A memorial service was held recently at Corpus Christi Church for the late John Aulbach. After his retirement John and his wife Claire moved to North Carolina. For 40 years he was an active parishioner of Corpus Christi. He was the chairman of the annual Bishop's Appeal and served as co-chairman of the car raffle committee. Mr. Aulbach was an active member of the K of C and served as grand knight. He was selected to be district deputy when his tenure as grand knight ended.

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Angelo Morinelli of Garfield Ave., the owner of La Cisterna is a partner in a new restaurant in Smithtown, Il Violino. We ate there recently and would say it's wonderful.

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Did you see those handsome signs at the two entrances to Memorial Park? Large green signs with gold lettering, they were donated by the chamber of commerce.

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Mike Jewell, insurance man at 499 Jericho Tpke., was the son-in-law of Doug Hill. Doug was very active in village affairs during the '50s and '60s. The Hills lived on Berkley Rd.

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The seven part-time employees of the Mineola Library were fired when the building was closed for renovations and temporarily moved to Washington Ave. The books are now housed in five trailers next to the village hall. Ironically many of the seven pushed hard for the renovation of the library. Feelings are very bitter as most of those dismissed had served many years.

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Bob and Joan Schneider of Williston Park lunched at the Jericho Diner. Joan was a longtime employee of the school district.

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Joe McCarthy of Latham Rd. enjoys the pool every day.

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On those 100-degree days the pool had to restrict the number of persons entering to no more than 350. This was the first time that ever happened. No Mineola members were excluded, but it was necessary to refuse some of the guests.

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Vinnie Bergius of Garfield Ave., a former church usher, now works in security for Chase Bank.

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You know where the word hobo comes from?. Migrant workers in the south used to ride the rails from job to job carrying their hoes. Thus the expression Hoe Boys turned into Hobos.

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We visited the offices of the Traveler newspaper of Southold. Founded in 1820 they are one of the few independent newspapers (not part of a chain) left in NY State. They also have the honor of having the street they are on named Traveler St.

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Walter and Grace Crosby of Maple Place enjoyed lunch at our favorite diner.

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Jerry Wingler of Royal Ave. along with friends spent a weekend at the Soundview Inn in Greenport. Jerry lives across the street from Joe and Catherine Mannix. Speaking of the Mannixes we noticed a home out there with the same name Mannix on it. I wonder if there is a connection?

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Not too long ago we ran into Mary Zinober, a teacher, whose husband Bernie was a member and later president of the Mineola Board of Education. In those days election for the board was always a contested matter with two or three people battling it out. There was none of the insipid elections we have these days. Dave Miller of Main St. ran three times and like William Jennings Bryant lost each time. Colorful and exciting campaigns were held when people like Dr. Frank Barnes, Dr. Ernie Michaelson, Marie Dowling, Tom DiNapoli and Walter Sysak were on the scene.

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Frank Vincenti, of the well-known barber shop on Willis Ave., showed his wife's cousins Donna, Kyle and Russell from PA, the seaport at Greenport.

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No pitcher today ever dreams of winning 30 games: Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh was 40-15 in 1908.