cozy.” WHILE THE VINTAGE of the John Hand house is questionable, the house incorporates simpler elements than the Victorian homes Cape May is noted for. Whatever it’s true age, it reflects time when early settlers here cured local trees for building materials and cut

nails out of the trees. Architect McCauley' indicated it is often difficult to attribute an accurate age to old houses because building . practices in the old days progressed slowly. "A generation was longer in those/days," noted McCauley/’The tried and true m e jih o d s were perpjluated."

Whatever the true age of the John Hand house, it still retains an atmosphere of antiquity. “When I go out the door,” Mrs. Reilly said. ‘T almost expect to hear the sound of horses and carriages.” Libby Demp Forrest contends she lives vicariously through the people .and places she writes about.

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Dortt Weird MARY REILLY LOOKS OVER the old deed to the property in the cozyJivingroom of her little IHth century home On Washington Street. Police Hope For Informant’s Call

COURT HOUSE - Authorities in Cape May County are interested in contacting the person who. called the Atlantic Coonty Crimestoppcrs program recently about the Junew. murder of Patricia Ann Thompson under the Fun Pier in Wildwood. Reportedly, the Cape May County Prosecutor’s Office would like to ques-

tion the individual who calledjn the information about a month ago. The call will be handled through the Middle Township Crimestoppcrs, whose telephone number is 465-2800. Thompson's nude body was found on the beach under Fun Pier June 1. The victim had been strangled and suffered a broken nose.

Middle Township Crimestoppcrs — the only such organization in Cape May county — has been in operation since February. Through the program anonymity is guaranteed those* supplying law enforcemem officials with information about crimes. Cash rewards are paid for information actually used in the solving of a crime.

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