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Submitted by Kathy McDonald Corey The embers glowed softly, and in their
dim light, I gazed round the room and I cherished
the sight. My wife was asleep, her head on my chest, My daughter beside me, angelic in rest Outside the snow fell, a blanket of
white, Transforming the yard to a winter
delight.
Completed the magic that was Christmas
Eve My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was
deep, Secure and surrounded by love, I would
sleep, In perfect contentment, or so it would
seem, So I slumbered perhaps and started to
dream.
So I opened my eyes when it tickled my
ear. Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite
know, Then the sure sound of footsteps outside
in the snow. My soul gave a tremble, I struggled to
hear, And I crept to the door just to see who
was near. A lone figure stood, his face weary and
tight, A soldier, I puzzled,
some twenty years old, Perhaps a Marine, huddled here in the
cold, Alone in the dark, he looked up and
smiled, Standing watch over me, and my wife and
my child, "What are you doing," I asked without
fear, "Come in this moment," it's
freezing out there, Put down your pack, brush the snow from
your sleeve, You should be at home on a cold Christmas
Eve, For barely a moment, I saw his eyes
shift, Away from the cold, and the snow blown in
drifts
Fund Raising:
December donations were $200, received from two new and one
repeat donors. Total
donations have now reached $17,922, about 72% of our $25,000 goal.
The total number of donors is now 170,
still a very small percentage of the nearly 2,000 readers of HixNews. After IRS filing deductions reported in
October, our bank account is now at $17,047. With donations still below 10%
of HixNews readership, if many of you who have yet to donate will spare
as little as $10 for this worthy cause, we can achieve our needed goal
very soon. Remember, your donations are
tax deductible. Just follow
the simple instructions below. Your
generosity will be very much appreciated. Donation checks should be made out to: Hicksville And should be mailed to: Hicksville An alphabetical list of current
donors appears at the end of this monthly update. We began accepting
donations in October, 2014, upon achieving tax-exempt status from the
IRS. In the 27 months that
have passed since then, donations have averaged $664 per month, with
approximately $3,400 raised in 2014, $6,200 in 2015 and $8,300 this past
year. Raising an additional $7,100 in this new year will achieve our
final goal! The Project Team will
confer in January to assign the tasks that must be completed to have the
Memorial stones and brass inscription plates prepared and to construct
the actual Memorial at the No
new names were added in December and the Confirmed List remains at 1,910
names. We still need missing
data additions for many names, so we continue to need help from all
our readers here!! As
a HixNews reader, please help
us by reviewing both lists when you select the "click here" options
near the bottom of this update. To
save you time, just look for names from your class year and other years
you may be familiar with, as a reference and see if you have a new name
or some missing data on existing names to email to us.
Class years, where known, are specifically shown and missing data
is marked in red, to make it easy for you to see what's needed. The
Unconfirmed List was created to specifically insure we don't leave
anyone behind from earlier class years (the 1940's and 50's) who
served during the Vietnam War Era and deserve recognition.
Please see if you can help us establish if these folks served
during the Vietnam Era (Vietnam Era dates are shown in the "Memorial
Qualifications" section below). Memorial Qualifications:
Overall Qualifications for the Memorial were displayed monthly in
this report for a long time and have not changed.
If you are a new reader, please check a January, 2015 or earlier
issue of HixNews for
qualifications. Here's what we continue to need from each person reading this to
do: Please
click on the following link to review the Confirmed
List of Names: Click
here Please
click on the following link to review the UNCONFIRMED
List of Names: Click
here If
you know of someone who is not listed, or if you have information we are
still missing, please email what you have to Joe Carfora at jcar4a@aol.com.
Please use the information contained on the current list as a
guide for the data needed to complete a name's listing. Alphabetical List of Current Donors A hearty Thank You to all of our
donors!!
