09/03/10 - NNHS Newsletter -
I've Got You Under My Skin

“There's nothing more irresistible to a man than a woman who's in love with him.”

- Ernest Lehman
(08 Dec 1915 - 02 July 2005)

September 03, 1941 - The Holocaust: Karl Fritzsch, deputy camp commandant of the Auschwitz concentration camp, experimented with the use of Zyklon B in the gassing of Soviet POWs.

September 03, 1942 - In response to news of its coming liquidation, Dov Lopatyn led an uprising in the Ghetto of Lakhva, in present-day Belarus.

September 03, 1943 - Italy was invaded by the Allied forces.

September 03, 1944 - The Holocaust: diarist Anne Frank and her family were placed on the last transport train from Westerbork to Auschwitz, arriving three days later.

September 03, 1945 - A three-day celebration was held in China, following the Victory over Japan Day on September 2.

Many, many thanks for all your help in assisting Grace win for August.  The contest goes till the end of September.  And then, it goes to the end of the year.  If she wins at the end of September she gets her picture on a bag of dog food.  Woopee!!, if she winds at the end of the year she gets $200.00 worth of dog food.  Again thanks for all your help.....

About    Kenny Womack ('60) (10 Sept 1941 - 12 Aug 2010),  In 1961 or 62 Kenny was on the Apprentice School Football team.  Some how the subject of arm wrestling came up.  Kenny arm wrestled everyone on the team, one after another.  Probably 65 guys, and beat everyone.  I don't know what ever happened to him.  He was a real character.

    OH, Grace WON for August!!! WOWZERONI!!! I'm so excited!  I was afraid by my bogging down here the last couple of days I had let y'all down! Besides, I missed having her "grace" our Newsletter (sorry - I suppose I inherited that dreadful punning from my dear mama....).
   Thanks so much for the memory of Kenny Womack. If they don't publish his obituary soon, I'll have to make his Memorial Newsletter out of thin air, so every glimpse of who and what he was is of great value to me.

   Thanks again, Norris!

   Oh, Laura is your daughter, Norris! Well, that makes it all the more important! When I tried to vote for Grace again today, I noticed the site was trying to pull a switcheroo on me. It tried to persuade me to vote for the wrong Grace!  OH, NO!

   That's why I've included the link to all the candidates named Grace, along with the image of The Real Grace, lest there be any confusion. As y'all can see, she's a Weimaraner from Richmond.

http://www.adogslife.net/photo_gallery.php?pg=&limit=40&sort=tnid&type=tnap&field=dog_name&keyword=grace#14296

   Vote early, and vote often - or at least cast your allotted daily vote!

   Why, certainly, J - thank you!

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

Today's my birthday and it made me happy to see myself mentioned again in your NNHS Newsletter. I see that most people mentioned there have provided you with both then and now photos so I've attached a "now" picture of me you may use if you'd like. We'll be kicking back today hoping that Earl doesn't wash out the grass seed we just spread.

   With technological advances, it becomes easier to locate people these days, but we don't always like what we find. I've often wondered about our old friends from Old Dominion. Besides you, the only one of our friends back in those days about whom I've ever learned anything was    Gay Saget (09 Jan 1947 - 10 Apr 1994). Who knew that her little brother    Bob would grow up to be so famous - or that she herself would endure such pain and tragedy?!?

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Saget:

Saget directed the 1996 ABC television movie For Hope, which was inspired by the life story of his sister, Gay Saget, who died from scleroderma three years earlier.^[1] Saget is currently a board member of the Scleroderma Research Foundation. His scleroderma efforts have further benefited such celebrities as Scary Movie star, Regina Hall. “When my mom was diagnosed, I didn’t know much about the condition. But Dana Delaney, who is an actress and now a friend of mine, put me in touch with Bob Saget. Bob had made a television movie about scleroderma years ago because his sister had died from it. That was back when they didn’t even know what it was. Anyway, Bob had a group called the Scleroderma Research Foundation, so I donated to that and my mother even went to the doctor Bob had suggested, who happened to be over at Johns Hopkins.”^[10]

   Here, Dusty - have some more birthday cake - and give our love to Roberta!

    COOL BEANS! Thanks, Jane!

One day a woman's husband died, and on that clear, cold morning, in the warmth of their bedroom, the wife was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't "anymore". No more hugs, no more special moments to celebrate together, no more phone calls just to chat, no more "just one minute." Sometimes, what we care about the most gets all used up and goes away, never to return before we can say good-bye, say, "I love you."

So while we have it, it's best we love it, care for it, fix it when it's broken and heal it when it's sick. This is true for marriage.....And old cars... And children with bad report cards, and dogs with bad hips, and aging parents and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.

Some things we keep -- like a best friend who moved away or a sister-in-law after divorce. There are just some things that make us happy, no matter what.

Life is important, like people we know who are special.. And so, we keep them close!

I received this from someone who thought I was a 'keeper'! Then I sent it to the people I think of in the same way... Now it's your turn to send this to all those people who are "keepers" in your life, including the person who sent it, if you feel that way.  Suppose one morning you never wake up, do all your friends know you love them?

I was thinking...I could die today, tomorrow or next week, and I wondered if I had any wounds needing to be healed, friendships that needed rekindling or three words needing to be said.

Let every one of your friends know you love them. Even if you think they don't love you back, you would be amazed at what those three little words and a smile J can do.  And just in case I'm gone tomorrow...

I LOVE YA!!!

Live today because tomorrow is not promised.