October 2007 : Volume 8 - Issue 1

Newsletter for the Alumni and Friends of
Hicksville High School Hicksville, New York

The Editors:
Buffalo Bob Casale '61	Linda (Piccerelli) Hayden '60
Pat (Koziuk) Driscoll '56	Bob (Gleason) Wesley '61

Contributing Editors: Bob Gillette & Walter Schmidt

Webmaster: Roger Whitaker

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WOW!

As we start our 8th year, we wish to thank all those who have contributed memories, stories and money to keep this newsletter going. We have grown from an email with about a dozen names into this web site and about 900 names on our mailing list and thousands of hits per month on the web site.

Our deepest gratitude,
HixNews Staff

For those wishing to send Bob Wesley a get well card, his mailing address is:

Robert Wesley
PO Box 393
Dannemora, NY 12929-0393

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• $3.00 BUD / COORS
• $4.00 CORONA / HEINEKEN
• $4.00 WINE & RACK DRINKS
• $5.00 & UP TOP SHELF & PREPARED DRINKS

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533 Beach 126th St, Far Rockaway, NY 11694, 718-945-4445

The view from the deck day and night

A Special Thanks To Our Contributors
We want to thank our alumni for their generous contributions. These funds help sustain HixNews.Com. It's hard to believe, but it's been more than two years since we established the HixNews Website.The monthly fees associated with this site to publish the Domain to the Web is an expense that's paid for from the donations that have been sent to us by our alumni & readers. Additionally, some of the funds are also used to offset computer related expenses and supplies.If anyone is interested in the specific expenses, please ask, and we'll gladly provide that information.

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If you'd care make a donation, please make check payable to Robert Casale and mail to:
Bob Casale
195 Lauman Lane
Hicksville, NY 11801-6522

The Newsletter

Love the newsletters; I send the web site to anyone that I know I hope they did get on your mailing list.

Thank You
Cheryl Woods Newell

I've been curious for many years about the whereabouts of Richie McKenna. I heard that he became a high school coach in the mid west. That is all I know. If anyone knows what happened to him let me know.

I just finished writing and illustrating a children's book called "Opa's Treasure Chest" that will be advertised on Amazon.com in about two weeks. My publisher is BookSurge Publishing. Here is my web page. www.didley-squat.com

Walter (Butch) Allan

Marilyn Zeiher Reinhardt attended both the 20th and 25th Reunions for the class of 1958. Marilyn was involved with the reunion committee on both occasions and she somehow forgot to retrieve her yearbook circulating amongst members of the committee. Marilyn is not sure if it was the 20th or 25th reunion when the yearbook disappeared. If anyone inadvertently wound up with her yearbook, please mail it to:

Marilyn Reinhardt
1 Anchorage Way
Freeport, NY 11520

Thanks
Bob Casale

Hi Bob,

Here is a flyer for a show I will be doing on October 12th Hope some of my old friends will show up. Since I was a Senior Idol Finalist I have been performing around the Island and now we are starting to do some Luncheons that people really seem to enjoy. Hope I see some old friends. Ann Fisher (Colascione) 61' This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Senior Diva Lunch and Show

$27.00 per person (gratuities included)
Great Entertainment Great Food
Friday, October 12, 2007 12 pm to 3 pm
La Bella Palermo90 West Main Street
Babylon, New York 11705
Reservations call 516-937-1705
Seating is limited - Call early

The other entertainers are the NY State Idol winner for 2006, LeeAnn Brill and a wonderful comic songwriter Lois Morton.

LeeAnn Brill and me (Ann Fisher) Lois Morton and me (Ann Fisher) Antoinette Colascione Fisher, class of '61

I came across this site while looking for information regarding any upcoming reunions. I have enjoyed reading this publication tremendously. It brings back great memories of Hicksville. I really never participated in any school activities; I guess you could say "I just did my time." My loss, I'm sure. My name is Bill Claudy from the class of 1973. My grammar school was Dutch Lane; oddly enough it was not on Dutch Lane. My birthday is 9/28. I live up near Cooperstown (Baseball Hall of Fame) New York.I've read about the induction of Joe Ryan. Mr. Ryan used to pick me up hitching to school in the mornings in his Benz. He also worked as a cop at Jones Beach and had me dump out many a cold beer on the beach. Above all he was a teacher deserving of this induction.

