FEB. ’07  

  

      

        In order to realize the worth of the anchor, we need to feel the stress of the storm.                                                                

 

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                THIS IS THE LAST CALL FOR YOU TO SEND US THOSE HOLIDAY PICS .                 
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                   Check out the pics received thus far.   CLICK FOR FESTIVE PICS

 

                               CORRECTIONS AND AMPLIFICATIONS

 

Evidently, the Smoke Signals Xtra regarding the ’61-62 reunion has created some
degree of confusion. The Class of ’63 has scheduled our 45th anniversary reunion for
the weekend of June 20, 2008.  The above referenced Xtra was sent as an
accommodation to David ”Mouse” Van Hoozer to advise the ’61 &’62 alumnus with
whom we may have contact. Many of us have siblings or spouses from those classes
and it is our hope that they receive the info about their reunion.

 

                        HELP US GET THOSE EMAIL ADDRESSES

  1. Check ON LINE DIRECTORY for those we have.

2.   Send those you have and we don’t  Smoke Signals .

3.   Check  Our Directory by State call Warriors living near by.

4.   Get those we need and send them Smoke Signals.

 

IT’S BAAAK -The success of the last episode of “WHO’S DAT WARRIOR” has
prompted us to bring it back for the new year. Check out the link and submit your
guesses as to who these two young tykes are. Just click on the thumbnail and enter

your name and the name of the mystery Warrior in the comment section of their
respective pages. Hint – the gentleman in the beard is not a mystery Warrior.    

CLICK TO PLAY "WHO'S DAT WARRIOR"

 

EMAIL ADDRESSES FOR OUR TROOPS  Phil is establishing a web page for pics of our men and
women in uniform who are currently serving in the armed forces, anywhere.    

Chris Hill   mailto:armyhill13b@yahoo.com  Patsy Hill Bailey’s nephew currently serving in

Afghanistan

david.curlin@us.army.mil  and  caleb.curlin@us.army.mil  Leeba’s  two sons in Iraq. Another
letter is available. Send an email requesting them to  SMOKE SIGNALS

  

SEND US STORIES AND PICS OF YOUR VACATION!!

Send 4 or 5 pics to  SMOKE SIGNALS for publishing

                 

Memories – Send you Central Memories to PAULA

 

SAY WHAT?!!   submitted by webmstr. Phil Aquino

Ted Nugent, an avid hunter, was being interviewed by a French journalist. The journalist asked,
”What do you think the last thought is in the mind of a deer before you shoot it? Is it, Are you my
friend? or is it Are you the onbe who killed my brother?”

 

Nugent replied, “Deer areb;t capable of that kind of thinking. All they care about is , what am I
going to eat next, who am I going to screw next, and can I run fast enough to get away. They
are very much like the French.”  ("SNOPED")

  

Be Advised – According to webmaster and staff accountant Phil Aquino, before preparing your ’06
tax return, you should check out this link. http://www.snopes.com/business/taxes/excise.asp 

 

 

WARNINGS TO WARRIORS – from Smoke Signals medical advisor Dr. Vinny Boombatz

 

Sudden onset diarrhea after eating salad greens may be an allergic reaction to the sulfides often used
in the preparation of greens and in salad bars - from my colleague Dr. Peter Gott MD
 

TIPS FROM THE REDNECK BOOK OF MANNERS

                                    from Smoke Signals etiquette editor Betty Jo Olive

 

   *DATING*... (Outside the Family)
      
        1. Always offer to bait your date's hook, especially on the
            first date.
        2. Be aggressive !!!.... Let her know you are truly interested.
            I've bin want'n ta date ya, ever since I read all that stuff on
             the outhouse wall, two years ago!!"
        3. Establish with her parents what time she is expected back.
            Some will say 10:00 PM.  Others might say: "Monday."
             If the latter is the answer, it is the man's responsibility to get
             her to school on time.

        4. Always have a positive comment about your date's appearance,
         such as: "Ya'll sure don't sweat much, for a fat broad."
       

