12/29/05 - NNHS Newsletter
Fourth Day of Hanukkah
As you celebrate
the Festival of Lights
may your home be bright
with happiness and love.
Best Wishes at Hanukkah!
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12/29/05 - NNHS Newsletter As you celebrate
Best Wishes at Hanukkah! |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Today is the fourth full day of Hanukkah. I hope you're having a wonderful time!
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From Karen Weinstein Witte ('60) of FL - 12/28/05:
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Carol,
I have that (Always in Good Taste,
1972) cookbook somewhere - I think it's packed away. I use a cookbook
called Collectible Delectables that was put out by
Rodef Sholom Temple
Sisterhood (where we belonged) in 1982. It also has some terrific recipes
for the holidays.
We had ten for Chanukah dinner on Sunday.
We had brisket, tzimmes, potato latkes with applesauce, green beans, peach
jello mold, challah, not to mention 3 desserts! My husband (who is not
Jewish) makes the best latkes in the world! I made tzimmes for the first
time. It was delicious. Here's the recipe:
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Tzimmes Cut up 2 lbs carrots and 4-6 sweet potatoes and boil until tender.
Mix 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2
cup honey, cup orange or apple juice, tsp cinnamon in bowl.
Mix dried fruit - prunes,
apricots, raisins, cranberries in sugar/honey mixture. (you can add
whatever fruits or nuts you choose)
Put 1/2 cooked carrots and
sweet potatoes in casserole dish (I also added sliced apples to mixture)
and spread 1/2 dried fruit over.
Add another layer carrots
and sweet potatoes and spread remaining dried fruit mixture over top.
You can sprinkle more brown
sugar on top. Add more juice if mixture seems too dry.
The dish only needs to be
baked (1/2 hr at 350) until hot but it's best to bake longer or make ahead
and reheat until carrots and potatoes soak up flavor.
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Happy Holidays!
Karen
Oooooh, Karen! That sounds so delicious I may be forced to round up those ingredients and actually cook in spite of myself! Thanks so much for sharing it and your menu - all of which sounds scrumptious! I'm glad to hear you had such a fine opening to your holiday! Happy Hanukkah! |
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From Joan Lauterbach Krause ('60) of VA - 12/25/05 (Yet another "Lost In
Space"
message which only just arrived.....):
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Very Special New Year's with your children. Joan Thanks so much, Joan! Happy New Year to you as well! |
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From Kathy Clark ('63) of VA -
12/28/05 - "Buckroe Picture":
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Carol,
I have read some of the
comments concerning the date of the Park picture. I agree that the cars
look newer than the 1920s. |
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So I called Wally Stieffen
today. Wally's father, Basil, owned a store in downtown NN and the
park. I have printed a copy of the picture and mailed it to Wally. He'll
call me back when he gets the mail and we are going to absolutely date
that picture! Wally is the oldest son and the expert on what's what
concerning the Park. So I'll keep all posted after I speak with Wally
again.
That will be Super-De-Duper, Kathy! Thanks! I'd still like to know when the Ferris Wheel was added...... |
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Happy New Year to all, Typhoons and others, who enjoy these newsletters as much as I do - and an extra special HAPPY NEW YEAR to you and yours, who bring the newsletters to us all. Kathy Clark Thank you, Kathleen - and Happy New Year! |
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From Dustin Baker (Norview HS - '65) of MA - 12/28/05:
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Hi Carol,
My birthday was 9/2/1946, thanks for including me.
Super - thank you!
It seemed odd seeing a picture of myself when I still
had hair. :- )
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We thought you might want to have a more recent picture
of Rob and me.
Our best wishes,
Dustin
Oh, cool! Thanks - I do! Shortly after
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Newsletters back on 10/13/05, 
Brownie Shaffer Haraciviet ('62) of the Virgin Islands suggested that we
might want to do a THEN and NOW page for those who correspond on a regular
basis, which I agreed would be fun and interesting, once I had amassed a
sizable number of "THEN" images.Actually, this concept dates from the beginnings of the website over five years ago, although then it was only to apply to members of the NNHS Class of 1965: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/yearbook.html This project became completely bogged down and was never completed, but I'm ever optimistic....... And though there's no outward evidence of it, Brownie's idea is becoming closer to reality all the time. There are now over 225 "THEN" portraits in that file, plus a goodly smattering of "NOW" images scattered here, there, and everywhere. I think surely by spring, we'll be able to bring both of these dreams into reality. Thanks again, Dusty! Happy Hanukkah! |
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From
Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 12/28/05 - "Famous
Marines":
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Hi, Carol:
I am following up on some data that I sent to you sometime ago for consideration with respect to the Famous Marines pages. Yet, I am not sure I sent it to you, as I do a lot of "reckless housekeeping" when it comes to retaining emails. As a practice, I usually hold them until I see a response or receive a reply, but in this case I am "Brain Dead".
