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	08/28/09 - NNHS Newsletter - White Bird “The caged bird sings with A fearful trill of things unknown But longed for still and his Tune is heard on the distant hill For the caged bird sings of freedom.” - Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, 1969 (b. 04 Apr 1928)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,

   Today's WHITE Newsletter features a song from 1969 that I never recall hearing before, but I think it's quite lovely.  I hope you'll agree!

BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmb69MdeJBc - White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day - set to beautiful animations!

BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0J77CRMeTA - White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day, Live, 1971- great nine-minute video!

BONUS #3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbA_TZn35LA - White Bird - It's a Beautiful Day, Live

40 YEARS AGO TODAY:

Thursday, August 28, 1969 - Actor and musician (Tenacious D) Jack Black was born in Santa Monica, California.

UPDATE ON "THE PROBLEM" - 08/28/09:

   Some few of you are have been blocked from viewing the site since 07/20/09 out of safety concerns.  Most of y'all are not.  Our server, 00freehost.com also hosts many, many other sites.  Five (down from six) of them are having malware "issues", so to protect the general public from any possible harm, a warning has been placed by some systems.

Of the 367 pages we tested on the site over the past 90 days, 83 page(s) resulted in malicious software being downloaded and installed without user consent. The last time Google visited this site was on 2009-08-28, and the last time suspicious content was found on this site was on 2009-08-17.

   HEY!!!  They checked it again today, and haven't found anything harmful (still on those same five of 00freehost's hosted sites) in eleven days!  D'ya think it may soon be over - that .00freehost will finally do something about those offending sites so that this nightmare will end for the rest of us?!?

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

   Happy Birthday today to   the late Tony Lapides ('57) (deceased 06/18/09)!

   Happy Birthday this week to:

29 -    Richard Coltrane ('57) of __ AND    the late Connie Bloxom Thompson ('66) (deceased 09/17/08);

30 -      Me ('65) of IL 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 TX;

01 - Ellen Overton Weiss ('68) of VA;

02 - Frances Adams Smith ('57) AND   Dustin Baker (Norview HS - '65) of MA;

03 - Morton Binder ('57)!

   Many Happy Returns, One and All!

      From Dimples Dinwiddie Prichard ('58) of NC - 08/27/09 - "can't open the Newsletter !":

STILL !

Dimples

   I know, Lady, I know! Sigh.....

  From Doug Nelson ('64) of VA - 08/27/09:

Dear Carol,

... I have enjoyed scanning your newsletters for the last five years or so, ever since I ran across it one Saturday night when on a whim I did a Google search on myself.  It is the remembrances of those childhood times at NNHS, and growing up in Newport News that I enjoy.

... I have also noticed, like       Wayne Stokes ('65) of VA and      Joe Madagan (57) of FL, that fewer people are writing in to share their memories of growing up on the Peninsula.

It occurred to me a few years ago that you, and         Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA, are doing something significant.  You have contributed to the preservation of the history of Newport News, and Hampton Roads, in a way no one else has.  I hope that your website and newsletters are being archived in some way.

I hope your new life in Illinois is going well, and I will continue to look forward to your upcoming newsletters.

Sincerely, Doug

P.S. Please change my email address to den5370@gmail.com. It is ok to post on your website.

   Thank you so much, Doug! I think we're seeing a trend developing now to sharing more of those precious memories!

   I've added your new email addy to the contact page for your class:

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

     http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/contact-ALL.html

          http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/contact-1964.html

    From Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 08/27/09 - "Magruder Elementary":

A short note regarding     Joe Madagan's ('57) FL accurate description of the old Magruder Elementary School. I remember it being the same architecture and style as the original Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, adjacent to the Tabernacle Baptist Church on 30th Street; and, the same as John W. Daniel Elementary "over town," with the wide first floor corridor reached from the fairly steep concrete steps. The cafeteria was in the basement, auditorium on the top floor.

      

   No kidding?? Sooo, we've established that this building was located at the corner of 22nd Street and Roanoke Avenue.  If you were headed up Roanoke Avenue, duh, northwest (basically) from Stuart Gardens towards Williamsburg (not that anyone would ever drive THAT far very often back then!), on which side of the street would this be seen?  And would it be just before or just after you reached 22nd Street? 

   I don't really hold out too much hope that I'm actually going to remember it, but "it's so crazy, it just might work!"

A further note, I was enrolled at Thomas Jefferson at the old school building, which was torn down between the end of the 1949 school year and opening of the new school in September. For some reason I thought the original Magruder was once called George Washington Elementary School. I sometimes walked by it on the way home from Walter Reed.

Norm Covert ('61) MD

I've added your memory to the Magruder School page:

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

     http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/our-schools.html

          http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/bankhead-magruder-school.html

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    From Glenn Dye ('60) of TX - 08/27/09 - "First woman on the moon":

First woman on the moon You have to be old enough to appreciate this.   If you don't understand it, you are too young.			Thanks, Glenn!

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    From Norm Covert ('61) of MD -

Webdoll,

Here’s hoping you are bouncing back from your frequent bouts of “It ain’t workin' today, OK?” Some of us suffer from the “vapors,” mostly the “get up and go has got up and-went,” and some ailments in which no humor can be attached.

   The vapors! I love it! Here's some more fascinating background reading on the subject:

http://www.shasta.com/suesgoodco/newcivilians/faq/qvapors.htm

Interesting that a writer would comment about the a perceived recent paucity of reminiscence. While rearranging my office (the only option), I uncovered photographs of long ago that included images of several classmates who have suffered untimely deaths.

   Buried treasures! How delightful - and also poignant - for you, Norm! Thank you so much! Of course, we'd love to see them and archive them, too!

Among the pictures emerging from the archives: Miss Ann Powell’s second grade class at Thomas Jefferson Elementary School in May 1951; Mrs. Burton’s fourth grade class at Walter Reed Elementary School spring 1953; and Miss Ellena Armstrong’s seventh grade class of John W. Daniel Elementary School in 1956. I need help identifying all the wonderful kids in those elementary school pictures and if you desire I will send them in a separate missive.

The revelation included a photo taken in spring of 1961 by the Daily Press for a story on The Beacon, which had been awarded citations at the annual Scholastic Press Association’s annual judging in New York City.

I also uncovered a cache of The Beacons that, given time, I could scan for you, if interested.

In the meantime, I thought you might want to add this to The Beacon page that has grown through the attention of        Dave Spriggs (’64 Va.) and your generous labor.

		I’ve attached The Beacon photo, which shows (from left): Norman Covert (’61), Wanda Thornhill (’62), the late good friend    Jerry Zoumplis (’61) (d. 07 Mar 2005), Diana Merrill (’61), Debby Horton (’62) and (seated right) Editor    Paulette Odom (’61). We had a terrific staff.   Elijah Pillow was our capable advisor for school years 1958-59 and 1959-60.    Mrs. Rebecca Lovelace succeeded him in the fall of 1960.

Norm Covert (’61) MD

WOWZERS!!! That is so cool! Thanks, Normie!    It reminded me of this image I snagged three years ago from the 1961 Anchor.  I've placed them both on the Beacon opening page: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html      http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Beacons.html
		Mrs. Lovelace, Wanda Thornhill ('62), Debby Holton ('62) and Bobby Dick ('61)
		1961 Anchor, p. 39

1.    Jane Chambers of VA - 07/01/09 - "CNC BOOK BROCHURE & AD":

2.        From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/02/09 - "NNHS 64/45 REUNION PAGE UPDATES":

FINALLY:

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

  Y'all take good care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER!  We'll Always Have Buckroe!

                          Love to all, Carol