A Syosset Scrapbook 

 Part Five

 

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Syosset Schools

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Syosset Schools

       

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A sampling of report cards
Locust Grove, Split Rock, Village, Syosset High School 

 

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Board of Education, pictured in the 1960 Syosset High School yearbook
Charles Voorneveld, James Collier, Russell Roetger, Elisabeth Babcock, William McGurk, Simon Wittenberg, Allen Hubbard, Samuel Glazer, William Keim.


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Frank Manarel
A leading educator and Assistant Superintendent of Schools


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 Early Science Fair awards
(image courtesy of Audrey Schwartz)

 

 

Syosset Union Free School #12
(Split Rock School)


                                                                             

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Trustees' Annual Report, Syosset School District No. 12, 1893
Left, cover, and right, the district's families (40) with children between the ages of 5 and 21 (95)

 

 

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Trustees' Annual Report, Syosset School District No. 12, 1893 (continued)
The Financial report, center shows that the school's only teacher, Louise Newman (shown in First Statistical, right), received $142.66 for 42 weeks work and 66 cents was allocated for the library.

 

 

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Trustees' Annual Report, Syosset School District No. 12, 1893 (continued)
The document on the left shows that 52 children of school age attended school at least some part of the school year while the average daily attendance was 30.
The document in the center lists the number of water closets or privies!
The document on the right reveals that six trees were planted and Arbor Day was celebrated on the Friday following May 1st.


                                                                                

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Cover of the "Split Rock School 50th Anniversary October 1974" souvenir book;
inside, the history of Split Rock School
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1904 NYS Department of Public Instruction Certificate
Elsie M. VanSise, pupil
Conrad O. Schweitzer, teacher
Elsie May VanSise passed the 8th grade exam and was therefore qualified to continue her education.
Her father, Charles Alfred VanSise, was Syosset's postmaster (1905-1927) and she served as "postmistress."
Conrad Otto Schweitzer (1882-1976) was only 21 when he taught in the one-room schoolhouse.  He later moved to New Jersey where he became Principal of Public School 8 in Passaic.


  

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The two-room wooden schoolhouse, early 1900s 
This two-room building was constructed c. 1905.  It was the second schoolhouse and was used until the new school was opened September 20, 1925. 
From 1919 to 1925, the firehouse on Muttontown Road was used for the younger children.  Approximately 10 years after the new school was in use, this wooden building mysteriously burned down and its rubble was buried on the site where it stood.
(photo on right, courtesy of Virginia Budd Vail Hofstad)


  

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Left, 1915:  teacher, Ruth E. Roberts
  Albert Budd, third row, third from left
           Violet Budd, fifth row, first on left
Right, 1917:  Albert Budd, third row, third from left
Violet Budd, fifth row, fourth from left
(photos courtesy of Virginia Budd Vail Hofstad)

                       

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Grades 3, 4 and 5 taught by Mrs. Leonard, c. 1916

  

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c. early 1920s
(image courtesy of Tom Montalbano))

  


8th Grade class, c. 1923
Click on the picture for larger version and names. 
(photo courtesy of Leone Knettel Taylor)

                  


1924, at the Syosset Firehouse on Muttontown Road
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Sign on bulletin board advertises DANCES, Huntington Station, Nov. 8 and 29
 
(photo courtesy of Mary Wencko Gaida)


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1924, at the Syosset Firehouse on Muttontown Road
This is a 1st and 2nd grade class; Mrs. Porter is the teacher.
Agnes Nowak (?), third from left, second row.


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c. 1924, at the Syosset Firehouse on Muttontown Road
 
(photo courtesy of Tom Montalbano)


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Grade 6, 7, and 8, taught by Miss Emma Wicks, c. 1924


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Memorabilia
Emma Wicks' mother, May,  bought her a used piano in 1922, then a new one which served her for many years. 

 

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Memorabilia
Emma Wicks' piano tuning appointment, 1937.


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1924, still in the old building
LeRoy E. Budd, first row, third from left
Nellie Nowak Boslet, third row, fourth from left


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1925, the new school!
Click on the picture for larger version and names. 


