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	11/28/09 - NNHS Newsletter - You've Made Me So Very Happy “It isn't what you have, or who you are, or where you are, or what you are doing that makes you happy or unhappy. It is what you think about.” - Dale Carnegie (24 Nov 1888 - 01 Nov 1955)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,  

   Soooo, are you feeling happy today??

BONUS #1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cOnN18dTm0g - You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears, 1969

BONUS #2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y168CNQyO7g&NR=1 - You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears, 1993

CORRECTION:

  From Steve Veazey ('60) of VA - 11/28/09, 11:06 AM - "Correction to NNHS 1960 DATES TO REMEMBER":

Dear Carol,

We need a little correction on the NNHS '60 announcement shown below (already corrected).  If you could please include it in your next posting, we would be grateful!
Thanks! 

Steve Veazey, NNHS 1960
 
DATES TO REMEMBER:

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 Candle Light Kitchen in Norge (Williamsburg). Directions: Take I-64 to Exit 231A-Norge, go 1-1/2 miles to Richmond Road, go through light, look for shopping center on left, Candle Light Kitchen on Right. OPEN TO ALL TYPHOONS! RSVP to duckbill1@verizon.net  NO LATER THAN December 8, 2009.

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

   Many Happy Returns to You All!

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html 

THIS DAY IN WWII:

THIS DAY IN 1964:

Saturday, November 28, 1964 - Mariner program: NASA launched the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.

Saturday, November 28, 1964 -  Vietnam War: National Security Council members agreed to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.

Saturday, November 28, 1964 - Michael Bennet, Junior Senator from Colorado, was born in New Delhi, India.

AS PROMISED:

      From Phil Hammond ('64) of UT - 11/25/09 - "First Small Winter Strom for the "Wasatch Back" (Park City)":

Hi Carol,

First of all thanks for all the hard work! You inform us about each other all over this great land of ours! And a Happy Thanksgiving.

I can't tell you how many people at our 45-year reunion said how they liked the pictures and notes about Park City, Utah you posted for me. I thought perhaps most people are not aware of what it takes to start a ski season at Deer Valley Resort so I have attached pictures of "whales". Whales are mounds of man made snow blown from our snow guns. We let the whales sit for as long as we can for the moisture to drain and it becomes a consistent temperature. We mainly make snow for the spring in areas that melt fast. We use approximately 150 million gallons of water making snow in a season. Of course this water runs off the mountain back into our lakes and ponds in the spring. We will not open a run until it is at least 3 feet deep. Also we employ approximately 2500 people during the busiest part of the season. So come on out and enjoy the beauty of it all and I will personally ski with you. You may not like where I take you but never fear, our snow is great fluffy powder and if you fall it won't hurt much!

PS. The picture from my kitchen window was the day after I had cooked a Smithfield ham. The fresh snow and the smell of the ham reminded me of what a surprise it was to see the first snow at Stuart Gardens.

Take care all and come visit.

Phil

       From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 11/27/09 - "Recent PC Acquisition":

		Attached is a recent EBAY purchase. Of the many views of Washington Avenue I already have in my collection, this was one that I had never seen before. This one, perhaps more than any other I have seen, gives a real sense of the hustle, bustle, and vitality that was once downtown Newport News. Where did it all go?    OHHHH, WOWZERONI-RINI!!!    You know, David, as I was processing this, I began to wonder if it might not just be that (ironic as it may seem), black and white images sometimes capture more vibrancy than colored ones.
Looking North on Washington Avenue

Contrast this one with one you sent me about six years ago taken from roughly the same angle (if not quite the same spot), but probably about ten years later:
		Of course, there's far less traffic on the street in this later shot, but I think it's more than that...      Congratulations on your latest treasure, Brown Eyes - and thanks so very much for sharing it with us!   http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html      http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html           http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-C-G.html                http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/downtown.html
Looking North on Washington Avenue

      From Phil Hammond ('64) of UT - 11/27/09 - "Our Small Thanksgiving at Home":

