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	09/10/16 - NNHS Newsletter - The Ash Grove “A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.” - Edward de Bono (b. 19 May 1933)

   Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
   For reasons no longer known to me, I can never think of "The Ash Grove" without remembering   Carla Fine Cripps ('65) of South Australia, and the sweet, idyllic days of our childhood in the Stuart Homes Apartments and at Magruder School.

Thanks, Carla - for everything! BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qak5Vb209Ng - The Ash Grove - Laura Wright

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

The Ash Grove (Welsh: Llwyn Onn) is a traditional Welsh folk song whose melody has been set to numerous sets of lyrics. The most well-known was written, in English, by John Oxenford in the 19th century.

The first published version of the tune was in 1802 in "The Bardic Museum". The book was written by Edward Jones, a harpist. About 4 years later a version with words appeared, under the name "Llwyn Onn". It tells of a sailor's love for "Gwen of Llwyn". The tune might be much older, as a similar tune appears in "The Beggar's Opera" by John Gay (1728), in the song "Cease Your Funning". In 1922 , however Kidson claimed that John Gay's tune derives from the morris dance tune "Constant Billy", which is first known in Playford's "Dancing Master".

The tune of "The Ash Grove" is used for the hymn "Let All Things Now Living" in 1939 by composer Katherine K. Davis. This hymnal version resulted in it being included on a number of Christmas albums up through the 50s; like Jan August's 1955 album "Christmas Favorites" (Mercury Records #MG 20160). It was in use as a hymnal long before the 20th century under the title "The Master Hath Come" by Sarah Doudney (1871) and has been updated since in a retelling of the nativity by Robert Cullinan as "On This Night, Most Holy" (1996). Around 1962 another song called "The Irish Free State" was written to this tune. "The Ash Grove" featured in the 1980 BBC mini-series Pride and Prejudice.

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

Happy Birthday today to   The late Mr. Pete Robinson (deceased 12/23/03)!    Happy Birthday tomorrow to  The late Bobby Hedrick ('58) (deceased 08/31/09) AND   J. Harrison ('58) of GA AND   My Grandson, Jimmy Harty of TX!    Happy Birthday this week to:

13 - The late  Louis "Fuzzy" Turner ('63) (deceased 09/15/12);

14 -  The late Bill Brewer ('57) (deceased 08/30/12)  AND  Jeanette Parrish Houston ('64) of VA AND    Rick Harman ('65) of VA;

16 -   The late Tena Goodson Hensel (June '39) (deceased 06/09/15) AND    the late Mr. John Huller ('43) (deceased 07/29/09) AND Brian Cooper of SC;

17 - The late Mr. George McIntosh (deceased - 05/04/05) AND Hugh McLawhorne ('57) AND  Ed Nichols ('62) of Northern VA!

   Many Happy Returns, One and All!

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

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THIS DAY IN WWII:

September 10, 1939 - The submarine HMS Oxley was mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and became the Royal Navy's first loss. September 10, 1939 - Canada declared war on Nazi Germany, joining the Allies – France, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia. September 10, 1940 - In Britain, Buckingham Palace was hit by a German bomb. September 10, 1942 - The British Army carried out an amphibious landing on Madagascar to re-launch Allied offensive operations in the Madagascar Campaign. September 10, 1942 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt mandated gasoline rationing as part of the U.S. wartime effort. September 10, 1943 - German forces began their occupation of Rome. September 10, 1945 - Vidkun Quisling was sentenced to death in Norway for his collaboration with Nazi Germany after the 1940 invasion. He was the founder of Norway's National Party in 1934, which was an imitation of Hitler's National Socialist Party. September 10, 1948 - Mildred "Axis Sally" Gillars was indicted for treason in Washington, DC. Gillars, a Nazi radio propagandist, was convicted and spent 12 years in prison. September 10, 1952 - The German and Israeli governments signed an agreement that provided almost a billion dollars in reparations for Nazi war crimes against Jewish people. September 10, 1989 - The Hungarian government opened its border for East German refugees. September 10, 2002 - The film "Max" had its world premiere. The movie starred John Cusack as a fictional Jewish gallery owner who becomes mentor to Adolf Hitler.

