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Rita Brown Rhodes wrote: Wed 5/12/2004 10:04 AM    From: ritadusty@adelphia.net  Subject: OV Day
--We established a new group: OV Elementary School Alumni Association or OVESAA!--

Rita attached her article: "A Present Day Spent in the Past"
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Rita also wrote on Tue 1/20/2004 10:18 AM    From: Rita Brown Rhodes  Subject: Re: Contributing Photos
Dear Roberta: I'm impressed-- you must keep late working hours! The photographs look great... thank you so much for including them. I am honored and can't wait to tell everyone to check out the Ocean View Nickel Tours today ...I visit the Norfolk area quite often ...[we] have family and friends there. I still miss living on the coast desperately and try to return as often as possible... to relive those carefree days of youth. I attended Ocean View Elementary from 1951-57... [with] moving to another neighborhood, the redrawing of school districts, and school closings (desegregation), I went to Suburban Park and Norview JH, before starting at Granby in 1959... and consider myself a Comet forever. My oldest sister Beverly graduated in 1961..."old" classmates are having a ball e-mailing memories. Unfortunately, even with our combined memories, have needed help, so your site has been great. We all were very upset over the loss of Harrison's Pier (see photo, 2nd row/center). We hope to have a reunion of our "Ocean View Gang" (Mrs. Langhorn's Fourth Grade Class of 1956) and visit the school and other sites together. We've lost a few classmates and are hoping our group can honor them by doing something to help Ocean View School. Keep up the good work, Rita B
-- ritadusty@adelphia.net.