Bright New Year - July 2008 Lets Make It A Great Summer Month Friends! All on the reunion commitee wish you all a great July 2008. Our wish is for us to stay connected and make 2008 as memorable as 2007. |
May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country! ~Daniel Webster
Oh, it's home again and home again, America for me! I want a ship that's westward bound to plough the rolling sea To the blessed land of Room Enough beyond the ocean bars, Where the air is full of sunlight and the flag is full of stars. ~Henry Van Dyke Friends please enjoy the below classic video. |
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Thanks Pat for sharing! |
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Elbo Smith's daughter Elizabeth and family visited the past two weeks and our Grandson Cooper sang at the Karaoke gathering at Mallory Country Club here in the Villages. Coop has just turned 7 years old. Enjoy the video below. We may be watching a next American Idol:)
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Janet Powell Fleener's husband died about June 2nd. She does not have internet. If you want to contact her please let me know. Janet went to Hickory Grove and was at the Hickory reunion.
Contact Peggy Willis Sherard at mailto:bluegrass2@sbcglobal.net for Janets contact information please. |
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Video with Tom Holzmann's Granddaughter in it. Thanks for Sharing it with us
Our grandaughter, Hannah Holzmann, 8 year old daughter of our youngest son, Tim (34) and his wife Stephanie, recently took part in a new DVD which will be released in the stores in about a week. The DVD is entitled CASTLES IN THE SAND, and is written and sung by a local, but now Nashville song writer and singer by the name of Dennis Wilson. He is a Christian singer for the most part, but wrote this song and sang it himself because of God's important place in his life.
The song is about a father, who is over fighting in Iraq. His daughter, (our Hannah) starts out by writing him asking why he is over there and not with them at home. He replys he is over there fighting so she and her brother can build Castles in the Sand. It's a real patriotic song, and to us, a tear jerker!
Hannah is the blond headed girl at the beginning of the DVD, lying on a bed, writing a letter to her father/soldier. She is throughout the DVD and near the end, the little brown headed girl, with the long curly hair, in the white shirt and pink shorts, is Hannah's little sister. The theme of the DVD is really pretty special, and having our granddaughter(s) in it makes it ever more special, especially to grandma and grandpa!
Hope you will take time to watch and listen to below video start to finish!
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June & July Birthdays Sara Parker Myers June 27th Sharon Hamil June 30th Bill Harsh July 9th Harry House July 15th Gary Clark July 18th |
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Remembering 1957 |
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Guestbook page is now up and operating. Please leave a message and let us know what's going on in your life since our fun reunion. Please, if you haven't yet, share with us your birthdate. Your birthdate can be left on the Guest Book page, use the contact page or email Peggy at bluegrass2@sbcglobal.net.
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GET YOUR CD
keep the website forever, by purchasing a copy of the website on CD. The CD retains all of the pages, pictures, music, etc. of our website. Web site is not going away so no hurry in getting your CD. If we had a plan where we could ship all CD's to one location at one time they would only cost $9.95 but can't figure out how to do that?? Maybe for our next reunion we could order together and hand out like Elbo handed out his wonderful music CD ?? $19.95 Send Check to My Event.com 221 de la Commune Street, West, #305 Montreal, Quebec Canada H2Y2C9 or Telephone toll free 1-877-769-3836 Mon thru Friday EST (credit card ) Regular phone number for My Event .com is 514-282-7747 |
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Julie has a web site and on her site are samples of her latest CD music. Please click on link below and enjoy! julie.turnerkc.com |
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In The Land That Made Me Me
