and here is where it will end.

The staff enjoys presenting a Hicksville

High School Newsletter and weve been doing that for 17 years. When we
first started producing, there was not much consideration given to the
staff and our vulnerability. However, 17 years later our productive days
are sometimes questionable because of the inevitable. We have what I
consider an ancient staff who would love to see some young blood enter
the picture. It is a commitment and unfortunately not many are prepared
to make the jump from couch potato to the computer. We are at a great
time when looking at the product available to help in production that
allows some flexibility. I remember working with floppy discs when I was
producing newsletters for the USS Liberty Veterans Association. It
seemed to take forever to complete even the smallest of projects. Its
faster now and we need help in sustaining production so we can publish
for many more years. If interested, please send a note to
editors@hixnews.com

Addy DelCioppo Spitzer Class of 1964 Curls Gone Wild in

Miami
SeatedBarbara Gilmore Parker, Ed Parker, Mike Shalley, Janet Parker
Shalley, Karen Parker HagnerStandingUnknown, Robert Snell, Ron
Hagner, Unknown, Mike Parker, Unknown, Kathleen
Parker Snell

Mike and Janet

Roseanna LeCours Hartman 1960 (shown above with great
granddaughter)

Peggy Maier Dagrosa 1964 & Joe Dagrosa Proud Grand

Parents
 Marianne Muller Delpercio & Mike Leslie Worley Smith & Bob Annette & Bob
May

Marianne Muller Leslie Worley Smith Bob Smith

 Leslie & Marianne Marianne & Mike

BobThis video would be excellent for Memorial Day! Can you put it in the June 1
issue? Sent to me by Ed Rivoire, one of our Vietnam War Era Veterans. Thanks
Joe Carfora 1962
http://newsletter.biggeekdad.com/t/i-l-ukulutt-ehrujdrr-q/

Heres another that was sent to me by my shipmate, Fran Jeffries

https://www.youtube.com/embed/eEs4ke7cdNQ?
feature=player_detailpage%25

and my Memorial Day Tribute to Hicksville Veterans

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=1304uB9Uoqk&list=UUXo7KBz3u7jaisFnbyAeyxQ
Hicksville New York Then and Now (18,263 Views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jacJ_v0ceuU

BobJust saw your video on Hicksville. It's

great. Thanks for bringing back so many memoriesAll the best.
Hugh Hansen 1964

I just watched your film Hicksville Then and Now and found it quite interesting and
moving. I moved here in 1981 but My Aunt & Uncle moved here in 1949 to Spindle
Road. My next door Neighbor is the last surviving Dwyer from Dwyers Farm which was
once where Holy Trinity High School is. He is almost 91. Thanks for sharing such a nice
piece. Greatly appreciatedMichael Flanagan
Editor Noteback when the field was a potato farm, we, and several friends and me,
went the day after harvest and found many potatoes that we bagged and brought home to
our moms.

Very much enjoyed the "memories" of Hicksville. Thank you! Barbara

Tucci class of 69.

THANK YOU. What a wonderful present for Mothers Day.

Being in Texas can make me homesick at times and the video was a reminder of back
home. Stay well and keep up the great work for us
Lorraine Kirwan Cheeseman 1964 (shown above with husband Bob)

Mark Leon made a request in the April issue as to how many students graduated in the
class of 1965. Several answers are shown belowWill the actual count Please
Stand Up!

FYI, there were 1,010 students in the graduating class of 1965Diane Lepanto
Otten

RE: size of graduating Class of 1965: 1063.

Bob Leo 1965

Dear Buffalo Bob et alI'm just catching up on the interesting feature about memorable
travels experienced by former HHS students. Although I've been to Hawaii, Alaska, New
Zealand, Australia, Israel and the West Bank, England, Scotland, Canada, Mexico, and
Bermuda, my most memorable trip was to Haiti in January 2011, exactly a year after the
earthquake. There I joined thousands of Americans, Europeans, and people from far away
as South Africa and Korea who came to assist in the rebuilding. The devastation caused
by the disaster a year earlier was still painfully evident--collapsed buildings, piles of
rubble in the streets of Port-au-Prince, and thousands of refugees living in tent cities on
the bare hillsides. To make the setting even more threatening, I was there in the midst of
the cholera epidemic that followed the earthquake. The nine days I spent in that wrecked
country have left indelible images in my brain. It was hardly a vacation, but I'm proud of
having done my small partBill Palmer 1964
Editor notecudos to you Bill and all those volunteers from around the
globe that made the travesty in Haiti a bit more comfortable by
providing their assistance

Interesting to read the newsletter to see where some of us have been.

