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The Herald and The Lantern

Wednesday, January 21.1981

Seniors To Mark 11th Year Venison Dinner Feb. 14

STONE HARBOR - The Senior Rroup of this borough will celebrate its. llth anniversary with a covered dish supper Wednesday, Feb. 4 in the American legion Hall Acting president Dorothy Slump stated plans are be ing made by the dinner committee and enterUtinmen! chairmen Ray deLaurentis and Harry Strohnir*? to review the past 11 years in the Seniors' history THE ORIGINAL meeting in 1970 had 20 members in attendance and named their founder, George Woolnough, first president Rapid increases in the 1 membership were experienced so that by the end of the first year the rolls contained 95 names Today the membership is over 175 The activities and ser vices of the members to the community over these 11

years have been numerous.' A large number are still giving many hours of volunteer work at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital. Hundreds of dollars have been donated to the local ambulance fpnd, the Volunteer Fire Co., and the Helen L. Diller Vacation Home for Blind Children. FUNDS WERE raised for the elementary school scholarship with appearances in the annual PTA musical jjrograms, performing acts they have created with original songs and dances. Over the years they have participated in the Legion Post annual Memorial Day ceremonies, the Chamber of Commerce 4th of July program, the Bi-Centennial Celebration, the by-yearly Ecumenical Church services and the Borough's 60th anniversary THE SENroRS have taken bus trips of from one

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to five days to Lancaster and the Amish Country; they have been to New England. Williamsburg and the Catskills. They have visited New York for the RKO musicals during Easter and Christmas. They saw Liberace at the Latin Casino, attended dinner parties at the 76 House, the Gateway Theater, and the New Greenwich Dinner Theaters, and have taken bus trips to Resorts International. In addition to their weekly Fun Nights, their social activities include annual parties for New Year’s Eve; Halloween; Valentine Day; Easter and Christmas. Each vear the gifts exchanged^ at the Christmas party have been delivered to Crest Haven and the Woodbine State School to brighten the holidays for less fortunate people. SOME OF THE members h&ve participated in the Middle Township School TV and Radio Task Force show. Some have won the Senibr of the Year Award presented annually by the Stone Harbor Chamber of Commerce. They have their own musical group and informal choir. They own their own recording machine and speaker system and recently pur- ■ chased their own dinner service. They have formed a male and female bowling league and awards are presented to the members at an annual bowling breakfast. A Memorial Book of deceased members was started and is kept updated. A sewing class meets weekly at individual homes. During this year Mrs. Louise Prager, the second woman president, died. She followed in office Mrs. Vernis Pilert. Other presidents since Woolnough include Harry Strohmetz, Charles Boise and Walton Errickson Current officers fc ^re acting president -Dorothy Stump, Ray' deLaurentis. W|ck Chain and Eileen Connor.

COURT HOUSE - The county Board of Agriculture announced that its annual venison dinner will be held 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14,, at the American Legion Home, Route 50 in Tuckahoe. John N. MacLeon, senior county .agent, said that the annual event attracts a crowd of 250 farm and rural people. George W. Beets, of Petersburg, president of the board of agriculture, will serve as toastmaster. He is also chairman of the dinner committee. Others serving on the committee with him are Louis M. DiLuzio of Tuckahoe, Ber-

nard Germanio of Belleplain, Marshall Howey of the Villas, Leslie C. Rea of West Cape May, and Harold'Shaw of Marmora. The venison dinner has been held rtow for over 27 consecutive years and has become a tradition. He said the main purpose of the dinner is to honor an outstanding agricultural leader for his contributions to agriculture and rural life. The name of the award winner is kept secret until the night of the dinner. This year’s program will also feature awards to the outstanding county 4-H

young man and woman of the year for their achievements In the 4-H youth program. County and state legislators are expected to attend along with representatives from the NJ Department of Agriculture, the New Jersey Farm Bureau and Cook College, Rutgers University. Tickets for the dinner may be obtained from any member of the board of directors of the board of agriculture or from the county Extension Service Educational Center prior to Feb. 4.

Bikeway Along Old Rail Line?

TRENTON - A stretch of railroad right-of-way running from Cape May Court House to Stone Harbor has been tabbed as having "clear bikeway potential” in a report published by the N.J. Dept, of Transportation. The department evaluated 83 railroa v d rights-of-way totaling 900 mites that were abandoned between 1911 and 1977. The Pennsylvania-Reading Seashore Lines stretch running from Cape May was one of these. BIKEWAYS MAY be developed by funds from federal aid highway programs or through a bicycle grant program under the Surface Transportation Assistance Act. The federal Highway Administration permits each state to use up to $2.5 million in federal funds a year from all federal aid highway programs other thanTnterstate for the conOld Station Converted

OCEAN CITY-The city has renovated an old train station into a new transportation center. A picturesque train depot at 10th and Haven Ave. here has been refurbished and now serves as a bus, train and* taxi center. Winter hours are from 6 a m. to 6 p.m. seven days a week with expanded hours for the spring through fall

struction of independent bikeways. THE DOT HAS constructed 23 bikeways totaling 50 miles siqce 1975. Another 40 are in the design stage.

Copies of the report will be distributed to state, regional and county planning agencies, public libraries and bicycle organizations for

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