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 Nowak sisters at their desks, c. '20's
Left, Nellie; center, Stella; right, Agnes


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c. 1926, 1927, 1928
1926:  6th or 7th Grade, Stanley Kwiatkowski 1st row, 2nd from left
1928:  Agnes Nowak, 2nd row, third from right
(photos left and right, courtesy of the Kwiatkowski Family;
photo in center, courtesy of Tom Montalbano)


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Grade 4, taught by Miss Mabel Wicks, c. 1927
First row, far left, Agnes Nowak (?)


                                                                              

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Split Rock School c. 1928
"This is where I went to school from about the 5th to the 8th grade.  Before that there was our old wooden school on the right [not shown—JD] which I attended.  We have no High School so we had to go to either Oyster bay or Hicksville.  I picked Hicksville because it was easier to get there."  
Mildred Knettel Vanstane to her husband, Forrest Vanstane, during World War II.
(postcard courtesy of Diane Vanstane Oley)


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Grade 8, 1929


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Nellie Nowak's 8th grade diploma, 1931
Not visible in this picture but signed by President of Board,
 George D. Carnes; Secretary of Board, Daniel W. VanSise; Principal, Sarah B. Viste


  

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Grade 8, class of 1932, and names as written on the back by Ethel Greenway
The names are left to right from the top row and broken by spaces in the rows. 
The teacher was Miss Elinor Kilgallon, who later became Mrs. Hefner.
(photos courtesy of Lois Ann Greenway Helser)


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Grade 5, 1933
(image courtesy of Tom Montalbano)


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 Mildred Greenway
(image courtesy of Lois Ann Greenway Helser)


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 Syosset School playgound, c. 1930s
(image courtesy of Lois Ann Greenway Helser)


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Grade 8, 1936


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Graduation Program, 1936
(courtesy of Florence Kwiatkowski Sendrowski) 


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Syosset School basketball team, 1937


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Graduation Program, 1939
(courtesy of Florence Kwiatkowski Sendrowski) 


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8th Grade graduation, 1944, with
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr., speaker


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At a fair in Hicksville, c. 1940s
  Mr. Frank Manarel (school principal), his son, Ross, Sally Anne Lynch and a teacher 
(photo courtesy of Sally Anne Lynch)


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Arbor Day 1946, Girls' Glee Club
  Far left front, Margaret Melville, far right front, Rose Solnick.
Front row, Florence Rynsky (3rd), soloist, Sally Anne Lynch (4th), soloist.
Also in the photo are Dolores Horan (tall girl in back), Joan Solnick and Carolyn Solnick.
(image courtesy of Sally Anne Lynch)


  

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Arbor Day ceremony 1947 
Trees were planted in memory of Daniel X. Lynch, owner of the Berry Hill Service Station and a longtime member of the School Board, and Charles Everett "Dusty" DeMilt, Syosset School stationary engineer and custodian.
(photos courtesy of Sally Anne Lynch)

 

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Arbor Day 1947 trees planted
Left, in memory of Daniel X. Lynch
Right, in memory of "Dusty" DeMilt
(photos courtesy of Sally Anne Lynch)

 


  

 


Left, the girls of Mrs. Devine's 2nd grade class, Fall, 1947 
Right, 3rd grade,  6/21/49 
(photos courtesy of Lois Ann Greenway Helser)
Click on the above class pictures for larger versions and names.



Mrs. Curran's kindergarten class 1947-48
Click on the above class picture for larger version and names.


At the weekly assemblies, music teachers, such as Mr. William Healy, would lead the 
whole school in song.
One of the favorites was "The Church in the Wildwood." 
 Here is a rendition by the Carter Family.   Click here: 
The Church in the Wildwood

 


8th grade class trip to New York, Spring, 1951
Click on the picture for larger version and names. 


  

 

                                           
Mrs. Devine's 2nd grade class, October, 1952
(photo on right courtesy of Tom Melville)
Click on the above class pictures for larger versions and names.

