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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Class of 1972,

Go to the Photo Gallery for a little flashback in time. Perhaps students other than those who responded may be able to close out the questions about those who are not identified.

The Editors

UPDATE - Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial Project

Four more names were added in May for a new total of 1,780.

As previously mentioned, we have concluded that the search for new names is nearly complete.  Our research is now centered on filling in missing data for the names we already have.  As a HixNews reader, you can still be of significant help to this effort by clicking on the list of names near the bottom of this month's UPDATE that appears in the Honoring Our Veterans section of the newsletter.  Please look the list over to see if we are still missing any Veterans you know of and also let us know if you have some of the data we are missing for names already on the list.

Our objective remains to not miss anyone who meets the qualifications and deserves to be included in the Memorial.  You can still help make this happen!! 

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

Eileen ScherzingerTHIS SUMMER 2012!
Class of 1977 35th. Year Reunion

Saturday August 4, 2012
Contact: Eileen Goldstein Scherzinger (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)

SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, October 6th, 2012
Class of 1962 50-Year Reunion
7PM -12AM  HOLIDAY INN, Plainview , N.Y.
Please be sure Karen Hubner Jenkins has your current e-mail address (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Our Reunion Website  62.hixreunion.com

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The Newsletter

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Photo Gallery

Class of 1972

Flashback to East Street School

Gary KillenTall fellow in the back is Paul Kirkpatrick. To the right of the teacher (cannot remember the teacher's name) is Pamela Rano.

Gayl Selkin-Gutman Isn't it funny that you don't remember your teacher's names?

Phyllis Quigley Greiner I used to know all them but not so many anymore ..

June Lauer Henley was that Mrs. Healy? 1st grade at East Street?

Gayl Selkin-Gutman Must be at least 3rd grade - considering the cursive examples above the blackboard. Nice to see a classmate's name, June.

June Lauer Henley Could that be Mrs. Miller? Although I remember having her for English.

Patricia Crabtree Hogue likes this.

Gayl Selkin-Gutman I used to think of him as a President Johnson look-alike (when I was in 2nd grade)

Phyllis Quigley Greiner I also thought so.

Gayl Selkin-Gutman Glad to know I'm not alone.

Gary Killen Teacher (??? anyone) and student is Barry Schwartz.

Gayl Selkin-Gutman Could it be Mrs. Seltz?

Gary Killen That's ringing a few bells.. Very well could be. Thanks Gayl.

Michael Fenn Looks like Mrs Seltz. I remember she used to wear this bright green and blue suit sometimes. Wow did that light up the room!

Iris Sluter I have such a different memory of Mrs. seltz and wasn't it Mrs. Seltzer??

Birthdays & Anniversaries

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Memory Lane

The year is 1910 One hundred and two years ago

What a difference a century makes! Here are some statistics for the Year 1910.

The average life expectancy for men was 47 years.

1910 Ford Model TFuel for this car was sold in drug stores only.

Only 14 percent of the homes had a bathtub.

Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.

There were only 8,000 cars and only 144 miles of paved roads.

The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.

The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!

The average US wage in 1910 was 22 cents per hour.

The average US worker made between $200 and $400 per year.

A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, A dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.

More than 95 percent of all births took place at HOME.

Ninety percent of all Doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION!

Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as 'substandard.'

Sugar cost four cents a pound.

Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.

Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.

Most women only washed their hair once a month, and used Borax or egg yolks for shampoo.

Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.

The Five leading causes of death were:

1. Pneumonia and influenza
2. Tuberculosis
3. Diarrhea
4. Heart disease
5. Stroke

The American flag had 45 stars.

The population of Las Vegas , Nevada , was only 30!

Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and iced tea hadn't been invented yet.

There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.

Two out of every 10 adults couldn't read or write and only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.

Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores.

Back then pharmacists said, 'Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind, regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health'.

Eighteen percent of households had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.

There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U. S. A. !

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Casale's Corner