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Vol. 16 No.36 S*a~ov« Co'p All ngM« r»«*rv»d September 9,1981

Unpredictable Barrier Islands

by Jack Chielli Most people never get a chance to see the sometimes drastic changes that take place in the geographical make up of a barrier island. Jo most vacationers the beaches look and remain the same. This, however, is far from reality. Every year, against the will of local communities and homeowners, the beaches and dunes move with the shifting of the island. Many homeowners who live on barrier islands find out the hard^way that ocean waves and storm winds can alter the compositioif of a beach completely. “Very few vacationers get a chance to see a winter storm. They come to the seashore two weeks out of twelve months; they think the beach looks the same. It might be 20 ft. shorter. Somebody has got to tell these people that barrier islands move, they Wre very dynamic.” That is how Dr. Sue D. Halsey, a geologist for the Department of Environmental Protection, Division of Coastal Resources feels about "How Barrier Islands Move." ACCORDING TO DR. HALSEY barrier islands are "very fragile—man’s intervention makes them more fragile.” A barrier island is defined as an island that is separated from the mainland by marsh or a body of water and is made up of sand. The dynamic features df an island are the dunes, beach and marsh. Due to storms. (Page 18 Please)

THE EFFECTS of erosion can easily be observed off 121st St. in Stone Harbor. Barrier islands are indeed a fragile and dynamle-lbr^e./"' Point Lot Sale Set

STONE HARBOR — After almost seven years of struggling between environmentalists and local officials here, the path has finally been cleared for the development of Stone Harbor Point. This Saturday, Sept. 12, twelve building lots in this environmentally sensitive area will be sold at a public auction. The lots to be sold beginning at 10 a.m. — have minimum bid prices ranging from $110,000 to $250,000. Only one sihgle family residence may be built on each lot. The borough began in late 1974 to obtain

Mosquito Population Slapped

by Ed Harnett COURT HOUSE - In the unrelenting war that began some millennia ago when a harried caveman took the first, probably futile, slap aUfsabertooth skeeter, there is evidence that man is gaining an edge, however slight, over the mosquito in Cape May County. And in an area which for three months of every year has more square inches, of bared epidermis «than the drying lijtes in all the earth’s tanneries, every little bit helps. Contributing largely to this happy state, of affairs, according to Judy A. Hansen, superintendent of the County Mosquito Commission, is a technique known as open marsh water management. SIMPLY PUT, it involves making the

mosquito’s home unlivable for the mosquito mom and her progeny. It has been suggested that the* idea was stolen from Casino City, where it is applied to tenants and homeowners. f This is unlikely, since the county commission had started experimental use of the technique on the Seaville Marsh as early as 1967, long before gambling in Atlantic City was legalized. So far. according to Hansen, 5,000 acres of mosquito breeding have been brought under control by the management method,

Five Point Thrives

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AVALON — In a world of change in wjiich many things — and organizations — don’t last, some endure, and eveh grow. One of th<erfl is the borough’s Five poiht Club, which recently hejd its 50th anniversary luncheon. Attending the 50-year fete were two charter members, Mrs. Vivian Hinkle of Avalon, first club president, and Mrs. Sallie Rice of Court House. Originally called The Women’s Auxiliary of the Square Club of Avalon, the club was organized Aug. 13, 1931, as a social and philanthropic organization. TWO WEEKS LATCR, Aug. 27, 1931, the name was ch&nged'to the present Five Point Club of Avalon and officers were elected: Mrs. Arthur Hinkle, president; Mrs. Fowler Stratton, vice president; Mrs Wilson Gosser, secretary, and Mrs. Charles Thress, treasurer. Meetings were held by-weekly during June, July and August at club members' homes and winter meetings monthly in Philadelphia. Today, winter luncheons are held in Avalon. As membership crew, meetings were held at the Fifty Club building on Yacht

