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Readers' Forum What’s Better Than Talking, WalkingT By K. forlsmcr A Iruly great, but litfte krioyjn person of this century wis the Knglishman. Leonard Woolf, a-man of superior intellect and superior character He died about 15 years ago, around the iyte of *0 Originally a highly competent servant of the British Col ortial %Ktem, working in Ceyloh, Woolf gradually became aware of the evil of imperialism for the physical lives of the ordinary men and .women it governed akiwell as its (jrjrruption of the moral lives of the self appointed * In time Woolf became at} influential advisor of the hritish cooperative mdvement and a valuable mentor of the British Labour Party Woolf also fouhde<f Ihe Hozarth I'pess which developed into a distinguished publishing i ihouse I Kreud chose it to publish his works in England.) In addition to all this, he was the admirable husband of the talented hut tragic Virginia Woolf Somewhere in his long autobiography, Woolf makes the commonplace but significent statement that, "If they are goad few things can be better than talking or walking. " About 2,500 years ago. there was a famous Greek philosopher named Heraclitus, who "held that the only reality is change that permanence is an illusion, and the only real state is one of transiti/w " Heraclitus must have been a fascinating talker for, in the last century. William (Johnson) Cory/a writer who w as a disciple of the philosopher , wrote a tribute to him as if he were his contemporary Cory's poem is as notable for it s cadence Os it’s content , They told me Heraclitus, they told me you were dead ' They brought me bitter news to bear and bitter tears to shed J vept oa / remember’d how often you and I Had fired the aun with talking and sent him down the * And now that thou are lying, my dear old Carian guest A handful of grey ashes. Ipng, long ago at rest. Still are thy pleasant voice*, thy nightingales, awake, For Death, he taketh .all/away, but them'he cannot take" ‘ • As for walking, there was an interesting article about its remarkable benefits and from an unusual source—by ' (trace Halsell, in the New York Times-a few years ago According to Ms Halsell. the.oldest people living tn our Hemisphere are the viejos as they are called in their native Spanish and their habitat is Viicabama, a remote village in the Andes Mountains of Equador Kaugh terrain and lack of money make all kinds of .transportation such as automobile, hr bicycle, or animal rilherNmpractical or unaffordable In other words, all .kinds of movement art restricted—ejccept walking, which is the he>t of exercises, according to the late Dr Paul Dudley White, the "heart expert" who treated President Eisenhower and other notables Ages of I00 are said to he common among the vie.jos of Viicabama of Evador, who by necessity prove the con- * tent.idh of a folk saying that has become' a medical rmixim . , ' "Each of us has two doctors The left leg and the right leg " Leslie Chrlsmer write* from Cape May. - But Not Good Enough

Has the Bureau Ever Turned Out A Directive Defining The Difference Between Delegating Responsibility And Ducking It 7 U— : : ’ Why Does Matalucci Interfere Locally? By Alfreda T. Davis In one breath, Freeholder Gerald Thornton claims Phil Matalucci, county Republican Party leader, had no hand in the recent illegal ouster of Lower Township leader Maurice Catarcio. In the next breath, he says the county leadership (Matalucci) is disturbed by the loss of the last election in Lower Township to the Democratic Party. First of all, in the primary, Mr Hevendr (The Republican Party candidate) won by a 2-1 margin against Rebublican incumbent Jack Moran At that time, Mr Catarcio, Mayor Tom Clydesdale, Eric Carver, Phyllis Genovese, Ixhi Dwyer, etc. were the main cogs in this successful campaign. < In the general election, Mr .Havener changed his campaign committee to Gerald. Thornton, Ruth Hard, Sam Stubbs, Wildwood attqrney Louis Hornstine, etc. He was defeated by his Democratic opponent, Robert t'othergill, by a wide margin IT MAKES YOU WONDER why Mr. Matalucci keeps interfering in local ejections when he cannot win anything in his own township (Middle). Mr. Matalucci, Freeholder William Sturn, Surrogate Robert HentgeAand Sheriff Beech Fox all live In Middle Township. In spiULpf all of the ^above Republican committee member as llmg as I can “remember (I have been a resident since 1973). Mr. Matalucci caused dissension in the Republican Party in Upper Township (the Republicans lost the last election) Now he is interfering with the local Republican Party of Lower Township and has created a colossal Split in the party which will take years to heal. I think Mr. Matalucci should concentrate all his energy on electing a Republican in his own township for a change and let other townships settle their own difficulties. Mrs. Davis of the Villas Is a member o‘f the Lower Township Republican Club.

