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Mr. Arthur Loyola Burke
b. 23 Nov 1916 - NY
d. 18 Feb 1994 - Newport News, VA - age 77
Bryant High School, NY - Class of 1935
University of Maryland, B. S.
College of William and Mary, M. Ed.
University of Virginia
Major,
United States Army, 1942-1962
Government, History,
Spokesmen Club Sponsor
Father of Kevin, Stephen, Brian, and Arleen Rose Burke
http://www.nnhs65.com/10-23-16-NNHS-Anna-Korzeb-Burke.html
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Friday, April 19, 1963
Issue of the Beacon |
1964 Anchor, p. 30 |
Friday, October 4, 1963
Issue of the Beacon |
Friday, May 10, 1963 |
1964 Anchor, p. 30 |
1965 Anchor, p. 43 |
History Teacher Wins Toastmasters Contest |
LEFT TO RIGHT:
Mr. Burke (sponsor); Carol Buckley ('65); Pat Edmondson ('66);
Betty Blandford ('65); Agnes Blandford ('68); Norman Olshansky ('64); Henry
Liverman ('68); Allan White ('65); Jean Slate ('68); and Carolyn Williams
('67) |
Mr. Burke Receives
Speech Trophy |
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"These trophies, displayed
by the
Spokesmen Club, were donated by the Transportation Toastmasters Club of the
Transportation Club, Fort Eustis, Virginia, and were presented
to the
winners of the Oratorical Contest.
"Members of the Spokesmen Club
must have an exploring mind, public-speaking ability, and a willingness to
work hard...
Mr. Arthur Burke
sponsors the group." |
"Mr. Burke points
out an
important president to his government student,
Wayne Vick ('65)." |
Courtesy of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA -
02/24/08
Thanks, Dave! |
05/11/04 |
Courtesy of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA -
03/14/08
Thanks, Dave! |
Collection of Webmistress -05/25/11 |
05/11/04 |
05/11/04 |
ARTHUR L. BURKE, 77
Retired Maj.
Arthur L. Burke, whose career spanned
three decades as a teacher and principal, died Friday, Feb. 18. He was 77.
Mr. Burke was a teacher at Newport News High
School from 1961 to 1966, the first principal at Tabb Intermediate School
in the late 1960s and assistant principal in the early 1970s at York High
School. Chairman of the Peninsula Adult Education Committee from 1979 to
1982, he was an adjunct faculty member at St. Leo's College from 1974
until his retirement in 1993.
He also retired in 1961 after 20 years with the Army, having earned the
Good Conduct Medal, European African Middle Eastern Campaign Medal for
World War II, Army of Occupation Medal for World War II, National Defense
Service Medal, Campaign of Service Victory Medal, Order of Military Merit
with Oak Leaf Cluster, Armed Forces Reserve Campaign and Service Medal and
the American Campaign Medal.
He was the former director of continuing education for York County, and in
1976 he received a certificate of appreciation from the Coast Guard
Auxiliary Flotilla 63 for outstanding contribution to the auxiliary public
education program in boating safety. Mr. Burke
helped provide classrooms and facilities for auxiliary programs.
He was named as a distinguished member of the Transportation Corps
Regiment in 1993 and was a member of the Toastmasters Club, Fort Eustis.
He served a number of years as an officer of the Newport News Electoral
Board and was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross from the State of New
York. He was a native of New York, a Peninsula resident for 35 years and a
member of St. Theresa Chapel at the Naval Weapons Station, Yorktown.
Mr. Burke received a bachelor of science degree
from the University of Maryland and a master's degree in education from
the College of William and Mary. He held a certificate of advanced
graduate study in educational administration.
An avid baseball and boxing fan, his son Kevin remembers his father as
enjoying to read, ride his bicycle and go ballroom dancing with his wife.
He is survived by his wife, Anna K. Burke; a
daughter, Arleen B. Lovering of Columbus, Ohio; three sons, Kevin M.
Burke of Newport News, Lt. Col. Stephen L
. Burke of Sacramento, Calif., and Brian J.
