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^News Notes (From Page 12) ing a stroll back in time a dreamy ceramic fish and asked our hostess where she got it. "Oh, Pat Fitxpatrick gave it to me" was the answer. Pat, as everyone in the area knows, is the membership chairwomen of the Chamber of Commerce and she rates a 10 if . anyone ever did. We were surprised to learn that in addition to looking like a former Miss America and performing her executive duties competentiy, she is, at heart, an artist. She makes things for fun, not profit, and gives them to her pals. This past Christmas she gave 50 ceramic Xmas trees to friends, including those in the Nifty-Fifties, who describe her as their teenager. She’s promised to take us to Clermont where she takes lessons and uses the kilns. • • • We met Pat’s father, Otto II. Klaus, who has just moved to Stone Harbor, at the last Chamber dinner meeting. We thought he looked familiar and rightly so. Years ago when we lived in Narberth, Pa. he was known to be the most expert mechanical artisan on the Main Line. Otto has sold his business and will make his home here in summer and winter in Florida. Well beyond is teens, he could almost pass for one. He things nothing of going toVhesapeake City in his boaNand frequently lunches at the Lobster House in Cape may using the same transportation. He said he'll call us when our mutual friend, Joe Nulty, Narberths’ florist and old boating buddy comes down for a visit. WE MET Avalon’s Councilwoman-elect Jeannette Glazier, last Thursday and were favorably impressed. She was doing her homework by attending the workshop meeting. She has a warm personality and her searching questions were right on the ball. Avalonians you elected here, now corhe to the council meetings and give her your support. AT THE SAME meeting Councilwoman Rachel Sloan was delighted to announce that the' Garden Club will aid her in landscaping the grounds surrounding the newly renovated library. She also said the County Library Assn, would pay 100 percent of the cost of further improvements iup to a total of $10,000) such as vinyl siding to cut down on maintenance *sts. If the cost of the a Monal improvements s' Id exceed the tcn-thous. tmit the boro has ll-'HM) in the public bull ngs and grounds all* ce which could be app I towards the overage. ‘ ording to outgoing Cornu ^ President Philip F. Judx.ki. • • • FATHER WES MARTIN of St. Marv s Episcopal church, Stom Harbor, wife Ginny and son Greg have just returned from a great trip — almo- 3,000 miles by car startitwith a visit to friends in Chpsapeake, Va., on to Cherokee N.C., crossing the Smoky Mountains and touring our favorite city Charleston, S.C. South Carolinians are said to believe that the

Ashley and Cooper Rivers meet at this point to form the Atlantic Ocean and we’re inclined to agree. PROBABLY GREG’S greatest moment was going aboard the immense aircraft carrier Yorktown (fondly called the Fighting Lady by her crew) but he loved going out to Fort Sumter too. They got off to a wonderful start — St. Mary’s had it's greatest attendance ever on Easter Sunday and of course that warmed Father Wesley’s heart. The trip was the icing on the cake. • • • DON’T FORGET about our own great horse show to be held at Meadow Creek farm, Rte. 9 two miles north of the Avalon exit on June 13 & 14. Peggy Borkland (Mrs. Leonard) is having her last workshop meeting next week and says plans have just about been finalized. Ronald McDonald (of the restaurant chain) has promised to be there for the children at 2 to 4 p.m., and at noon on Saturday, the Mayors of Cape May County will be sponsoring the Garden State Pleasure Horse Championship—so all the local brass will be in attendance. At noon on Sunday the Coast Guard Color Guard will have a flag-raising ceremony which Mayor Frank Murphy of Dennis Township will attend. IF YOU HAVE some friends on your Christmas list who are difficult to get presents for make a list of them and bring it with you We guarantee you’ll find something to please them among the unusual and exquisite goodies created by the Avalon-Stone Harbor branch of Cape May County’s Women’s Auxiliary for Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital. These items have taken hours to create and they’re priced so LOW you won’t believe! SEVERAL PEOPLE have asked how one becomes President of borough council in Avalon and we were forced to admit we didn’t have the foggiest idea. So today we called our infintely patient mentor, at Boro Hall in Avalon, Dorothy Brennan. She told us that the change of watch, so to. speak, happens in July. This year, on July 2, one of the newly-elected or incumbent councilpersons will place the name of one of the council members in nomination as president for a one-year term and, after seconding, a vote will be taken. In short, the council choooses its own president for a one-year term. Thanks to Dorothy, we finally can give the answer.

Garden Club Ends Season STONE HARBOR - Basic flower arrangements will be the topic of Craig Sproesser of Hillhouse Greenery, Cape May, at the final meeting of the season of the Garden Club at 10 a.m. next Monday in the Firehouse. Mrs. Sproesser has been a teacher of horticulture at the county Vo-Tech School, and her work was featured in the May issue of Woman’s Day; Plans for the fall season will be discussed.