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The Mineola Street Fair held on Jericho Turnpike was a huge success. Thousands came, among them: Gloria Corrao, Geraldine and Dan Aiello, Marge Haggerty, Dennis Walsh, John Carol, Frank Venezia, John Fereira, Jeff Clarke, Jackie Carway, Kathy Whitley and Rosa Arditos.
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Margaret Ford reports that she is doing well and is very happy in her home in Florida.
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Great news! Maggie and Mike Oliva are expecting their second in November and it will be a girl. They have a son, Max, who is 15 months old. The mother is the former Maggie Powers of Mineola.
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Fr. James Bowman, former pastor of Corpus Christi Church, spent a month here in Mineola.
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Helen Gilmartin and Kathy Breen enjoyed lunch at the Williston Town House. They are both retired Catholic school teachers.
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Linda and Fred ate in the Town House. Linda works for the Nassau Dental Group.
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Mel and Pat Jackson, 40-year residents of Mineola, lunched at the Town House as well.
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A real hard worker is the guard at Mineola’s Bank of America, John Torres. He travels two hours each way for his job as the bank security guard.
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“If I am wrong, I’ll eat my hat.” In the early days, a hat was not a cap or a Stetson, but a culinary dish with eggs, veal, dates, saffron, and salt. It took a strong stomach to eat it.
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A bird called a magpie is a collector of pebbles, chicken feathers, broken glass, and other items which it uses to build its nest. An inspired housewife once thought of placing a crust around a small pot of stew. People liked it and started calling it pie because it was full of a variety of meats, fowl, fish, vegetables or an egg or two. Therefore, any dish with a variety of items in it is now called a pie.
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Bill Greene, former president of the Mineola Chamber of Commerce, and his wife enjoyed a vacation in Dublin.
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Fotina Lysikagon is the sister of Denis Liberatas. She has worked at the Davenport, owned by her brother, for the last 20 years.
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1-800-Flowers in Carle Place lost their parking garage and residents claim workers are parking all over Mineola streets such as Kenilworth, Wisteria, Berkley and Weybridge. Residents requested two-hour parking limits be placed in effect, but now the residents themselves are getting tickets.
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Glad to report that the house of the late Tess Irace on Andrews Road is looking a lot better.
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It is surprising the number of houses on Latham Road all being refurbished at the same time.
Editors Note: Lou Sanders, who has his journalism degree from NYU, and his wife, Grace, a graduate of Adelphi, founded the Mineola American in 1952, giving the village its first successful newspaper. Lou and Grace have lived in Mineola for 60 years, and his popular column is a signature feature of this paper.