As noted earlier, 170 donors have enabled us to achieve a
donation total of $17,922 so far. Following
is the list of donors, as of the end of December, 2016: Ackerman,
Dr. Helen R. Andersen,
Chris Annucci,
Dianne C. Arroyo,
Ann & Frank Babenzien,
Suzon (Cohen) Backman,
Stephan Beltrani,
Frank & Frances Bemberis,
Ivars & Jeannette Bergholtz,
Janet Berlenbach,
Jr., John & Betty Bernett
Family Best,
Theresa & Joseph Boris,
Joan & Joseph Brigandi,
Arleen Brophy,
Donald R. Brophy,
Michael (In Memory) Budinich,
Patricia & Richard Burke,
John & Lois Calandrillo,
Anthony Callejas,
Ruben & Aramilda Canham,
William & Rita Carey,
Jr., Daniel Carfora,
Joe & Sharon Ann Carfora,
Santo & Jeanne Casale,
Robert Castagna,
Denise & Anthony Catanzariti,
Gregory & Anne Chiappone,
Dolores & Robert Cheeseman,
Robert & Lorraine Cohen,
Dr. Howard Colasuonno,
Steven Connelly,
Linda Convery,
Harold Corley,
Karen Cowell,
Paul Cuoco,
Gail Cullen,
Michael Davis,
Cheryl (Proffe) & William Degnan,
Ryan & Karyn Degnan,
Shawn & Robyn Degnan,
Walter & Karen Dethlefsen,
Barbara (Bieniewicz) Dolan,
James & Maryann Dunne,
Patrick & Barbara Faraone,
Ed Fernbach,
Stephen & Nancy Fippinger,
Gary & Karen Fischer,
Frederick & Barbara Fox,
John & Joan Fulco,
Philip & Valerie Fuchs,
Michael Furgiuele,
Peter & Martha Galke,
Douglas & Mary Gallo,
Francis & Frances Gavin,
Thomas Germain,
Joseph & L. Diane Germain,
Michael & Elizabeth Giannelli,
Edward & Angela Gill,
Thomas & Margaret Gordon,
Eve Gowrie,
Karen Happel,
Neal & Helen Hearon,
Philip Henningsen,
Charles & Charla Herfel,
Jr., Paul & Alcira HFD
Hook & Ladder Company 1 Hicksville
Class of 1965 Hilton,
Patricia & William Hoffer,
Richard & Patricia Huber,
Gene & Jo Ann Imbrie,
Carolyn Ingino,
Joe Jaworski,
Brad Jones,
Robert & Marianne Katz,
Carol Kaye,
Nancy & John Koziuk,
Francis & Kathleen (Day) Krummenacker,
Michael LaFeir,
Len & Catherine Lehmann,
Ethel & George L. Lembke,
Arthur & Dorothea Levitin,
Patricia Levitt,
Samuel J. (In Memory of brothers Eugene, WWII & Libert,
Elaine M Lichtenstein,
Henry. Listort,
Dennis Lynn,
Maas,
Brian Madden,
Mark & Barbara Manelski,
Stephen (In Memory of brother Thomas) Maniec,
John Masciello,
Michael Masone,
Robert & Marleen McCallion,
John & Janet McCormack,
Ronald M. (In Memory) McIsaac,
Rev. Robert M. & Margaret Melody,
Michael & Susan Menghi,
Ed & Jo Ann Moos,
Sanford & Marta Morton,
Thomas & Francis Neri Mucchiari,
Jean Muller,
Ray & Maryanne Mullin,
Thomas & Wendy Neely,
Judith Oehler,
Robert A. Olivari,
Irene & Lawrence Olsen,
Glen & Maureen Osborne,
Edward A. Osborne,
Richard Otten,
Robert & Leslie Peluso,
Robert J., Jr. Pietras,
Robert & Victoria Pizzariella,
John & Katherine Pizzo,
Lorraine Pohl,
Kenneth & Rosemary Polanski,
Christopher & Barbara Polit,
Robert & Mary Ellen Plonski,
Anthony J., Jr. Probst,
Carl Proia,
Mildred Pugarelli,
Frederick Quinn,
Kevin & Kathleen Recine,
Vincent & Mary Reid,
Maureen & George Rivoire,
Edward & Patricia Rizzo,
Joyce E. Rocek,
Ron Rossi,
Denis Roth,
Doris & Julie Rothschild,
Paula Rowan,
Elke & Donald Rozos,
John Rozos,
Michael & Sharon Rycar,
Judith Sacks,
Darlene Sandler,
Marcia & Howard Schilling,
Leona & Cliff Schlosser,
Joseph & Jennifer Schrimpe,
Donna Schultz,
Dale & Dee Sheil,
Linda Sherburne,
William & Marcia Siracusa,
Lou Smith,
Stephen & Lenore Starpoli,
Joseph & Janet Steedman,
Thomas & Margaret Stevens,
Paul & Denise Strafer,
Kenneth J. Thomas,
Mark & Karen Thurer,
Robert & Shari Tranchina,
John & Carol Traub,
Richard Van
Buren, Carolyn (Fischer) Volpe-Browne,
Dorothea Walden,
William Wallace,
Terence K. Warshawsky,
Peter W. Weiss,
Harvey & Shirley Williams,
Robert Wink,
George W. Winkel,
Fred & Barbara Winkel,
Martin Woodcheke,
Michael & Denise Woods
Realty (Harold Woods) Zabbia,
Luke & Grace Zeier,
Ronald Thank you!! |
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