09/11/13 - NNHS Newsletter

09/11/13 - NNHS Newsletter -
Patriot Day

“The brave die never, though they sleep in dust:
Their courage nerves a thousand living men.”

- Minot J. Savage
(10 June 1841 - 22 May 1918)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,

Generally our observances here are happy ones. This day is not one of those, nor is it a celebration, but as with so many things in history, it's important that we remember.

BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNqUORIFV4I - God Bless The USA - Lee Greenwood

BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q65KZIqay4E - God Bless The USA - Lee Greenwood

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

"God Bless the USA" is an American patriotic song written and recorded by country music artist Lee Greenwood. The first Greenwood album it appears on is 1984's You've Got a Good Love Comin'. It reached No. 7 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart when originally released in the spring of 1984, and was played at the 1984 Republican National Convention with President Ronald Reagan and first lady Nancy Reagan in attendance, but the song gained greater prominence during the Gulf War in 1990 and 1991, as a way of boosting morale.

The popularity of the song rose sharply after the September 11, 2001 attacks and during the 2003 invasion of Iraq, and the song was re-released as a single, re-entering the country music charts at No. 16. The song was also re-recorded in 2003 and released as "God Bless the USA 2003". The song could often be heard on the radio after those events, and versions of the song are widely distributed online. Lee Greenwood also wrote a Canadian version of this song called God Bless Canada. The song also rose up in popularity in May 2011 when Osama bin Laden was killed by an American raid in Pakistan.^[1]

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HOMEWORK:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks

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THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

Happy Birthday today 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:

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

16 - Tena Goodson Hensel ('39) of VA 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;

18 - Bobby Bell ('57) AND Gloria Woolard Price (Hampton HS - '65) of FL AND The United States Air Force - 1947!

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

Many Happy Returns, One and All!

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THIS DAY IN WWII:

September 11, 1943 - German troops occupied Corsica and Kosovo-Metohija.
September 11, 1943 - The start of the liquidation of the Ghettos in Minsk and Lida by the Nazis.

September 11, 1944 - The first Allied troops of the U.S. Army crossed the western border of Germany.

September 11, 1944 - RAF bombing raid on Darmstadt and the following firestorm killed 11,500.

September 11, 1945 - The Liberation of the Japanese-run POW and civilian internment camp at Batu Lintang, Kuching, Sarawak on the island of Borneo by Australian 9th Division forces. Over 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, were due to be executed on September 15.

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THIS DAY IN 1963:

Wednesday, September 11, 1963 - Singer-songwriter, guitarist, and author (Rheostatics) Dave Bidini was born in Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada.

Wednesday, September 11, 1963 - Author Patrick McWilliams was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Wednesday, September 11, 1963 - Actor Colin Wells was born in England.

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NEW ON SITE:

THEN:
NOW:

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

     http://www.nnhs65.com/old-stomping.html

          http://www.nnhs65.com/OOSG-H-M.html

               http://www.nnhs65.com/Mr-Russells-Hampton-Beauty-Salon.html - brand new page!

1963 Anchor, p. 179

09/11/13

09/11/13

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From Jamey Douglas Bacon ('66) of VA- 09/10/13 - "Driveway Project":

			WOWZERONI! How marvelous! Thanks so much for sharing these, Jamey!
Thursday, August 01, 2013	Sunday, September 01, 2013	Friday, September 06, 2013 These lovely ladies came to my house for breakfast. All we did was laugh.
		L to R: Ramona Carneal Harrison, Donna Price Devers of NC, and Faye Merritt Houk of VA (all Class of '66)

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From George Helliesen ('61) of MI - 09/10/13 - "Southern Ingenuity":

THIS IS TRULY A GREAT OLD ONE...and it never wears out south of M-D line.

One morning 3 South Carolina good ole boys and 3 Yankees were in a ticket line at the Greenville train station heading to Charlotte for a big football game.

The 3 Northerners each bought a ticket and watched as the 3 Southerners bought just one ticket among them.

"How are the 3 of you going to travel on one 1 ticket?" asked one of the Yankees. "Watch and learn," answered one of the boys from the South.

When the 6 travelers boarded the train, the 3 Yankees sat down, but the 3 Southerners crammed into a bathroom together and closed the door.

