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11/09/06
- NNHS Newsletter - Think of Me
"When you remember me, it means
that you have carried something of who
I am with you, that I have left some mark of who I am on who you are.
It means that you can summon me back to your mind even though countless
years and miles may stand between us. It means that if we meet again,
you will know me. It means that even after I die, you can still see
my face and hear my voice and speak to me in your heart."
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Frederick Buechner
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
| As it's
Thursday, this is another one of those Bonus Newsletters I promised you. The themes for Bonus
Newsletters generally come either from my Haunted Radio or from my Magic
Shower.
There are times when my Magic Shower has a cruel, almost
vicious side to it - times such as these when it unrelentingly sings me this
lovely anthem, knowing how it will make me cry....... |
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BIRTHDAYS:
PAGE
HITS:
From Cheryl Mays Howard ('66) of VA - 11/07/06 - "Memorial":
From My Niece, Shari of VA -
11/08/06 - "Great patriotic commercial":
From Wayne Agee ('58) of FL -
11/08/06 - "History of the sixties":
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Carol:
Bob Hedrick, Class
of 58 sent me this neat "60's" site that you might want to use if you
haven't all ready. Turn your speakers on sit back and enjoy.
Wayne
To all,
Perhaps some of you will remember a few of the things that are shown in this
video. Some of you are too young to actually remember any of the happenings
shown, too bad. It was a good time to be young.
Bob
Turn your sound up. Sit back relax and
enjoy.
http://oldfortyfives.com/TakeMeBackToTheSixties.htm
WOWZERONI-RINI-ROONI!!! You found my
Time Machine! Thanks, Wayne - and Bob!
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From
Frank Friedland ('60) of VA - 11/08/06:
Carol,
As "Thanksgiving Day" is approaching it always brings back to me the NNHS
1959 classic game against HHS. Jimmy Eason was playing for his father
and Cowboy Range brought the Typhoons to Hampton's turf....capacity
crowd - and after Julie Conn gave his famous half time talk..we
walked off the field with a 34-14 victory.
I think 
Steve Hochman ('60 - of VA) has the film of that game. It would be great
to see that film again. Maybe we could have a party and celebrate again that
wonderful victory.
Frank Friedland
What a great idea!!!
Why don't you give Steve a call and see what could be arranged? You
surely know how many people would thrill to see that film again - let alone
each other! I'm not very helpful at arranging things, but I could give
you all the free publicity you want!
Thanks, Frank!
I posted your note - well, it should have been on the 1960 Football
page (they're named for the graduating seniors' class, not for the fall
when they were actually played), but it seems the Resident Slacker
around here still hasn't made most of the Football pages. Sigh.
I did fill in many of the blanks on the main page, at least, so I placed
your remarks there for the moment:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
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From Christine Wilson Starkman
('68) of CA - 11/08/06 - "Election Day":
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Hi Carol!
Greetings from Kollyfornia! We voted in our
favorite Governator yesterday, and yes, liberal that I am, I voted for
him. Like my youngest, Gaby, used to say, "I didn't do it--my hand
did it!"
Speaking of religion (weren't we?), I enjoyed
the info you posted on the pagan holiday,
Samhain. When our daughters
were young, we lived next door to two witches. One rainy October they
asked to use our covered patio for their harvest "rit," or ritual. They
forgot to mention that Channel 5 Morning News was coming to film them.
Which is how our daughters had Halloween breakfast with half a dozen
witches and a news team. The team caught my husband on his way out the
door to work saying, "I disavow any knowledge of what's going on in my
backyard."
Our witches, Jolene and Sandy,
taught us much over the years. Each member of their coven was an expert on
a particular mythology--Greek, Celtic, Egyptian, etc.--and were always
available to share their knowledge for school reports. We even
participated in a few of their "rits." Our girls learned about diversity,
and I learned the true meaning of a "charmed circle!"
In the words of our fearless leader,
"I'll be back!"
Typhoons Forever (We'll Always Have Buckroe!)
Chris
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You've led an exciting life,
Lady! By the way,
you'll see that I finally scanned in your junior portrait to use instead of
your sophomore picture - YAY!
Thanks, Chris!
