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:
Robert Edward Gleason Wesley, 1943-2010
Four years ago, February of 2010, was when the music stopped for Bob Wesley. An accomplished musician, Bob had a radio show in Dannemora, New York that aired weekly.
Along with a co-host, Frank, the duo made music that the community really enjoyed. He loved music and traveled to local hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities and performed for the residents free of charge.
His passing saddened many. Bob "partied hard" over the years and realized his activities would tell its toll eventually. He survived open heart surgery only to find himself spending time in the hospital for a string of illnesses that did eventually cut his life short, too short.
I remember fondly the time he traveled from Dannemora to Long Island to visit me. What would be the last time, this visit included us making a trip to New Jersey to visit with Linda Piccerelli who along with Pat Koziuk were the original editors of HixNews. Bob was instrumental in taking the Hicksville High Newsletter from ancient times into the new world. The website he established exists today and many can thank Bob for his vision of what future issues of the newsletter should be.
His daughter, Heather and granddaughter, Rebecca remember Bob as a warm, wonderful person who they miss every day.
Buffalo Bob Casale
Hicksville High School Class of 1983 30 Year Reunion
Hey everyone!
I wanted to let you know that the Hicksville High Class of 83 is having our 30 Year Reunion in a few months, and we need to spread the word a bit. Would you be so kind as to mention this in your next newsletter? The contact email is
Alice Freeman Prota
Date: Saturday, March 22, 2014
Place: Holiday Inn, 215 Sunnyside Blvd., Plainview
Time: 6:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Buffet Dinner
Cost: $100.00 per person
Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial - PROJECT UPDATE
For the first time in a very long while, no new names were added in January, but progress continued on filling in needed data for the Confirmed List and making qualification decisions on the Unconfirmed List of Names. Our current total of names for the Confirmed List stands at 1,878 names.
Previously, we announced the inclusion of Reserve and National Guard members as part of the Memorial, provided they served during the Vietnam War Era and meet all other qualification requirements. We have already added a good number of these names to the Confirmed List, but if you previously submitted your name, or the name of a friend, who under the old rules was turned down and do not currently see that name on the Confirmed List, please help us by resubmitting it to me for reconsideration.
To see the full report on the Memorial's progress, please see this month's update by clicking on the Honoring Our Veterans page of this newsletter. Clicking on the two links near the bottom of the update will bring you to the complete Confirmed and Unconfirmed Lists of Names as of the end of January.
On behalf of the Project Team,
Joe Carfora, HHS '62
