Wednesday, January IS, 1980 New Light s At Crest Haven

(From Page 1) days before they are turned to their permanent red-yellow-green mode. That way. regular parkway travelers in this area will have a chance to grow accustomed to the new signals. BUT WHAT about firsttime motorists traveling south the entire length of the parkway; will they have any advance warning that after 160 miles of smooth sailing, all of a sudden there’s a stop light? Or what about the unaccustomed driver going ndrth who has just accelerated after stopping for the lights at the Stone Harbor Blvd. intersection a miledown the road? Pitman sees no problem either way and He is mindful of the summertime traffic. There will be permanent signs in advance of the signals to warn motorists of the lights' they’ll be approaching, Pitman said. And the new lights will be synchronized with the old ones at the boulevard intersection to preclude a double stop and a back-up of traffic between lights. According to the bureau chief.\ flashing advance lights or other warnings arc only used in casfe of poor visibility where the motorists doesn’t have a clear view of the oncoming lights. IN THE CASE of the new Crest Haven lights, only "normal signing" will be used, Pitman reiterated. As with the boulevard signals, the new lights will be multi-phase, Pitman explained, meaning they will be set so motorists can make left turns without having to contend with oncoming traffic. There is already a lefthand lane slot on the parkway southbound at the Airport (From Paget) ANOTHER improvement at the airport which is the largest area of the Jersey Cape not coming under state Wetlands purview will benefit county government directly. That is the establishment of a master county garage where all county -vehicles can be repaired. Gasoline pumps are also being installed here as well as at Crest Haven and Woodbine so the county can make bigger bulk purchases of fuel for a larger wholesale savings. The county industrial park at the airport, which is about the size of Wildwood, is already home for 16 commercial or industrial leaseholders, ranging from such common names as Sears to such unusual ones as Swisscomatic Inc. Catanoso, who is the only member of the county governing body to have served as a freeholder since the 1960s, commented on the proposed industrialization at the airport while being interviewed on his outlook for the 1980s. According to the veteran freeholder director, there will be a good season in Cape May County next summer to start the 80s off right.

Crest Haven intersection, and Pitman said a slot will be installed in the northbound line in a year or two.* THE NEW signals were necessitate:! by increased cross-parkv. ay traffic that came about ;is Crest Haven grew from basically the site of the county nursing home to the multigovernment complex it is today. According toPitmsn, the new lights cost $35,650. That is unusually high, he said, due to the multiphase nature of the signals. Still, he added, it was consideraoly belov. what it would cost had the job been done by private contractor. Normally, the cost would be shared by local government, but federal funds offset that need. Pitman said. The county will, however, pay the electricity cost. Award Winner VILLAS — Ruth Ann Kanady of Cape May, a junior at Lower Cape May Regional High School, was honored recently as Youth Appreciation Winner by the Lower cape Optimists. Presentation of a plaque and savings bond was made by James Kelly, Club Youth Appreciation chairman, during a special dinner meeting honoring Miss Kanady and her parents, this past week. The awand, which is given annually by the local Optimist Gub, is directed toward a youth who serves in an all-round outstanding way and who isn't usually recognized. Miss Kanady’s name and resume were submitted by several people for the honor. She is extremely active in her local church, as youth choir director, leader in the Methodist Youth Fellowship and as a member of the administrati ve board. She also serves as a candy striper at Burdette Tomlin Hospital and does volunteer work with other groups. Ruth Ann Is active in several school related extra-curricular activities, according to Kelly. Scrutiny < From Page 1) Sturm and Deaver both emphasized that while many of the savings were of a one-time nature, those affected by bulk purchasing and utilization of state contracts will provide additional "down-the-road savings." Freeholder Sturm is eying such future savings procedures as lumping smaller purchases with larger ones to reduce the number of transactions; blanket resolutions to cover advertising for bids; an inventory warehouse which will increase purchasing power and reduce man hours used in preparation of purchase orders; bid conferences with Department personnel and vendors to see whether specifications can be improved; and the preparation of specifications for a number of items not presently covered with contracts.

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NEW ENGLAND (IIIGBEE BEACH) HOAD, COLD SPRING 'To conserve what is best of the past... is simply to realize that no society, no association of human beings, can cut itself off from history without impoverishing or even destroying its spirit.' o # 0 e -Sir Kennpth (lark