tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3170892572108522442024-03-12T17:57:45.716-05:00New Canaan High School Class of 1959A Reunion and Information Blog for the NCHS Class of 1959DaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-16461535183025542712009-11-28T13:16:00.002-05:002009-11-28T13:25:27.486-05:00Full Reunion Report<div style="text-align: center; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">The Full Report and Pictures from the New Canaan High School Class of 1959 reunion can be found and enjoyed at: <br /><br />www.pacedgesys.com/nchs59pics.htm<br /><br />Check the Reunion Memories Book & Pictures<br /><br />The Reunion occurred October 9 - 11, 2009<br />at New Canaan, Connecticut<br /></div>DaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-77975767676483731872009-08-10T11:04:00.000-05:002009-08-10T11:05:30.629-05:00<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3jvN3lhhbGLSuMYkewV8YGTKLcK3mvLMyHc3w4J6VGBiPWqkgJgzSVbiUrI0Ujy0zHwqlazQDF3YgBlVEJHK7zQnRuLMkhw8P14RYZRf264fW0dihqUQsY1B7GyYG7bfUATXkXVKwHA/s1600-h/RamLogo.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 113px; height: 100px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX3jvN3lhhbGLSuMYkewV8YGTKLcK3mvLMyHc3w4J6VGBiPWqkgJgzSVbiUrI0Ujy0zHwqlazQDF3YgBlVEJHK7zQnRuLMkhw8P14RYZRf264fW0dihqUQsY1B7GyYG7bfUATXkXVKwHA/s400/RamLogo.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368366720455749346" border="0" /></a><br /></div>DaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-16103756468850901032009-08-10T10:51:00.003-05:002009-08-10T11:03:55.583-05:00NCHS 50th Reunion - Arts Festival<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >ARTS FESTIVAL</span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >NCHS Class of 1959</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">50th Class Reunion</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Oct. 9, 10 and 11, 2009</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sat. Oct. 10, 4-6pm Class Reception</span><br />The Lamb Room, downstairs, New Canaan Library<br />Call for Artists, Poets, Writers, Musicians!<br />Let Us Hear From You!<br />~<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Visual Arts, contact Pamela Chatterton-Purdy</span><br />pdpurdy@yahoo.com<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Music, contact Dick Perry</span><br />rsperry@stny.rr.com<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Poetry and Literature, contact Andrea Cousins</span><br />acousins@earthlink.net<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Choraleers revisited!<br /></span><span>Contact David.Emmerich@sunysb.edu</span><br />and Contact Dave for copy of Choraleers CD<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Artwork sales, New Canaan contact Elaine Johnson Douglas</span><br />. DDouglas@aol.com<br />(203) 966-1851<br />~<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">*Volunteer(s) Needed!</span><br />New Canaan Library contact person: Susan LaPerla<br />slaperla@newcanaanlibrary.org<br />(203) 594-5007<br />~<br /><br /></div>DaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-39288987083630630192008-10-21T15:38:00.003-05:002008-10-21T15:50:13.152-05:001959 to 1979 to 2007<div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs72K8ynyjhUFGaijXc7jnMw7WCiBf4f1exDu5Jj9KBOozayZcUIODHAOBZUfvGf70SD6h9Z0n1OFUyUq1CRYym9L9XRzEdpSIS69sbWWKLZrUqPBGiuaUr9wIa4QQW59DfrbzQDEiMUo/s1600-h/NCHS+1959+20th.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs72K8ynyjhUFGaijXc7jnMw7WCiBf4f1exDu5Jj9KBOozayZcUIODHAOBZUfvGf70SD6h9Z0n1OFUyUq1CRYym9L9XRzEdpSIS69sbWWKLZrUqPBGiuaUr9wIa4QQW59DfrbzQDEiMUo/s400/NCHS+1959+20th.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259710445773742354" border="0" /></a>NCHS Class Reunion in 1979<br /><br />We were all young and handsome at our 20th!<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOdzQR-1p35wvT-5KSGPWeAk_H_Kj68hyphenhyphenu5U-m23HJ67K4PxJ-_as3zRJfDYtPMGY0lBDVQPpNPhBH-OoEKVW-Chh4_8G9ddHBnPqwYRnXbcb1YSXmEZ4JcTWVCZLTTfSP9ryE4Bz9Wk/s1600-h/Grp59Sat.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBOdzQR-1p35wvT-5KSGPWeAk_H_Kj68hyphenhyphenu5U-m23HJ67K4PxJ-_as3zRJfDYtPMGY0lBDVQPpNPhBH-OoEKVW-Chh4_8G9ddHBnPqwYRnXbcb1YSXmEZ4JcTWVCZLTTfSP9ryE4Bz9Wk/s400/Grp59Sat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259710451933542210" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />NCHS Class of 59 Gathering in 2007<br /><br />Still young at Heart! And handsome of course!DaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-13318370920544287732008-10-17T11:23:00.003-05:002009-01-26T11:43:16.077-05:0050th REUNION<title>HTML clipboard</title><meta name="DC.Creator" content="Adobe InDesign CS2 (4.0.5)"><meta name="DC.Date" content="2008-10-10T07:29:45-04:00"><meta name="DC.Date.Modified" content="2008-10-10T07:29:49-04:00"><div class="Document"><div class="Article"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Save the Date</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">New Canaan High School Class of 1959</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">50th REUNION</span>
