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	12/13/09 - NNHS Newsletter - The Wonderful World of Christmas “Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful.” - Norman Vincent Peale (31 May 1898 - 24 Dec 1993)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates, 

   So, um, if this is an Elvis song, how is it I never remember hearing it before now?!?  How can this be?!?  Ah, well, no matter.  Wait a minute - 1971??  Ah, wal, tha' 'splains it, Luzy.  The seventies are all a blur.  In my case, mostly of toys and diapers and teething and five little boys in nine years and such. 

BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tiAgGKH9lg - The Wonderful World of Christmas - Elvis Presley

PRAYER REQUEST:

     From Me ('65) of IL - 12/13/09:

15 - Jewell Hamner Crowe ('57) AND        Buster Vest ('63) of VA;

19 - Durwood Adams ('57)!

   Many Happy Returns to You All!

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THIS DAY IN WWII:

December 13, 1938 - The Holocaust: The Neuengamme concentration camp opened in the Bergedorf district of Hamburg, Germany.

December 13, 1939 - Battle of the River Plate – Captain Hans Langsdorff of the German Deutschland class cruiser (pocket battleship) Admiral Graf Spee engaged with Royal Navy cruisers HMS Exeter, HMS Ajax and HMNZS Achilles.

December 13, 1941 - Hungary and Romania declared war on the United States.

December 13, 1943 - The Massacre of Kalavryta: by German occupying forces in Greece.

December 13, 1944 - The U.S. cruiser Nashville was badly damaged in a Japanese kamikaze suicide attack. 138 people were killed in the attack.

THIS DAY IN 1964:

Sunday, December 13, 1964 - Musician hide (X Japan) (d. 02 May 1998 under mysterious circumstances in Tokyo, Japan at the age of 33) was born in Yokosuka, Japan.

Hi Carol,

I'd like this message posted please.
"I'd like to shout out a BIG birthday wish for my BIG brother,       Buster Vest, (class of 63) who will be turning 65 on Tuesday. I love you, Buster."

Donna (class of 71)

Thanks a lot Carol.  Merry Christmas.
Donna Vest Hagerman

   Why, certainly, Donna! Happy Birthday, Buster! Thanks, Lady - and Merry Christmas!

Hi Carol ... laughing uncontrollably at all the military acronyms (which, BTW, are prevalent in the commercial nuclear world as well). One to add to the list is Charlie Foxtrot (somehow the 'sanitized' version "Cluster Foul" loses its effect) :).

Thanks to all for the birthday wishes ... yes, I know ... still "Da Babe" even at 55 :). I was down at your place for the 50th .. seems like just yesterday.

Y'all take good care of each other (no wait, that's YOUR line .... WTFO) :)

		Ja, you were! Five years, hmmm?  WOW, where does the time go?? Thanks, Tommee!
Friday, December 10, 2004 Fayetteville, NC
Carol and Tom

      From Dimples Dinwiddie Prichard ('58) of NC - 12/12/09 - "Carol's Bloopers":

Carol dear....

Keep Bloopin' !  I haven't felt this good in ten years !

Dimples aka Sepi

   GIGGLES! Thanks, Dimples! I think you're in "luck"! Until I'm able to get a good night's sleep (which seems quite unlikely at this particular juncture), the bloopers are sure to continue!

Please note – my email address has changed: ____________________

Thank you,
Cheryl

   GOTCHA! Thanks, Cheryl! I could be wrong (I mean, it has happened once or twice lately  ), but that addy looks as though it represents a serious upgrade in your services to me, so CONGRATULATIONS!

    From Bill Roady ('60) of VA - 12/12/09 - "The Laugh-A-Lot Breakfast Bunch":

   Thank you for the 21 images, Bill! It looks as though y'all had a great time, indeed! At this moment, of course, there are throngs of people waiting and ready to lynch me if I do not post their reunion images with all possible haste, so I'm putting these in the First-Come, First Served line-up, and hope to have them ALL up and going very, VERY soon!  

