“Have you ever been in love? Horrible
isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable. It opens your chest and it opens up
your heart
and it means that someone can get inside you and mess you up. You build up
all these defenses, you build up a whole suit
of armor, so that nothing can hurt you, then one stupid person, no different
from any other stupid person, wanders
into your stupid life...You give them a piece of you. They didn't ask for
it. They did something dumb one day, like kiss you
or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore. Love takes
hostages. It gets inside you. It eats you out
and leaves you crying in the darkness, so simple a phrase like 'maybe we
should be just friends' turns into a glass
splinter working its way into your heart. It hurts. Not just in the
imagination. Not just in the mind.
It's a soul-hurt, a real gets-inside-you-and-rips-you-apart pain. I hate
love.”
Today would
have been
my daddy's (the late
Robert Buckley - John Marshall HS - '25)
(19 Oct 1907 - 25 Apr 1960)
103rd birthday party, but well, you know...
Today's Newsletter
is being repeated from exactly five years ago today:
"It's My Party" is a song most famously sung by American singer
Lesley
Gore in 1963. This song hit #1 on the
pop and
rhythm and blues charts in the United States.
[1].
"It's My Party", peaked at #9 in the
United Kingdom, becoming Gore's only major hit there. It was the first hit
single for producer
Quincy
Jones.
The song lyrically portrays the discomfiture of a
teenage
girl at her birthday party when her boyfriend Johnny disappears only to surface
in the company of Judy, another girl, who is "wearing his ring" to indicate
she's replaced the birthday girl as his love interest.
The song's chorus, "It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to... You would cry
too if it happened to you," became a part of American pop cultural language as a
phrase used to describe being utterly humiliated and miserable during an event
that is supposed to be a happy occasion.
"It's My Party" was written in 1962 by John Gluck, Wally Gold and Herb
Weiner...
REUNION ALERT:
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 09/20/10
- "NNHS 64/64 Cruise Announcement":
ATTENTION CLASS OF 1964:
IF YOU WERE UNABLE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR BIRTHDAY CRUISE BY SEPTEMBER 20TH,
YOU CAN STILL JOIN US. IT IS NOT TOO LATE.
EVEN THOUGH WE HAD TO LOCK IN OUR FINAL NUMBER OF SEATS,
WE CAN STILL RESERVE ADDITIONAL SEATS AT OUR GROUP RATE OF $75.00 PER
PERSON,
WHILE SEATS REMAIN AVAILABLE.
WE WILL REACH THE AGE OF 64 ONLY ONCE, SO DO NOT MISS THIS GALA CELEBRATION.
IF YOU WISH TO ATTEND, CONTACT DAVE SPRIGGS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
07- Ellen Anas Smith ('57) AND Dale Parsons
('69) of HA;
08
- Tippy Rowe ('57)
ANDWayne
Stokes ('65) of VA
AND Richard Cantor ('65) of KY;
09 - Norma Wilson Mitchell ('57)
AND
Linda Alfrey Walker ('61) of VA;
11 -
Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA
AND
Carol Anne Comer Cutler ('70) of VA;
12 - Charlotte Spade Wilkins (Warwick HS -
'65) of NC;
13 -
The United States Navy - 1775
AND
Larry Cutler ('64) of VAAND
Pattie Hilsdon Reisinger
('66) of CO
AND
My #1 Son,
Lewis Harty (Hillsboro HS, IL
- '89) of IL;
14 -
Liz Breeden ('61) of VA
AND My Granddaughter, Eme
Harty of TX;
15 -
Milton Nunnally ('66 and '67) of VA;
17 - Betty Jean Dail Phillips ('57);
18 -
Lou Kressaty (Butler HS, NJ -
'57) of VA
AND
Carol Faith DeArment
Blankenship ('61) of VA
AND Jimmy Crank ('63) of VA!
Happy Birthday today
to
Danny Coleman ('63) of NC!
Happy Birthday tomorrow
to Vera Lee Cutchins Hinnant ('57)
ANDJohn DiGiacomo ('69) of VA!
Happy Birthday this
week to:
21 -
Mr.
Julius Conn - 1904
-
(deceased - Sept 1983)
AND
Marlin Eby ('57)
AND
Albert Dorner ('66) of
VA
AND
Belinda Fortner Langston ('70) of VA;
22 -
Herb Hice
- 1924
(deceased 18 Apr 2008)
AND Sharron Wanderer Dawes
('61)
-
(deceased 22 Sept 2007)
AND
Annette
Funicello of CAAND
Craig Miller ('63) of FL
AND
Al Farber ('64) of GA;
23 -
Jimmy Hines ('64) of Northern VA;
24 - Agnes Dick Kump ('57)
AND
Mark Friedman ('65) of VA;
25 - Kitty Taylor Hanrahan ('57)
AND Carol Wornom
Sorenson ('57)
AND Bobby
Turpin ('58) of VA;
26 -
Terry Hunsucker ('65) of KY
AND
Randy Tate ('66) of DE!
October 18, 1936 -
Adolf Hitler announced the Four Year Economic Plan to the German
people. The plan detailed the rebuilding of the German military from
1936 to 1940.
October 18, 1944 -
Adolf Hitler ordered the establishment of a German national
militia.
From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of
VA -
08/05/10 - "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! 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!
WOWZERONI!!!
That's fabulous, Norris!
YIKESARONI-RINI!
Grace's ratings have dropped
considerably since I've been gone and stopped nagging you!!! Y'all "git
back to work!"
Vote
early, vote often (or at least cast your allotted daily vote) - and
don't drop your guard now!
