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03/31/06 - NNHS Newsletter - Please Please Me
"It's a good idea not to live your life just to please others.
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
| Just between the two of us, let's pretend I really finished this Newsletter before midnight, and that it's still March 31......... |
BIRTHDAYS - BELATED AND OTHERWISE:
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Well, I suppose they're all
belated now, aren't they? OOOPS!!!
A Very Merry Un-Birthday to:
29 - David Hatchett ('65) of VA - 1947 Many happy returns to you all! |
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 03/20/06:
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And, if you love train images, you gotta go here: http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/m/jmlaboda/ChessieGallery.htm
Thank you, Dave. I'm not sure how
it came to be that I didn't post this link earlier when you gave it to me.
I suppose I was too busy looking at it! Thanks so much!
I do love trains!
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From One of "My" Famous Marines who served
in the Pacific Theater during WWII,
Herbert
Hice of MI -
03/25/06:
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Hi Carol,
In your (03/24/06) newsletter one of your many "FANS", 
Cookie Philips (Tyndall - '64 - of VA) is
dismayed that her Birth Date now starts with "6" rather than "5". I also
wondered about where the time had slipped by when I was her age. Now that
my Birth Date starts with "8", I still wonder where the time flew by. As
long as "ONE" is
in reasonably good health that's all that matters. Pass the word along to
Cookie to slow down a bit and as I always say to you,
Take time to smell the ROSES.
Herbie Well, Herbie, that's
because like Cookie and
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
Thanks, Herbie! My roses
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From
Steve Silsby (Ferguson HS - '72) of NC - 03/27/06 - "Answering
Fred Mays ('60 - of VA) about bridge":
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Fred,
I believe the bridge you mentioned crossed the tracks at either 58th or 60th Street (I believe it's 60th). This would have it connecting to Jefferson Ave. at Temple Lane or near South Ellen Road. Both are just south of Briarfield Road. There's a photo posted on the NNH65 website that shows the bridge. It's in the C&O and NNS&DDC section of Our Old Stomping Grounds.
Here's a link: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/railway-shipyard/10-17-44-shipyard.jpg |
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If your browser won't allow you zoom in, copy the
file and open it in something that's capable of doing so. There's enough
resolution in the file to show the bridge there in the upper left of the
image. Maybe you can count the streets from 50th to determine exactly which
one it is. Isn't that just a fabulous image, Steve?!? (Thanks again, Dave!) |
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Aerial View - Courtesy of Dave Spriggs ('64)
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VA - 10/29/03 Thanks, Dave! |
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While on the subject of bridge photos, how about this interesting shot of the James River Bridge?
Best Mariner Regards,
Steve Silsby, Ferguson HS Class of '72 (almost)
WOWZERS!!! Not exactly your everyday sighting, is it, Steve? Thanks so much! I posted it: |
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From Joe Madagan ('57) of FL - 03/27/06:
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Hi, Carol:
Needless to say, we am excited about the possibility of 
Ronnie
Burroughs ('60) of VA coming up with some photos of the
City Pool. I sure hope he can come up with some of the
photos of the lovely TYPHOON bathing beauties that used to compete in the
contest held each year at the pool. That would be a treasure!!! I have
written to a couple of the wonderful young ladies with whom I had
the pleasure of working with at the Pool to see if they have photos that
they are willing to share with us on the Website. No
one has said "No", but at the same time, no photos have arrived in my IN
box or my Snail Mail Box.
Speaking of bathing beauties, I once kidded around
with
 Evelyn Fryer Fish
('58) of TX on this website accusing her
of holding out on us by not providing a photo of those beautiful
TYPHOON lovelies posing for a
Buckroe Beach
postcard, only to learn that she did not have a copy and had forgotten one
existed.
Well, I believe she has come into possession of said
postcard and wonder if she is willing to share that treasure with us and
brighten up the page in Our Old Stomping Grounds?
Please, go ahead and make a couple of old TYPHOON
guy's blood pressure rise!!!
TYPHOON Regards,
Joe Madagan ('57) of FL
Oh,
by all means! Your fans are waiting, Evelyn!
