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Listen to the late Joseph Boslet Jr., interviewed by Isabel
Goldenkoff at the Syosset Public Library,
as he reminisces about old Syosset.
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Left, Memorial Day,1958
Right, 1959, with Syosset High School Marching Band
Both show marchers coming down Dawes Ave. to Jackson Ave.
(images courtesy of Charles Weidig)
Syosset fire trucks in the Memorial Day parade
Left, 1978
(photo by William Judge)
Center and right, 1980 (photos by Jeanne Langion Judge)
Memorial Day,1982
(photo courtesy of Diane Oley)
Left, color guard and the SHS marching band, early '60s
(image courtesy of Richard De Asla)
Right, 2002
(from the Residents For a More
Beautiful Syosset website)
Above, Memorial Day parades
Fireman William
Judge driving Engine 584,
Hicksville Labor Day parade, 1958
(image courtesy of Patrick Judge)
Syosset fire trucks in the Labor Day parade, Hicksville, 1975
Syosset fire trucks in the Fire Department 5th Battalion Parade, Syosset, 1986 (photos by William Judge)
Syosset Fire Department in the Hicksville Labor Day parade,
1989
(photos by Patrick Judge)
Little League Parade, 1954: John Delin
and Chip
Harrison, tipping hats, Bill Eaton looking toward parked cars,
Coach Pierce, Mgr. Fred
Bolk
Hanging out at the Little League Parade, c.
1955
Tom Bolk, Jack Erickson, John Delin, ?, Buddy Norris,
?
Parades
in 1959 and 1960
Left, majorettes
Joan Morrison, head majorette; Debbie Eddy, Jayne Ann Mierisch,
Donya Gerber, Betty Henn
Right,
Pat Lutz, Debbie Eddy and Jayne Ann Mierisch, majorettes;
Edwin "Andy" Netter in white uniform;
Elinore Abravanel on snare drum;
John Duffy on tom-tom
(photos
courtesy of Priscilla Thralls King)
Lollipop Farm, a
petting zoo on Jericho Turnpike, was Syosset's main attraction for many years.
"It was founded and developed by Harry and Alice Sweeny, and opened in June
of 1950. The location was the old Jackson Farm, which also had been a
stagecoach stop. The building with the steeple had been an icehouse, ice
being cut from the pond. Our barn was for the horses, and the old Nichols
Hardware building just west of it was the old carriage barn. My dad
was the Asst. General Director at the Bronx Park Zoo in the 40s, and he designed
their Children's Zoo. Lollipop Farm finally closed after finding homes for
all the animals in 1967 and Mom and Dad retired to Pennsylvania." Eva
Sweeny Mancuso
Postcard and pin
The old icehouse on
the Jackson property, c. 1940, which later became the Steeple House
at Lollipop Farm
The road in front (left) is Jericho Turnpike. (Left, photo courtesy
of Maureen McAuliffe Smith
Right, Cyril A. Lewis, Historical Long Island Paintings and
Sketches, The Long Island Forum, Westhampton Beach, N.Y., 1964)
Postcards of the
late, great Lollipop Farm on Jericho Turnpike, c. 1950s The train engineer is John
Dryfuss, who owned the farm's concessions.
Diane Vanstane Oley, 1953
(photo courtesy of Diane Oley)
The Lollipop Farm train, John Dryfuss
and kids, c. 1954
(photos by Kathryn Abbe)
The Steeple House
at Lollipop Farm
Below: Lollipop Farm by Alice Vee Sweeny, 1950
Illustrations by Kathleen Elgin
Lollipop Farm booklets by
Alice Vee Sweeny, 1950s
Left, Lollipop and her babies; Right,
Tommy-Inca, the proud llama
Wooden wall note holder,
c. '50s
The decal on bottom reads "Lollipop Farm, Syosset, Long Island, New
York."
Hicksville vs. Syosset softball
game (no gloves) September 7,
1931.
Charlie Rynsky is the runner for Syosset. In left and
center, the man covering the base wears a Hicksville Chiefs shirt.
This could have been a game after the Labor Day Parade in Hicksville.
Note: Men seated atop fire truck, crank handle to start fire truck
engine,
young man wearing knickers, firemen in uniforms.
