Author: Hal Gordon Brown

Better Belated Than Never… A memoir by Bruce Stasiuk, Class of 1961

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Sayville History Splash; Suffolk County News; November 28, 1996 Suzanne M. Gamboli, Class of 1993

Sayville History Splash; Courtesy of Mr. John Jett of Patchogue, here is an undated photo of the Sayville Military Band. Perhaps some alumni appear in this picture?

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1980 Tragic Remembrance Homicide Victims; 1. Gerald Arthur Horton, Class of 1969. 2. Jeffrey J. MacGregor, Class of 1979

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The family of Linda Ann (Jansch) Schaum, class of 1969 has kindly shared an obituary;

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Sayville History Splash; Suffolk County News; June 25, 1937, Page 7 Wedding of Adrian Dingness Paauwe & Marion Van Wyen (both SHS class of 1925)

Sayville History Splash; 1938 Yearbook staff… recognize some of these alumni?

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”

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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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