Reach Out to Them Many Depressed By Joyous Season By Dr. George F. WHson This column has to do with the people who experience psychological de^rftwion during the holiday season- For some, the reaction is so intense that they becoihe deeply depressed to the point of requiring psychiatric help, even hospitalization. For others, itis less intense, but still very painful and difficult to endure. Why is it that' a season of jqv A)d festivity should bring such suffering and despair to so many people? There are 'different reasons for different groups of people. I First, there are the people living alone, people without close friends and relatives. Ail around them they see others buying cartloads of holiday foods, gifts and decorations for Christmas, gatherings and parties Advertisements in magazines, newspapers and televi-' sion saturate them with images and sound of festivity and high spirits. Carols ring out the message: "Tis the season to be jolly . ” . THESE PEOPLE think back to their own childhood, the joy and excitement of the holidays, the safety and contentment in the bosom of their families. And now they face fhe reality of a lonely, bleak Christmas by themselves. It would take a persfn of great emotional strength to withstand all this and not become dejected. There are many people who do not have this strength, and who, because of thfjir emotional vulnerability are especially subject to the onset of degression.:. Among them, we find elderly people, forgotten and liv(Page 35 Please) Hurt Every Week By Slight to Avalon / By George A. Greenamyer I enjoyed your new editor's welcome to Cape May County last week and understand exactly how he feels. One thing he may not know is that those feelings are permanent — the friendliness, the small town atmosphere (except for the summer), the vistas, the beautiful sunrises and sunsets. This is truly beautiful living. ; f do have one small complaint. We read in Seven-Mile Beach News Notes beautiful write-ups of fabulous parties in Stone Harbor, Bar Harbor, Monaco, but when is Avalon' mentioned? Is it size, is it ratables, is it society, is it friendliness, is it activity, is it growth, is it politics? YOU TAKE ANY one of those things and I’ll wager Avalon would come out on top. The Avalon Yacht Club has somqof the top doctors and - administrators in the Philadelphia area. We have several top architects. About 15 per cent of our members own their own businesses. It sounds like I’m bragging, but Fm not. I’m proud of Avalon and it hurts me almost every week when it is never mentioned/ Are we « forgotten relative or considered a slum? George Greenamyer Is a 30-year part-time, now fulltime Avalon resident.

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times One can call long distance and not pay for it. I was dialing "O" and the New Jersey Bell business offic^ in Wildwood, but 1 kept getting a recording saying, "Please hold the line; someone will be with you shortly." They weren't (with me shortly). Then the operator would come on, say she couldn't wait any longer, and disconnect. I explained that I was trying to be a new customer for New Jersey Bell — where "Being Good Isn’t Good Enough" — but to no avail. Even a plea to her supervisor failed to sway policy: a maximum two-minute wait for their own phone company to answer. EACH TIME they disconnected me, of course, I went to the end of the line of people being held by the recorded message It was "Catch-22" exemplified. I got through in about 20 minutes, which seems like 120 in an airport, and was told “illness and vacations” wert? responsible/or the delay in getting through. I gave my order: white phone, long cord, and additional jack in the upstairs front bedroom. When I move to Cape May two weeks later, I had phone service: ivory phone, short cord, no jack upstairs. Actually, there was a half i jack. There were some wires coming out of the walA«Mkhalf were attached to a loose thigamagig. It looked llketm^nstaller started, went out for a beer, and nevfcr came back FORTUNATELY thereWas aWo a card alongside my phone telling me the installation^ office phone number in Marmora if anything was wrong. I called. Installation said my work order called for one jack and. since there was already a jack (in the living room), the installer probably just went on his merry way. / But what/about the ha If-completed jack? I asked. She wouldn’t know, she sqid, btit it certainly wasn't her fault

and if I wanted to re-order a second jack, I would have to deal with the business office, When I called the business office, I first asked about the long cord. "All our cords are long," I was told. "How long?” I asked. r "Twelve feet," I was told. "Hang on," I said. I stretched the cord across the room. "Six feet,” I said. Hostile silence. I dropped it and also decickuHfot to bring up ivory versus white, but I did ask if I could please have a second jack in my bedroom. BE HOME betwe' .Ga m. and 12 noon two days later, I was told. Two days later I waited at home for four hours and finally, at 12:30, called the phone company. "You’re in the work order for this afternoon," I was told. A pleasant fellow arrived at 2:30, shook his head at my sad story, found me a white phone and a long cord in his trunk, and installed a jack upstairs. . So much for New Jersey Bell, I thought, except for some ' apprehension about what the installation charges will be (I have been given three different guesses by'three different people), especially since New Jersey Bell, unlike New York and Pennsylvania, declines to spread out the cost over several months Unless it tops $60. But my phdne rang the other night and a friend 500 miles away said he’d had some difficulty getting my number from directory assistance. Seems they listed only an "R. Zelnik.” • I called directory assistance, asked for myself, and, sure enough, they offered me "R. Zelnik." I told them there was q mistake. They told me to call the business office. It might be easier to change my name.’Let’s see ... Raymond ... Ronald ... Robert ... Ralph... Zelnik is editor of the Herald and Lantern.