• I spent about an hour on the site this morning. It's great. I can see it was a ton of work and very well done. I'm sure that it will prove to be a lot of fun and a great resource that your class can use to share its memories and accomplishments. I look forward to spending some more time on the site soon to explore the rest of it. 

• I must admit that I had no idea how "cool" it would be. If you ever lose your day job, I guess you know what you can do.  

• I'm impressed ... this must have taken you all year! So much there ... need more time to surf it. I've barely touched the many, many pages. Really ... truly ... a great job!  

• Seen it. Heard it. Cool.  [This one came from my son, age 30 (in 1999).]  

• Your high school website is really cool ― and excellent besides! And the music selections are perfect!  Congratulations on a superb job. 

• What a great website! One of the most entertaining I have ever visited. As a South Side High School class of  '57 alum, I really appreciated it. Don't be surprised if we steal some of your ideas.  

• We saw your website today. It was wonderful. [From the mother of our classmates, twins, Michael and Jay Katz] 

• I am looking at the website you made and congratulations on a great job. [From the Lawrence High School Class of 1959's webmaster (visit at http://ade-re.com/1959)]  

• We enjoyed reminiscing of the good old days in Oceanside via the website. We wish the Class of 1960 a wonderful and memorable reunion. We fondly remember so many of you. [From the  parents of classmate, Sabin Danziger, and parents-in-law of of classmate, Michael Brozost]    

• What a great site you created!  Great music.  Great graphics.  What's not to like?  Joan and I spent over an hour taking your sea cruise.  We love it!  Maybe it is hard to believe that people who attended school in Cleveland in the '50s can enjoy looking at Oceanside prom pictures and checking out Oceanside reunions, but we did.  And the animations!  (Where did you ever find all those animations?)  Even the wallpaper was fun.  Joan  [the writer's wife] now wants to go to her reunion in 2004, and she swore she wouldn't attend another after going to the 10th.  THAT is what your site did to her. As another band leader of that period said ... "Wunnaful, Wunnaful!"  [And Joan added:]   That website is absolutely fantastic!  We are both very impressed!  It was fun to read!  I wished that it was my school that I was looking at.  

• Howie, your wife came into the library [a local library in Las Vegas] the other day to get some music for your site. I asked her for the address — it is wonderful. You must have put a lot of time and energy into it. If there is anything you need us to find at the library for you, please let us know. Wish I was as talented as you are.  

• It is WAY cool.  You have waaaaay too much time on your hands. [From a former business partner]
     
• Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed my tour of the website. Spent the greater part of a Saturday evening on the site. As a 1960 high school graduate [in Chicago], I can totally relate to everything you have posted. We did not have Nathan's, but there was the corner burger-joint hangout. Each song reminded me of a particular happening at the time in my life when it was popular. Dick Biondi was our Alan Freed, who gave us those memorable magic moments. His career was almost as tumultuous as Alan's. I have told several of my friends about  website, and all have thoroughly enjoyed it. [From another former business partner]

• Just finished cruisin' your website and wanted to say I loved it. 

• I've thoroughly enjoyed perusing Oceanside's webpage ― it's a wonderful site. Wish I'd gone to school there. 

• Your site is beautiful!!  ... really brings back those old feelings. Hey, that could be a song title.  It is fantastic!!!! I hated to leave, so for sure I'll be going back again." [From a 1960 graduate of West Islip High School] 

• Your site is terrific. [From Herb R. Brown, Ed.D., Superintendent of Schools, Oceanside Union Free District (visit at http://oceanside.k12.ny.us/district%20office/superintendent_message.htm)]

• Great site created for the Class of 1960 — wonderful photos of Oceanside in 1960, lots of cool stuff!! Well worth the look! [From the Oceanside Education Foundation (visit at http://www.schoolhousegreen.org)]
      
• I tried your site, and it is quite amazing. [From an old friend from elementary school in Brooklyn, a Midwood High School, class of 1959, graduate, not seen nor heard from in 48 years]

• Your class website is wonderful. I loved being able to see my dad's past. I felt like I was standing in the halls of the school and seeing it for real. [From the daughter of our classmate, Don Patterson]

• I went on your website. It was great. Keep up the good work. [From Dorie Ciulla, Principal, Oceanside High School (visit at http://oceanside.k12.ny.us/7hs/principal_message.htm)]

• MAGNIFICENT!!!  I spent a lot of time in Long Beach as my grandparents had a West End bungalow.  I also had a girlfriend who lived at Lawson and Atlantic, and we walked Lawson a lot. Thank you for the wonderful trip down memory lane. [From a 1977 graduate of Bellmore Kennedy High]

• Your whole website is fantastic, and I, too, love the Nathan's page the best!  Good job!  I miss the Oceanside Nathan's very much. I used to eat my hot dog, french fries and a drink and watch the puppet shows on Saturdays. [From a 1969 graduate of Long Beach High]