Two years ago my wife, Lori, and I joined two friends for a 93 day RV trip through New
Mexico, Colorado, Calgary, Yukon, Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and
California before returning to Texas. It was the trip of a lifetime with the last
highlight being a hot air balloon ride in Albuquerque. And last summer we managed to
get to North Dakota, the final state we had to visit - it took us 50 years to set foot
in all 50 statesJim Wise 1958

Shown abovesome cash (some cash LOL) and weapons from

El Chapo Guzmans home in Mexico
 Hospital Emergency Room.SonNext time Ill be William
Tell
 Steve Declemente

Friday, May 12th, was Paul Pattersons birthday and he brought me flowers for
Mother's day! So I said we have to go out for your birthday, just the two of us.
We went to George Martin's Strip Steak Restaurant.
Food was fancy & delicious, we had a great waitress & met two young men who treated
us to birthday desserts. Lots of laughs and a really great night. I'm so blessed to have "my
Paul" in my lifeRosa Szendy Patterson 1961
 Thank you for the card and for thinking of me. It was much
appreciatedGerry Bracero Callejas 1953

Thank you for the card and for thinking of me. It was much
appreciatedFlorence Zoubantes Composto 1953

Thank you for the card and for thinking of

me. It was much appreciatedHarri Molese 1956 (shown with Will Estes)
Thanks so much for remembering us on our 59th anniversary. You asked us to share a
memorable anniversary, and the most recent one that I consider memorable is our 50th.
We had a wonderful get-together with friends and family at our church, and we renewed
our original vows with our son, Rev. Rob Ohliger, presiding. It was a very special day,
and we got to dance to "our song," Nat King Cole's "They Tried to Tell us We're Too
Young." However, there is one other anniversary that I am remembering - our 1st.
Tom was in the military and we were living in Germany. It was also Mother's Day
and I was 8-1/2 months pregnant with our first child. I owned 3 maternity outfits, only
one of which was considered "dressy." I asked Tom please don't forget to get
that dress from the dry cleaners so I could wear it on Sunday. He forgot, and I ended up
wearing an old shirt and faded black skirt to the Heidelberg Castle and restaurant for
our special outing. I was so angry and hardly spoke to him that day. In spite of all that,
here we are now, wed 59 years with 5 wonderful kids; 12 grandchildren and 3
great-grandchildren with another on the way. God has been good, and our challenge now
is dealing with my beloved Tom's dementia. I'm up for the challenge, with God's help. I
look forward to receiving the newsletter each month and want to thank you guys for all
the labor you put into it. Keep up the good workTom and Carole Kiever Ohliger
1957
 Thanks for the birthday card and for thinking of me. It was
greatly appreciatedGinny Mohr Trombetta 1957

Thanks for the anniversary card and for thinking of us. It was greatly appreciated.
Kathleen Donovan Agiesta 1958 (above shown with husband Lou
and great granddaughter Kaylee)
 Thanks for the birthday card and for thinking of me. It was greatly
appreciatedKurt Stietz 1960

Thanks so much for the birthday

wishes. Its wonderful that so many friends from Hicksville High took the time to wish
me a Happy Birthday. With each passing day, Im so grateful for such wonderful friends
who Ive maintained a relationship with for all these years. Who could ask for anything
more!!! Thanks so much to HixNews and to all my friends on Facebook and Classmates
for making my birthday specialLinda Mastrosanti Aragoncillo 1961

Thanks for the birthday card and for thinking of

me. It was greatly appreciatedElaine Krauss ONeil 1961
 Thanks so much for the birthday wishes
and now for the facts. At this stage in my life, any day, above ground, is a good day
Brad Jaworski 1961

Thank you for the anniversary card. 53 years and we are still in love and Happy!!! We are
blessed with a beautiful family and wonderful friends. Life is goodDonald Moore &
Eileen Wieditz Moore 1963 (above shown with grand daughters).

Thanks for the birthday card and for thinking of me. It was
greatly appreciatedJudy Frimmer Dow 1963
 Marlene Schoenberg ONeill 1964 & Tommy ONeill celebrating
another
Birthday for Marlene at Monkey Bar Steak & Seafood
 Sharing with friends including Sherry Mallen Cauley & Dennis Cauley
(foreground)

Two playful dogs with a chase for the stick

 Thank you for the card and for thinking of me. It was much
appreciatedDoreen Jakabek Wittig 1965

Thank you for the card and for thinking of us. It was much appreciated.
Karen Malter Coles & Wes Coles 1965

I know why I look forward to your annual

birthday cardalways so enjoyable. Thanks for your good wishes and thoughtfulness
Sandy Brindisi 1966
 Thank you for the card and for thinking of us. It was much
appreciatedRudy Rybak 1966

Thank you for the card and thinking of me. It was much
appreciatedKathleen Vita Leo 1969

Hung Chow calls into work and says, "Hey, boss I no come work today, I really
sick. I got headache, stomach ache and my legs hurt, I no come work."

