Esposito was the Dem district leader in East NY when I lived there. He was a delegate to the Dem Convention in 1960. My father was his alternate, if he couldn't go (fat chance). Mother of one of my best friends worked for Esposito.

My brother and sister are twins. So, for their birthday, my father always drove to Mrs. Maxwell's to buy their extra-large birthday cake. Mrs. Maxwell's was the only place where you didn't have to order a birthday cake in advance, and where they would put the lettering on it while you waited.