So far, we're thinking that we really like the name Buckley as his first.  He can go by Buck if he so desires... I will strongly suggest it once he's an uncle!  and when we hold him we can pass the Buck, and all that fun stuff.  As for middle names... we're as yet undecided. We've talked about Graham, and as several of you know, Adventure, so he can say "Adventure is my middle name!"... but I think I'm gonna veto that one on the grounds that I won't be able to keep a straight face while naming him during his blessing.

http://www.mormonwiki.com/Priesthood_Blessings

We've also talked about naming all our children virtues as their middle names... I don't like them as first names - bad experiences with girls named Chastity or Hope and being the exact opposite of their names... but it could work as a middle name.  The problem there is that most virtues are associated as being girl names, so we're thinking of less common manly virtues for our guys.  Names like Honor, Valor, Fortitude, Courage, etc.

Anyway, enjoy the pictures.

Love,
Dale

   AWWW - How Sweet!!! (Pure, unprejudiced, unbiased opinion of a grandmother...)

      From My Sister, Eleanor Buckley Nowitzky ('59) of NC - 03/12/08 - "RE: At long last the ultrasounds show its a boy!":

   (Pure, unprejudiced, unbiased opinion of a great-aunt...)  Thanks, Eleanor!

ADDY CHANGES:

..... I noticed my email address was incorrect.  If you could, please change it to RBillings1@carolina.rr.com.

   YIKES!!! Okay, I have it right this time! Thanks, Rick - for everything!

  From Al Farber ('64) of GA - 03/11/08 - "new email address":

   I have changed my Address...It is rebaal50@bellsouth.net... Please make all changes...Thanks...al

   Thanks, Al!

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html 

       From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 03/10/08 - "BEACON - 23 SEP 63 (Part Two of Two)":

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   Ohhh, Dicky Darlin'! What are you saying?!? This was on CNN! I mean, sure, not everything you read in the newspaper is true, but this is television! This is CNN!!! Oh, the humanity!

   I myself am a mixed breed - English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, German, Swiss, Dutch, French Huguenot, and Algonquian. Like you, my Irish forebears were all protestant. They lived near Londonderry back in the 1740's. We try to celebrate everything here as long as I remember to do so, but this week, my celebrating has been somewhat biased. You'll notice that those earlier two Newsletters of the week contained substantial portions of orange. This was a nod to my Northern Irish protestant ancestors - the orangemen:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_III_of_England

   This is a little game I play from time to time, containing hidden messages to others or simply to amuse myself.

   SHHH - this will be our little secret, 'k??  WILD GIGGLES! Thanks again, Pretty Lady!

   Thank you for your good wishes, too, Sweetie! Sometimes I do feel better - and then again, sometimes I, uh, don't....

   Thanks, Richard! You had not given me your birthday earlier, but I have it posted now - and just in time!

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  From Al Simms ('60) of VA - 03/11/08 - "Our Old Cars submission":

Carol,

		Attached you will find a photo of my dad in his first car which was a 1937 Chevrolet 2 door sedan.  I think that he must have received this one year old car as a gift from his father when he graduated from Wake Forest College in June 1938 and I suspect that this was his first car.  I say this because I have the negatives from all of Dad's old photos and there are a number of them of this car immediately following photos of his college graduation.  It would seem that young men back then were not different from young men when we were growing up or even now.  They are proud of that symbol of independence and spend a lot of time shining and photographing it.  The only difference in today and way back then is that kids get the cars earlier now in these times of relative plenty.  He kept this car until late 1944 or perhaps early 1945 .
1937 Chevrolet

This car never made it to Newport News as far as I know because when we moved there in January of 1946, he had a different vehicle which will show up in pictures that I will send later on after I have identified the make and model of it.  It has a connection though since I was born in 1942 and it was the first car that I rode in.

 

Just a few tidbits about the car and times and one actual memory that I have of it.

