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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SAVE THE DATE!
Saturday, October 6th, 2012
Class of 1962 50-Year Reunion
7PM -12AM HOLIDAY INN, Plainview , N.Y.
Please be sure Karen Hubner Jenkins has your current e-mail address (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Our Reunion Website 62.hixreunion.com

Many readers have already seen the presentation I created called Hicksville Then & Now.

For those who haven't viewed it yet, it's a journey back in time that opens many memory banks. It's a little history that might be of specific interest to many of HixNews readers. For those who left the area years ago and have not returned, it's an eye opener. Many changes have been made across the years since we walked the hallowed halls of Hicksville High. There are notes that were received from alumni after they viewed the presentation that have been placed in this month's Memory Lane. There is a good deal of background history included in those notes. I encourage our alumni to send in additional pictures that might be of interest. I can make a part three and four if necessary.

Please enjoy. It's in two parts because YouTube only allows 15 minute videos.

love yah
buffalo bob casale

This is a reminder to all that our cut off date for including your news into the next issue is the 20th of the month. Please make a mental note so your quality correspondence makes it into the next issue for all of us to enjoy. We hope everyone had a great holiday and pray the presents you received were on your want list.

The best present we at the newsletter could receive would be biographical sketches from many more alumni; pictures of Hicksville past and present; stories about school experiences; funny moments you can recall from your years at Hicksville High; the most unforgettable person in your class; the best teacher you ever had; a story about your siblings and/or your parents; the friends from high school that are still on your mailing list; a special story about an experience shared with your best friend; and anything else that will enhance the publication. The next cut off date is Friday, January 20th, 2012.

Warm Regards from all of us at HixNews

The Newsletter

Photo Gallery

Sal Mistretta

Class of 1962

This is a sampling of the career of Sal Mistretta. Sal's goal was to get involved with acting and theater and he realized his dream. He had the privilege of appearing with many famous people who made him equally famous. Sal, we applaud your career and hope that your dreams continue.

Love from all your alumni.

Last picture is Sal On Law and Order with Vin D'Onofrio (Love These Guys)

Birthdays & Anniversaries

Honoring our Veterans

Joseph Ingino received the Veterans Distinguished Service Award given by Nassau County 's Executive Ed Mangano & Director of Veterans Services Joe Pascarella.

Below are additional recipients of the Veterans Distinguished Service Award shown with Ingino, Mangano and Pascarella

Casale's Corner

God's Wife
IT WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF
I especially liked number 5!

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge. The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was:

1. A four-year-old child, whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's' yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy just said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry.'

2. Teacher Debbie Moon's first graders were discussing a picture of a family. One little boy in the picture had a different hair color than the other members. One of her students suggested that he was adopted.
A little girl said, 'I know all about adoption, I was adopted..' 'What does it mean to be adopted?', asked another child. 'It means', said the girl, 'that you grew in your mommy's heart instead of her tummy!'

3. On my way home one day, I stopped to watch a Little League baseball game that was being played in a park near my home. As I sat down behind the bench on the first-base line, I asked one of the boys what the score was. 'We're behind 14 to nothing,' he answered With a smile. 'Really,' I said. 'I have to say you don't look very discouraged.'
'Discouraged?', the boy asked with a puzzled look on his face...
'Why should we be discouraged? We haven't been up to bat yet.'

4. Whenever I'm disappointed with my spot in life, I stop and think about little Jamie Scott. Jamie was trying out for a part in the school play. His mother told me that he'd set his heart on being in it, though she feared he would not be chosen.
On the day the parts were awarded, I went with her to collect him after school. Jamie rushed up to her, eyes shining with pride and excitement.. 'Guess what, Mom,' he shouted, and then said those words that will remain a lesson to me....'I've been chosen to clap and cheer.'

5. An eye witness account from New York City , on a cold day in December, some years ago: A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold. A lady approached the young boy and said, 'My, but you're in such deep thought staring in that window!' 'I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,'was the boy's reply. The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her. She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel.  By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks.. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes. She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him.. She patted him on the head and said, 'No doubt, you will be more comfortable now..' As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her. 'Are you God's wife?'