Father Ken Winkler, the beloved pastor of Corpus Christi, recently underwent a very serious operation requiring six weeks of recuperation. The hopes and prayers of the entire community are for his speedy recovery.

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Speaking of Corpus Christi their excellent choir director is Troy Gordon who hails from North Carolina. He is not only the organist at the Masses, but the director of the adult, children and bell choirs. He is a graduate of the North Carolina School of Arts, the Manhattan School of Music and the American Opera Center at Juilliard.

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Charlene Conway of Mineola does a fine job as hostess at JB's Restaurant.

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Enjoyed a pint of Guinness and some corned beef and cabbage courtesy of Mary and Martin O'Donnell on St. Patrick's Day. O'Donnell's is the oldest Irish bar in Nassau County. While at the pub I met Doris Kern who lives upstairs. Doris has lived there many years and even remembers Mary O'Doherty, the first owner.

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Mary Guarino had a bad fall breaking her teeth and blackening an eye. Mary and Frank, who is an usher at Corpus Christi Church, live on Woodnut Place.

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John and Helen Wengler of Royal Avenue enjoyed dinner at Ian MacGregors. They are 40 year residents of the village.

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That beautiful and statuesque waitress at the Jericho Diner is Sue Miron. She and husband Donald, who is a landscaper and Williston Park fireman, recently returned from a 10-day trip to the Hawaiian Islands. They stayed at the Hilton and got to visit the Hawaiian Village and the big island of Hawaii where they saw the volcano erupt. They later went to the small island of Kilauea and took a helicopter ride which gave them an overall view of the chain. Sue says it was a great but a long trip as they flew from NY to Chicago which is two hours and then from there to Hawaii which is ten more.

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Kevin and Vicki Sheridan take daily walks around the village. They reside at Richlee Court.

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We see the friendly Irish face of Don O'Brien all over town. Don lives on 2nd Street.

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Chris and Millie Berg of Beebe Road lunched at our favorite diner. The Bergs used to be very active in the old West End Civic Association.

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The Jean Marie Bread and Pastry Shop is now open at 89 Union Street around the corner from our newspaper office. They treated everybody in our place to coffee and danish on their opening day.

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Nancy Portoghese Bauer of Mineola is a frequent diner at the Jericho.

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The women are taking over. Congrats to Linda Fairgrieve on her election to the village board. She, along with Elizabeth Conlon and Maryanne Warnecke, give the ladies three of the five seats. We now have a board with three Village Party reps, Mayor John Colbert, Lou Santosus and Maryanne and two of the opposition Hometown Party Linda and Elizabeth. A divided board like this should assure the people of good government. In the old days Mineola's Village Board was strictly a male dominated body. When Ann Galante was elected to the board she was only the second woman to serve. Bertha Breen was elected in 1932.

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Good friends of ours who live in Florida are seeking to rent a furnished house for two summer months in Nassau County. If you know of any please call me at 747-8282.

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Looking at a brochure of the Ottawa Senators of 1934 the top ticket price was $3 and the cheaper seats 50 cents. The best seat at Islander games now is $70.