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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Save the date for The Glass Menagerie's upcoming concert!

Welcome This Chanukah Night
Saturday, December 8, at 8:00 p.m.

St. Joseph's Church in Greenwich Village
371 Sixth Avenue (2 blocks south of 8th St.)
New York, NY 10014
Tickets will be available at the door. Suggested donation: $20 ($15 seniors and students) 

Fifty Year Reunion for the Class of 1963

Elliot Gorlin has established a tentative date for the class of 1963 Fifty Year Reunion. It is the weekend of 11, 12, 13 in October 2013. He is looking at having the reunion at the Holiday Inn in Plainview. Elliot lives in Las Vegas and is looking for someone who lives on the island to become part of a reunion committee that is yet to be established. Anyone interested in assisting in this endeavor, please contact Elliot at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or send a note to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Nothing is cast in stone yet, so if there are suggestions on anyone's mind, please contact Elliot or me.

Thanks
Buffalo Bob Casale

Note that a website will be setup for the reunion at 63.hixreunion.com  - Webmaster

Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial - PROJECT UPDATE

Two names were added in October, bringing the current List of Names to a new total of 1,799.  Gains continue to be made in completing information still missing for many of the people on our List thanks to the continued interest shown in the Memorial by the readers of HixNews!  Please keep up your efforts to review the List of Names available via the website link located at the bottom of the full Project Update in the Honoring  Our Veterans section of this newsletter.

Most of our data work continues to center on filling in missing data for the names we already have.  As a HixNews reader, you can continue to be of significant help with the data we are missing, by reviewing the List of Names as noted above.  All missing data continues to be noted in red on the List of Names to make it easier for our readers to pick up.

While many of us have donated to the various relief funds for Hurricane Sandy, we hope none of you or your family members were significantly affected by its destruction.  We also want to take this opportunity to wish all of you a Happy and Healthy Holiday Season.  We will take a break for the Holidays and will not publish in the January 1 issue of HixNews, but intend to come back strong for the February 1 issue.

On behalf of The Project Team,
Joe Carfora, HHS '62

Merry Christmas

The Newsletter

Photo Gallery

Below are some Photos that need no explanation!!!

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Memory Lane

A Variety of Images

Casale's Corner

An old cowboy was riding his trusty horse followed by his faithful dog along an unfamiliar road.

The cowboy was enjoying the new scenery, when he suddenly remembered dying, and realized the dog beside him had been dead for years, as had his horse. Confused, he wondered what was happening, and where the trail was leading them.

After a while, they came to a high, white stone wall that looked like fine marble. At the top of a long hill, it was broken by a tall arch topped by a golden letter "H" that glowed in the sunlight.

Standing before it, he saw a magnificent gate in the arch that looked like mother-of-pearl, and the street that led to the gate looked like gold.

He rode toward the gate, and as he got closer, he saw a man at a desk to one side. Parched and tired out by his journey, he called out, 'Excuse me, where are we?'

'This is Heaven, sir,' the man answered.

'Wow! Would you happen to have some water?' the man asked.

'Of course, sir. Come right in, and I'll have some ice water brought right up.'

As the gate began to open, the cowboy asked, 'Can I bring my partners, too?'

'I'm sorry, sir, but we don't accept pets.'

The cowboy thought for a moment, then turned back to the road and continued riding, his dog trotting by his side.

After another long ride, at the top of another hill, he came to a dirt road leading through a ranch gate that looked as if it had never been closed. As he approached the gate, he saw a man inside, leaning against a tree and reading a book.

'Excuse me,' he called to the man. 'Do you have any water?'

'Sure, there's a pump right over there. Help yourself.'

'How about my friends here?' the traveler gestured to the dog and his horse.

'Of course! They look thirsty, too,' said the man.

The trio went through the gate, and sure enough, there was an old-fashioned hand pump with buckets beside it.

The traveler filled a cup and the buckets with wonderfully cool water and took a long drink, as did his horse and dog.

When they were full, he walked back to the man who was still standing by the tree. 'What do you call this place?' the traveler asked.

'This is Heaven,' he answered.

'That's confusing,' the traveler said. 'The man down the road said that was Heaven, too.'

'Oh, you mean the place with the glitzy, gold street and fake pearly gates? That's hell.'

'Doesn't it make you angry when they use your name like that?'

'Not at all. Actually, we're happy they screen out the folks who would leave their best friends behind.'

P.S. : You're welcome at my watering hole anytime.