 

          FROM THE                     LAUGH TRACK from the Boz
 


 

 

                                                       SENIOR DRIVING              
As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's
voice urgently warning him, "Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way
on Interstate 77. Please be careful!" "Hell," said Herman, "It's not just one car. It’s hundreds of them!"

                                                     

                         
 SEND US A SHORT BIO ALONG WITH A RECENT PHOTO SO WE CAN PUT

 YOU IN "THE SPOTLITE" . Use this well done bio. from  PINKY as your guide

 


Phil has been updating the “Bio – Pages” of the best DAMN web-site in the
World. Spend some time reading up on your fellow Warriors CLICK FOR PICS

                                         Then send us a recent pic .

 

N THE NEWS WITH VIEWS  send news of new jobs, retirement, kids, grandkids,

ANYTHING OF INTEREST going on in your life to SMOKE SIGNALS

 

A Child Is Born, actually, two childs -  Webmstr. Phil Aquino sends news of the birth of twins born

to Phil’s daughter, Suzanne, and her husband, Dave Carpenter.  Dave is VP at Michigan Caterpillar. 
The twins, Daniel and Erin will live with their brother Drew 7, and sister Annie 5, in Commerce, Mi.
Phil reports that mother and children are doing fine.

 

Jan. 7th – Paul Jayne 1945-2007. For a number of years, Paul had suffered from pulmonary fibrosis.
Between Thanksgiving and Christmas 2005, it became acute and around Thanksgiving 2006 he
received a lung transplant, the only cure. He was unable to be weaned from the ventilator and after
suffering other complications, died Sun. CLICK TO VIEW PAUL'S MEMORIAL PAGE. Paul’s on-line
Guest book will be available until Feb. 9th CLICK TO VIEW/SIGN GUEST BOOK .

 

Movin, movin, movin, though they’re disapproving – Well, she’s not really disapproving, but Claudia
Brewer Word and husband, Chuck are leaving Wisconsin and heading for the warmer climes of
Columbia S.C. After 40 years with Case New Holland, Chuck has pulled the pin.

Claudia and Chuck will be living near their son, Brad, an internist, and their four-year old grandson,
Jackson. Their other son, Tye, lives in the Atlanta area.      CLICK FOR PICS

 

According to the CNN Money Calculator, if you earned $100,000 in Memphis, you would need to

earn $106,877 as an equivalent salary in Columbia, S.C.

 

Also on the move – Randall and Francis Bowden Hawley have departed from Cedarburg, Wi. for
Palatine, Il., 26 miles N.W. of Chicago.

 

According to the CNN Money Calculator, if you earned $100,000 in Memphis, you would need to

earn $142,127 as an equivalent salary in Chicago, il.

 

Rolling down the Herenton Hwy. – Brit and Jean Easley Goodroe have relocated to Oakland Tn.,
joining a growing list of our tribe moving to Fayette County. Waiting there to welcome them are Mary
and Mike Hines of Oakland, and Jerry and Barbara Luton Brewer who live in the Fayette Co.
portion of Eads, Tn.

 Jan. 27th – Joseph Cates told Smoke Signals today that his wife Charlotte Boillot (CHS’63) Cates

is continuing her courageous struggle against cancer. He requested that we join the many friends in
the Memphis/Southaven area in praying for Charlotte and the entire family.


Jan. 28th - Continue sending those “Knee Mails”. from Paula Wicker Hamby. James Marshall
Hamby, our premature grandson is tentatively scheduled for heart valve surgery Monday, 
January 29, 2007. Right now James is being "weaned" from one medicine in order for this to happen.

Tues. update on Sweet Baby James

James’ heart valve surgery was a success...no complications at all...another miracle in the life of this
sweet baby! Thank you so much for your love, prayers and messages. Morris and Melissa and all of
us are so grateful...You are angels on earth! - Paula


Pastor James Hayes continues to do well after an Oct. 9th hip replacement.

 

Feb 4 – 6. Patsy Sims Moore is scheduled to enter the Nat’l Inst.of Health in Bethesda, Md. for
additional treatment for M.A.C. The NIH is considered one of the foremost facilities in the world for
this type of treatment.