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From Fred Mays ('60) of VA -
11/08/06 - "PAL Orange drink":
Carol:
I really remember the PAL drinks. My
first memory is when I was either 4 or 5 years old. I did not go to
school and we lived at 918 25th Street. We lived directly behind
Walter Reed School. The house
has long been torn down. Anyway, there were two houses between us
and an alley that connected 25th Street and 24th Street. Beside the
alley, on 25th Street, was Marion's Grocery Store. One day, when I
was riding my tricycle down 25th Street, I noticed the PAL drink truck
parked in the alley beside the store. The delivery man was stocking his
drinks in the store. He saw me and said, "Would you like to have a PAL
drink?" Of course, I said, "Yes Sir!" He GAVE me a PAL drink. I was so
excited and hurried home and put it in the refrigerator. After only a
short while, I had it opened and took a few sips, then put it back. I did
this for several hours, until it was all gone. I NEVER had an entire
drink for myself at home as a child. We always had to divide a drink.
This was true of two of us...my sister, 
Mary Anne ('58) and me. This was probably in 1946-1947.....
The second memory I have of PAL drinks
is when I was in the 5th grade at Woodrow
Wilson School. This would have been in early 1953. I think
it was for Valentine's Day.....Our homeroom mother had a party for us. We
all were given PAL drinks. We only had orange.....Actually, I do not
remember Pal being in grape as Nehi or Sun
Crest were. Anyway, I remember noticing that on the bottle it said, "Non
carbonated...PASTEURIZED". Yes, I am sure of this. I had only heard of
milk being pasteurized. Red is my favorite color and the red heart on the
front made the bottle especially pretty to me. I do have many good
memories and these are two of them.
Take care, Fred Mays, '60 of Newport News,
VA
Thanks, Fred!
It's nice how vividly the warm memories of our early childhood remain with
us, isn't it?
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I'd still like to
know where in Newport News the Pal Bottling Company was located.
From Frances Goodson Wang ('65) of MD - 11/09/06 - "link to short clips of music
you
might like":
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A friend sent this to me.
Frances
WOWZERS!!! There are some very unusual arrangements here,
Frances! Some are quite hauntingly Beautiful! Thanks so much,
Lady!
(I had to open this in
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From the President of the Class of 1965, Joe Wingo of NC - 11/09/06:
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Dear Carol,
Sorry to hear that finances are deteriorating again. I will get a check in
the mail ASAP.
But
now seems like a good time to revisit the issue of a monthly fee for
subscriptions? In effect, you are running a business and producing a product
(a first class product, at that). You, therefore, have production costs that
need to be offset. No one is going to object to a fee if it helps you
maintain the integrity of your process.
You
are an extremely generous, caring, and loving person, Carol. But you need to
let your head rule your heart in this matter so as to not place undue stress
on yourself.
You
have created a beautiful thing with your newsletter. I doubt there’s a
person on your distribution that is willing to let you go it alone, much
less risk losing the newsletter altogether!
Think hard on this one .Please do not continue to put yourself in difficult
positions when a small monthly fee from everyone could make it go away. I
know all would agree.
Take care of yourself, you beautiful lady.
All
my best.
Love ya’,
Joe
Joe Darlin',
I've spent the entire day trying to write you one of my rare personal
replies. Every time I begin, I start crying so hard I can't remember
what I wanted to say beyond, "Thanks, you're my hero!" or something
equally lame.
I really had truly
believed that this nightmare would be over by now, and the whole question
would be moot or superfluous or something. I really cannot in good
conscience charge a monthly fee to everyone, because there are a number of
people with us who are in pretty much the same state that I am, and I just
couldn't tell them to go take a long walk off a short dock with concrete
boots on.
But that brings us back
to the Underwriters concept again - perhaps with varying levels of support.
If anyone has some great idea of how to institute that, perhaps we really
should - at least temporarily.
So, uh, yes, Sweetie, I'm
still left with nothing better to say even after all these hours than a
tearful, "Thank you so very much, Love. You really
are my hero!"
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From Wayne Stokes ('65) of VA - 11/09/06:
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CBD,
In reading the article, in
the 11-08-06 newsletter, that
Jerry Blanchard ('62) sent to
Gloria Woolard Price (HHS
'65) regarding the last "Turkey Day Game", I noticed the reporter had
listed the final series count at 37-27-12 in Hampton's favor. It was his
position that after all those years and all those games and excitement
that went with them, that HHS had won 37 games,
NNHS
27 games, and 12 games ended in a tie.
