Our condolences to the family of Ann Galante. Our former mayor, village trustee and town receiver of taxes will be deeply missed. Ann was influential in the Nassau Democratic Party and was the only woman to be elected mayor of Mineola.

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Wouldn't Republican State Senator Mike Balboni make a great governor?

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The Episcopal Church of the Nativity at 172 Willis Ave. was founded in 1899. The priest in the '40s and '50s was the Rev. Rex Pierce Butler. Father Charles Schnabel became rector in 1969 and served for the next 30 years. Peter Visconti serves as Senior Warden and Steve Osmer is the Junior Warden. Dan Mason is the organist and Jane Cosgrove is the parent administrator. The church has a small but active congregation and now depends on visiting priests for Sunday Mass which is at 10 a.m. They do, however, have a very active Little People's Academy for 3- and 4-year-olds, which runs year-round. Many of our presidents have been Episcopalians, including George Washington, John Adams and Franklin Roosevelt. Mineola's first mayor, Harry Asher, was also a member of the church.

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Larry Blessinger and Laura Ernst dined at Eleanor Rigbys. Larry is part owner of All Island Taxi.

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Eileen Leone has moved from Foch Blvd. to the President Apts.

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Bernardette Vaskas, Nick Buttino, Maureen Kelly and Greg and Mary Peppard are the lucky winners of the Corpus Christi fund-raising drawing.

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Hey ladies, here's your chance. At Orlando Pita's Hair Salon in NYC, you can get a beautiful haircut for just $800. It takes Orlando about 80 minutes or about $10 a minute.

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Sam and Dolores Donato breakfasted at the Jericho. Sam is a former Mineola Village trustee and a former member of the board of education. They attend St. Aidan's Church in Williston Park where Dolores sings in the choir.

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Looking for a good painter? Dennis Walsh could be your man. Dennis and his wife, Barbara and mother-n-law, Gloria O'Connell, live on Albertson Place. Mrs. O'Connell has lived in the village since 1952.

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Ed Schutz is a customer of Ceriello's Fine Foods. Ed is a retired electrician and at one time owned a shop. He is also a member of the Kiwanis Club. He and his wife, Marie, live on Arlington St.

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Victoria Denzler attended the 20th reunion of Wheatley Hills HS. Victoria, who comes from E. Williston, now lives on Beebe Rd. with her husband, Timothy, baby daughter Charlee and dog, Max.

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Past Grand Knight of the Corpus Christi Council Ed Panzella and wife, Ava of Marcellus Rd., dined at the Davenport. At the same restaurant we spotted Carol and Tony Tuzzolo of Mineola. Tony owns the now empty Hudson Diner on E. Second St.

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Although rain was pouring and wind was howling and half of our usual parishioners stayed home, Dan and Tom Flynn wheelchair and all made it to Corpus Christi Church the last Sunday of November. By the way, Corpus Christi has a beautiful new crucifix hanging above the altar. Father Bowman said it was carved in Germany

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I know you will find this hard to believe, but I made a mistake. Not in this column, but in the 100th anniversary story which I wrote a couple of weeks ago. I said that live theater performed at the old Mineola movie house in the 1970s, when it actually was in the '60s. Our son Richard, executive news editor at People, demanded a correction.

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Bill D'Avanzo, former superintendent of Public Works, lunched at the Jericho with his daughter, Patricia Fiorvanci of East Northport, where she lives with her husband Rudy. Bill is recently home from the hospital and says he now feels fine.

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