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12/08/09
- NNHS Newsletter -
“We never give more honour to Jesus than
when we honour his Mother,
- Saint
Louis Marie de Montfort |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Today's Catholic Holiday
celebration is a first for us here (probably because the ditzy webmistress
was never paying close enough attention before...)! 
BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FJaJZql3HY - O Gloriosa Virginum, 2008
HOMEWORK:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immaculate_Conception
http://www.turnbacktogod.com/december-08-solemnity-of-the-immaculate-conception/
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/07674d.htm
http://www.catholic.com/library/Immaculate_Conception_and_Assum.asp
THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday tomorrow to Shirley Smith Langston ('57)!
Happy Birthday this week to:
10 -
John Murden ('60) of VA AND
Glen Davenport ('63) of VA;
12 -
Mary Massey Lyle ('61) of NJ AND
Marcus C. Higgins ('65) of AZ AND
Tom Norris (Hampton HS - '73) AND
My #2 Daughter-in-Law,
Bethany Winona Harty
(Siuslaw HS, OR - '94) of TX;
13 - Kay Davis Smith ('57);
14 - Elizabeth Mitchell Hedgepeth ('57) AND
Kathie Avant Taylor ('64) of GA;
15 - Jewell Hamner Crowe
('57) AND
Buster Vest ('63) of VA!
Many Happy Returns to You All!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
THIS DAY IN WWII:
December 08, 1941 - The United States entered World War II when it
declared war against Japan. The act came one day after the Japanese attacked
Pearl Harbor. Britain and Canada also declared war on Japan.
December 08, 1941 - Japan made an amphibious landing on the coast of
Thailand. Thailand declared war on the United States and England on January 25,
1942.
December 08, 1941 - The Japanese invaded the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies. They also invaded the portions of Shanghai administered by European powers and bombed American bases in the Philippines.
December 08, 1941 - Pacific War – the Republic of China officially declaresd war against Japan.
December 08, 1941 - First Japanese attack on Wake Island.
December 08, 1941 - Holocaust: Gas vans were first used as a means of execution, at the Chelmno extermination camp near Łódź in Poland.
THIS DAY IN 1964:
Tuesday, December 8, 2008 - Country singer James Blundell was born in Australia.
Tuesday, December 8, 2008 - Record producer Sandy Burnett was born in Nottingham, England.
Tuesday, December 8, 2008 - Actress Teri Hatcher was born in Palo Alto, California.
Tuesday, December 8, 2008 - Female wrestler Chigusa Nagayo was born in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan.
From Jo Ann Stewart ('64) of Northern VA
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12/07/09 - "Pearl
Harbor":
Hi Carol---
Around 1986 I went to Hawaii to visit a dear friend and her husband, a Navy Captain, who were stationed at Pearl Harbor-one night we were at a Luau on base right beside the Boathouse where the Navy keeps their private launches that take visitors to the Arizona. All around the inside of the Boathouse were framed original newspapers depicting the devastation at Pearl--was both horrific and fascinating. Obviously it made quite an impression on me as I have never forgot that experience.
That must have been
incredibly moving! Thank you for sharing it with us, Jo Ann!
From Bill Roady ('60) of VA -
12/07/09 - "Jimmy Hall ('61 - of Northern
VA)":
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Carol, Attached please find a copy of a article about Jimmy Hall which appeared in the Sunday edition of the Daily Press in mid November this year. I last saw Jimmy at Mary Ann Edwards Elliott's ('60) Ocean View beach house gig in August of 2008 and he looked great. You could tell he had been working out, running, walking or something. He looked like a pulling guard for Notre Dame. Thought you would like to see this. |
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Bill
WOWZERONI!!!
That's amazing! Thanks for sending
this to us, Bill!
Way to go, Jimmy!
From Bobby Turpin ('58) of VA
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12/07/09 - "Merry Christmas":
May you and your families have a "Merry Christmas 2009". Keep "Christ" the main message of Christmas.
Regards,
Bobby Turpin
I will be making a conscious effort to wish everyone
a
Merry Christmas this year ...
My way of saying that I am celebrating
the
birth of Jesus Christ.
So I am asking my email buddies,
if
you agree with me,
to
please do the same.
And if you'll pass this on to
your
email buddies, and so on...
maybe we can prevent one more American tradition from being lost
in the sea of "Political Correctness".
To One and All ! ! ! ! !
Thanks so much, Bobby!
