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REUNITING CLASSMATES AND OLD FRIENDS OF HICKSVILLE SCHOOLS (FOR FREE)

June 2025: Volume 25 - Issue 9 - Etcetera for June 2025

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Etcetera for June 2025

Notes from Readers

Below are comments we received from readers.  Remember, if you are signed in, you can leave a comment on an article.

Ronald Wencer replied to comment #28 on May 2025: Curtain Call for a Prayer
Bless you for your principles and determination, Bill. Your community is fortunate to be able to look to you for guidance.
 
Ronald Wencer commented on May 2025: Curtain Call for a Prayer
It occurs to me that the article fails to state the actual wording of the Regents Prayer. Although I do not recall ever using the word "beg" when it was said aloud (I think we instead said "ask"), both Wikpedia and a 1951 news article give the following as the official wording: "Almighty God, we acknowledge our dependence upon Thee, and we beg Thy blessings upon us, our parents, our teachers, and our country."
 
William Palmer commented on May 2025: Curtain Call for a Prayer
I remember participating in the School Prayer Revolt, now with some embarrassment as my views are quite different from what they were in 1964. Yet, prayer continues to be a significant part of my daily life, as I continue to serve as an ordained clergyperson and chaplain. I find it surprising that, more than sixty years later, there are people in my own community who still are calling for the banning of books and the imposition of their own religious values on others. I'm grateful for Mr. Galloway and others who perceived the students who participated in the "revolt" with gentleness and a deep appreciation for our youthful passions.
 
Eugene Lewan
Eugene Lewan commented on Wetson's Hamburgers
This brings back good memories. A friend of mine worked there at the Wetsons at the junction with Levittown Parkway. We would stop in a visit when we were out and about. Then when Titus Oaks was there I worked up in Glen Head and would stop after work each payday and pick up some new vinyl.
Ronald Wencer
A few years after writing my original article, I found a 1920s news report which stated that the KKK was then supporting the School Board campaigns of George Duke and Frank Chlumsky, both of whom would get elected and be in place for this dedication. Despite the KKK's already having been discredited by its actions in other towns, both candidates professed ignorance of the KKK and its values, saying in effect that they willingly accepted all support offered by local donors.
 
Eugene Lewan
Eugene Lewan commented on Old Westbury Gardens
What a beautiful place. Thank you for being a volunteer at the Gardens. I can see how you could fall in love with these environs. Thank you, Sue.
 
In Memoriam

Janet O'Dowd Carney, Class of 1977, passed June 1, 2025

Robert Rogers,  Class of 1969 ( please email us a link to the obituary)

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