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

One new donor brings total donations to $35,063, since our last report in the 10/1/18 issue of HixNews. There were no changes in October for either the Confirmed List of Names, or the Unconfirmed List. The Confirmed List remains at 1,930 names.

If you have yet to donate, or have missing data you can help us with, it's not too late! Please see our October Update in the Honoring Our Veterans tab of this issue for details. This Update also contains a highlighted paragraph summarizing the current status of Memorial Construction.

As always, should you have any new information to report for either the Confirmed or Unconfirmed Lists of Names, particularly to fill in missing data on the Confirmed List, or, should you wish to comment on the Project's status, please email 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, HHS 1962

Joe Carfora, class of 1962, with wife, Sharon; Santo Carfora, class of 1964, with wife Jeanne; Peter Colling, class of 1972, with wife Carmela "Candy" Carfora Colling, class of 1973; and friends Carol & Daniel Webster (Aunt & Uncle to Sharon) went on a Rhine River Cruise in late August. The photo gallery for November features photos that Joe and Sharon captured on this spectacular trip. The cruise began in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and traveled up the Rhine to Basel, Switzerland. Joe & Sharon and Carol & Daniel extended their tour 2 days and ventured to Lake Luzern while the others went home. You can view the trip in this month's Photo Gallery.

The Newsletter

Photo Gallery

In Celebration of the 50th Wedding Anniversaries of Sharon & Joe Carfora (1/6/68), friends Daniel & Carol Webster (8/24/68) and the 48th Anniversary of Santo & Jeanne Carfora (8/22/68), along with Peter & Carmela (Candy) Colling, Joe and Santo's sister, who will celebrate their 42nd Anniversary in October, we went on a Rhine River Cruise from August 21st through August 30th. Joe is class of 1962, Santo class of 1964, Peter is class of 1972 and Candy class of 1973.

Boarding Ship In Amsterdam

;Joe Enjoying Being Away and Just Relaxing

Some of the Many Windmills In Amsterdam

Sharon & Joe Cruising On The Rhine River

Enjoying Some of the Great Food

Friends of the Carfora's Carol & Dan Webster

Santo and Jeanne Carfora

Candy and Peter Colling and The Rest of the Group

Gasthaus In Cologne, Germany

Largest Cathedral in Northern Europe is in Cologne

Marksburg Castle near Koblenz, Germany

Rhine River view from Marksburg Castle

Rhine River and the town of Braubach across the River

Grapes Growing in Germany

A village in Germany

Hotel Rheinlust is in Boppard, Germany

Vinyard in Boppard, Germany (above & Below)

and more grapes

Heidelberg, Germany

We were really excited to visit the Heidelberg Tun. The world's largest wine barrel holds 58,124 gallons of wine, and has a dance floor built on top of it.

Beginning of Strasbourg France Tour. Cultural Center of Alsace Lorraine Region

These are owned apartments, or condominiums on one of the numerous canals in Strasbourg , France and owners can park their boat underneath. The modern part of Strasbourg is also home to many European Union departments and agencies. My pictures were taken in the original and old part of Strasbourg .

Strasbourg's ILL river encloses the old city and the canals

Hotel Restaurant in Strasbourg

Entrance to the WWII Museum at Colmar

Wax Figures at Colmar Museum

French WWII Cemetery at Mount Sigolsheim In the Colmar Region of France

One Wall of the United States Memorial at Colmar showing U.S. Army Unit Patches

This is the actual site where Murphy climbed onto a burning tank to use the machine gun to stave off onrushing Germans

Survived World War II but died at the age of 46 in a U.S. airplane accident!

The Black Forest Region of Germany

Disembarkation at Basel, Switzerland for our two day extension to Luzern

Welcome to Luzern

Famous Gutsch Hotel built in 1888

Lake Luzern as seen from the Gutsch Hotel

It's 5 o'clock at the Gutsch

Another view of the lake

Lake Luzern and the Alps in the background

Joe and Sharon lunching on Lake Luzern

Montana Hotel on Lake Luzern

Restaurant at the Montana Hotel with great view

Chapel Bridge on Lake Luzern

Spreuerbruecke Bridge on Lake Luzerne

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Memory Lane

Debbie Northrop Rocco 1972 Mine would be Deliverance.

Mary GaroneDefinitely Deliverance

Steve McCann

Ellen Baumgartner

My dad read Bambi to me and he didn't know what to do when I went hysterical. ~ Ellen Baumgartner 1969

I know! I was 7 when I saw it and freaked on the ending...lol

~ Steve

Greg NavoyRecently just watched "V for Vendetta" again....truly disturbing in comparison to our current situations.

Mass 1972 Vicki Berk

A very sick movie... 1973 John Lauro

Fischer Dowdell 1973John...You're absolutely correct but more than sick!!!Debbie

Arlene Grace FranklynThe original " Last House On The Left". Omg

Mallow Dias 1974 BarbaraLast House on the Left...had to get out of the theater; it freaked me out so much!!!!!!

Ellen BaumgartnerI was shaking when I left the Hicksville movie theater and I still get uncomfortable when I hear banjos playing.

~ Ellen Baumgartner 1969

Cancro 1984 Robin Herrmann

Murello 1973 Barbara Rose

Casale's Corner

Amber Tanner's 8 year-old son was "lunch shamed" at school in May of 2018.

He reportedly had a $5 past-due bill that she denied receiving from the school. Her son was taken out of the lunch line in front of classmates and told that he would only get a cheese sandwich, "a single slice of Kraft cheese and with two dry pieces of bread".

Is this right or wrong??? We know how obsessed with money some people are and how they could care less about our children! Her son told her he cried the rest of the day in class because he felt so humiliated and hungry.  That's why she started this petition calling on the Georgia legislature to help make sure that other kids don't have to suffer for their parents' oversights. The link to Amber's petition is https://www.change.org/.../nathan-deal-stop-lunch-shaming... No excuse for what this child was subjected to!!

Virginia Cabbe Reinhardt 1964  Virginia Cabbe Reinhardt

Here in Leesburg Florida , every child gets free breakfast and free lunch! I'm so pleased! A few cents from another possibility useless program, to save the children. I worked 30 years ago in the lunchroom, collecting money and keeping track of who paid what percent towards their lunch, and it was very hard on the children, to be singled out, or classified. I promote free food for children. Just my opinion!

Susan Donner Merkler 1968  Susan Donner Merkler

Editor note...and excellent opinion!!!

It's very sad. I bet more food is thrown in the garbage after lunch. Why not just give the kids a lunch. This may be the only meal that they eat all day.

Kathy Hannaman 1960  Kathy Hannaman

Editor note...local restaurants should bring their leftover food at the end of the night to local schools.

Poor kid how cruel some people can be.

Camille Gully Hauf 1962  Camille Gully Hauf

I guarantee if it was my kid, it would be the last time they shame anyone.

Mike Endsley 1972  Mike Endsley

Awful...I signed.
Jacqui Taylor Basker    (Buffalo Bob's Cousin)

Professor Art & Architectural History & Aesthetics at New York Institute of Technology
Professor at German Jordanian University

Totally wrong.
Frank Schwartz 1961  Frank Schwartz