Sayville History Splash

[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 the previous post about the Sayville Suffrage Club, here is a clipping from 105 years ago. Click the link below to view the entire page/article. The Suffolk County news. (Sayville, N.Y.) 1888-current, October 22, 1915, Page 1, Image...

[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]Jumping from our usual focus of Sayville Alumni as we rapidly approach election day, did you know that Sayville had it's own women's suffrage movement?  It was called the Sayville Suffrage Club. I thought some might appreciate seeing this...

[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 believe that now, all of the members of the Class of 1938 are now deceased.   The below people are not currently in our annual birthday calendar or virtual cemetery.  If you have some information or even...

[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]Our history splash today is really more than a splash.  It's many Great South Bay waves!    While researching some of the Swettman family alumni, I found it interesting how many of the family married into other...

[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 love to hear great news about SHS Graduates!  Bobby Danzi, Class of 2014. Bobby Danzi is a 2014 Sayville Grad. He attended and graduated from the Berklee College of Music. In 2018, Bobby moved to Nashville to work in...

[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]Updated information for Brian R. "Sparky" Denton, Class of 1967. April 1, 1949 ~ October 22, 2020 (age 71). https://www.raynordandrea.com/obituary/Brian-Denton[/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] Sadly, we have learned of the passing of Violet S. “Vi” (Simms) McConnell, Class of 1955. We extend our sincere sympathies to Vi's family and friends. Here is a link to a memorial page we prepared for Vi. https://www.findagrave.com/...

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[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 read Tom McMahon's remembrances of Sayville Alumni article on; Terence "Terry" Odell Jackson, Class of 1968. The story, with a link to Tom’s video and Terry’s findagrave memorial, is at; https://sayvillealumni.org/terence-odell-jackson-class-of-1968/ Thank you to Tom McMahon of our historians’ committee![/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]No, not all splashes are good...

[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]Millie not only worked for many years in the school cafeterias, but Millie was also a SHS Class of 1933 graduate.[/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 the link below for a full-screen view) https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/RO5O-Xxii18RgxhPs3LNy1L2i3Rp7W8hS5FaB0SmMF7sn3A_KF4jOl7bjgWbwqG8ooOnK_gEsDpqQNa_pMtOHaGMbZ5WZQ-btVbA61XZBHv61XNkIPQIEW9o4BIfSSu_UAJZ0LG_Ykw=w2400[/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 are saddened by the passing of Frederick William Herold, Class of 1938.  Frederick was 99 years old and would have been 100 in less than a month.  Apparently, he was the last surviving member of the Class...

[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]How many names do you recognize? Click the link below to view full-screen.   https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZiyNJkVLvjLYktX4wURDIpctkxyIgOf1tV3eNkaxH4mX1KaBlAplanNmv7_RWsavvVsYSMWtd4EKQnexlEYiP3gWq-Ez0snXjepFlnYM82VbujZYg0yIzSb73QocwbrvJL3JnmYiOa4=w2400[/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, LI Railroad Station Depot & Train  Photo and commentary courtesy of Bill Faller.    Undivided track. Posted 1907. Note the buildings along Railroad Ave. in the background and the 2nd track in the foreground, used to allow trains going in opposite directions...