Shortly after the train departed, the conductor came around to collect tickets. He knocked on the bathroom door and said, "Tickets. please."

The door opened just a crack and a single arm emerged with a ticket in hand.

The Conductor took it and moved on.

The Yankees saw this happen and agreed it was quite a clever idea. Indeed, so clever that they decided to do the same thing on the return trip and save some money.

That evening after the game when they got to the Charlotte train station, they bought a single ticket for the return trip while to their astonishment the 3 Southerners didn't buy even 1 ticket.

"How are you going to travel without a ticket?" asked one of the perplexed Yankees. "Watch and learn,"answered one of the Southern boys.

When they boarded the train the 3 Northerners crammed themselves into a bathroom and the 3 Southerners crammed themselves into the other bathroom across from it.

Shortly after the train began to move, one of the Southerners left their bathroom and walked quietly over to the Yankee's bathroom. He knocked on the door and said, "Ticket please".

There's just no way on God's green earth to explain how the Yankees won the war...

Thanks so much, George! This is delicious!

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From My Friend, Angela, of NC - 09/10/13 - "Math":

Thanks, Angela!
This reminds me of one of my favorite pages on the entire site:

http://www.nnhs65.com/TRAINS-SAGA.html

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From My Friend, Nicole, of AZ - 09/10/13 - "Pumpkin Cream Cheese Bars":

• 1 box angel food cake mix - the 1 step kind
• 1 15-oz. can Pumpkin
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 8-oz. pkg. reduced fat cream cheese
• few tablespoons of water, to be mixed with cream cheese

Soften the cream cheese then add it to mixer & beat it with a couple of tablespoons of water until smooth to thin it out.

In a separate bowl, mix the cake mix, pumpkin, water, and cinnamon together until it is smooth and well mixed.

In a 9x13 cooking dish- sprayed with non-stick cooking spray- add HALF of the cake –pumpkin mix. Then smooth it out with a rubber spatula. Drizzle half of the cream cheese over the top of it and take a small spatula to smooth it over the top. Add remaining cake-pumpkin mix & also the remaining cream cheese just making layers. Finally take a butter knife- stick it into the mix and go back & forth over the top of the cake to blend it a bit.

Bake for 35 minutes at 375 degrees OR until a toothpick comes out clean.
OOH! Thanks, Nicole!

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From My Friend, Susan, of NC - 09/10/13 - "Amish Cinnamon Bread":

No kneading, you just mix it up and bake it.

Batter:
1 cup butter, softened
2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 cups buttermilk or 2 cups milk plus 2 tablespoons vinegar or lemon juice
4 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda

Cinnamon/sugar mixture:
2/3 cups sugar
2 teaspoons cinnamon

Cream together butter, 2 cups of sugar, and eggs. Add milk, flour, and baking soda. Put 1/2 of batter (or a little less) into greased loaf pans (1/4 in each pan). Mix in separate bowl the 2/3 c sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle 3/4 of cinnamon mixture on top of the 1/2 batter in each pan. Add remaining batter to pans; sprinkle with last of cinnamon topping. Swirl with a knife. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 min. or until toothpick tester come clean.

Cool in pan for 20 minutes before removing from pan.

YUM, YUM! Thanks, Susan!

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BONUS PATRIOTIC CROCHET PATTERN:

http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2013/06/patriotic-crocheted-stars.html - Sarah's Patriotic Stars

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BONUS PATRIOTIC RECIPES:

http://spoonful.com/4th-of-july/patriotic-recipes-gallery - Patriotic Recipes

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From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of VA - 08/23/13 - "For the dog lovers" (#17 in a Series of 18):

HOPE THESE BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE TOO.....
AWW! Thanks, Joyce!

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FINALLY:

From www.ajokeaday.com - 09/10/13:

"Mrs. Smith, I ain’t got no crayons."

"Young man, you mean, 'I don’t have any crayons.' You don’t have any crayons. We don’t have any crayons. They don’t have any crayons. Do you see what I’m getting at?"

"I think so. What happened to all the crayons?"