 

1. The memory of it that I have was occurred in the winter of 1944/45 when I was 2.5 years old and is probably because of an accident and my fear of something that occurred after the accident.  What I remember and have a mental image of is the car sitting in a field beside the road and my dad getting out of the car and taking a big round black thing from under the hood. and bringing it back to the drivers side of the car.  I have no memory of the accident itself but for some reason that big black thing scared the little boy greatly.  My mother had no memory of the black thing but my dad told me many years later when I related the memory to him that it was the large oil bath air cleaner that had broken loose during the accident.  He had been driving down a country road near Littleton, NC that we lived near during the early 40s and had been shooting a movie while he drove.  He veered a bit to the left and the car jumped the shallow ditch and bounced into the field next to the road.  I don't know if this contributed to it's later demise but certainly it did not help it.  We were able to continue driving, but that was the last time that my dad tried to take movies while driving.

 

2. New in 1937 the car would have cost about  $700.  Restored today most go for between $30,000 and $40,000 but I did see one for $160,000 on a UK website.

 

3. 519,000 of them were built.  There are still a few thousand of them on the road today ranging from fully restored vehicles to heavily customized hot rods.  There is room under the hood for a Corvette V8 engine!

 

4. The car had an inline 6 cylinder engine and a 3 speed manual transmission with gearshift on the floor.

 

5. It was available in several models ranging from a 2 door, single seat business coupe to a 4 door Master Deluxe sedan.  There was also a pickup truck and a small delivery van that was built on the same chassis.

 

6. Back in those days there were no seat belts and as a child I often traveled standing up in the middle of the front seat.  My parents also had a car bed which was a wire frame that sat on the back seat with a cloth box attached to it that I slept in.  By today's standard this would be very unsafe and in fact if you did those things today, you would probably be arrested for child endangerment at the very least.  But speeds were much lower then and there were not so many cars or accidents as today and so it was not considered at all dangerous WAY back then.

 

If this interests you at all do some Google searches and check out eBay too.  You will be amazed at how many old cars of all makes and models that there are still on the road today.
 

Al

   GASP!!! What a beautiful car! Thanks so much for sharing this with us, Al!

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html 

     http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/our-old-cars.html - posted at the bottom of the page - which has been somewhat reworked

   So that's where you've been - how fabulous! Thanks for telling us; it's always wonderful to hear of the happy moments!

   And I'm glad you support my decision on the political comments; they're exhausting enough for me to hear the first time around, let alone starting a big brouhaha amongst us!

   Thanks again, Lady! We'll certainly add Karen to our prayers!

1.   Jerry Allen ('65) of VA - began radiation for cancer last week of February; it was delayed when he was diagnosed with pneumonia on 02/20/08; update of 03/11/08: recovered from pneumonia, is in his third week of radiation, and seems to be doing well. He is back at work and comes home tired, but overall, he is in pretty good shape.

2.   Connie Bloxom Thompson ('66) of MD - multiple heath and financial issues; needing cataract surgery to prevent inevitable blindness ASAP; update of 03/11/08: "SO FAR, 1/2 FUNDS FOR 1 EYE PROCEDURE"

3. My Friend Judy of IL -  shoulder replacement surgery - 04/22/08

4. Clyde Bryant ('58) of PA - heart replacement surgery - 12/13/07

5.         My Daughter, Adrienne Harty (Hillsboro HS, IL / American School, IL) of NC - slight brain concussion - 03/09/08 - update of 03/12/08: still taking it very easy, but progressing as well as can be expected

6.      Me ('65) of NC - recent escalation of shortness of breath, heart and blood pressure problems plus the usual .....; update of 03/12/08: not a great deal of change; still ups and downs

7. Emily (daughter of My Niece Shari) of VA - advancing scoliosis; surgery 03/11/08; update of 03/12/08: surgery went well, running slight fever

8. Karen Hampton (Hampton HS - '64) of VA - knee surgery on 03/13/08

9. Frances Heath Scott ('62) of VA - inflammation of nerves; due to have been released from hospital on 02/27/08

10. Linda Lamb Stokes (Hampton HS - '66) of VA - surgery of the cervical spine on 3/5/08 to place a new stainless steel plate and screws to eliminate extremely severe pain