Best Wishes Joe. Thanks again for the newsletter.....
Bill Claudy

Hi!

June (Fyfe) Gatten,'64 just sent me your newsletter. I had no idea that there was one. I would love to receive it in my e-mail. My name is Gail (Di Leo) Cuoco, class of '64. I lived at 1 East Street in Hicksville while growing up. My birthday is March 31st. I am widowed; late husband Giovanni died in 2000. I have one son Tony and a daughter-in-law Allie. I taught HS English for 34 years before retiring. I live in North Babylon, NY, and am in touch with Tom Larkin '64, who lives in California, Kathy (Jacobs) Curtin '64, who lives in South Carolina, and June (Fyfe) Gatten, who lives in Florida. I would love to hear more from and about my former classmates. It is a wonderful thing that you are doing. I hope to receive the next newsletter.

Thanks.
Gail (Di Leo) Cuoco

The article on Nunley's brought back memories. In January of 1952 while home on leave from the Navy , I met the girl who was to become my wife. She was a Senior at Baldwin High School. We were married June 28th 1953. We lived a few blocks from Nunley's. Our son and daughter had a great time at Nunley's. I don't know if they still do it, but the kids would try and grab a ring as they went around. If they got a brass one, they were really excited, that meant they could stay on for a free ride.

FOND MEMORIES!

WAS THAT OVER 50 YEARS AGO?

Art Lembke, '49.

Many thanks for your efforts in producing the newsletter and the inevitable stroll down memory lane. I read your letter with interest but with little hope of reading news from old friends because I am of the age of the dinosaur (1937 grad). But your August issue furnished a ray of hope when I saw the name Sam Levitt in your Memory Lane section. I knew the Levitt family including Ben, the father. My parents used his harness shop to fill their leather needs. Unfortunately the article contained no internet link, so I have no way of contacting him directly. Perhaps one of your staff could call him and let him know I responded to his article. In my search for a link I also came across another name I recognize, one of your committee members, that of Erik Boos. I don't know Erik but the Boos name is very familiar since I used to work on a farm operated by a member of the Boos family.A few months back I corresponded with Bob Casale which resulted in my mailing to him, the class photo of my wife's (Sophie Teresko) 1938 graduating class. I would appreciate knowing if it was received. In our telephone conversation Bob learned that I was a career soldier and suggested I submit an article including WWII experiences. I have never followed up because I
believe there are too few readers (perhaps none), from that period to generate interest. Any advice????
Fred Fluckiger[ED. NOTE: We did receive a photo of 1937 graduating class, which we published a few months ago. The photo of the 1938 Senior Class Trip was received by Bob Casale but is too large to scan without cutting into smaller sections.]

To Whom It May Concern,My name is Cathy Rowan, I graduated in 1975 and I hope that someone can help me. I have lost my year book and was wondering if there is anywhere, where I can get a copy of this, and I have also lost my high school diploma and would love to get a copy of this. Please let me know if you can help me.

Sincerely,
Cathy Rowan

Hello,

I graduated in 1958, I now live in Ocala, Florida with my wife Moryha. I was relocated with Grumman to Charleston, So. Carolina for 12 years then retired to the community of Oak Run in Florida. My wife and I got involved with the Way Off Broadway group, they put on plays in our community, I'm not actor, I help to build scenery. After comparing notes with other members of the group, I was surprised to find another woman who graduated from Hicksville High School. Sandy Wolf gave me the website, it was a treat to see both my brother Bob and Guy's pictures. Guy was a member of the Continentals, he is second from the left. We have passed along the information to both Guy and Bob. I also had another brother Roy, he passed away last year from complications of a stroke. My mother still lives in the house where I grew up. I really enjoyed looking at all the information.

