Hicksville High School Hicksville, New York
| The Editors: | |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bob Casale '61 | Linda (Piccerelli) Hayden '60 |
| Pat (Koziuk) Driscoll '56 | Bob (Gleason) Wesley '61 |
To contact the editors, email
People Looking for People
We've taken a new approach to this section. It's been re-organized by Henry Lichtenstein as an online spreadsheet. Rather than publish the list here, it's now available below. If you have found the person you are looking for, please let the editors know so the name can be removed from the list. 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:
HixNews Subscribers Name & Class List
We have an organized online spreadsheet that presents our current membership: available below. If you wish to add, subtract, or modify an entry on this list, send an email to:
For information on the Class of '63 50th Reunion, please visit 63.hixreunion.com
Hicksville High School Reunion for the Classes of 1962 to 1969
Date: Sept. 28, 2013
Time: 5:30-11:30pm
Location: Hilton Garden Inn, 1575 Round Swamp Road, Plainview , NY 11803 * USA TEL 1+516-755-5552
Reception: 5:30-6:30pm * Hors D'oeurves & Drinks
Full Buffet Dinner * 7:00pm
Open Bar
High Energy Disc Jockey; Dancing; karaoke; Senior Limbo, etc.
Block of Rooms: $139 (regularly $165)
Tickets: $60.00/person (go to WePay.com for ticket purchase), $70.00 at the door
Pam Kurth-BakerAnyone who is interested, they can email me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .- I need Maiden/Last Name, First, Address, Phone, Email and Year they graduated.
- I will send a personal confirmation to each person who would like to attend.
- I need this information ASAP
Thank you!!
Pam Kurth-Baker, Class of 1965
Class of 1962 50th Reunion DVD Now Available!!!
The three day weekend of October 5, 2012 already seems like a long time ago, but I know those of you who attended treasure fond memories of the times we shared; the tour of good old HHS, the Friday night welcome get together, Saturday evening's dinner dance and Sunday's brunch . Although a number of months have passed, the work did not end for Bob Casale. Bob not only made the DVD of our past reunions that all of you who attended last October's event received but, out of the goodness of his heart, he has worked hard since then on a new DVD that combines our past with the fresh memories of our 50th, including contributed photos of each of our October events all set to the great music of our high school days. It runs about 50 minutes so you know he's packed a lot of memories into it!
I already have my copy and it's terrific!! I know each of you who attended and many of you who could not attend would love to have a copy too. To order one, please send Bob $5.00 in cash or check (just enough to cover his costs of making and mailing the DVD is all he's asking). If you feel like adding a few dollars to cover his time that would be great too. It takes him an hour and a half for him to make each copy and it took much longer to put the entire production together. Bob is from the Class of '61, but wanted to make sure we'd have these memories, just as he helps produce memories for us each month with HixNews. Please send your request with cash or a check to Bob at the following address and make sure to include your name, address, plus your phone number or email address in the event he has trouble reading your note:
Bob Casale
335 Patton Court
Martinez , GA 30907
Enjoy the DVD! I know you'll agree when you see it that IT'S PRICELESS!!!
Warm regards,
Joe Carfora
Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial - PROJECT UPDATE
Three new names were added to the current List of Names in April, for a new total of 1,812. We're pleased that even at this late date in the Project's time line, new names continue to be added by HixNews readers!
Gains continue to be made in completing information still missing for many of the people on our List, plus focus is being given to a second List of UNCONFIRMED Names that may qualify if we can confirm active duty service during the Vietnam War Era (February, 1961-April, 1975). This new list was initiated a few months back, so you can review them without having to scroll through the entire confirmed list of over 1,800 names. There are 144 names on this second list and so far only 8 of them have received final disposition. We expect to make faster progress on this list once a couple of researchers working in our behalf begin to tackle the National Archives in Washington, D.C. as a reference in attempting to qualify these names.
Please keep up your efforts to review both the Confirmed List of Names and the newer UNCONFIRMED List. Both are available via two website links located at the bottom of the full Project Update in the Honoring Our Veterans section of this newsletter. As a HixNews reader, you can continue to be of significant help with the data we are missing, by reviewing both of these lists. All missing data continues to be noted in red on the List of Names to make it easier for readers to pick up.
Last, as we celebrate Memorial Day on May 27th, please remember our Fallen Heroes from Hicksville.
On behalf of The Project Team,
Joe Carfora, HHS '62
Patricia Koziuk Driscoll, 1938 - 2009
Four years ago, May of 2009, Hicksville Newsletter, and the community lost a true friend who worked diligently on providing former alumni with much sought after nostalgia. Pat, who graduated Hicksville High in 1956, was affectionately known as an editor of the Hicksville Newsletter. She compiled most of the material that was included in each issue of HixNews and spent countless hours copying and pasting information on multiple pages.
HixNews started out as a two or three page email that was sent to some 100 or so readers. Eventually, it evolved into a multi-page newsletter that placed onto its own website and was supported with many special features. It was fortunate that Pat saw many of the changes that surfaced over the years.
Most probably never knew Pat was not in the best of health because she was never looking for sympathy or an "attaboy!" She didn't complain but just kept going like the energizer bunny. Pat shared time with her Florida pals shopping and fraternizing despite needing special consideration over the years. Pat spent most of her last year on oxygen 24/7.
She loved her portable transportation (a golf cart) that provided the mobility she lacked because of her dependence on oxygen. Her death created a void that exists today.
Pat's efforts brought many hours of joy to HixNews readers who waited patiently each month for tidbits of information. Pat, along with Linda Piccerelli Hayden, a 1960 graduate, were the pioneers of HixNews. They spent many hours scouring through emails from former students gathering information that was typed into an email and sent out the beginning of each month.
Pat was surrounded by family when she was summoned by a higher authority. This was not at all unusual because family was her life. She spent many hours enjoying those she loved most.
