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08/18/15 11:33 AM #207    

 

Brenda Lowe (Silva)

I want to thank the members of the committee and anyone else who worked on our 50th reunion, for an absolutely Awesome weekend! !  You all went above and beyond all expectations. ..this was the best reunion yet!  Just love seeing friends, old and new having such a good time. Till we meet again, God bless and take care ♡♡♡


08/18/15 12:29 PM #208    

 

Edna Rezendes (Walsh)

It was a perfect night that involved a lot of planning. I would say we are all still very young at heart!


08/18/15 02:54 PM #209    

 

Richard Gammons

The 50th reunion was a great time, thanks to the committee for putting on an outstanding event.  yeslaugh


08/18/15 04:32 PM #210    

 

Donald Gamache

 

 

Hi Nancy and fellow committee members😀👍😳Thanks for all your time and hard work! It was an awesome reunion in every way! Thanks So Much for all that you and your friends do for the class of 1965😳😀👍

 

 

 


08/18/15 04:45 PM #211    

Kathleen O'Gara (King)

A huge thank you to Nancy and the reunion committee! It was great to reconnect with old friends. Thoroughly enjoyed the evening..The reunion committee should consider a new career - event planning.  Take care Class of 65 so we may celebrate again in the future.
 


08/18/15 10:05 PM #212    

 

Guiomar Andrade

The 50th Reunion Committee and the NBHS Website Committee members all did an unstanding job of communicating and making the reunion great, and the site is a wonderful means of staying connected.

The get together of Friday and the Reunion itself on Saturday were very special events bring many of our classmates, colleagues, friends and special spouses and partners together.   Thank you for all your efforts and for overcoming the many challenges encountered.

Kathleen and I thoroughly enjoy seeing and catching up with so many friends (Scott Fortier, Jack Nunes, Ray Ferriera, David Harris, Tony Capitao, Steve Ferreira, David Mesquita, Judge Ray Veary, Jim Casey, Manny Correia, Dave Lemieux, Stretch Dupuis, Bob Haskell, Joe Rebeiro, Stan Levine, Richie Boehler, Henry Laferriere, Bob Feingold, Joe Gonsalves, Joe Augustin, Eli Rubin, Peter and Kathy (Berg) Pappas, Maria Gulla and sister Cecilia, Rita Rosa, Nancy Cusson, Donna Laferriere, Betty  Furness, Jane Riley, Kathy Conway, Edie Sylvia, Diane Lawrence, Judy Taylor - just to name a few.  There were many others I would have loved to meet, greet and spend time with but there was not enough time, perhaps at future events.

Ray Ferreira:  Of course, I must single out the special bond between us.  Our famillies were very close since 1953, the year I came from the Azores to live and grow up in NB.  We were like brothers then. We are still and will be brothers to the end.  Thanks for sharing your raffle winnings with me - the older brother you said you never had, but indeed you do have.

Miss you all!!!!

 

 


08/19/15 09:02 AM #213    

Helena Farris (Tavares)

What can I say that hasn't already been said? The reunion weekend was absolutely delightful. Saturday evening was wonderful in every way. The memorial service was well-done. The bagpiper was a lovely touch. For all who worked to make this happen, a great big THANK YOU! I look forward to future get-togethers with the amazing Class of 65.


08/19/15 04:24 PM #214    

Janice Roppolo (Preti)

Thank you so much Nancy for the hard work you and your committee put forth. Saturday night especially, from the food, to the many old friends, and especially the band really made for a fun filled night. My husband and I really enjoyed ourselves! It looked liked everyone did!

 

Janice Roppolo Preti


08/19/15 07:38 PM #215    

 

Karen Kimball

It all sounds so wonderful and I had been looking forward to this reunion for months and then found myself restricted to home with pneumonia :-(

I'm so sad to have missed seeing my friends and enjoying the band and food (which Steve Ferreira told me was fabulous!) but hopefully I can connect another time.

Blessings, Karen Kimball


08/19/15 09:24 PM #216    

Nancy Otis (Cusson)

Hi, We wondered where you were...Well get better, and join us for lunch sometime....Nancy


08/19/15 09:38 PM #217    

Joseph Augustyn

Thanks to the committee for organizing such a great reunion. The spirit and camaraderie were apparent everywhere, and we were all blessed to share our mutual pasts with one another yet again. That was special. Good luck and Godspeed to the class of '65. 


08/19/15 10:05 PM #218    

Nancy Otis (Cusson)

Thanks Joe. Glad you had a great time.      

 


08/21/15 11:06 PM #219    

Nancy Otis (Cusson)

Thanks Dave,  Very much appreciated...

 


08/24/15 05:13 PM #220    

 

Karen von Bergen

I can't begin to tell you what the reunion weekend meant to me! To be able to reconnect with so many at once was an opportunity in a lifetime! To those I didn't get to talk with, know that you always have a place in my heart. And to the organizers, such a Herculean feat you accomplished!! Your hard work and dedication to our class is admirable. I remain in your debt with heartfelt gratitude.


12/19/15 08:36 AM #221    

 

Dave Medeiros

 

 Christmas fun

Ever wonder where Christmas Carol’s come from. Some have always baffled people.