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state approval to develop'the area adjacent to 121st St. A CAFRA permit application was submitted in thAmiddle of 1975 and in 1976 a conditional £AFBA permit ’was issued. f Sincd the issuance of the toermits, two environmental groups, the state Department of Environmental Protection, and local officials have been battling over the conditions attached to the permit. Several of the problems were recently settled in court — action which cleared the way for finalization of the sale.

with more to come. Principal weapon in the attack is a special piece of equipment, an amphibious rotary ditcher, which sells for about $150,000. STAR EXHIBIT IN the battle is the ongoing Tuckahoe Marsh Management Project, along the Tuckahoe River The Tuckahoe-Corbin City Fish and Wildlife Management Area, whi«h makes up most of the land area, is used for hunting and recreation along the rivci Most of the heavy mosquito-breeding (Page 18 Please)

News®

Digest Yopfstories . Movie On Boardwalk WILDWOOD - Filming of the movie "On thejBqardwalk is scheduled to begin

’ here today

At a press conference last week,.Mayor Guy Muziani and producers Dirk eptersmanrt and Barclay ^ottimer, announced that the film, to be filmed on the Wildwood Boardwalk, will cost less than $5 million to produce The movie which tells the story of two young people who meet in a psychiatric hospital and find a new life on the boardwalk here, will take about 6 weeks ttf shoot and use a number of local people

* Requests Testing

SHILOIh - Ruth Wisher, president of Citizens for Protection of the Environment. hand-delivered a letter to Gov" Brendan Byrne last Monday asking for his help in convincing the freeholdec* that additional water tests.must be made f oi county wells before a guarantee can be given that certain herbicides capable of causing birth defects are not seeping into local drinking water Her action comes in light of a recent report fronl the state DEP's Office of Cancer and Toxic Substances .(hat claims no evidence exists to link county drinking water to a Cluster of local birth defects that were reported last spring The , report was Based on a DEP study of 30 * county wells last winter. At a rccertt freeholder,meeting, the local environmentalist was told that the freeholders will consider requesting addi tional tests if they receive a letter from a state official suggesting such action be taken. Bars Bar Hours LOWER TWP Members of the Township Taxpayers Assn were "shock* ed" to learn last Friday that the question of shortening^ummer bar hours in their community may not appear on the November ballot Superior Court Judge James O'Neill issued n temporary restraining order that prohibits County Clerk Angela Pulvino from putting the question on the ballot The order was issued after charges were made by Citizens Against Higher Taxes a recently organized assn, led by local tavern owner Robert F Conroy Jr that petitioas calling for bars to be closed at 3 a m Were not properly checked by the township clerk, and that some of the signatures fcere forged or are in other ways invalid The Township committee passed a resolution at its August 24 meeting certifying that the necessary 1,076 signatures - representing 15 per cent of the voters that voted In the las| general election had been collected and verified The Superior Court suit is expected to be heard before Judge Nathan Staller Sept 14

Club Rd. from 1958 to 1959, the Avalon VFW Post, now the site of the Chamber of Commerce Information Center, at 30th and Ocean Dr., in I960 and currently at Borough Hall. THE FIRST ANNUAL luncheon was* held Aug 24. 1932, at Ye Puritan, now the Princeton Hotel, at 21st St. and Second Ave. Then, a full course Turkey dinner and pie a la mode cost 75 cents. Other luncheons were held in the Crystal Dining Room of the Avalon Hotel, The Hub, now the Holiday Hotel, on 21st St.; Machette's, the site of the 76 House, on Rt. 9; The Sea Breeze in Stone Harbor, The'Whitebrier Hotel in Avalon and Zaberer s in 1963. Christmas Parties were held at the home of the current president and later at. the Whitebrier. The war years, 1942 to 1948, forced a cancellation of organized meetings, but the club resumed activities in the summer of 1948, with the purpose of being a charitable organization, as it stands today. Rainy Day Bags, of which each club member would deposit a penny for every day that it rained, were used as the first (Page 18 Please)

OUTGOING PRESIDENT Lee EngwaM and Vivian Hinkle, charter member and first president* cut cake at SOth anniversary luncheon of Avalon's Five Point Club.