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">October 9th, 10th, 11th, 2009</span>
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<br /></span><span>“New Canaan High School Class of 1959.” Sounds kinda classy—because it is classy. Our graduating class closed out a decade that had absorbed and moved past the hardships of WWII and the Korean War. But a new kind of war, the “Cold War” was in full swing. It didn’t impact us much, then.
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<br />We came along too early to be “Baby Boomers” but that was just our good luck! So, we knew Elvis, the real Elvis, in a decade that added Rock ‘n Roll to the world’s music genres. “Bird Dog” by the Everly Brothers, “At the Hop” by Danny & the Juniors, “Earth Angel” by the Penguins, and “Lonely Teardrops” by Jackie Wilson, to name just a few classics, weren’t oldies to us.
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<br />New Canaan’s own Vance Packard was defining and identifying the stratification of class in our society. The list of literary masterpieces that originated in our decade is much too long to even start to enumerate here. But many writings foretold the coming social upheavals of the 1960s.
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<br />For better or worse, our decade saw television replace the radio as the most technologically advanced appliance in our homes. The movies we saw at the New Canaan Playhouse and the Norwalk Drive-In changed too. Classic love stories and musicals gave way to rebelliousness, tough, gritty actors, again foreshadowing the upheavals of the decade to come. And prosperity created a new form of entertainment: shopping.
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<br />Gasoline at New Canaan’s stations cost 30 cents a gallon, and a uniformed “gas station attendant” pumped it for you! Those mega mobiles we cruised town (or went “parking”) in took $5 in gas and seven or eight of our friends (all in the front seat). Seatbelts were a thing of the future.
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<br />In 1958, the NCHS Choraleers sang at a conference of the New England Association of School Superintendents in Swampscott, Massachusetts. In the audience was the keynote speaker—young Congressman, future President of the United States, John F. Kennedy!
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<br />Graduates of NCHS Class of 1959 have gone on to fill almost every imaginable roll and career: i.e. doctors, lawyers, nurses, therapists, scientists, teachers, technicians, journalists, computer experts, venture capitalists, Wall Street bankers and brokers, real estate moguls, politicians, visual and performing artists, and, ever so important, dedicated moms and dads.
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<br />If you don’t know it already, many of our classmates (maybe you included) have achieved wonders with pens, typewriters, paints, brushes, musical instruments, voices, cameras, and, yes, computers. The Class of ’59 can boast of having visual and performing artists who know their stuff. If they aren’t all professional, well, they could be. And we’ll see their works at our reunion because there is going to be an arts festival.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">
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<br /></span><span>Now we’re asking ourselves “is it possible that nearly 50 years have passed since those times?” Well they have and on October 9th, 10th, and 11th, 2009 we’re going to celebrate not just those times but we’re going to celebrate who we are, what we’ve become and the world we’ve helped build.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">So what do we have to look forward to at our reunion?</span>
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<br /></span><span>The Arts Festival will be held Saturday afternoon at the Library. We have reserved New Canaan Country Club for Saturday night dinner and are working on a place for Friday evening and Sunday morning brunch. We estimate the cost at about $125 per person for the weekend activities.
