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"They have mouths, but they speak
not; eyes have they, but they see not.
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Psalms 135: 16-17 |
Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Guess what?!?
It's only one week from today - the Super-Duper
Reunion!!! I'm so excited!!! New confirmations continue to
be
added, practically daily:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2004-attending.html
A big THANK
YOU to those of you who have made recent contributions - financial and
otherwise to the site. I probably don't say
so often enough, but they are always appreciated.
Happy Birthday today to Milton Nunnally ('66 and '67) of VA!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
NEWBIE:
1. Polly White Bevins ('63) of VA - 10/15/04
Welcome, Polly - so good to hear from you!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/alumni-list.html
From Eric Huffstutler (BHS - '75) of VA - 10/12/04:
Huntington Park...
hee hee :-) Unfortunately by the time I was old enough for the cruising and
necking scene, the park was
pretty much on its way to condemnation. Parts of the lots and embankments were
blocked off to prevent such things and
Red's Pier was a memory though I do remember
in the '60s fishing there and looking for shells and other lost items on the
beach while WGH-AM was piped over loudspeakers.
The loss of WGH as we knew it is another bone to pick for another post.
What really bothered me was when someone decided
to build a restaurant at the park that failed and fill in the old swan pond.
As a kid we would walk around the pond and even catch catfish in it. I was
shocked after a near 20 year hiatus to see what
the park and it had become. I had to sneak off to the side of the boat landing
just to sit on a rock for a moment of solitude
listening to the waves and reminisce. In the city of Richmond we don't have such
advantages.
Hey... one afterthought. I don't see mention of
the old Sears which wasn't on Washington Avenue but was downtown with its
great big script 'S'. They had the best hot nuts counter and nothing beats a
fresh warm bag of whole cashews!
AHA! No wonder
it didn't quite look the same when I saw it last October - it WASN'T the same!
I thought I just wasn't accustomed
to seeing it in the broad daylight! WILD GIGGLES!!!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/huntington-park.html
I've added Sear's to my "To Do" list, Eric. That was a ridiculous oversight. Thanks for the reminder - and of course, for your memories!
"If you hear that someone is speaking ill of
you, instead of trying to defend yourself you should say: 'He obviously
does not know me very well, since there are so many other faults he could have
mentioned'."
~ Epictetus [Enchiridion], (55 - 135)
From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 10/13/04:
Well, Sweetie, of course it
qualifies! Anything that brings forth some memory which can be shared with
the rest of us qualifies!
Thank you for sharing this with us, Joe. Here's your brand new page:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/tidewater-motorcycle.html
"How much better it is that he
should speak ill of me to the entire world, than the entire world speak ill of
me to him."
~ Torquato Tasso (1544 - 1595)
From Cheryl Mays Howard ('66) of VA - 10/13/04:
Daisy Travis Moore
TUSTIN, CALIF. - Daisy Travis
Moore, 95, passed away on Friday, Oct. 8, 2004, in Tustin, Calif. Mrs. Moore,
who was born Jan. 27,
1909, in Hampton, Va., was a resident of Newport News until 2002 when she moved
to Tustin, Calif. Mrs. Moore was preceded in death
by her husband, Frank J. Moore, and her sisters, Laura Abbott and Bert Davis.
She is survived by her daughter,
Audrey Grigsby
and her husband, Carl, of Tustin,
Calif.; her daughter,
Phyllis Milne
of Newport News; and her son,
Frank Moore Jr.
and his wife, Helen Oakley
Moore, of The Villages, Fla. "Grandma Daisy" is also survived by 14
grandchildren and 29 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Moore was a
longtime member of Orcutt Baptist Church, Newport News. The family will receive
friends from 5 until 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, at Peninsula
Funeral Home. A funeral service will be held at noon on Saturday, Oct. 16, at
the funeral home. Burial will follow in Peninsula Memorial
Park.
Published in the Daily Press on 10/12/2004.
Thanks for letting us know, Cheryl. We extend our deepest sympathies to the entire Moore family.
"A good word is an easy obligation; but not to speak ill, requires only our silence, which costs us nothing. "
~ Author Unknown
From Jimmy Dick ('65) of FL - 10/13/04:
I am trying to catch up on reading your info
as, believe it or not, we just got our computer internet connection
back up today. The last storm was considerably worse than Frances, we lost a lot
of trees and the water was terrible. Fortunately, no life or limb was
threatened. I am sorry I can't come to the reunion but I will be thinking of you
guys.
I will definitely try and come to the big one next year.
