GOOD ADVICE appears on the rear of this state Dept, of Transportation vehicle which paints the divider lines on the highway. This is the northern approach to the Rl. !M Canal Bridge into Cape May — the most dangerous intersection in Lower Township. Note the skM marks. Killer X-Road Will

Remain till Spring

COLD SPRINGS - The slate Dept of Transportation project to improve the intersection at the Rt 109 Canal Bridge approach here probably won’t get underway before next spring according to a DOT spokesman.

Cpt. Kelly

Tim Morrison, supervising engineer of the deportment's South Jersey Region said Monday that engineering for the $343,001) project is completed and the onlv thing holding up the project is federal funding.

Cpt. Don oboe

THE INTERSECTION is considered by police the moat dangerous in all of I^iwer Township. Hardly a week goes by without at least one minor accident, and the intersection of Rt. (Page 3 Please) Knocks Dune Act TRENTON — Assemblyman Joseph Chinnici, intends to vigorously ofv pose enactment of the Dunes and Shore Protection Act since, he maintains, it will lead to a lose of local control, and the eventual destruction of the tourism industry. "This measure is Just another example of how northern New Jersey interests are meddling with the rights of South Jersey residents.” he said in a press release. MORE THAN 90per cent of the shore communities in South Jersey have already enacted ordinance protecting the dunes, and the state should encourage this sort of action by local government rather than trving to smother it. the Bridgeton Republican

asserted.

“Local government knows what is best for the community, and this should he respected. Local officials kndto that U» dunes should be preserved and have already taken (Page 3 Please)

Command Changing At Training Center CAPE MAY - The US. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center welcomes aboard a new commanding officer during Change of Command ceremonies here Friday. Cpt. James R. Kelly, a 32-year veteran of the nation's oldest seagoing service and former assistant superinlmdenl ol th* Coast Guard Academy, will take over command from Cpt. Leo V. Donohoe, who la retiring after Myean aervlce. The ceremonies, open to the public, will take place on the parade grounds aboard the center beginning at 2:30

p.m.

A NATIVE OF DORCHESTER, Mass . Cpt. Kelly has also headed the Nautical Science and Law Dept at the Academy, was chief of the Marine Science Branch on the Eastern Area command staff In New Vork City, officer in charge of the Engineering School Section of the USCG Training Station in Groton. Conn, and served on the command staff of the Fleet Training Group in Guan-

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What Do You Do? It’s Late at Night And You Get Sick--What Do You Do?

by Michele R. Grottola Tourists and residents requiring afterhours non-emergency medical treatment will find themselves caught between a rock and a hard place in most area resorts this summer. Miles away from their own family physician and unable to locate a resort physician willing to make "hoter' calls at 3 a.m., vacationers will undoubtedly show up on the waiting room chi’irs in Burdette Tdmlin Hospital 's emergency room clinic With ailments such as sore throats, low grade fevers, or excessive sunburn, they will wait ’ anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours' before a hospital physician can literally "find” the time to see them •WE DOBVERYTHING IN OUR power to accommodate non-emergency patients.” assures Dr. Carmen Alameno, who is president of Burdette's medical staff, "But what a lot of people fail to realize is Oiat emergency rooms are primarily intended to treat emetKenties Minor ailments like earaches have to wait until more serious cases such as breathing difficulties and severe lactations are taken care of." During the height of the summerseason. Dr. Alameno estimates 4 that the emergency room staff quadruples in size In addition, a full staff of sub-specialists, 'complete with back-ups,” is maintained on a 24-hour basis - ”811 of which is at tremendous cost to the hospital," he added. THE GREATER WILDWOODS stand alone as a community which/has pretty much solved the problem of tourist medical services. "For 25 years we’ve managed to take some of the non^mergency burden off Burdette s shoulders, ' notes Dr. Stanley Homstine, Wildwood's Health Director.

"We provide 24-hour medical services lor all tounsts who want to see a doctor regardless ol their malady.' he explained The Wildwoods approach is .twofold: A coordinated Physicians Emergency Schedule assures that at least one area physician keeps the office doors open from 8 a m. until midnight After midnrght and until 8 o'clock the following morning, the City ol Wildwood's hired physician is available at the Emergency ('enter, located behind the Municipal Building at 115 W Davis Ave. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE center is not a hospital facility. Our most serious cases are still transported to Burdette. Dr. Homstlneemphasized In addition to th? Physician's Schedule and the Center. Wildwood also maintains an after-hours Dental Emergency Service which is open after 5 p.m on weekdays and on a 24-hour basis during weekends As of this summer. I^ower Township has, to a limited degre\ toilowed Th%Wildwood’s example The township's Emergency Medical Schedule went into effect earlier this month Under the coordinating eflorts of the liOwcr Town ship Rescue Squad working in conjunction with Dr Robert Renza. area physicians will keep office doors open from approximately 8 a m. to 8 p m After 8 at night patients in need ol medical services will be transported to Burdette's emergency room. RESCUE .SQUAD CHIEF Kevin Hart looks forward to the day when Lower Township and Cape May will have an Emergency Center of their own operating on a 24-hour basis. At present, such plans are "op hold ' Meanwhile, Chief Hart's outlook is very pragmatic: "You learn to work with what (Page 3 Please)

THE EXPANSE of both bftwMn C»p« May Point in4 Capo May City known a. Sooth Capo May won't bo part of tho muHI mlllion dollar l).S. Army Corpa of Englnorra boach roaloration from CoM Spring Inlot aontli horao.o ihr mld llM'a work boro woold coal man than ihr aroa la worth. a«ordln( to tho Corpa.