Hicksville High School Hicksville, New York
| The Editors: | |
|---|---|
| Buffalo Bob Casale '61 | Linda (Piccerelli) Hayden '60 |
| Pat (Koziuk) Driscoll '56 | Bob (Gleason) Wesley '61 |
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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
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HICKSVILLE VIETNAM WAR ERA MEMORIAL - PROJECT UPDATE
January brought us one new donor and one new name to add to the Confirmed List of Names. However, total donations were at an all time low. I don't think the problem was Holiday spending, since last January we received $755 in new donations and passed the $10,000 milestone in total.
Total donations are now $17,942, about 72% of our $25,000 goal to build, place and maintain the Memorial.
With 171 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 deductible.
An alphabetical list of donors through January, 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.
The additional new name brings the The Confirmed List of Names to a new total of 1,911. When you visit this month's detailed UPDATE, please remember that clicking on the two links near the bottom of thepage will bring you to the complete Confirmed and Unconfirmed Lists of Names as of the end of January. And, If you have any new information to send us, please email it to me at
We sure hope the new year is off to a good start for each and every one of you!!
On behalf of the Project Team,
Joe Carfora, Project Coordinator, HHS 1962
Robert Edward Gleason Wesley, 1943-2010
Five years ago, February of 2010, was when the music stopped for Bob Wesley. An accomplished musician, Bob had a radio show in Dannemora, New York that aired weekly. Along with a co-host, Frank, the duo made music that the community really enjoyed. He loved music and travelled to local hospitals, nursing homes and assisted living facilities and performed for the residents free of charge.
His passing saddened many. Bob "partied hard" over the years and realized his activities would tell its toll eventually. He survived open heart surgery only to find himself spending time in the hospital for a string of illnesses that did eventually cut his life short, too short.
I remember fondly the time he travelled from Dannemora to Long Island to visit me. What would be the last time, this visit included us making a trip to New Jersey to visit with Linda Piccerelli who along with Pat Koziuk were the original editors of HixNews. Bob was instrumental in taking the Hicksville High Newsletter from ancient times into the new world. The website he established exists today and many can thank Bob for his vision of what future issues of the newsletter should be.
His daughter, Heather and granddaughter, Rebecca remember Bob as a warm, wonderful person who they miss every day.
Buffalo Bob Casale
Hicksville High School class of '67 Reunion is being planned. But this is the Big One: 50th Reunion. It will be at the Joseph Barry Knights of Columbus, Hicksville. We are starting early to give people time to make plans.
Click here to see the attached flyer for a description of what's in the offing for the weekend and the registration form.
We are asking people to register early and spread the word, Comets '67 to reunite again.