Now, I don't have the article and I
can't prove it but, I recall reading another lengthy article on the same
subject a "few" of years ago that stated that when all was "said and done"
HHS had won one more game than NNHS.
Does anyone else remember such an
article? It's a mute point now, but I would like to know.
Well,
ten more is considerably different from one more, now, isn't
it?!? Surely there exists some record book somewhere which could be
consulted (and posted!) which would definitively answer this, n'est pas?
"Anyone?
Anyone?"
One thing I do know is that both HHS
and NNHS grads were most upset when the wisdom(?) of the Newport News
School Board decided it was not "fair" to name one school after the city
and tagged the new high school that should have been NNHS with the name
Menchville!
All of that tradition, all those
trophies, all of those memories, all of everything that was so dear to the
hearts of so many simply voted away due to a misguided sense of
"fairness". Ask Bethel, Kecoughtan, and Phoebus High students if they have
any less school spirit and want any less to beat Hampton because they are
in the City of Hampton and not named after the city. Hats off to the
"thinking" Hampton School Board!
TC!
Wayne
WOW........
Thanks, Wayne Honey!
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From Carol Anne Comer Cutler
('70) of VA - 11/09/06:
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A first grade teacher had twenty-five
students in her class and she presented each child in her class the first
half of a well known proverb and asked them to come up with the remainder
of the proverb.
It's hard to believe these were actually done by first graders. Their
insight may surprise you. While reading these keep in mind that these are
first graders, 6-year-olds, because the last one is classic!
1. Don't change
horses................................................until they stop
running.
2. Strike while
the.......................................................bug is close.
3. It's always darkest
before..........................................Daylight Saving Time.
4. Never underestimate the power of .............................
termites.
5. You can lead a horse to water but ............................. how?
6. Don't bite the hand that ...........................................
looks dirty.
7. No news
is...............................................................impossible.
8. A miss is as good as a ..............................................
Mr.
9. You can't teach an old dog new ................................. math.
10. If you lie down with dogs, you'll ................................
stink in the morning.
11. Love all, trust
....................................................... me.
12. The pen is mightier than the .....................................
pigs.
13. An idle mind
is.........................................................the best way to
relax.
14. Where there's smoke there's .....................................
pollution.
15. Happy the bride
who.................................................gets all the presents.
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16. A penny saved is ...................................................
not much.
17. Two's company, three's ...........................................the
Musketeers.
18. Don't put off till tomorrow what ................................. you
put on to go to bed.
19. Laugh and the whole world laughs with you, cry and .......you have to
blow your nose.
20. There are none so blind as ........................................
Stevie Wonder.
21. Children should be seen and not .................................
spanked or grounded.
22. If at first you don't succeed
......................................get new batteries.
23. You get out of something only what you ...................... see in
the picture on the box.
24. When the blind lead the blind .....................................get
out of the way.
And the WINNER and last one!
25. Better late
than........................................................pregnant.
These are classics, Carol Anne! Thanks!
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From David Whitley ('67) of VA - 11/09/06 - "hiya":
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Mornin' Missy,
Hey,
Tom Norris (Hampton HS - '73 - of VA) was telling me (some time ago)
about some '60's music cd's, interspersed with WGH
commercials, that he purchased from someone on your
website. Was it 
Dave Spriggs ('64 - of VA), maybe? And,
Little Ms. Know Everyteeng & All-of-it, do ya know if it/they can still be
had? .....
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Yes, of course, Gorgeous! I
didn't realize you didn't have yours. There's just the one detail. They
cannot be purchased. They're
free!
Of course, a $10.00 donation to the coffers of the 1964 Reunion Committee
would be considered mighty thoughtful. And yes, they're still available
from Our Wizard of Wonderment, Dave Spriggs.
If you feel
so inclined, you may make your donation check payable to “NNHS Class
of 1964”, indicate "CD MIX" in the memo area of your check and mail it to:
NNHS CLASS OF 1964
P.O.
BOX
6387
NORFOLK
VA 23508-0387
Here's a listing of all the songs you'll get on your five free CD's:
These
are simply fabulous! You will just love them!
Thanks,
David - and David!
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From David Whitley ('67) of VA - 09/29/06 - "WGH":
When I saw David at the Open Reunion of the Class of 1966 in September, he
gave me, right out of his high school scrapbook, bless his sweet
heart, this flyer from March 20, 1966.
