Hicksville High School Hicksville, New York
| The Editors: | |
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| Buffalo Bob Casale '61 | Linda (Piccerelli) Hayden '60 |
| Pat (Koziuk) Driscoll '56 | Bob (Gleason) Wesley '61 |
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HICKSVILLE VIETNAM WAR ERA MEMORIAL - PROJECT UPDATE
One new and three repeat donors in June improved total donations by $170 to a new total of $18,902. After tax expenses last year, we have a total of $18,027 available to us, sufficient to build the Memorial, but not enough to maintain it after construction. Repeat donors have been very helpful, but we sure would like to see new alumni help in reaching our $25,000 total goal. Details on where to mail your donation check, continue to be shown in this month's Project Update, which appears in the Honoring Our Veterans tab of the newsletter.
In this month's Update, you will also see a summary of the latest reports from Bill Walden (local coordinator and project treasurer) and Terry Wallace (project construction chair). A number of good things continue to happen to move the Project towards completion.
Please remember, the Vietnam War directly affected many HHS graduates from the late 1950's through the early 1970's. It was an unpopular conflict and returning soldiers routinely faced public wrath, not respect for their service. The war did help our country define post traumatic stress syndrome (PTSD) and from the war Americans learned to take their displeasure out on our political decision makers and not on our returning troops. As a result, today's soldiers are treated with the respect they deserve, just as those who returned from WWII and the conflicts before that time.
This is why a number of us who served during the Vietnam War Era remain committed to working hard to honor our Veterans from that period by building this Memorial in Hicksville. Please continue to help us accomplish our final goal to unveil the Memorial at the Jerusalem Avenue School Memorial Gardens on Veteran's Day, 2018!
In addition, should you have any new information to report for either the Confirmed or Unconfirmed Lists of Names, particularly to fill in the missing data on the Confirmed List, please email me at
On behalf of the Project Team,
Joe Carfora, HHS 1962
You are cordially invited to the Hicksville High School Class of 1977 40 year Reunion
Saturday August 12th, 2017
Venue changed to Gemelli's at Bergen Point Country Club
69 Bergen Ave.
West Babylon, NY 11704
See 77.hixreunion.com for details
Congratulations to the Graduating Class of 2017
Write a note to yourself to check back where you are in 50 years. Many thanks to Billy Joel for addressing the graduating students and listen closely to his words of wisdom. Hope that some of you are as successful as Billy Joel has been and his success is due to hard work. Singing is a business like any other road in life. His was a hard track but perseverance pays big dividends.
Congrats to all!!!
The Editors at HixNews
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.
