A Different Veterans’ Day

By Jacob Schaad Jr. MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - Veterans' Day in Cape May County anfi the rest of the nation wds different last Thursday. There were the usual speeches about the valiant who served their country to preserve freedom. Gun salutes again shattered the quiet solemnity of the occasion and once more, as has happened since World War I. they played ‘‘‘Taps" to memorialize those who gave their lives. The difference, though, was that after 10 years of token inclusion the veteran of the Vietnam War finally gained his place in the sum. AT TIHC COUNTY'S two year-old Memorial Park and Cemetery Freeholder Gerald Thornton, who served in Vietnam for 13 months in 1968 and 1969 as a staff segeant, said it best. “The heroes of Vietnam are just as important to us as the veterans who served in other wars," .he told a group of veterans shivering in the November wind. ‘T hope today throughout the nation and in Cape May that this special dedication to the veterans of Vietnam will heal that wound of national neglect." Meanwhile, a few miles south in the city of Cape.

another first took place earlier in an 11 a.m. ceremony at a monument at Columbia Avenue and Gurney. Street. Three plaques honoring the veterans of World War II. the Korean and Vietnam Ware were dedicated there. John T. Dopinger. commander of American Legion's Hil.fly Snyder Post and a veteran of all three ware, commented that the east wall of the monument is now blank. "Let’s hope it never will have to be used." he added. Most of the ceremonies were attended by representatives of World War I, men in their 80’s. Some Gold Star mothers also were present. There aren’t too many World War I veterans around these days. Some five million served in the American Ex* peditionary Force and there is said to be about 300,000 left in the United States. There weren’t too many Vietnam veterans in attendance, either, but leaders of veterans groups are hoping that, this long due recognition, coming 10 years after the war. will serve as an impetus for them to take over where their fathers and grandfathers left off.

, Dorh Ward THREE PLAQUES honoring veterans of World War II. Korean and Vietnam Wars were dedicated at Veterans Day ceremonies held in Cape May by the Harry Snyder Post 193 of the American Legion. Ferry Traffic Tops ‘81* Totals

N. CAPE MAY-In Oct., the Cape May-Lewes Ferry carried 15.32 percent more vehicles and 15.65 percent more passengers than it did during the same month in 1981. Ferry traffic for Oct. 1982 was 19,982 vehicles and 50,863 passengers compared to 17,327 vehicles and 42,510 passengers in Oct.

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D*»ri» Ward FIRST VETERANS DAY ceremonies were conducted at the two year old veterans cemetery in Middle Township.

School Results ERMA - Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, the Lower Cape May Regional School Board will hold its regular Nov. meeting at 8 p.m. tomorrow, Nov. 18. in the High School library. Available at the meeting for public review, will be the June 1 monitoring let-

ter from the County Superintendent of Schools, the district's annual July 1 report to the County Supt.. 1982 Minimum Basic Skills vM.B.S.) test scores, and the program improvement

plan for 1982-83..

LOWER TWP. - The Lower Township Police Dept, was recently awarded a $14,860 federal grant to assist in its crackdown on drunken driving and speeding Gov. Thomas Kean ap,nounced last week that the State Division of Motor Vehicles is awarding the federal grants, total $616,657. to the State Police and six local municipal police, departments. The grants to the municipal departments allow them to’ join 40 others throughout the state already involved in the DM Vs Driving While Intoxicated program The funds will be used to put additional police patrols on the roads at locations. and during periods when thp greatest number of speeders and drunk drivers arc expected, according to Clifford W

Snedeker. Director of the State Division of Motor Vehicles. The grant to the .State Police totals $513,900. and will provide for more than 20.000 additional hours of traffic coverage on state and interstate highways during the coming year "An analysis of accidents in N.J. clearly indicates that alcohol and speeding are the two-major factors i'h fatal accidents,'' Snedeker said "While the purpose of this grant is to catch speeders. iPwill also help in apprehending drunk drivers, sinde the two often go hand in glove." Other police departments receiving grants in elude: Dover Township. $32,63 1 ; Rock a way Township, $1 5,076, Plainsboro Township. $8,199; .Fort Lee, $15,900. and Franklin Township. $16,091

1981. For the twelve-month period ending Oct. 31, 1982, traffic was 265,952 vehicles and 822,523 passengers. Traffic for the same period in 1981 was 252,804 vehicles and 774,141 passengers. The incfdnse in 1982 was 5.20 percem for vehicles and 6.25/percent for passengers*

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