04/01/08
- NNHS Newsletter -
April Fool's Day
“Our wisdom comes from our experience, and
our experience comes from our foolishness.”
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Sacha Guitry
(21 Feb 1885 - 24 July 1957)
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04/01/08
- NNHS Newsletter -
“Our wisdom comes from our experience, and |
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Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
I hope by now that it's a well known fact that
I personally dislike April Fools Day (or practical jokes at any time). We celebrate it here each year
simply because we endeavor to observe everything - and because I am such
a Sweetie-Pie! 
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BONUS - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u55fpsbzAfk - Evanescence - Everybody's Fool
UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS:
Happy Birthday this week to:
04 -
Sylvia Hall Hammond ('66) of UT;
06 - Gerald Leonard ('66) of VA AND Aaron
(Hank) Smith ('69) of ?!
Many Happy
Returns, One and All!
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From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of
VA - 03/31/08 - "Back in time - Do you remember these words?":
I'll throw one at you that I'll bet most of you never heard of, "feed sack dress". It's a term that most all country folk will remember. Feed for farm animals used to come in really pretty printed cotton material. Not like what you could buy in a store but very serviceable. Most of my play clothes and some school clothes were made from "feed sacks". Mom was a great seamstress, she could make anything! She fashioned dresses for my sister and me, and shirts for my brothers, and "night clothes" (another change) for all us kids. I loved everything she made and was proud to wear my "feed sack" dresses. Lots of kids had the same feed sack clothes. "Town-folk" had "store-bought" clothes and once we moved to Virginia we did too. Mom still made pretty dresses for us, made with store-bought material but made with the same love that went into our "feed sack" dresses.
A lot of words have changed but one never has... "Love".....what word could possibly replace that one?
I've rambled on with one of my memories
and now it's your turn to pass one of your memories along to us. I'd love to
hear your memory! Memories usually come from the heart. Maybe reading this
will jog your memory.
Joyce
Cahoon
FENDER SKIRTS:
A term I haven't heard in a long time. And thinking about fender skirts started me thinking about other words that quietly disappeared from our language with hardly a notice like curb feelers:
And steering knobs, AKA suicide knob.
Since I'd been thinking of cars, my mind naturally went in that direction first.
Any kids reading this will probably have to find some elderly person over 50 to explain some of these terms to you.
Remember Continental kits?
They were rear bumper extenders and spare tire covers that were supposed to make any car as cool as a Lincoln Continental.
When did we quit calling them emergency brakes?
At some point parking brake became the proper term. But I miss the hint of drama that went with emergency brake.
I'm sad, too, that almost all the old folks are gone who would call the accelerator the footfeed.
Didn't you ever wait at the street for your daddy to come home, so you could ride the running board up to the house?
Here's a phrase I heard all the time in my youth but never anymore-- store-bought. Of course, just about everything is store-bought these days. But once it was bragging material to have a store-bought dress or a store-bought bag of candy.
Coast to coast is a phrase that once held all sorts of excitement and now means almost nothing. Now we take the term worldwide for granted. This floors me.
On a smaller scale, wall-to-wall was once a magical term in our homes. In the '50s, everyone covered his or her hardwood floors with, wow, wall-to-wall carpeting! Today, everyone replaces their wall-to-wall carpeting with hardwood floors. Go figure.
When's the last time you heard the quaint phrase in a family way? It's hard to imagine that the word pregnant was once considered a little too graphic, a little too clinical for use in polite company. So we had all that talk about stork visits and being in a family way or simply expecting.
Apparently brassiere is a word no longer in usage. I said it the other day and my daughter cracked up. I guess it's just bra now. Unmentionables probably wouldn't be understood at all.
I always loved going to the picture show, but I considered movie an affectation.
Most of these words go back to the '50s, but here's a pure-'60s expression I came across the other day-- rat fink. Oooh, what a nasty put-down!
Here's a word I miss -- percolator. That was just a fun word to say. And what was it replaced with? Coffee maker. How dull. Mr. Coffee, I blame you for this.
I miss those made-up marketing words that were meant to sound so modern and now sound so retro. Words like DynaFlow and Electrolux. Introducing the 1963 Admiral TV, now with SpectraVision!
Food for thought: Was there a telethon that wiped out lumbago? Nobody complains of that anymore. Maybe that's what castor oil cured, because I never hear mothers threatening kids with castor oil anymore.
Some words aren't gone but are definitely on the endangered list. The one that grieves me most is supper. Now everybody says dinner. Save great words. Invite someone to supper. Discuss fender skirts.
Someone forwarded this to me. I thought some of us of a certain age would remember most of these.
Just for fun, pass it along to others of a certain age!
