Socially Speaking

Times are changing each and every day and more and more each and every way. I went to cash a check the other day - a small one - and the teller asked for my driver's license. She looked at it and at me and wrote down a number from it on the check. It was not a bank that I had never been in before, but one in which I have had an account for many years. When I asked her why she replied that she was new and I could have picked up the check on the street and came in to cash it. Mostly, the tellers are always new as they hire part-timers as it is cheaper. Therefore you really seldom get to know them as their days and hours rotate. However, when your signature and your account number are on the check, you get to feel that you are not trusted. There has to be a better way to deal with this. In the old days, a new teller was never alone at the window without a seasoned teller with them and the customer did not feel like a thief.

The last regular game of bridge for the Casino Ladies Lunch Bridge was held this past week. Coming up on the 3 rd of June will be their awards luncheon and while they will be playing, the scores will not count. That's when you seem to get the best hands. Enjoying the May 20 th afternoon were Joan Jordan, Mary Allis, Sue Hall, Louise Butler, Gwen Duff, Maureen Uzzi, and Marge Prestyly.

Anita and Joe Frey enjoyed the Metropolitan Opera's production of "The First Emperor" with friends recently. Several of our other opera lovers also enjoyed it too, and from the audience reaction, it will be around for quite awhile.

Happy birthday wishes go to Frieda Stark who will be doing her celebrating on the 5 th of June and to Kay Hayes, who will be doing the same on June 7 th. May both lovely ladies have a great day and a wonderful year filled with good health and much happiness with many more years to come.

The Snow Birds are returning and we are happy to welcome back Helen and Emile Gentile and also Dorothy and Ed Alford. Both couples are a sight for sore eyes and we are happy to have them with us again.

We finally got nice weather for the Memorial Day weekend and it was great for the parade and the Cathedral Fair. Not everyone stayed in town though and Jan MacDougall and her family spent the weekend out on Shelter Island.

In the week before Memorial Day, a large group of ladies from the Community Club of Garden City enjoyed a trip to visit two historic houses in Connecticut with lunch at the Three Bears Restaurant in-between. It too, was an historic place. A great day was enjoyed by Ruth Carey, Janet Castles, Dorothea DeLannoy, Carol Efthimiou, Ann Heinzelmann, Gisela Muller, and Nancy Wagner. There were many others as a total of forty-eight ladies were on the bus.

Don't forget to get your reservations in for the June 17 th Fundraiser Bridge sponsored by the Philanthropic Dept. of the Woman's Club of Garden City. It starts at 12 noon at the G.C. Community Church with luncheon and dessert and a surprise theme. Tickets are $20 per person and should be sent to Phyllis Gilman, 111 Cherry Valley Avenue, Garden City N.Y. 11530 - Unit 705. If you can't make it, a donation would be nice.

Memorial Day dawned bright, sunny and warm and the parade was a great success that drew a warm crowd of wavers. Maureen and Duncan Fraser and Pauline and Bob Rudkin rode in the parade. Among the many curbside were: Steve Short and family, Charlotte Mitchem, and Nancy Fardelmann. Irene and John Christie had their usual seat by the Library, Dorothea de Lannoy, and Emile and Helen Gentile among many others. The Greco family had three of their lovely antique cars in the parade with the drivers and their passengers dressed appropriately for the age of the car in which they were riding. It is always a pleasure to see them as they graciously provide a wonderful show when they are in the line of march. Thanks a million, folks!

Following the Legion reception, for many it was off to the Cathedral Fair - but more about that next week.See you then.