Wednesday, M*y 21,1980

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Memorial Park (FTsm Page 1) County Vet wane Service Officer Myrtle Hevener said the criteria for burial here will be similar to those used for burial In federal cemeteries. The plots will be available to service 8,500 county resident veterans and their spouses TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR burial, she explained, a veteran or spouse must reside In the county, have been an honorably discharged war-time veteran. The free burial plots will be marked with flat bronze headstones provided to all deceased veterans by the Veterans Administration In announcing the dedication ceremonies. Freeholder Thornton invited

all county residents, veterans and their

families to participate. /■

Work is being completed at the site to level the land, which will be sodded and landscaped A flagpole has been erected and a historic cannon will be mounted on a concrete slab. The cannon was obtained from the Navy historical museum in Washington, D C. and transported to the county by the County Civil Defense

Organization truck.

A 10 foot granite monument will also be erected in the future. Donations will be solicited through the various Veteran Organizations to obtain the monument.

Memorial Day Events Set Monday

the dropping of the traditional wreath by a coast Guard Auxiliary plane and the launching of the traditional flower boat into the surf by an Auxiliary boat scheduled

for 11:50.

Benediction by Joseph Frates, U.S.N. chaplain, a volley by the Coast Guard Firing Squad and taps by Coast Guard buglers will precede the noontime flag raising and playing of the National Anthem by the Training Center Band. The beachfront exercises will begin with the invocation by Rev. Forrest Spriggs, pastor Cape Island Baptist Church, followed by a band selecUon and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Lt. Carlyle J. Dennis, USCG

(ret.).

THE PARADE will feature fire, rescue squad and police units, Coast Guard and school bands,

by Janet Ramsey

Cape May’s traditional Memorial Day ceremonies will begin with an 11 a.m. parade May 26 from Wilbraham Park in West Cape and conclude with a noontime flag raising at Cape May Convention Hall. The air dropping of a wreath and the launching of the flower boat by Coast , Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 82. John Lincoln Commander, will also highlight

the event.

The parade is due to conclude at the beachfront hall at 11:15 when ceremonies there will begin. Brief remarks will be given by Mayor Arthur Blomkvest, Lt. Fisher of the Cape May Coast Guard Station, and Joseph Koury, Jr. commander, Depart- ■ ment of New Jersey Veterans of World War I. A SELECTION by the Training Center Band will follow the speeches with Cape Growth-

(From Page l) x complexion of the county population is reflected in the public school enrollment statistics which show secondary school student increases of 910 pupils (24 percent) compared to only 111 more pupils (1.5 percent) in elementary school growth. However, parochial school enrollment was up by 446 pupils (52 percent), but down by eight percent in secondary students during the 1970s. ACCORDING TO FIGURES FOR Burdette Tomlin Hospital, patients and days of care increased over 30 percent during the decade while the number of births went down 14 percent. Statistics from Shore Memorial Hospital aren’t included in the Chamber breakdown. Paralleling the increase in population is an even greater growth in construction; building permits increasing dver 500 percent — from some 1,200 issued in 1970 to over 7„640 last year — and value of planned construction going up over 240 percent, from $20 million to $70 million. GROWTH IN SEASONAL accommodations rose more than 50 percent; 328 more motels going up during the past decade for a 54 percent increase, 16 more campgrounds (62 percent) added during the decade. As of 1979 there were over 21,000 motel units compared to over 13,600

campsites.

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The Chamber's Facts A Figures for Cape May County. NJ. brochure which lists the statistics has also grown over the past few years, going from an initial publication of about 2,000 copiea to some 7,000 this year. Mr. Patterson explained that the Chamber continues to get requests for statistics from potential businesses and industry. Me mentioned McDonald's and Jamesway as a couple of concerns which have made use of the facts and figures in the past.

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Coast Guard honor companies and yother active service units; the American Legion and VFW and their auxiliaries; Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 82; municipal dignitaries; Scouts, Little Leaguers and school children. It will assemble at 10 a m. at the West Cape May park. A member of Harry Snyder American Legion Post 193 will serve as parade marshall. In case or rain, the parade will be cancelled but the ceremonies will take place inside convention hall, at 11:15 a.m. i Janet Ramsey is American Legion publicity chairman.

Study Team Topic COURT HOUSE -

James Dorante of the Wildwood Chilld Study Team will be the guest speaker at the 7:30 p.m. May 27 meeting of the Cape May County Unlf, N.J. Association for Retarded Citizens. In .the Old

Courthouse Building.

Historic Surveys Granted

COURT HOUSE - The county has received a grant to survey historic sites and buildings, and the initial survey will be undertaken this summer in Lower and Middle Townships. Stone Harbor and Sea Isle City. Purpose of the survey is to identify sites and buildings of architectural or historical significance so that recommendations may be offered which would lead to their protection and preservation for * future generations, according to Freeholder Gerald Thornton. A committee established by each of the four municipalities will identify areas and sites for consideration by the survey and will work with the survey team. Upon completion of the survey, certain buildings or sites may be eligible for listing on the State and National Register. In those instances, it would be the • option of the owners to request such listing, the freeholder said. The program is funded by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Heritage Conservation and Recreations Service. Historic Preservation Fund, as channeled through the New Jersey Office of Historic Preservation.

School Cuts(From Page D ultimate impact.” * ADDITIONALLY, cutbacks call for. elimination of additional administrative supervisory assistance; reduction of monies for the Gifted and Talented programs; elimination of library aides; reduction of student activities requiring teacher chaperones; reductioq of student field trips; reduction of instructional aides in resource rooms; and the closing of all schools to night activities as of September 1. The budget reductions are for the school year which begins this July 1. THE SCHOOL boards decision follows the recommendation’from the Middle Township. Committee that the budget be pared by $350,000. The municipal governing body, which by law may recommend changes in voter defeated school budgets, has agreed to the board’s cuts. Closing of the Rio Grande School is designed to provide additional income through the sale or lease of

the building, and added budgetary savings by elimination of emergency classrooms and staff and transportation reductions. The district is also considering the sale of the old administration building in Court House, which is now occupied by the township. REGARDING the , reduction in transportation services. Dr Johnson said information will be forthcoming "as to who will walk and who will ride " He added that cluster centers will’be established to reduce door-to-door pickup; the 4 and 5 p.m activity buses at the high school will be eliminated and similar service will be reduced at the middle school "High school students participating in after school activities will be required to find alternative transportation home." he noted. FYeshmen sports being eliminated next season include football, basketball, cross country; in addition, the ^ freshmen athletic trainer will be cut a9 will the sports clinic and some sports equipment

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