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Birthdays

October: 20th – Laura Kavalir Wright

November: 1st – Jim Proud, 8th – Tom Huggins; 13th – Rhona Berube Chabot; 30th – Jack Kelly

December: 13th – Bill Sutton; 27th – Gene Vaughn; 31st – Gordon Ettie

Anniversaries

October: October 2 – Andrea Alu and John Martin (1994); October 19 – Marc and Pat Adams (1963)

November: Nov 2 – Sue Hays and Dean Campbell (1957); Nov 16 – Deni Kilcoyne and Dietrich Zimmerman (1966); Nov 20 – Stewart and Sharron Harnell (1971)

December: Dec. 7 Jim and Norma Proud (1970); Dec. 9 Bill and Nana Gautier (1978); Dec. 13 Janice Guthrie and Chuck Strissel (2005); Dec. 17 John and Chris DeMas (1966); Dec. 18 Nancy Lomax and Dick Leslie (1982); Dec. 23 Bob and Ruth Skacil Valois (1961); Dec. 28 Marilyn Barrie and Ralph McGinnis (1985)

If we don't have your birthday and/or anniversary listed, it's because you haven't sent it to us yet! Please do!

Football Scoreboard

A great many of us attended one of the three major Florida universities after leaving Gables. As the 2008 season gets underway, Here are their football schedules. We will attempt to update the scores weekly.

Websites of Interest

Figures and Facts

In 1987 Florida had three area codes. Today there are eleven.

Florida is the only place on earth that both alligators and crocodiles call home. The snouts are U-shaped on gators and V-shaped on crocs.

The plastic flamingo population in the U. S. is greater than that of real flamingos.

Among the many anniversaries recognized in 2008: Gene Autry and John Wayne were born 101 years ago; James Stewart and Nelson Rockefeller were born 100 years ago; the song "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" debuted 100 years ago (now commemorated on a 42 cent postage stamp); this is the 100th anniversary of the Model T Ford and the 50th anniversary of the Chevrolet Camero; the Varsity Restaurant in Atlanta opened 80 years ago (Calvin Coolidge was president); the St. Louis arch was completed 30 years ago; and this is the 20th year of Hank Williams, Jr. singing "All My Rowdy Friends Are Comin' Over Tonight" on Monday Night Football.

The first hurricane named after a male was "Bob" in 1979.

Class of 1954 To Hold 55th Reunion

Coral Gables High School Class of 1954 is holding their 55th reunion January 14-17, 2009. Called a Double Nickel Celebration they are inviting any other Gables graduate to their festivities.This is the information we have available.

Shades of Green
1950 West Magnolia Palm Drive
Lake Buena Vista, FL 32830-2789
(407) 824-6483
Room rates - $117.00 per night
www.shadesofgreen.org

The group number for this event is CORALG_001
Parking is $5.00 per night
Valet Parking is $10.00 per night which includes the fee listed previously.

For further information or registration material contact:
Ed & Pat Harrison
17976 SE 85 Causton Court
The Villages, FL 32162
(352) 259-5158
Email to pataedo@aol.com

1950's F.W. Woolworth Co. Menu

If any of you have doubt about what we paid for a coke and a sandwich at Woolworth's in the 1950's,
here's proof of the era we lived in.......and it was a GREAT ERA to live as a teenager.

Trivia Quiz

1. What do these names have in common? Augustus Gloop, Stevie TeaVee, Violet, Veruka Salt and Charlie?

2. What did Montgomery Clift, Elvis Presley, Ed Sullivan and Liberace all have in common?

3. What was the first toy advertised on national TV? (in 1952)

4. What do these celebrities have in common? Mel Brooks, Tony Bennett, Joan Crawford, Groucho Marx and Rudy Vallee (Hint: October 2, 1962)

5. Who was the first male celebrity to appear on the cover of Vogue?

6. Who is the only recording artist to have two different Christmas albums reach #1 on the Billboard album chart? (the first in 1959 and the second in 1961)

7. Where can one find the Islands of Langerhans?

8. What was Ponce De Leon's first name?

9. What was the first novel to top the best-seller lists for two consecutive years? (1972 and 1973)

10. What fictional character has been most often portrayed in movies?

11. What was the name of the ship in "Mr. Roberts"?

12. What do these names have in common? Ted Nugent, Arnold Babar, Igor Stravinski, Gordon Liddy, Don Corleone, Harry S. Truman. (Movie buffs should know this one.)

13. Who was the first guest host of "Saturday Night Live"? (October 1975)

14. What is the longest running TV game show?

15. What was the full middle name of "Star Trek" Captain James T. Kirk?

16. Who was the first African American on a Wheaties box?

17. What is the Italian word for "scribbling"?

18. What is the Italian word for "pie"?

19. What is the only mobile U. S. monument?

20. What was the first college to have men's basketball? (1893)


Scroll down for the answers at the bottom of the newsletter.

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Trivia Answers

1. They were the children in "Willie Wonka And The Chocolate Factory".

2. They were all born twins.

3. Mr. Potato Head.

4. They all appeared on the first "Tonight Show" to be hosted by Johnny Carson.

5. Richard Gere.

6. Mitch Miller ("Christmas Sing Along With..." and "Holiday Sing Along With...")

7. In the pancreas of the human body.

8. Juan.

9. "Jonathan Livingston Seagull".

10. Sherlock Holmes.

11. The Reluctant.

12. They were aliases used by Chevy Chase as the title character in "Fletch".

13. George Carlin.

14. "The Price Is Right" debuted in our Gables graduation year of 1956.

15. Tiberius.

16. Dodger great Roy Campanella.

17. Graffiti.

18. Pizza. (Thus saying "pizza pie" is redundant.)

19. The San Francisco cable car.

20. Vanderbilt (Nashville Tennessee).


"Happy Holidays To All! Watch for the next newsletter in January 2009."