Lori McCarron is proudly displaying the picture of her 4-month-old son, Christopher Daniel who was born on St. Patrick's day. Lori is back on her job as a meter person with the rest of the crew, Stuart Goldstein, Florence Peterson, Stan Stone and Frank Syracuse. This is Lori's first and she and dad Eugene couldn't be happier.

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Jack Ryan of Roslyn Road and Irene Teubert of Franklin Square had lunch at the Jericho Diner.

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Jerry Cappellani, once of Beebe Road now of Patchogue, enjoyed lunch at the Soundview Restaurant in Greenport. Jerry was active in the MAA and worked at one time for Smith and DeGroat the Realtors.

Faust and Maryann Guarino of Oceanside stayed for two days at the same Soundview Inn. Maryann is formerly of Mineola.

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Speaking of the North Fork, an interesting aquarium has opened in Riverhead.

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Deacon John Reinhart tells us that his favorite team is the Yanks.

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Congratulations to Danny Wainter who became a citizen of the US. Danny, who works in our subscription department, came from South Africa six years ago.

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Al and Peggy Ford were up from Florida. They used to live on Mineola Boulevard and their sons Ken and Steve own Willis Hobbies.

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Recently had a chance to talk to Nelson and Ginny DeMille who were dining at Maxwells in Garden City. Nelson is Long Island's leading writer with such novels as Plum Island and The Gold Coast among his best.

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Frank and Mary Guarino are celebrating the birth of their 12th grandchild.

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Jill Dougherty, Patsy Gavin and Marion McCormack attended the Catholic Daughters convention in Bismarck, ND. The ladies had time to see the Black Hills and Mt. Rushmore.

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Gracious and attentive Toni Napolitano is one of the most popular waitresses around. She has been with the Seacrest Diner for 11 years. It came naturally to Toni as she used to own her own restaurant. By the way she raised six children as a single mom.

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Attending the recent concert in the park were Rose Cutrone, Mary Creegan, Mary Lou O'Boyle and Jim and Helen Callahan. By the way, Jim and Helen have lived on Evelyn Road for 50 years.

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Ed Grilli, spokesman for the District Attorney's office is the son of the late Julie Grilli who owned JB's Service Station in the East End.

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Judge Stuart Ain enjoyed his lunch at the Seacrest.

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Al Herzog of Pomander Road is a frequent customer at King Kullen's.

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Spending a vacation at Greenport's Soundview Inn we had a chance to see a photo shoot of a new magazine planned for the fall. On the beach in front of our room were cameramen filming beautiful models and using the LI Sound as a backdrop. The publication will be called Pops.

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What a great sign the Mineola Sign Co. has on Mineola Boulevard. One of the best we have seen.