William Safire of the NY Times writes that the English spoken in the year 1000 would be unrecognized by us today. For example the word for men was menn and for women was wifmenn.

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The Corpus Christi ushers held their annual Christmas party at Eleanor Rigbys. The men present were: Frank Guarino,, Nicholas Leon, Vincent Barbino, Alfred Calfapietra, Alfred Horner, Jim Agnew, John DaVanzo, Izzy Irace, Charles Patterson, Edward Hibert, Edward Hanlon, Charles Melvin, Michael Dougherty, Leroy Barroca, James Walsh, Anthony Donnelly, head usher and this writer. The ushers were honored by the attendance of Fathers Ken Winkler and Bob Batule. Our delightful and attentive waitress Deidre Stav made the party a real success.

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About 1,300 persons attended the beautiful program of Christmas music by the Nassau Pops and the Mineola Choral Society. Leader Lou Panacciulli made some changes in the program which made it even better than in previous years. The entire Corpus Christi Church was filled with all the balcony seats taken and hundreds standing in the back.

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Rae Sellitto of Mineola enjoyed lunch at the Seacrest Diner.

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Donna Coulon of Colonial Ave. is always so helpful when you visit Dental Associates of Williston Park. She and her husband Robert and four children are long time residents.

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Our former editor Jim Kennedy now works for Home Furnishings. He is the copy editor of the magazine and says he is real happy in his work.

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Philomena and Stan Monusko of Beebe Rd. have moved to Florida. Phil is the sister of the late Peggy Krause, wife of our former mayor.

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We thank Trudy Hegmann of Harrison Ave. for her note about the sale of the Shelter Island Reporter. To answer her question, yes we do know the new owners.

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Sandra Clark of Wellington Rd. really knows how to keep trim and fit as she walks two miles a day. She tries to vary her route each day so that she takes in as much of the village as she can.

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Fred Calfapietra of E. Jefferson Ave. attended a reunion of the veterans of the China-Burma-India Theatre of World War II. Fred says each year there are additional empty chairs.

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The magnificent voice of Elaine Bergman will be missing from the church choir and the Mineola Choral Society as she and her husband Kenneth will be moving to Virginia.

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Assembly member Maureen O'Connell, who was born in the village tells us that she can remember standing on her porch as a child hoping to catch a glimpse of Frank Sinatra when he appeared at the SanSuSan. The SanSuSan was a popular nightclub in the east end some 40 years ago. Maureen lived on Evelyn Rd. The SanSuSan, incidentally, was the first meeting place of the Mineola Chamber of Commerce.

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Larry Egan of Frank Ave. looks real distinguished with his white beard and moustache.

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Leslie and Terry Brostowin and daughter Colleen attend Mass at Corpus Christi even though they live in Uniondale. She is the former Leslie Garvey of First St.

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We once had a food market ad with the headline "high quality and low prices". Thru some mix-up it came out "low quality and high prices". Ouch!!

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Listening to traffic reports on the morning radio shows that we live in a time of abbreviation. The George, the Willy B, and the Tap. Those morning reporters often say that the LIRR is running on or close.

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We could hardly believe the bad news that Mary Krzeminski of Brown St. had died. We saw Mary and Ed at breakfast at the Jericho Diner the very day she died.