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THIS DAY IN 1966:

“Right now I have a milk mustache. I grew it on a cattle ranch, and then glued it to my face.” - Jarod Kintz (b. 05 Mar 1982)

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From Catherine Schaaf-Poms of VA - 09/08/16, 2:27 PM - "Newport News Memories":

Good afternoon,  My name is Kit, and I am a cataloger at the Mariners' Museum. For the last year, two people and I have been processing about 16,000 photos of the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation from 1942-1946, and with a very few exceptions (keepsakes, mainly) the photos show installations in the area, local civilians in various occupations, and local attractions. We are working on getting them scanned and put up online, but as I'm sure you can imagine, that volume of imagery will take a long, long time. If you are interested in seeing what little we have available so far, some are going into the Mariners' Museum blog (http://www.marinersmuseum.org/blog/library-and-archives/) or on our Tumblr (http://themarinersmuseum.tumblr.com/). Eventually they will be searchable in the museum catalog, but that's going to require a good deal more work.   We are starting to work on advance planning for an exhibit that should go up in the next few years, and I'm interested in collection local memories and recollections of the era, if anyone is around who remembers it. I've gotten some interesting stories from the NNHS website, but if you or anyone you know of might want to tell more, I'd love to hear the stories. I can be reached at cpoms@marinersmuseum.org.    WOWZERONI! Thank you, Kit - what a fabulous opportunity!   "Anyone? Anyone?"

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 From Jerry Blanchard ('62) of VA - 09/08/16:

		SAD, ISN'T IT?  Thank you, Jerry!

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From My Cousin, Jean Atkinson Mallory (Warsaw HS / Rappahannock HS / John Marshall HS - '65) of VA - 09/08/16:     Thanks, Jean!     BONUS WHISPER SHAWL KNIT PATTERN:

http://www.redheart.co.uk/free-patterns/whisper-shawl - Whisper Shawl - "Knit in Soft Mohair yarn and a beautiful cluster stitch, this timeless style can be worn with casual or dressier fashions." - "...With soft whispers laden its leaves rustle o'er me..."

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BONUS LEAFY GREENS RECIPE:

http://www.yummly.com/recipes/leafy-greens - Leafy Greens - "Find Quick and Easy leafy greens Recipes! Choose from over 17 leafy greens recipes from sites like Epicurious and Allrecipes." - "...And wistfully searching the leafy green dome..."

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FINALLY:

From www.ajokeaday.com - 09/07/15:

Lady (to her doctor): "What l am worried about is my height and not my weight." Doctor: "Why is that?" Lady: "According to my weight, my height should be 7 feet, 8 inches."

The ash grove, how graceful, how plainly 'tis speaking,
The wind [harp] through it playing has language for me.
Whenever the light through its branches is breaking
A host of kind faces is gazing on me.  
The friends of my childhood again are before me,
Each step wakes a memory as freely I roam.
With soft whispers laden its leaves rustle o'er me,
The ash grove, the ash grove again [alone] is my home.

My laughter is over, my step loses lightness,
Old countryside measures steal soft on my ear;
I only remember the past and its brightness, 
The dear ones I mourn [long] for again gather here.
From out of the shadows their loving looks greet me
And wistfully searching the leafy green dome,
I find other faces fond bending to greet me, 
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.

My lips smile no more, my heart loses its lightness
No dream of my future my spirit can cheer;
I only can brood on the past and its brightness,
The dead I have mourned are again living here.
From ev'ry dark nook they press forward to meet me;
I lift up my eyes to the broad leafy dome,
And others are there looking downward to greet me;
The ash grove, the ash grove alone is my home.

"The Ash Grove" midi courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/cigneto/thcmid/a/AshGrove1.mid - 06/19/03

"The Ash Grove" lyrics courtesy of http://www.gurman.org/ashgrove/ - 06/19/03