Those joyous voices that make Sunday Mass so rewarding at Corpus Christi belong to Troy Gordon, the director, and the members of the choir, who are Nancy Portoghese Bauer, Marion Bianchini, Sharon Brenner, Janet Bromfield, Rose Cangelosi, Tom Carpenter, Anna Crecco, Irene deMedeiros, Cathy and Cathy Dougherty (mother and daughter), Christina P. Errico, Mary Guarino, Franni Luisi, Dolores Mangold, Thomas P. Murphy, Robin Roach, Ginny and Tom Schmitt (mother and son), Evan Smoak, Roseanne Toritto, Gregory Tranchina, Mario Valdellon and Maria Wojcik.

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Hey, Jimmy Breslin give it a rest. We all know that the Catholic Church has its problems, but your repetitious mean-spirited columns are not helping.

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On Nov. 17, Patricia Shore and Steven Kass were wed at the Woodbury Jewish Center. An elegant reception followed the wedding ceremony. Among the guests were Mr. and Mrs. Gorman and daughter, Diane, who came up from Florida for her best friend's wedding.

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Our Memorial Park has a pristine appearance, thanks to the lads from Chaminade who cleaned up around the sump and planted many bushes and flowers there and elsewhere in the park. With everything beautified in and around the sump and with the heavy rains we have had, the sump appears to be a beautiful lake.

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Melissa Bohack of Geranium Ave. is a patron of our Mineola Library. Melissa attends Emerson College and majors in audio radio.

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Julie Gagliano of Beebe Rd. made the beautiful red banner with the gold bells in the lobby of Corpus Christi. One bell for each child being confirmed.

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Wolfgang Arndt and his son Jeff of Sheridan Blvd. are customers of Dunkin Donuts. Jeff is a pilot for United Airlines.

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Frank Syracuse, Stu Goldstein, Florence Peterson, Stan Stone, Laurie McCarron and Ron Rental are our meter people who continue to do a great job. They keep traffic moving and also add to the village's revenue.

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One day that beautiful building of Gensel's may be gone. It has stood in one form or another at the corner of Jericho Tpke. and Herricks Rd. since 1829. Ralph Gensel opened the store in 1947 and now the fourth generation of the family is working there, Through Bob Gensel, Richard Gensel and now Justin and his sister, Erin. The tentative plan is to move Gensel's into a new shopping center about 100 yards to the east. Gensel's handsome Christmas windows with their red-coated soldiers used to win prizes from the Chamber of Commerce.

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Michael Masterson works for Gayson Plumbing and often visits his grandmother, Mary Masterson, who lives on Garfield Ave.

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The property owned by Koepple Ford now vacant has an underground leaking gas tank. Chaminade wants to buy this property to build a gym, but the leak must be contained first. The village has been drilling south and west of the site to track the cleanup. Koepple is cooperating.

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George Stamulas of Fairfield Ave. and Dave Cochell of Port Jefferson had breakfast at the Jericho. Dave is looking for a split level house in the area.

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Susan, Brian, Joe, Catherine and Kathleen Mannix enjoyed a Happy Thanksgiving together.

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I could hardly believe my good luck when I won $3,000 at a recent Corpus Christi drawing. My next biggest win was many years ago when I won $18 on the seventh race at Aqueduct.

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In 1850, businesses were opening in the village and settlers were buying land at $35 an acre. The post office was located directly north of the RR tracks on the east side of Main Street. The post office consisted of one wooden rack six-feet long and four-feet high and made up of pigeon holes and it rested against the wall of Fleet's General Store then owned by Luke Fleet. That's about where Fox's is today. That information we learned from Mineola historian Tom Barrick.

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Theresa Gagliano was married to Jack Sarandrea on Nov. 3, 2002 at a Nuptial Mass at St. Aidan's Church. She was taken to church in a Cinderella coach pulled by two white horses. The reception was held at the Westbury Manor. They now live in Massapequa Park.