Long ago and far away, In a land that time forgot, Before the days of Dylan, Or the dawn of Camelot. There lived a race of innocents, And they were you and me, Long ago and far away In the Land That Made Me Me. Oh, there was truth and goodness In that land where we were born, Where navels were for oranges, And Peyton Place was porn. For Ike was in the White House, And Hoss was on TV, And God was in His heaven In the Land That Made Me Me . We learned to gut a muffler, We washed our hair at dawn, We spread our crinolines to dry in circles on the lawn. And they could hear us coming All the way to Tennessee , All starched and sprayed and rumbling In the Land That Made Me Me. We longed for love and romance, And waited for the prince, And Eddie Fisher married Liz, And no one's seen him since. We danced to "Little Darlin'", And Sang to "Stagger Lee" And cried for Buddy Holly In the Land That Made Me Me. Only girls wore earrings then, And three was one too many, And only boys wore flat-top cuts, Except for Jean McKinney And only in our wildest dreams Did we expect to see A boy named George, with Lipstick In the Land That Made Me Me. We fell for Frankie Avalon, Annette was oh, so nice, And when they made a movie, They never made it twice. We didn't have a Star Trek Five, Or Psycho Two and Three, Or Rockey-Rambo Twenty In the Land That Made Me Me. Miss Kitty had a heart of gold, And Chester had a limp, And Reagan was a Democrat Whose co-star was a chimp. We had a Mr Wizard, But not a Mr T, And Oprah couldn't talk yet In the Land That Made Me Me. We had our share of heroes, We never thought they'd go, At least not Bobby Darin, Or Marilyn Monroe. For youth was still eternal, And life was yet to be, And Elvis was forever, In the Land That Made Me Me. We'd never seen the rock band That was Grateful to be Dead, And Airplanes weren't named Jefferson , And Zeppelins weren't Led. And Beatles lived in gardens then, And Monkees in a tree, Madonna was a virgin In the Land That Made Me Me. We'd never heard of Microwaves, Or telephones in cars, And babies might be bottle-fed, But they weren't grown in jars. And pumping iron got wrinkles out, And "gay" meant fancy-free, And dorms were never coed In the Land That Made Me Me. We hadn't seen enough of jets To talk about the lag, And microchips were what was left at The bottom of the bag. And Hardware was a box of nails, And bytes came from a flea, And rocket ships were fiction In the Land That Made Me Me. Buicks came with portholes, And side show came with freaks, And bathing suits came big enough to cover both your cheeks. And Coke came just in bottles, and skirts came to the knee, And Castro came to power In the Land That Made Me Me. We had no Crest with Fluoride, We had no Hill Street Blues, We all wore superstructure bras Designed by Howard Hughes. We had no patterned panty hose Or Lipton herbal tea Or prime-time ads for condoms, in the Land That Made Me Me. There were no golden arches, No Perrier to chill, And fish were not called Wanda, And cats were not called Bill. And middle-aged was thirty-five And old was forty-three, And ancient was our parents In the Land That Made Me Me. But all things have a season, Or so we've heard them say, And now instead of Maybelline We swear by Retin-A. And they send us invitations To join A A R P, We've come a long way, baby, From the Land That Made Me Me. So now we face a brave new world In slightly larger jeans, And wonder why they're using Smaller print in magazines. And we tell our children's children Of the way it used to be, Long ago, and far away In the Land That Made Me Me. |
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http://videos.kansascity.com/vmix_hosted_apps/p/media?id=1680362
My husband John went to see the tank and he said it was just really something to behold! I am sure he would love to talk with anyone about his trip to the World War 1 Memorial!! bluegrass2@sbcglobal.net World War 1 Tank has been acquired for World War 1 Museum This is very interesting video click on link above. Now we know why we didn't go into the World War 1 Memorial on our bus tour. We were waiting for this special tank to be on display :) |
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Laughter is good for us! Lets laugh at ourselves and with each other!
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20071221/MULTIMEDIA/283841756 |
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Get paper & pencil & number from 1 to 20.
