Author: Hal Gordon Brown

Sayville History Splash; 100 years ago, 1920, Garrett Vander Borgh, Class of 1916 heads to India

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Sayville History Splash; Suffolk County News; April 15, 1938. “The Queen’s Gambit”

[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Perhaps some of you have watched Netflix's miniseries, "The Queen's Gambit", which is credited with spurring a resurgence of public interest in the game of Chess. Jumping back in...

Sayville History Splash; the 1939 wedding of Helen (Ritter) Wehrenberg, Class of 1938.

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A comical sketch of the Sayville High Faculty in 1926

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Sayville History Splash; November 23, 1928. Seward Smith Travis appointed Superintendent of Schools.

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Sayville History Splash; Suffolk County News; May 23, 1968, Page 1

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Sayville History Splash; Class of 1926’s Newton A. Raynor sketches a lovely classmate.

Newton had a gift of sketching…

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Sayville History Splash; Newton Amos Raynor, Class of 1926

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Sayville History Splash; 94 years ago… the 1926 Class Officers, Faculty and Board of Education.

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Sayville Suffrage Club. 1915.

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47 women who fought for women’s suffrage

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Sayville History Splash; Swettman, Fisher, Witte, Brown and Rhodes.

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We love to hear great news about SHS Graduates!  Bobby Danzi, Class of 2014.

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Sayville History Splash; Suffolk County News; January 14, 1960. Recognize a few names?