Oh, Carol, and by the way, I agree with you about the '50s. Political
correctness is a sham, it is just an easy out for the inability to think.
GOOD GRIEF!!!
Jimmy, it is mind-boggling what some of y'all
have suffered this year! We'll miss you this year at
the Reunion,
but your absence is certainly understandable after everything you Floridians
have endured these last few weeks.
Hmmm, it does occur to me that I'm not much good at either political correctness OR thinking.....
Thanks, Jimmy! I hope things continue to improve for y'all down there. I really cannot conceive of living through such repeated horrors.
"It is not good to speak evil of all whom we
know to be bad; it is worse to judge evil of any who may prove good.
To speak ill upon knowledge shows a want of charity; to speak ill upon suspicion
shows a want of honesty.
To know evil of others and not speak it is sometimes discretion; to speak evil
of others and not know it is always
dishonesty."
~ Arthur Warwick (fl. 1625)
From Thelma Spade Roberts ('57) of VA - 10/13/04:
This from Barbara Bostwick …:
http://thestatenislandboys.com/U_thrill_me/ ...let the music download
first....enjoy.
Will take you back a few years!
And an update on Adrienne Price Cox ('57):
Adrienne has finally begun treatment at Duke University – her first one was on
Thursday, October 7. She received a 2-hour Infusion treatment of chemo. I
understand this treatment may cause more side effects – but it seems to work
well in many cases – so Adrienne
is willing to try it. Adrienne is very glad to finally start – although her
first day of treatment was a very long one, with other blood work
etc., together with the travel. There are two more treatments scheduled – one
later this month and another in November – usually a
full day each, because of travel. When the November treatment is completed they
will re-evaluate her progress and either continue
with the Infusions or go to pills.
As of 10/12, Adrienne has experienced no bad bad side effects from the infusion
... only being very tired - requiring a lot of nap time!
Adrienne is warmed and appreciative of all those that have inquired and who have
sent cards and made calls, and feels you should know what is going on also. In
an email from her today, she said: "It is so comforting to have the support of
so many friends. Send a big thank
you to anyone who asks." As I have stated before, Adrienne is one strong lady …
and as she goes through these cancer treatments, all
of us need to lend her our love, support and prayers.
Reminder … please send in your response forms to W. D. Dangler if you
plan on attending our gala Holiday Gathering. We’ve gotten
many lovely items for auction and think we’ll even have a professional
auctioneer “gratis” to help us out! If you have promised an item
to Richard Coltrane … please follow up with him and see that he gets the
item(s). He will need some time to get all organized
beforehand. For all you who have donated items “THANK YOU”!
Take care y’all, Thelma
Thanks, Thelma - and Barbara - for that cool site! What fun!
Please give our love and warmest wishes to Adrienne, and let her know she's in our thoughts and prayers.
"Nay, speak no ill; a kindly word
Can never leave a sting behind;
And, oh, to breathe each tale we've heard
Is far beneath a noble mind.
Full oft a better seed is sown
By choosing thus the kinder plan,
For, if but little good is known,
Still let us speak the best we can.
~ Anonymous, 1853
As promised earlier, we have a BRAND NEW PAGE:
“Cold War Memories” is now posted directly on the Main Page:
http://www.nnhs6500freehost.com/cold-war.html
It had been posted for mere hours
when more entries arrived for inclusion! Thanks so much to all of you for
your comments
and insights!
From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 10/14/04:
From Jo Ann Stewart ('64) of TX - 10/14/04:
Hi Carol,
In response to Joe's comment on "The Hunt for Red October" movie, in the book
the last scene took place on the James River, and
Newport News Shipbuilding and the 688 (Los Angeles Class) submarines were
mentioned throughout the book. It really freaked out
the Submariners with all the factual information Tom Clancy provided.
Thanks,
Jo Ann
From Dave Arnold ('65) of VA - 10/14/04:
From Ron Miller ('59) of NC - 10/14/04:
From Me ('65) of NC - 10/14/04:
WILD GIGGLES!!!
I wondered if anyone would pick up on that weird video theme, Ron! When I
realized that we would be making
a page for these memories, it was the first thing that popped into my goofy
mind.
I'm more familiar with the
internet spoofs which I've attached than of the original 1989 very lame Japanese
video game itself. The
translation was, of course, frighteningly horrendous, which is what made it so
hysterically funny. My #6 son, Dale, introduced me
to the computer satire about three years ago. (I suppose living with
several techno-geeks as I did would improve one's chances
of encountering such nonsense.) Y'all already knew I have the emotional
development of a three-year old, but my sense of humor
is more that of a two-year old. I literally laughed myself off the chair
(no, sadly and ridiculously, that's not hyperbole, that's the actual
truth of the matter).
