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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For information on the Class of '63 50th Reunion, please visit 63.hixreunion.com

Here's a Class of '63 Reunion update: We're very excited to let everyone know that we'll be adding 1 or 2 more events to the Class of 1963 50-Year Reunion schedule in the next few weeks and the reunion is turning into a weekend that will be remembered! All 1963 classmates and their guests are encouraged to send in their ticket order as soon as possible so the committee can get a better handle on the total number of gifts, premiums and prizes to order. Also by replying early, we can give our tour "hosts" some idea of the number of participants and we can get additional and better "perks" from the Plainview Holiday Inn.If you received a printed invitation in the mail, an order form and reply envelope was included. Don't wait. Send it back today! In addition to payment by check, payment can be made by credit card or through PayPal. If you received an email, there is a link to a downloadable order form that can be printed. There is also a link on the official reunion web site: http://63.hixreunion.com We would also like to clear up some confusion regarding the dates of our reunion. The "one and only" Class of 1963 50-Year Reunion is happening the weekend of October 11-13, 2013, with the main event scheduled on Saturday evening, October 12th. There are a few people on the social media sites talking about multi-class reunions, rock-n-roll reunions, etc. with dates ranging from June through September. Don't be confused. Our reunion is definitely a "go" and is "on."We look forward to seeing everyone in October!

Your Reunion Committee:

• Elliot Gorlin
• Tommy Sullivan
• Mike Ollins

PO Box 26004
Las Vegas, Nevada 89126
T (702) 375-7089
F (702) 314-8815
www.HHS1963.com

Hicksville High School Reunion for the Classes of 1962 to 1969

Date: Sept. 28, 2013
***** On July 17th. Pam reports that the event is cancelled due to lack of interest*****
Pam Kurth-Baker, Class of 1965

Hicksville Newsletter Hall of Fame

We, the editors, haven't paid too much attention to the Newsletter Hall of Fame. There have been no nominations for awhile and that is part of the reason for the neglect. Without little nudges from our readers, we tend to ignore that part of the newsletter. Plus our monthly tasks don't allow any of us to pay much attention to a much worthy area.

Peg Moldovak GillChris AndersenWe made a plea a month or so ago asking for a new editor amongst those subscribed to take over the task of administering the goings on regarding the Hall of Fame.

Peg Moldovak Gill & Chris Andersen from the class of 1967 have taken on the task as editors of the Hall of Fame.

Over the next several months, we will be creating a presentation that will list all those who have been elected into the Hicksville High School Hall of Fame. The list is being compiled and should be inclusive of all who were nominated and being enshrined into the high school Hall of Fame. All those recipients will automatically  be inducted into our Hall of Fame.

Should you want to make a nomination, please send a note to Peg at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the name or names of choice.

Thanks
The Editors

Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial - PROJECT UPDATE

GREAT NEWS!! Official site approval for the Memorial was gained in June from the Hicksville Public School Board! We are now off and running with fund raising plans! Look for the next issue of HixNews to learn how you can make a donation to enable this Project to become reality. No amount will be too small. In addition to open donations, a plan for a brick paver walkway is also being finalized that will enable interested individuals and businesses to donate engraved brick pavers to blend all the current Memorials together with the Vietnam Era Memorial, allowing each Memorial to serve on its own with distinction.Please see this month's complete update, by clicking on the Honoring Our Veterans page of this newsletter.

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

The Newsletter

Photo Gallery

The Law Of The Wild says kill ONLY when you are hungry

Photographer Michel Denis-Huot, who captured these amazing pictures on safari in Kenya's Masai Mara in October last year, said he was astounded by what he saw: "These three brothers (cheetahs) have been living together since they left their mother at about 18 months old,' he said. 'On the morning we saw them, they seemed not to be hungry, walking quickly but stopping sometimes to play together. 'At one point, they met a group of impala who ran away. But one youngster was not quick enough and the brothers caught it easily'." These extraordinary scenes followed.

and then they just walked away without hurting him..........