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<br />Our website (http://nchs1959.blogspot.com ) will allow classmates to catch up in advance and will be the place where we will also post any updated times and locations of events.
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<br />We will reserve a block of rooms at the Court Yard by Marriott conveniently located in Norwalk on Route 7 for a group rate. (That rate is currently $89 plus tax. - Corrected Jan 26, 2009)</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">50th Reunion Arts Festival</span>
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<br /></span><span>A committee is working feverishly to bring about a 50th Reunion Arts Festival at the New Canaan Library during the reunion weekend and after. So we are going to see some examples of what we have achieved in the arts professionally and avocationally (you won’t find that word in the dictionary, but who cares, we know what it means).
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<br />There’s going to be poetry and prose to read, to listen to and most importantly, to inspire us. We’ll see and hear the voices and instruments of our musicians. And there will be artwork to appreciate and maybe take home. The afternoon will finish with wine and cheese. The list of contributors to this event grows, but the Class of ’59 Arts Committee wants to hear from anyone who has ever created anything and would like to put it on display. This could include anything from painting to poetry, from pottery or quilting to an articulated robot (hey, everything is art!). So, please get in touch. Here are the people to contact:
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Visual Arts: Pamela Chatterton-Purdy pdpurdy@yahoo.com</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Instrumental Music: Dick Perry rsperry@stny.rr.com</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Choraleers: Dave Emmerich David.Emmerich@sunysb.edu</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">
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<br /></span><span>Sign up for Choraleers and if you act now and contact Dave you will get your very own copy of the famous May 20th, 1959 Choraleers Spring Concert CD!
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Poetry & Literature: Andrea Cousins acousins@earthlink.net</span>
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<br />Andrea needs your prose and poetry in “exhibit-able” (read that “hard”) copy form by June 1, 2009</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);">Suggested Reunion Manners by Emily Post-It</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">• Refrain from saying “Oh, you haven’t changed a bit since high school.” We all know we’ve changed, at least on the outside. Instead try: “Gee you look great for an old geezer.”</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">• Give people time to find the right pair of glasses when you have something to show them.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">• If you don’t recognize people by their pictured name tags, pretend you do.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">• Limit pictures of your children to 10 and your grandchildren to 20.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">• Take only 15 minutes to talk about each grandchild. For great grand children take all the time you want.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">• Talk loudly, like we did in the halls of NCHS, but for a different reason.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">• Unless there is a paramedic in the room don’t throw your arms around someone if they don’t see you coming.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">• If there is any dancing, make it slow. OK, it will be slow anyway even if the music isn’t.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-style: italic;">• If you haven’t been back to New Canaan in a while, don’t be surprised to see a mansion soaking up the lot where your house used to be.</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">
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<br /></span><span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Steve Gravereaux, Chairman, Reunion Planning Committee, spgarg@optonline.net</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Web Info Dave Cort DaveCort@PacEdgeSys.com</span>
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<br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0);"> And: Special thanks to Craig Tomkinson for writing this newsletter.</span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">