• SUPER!!  Howie, Congratulations on a great site! I enjoyed every minute of it as I have very fond memories of my years at OHS. Keep up the great work. Your website never fails to amaze me each time I sign on! Thank you for that labor of love! [From OHS track coach, Roy Chernock, 1957 to '67]
    

• Just received the link to your website. It is truly awesome. It has to be the most complete and the best put together site I have visited. Brings back GOOD memories. Unfortunately, I didn't have the pleasure of attending Oceanside schools. Our first "married" home was on Weidner Avenue, and we ultimately bought a house on Murdock. Our son, Michael [Furst], did graduate from OHS in the late '80s. Thanks for your efforts.
    

• Your website, “1960sailors,” is fantastic. I love it.  
    

• ... thanks for the trip back in time and the retro music. Loved the website and the rest of the history behind Nathan's. Hot Dog, Buddy Buddy ― song kind of sticks with you doesn't it? Thanks for the fun journey back. 
     

• [About our Nathan's page.]  That was so-o-o-o interesting. 

[The previous two posts came from eBay sellers from whom Nathan's memorabilia was purchased.]

• Your website page tells a fascinating story, not only about your local history, but of my family history as well. [This came from John Ashmele, nephew of both Leon Shor and Murray Hadfield (see next entry).]
     

• Good job, Howie. Thanks. My family loved the research that you've done. [This came from Morty Shor, son of Leon Shor, co-founder and operator of our own Roadside Rest during the early years.]  
     

• We enjoyed that little piece you wrote about when we first opened Oceanside, and appreciated the recognition. You really did excellent research. [From Dorothy and Murray Handwerker, who saved the dying Roadside Rest in late 1956 and early 1957 and ultimately brought Nathan's to Oceanside in 1959. (Murray is the son of Nathan's founder, Nathan Handwerker.)] 
    

• Thanks for all the information about the Nathan's Roadside Rest. We used to visit almost every weekend although we live in Brooklyn. We visited in the '50s and '60s as it was on the way to my late uncle's house in Long Beach. The food was as good as at the original Coney Island Nathan's. I was thinking about the Roadside Rest recently. The article brought back great memories. I even recall the entertainment on the stage. It was a better world then. People trusted and helped each other and cared.
   

• WOW! Did you do this whole Oceanside scene?  It was wonderful!  I just spent a nostalgic evening enjoying the trip back in time. We lived in Wedgewood from 1958 to 1997 when we moved to Florida with all the other Oceanside oldtimers. Your tour of Oceanside was very special. I'll be forwarding this site to all our old Oceanside friends. [From a former librarian at the Oceanside Library.]
    

• You always make me smile when I view the site that you have so wonderfully developed. [This came from Craig Pravda, son of our late classmate, and my very dear, lifelong friend, the late Joel Pravda, to whose memory this site is dedicated]
    
• It was a blast from the past to find the OHS 1960 website today! By coincidence, I went to my search engine and, by gosh, I pulled up your fantastic website, and was I amazed!!! What a trip down memory lane! Those were good days and provide many good memories. I just read the lovely tribute you wrote for Ed Taylor. Your website is outstanding in every respect. ..."thanks for the memories." Keep that great website going. I got a charge out of the caption about Tom's visit [Tom Castoldi]. Then I followed the links and became absorbed once again in the total website, and nostalgia took over. I am amazed at the amount of data that you have collected and included in the website. Of course, the music and effects are great. Again, thanks for the memories. All the best. [From Allan Segal, OHS music teacher from 1956 to 1966 and then Director of Music Education for the Oceanside School District until 1986]
   
• Thanks so very much for the Nathan's/Roadside Rest webpage! It is wonderful. I grew up in Island Park, because my dad loved the Roadside Rest/Nathan's ― so much he had to be close to it. Your site and wonderful photos brings many fond memories and good times. I remember the old site before they put the heated roof section on it in the early '60s. So much of my youth was spent there, and the gameroom and lots of necking there too! I now live in Florida, and my mom is good friends with Murray Handwerker and his wife; thanks for posting the interview. I recently had dinner with him too. He is so proud of his life's accomplishments. Again, thanks for the site and your contributions to Oceanside. [The writer went to W. Hempstead High School (he is younger than we are), and his cousin is Ray Sobel, the OHS citizenship ed. teacher of our time.]
    