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I did a bit of a page redesign, and added it to our wonderful WGH page:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/wgh.html
(I saved the picture
to a rather large size, so if you're not seeing it really big, click
again!)
Thanks so very much,
Gorgeous!
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From Elaine Wilkinson Bracken ('61) of VA - 11/09/06 - "Tommy Price":
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Carol,
I just read the mail from
Robert Price ('61 - of VA), stating that no one would remember him.
What a joke!!!! How could anyone not remember that handsome "boy"? He was
in one of my classes and I'm sure I made him very uncomfortable, by
staring at him all the time. Glad to know he's among us now on THE WEB. I
had no idea Tommy ('51) was his brother. I worked with his
sister-in-law, Christine, at R.O. Nelson Elementary School for
years. I remember when she went to see "The Phantom of the Opera" in NYC,
I would enter the office and sing(?) "Christine, I Looove You", and she
would just chuckle. So many fond memories of that fine family. My heart
and prayers are with the entire Price family.
Elaine Wilkinson Bracken ('61).
Thanks, Elaine! I
posted your remarks on Tommy's Memorial Newsletter as well.
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/NNHS-Newsletters-2006.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/11-06-06-NNHS-Tommy-Price.html
: I think it's so strange
that you invoked memories of "The Phantom of the Opera", given today's
theme. You'll note down in the credits that even though I did not find
a set of reasonable, abbreviated lyrics or an image that I wanted until
11/01/06, I had already located and saved the midi on 10/19/06.
The Twilight Zone strikes again....
Thanks, Lady! And
oh, I agree with you. Some people are simply unforgettable!
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From Richard Dawes (HHS/NNHS - '62) of VA - 11/09/06 - "Here it is... GROANER OF
THE
WEEK":
Carol
Here is a little teaser for all the math people out there.
Best to you
Richard Dawes
(Dicky)
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There was an Indian Chief, and he had three
squaws, and kept them in three teepees. When he would come home late from
hunting, he would not know which teepee contained which squaw, being dark
and all. He went hunting one day, and killed a hippopotamus, a bear, and a
buffalo. He put the a hide from each animal into a different teepee, so that
when he came home late, he could feel inside the teepee and he would know
which squaw was inside.
Well after about a year, all three squaws had children. The squaw on the
bear had a baby boy, the squaw on the buffalo hide had a baby girl. But the
squaw on the hippopotamus had a girl and a boy. So what is the moral of the
story?
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The squaw on the hippopotamus is equal to the sum of the squaws on the other
two hides.
ARGHHHH!!!
Thanks, Dicky!
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UPDATES:
For One of my
Famous Marines - 
Herb Hice of MI, who
served in the Pacific Theater
during WWII - 11/09/06:
Herbie
Darlin', I redid your images and added your Purple Heart to your
spot on Famous Marines:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/famous-marines-G-L.html
Thanks so much for letting me
know!
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(And no, I still haven't thought of all those appropriately
lovely words of gratitude I was going to say. I think possibly that
portion of my mind went on strike with the Goodyear workers around the
corner from me....) |
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From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA to the Class of 1964 - 10/15/06 - "NNHS 60TH
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION":
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Fellow Classmates.
I wanted to thank all of you for attending our
Birthday Celebration. I hope that you had a memorable evening.
I also hope that you took lots of candid photos of
your classmates, of Ms. Kanter ... and of
"THE KING".
I know that those who could not attend (and other
NNHS classes) would love to see all of your
photos. The best way to make that happen is to let Carol Buckley Harty
('65 - of NC) place them on the NNHS Web Page.
And, the best way to do that is to send them all to me, so that I can
archive them to my hard drive before sending them along to Carol.
You can attach them to e-mails, if you wish, but I
can handle any media.
For "snail mail" send them to: NNHS CLASS OF
1964, P.O. BOX 6387, Norfolk VA 23508-0387
It was great seeing all of you.
TYPHOONS FOREVER,
Dave Spriggs
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Thank you, Brown Eyes!
Your new section is accessible both from the new
Site Map
and from the
Reunion Page.
I've already fallen behind on these pages, but here's what I've
posted so far:
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From Me ('65) of NC - 10/31/05 - "REUNION IMAGES!":
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More
images just arrived!
