St. Alphonsus, Whitestone, held installation ceremonies for Paul Borowski, as director and superior, and Jeffrey Rolle, as assistant director, as well as the renewal of temporary vows of Luyen…
By Sabina Cardali
Welcome to the Point. The Point being College Point.
St. Alphonsus, Whitestone, held installation ceremonies for Paul Borowski, as director and superior, and Jeffrey Rolle, as assistant director, as well as the renewal of temporary vows of Luyen Dau.
Condolences to the families of Jack McIntyre and Maria Blaeser.
Speedy recovery to Danielle Hazelton and Peter Giangaspro.
Congratulations to Greta Hruska on bowling 212 and to Cathy Tuttle for bowling 201 at the Whitestone Bowling Lanes.
Parents of first-grade boys interested in joining Cub Scouts can contact Annemarie Murphy at 358-7371, or Tom Hurtubise at 463-7462.
Condolences to the family of Edmund Taylor Pratt, Jr., former chairman and CEO of Pfizer.
The Third Annual Bob Burke Memorial Scholarship Fund Golf Outing was sponsored by the Emerald Society; Queens Private Bus Lines, Eugene Wynne, president.
Support from this outing goes to Mount Saint Michael Academy and its students. Donations and raffle prizes were from Anheuser-Busch, Bus Stuff, Stanley G. Atty., Ken and Patsy Gamble, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., Kidde Dual Spectrum, Ed Koppenhofer, Mullen Motors, Rosie O’Grady’s and Peter Snell.
The St. Francis Prep School open house will be Saturday, Oct. 26, from noon to 4:30 p.m. For more information, call 423-8810.
Congratulations to Lucy Nunziato, who has been elected president of the Flushing Council on Culture and the Arts. She previously served as executive vice president of the Queens Chamber of Commerce from 1993 through 2002.
There will be free flu vaccinations at Flushing Hospital Medical Center, in the Medical Science Building Auditorium, first floor, 4500 Parsons Blvd., Flushing, on Monday, Oct. 28, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., and on Wednesday, Nov. 6, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. You must call 670-5486 to pre-register. Only 100 vaccinations will be available each day.
Queens Chamber of Commerce’s 20th annual business expo and luncheon was held at Flushing Meadow Corona Park’s Terrace on the Park. The keynote speaker was Charles Gargano, chairman of the Empire State Development Corp. Borough President Helen Marshall also spoke. William Egan, the Chamber’s executive vice president of this 91-year-old organization, was the master of ceremonies.
Upcoming events at the Poppenhusen Institute in College Point include “The Early Trolleys of Queens” film, and “The Early Railroad of Queens and Long Island,” by Ron Ziel, on Saturday, Nov. 9, at 2 p.m.; and “Move Over, Mrs. Markham,” presented by The Phoenix Players on Friday, Nov. 15 and Nov. 22, at 8 p.m., and Saturday, Nov. 16 and Nov. 23, at l p.m. and 8 p.m. Please call 516-678-0016 for information.
Sabina says…Have family fun with all of the upcoming holidays, starting with Halloween. I can’t wait to see the children and their costumes. I’m sure they can’t wait to see the goodies.
