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Herald A lantern 25 November 81

$300,000 Starts Off Hospital Fund Drive

COURT HOUSE - The $1.5 million fund drive of Burdette Tomli'tl Memorial Hospital got off to an auspicious start last Friday with the announceqient of a $300,000 pledge from the h hospital's 600-member auxiliary. ' Jarte Hartin, Auxiliary presidenti and a member of the hospital’s Board of Governors. announced that the pledge will be met from monies.raised in the auxiliary chapters situated throughout the county. funds derived from the largest fund drive since the hospital was constructed in 1950 will be used -to help offset the $33 million^overall costs of a massive expansion and modernization program. Among the plans is the construction of a patient tower that will contain 132 new beds, including a' modern 16-bed Intensive and Coronary Care Unit and a new modern surgery suite. UPON BEING INFORMED of the pledge, the first inUhe campaign, Fund Drive Chairman Robert J. Smeltzer expressed his gratitude to the auxiliary for its efforts. “Such a large pledge, coming at the beginning of our drive, sets the keynote for a successful campaign," he said. “We are very optimistic that as the weeks progress, this generous figure will be increased still more through the contributions of the civic-minded residents of Cape May County.” ' Mrs. Hartin, a £ea Isle resident who is a registered nurse in the hospital’s pediatrics division, said the pledge i^ being made concurrent with the 30th anniversary of the auxiliary, which was founded shortly after the hospital began. The chapters within the organization arc

the Bayberry. TWIGS, Stone Harbor/Avnlon, Sea Isle City, Cape May City, Middle Township, Lower To\ynship and

Greater Wildwood.

THE AUXILIARY. WHICH HAS' a membership of men and women, sponsors several major events during Ihe year to, raise funds. One is a horse show recogniz- 1 ed by the American Horse Show Association and held each June at the Meadow Creek Farm in Clermont. This year's show -raised $12,000 for the hospital. Auxiliary members also operate the Etcetera Shop, a hospital gift shop, and the Cheeri-Corner, the hospital luncheonette. , * Another big event is the Memorial Day weekend antique fair which is run by. the Bayberry TWIGS. Other chapters also hold special fund raising affairs

throughout the year

A new endeavor this year will be a cook book which. Mrs. Hartin said, is planned to be sold nationwide It is expected to come off the presses within one to two years. FROM ITS EARNINGS during the 1960-1981 year the auxiliai’y gave the hospital $150,000 for a fluoroscopy machine, a playroom for the pediatrics section and for lobby drapes and carpeting, among other items. This year it was already provided funds for furnishing the south lobby of the hospital. Mrs. Hartin, who has been a member of the auxiliary since 1973, was co-chairman of the Horse Show. She joined the Burdette Tomlin nursing staff in 1974, one yeaf after she became an auxiliary member. She served-two years as president of the Sea Isle chapter before becoming auxiliary president for a two-year term last May.

HOSPITAL DRIVE for $1.5 million get* off to good start with pledge for iSOO.OOd' on behalf of Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary and its seven chapters. Left to right are Elaine Cqthcart of Stone Harbor, president of Bayberry Twigs; campaign chairman Robert J. Smeltzer: Jane Hartin. auxiliary president' who made presentation: Margaret Borkland. president of Stone Harbor/Avalon .chapter: and Shirley Rubinstein, president of Sea Isle City chapter. Life Member Tea Sunday

COljRT HOUSE - The -annual Life Membership Tea of the County Branch. NAACP, Will be 3-6 p.m. Sunday at. the Housing Authority Bldg., Lafayette st., to recognize those who have become Life Members. Who? The public is invited. The Rev. Inez Edmonds, a retired teacher and pastprincipal of Whitesboro Elementary School, also former pastor of the Franklin ' St. A.M.E. Church in Cape' May. will be the guest speaker

Members and n stib* scribing Life* Members. The branch tries to enroll at least one jpew Life Member each year. Life Membership can be purchased at a cost of $500

Rent Help < ^ Openings CAPE MAY - The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has published new income limits for Cape May’s Section 8 Housing Assistance Payments Program Eligibility for the program is based on in-* cojne limits set by MUD, which are determined annually on a county by coun-' ty basis and vary according to family size Cape May has openings \ for sitigie elderly, handicapped or disabled persons whose income does not exceed $ll;150 a year and . who are now paying more than 25 percent of their in- - come toward their rent Anyone interested in applying for assistance, or knowing of anyone in need oT assistance, contact Suzanne .Sqieltzer. in the Community Development Office nf City Hall by call- • ing 884-8411 extension 38

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NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS

Th* solo on itoms lislod in the circular in today's paper began on Tuesday. Thus certain items may be sold out. Should this occur, please go to our service desk at thi front of the -store and request a raincheck. Thank You.

For its size, the County Branch is among the highest in number of Life Members in New Jersey,

."S 'With nine fully paid Life

NAACP Meet Wednesday

COURT HOUSE - The NAACP County Branch will hold its regular business meeting 8 p.m. Nov. 25 in the Public Meeting Room at the C<Amty Library. The agenda includes

Klan watching reports, court-monitoring activities, and Life Membership Tea plans. For more information, contact Mrs. Dorothy Mack, president, 465-5736.

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