   

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 Back and front covers of Jack and Jill magazine, September 1946,
given by Mrs. Devine (who wrote her name on the top right) to her 2nd grade student, Pam Boslet, in 1952


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8th grade class trip to New York, Spring, 1952
 Left to right, first row:  Bob Hammond, Janet Day, Peter Kahn, Monica Rumpf, Marie Maimone, Mrs. Elinor Hefner, Dave Rowntree, Dick Storz.  Second row:  Mr. Frank Manarel, Stan Kwiatkowski, Royall Victor III (Mike), Bob Holm, John Burckley 
(photo courtesy of Robert Holm)

   

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8th grade graduation day, June 20, 1952
  Left to right:  Joyce Hale, Janet Day, Marie Maimone, Stan Kwiatkowski, Monica Rumpf, Bob Holm, Royall Victor III (Mike), John Burckley,
Bob Hammond, Dick Storz, Peter Kahn, Dave Rountree 
(photo courtesy of Robert Holm)


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8th grade graduation, June 20, 1952
(photo courtesy of Robert Holm)


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Graduation Program, 1953 

 


                                            

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1953-54
Top: Grades 2 (Christine Leuteman?, top row 3rd; Gregory Land, 3rd row 6th), 3 and 6 (split session);
Bottom: Grades 6 (split session), 7, and 8 
Click on the above class pictures for larger versions and names (for 3rd through 8th.)
(Grade 2, courtesy of the estate of Gregory Land;
Grade 7, courtesy of Florence Kwiatkowski Sendrowski)

 
  

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8th grade diploma, 1954;
John Day, President, Board of Education; Frank Manarel, Principal


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Graduation 1955
Florence Kwiatkowski and John Morris
Florence is crying because she didn't want to leave Split Rock School.
(image courtesy of Florence Kwiatkowski Sendrowski)


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Pam Boslet's 4th grade Memory Book, 1955


  

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Pictures from Memory Book
Right, Evans W. Moore, principal


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Left, clockwise from left, Pauline (Cookie) Vormittag, Pam Boslet, Bernadette Waters and Margaret (Peggy) Dunlap
Center, clockwise from left, Robert Sackett, David Dowling, Robert Carra and John Flower
Right, clockwise from left, Norman Marstead, Bronnie Smith and Sandra Bartleski


                                                                   

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Autographs from Memory Book ("Ike Boslet" was Pam's dog.)



8th grade graduation, 1956
Click on the above class picture for larger version and names.
(photo courtesy of Barbara Holm Britton)



Mr. Bensen's 6th grade class, 1957
Click on the picture for larger version and names. 


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"Split Rock School Has Closing Exercises" 
1957 Syosset Advance article with handwritten corrections by Pam Boslet
(more corrections:  "Mellville" should be "Melville"; "Mrs. Gearhart" should be "Mr. Gearhart.")


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Denise Frazer and her dog Missy, 1957
   In the background is Split Rock's field and Monfort Place.



Mr. Parkes' 6th grade class, 1965
Click on the above class picture for larger version and names.


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Mrs. Agell's  6th grade class, 1974


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From
Newsday, Split Rock School celebrates 50th anniversary in 1974
(image courtesy of Brian Pauleen)


Below, Split Rock School teachers:


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Miss Brandes, c. 1929


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Left, Miss Pauline Hise (later Mrs. Theodore Galiza) with Sally Anne Lynch, c. 1930s
Right, Mrs. Catherine Devine, 1958 
(photos courtesy of Sally Anne Lynch)


  

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Left, Mrs. Downer and Mrs. Minard, 1947
Right, Miss Laura Spain, center, with Florence Rynsky and Patty Kressly
(photos courtesy of Sally Anne Lynch)


                                           

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Left, 5th grade teacher Conrad Schwarz and Pam Boslet, 1956; 
center, 6th grade teacher Mr. Bensen and Pam, 1957; right, Wilson Gearhart, Principal


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 Mr. Bensen, Principal, at the school's south entrance, 1957
   Is your bike there?

                       

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Left, 1956
Center and right, 1984, only a few months before destruction 
(1984 photos, courtesy of Tom Melville)


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All that remains, July, 2000
A "Field of Dreams," site of Syosset Little League from 1953 to 1955


 

Locust Grove School

 


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One room Locust Grove School #14
It was moved from its original location and used as a storage shed
by the NYS D.O.T until 1979.
It was probably  the second Locust Grove School at James Street and South Oyster Bay Road, 
the first being at what is now Underhill Boulevard and Jericho Turnpike.
 