STREET GANGS IN CALGARY , ALBERTA

It's gangs like these that the people of Calgary have to put up with. A bit different from the problems in other cities. It proves that every City has their own "unique" gang problems. They roam the streets and yards night and day. They hang out in even the best neighborhoods...and you CANNOT (legally) stop them!

AREN'T THEY MAGNIFICENT !!??

AAAAAWWW!!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Memory Lane

F L A S H B A C K

From the October 2000 newsletter...

I don't know if they had a prize at the mega reunion for the person who traveled the farthest but Loretta Lorenzo Shields ('56) and husband, Andy, must be in the finals. All the way from California.

There are so many things to write about. Hicksville has changed a lot, not only in size but people. We have a section now called Little India, Broadway because of all the Indian shops and storeowners.

The Hicksville movie is now The Long Island Abundant Life Church.

The Mid Island Plaza is now called the Broadway Mall all closed in with a Sterns store replacing Gertz that now is Macy's!

The Westbury Drive-In is gone replaced with a Multi-plex indoor theater and BJ's Wholesale Club.

The High School is the same except there is no student parking lot anymore; they built an Administrative building there.

They used to place a chain across it so the students wouldn't leave during school time but we would drive our cars thru it and break the chain at lunchtime. We were called the "HOODS" back then because we turned our shirt collars up! We would drag race in front of the school...we had girls with checkered flags to start the race. I once blew my transmission of my car in front of the school racing?

One of my sad memories was that I was drafted into the Viet Nam war after High School in 1965 and a friend who also lived on 9th street (Dave Wilenski) was killed there in 1968.

Steve Diegelewski

From the June 2003 Newsletter...

Love reading the newsletter and have forwarded it to some coworkers who were unaware of it's existence. Also proud to say that Tony Toscano and myself, Eileen Walter Toscano will celebrate our 41st anniversary and our first granddaughter's 16th birthday on May 5th. Not bad for two "childhood Sweethearts." I often think of myself riding my bike alone mind you to the West Village Green to swim and "hang out", with no fear of being kidnapped or molested at age ten. How many of us would feel safe allowing our children or grandchildren to do that? Keep up the good work.

Eileen Toscano 1959

I went to see my brother yesterday who has lived in Hicksville for the last 2 years, had a little time, and drove thru town, very different from the old Hicksville. Movie theater is gone, just a gaping hole in the building (they were renovating), the old A&P in town where most of us worked after school is now small playhouse, & strangely a Reptile museum in the town, also drove by my old house, no kids playing in the street like we use to do, playing ball or something. Must be video games, Oh well that's all for now.

Bob Uhlich 1957

My mother was born in Hicksville in my grandparents' house on 10th Street . Her maiden name was Florence Strozak. Grandma and Grandpa built a new house on the corner of 9th and Jerusalem in 1925. It still stands today behind overgrown bushes! My mother would have graduated in the early 1930's but I am not sure if she graduated. She did go to NYC to a secretarial school, which was the custom of the time. After she retired to Florida from Nassau County Medical Center , she went on to work part time for a pediatrician in Inverness .
I was born in the front bedroom of that house, which now has the address of 298 Jerusalem Ave.

Pat Koziuk Driscoll 1956

My mother is Lucille (Keller) Kochersberger who graduated with the class of 1944. She was recently at a Grumman retiree function and another person gave us this email address to contact.

I would like to have the Hicksville HS news be sent to my Mother. Do you send out a USPS newsletter? Or is it an email newsletter? If you send out USPS, I will give you my mother's address. If it is an email newsletter, could you send it to me?

I appreciate your assistance. My mother would love to hear any news about Hicksville H.S. acquaintances and friends.

Sincerely,
Linda Kochersberger (Bethpage HS, 1971) for Lucille (Keller) Kochersberger class of 1944

Feature, by Bob Casale

(continued from last month)

I think that was the reason for Hicksville .... a place for nice people to congregate. The first several years we lived in Hicksville , I made the West Village Green my stomping ground. We would congregate near the deli that was on the corner of Barter Lane and Newbridge Road . I remember Bob's Esso gas station on the corner, too, because Bob was my dad's main mechanic.

