Author: Hal Gordon Brown

From last Thursday’s “Years Ago” section of the Suffolk County News from May 1968! Some familiar faces in there! Virginia “Ginger” Farrell sent this in. Thanks Ginger!

This just in! 99 years old today! Mrs. Enid (Burton) Jones, Class of 1942! Pictured with her son, Henry Jones.

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August 13, 1915; Quite a few Sayville High boys have enrolled in a class in which they are taught how to build a wireless apparatus!

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Here is a real treat! “Sayville School 1912”. Sent to us courtesy of James McNamara. We are working with sections attempting to enhance. So, more to follow on this amazing photograph!

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Something like a cat with many lives.

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The Seagull’s View; Another Sayville image courtesy of William McCabe_Posted 04-26-2023. Can you point out some landmarks?

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The Seagull’s View; Another Sayville image courtesy of William McCabe_Posted 04-21-2023

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Military Quiz; This Sayville High School graduate was killed in action in WWII on 10Apr1945 (aged 31) at Bad Tennstedt, Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis, Thüringen, Germany. Can you name him?

Henry Frank Rogers, Class of 1922 and 40-year SHS Teacher.

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Dr Isabelle Lucy “Belle” Otto Talbot, Class of 1921

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Photographs for Alumni! West Sayville Dock by Joe McGinny.jpg

Veteran Quiz: This Sayville High 1940 graduate enlisted in July 1943 and was called to active duty on September 28, 1943. She served as a US Army military police officer. Can you name her?

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Photographs for Alumni! “Loughlin Vinyard by Joe McGinny”

Sayville High Hallway, 1935, with a poem that fits! “For Those Who Walked With Us”

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Veteran Quiz: This Sayville High 1940 graduate spoke fluent French, served in the US Navy WAVES and is buried in Arlington Nation Cemetery. What is her name?

100 years ago… March 16, 1923

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Here is something unique and amazing! In 1935, every member of the Sayville high school graduating class signed their personal autograph within the confines of a large letter S”.

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Occasioanlly, people ask if a donation is needed to keep the Sayville Alumni Association going. Usually, the answer is no.

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Beautiful picture of Brown’s River looking south to Fire Island by William McCabe on 02-08-23

Dorothy Catherine “Dot” (Clift) Hughes, NASA’s “Human Computer, SHS Class of 1939.

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