(images courtesy of Tom Montalbano)

 

 

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c. 1945, the third and final Locust Grove School on Humphrey Drive

Robin Boslet on the left

 
 

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 Robin Boslet running through the school field,  c. 1945


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1946
First row, left, George Hvidsten, Rita Viette (3rd), far right in light coat, Robin Boslet; second row, left, Douglas Baird, far right, Johnnie Watson; third row, left, Al "Alfie" Healy, Roddy Mackenzie, Roger Alligier, Henry Miller (6th), far right, Ruth Monilaws



1950
Mrs. Brush's kindergarten class
(photo courtesy of Lorraine Graf Zabel)
Click on the above picture for larger version and probable names


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George Graf, Lorraine Graf and Don Andersen just after the first day of school at Locust Grove, Mrs. Brush's class, September 1950.
(image courtesy of Gary Zabel)


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Graduation 1951
Right, Celeste Viscardi looking forward; Donna Viscardi facing camera
(image courtesy of Stephanie Ferri Green)


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Teachers at 1951 Graduation
Far left, Mrs. Hilda Brush. Second from left, Ms. Rinaldi
(image courtesy of Stephanie Ferri Green)


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"Wings for Locust Grove", school musical program, May 1952, 
celebrating the new addition to the  school 
(courtesy of Douglas Baird)


  

 


Class of 1954 
(photos courtesy of Douglas Baird)
Click on the above class pictures for larger versions and names


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Ms. Doris Klenkel's kindergarten class, March 1955.
Bob Brussack is the boy in the dark shirt in the middle of the photograph.

(image courtesy of Bob Brussack)


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Mrs. Dubsky's kindergarten class, 1957-58
In second row:  Mrs. Dubsky and Principal Tomashefsky;
Third row:  Charlie Abrams (2nd), Ann Steffany (3rd), Stephen Fricker (4th);
Bottom row:  Billy Hildebrandt (3rd), David Aldrich (5th) 
(image courtesy of Stephen Fricker)


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Ginny and Terri Ferri at the playground in 1961
(image courtesy of Stephanie Ferri Green)


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Locust Grove School is now
the Variety Child Learning Center.


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2005:  The front of the original building that was Locust Grove School
(image courtesy of Karen Laschitza Glutz and Clara Yoepp Gamer)


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Reunion of classes from 1938 to the 1950s
at the
Fulton & Prime Steak House, 352 Jericho Turnpike, October 12, 2008
Left to right:  Wally Stanton, Joan Steiniger, Amy Rebetti and Diane Morris 

 
(image courtesy of Amy Rebetti Schick)


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"HOW TO LIVE HAPPILY TO AGE 100"
advice by Ian Mackenzie, Locust Grove School, class of 1938

 

 

Woodbury School

 

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Left, the original 1748 one-room school originally on Woodbury Road and Jericho Turnpike
It was moved to a private estate; this picture was taken c. 1920s-30s
Right, second school, early 1900s, replaced in 1927 (see Syosset High School) 

(photos courtesy of Tom Montalbano)

 

Walt Whitman School

 


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Walt Whitman Elementary School, 482 Woodbury Road


Miss Avino's 7th grade class, 1955 
(photo courtesy of Carole Ingrao Tunstall)
Click on the picture for larger version and names.


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Left,
Mr. Scala's 8th grade class, 1956 
Click on the picture for larger version and names.
(photo by, and courtesy of, Marie Manning)
 
Right, Marie with Mr. Scala
(photo courtesy of Marie Manning) 

 

 

  Village School

 

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1954, 1955 (from the Syosset Advance) and 2000

                                         


         

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The proposition to finance the Village School, March 31, 1953
It contains interesting statistics and includes an architect's rendering of the building and a floor plan.
(courtesy of Bob Swanson)

 


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Cornerstone ceremony, 1954
Left, Mr. John Day, unidentified, unidentified, Dr. Ernest Weinrich, Superintendent of Schools, laying the stone, unidentified, Mr. George Hofgren, Frank Manarel.
Right, at the podium, Mr. William Kupec, principal, Mr. Hofgren and Dr. Weinrich.
(photos courtesy of Fritz Weinrich)


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Second, and last,  8th grade graduation program, 1956


Below, 7th Grade 1954-55 Memory Book:
(images courtesy of David Land)

 

 

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Left, William Kupec, principal; 
Right, Robert Rutzel, class athlete


