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The Herald and The Lantern _

Wednesday, August 27, I960

Candidate Cites Drug Availability

RIO GRANDE - Democratic freehoUler Michael Voll, a former SUikt Force undercover agent, ha* called for the re institution of the county Narcotics Strike Force It is imperative that we as parents, citizens, and business people at this fine county should demand from our freeholders the necessary steps to combat the enormous drug trafficking taking place in Cap* May k County,” he emphasized •t AM NOT discrediting

our county prosecutor or our local police- depart menu 1 , but they are limited in the type of investigations they may conduct without a specific department to coordinate these drug investigations.' "I cannot stand by and see our children subjected to the easy availability of illegal drugs which is a direct result of an organized network of drug trafficking. ” he continued VOLL SAID that being a police enforcement officer he "knows” that most

chines today are drug related — burglaries, armed robberies, muggings, and homicides. "It would be a great tool to law enforcement officers in this county to have^hese undercover agenta'Working to expose these crimes,” he said "Our county is particularly vunerable because of the nature of our geographic location and this more of a reason to initiate this program," he concluded in a news release.

Early Whalers

(From Paget) for home lighting, lighthouses and street lighting in American cities Ambergis from sperm whales provied to be a valuable fixative for perfumes, giving them long-lasting scents. William Penn, in a letter in 1683 to the Committee of the Free Society of Trades in London, wrote that "the Whale for Oyl, of which we have a good store, and two companies of Whalers, whose Boats are built will soon begin their Work." JAMES C'LAVPOOLE, a friend of Finn's who had come to Philadelphia as a Quaker merchant from London the year before, wrote in 1685 to the Free Society in liondon that "Might Whales foil upon the Coast, near the Mouth of the Bay of Delaware. We justly hope a considerable profit by a Whalery, they being so Whaling along the Atlantic and from Atlantic seaports that dispatched whalers all over the face of the glove was centered in the Massachusetts Bay and Plymouth colonies. But early explorers found the Atlantic waters off New Jersey excellent for whale hunting. Cpt. de Vries, sailing horth from Delaware Bay after his discovery of the ruined colony at Lewes, wrote’that his crew had speared 17 whales, but captured only seven because of poor harpoons. Thomas Budd wrote in 1685 that whales were taken from Sandy Hook to Cape May. OIL AND BONE WERE preciot* in ytecae days. The flesh provided food, "smews served as thread, bones were used in anything from women’s corsets to horse whips Whale oil, once refined, was used

numerous and the shore suitable " Later, he %aid that three companies Were ready to begin "whale catching" that season Christopher Learning — who came to Cape May County from Sag Harbor, Maine in 1691 to engage in whaling, cooperage and coffin making in the early 1700s built what is said to be the only original whaler’s residence known in New Jersey. It is still standing near Leartiing's Run on Rt. 9 in Swainton. Its comer posts are 12x12 inch oak. WHALING IN NEW JERSEY contains many stories down through the centuries, including recently beached whales along the Jersey coast. But none is so strange, perhaps, as a report it cites from the “Sussex Register" of Nov. 21, 1814, which described capture of a 22-ft. whale in the shallow Delaware River just below Trenton! It was exhibited at the steamboat wharf there at a charge of 25 cents for adults, 12Vfe for children. And none is so droll as the poem composed by a scrimshaw whaler who carved this ditty on a whalebone stay (used in the 18th and 19 centuries to stiffen the front of a corset): In many a gak Hai b*ra Ike Wkak. In whkh thh botw M rrtl. Hla Umr la patl. \ Ilk bum ai teal Mnai mm tappart U«y fcmal! Wm A Haffert Jr. wrote thU piece, here , edited for space. Jar the N.J. Agricultural Society. For a list of its publications, write to the society at FOB Y, Trenton, NJ 08607.

A WHALEBONE Is one of the attractions outside the County Museum on Rt. 9 north of Court House. Inside, there is authentic whaling gear and other paraphernalia about one of the Jersey Cape's earliest occupations. •

Regulations Choking Farmers, says Fox

COURT HOUSE - The incentives of South Jersey farmers are restricted by too many bureaucratic state and federal regulations, according to Republican congressional candidate Beech Fox. "Over-regulation of the area's agriculture industry could, ultimately, change much of South Jersey’s colorful and productive farmlands into paved-over shopping centers,” Fox warns. AND HE CHARGES that incumbent Rep. William Hughes has "not concerned himself enough" with all the problems of area

farmers. ’If the inheritance taxes instituted by the past Democratic Congresses don't destroy the family farm in America, then their agencies and regulations will," Fox contends. The South Jersey.farmer says Fox, is over-burdened by state and federal regulations calling for frequent and detailed reports. IN ADDITION to working his land," Fox contends, "the farmer has to find the time In his long day to fill out reports on fuel and fertiizer use, migrant worker housing,

" *v———— ■ use of water on his crops, and other details of his operation. His land is invaded by a parade of state and federal inspectors who know very little if anything about farm operations from practical experience," he continued. SOUTH JERSEY agriculture hasn’t been encouraged by Hughes' votes in Congress, according to Fox,who claims his opponent voted no August a year ago to an amendment to the Emergency Energy Conservation Act that sets aside one per cent of the nation’s diesel fuel for farmers. The amendment, approved by Congress, guarantees that farmers will have enough fuel to plant and harvest crop* in the event of a disruption of supplies.

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