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	09/28/09 - NNHS Newsletter - He's So Fine “...when I shall die Take him and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night, And pay no worship to the garish sun.” - William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 3, Scene 2

Dear Friends and Schoolmates, 

   Today's Newsletter first appeared exactly four years ago today:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/09-28-05-NNHS-Hes-So-Fine.html

BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpAcQrt8-SE - He's So Fine - The Chiffons

NEWBIES:

1.      Bonnie Loughran Marshall (Hampton HS - '65) of MN - 09/2709 - "nnhs newsletter":

Hi Carol...was wondering if you could add me to the NNHS newsletter please.  I've attached my 65 HHS grad pic if you can add me as a hhs 65'er.  If you need it sized differently let me know.  (I signed one of the guest cards a few days ago.)
I thought I'd mention to you also, that I was notified by some HHS classmates that Crabber graduate WARREN CHAPMAN ('64) passed away from cancer on 9/15/09 in CA.  I'm sure many nnhs'ers from the mid-60's might remember that he played basketball for HHS...and went on to play for Duke from 66-69. The only public posting was this in the CA newspaper:

Warren A. Chapman July 5, 1946- Sept. 15, 2009 Life celebration to be announced.

Thanks
Bonnie Loughran Marshall
HHS 65

   Certainly - Welcome aboard, Bonnie!

   Thanks for your interest!  I've added your addy to my mailing list, and your name and senior portrait (and that pretty little crab) to this page:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/alumni-1963-to-1965.html

   (The entire section for the Class of '64 is hideously broken at the moment - just in time for their reunion - ARRGHHHH!)

   As you seem to have no aversion to scanning, if you'll send a baby picture and a recent shot, we'll add those as well for our "age progression" feature we began a couple of years back.  If you can save the images a bit larger (say, 600 pixels tall), it's better for me.....

   Also, if you'd like, I'll post your email addy there, too (technically, you already shared it it when you signed the Guest Book the other day).

   Don't forget to send your birthday so we can annoy - er, that is, help you celebrate for the week preceding it:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html

   That oughta do it for a while - and feel free to jump in with any memories you want to share!  Somewhere in Our Old Stomping Grounds we even have a page about downtown Hampton, for instance.

   Please keep us posted on any future news releases about Warren; I've been searching in vain for weeks now.....

   Thanks, Bonnie!

  THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

   Happy Birthday today to     Richard Dawes (NNHS / HHS - '62) of VA!

   Happy Birthday this week to:

01 -   Jerry Baker Cobb ('66) of VA;

02 -   Wayne Frizzelle ('65) of MD AND Paige Spencer;

03 - Martha Megann Keesee ('57) AND Mary Megann Peters ('57);

04 -       My Former Brother-in-Law, Rennie Dick ('54) of VA AND  Jimmy Mooney ('57) AND   Brenda Eakes Insley ('66) of VA;

05 - George Pipkin ('57) AND    Butch Ragland ('63) of CO!

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html

   Many Happy Returns, One and All!

PAGE HITS:

   Hit # 89,000 was made on Sunday, September 27, 2009 at 9:46 PM  by someone from Chicago using a dialup service.

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  From Ronni Green Cristol ('64) of MD - 09/27/09 -"thanks":

Carol,

Thanks for the Yom Kippur page today. You seem to remember all holidays and other occasions in a meaningful way.

Are you able to come to our 45-year reunion this October?

Ronni Cristol

   Thank you, Ronni, it was my pleasure!

     With great regret, a heavy heart, and many tears, I was forced to decline the gracious invitation from your Reunion Committee to attend the festivities.  There were just too many things working against my getting there - not the least of which is the arrival of my twelfth grandchild (fifth granddaughter) who is due here in Illinois at about that same time. I will definitely be keeping my eye on the clock that whole weekend, and my thoughts will be with y'all! 

   It's strange; at the last NNHS reunion I attended in 2008, the thought suddenly struck me that I would never attend another reunion again, and that I was looking on all those dear faces for the very last time. I never for a moment dreamed that in less than three months I would be moving back to Illinois.....

      From Wayne Stokes ('65) of VA - 09/27/09 - "How about the obvious?":

CBD,

Sydney's letter brought forth from you the question of the "40 year" entry being a permanent part of the NL and where would you start? How about the NL's namesake, 1965? Also, it could be "On this day in "X" versus 40 years ago. As I recall, you chose 1969 and 40 years because it was your wedding year, right?