Yesterday as I was searching for
the files to attach, we were simultaneously working on the computers, and the
sound card had
been temporarily disabled when I located the video. It didn't matter.
I landed on the floor again - with a serious ache in my side
from laughing too hard.
It's as I've always said, growing up is vastly overrated.........
I wish you were able to come to THE REUNION too, Ronnie! It would be such fun to see you again.
From Tim Parsons ('73) of VA - 10/14/04:
My cold
war memories of Newport News start with memories of the headlines of the Times
Herald and Daily Press
warning of the potential for catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis in
1962. One need only to look up in the
Peninsula skies to notice something was amiss with constant aircraft activity.
Everyone seemed to know of someone
who was suddenly called away as a result of American military forces being put
on worldwide alert. I also remember
after President Kennedy was shot getting off of the school bus and one kid's
mother waiting for her son. She was
crying as she grabbed him and proclaimed hysterically, "Khrushchev has killed
Kennedy and we are all going to die!"
In 1967 when the aircraft carrier Kennedy was christened at
Newport News Shipbuilding, the upper floors
of buildings
downtown were commandeered by the secret service to
protect President Johnson's presence at the ceremony. We
watched from our boat in the James River as the Blue Angels flew over and a
Southampton County doctor illegally
flew his private airplane under the James River Bridge. I remember the
space race victory as America landed on the
moon. I was working in the press box at
War Memorial Stadium in 1969 for the
Peninsula Astros. My job was as the scoreboard operator and my older
brother was the stadium announcer. We had brought in a portable television
from home. The newsman proclaimed that America had won the space race
against the Russians. It seems to me
watching with us was Bob Moscowitz, Tony Anthony and the late Charlie Karmosky
and Herbie Morewitz. In the
early '70's as a young Marine stationed in Norfolk, the activity of the military
brought back memories of the military presence on the Peninsula.
Everything Soviet or Russian was viewed as the enemy. In 1980 a band I was
working
with at the time was playing in Blacksburg when the Americans defeated the
Russians in hockey during the Olympics.
The town celebrated as if they had won the lottery. In 1989 my girlfriend
and I were in Virginia Beach one evening
and noticed a large gathering at a stage on the boardwalk. There were
Russian sailors everywhere. The Russian Navy
had come to Hampton Roads. There was a Russian dance troupe on the stage
performing and people on the street exchanging gifts with the Russian sailors.
I was convinced the cold war was over when the Russian Navy Band
performed The Star Spangled Banner with stars and stripes in the background.
It gives me chills to this day to think
about that historical moment.
WOWZERONI, Tim! What a fascinating and succinct history lesson! Thanks so much!
Also from Me ('65) of NC - 10/14/04:
I can’t even remember a time when a page has generated so much immediate response. Who’da thunk it?!?
From Jo Ann Stewart ('64) of TX - 10/14/04:
WOW, and I'm really blushing! Thanks, Jo Ann!
The main reason I never
dreamed of having anything so all encompassing, what that I thought it was
incredibly presumptuous of me
to take on such a thing for my own class - let alone to be dealing with so many
of y'all from other classes - and indeed, other schools!
But I am truly enjoying every moment of it! It's a tremendous honor and
privilege, and I deeply appreciate y'all for letting me play out
a fantasy. Thanks so much to all of you!
"Let no corrupt communication proceed out of
your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying,
that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
"Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be
put away from you, with all
malice:
"And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another..."
~ Ephesians: 4: 29, 31-32
From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 10/14/04:
WOWZERS! Joe, you do
know the most fascinating things! I take it you never wrote that novel?
That's our loss, I'm sure. Thanks,
Adonis!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/grants.html
From my Niece, Shari (Somewhere Else - '77) of VA - 10/15/04:
WILDEST GIGGLES!!! Shari, you are a hoot! I never realized you
had such a gift for understatement! Until I met a couple of my
own dear sweet angelic children, I think you were about the naughtiest little
kid I ever met! You had an marvelous gift for making
someone instantly mad enough to want to kill you, and to think they were doing
the world a favor! HA-HA-HA-HA! I had forgotten
that story - what a gem! And you're absolutely right - I remember
thinking years later that Baba could have beaten me in a foot race
when she was well past 75! I never had the nerve to put it to the test.
I had forgotten the snowman story too - thanks for the memory!
