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	09/12/10 - NNHS Newsletter Grandparents Day “What children need most are the essentials that grandparents provide in abundance. They give unconditional love, patience, humor, kindness, comfort, lessons in life. And, most importantly, cookies.” - Rudolph W. Giuliani (b. 28 May 1944)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,

    Today's Newsletter theme is one we celebrate whenever we manage to remember to do so:

http://nnhs65.com/09-10-06-NNHS-Grandparents-Day.html 

http://nnhs65.com/09-09-07-NNHS-Grandparents-Day.html 

BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWsf0Aj0cPc - Silver Threads Among the Gold - John McCormack

BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bOntcCvfWYs - Silver Threads Among the Gold - Bonnie Prince Billy 

http://www.grandparents-day.com/

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

"Silver Threads Among the Gold", first copyrighted in 1873, was an extremely popular song in the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Today it is a staple of barbershop quartet singing. The lyrics are by Eben E. Rexford, and the music by Hart Pease Danks.

In 1930, an Associated Press story published in the New York Times gave some background on the writing of these lyrics. We quote the article:

"Silver Threads Song Traced to Poet’s ‘Re-Hash’ on Order" Shiockton, Wis. (AP).—The love ballad, “Silver Threads Among the Gold,” which has stirred the hearts of more than one generation, was not the inspiration of an aging poet but a “re-hash” produced on order. The story developed after the unveiling of a monument here in honor of the author of the words, Eben E. Rexford, who died in 1916. Rexford made a living by writing verse and flower and garden articles for magazines. When he was 18, he wrote and sold for $3 some verses entitled “Growing Old.” Later, H. P. Danke, composer of the music for “Silver Threads,” wrote to him requesting words for a song. Rexford dug into his scrapbook and revised “Growing Old.” ^[1]

When Rexford spoke about the song, he explained that he worked his way through college by writing, and it was when he was in college that Danks sent him a request for lyrics, offering to pay three dollars for each song. Rexford submitted nine songs and received $18.00, but no accounting of which six had been accepted or which three had been rejected. In telling the story of the song, Rexford said that he didn't know whether he had been paid $3.00 for it or nothing, since he didn't know if it had been among the six accepted or the three rejected. Rexford first heard the song when a company of Oneida Indians gave a concert in Shiocton and sang it.^[2]

      From Dave Arnold ('65) of VA - 08/06/10 - "Update on locations - Class of 1965's 45-Year Reunion - Friday and Saturday, October 15 and 16, 2010 - OPEN TO ALL CLASSES!":

   Now that everyone knows that       Eleanor (Buckley Nowitzky - '59 - of NC) and         Cheryl (White Wilson - John Marshall HS - '64 - of VA) and      I ('65 - of IL) will be there, I'm sure your reservations will increase dramatically!  
 

       From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/30/10 - "BIRTHDAY CRUISE":

14 - Billy Brewer ('57) AND   Jeanette Parrish Houston ('64) 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!

   Many Happy Returns, One and All!

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

THIS DAY IN WWII:

THIS DAY IN 1965:

From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) - 08/05/10 and 09/03/10 - "Vote for Grace (REPEATED)":

		This is my daughter Laura's dog in a contest to be on the cover of a bag of dog food. Vote every day for Grace. Thanks.    Oh, Laura is your daughter, Norris! Well, that makes it all the more important!    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
Grace is #1 in pet of the month: http://www.adogslife.net/photo_gallery_contests.php?t=1 and #3 in pet of the year: http://www.adogslife.net/photo_gallery_contests.php?t=2    WOWZERONI!!! That's fabulous, Norris!     Vote early, and vote often - or at least cast your allotted daily vote! http://www.adogslife.net/photo_gallery.php?pg=&limit=40&sort=tnid&type=tnap&field=dog_name&keyword=grace#14296

From Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA - 09/07/10 - "A church that I never knew of":

  From Chuck Jones ('66) of Northern VA - 09/11/10 - "IMPORTANT EMAIL VIRUS Alert":

From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) - 09/12/10 - "~Old Timers~ (#2 of 10)":

  From Jane Chambers of VA - 07/01/09, 02/07/10, AND 07/31/10 - "CNC BOOK BROCHURE & AD" AND 61-62 DECADERS ADDENDA AND DRAMATIC WORKSHOPS STUDENTS:

http://www.nnhs65.com/CNC-CNU/brochure(2).pdf

http://www.nnhs65.com/CNC-CNU/CNC-Memories-Book-219390602.pdf

http://www.nnhs65.com/CNC-CNU/61-63-DECADERS-ADDENDA.doc

http://www.nnhs65.com/CNC-CNU/61-63-DRAMATIC-WORKSHOP-STUDENTS.doc 

   Contact Dr. Chambers at cncmemories61_71@yahoo.com.

   Thanks, Jane!

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From Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA - 09/05/10 - "Thank You, Lord (#7 in a Series of 8)":

		This is a sweet reminder of how blessed we are.   God bless you all! Judy ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!       Thank you, Dearest Judy; these have been very sweet!

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Silver Threads Among the Gold

Words by Eben E. Rexford (16 July 1848 - 18 Oct 1916)

Music by Hart Pease Danks (06 Apr 1834 – 20 Nov 1903), 1873


Darling, I am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold
Shine upon my brow today;
Life is fading fast away;
But, my darling, you will be, will be,
Always young and fair to me,
Yes, my darling, you will be,
Always young and fair to me.
Chorus:

When your hair is silver white,
And your cheeks no longer bright,
With the roses of the May;
I will kiss your lips and say-
Oh! my darling, mine alone, alone,
You have never older grown,
Yes, my darling, mine alone,
You have never older grown.
Chorus:

Love can never more grow old,
Locks may lose their brown and gold,
Cheeks may fade and hollow grow,
But the hearts that love will know
Never, never, winter's frost and chill:
Summer warmth is in them still-
Never winter's frost and chill,
Summer warmth is in them still.
Chorus:

Love is always young and fair,-
What to us is silver hair,
Faded cheeks or steps grown slow,
To the heart that beats below?
Since I kissed you, mine alone, alone,
You have never older grown-
Since I kissed you, mine alone,
You have never older grown.
Chorus:

Chorus:
Darling, I am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold,
Shine upon my brow today;
Life is fading fast away.

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