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	10/27/12 - NNHS Newsletter - Navy Day “For in this modern world, the instruments of warfare are not solely for waging war. Far more importantly, they are the means for controlling peace. Naval officers must therefore understand not only how to fight a war, but how to use the tremendous power which they operate to sustain a world of liberty and justice, without unleashing the powerful instruments of destruction and chaos that they have at their command.” - Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, CNO, Change of command address at the U. S. Naval Academy, 01 August 1961 (19 Oct 1901 - 01 Jan 1996)
10 Dec 1996 - Northern Puerto Rican Operations Area: USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67)		27 Aug 2004 - Naval Station, Norfolk, VA: A UH-3H Sea King helicopter flies over USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), USS George Washington (CVN 73), and USS Enterprise (CVN 65).

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,

    Did you remember the significance of this day - which technically no longer exists?  That's right, it's Navy Day!

BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Iu8y2pvuRg - The Navy Hymn - 2008 Naval Academy Men's Glee Club

BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnm-4kSLKdI - The Navy Hymn -  the Sea Chanters chorus of the U.S. Navy Band

BONUS #3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzaNWO6gufA&NR=1 - The Navy Hymn - no slide show, but a nice version by an unidentified male chorus

BONUS #4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KCiMdR1ox0 - The Navy Hymn - beautiful double slide show with an international twist

BONUS #5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e51_JnHF-V8&NR=1&feature=fvwp - The Navy Hymn - Phil Coulter - also a two-part version with an interesting history of the hymn

HOMEWORK:

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

In the United States, the Navy League of the United States organized the first Navy Day in 1922, holding it on October 27 because it was the birthday of the Navy-supporting President Theodore Roosevelt. Although meeting with mixed reviews the first year, in 1923 over 50 major cities participated, and the United States Navy sent a number of its ships to various port cities for the occasion. The 1945 Navy Day was an especially large celebration, with President Harry S. Truman reviewing the fleet in New York Harbor.

In 1949, Louis A. Johnson, secretary of the newly-created Department of Defense, directed that the US Navy's participation occur on Armed Forces Day in May, although as a civilian organization the Navy League was not affected by this directive, and continued to organize Navy Day celebrations as before. In the 1970s, the "birthday" of the Continental Navy was found to be October 13, 1775, and so CNO Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt worked with the Navy League to define that as the new date of Navy Day.

HEALTH UPDATE:

1.    Linda Lane Lane ('64) of VA called me Thursday afternoon to report that she is much improved, did not have a second stroke, and will be seeing the doctor later this week for further reports.  I must say, Linda-Linda, it was great to hear you sounding sooo much better than you did when last we spoke!    Thanks so much for calling; please continue to improve! http://www.nnhs65.com/requests-prayers.html

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

   Happy Birthday today to   Carolyn Simpson Knight ('56) of VA AND Kermit Whiteside ('57) AND        Dimples Dinwiddie Prichard ('58) of NC AND   Frances Heath Scott ('62) of VA!

   Happy Birthday tomorrow to    Nancy Bigger Alligood ('56) of VA!

   Happy Birthday this week to:

29 -     Ray Barnes ('65) of VA AND   Christine Wilson Starkman ('68) of CA;

31 - Jo Ann Stewart ('64) of Northern VA;

01 -   Russ Stephenson ('57) of MD AND   Colin Faison ('58) of VA;

02 -   John Clark ('57) of VA!

   Many Happy Returns, One and All!

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YESTERDAY IN WWII:

October 26, 1942 - In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands during the Guadalcanal Campaign, one U.S. aircraft carrier, Hornet, was sunk and another aircraft carrier, Enterprise, was heavily damaged, while two Japanese carriers and one cruiser were heavily damaged.

October 26, 1943 - First flight of the Dornier Do 335 "Pfeil".

October 26, 1944 - The Battle of Leyte Gulf ended with an overwhelming American victory.

THIS DAY IN WWII:

October 27, 1940 - French General Charles de Gaulle set up the Empire Defense Council.

October 27, 1944 - German forces captured Banská Bystrica during the Slovak National Uprising thus bringing it to an end.