Thanks, Adonis! |
From Brownie
Shaffer Haracivet ('62) of the Virgin Islands
(and soon to
be VA!!) - 03/28/06:
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Dear Carol,
I was pleasantly surprised when the nice note came to me from  Gloria Woolard Price (Hampton HS - '65) of FL
via your telling me that my mom was born on her mom's birthday! What is
more exciting is that both are still with us! Yes, we are more than
blessed and I appreciate so much hearing from Gloria.
I was able to find a rhinestone tiara for my
mother with the number 90 for the birthday celebration in Williamsburg on
April 12th!!!!!. It's going to be fun and I'll send a picture of the
birthday girl as soon as I return from VA!!
Thanks to you Mrs. NNHS..... I also heard from
Captain Dave Arnold regarding the now
possible reunion between Ida Fenigsohn (mother of NNHS - '65
George Fenigsohn) and my mother who were friends a long time ago from
the happy days in Stuart Gardens.
The site continues to make many smiles,
memories and reunions possible.
Take care and big hugs, Brownie
What truly
wonderful and uplifting news!
Thanks so much for sharing it, Brownie!
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From Fred Mays ('60)
of VA - 03/28/06 - "Death of a 1926 N.N.H.S Graduate":
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Carol:
I observed in the Daily Press this morning
that Warren "Fuzzy" S. Wood, Sr. died. He was a member of the 1926
graduating class of Newport News High School. I well remember him
from the Shipyard. When I observed him at a funeral of a cousin of my
mother, I found out that he was distantly related to my mother. He was quite
an athlete at N.N.H.S., and graduated from Furman University. He was 100
years old...within the last year, I saw him out at Steve's Steak House/Artie
and Tony's. He had been in remarkable health for his age. |
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From
Richard Marshall ('66) of VA - 03/28/06:
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Carol, You are doing a super-fantastic job on this site. I would like to have my wife of thirty-seven ( and counting) years added to the birthday listing, if possible. Darlene Willis Marshall, HHS - '68 and her birthday is August 18th.,1950. Why, certainly, Richard!
Thanks so much!
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From Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA -
03/28/06 - "Newsletters":
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Hello, Web Queen.
It's been a awhile
since I've written in, but I just had to take the time today. I really
enjoyed the 3/27 letter.
Of course, I was in attendance at my sweet cousin's
I also got a kick out of
seeing an email from Howard Hodnett ('45 - of VA), my
father-in-law, and glad to see that he's getting a handle on that new
computer of his. He is still learning, bless his heart. By the way! You
won't find an old email address, because you never had it. :)
See, you haven't lost it after all. I'm so glad that he is able to enjoy
the letters.
You're the greatest!
You too, Dave!
Judy Phillips Allen
Oh, yeah!!!!
It's all coming back to me now - DUH!!! Thanks, Judy!
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From Fred Mays ('60) of VA - 03/28/06:
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Thanks to your fantastic
website and
That's such wonderful
news, Fred! Thanks for sharing it with us! |
From Judy Phillips Allen ('66) of VA - 03/28/06 - "Railway to Heaven":
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Carol,
I really have enjoyed reading all the accounts of the C&O and the coal piers. My dad would fill a cooler with ice cold lemonade and Mama would make sandwiches and we'd sit up there at the highest point on hot summer nights (no AC back then) and watch the activity down at the coal piers. We would sit out on a blanket under the stars and enjoy God's work while watching man's.
My dad,
Cookie's and Charlie's dad, and another uncle and aunt all put 30-40 years
in at the C&O. They have all passed away now, but every
time I cross the M&M Tunnel heading back into NN, I
think of all the good times growing up.
My uncle
Zack Phillips and his wife, Charlotte, both had the following
song performed at their funerals. It brings a tear to my eye every time I
hear it. I was so excited when someone sent this to me last year. The song
is different from the piece that is written and illustrated. I suggest
reading first, then sit back and listen to the words. I hope you can
share it with all those "special" Typhoons who were C&O children and
dedicate it to Myra Phillips Day.
Life's Railway to Heaven, performed by Patsy Cline and Willie Nelson: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/singingman7/TOL.htm
Thanks!
God bless you
all!
Judy
Thanks, Judy!
That's very moving, indeed! I posted it right on that page where we
can all play it whenever we want.