Merry Christmas to you and Anne, too!
From Dimples Dinwiddie Prichard ('58) of NC -
12/07/09 - "Christmas Decorations":
Merry
Christmas, all Y'all !
Dimples aka Sepi
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Well, there is good news and bad news about my Christmas decorations. The good news is that I truly outdid myself this year. The bad news is that I had to take them down after only two days. I had more people come screaming up to my house than ever. Great stories. But two things made me take it down. First, the cops advised me that it would cause traffic accidents as they almost wrecked when they drove by. Second, a 55 year old lady grabbed the ladder and almost killed herself putting it against my house and didn't realize it was fake until she climbed to the top (she was not happy). She was one of many people who attempted to do that. My yard couldn't take it either. I have more than a few tire tracks where people literally drove up my yard. I think I made him too real this time. But it was fun while it lasted. ;) |
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WILD GIGGLES!!!
Thanks, Dimples!
Merry Christmas!
From
George Helliesen ('61) of MI
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12/07/09 - "What a neat e-mail":
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THIS IS VERY COOL AND IT DOES COUNT
TO:
God.Com
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Every single evening |
You see, that little metal box |
Amen.
Thank you so much,
George!
God bless you, too!
From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59) of VA - 12/07/09 - "The Christmas Pageant":
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PAGEANT My husband and I had been happily married (most of the time) for
five years but hadn't been blessed with a baby. I decided to do some serious praying and promised God that if he would give us a child. I would be a perfect mother, love it with all my heart and raise it with His word as my guide. God answered my prayers and blessed us with a son. The next year God blessed us with another son. The following year, He blessed us with yet another son. The year after that we were blessed with a daughter. My husband thought we'd been blessed right into poverty. We now had four children, and the oldest was only four years old. I learned never to ask God for anything unless I meant it As a minister once told me, "If you pray for rain, make sure you carry an umbrella." I began reading a few verses of the Bible to the children each day as they lay in their cribs. I was off to a good start. God had entrusted me with four children and I didn't want to disappoint Him. I tried to be patient the day the children smashed two dozen eggs on the kitchen floor searching for baby chicks. I tried to be understanding...when they started a hotel for homeless frogs in the spare bedroom, although it took me nearly two hours to catch all twenty-three frogs. When my daughter poured ketchup all over herself and rolled up in a blanket to see how it felt to be a hot dog, I tried to see the humor rather than the mess. In spite of changing over twenty-five thousand diapers, never eating a hot meal and never sleeping for more than thirty minutes at a time, I still thank God daily for my children.. While I couldn't keep my promise to be a perfect mother - I didn't even come close... I did keep my promise to raise them in the Word of God. I knew I was missing the mark just a little when I told my daughter we were going to church to worship God, and she wanted to bring a bar of soap along to "wash up" Jesus, too. Something was lost in the translation when I explained that God gave us everlasting life, and my son thought it was generous of God to give us his "last wife." My proudest moment came during the children's Christmas pageant. My daughter was playing Mary, two of my sons were shepherds and my youngest son was a wise man. This was their moment to shine.
My five-year-old shepherd had practiced his line, "We found the babe wrapped
in swaddling clothes." But he was nervous and said, "The baby was wrapped in
wrinkled clothes."
A wrestling match broke out between Mary and the shepherd and was stopped by
an angel, who bent her halo and lost her left wing. I slouched a little
lower in my seat when Mary dropped the doll representing Baby Jesus, and it
bounced down the aisle crying, "Mama-mama." Mary grabbed the doll, wrapped
it back up and held it tightly as the wise men arrived. My other son
stepped forward wearing a bathrobe and a paper crown, knelt at the manger
and announced, "We are the three wise men, and we are bringing gifts of
gold, common sense and fur."
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Thank you so much,
Norris!
From Mark Friedman ('65) of VA
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12/07/09 - "MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!!":
| Merry Christmas!!! When you go to this site, click on the dogs and match them up and see what happens. Merry Christmas and enjoy!!!! Match the dogs http://www.jacquielawson.com/viewcard.asp?code=XE13117730
Thanks, Mark, this
is fun!
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ABBREVIATED ALERT:
From Jane
Chambers of VA - 07/01/09 - "CNC BOOK BROCHURE & AD":
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/CNC-CNU/brochure(2).pdf
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/CNC-CNU/CNC-Memories-Book-219390602.pdf
Contact Dr. Chambers at cncmemories61_71@yahoo.com.
