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From Wayne Agee ('58) of FL - 04/13/09 AND From the Head Cheerleader of 1958, Evelyn Fryer Fish of TX - "Carolyn Burns, wife of Bob Burns ('58) of VA":

Please put this on the prayer list as Bobby Burns' ('58) wife, Carolyn, has suffered a heart attack and is hospitalized in Mechanicsville, Virginia.

Hi Carol - I received the email below from Bobby Burns who graduated with me in '58. Carolyn is his wife.

You may have already been notified of this - but just in case you have not, thought you could add her to our prayer list.

Thank you Carol for all that you do for us.

lv, ev

DEAR FRIENDS,

Carolyn suffered a heart attack Saturday at home. Carolyn is in Memorial Regional Hospital in Mechanicsville. She is in a coma. Our Family asks you to pray for her recovery.

Bobby

OH, NO! I'm so very sorry to learn this sad news! Thank you for letting us know, Wayne and Evelyn! Our prayers will all be with Carolyn and Bobby!

Well, Eric, I certainly always enjoyed the one we had in Fayetteville! There used to be one here in Edwardsville, but it closed before we moved here. Now the closest two Big Lots are in Granite City and in Alton. We actually passed the Alton store yesterday on our way up to Winchester for our mini-family reunion, but even though it's only 20 minutes or so away, and I've been meaning to shop there ever since we arrived, I've never actually been inside..... :o(

I know here in Richmond we have a few and occasionally they get in bins full of $3 movies, mostly old stock from Warner, MGM, and Columbia - a good way to increase one's collections pretty cheap. Today I picked up 23 more movies - many classics which include:

EAST OF EDEN (2-disc set) (1955)
THE NARROW MARGIN (1952)
BEST FOOT FORWARD (1943)
ROBERTA (1935)
PRESENTING LILY MARS (1943)
THE CHAMP (1931)
FLYING DOWN TO RIO (1933)
SAN QUENTIN (1937)
KINGS ROW (1942)
ROMEO AND JULIET (1936)
THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY (1949)
THE GAY DIVORCEE (1934)
LULLABY OF BROADWAY (1951)
ZIEGFELD GIRL (1941)
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1935)
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)
TO SIR, WITH LOVE (1967)
THE RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE (1944)
TEENAGE CAVEMAN (Creature Feature Series) (2002)
BEYOND THE POSEIDON ADVENTURE (1979)
DOMINION (2005)
CABARET (believe it or not, I never had this one) (1972)
EIGHT LEGGED FREAKS (2002)

I do like WWII subject movies but they didn't have any except war era made movies.

I watched "Gung Ho!" just last week. Two I watched today had the NRA eagle (National Recovery Administration) that says "We Do Our Part". When I see these my mind starts wandering and one thing leads to another such as War Bonds, and Savings Bonds. I can remember how excited I would become each week when mom gave me change to purchase stamps (The Savings Stamp Program) at school that ran between 1949-1970.

OHHH, how well I remember them all, Eric! Thanks for the memories - and enjoy your "new" movies!

Eric,

Not only am I a movies addict, I am teaching my grandson how to enjoy a movie and avoid a waste of time.

I've taken to renting (because they are not worth buying) the "new" remakes of our old favorites and having my grandson over for a movie night in which we play both old and new and compare them.

I agree with you (and so does my grandson, age 11) that most remakes are not worth the time or money. Instead of walking away with that movie with you for several days, you feel empty and annoyed. They seem to be like a cartoon of a classic, not worth remembering, except to laugh at.

War of the Worlds, although very violent, is a good remake, in my opinion. Only thing is, instead of "others" reaching out to us in a wondrous-what if-WOW- sorta way that made space travel a cool thing, it was a reality check! And we all know what we think of reality!

Mark honey, I knew all those year ago when Phyllis Diller started making those commercials for laundry detergent that Mrs. Ward's, Mrs. Nelson's, and Mrs. Cleaver's days of waisted full skirted dresses with pearl necklaces and high heel accessorized floor cleaning days were over.

That and double knit!
Linda May ' 66

I just watched the remake of The Day The Earth Stood Still. I was really looking forward to watching it and even though the reviews weren't very good I had high hopes for it. I agree with

Eric (Huffstutler - Bethel HS - '75 - of VA), what an incredible disappointment! I suspect that moviemakers today think the public will be so awed by computer generated special effects that we will overlook how bad the movie is. The day before I watched a movie that I was not expecting to be all that great but it was wonderful. If anyone wants to watch an excellent film that lives up to all the hype about it, watch Slumdog Millionaire.

AHA! Another vote for this movie!