YESTERDAY IN 1962:

THIS DAY IN 1962:

REPEATED ANNOUNCEMENT:

1.    From Belinda Fortner Langston ('70) of VA - 10/19/12, 9:01 AM - "Can you please get this information out to all NNHS people?":

The establishment of the  DALE LUCADO ('68) (21 July 1950 - 20 Feb 2012) “TYPHOON BOY” Spirit Scholarship Fund has been completed. This scholarship will be given to a deserving young person who is going to continue their education by attending college. The committee would like to “challenge” everyone who knew Dale or just want to contribute to this worthwhile scholarship to do so by mailing their tax deductible donation to: The Dale Lucado Scholarship Fund C/o Boys and Girls Club of the VA Peninsula Administrative Office 11825 Rock Landing Drive Chesapeake Building, Suite B Newport News, VA 23606 Or The Dale Lucado Scholarship Fund C/o Mrs. Donna Lucado Dudley 137 Winsome Haven Drive Seaford, VA 23693 Thanks for your help – class of 1970    WOWZERS! Thanks so much, Belinda!

     From Hunter Todd ('57) of TX - 10/25/12 - "October Newsletter from the 46th WorldFest-Houston Intl Film Festival - Entry Deadline.":

WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival - Scene # 46 The Early-Bird Deadline is less than three weeks away -- Thursday, November 15th!   Howdy from the 46th WorldFest-Houston! Hola! Bonjour, Buongiorno, Ciao, Guten Tag, Dobry Den!   You are warmly invited to submit your entries into one of the oldest & finest Indepedent Film & Video Competitions in the world! We offer Remi Awards & Honors in 10 major categories, not just 2! Competition for Features, Shorts, TV Production, TV Commercials, Student Productions, Screenplays, Music Videos, New Media, Experimental, Films for Business & Industry and Documentary entries (New Music Video & New Media categories)!   The 46th Annual WorldFest-Houston Int'l Film Festival - April 12 - 21, 2013 Houston: The Coolest City in America! (Forbes Magazine)    Houston: Home of the Oldest Independent Film Festival in the World!   The Only Film Festival in the world with a Sailboat Regatta & Texas BBQ for filmmakers! Learn More! Sail On! Regent University  School of Communication & The Arts        So, you want to make movies? Like many film schools, if you enroll at Regent University, you will receive intensive training and hands-on experience in the artistry of cinema-television. A Multiple Remi Award Winner at WorldFest!     CLICK HERE - LEARN MORE! The 46th Annual WorldFest  Houston    " Before there was Sundance or SXSW, before there was Toronto or Tribeca, there was WorldFest!"   Learn More It is so quick & easy to enter WorldFest - Simply go to www.worldfest.org - then click on Enter Film Festival, then on FAQ, CATEGORIES & ENTRY FORMS ...fill out the form, send it in! We will send you a confirming email when your entry is received and processed! Personal attention, excellent competition categories, experienced & professional juries, great communication, we screen Remi Award Winning Shorts & Features in BluRay & DVD Digital on big screens in the AMC Studio 30 Theater! We offer 6 professional production seminars, a great Festival Club, a Remi Awards Gala Dinner, a VIP Tour of NASA & Space Center Houston & the only Film Festival Sailing Regatta in the world! Plus a Texas BBQ! Network, meet and mingle with more than 500 of the top filmmakers in the world! WorldFest-Houston is the oldest and longest running Indie Film & Video Festival in the World! Team WorldFest - Simply click on any of the hot-links below for our VIP Sponsors information... The 46th Annual WorldFest-Houston International Film & Video Festival WorldFest is very proudly sponsored by AMC Theaters, the Houston Arts Alliance (HAA), Boxer Property, Regent University Film School, Tippit and Moo, Google, Eastman Kodak, The City of Houston, The Houston Film Commission, The HQ Hotel Marriott Westchase, Space Center Houston, Texas Longhorns, NASA, The Houston Yacht Club, InkTip, The Houston Film Society, OnlyInHouston, Fest21.com, the USAFilmFestival, Dallas; the Seoul Drama Awards, Korea; the Concorto Short Film Festival, Italy and The HBU Bradshaw Fitness Center . Save $5 Be part of one of the finest and longest running International Film & Video Competitions in the World! This is the Film Festival that gave first honors to Spielberg, George Lucas, David Lynch, Randal Kleiser, Oliver Stone, The Coen Brothers, John Lee Hancock, Gavin Hood, Atom Egoyan, Spike Lee, Ang Lee, George Hickenlooper & Ridley Scott, WorldFest is the 3rd Oldest International Film Festival in North America, founded in 1961! Save $5 per entry and $5 for each additional Competition Category! Offer Expires: Postmarked/Shipped by Thursday, November 15th!   The 45th WorldFest's 2012 top honors- The Remi Grand Awards went to the following International Productions:   BEST THEATRICAL FEATURE ~ CHINESE TAKE AWAY (Un Cuento Chino) Argentina, Sebastián Borensztein, represented by Stuart Strutin from Panorama Entertainment, NY who personally accepted the award. BEST FILM & VIDEO ~ STEVEN CARAS: SEE THEM DANCE, Deborah Novak, WITEK & NOVAK, INC., Huntington ,WV, USA. Here to accept. BEST TV & CABLE PRODUCTION ~ THREE KINGDOMS, Xiaojun Yang, BEIJING ORIENT HENGHE FILM & MOVIE CO. LTD., Beijing, CHINA. Here to accept. BEST NEW MEDIA ~ AXI: AVENGERS OF XTREME ILLUSIONS, Shawn Welling, WELLING FILMS, Houston, TX, USA Here to Accept. BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM & VIDEO ~ TEN QUINTILLION, Romilly Spier, Director/producer, SWINBURNE SCHOOL OF FILM & TV, Prahran, AUSTRALIA. Here to Accept! BEST SHORT SUBJECT ~ GOOD LUCK, MR. GORSKI, Aaron Shiver, INSTANT FIRES, Taos, NM. USA. Here to Accept. BEST STUDENT FILM ~ SHOOT THE MOON, Alexander Gaeta, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY, Orange, CA., USA. (Actress Pamela Bower on hand to accept.) BEST MUSIC VIDEO ~ VUCCIRIA, Massimo Massara, NOTA PREZIOSA S.R.L.Palermo, ITALY. WorldFest Best Actor Remi Awards go to Jed Rees, in Phil Volken's GARBAGE, Filmmuse Prds. CA., USA; Gwendoline Yeo, Best Actress in Torque Entertainment's, HEATHENS & THIEVES, CA., USA; Alex Meraz, Best Supporting Actor in Camilo Vila's CITY OF GARDENS, Four Fish Films, CA,US; Nazneen Contractor, Best Supporting Actress SEANCE: THE SUMMONING, directed by Alex Wright, Berkshire Axis Media, BAM, Toronto, Canada.  Win your Remi at the 46th WorldFest!