Thanks for a great job.
Harold Kasten

I am Ellen "Sandy" Wolfe. I was Sandy Sandler, also known as Sandy Berkowitz. I am retired and living with my husband Jerry in Ocala, FL. We have 3 grown sons and 7 grandchildren. D.O.B. 2/18; Anniversary date is 11/23. Jerry and I are both retired from the N.Y. C. Board of Education. I would love to hear from anyone who might remember me.

Thank you,
Sandy Wolfegerald & Ellen Wolfe, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Hi guys!

Opa's Treasure Chest is now published! A children's book (ages 3-8) for adults. Two years of illustrating and writing, not to mention all the editing that went into it. Opa's Treasure Chest is a metaphor of life's choices.Attached is a pdf file of the cover and can be purchased on www.BookSurge.com , www.Amazon.com and www.Abebooks.com . In case you can't find it by title or author, use the ISBN 978-1-4196-7267-5. I know all you Opa's, Oma's, Granny's, and Gramps would love to read this to your GC's.

What's in your treasure chest?
Walter (Butch) Allan, 1960 (TX)

This is Chuck McDonald's brief bio; entered into this world on April 14th 1951.I would have been part of the 69 class but being the genius I am, departed to shoe horses! Then went off to serve our country for four years; yes, got a GED and some college! I own a remodeling business in Maryland and we live about six miles from Washington DC. On my 3rd wife and we just celebrated our 9th anniversary. "Yea, third was the charm." My wife's name is Zhang Mei Quio. I have one child from my 2nd marriage and his name is James. I have a great life, good health and super family, I could not ask for more!

Charles McDonald
INEX Construction, Inc.
MHIC 43551 DC PERMIT 4810 VA 2705065412
WWW.INEX.USA referral is the finest compliment. If you know anyone who would like information about remodeling their kitchen or bathroom, I will be happy to assist them.

Photo Gallery

Pictures from the Class of '67's 20th Reunion

Reunions

PEOPLE LOOKIN' FOR PEOPLE

• Robert Uhlich,'57 is looking for Richard Cabble,'59, Larry Knieter and Robert Hilderbrand
• Ralph Powell, 57 is looking for James Bruce,'57
• Arline Barna,'56 is looking for Edward H. Kasten,'56
• Bob Gerrets,'66 is looking for Belle Miller,'66
• Pat (Thompson) Dumas,'75 is looking for Crystal Demas,'75
• Karen Kelly,'69 is looking for Fran Barber,'69
• John Connelly is looking for Jennifer James,'90
• Bob (Gleason) Wesley,'61 is looking for Jeff Foster,'61
• Carol (Kiever) Ohliger,'57 is looking for Betty Kenny,'57
• Linda (Zuckerman) Rausch,'60 is looking for Richie Bizzaro,'60
• Susan Spector,'62 is looking for Loretta Noce,'62
• Ann (Krex) Friedman,'65 is looking for Laura Krakoff,'65 & Lynne Cohen,'65
• Mike Linihan,'65 is looking for Terry Sheehan,'64 & Charles Dohrenwend,'65
• Beth (Halper) McFall,'65 is looking for Judith Lapiner,'65
• Ron Smith,'73 is looking for Peggy Levins (69-70), Bonnie Fuchs'73, Denise Bonsang,'73 & Paul Cecery,'73
• Marty Winkel,'62 is looking for Cathy Sorrentino,'64
• Frank Scarangella,'55 is looking for Jim Tweedle
• Mike Cucci,'64 is looking for Phil Hearon,'64
• Cheryl (Woods) Newell,'69 is looking for Penny Thompson,'69
• Walter (Butch) Allen, '60 is looking for Richie McKenna

If there's someone you're looking for, just send your request and we'll be happy to add it to the list.

