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12/02/05 - NNHS Newsletter - |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Well, I received
the desires of my heart. Today has been gloriously boring!
WILD GIGGLES!! Even so, I was only
able to make a couple of the backed-up scans for yesterday's Newsletter: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/12-01-05-NNHS-I-Wonder-As-I-Wander.html Perhaps I can snag them over the weekend. |
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From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 12/01/05:
Hi, Carol:
![]() ![]() TYPHOON Regards,
Joe Madagan ('57) of FL
Thanks, Adonis! YOWZERS - I hope he's okay! |
From Dave Ahearn (Ferguson HS - '64) to
Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 12/01/05 -
"W. T. Grant Building":
Dave,
My name is Dave Ahearn (Ferguson Class of '64) with some information on
the W. T. Grant building. About eight years ago the city agreed to
renovate and merge the W. T. Grant building and the adjacent Montgomery
Wards building and lease it to the shipyard for office space. I was in
the first group of folks to move into the nicely renovated building and
was located in the basement of the W. T. Grant portion of the building.
Ironically, I can remember as a kid visiting my grandmother, Annie
Jackson, at work as the hardware manager for W. T. Grant in the basement
of the building.
Dave Ahearn
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From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA to Dave Ahearn (Ferguson HS - '64)- 12/01/05 -
"W. T. Grant Building":
Hi Dave,
Thanks for the background info. I have included
Carol in my reply so that she may add your comments to the appropriate
page of the web site.
TYPHOON (or should I say MARINER?) Regards
Dave
Thanks, Dave - and Dave! And so I did: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html |
From Jimmy Hines ('64) of Northern VA - 12/01/05:
From Aretie Gallins Patterson ('59) of Northern
VA - 12/01/05 - "Me, Too":
Dear Carol, I wasn’t going to write anything else this time, but I did after all, because you got me crying, too! In the December 1, 2005 newsletter you wrote: (Okay, Lady, you got me crying again, just listening to those two! It's amazing how readily they evoke certain memories.) I clicked on the link you included and listened to the music in both places, and then I was crying, too! With a finger click, I was immediately transported across the years. There was my 14 year old self standing with the rest of the ninth graders in our section, singing. I agree it’s amazing how readily and how vividly the music brings back certain memories. Yes, I'm not sure which version made me cry harder. The piano version on Miss Sherman's page dropped me off in the NNHS Auditorium for assemblies, and the organ version on the Trinity Methodist Church page took me back to the Junior Department of the Sunday School as a child. That in itself is strange, because we sang that song as it was played on an old upright piano. I can't even remember who the pianist was. But Alice Reedy with her white hair shining like an angel, and her beautiful pale blue eyes sparkling, and love emanating all around her, led us in song. We sang it in closing every week because she loved it so, just as we loved her.
In
the Dec. 1 newsletter
you wrote that although you visited in Oh, my goodness - I had no idea! It is so strange to think how intricately our lives were woven together, even in ways we never knew.
Pietie and Yes, it was definitely on the first floor, and if it faced the river, it was just as definitely 31st Street. I remember standing and talking with Mrs. Haan in the doorway one day. We were waiting for Katie to finish whatever she was doing in her bedroom so we could go somewhere or other, and she was telling me stories about when Katie was a baby. She had the softest, gentlest voice I ever heard. Even her laughter was soft. Her maiden name was Groome, and I understood even then that they had been quite a prominent family. I didn't realize that they owned the building, but I'm not surprised to learn it.
There were three other
apartment buildings on thirty-second street.
I remember when Pietie was killed. I was teaching at NNHS then. Another time I’ll share with you a special memory of Pietie. Then I'll save my stories of Pietie for then, too. Reading what others remember brings back memories of my old neighborhood that I’d forgotten. The only sad thing is that the neighborhood has been completely obliterated. All the old houses have been torn down. You may be right about the pep rallies before every game, home and away. I just couldn’t remember for sure. I just remembered we had a lot of them and they were such a great experience. Well, I wouldn't trust my memory over anyone else's! It's totally fractured, with only bits and snippets remaining to me. Take care. We are off to Newport News for a long weekend at my father’s. I hope you have a great and memorable one! Thanks - again, Aretie! |
From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 12/02/05 - "The World Is Flat!!!":
Hi, Carol:
The collaboration between
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Joe Madagan ('57) of FL
Thanks so much, Adonis! It's always a joy to hear from you! |
BACKLOGS:
From Tim Parsons ('73) of VA - 11/20/05 - "Downtown Newport News 1969":
Hi Carol, This is a pic scanned from the Daily Press when there was still some retail activity downtown. Tim Parsons '73 |
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WOWZERONI, Tim! This is waaay cool! If you simply ignore that hideous monstrosity in the center, you can make out all kinds of goodies here! There's NNHS and Saunders Stadium, and Coca-Cola Bottling, and Trinity Methodist Church, and - well, y'all can probably identify far more than I can. What fun! |
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Downtown Newport News 1969 | ||
I posted it on the Downtown page, of course: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-C-G.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/downtown.html Thanks so much, Tim! (There's still more to come from Tim's files, but I'm still working on them......) |
From Brownie Shaffer Haracivet ('62)
of the Virgin Islands - 11/16/05:
Hi Everyone!
Meet Miss Mermaid, my first attempt creating a folk
art piece. She is on a spike tapped through a wood base. My next piece will
be a fish.... it's fun! |
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Wednesday, November 16, 2005 | ||||
Miss Mermaid | ||||
How delightful, Brownie!!! Are you starting a new career?? Send us the pics of your fish, Lady, and let's hope it won't take me weeks before I post them. ![]() These shots are now posted on the News link - chronologically, just as if I had posted them when I was supposed to have done so: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/news.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/news-2005.html Thanks, Brownie! |
Y'all have a great weekend - and take care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER!
Love to all, Carol
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Silver Bells
Words and Music
by Ray Evans and Jay Livingston
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day
City sidewalks, busy sidewalks
Dressed in holiday style
In the air there's a feeling of Christmas
Children laughing, people passing
Meeting smile after smile
And on every street corner you'll hear
Silver bells, silver bells
It's Christmas time in the city
Ring-a-ling, hear them ring
Soon it will be Christmas day
"Silver Bells" midi courtesy of http://www.christiananswers.net/midimenu.html - 12/02/05
"Silver Bells" lyrics courtesy of http://washingtonmo.com/christmas/lyric/1043.htm - 12/02/05
"Silver Bells"
Image ("Do you remember these?" posted
by
southernbelle104u)
courtesy of
http://community.webshots.com/photo/90941512/90945125VTlqnJ -
12/02/05
Silver Bells
with Red Bow clip art used to form Divider line courtesy
of
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/2132/Christmas/bells.html -
12/02/05