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

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The class of 1964 has vowed to have monthly reunions. Their first and most recent was held at the Holiday Inn, Plainview in July.  The attendance memorable with many New York area classmates attending. Click here to see the pictures in this month's photo gallery.

NOTE:  We have enough to hold the 50th reunion for the Class of 1965,  but would like to add many more. I have extended the sign up to August 28, 2015.Note also that the classmates.com site has NOTHING to do with the class of 1965 50th reunion.

HICKSVILLE VIETNAM WAR ERA MEMORIAL - PROJECT UPDATE

Donations reached $7,000 in July, an $800 gain over June.  We continue to gain on our needed goal of $25,000 to build and maintain the Memorial and the donation amount for July once again doubled over the previous month!  The donor base now totals 67 people, couples and organizations.                                  

Please remember, all donations are tax deductible.  A n alphabetical list of current donors, along with details you will need to mail in your donation, can be viewed in this month's MEMORIAL UPDATE in the Honoring Our Veterans section of the newsletter. 

One new entry to the Confirmed List of Names in July brings our new total to 1,897.  The Unconfirmed List remains unchanged.  We continue to need the help of all readers to fill in missing data on the Confirmed List and to help us qualify the names shown on the Unconfirmed List.

As in the past, when you visit this month's UPDATE, please remember that clicking on the two links near the bottom of the page will bring you to the complete Confirmed and Unconfirmed Lists of Names as of the end of July.  And, If you have any new information to send us, please email it to me at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

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

The Newsletter

Photo Gallery

The class of 1964 mini reunion held at the Holiday Inn Plainview in July, 2015

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Memory Lane

Hurricane Carol and Edna 1954

Hurricane Carol August 31, 1954

Carol, the first named Hurricane to impact the northeast arrived Tuesday, August 31, 1954.

Hurricane Edna September 11, 1954

10 days later another hurricane, Edna, struck on September 11th. Edna caused more localized damage including the Cape Cod area.

Casale's Corner

LONG ISLAND, NY

Long Island , NY is the largest island, by area, in the U.S. with a population of about 7.7 million in its 118 mile length from New York Harbor to its eastern terminus on the Atlantic Ocean at Montauk Point. It is about 28 miles in width from Long Island Sound on the north to the Atlantic Ocean on the south. Its western end includes the New York City boroughs of Queens and Brooklyn . When Long Island is defined it generally excludes the Queens and Brooklyn sections of New York City. Long Island's political divisions consist of Nassau and Suffolk Counties , 11 towns and 109 villages -- all with their own administrations. The area has had a historical past from the arrival of the first settlers. Here are some interesting photos and facts.

Long Island is the most populated island in the United States and the 17th most populated island in the world. Long Island is more populated than the entire country of Jamaica and of Ireland!

If Long Island was its own state, it would rank 12th in terms of population.

Robert Moses creation of a cars-only parkway system created the modern suburbs of Long Island and influenced a generation of engineers, architects and urban planners across the nation.

The North Shore is known for its large mansions, exclusive vacationing, and rich history of its affluent citizens and architecture. The South Shore hosts more entertainment and sports venues together with Atlantic Ocean beaches such as Jones Beach .

Together Nassau and Suffolk counties' nearly 180 fire agencies possess more fire trucks than New York City and Los Angeles County combined.

Suffolk County is the leading agricultural county in New York State based on the wholesale value of its farm products.

Fire Island got its name in the 17th century when it built fires to identify the coastline to the ships in the ocean.

After World War II, the Japanese were nationalized and able to fly to just 5 places in the country with Idlewild Airport (JFK International) being one, which is why Canon, Nikon and Olympus located their corporate offices there.

The Town of Hempstead with 800,000 residents is the largest township in the country, larger than Boston, San Francisco, and Baltimore.

The Nassau and Suffolk population is greater than 20 of 50 states.

Hicksville was the original home of Fudpucker World Airlines, the Worlds only steam powered Airline.

Long Island is the largest college "town" in the US with 175,000 students registered in 21 colleges.

Long Island has the highest level of volunteerism in the world.