There is a group of ladies who daily attend 9 a.m. Mass at Corpus Christi and then go to the Jericho Diner for breakfast. Catherine Murphy, Vera Barrick, Fran Dempsey and Mary Jane Deignan were there the other day. Two others who are often with the group are Teddy McCormack and Mary Calfapietra. They joke that they are holding a seat for my wife Grace. But as the group sometimes refer to themselves as the "widows club" I'm not looking forward to Grace joining.

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Trish Keats is a new resident of Beebe Rd. having bought the house of Peter and Karen Smith. The Smiths have moved to Elderberry Rd. and are next door neighbors of Lou and Pat Santosus.

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There is a great photo of Babe Ruth and the Yankee manager Miller Huggins taken at the stadium in 1923 in the bar room of the Davenport restaurant.

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Sheridan and Margaret Nofer were having lunch you know where and said the Jericho was their favorite eating place.

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It's always a pleasure to greet Dr. Michael Rothberg, that excellent dental surgeon with offices on Hillside Avenue as he was walking in Williston Park.

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Maryann and Frank Iaquinto of Mineola and their friends Celeste and Joseph Babi of Smithtown enjoyed a late lunch at the Jericho.

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Frank Lynch says he was terminated from his longtime position at the Mineola Library. Frank lives on Horton Highway and was formerly the treasurer of the Hometown Party.

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Lou Staiano has almost completely recovered from his recent stroke. He and his wife Veronica have lived on Emory Rd. for 33 years.

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Cheers for Mayor Jack Martins who took time out of his busy schedule to spend an hour and a half talking with the Mineola Chamber of Commerce directors. They discussed many matters including a possible downtown street fair, parking meters and other subjects. The mayor also attends most meetings of the chamber. Mr. Martins has on three occasions met with members of the business community at the village hall.

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Catherine Butler, formerly of Woodnut Place, now of Rhinebeck, has a second granddaughter, Eleanor Jane. The parents are Mark and Kerri Butler. Catherine's husband, Matthew, died in May.

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Manny Losquadro, who suddenly lost his sight, is gradually regaining his vision. Last we saw he was walking unaided with his cane tucked under his arm.

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That new city newspaper, The NY Sun, now 2 years old, has a circulation of 50,000. That's not bad with the stiff competition of the Times, Newsday, Daily News and the Post.

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Attending Mass at St. Agnes in Greenport is always a pleasure. They have a very active summer parish with standing room only crowds.

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Jack Levin, whose family owns the Soundview Inn and restaurant in Greenport is quite a fellow. He is 95 years old and plays nine holes of golf three times a week. He also does light work around the complex which is run by his daughters. Speaking of that village there is a plaque in town on the property of a business that sells nautical supplies that reads "On this corner on July 4, 1776 absolutely nothing happened."

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The Greenport movie theater which has been in operation for many years had an ad in their lobby from 1936 for the Great Dictator with Charlie Chaplin and Jack Oakie and for a second picture with Barbara Stanwyck. They also were advertising their Screeno game with the biggest prize in the theater's history, $50. Greenport has recently seen the opening of a new hotel, the Harborfront. At $300 a room per night, we will not be among their guests. As the Harborfront serves only a continental breakfast it works out well for the new Front Street Station restaurant across the street. This pub-like, inexpensive restaurant has pictures along their walls of many local RR stations in Suffolk.