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All of us that grew up in the 1950's remember St. John's Protectory. Many children in Hicksville found the old church a great place to explore and my friend Connie and I were no different, as curious 12 year olds this was great fun. On one such outing we discovered old pictures of the orphanage children and being children ourselves didn't see the importance of saving some Hicksville history, today I wish we had.
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You might have loved them as I did or hated them, but here it is the 1965 Junior & Senior High lunch menu. It will either bring back fond memories or waves of nausea.
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Some Notable Events of 1958
(Seems like just yesterday to some of us)
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I also remember Dugan's and Entemann's delivering bread and cakes to the house. The Bookmobile also toured the neighborhood twice a month. Also, the water retention basin for the Allied Homes always had just enough water in the winter to skate on.The little blurb and link stating that The Hicksville Newsletter was worth some money must have been a joke. When Pat and I started we refused advertising and always hoped The Newsletter would turn out just as it has. Thanks to everyone that works so hard every month to get it out on deadline.
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RAMBLINGS
By Pat (Koziuk) Driscoll, '56
With the price of gas well over $4.00 a gallon, my memory goes back to my childhood days. Not every family had a car and it was very unusual to have 2 cars in a family. So the merchants came to the customers.
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Enjoy these memories.
BROOKLYN
1. The subway, bus and the trolley were only a thin dime to ride, and if you are really old, you'll remember a nickel a ride.
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The first baseball game I ever attended was in the early 1950's. Miss Cunningham, the Jr. High gym teacher, took a group of us to a Dodgers ball game in Brooklyn as a reward for something. There was a rain delay and the most exciting part of the game was watching the grounds men put on and then remove the tarps. When I got home my father, a big Dodgers fan, asked how I liked the game. I told him it was boring to which he replied, "You just saw Carl Erskine pitch a no-hitter!"
Pat Koziuk Driscoll, '56
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My thanks to the editors for creating a great newsletter, I look forward to reading it each month. This is a little before our time, but interesting Hicksville history...
Regards, Ann Grunewald , '59
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The Nassau Farmer's Market opened in l954 on Hicksville Road on the present site of Waldbaums, Hicksville Road. The 600 foot long shed-like building had 400 stalls selling everything from produce to clothing and furniture. The merry-go-round was a big attraction for the children as was a small movie theater. Fond memories still remain among the residents who remember the fresh vegetables, fruit and bread on Friday and Saturdays. Strolling the stalls in the evening became a night out for the family. Unfortunately, a suspicious fire destroyed the entire market in l987. A shopping mall was proposed and built the following year.
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Sit back and enjoy a review of 50 years of history in less than 3 minutes! Thanks to Billy Joel and some guy from the University of Chicago with a lot of spare time and Google. The older you are, the more pictures you will recognize. Anyone over age 65 should remember over 90% of what they see. But it's great at any age. http://yeli.us/Flash/Fire.html
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A stroll down memory lane...
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1908 - One Hundred Years Ago
Complied from THE PEOPLE'S CHRONOLOGY
By James Trager
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