 

NEWS FOR THE OUT-OF-TOWNER for more, visit   THE COMMERCIAL APPEAL

 

Jan. 7th –Memphis ended 2006 with 160 homicides, a 5% increase over 2005.

 

Jan. 8, 1935 – On this date “The King” was born in Tupelo, Ms. Had he lived, Elvis would have been
72 years old this January.

 

Jan. 10th – Red state gets ever redder. After 36 years in the dual positions of Speaker of the Senate
and Lt. Governor, Dem. John Wilder of Somerville has been defeated. By an 18-15 vote, 51 year-old
Ron Ramsey, Republican of Blountville, edged out the 85 year-old Wilder. In Tennessee’s 213-year
history, no one else has served more than 6 years. According to the National Conference of State
Legislatures, no one in modern state legislative history has served longer.

 

Jan. 13th – Today’s Commercial Appeal reports that Bellevue Jr. High’s Kevin Malone has been
selected as Principal of the Year by the Citizens for Better Service.  The article is accompanied by a
photo of Mr. Malone speaking with students during a “..monthly metal detector test”

 

Bellevue is scheduled to shift from grades 7 – 9, to grades 6 – 8, next year. Many readers may not
be aware that in 2003, Central expanded to grades 9 – 12.

 

Jan. 19th – Local Boy Makes Good. Today’s Commercial Appeal reports that Jon Van Hoozer, son of
David and Carol Thompson Van Hoozer has earned the Certified Mortgage Banker designation from
the Mortgage Bankers Assoc. of America. CLICK FOR STORY AND PICS

 

Jan. 23rd. – P.C. Run Amuck. Today’s CA reports that the Tenn’s American Indian activists plan to
ask the state’s Human Rights Commission to outlaw the use of Indians in their team names and
mascots. According to the article over 100 schools in Tn. have Indian mascots, including Memphis
“Central”. Read Jason Smith’s Jan. 25th column. TEMP LINK TO COLUMN

 

Jan. 23rd  – Forest Hill Funeral Homes files Chapter 11. According to today’s C.A., the company that
owns Forest Hill Funeral Homes has filed for bankruptcy in Okalahoma federal court. Many cite
Forest Hill’s refusal to honor pre-paid funeral contracts as the worst case of fraud ever to be reported
in Tenn.   CLICK FOR TEMP. LINK

 

Jan. 31st – Joey Cooper entered a guilty plea in federal Court to one count of money laundering
which will likely net him a 30 – 36 month sentence. Sentencing is set for Aug. 29. Cooper is
scheduled to testify against current city councilmen, Ricky Peete and Edmund Ford in an
investigation code named Main Street Sweeper.  TEMP. LINK

 

                                                             LINKS YOU’LL LOVE

 

Enough to make you PUKE                     Medical myths                                 Emer. Alert Map

Incredible yo-yo                 The Itsy Bitsy Spider climbed up on LSD             Top 100 folks

DON'T ROLL UP HIS SLEEVE!! adult image            Why men cheat.(also see preceding link)

                                                                    

                                                              HENRY’S CORNER

Speaking of the Munsters, we were, weren’t we; the sitcom began airing in
1964 on CBS within a week of its ABC rival The Addams Family. Both had a
network run of two years, which ended for both within a week of each other. 
Yvonne De Carlo, who died in Jan. ‘07, played Lily Munster and was born in
1922. Al Lewis, who died in Feb. 06, played her dad Grandpa, and was born
in 1923. In the June 2004 “TV Guide” list of the“50 Greatest TV Dads of all
Times” Herman Munster, played by Fred Gwynne, was ranked #19.
       
If you're stuck chatting with a mumbler at a cocktail party, lean in with your right ear. It's better than
your left at following the rapid rhythms of speech, according to researchers at the UCLA David Geffen
School of Medicine. If, on the other hand, you're trying to identify that song playing softly in the
elevator, turn your left ear toward the sound. The left ear is better at picking up music tones.

Larry King has been married seven times which, at last report, ties him with Bobby Henderson.

To reduce the head on a beer, lick your finger and stick it into the foam.

Canadian study reports that in both the USA and Canada, January is the month with the highest
death rate.