More about Alice Grom, the waitress for the last 23 years at the Jericho Diner. Alice and her husband Stan, a retired highway patrolman, live on Arlington Street. Alice used to be a professional dancer at the Martinique and other showplaces. She performed in Hellzapoppin' and in Sons of Fun. She has also done modeling for a number of products like toothpastes and shampoos. During World War II she worked as a riveter at Grummans and won the championship riveter award kind of like "Rosie the Riveter." Believe it or not this lady is also a hunter and used to go upstate for deer and she still hunts rabbits with her friends upstate. Alice Raleigh was her maiden name and she is a direct descendant of Sr. Walter.

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Frederick Terhune of Fairfield Avenue served in Vietnam with the 5th Special Forces from 1966 to 1969. Frederick saw a great deal of action and was twice wounded in action. He was awarded the combat infantryman's badge for his courage under fire.

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John Fleming and his sister Margaret dined at Mahoneys Restaurant recently. Their dad John was a well-known golf pro and lived to over 90. The Flemings live on Woodnut Place. John is a big tennis and golf enthusiast, both as a player and a fan.

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Ed and Mary Krzeminski of Brown Street are back from a trip to Freeport in the Bahamas.

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Andrew Vaccaro worked for The New York Times for 26 years and before that for the Journal American for 21 years. He and his wife Reba live on Willis Avenue.

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In spite of all the construction work around their restaurant people are finding their way to Ian McGregors on Herricks Road. People enjoy eating there so much that they put up with the on-going grade crossing project.

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John and Toni Pavlovich of Mineola dined at the Seacrest. John used to own the Executive restaurant.

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In the waiting room of Dr. Barry Gimbel we met Josephine Liebel of Arlington Street and Bob and Ruth Tenney of Colonial Avenue.

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Corpus Christi priests Father Ken Winkler and Tomaz Gomide will tour Greece with a number of parishioners in November.

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Nick Dolce of Beebe Road will be celebrating his 83rd birthday this month.

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John Valentin of the Boston Red Sox used to live in Mineola.

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Bill and Billie King of Garfield Avenue marked their 50th wedding anniversary while visiting their daughter and her family in South Carolina. Bill used to be the commander of the 3rd Police Precinct.

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Listening to a song on the radio about a preacher in a rural Mississippi town a couple lines went like this, "and the Lord said to me, 'Don't take no checks'" and "those that want to be saved, come to the altar and meet me and the Lord."

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Linda Doell, Julia Baer and Alice Lenski enjoyed lunch at the Jericho Diner. All three women were discharged members of the Mineola Library staff.

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Bob Rosenthal of Andrews Road is an active member of the chamber of commerce. Bob is an attorney and former district court judge and a past president of the Congregation Beth Sholom Chabad and is very active in the temple.

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Terry Gale has lived on Pennsylvania Avenue for 70 years. She loves to visit New York City and take in the art galleries and museums.

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Ernie Mastroianni and Christine Brezesk of Clemens Road are the owners of Ernie's Barber Shop on Second Street.