![]() |
||
12/31/10 - NNHS Newsletter - Happy New Year's Eve! |
||
![]() |
![]() |
|
“Drop
the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was
imperfect, and thank God that it can go.” -
Brooks Atkinson |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
This observance - and this theme - repeats each year (when possible):
http://nnhs65.com/12-31-04-NNHS-Happy-New-Years-Eve.html
http://nnhs65.com/12-31-05-NNHS-Happy-New-Years-Eve.html
http://nnhs65.com/12-31-06-NNHS-Happy-New-Years-Eve.html
http://nnhs65.com/12-31-07-NNHS-Happy-New-Years-Eve.html
http://nnhs65.com/12-31-09-NNHS-Happy-New-Years-Eve.html
BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxnmaVTlZA - Auld Lang Syne
From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auld_Lang_Syne:
"...
auld lang syne literally means "old long since", but a more idiomatic English translation would be something like "long long ago",[3] "days of long ago", or "olden days". "For old times' sake," or "to the (good) old days," or "To days (or times) gone by" may be modern-day expressions, in common use as toasts, that capture the spirit of "for auld lang syne". Although the song begins with a question whether old times should be forgotten, the song is generally interpreted as a call to remember long standing friendships.[11] "
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Belated Birthday to Joyce Tedder Rossman ('68) of PA, who turned 61 yesterday!
Happy Birthday today to
Pat Floyd Pride ('62) of VA
AND
Susie Overton Jones ('63) of VA
AND (if Plaxo is to be believed)
David Rosenwasser
('64) of MO!
Happy Birthday tomorrow to Gloria Hand Burns ('57)!
Happy Birthday this week to:
03 - Carl Rossman of PA!
04 - Norma Howell Morgan ('57)
AND
Bill Bost ('61) of NC;
05 -
Carolyn McCormick Holmes ('57)
AND
Cammie Dick Gibson
('57)
AND
the late
Doc
Hudson (Warwick HS - '60) of VA
(05 Jan
1942 - 24 Apr 2010);
06 -
Harry Covert
('57) of Northern VA
AND
Steve Veazey ('60) of VA
AND
Diane Sandler Marcus ('69) of MD;
07 -
Jimmy Shires ('57) of VA
AND
Brucey Smith Slama ('57)
AND
Paige Smith Morahan ('57)!
Many Happy Returns to
You All!
![]() |
From
Bill Lee (Warwick HS - '54) of NC -
12/29/10 - "For use on December 31st":
USS ESSEX (CV/CVA/CVS-9), commissioned on
December 31, 1942, was the lead ship of the largest number of large-deck
aircraft carriers ever built (24) to the same design. Her design was
created at Newport News Shipbuilding and she was built there (NNS Hull
#392) in a remarkably short period if time. NNS also built eight sister
ships of the ESSEX Class during the 1940's. Several other shipyards,
using NNS plans, built the rest of that class. Her keel was laid on April 28, 1941. Launched on July 31, 1942, she was rushed to completion by year-end. Her design was influenced by prior USN carrier operations and British wartime experiences in operating carriers in the 1939-1940 time frame. Her design proved to be extremely capable, durable and adaptable. ESSEX participated in several campaigns in the
Pacific during World War II, earning a Presidential Unit Citation and 13
battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was
modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA),
and then eventually became an antisubmarine carrier (CVS). In her second
career she participated in the Korean War, earning four battle stars and
a Navy Unit Commendation.
WOWZERS!
Thank you so much, Bill!
|
THIS DAY IN WWII:
December 31, 1944 - Hungary declared war on Nazi Germany.December 31, 1946 - U.S. President Harry Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.December 31, 1951 - The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $13.3 billion USD in foreign aid to rebuild Europe.[1] |
THIS DAY IN 1965:
Friday, December 31, 1965 -
Jean-Bédel Bokassa,
leader of the
Central African Republic army, and his
military officers
begins a coup d'état against the
government of
President
David Dacko. Friday, December 31, 1965 - Underground cartoonist Julie Doucet was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Friday, December 31, 1965 - Actress Gong Li (巩俐) was born in Shenyang, China. Friday, December 31, 1965 - Author Nicholas Sparks was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Friday, December 31, 1965 - Footballer Tony Dorigo was born Anthony Robert Dorigo in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. |