I remember in the fall of
'62 when you were four years old, I had sent off for a special offer from
Glamour magazine, and received
some dreadfully expensive Christian Dior red lipstick in the mail which I
dearly loved - and you ate it! Of course, that was after you
smeared it on my homework, and a buncha stuff in my room!!! You're still
alive, so somebody must have held me back. That was
probably Baba, too. She was also the strongest woman I ever met -
spiritually and physically. When I was little, she told me that she
posed for the Arm and Hammer Baking Soda logo. I was so proud! I
took a box to school one day for Show and Tell. Somewhere
in the eternities that teacher is probably still laughing hysterically....
I remember those beautiful
blue hydrangeas that we all loved so quite well. They're all gone now.
Last fall when I took those last
shots you see on the page, we had to leave quickly, as the police were there
on a domestic violence charge. As we were speeding
away, we heard gunshots fired, followed shortly thereafter by more sirens.
SHEESH - all I wanted was a picture of what's left of my
beloved Stuart Gardens Beach!
Thanks, Shari! I'm glad we all let you survive! You're a rare jewel!
NEWS FLASH - SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT from Pam Smith Arnold ('65) of VA - 10/15/04:
Carol,
Van (Rowell - '65 of NC) had an
idea that I have now expanded upon...so if you can pass this on, we can have
even
more fun this coming weekend.
Van suggested that the '65 class members
- and
their
spouses or guests - who are in town get
together and go out
to dinner BEFORE the FRIDAY NIGHT gala which begins
at 7:00. I think that is a great idea since, I know that I never
get enough time at these things to see everyone and talk as much to them as I
want.
Our plan was to meet in the Omni lobby at 5:00 - and
then figure out what we wanted to do - where to go eat, etc. So -
here's an open invitation to those from our class who are in town and out of
town to meet and break bread together.
Hope to see lots of people!
And - I just looked at a page of yours where you
headlined it with a mail I had sent you a long time ago about loving
these reunions because there is no pretense - and we all shed years as we take a
step back in time. I had no idea you
had saved that - I am humbled.
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-page.html
Love - Pam
OHHH,
goody-goody-goody! An EXTRA reunion! Sounds super to me - as
long as we're not late to the next one (I don't wanna
miss a single moment!) Okay - I'll spread the word six ways from Tuesday,
but if any of y'all have local phone numbers, you might
want to phone as many as you can. I know it's an incredible thought, but
there are those who do not check their email every other
hour or so. Go figure. Thanks, Pam - and Van!
Oh - and I LOVE your
quotation! I put it on the Reunion Page
because I thought it expressed the concept so beautifully for us all.
I'll repeat it here:
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I think the joy of going to a class reunion is that EVERYONE really knows how old you are and you don't have to try to pretend a thing. The other interesting phenomenon
that I have experienced is Where else can you go and have 35
years shed? Can't wait to see everyone!!! |
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- Pam Smith Tomczyk ('65) of IL -
09/08/00 {now Pam Smith Arnold ('65) of VA} just prior to 1965's 35th Reunion of October 27/28, 2000 |
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08/17/04 Thanks, Pam! I've reflected on your words so many times in the past four years. I'm so glad that I saved them! |
That pretty much says it all! Thanks again, Pam!
Y'all have a great weekend - and take care of each other.
Love to all, Carol
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Don't Speak
(No Doubt)
You and me
We used to be together
Every day together always really feel
I'm losing my best friend
I can't believe
This could be the end
It looks as though you're letting go
And if it's real,
Well I don't want to know
Don't speak
I know just what you're saying
So please stop explaining
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
Don't speak
I know what you're thinking
I don't need your reasons
Don't tell me 'cause it hurts
Our memories
They can be inviting
But some are altogether
Mighty frightening
As we die, both you and I
With my head in my hands
I sit and cry
It's all ending
I gotta stop pretending who we are...
You and me
I can see us dying ... are we?







"Don't Speak"
theme and midi
suggested by my 17 year-old daughter, Adrienne Harty, of NC - 10/04/04
Thanks, Adrienne!
"Don't
Speak" midi
courtesy of
http://yu.ac.kr/~bwlee/midi_d.htm
-
10/04/04
"Don't Speak" lyrics
courtesy of
http://yu.ac.kr/~bwlee/lyrics/dontspk.htm
- 10/04/04
No Evil Cherubs courtesy of
http://www.a1agifts.com/images/34131.jpg
- 10/04/04
No Evil Frogs courtesy of
http://www.a1agifts.com/images/31759seefrogs.jpg
- 10/04/04