   Well, that, and the fact that it was so completely memorable for other reasons - Prince Charles' investiture (July 1), Apollo 11 (July 16), the  Chappaquiddick tragedy (July 18), the moon walk (July 20), the Manson family murders (August 9-10), Woodstock (August 15-18), Hurricane Camille (August 17), the My Lai Massacre (September 5) - not to mention the many notable births and deaths!

Anyway, the obvious I have given you.

   Now, Wayne Honey, you know the obvious is nearly always lost on me! What a super idea! But I'll modify it slightly, and we'll jump in with our senior year - that would be 1964 at the moment - which I even have fairly well documented because of - you guessed it - the albums! 

As to    Joyce's (Lawrence Cahoon - '65 - of VA) video, I'm so old that I'm beginning to feel like that old Sue Thompson song "Sad Movies Make Me Cry"; we'll maybe not cry, but a tear seems to appear! Maybe I should sing Johnny Mathis' "Misty"??

TC!
"R"
  WILD GIGGLES! Go right ahead, Wayne Honey! Just be sure to videotape it so you can share it with the rest of the class!

AS REQUESTED -THIS DAY IN 1964:

Monday, September 28, 1964 - Actress and comedienne Janeane Garofalo was born in Newton, New Jersey.

Monday, September 28, 1964 - Motion picture composer Nacio Herb Brown (b. 22 Feb 1896) died in San Francisco, California at the age of 68.

Monday, September 28, 1964 - Harpist and comedian Harpo Marx (b. 23 Nov 1888), the non-speaking member of the famous Marx Brothers, died in Los Angeles, California following heart surgery at the age of 75.

        From Sydney Dearing ('56) of TN - 09/27/09 - "40 years ago feature":

Carol,

Ahh, so that explains it. You never know when you snap a picture what it will lead to do you?  As for making the 40 years ago feature permanent, I would love to see it or something similar. There are a number of years that would have a special significance to me as I'm sure there are for everyone, but a feature about any one person's special time frame would be a considerable amount of work for you, but       Paul's (Harty - Bardolph HS, IL - '61 - of IL)  post about the WWII Monopoly gave me an idea that might be a little easier for you. How about something a little more generic that everyone can relate to in one way or another like "This Day in WWII" or "This Day in the Civil War" or something similar.

Paul's post also nudged a memory from my childhood out of my subconscious. I don't think very many of the newsletter subscribers will remember this but there was a German POW camp in Newport News during WWII. Actually while trying to find some information about it, I discovered that there were apparently two in the Newport News area. The one I remember you could see out of the right side of the car (driving from Newport News toward Hampton) as you went over a bridge on 25th Street close to downtown Newport News. It was surrounded by barbed wire and you could see right down into the camp from your car. I was only about 5 or 6 at the time and I might be wrong about the exact location but I believe it is the one described at http://www.newport-news.org/groups-and-meetings/escort-notes.html that was located at the Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation in Newport News. There was also one at Camp Patrick Henry close to Williamsburg that is described on Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_Patrick_Henry. These two web sites might be describing the same camp but I don't think so. I definitely remember one close to downtown Newport News. I wonder if any body else might remember this     (Joe Madagan - '57 - of FL maybe?) or anyone else about our age or a little older. Maybe        Dave Spriggs ('64 - of VA) might know something about it, although it was a little before his time.

Sydney

   WOWZERS!  My first thought was    Fred Field (June '45) of CA, but we would all be delighted to hear the rest of this story, whatever the source may be!

   I used to own a wonderful book called, This Day in the Civil War (or something to that effect), but I do believe we gave it to one of our sons at the time of this last move, so let's go with your other suggestion for now.

  Thanks so much, Sydney!

AS REQUESTED - THIS DAY IN WWII:

Thursday, September 28, 1939 - During World War II, Germany and the Soviet Union agreed upon a plan on the division of Poland.

        From My #2 Son, Brent Harty (Hillsboro HS, IL - '90) of TX - 09/27/09 - "RE: 09/27/09 Newsletter":

Mom

That is a great story about the monopoly money in WW II.  Who would have thought?!  Reminds me of the movie, The Great Escape (1963).  Thanks for sharing that,        Dad (Paul Harty - Bardolph HS, IL - '61 - of IL)!

