Episode; "Friendship". Originally posted on September 21st, 2017....
[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] [caption id="attachment_4824" align="alignnone" width="300"] Timorese children with toys from donations.[/caption] East Timor in 2001 [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
Today's History Mystery; Ann Marie (Farrell) Blunt, class of 1960. She was the daughter of William J. Farrell, Sr. and Irene (Hanlon) Farrell of 124 Colton Ave., Sayville. She had brothers James, William J. (Jr) and Kevin Farrell. She had a sister Joan. At some point,...
Continuing now with our “Endless Waves” series, come meet Shirlee Munkelwitz & William Nugent, Sayville High School sweethearts who married. Both were Class of 1934. Direct link to their story is here; https://sayvillealumni.org/endless-waves-remembrances-of-sayville-alumni-shirlee-munkelwitz-william-nugent/ "Endless Waves" series is here; https://sayvillealumni.org/endless-waves-remembrances-of-all-things-sayville-alumni-table-of-contents/...
[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]If you missed Christine Pensabene's reply to an earlier post, look what she found on Ebay. ARm3C Charles Edwin Diuguid,Jr, class of 1938, was as lost at sea during World War II, April 5,1944. He was just 24...
From The Suffolk County News, June 07, 1962. Page 8....
Today's History Mystery; Roberta McCoy. We have received information that Roberta (McCoy) Welch was in the SHS Class of 1961. We can't find Roberta in any class roster and have no picture. Her find-a-grave link is noted below. Can anyone help solve this mystery? https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/131717605/roberta-j-welch...
I ask with a big smile, "Do you ever feel like this"? The smile gets bigger...
[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 width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The mystery was solved courtesy of Mary's brother Stephen Carlisle (SHS Class of 1959). Thank you, Stephen! Mary was born in Minneapolis, MN on October 30th, 1938, and moved with her family to Oakdale in 1942. She graduated...
[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] [caption id="attachment_4279" align="alignnone" width="229"] Then-Lieutenant Colonel Sele as a Congressional Fellow in front of the United States Capitol[/caption] Working on the hill [/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]It's been 35 years since Queens native Cyndi Lauper made a feminist statement with her billboard hit “Girls Just Want to Have Fun”. Lauper explained it as meaning "girls want to have the same experience any man could...
[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 width="1/2"][vc_column_text]The Classes of 1959, 1960 and 1961 reunion committee are searching for the following people. Any clues? Grace Aloia Wayne Anderson Carole (Barone) Kline Edward F. Bilinski Kenneth Boyle Elizabeth (Brown) Hruby Bonnie (Carnie) Davis Florence I. (Clark) Morgani Rudolph Kralicek Mary-Ann (Lombardo) Cleere Janet Lucas Josephine (Martyn) Johnson Constance...
Come read about the Sayville High alumnus who lived to be 105 years old! Class of 1923's “Lily” (Zdenek) Lussier. It's a new story in our "Endless Waves" series. https://sayvillealumni.org/lillian-s-lily-zdenek-lussier-c…/...
Please come read Linda Rodriquez new post on this critical topic at; https://sayvillealumni.org/december-brings-many-emotional-memories-to-active-duty-and-veterans...
Time for a fun Sayvillealumni.org quiz… Can anyone name this Sayville High Alumni actress who appeared as Daisy-Belle on Broadway? ...
Click here to see what reunions are coming up! https://sayvillealumni.org/reunions ...
[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 width="1/2"][vc_column_text] Earlier today, I posted a birthday remembrance for Grace Adelia Ibbotson, Sayville High Class of 1938. Grace was a very popular young lady who tragically died at age 21 in 1939. Her obituary (which I also posted at...
[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]SHS class of 1925 had a graduate listed in the Suffolk County News as Gene D. Lafferrandre. Finding information has been difficult. Janet (Donadio) Cozza of our historian's committee accepted the challenge of trying to find some information about...
[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 width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="3758" img_size="full" qode_css_animation=""][/vc_column][vc_column width="3/4"][vc_column_text]Somewhere about 1960, a platoon of boys dragged themselves over dirt mounds, mucked through dark watery mud holes and crawled through long stretches of sticky pine tree needles. We conquered strange lands that...
On this very special day, we are most honored and proud to present a Veterans Day affirmation courtesy of own Richard Sele, class of 1979. Thank you to our veterans...