The boss says, "You know Hung Chow, I really need you today. What you have
is just stress pain. When I feel like this I go to my wife and make love to her.
That makes everything better and I go work. You try that."

Two hours later Hung Chow calls again. "Boss, I do what you say and I feel
great. I be at work soon. You got very nice house."
 ..Thank you for the card and thinking of me. It was much
appreciatedNaomi Groont Doudera 1973

Thank you for the anniversary card. It was nice of HixNews to

think of usDon Dowdell & Debbie Fischer Dowdell 1973

I loved the birthday card. Thank you for thinking of me. It was
much appreciatedIrene Bilancia Boehm 1973
 Thank you for the card and for thinking of me. It was much
appreciatedLinda Parella Ruggiero 1973

A look at some of the beautiful country we live in

 Thank you for the anniversary card. Married 31 years ago at the

Hotel Del Coronado and going strong. I, however, never forget my Hicksville roots.
Thanks so much to HixNews for your kindnessCynthia Claus Ferguson 1974 &
George Ferguson

Thanks for the card and for thinking of me. It was much appreciatedJennifer Uihlein
1995

One night, a man receives a call from the Police. The Police tell the man that his wife was
murdered, and that he should reach the crime scene as soon as possible. The man drops
the phone, shocked, and drives 20 minutes to the crime scene. As soon as he reaches the
crime scene, the police arrest him, and he is convicted of murder. How did the police
know that he committed the crime? (Answer provided at the very end)
 The 1966 Comets Rutgers Cup recipients for
a perfect season in the showcase at Hicksville High
Just spent a week in Hicksville getting ready to put the home that I grew up in on the
market. An extra special time of the trip was breakfast with classmates - Elizabeth
Austin-Allen and Elena Gomez-Prince. We had a wonderful time reminiscing about our
days at St. Ignatius...Nancy Finn Calder
 Look what I found when I was cleaning out my dads stuffShari
Hinden
HenryIn the lore and nostalgia, Ive heard about Billy Joel and his time in Hicksville
High. What Ive heard is that, in fact, Joel did not graduate with his class. The story Ive
heard is that because of cutting his gym class, he did not have the sufficient number of
physical education credits to earn a high school diploma and that he simply left school
instead of trying to earn his diploma. Obviously it never hurt his musical career. The
other story Ive heard is that for what would have been his 1967 class 25th anniversary in
1992, he showed up for an event at the school and visited the Administration Office and
the credit he lost from cutting gym was waived and a new credit was given for artistic
achievement so Billy could then be awarded his high school diploma. That would make
Billy Joel a member of the class of 1992. At least thats what Ive heardRegards
Peter Arena 1973

Barbara Hoops and Billy

 Pat Ofenloch and Billy A Kiss to Remember maybe a new
song???

PeterI am aware that Joel did not graduate HHS together with his classmates. I was
not aware, however, that he might have been awarded his diploma after he became
famous for his music career. But it seems plausible to me that the HHS administrators
would have done so to bolster their own standings among their peersBestHenry

I heard the story about the 25th anniversary reunion from a cousin of mine that was in the
same year as Billy Joel and knew him slightly through the local music scene. My cousin,
Dan Grumo was in a band that played in a couple battle of the bands that Billy Joels
band also participated in when he was just a kid from Hicksville. Cousin Danny said
Billy was the only one in his band that had any genuine talent. He was the source of the
story about the diploma being awarded at the re-union.
Unfortunately, I cannot ask my cousin Danny to verify the story as he passed away in
2003. I agree wholeheartedly with you that the high school and administration would
have awarded Billy Joel his diploma for the publicity valueRegardsPeter

Thanx for that info, Peter. I am sure Buffalo Bob will include it in the next issue of the
Newsletter (assuming you have no objections)Best, Henry

Sure, go ahead and print if youd like to. Im sure a lot of alumni would find it
entertainingPeter
 USS Pueblo (AGER-2) was captured by North Korea forces in 1968 while on a
surveillance
mission, and had its 83-member crew held captive and tortured before being let
go into the
control of U.S. customs. Shockingly, the USS Pueblo remains docked in North
Korea and
serves as an attraction for visitors.

