![]() |
"I'm not confused, I'm just well
mixed." |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
If this is the first Newsletter you've received in a
mighty long time, it's because I have at last begun to try
to repair my fractured address books.
Would that I were finished.....
If you'd like to try to catch up with us, they're waiting for you here:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/NNHS-Newsletters.html
A very Happy Birthday today to Ellen Overton Weiss ('68) of VA!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
From Barbara Houston ('68) of Northern VA - 08/31/05:
Carol - happy birthday!
Seeing pictures of the lions at
Mariners' Museum brings back lots of memories.
As a child I was
fascinated with those lions.
Thank you for all the great work you do with the newsletter.
Barbara Houston, class of '68
Thank you,
Barbara! I've always loved those lions myself. When we first moved
to Newport News from Richmond
in January of 1954, the Mariners' Museum was one of the very first places we
visited - and we returned there often.
The lions always had some added significance to me - a symbol of a new welcoming
home and life, perhaps. They
delight me still.
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-H-M.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/mariners.html
From Jamey Douglas Bacon ('66) of VA - 08/31/05:
HOW COULD I
FORGET YOUR BIRTHDAY WHEN YOU DO SO MUCH FOR EVERYONE ELSE?
SORRY, HOPE IT WAS A GOOD ONE.
JAMEY
GIGGLES!!! Thanks, Jamey!
I almost whacked off all my hair in "celebration" ("When in doubt or
crisis,
cut your hair!"), but I was saved from such madness by not being able to
locate my scissors at that moment....
Thanks again for the card - it was such a cute one!
From Pauline Collins Shofner ('65) of VA - 08/31/05:
Carol,
Happy
Birthday! You remember us and how kind of you to do that. I hope that it was a
good one for you! Sorry that
this is late but I don’t check the computer each day.
It will be good to see you in October.
It’s always fun to read what everyone has to say.
Love,
Pauline
Thank you, Pauline! I
tried (very unwillingly, I might add!) that Not Checking the Computer
Every Day Plan myself
recently. I didn't like it !!!
I'm looking forward to seeing you and Charles again, too!
From Dee Hodges Bartram ('66) of VA - 08/31/05:
Thanks, Dee! Yeah, keep
those big bucks rolling in!
As a matter of fact, we did
go out to dinner. And anytime I'm working with y'all, I am doing
something special
for myself! I appreciate all your good wishes, Dee - thanks again!
From Jimmy ('64) and Melody Clendenin (Warwick HS - '66) DeBerry of VA - 09/01/05:
Carol, We hope you had a wonderful,
wonderful birthday on the 30th. So sorry this is a little
late. You are a special gal, and definitely the NNHS queen!
Best wishes to the sweetest,
Melody and Jimmy DeBerry
Awww - that's so sweet!
Thank you so much!
From Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 08/31/05:
Thank you, Sarah Sugah! Yeppers, yours is this next one in the queue; I'm exactly a week older than you!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
Hey, wait a minute! That ain't
right! If you're younger than I am, how is it that you're so much
taller than I am?!?
I meant to be tall! I had plans! I was gonna be tall! My
feet were gonna touch the floor and everything! If I'm older,
it's only fair that I should be taller! I think - - - hmmm?
Whazzat? Oh. I see.
"Nevermind!"
I was watching
the television coverage last night of
the damage left by Katrina. That much destruction and
suffering are all but incomprehensible. Our thoughts and prayers continue
to be with them.
Thanks again, Sarah Sugah!
From Bill Black ('66) of GA - 08/31/05 - "Choice of Music":
Sigh.
You know, if there were actually someone awake at the controls.......
Had things not broken for
three months, we would have played something different yesterday. We would
possibly
have chosen something different if I had been thinking, but as you know,
that's completely against my principles.
Here's the scoop. The
music is selected several weeks in advance. The pages themselves are
actually laid out a
couple of weeks in advance - MIDIS, lyrics, images, dividers, colors - all of
it. I'm set up even now through 09/17/05.
All I have to do is fill in the blanks. You'll notice in the credits that
that one was completely finished by 08/27/05,
although it had been so scheduled since 08/15/05 - left over from 04/30/05.
It was actually a slow one to develop,
because I kept thinking for several weeks that we already had that music
somewhere on the site. Dave Spriggs
('64 - of VA) (our Musical Genius) and I realized almost simultaneously that
I had been thinking of "Under the
Boardwalk" instead, but I digress.
You may wonder why I don't
choose the themes each day, allowing for spontaneity of thought and inspiration.
That, in fact, is what I did formerly. It was enormously stressful, and
caused me on a regular basis to be even less
aware of certain observances than I might be with a bit of forethought. I
switched to this system last December when
I anticipated a rush on my time and a drain on my brain, and so enjoyed the
freeing nature of it, I kept it.
The Monday, Wednesday, and
Friday themes are at this time coming from David's wonderful
Reunion CD
compilations.
The choices for any Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday editions come from my strange
brain. Oddly,
yesterday being Wednesday, that "Up on the Roof" number was next in line.
A sensitive person would have picked
up on that "little" flooding detail and done some last-minute shifting.
Now Bill, you just hafta know that's gonna let me out!
Hmmm - how 'bout I claim "theme-reinforcement"?
Naaaah - I might as
well 'fess up. I can honestly claim compulsive-obsessiveness ("We gotta
stick with the
schedule!!!"), or gross insensitivity, or a number of other things, but the
real truth is I was just unconscious at the
time - too wrapped up in my own little world. The brutal reality is - I
didn't even notice.
I would apologize for it all,
but it's tacky to both explain and apologize, and I've already explained, so - -
- hey, you
don't want me to be tacky on top of everything else, do you, Bill?!?