Thanks, Joyce!
I was a city gal from the
get-go,
so I never wore anything made from feed
sacks, but
my mama,
the late Maxine Frix Buckley (John
Marshall HS - '25), was also an excellent seamstress and did sew many
beautiful dresses for me through the years - including my prom gown!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/SITE-MAP.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/prom.html
I still say "emergency brake" myself.
But I had to chuckle at the terms used to describe pregnancy. I've
always thought that "in a family way" was the hokiest of all possible
expressions, and never could bring myself to use it even way back when.
But my mama told me that when her mother,
Hattie Warlick Payne Frix (22 July 1880 - 23 Sept 1943),
was expecting my aunt
Frances (Frix Atkinson - Thomas
Jefferson HS - '37 - 24 Mar 1920 - 21 Apr 2006),
she asked her to go visit all her friends and neighbors and give them the
message that "Sister Hattie isn't going out much these days"!
From
Wayne
Stokes ('65) of VA -
03/31/08 - "Questions and Answers from AARP":
Mr.
(Rip) Collins ('65 - of TN) to me to you; not bad advice, timely
too! Ohhh,
yeah - well, these are waaay too true to be overly funny to me at this
particular point in time! 
Thanks, Wayne Honey - and Rip Precious!
From Norris Perry (Warwick HS - '59)
of VA - 03/31/08 AND
From Gloria Woolard Price (Hampton HS - '65) of FL - 04/01/08:- "Virus Alert !!! (For Real)":
I checked snopes.com, and it is for real!!
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp -
Status -
Real virus
Get this
E-mail message sent around to your contacts ASAP.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS WARNING AMONG FRIENDS, FAMILY AND CONTACTS!
You should be alert during the next few days. Do not open any message with an
attachment entitled 'POSTCARD,' regardless of who sent it to you. It is a virus
which opens A POSTCARD IMAGE, which 'burns' the whole hard disc C of your
computer. This virus will be received from someone who has your e-mail address
in his/her contact list. This is the reason why you need to send this e-mail to
all your contacts. It is better to receive this message 25 times than to receive
the virus and open it.
If you receive a mail called' POST CARD,' even though sent to you by a friend,
do not open it.! Shut down your computer immediately.
This is the worst virus announced by CNN. It has been classified by Microsoft as
the most destructive virus ever. This virus was discovered by McAfee yesterday,
and there is no repair yet for this kind of virus. This virus simply destroys
the Zero Sector of the Hard Disc, where the vital information is kept.
COPY THIS E-MAIL, AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS. REMEMBER: IF YOU SEND IT TO THEM,
YOU WILL BENEFIT ALL OF US.
http://www.snopes.com/computer/virus/postcard.asp - Status - Real virus
Thanks so much, Norris and Gloria!
Y'all be careful out there!
From
Glenn Dye
('60) of TX - 03/31/08 - "When TV was
worth watching":
http://youtube.com/watch?v=gpVjW30I-YU
This "Copper Clappers" sketch is a classic, Glenn - thanks!
From Gayle Bridgeman Botelis ('66) of VA - 03/31/08 - "US Postal Service":
This is so sweet!
-This is one of the kindest things I've ever experienced. I have no way to know who sent it, but there is a beautiful soul working in the dead letter office of the US postal service.
Our 14 year old dog, Abbey,
died last month. The day after she died, my 4 year old daughter Meredith was
crying and talking about how much she missed Abbey. She asked if we could write
a letter to God so that when Abbey got to heaven, God would recognize her. I
told her that I thought we could so she dictated these words:
Dear God,
Will you please take care of my dog? She died yesterday and is with you in
heaven. I miss her very much. I am happy that you let me have her as my dog even
though she got sick.
I hope you will play with her. She likes to play with balls and to swim. I am
sending a picture of her so when you see her. You will know that she is my dog.
I really miss her.
Love, Meredith
We put the letter in an envelope with a picture of Abbey and Meredith and
addressed it to God/Heaven. We put our return address on it. Then Meredith
pasted several stamps on the front of the envelope because she said it would
take lots of stamps to get the letter all the way to heaven. That afternoon she
dropped it into the letter box at the post office. A few days later, she asked
if God had gotten the letter yet. I told her that I thought He had.
Yesterday, there was a package wrapped in gold paper on our front porch
addressed, "To Meredith," in an unfamiliar hand. Meredith opened it. Inside was
a book by Mr. Rogers called, "When a Pet Dies." Taped to the inside front cover
was the letter we had written to God in its opened envelope. On the opposite
page was the picture of Abbey & Meredith and this note:
Dear Meredith,
Abbey arrived safely in heaven.