Burke of Portsmouth; and five grandchildren.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday at Umphlett
Funeral Home. A funeral will be conducted at 7 p.m. Monday at the funeral
home. Burial will be at a later time in Arlington National Cemetery.
Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.
Published in the Daily
Press on 2/20/94.
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Nations of
the
World
Sung by
Yakko
Warner ("Animaniacs")
United
States,
Canada,
Mexico,
Panama,
Haiti,
Jamaica,
Peru;
Republic
Dominican,
Cuba,
Caribbean,
Greenland, El
Salvador
too.
Puerto
Rico,
Columbia,
Venezuela,
Honduras,
Guyana,
and
still;
Guatemala,
Bolivia,
then
Argentina,
and
Ecuador,
Chile,
Brazil.
Costa
Rica,
Belize,
Nicaragua,
Bermuda,
Bahamas,
Tobago,
San
Juan;
Paraguay,
Uruguay,
Suriname,
and
French
Guiana,
Barbados,
and
Guam.
Norway,
and
Sweden,
and
Iceland,
and
Finland,
and
Germany
now
one
piece;
Switzerland,
Austria,
Czechoslovakia,
Italy,
Turkey,
and
Greece.
Poland,
Romania,
Scotland,
Albania,
Ireland,
Russia,
Oman;
Bulgaria,
Saudi
Arabia,
Hungary,
Cyprus,
Iraq,
and
Iran.
There's
Syria,
Lebanon,
Israel,
Jordan,
both
Yemens,
Kuwait,
and
Bahrain,
the
Netherlands,
Luxembourg,
Belgium,
and
Portugal,
France,
England,
Denmark,
and
Spain.
India,
Pakistan,
Burma,
Afghanistan,
Thailand,
Nepal,
and
Bhutan;
Kampuchea,
Malaysia,
then
Bangladesh,
Asia,
and
China,
Korea,
Japan.
Mongolia,
Laos,
and
Tibet,
Indonesia,
the
Philippine
Islands,
Taiwan;
Sri
Lanka,
New
Guinea,
Sumatra,
New
Zealand,
then
Borneo,
and
Vietnam.
Tunisia,
Morocco,
Uganda,
Angola,
Zimbabwe,
Djibouti,
Botswana;
Mozambique,
Zambia,
Swaziland,
Gambia,
Guinea,
Algeria,
Ghana.
Burundi,
Lesotho,
and
Malawi,
Togo,
The
Spanish
Sahara is
gone;
Niger,
Nigeria,
Chad,
and
Liberia,
Egypt,
Benin,
and
Gabon.
Tanzania,
Somalia,
Kenya,
and
Mali,
Sierra
Leone,
and
Algiers;
Dahomey,
Namibia,
Senegal,
Libya,
Cameroon,
Congo,
Zaire.
Ethiopia,
Guinea_
Bissau,
Madagascar,
Rwanda,
Mahore[?],
and
Cayman;
Hong
Kong,
Abu
Dhabi,
Qatar,
Yugoslavia,
Crete,
Mauritania,
then
Transylvania,
Monaco,
Liechtenstein,
Malta,
and
Palestine,
Fiji,
Australia,
Sudan!
"Nations of the
World" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.lyricalcontent.com/htmlit.php?q=1226&artist=Yakko+Warner+(Animaniacs)&title=Nations+of+the+World
at the suggestion of my son, Nathaniel Harty of IL - 05/11/04
Thanks, Nathaniel!
"Mexican Hat
Dance" midi (which is similar, but not quite the same tune) courtesy of
http://www.carla-online.com/sound/mexhatdance.mid
also at the suggestion of my son, Nathaniel Harty of IL - 05/11/04
Thanks again, Nathaniel!
Image of
Replogle World Globe courtesy of
http://www.telescopes.ca/telescopes/RENDER/5/1019/3027/10662.html - 04/21/07
Second World
Globe Image courtesy of
http://www.brandsizzle.com/blog/trends/index.html - 04/21/07
Animated Army Flag
courtesy of
http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 01/21/04
Obituary added on 04/19/08
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