11.   Heidi Hice MacKay of MI and her Family - stressing over their beloved patriarch since late January 2008; update of 03/10/08: still needing our prayers

12.       Herb Hice of MI and the MacKay Family - triple bypass surgery plus carotid artery cleanup - @ 01/25/08; update of 03/10/08: still being sedated while not on the ventilator, but made it for nine hours on 03/09/08; "holding his own"

13. Deloris Jackson Morgan ('66) of VA? - recovering from surgery on her ankle

14. Patsy Lewis Hancock ('57) of VA - suffered second massive heart attack - 01/31/08

15.       John London (Warwick HS - '57) of VA - lumbar surgery to fix a spinal stenosis [ laminectomy]; will also involve fusion of vertebrae - 02/05/08

16. Pam Pennington Cherry ('58) of VA - congestive heart failure; cardiac ablation procedure - 02/06/08; second surgery on 02/20/08 for aneurysm

17.   Catherine Slusser Hudson ('64) of VA - recent surgery on right knee

18.     Jimmy Smith ('62) of VA - suffered heart attack 02/13/08

19. All of Us

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DATES TO REMEMBER:

1. Friday and Saturday, May 16 - 17, 2008 - NNHS CLASS OF 1958

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    From Jerry Blanchard ('62) of VA - 01/12/08 - "Gas Stations Of Yesteryear-------------------------this IS REAL Americana" (#35 in a Series of 37):

Carol, do not know if you would like to show these or not. Just brings back a lot memories from yesteryear. Hope you like them. 

Jerry Blanchard (62) of Va.

Gas Stations Of  Yesteryear

Back when life was much simpler and gas was 18-25 cents a gallon!!

(or there about) and as low as 17 cents during gas wars.

		Old American Gas Stations from all around the country   Some are abandoned, some are restored and many are still in use.

Yeah . . .  I remember!

 And with a fill-up you got the gas pumped for you, your windshield cleaned, oil and fluids checked, tires checked,
a free map, if you wanted it, and greeted in ENGLISH !!!

Yeah! I remember!!!

Enjoy Your Days & Love Your Life.... Because...."Life is a journey to be savored."

  Thanks, Jerry, I remember them quite fondly, too!

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

                          Love to all, Carol

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Red Is the Rose
 

Come over the hills, my bonnie Irish lass
Come over the hills to your darling
You choose the rose, love, and I'll make the vow
And I'll be your true love forever.

Chorus
Red is the rose that in yonder garden grows
Fair is the lily of the valley
Clear is the water that flows from the Boyne
But my love is fairer than any.

'Twas down by Killarney's green woods that we strayed
When the moon and the stars they were shining
The moon shone its rays on her locks of golden hair
And she swore she'd be my love forever.

Chorus

It's not for the parting that my sister pains
It's not for the grief of my mother
'Tis all for the loss of my bonny Irish lass
That my heart is breaking forever.

Chorus

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"Red Is the Rose" midi and lyrics courtesy of http://www.contemplator.com/tunebook/ireland.htm - 03/10/08

Image of Red "Olympiad" Rose courtesy of http://www.justourpictures.com/roses/redroses.html - 03/11/08

Red Rose Divider Line clip art courtesy of well, I just don't know - but it's been in my files since 02/01/05

Animated Tiny Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!

Hillsboro High School's Topper (Band Version) clip art courtesy of http://www.hillsboroschools.net/schools/hhs/activities/music2/Band/bio.html - 06/07/08
Thanks, Mark!

American School Logo courtesy of http://www.americanschoolofcorr.com/grads.asp - 09/05/06

Eastlake High School Logo courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/ehslearningcenter/ - 10/17/07

Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thanks, Al!

Navy Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.onemileup.com/miniSeals.asp - 05/29/06

Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/ - 10/02/05

Marine Corps Seal clip art courtesy of Herbert Hice of MI - one of my Famous Marines who served in the South Pacific during WWII.
Thanks again, Herbie!!

Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06

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