Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
It's time again for a Golden Oldie, this one from 1940.
BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1aeuuklqXM - Whispering Grass - The Ink Spots BONUS #2 - http://www.shortstoryarchive.com/b/whispering_grass.html - The Whispering Grass by Margaret Bemister (b. 1877)From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whispering_Grass:
"Whispering Grass (Don't Tell The Trees)" is a popular song written by Fred Fisher and his daughter Doris Fisher. The song was first recorded by Erskine Hawkins & His Orchestra in 1940. The Ink Spots also recorded it the same year. Whispering Grass was a 1975 UK number-one single by Windsor Davies and Don Estelle. Davies and Estelle were actors in the successful sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum. It was number one in the British singles chart for three weeks from 7 June 1975.[1] |
Happy Birthday today to Vera Lee Cutchins Hinnant ('57) AND
Happy Birthday tomorrow to
Happy Birthday this week to:
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;
27 -
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
THIS DAY IN WWII:
October 20, 1941 - Thousands of civilians in Kragujevac in German-occupied Serbia were killed in the Kragujevac massacre.October 20, 1943 - The cargo vessel Sinfra was attacked by Allied aircraft at Suda Bay, Crete. It sank, and 2,098 Italian prisoners of war drowned with it.
October 20, 1944 - The Soviet Army and Yugoslav Partisans liberated Belgrade, the capital of Yugoslavia.
October 20, 1944 - General Douglas MacArthur fulfilled his promise to return to the Philippines when he commanded an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese..
THIS DAY IN 1963:
October 20, 1963 -
Astronaut
Julie Payette was born in
Montreal,
Quebec. October 20, 1963 - Footballer Nikos Tsiantakis was born Nikolaos Tsiantakis (Νίκος Τσιαντάκης) in Greece. October 20, 1963 - Footballer and manager Stan Valckx was born Stanislaus Henricus Christina Valckx in Arcen, Limburg, The Netherlands. |
From Stacy Dorn Davis ('64) of
CA - 10/19/13 - "
Captain Ed
Freeman":
I thought you might find the
following article from snopes.com
interesting:
http://www.snopes.com/politics/military/freeman.asp
WOWZERS!
Thanks so much, Stacy!
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From Jimmy Smith ('62 / '63) of VA -
10/19/13 - "PAPER IS DEAD":
While no trees were harmed by this e-mail,
regrettably a large number of electrons may have been inconvenienced. It's only 39 seconds so watch it all...the irony won't be lost on you. http://www.youtube.com/embed/V_gOZDWQj3Q?rel=0
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From
Bill Hobbs ('66) of Northern VA - 10/19/13 - "Spitfire Pilot in WWII":
Spitfire Pilot in
WWII This is probably the best email I've had in a long time. Just watch the expression on his face as he watches himself. We owe a BIG thank you to men like him. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ie3SrjLlcUY&sns=em
WOWZERONI-RINI!
Thank you so much, Billy!
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DATES TO REMEMBER:
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Whispering Grass (Don't Tell the Trees) Written by
Fred Fisher
(30 Sept 1875 - 14 Jan 1942) and his daughter
Doris Fisher
(1915 –2003) Recorded by The Ink Spots, 1940 Why do you whisper, green grass
"Whispering Grass" midi
courtesy of
http://electrofresh.com/midi-890-download-the_ink_spots-whispering_grass.html,
"Whispering Grass" lyrics courtesy of http://www.elyrics.net/read/s/sandy-denny-lyrics/whispering-grass-lyrics.html - 10/21/10 (sic) "Whispering Grass" Image courtesy of http://www.flickr.com/groups/worlandscapes/discuss/72157622371886184/ - 10/21/10 (sic) Pulsing Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.bravenet.com - 08/12/04
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
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. Animated USMC and Army Flags clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03 Image of Annette Funicello courtesy of http://www.allposters.com/-sp/Annette-Funicello-Posters_i305663_.htm - 10/21/06 Animated USMC Flag clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06 (still
missing...) Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06 Animated Fat Frog courtesy of
Wayne
Stokes ('65) of VA - 07/16/08 Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06 Animated Rolling Cat clip art courtesy of http://www.cybergata.com/anim.htm - page 14 - 11/14/09 Animated Laughing Frog courtesy of Wayne Stokes ('65) of VA - 07/16/08Thanks, Wayne! Animated
Laughing Jerry courtesy of Cookie Phillips Tyndall ('64) of VA - 06/14/06 |