Watching Dancing With The Stars and enjoyed Nancy Kerrigan who is as graceful
on the dance floor as she was on the ice. I thought there was quite a resemblance
between Nancy and Kim Delaney who played Diane Russell on NYPD Blue
 Kim Delaney Nancy Kerrigan

Ok my grammar Nazi friends...here is an honest

question. When quoting does the punctuation at the end of the quote go inside or outside
the quotation marks.....I really need to know this or my weekend will be a
disaster!...Walter Relling 1977

InsideJames Madison
 Inside!...Virginia Cabbe Reinhardt
1964

"Inside!" Unless the quote is a part of the sentence and

contained within another sentence. Part of what she said is, "my red shoes"Roger
Callaway

Funny but I've worked with a lot of Europeans and they would always point out I was
doing it wrong. LOL so in US insidein Europe outsideSelena Hildebrandt
 Inside Americanoutside BritishCourtenay Gilmore

Just like the reverse single quotes and double quotes in British and American writing
James Madison

What I want to know is why it would turn your weekend into a

disasterWilliam R. Gilmore

Besides the major battle today is it one or two spaces after a sentenceJames
Madison

When quoting goes outside like "frankly my dear I don't give a

damn"Naomi Groont Doudera 1973
Inside the quotation markGina Garone-DeBello

Inside, unless the punctuation mark is a colonJanyl Smith

I learned to read by setting type - upside-down and backward. I was trained to always put
any form of "ending" punctuation (period, queston mark or exclaimation point) inside
"quotes" (quotation marks), brackets or "toenails" (parentheses.) If I made a composition
error with pencil and paper, well, that's why God created the eraser. If I made a
composition error with type, it had to be reset and hopefully was caught in the proof
phase, not the press run!
Jay Weber 1970 (shown above at family BBQ in July of 1958)

As a High School teacher explained it to

me, "Putting the period, exclamation mark or question mark after the end quote would be
like planting a tree on the other side of the fence. " Quotation mark goes after the
punctuationDeb Cappola Schaller (shown above with her beautiful
daughter)

Ok lil buddy. Quotation Marks go outside the phrase or sentence. Punctuation is

considered part of the complete phrase or sentence.... Mrs Eikelberger, 3rd grade, Will
Rogers Elementary!...

Andre Guevara (shown above in white shirt and black shorts)

e.g. "This is how it's done." Parenthesis outside the sentence and the period.

Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff (Debbie is wearing an orange striped pullover)

Ok the "insides" are definitely the majority. It makes senseWalter

From the Associated Press Style Book:

Periods and commas always go within quotation marks. Dashes, semicolons, question
marks and exclamation points go within quotation marks when they apply to the quoted
matter only. They go outside quotation marks when they apply to the whole sentence
Jim Johnson
Perfect....and I think the last part was the essence of my confusionWalter

Question Marks or Exclamation Points in Quotations

If a question or exclamation is quoted directly, the quotation contains the question mark
or exclamation point.
If the question or exclamation is at the end of the quotation, the question mark or
exclamation point comes before the closing quotation mark.
Incorrect: "Look at that"! he exclaimed. "Did you see that"?
Correct: "Look at that!" he exclaimed. "Did you see that?"
(Question mark or exclamation point comes before quotation mark.)
A question mark can be found outside the quotation mark if the sentence is asking about a
quotation, but the quotation itself is not a question.
Incorrect: Did Mark Antony say, "Friends, Romans, countrymen?"
(A question is not being quoted. The speaker is asking about a quotation.)
Correct: Did Mark Antony say, "Friends, Romans, countrymen"?
In the rare case where the question is about a quotation ending in a question, the sentence
ends with a single question mark before the quotation mark.
Incorrect: Who said, "Et tu, Brut?"?
(Second question mark redundant)
Correct: Who said, "Et tu, Brut?"Buffalo Bob Casale

Hi HixNewsFrederick Canavor, class of 1961, has joined our

alumni site! Log in to the site to view the profile and welcome our newest classmate!
View Profile Here
GO COMETS!
Best Recipe Ever
https://biggeekdad.com/2017/04/best-recipe-ever/

