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by niarlodiP F: Dally Becauao of the numeroua calls and letters! asking about the West Cape May Community Christmas Parade, I feel compelled to write and distribute this letter You will have to forgive me if a touch of very deep hurt and bitterness creep* In between the line* \ For 16 yehr* I have tried to bring to the resident* of the area and late season tourists the very best Christmas ’ parade possible, always striving to do better Even the best. I fell, could be made better . iaist year was the year I guess I really can’t believe. * For one person, even in the wildest dream, to think for the sake of some 100 persons, thousands should be deprived of their interest, in beyond me The boycott and its immoral threats and innuendoes is a disgusting affront to the Firew Company members and the citizens <especially the children) who enjoy the parade and come from far arid wide to enjoy it. *' • TO I SF DOT, JKANKTTF and me m such a manner as was done by one individual is something I personally will not allow to happen again To degrade the parade ar\d in turn U>e community and cause the sickening and repulsive publicity which wa^.generated was nothing short of a •cheap,shot FoY Ift >kars we’ve worked to promote the borough and the area in nothing but the best light Contrary to published reports. I personally had at> solutely no disagreement with the person who Initiated the boycott None what so ever It is my feeling that that per•■sdn should do his job and leave us to do our job; which we would still be perfectly happy doing We have had our Christmas Parade lor 16 yjars oh the first Saturday in December, whereas. Bingo has been in existance for only JO years, so if inclined. I could say it was intruding on our

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If in fact. Bingo income from that one night is at the true root of the problem, then why didn’t that individual con- - sider turning a liability into an -asset and sponsor some type of dinner the afternooivof the parade? Folks here tp elosfe their home for the winter, parade participants, viewers, and just about everyone would be interested in sprh a dinner Advertisements could accompany any and ail parade letters. Success and additional financial im

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PAHT YKAKH WE offered to move the parade up. not more than one hour, if they moved Bingo back one hour. I also mentioned to one member that I would be glad to make signs saying "blNGO" that could be placed on a car’s dashboard, thereby alerting all marshals or police to let that car thru the parade line-up area. Only one thing would appease the instigator of that boycott, moving it away from Saturday night I took a great deal of timecon- . ductiA research into any other possible time and I am 4 ‘ sat.isfWd that Saturday night is the best time and if you're going to do your.bdst. why work with a second best parade

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Since no - one has exercised any energy to run “interference' . I can only assume it tnay npt be of as much interest as I thought. I can't help feeling West Cape May has lost a lot I understand Lower Township jilans some type of par&de this year and I sincerely wish them luck But by IIje same token I must honestly admit thal-I will pray that by next year, the way will be cleared to present parade number 17 in and thfu West Cape May and Cape May City * —• * To those West Cape May Bremen who came to my assistance and support, and the other fire companies who came thru. “God Bless You.’’ You will always have my „ support As I said, I will continue to pray every single day of 1962 that the West Cape May Community Christmas Parade ’ will be reborn again It is only in giving ofone’s self that ^ one can truly know the spirit of Christmas December 5 this year will.truly, be an empty one for me Charlotti' F Dally. "The Parade Lady." is borough clerk a/•WpiI Cape May and organizer o/ the annual . Christmas parade here

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Bird Power by Ima Byrd* „ The Midnight gull Just returned from a month’s stay in Washington, D.C. It seems the gtllls had a Fly-In last month, as a kind of back-up support to the AFL-CIO’s Solidarity march. More than 100,000 gulls flew in formation over the Capitol to let the President know they were with the people. Midnight just got back because he spent a few weeks meeting with Congressmen and Senator^ to give them a birds-eye view of the economic situation. Midnight has some kind of silly idea that bird power is a little stronger than people power. Actually he may hbve a point, because he said that after the gulls flew down into those underground parking areas, the Congressmen and Senators really started cleaning up their cars. “At least ' we got them moving at something," Midnight said with a

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“TO TELL THE TRUTH M7. the Fly-In wasn't my idea It was Art’s. He has this friend John who always brings hini food in the dead of winter, kind of keeps him going. Art heard from John that the poor working people of this nation were going to march. Well, he got a bunch of us gulls to go along with the idea and before we knew it we had thousands of gulls^all along the coast Joining us. We gulls really understand poverty...and suffering. After all, this country’s leaders helped destroy our feeding ground*, pollute our oceans and, in addition, heaped a million other indignities on our lives. Some of us have turned into garbage birds for want of any natural, decent food to eat. *

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by Margaret Spencer It is perhaps redundant after ah election to comment on a campaign in which I participated actively, but this letter is being written six days before the election. I have been sitting watching the ads move across the screen o| the tv cable channel, and I couldn't help noticing that the bar owners have four long ads to the Taxpayers Association's one short ad. As I watched, I was struck by the pains they took to imitate our organization, both in their name, “Citizens Against Higher Taxes," and in their approach to the issue—“keep taxes down," "Lower Township taxpayers are voting..." and

