Editor’s 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.
Ann Jankuy had a great visit to Florida to meet her first grandchild.
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Mary Duffy did a wonderful job entertaining the Mineola Golden Age Club with her Trivial Pursuit game.
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Pat and Bob Hinck are very pleased with their granddaughter, Taylor Mermile. She attends the State University of New York at New Paltz and spent this past semester in Italy. Bob and Pat still enjoy getting take-outs from Cugini’s Restaurant.
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John and Paula Herling spent two and a half weeks in New York City at the Hope Lodge. They took in two plays, and visited the Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. They also went to the Bronx Zoo.
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John and Marilyn Howard spent a week in Naples, Florida. The Howards live on Primrose Road in Williston Park.
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Monsignor Robert Batule will be teaching at a seminary in the Bronx, after he finishes his time as pastor of Corpus Christi Church.
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John Berry is the new commander of the Third Police Precinct. He succeeds Sean McCarthy.
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Bernadette O’Brien has had both of her hips repaired and is now home after spending seven weeks at Sun Harbor rehabilitation center.
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Tony and Pat Mazzurco are old friends of ours. Pat works at the Cuttin’ Club in Williston Park and Tony works for Amtrak.
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Eric Gregorius has worked for 14 years at Robert’s Men’s Shop. He lives on Maple Place.
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George and Helena Sommers live on Skelly Place and are marking their 54th wedding anniversary.
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Rich women in the Middle Ages, bored with the simple clothing of the poorer classes, invented an elaborate outer garment which they called a skirt. Poor women who lived in the country couldn’t afford this new clothing item, and since most of them lived outside of the urban areas, the term, the “outskirts,” was coined.
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The X, which is today the sign of a kiss, came from a legal requirement in the Middle Ages where all documents had to be signed with an X, which was a symbol of Christ. The presenter of the document would kiss the paper, hence the X has come to represent a kiss in modern times.
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Saint Patrick’s Day here at The Bristal was a grand time. We had a special Irish lunch with poached salmon or corned beef and cabbage (an unknown dish in Ireland), fish and chips, and Irish soda bread. Later we had Irish coffee, which everybody likes, as well as Irish entertainment by the band, The Rascals, who played everything from “Danny Boy” to “Cockles and Mussels”, and “When Irish Eyes are Smiling.”