Directly behind the deli was where the local police department had set up a phone to call the main desk. It was common for several police cars to be there at the same time. We would talk with the policemen all the time and some of us were known on a first name basis. Didn't know at the time if that was a good or bad thing.

Across Newbridge Road was one of the Hicksville water towers. I can remember looking up there one morning to see fresh writing. Someone had climbed to the top and wrote their name...surreptitious, of course.

Next to the deli was the barbershop and Joe, my friend, would always cut my hair. There were actually three buildings that made up the West Green. The center was a King Kullen store and it was there I had my first job. It was a strange job, too, because I spent most of my time in the basement sorting glass bottles that were returned. I would have to separate them into wooden boxes by vendor (i.e. Canada Dry, Cott, Hoffman, etc.). It was not recycling as we know it today, but it was recycling nonetheless, and that was 1958.

During the summer months, when I wasn't working in the "dungeon," I would spend my afternoons basking in the sunshine at the West Village Green Pool. It was so crowded there sometimes it was wall-to-wall people in the water. We would sometimes get on our bikes and pedal to the pool on Levittown Parkway hoping for less people. There were a lot of students from school that we recognized at both places.
We never socialized with them for various reasons...time...commitments...age difference.... gender difference.... but now we could. Many mini romances were started too...you know, puppy love.

My wife of 37 years, Joyce, was lucky. She had an aunt who used to drive them to the beach in Bayville. They would spend the hot summer days in the breezy sound of Long Island. There were others who wound up at Jones Beach or in Zachs Bay. That must have been nice.
At night, during the summer, we would go to Fork Lane School and just sit around talking. There were always several birthday parties that were scheduled for either a Friday or Saturday night and that would occupy our time.

As fall approached and school was beginning, life took on a different perspective. The casualness of summer, where few kids had a schedule, ended, and now everything was a commitment to time. We thought we had it tough. Becoming a parent later on sure changed my outlook on what is tough.

The Labor Day Fire Tournament signaled the end to our summer. It was a last big get together and so many of us gathered to watch our volunteer fire departments compete in various skills. It was a lot of fun, then, and many still enjoy the thrill years later.
Walking down the hallway the first couple of days was exciting. Many of us had fond memories of summer that we eagerly shared with friends we had not seen for months. The girls would talk about the special boy they met....the guys would talk about baseball and the upcoming football season. Priorities never change.

More to follow...

Casale's Corner

Something for seniors to do to keep those "aging" grey cells active!

1. Johnny's mother had three children. The first child was named April; the second child was named May. What was the third child's name?

2. There is a clerk at the butcher shop, he is five feet ten inches tall and he wears size 13 sneakers...What does he weigh?

3. Before Mt. Everest was discovered, ...what was the highest mountain in the world?

4. How much dirt is there in a hole ...that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

5. What word in the English Language ...is always spelled incorrectly?

6. Billy was born on December 28th, yet his birthday is always in the summer. ...How is this possible?

7. In California , you cannot take a picture of a man with a wooden leg. ...Why not?

8. What was the President 's Name...in 1975?

9. If you were running a race, ...and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

10. Which is correct to say,... "The yolk of the egg are white" or "The yolk of the egg is white"?

11. If a farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 haystacks in the other field, ....how many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in another field?

Impossibilities in the World

1) You can't count your hair.

2) You can't wash your eyes with soap.

3) You can't breathe through your nose when your tongue is out. (Sure you can!)

Put your tongue back in your mouth, you silly person.

Ten (10) Things I know about you.

1) You are reading this.

2) You are human.

3) You can't say the letter ''P'' without separating your lips.

4) You just attempted to do it.

6) You are laughing at yourself.

7) You have a smile on your face and you skipped No. 5.

8) You just checked to see if there is a No. 5.

9) You laugh at this because you are a fun loving person & everyone does it too.

10) You are probably going to send this to see who else falls for it.