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

1.Thursday, October 5, 2013 - The NNHS Class of 1955 holds Lunch Bunch gatherings on the first Thursday of every month at Steve & John's Steak House on Jefferson Avenue just above Denbigh Boulevard in Newport News at 11:00 AM. The luncheon is not limited to just the Class of '55; if you have friends in that year, go visit with them.
2. Friday and Saturday, October 4 and 5, 2013 - The NNHS Class of 1963 will hold their 50-Year Reunion at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Hampton on the Water. Friday night will also be open to the Classes of 1962 and 1964. SEE: The website which has been set up for their class at www.nnhs1963.com; CONTACT: Frank Gibson, frankgibson@cox.net, Joyce Williams Nettles, joywnet@cox.net, or Susie Overton Jones, tnsjones@charter.net; FORM: Registration-Classes-of-1962-and-1964-B.docx
3. Wednesday, October 9, 2013 - The NNHS Class of June 1942 meets at noon on the second Wednesday of every other month for a Dutch treat lunch at the James River Country Club, 1500 Country Club Road. PLEASE JOIN THEM. Give or take a few years makes no difference. Good conversation, food and atmosphere. For details, call Jennings Bryan at 803-7701 for reservations.

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PRAYER ROLL:
http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html - updated 08/20/13
BLOG:
http://nnhs.wordpress.com/ - updated 03/13/11

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   Y'all take 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.com

PERSONAL WEB SITE: http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/cluckmeat

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Carol Buckley Harty
7020 Lure Court
Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309
915-780-3048

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3. Just mail it directly to my home. Thanks!


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God Bless the USA

Written and recorded by Lee Greenwood (b. 27 Oct 1942), 1983/4

If tomorrow all the things were gone
I worked for all my life
And I had to start again
With just my children and my wife

Thank my lucky stars
To be living here today
Cause the flag still stands for freedom
And they can't take that away

And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I'll gladly stand up next to you
And defend her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.

From the lakes of Minnesota
To the hills of Tennessee
Across the plains of Texas
From sea to shining sea

From Detroit down to Houston
And New York to L.A.
There's pride in every American heart
And it's time we stand and say...

That I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I'ld gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.

And I'm proud to be an American
Where at least I know I'm free
And I won't forget the men who died
Who gave that right to me
And I'ld gladly stand up next to you
And defend Her still today
'Cause there ain't no doubt
I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.

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Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" midi courtesy of http://libertyboy.free.fr/misc/midi/index.php,
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 01/21/05
Thanks, Dave!

Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" lyrics courtesy of http://the-jazzman.com/lyrics/american.html,
also at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 01/21/05
Thanks again, Dave!

Patriot Day title clip art courtesy of http://waconiapatriot.com/2012/09/07/attend-patriot-day-sept-11/ - 09/10/12

Patriot Day ribbon clip art used to form Divider Lines created and © by Bobbie Peachey courtesy
of http://webclipart.about.com/b/2006/09/11/patriot-day-clip-art.htm - 09/10/09

Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!

Animated USMC, Air Force, Army, and Navy Flags clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03

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!
Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/ - 10/02/05
Replaced courtesy of http://www.hamptonhigh1964.com - 02/17/09

Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06

Animated Laughing Frog courtesy of Joyce Lawrence Cahoon of VA - 05/31/08
Thanks, Joyce!

Animated Laughter clip art courtesy of Janice McCain Rose ('65) of VA - 01/24/06
Thanks, Janice!

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*1963 Anchor, p. 179*
09/11/13	09/11/13

No kneading, you just mix it up and bake it.
		Batter: 1 cup butter, softened 2 cups sugar 2 eggs 2 cups buttermilk or 2 cups milk plus 2 tablespoons vinegar or lemon juice 4 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda Cinnamon/sugar mixture: 2/3 cups sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon Cream together butter, 2 cups of sugar, and eggs. Add milk, flour, and baking soda. Put 1/2 of batter (or a little less) into greased loaf pans (1/4 in each pan). Mix in separate bowl the 2/3 c sugar and cinnamon. Sprinkle 3/4 of cinnamon mixture on top of the 1/2 batter in each pan. Add remaining batter to pans; sprinkle with last of cinnamon topping. Swirl with a knife. Bake at 350 degrees for 45-50 min. or until toothpick tester come clean. Cool in pan for 20 minutes before removing from pan.


YUM, YUM! Thanks, Susan!