What in the world do leaping lords, French hens, swimming swans, and especially the partridge who won't come out of the pear tree have to do with Christmas?

Here’s some interesting facts on the Twelve Days of Christmas…

From 1558 until 1829, that's 271 years, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. 

Someone during that era wrote this carol as a catechism song for young Catholics.

It has two levels of meaning: the surface meaning plus a hidden meaning known only to members of their church.  

Each element in the carol has a code word for a religious reality which the children could remember.

 -The partridge in a pear tree was Jesus Christ.

-Two turtle doves were the Old and New Testaments.

-Three French hens stood for faith, hope and love.

-The four calling birds were the four gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke & John.

-The five golden rings recalled the Torah or Law, the first five books of the Old Testament.

-The six geese a-laying stood for the six days of creation.

-Seven swans a-swimming represented the sevenfold gifts of the Holy Spirit--Prophesy, Serving, Teaching,  Exhortation, Contribution, Leadership, and Mercy.

-The eight maids a-milking were the eight beatitudes.

-Nine ladies dancing were the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit--Love, Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness, Goodness,  Faithfulness, Gentleness, and Self Control. 

-The ten lords a-leaping were the ten commandments.

-The eleven pipers piping stood for the eleven faithful disciples.

-The twelve drummers drumming symbolized the twelve points of belief in the Apostles' Creed.

Merry (Twelve Days of) Christmas Everyone

 


12/20/15 11:06 AM #222    

 

Jack (John) Nunes

Thanks. I didn't know that. Have a great Christmas and New Years. 


12/20/15 02:36 PM #223    

David Mesquita

Thanks Dave that was very interesting,  Merry Christmas.


12/21/15 12:54 AM #224    

 

Ray Ferreira

I never knew that, but it makes perfect sense.

 


12/22/15 08:38 AM #225    

 

Maria de Melo (Gulla)

Dear Dave:

Thanks for posting the story behind "The Twelve Days of Christmas." I enjoyed your "Christmas Fun." I love stories behind the story.  It's fascinating how many songs and folk stories are based on real events or hidden speech.  One of my favorite "Christmas Fun" stories is the events behind my favorite Christmas Carol "Silent Night."  I'm sure you know it was written for the guitar since the organ was broken.   I'd read about it a long time ago, but it was really neat when the priest at last year's Midnight Mass told it in place of a homily following the reading of Luke 2.  Merry Christmas to you and your family.  Merry Christmas to all!


12/23/15 10:06 AM #226    

 

James Casey

Merry Christmas, David! And a Blessed New Year...you must be very bored due to the time of year (no boating), mid-term Holiday break, lack of meaningful hobbies and a pyscho-neurological desire to return to your early childhood and nuturing. Were you breast-fed? I am always here to help out an old mate! Call, if need be!  Love ya, Santa Paws!  ♥ JC  (same initials as the guy they named the Christmas Holiday after). I'll tell you all about that story ~ some day! lol


12/29/15 11:56 AM #227    

 

Maria de Melo (Gulla)

Thoughts during winter break:

So, Question of the day:
Do you think there are more songs about girls pining for a guy or more songs about guys pining for a girl in those 50s, early 60s song?
 
My husband and I took a road trip to Daytona Beach and along the drive we were listening to the oldies on the radio.  I remember how those songs would break your heart but listening to them as an adult you can't help analyzing the lyrics.  Not a good idea to analyze the lyrics of those love songs.  Take the song, "Sad Movies."  She describes her love and her best friend coming in the movies when" the news of the world started to begin."  Then "in the middle of the color cartoon" when their lips touched, she started to cry.  Kids wouldn't know what the news of the world was and cartoons before a movie is so rare now.  It's hard to believe that the couple wouldn't see the girl.  I had to comment when the song "I want to be Bobby's Girl" was played.  The singer sings about staying home every night hoping that he'd phone but she knows he won't because he has someone else.  I just want to scream out, go out and do something, do your homework, read, etc. etc.  That's when Frank and I started the discussion about boys vs girls pining.  I said they don't have a song about a guy staying home every night (now the girls would text the guy asking to hang out)  My husband pointed out that "Tears on my Pillow" by Anthony and the Imperials and "Track of my Tears" by Smokey Robingson "Diana" by Paul Anka and others are just as pining.  We went back and forth with him saying there are more sappy songs about boys pining for girls.  My sister agrees saying there are more guy groups and male singers.  So, what do you think?  More guys or girls pine away in those teen love songs of our youth?

12/29/15 02:37 PM #228    

Melissa "Trudy" Faria (Medeiros)

Girls for sure..................


12/29/15 11:43 PM #229    

 

Ray Ferreira

An equal combination of guys and girls   (got to love those oldies)


12/30/15 11:38 AM #230    

 

Raymond Deterra

Guys can "pine" as well as girls, sometimes, and wish someone would answer the phone (or email). Feelings, whether amorous or merely platonic, can be equally strong either way.  Sometimes one just needs to talk with another.


12/30/15 04:33 PM #231    

 

Dave Medeiros

"Mrs. Brown ... you've got a lovely daughter .... she doesn't love me now  ....it ain't no good to pine "


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