Heard It On The Grapevine
By Frick and Frack

BABYLON TOWN MARKS 911. Families and friends of the victims, local notables gathered at our beautiful 911 memorial at Cedar Beach last Tuesday to pay tribute to the 48 town residents who lost their lives at that tragic event. Forty eight flags lined the walkway to the monuments of the loved ones, and ceremonies were held before the rains came at 8:30 and again at noon. Supervisor Steve Bellone spoke words of sympathy to the family members, and Monsignor Gaeta of Sts. Cyril and Methodius Church in Deer Park held a prayer service. It was truly an emotional day for all who attended. The location at the beach is so impressive, and the family members are to be commended for all of their years of hard work to make the memorial possible.

LOOKING BACK AFTER THE FAIR. What a great job our clean up crew performed. Drove by the fair at 6 p.m. and Argyle Park looked beautiful. You'd never know that just a short time before, thousands of fairgoers had been on the grounds. Many thanks to Skip Gardner, Scott Glenn and their fantastic crews.

BABYLON'S MASTER BUILDER. Life-long Babylon-West Islip resident Joseph Chassis died earlier this year in his retirement home in North Carolina. During his lifetime he built hundreds of houses, many of them on Fire Island where he had a reputation for excellence. He also built homes and professional buildings in the Village - the best examples of his work here were the buildings he built for Dr. Howart Hertz and for the architect James Campbell at the intersection of Little East Neck Road and Montauk Highway. The Fire Island News recently printed a full page article outlining his accomplishments and pictures of some examples of the beautiful homes that he built in the area. His buildings will stand the test of time and will live on for many many years. Who knows, maybe you live in a Joe Chassis house. We send our sincere sympathy to Doris, his wife of 54 years.

LOTS OF WORK GOING ON at the lovely old building on the corner of Deer Park Avenue and Main Street. Checked with some of the workers who say they hear it will open in January or February. There's still lots more work to do they say. Lots of offices and shops will be coming to the legendary old building.

AND ALSO COMING TO THE AREA is a new Bridal Shop, Village Bridal and Boutique and a limo service, Dynasty Limo, located on Union Boulevard across from the Post Office. They look in fine shape, just about ready to open. Another asset to our beautiful Village.

FIRST IN HIS CLASS. Ed Weinstein of Bay Shore took first place in his class at the annual Great South Bay Association Cat Boat races hosted by the Sayville Yacht Club last week. And let's hear it for the crew: Robert Weinstein, Bob Sweet and Ron Armett.

FLORIDA VISITORS. Barbara and Tom Henry have been visiting with Tom's brother Judge Patrick Henry at his home in Brookhaven.

IT'S PARTY TIME AT NIKKI HAY'S HAIR SALON. Yesterday the gang all chipped in and held a beautiful birthday for Jeanne, featuring a Walmart cake, which they say is out of this world. Many, many more Jeanne.

IT WAS A BIG THRILL to see World War II planes over at the Republic Airport Museum on Labor Day Weekend. The B-24s, B-25s and B-17s were all represented and we were able to see them pretty close up on the field. The charge for a flight was $400 per person - many of those who flew in the vintage planes could not afford this sum. Gas is expensive, but give us a break, and next year lower the fee for those who flew combat missions in World War II.

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