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At this moment I have no idea how the bar question will turn out in the election, but in a sense it does no( matter—in the sense that a small group of ordinary peo-\i pie with extraordinary commitment to tlie civic affairs of their township succeeded in bringingjm important issue to the people with enough Vigor and credibility to ‘ provoke an intense and expensive media barrage from the opponents whose best weapon was Anitation of the Taxpayers Association. V v - We could not hope to equal the extravagance of the tavern Owners' campaign, but to all the people in Lower Township who worked for the past eight months to bring this issue to the ballot, not for personal gain but for\ their interest In the community, It is a tribute. The success was infringing the issue to the people After the votes are counted, the people always get the results they asked for, for better or worse. Margaret Spencer, a Town Bank reeldent, It a member oj the Lower Townthlp Taxpayer! Attn. The State We're In

birds flying for sanity — it was beautiful! President Reagan better watch but or he'll have more than a march to worry about if he doesn't alter his thinking. I LOOKED AT MY FRIEND and Ms ruffled feathers. “Do you really think the March and Fly-In did any good, Midnight?" I asked. My wonderful friend grew thoughtful and then spread his wings and sang his song. It was a folksong and a sad one. And it wasn't very hopeful.

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The common fofk marched In their hour of need Imploring their leaden to litten and act In common tente termt. to keep life intact. The elderly, young, the veterant aqd all ■ A nation of anion men antivPred the call They tpoke and they walked In a mattlMe dltplay You might ttly humanity finally had tay.

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But up In the to we ^of Ivoty and gold The leaden Ignored what the people extolled The word had been formed, the policy set Political dealt had been made and been met.

The common f<Mt tpoke, bid their crlet were not heard A nation of grevd payt no mind to a wJbrd That tpeakt o/compassion, of futtlce and right The marcheri forgotten, and to too. their plight. I looked at Midnight aa he sat there resting his voice. Then I thought of all the “poetry.local resident Andrea Lippi had sent to Reagan through county treasurer, Phil Matulucci. The last one praised Reagan's economic policy. I knew that idnight's poem would never reach the Oval office. NEXT yEEK: Animal Dropoff

Human Lives and The Jersey Shore

New Jersfy is a state which is showing common sense in its efforts to preserve beaches against implacable ocean forces. •That's what it says in the Oct. 23 edition of Science, the publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In an article about the general futility of such efforts, it says that New Jersey’s shore protection master plan attempts to merge the geologist's point of view with that of the engineer. Needless to say, geologists realize that you can't hold back the ocean, while engineers like to think they can •design things like seawalls and jetties whidi will do the impossible The magazine credits New Jefsey with incorporating a cost-benefit analysis, and careM studies of impacts on neighboring beaches, before entering into beach protection projects. ' JP TOO OFTEN IN THE PAST, a jetty has been built to protect one stretch of beach, only to have it inhibit the replacement of sand at another piece of nearby beach This has happened at Cape May, for one place, the magazine reports. The thrust of the Science article is to report that a big group of coastal geologists has prepared a strongly word edpaper and sent it to President Reagan Us title: "Saving the American BeacN|| Position Paper by Concerhed Coastal Geologists " Basically, they recommend that instead of continuing to sink money into beach protection projects which at best are only temporary, society should in itiany cases move vulnerable buildings back from the shoreline and let the ocean do its thing It will, sooner or later, anyway PEOPLE FAMILI AR WITH this column know that I’ve boon chipping away at this question for a long time When we talk about beaches in New Jersey, of course, we refer

primarily to barrier islands — those stripe of sand which ocean currents and waves have built just offshore, and whith undergo constant changes. Although it’s usually treated as an economic argument, the real bottom line is human lives. The right hurricane, hitting the New Jersey coastline at the right angle, and bringing 10-w 20-ft. increses in the ocean level because of reduced atmosritaic pressue, could drown thousands of people trapped fnHheir barrier island homes. One should remember that the increased water level could be topped by waves 40 ft. or more in height. . So it’s not Just a bloodless economic and engineering diuiute. The only reason I treat it as such at all is because dofiars seem to grab more attention than (lives — until it’s too late! WITHOUT THOSE BARRIER islands, the mainland would be subjected to incessant pounding by the ocean, with destruction of more property as well as the priceless estuarinewetlands which shelter most ot our ocean fish in their growing stages. And the more we play around with barrier islands, the more trouble we cause for the islands and ourselves. The . Sconce article notes that coastal geologists see jetties and seawalwcausing more damage than they Avert One other factor working in favor of letting the ocean go its own sweet way is that it appears to be rising gradually in level It s estimated by some that the sea level is rising about 30 centimeters per century. That’s enough to wash away about 5 feet of coastline per year. It s good to know that New Jersey, as sometimes happens, is pioneering in another truce with nature But it’s a slow, gainful and expensive educational process. DovW Moore it executive director of thy N J, Contervation foundation.