At the last Mineola Golden Age Club meeting were Mary Ann Guarino, Ann Jankay, Ed Solosky, MaryAnn Plaia, Pat Moyett and Marge Haggerty.
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Frank and Terry Hettinger of Walker Road are enjoying their grandchildren. Terry was a longtime worker at the Corpus Christi Rectory and she headed the church’s refreshment committee.
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At another Golden Age meeting North Hempstead Town Supervisor Judi Bosworth was the guest speaker along with Mary Duffy, the vice-president and Lillian Barnola, the president of the Golden Age Club, as well as Helen Nendyk and Joyce Lella. The Golden Age Club is 47 years old.
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The First Presbyterian Church of Mineola has two new members: Rose Graham and Linda Gorman. The church held a Christmas Potluck Dinner on Dec. 6, which is their holiday party dinner.
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Mary Ann Guarino is looking forward to seeing a performance of The Nutcracker at Molloy College.
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The annual Christmas concert was held at Chaminade High School and presented by the Mineola Choral Society and Nassau Pops on December 7.
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A Halloween party was held with a witches’ brew and a costume parade with the Main City Ramblers at The Bristal.
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Mary Ann Cantalino has been a volunteer at Winthrop University Hospital for 37 years and has put in 10,000 hours. She and her husband, Nugent, live on Beebe Road.
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Jim and Maureen Howard, long-time parishioners of St. Aidan’s, saw all five games played by the Mets in the World Series and were very disappointed by the outcome.
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We were sorry to hear about the death of Malcolm Shaw, a longtime parishioner of the Presbyterian Church.
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The expression, “Let’s talk turkey,” means let’s get down to business. The early American woodsmen depended upon the turkey for their dinner plate. They learned to imitate the cry of the male turkey seeking a female mate and thus used it to allure a turkey into shooting range, hence the expression.
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It was a great year for Mary Kirby and Larry and Cathy Monachelli, owners of Eleanor Rigby’s. This was the best season that they have had in their 21 years of ownership.
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Early Dutch seamen created a special galley in the rear of their vessel that they called the “Kaban,” meaning cabin house or ship’s galley. Eventually the word worked its way into the American railroad system as caboose, meaning the last car of the train.
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Karen and Jack Gayson are still active in the business, Gayson’s Plumbing and Heating, which they have owned for 32 years. They spend most of their free time playing with their eight grandchildren.
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.
