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APPEARS politics in Lower Township is being watched throughout the state. A reporter for the Bergen Record spent three days in the township last week trying to figure out what makes the local residents tick. THE NORTH Jersey *paper is planning to publish an in-depth article on the difference in voting |{attems between North and South Jersey, and chose to include Lower Township because traditionally local voters here are unpredictable and fail to follow the patterns,of those anywhere else iif the state. While here, the reporter - talked with local officials, party leaders and local residents. According to Democratic Party leader Pat Calfina, he even called her after he returned to North Jersey^ "I talked wfth him on the. phone for/n hour and a half last -Thursday,” ^he said. "Hf! told me alter three days in the township he still can’t figure the people out.” HAVE YOU ever thought about becoming a fireman' Well if you have, be sure to .attend Sunday’s open house at the Erma Fire Company on Seashore Rd. Chief Bob McNulty said this week that more volunteers are needed. The open house, to be held between 10 a m. and 3 p.m., is an excellent chance for people to observe first hand what kind of equipment the company has and exactly what firefighters do. Included in the day-'s ac-

Mews Notes from Lower Township Bob Shiles 967-3312

tivitios will te the presentation of the film Fire Fighters: A Unique Breed. • ••' The Lower Cape May Regional School Board last Thursday approved its audit report for the 1980-81 school year, — a report that . for the first time included •no recommendations from the auditors concerning financial repofts and procedures. Board members credited district Secretary Jane Turkington for her excellent work — noting she is the one primarilyresponsible for keeping all business records in order. ’’This report shows we have an excellent business staff,” Board president Paul Lundholm Said. "Aflditors don’t usually come in and pat you on the back.”

SPEAKING OF the Regional School District, Teitelman principal Jeanette Babbitt reported that her school's recent Back-to-School Night was well attended and can be considered a huge success. Back-to-School Night at the High School is scheduled for Nov. 24.

WITH ELECTION Day less than a week away, candidates’ signs are still

disappearing. Seems the only ones not coming down are those put up by the Democrats. According to Democrat leader Pat Calfina, the biggest problem she’s having is keeping faces on the* large Ed Salmon signs. Could H be Ed’s become a new teenage idol? ATTORNEY Eric Gaver js celebrating his 31st birthday on Halloween. • • » AT A RECENT meeting of the Lower ^Township Elementary School Board, the board authorized Superintendent Ed Campbell to contact the local Chamber of Commprce about putting up a sign on the comer of Ferry and . Seashore Rds. welcoming people to Lower Township. The sign would include, in alphabetical order, the names of all the individual areas in the township. "It’s about time Lower Township starts blowing its own horn,” Campbell said. "There’s a need for cohesiveness in the community — not one group fighting another." The superintendent also noted that he would like to see the Chamber place an information booth on school property at the same corner from May to ' Sept.

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