Dear Friends and Schoolmates,
Happy 57th Birthday today to Chuck Spring field ('65) of VA and - oh, yeah - to ME!
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/Happy-Birthday.html
As my birthday
gift to you, I'm happy to announce the release of the (trumpet fanfare,
please!) long-awaited
BASKETBALL
PAGES.
Some months ago,
I offered you the Senior
Band pages which included all the
Varsity Flagtwirlers
from the Senior
Classes of 1955 to 1965, those being the Anchors to which I have access.
I was awakened
in the middle of the night by a guilty feeling concerning the
Cheerleaders. By its
very nature it included
both the Varsity and Junior Varsity, so up went that very extensive section of
hard-working and beautiful girls.
Then I realized
that to be fair, I would have to begin the Junior Band and Junior Varsity
Flagtwirlers. They are actually
next
in line, and still waiting - patiently.
But then Wayne Stokes ('65) of VA sent me a note:
"It begs the question, for WHOM were they all cheering?"
OUCH. Guilty pangs attacking....okay, Wayne - excellent point!
In March I created the I964 State Basketball Championship page, coinciding with the 40th Anniversary of that title.
Billy Turner ('65)
of TX wrote a magnificent background article for it at my request
(Thanks, Billy Turner!). For those
of you who may not be aware, Billy Turner (that's still one word, just like
Charlie Brown) was not only a member of the
1964 State Basketball Championship Team,
having won a double basketball/baseball scholarship to Old Dominion,
he later coached at NNHS before
going on to coach at the University of Maryland
and the Citadel.
We started soliciting "civilian" memories for the page. By
the way, there's PLENTY of room for more!
But then
something strange happened. I've no idea how to explain it, but I really
think Joe Madagan ('57) of FL is totally
responsible for the creation of these pages. I just don't know how he did
it. In countless emails, he never once asked me.
I haven't seen him in person since he tried to teach me
how to swim 47
years ago. Still, I knew he wanted me to make
these basketball pages, and to move them up to the front burner. So I did.
Is there such a thing as subliminal email??
GIGGLES! Thanks so much, Joe!
Once again I awoke in the middle of the night with the vision of the BASKETBALL PAGES, and started scanning.
On August 10, just
hours after I had
begun the initial preparations, Charlie Hilling ('56) of FL sent me that adorable
image of
the 1950
North End Basketball
Champions, which is doubly-posted on
North End and
Odds and Ends.
What a subtle nudge and
confirmation! Thanks, Charlie!
When all was
nearly complete, Rick Billings ('65) of NC, a member of the
1964 State
Championship Team,
sent
Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA two
Tournament Programs from that fabulous year. Dave
scanned them and sent these
priceless
treasures to me. Seeing them reduced me to tears (not that I ever cry or
anything...). One is posted on the
1964
page itself, and the other on the
1964 Tourney page.
Thanks so much, Rick and Dave!
Then
Joe
Madagan ('57) of FL, Manager of the 1957 State Championship Team, sent me
all sorts of things. Joe
has been a fount of knowledge on a great many subjects, and on this particular
one, he has the wisdom and experience
of an insider. You'll not miss my favorite contribution of his - a
precious picture of him
with his two-year-old granddaughter,
Hannah Grace Madagan, cheering on her father's team when he was the
Assistant Basketball Coach at University
of South Florida. Did I neglect to
mention that Joe's
son, Michael Madagan, is
now the Head Basketball Coach at St. Leo
University in FL? Thanks so much, Joe!
For a final
treat, on August 23rd,
Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA
with all his magic powers (oh, yes, let there be no
doubt -
he IS magical!) went to the
Hilton Library and found the newspapers covering the 1964 Tournament and somehow
sent
them to me for inclusion on both of the 1964 pages. WOWZERS!
Thanks, Dave!
Information on the Head Coaches is linked to each appropriate page:
None of this would have been possible without four things being in place.
1. My sister, Eleanor
Buckley Nowitzky ('59), who lives four miles away from me here in
Fayetteville, NC, loaned me
her '55 to '59 Anchors so that I could scan away. Thanks, Eleanor!
I promise I'll give them back soon. Fairly soon.....
2. Fred Mays ('60) of VA,
not only let Jimmy Parker ('62) of VA, Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA,
and me tour his fabulous
collection of NN and NNHS memorabilia two days after Christmas, but as we were
leaving, he graciously presented me
with a 1960 Anchor from his collection, thus closing the gap between
Eleanor's yearbooks and mine. Thanks so much,
Fred!
3. When we elected to
go with a paid web server last year, and increased its capabilities to Gold
Status on July 26 of this
year, we have the tremendous amount of space and bandwidth necessary to present and
preserve all these things for you.
And for that
we have all of y'all to thank, because as much as I'd always dreamed of being
Rich and Famous in life, when
Life came, I
opted for other choices. So I thank you, one and all.
4. As always, a heartfelt
thanks goes to Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA, who in spite of heading up the
Reunion Committee
for the
Class of 1964 (as well as the normal responsibilities of a very active
life), nevertheless found time to find us the
perfect music
for all these and many other pages. Thanks so much, Dave!
So here they are - the ALL- BASKETBALL links:
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKETBALL.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKET-B-55.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKET-B-56.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKET-B-57.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKET-B-58.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKET-B-59.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKET-B-60.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKET-B-61.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKET-B-62.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKET-B-63.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKET-B-64.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/1964-st-bb-tourney.html
http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/BASKET-B-65.html
And
Happy Birthday
from me! I hope you enjoy them. And to all the teams, managers, and
coaches -
we salute you. Thanks for all your hard work and incredible effort over
the years, and for all the precious
memories you've given us all.
Y'all take care of each other.
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
"I only have two kinds of days: happy and hysterically happy."
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Carol Buckley
Harty
219 Four Ply Lane
Fayetteville, NC 28311-9305
910-488-9408
Rubber Ball
Rubber ball, I
come bouncin' back to you,
rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you
hoo-ah-ooh-ooh.
I'm like a - rubber ball, baby that's all
that I am to you (bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy)
Just a rubber ball 'cuz you think you
can be true to two (bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy).
You bounce my heart around (You don't even put her down)
And like a rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you
rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you.
If you - stretch my love 'til it's thin enough to tear
I'll just stretch my arms to reach you anywhere
And like a -
Rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you
rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you
(Instrumental)
You bounce my heart around (You don't even put her down)
And like a rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you
Rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you
Hoo-ah-ooh-ooh.
Bouncy, bouncy ... bouncy, bouncy
bouncy, bouncy... bouncy, bouncy
Eee-ah-eee-eee;
I'm like a - rubber band when on my shoulder
you do tap (bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy).
Just a rubber band because my heart-strings,
they just snap (bouncy, bouncy) (bouncy, bouncy)
You go and: squeeze me 'til I'm all aflame
(She calls you by some other guy's name)
But like a rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you
Rubber ball, I come bouncin' back to you
rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you
rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you
rubber ball, I'll come bouncin' back to you
rubber ball, etc ... Fade out (repeated 7 times).
"Rubber
Ball" midi, sequenced by Ron Tilden, courtesy of
http://www.fortunecity.com/tinpan/fitzgerald/163/tilden/tilden_5.html,
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 08/28/04
Thanks, Dave!
"Rubber
Ball" lyrics courtesy of
http://www.getlyrics.com/lyrics.php/Bobby+Vee/SHOW+LYRICS/Rubber+Ball,
also
at the suggestion of Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 08/28/04
Thanks again, Dave!
Basketball divider line clip art courtesy of http://www.bravenet.com - 08/12/04