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‘The Best’ Resigning ERMA - The Lower Cape May Regional School Board accepted the resignation of t\yo district employees last Thursday one who served for 18 years, and one who jpmed the high school staff slight ly over a month ago Sally Carrick Kelley resigned after serving as the high school food services supervisor for 18 years "She is probably the best food services Supervisor in the state. Superintertdent Ephraim Keller said Her resignation becomes effective in June' The second resignation was that of newly ap pointed supervisory aide Phyllis Sparks According to Mr Keller, Mrs Sparks, who joined the high school ' staff April 8. one of the best aides to ever work at the school Her resignation is effective June 30

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Quilting Bee Saturday

STRETCHINC FOR THE FINISH this horse and rider clear the last hurdle and head for home during Saturday's Lupus Foundation horse show In S. ('did Spring.

COLD SPRING - ThOre will be a traditional Quilting Bee at Historic Cold Spring Village from 11 to 4 Saturday. Dot Mucilli. local craftswoman and teacher of quilting at the Cape May County Vd-Tech School, has organized the traditional event and will lead the group in the quiltidg af a Log Cabin design motif. ALTHOUGH t-f* THE history of quiltiqAbegan in Egypt, patchwomys strictly an American cij|ft tradition and has a home-root development in this country. Once a necessity, the patchwork quilt developed from clothing which had outlived its usefulness yet still offered valuable naterial swatches or patcnes to the thrifty homemaker. The earliest quilts were made from . '‘linsey-

woolsey" a material handwoven using linen and wool and used virtually for all clothing in colonial America after the boycott of English imported fabrics. When cotton replaced this material for day to day costume, quilts too became cotton patch work. ALL OF THE patterns used were developed around pature and daily life themes. The Log Cabin pattern generally used a center square of red which represented the hearth and had five or six variations including designs based on furrows, hamraising, and the court house steps. The Quilting Bee was a social event in colonial and pioneer America after it had outlived its usefulness as a necessity. Men who brought their wives to the sessions had an opportuni-

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ty to visit with other men, children played and many a marriage contract was discussed over the patchwork quilting frame. THE POPULARITY of quilts suffered a decline and many could'be seen used as furniture padding on moving vans during the '50s and '60s. It was the celebration of America’s Bicentennial in 1976 which sharpened Americans appreciation of their folkarts and renewed interest in quilting and patchwork Today it enjoys the respect due it as a truly traditional American craft form. The Quilting Bee will be in and about the Old Dennisville Inn in Cold Spring Village. Quilters demonstrating during the dav will be Dale Watson, Claire Mcnge. Paula Vanaman, Margo Hunter. Cash Push For Wind

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ATLANTIC CITY - Atlantic Electric announce<V a new cash incentive program to help promote the use of alternate sources of energy at its -Wind Energy Workshop held recently at the OakcrestAbsegami High School in Mays Landing. Starting June 10, the local electric utility will pay $500 to the first 100 residential customers who install approved wind generating equipment in the company’s service area. "THIS IS THE first part of our Solar and Wind assistance Program (SWAP), aimed at decreasing customer load and promoting alternate energy resources," said company vice president David V. Boney. “The cash bonuses that participating customers will receive will provide direct assistance to local alternate energy development, and demonstrates our company’s interest in this new field." To qualify for the grant, customers installing windmills must notify the company before installation of any equipment. Each project must meet Atlantic Electric's service standards and comply with the company’s contractual requirements for wind generators. The cash awards will be made after the equipment has been installed and is successfully operating. THE SECOND PART of the SWAP program, which will include cash awards for new solar domestic water heating systems, is in the design stages and will be announced by the company by July 1. The SWAP program is in the first program to be produced under the local utltity’s recently announced "New Direction”, to increase energy efficiency and reduce customer demands and future construction of electric facilities. *