“Absence of gratitude is the mark of the narrow, uneducated mind. It bespeaks a lack of knowledge and the ignorance of self-sufficiency. It expresses itself in ugly egotism and frequently in wanton mischief... Where there is appreciation, there is courtesy, there is concern for the rights and property of others. Without it there is arrogance and evil." -  Gordon B. Hinckley, October, 1964	11/25/09 - NNHS Newsletter -	“Living in thanksgiving daily is a habit that will enrich our lives and the lives of those we love...Those who live in thanksgiving daily have a way of opening their eyes and seeing the wonders and beauties of this world as though seeing them for the first time." - Joseph B. Wirthlin, The Ensign, September, 2001

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,  

   This Newsletter is the second of our Pre-Thanksgiving Newsletters, seen in this exact same form two years ago this week:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/11-21-07-NNHS-Come-Ye-Thankful-People.html

CORRECTION:

    From Sandi Bateman Chestnut ('65) of VA - 11/24/09, 5:18 PM - "Betty Rew":

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

    Happy Birthday today to    Donnie Satisky ('56) of OR AND    Michael Sisk ('63) of CA!
   Happy Thanksgiving Birthday tomorrow to Betsy Goodson Covert (June '37) of MD AND   Donna Price Devers ('66) of NC AND    Diana Price Carter ('66) of WV!

   Happy Birthday this week to:

   Many Happy Returns to You All!

THIS DAY IN WWII:

November 25, 1936 - The Anti-Comintern Pact, an agreement between Japan and Germany, was signed.

November 25, 1940 - The first flight of the deHavilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder occurred.

November 25, 1943 - The statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina was re-established at the State Anti-Fascist Council for the People's Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

November 25, 1998 - President Jiang Zemin arrived in Tokyo for the first visit to Japan by a Chinese head of state since World War II.

THIS DAY IN 1964:

Wednesday, November 25, 1964 - Musician Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) was born in Ellensburg, Washington.

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    From Glenn Dye ('60) of TX - 11/24/09 - "Rock of Ages":

		TOUR OF LONDON Another chapel to have survived bombs and bulldozers for over 300 years is on Orange Street, just behind the National Gallery. A semicircular inscription over the door has the words "Orange Street Chapel 1693-1929", but it still functions as a Congregational church. The building began as a French Calvinist church, and from 1775 until his death three years later the minister was Augustus Montague Toplady (04 Nov 1740 - 11 Aug 1778), author (in 1763) of "Rock of Ages". Jemima Luke (19 Aug 1813 - 1906), who wrote the children's hymn, "I Think When I Read That Sweet Story of Old" was a Sunday School teacher here. GOD BLESS AMERICA - IN GOD WE TRUST!
Orange Street Chapel

Oh, I LOVE background stories! Thanks for sharing this, Glenn!

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    From Richard Dawes (NNHS / HHS - '62) of VA - 11/24/09 - "www.dumpert.nl - Live Olifant Geboorte TV":

I just got back from South Africa but did not see anything like this.

Richard

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/656611/d1dfcfee/live_olifant_geboorte_tv.html

South Africa?? How cool! Well, Dicky, I guess you just weren't at the right place at the right time, hmm?!?    Thanks for this amazing video! Why do you suppose they didn't provide some straw or blankets or something for a softer landing??

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  From Jerry ('65) and    Judy Phillips ('66) Allen of VA - 11/24/09 - " 7-year-old sings----WOW":

It will give you chills!

Amazing voice

This young man sings the National Anthem prior to a college basketball game. Notice two of the players in tears.

HE IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD!  

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/7-year-old-sings-national-anthem/40945200%C2%A0

WOWZERONI-RINI!!! That oughta make your day! Thank you so much, Sweetie-Pies!

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   EXCELLENT! Thank you, Chuck, I'll repeat this as necessary so that no one misses it!

      From Me ('65) of IL - 11/25/09 - "My Favorite Holiday Recipe (and I'm a-gonna go make some right now...)":

ABBREVIATED ALERT:

1. Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - The Class of 1957 will hold its Holiday Party at Angelo's on Route 17.  RSVP no later than December 6.  For details, contact Pat Beck Letzinger at Pabletz@aol.com - CLASS OF 1957

2. Saturday, December 12, 2009 - The NNHS Class of 1960 will again encourage the Laugh-A Lot Breakfast Bunch at 9:00 AM at the Candlelight Kitchen Rest in Croaker (Williamsburg). Directions: Take I-64 to Croaker Exit 231A-Norge, go 1-1/2 miles to Richmond Road, go through light, look for shopping center on left, Candlelight Rest on Right. OPEN TO ALL TYPHOONS!
3. Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - The NNHS Class of 1958 will hold its annual Gathering and Dinner at Al Fresco Italian Ristorante, 11710 Jefferson Avenue. For details, contact Joe Drewry at JWDVT@aol.com - CLASS OF 1958 AND “other NNHS alums and friends of our 1958 class are invited to join with us”!

  4. Friday and Saturday, August 6 and 7, 2010 - The NNHS Class of 1970 will hold its 40-Year Reunion. Saturday night will be at the Kiln Creek Golf & Country Club. For details, contact Carol Comer Cutler at ca23comerww@aol.com or visit the reunion website at NNHS1970Reunion.myevent.com - CLASS OF 1970

  5. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 6, 7, and  8, 2010 - The NNHS Class of 1960 will hold its 50-Year Reunion at the Marriott Newport News at City Center. For details, contact Karen Weinstein Witte at kwitte@tampabay.rr.com - CLASS OF 1960

Come, Ye Thankful People, Come

Lyrics by Henry Alford (1810-1871);
Music by Sir George J. Elvey (1816-1893), organist at St. George's Chapel,
Windsor Castle for nearly fifty years, about 1844

Come, ye thankful people, come,
Raise the song of harvest home;
All is safely gathered in,
Ere the winter storms begin.
God our Maker doth provide
For our wants to be supplied;
Come to God's own temple, come,
Raise the song of harvest home.

All the world is God's own field,
Fruit as praise to God we yield;
Wheat and tares together sown
Unto joy or sorrow grown;
First the blade and then the ear,
Then the full corn shall appear;
Lord of harvest, grant that we
Wholesome grain and pure may be.

For the Lord our God shall come,
And shall take the harvest home;
From the field shall in that day
All offenses purge away,
Giving angels charge at last
In the fire the tares to cast,
But the fruitful ears to store
In the garner evermore.

Even so, Lord, quickly come,
Bring thy final harvest home;
Gather thou thy people in,
Free from sorrow, free from sin,
There, forever purified,
In thy presence to abide;
Come, with all thine angels, come,
Raise the glorious harvest home.