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Attention All HixNews Readers!! Hicksville Vietnam War Era Memorial Project Update Thanks to the efforts of the HixNews readership we added 25 new names in April and are now up to a total of 512, easily passing our interim goal of 500 names! Please see the Veteran's Section of this issue for the latest information on the project and what you can do to help it succeed. Thank you,Joe Carfora, on behalf of the Project Team The class of 1961 had a mini reunion on Long Island at the Smokey Bones Steak House on April 11th 2010. It's a shame we all were not able to share this memorable day. You can view the pictures that were taken at my Webshots home page...http://community.webshots.com
/user/robertcasale Click on the album that says Class '61 April 2010 Reunion If you want to see a slideshow, Click the first picture. When that picture is highlighted, scroll to the bottom of the picture. There is a bar with icons. Click on the one that looks like a slide...it's the 4th from the left.Buffalo Bob Casale It's hard to fathom that a year has gone by since Pat Koziuk Driscoll passed away. It seems like just yesterday we were on the phone talking. Sometimes we were serious but most of the time it was giggles. Pat had a sense of humor despite her problems and she functioned well. Suffice it to say that she made the best of her situation. I know she loved to bake and we exchanged some recipes over the years. I think Pat was the one that introduced me to the chocolate dump cake. She was precise in her recipes and enjoyed going from scratch. The dump cake would have been an enemy because all you do is dump everything, mix and bake. I have many fond memories and thought I would share
some photos of Pat, her family, her grandkids, friends and perhaps a
school picture or two throughout the years.
Pat...a pretty dress for a pretty girl!!
Pat a little older and just as pretty.
Pat
with pig tails and long hair.
Pat and Marty Watkins, High school, Palisades Park
Frank Koziuk (brother), KC, Liz, Pat, Florence Koziuk (Pat's Mom), Cathy
Pat
with kids...KC, Jen, Pat, Liz, Cathy
2004 at the beach...Front: Liz, Megan, Valerie, Stephanie, Laurie. Back: Sherri, KC,
Mom (Pat), Larry, Cathy
Jen,
Pat( Mom), Garrett, Megan, Liz, Christopher
Christopher (Grandson)
Christopher (Grandson)
Garrett
(Grandson)
Garrett Growing
Megan (Grand daughter)
Stephanie (Grand daughter)
Valerie (Grand daughter)
Kathy Koziuk (sister)
Pat with lady in the kitchen
Pat
in the kitchen
Cousin Hank and Celia
Kathy (sister in law), Pat, Frank (brother)
Pat taking a break from dancing at her 70th birthday party I was saddened by the death of
Dorothy Keegan and would like to extend my deepest sympathy to her
family. Thank you all for the updates. You're all doing a
fantastic job and I look forward to our newsletter each month.
Just a quick thank you for the Jacquie lawson birthday card. This is the same website I use to send for all my e-cards. It is very much appreciated. Leila (Kriegel) Randazzo '70 Hi Bob, Below is the return e-mail I received after you forwarded my address. Thought you would get a kick out of her message to me. We were 17 years old when we first met in the Brooklyn rink and if Mineola rink (where I skated out of) hadn't been torn down, I probably would not have met her. That 'Rambler' she mentions was black.....God awful car....but this has brought me so many great memories and she and I will definitely be in touch by phone. Thanks for all you do....
Lillian Manzo Ramirez '61 Subject: THAT LITTLE KID FROM EMPIRE! H E L L O Lillian! A few years ago, I met a lady from Hicksville at church in West Palm Beach, Fl. I mentioned the fact that I skated at a rink in Brooklyn where a gal by the name of Lillian Manzo also skated, and who was also from Hicksville. Well it turns out that Bonnie Papes (married name) was in your class of 1961 and knows you. She lost contact with you, but she told me to e-mail the editor of HIX news.I told her that you skated pairs with Eddie Kline and that we drove up to Buffalo NY for states' meet with my mom, dad, Nick, Lilly, and you, in your RAMBLER. She seemed impressed at the detail I gave of you when I first mentioned you. I spoke of you and Marcus's venture at Pine Hallow and how we went out there for the opening. Well I'm happy I found you. Please let me know how you are doing and what you have done the last 48 years. Hello Editors: I have been receiving the newsletter and I enjoy it so much. It's a piece of the past and so much more. Reading it brings me a lot of pleasure because I always recognize at least one name. While I receive the newsletter I don't see myself on the list of alumni receiving the newsletter (probably because I did something wrong technically). Would you please add me to this list? Thank you. Best Deborah Wayne '71 Hi
Bob, This was great, as I was just reading the April news letter and your message arrived. Love the newsletter. It really brings back memories! Any how, in response to your request, I live in Cathedral City ( Palm Springs ) California. Take
care, John Wycoff '55 DearHixNews The
latest update on the Jones Beach Tower...It's still there...wrapped in
scaffolding, but it's still there.
Katie Kennedy Weidig '62 Hi
Editors HixNews Thanks for the birthday card. In your latest
issue, you asked my brother, Jack Gould '60, to have me contact you.
Here I am, although I was sort of out of touch for the past 3 months. How
can I help? By the way, Jack is really looking forward to the 1960 reunion
this year.
Arnie
Gould '64 Dear Editors, There are 2 names to add to the "In Memoriam"
page under Class of 1976 Evangeline Econ Thanks, Josie Bacchi '76 Just wanted to let you know that I just saw the picture of the scouts and, low and behold, there was my dad, John Uss, Sr. (5th in the back row). I knew him right away. Thank you so much for all the hard work you do and it's really appreciated. Thanks again! Maureen Uss '64 Please
change my e mail from XXXXX to YYYYY.