If anyone knows these folks, send an email to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Birthdays and Anniversaries

Birthdays

• Newsletter 2000
• 1: Marty Silverman, 1959; Sherry Resnick, 1968 (FL)
• 4: Jeannette (Beauregard) Wiesenhahn, 1957 (OH)
• 5: Beth (Reilly) Bianco, 1959; Dana (Hayden) Jackson, 1962
• 7: Ted Jeremenko, 1977 (L.I.)
• 10: Judy DeVincentis Morgan, 1958 (CO)
• 11: Carol Ann (Mack) Berry, 1963 (L.I.)
• 12: Fred Fluckiger, 1937; Naomi (Zuckerman) Conners, 1968 (CA)
• 13: Susan (Lipschutz) Epstein, 1957 (HX); Connie Baboukis, 1959 (NJ); Mary (Schaar) Jurgensen, 1967 (L.I.); Rosarie (Camer) De Guzman. 1981 (Philippines)
• 14: Nancy North-Park, 1961 (FL)
• 15: Chris (Oberlies) Henningsen, 1960 (NY)
• 17: Charles Henningsen, 1964 (NY/FL)
• 18: Barbara (Hoosack) Sarluco, 1968 (L.I.); Patrick Quinn, 1978 (NY)
• 19: Jim Thompson, 1961 (NY)
• 21: Dale Schultz, 1963 (VA); Shelley (Garb) London, 1968 (CA); Rich Delia, 1968 (HX)
• 22: Kathy Quinn, 1971
• 23: Roberta (Dictor) Frankel, 1958; Marianne (Carine) Ebbitt) Hoerner, 1968 (NV)
• 24: Bill Hackman, 1966 (HX); Joanna (Capper) Osterman, 1974
• 25: Ginny (Elwood) Bowen, 1956 (GA); Judy (Topliffe) Brumit, 1965 (CA)
• 27: Nancy Barrow, 1972 (FL); Laura (Kramer) Tanner. 1972
• 29: Barbara (Leek) Favero, 1965 (FL); Jean Skvarich, 1973
• 30: Gary Nadell, 1965 (TX)
• 31: Doreen (Jakabek) Wittig, 1965 (FL); Sandi (Olsen) Trenka, 55 (CO)
• 9/28: Bill Claudy, 73 (NY) Belated

Anniversaries

• 10/4/1958: Ruth (Olsen) and Den Collins, (L.I.)
• 10/5/1980: Elliot and Gloria Gorlin (NV)
• 10/6/????: Suzanne and Philip Chester (CT)
• 10/8/1972: Patricia (Pezzotti) and Bruce Vantine (VA)
• 10/9/1982: Judy (DeVincentis) and Larry Morgan (CO)
• 10/10/1970: Joe and Marie (Cummings) Milich (CA)
• 10/11/2003: Loretta (Lorenzo) and Dick Seibert (CA)
• 10/13/1963: Bonnie (Kiernan) and Bill Fogelberg (VA)
• 10/13/????: John and Marianne ((Carine) Ebbitt) Hoerner (NV)
• 10/14/1967: Janet (Stietz) and Anthony Masi
• 10/16/1966: Ron and Diane (Caputo) Palmer
• 10/18/1969: Roberta (Dictor) and Mel Frankel
• 10/22/1966: Cathleen (Ofenloch) and Dennis Gensinger
• 10/25/1947: B. Medard and Alice Mae Ofenloch (HX)
• 10/26/1963: Ronnie (Gilson) and Bob Birk (LI)

New Readers and Returns

New Readers

A Note From The Editors: To all, a hearty welcome to HixNews.Com. We hope you will all feel free to participate with memories and thoughts that you may have about Hicksville High, and your times growing up on the Island.