Who invented the back-up sensor that is now a standard feature on all new cars?
I bet you think it was Ford, maybe GM, how about Chrysler? No,
then, how about Mercedes Benz?
The back-up sensor warns the driver before the rear bumper
actually comes in contact with something.
Surprisingly, it was not developed by modern automotive
engineers using the latest technology. Recently, it was disclosed
that the first to develop the back-up sensor was in fact a simple
Chinese farmer.
His invention was simple and effective. It emits a high-pitch
squeal when the back of the vehicle approaches a solid object,
getting louder the closer it becomes. Here's his first
prototype . . .click on link below

https://lh5.googleusercontent. com/-esGe0xRKPq4/VFHFxp4tzDI/
AAAAAAAAF_I/wDtZm2PXI0A/s2560/ 1414645187530.jpeg

A cool reminder that Summer is just around the corner

Nigeria, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen are suffering from a famine that affects 20
million people. Over 40 percent of people living in sub-Saharan Africa live in extreme
poverty. In the last three decades, absolute poverty has been reduced from 40 percent to
20 percent worldwide.
The ingenious structure shown above facilitates the training of subsistence farmers in
modern farming techniques. Providing the farmers with inexpensive fertilizers and state-
of-the-art tools enables them to increase their crop yields dramatically. The skyscraper
also creates a local trading area, which helps to maximize profits. The objectives are self-
sufficient farming and overcoming poverty and famine.
The top of the proposed skyscraper is comprised of layered fields. Theres a drone
docking center in the middle so agricultural products can be flown to isolated locations.
The first floor consists of a kindergarten, a doctors office, and an information center.
The designers of the Mashambas Skyscraper predict that the combination of training,
fertilizer, and seeds will enable small farmers to harvest as many crops per acre as large
farms do. This will end famine, as the village will have food for itself and enough to sell
to nearby villages. Another amazing feature of the structure is that it can be moved. The
base remains in place and the other floors can be relocated to educate other farmers.

Bob and the Gang,

My wife and I have had a book published? Its the Holocaust memoir of my wife's
mother, covering twenty-two years of her life from 1924 to 1946. Below is the press
release from the publisher. You may give out my email address if that is the only way for
readers to contact me about the book. Please let me know. Thank you. Dennis Listort
1964 djl81146@aol.com
PRESS RELEASE - The Wolves At My Shadow
Ingelore Rothschild was twelve years old when she was whisked out of her Berlin home
in 1936. It was her first step on a cross-continent journey to Japan where she and her
parents sought refuge from rising anti-Semitism in Nazi Germany.
A decade later, as she sails away from what has become her home in Kobe, Japan,
Ingelore records her memories of life in Berlin, the long train journey through Russia,
and her time in Japan during World War II. Each leg of her journey presents its own
nightmare: passports are stolen, identities are uncovered, a mudslide tears through the
Rothschild's home, and the atomic bombs are dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Ingelore's bright observant nature and her remarkable capacity for befriending those
along her way fill her narrative with unique details about the people she meets and the
places she travels to.
The story of Ingelore and her prominent German Jewish family's escape is an invaluable
account that contributes to Holocaust witness and memoir literature.
Although she was forever marked by her traumatic past, Ingelore's survival story is a
painful reminder that only European Jews with significant financial means were able to
carefully orchestrate a successful escape from Nazi Germany.

Dennis Just email what you want to announce to:

hixnews@googlegroups.com
I moderate all such email broadcasts (including my own) to make sure nothing
objectionable is inadvertently included in the noteBest, Henry

Arlene Raftery 1971 43 Indiana Street where Arlene lived

Way back in the day, they used urine to tan animal skins, so families
used to all pee in a pot. Once a day it was taken and sold to the
tannery. If you had to do this to survive, you were piss poor.

Almost all of us has had a pet in our lives who actually controlled
our existence. I had a special pet who did just that and now he is
gone

Rest In Peace my Percy.

You were loved and will be missed. My heart is broken.

Laura Kramer Tanner 1972
 Ahh, Laura. I know the feeling. They are part of family. .
Maureen Uss Bensen

So sorry babe. I've been there too many times. I feel for yaBruce Danielsen

Sorry for your loss Roseann Wittie Scordo

I'm so sorry to hear about Percy. He is at peace nowDebbie Ward Clement

June 8 will be the fifty year anniversary of the attack on the USS Liberty where 34
Americans were brutally murdered and they will be remembered by family, friends
and shipmates.

A ceremony at the mass grave in Arlington will again take place as it has been held
for many years. The mass grave contains the remains of six killed on that fateful
day. Below was taken in 1987 showing Angela Wieman, who worked Liberty
Plumbing Supply, with Buffalo Bob Casale and also helped with public relations of
the Liberty Veterans Association. See video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYjvOhuFr5g
Angela Wieman and Buffalo Bob
 USS Liberty Memorial Memorial in Rochester on Lake
Ontario
Public Library Grafton, Wisconsin

Thanks to Larry Broyles and the people of Savannah, TN for the dedication of
the USS Liberty bench in their beautiful Veterans Memorial Park. I was
honored to be a part of this dedication of my ship and murdered crew members.
Those aren't raindrops on that bench, it is almost 50 years of tears.

Bob ScarboroughUSS Liberty 1967 Survivor

Victor Skip Platania

August 18, 1940 - May 2, 2017

Victor Platania, age 76, of Merritt Island, FL passed away on May 2, 2017 in Rockledge,
Florida
Victor, a 1958 graduate from Hicksville High School, who was born in NY, was a retired
Quality Assurance Specialist with the Department of Defense and was a Vietnam War
Veteran. He was a member of V.F.W. Post 4534. He came to Brevard County in 1988
from Rocky Point, NY.
Victor was preceded in death by his wife, Anne Marie Platania. He is survived by his
brother, Joseph Platania; his son, Anthony Platania and Daughter in Law, Michelle King;
granddaughter, Julianna Marie; his sister-in-law, Elizabeth Nehr ; his brother-in-law,
Donald Brown and nieces, Susan Thomas, Laura Platania, Gabriela Cruce, Andrea
Zinzius Fuchf. Nephews; Peter Platania, Dirk Busch, and cousins, John Filardo and
Elaine Caruso.
Visitation will be held on Saturday, May 6, 2017 from 2:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M. at the Life
Event Center, 5950 S. U.S. Highway 1, Rockledge, Florida. Funeral service will be on
Sunday, May 7, 2017 at 2:30pm, Entombment will follow in Florida Memorial Gardens.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests live plants or a donation in Victor's name to V.F.W.
Post 4534.

Dear Barbara Bowen Orr (HHS Class of 1955)We have received an email request from
Alice Cobb Hirsch, who attended Hicksville High in 1953 (and would have graduated in
1955). Alice would like to contact you (see her email request, below).
If you would like to make contact with her, please email her at (Concealed) (yes, that is
an email address in Germany where she now lives)Best regardsHenry
Lichtenstein editor

I received an e-mail that a classmate from 1956 wants to get in touch with me- I tried to
contact her but the e-mail was incorrect. Would you check it for me & forward to me
thanks
Barbara Bowen Orr 1955 (Barb is in the festive Christmas sweater)

BarbI don't see anything wrong with the addressing. If you get a rejection of the email
for Alice Hirsch, forward that error message email to me and I'll try to figure out what the
problem isBest Henry

I've tried 3-4 times & the e-mail is undeliverable-if she contacts you again could you
check her address thanksBarb

Try it one more time, but this time include me in the cc: field so I can see what the
problem is. And your friend's name is Alice Cobb Hirsch, not Alice Cobb Herschel.
Henry

AliceWhat a nice surprise to hear from you. Can you believe I'm living in Minnesota
after my husband retired from the Navy following 22yrs of uninterrupted service. He was
a carrier pilot for 5 yrs then became a Supply officer. We have 5 living children.
Hopefully we can keep in touch & catch on the many years since High SchoolBarb

Hi BarbLong time no see, or hear and its all my fault. Believe it or not, when I think
of the years I spent at Hicksville schools (1948 -1953), I often think of you. We kids
from Plainview were bussed back and forth to Hicksville. This meant we arrived at
school around 8 am and were picked up around 3.35 pm. No problem as such except that
it meant it was difficult to participate in extracurricular activities and during school hours
we were confined to the
grounds.
Anyway, one day we were at school for several class hours, then told we could go home.
Great but strange because normally, if a teacher became ill or whatever, a substitute
teacher filled in. In this case, I would have had to hang around school for four or so
hours until the school bus came. You came to the rescue. You invited me to go home
with you and you prepared lunch for us. If I close my eyes, I can see you frying eggs
very professionally. Thank you Barb or Bobbie as I used to call youAlice

Hi HenryThank you so much for making the connection with Barbara and not giving
up!! I have been living in Germany since 1970 and feel quite at home here because the
area in which I live in Schleswig Holstein reminds me of my childhood days when living
on the edge of the

Hempstead Plains. I was born in Hicksville, lived on the line between Hicksville and East
Meadow from 1940 until l944, then in Plainview until 1953.
I was devastated when my family moved to East Hampton in 1953 and then to Waterloo
in "Upstate NY " in 1959 just before I left for Hamburg Germany on a fellowship. For
me, the Hicksville area is "Heimat", a German word that denotes the relationship of a
human being toward a certain spatial social unit. It is often expressed with such terms as
home or homeland, but it has been alleged that the word has no English equivalent.
Hicksville does equate to Heimat!!!
My Great Great (GG) Grandparents, the Steers, settled in Plainedge in the 1840s; GG
Grandparents, the Rowehl, in East Meadow in the 1850s and GG Grandparents, the
Wetterau in Hicksville in 1867.
My Grandpa Wetterau had Miss Farley as a teacher when he attended Nicholai Street
School. Both my parents attended Hicksville High for awhile. My father and his sister
were driven to Hicksville by taxi for a year or two from North Massapequa before being
sent on to Hempstead. My Dad had a Mr. Horne as a biology teacher and received an
achievement medal from him. Mr Horne was my science teacher in the 7th grade. I could
go on and on. But I will spare you that. Thanks again HenryAlice Cobb Hirsch

I recently discovered Hicksville Patch in the internetNotices concerning the vote on the
Hicksville School Budget 2017-18 and it immediately caught my attention. Nearly 135
million dollars!!!! Several weeks ago my younger brother found copies of documents
that our Grandfather Wetterau had made before presenting them to Mr. Evans for
inclusion in the Gregory Museum. According to these notes, his own grandfather, George
William Wetterau, had come to Hicksville in 1867, established a bakery on the corner of
Broadway and Cherry Street and helped establish the first school in Hicksville. In 1885-
1886, Daniel Wetterau, son of George William, was school tax collector. The school
budget for that year was $ 913.70 and the tax rate was 70 cents per $100 of assessed
value.

Dear HixNews...Not looking for Thomas Brennan anymore. I have reason to believe he is
deceased. Thanks for the listing...Walter Scauzillo
Editor notefound some information after a little research

Thomas Brennan
Name:

Last Residence: 11801 Hicksville, Nassau, New York, USA

BORN: 28 Jul 1949
Died: 31 Jan 1986
State (Year) SSN issued: New York (1965-1966)

So, Hicksville Class of 67, your 50th Reunion is shaping up for the weekend of
October 13 to October 15, 2017. So far we have about 100 paid for attendees. It will
be a Gala weekend with Friday afternoon walk at Jones Beach, Saturday tour of the
High School, Home Coming Game and Banquet. The banquet (held at the Joseph
Barry Knights of Columbus, 45 Heitz Place, Hicksville). It will have a cocktail hour
followed by a buffet meal with a variety of hot chafing dishes, carving station, pasta
& salads (there will be something to please herbivores, carnivores and pescetarians),
as well as, an open bar (soda, beer, wine and alcohol).
Check Facebook Class of '67 Reunion page.
[https://www.facebook.com/events/1023523544362415/ ].
For a copy of the flyer IM me or Mark Virgilio your email address.
And dont forget the reunion website

The Hawk versus the Squirrel

https://biggeekdad.com/2014/02/hawk-vs-squirrel/

Dolphins Fishing
https://biggeekdad.com/2017/05/dolphins-fishing/

A great look back at Brooklyn

http://www.screanews.us/NewYork/BrooklynOld.htm

Rockin & Rollin

https://biggeekdad.com/2017/05/rockin-and-rollin/

L.A. Shag
https://biggeekdad.com/2017/05/want-dime-back/

Super Water Slide

https://biggeekdad.com/2017/05/the-royal-flush/
Adorable Cute Puppies
https://biggeekdad.com/2017/04/adorable-cute-puppies/

Not dumbtotally freakin stupid and its hard to believe they are
American and they were schooled in this country!!!
https://biggeekdad.com/2017/04/dumb-americans/

George Carlin
https://biggeekdad.com/2014/04/modern-euphemisms/

An incredible guitar sound from Glen Campbell

https://biggeekdad.com/2016/04/william-tell-overture-glen-
campbell/

The Magic Door

https://biggeekdad.com/2015/05/the-magic-door/

Beautiful Tulips
https://biggeekdad.com/2017/04/beautiful-blooming-tulips/

On this day 47 years ago, May 5th, 1970, I returned from Vietnam. We
landed and arrived at Fort Lewis, Washington under protest, unaware of what had
happened at Kent State University. The welcome home was not what we were expecting,
to say the least. My arrival at Kennedy Airport was no better. After all the years that have
gone, by this day will always be a sad memoryDan Rysanek 1967

Thank you for your service ( I know its not enough, but its the least I can say). It was a
terrible time for those of you coming home. I remember someone on my block was
coming home and my father (a WWII Vet) thought it would be a nice gesture for
everyone to hang out a flag to welcome him home. Very few homeowners actually went
along with the suggestion. It was so sadLynne Lombardi 1971

Wow, thanks for

sharing, and bringing to light your personal experience. It may have taken a long time but
we all know now the incredible sacrifice every Vietnam veteran made. Thank you
Steve Declemente

My dad told me then we should thank and honor our soldiers no

matter what our political opinions are. Thank-you and welcome home.
Tom Maloney 1967

I was also flown to Fort Lewis, from VietnamSonny Maxon

A lot of years have passed, Sonny. Welcome Home. ...Dan

Same to you, 1968 for meSonny

Hyperlink to Teddy Smith Swedalla (263

Views)http://youtu.be/c5kz0y6HKQQ

Hyperlink to In Memoriam for Class of 1958 (322 Views)

http://youtu.be/LOr04v1RmNU

Hyperlink to Hicksville High Mega Reunions 2000 & 2007 (793 views)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXo7KBz3u7jaisFnbyAeyxQ

Hyperlink to HHS Class of 1960 In Memoriam (511 views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otu9UlULdus
The big car crash of the 1980s (252 views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4UjipNIn1Q

Hyperlink to A Short Tour of Bayside (44 Views)

http://youtu.be/CNFRpK2d4_k

Hyperlink to 1964 Fifty Year Photo Gallery Before Reunion (568 Views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYvmyVX7uks

Hyperlink to 2014 5 May Photo Gallery (560 Views)

http://youtu.be/xfvqC_wSXoo

Hyperlink to 1964 Popularity Poll (408 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQFVzTknlZ4

Hyperlink to Assault on the USS Liberty 8 June 1967 (282 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYjvOhuFr5g

I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag (98,656 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4sj4kUD5TA

Class of 1962 Fifty Year Reunion (800 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joyi_5uxlXE

Hicksville New York Then and Now (12,607 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jacJ_v0ceuU

HHS Class of 1963 Photo Gallery (992 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36PyCLGeeUU

Hicksville High School 1963 Fifty Year Reunion Preview (716 Views)
https://www.youtu be.com/watch?v=2fU5MjCjHCQ

Hicksville High School Class of 1971 Forty Five Year Reunion July 2016 (500 Views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uwOxEtcuVVQ&t=1783s

Hyperlink to Great Lakes Pensacola Bremerhaven Cyprus USS Liberty Skaggs Island (62 Views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mDr6-Bbn4_o
Hyperlink to Hicksville Military June 2015 (345 views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_26pgnSICM

Hyperlink to Las Vegas Surprise (48 views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPsUsGEOHA8

Hyperlink to HHS 1955 Multi Year & Fifty Year Reunions (201 Views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5pOS4jwFJ0

Hyperlink to In Memoriam Class of 1963 (388 Views)

http://youtu.be/xAekQO9tREw

Hyperlink to look at Buffalo Bob Casale early and in the Navy (99 Views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S77NTog-dbE

Hyperlink to Class of 1959 In Memoriam (317 Views)

http://youtu.be/LKWi_eOVAZM

Hyperlink to Hicksville High School Class of 1961 In Memoriam (376 views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAz5U17M9Xw

Hyperlink to Class of 1964 Before Reunion Collage (80 Views)

http://youtu.be/Y-HVOlhUc9w

Hyperlink to Class of 1964 In Memoriam (1080 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaATdDOTIRM

Hicksville High School, Hicksville, NY Class of 1961 Reunion 2004

(1,042 Views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bg_8jDaeEcg

Campaign to Rebuild the Fountain in Kennedy Park, Hicksville, New

York (174 Views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX_yiVnEDQc

Hyperlink to Forty Year Reunion Hicksville Class of 1965 (644 Views)

http://youtu.be/2Xf3MXcEXRQ
Berryman Lane (166 Views)
http://youtu.be/2wQGg1NPhrQ

Robert Casale U.S. Navy career in Pictures (213 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qh4Lo3EfnTU

Charlie Brown & Franz Stigler (1,546 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rfncbMMu-Q

Down Memory Lane Class of 1962 Reunion Preview (503 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQxdTsQHjiI

Mini Photo Tour of Australia (435 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igu3etBR-
jM&list=UUhyjVpoo4kFmGntWgvnBkWw

Hyperlink to Class of 1962 In Memoriam (494 views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWQoCRMn9ms

1963 Hicksville High School Fifty Year Reunion Preview (82 views)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiZKQMzoYi0

Hyperlink to 1963 Fifty Year reunion (30 Views)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_iSqm9XxYw

Answer to the Brainteaser!!!

The Police didn't tell the man where the crime scene
was, but the man knew.