WOWZERONI! Thanks, Hunter!

      From the Incomparable Charis Bean Duke (Governor Thomas Johnson HS, MD - '85) of NC - 10/25/12 - "War - What Is It Good For?":

http://lasttangowithcharis.blogspot.com/2012/10/war-what-is-is-good-for.html

   Thank you, Charis Dear! I'll not comment on most of your post lest the tears start to fall again, but your mama's solution to squabbling children reminded me of something a friend of mine told me forty-eleven years ago. (OH, SHEESH! Now that I think of it, it actually was thirty-seven years ago!)

   But I digress. When her daughters were young, if they began to argue, she equipped each one with a bottle of Windex and a roll of paper towels, and set them to work on opposite sides of the same window. It never took long before they were happy and giggling again, PLUS she had the shiniest windows in town! Alas, when my sons were young, home designs being what they are, this was not a viable solution, but I always thought that was a brilliant formula for juvenile conflict resolution.

     From Me ('65) of NC - 10/26/12 - "The Tiny Seed Knew":

		Nice lesson!

      From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 10/26/12 - "T.H.I.N.K.":

T.H.I.N.K. Before You Speak
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Is it True?
Is it Helpful?
Is it Inspiring?
Is it Necessary?
Is it Kind?
 

What great advice! Thanks, Shari!