If you are a new member (or know of one), please send the name, year of graduation, date of birth, anniversary date, name of spouse, and the state where you live. Send it to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

• Cathy Bell, 1983 friend of HHS (MA)
• Lois Blanche, 1967 (AZ)
• Naomi (Zuckerman) Conners, 1968 (CA)
• Gail (Di Leo) Cuoco, 1964 (L.I.)
• Murry Dalaimo, 1959 (NV)
• Margaret (Hansen) Dyckman, 1966 (FL)
• June (Fyfe) Gatten, 1964 (FL)
• Patricia Hughes, 1967 (MD)
• Richie Humann, 1962 (HX)
• Harold Kasten, 1958 (FL)
• Frank Lombardi 1962 (HX)
• Shelley (Garb) London, 1968 (CA)
• Louise (Clark) Ramos, 1961 (L.I.)
• Bill Ramos, 1960 (L.I.)
• Cathy Rowan, 1975 (Germany)
• Olivia (Lepis) Schmidt, 1961 (L.I.)
• LeRoy Sluder, 1967 (MD)
• Gail (Cluxton) Sneyd, 1963 (HX)
• Tom Sneyd, 1963 (HX)
• Chuck McDonald, 1969 (MD)
• Bill Claudy 1973 (NY)

Returns

Returned Newsletters from September, 2007 announcement Remember the 3 strike rule: Three returns and your name will be removed from our mailing list. If you see your name listed below and still wish to be contacted by HixNews, please send a change of address to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Also, you may want to contact your ISP and advise them that HixNews is NOT SPAM.

• John Cole
• Bob & Dorothy Klewicki
• Liz (Munkel) Lester

Honoring our Veterans

Hello all from the Old Dominion, Virginia.

The purpose of this update is to let you know where the project stands and how we are fairing, getting the many names of those that have served, which turns out to probably be the long pole of this undertaking. As of September 1st, we have about 100 names for the honor roll; all the KIA have been accounted for and backed up by a second source. We are receiving about six names a month to add to the list and this is moving in the right direction; perhaps class reunions this fall will help add to the list.Please keep those cards and letters coming, we will add them to the list of names.

Very Respectfully,

Ken Strafer
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Fairfax, Virginia 22032

RVN Era Memorial Effort as Summer Ends
September 2007

The Vietnam Era Service project, now in its fifth month of longevity, is slowly moving beyond 100 names and service information. Included in this population are those that have been supplied by the Department of Defense and confirmed by other veterans' organization sources. We also have moved into another level with the VFW organization coming up on the network and communicating with the RVN Era memorial team. This is important for the project since they are local to Hicksville, know many names not included in our current list, and most importantly, will benefit from what we are doing by the Alumni honoring all that served during the Vietnam era. We have also expanded the ground rules to remind you if you lived in Hicksville and went to a private school, you should be on the plaque, though it is known that Hicksville High probably beat your sports teams more times than you would like to admit. But we did.If you know of anyone who might not be included or you aren't sure, please forward the name, branch of service and where they served during the Vietnam Era. Forward this information to your local new papers and let's get the word out and add more names to the plaque.

If you are a veteran who served during the period of February 1960 through April 1975, contact Ken Strafer at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. You do not have to have served in Vietnam but just during that time.

Plaque design

Walter Schmidt's October Column

Everything you really don't want to know about Agent Orange.

Agent Orange - One of the Six Major Herbicides Used In VietnamWar wounds are not always visible. Veterans from past wars and those now currently deployed are suffering and dying from invisible wounds and not always as a result of enemy fire. When you are wounded in combat, rightfully and with dignity, you are presented with a Purple Heart. Yet sadly, a similar honor is not available for those sickened or killed by the chemical bullets known as Agent Orange. "Bullets" for which decades can pass before the full extent of their damage becomes known.Our years from graduation are taking their toll. Yet it has been published (I'm still trying to "source" this) that those of us who served in Vietnam are dying at the same rate as those who did not serve in Vietnam, but are 25 years our senior. To put that in perspective, our fellow graduates who served in Vietnam and are now 60 are passing at the same rate as our fellow graduates who are 85 but were never in Vietnam.This I have sourced: of the 3,001,000-plus Veterans who served in Vietnam, less than 975,000 are alive today!How could this be? Two words -- Agent Orange.

