October 2009 : Volume 10 - 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

To contact the editors, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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***Accessing The Hicksville Newsletter ***

We receive so many notes each month, like the following, about the newsletter - "I didn't receive the current newsletter!" Please remember that you don't have to receive the current newsletter announcement to access it. The newsletter is always available at http://hixnews.com. Because every issue is archived, you can read the April 2008 edition, the July 2007 edition, even the first edition issued as an email back in October of 2000. Simply go to http://hixnews.com You will be whisked to the current issue of the newsletter.
The only edition not available is next month's and we are diligently producing that edition. Access the current edition by clicking onto http://hixnews.com and bookmark that page or place it on your favorite's list.

PLEA FOR YEARBOOKS

We are asking that anyone with a yearbook they don't need, or if there is an extra one lying around, would you please donate it to the Hicksville Newsletter. As we edit documents that are received, we enjoy putting pictures of the graduating student at the end of the note. We have been scanning using available yearbooks. Buffalo Bob has 1960, 1961 and 1963.

Naturally, there are many pictures, other than the graduating alumni, i.e. Sports Shots, Various Clubs, Senior Play, Student Council and many others that we would like to put into the photo gallery. Please take a look at some of the shots in the current month photo gallery.

We would ask, too, that if you can, when you send a note to HixNews, attach a picture of yourself from graduation and a current one.

One final note: who out there would be willing to scan some documents from their yearbook to send to HixNews?

Thanks
The editors

Save this date: October 3,2009 for the Class of 1959 50th YEAR REUNION!

Place: The Holiday Inn at Islip Airport, 3845 Veterans Memorial Highway, Ronkonkoma, New York
Telephone: 631-585-9500
Fax: 631-585-9550
The Reunion Committee includes: Joyce and Mickey Anglim, Mike Anselmo, Joan Gabriel, Ghyll Owen Simoneschi, Carl Probst, Mike Sherin and Eileen Toscano. For information
write to Carl or Joyce. See http://59.hixreunion.com (and help find some missing alumni)

ANNOUNCING 40 YEAR REUNION CLASS OF 1969
When: October 10, 2009 from 7-11pm
Where: Holiday Inn, Plainview (215 Sunnyside Blvd, Plainview).
Cost: $118.00 per person.
Make checks payable to: 'Reunions of America' and write "Hicksville High School, Class of 1969" on the envelope as well as on the memo section of the check.
Mail To: P.O. Box 618, Melville, NY 11747-0618.
They also accept Visa or Mastercard. Ladies, please include your maiden name with your check.

Alumni can contact "Reunions of America at the following e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and include any addresses you might have for other alumni. Alumni can contact the committee at the following e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Committee members are Diana (D'Antuono) DePalma-Henne, Bill Henne, and Mary (Mansfield) Mollineaux. We are hosting a breakfast the next morning at the hotel's restaurant; a block of rooms are available for those who wish to stay overnight after the reunion.

Contact the Holiday Inn directly for reservations @ Tel: (516) 349-7400

*35th Reunion - Class of 1975* July 24, 2010 7 PM - ?
Where: Sheraton Long Island Hotel, Hauppauge, NY
Price: $75 per person; early bird rate of $67.50/pp by October 31, 2009
Send your payment (checks payable to HHSReunion75) to: POB #154, Kings Park, NY 11754

For more information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Or visit their web site at hhsreunion75.org

People Looking for People

As Of September 20, 2009

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.

Come see Tommy Sullivan in concert Sunday November 1st at 2 PM at the Hicksville Public Library on Jerusalem Avenue.

A Hicksville High School graduate, Tommy is a founding member of the original Johnny Maestro & the Brooklyn Bridge and an inaugural inductee to the Long Island Music Hall of Fame.

In the late sixties, Tommy started the first rock band in the U.S. Army (which included three other HHS classmates!) while serving in the West Point Band. Tommy has long ascribed his success in the music business to the excellent music education he received in the Hicksville Public School system... and is dedicating the show to the memory of Charles F. Gouse, who was the head Music Administrator in Hicksville for many years.

Friday's show will feature Tommy on keyboards, guitar and sax, and singing songs from the Bridge, fifties and sixties classics, an amazing Beatles tribute, even some jazz stylings and new original songs.

You'll also hear some inside stories about the many legendary performers he's worked with over the years.

Come join us in welcoming home Tommy Sullivan!

The Hicksville Public Library

MID LIFE CRISIS BAND
The Dynamic Sound of a "Band of Renown"
Featuring the Scintillating Voice of Anton Mure and
DAN CAVALUZZO- GUITAR/ VOCALS, LOU TOPLIN -DRUMS, NEAL PLATT - KEYBOARDS/VOCALS, TOM MOTYKA - LEAD GUITAR, ARTIE SCHWARTZ - BASS/VOCALS

Future Appearances:
SAT OCT 3rd CALLAHAN'S
SAT NOV 7th CALLAHAN'S
SAT DEC 5th CALLAHAN'S
Watch for other appearances