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(Ffom Page 12) Navy built the Wildwood Airport, now known * as Cape May County Airport'. In turn, rrf&ny ot the Navy personnel so enjoyed the area that they became permanent residents. Among these are transplanted California ns Al and Gene Gtncfc. who operate the Grandview Gift Shop on the Boardwalk. The Glucks have their own oceanfr.ont ■ , penthouse where Gene can muse over service metooriee and her days as a public relations aide to WUI Fitzpatrick. ' Another. Navy veteran who selected this area is George Shoemaker, who ownb the Rigging Loft adjacent to Cape May’s ■ Lobster House.

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GREAT ATTORNEY Tom Sorenson used to date Grace Kelly before she became a film star. The registers of the Colonial Hotel in Cape May contained her name many times before the Kellys decided to locate in Ocean City She still makes annual visits to the family homestead in our sister resort. Her brother, Jack, addressed a Navy League meeting at Neil's at the invitation of Comm. Wilbur Ostrander.

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CREST GROCER Tommy Hall was recalling his days as a doorman at the Beachcomber night club when Bobby Darin starred there. Harold Sherwood of Hunt’s Enterprises used to visit Phil BooeUi and Eddie Rotsl’s Surf Club Room 250 and would often find the singing star there ready to renew acquaintances with Phil and Eddie. DARIN HAD more than casual connections with the Wildwoods and once appeared here with a group of unknowns with the names of Fabian, Frankie Avalon and Bobby Rydeti. If you know anyone who looks like Darin, auditions will be held at New York’s Westside Arts Theatre on April 5 and 9 for Th« Bobby Darin Story. Producers Bob Reno and Steve Metz are seeking an unknown for ' the title role. NOT MONTE CARLO, not Hollywood, not Ocean City — but Philly is the site of a dazzling, international gathering of stars and celebrities on March 31 for a Gala Tribute to Grace . Kelly, Actress, at the University • of Pennsylvania’s Annenberg Center. This benefit for Annenberg ta presented by the university and Philly’s summer long Century IV celebration. THE . TRIBUTE to Princess Grace will not be unlike the Night of the 100 Start, Actors Fund benefit aired on March 8. Those on ' that show who have appeared or vacationed in the Wildwood-Cape May are included Lillian Gish, June Allyson, Kaye Ballard, Tony Bennett, Rick Cerdne, Dick Clark, Farley Granger, Mickey Rooney and Maureen McGovern. It is unlikely we will ever see again such a spectacular on TV, not to mention the ideal setting of beloved Radio City Music Hall and those adorable Rockettes. Actually, there were nearly 200 stars and the Actors Fund can now build and endow a 12 million nursing home

adjacent to its present location, Englewood, N. J. ROBERT HAYS, star of the upcoming Wildwood Boardwalk movie, Some Surtny Day writes local friends like Merlin Paul Joe StanlUe and Doug -Hunaberger to tell them he's making a Writ Disney movie, Trenchcoat in San Francisco and Malta with

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In the midst of a national tour, Pta Zadora dropped in on Wildw6od v pals Lori Cesar. apd'j.C. Lane, now at the Plratet Den, Villas, to teU them her next movie will be made in Rome starting May 3. Her second movie with Telly Savalas

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Seek: Players WILDWOOD — Thfc nbwly^reformed Wildwood String Band is still looking for new members. The band meets every Thursday night from 7:30 to9:30 at the American Legion Hall. , ' Additional information is available thru Frank Inverse -72^6888 or Dan Creedon 5224680.

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