(images courtesy of Mary Wencko Gaida)
Left,
the Syosset Federals
(photo courtesy of Tom Montalbano)
Right, the Syosset Ball Club, 1936 Long Island Champions
Dan Lynch, manager, front row center wearing tie, Frank Manarel,
back row, third from right
Picture taken at Summers' Field
(photo courtesy of Sally Anne Lynch)
1937 baseball game at Summers' Field, bordered by
Berry Hill Road, East Street and North Street
Now the site of a 7-11, right
Gary Zabel (left) of the Syosset Little League,
V.F.W. Vets, 1953
(and Walter Bailey?)
(image courtesy of Gary Zabel)
John Delin of the Syosset Little League,
Specialties Inc. Team (originally called the Specialists), 1953
Syosset Little League
certificate, 1953
Syosset Little League award,
1955
Syosset Little League statistics, Syosset
Advance, June 1955;
Team
standings, leading batters and pitchers
Syosset Pony League box score of a no-hitter by
Phil Lynch, Syosset Advance, June 1955
Notes: The text and the team captions are in error; Phil pitched
for the Vamps against Fieldwood. Third baseman "Givas"
is Tommy Ginas.
Bat from Little League
Sectional Tournament, Syosset 1968
Former N. Y. Mets star Ed Kranepool presents an award to Lucien Forte
and Mark Gehrke at the North Syosset Little League Dinner, 10/21/77.
Supervisor Colby, Councilman Ken Diamond and Gordon Duncan, V.P. of the
league, look on.
Vintage "emo" baseball jersey
Vintage "emo" Braves football t-shirt
College football trading cards, c. 1970s
Syosset residents, left, Matt Kupec; right, Chris Kupec
Vintage basketball shirt
"Be Yourself" by Sue Bird, famed basketball star from
Syosset
Left,
1959 advertisement for the Syosset Tennis Club;
Right, vintage tennis jacket
1973 advertisement for the Syosset
Racquet Club
Note the Franklyn of Syosset ad placed in the middle!
Syosset Golfers Club
advertisements, left, 1955 and right, 1962
Vintage Syosset Track and Field shirt
Syosset track hurdle
Vintage Syosset Cross Country t-shirt
Syosset Soccer Club
patches
(patch on right, designed by Brian Fitterman)
Syosset Soccer Club 25th Anniversary Emblem
designed by Brian Fitterman
(image courtesy of Brian Fitterman)
Syosset Sharks soccer
team picture, Stillwell Field, 1995
The coaches and the 10-year-old boys are wearing Alfred E. Neumann masks
made by Brian Fitterman.
The picture on the right appeared in Mad Magazine #337, July 1995.
(images courtesy of Brian Fitterman)
Vintage Syosset Soccer Club pins
Syosset lacrosse stick
Amateur hockey pin
(image courtesy of Warren Mills)
Matchbook
cover from Syosset Lanes on Jericho Turnpike
Vintage "emo" bowling shirt
Matchbook from Market
Lanes on Robbins Lane, c. 1950s
Market Lanes, 1959 Advertisement
Mid-Island Bowl 1958-59
Syosset resident Leone Knettel Taylor in center
(image courtesy of Diane Oley)
Front of vintage wrestling t-shirt
Scouting
I promise to do my best to love God and my
country, to help
other people every day, especially those at home. (Brownie
promise, c. 1954)
Brownie troop, 1948
(photo courtesy of Lois Ann Greenway Helser)
Click on the picture for larger version and names.
Brownie beanie, purse,
socks and handkerchief, c. 1954
Brownie Troop 701, 10/27/77
Elizabeth Patterson, Dawn Beney, Jacqueline Keenan, Karen Keenan,
Colleen Patterson, Donna Karklin, Kelley Patterson, Kelli Hopp
On my honor, I will try
To do my duty to God
and my country
To help other people
at all times
To obey the Girl Scout Laws
(Girl Scout promise, early '50s)
On my honor I will do my best
To do my duty to God and my country
and to obey the Scout Law;
To help other people at all times;
To keep myself physically strong,
mentally awake, and morally straight (Boy Scout oath, 1911)
Boy Scout neckerchiefs, left c. 1959; right c. '50s-'60s
"I was running to catch a train in Grenada, Spain, in 1972.
