Sister Therese Ezelius, RCIA director at Corpus Christi Church, and Joan O'Brien of the church's Religious Education Dept., enjoyed lunch at the Jericho Diner.

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Among the interesting people who live on Mineola Blvd. are Martha Becker and her husband Paul. Martha is a nurse at St. Aidan's and Paul is with H & R Block.

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Pat Woods was one of the election supervisors in the recent balloting. Pat has just moved to her new home on Wilson Blvd. having previously lived in Richlee Gardens. She is an employee of the village and one of her duties is to write the mayor's proclamations.

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Speaking of the election, Al Gore carried the Village of Mineola. This was only the second victory of the Democrats in a strongly Republican village. The other time Mineola voted Democratic was 1960 for John F. Kennedy.

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Walter and Grace Weismantel have moved from Homestead, Florida, to the Tampa area. Walter, an avid baseball fan, was able to see the last game of the season played by the Devil Rays. Who can ever forget the delicious bakery products at Weismantel's famous bakery from the 1930s to 1985?

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Jim Sherry and Ron Shenski were among the luncheon diners at the Jericho.

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Al Ratto of Jackson Ave. and Joan Tencza partook of lunch at the Seacrest Diner. Al is a retired assistant principal of Mineola High. He is also a former village trustee.

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Mary Madson of Hampton St. and her children Jeremy and Rebecca visited her 91-year-old father Wendell Bloomer. We are glad to report that Mr. Bloomer who lives upstate is doing very well in spite of his advanced age. Mary works in our Circulation Dept. at Anton's.

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Pat Crispo of PR&A Service Station visited Italy. His partner Tony held down the fort.

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Although Frank Cadus is 75 years old he still works full time at Newhouse Co. on Liberty Ave. Frank and his late wife Doris lived on Wellington Road.

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Former Chief of Detectives Ed Curran recently underwent a five-way bypass heart operation. Ed and Mrs. Curran reside on Croyden Rd. He still remains active in police affairs.

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Mike Dougherty of White Rd. was disappointed when he attended recent Giants game as they lost to St. Louis 38-24. It's Mike's wife Jill who amazes everyone with her great hats.

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Eileen Browne's wonderful Irish import store on Willis Ave. is marking their 25th year.

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Speaking of stores SNZ Locksmith has moved in to a new location at 184 2nd St. Zion Haik and his son Mike have bought that large building. They will use half for their business and rent out the rest. This gives the Haiks one of the largest and most modern locksmith shops in the area.

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Sorry to hear of the death of longtime postal employee John Bamberger of Mineola.

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The old Queens County Courthouse stood at the corner of Jericho Tpke. and Herricks Rd. It was built in 1787 and the first capital case was that of a poor black slave who was accused of burning down her master's house. The prosecutor was none other than Aaron Burr, later vice president of the United States. The woman was hanged, the first of many to suffer a similar fate. In those days people came from miles around to watch a hanging. It was like a day's outing.