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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Donation results are now just above $9,000 toward our needed goal of $25,000 to build and maintain the Memorial. Donations from 82 individuals, couples and organizations make up this total. If each HixNews reader can contribute as little as $10, we will achieve our goal. Please remember, all donations are tax deductibile. An alphabetical list of donors through November, 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.

This month's UPDATE also summarizes the status of plans to finally erect and dedicate the Memorial in Hicksville!! We are also proud to officially add Bob Casale to our Project Team! Read more on this in the detailed UPDATE.

One new entry to the Confirmed List of Names in November brings our new total to 1,900 names! 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 detailed UPDATE in The Honoring Our Veterans section of HixNews, 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 November. 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..

Wishing each of you and your families Peace & Joy for the upcoming Holiday Season!!

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

Home of the Comets

Class of 1966 Fifty Year Reunion

Hello Hicksville High School Alumni,

The Class of 1966 is celebrating our 50th reunion the weekend of June 18, 2016.
From: 6:00-11:00pm
Cost: $50.00 per person Includes free valet parking

ANTUN'S CATERERS, 244 West Old Country Road, Hicksville , New York 11801
ANTUN'S CATERERSAppetizers FullDinner
Entertainment provided by Disc Jockey/Musician & Co-Founder of the Brooklyn Bridge, Tom Sullivan Class (class of 1963)
The Worst That Could Happen (1969) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ErNvnpMaE4

Contact Information:
Stephen Goldstein
Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Newsletter

Photo Gallery

The flowers below are all beautiful, each reminding the human eye of something else entirely.

Monkey Face Orchid (Dracula Simia)

Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis)

 Naked Man Orchid (Orchis Italica)

Hooker's Lips (Psychotria Elata)

Dancing Girls (Impatiens Bequaertii) 

Laughing Bumble Bee Orchid (Ophrys bomybliflora)

Swaddled Babies (Anguloa Uniflora)

Parrot Flower (Impatiens Psittacina)

Snap Dragon Seed Pod (Antirrhinum)

Flying Duck Orchid (Caleana Major)

An orchid that looks remarkably like a tiger

Happy Alien (Calceolaria Uniflora)

And his friends...

Angel Orchid (Habenaria Grandifloriformis)

Dove Orchid Or Holy Ghost Orchid (Peristeria Elata)

White Egret Orchid (Habenaria Radiata)

The Darth Vader (Aristolochia Salvadorensis)

An Orchid That Looks Like A Ballerina

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Memory Lane

Memories of Pearl Harbor

I was born 1 year after Pearl Harbor in Brooklyn though my family was living in Philadelphia . My mom wanted to be close to her mom when I was ready to join the world. The only memories I have are the pictures that portray the ferocity of the attack. When viewing the devastation, one marvels at the recovery we made and quite quickly. That was when Americans all pulled together and went to war at home working assembly lines that were pumping out war materials at an alarming rate.

Too bad that same camaraderie is not a part of our now daily lives.
Buffalo Bob Casale

Casale's Corner

Good Friends

"Good friends are like quilts! They age with you, yet never lose their warmth."

I have seen too many dear friends leave this world, too soon, before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it, if I choose to read, or play on the computer, until 4 AM, or sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 50's, 60's & 70's, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love, I will.

I will walk the beach, in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive into the waves, with abandon, if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.   

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And, eventually, I remember the important things.

Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody's beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength, and understanding, and compassion. A heart never broken, is pristine, and sterile and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don't question myself anymore. I've even earned the right to be wrong. So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be.

And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!