The reason that Jim Lehrer who is a former
Marine came to mind, we featured him in the Newsletter today for the
members of the Marines-Together We Served website.
To be on the safe side, I will send you his DOB etc,
and a link that will be helpful.
FYI Just in case I did not send this to your
earlier.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lehrer
Always,
Adonis
Actually, Joe, you sent it to me just fine. Slacker that I am, I just haven't processed it yet - nor a host of other Famous Marines (including Bugs Bunny) sent to me weeks ago by that Gunny Sergeant. And I happened to catch a few moments of an old Dukes of Hazzard episode the other day which stated that Bo Duke was a member of the Marine Corps Reserve. Who knew?? I'll be gone most of this afternoon and evening, but I'll try to at last attend to some of that in the morning, Adonis - really, I will! |
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From Bill Campbell ('54) of VA - 12/28/05 - "Birthdays":
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Hi Carol.
My wife's maiden name is Holly Maurice
Hill. We have had a great time seeing and photographing all of the
'Holly Hill's all over the world. Many of my ancestors are buried in Holly
Hill Cemetery in Thomasville, NC, where I was born. The cemetery is on
Holly Hill Road. There is a Holly Hill Mall in Burlington, NC, a Holly
Hill, FL, a Holly Hill, SC (probably in other states also), a subdivision
here in Williamsburg named Holly Hill, and mucho Holly Hills in England
and Scotland. (We didn't see any in Iran when we lived there, though). So,
it was a bummer for her to have to change her name to such a mundane name
as Campbell. But, we are traditionalists, and we still think it is nice
for both parents to have the same surname. Much less confusing.
HOW NEAT!!! Ah, but the Campbell's are a noble old clan, 'tis true!
If you would like to add me to your
birthday list, I was born on April 27, 1936, the same day as were two
other members of the NNHS Class of '54 - Barbara Jones and Genis
Bird Crowder. Wonder what the probability of that is? OK.
WOWZERONI!!! I added all three of you! Oh, and another thing. I just noticed that the birthday list includes a good friend of ours, Carolyn Clark Wilt (Class of '57), the wife of my best friend at NNHS, Lawrence Wilt (Class of '53). Only problem is, you have her named spelled 'Wilk'. You might want to correct that. Aloha,
YIKES!!!
I corrected that, too. By the way, there is a recent image of Genis Bird Crowder Hornsby posted here: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/10-17-05-NNHS-Be-True-to-Your-School.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/10-17-05-NNHS-Be-True-to-Your-School-SILENT.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-page.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2005-6-51.html Thanks again, Bill! Happy New Year! |
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From
Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 12/28/05 -
"Additional E-Mail Address":
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Hi, Carol:
Would you update the data in your website to reflect
my Additional E-Mail Address, Please?
It is:
joseph.madagan@us.army.mil
You can remove the one used as the Administrator for
Marines-Together We Served and place this new one instead of Marines-TWS.
I can access the Army email from any computer when I
travel, so it is more convenient. I have no hesitation in publishing it.
Thanks for all you do for us!
TYPHOON Regards,
Joe Madagan ('57) of FL
Well, that
was easy, Joe!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/alumni-list.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/famous-soldiers-M-R.html Thank you, Major Madagan! Happy New Year! |
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Happy Hanukkah
and Happy New Year! Y'all stay happy
- and take care
of each other!
TYPHOONS FOREVER!
Love to all, Carol
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Mi Yemalel?
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Mi Yemalel? Mi yemalel
g'vurot Yisrael?
Sh'ma Bayamim hahem baz'man hazeh, Mi yemalel g'vurot Yisrael? |
Who Can Retell? Who can tell
the things that befall us? |
"Hear O'Israel! The Lord is our G-d, the Lord is One!"
(Devarim 6:4)
“Mi Yemalel” midi courtesy of http://www.jr.co.il/music/midi/jewish.htm - 12/28/05
"Mi Yemalel"
lyrics (and available sheet music) transcribed from
http://www.ort.org/ort/hanukkah/song2.html - 12/29/05
(My deepest apologies if I mutilated the transcription.)
Greg Hildebrandt's Painting “Mi Yemalel” courtesy of http://www.spiderwebart.com/productsd.asp?snob=102192 - 12/29/05
"Shema Yisrael"
("Hear O'Israel") Image (©2006 Adam Rhine) used to form Divider Lines courtesy
of
http://www.hebrewart.com/images.htm - 12/29/05
I added it to your slot on Famous Soldiers, too: