Dorothy W. Kroupa was born on June 9, 1919, in Bohemia, New York. At the time of her birth, her father, Winnie Edward Kroupa (1889-1962) was 30 years old, and her mother, Agnes (Behounek) Kroupa, was 27 (1892-1958). Dorothy had one brother and one sister....
[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] (Click here for the answer) [/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 seems most color photography debuted in the 1960s and '70s. History prior was typically envisioned in sepia or black and white. Thus, technology which offers colorization of historical photos is quite amazing! Can you name this Sayville Education...
[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_video link="https://youtu.be/UZlURA7179E"][/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]Yesterday’s history mystery seems to have stumped all but one person. Ms. Renee Tapasak, Class of 1973 knew the answer! Renee had a very special connection to Alice M. Robinson; Renee used to work for Alice at her home!...
[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]Can you name the Sayville High School Alumna who was a nationally known nursing editor, writer, speaker, and seminar leader for numerous nursing and health-related organizations? Among her other extraordinary accomplishments, this amazing lady was; Born in Sayville Senior...
[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] "Lest we forget"...
[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]Thank you to all who viewed yesterday's "Lest we forget"...
[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] Can you name the Sayville High alumnus who; 1. Attended Greene Ave Elementary 2. Attended Sayville Junior High School 3. Graduated from Sayville High School 4. Received the Navy's Good Conduct Medal 5. Tragically died in the Navy's biggest disaster in a combat...
[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] Come see the answer at; https://tinyurl.com/y2vozk6v [/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]A History Mystery quiz for you...
[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]Following -up on Christine Pensebane's terrific contributions to the Bakelaar family history, here is the news account published in the Suffolk County News concerning the terrible fatal accidental death of Adeline Bakelaar in 1944. Click the link to view...
[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_single_image source="external_link" external_style="vc_box_border" onclick="img_link_large" qode_css_animation="" custom_src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/cSxH1JoVlSlukSs5fannWQGHbo8lSMKDKifuCXcATlU4tTUTGWrwpHJL6qIUA0RhDeaKisRBX2PBrTs9hv1ZORHg4cehsfcasV4rDLKcEihMq6XoFmUpZUI1e-uVoddS2inhAQkGM4Q=w2400"][vc_empty_space][/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 width="2/3" css=".vc_custom_1604582016649{background-color: #ffc6d5 !important;}"][vc_column_text]TODAY’S HISTORY MYSTERY We have a terrific old photograph and are taking a look at some of the West Sayville Bakelaar’s Peter J. Bakelaar,...
[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]The photo is courtesy of Bill Venegas, Class of 1965. Bill Venegas is #11. #4 is possibly Billy Comb. Can you identify anyone? Click the link below to view full-screen. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9E9fKP2HUjWuNSDMxegKqKv...
[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 are still searching for Herbert H. (or M.) Dahl, class of 1958. Reportedly, Herbert is deceased but we have no verification. He actually graduated in August 1958. Herbert was born about 1940, possibly 13 Nov 1940. He may...
[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] A "History Mystery" is solved! We finally found Mary Russo, Class of 1930! And, in the process, found her brother Joseph B. Russo, who was in the graduating class of 1934. By all accounts, it appeared the Russo family...
[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; This photo was 70 years ago, 1950. It seems our school children could hear the ice cream jingle for miles! Unfortunately, we don't know the names of these Sayville children.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...