• I saw your website, and I am very proud of you, Howie -- because in high school, you were nothing. [From our beloved coach Jan (Frank Januszwski) at our 45-year reunion]
       
• Loved your reunion pages!  I put a link on our homepage so people can see true Sailor Spirit!!! [From Betsy Transom, president of the Oceanside Education Foundation (visit at http://www.schoolhousegreen.org)]
          
• Just wanted to say hi and compliment you on a great website. Spent many happy days at Nathan's and Oceanside bowl. [From a member of East Rockaway High School's class of '63]
   
• Hi, I was looking for material on Alan Freed and got directed to your Oceanside High School website and boy, am I glad I did! What a wonderful collection of memories and great songs you have assembled. I grew up in San Diego and got to hear Alan Freed after he came to KDAY in LA, its booming signal carried down here quite well. We pretty much grew up hearing the same songs here that you did there, it was a great era in music and we are lucky to have been there for it. I will be spending more time exploring the site, anyway, thanks very much for doing it and sharing your memories -- from a guy who grew up 3,000 miles away from your school.

  
• ... congratulations on your site, which is full of a great deal of interesting information. [From an accomplished certified archivist employed at the prestigious New York Public Library]
    
• I think your website is great. I wish they had one for Southside. [From a 1957 Southside graduate]
    
• First off, I love, LOVE your website! I think it is superb, really fun and interesting, and even exciting. It is a fabulous resource, and you really did a great job in pulling all that information together in such a  creative way. I remember quite a lot about Oceanside. I remember thinking that the name Chawatsky seemed vaguely obscene, and, of course I was a big fan of the Roadside Rest and the Texas Ranger. [From Joe Behar, PhD (Long Beach High School, 1960), Professor of Sociology, Dowling College, Oakdale, NY, the source of several of our great photos of the Long beach boardwalk]
     
• I can't believe it's been 6 years since you put that up. You did a great job. My hubby's high school class wants to put up a website. I told them about your awesome site so they can dream and drool. [From a cousin of our classmate, Ed Chilton.]
    
• [Thank you for a very interesting site; I've been listening to the music from the "Our Music" page and getting a thrill as I was a teenager during the Alan Freed and American Bandstand period.
    
•  I just discovered your class website, and I love it! I am from the great class of 1960 from Newburgh Free Academy in Newburgh, NY.
    
• Kudos by the way to Howard Levy. The 1960 Sailors website is a lot of fun ― Massapequa High has nothing like it. [From Marc Lecard, author of the "comic crime" novel (among others), Vinnie's Head, who grew up on Long Island]
      
•  I can't believe what I am seeing. ... I already e-mailed your site to friends around the country. [From Spider Harrison, veteran deejay, record company executive and recording artist, graduate of Hempstead High School, '62 (www.spidorecords.com)]
      
• To my Cousin Howard B. "Howie" Levy, You are the man ― Love your website ― Our memories are alive and well. [From famed rock 'n' roll DJ, "Cousin Brucie" Morrow]
    
• I grew up in Island Park and lived in Oceanside from 1999-2007. I loved looking thru your site, and it brought back many memories.  
     
• I am the Senior High Band Director for South Lewis Central School in Turin, NY. This is a small town situated between Watertown and Utica, near Fort Drum. I grew up in Cortland, near Syracuse. I am directing The King and I and have been doing much research. I stumbled across your Oceanside site, and it amazed me. After listening and reading about The King and I production, I browsed the rest of the site. It is truly fantastic. It sounds like a place I wished I had gone to school and a time period. I graduated in 1985. Anyway, I am going to use the quote that you guys used from "Something Wonderful" in my program; it was a nice idea and a classy touch. The orchestra sounded great, too. Looking at your class pictures, this school must have been huge. I graduated from a class of 250 and teach in a school with a graduating class of about 100. I was sorry to read that the King, Alan Lupi, had died ... and he was so young.
    
• I did not attend Oceanside, but I found your site while looking for, of all things, the "ah-bey" clip from Murray the K's radio show. What a gas! It is now one of my cell phone ringtones. Thanks a million.
     
• Dear Sailors! I represent the newly formed 1976 KGHS Association in King George, Virginia. I was searching the web for any other high school class who had enough talent to form an association and WOW, your website is amazing! The Oceanside Class of 1960 site is truly an inspiration to our group!  Thanks for the many hours of entertainment!!

• 5/23/08:  Thank you Howie Levy:  I'm not from Oceanside but rather (dare I say it here?) from Stuyvesant [H.S. in NYC], class of '59 ─ so I am overjoyed that someone has put together such a treasure trove of memories ─ and especially the music ─ from that greatest era. As an observer of the current teenage scene, and having observed it ever since we graduated, I can easily say that we really were the greatest in that we were part of the fastest transition from uptight society to totally open, in thought, deed, and music!  I was at most of the Alan Freed and Jocko live shows, still have the programs! Those were wonderful years ─ even better than the hippie era we ushered in! And I was in San Francisco for those!! My 50th graduation year is coming up next year. I hope we can do as well as you've done with this great website.  Thanks again.