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<br /></span></div></div>DaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-29665518509182177952008-10-17T11:00:00.002-05:002008-10-17T11:51:27.832-05:00NCHS 1959 Class Pictures<title>HTML clipboard</title><style type="text/css"> .style1 { margin-left: 40px; } .style2 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 40px; } .style3 { font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #0000FF; } </style><p class="style3"><em>Many of our Class pictures are on our "Other" Website at:</em></p> <p class="style2"><a href="http://www.pacedgesys.com/nchs59pics.htm"> www.pacedgesys.com/nchs59pics.htm</a></p> <p class="style3"><em>Check it out!</em></p> DaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-65900613395687682332008-09-15T17:58:00.006-05:002008-09-15T18:07:16.048-05:0050th Year Reunion Dates<div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">~</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">The NCHS Class of 1959</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">50th Year Reunion</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">~</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">October 9th through the 11th, 2009</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">New Canaan, Connecticut</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">~</span></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;"></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">Plan to be there</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">~</span></div><div align="center"></div>DaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-23572226899081113682007-01-23T11:58:00.000-05:002007-01-23T12:00:26.996-05:00Pam's Letter to NC Superintendent of SchoolsDr. David Abby<br />Superintendent of Schools <br />New Canaan Jan. 17, 2007<br />39 Locust Ave. <br />New Canaan, Conn. <br />06840 <br /><br />To whom it may Concern,<br /><br />I am a 1959 graduate of New Canaan High School . In 2009 we are planning our 50th High School reunion. Early discussions, via the internet, have already begun.<br /><br />New Canaan High School gave us an excellent education. Many of us have pursued<br />Art, Music and Writing. A number of us have been published, become artists and noted musicians. One of the ideas that we have come up with is an “Arts Festival, Class of 1959”.<br />Several of us would like to exhibit our artwork, perform with our instruments and read our poetry.<br /><br />Many of us received College scholarships to continue our education. I think that the town and the schools, in general, would be interested in “Where we have been and Where We are Now”.<br /><br />We are thinking about where this exhibit and display would be held; the idea of the Carriage Barn Arts Center, The New Canaan Public Library, or the Town Hall, have been mentioned.<br /><br />The idea of making a contribution to a scholarship for a student pursuing the arts<br />(Class of 2009) came to mind. We would need a contact person and thought that maybe a Scholarship chairperson would be a possibility. Art work could be exhibited and sold with a percentage of the sale going to the Scholarship. A one hour reading of poetry with music could be performed with a donation to the fund.<br /><br />All these are early musings for our wonderful reunion.<br />We look forward to hearing from you.<br /><br />Sincerely,<br /><br />Pamela Chatterton-Purdy<br />Class of 1959DaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-62963676536227602952007-01-23T11:54:00.000-05:002007-01-23T11:56:42.315-05:00From Pam Chatterton-PurdyHi everyone,<br /><br />In thinking about the possible Arts Festival in 2009, I have sent the attached letter to the Superintendent of Schools in N.C. Conn.<br /><br />Andrea Cousins has agreed to handle the Literary group of '59 ers. If you have been published please contact Andrea. We would like to have a poetry reading, plus books on exhibit.<br />Dick Perry has agreed to handle the Music group, those of you who play an instrument, sing, do solo work, please contact him. If you were in the Choraleers and would like to sing again, Dave Emmerich has the old 1959 Spring concert record (now being made into a CD). Dick has agreed to direct a "retro" Choraleer group in singing some of the songs from the past. It occurred to me it would be fun to sing some "Golden Oldies" Heartbreak Hotel, Wake up Little Suzie, whatever!<br /><br />I will head up the Visual Arts part. Paintings, Fabric Art, Sculpture, Film. Please contact me, Pamela Chatterton-Purdy if you would like to exhibit. I would love to contact Dean Lawrence if any of you know his where abouts, Dean and I were voted "Most Artistic"; he would be a fine addition. In fact if any of you know the whereabouts of any classmate that we have not been able to contact, please let us know.<br /><br />All for now,<br />Pam Chatterton-PurdyDaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-54625705178821616042007-01-23T11:53:00.001-05:002007-01-23T11:53:59.110-05:00From Robin HumphreyTurn up the sound !<br /><br />Do You Remember These ?<br /><br />Click here> <a title="http://oldfortyfives.com/DYRT.htm" href="http://oldfortyfives.com/DYRT.htm" target="_blank">http://oldfortyfives.com/DYRT.htm</a>DaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-61932926117645966712007-01-23T11:28:00.000-05:002007-01-23T11:31:58.955-05:00From Robin HumphreyHey fellow class of 59 !<br /><br />Click on the link below to see the historical events of our year, 1959<br /><br />Shortcut to: <a title="http://www.answers.com/topic/1959#energy" href="http://www.answers.com/topic/1959#energy">http://www.answers.com/topic/1959#energy</a><br /><br />RobinDaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-317089257210852244.post-74767200696577258192007-01-22T13:11:00.000-05:002007-01-22T13:12:36.247-05:00Greetings NCHS ClassmatesI am setting this blog up to facilitate communications between our classmates.<br /><br />Please contact me to be set up as a contributor to this blog.<br /><br />DaveCortDaveCort1959http://www.blogger.com/profile/12045602849524579027noreply@blogger.com0