   I did snag and crop the first one of you to use in our age-progression images, though!

     From Hunter Todd ('57) of TX - 12/07/09 - "Season's Greetings from WorldFest-Houston Intl Film Festival":

  A Holiday Howdy from Houston!

Merry Christmas & Season's Greetings! Wishing you... every happiness this Holiday Season and a Very Bountiful New Year! The Main Entry Deadline for the 43rd Annual WorldFest-Houston Intl Film/Video Festival is just days away! Don't miss your Date with Destiny! The Mail-By Deadline is Tuesday, Dec. 15th, 2009! All the very best to you and yours... - All of us at Team WorldFest

Thank you so much, Hunter! A Very Merry Christmas to you and yours, too!

  From My Friend, Judy Bundy Bowermaster (Litchfield HS, IL - '59) of IL - 12/09/09 - "Merry Christmas!":

			Here are new Christmas pics of Annie and me. What do you think?    OH, WOW! Thanks, Judy!

  From Dale Lucado ('68) of VA - 12/11/09 - "CHRISTMAS":

		Merry Christmas!    OH, WOW! Those are two pretty pup dogs! Thanks, Dale! Merry Christmas to you, too!

  From Jay Styles ('68) of VA - 12/12/09 - "Interesting Point of View":

WEBMISTRESS' NOTE: The following text is a pared-down version of an op-ed piece that appeared in the San Diego Union-Tribune on September 19, 1996. Written by Charles J. Sykes, best known as the author of "Dumbing Down Our Kids: Why American Children Feel Good about Themselves, but Can't Read, Write, or Add," it is usually erroneously attributed to Bill Gates rather than to Sykes — which is unfortunate, but, like the man said: Life isn't fair; get used to it.:

To anyone with kids of any age, here's some advice (for them) - 11 things they did not and will not learn in school....  how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.

Rule 1: Life is not fair -- get used to it!

Rule 2: The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.

Rule 3: You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.

Rule 4: If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.

Rule 5: Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping -- they called it opportunity.

Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.

Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you are. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.

Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.

Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.

Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.

Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.

  Thanks, Jay Sweetie!

  From Mike Leonard ('68) of VA - 12/12/09 - "Merry Christmas":

From my home and family to your homes and families..............MERRY CHRISTMAS.  Let's get on our knees and PRAISE our Lord and be thankful for our good health and many blessings.........

I will be making a conscious effort to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, my way of saying that I
am celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ. So I am asking my email buddies, if you agree with me,
to please do the same. And if you 'll pass this on to your email buddies, and so on, maybe we can
prevent one more American tradition from being lost in the sea of "Political Correctness".

   Thank you so much, Mike! Merry Christmas and AMEN!

DATES TO REMEMBER:

1. 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”!

2. 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 3. 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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The Wonderful World Of Christmas

Written by Charles Tobias and Al Frisch

Recorded by Elvis Presley, 1971

The wonderful world of Christmas
Is a wonderful world to behold
The wonderful world of Christmas
Was made for the young and the old

Smile and good cheer of each neighbor
And children with cheeks all aglow
So warm is this Christmassy feeling
With the tree tops all locked up with snow

Listen to those wondrous bells
And you’ll hear them say
Open up your hearts to all
On this holy day

The wonderful world of Christmas
Is a joy from the moment it starts
The wonderful world of Christmas
Shall remain everyday in our hearts

"The Wonderful World of Christmas" midi courtesy of http://delongfarms.com/m_frame.html - 11/12/09

"The Wonderful World of Christmas" lyrics courtesy of http://www.lyricsfreak.com/e/elvis+presley/the+wonderful+world+of+christmas_20048944.html - 12/12/09

"Merry Christmas" title art courtesy of http://media.photobucket.com/image/wonderful%20%20christmas/Marzipan_bucket/merry-christmas.jpg - 12/12/09

Poinsettia Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.hellasmultimedia.com/webimages/christ-htm/lines-christ7.htm - 12/12/09

Animated Ringing Christmas Bell clip art (designed by Art Holden) courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 12/08/05

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