Lindy flew the Spirit of St. Louis from Mineola in1927. Glenn Curtis, Wall Post, Wiley Rogers and Amelia Earhart all made their early flights from our village. The first airmail drop in the United States was here. Mineola needs a history museum and the man trying to bring that about is Wally Hobbs. Walter is a member of the library board and the past president of the University Club. If any guy can make this a reality, it's my old NYU classmate Walter Hobbs.

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Detective Tom McManus and wife Joann, were admiring our 1906 caboose in Memorial Park. Tom is with the NYPD and he and Joann were with their son, TJ, age 3 and their niece Melanie Popstopka, age 4.

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Carol Provenzano of White Road likes to shop at King Kullen. Her husband, Bob, was with L.I. Floors.

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That new "Kiss the Chef" is doing a pretty good business in the east end. They could do even better if the village would do some repair of the bumps, ruts and potholes on Hudson Street.

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Msgr. Edward Tarrant and Rev. Gerard Gordon enjoyed dinner at Piccola Bussola. Father Gordon was formerly at Corpus Christi.

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Speaking of that church, the pastor, Rev. James Bowman, recently used St. Thomas More as the subject of his homily. When Henry VIII wanted to divorce Catherine to marry the young and beautiful Anne, he tried to force Thomas More, the head of the Catholic Church in England, to approve the marriage. When More refused again and again in spite of bribes and threats, Henry had Thomas More beheaded. Father Bowman used this as an example of standing up for what you believe in.

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Joe Mendes of Harrison Avenue has worked for Gebhards on East Second Street for 15 years.

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Mineola Bicycle opened in 1935 in a little store at the corner of Mineola Boulevard and Jericho Turnpike. The place was so small that the owners, Ben and Seymour Rosman, use to carry their bikes outside to have some room in the shop. Each night they carried the bikes back into the shop again. It seemed that they had little chance to succeed with big and well-established Nassau Bicycle right around the corner. They moved to the big place they have now on Jericho and Beebe in 1958. The owner, Audrey, daughter of Seymour, today has one of the biggest bike shops on L.I., with leading lines like Toro, Lawnboy and Snapper.

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Jane Gundel of Williston Park is a retired secretary from MHS. She likes to shop at King Kullen.

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Congrats to Marion Bellissimo for being featured in Newsday's Who's Cooking column.

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Pete Guinnane [County Clare] is a contractor who likes O'Donnell's Irish Pub. He and wife Tara live on Roslyn Road along with their son Collin. Owner Martin is recovering from a long illness. That sweet new bartender is Elaine Cullen.

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Teena and Ted Grosinski of Wardwell Road are often seen around town. She is a retired schoolteacher and he was the service manager of Alco Rubber of Herricks Road.

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Maria Salvadore of Emory Road is 95 years old, but still manages to get to church with the aid of a helper.

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Vito and Rosa, the owners of the Main St. Bakery, will soon be grandparents as their daughter and son-in-law are expecting their first. Good luck to Christine and Andy Nuez.

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Corpus Christi singer Franny Luisi has a leg injury, but tells me it won't interfere with her singing. She and husband Frank live in town.

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