Write the letter of each answer & score at the end. 1. In the 1940s, where were automobile headlight  dimmer switches  located? A. On the floor shift knob. b. On the floor  board, to the left of the clutch. c. Next to the horn. 2. The bottle top of a Royal Crown Cola bottle had holes in it. For what was it used? a. Capture lightning bugs. b. To sprinkle clothes before  ironing. c. Large salt shaker. 3. Why was having milk delivered a problem in northern winters? a. Cows got cold and wouldn't produce milk. b. Ice on highways forced delivery by dog sled. c. Milkmen left deliveries outside of front doors and milk would freeze, expanding and pushing up the cardboard bottle top. 4. What was the popular chewing gum named for a game of chance? a. Blackjack b. Gin c. Craps 5. What method did women use to look as if they were wearing stockings when none were available due to rationing during WW II a. Suntan b. Leg painting c. Wearing slacks 6. What postwar car turned automotive design on its ear when you couldn't tell whether it was coming or going A Studebaker b. Nash Metro c. Tucker 7. Which was a popular candy when you were a kid? a. Strips of dried peanut butter. b. Chocolate licorice bars. c. coke-shaped bottles with colored sugar water inside. 8. How was Butch wax used? a. To stiffen a flat-top haircut so it stood up. b. To make floors shiny and prevent scuffing. c . On the wheels of roller skates to prevent rust. 9. Before inline skates, how did you keep your roller skates attached to your shoes? a. With clamps, tightened by a skate key. b. Woven straps that crossed the foot. c. Long pieces of twine. 10. As a kid, what was considered the best way to reach a decision? a. Consider all the facts. b. Ask Mom. c. Eeny-meeny-miney-mo. 11. What was the most dreaded disease in the 1940s and 1950s? a. Smallpox b. AIDS c. Polio 12. "I'll be down to get you in a ________, Honey" a. SUV b. Taxi c. Streetcar 13. What was the name of Caroline Kennedy's pony? a. Old Blue b. Paint c. Macaroni 14. What was a Duck-and-Cover Drill? a. Part of the game of hide and seek. b. What you did when your Mom called you in to do chores c Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill. 15. What was the name of the Indian Princess on the Howdy Doody show? A . Princess Summerfallwinterspring b. Princess Sacajawea c. Princess Moonshadow 16. What did all the really savvy students do when mimeographed tests were handed out in school? a. Immediately sniffed the purple ink, as this was believed to get you high. b. Made paper airplanes to see who could sail theirs out the window. c. Wrote another pupil's name on the top, to avoid their failure. 17. W hy did your Mom shop in stores that gave Green Stamps with purchases? a. To keep you out of mischief by licking the backs, which tasted like bubble gum. b.  They could be put in special books and redeemed for various household items. c. They were given to the kids to be used as stick-on tattoos. 18. Praise the Lord, d pass the _________? a. Meatballs b. Dames c. Ammunition 19. What was the name of the singing group that made the song "Cabdriver" a hit? a. The Ink Spots b. The Supremes c. The Esquires 20. Who left his heart in San Francisco ? a. Tony Bennett b. Xavier Cugat c. George Gershwin ------------------------------------------------------------ ANSWERS 1. (b) On the floor, to the left of the clutch. Hand - controls, popular in Europe , took till the late '60's to catch on. 2. (b) To sprinkle clothes before ironing. Who had a steam iron? 3. (c) Cold weather cause d the milk to freeze and expand, popping the bottle top. 4 . (a) Blackjack Gum. 5. (b) Special makeup was applied, followed by drawing a seam down the back of the leg with ey ebrow pencil. 6. (a) 1946 Studebaker. 7. (c) Wax coke bottles containing super-sweet colored water. 8. (a) Wax for your flat top (butch) haircut. 9.  (a) With clamps , tightened by a skate key, which you wore on a shoestring around your neck. 10. (c) Een y-meeny-miney-mo. 11. (c) Polio. In beginning of August, swimming pools were closed, movies and other public gathering places were closed to try to prevent spread of the disease. 12. (b) Taxi Better be ready by half-past eight! 13. (c) Macaroni. 14. (c) Hiding under your desk, and covering your head with your arms in an A-bomb drill. 15. (a) Princess Summerfallwinterspring. She was another puppet. 16. (a) Immediately sniffed the purple ink to get a highÂ. 17. (b) Put in a special stamp book, t hey could be traded for household items at the Green Stamp store. 18. (c) Ammunition and we'll all be free. 19. (a) The widely famous 50's group: The Inkspots. 20. (a) Tony Bennett, and he sounds just as good today.  SCORING 17- 20 correct: You are older than dirt, and obviously gifted with mental abilities Now if you could only find your glasses. Definitely someone who should share your wisdom! 12 -16 correct: Not quite dirt yet, but you're getting there. 0 -11 correct: You are not old enough to share the wisdom of your experiences. |