Bill Hobbs ('66) of Northern VA recommended this one to us several weeks ago!

I think I have mentioned here before that I am also an avid reader and, like my movies, my taste in books is very eclectic. I would highly recommend a book that my sister Nancy (Dearing Berry - '62 - of TX) sent me for Christmas that I put on my reading list but just got around to reading about the time of your short hiatus from the newsletter. It is a true, "feel good" book that will give you goose bumps. It is titled Once Upon a Town (The Miracle of the North Platte Canteen) by Bob Greene. During the war years, troop trains running east and west carrying American soldiers toward their destinations in Europe and the Pacific passed through North Platte, Nebraska, a small midwestern plains town. It is the story of how the people of North Platte, wanting to show their support for the servicemen passing through, started a canteen in the train depot. From Christmas Day 1941 to the end of WW2, every day of the year, every day of the war, from 5 a.m. until the last troop train of the day had pulled out, usually after midnight, the canteen which was staffed and funded entirely by local volunteers, provided "coffee, music, home-cooked food, magazines, and friendly conversation during a stopover that lasted only a few minutes, for a never-ending stream of weary, homesick military personnel." This small town of twelve thousand people, amazingly provided friendship and baskets of food and treats to more than six million GIs by the time the war ended.

Go Blue & Gold

Sydney

I can add a few more names, if we extend the boundaries north to 74th Street and east to Wickham Avenue. There have been so many entries that I may duplicate some.

Jefferson Avenue: Rex ('66) & Malcolm ('65) Davis

Clinton Drive: The Dempsey Girls: Katie (WHS ‘64), Patty ’66, and Mary (NNHS ??); Vickie Edgerton ‘66

Marshall Avenue: Robert Smith ‘64/'65

72nd Street: Billy Gallimore ’66, Anita Parker ’66, Al Hines ’65,

Dave Spriggs ‘64

Paul Street: John Gillikin ‘63

Lacey Milburn
Executive Assistant
Boys & Girls Clubs of Virginia Peninsula
11825 Rock Landing Drive
Chesapeake Building, Suite B
Newport News, VA 23606
EEEK! You caught me goofing off even more than usual, Lacey, but I decided to repent.

Originally (due largely to being extremely pressed for time), I simply carried Mickey's announcement in Saturday's Newsletter, with a follow-up in Sunday's Newsletter, and reminders at the bottom of each, with the promise of reminders in each subsequent Newsletter until the happening has - ah - happened:

http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/NNHS-Newsletters-2009.html

     http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/04-12-09-NNHS-Happy-Easter.html

   That seemed reasonable to me at the time, as most of our subscribers simply read the daily Newsletters and visit the site itself only on occasion. On further reflection, I decided to also post a News Flash on the Boys Club page (yes, I know that's not the name now, but this website was designed for all of us old-timers who knew it by that name) as well as on the front page of the site itself.

   So now if you'll check here and here you'll find a bit more:

* http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/

3. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, May 15, 16, and 17, 2009 - The Hampton High School Class of 1964 will hold its 45-Year Reunion at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. For details, see: www.hamptonhigh1964.com - HAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL - CLASS OF 1964

4. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 4, 5 and 6 (Labor Day Weekend), 2009 - The Class of 1969 will hold its 40-Year Reunion at the Point Plaza Hotel, Newport News, VA. For details, see: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2009-69.html and contact Jean Baker Howell at hokie13mom@cox.net - OPEN TO ALL NNHS ALUMNI

5. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 18, 19, and 20, 2009 - The Warwick High School Class of 1959 will hold its 50-Year Reunion at the Marriott Newport News at City Center, Newport News, VA. For details, contact WHSREUNION1959@aol.com.

6. Friday and Saturday, October 9 and 10, 2009 - The Class of 1964 will hold its 45-Year Reunion at the Newport News Marriott at City Center, 740 Town Center Drive, Newport News, VA 23606: For details, see: http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion2009-64.html - CLASS OF 1964:

Your NNHS 64/45 Reunion Committee is pleased to announce that musical entertainment has been arranged for our Reunion.

On Friday evening, we will dance to the tunes of DJ, Susan Voss. Those of you who attended our “Turning Sixty” Party in 2006 at Spirit Events will remember Susan’s talent and energy.

* John Dickison was one of the leaders of the American Revolution.
He was also a famous lawyer, prominent in the governments of Delaware and Pennsylvania.

(If you think it a strange choice, I'll remind you that Mr. Jefferson was a gardener of great renown.
Besides, the colors match the page so nicely. WILD GIGGLES!!!)

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

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

		Speaking of stamps and our grocery stores thread, don't forget: