This Month's Featured Articles

May Day

by, Wendy Elkis Girnis, Class of 1977

May Day is a holiday that is celebrated internationally on May 1st. Similar to our Labor Day, May Day like Labor Day, honors workers and the struggles and contributions they have made to society.

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May 2025: Curtain Call for a Prayer

Introduction

If you attended public schools in Hicksville in the 1950s, you probably remember when the school day routine set aside time for prayer. You didn’t have to pray aloud, but if you chose to, the only prayer you could recite was the one written in 1951 by the State Board of Regents. This situation arose because prayer in public school – which had always happened – had become an increasingly contentious issue, and was repeatedly subjected to legal challenges, which often probed the interrelationships of the freedoms guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution.

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Etcetera for May 2025

Etcetera for May 2025

Notes from Readers

Below are comments we received from readers.  Remember, if you are signed in, you can leave a comment on an article.

* We All Scream for Ice Cream

From Scott Schutzman: "My favorite place for ice cream was Friendly's in High School. However, my parents like the Baskin-Robbins better because Jodi Ruderman worked there in high school and gave them super big portions." 

Peter Foster: "I remember the first Carvel that opened in the area. It was on the south side of Old Country Road just east of Eisenhower Park, formerly known as Salisbury Park. A small cone was 10 cents, and a large cone was 20 cents. As kids we all loved ice cream but when mom shopped, she was never able to bring any home. Elm Street was a relatively short walk to the A & P on Broadway in Hicksville and if the shopping was light, we pulled a wheeled home shopping cart to and from Broadway. If the shopping order was to be large, the trip was timed for dad to come with the car after work. At the time we were a one car family. To make matters worse, the refrigerator we had was a GE on 4 legs with a freezer that only held two ice cube trays that was the rage in 1941 when the house was built for mom and dad with no room to store ice cream. It is interesting to note that when I sold the house on Elm Street, that refrigerator was in the basement and still working in 2000."

       

Eugene Lewan:  "Peter, they sure knew how to build appliances to last back in the day. I remember the Carvel on Jerusalem Ave across from the Grand Union shopping center, and then a store front at the West Village Green. My dad was partial to the Flying Saucers. I also recall the commercials featuring founder Tom Carvel. Good Times."

 

Wendy Girnis: "I loved going to Friendly's or Carvel for Ice Cream.  At Friendly's, I always got the hot fudge sundae.  At Carvel, it was a chocolate soft serve cone with sprinkles, not jimmies. I liked the rainbow ones.  If we were bringing ice cream home from Carvel, it was the Flying Saucers." 

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Thank You!

Ted Urban of the Hicksville High School Alumni Association posted the following:

This was a page from the Hicksville High School senior scholar program for this year. I would like to extend my personal gratitude to every donor who contributed. I hope that next year's initiative will achieve even greater success. ONCE A COMET ALWAYS A COMET.

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Buttons, Buttons, Buttons

Mr. Don Larson is looking for a new home for show buttons from the 70's.  If you are interested, you can contact us at HixNews and we will put you in touch with Mr. Larson. 

 In Memoriam

Mike Heroy, Class of 1969, passed May 6,2025

Donna Weiss, Class of 1967

Scott Baird, Class of 1980