BONUS HALLOWEEN CROCHET PATTERNS:

      From Wayne Stokes ('65) of VA - 10/01/12, 11:05 AM - "Priceless Rare Photos (#18 in a Series of 25)":  
 

		Some more memories. Some of these photos will blow you away. A Baby Boomer's Time Machine        MORE WOWZERS! Thanks, Wayne Honey!
Jane Seymour and Freddie Mercury

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From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 10/22/12, 10:36 AM - "Morning Awwwww (#1 in a Series of 22)":              AWWWWW! Thanks, Norris Sweetie!   I told you NOT to give me that last beer…   FINALLY:

From www.ajokeaday.com - 10/25/12:

It was the end of the school year, and a kindergarten teacher was receiving gifts from her pupils. The florist's son handed her a gift. She shook it, held it overhead, and said, "I bet I know what it is. Flowers." "That's right!" the boy said, "But, how did you know?" "Oh, just a wild guess," she said. The next pupil was the sweet shop owner's daughter. The teacher held her gift overhead, shook it, and said, "I bet I can guess what it is. A box of sweets." "That's right, but how did you know?" asked the girl. "Oh, just a wild guess," said the teacher. The next gift was from the son of the liquor storeowner. The teacher held he package overhead, but it was leaking. She touched a drop off the leakage with her finger and put it to her tongue. "Is it wine?" she asked. "No," the boy replied, with some excitement. The teacher repeated the process, tasting a larger drop of the leakage. "Is it champagne?" she asked. "No," the boy replied, with more excitement. The teacher took one more big taste before declaring, "I give up, what is it?" With great glee, the boy replied, "It's a puppy! SURPRISE!"

1. Thursday, November 1, 2012 - 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. Wednesday, December 12, 2012 - 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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Y'all take care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER!  We'll Always Have Buckroe!                                  Love to all, Carol

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Eternal Father, Strong to Save - The U. S. Navy Hymn - Original Words by the Rev. William Whiting, 1860 (1825 - 1878) Music ("Melita") by John Bacchus Dykes, 1861 (10 Mar 1823 – 22 Jan 1876) Eternal Father, Strong to save, Whose arm hath bound the restless wave, Who bid'st the mighty Ocean deep Its own appointed limits keep; O hear us when we cry to thee, for those in peril on the sea. O Christ! Whose voice the waters heard And hushed their raging at Thy word, Who walked'st on the foaming deep, and calm amidst its rage didst sleep; Oh hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea! Most Holy spirit! Who didst brood Upon the chaos dark and rude, And bid its angry tumult cease, And give, for wild confusion, peace; Oh, hear us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the sea! O Trinity of love and power! Our brethren shield in danger's hour; From rock and tempest, fire and foe, Protect them wheresoe'er they go; Thus evermore shall rise to Thee, Glad hymns of praise from land and sea.

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"Eternal Father, Strong to Save - The U.S. Navy Hymn" midi courtesy of http://home.att.net/~shannon11415/july4th/navy.mid - 11/14/04

"Eternal Father, Strong to Save - The U.S. Navy Hymn" lyrics courtesy of http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq53-1.htm - 11/14/04

Official U.S. Navy Images courtesy of http://www.news.navy.mil
at the suggestion of Capt. David A. Spriggs, USNR (Ret.) ('64), USNA ('69) of VA - 10/12/05
Thanks, Captain!

1 - 961210-N-0710M-001 (DECEMBER 10, 1996)--The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67)
steams in the Northern Puerto Rican Operations Area (NPOA) during carrier airwing qualifications.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographers Mate Second Class Scott A. Moak. (RELEASED)

2 - 040827-N-4459K-002 Virginia Beach, Va. (Aug. 27, 2004) - A UH-3H Sea King helicopter assigned to the Search and Rescue
(SAR) unit at Naval Air Station Oceana, Va., flies over the aircraft carriers moored at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.,
left to right, USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75), USS George Washington (CVN 73), and USS Enterprise (CVN 65). The SAR squadron,
which provides rescue services to both the military and civilian communities, (was) decommissioned on October 1st, 2004.
U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 1st Class Anthony M. Koch (RELEASED)

Navy Flag Image used to create Divider Lines courtesy of http://www.4armedforces.com/product/0100_F2NS 
once again at the suggestion of Capt. David A. Spriggs, USNR (Ret.) ('64), USNA ('69) of VA - 06/29/04
Thanks again, David! And those four gold bars are for you, Captain.

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

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

Coast Guard Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/SealsEmblems/USCG.htm - 10/03/07

Governor Thomas Johnson High School's Logo courtesy of http://www.tjathletics.org/ - 06/16/08 

Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06

Animated Laughing Smiley courtesy of Janice McCain Rose ('65) of VA - 02/07/05
Thanks, Janice!

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