Having the picture was a big help. I recognized Abbey right away.
Abbey isn't sick anymore. Her spirit is here with me just like it stays in your
heart. Abbey loved being your dog. Since we don't need our bodies in heaven, I
don't have any pockets to keep your picture in, so I am sending it back to you
in this little book for you to keep and have something to remember Abbey by.
Thank you for the beautiful letter and thank your mother for helping you write
it and sending it to me. What a wonderful mother you have. I picked her
especially for you.
I send my blessings every day and remember that I love you very much.
By the way, I'm easy to find; I am wherever there is love.
Love,
God
This is precious! Thanks,
Gayle!
From My Niece, Shari, of VA -
04/01/08 - "Tuesday Twist":
"There will always be times when you feel discouraged. I too have felt despair many times in my life, but I do not keep a chair for it; I will not entertain it. It is not allowed to eat from my plate. The reason is this: In my uttermost bones I know something, as do you. It is that there can be no despair when you remember why you came to Earth, who you serve, and who sent you here."
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Clarissa Pinkola Estes
American Author, Poet and Psychologist
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"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but
only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize."
(1 Corinthians 9:24 NIV)
WOWZERONI!!! You're right, Shari, that first site is extremely valuable! Thanks
so very much!
(I
liked the other two also!)
From Sepi Dinwiddie Prichard ('58) of NC -
04/01/08 - "Here Comes SPRING.....":
Here Comes SPRING.....
http://www.procreo.jp/labo/flower_garden.swf
WOWZERS!!! Thanks for the fun, Dimples!
From
Rip Collins ('65) of TN - 04/01/08 -
"cannon balls":
Carol,
I thought this important bit of history was worth sharing since many of these
cannon laden ships passed through Hampton Roads.
Cannon Balls
It was necessary to keep a good supply of cannon balls near the cannon on old war ships. But how to prevent them from rolling about the deck
was the problem. The best storage method devised was to stack them as a square based pyramid, with one ball on top, resting on four, resting
on nine, which rested on sixteen. Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon.
There was only one problem -- how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding/rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate with
16 round indentations, called a Monkey. But if this plate were made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting
problem was to make Brass Monkeys.
Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped
too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannon balls would come right off the monkey. Thus, it was quite literally, cold
enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey.
And all this time, you thought that was a vulgar expression, didn't you? You must send this fabulous bit of historical knowledge to at least a few & unsuspecting friends.
Well, Rip
Precious, thank you so much for sharing this important historical tidbit
with us all!
We
do aim to educate! 
PRAYER ROLL (arranged alphabetically, but not necessarily complete):
1.
Jerry Allen ('65) of VA -
began radiation for cancer
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";
update of 03/28/08: re-hospitalized; $1475.00 received so far
3.
My Friend Judy of IL - shoulder replacement surgery - 04/22/084. Clyde Bryant ('58) of PA - heart replacement surgery - 12/13/07
5.
Me
('65) of NC - recent (late
January) development
of congestive heart failure plus the usual
financial woes;
update
of 03/28/08: not as well as I'd hoped to be by now; more downs than ups.....
6.
Evelyn Casey Snead ('57) of VA - gallbladder surgery on 03/12/08
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; update of 03/18/08: had some ups and lows, but is home again
8.
Karen Hampton (Hampton HS - '64) of VA
- knee surgery on 03/13/08; update
of 03/22/08: recovering nicely
9. Frances Heath Scott ('62) of VA - inflammation of nerves; due to have been released from hospital on 02/27/08
10. Bobby Hedrick ('58) of VA - recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer; update of 03/22/08: "doing very well, no pain, just some soreness"
11.
Heidi
Hice MacKay of MI and her Family - stressing over their beloved patriarch since
late January 2008;
update
of 03/17/08:
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";
update
of 03/17/08: not much progress, but no regression, either;
update of 03/24/08: "some good days
and some bad days; the doctors caring for Herbie are just taking a wait and see
approach and playing it by ear day by day";
update of 03/31/08:
stays awake longer, off the ventilator longer, now enjoying his beloved
opera, card shower requested
13. Deloris Jackson Morgan ('66) of VA? - recovering from surgery on her ankle
14.
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;
update
of 03/13/08: "better, but still a bit away from 'good'"
15. Patsy Lewis Hancock ('57) of VA - suffered second massive heart attack - 01/31/08; update of 03/13/08: "is doing very well. She is taking some kind of cardio rehab therapy and she is feeling well enough that she has gone back to work. She's only working 1/2 days..."
16.