Unfortunately, I haven't posted them yet, but here are the latest:
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REUNION REMINDERS:
Reunion
information is ALWAYS posted very near the top on the front page, and
on the Reunion Page section:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-page.html
Henceforth, it will be repeated
here, lest you forget:
The NNHS Class of 1958
will hold its Holiday Party on Saturday, December 9, 2006
at The Kitchen at Powhatan Plantation, Williamsburg, VA 23185.
http://www.kitchenatpowhatan.com/
More details to
follow! |
The NNHS Class of 1957
will hold its Holiday Party on Thursday, December 14, 2006 at the
Omni Hotel,
Newport News, VA.
Forms and reservations are due by Monday, December 4, 2006. |
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The NNHS Class of 1962
will hold its 45-Year Reunion
on Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday, September 21, 22 and 23, 2007 at the Point
Plaza Suites, 950 J. Clyde Morris Boulevard, Newport News, VA 23601.
Suites will be available that will include breakfast on Saturday and
Sunday.
Visit Brenda's 1962 Web Page:
http://geocities.com/typhoonmom1/
AND CHECK THIS WEB PAGE
FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION -
10/21/06:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-62-planning-mtgs.html
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The
NNHS Class of 1957
is planning its 50-Year Class Reunion,
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday,
September 7, 8 and 9, 2007
at the Omni Hotel in Newport News, VA.More details to
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The NNHS Class of 1958
is planning its 50th Anniversary Reunion,
Friday and Saturday, May 16 -17, 2008.
The Noble
Gathering
More details to
follow!
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From David Whitley ('67) of VA - 11/08/06 - "Friends" (#2 in a series of 12):
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Awww, isn't that sweet?!? Thanks, Gorgeous!
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They will support you.... |
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From Jerry Blanchard ('62) of VA - 11/08/06 - "BEWARE of Wild Animals": (#2
in a series of 18):
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Carol,
Look at one a day
to brighten your day,
Jerry Blanchard
(Class 62) of Va.
OHHH, how cute!!! Thanks, Jerry!
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Ummmm, I still didn't finish all I had intended... Fortunately, there will
be special editions both tomorrow and Saturday.
Y'all take care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER!
We'll Always Have
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Love to all, Carol
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NNHS CLASS OF '65 WEB SITE:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com
PERSONAL WEB SITE:
http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/cluckmeat
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Carol Buckley
Harty
219 Four Ply Lane
Fayetteville, NC 29311-9305
910-488-9408
Think of Me
(Phantom of the Opera)
- Andrew Lloyd Webber, 1986
Think of me
think of me fondly,
when we've said
goodbye.
Remember me
once in a while -
please
promise me
you'll try.
When you
find
that, once
again, you long
to take your
heart back
and be free -
if you
ever find
a
moment,
spare a thought
for me
We never said
our love
was evergreen,
or as unchanging
as the sea -
but if
you can still
remember
stop and think
of me . . .
Think of all the things
we've
shared and seen -
don't think about the things
which might have been . . .
Think of me,
think
of me waking,
silent and
resigned.
Imagine
me,
trying too hard
to put you
from my mind.
Recall those days
look back
on all those
times,
think of the things
we'll never do -
there will
never be
a day, when
I won't
think
of you . .
We never said
our
love
was evergreen,
or as unchanging
as the sea
-
but please
promise me,
that sometimes
you
will think of me!
"Think of Me"
midi courtesy of
http://wtv-zone.com/caseman/midi11.html -
10/19/06
"Think of
Me" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Phantom-Of-The-Opera/Think-Of-Me.html
- 11/01/06
Image of the
Phantom and Christine courtesy of
http://quizilla.com/users/TheWorldIsBlack42231
- 11/01/06
Pink Heart
Divider Line clip art courtesy of
http://members.tripod.com/~emelinda/index-12.html
- 07/18/04
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Page Hit Counter
clip art courtesy of
http://www.bravenet.com
- 03/07/06
Army Seal clip art also courtesy of Al
Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thanks again, Al!
Animated Boy Rolling on the Floor
Laughing clip art courtesy of
http://www.animationfactory.com - 04/06/05
Animated Laughter clip art courtesy
of Janice McCain Rose ('65) of VA - 01/24/06
Thanks, Janice!
Marine Corps Seal clip art
courtesy of
Herbert Hice of MI
- one of my
Famous Marines who served in the South
Pacific during WWII.
Thanks, Herbie!
Navy Seal clip art courtesy of
http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06
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