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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HICKSVILLE VIETNAM WAR ERA MEMORIAL - PROJECT UPDATE

Three new donors in August brought in an additional $300, for a new total of $16,637. While the summer donations have been slow, this was a nice pickup from July. Total donations are now just under 67% of our $25,000 goal to build, place and maintain the Memorial.

With 156 donors, we have still received donations from less than 10% of the HixNews readership. So, if many of you who have yet to donate can spare as little as $10, we can easily achieve our goal. Please remember, all donations are tax deductibile.

An alphabetical list of donors through August, along with details you will need to mail your donation, can be viewed in this month's MEMORIAL UPDATE in the Honoring Our Veterans section of the newsletter.

One new name was added to The Confirmed List of Names in August, for a new total of 1,908 names. When you visit this month's detailed 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 June. 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..

We hope all of you will have a very enjoyable Labor Day Weekend.

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

The Newsletter

Photo Gallery

Katie Holmes (1999 and 2015)

Neil Patrick Harris (1993 and 2015)

Fran Drescher (1997 and 2015)

Helen Hunt (1995 and 2015)

Sarah Michelle Gellar (1997 and 2015)

Matt LeBlanc (1995 and 2015)

Tom Skerrit (1999 and 2015)

Heather Locklear (1996 and 2015)

Fred Savage (1990 and 2015)

 

Charlize Theron

 

Brad Pitt

 

Nicole Ritchie

 

Sandra Bullock

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Memory Lane

Coney Island

Casale's Corner

Passed along to Bob Cheeseman from a friend

While being a "Helicopter Crew Chief Instructor" at Fort Eustis ,  Virginia , I'd go to Washington DC , with a few buddies almost every weekend. We'd do the Smithsonian and other museums. On the way back to Ft. Eustis (125 miles), we'd often stop for something to eat.

One time, it was getting late. We landed in Falls Church , VA. We saw an old general store that was still open. We walked around on the old creaky floors looking for Frito's or something? I came across, an old wire frame post card holder. It was full of WWII post cards ... penny a piece!

I asked the guy, "How much do you want for the Post Cards?" He said, "A penny. They have been here ever since he was a kid." I counted them ... 300 plus. I gave him $4.00, and I got the rack, too.
             

In San Diego , I sold a bunch for $1.00 each. I still have a bunch to hand down.

I know some of you are too young to recall these posters and WWII, but they were a part of my life and others who are now "older than dirt".

These are great. Pass them along, especially to your older e-mail friends. I wonder whatever happened to this kind of thinking. I got a lump in my throat when I read this. I "grew up" thinking: patriotism, it is the AMERICAN way!

I am glad to see that somebody saved them. The statement at the end says it all! These were our parents. What in God's name have we let happen ? I guess we are the last generation to see, or even remember anything like these!

Whatever happened? 70 years of "progressive" education happened! Political correctness (or "re-education") happened.

Lack of God's name happened.

Lack of personal responsibility happened.

Lack of personal integrity and honesty happened.

Lack of respect and loyalty to our country happened.

Lack of being an American happened.

Did all of these things die along with common sense?

I for one am still proud to be an American! If you are too, pass this along, so others can show their pride. In English please!