As I raced through the station, I noticed a swarthy, angry-looking young
man standing by himself, smoking a cigarette and wearing a skin-tight
American Boy Scout shirt (very popular in Europe at that time). I paused as I passed him; part of the
shirt's arm patch was covered by the shoulder strap of his bag, but I
did see "set, N.Y." I was in a great hurry and
spoke little Spanish, but I couldn't resist: I yanked the strap
down so I could read the rest of the patch. He glared at me
fiercely and pulled the strap back up, but not before I could clearly
see that it said "Syosset." As I ran off, I
pointed at his shoulder and yelled excitedly, "Mi casa! Mi
casa!" and left him maybe wondering, as I certainly was, just how
that little boy's Syosset Boy Scout shirt wound up on this angry young
man in Grenada, Spain. " Pamela Boslet
Official Boy Scout certificate for Stanley Kwiatkowski
(misspelled Cathcosky) for the year ending 1929
He was Assistant Patrol Leader in 1928 and a charter member of Syosset's
first Boy Scout troop formed by Mr. L. Goelette.
(image courtesy of the Kwiatkowski family)
Eagle Scouts Paul Kimmel and Glenn Lux receive awards from Scoutmaster
Franklin Tenure and Commissioner Preston Wheeler, 1960
Flag raising ceremony at
the Post Office on Queens Street, 1961
Left to right, Bruce Chasan, Postmaster Robert Boslet, Congressman
Steven B. Derounian, unidentified scout
Syosset Boy Scout troop patch
Clubs
Bob Boslet's Lions Club
pins
Ceremonial gavel presented to Bob Boslet
The inscription reads: "Robert Boslet Past President 1957-58"
Letters to Lions Club
Left, an invitation to Lion's annual beach party
at Stehli's beach in
Bayville, by Carl Baker, 1959
Read what you could get for $2.00 in those days!
Right, an announcement of Lions Club meeting at the Villa Victor
with guest speaker Wilbur Christensen, Syosset High School teacher, who
"will relate some of his experiences gained last summer in East
Berlin in successfully smuggling out the fiancé of a friend," by
Bob Boslet, 1961
Lions Club 35 year pin, 1985
Another vintage Lions Club pin
Kiwanis Club second annual Halloween Paint-up contest, 1956;
Intermediate winner Pam Boslet's window (Syosset Sweet Shop)
The Clearview Dance
Studio, 1958
Left, performance on the big stage at Baylis Elementary School
Standing: Debbie Berstein (2nd), Randee Burke (3rd), Dorothy
Katzenberg (last);
"Our tap shoes were spray painted silver with glitter, our skirts
were satiny blue and the sequin designs on our tops were
red." Randee Burke Tavarez.
Right, dance class rehearsal in the basement studio of the Clearland
Road home
of Trixie Evans
Standing: Trixie Evans, instructor, her daughter (3rd girl), Rochelle
Burke (5th girl),
Randee Burke (last girl);
On floor: Dale Evans (Trixie's son), Dorothy Katzenberg (5th
girl), Rickee Burke (last girl)
(images courtesy of Randee Burke Tavarez)
Left, camp counselors at
Woodbury Country Club, Jericho Turnpike, 1960 (photo courtesy of Richard Glazer)
Click on the above picture for larger version and names;
Center, advertisement, 1962;
Right, Woodbury Country Club today
Rotary Club pin
Rotary Club luncheon, Fox Hollow restaurant, 1977
Alfred Roach, Fran Diambalvo, Gil Fields, Hala Kitani,
Ben Bimstein (Rotary Club Pres.), Ambassador Andre Coulbary of Senegal,
William Douglas, William Kupec, Wilson Gearheart
Other
Organizations
American Legion hat
Post #175 on Berry Hill Road was named for Eugene S. Smith,
a Syosset soldier killed in World War I.
Syosset VFW jacket and
emblem
VFW goblet, 1951
American Automobile Association's School Safety Patrol
Captain Johnny Delin, c. 1955
Syosset board members of the Oyster Bay Visiting Nurses Association,
1959
Mrs. Mildred Bolk, Mrs. Russell S. Burdge, Mrs. Edith Reid (supervising
nurse), Mrs. Russell R. Roetger, and Mrs. J. Harold Sandifer.
Birchwood at Jericho
Civic Association protesting unsafe construction in 1960
(Edward J. Smits, Nassau Suburbia, USA, Friends of the Nassau
County Museum, Syosset, New York 11791, 1974)
Syosset Auxiliary Police
badges from early 1970s
(images courtesy of Don Karas)
signs to see
the latest
additions, as of May 23, 2007.
signs.
If you live in Syosset, visit the library to borrow
the entire tape and tapes featuring other longtime Syosset residents. If
you wish to listen to the tapes in the library, call the library first to see if
they have a tape player; otherwise bring your own.
