SHARPEST TOOL IN THE SHED! In Modesto, CA, Steven Richard King was
arrested for trying to hold up a Bank of America branch without a weapon. King
used a thumb and a finger to simulate a gun. Unfortunately, he failed to keep
his hand in his pocket. (Hellooooooo)!
8. THE GRAND FINALE!!! Last summer, down on Lake Isabella, located in the high
desert, an hour east of Bakersfield, CA, some folks, new to boating, were having
a problem. No matter how hard they tried, they couldn't get their brand new 22
foot boat, going. It was very sluggish in almost every maneuver, no matter how
much power they applied. After about an hour of trying to make it go, they put
into a nearby marina, thinking someone there may be able to tell them what was
wrong. A thorough topside check revealed everything in perfect working
condition: The engine ran fine, the out-drive went up and down and the propeller
was the correct size and pitch. So, one of the marina guys jumped in the water
to check underneath. He came up choking on water, he was laughing so hard.
They still had the trailer attached to the bottom of the boat.
Thanks,
Wayne Honey!
From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 08/26/08 - "Ed Freeman - RIP":
You're an 18 or 19 year old kid. You're critically wounded, and dying in the jungle in the Ia Drang Valley, 11-14-1965.
LZ Xray, Vietnam. Your Infantry
Unit is outnumbered 8 - 1, and the enemy fire is so intense, from 100 or 200
yards away, that your own Infantry Commander has ordered the Medi-Vac
helicopters to stop coming in.
You're lying there, listening to the enemy machine guns, and you know you're not
getting out. Your family is 1/2 way around the world, 12,000 miles away, and
you'll never see them again.
As the world starts to fade in and out, you know this is the day. Then, over the
machine gun noise, you faintly hear that sound of a helicopter, and you look up
to see a Huey, but it doesn't seem real, because no Medi-Vac markings are on it.
Ed Freeman is coming for you.
He's not Medi-Vac, so it's not his job, but he's flying his Huey down into the
machine gun fire, after the Medi-Vacs were ordered not to come.
He's coming anyway.
And he drops it in, and sits there in the machine gun fire, as they load 2 or 3
of you on board.
Then he flies you up and out through the gunfire, to the Doctors and Nurses.
And, he kept coming back...... 13 more times..... and took about
30 of you and your buddies out, who would never have gotten out.
Medal of Honor Winner Ed Freeman died this week (Wednesday, August 20, 2008) at
80, in Boise, ID.
None of that is Hollywood fiction.
God Bless Ed Freeman.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
AMEN! Thanks so much for sharing
this with us, Norris!
From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 08/27/08 - "Famous Airman: Jimmy Stewart":
WOWZERONI!
What a treasure! Thanks so
much, Major Madagan!
I gratefully added it to that page:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/famous-airmen.html
From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of
VA - 08/27/08 - "DONKEY RAFFLE":
Chuck replied, 'Well, then, just give me my money
back.'
Chuck said, 'Ok, then, just bring me the dead donkey.'
The farmer asked, 'What ya gonna do with him?
Chuck said, 'I'm going to raffle him off.'
The farmer said, 'You can't raffle off a dead donkey!'
Chuck said, 'Sure I can. Watch me. I just won't tell anybody he's dead.'
A month later, the farmer met up with Chuck and asked, 'What happened with that dead donkey?'
Chuck said, 'I raffled him off. I sold 500 tickets at two dollars a piece and made a profit of $898.00.'
The farmer said, 'Didn't anyone complain?'
Chuck said, 'Just the guy who won. So I gave him his
two dollars back.'
SAD
GIGGLES! Thanks, Joyce!
From
Glenn Dye
('60) of TX - 08/27/08:
We've used that great old song twice before on our site, Glenn:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-A-B.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/boys-club.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/NNHS-Newsletters-2007.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/07-31-07-NNHS-Where-the-Boys-Are.html
Of course, that was long before we began attaching YouTube videos, so try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL3up4bs6Cs - Connie Francis - Where The Boys Are
Thanks, Glenn!
From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of
VA - 08/27/08 - "Press One for English....":
LOVE
THIS!!! YOU'VE GOT TO WATCH THIS! IT'S #1 SONG PLAYED ALL OVER THE
COUNTRY. BUT YOU WON'T HEAR IT ON THE RADIO OR ON THE NEWS.
I WONDER
WHY.... . .. . . . . . .
Click on the link
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Thank you, Joyce!
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
- 03/31/082. Saturday, September 27, 2008 - EVERYONE:
Evelyn Fryer Fish's Birthday Party for All of Us
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/09-30-06-EVELYNS-PARTY.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/09-29-07-EVELYNS-PARTY.htm
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/09-27-08-EVELYNS-PARTY.html
3. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 17 - 19, 2008 - NNHS CLASS OF 1963 - AND PERHAPS OTHERS:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1963.html
- 07/23/08
Y'all take good 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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This One's for You
(Barry
Manilow),
1976
(b. 17 June 1943)
This one will never
sell
They'll never understand
I don't even sing it well
I try but I just can't
But I sing it every night
And I fight to keep it in
'Cause this one's for you
This one's for you
I've done a hundred songs
From fantasy to lies
But this one so real for me
That I'm the one who cries
And I sing it every night
And I fight to hide the tears
'Cause this one's for you
This one's for you
This one's for you
Wherever you are
To say that nothing's been the same
Since we've been apart
This one's for all the love we once knew
Like everything else I have
This one's for you ohhhhh
I've got it all, it seems
For all it means to me
But I sing of things I miss
And things that used to be
And I wonder every night
If you might just miss me, too
And I sing for you
I sing for you
This one's for you
Wherever I go
To say the things I should have said
Things that you should know
This one's to say that all I can do
Is hope that you will hear me sing
'Cause this one's for you ohhhh
This one's for you
Wherever you are
To say that nothing's been the same
Since we've been apart ohhhh
This one's for all the love we once knew
Like everything else I have
This one's for you
"This One's for You" midi courtesy of
http://www.garyrog.50megs.com/midi3.html - 08/28/08
"This One's for You" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/barry_manilow/this_ones_for_you.html
- 08/28/08
Animated Sparkling Pink Roses clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA -
05/13/06
Thanks, Al!
Peach Heart Line clip
art courtesy of
http://members.tripod.com/~emelinda/index-12.html
- 07/18/04
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
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!
Animated "NEW" clip art courtesy of http://gifsnow.com/ - 03/07/06
Animated Laughing Kitty courtesy of Tom Flax ('64) of VA - 06/03/06
Thanks, Tommy!
Army Seal clip art also courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thanks again, Al!