                                                                                   

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Left, clockwise from top left, Otto Krebs, Joan Morrison, Mike Hofgren, Rosemary Yannotti;
Right, clockwise from top left, Bob Worrell, Sandra Gay, John Delin, Carol Tremont

                                                                                    

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Left, clockwise from top left, Warren Pollock, Geri Van Rees, Peter Eriksen, Priscilla Thralls;
Right, clockwise from top left, Gary Zabel, Steve Zajac


                                                                                   

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Autographs from Memory Book 



8th grade graduation, 1956

Mr. Blossfield's 8th grade class, 1956

(Images courtesy of Annita Harless Sours)     


 


Mr. Parkes' 7th grade class, 1956
(Image courtesy of Colin Jones)

Click on the above class pictures for larger versions and names

 

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Left, Village School salutatorian medal, 1956
Right, the salutatorian, John Delin


                                                                              

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Schoolchildren in spring of '56
Image on left, front row:  Ronnie Reilly? (3rd), Frank Alleva? (4th);
back row:  Greg Johnson (2nd), Tricia Mierisch (3rd), Renee Schwartz? (15th)
(photos courtesy of Priscilla Thralls King)


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Magnet
(donated by Brian Fitterman) 

 

 

South Grove School

 

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South Grove Elementary School, 60 Colony Lane c. 1955
(image courtesy of Dee Drost Stevens)


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Recent image of South Grove Elementary School



Mrs. H. Taplin's 6th grade class, 1955 
Click on the picture for larger version and names.
(photo courtesy of Janet Ellen Lusk)



Mrs. Smith's 7th grade class, 1955 
Click on the picture for larger version and names.
(photo courtesy of Peter Smothergill)




Mr. Downes' 8th grade class, 1955 
Click on the picture for larger version and names.
(photo courtesy of Dan Smothergill)



Mrs. H. Taplin's 6th grade class, 1956
Click on the picture for larger version and names.
(image courtesy of Dee Drost Stevens)

 

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Mr. William Hildebrandt, Principal, c. 1959
(image courtesy of Dee Drost Stevens)


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Faculty c. 1959
(image courtesy of Dee Drost Stevens)


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Mrs. Cora Cullen, school nurse,  with unidentified student c. 1959
(image courtesy of Dee Drost Stevens)


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Safety Patrol, c. 1959
(image courtesy of Dee Drost Stevens)



Left, Miss Hickey's Kindergarten class, 1958
Right, Miss Herlihy's 1st grade class, 1959
Click on the pictures for larger versions and names.
(photos courtesy of Jeanne Sittig Moore)


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6th Grade trip to Washington, 1966
(photo courtesy of Randy Stricker)


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South Grove Schools 50th Birthday Party
Left,  Mr. William Hildebrandt, the principal of South Grove in its early years, with Larry Ciappa
Center, Mr. Hildebrandt and Randy Stricker
Right, Miss Cheifo, Music teacher at South Grove from the 50's till her retirement many years later
(images courtesy of Randy Stricker)


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Vincent Ferri receives his diploma at the 6th grade graduation, June 1977
(image courtesy of Stephanie Ferri Green)


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Magnet
(donated by Brian Fitterman) 

 

 

Willits Elementary School

 

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 Alice P. Willits Elementary School, 99 Nana Place
The school's name was corrected from "Alice P. Willets" c. 1965
Miss Alice P. Willits was born c. 1866.  
William Willits, father of Alice and her three sisters, owned lots of land in Locust Grove in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The old Locust Grove elementary school was on his property.  Census records from 1900 reveal that Alice was a school teacher and she could have taught there.  He owned on both sides of Jericho Turnpike and on both sides of the old Underhill Boulevard.  The LIRR went through his land.  The old school was on the north side of the turnpike and the east side of the old Underhill Boulevard.
In 1939, there was still a W. Willits estate on the north side of the turnpike.  On the south, his old property was divided and owned by the Lewis Homes, Joseph Klein and the bank of Syosset.  Now, the streets are Elm Pl and Oak Dr. and Locust Lane among many others, all on land once owned by the Willits family.  As for the Willits School, it's hard to figure where Nana Pl is on old maps; there are lots of owners, but the Willits family did not own that land.


