We recently wrote about a book called Once Around the Bases. It was the story of some 50 men who played just one game in their major league careers before they were cut. Christopher Haughey was one of the players mentioned in the book and it turns out that he is the uncle of Brian Krasinski of Mineola Blvd. By the way Laura and Brian celebrated the birthdays of their daughters Sarah and Amanda last month.

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Helen Powers of Jerome Avenue has lived in town for more than 35 years. She enjoyed her recent weeks vacation from her job in a dress shop in Stewart Manor.

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Dick and Annette Marks recently celebrated her birthday by spending the day on the North Fork with their friends Bob and Joan Backofen of Syosset. The Backofens lived in Mineola 25 years and he was very active in community activities.

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We recently visited the offices of the Southhold newspaper The Traveler-Watchman which was established in 1826 and is one of the few remaining papers that is not a part of a chain. The paper has a street named after them, their office being on Travelers Street.

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Glad to report that Jack Cooke of Columbus Parkway is home from the hospital. Jack and Dolores recently marked their 50th wedding anniversary and received the Papal blessing.

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Maryann Schiff has lived on First Street for 42 years. She says her favorite local store is Vito's Bakery.

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Josephine Liebl and her husband have been married for 46 years and plan to visit Ireland for their 50th. The couple marked their 25th with a visit to the Emerald Isle.

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Speaking of Ireland, we just finished reading Frank McCourt's Angela's Ashes. His brother Malachy has written a book about Ireland too, called A Monk Swimming. He gets that title from what he thought, as a little boy, was, when saying the Hail Mary...Blessed Art Thou Amongst Women. Get it? It reminds me of the Protestant hymn The Cross I'd Bear. A little girl we knew thought they were singing about a cross-eyed bear.

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Linda Doell of Mineola and Irene Nych, both of Anton Newspapers, keeps radio station KJOY in Garden City supplied with a list of our employees birthdays. Never know when you might hear your name mentioned.

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Dolores Jose of Mineola does a great job in keeping us supplied with MAA sports news. Dolores works at the Seacrest Diner.

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Bob Seewaldt opened his Roberts Mens Shop 45 years ago. Before that he was a salesman for Foresto Mens Shop on Willis Avenue. In fact his first job in retailing was at Saul's Mens Shop on Willis Avenue near where the old Corpus Christi Church building stood. A few of you might remember Saul's which was run by Leon Saul of Mineola. In fact Leon was a classmate at Mineola High School of our good friend Grace Weismantel. Saul's also had another salesman Natt Rosenberg of Mineola who later opened his own shop called Natt's on Mineola Blvd. Natt and his wife Edith were active in the Mineola Lions Club in the 1950s.

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Denise Schmidt formerly of Mineola spends her time at her home in Naples, Florida plus her summer break in Canada.

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Enga Wolfel walks her big German Shepherd all over town. Enga and her late parents lived on Harrison Avenue and the family owned Superior Woodworking on Willis Avenue until about 30 years ago.

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Sorry to hear that Beverly Hattum has died. Just about a year ago her husband James passed away. Jim was a great commander of the VFW and was active in the Post throughout his adult life.

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James Tonyes of Southhold was a graduate of Carle Place High School. His first job was at the old Italian Gardens Restaurant in the East End where the CVS Pharmacy is located.

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Speaking of Southhold, they have a fine Indian Museum there. It is not just a few arrowheads either. They have a fine collection of spears, pottery, clothes, wigwams, wampum, artifacts, canoes, bows and arrows and tools. The museum has maps showing the route of Indian migration across the Bering Sea which was then a land bridge and descending down the Western coast of North America arriving in this area about 12,000 years ago. Interesting books are available there too like Indian Tribes of North America. The museum is only open Saturday and Sunday 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.