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:
The editors have elected two new individuals into the Hicksville Newsletter Hall of Fame. Both have had marvelous careers and deserve recognition from all Hicksville Alumni. Thanks to all for their recommendations.
Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial - PROJECT UPDATE
One new name was added in September for a new total of 1,890 names on the Confirmed List.
For the latest update on where we stand with the IRS on approval of our Not-for-Profit status to open a bank account for donations, please see the full UPDATE by clicking on the Honoring Our Veterans page of this edition of HixNews.
While we received help in August from Jim Rubins, president of the Class of '67, in contacting the Veterans from his class who were still missing needed data to complete their Memorial listing, we made little to no progress in this area in September. If we can get other class presidents and/or reunion committees to provide us with contact information on the Veterans in their respective classes who are still missing data, we can get this task completed. At the same time, we still can use the help of the HixNews readership to verify whether or not the still unconfirmed people on this list qualify to be included in the Memorial and to help us fill in missing data on the Confirmed List also. Remember, every little bit of effort helps!!
Please remember that 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 September. And, If you have any new information to send us, please email it to me at
On behalf of the Project Team,
Joe Carfora, HHS 1962
Check out Casale's Corner this month. The editors have scanned and saved the Summer Edition of The Bulletin Board. This is a publication produced by the Hicksville Unified School District and has current news about what's happening in the community. Enjoy!!!
The editors
An interesting memory lane this month includes some great photos of past. Cheerleaders from years gone by. Go to Memory Lane and scroll down to view several years of the "oldies." The contrast is not incredible because the basic concept of cheerleading has not disappeared. The major change I see now is the tremendous amount of acrobatics that are used.
Enjoy
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A Tribute to Holly Horton
The untimely death of Holly Horton in 2000 saddened our hearts. She was a very spirited person who enjoyed life and enriched those she touched with unselfish commitment. Holly was instrumental in bringing Hicksville High School (HHS) together again just prior to a mega reunion, organized by Anton Mure and Rich Delia, that was attended by a wide variety of alumni, in September of 2000.
Holly authored a mailing list that she put onto a website. Her sometimes daily updates of names and addresses were eagerly anticipated by the growing list of alumni. Her emails were augmented by a collage of tidbits and trivia, a result of feedback from others. She put up special photographs that we all enjoyed and that effort united a wide bracket of HHS students. She did this because she wanted to give back special moments to others by providing a source that could be accessed by all of us.The only thing missing from that reunion was Holly herself who looked forward, with obvious anticipation, at the prospect of seeing some old friends and sharing remembrances of times past. It was several days prior to the reunion when an uncontrollable asthma attack ended her life; a tragedy in itself for a person who battled this malady all her life just to survive.
A fitting way to pay respect to Holly was to continue what she started. That challenge was accepted by Pat Koziuk Driscoll (Class of 1956) and Linda Piccerelli Hayden (Class of 1960). They did this out of respect for Holly but also because they see the enjoyment others realize from their effort. It's a way to introduce coming events; such as reunions for various classes. It's an avenue for contacting friends and sharing information that we all treasure. We have the capacity to put up pictures, at various web sites, for all of us to enjoy. In other words, the newsletter is a perfect vehicle for keeping people apprised of "what's happening!"
I want to personally say 'THANKS" to Pat and Linda for all that you do for me and for the alumni of Hicksville High School .
Buffalo Bob Casale 1961
Happy Birthday HixNews
We start our 14th year with the October issue. HixNews has come a long way since 2000 and the success is because of participation. It seems we begged so long for information from "you all"! The begging has ceased and the editors want to thank everyone for contributing information that piques the memories of many!
There have been disappointments where the editors have tried to implement an idea for a "special section" only to see it fail. Obviously, some of you have ideas for such a section. Please submit your ideas to
CLASS OF 1965 SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR
OCTOBER 2ND -3RD 2015
MORE TO COME IN THE MONTHS AHEAD
Send email or contact info to: Elin Fischman Lawrence
HELP NEEDED:
- Power point display of photos
- Computer/Facebook Set Up
- Memorabilia
- Set up of Memoriam Wall