John London
(Warwick HS - '57) of VA - lumbar surgery to
fix a spinal stenosis [ laminectomy]; will also involve fusion of vertebrae -
02/05/08
17. Pam Pennington Cherry ('58) of VA - congestive heart failure; cardiac ablation procedure - 02/06/08; second surgery on 02/20/08 for aneurysm; update of 03/17/08 - still experiencing difficulty with heart racing, breathing and pressure in her chest; pray that cardiac ablation procedure will not have to be repeated, and that Pam can learn to REST!
18.
Jimmy Shires ('57) of VA -
update
of 03/30/08: emergency appendectomy caused by ruptured appendix; will be in the
hospital 3 - 4 days
19.
Catherine Slusser Hudson ('64) of VA - recent surgery on right knee
20.
Jimmy Smith ('62) of VA -
suffered
heart attack 02/13/08
21. All of Us
DATES TO REMEMBER:
1. Friday and Saturday, May 16 - 17, 2008 - NNHS CLASS OF 1958:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1958.html
- 03/18/082. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, September 26 - 28, 2008 -
NNHS CLASS OF 1968:http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1968.html - 03/31/08
3. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, October 17 - 19, 2008 - NNHS CLASS OF 1963:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/reunion-class-of-1963.html - 03/26/08
From
Wayne
Stokes ('65) of VA - 03/26/08 - "2007 Woman Drivers Awards" (#5
in a Series of 10):
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The 2007 Women
Drivers Awards |
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| One of 'em moved, I would have made it, honestly! I'm sure, I think? | |
Thank you to all contestants for giving us all a reason to laugh and smile.
Thank you, Wayne Honey!
This is an excellent example of
why I decided never to take driver's ed or apply for a driver's license!
From Charlie Snead ('64) of NC - 03/26/08 - "Good thoughts for 2008"
(#5 in a Series of 12):
Carol,
I just felt you'd like this today.
Thank you for being such a friend to so many of us.
Charlie
Give this heart to everyone you don't want to lose in '08 including me.
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Friends are like balloons; once you let them go, you might not get them back. Sometimes we get so busy with our own lives and problems that we may not even notice that we've let them fly away. Sometimes we are so caught up in who's right and who's wrong that we forget what's right and wrong. Sometimes we just don't realize what real friendship means until it is too late. I don't want to let that happen so I'm gonna tie you to my heart so I never lose you. Send it to some balloons that you think have flown away forever. You may be surprised to see it return. Send this heart to everybody you like.
Thank you so much, Charlie! You were right - I did need this!
Y'all take care of each other! TYPHOONS FOREVER! We'll Always Have Buckroe!
Love to all, Carol
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Everybody's Fool
-
Evanescence,
2004
perfect by nature
icons of self indulgence
just what we all need
more lies about a world that
never was and never will be
have you no shame don't you see me
you know you've got everybody fooled
look here she comes now
bow down and stare in wonder
oh how we love you
no flaws when you're pretending
but now i know she
never was and never will be
you don't know how you've betrayed me
and somehow you've got everybody fooled
without the mask where will you hide
can't find yourself lost in your lie
i know the truth now
i know who you are
and i don't love you anymore
it never was and never will be
you don't know how you've betrayed me
and somehow you've got everybody fooled
it never was and never will be
you're not real and you can't save me
somehow now you're everybody's fool
"Everybody's Fool" midi courtesy of http://www.hamienet.com/midi21199.html - 09/29/054
"Everybody's Fool" lyrics courtesy of http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/evanescence/everybodysfool.html - 04/01/08
"April Fool" Image courtesy of http://www.coolmyspacecomments.com/april-fool.html - 04/01/08
Animated Rolling on the Floor Laughing Boy courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 04/06/05
Animated April Fools Monkey designed by Art Holden courtesy of http://www.animationfactory.com - 03/22/06
Animated Multi-Colored Dots Divider Line clip art courtesy of http://www.wtv-zone.com/nevr2l82/bars2.html - 03/29/06
Animated Tiny
Birthday Cake clip art courtesy of
Sarah Puckett Kressaty ('65) of
VA - 08/31/05
Thanks, Sarah Sugah!
John Marshall High School's Justice Scale clip art courtesy of
Cheryl White Wilson (JMHS - '64) of VA - 10/13/05
Thanks, Cheryl!
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!!
Hampton High School's Crab clip art courtesy of http://www.geocities.com/agent99bm/ - 10/02/05
Animated
Laughter clip art courtesy of
Janice
McCain Rose ('65) of VA - 01/24/06
Thanks, Janice!
Air Force Seal clip art courtesy of http://www1.va.gov/opa/feature/celebrate/milsongs.htm - 07/07/06
Army Seal clip art courtesy of Al Farber ('64) of GA - 05/24/06
Thanks, Al!