1. From Pete Tench ('65) of VA -
10/15/10 - Q.:
"How long do you spend working on the website and/or
Newsletter each day?":
A.:
Generally from twelve to fourteen hours a day.
The regular issues
of the Newsletter almost invariably begin with song selection.
Graphics and quotations follow. Sometimes it's fairly quick; sometimes
it's not. The background stories, homework, and history lessons
are included wherever possible because I suppose I really did want to be
a teacher after all. I just didn't want to go to school.
Ever.
‹(•¿•)›
The processing of any images - whether they are sent to me or I scan
them myself - consumes by far the most time (saving, PhotoShopping,
compressing, resaving, renaming, uploading, etc.) and space.
That's why I'm alwaysand ever stalling - oh, I mean,
running behind - on posting them.
Often there is a
great deal of research involved in throughout the production of each
Newsletter. This tends to be invisible to the reader, but seems to
take me a bit of time.
Memorial Editions are
in a league of their own. According to their content, they can run from
super fast to super long to create, depending on the number of images and scanning
involved, the number of Guest Book entries (each of which must be copied
and pasted separately), choosing the Divider Line clip art, and whether or
not they must be cross posted into the In
Memoriam section of the site.
Much of the time
involved in each of those Memorial Editions comes from the selection of
the attached hymn or other music. Sometimes that music will pop
right into my mind; often I will need to wait a while for inspiration.
Despite appearances, they are never chosen randomly.
At any rate, whether
anyone reads them or not, I gain a great deal of satisfaction from
producing Newsletters or any work on the site itself, because they are
lasting (as opposed to time spent in cooking, which while apparently
necessary, is quickly consumed and just makes me fatter).
Thanks, Pete!
From Cheryl Mays Howard ('66) of VA - 10/05/10 -
"Memories":
The "Lasses 3" .....50
years later....Joann Moran Viars,
Eleanor Milne Kenitzer,
Cheryl Mays Howard.
Ain't changed a bit...hee hee
You'll hear no argument
from me, Cheryl!
Thanks so much
for this image - it did bring back a lot of memories of your
angelic voices!
From
Harry Covert
('57) of MD -
10/06/10 - "Harry Covert - The Covert Letter":
From Ivan Anker ('67) of VA - 10/06/10 - "Re: Mrs. Ransone":
Ahhhh, the good old days
of youth. As I recall, Mrs. Ransone's first name was Margaret. She was a
fine and caring teacher who took a lot of interest in her students.
Ivan Anker '67
Correct on all counts,
Ivan - thanks!
From Liz Breeden ('61) of VA -
10/06/10 AND
From Mark Friedman ('65) of VA -
"New Aspirin ---serious---":
New
Aspirin---serious stuff
This is good
info. We did not know that you should not lie down while
waiting for the EMT!
Heart
attack info NEW ASPIRIN/ Serious stuff, no joke!!
Just a
reminder to all: purchase a box, keep one in your car,
pocketbook, wallet, bedside, etc.
IMPORTANT
READ......
Something that we can do to help ourselves. Nice to know. Bayer is making
crystal aspirin to dissolve under the tongue.
They work
much faster than the tablets.
Why keep aspirin by your
bedside?
About Heart Attacks
There are other symptoms of an heart attack besides the pain on
the left arm.
One must also be aware of an intense pain on the chin, as
well as nausea and lots of sweating, however these
symptoms may also occur less frequently.
Note: There may be NO pain in the chest during a heart
attack..
The majority of
people (about 60%) who had a heart attack during their sleep, did
not wake up. However, if it occurs, the chest pain may wake you up
from your deep sleep.
If that
happens, immediately dissolve two
aspirins in
your mouth and
swallow them with a bit of water.
Afterwards:
CALL
911
- say "heart
attack!"
- say that you have taken 2 aspirins.. - phone a neighbor or a family
member who lives very close by
- take a
seat on a chair or sofa near the front door, and wait for
their arrival and... DO
NOT lie down!
A
cardiologist has stated that, if each person, after
receiving this e-mail, sends it to 10 people, probably one
life can be saved!
I have already shared the information- - What about you?
Do forward
this message; it may save lives!
Thanks so
much, Liz and Mark! We've run this a couple
of times in the past, but it bears repeating often.
The benefits of aspirin are well-known, but less well-known is the
availability of the newest variety - not to mention the advice to
NOT LIE DOWN!!!
I'd also recommend that
we keep our cell phones on our person whenever possible - particularly those who
live alone!
From Norris Perry (Warwick HS -
'59) of VA - 10/06/10 - "Best Pool Shot Ever by a Naked White Chick":
2. Thursday, November 4, 2010 - 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 fiends in that year, go visit with
them.
3.
Wednesday, December 8, 2010 - 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.
4.
Saturday, April 30, 2011 - The NNHS Class will have a Luncheon. Team
Leaders are Mickey Marcella (mcmiceli@verizon.net
- 757-249-3800), Betty Hamby Neher
(bjneher@cox.net - 757-898-5099), and Dr. Harry Simpson
(hdsdds@aol.com - 804-694-0346). -
CLASS OF 1954
5.
Saturday, July 9, 2011 (6:30 PM to 11:30 PM) - The Class of 1971 will
hold its 40-Year Reunion at Newport News Marriott at City Center, 740
Town Center Drive, Newport News. For details, contact Richard Rawls
at Richard@Rawls.com - CLASS OF
1971
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
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!!
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...)
Thanks, Al!
Replaced by Norm Covert ('61) of MD - 02/09/09
Thanks, Norm!
THE BIRTHDAYS:
The United States Navy - 1775
AND 
Lou Kressaty (Butler HS, NJ -
'57) of VA
AND 
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!
