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And then there's this story about our own Carroll Knight.  You know Carroll has put forth a tremendous individual effort of his own time and at his own expense to make our Reunions and their aftermath so very real to us all--- what with his CD's, and his DVD's, and all the updated Addendum Books and his personal, one-on-one, telephone calls to each and every one of us.  And why has Carroll been so kind to us all?  Because Carroll Knight truly cares about each and every one of us ---that's why.   Carroll cares enough that he gives of himself so that we might better stay in touch with one another for just as long as we possibly can.  Remember too, as I have said so often recently, "We're all playing in the fourth quarter of the game now" --- so how many reunions are left in us?  Not many.   Not any more.

While I personally did not go to the 55th Reunion, I was at the 50th, and it was there when I first observed Carroll, with his video camera in hand, busily talking to all, while recording on video tape the various events that were so meaningful to us all.

And so as a kind of 'thank you' to Carroll for all that he has done for the York Class of 1952, just a short while ago I too stepped up and volunteered to make it happen all over again---but this time somewhere out there on the world-wide-web.  And why would I offer to do this?  Because I knew that among our number, I was perhaps one of the few who knew how to bring us all together ...  again ... and again ... and again ... by building websites within the realm of virtual reality --- which is itself a relatively new medium destined to be taken to ever greater heights by our grandchildren and by their chidren too.

But my story does not end here --- for there's more to tell.  Shortly after the 55th Reunion became history, I contacted Carroll and told him of my plan to put the 55th and its aftermath up on the Internet.  Carroll enthusiastically endorsed the idea, and so I sent him an example of something I had only recently put together.  I think it was my story which I named "On the Importance of Novembers..." which was an association I had recently made in reviewing all the Novembers of the Civil War period.  As many of you know I am writing my first and only novel--- a fictional account of the life and times of my great great grandparents, Emily Ellen Clarke and John Whitehead.  I call my story, "Raisins and Almonds---A Civil War Story."  In response, Carroll wrote me back an e-mail that said something to this effect: "I don't read anything unless it pertains to my business---the petroleum business." 

However, over these past couple of months--- ever since Carroll and I have been working closely together on these York '52 websites of ours --- Carroll has come around to a different point of view of my story telling.  Here's what Carroll has said in a recent e-mail to me (and I publically thank Carroll for allowing me to tell you all of his admittedly personal reaction to what I recently wrote in an e-mail directed to Nancy Brown Garippo (York '52) about my proposed website featuring Nancy's family--- now destined to take its rightful place at a website I call "How deep is your valley?"  My e-mail to Nancy, with a copy to Carroll, was simply titled:---

                    "And from nothing...something."

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; Just point to photo above for some traveling music   Then click on photo above to both see and hear some Karaoke Dancing...

Karaoke Dancing...Video Clip # 5 --- Music is for Dancing... Come see and hear all that's possible.   Then get your camcorder out, select some music of your choice...and dance your heart away...  Send your video to me and I'll soon have you  dancing in front of the most clicked-on page on the Internet! ...Bruce*****

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Video Clip # 8: And now another Ken Jones, York '52, production---this time it's Ken's dogs on a romp through his front yard--- complete with his own subtitle:---: "Another great day without a job."  All this...on a day in June, 2008...in Fitchburg, MA.  To view the fun, go now to:---  http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=2ipYwbklmgY

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Video Clip # 9:

about a time that defined all the things we

once did when we were growing up back in

the 1930's and the 1940's. Soooo ... 'close

your eyes' ... and think back ... way back

... to a time all but forgotten ... by pointing

to and clicking on the following

link:--->  'ratch hyar'

NOTE: Power Point is a product of Microsoft.  Hence

your computer's web browser must have their plug-

in to play this 'pps' file. And if you do, you will

then be directed...first to the MS website, then point

to & click on SLIDE SHOW, then PLAY SHOW.  And

if, by chance, you are requested for a 'User ID & PW' along the way, just cancel that request and proceed without them.

 

And if you don't already have the required

MS Power Point Show Media Player then to view

this presentation, you can first download it

directly from Microsoft by pointing to and clicking:---> here   then returning to view this presentation

in the manner as described immediately above.

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Alice Mahler Ashley, York '53, has sent us all a 4th of July greeting.  It's a classic picture of 'the way we were' on the 4th of July in 1937, featuring five from the same family (siblings and/or cousins, each to the other) who would later graduate from York H.S---  one of whom being in our Class of 1952.  To find out just who they all are, come now and see 'the way we were' from times gone by:---      To go there now, point to and click HERE

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And again from

Nancy Brown Garippo ---

...a video clip of a different sort.  Come "fly" the

mountain tops using your own computer's

cursor (mouse) as the "stick".  Go now to

http://www.electricoyster.com/electric3d/index.html

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Right click on image for additional options

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Jessica Ann Downey, Salutatorian photo upon graduation from Hampton (VA) Christian School, June 2007

and see updated story at right --->

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