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	12/30/09 - NNHS Newsletter - Ring Out, Wild Bells “Home is the wallpaper above the bed, the family dinner table, the church bells in the morning, the bruised shins of the playground, the small fears that come with dusk, the streets and squares and monuments and shops that constitute one's first universe.” - Henry Anatole Grunwald (03 Dec 1922 - 26 Feb 2005)

Dear Friends and Schoolmates, 

  Today's Newsletter tends to repeat each year:

http://nnhs65.00freehost.com/12-30-06-NNHS-Ring-Out-Wild-Bells.html

http://nnhs65.00freehost.com/12-30-07-NNHS-Ring-Out-Wild-Bells.html

BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55ngROj6qGQ - Ring Out, Wild Bells

     From Me ('65) of IL - 12/13/09 (altered for date and repeated):

   I feel strongly impressed today to ask your fervent prayers on behalf of five people whose issues have not been mentioned here before. What I'm actually requesting is Five Christmas Miracles, as the various problems all need to find a resolution by New Year's Eve. I know that's only one day away now, but I also know among us there are some Mighty Prayer Warriors, and I would deeply appreciate your efforts, as I'm sure would they! Thank you all so very much - and Happy New Year!

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/requests-prayers.html

THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:

    Happy Birthday today to William Gwynn ('57) AND   Ron Miller ('59) of NC AND (if Plaxo is to be believed)   Carole Althaus Tanenhaus ('65) of MD AND Sarah Stewart Vance ('69) of VA!

    Happy Birthday tomorrow to Pat Floyd Pride ('62) of VA AND     Susie Overton Jones ('63) of VA AND (again, if Plaxo is to be believed)   David Rosenwasser ('64) of MO!

    Happy Birthday this week to:

01 - Gloria Hand Burns ('57);

06 -       Harry Covert ('57) of Northern VA AND    Steve Veazey ('60) of VA AND Diane Sandler Marcus ('69) of MD!

   Many Happy Returns to You All!

Wednesday, December 30, 1964 - Actress Sylvie Moreau was born in Montreal, Quebec.

Wednesday, December 30, 1964 - Musician Duglas T. Stewart (BMX Bandits) was born in Scotland.

      From My Cousin, Jean Atkinson Mallory (Rappahannock HS / John Marshall HS - '65) of VA - 12/29/09 - "Snowman Building 101":

Dear Carol,

 

Please tell   Ivan Anker ('67 - of VA) that he didn't see any snowmen because it was the wrong kind of snow.  This snow was powder and wouldn't hold together.  You couldn't even make a decent snowball!  You must have a wetter snow that will pack in order to make a snowman.

 

I hope that you had a wonderful Christmas, and that you and yours will have a very happy and blessed New Year!

 

Love,

Jean

   GIGGLES! Thanks, Jean! Ja, I was right; it was a case of the wrong type of snow.

      From My Niece, Shari, of VA - 12/29/09 - "Ridding of 2009 ickies":

		For good luck to start in the upcoming year>>>>>>>>>   Tag someone else to rid yourself of all ickies before we enter 2010.   Rules: you can't send it back to the sender and send only to those who have a sense of humor.

   MORE GIGGLES! Thanks, Shari!

      From Wayne Stokes ('65) of VA - 12/29/09 - " 2010 Hooters Calendar!":

You guys are going to LOVE this one. Just for the fun of it, what do you gals think?

http://pixdaus.com/single.php?id=216645

    From Glenn Dye ('60) of TX - 12/29/09 - "The Warrior's Song":

I couldn't put it any better!!

http://www.thewarriorsong.com/video.html

   AMEN! Thanks, Glenn!

From ArcaMax Jokes - 12/29/09:

Falling Apart

There's quite an art to falling apart ....
as these years go by.
And life Doesn't begin at 40 ....
That's a Big Fat Lie!

My hair's gettin' thinner ....
my Body is Not.
The few Teeth I have ....
are beginning to Rot!

I smell of Vick's-Vapo-Rub ....
Not Chanel #5.
My new Pacemaker's all ....
that keepin' me alive!

When asked of my past ....
Every Detail I'll know.
But what was I doin' ....
just 10 minutes ago?

Well, you get the Idea ....
what More can I say?
I'm off to read the Obits ....
like I do every Day.

If my name is not there ....
I'll once again Start -
Perfecting the Art ....
Of Falling Apart!

But til' That Last Curtain ....
Decides to Fall,
I'm gonna' have ....
Myself a Ball!

   Y'all take good care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER!  We'll Always Have Buckroe!

Words by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, 1850
(6 Aug 1809 - 6 Oct 1892)

 

1. Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. 2. Ring out the old, ring in the new, Ring, happy bells, across the snow; The year is going, let him go; Ring out the false, ring in the true. 3. Ring out the grief that saps the mind, For those that here we see no more; Ring out the feud of rich and poor, Ring in redress to all mankind. 4. Ring out a slowly dying cause, And ancient forms of party strife; Ring in the nobler modes of life, With sweeter manners, purer laws.

5. Ring out the want, the care, the sin, The faithless coldness of the times; Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes, But ring the fuller minstrel in. 6. Ring out false pride in place and blood. The civic slander and the spite; Ring in the love of truth and right, Ring in the common love of good. 7. Ring out old shapes of foul disease, Ring out the narrowing lust of gold; Ring out the thousand wars of old, Ring in the thousand years of peace. 8. Ring in the valiant man and free, The larger heart, the kindlier hand; Ring out the darkness of the land, Ring in the Christ that is to be.

Silver Bells title clip art courtesy of  - um, somewhere - 12/02/05

Animated Glitter Snowman and Snowman checking Mailbox clip art courtesy of Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of VA - 12/06/08 and 12/03/08
Thanks, Joyce!