Sorry for the inconvenience;
Judy Manning Baran '63 I'm just sitting here thinking. I sent Joyce to the
Alzheimer's Center today. She has really adjusted to the trips to the
center on Tuesday and Thursday. And the doctor gave her a new medication
that I give her at bedtime that seems to help with her anxiety. Sending
her off gives me a little break from the daily ritual. You get into a
routine because they revert to being like a child and you know how it is
with kids. She even got on the bus the other morning when I took Sarah to
school all by herself. This morning, they picked up Ms. Joyce at 7:45. This is
better for me. Otherwise I have to take Sarah to Pre-K, come back to the
house and wait for the bus. The early pick up allowed me to go to the gym
and walk my three miles after dropping Sarah at school. Then I had some
chores to take care of. Like shopping for dinner. The four of us eat
together in the evenings (Joyce, Dawn, Sarah and me). I'm the chef. I
enjoy my time without worry (when Joyce is at the center). Life is okay
and you know, the end of the world is not tomorrow. Although, look at the
movie "When World's Collide." I saw this movie in the very early
fifties. Went to the Meadowbrook movie theater on Hempstead Turnpike. Sat
on the floor in front of the screen because the place was packed with
kids. Was visting my aunt Agnes who had just purchased a Levit house on
Friends Lane in Westbury. We, my family and me, were living in Bayside at
the time. This was the very early fifties because we moved to Hicksville
in 1955. I
have the movie and it is one of my favorites. My
other really favorite movies... "The
Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (original version, not the remake with
Kevin McCarthy and Dana Wynter) "The
Final Countdown" (Kirk Douglas, Martin Sheen) "The
Day the Earth Stood Still (original with Michael Rennie and Pat Neal and
little Bud from Father Knows Best). "The
Natural" (Robert Redford and Glenn Close) "Dirty
Dancing" (Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray) "Cocoon"
(Wilfred Brimley, Don Ameche, Jessica Tandy, Brian Dennihy) "On
The Beach" (Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Anthony Perkins and Fred Astaire) I
can sit down in a heartbeat and watch any one over again. Buffalo
Bob Casale '61 Bob, Dear HIX Newsletter: Dear HixNews Please add my name to your class list. Thanks
Ed Rivoire class of 1966 Last Sunday night when I arrived at
the hotel, there was a group of about 15-20 people hanging out and talking
animatedly. I asked the third shift girl what the party was about? She
said they all were from the same neighborhood, but didn't know they were
all staying at the hotel! I could tell the LI accent, and found they were
all from Levittown! Small world! They also said taxes are now over $9K,
more than the original Levitt Cape cost! Taxes in Wantagh are over
$14K...OUCH! On average, about one third of the hotel guests(Here in
Charlotte) are from NY, and most of that NY group are from LI. BoB
Gillette -------------------------------------- Bob What
hotel??? Are you in
Lancaster at the showing of your art?
Did any of the group indicate what year they graduated or was it
multi year? buffalo
bob ------------------------------------- I live
in Lancaster, SC, just south of Charlotte, NC, right on the SC/NC
border, and about 25 minutes from South Charlotte. I work 2 nights a
week as the night auditor for the Ballantyne Courtyard. The group was an
assorted group of 40-50 year olds who all came from the Newbridge Rd
side of Levittown. An awful lot of people on LI are cashing out and
heading South. I have a long chat every Sunday night with Ralph, a
retired NYC fireman who also owned an Italian restaurant in Brooklyn,
who works as security in the hotel complex. Ballantyne is an expensive
area of South Charlotte, where homes run in the $1+Mil, and up. Tenants
in the Ballantyne Corp park include BOA, ESPN, Lending tree, SPX, and
many medical, financial, and insurance companies. My art is on display
at the Springs House, home of the Lancaster County Council of the Arts.
Springs Industries (Spring Maid sheets, towels,etc) used to be the
largest employer in Lancaster until the US lost out to cheap foreign
companies. Now most of Springs is closed except for skeletal operations. Bob
Gillette Dear HixNews Please add my brother, William Ingino,
from the class of 1969 to your In Memoriam list. Thanks Joe
Ingino NEW READERS
Hal Smith class of 1963 Steve
Hammer class of 1974 Hello Class of 1960 There will be a 50th. reunion meeting of Bo Bo Ski at
the 50th. reunion of the class of 1960. All Bo Bo Ski members are
requested to attend. Please let me know if you are attending. If you
have any questions contact me at rasfive@gmail.com
I look forward to seeing all of you. Best regards,
Fran DeCabia Dear Hixnews First of all, I'd like to thank you all for your hard work. I look forward to the newsletter each month. In this month's memorial page I noticed the name of Williams Mary Romano; this may be the Mary Romano of '65. Also, please add to your list my dearest friend Jeanne Iannuzzi McCue '65 who died in 1997, my sister, Lorraine Richards Fetten, '67. She passed in '05 and my good friend Judy Henry Falkowski '65 who died in '09. Thanks again, Arlene Richards Wellbrock '65 Does anyone out there know how to contact Douglas
Easer, class of '60? Steve Alfieri '60 Anyone
out there from the class of 1974??? Stephen
Krown '74 Anybody
out there from Class of 1954? Roy
Meier '54
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