[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 “Holidays in a War Zone“, specially prepared for the Sayville Alumni Association by US Army Brigadier General (Retired) Richard K. Sele (SHS Class of 1979). Please share! https://sayvillealumni.org/holidays-in-a-war-zone/ [/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 width="1/4"][vc_column_text css=".vc_custom_1607707933264{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #d7c5e2 !important;}"]Sometimes, searching old records can uncover some rather unlikely surprises! Yesterday, I found the 1920 passport application for Garrett Vander Borgh, Class of 1916, as he prepared...
[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]Perhaps some of you have watched Netflix's miniseries, "The Queen's Gambit", which is credited with spurring a resurgence of public interest in the game of Chess. Jumping back in time 82 years, we see the members of Sayville High...
[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 learned of the passing on November 20, 2020 of Jacqueline Sandra “Jackie” (Myres) Beintema. Jackie graduated in 1952 and married her Sayville High sweetheart, Edward John “Buddy” Beintema from the class of 1951. Buddy and...
[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 send us a photo of your lights and decorations! Kindly include your name, class year, and location (ie. town, state). We will prepare a page with the photos and information for everyone to enjoy.[/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] Helen (Ritter) Wehrenberg, Class of 1938. [/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; While we are not quite sure who the artist "Moon" is, presented here is a comical sketch of the Sayville High Faculty in 1926 as seen through the eyes of a student artist. Click this link...
[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 css=".vc_custom_1606153103709{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #dbc5e2 !important;}"] Click here for full-screen view [/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] ***Click to open full-screen*** [/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 width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Earlier today, we posted about Newton Raynor, Class of 1926. We have learned that Newton had a gift of sketching. Here is one from his high school days 96-98 years ago, which may bring a smile to your...
[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; After some research, we have been able to create a memorial page for Newton Amos Raynor, Class of 1926, and add Newton to our birthday remembrance calendar. Newton and his brother George Renwick Raynor ran Raynor Beach...
[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]In celebration of Veterans today, our Class of 1979 Brigadier General (Retired), US Army -- Richard K. Sele, has prepared a very interesting photo article; "Veterans Day in a Combat Zone". Please don't miss this one...
[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]Services information for Candy (Class of 1976). Such a lovely lady...
[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 the link for a full-screen view. https://tinyurl.com/y3dhr7yk [/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_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]https://sayvillealumni.org/endless-waves-remembrances-of-sayville-alumni-isaac-henry-ike-green-architect-of-old-88/[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]...