But thanks for trying to raise my consciousness!
|
|
From Dave Arnold ('65) of VA - 08/31/05:
Received regrets today from Steve Burns ('65 - of MN).
Dave
Oh, CRUM - and I was looking forward to seeing Steve again! Sigh. Thanks, Dave.
In the same line, when
Linda Lana Lane ('64) of VA phoned me for my birthday, she realized to her
dismay -
and mine - that she also would be unable to attend. ARGHHH!!!
I've marked their names accordingly:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-page.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2005-65.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2005-attending.html
And the rest of y'all need to get your money turned in to Dave prontito! You're making me nervous!
From Janice McCain Rose ('65) of VA - 08/31/05:
Thanks, Carol, for including the
link I sent to help the animals.....fyi.....Fred's office, Scott & Stringfellow,
BB&T, is matching employee contributions to the American Red Cross.....this is
the first I can ever remember of the firm
doing something like this....
A
lso thanks for the second link to the the Humane Society to help the animals....it's so easy to donate online to helpFrom Cheryl Mays Howard ('66) of VA - 08/31/05:
Thank you for the image of you and Eleanor, Cheryl! I remember your duets fondly!
And you're right! I was a big folk music fan myself, and even sang in The Coffee House in Norfolk a time or two while I was in college. But it's true - you can't dance to it. Sigh.
As a consolation for you, Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA has located a wonderful old favorite to appear as the theme for an upcoming Newsletter. (Thanks, Dave!)
From Janice McCain Rose ('65) of VA - 08/31/05:
OOOOH, Janice! I must have missed an earlier news flash! This one came as a big surprise to me! What a beautiful, bright-eyed baby girl!
Thanks so much for sharing this! I've posted her on our News page:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/news.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/news-2005.html
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 08/31/05:
Lookie:
![]() |
||
25th Street and Washington Avenue, Downtown Newport News |
||
D
OHHHH, David - what a
beauty! There was a spot on our Downtown page in the top row just
waiting for it, too!
Thanks so much! How I love that page!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-C-G.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/downtown.html
BACKLOG:
From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - (referring to information submitted on 04/25/05) - 08/31/05:
Pastor Tesh also had a younger daughter, Jean
Tesh, who was an athlete as well. I do not recall the year
Jean graduated from NNHS. I am
confident when this recollection hits the
Newsletter many of your
subscribers will also provide their own recollections.
Thanks, Adonis! I couldn't find Jean in my Anchors. I was probably looking right at her....
Jack now lives in Greensboro. He attended the memorial service for Mr.
McIntosh in June. I didn't get to speak
with him, but Bobby Turpin ('58) of VA kindly pointed him out to me. (Oh,
all right - I was too chicken to speak
to him! I told you I was a big ol' fraidy-cat!!!)
I added your memories to the page:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/our-places-worship.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/tabernacle-baptist.html
From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - (referring to information submitted on 04/25/05) - 08/31/05:
Hi, Carol:
Glad your PC did not loose the photos of
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School
when it "crashed" in the spring.
When I took the photos of this school building there was no doubt that it was
no longer in use and was boarded up
and fenced. It replaced a much older red brick building that sat on the lot
next to
Tabernacle
Baptist Church
in the 600 Block of 30th Street in the
East End
section of Newport News. I attended 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade
at this school, and after two weeks in the 3rd Grade, I was promoted to the
4th Grade and transferred
to
Walter Reed School.
Skipping a grade was not a good thing as far as participation in sports in
high school.
I found my niche as a Manager with the
TYPHOON
Basketball program during a very exciting time,
so it was not all loss. It sure affected my social life, for I was far too
timid and shy to attend dances in high school.
I hope we can locate a photo of the old red brick building that was also the
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School.
TYPHOON Regards,
Joe Madagan
Thanks, Adonis! So do we!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/our-schools.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/thomas-jefferson-school.html - brand new page
There are several other goodies awaiting to be included in tomorrow's regular Newsletter, but I've saved them.
Y'all have a good day - and take care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER!
Love to all, Carol
==============================================
NNHS CLASS OF '65 WEB SITE:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com
PERSONAL WEB SITE:
http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/cluckmeat
==============================================
I Didn't Know What Time It Was
Lyrics by: Lorenz Hart;
Music by: Richard Rodgers
- From the Show: Too Many Girls (1939)
- From the Film: Pal Joey (1957)
I didn't know what time it was, then I met you
Oh what a lovely time it was, how sublime it was too!
I didn't know what day it was, you held my hand.
Warm like the month of May it was and I'll say it was grand.
Grand to be alive, to be young, to be mad, to be yours alone!
Grand to see your face, feel your touch, hear your voice say I'm all your own!
I didn't know what year it was, life was no prize.
I wanted love and here it was shining out of your eyes.
I'm wise and I know what time it is now.
"I Didn't
Know What Time It Was" midi courtesy of http://www.thursdayschild.org/mframe_archive.htm
brilliantly located for us by Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 08/25/05
Thanks so much, Dave!
"I Didn't
Know What Time It Was" lyrics courtesy of http://www.spiritofsinatra.com/pages/Lyrics
/i/I_Didnt_Know_What_Time.htm
- 08/24/05
Chris White's "Hands of Time" Image courtesy of http://www.kerygmacinematology.com/gallery/abstract/hands_of_time.html - 08/29/05
Six Clocks clip art used to form Divider Lines courtesy of http://www.clippix.com/things/clocks.shtml - 08/31/05
Twirling Dollar Bill clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars40.html - 09/01/05
Animated Rolling on the Floor Laughing Boy courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 04/06/05
Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip
art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!