Also, go Redbirds!!! 

http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=stl

I didn't realize we (our team that is!) has gone to the playoffs seven out of the last ten years.  I know the Cards have been to the playoffs a vast majority of the years Tony La Russa and Dave Duncan have been in town.  We have a great team...I just hope to see us win it all again.

Brent Harty
"You may be whatever you resolve to be."  General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
"FIRST TO FIRE!"

http://www.8thmissouricavalry.blogspot.com/
http://5thtexascavalrypartisanrangers.blogspot.com/
http://civilwarhartys.blogspot.com/
http://www.hartyhistory.blogspot.com/

   I totally agree! Thanks, Brent!

I love it!

Please read!!!

If you are an owner of a dog that belongs to a 'dangerous breed' category and you also have a child or a visiting small child please take this as a warning.


Don't leave your dog with a small child unattended under any circumstances!


Only one little moment was enough for the following to happen.


See the photo below ......

WARNING........ IMAGE IS GRAPHIC, BUT NECESSARY (CLICK TO ENLARGE FOR FULL CHILLING EFFECT)

Thank you!

The Dog J

      Thanks, Jude!

ABBREVIATED ALERTS:

2.        From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/02/09 - "NNHS 64/45 REUNION PAGE UPDATES":

From ArcaMax Jokes - 09/27/09:

10 Signs Your Vet Bill Is Going To Require Financing

-- The doc's thermometer registers in Fahrenheit, Celsius and dollars.

-- The bill came with payment coupons.

-- Your Doberman just ate the receptionist.

-- "He has a very rare blood type. It's called '$$ Positive.'"

-- He starts talking about extended quality of life, miracles of modern veterinary medicine and joint replacement procedures. You own a goldfish.

-- They take away the blood sample on a sterling silver serving tray.

-- The sad, pathetic whining in the exam room is coming from the owners.

-- You suddenly realize where you've heard that low whistle before: from the plumber and the auto mechanic.

-- "Do you have any idea how expensive hamster defibrillators are?"

-- and the #1 Sign Your Veterinary Bill is Going to Require Financing:

"We can rebuild him. Make him stronger, faster...."

*************

Babies

My five year old daughter asked me the question I'd been dreading. "Mommy , how are babies made?" I did my best to explain but she still looked confused.

"What about kittens? she asked.

"Well, it's exactly the same way, " I said.

"Wow!" she said excitedly. "My daddy can do anything!"

 Y'all take good care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER!  We'll Always Have Buckroe!

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He's So Fine

Written by Ronnie Mack, 1963

(The Chiffons)


I (Do-lang, do-lang, do-lang)
(Do-lang, do-lang)

He's so fine
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
Wish he were mine
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
That handsome boy over there
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
The one with the wavy hair
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
I don't know how I'm gonna do it
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
But I'm gonna make him mine
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
He's the envy of all the girls
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
It's just a matter of time
(Do-lang-do-lang)

He's a soft spoken guy
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
Also seems kinda shy
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
Makes me wonder if I
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
Should even give him a try
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
But then I know he can't shy
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
He can't shy away forever
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
And I'm gonna make him mine
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
If it takes me forever
(Do-lang-do-lang)

He's so fine
(Oh yeah)
Gotta be mine
(Oh yeah)
Sooner or later
(Oh yeah)
I hope it's not later
(Oh yeah)
We gotta get together
(Oh yeah)
The sooner the better
(Oh yeah)
I just can't wait, I just can't wait
To be held in his arms

If I were a queen
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
And he asked me to leave my throne
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
I'll do anything that he asked
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
Anything to make him my own
(Do-lang-do-lang-do-lang)
For he's so fine
(So fine) so fine
(So fine) he's so fine
(So fine) so fine
(So fine) he's so fine

[Fades]

(So fine) oh yeah
(He's so fine) he's so fine
(So fine) uh-huh
(He's so fine)
He's so fine.....

 "He's So Fine" midi courtesy of http://www.dancetothesixties.nl/midipage.htm
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 09/03/05
Thanks, Dave!

 "He's So Fine" lyrics courtesy of http://www.oldielyrics.com/lyrics/the_chiffons/hes_so_fine.html
also at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 09/03/05
Thanks again, Dave!

"He's So Fine" History courtesy of http://www.bobshannon.com/stories/hesofine.html - 09/27/05

The Chiffons' "He's So Fine" Album Image courtesy of http://www.musicstack.com/search/chiffons - 09/27/05

Orange and Black Divider line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars2.html - 09/27/05

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

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