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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Hicksville High School Class of 1984

Come join in celebrating our 30th Reunion. Let's Make some new memories with old friends or remember some old ones!!!Date: July 26, 2014

Where: The Melville Marriot, 1350 Walt Whitman Road, Melville NY 11747
Time: 7pm-Midnight
Cost: $125 per person
Included: A 5 hour open bar, Buffett dinner, DJ, lots of laughs and dancing.

Payments will be taken until July 1, 2014!
***A raffle drawing will be held for the first 100 people who purchase tickets!***
"2" winners will be chosen to receive their ticket price back!****
So be part of the raffle, get your payments in fast!
Payment options: checks or cash can be mailed or dropped off to either....

• Jemine DePrimo, 204 Alexander Ave, Nesconset NY 11767
• Donna Greiner-Fisher, 11 Dante Ave, Hicksville NY 11801

Last option PayPal payments can be made with link HERE.
For anyone wanting to make hotel reservations at the Marriot you can contact:
Ileen Milmam at (631) 673-4398
Room rates are $145.95 a night. A block of rooms are being held under "Hicksville class of 84 reunion" (Make sure to mention this)

*We could use some help by ALL......

We are trying to collect old photos. So if you have any to share please email them to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. and please send, also, to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Bob would love to help make a presentation concerning your reunion. Bob would also love to have pictures from the night of the reunion.Also, if you, or anyone you might know, has changed an address in the last 20 years, please email that info to same email address.And last: PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO ANYONE YOU SEE NOT ON FaceBook.

A HUGE TURN OUT WOULD BE WONDERFUL! We had over 450 at our 10 year; let's beat that!!! Feel free to share this event, for any other classes or those that wish to join us!Invites will also be mailed out....until then if you are mailing a payment in or PayPal...if you can mail or email us the below info when making payment.

If you would like to fill out a Biographical Sketch of your life, please send me a note. Buffalo Bob Casale from HixNews (that's the Hicksville Newsletter that is published each month at hixnews.com) will send you a printable form to fill out to send back to him. Your sketch will be included in the appropriate section of the newsletter.

Visit 64.hixreunion.com for details and reservations

Dear Buffalo Bob,

Last week I met with Bob McDevitt who heads up the Levittown Vietnam Memorial Plaque effort after learning he lived near me in Florida . What a coincidence! Bob shared their final plaque with me, which I'd appreciate having published in HixNews' July 1 issue.

Thanks to a member of their Project Team who read an issue of HixNews, you put me in touch with them to confirm three Levittown residents who were killed in action (KIA) that appear on our List of Confirmed Names, as they attended Hicksville High. Since their list of names includes the high school attended, you can see who they are by referring to the attached list Bob gave me.

I also shared our work with Bob. They will have the attached list turned into a plaque for presentation and display at the Levittown Historical Society Museum, but after hearing of our work may also consider a Memorial Stone to be displayed somewhere in Levittown. During the Vietnam War Era, Levittown had four high schools; Island Trees, Memorial, MacArthur and Division and a total of 37 people who paid the ultimate price in that war appear on the plaque to honor them. Bob told me that sometime after the baby boom generation, Levittown Memorial was closed, as the remaining three high schools are now sufficient to accommodate the current population.

Best regards,
Joe

Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial - PROJECT UPDATE

NEWS FLASH !!! Official IRS approval was received verbally in June for our not-for-profit (NFP) Fund Raising Account! As soon as we receive the formal letter from the IRS, we will open our bank account to begin receiving donations for construction of the Memorial.

Three new names were added in June for a new total of 1,886 names on the Confirmed List. Unfortunately, very little progress was made during the month on the Unconfirmed List of Names and we urgently need the help of the HixNews readership to verify whether or not the 186 people on this list qualify to be included in the Memorial and to continue to assist us in filling in still missing data from the Confirmed List of Names.

To view the complete report on the Memorial's progress, please see this month's update by clicking on the Honoring Our Veterans tab 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 June.

Please remember, if you have any new information to send us, my email address is This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

On behalf of the Project Team,
Joe Carfora, HHS 1962