Happy Thanksgiving from the Wasatch Back! As we were unable to have family this year I took the opportunity to take a few pictures on ""auto"" to share our day. Thanksgiving has always been my favorite holiday - the smell of turkey, football and being home with family. I wanted to thank our troops for keeping us safe and able to have such a great day. Carol, I know you have a true military family and you must be proud. I hope you had them home with you.
Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, 2009
Phil ('64) and Sylvia Hall ('66) Hammond at Home in Park City, UT
I also would like to thank the 1964 45-year reunion committee for making such a great wine. You may see it on my table. We really enjoyed it with dinner. Happy Thanksgiving to all, Phil    Thanks so much, Phil - I am proud of "my babies" - all of them! We did have five of our seven children here with us, but our #2 son,          Brent (Harty - Hillsboro HS, IL - '90 - of TX) and our #6 son,            Dale (Harty - Hillsboro HS, IL / American School, IL - '02 - of MA), and their families were unable to make it.  (I don't know where we would have stashed ten more people anyway - GIGGLES!)    We've enjoyed several small Thanksgivings together in recent years, but aside from the great fun of all the chickadees around, one of the main advantages to larger gatherings is that no one person needs to provide all the food!  For instance, this year all I myself baked (over two days, even!) was two pecan pies, a sweet potato casserole, a double batch of dressing, and some unfrosted spice cake - and even that just about wiped me out.  I'm afraid that the huge feasts I used to prepare in years past are now beyond my ability to endure.  I have achieved Ultimate Wussidom.  Sigh.    Down in Texas my second daughter-in-law,   Bethany (Winona Harty - Siuslaw HS, OR - '94 - of TX), had no such problem; looky what she did (scroll down to her Thanksgiving Day entry - complete with a recipe!): http://elegantwordart2.blogspot.com/    The rest of my little darlings outdid themselves as well; I just don't have the photographic evidence to prove it!  Thanks again for sharing yours, Phil - and Bethany!

  From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of VA - 11/26/09 - "Windfall":

		I HOPE IT WORKS (for both of us).  Money always comes in handy, especially at this time of year!! A little Angel for you...... You have just been sent a Financial Abundance angel! Pass her to two people, and be rich in four days. Pass her to six then be rich in two days. You ARE already rich!!! I am not joking; you will find an un-expected windfall. If you delete her, you will never know how she works…. She really does work like magic!   NO Pass Backs. Pray HER forward ***  Pass it on

OH, GOODY! Thank you, Joyce - I hope it works, too - for both of us! I just sent it to over 550 people, so I should be rolling in money by Monday morning! That would be lovely!

    From Glenn Dye ('60) of TX - 11/27/09 - "Fun Car test":

http://www.cramersweeney.com/brandprix/

Thanks, Glenn! (I'll not even share my embarrassing score with the class...  )

  From Ruth Ann Reece Horace ('67) of FL - 11/27/09 - "The Talking Centipede":

FINALLY:

From ArcaMax Jokes - 11/27/09:

Memories and Good Fortune

An elderly couple were celebrating their sixtieth anniversary. The couple had married as childhood sweethearts and had moved back to their old neighborhood after they retired.

Holding hands, they walked back to their old school. It was not locked, so they entered, and found the old desk they'd shared, where Andy had carved, "I love you, Sally."

On their way back home, a bag of money fell out of an armored car, practically landing at their feet. Sally quickly picked it up, but not sure what to do with it, they took it home. There, she counted the money. It totaled fifty thousand dollars.

Andy said, "We've got to give it back." Sally said, "Finders keepers." She put the money back in the bag and hid it in their attic.

The next day two FBI men were canvassing the neighborhood looking for the money, and knock on the door. "Pardon me, but did either of you find a bag that fell out of an armored car yesterday?"

Sally said, "No."

Andy said, "She's lying. She hid it up in the attic."

Sally said, "Don't believe him, he's getting senile."

The agents turn to Andy and began to question him. One says: "Tell us the story from the beginning."

Andy said, "Well, when Sally and I were walking home from school yesterday..."

ABBREVIATED ALERT:

DATES TO REMEMBER:

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 Candle Light Kitchen in Norge (Williamsburg). Directions: Take I-64 to Exit 231A-Norge, go 1-1/2 miles to Richmond Road, go through light, look for shopping center on left, Candle Light Kitchen on Right. OPEN TO ALL TYPHOONS! RSVP to duckbill1@verizon.net  NO LATER THAN December 8, 2009.
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

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