Author: Hal Gordon Brown

[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]IMPORTANT UPDATE 07-18-2020 REUNION POSTPOSED FOR A YEAR DUE TO COVID   New Date:  October 2nd, 2021. Good Afternoon All!   With Covid-19 still raging across most of the country and no ability to determine when things might be safe for travel, we will...

[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] Sayville History Splash; Stage Crew Lessons. Continuing the Sayville High School Class of 1950’s “Small Fry” yearbook theme. Photo Nine. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[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]We could use some help getting a news clipping. If anyone has a subscription to newspapers.com, reportedly an obituary exists there for; NAME: Dorothy L. Nauert RACE: White MARITAL STATUS: Never Married BIRTH DATE: 24 Apr 1894 BIRTH PLACE: New York RESIDENCE: Bridgeport, Connecticut DEATH...

[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]Today's History Mystery; Michael C. Parsons, Class of 1960. His parents were Mr. & Mrs. Ernest C. Parsons of Locust Ave., Bohemia.   Michael graduated from Cornell University in 1965 before beginning his military career in the Air Force (see...

[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]What was a senior high school play like back in 1913?  Come read about our students performing the comedy play "Galliger"!  Click to enlarge the new article...

[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]James Bertsch of the Sayville Schoolboard writes;   "I'm writing to thank Mr. Philip Berdolt, Mr. Dodd Amrhein, Mr. Richard Martin and Mr. Don McKay of the Suffolk County Parks Department. The Parks Department, which is located in West Sayville,...

[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]Please come read a new posting titled "This island has humbled me, cured me, and inspired me" in Gail (Heinsohn) McNutt's blog "Love All Round". https://sayvillealumni.org/love-all-round-by-gail-heinsohn-mcnutt-class-of-72/.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[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] Sayville History Splash; With a rich history of greatness, Sayville high school football has been producing elite talent for about 100 years. This is what it looked like in 1938. The drawing was made by Kenneth T. Miller, Class of...

[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] Words fall short of expressing our sorrow on the passing of Laurie Ellen (Van Wyen) Maro, April 24, 1957 ~ July 5, 2020 (age 63), class of 1975. Our hearts go out to the many families and friends,...

[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] Sadly, we have received information regarding the passing of Raymond L. Garcia, Jr., Class of 1960 on 3/20/20 at the VA hospital in Tampa, Fl. Can anyone confirm this information or have additional information? [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[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]Sayville History splash; A "corking basketball game (corking despite the prohibition amendment)". Three Sayville seniors, Don MacKenzie, Ray Parkhurst, and Jack Raqua star in their last appearance on the Sayville court. Suffolk County News, March 8, 1929.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...

[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] Judith (Smith) King, Class of 1958 provides today's Sayville History Splash!   Judy writes; This is a group picture of the West Sayville Tucker sisters, daughters of John F. and Bertline Tucker.   It was taken sometime prior to 1922. They...