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html |
From Gloria Woolard Price (Hampton HS - '65) of FL - 03/28/06 - "HHS Fight
song":
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To:
 Tom Norris (Hampton HS -
'73) of VA......thanks for the
correction on my boyfriend's Chevelle......funny, when I saw it in
writing, it clicked that '70 was the year I dated that guy......duh!
And adding to the HHS cheers, let's
remind the Typhoons (and you know we love ya......especially Carol
Buckley Harty!) of our famous fight song:
Here's to Hampton High School, here's
to HHS
Here's to our football team.....is it
fine? oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes, oh, yes.
Glorious or defeated, we will always
shine
For alma mater and that ole' red and
white.
Red and white, red and white, we will
fight with all our might
As ole' Hampton goes marching along.
Blue and gold,
blue and gold, you will never, ever hold
As ole' Hampton goes fighting along.
Ohhhh,
Gloria! You baaaad! WILD GIGGLES!!!
Thanks for that "wonderful" piece of nostalgia! |
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 03/29/06 - "Riverside Hospital":
| Carol, Remember all that controversy over which structure was the original Riverside and which was the original Buxton? The answer was right on the site all along. |
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This image appears on
the Riverside page and tells all. Best of all, it places the original
building with the newer building. You can see how the original building
disappeared and the North End Pharmacy constructed in its place. Well, David, if I hadn't been laughing so hard at my obtuseness throughout that whole long ridiculous conversation I had with you on that subject, I might have noticed that! But, NOOOOOO!!! Thanks for catching it! |
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Courtesy of Tim Parsons ('73)
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In the interest of clarity, I pulled the Riverside Hospital images and comments from the North End page, giving them their own page, and linking it to the North End page (as well as on Our Old Stomping Grounds) for simplicity: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-N-R.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/north-end.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/riverside-hospital.html - brand new page Thanks again for your
alertness and attention to this, David!
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From Me ('65) of NC - 03/30/06 - "The OTHER
Hospital":
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interest of uniformity, I did the same thing for Elizabeth Buxton/Mary
Immaculate Hospital and the East End page: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-A-B.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/buxton-hospital.html - brand new page http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-C-G.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/east-end.html While I was scouring the Our Old Stomping Grounds pages, I noticed that a number of them were missing their back-links and creation dates, and were generally suffering from a bad case of the screaming uglies. So without altering their dates of updating, I did some housekeeping on many of them. No, no, of course I didn't finish! |
From Jean Poole Burton ('64) of RI - 03/29/06 - "Hi sweet lady!":
| You don't have to keep telling us what
you did not get to or what you meant to do or what you ripped
out...because WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS WONDERFUL...and we always look forward
to the next edition, and whether is is a long letter or a small letter, a
sad one, or one chocfull of exciting and wonderful news...we love reading it
and knowing that this tie binds us together as TYPHOONS FOREVER!
Thanks, Jean!
Of course, that would mean I'd actually have to write personal notes every now and then, and we all know how very, very seldom if ever I do that! |
From Wayne Stokes ('65) of VA -
03/29/06 - "This and That":
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CBD,
The C&O Company Store was known as
Fitzgerald's. Regarding the "C&O Coal Piers", does anyone know what were
the "jobs" of the mule and the goat?
Those terms ring a far distant bell, lost in the vagaries of my mind......... Turning to Wythe Lanes and the Smith family, we knew them well and obtained our (Linda and I after our marriage) first car through a "joint venture" with the Smiths; that's the short of it.
I am somewhat well informed in these
areas and have more details if needed.
TC!
"R"
As you've noticed, there is interest galore on all things connected with the shipyard, the railroad, the docks, and the piers - and that's as it should be. http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/old-stomping.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/OOSG-C-G.html http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/railway-shipyard.html I personally have a very deep and abiding interest in learning all about the Wythe Bowling Alley. As always, we're
collecting and archiving as much information as possible on every subject.
Feel free to impart of your wisdom and knowledge often, Wayne Honey!
Thanks so much!
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From Dee Hodges Bartram ('66) of VA - 03/30/06:
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Carol,
I have been in Honolulu, Hawaii
for a week and a half visiting my daughter and grandsons. I have not had
an opportunity to read your news letters yet, but one of my classmates
called to tell me that they saw a question asking if the high school tour
was open to everyone. All
functions are open to any person that attended Newport News High School. That
includes the Friday night function at RJ's Restaurant and the tour of the
high school (Huntington Hall).