Thanks,
Jane!
FINALLY:
From ArcaMax Jokes - 12/07/09:
Leaning Left
I have this friend who always
seemed to lean slightly to the left all the time. It used to bother me, so I
suggested he see a doctor, and have his legs checked out.
For years, he refused... told me I was crazy.
But last week, he finally went, and sure enough, the doctor discovered his left
leg was 1/4 of an inch shorter than his right. A quick bit of orthopedic surgery
later, he was cured, and both legs are exactly the same length now, and he no
longer leans.
"So," I said, "You didn't believe me when I told you a doctor could fix your
leg."
He just looked at me and said, "I, stand corrected."
 1.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009 - The Class of 1957 will hold its
Holiday Party at Angelo's on Route
17. RSVP no later than December 6. For details, contact Pat Beck Letzinger at
Pabletz@aol.com -
CLASS OF 1957 |
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2.
Saturday, December 12, 2009 -
The NNHS Class of 1960 will again encourage their friends
- TYPHOON OR NOT, CLASS OF 1960 OR NOT -
to meet with them for the Laugh-A Lot
Breakfast Bunch at 9:00 AM at the Candle Light Kitchen in Norge (Williamsburg).
Directions: Take I-64 to Exit 231A-Norge, go 1-1/2 miles to Richmond Road, go
through light, look for shopping center on left, Candle Light Kitchen on Right.
RSVP to duckbill1@verizon.net NO LATER THAN
December 8, 2009.
THAT'S TODAY!!! |
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3.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - The NNHS Class of 1958 will hold its annual
Gathering and Dinner at Al Fresco Italian Ristorante, 11710 Jefferson Avenue.
For details, contact Joe Drewry at
JWDVT@aol.com -
CLASS OF 1958 AND “other NNHS
alums and friends of our 1958 class are invited to join with us”! |
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4.
Friday and Saturday, August 6 and 7, 2010 - The NNHS Class of
1970 will hold its 40-Year Reunion. Saturday night will be at the Kiln Creek Golf & Country
Club. For details, contact Carol Comer
Cutler at
ca23comerww@aol.com or
visit the reunion website at
NNHS1970Reunion.myevent.com
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CLASS OF 1970
5. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, August 6, 7, and 8, 2010 - The NNHS Class of 1960 will hold its 50-Year Reunion at the Marriott Newport News at City Center. For details, contact Karen Weinstein Witte at kwitte@tampabay.rr.com - CLASS OF 1960 |
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Y'all take good care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe!
Love to all, Carol
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Carol Buckley
Harty
618-530-9092
O Gloriosa Virginum
Ascribed to
Saint
Venantius Fortunatus,
Bishop of Poitiers
(c. 530-c. 600/609)
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O gloriósa vírginum, Amen. |
O Queen of
all the Virgin choir, Enthroned above the starry sky; Who with pure milk from thy own breast Thy own Creator didst supply. What man hath lost in hapless Eve, Thy sacred womb to man restores; Thou to the sorrowing here beneath Hast open’d Heaven’s eternal doors. Hail, O refulgent Hall of light! Hail, Gate sublime of Heaven’s high King! Through thee redeem’d to endless life, Thy praise let all the nations sing. O Jesu! born of Virgin bright, Immortal glory be to Thee; Praise to the Father infinite, And Holy Ghost eternally. Amen. |
"O Gloriosa Virginum" midi and lyrics courtesy of http://romaaeterna.jp/liber1/lu1314.html - 10/06/09
"O Gloriosa Virginum" English lyrics courtesy of http://www2.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/O_Gloriosa_virginum_(Francisco_Valls) - 12/07/09
Image of
Bartolomé Esteban
Murillo's
(31 Dec 1617 - 03 Apr 1682) 1660 Painting, "The Immaculate Conception", courtesy
of http://www.turnbacktogod.com/december-08-solemnity-of-the-immaculate-conception/
- 12/07/09
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of
http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/
Siuslaw High School's Viking Logo clip art courtesy of http://www.answers.com/topic/minnesotavikings-1000-png - 12/27/07
Coast Guard Seal clip art courtesy of http://www.tioh.hqda.pentagon.mil/SealsEmblems/USCG.htm - 10/03/07
Animated Ringing Christmas Bell clip art (designed by Art Holden) courtesy of
http://www.animationfactory.com - 12/08/05