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 Early Field Day awards
(image courtesy of Audrey Schwartz)



 Mrs. Brush's 8th grade class, c. 1956
Click on the picture for larger version and names.



Miss Sheraga's 2nd grade class, 1962
Click on the picture for larger version and names.
(image courtesy of Eileen Green Alexander) 


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Magnet
(donated by Brian Fitterman) 

 

Baylis Elementary School

 

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 Baylis Elementary School, 580 Woodbury Road



Mrs. J. Cole's 7th grade class, Dec. 1955 
Click on the picture for larger version and names.
(photo courtesy of Janet Ellen Lusk)



Miss Cammarota's 8th grade class '55-'56
Click on the above class picture for larger version and names.
(photo courtesy of Peter Smothergill)



Mr. Oscar Pultz's 8th grade class '55-'56
Click on the above class picture for larger version and names.


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Mr. James Mahoney's 4th grade class, June 2, 1959
It was the 500th group to travel on the LI Rail Road. 
Mr. Mahoney is in back row, second from right.
Shelley Keir is in third row, sixth from left.
(image courtesy of Michele"Shelley" Keir)


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Baylis Band, December 1959
Shelley Keir is in third row, second from right, with clarinet.
(image courtesy of Michele"Shelley" Keir)


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Mr. Cohen's  6th grade class, September 1960
Fred Polner is second from right on floor; Shelley Keir is at far right.
(image courtesy of  Michele"Shelley" Keir)



Mr. Cohen's  4th grade class, 1961
Click on the picture for larger version and names.
(image courtesy of Sherry Podgorsky) 


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6th Grade dance, c. 1961
Carl Giggamotso, Randee Burke, unidentified, Richard Vitale, 
(image courtesy of Randee Burke Tavarez) 


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Mrs. Hess' 1st Grade Class, April 1969
Tom Montalbano is right behind the sign in the first row.
(image courtesy of Tom Montalbano)

 

 

Berry Hill School


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Berry Hill Elementary School on Cold Spring Road, 2000
(photo by Michael Mark)



Mr. Gross' 4th grade class, 1962
Click on the picture for larger version and names.
(image courtesy of Robert Tolins) 


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Magnet
(donated by Brian Fitterman) 

 

 

Robbins Lane  School


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Robbins Lane School, 157 Robbins Lane


 

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Michael Mark, third grade, c. 1958
(image courtesy of Michael Mark)

 

 

Green Hill Country Day School


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Nursery School, 1958-1959
Back row:  Far left, Jeffrey Domber and David Gantman
Far right, Robin Haas and Debbie Spring
Seated: left, Eric Jupiter, Debbie Adams
Ruth Schondelmeir is 4th girl from left.
(image courtesy of Eric Jupiter)

 

 

Our Lady of Mercy Academy

         

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Our Lady of Mercy Academy on Convent Road

 

Below, images from the OLMA 1956 yearbook:

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Aerial view 


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Path to the OLMA Pond
(not to be confused with Burckley's Pond across the road)

 

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The Pond


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Outside the Syosset Sweet Shop, c. 1955


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OLMA Crest


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1957 Yearbook


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1956-57 Juniors


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Peter-Thomas Rohrbach, O.C.D, The Search for St. Thérèse, Hanover House, 1961
from the Our Lady of Mercy Library, c. '60s 


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1976 prom mug

 

Harry B. Thompson
Junior High School

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1962 

(photos courtesy of The Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Gottscho-Schleisner Collection:
    left, LC-G613-78807; right, LC-G613-78808)


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Library 


Gymnasium

(photos courtesy of The Library of Congress,  Prints and Photographs Division,
 Gottscho-Schleisner Collection:
    left, LC-G613-78818; right, LC-G613-78820)


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Cafeteria 


Science Room 

(photos courtesy of The Library of Congress,  Prints and Photographs Division,
  Gottscho-Schleisner Collection:
    left, LC-G613-78822; right, LC-G613-78817)



Mr. Siudzinski's 6th Grade class, May 1962
Click on the picture for larger version and names.
(photo courtesy of Richard Weidmann)

 


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Sweatshirt c. 1970s


  

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Yearbooks 1978 and 1979 

 

South Woods Middle School


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South Woods Middle School (formerly Junior High), 2003
It opened in the fall of 1959.



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