--- Agent What?

The six different types of herbicide used by U.S. forces in Vietnam were identified by a code name referring to the color of the 4-inch band painted around the 55-gallon drum that contained the chemical.

These included Agents:

• Orange
• White
• Blue
• Purple
• Pink
• Green

--- How Much Was That?

--- When Was That?

--- Who Did That & Where?

The military use of herbicides in Vietnam began in 1961, was expanded during 1965 and 1966, and reached a peak from 1967 to 1969. Herbicides were used extensively in Vietnam by the U.S. Air Force's Operation RANCH HAND to defoliate inland hardwood forests, coastal mangrove forests, and cultivated land, by aerial spraying from C-123 cargo/transport aircraft and helicopters. Soldiers also sprayed herbicides on the ground to defoliate the perimeters of base camps and fire bases; this spraying was executed from the rear of trucks and from spray units mounted on the backs of soldiers on foot. Navy riverboats also sprayed herbicides along riverbanks. The purpose of spraying herbicides was to improve the ability to detect enemy base camps and enemy forces along lines of communication and infiltration routes. Spraying was also used to destroy the crops of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese. The code name for the overall herbicide program was TRAIL DUST. The code name RANCH HAND specifically referred to the C-123 herbicide spraying project.Agent Orange accounted for over 60% of the total herbicides disseminated over Vietnam (11.7 million gallons of a total 19.4 million gallons).Orange contained relatively high levels of an exceedingly poisonous substance known as "dioxin" or "TCDD" (2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin).

--- Chronologically

April 1961: an advisor to President Kennedy prepares a memo on Vietnam recommending nine specific courses of action, setting into motion a series of events which led to the decision to send Air Force C-123s to South Vietnam to spray herbicides. August 1961: The first defoliation test mission flown by a South Vietnamese Air Force H-34 helicopter equipped with a Helicopter Insecticide Dispersal Apparatus, Liquid (HIDAL) spray system and the first fixed-wing spray mission flown by a VNAF C-47.December 1961: The first shipment of chemicals left the docks at Oakland. January 1962: The first RANCH HAND defoliation mission, adjacent to a swath which a VNAF C-47 had sprayed with pink in December 1961. January 1971: RANCH HAND flew its last three C-123 sorties spraying a crop target in Ninh Thuan province.October 1971: The last U.S. helicopter herbicide operation was flown.

--- Again In Total

Between 1961 and 1971, the U.S. sprayed enough herbicides to cover 30,305 square miles or 23.8% of the total area of Vietnam. 19,395,369 total gallons sprayed by the U.S. between August 10, 1961 and October 31, 1971 equates to an average of 5,193 gallons per day for 3,735 days. That would be over a mile of gallon-milk-containers (laid side by side) used each day for over ten years!

--- The Bottom Line

The Department of Veterans Affairs recognizes a dozen illnesses, including Diabetes Type II, Prostate Cancer, Hodgkin's Disease, Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma, Respiratory Cancers, and Soft-tissue Sarcoma as Agent Orange related and being "service connected." And "new" problems continue to be reported, with several being considered for addition to the VA's recognized illness list. And even more than just "new" illnesses, recently from the Medical College of Georgia: veterans exposed to Agent Orange have a 48 percent increased risk of prostate cancer recurrence following surgery than their unexposed peers, and when the disease comes back, it seems more aggressive. Their study looked at 1,653 veterans who had prostate cancer surgery at Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in five cities between 1990 and 2006. Agent Orange contains the carcinogen, dioxin, which can be stored in body fat and is believed to make its way into the cell nucleus and work as a tumor promoter. In the past, relatively higher mortality rates have been found in chemical plant workers and farmers with prostate cancer who were exposed to dioxin. Yet most of the Vietnam-Theatre veterans (those who served "in-country") and most of the Vietnam-Blue Water veterans (those who served "within sight of land") are to this day unaware... While it goes without saying, it must be said. Every Vietnam Veteran should have a yearly physical along with certain simple tests that could easily lengthen or even save their life. Further, the surviving-spouse of a veteran who died of a "VA acknowledged service connectable" illness could be entitled to a significant, life-time, tax-free stipend.

