Since the 1830s, Country Living at the Shore

Bv l.ihhv Drmp Forres! ((ilJ) SPRING The horse (<nintr.y. around Hidden - Valley -Ranch is a jMstoraJ settihft of old far mhouses. fenced horses savourihf? the - old grazing grounds, and;the aroma of farming as it spans the seasons Here. John and Mo Andrus, daughter Kristine ind son John 10. nop. teenagers, came five years ago U» a “typical South Jersey farmhouse” of the (’oloniiil peribd to experience country life a few miles from Cape May’s ' Viftonana ft is a house that speaks of bygone days when the land was art essential ingredient in the lives of the earlv dwellers who toiled

and planted and farmed, wrestling their livelihood from the flat farmlands swept by the Cape May windfr “We can hear the sound of the surf out here.” John said’as he sat qearby the fireplace in the living room of the 1B30 farmhouse The room is decorated with the antiques and momentos the Andrus’s have collected.. reflecting their interest in the past coupled with the practical connorts of their own family life Nowadays 'Krissy .and Johnny are apt to sped off with friends to the third floor room at the top of the original part of the house, to sit snacking in front of fhe French coal stove the

“THIS WEEK’S VINTAGE HOME IS LISTED FOR SALE, EXCLUSIVELY WITH US.” „ m * > • . ' j If you Have always dreamed about owning your owfi comer of history.* on a large parcel, of ground, this is it. 150 year old colonial farrfihouse. tastefully maintained with authenticity and charm. Rooms are warm and spacious. Pine .kitchen, large screened porch overlooks the flowering yard. Random width floors. Cedar shingle r*f covers 3 bedrooms. 2 baths. 2 parlours, dining room, sunroom. plus a 3rd floor hideaway. - • ■ ■ / ^ • * " • ; • ’ , ■ ' CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT .

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Andrus's installed in the old fireplace chimney. The odd-'shaped windows serve as a vantage point to observe the surrounding countryside and to emit the sound of thorwbid whistling through the trees below. The narrow ariglcd staircase leading to the second and third floors was once the subject of a memorable column written by John who often wonders who trod those steps. "There’s, life and death in this house.” John said as he thumbed through an old book in the living room, with its corner staircase, While most of the occupants of the old house left few traces of their lives, a dweBcr of the 1920's — a Mrs Wheeler — earned a livelihood as a midwife and used the master bedroom, added during the Victorian period, as a 'birthing room.’ "Leroy Reeves was born in this room." Flo said as she took a visitor on a tour of the house. When the Andrtn^s first came to inspect the house. Flo checked out the cldset space and John looked for views — "John ran from window to window" Flo recalls — and when each found their needs amply

MILK GLASS SHADE on the authentic oil lamp is reflected in the mirror of the tiger oak buffet. Oak press-back chairs with caned seats and a round oak table are all part of the diningroom, which generations ago was a cookhouse.

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Notes" column. The den is set beyond the brick steps of the front ; garden, platned with bridal bouquet, japonica, iris, day lilies, shasta daisies, baby breath and peonies that are "beautiful in the springtime,” Flo said as she led the way around the outside of the old farmhouse. She pointed out a crab apple tree in (he backyard and a tree house atop an old mulberry tree, just beyond

supplied, they decided to

buy the house.

The house has three distinct parts, the 'original' house built during the 1830's or 40’s where the living room, Johnny's small bedroom, and the attic room are; a middle section joining the Colonial portion to a summer kitchen of the original era which was add-

the root cellar under the original house. Beneath the present kitchen, Liben, the Andrus's German shepherd and three polydactyl cats, Spike, Satan and King. lulled nearby keeping an eye on

thjngs.

A screened-in porch off the kitchen is a setting in the summertime and warm autumn days for repasts with friends and neighbors of the countryside to honor

NATURAL WOOD provides warmth in the carpeted contemporary kitchen. The pine cabinets were built in the 1950s; the pine dropleaf table, many decades before.

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ed during the Victorian period; and an anteroom built ddrlng the 1950’s by the Halbruner family who were the owners during that period. The anteroom serves as a den and office where John works at a rolltop desk, 'writing the many articles his talents have brought forth over the years. The house has served as an inspiration for his fondly remembered "County

Evacuation Session Set

AVALON - T. Griffith Sloan, coordinator of the Avalon Office of Emergency Management, has announced a special meeting 8 p.m. Oct. 20 in the Avalon Borough Hall Council Room The meeting is for all residents and property owners to discuss evacuation plans in the event of a coastal storm Many weather experts have ^stated that the Jersey .hore is due for a major itorm. Harry M. Clayton, Avalon Code Officer, will discuss methods of preparing houses and properties in advance to withstand the ravages of storms.

we Are Pleased To Announce That Mr. Ed Proud Has Joined Our Company Crowing to serve you better, we are pleased to add Ed s familiar face to our company. Ed was born and raised In the county and has been a plumber for the last 12 years, his experience, particularly with older plumbing problems will be a real asset to our customers. DAVE LOFT, PLUMBING ESfLISL 884-2268

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