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HICKSVILLE TIDBITS SEPTEMBER 2009

Need Help With This One

Chris Andersen, class of 1967, snail mailed me a collage picture that someone had presented to him. Chris was pretty sure it was in my era, so wanted me to identify some of the students. I looked at the picture and saw a photo that showed people I recognized. It was Bill Schrimpe, Dick Solby, Dick DiLeo and Fred Goldman. The boys were dressed in white tuxedos, so it had to be a Prom or a Ball. And they all were from the class of 1960.

The theme for the 1960 Senior Ball was "Enchanted Isle." The couples in attendance danced to the music of the Clem DeRosa Orchestra. In the picture that Chris sent, the band that was performing was called The Tempo's. There is a good chance that the picture was from the Junior Prom in 1959. I scanned and separated the photos to individual shots. Please take a look at the pictures and see if you can identify the event, and provide some history about the group The Tempo's.

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TRIVIA QUIZ SEPTEMBER 2009

Please write your answers down on a piece of paper and submit your correct total to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , and please include your name and year of graduation. The only prize for winning is bragging rights. The top ten scores will be posted in the October issue.

1. What famous document begins: "When in the course of human events..."?
2. What current branch of the U.S. military was a corps of only 50 soldiers when World War I broke out?
3. Who said: "I'm the president of the United States and I'm not going to eat any more broccoli"?
4. What so-called "war" spawned the dueling slogans "Better Dead Than RED" and "Better Red Than Dead" in the 1950's?
5. What president was shot while walking to California Governor Jerry Brown' office?
6. Who earned infamy for noting: "A billion dollars isn't worth what it used to be"?
7. What ethnic group was largely responsible for building most of the early railways in the U.S. West?
8. What former speaker of the U.S. House has a chair in peace studies named for him at the University of Ulster?
9. What was a gladiator armed with, in addition to a dagger and spear?
10. What future Soviet dictator was training to be a priest when he got turned on to Marxism?
11. What election year saw bumper stickers reading "Wallace, Wallace, Uber Alles"?
12. What 20th-century conflict was dubbed the "forgotten war" despite 54,246 U.S. deaths?
13. What single name is more commonly applied to Holy Roman Emperor Charles the Great?
14. Who saw the turtleneck he wore at cease-fire talks in Bosnia fetch $5,000 at auction?
15. What Alabama city saw state troopers attack Civil Rights marchers on Edmund Pettis Bridge?
16. What Texan ended up with one delegate after spending $12 million of his own money running for president in 1980?
17. What congressional award was Dr. Mary Edwards Walker the first woman to receive?
18. What modern vehicle was invented to circumvent trench warfare?
19. What California city did the last Pony Express ride end in?
20. What political system was gradually dismantled in South Africa, starting in 1989?