Hicksville Trivia: during the summer of 63 and 64, just north of J. J. Newberry and South of the Plaza Star, in the old WHLI (?) radio booth, converted, you could find during the day at least one of a small crew of dedicated teenagers who would gladly sell you soft ice cream, by the cone, by the cup, and it has been said, to their friends by the mug brought with them. If memory serves one of those dedicated crew
was Bob "something," class of 1965. Another one was, well, yours truly. Walt Schmidt

Current Vets News

Veterans College Prep Program Cut by Feds -- The Thursday before Labor Day, as 30 Veterans were set to start college the day after Labor Day, the Veterans Upward Bound program director at Humboldt State College in California, at 3:30 p.m., received a FedEx message. The grant money for the Federally Funded Program that had existed for the last 33 years was gone. The program, which since 1973 has assisted more than 2,000 Veterans, was summarily canceled... by written notice just one day in advance. A program that not only provided transition from military life to civilian life, a program which helped Veterans adjust to life once again as a student, in preparation for a productive life. Yet, VA Secretary Nicholson Urges Congress Not to Increase Veterans Budget -- He asks lawmakers to resist adding more money. Says current budget is "fiscally responsible." At least Representative Phil Hare (IL-17) has introduced H.R. 2514, the "Assured Funding for Veterans Health Care Act," which would move the funding of veterans' health care from discretionary to mandatory funding (another article for another day).

Lest We Forget

Currently there are (at least) 4,577 Veterans of Modern Warfare who no longer will be "asking" our government for a dime . . . Till next month be well... and remember, "Let No Veteran Ever Stand Alone!"

Memory Lane

The following quiz originally appeared in Holly Horton's last email newsletter in August 2000, before the Mega Reunion.

Here are some brain burners:

1. Do you know where Hutners Dept store was located?
2. There were two bakeries on Broadway
3. The LIRR was not elevated
4. Broadway was only a two lane road no divider in the middle
5. Where was the Hudson Car Dealer located?
6. Where were the two previous locations of Goldman Bros?
7. Where was the Sweet shop located before it's present location?
8. There were two three hardware stores in Hicksville, name them .
9. Schiners Drug store, where was it located?
10. Where did Northern State Parkway end?
11. Kraft Jewelers, do you remember?
12. What was located where Robert Chevrolet is now?
13. Where was A & P grocery located?
14. Where was Bohack grocery store located and when they moved what moved into their location?

Ray Muller class of 55 HHS

In Memoria

Please remove my request to find Jeff Muller 1960. His brother Dick Muller informed me that Jeff Passed away in 1981. He had an inoperable brain tumor. Jeff and I were classmates and close friends from 3d grade till graduation. We were in cub scouts together, then sea scouts , then several after school activities. Jeff was a super fine individual who got along with everyone. Upon graduation he went to Hope College in Michigan. His son is presently a law student in Charleston SC.

Chris Polanski, 1960

In memory of: William Squire, class of '67, who passed in July of 06' from Agent Orange induced Lymphoma.

Other deaths from the class of 1967 are:

• Bob Capel
• Linda Hildebrandt Volo
• Bill Griffin
• David Green
• Carey Chalmers
• Bill Barrett
  

Pat,

I just read in your September Newsletter an article by Gwen Schaaf., wanting to know if the Newsletter mentioned her husband's passing. I can't remember if you did or not. Roy was in the class of 1950. We were every close buddies, went to the same church, caddied together at Bethpage Golf Course, played together on the Hicksville Worriors baseball team, which we started. I thought you might want to use this in your October Newsletter, I kept it in memory of my good buddy Roy. You get anymore info about Roy's passing from Gwen.ThanksDear Friends and familyThought you may like this, it was on our Home Owners district website.

Art Lembke