Sayville History Splash

This exact “Gate to Tomorrow…

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Taught for the Sayville School District for 48 years. Was that a misprint?

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Sayville History Flash; Rev. Walter Van Popering, class of 1945 enjoying some time on the Great South Bay with her parents.

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The follow-up to yesterday; an unedited article on Eve Ramirez…

Miss New York State in 1968…

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Sayville History Splash; Old postcard of Cherry Avenue, back when it was called Cherry Street.

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Dorathea Magdalene (Van Wyen) Neal, Class of 1928.

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1917 Certificate of Promotion

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Sayville History Splash; Miss Rose A. Wachlin in 1925

Sayville History Splash; Here is a beautiful photograph of Miss Rose A. Wachlin at her confirmation at St. John's Lutheran Church, Sayville in April 1925. Rose graduated from Sayville High School in 1929. Photograph courtesy of Steven Wachlin, Class of 1966....

Sayville History Splash; Ira Wallace Levy, Class of 1928.

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Ann (Van Wyen) Fleischmann, Class of 1955, provided the correct answer!

Our picture is of Lucretia Woglum (Raynor) Hubbard, Class of 1900. Lucretia spent a lot of time at Sayville High. She served as a private secretary to the Sayville High School principal and retired from the Sayville School District on December 1, 1951, after 32 years...

Sayville History Splash; Lucretia Raynor graduated 120 years ago.

Lucretia Raynor graduated in the class of 1900.  This photo was taken in 1952.   Can you guess who she married and some facts about her life?...

Sayville History Splash; 107 years ago. The Class of 1913

Sayville History Splash;  107 years ago. The Class of 1913...

Sayville History Splash; About a hundred years ago, Sayville HS Senior Glady C. Vunck

About a hundred years ago, Sayville HS Senior Glady C. Vunck wrote this poem for her graduating class. It did not appear in the yearbook, whereas yearbooks had not yet started. However, it did appear is the Suffolk County News!...