I do ask that they contact me at
dhbartram@cox.net so I can get an accurate count for each
function. This would better prepare Ron for Friday night (he may have to
bring in more waitresses) and the Huntington Hall staff on Saturday (they
may need to assign more than one person to take the groups
through). Anyone that is interested can certainly join us without any
obligation to attend the Saturday night function.
Thanks!
Dee Hodges Bartram
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REALLY, REALLY BACKLOGGED:
This is so old it's
downright embarrassing
- but it's fun!
From Dave Arnold ('65) of VA - 11/15/06 - Reunion CD #6 - Saturday, October 22,
2005:
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| Coach Charlie Nuttycombe of VA; Sharon Chaffin Tanner ('66) of VA; and Mrs. Elizabeth Nuttycombe of VA |
H. P. Lucas ('65) of VA and
Pauline Collins Shofner ('65) of VA; Becky Crank Tench ('65) of VA in the background |
? of VA and Jimmy Smith ('62) of VA (Yes, yes, I know the pretty lady is Jimmy's date; I just don't know her name! YIKES!!!) | |
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Lynn Walker Brothers ('65) of VA;
Pauline Collins Shofner ('65) of VA; and Barry Brothers (YHS - '65) of VA |
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By the way, just a reminder on the images I'm posting: If I show it at all, I think you look super, gorgeous, cute, beautiful, adorable, or any combination thereof. I will crop, PhotoShop, or delete to show you in the most flattering light possible. If there's one thing my mama taught me, it was the Golden Rule. So if you see yourself here and wonder, "Why on earth did that woman print that?!?", it's because I thought you looked precious.  I'll usually eliminate images shot in faulty lighting, unless they seem to have intrinsic value of their own, and poor lighting is preferable to no image alone - as in the case of the first one here of Sharon and the Nuttycombes. I will zoom in to show your faces unless the background is important, as in the case of the last one here with Pauline and the Brothers. |
From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 01/30/06
- "Why I love the south" (#26 in a Series):
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Carol,
If you can stop laughing, you
might include one of these each upcoming newsletter ....
unless you think it undignified.
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Thanks, Dave!
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Okay, Jean, let's just say that I've reserved some material for tomorrow's April Fools Day Newsletter! Yeah, that does sound better!  |
Y'all take care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER!
Love to all, Carol
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NNHS CLASS OF '65 WEB SITE:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com
PERSONAL WEB SITE:
http://www.angelfire.com/weird2/cluckmeat
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Please Please Me
Words and Music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney, 1963
(The Beatles)
Last night I
said these words to my girl
I know you never even try, girl
C'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon)
Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please you
You don't need
me to show the way, love
Why do I always have to say "love"
C'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon)
Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please you
I don't wanna sound complaining
But you know there's always rain in my heart (In my heart)
I do all the pleasing with you, it's so hard to reason
With you, whoah yeah, why do you make me blue
Last night I said these words to my girl
I know you never even try, girl
C'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon), c'mon (C'mon)
Please please me, whoa yeah, like I please you
(Me) Whoa yeah, like I please you
(Me) Whoa yeah, like I please you
"Please Please Me" midi courtesy of
http://rock.mididb.com/beatles/
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 10/29/05
Thanks, Dave!
"Please Please
Me" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.iqm.ro/beatles/lyrics/ppleaseme.html
also at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 10/29/05
Thanks again, Dave!
NOTE: This page was unavailable at
press time, so the lyrics are actually courtesy
of
http://www.lyricsandsongs.com/song/4703.html
- 03/31/06
Blue Hearts Image courtesy of http://www.maternalsource.com/nursing_pillow.htm - 03/31/06
Animated Blue Hearts Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars11.html - 03/06/06
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Anchor clip art courtesy of
Steve Silsby (FHS - '72) of NC
- 12/14/05
Thanks, Steve
Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/ - 10/02/05
Animated Yehaa Typhoon
clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 08/18/05
Thanks so much, Al!
And that reminds me, I had never posted your birthday on our Birthday Page -
October 22, 1924. I just took care of that
aren't in bloom yet, but I did try to smell my yellow chrysanthemum today.
SUPER-DE-DUPER!!!
Thanks so much, Dee - and the entire 1966 Reunion Committee!!!