Coast Guard Recruits Taste County Hospitality Ry Joe Zelnik i - - * a I a a ■ a «

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l\ By Joe Zelnik

Cape May Countiansr opened their hearts and homes Christmas Day to 143 recruits from the U.S. Coast' Guard Training Center in Cape May: * The base was swamped with invitations after last week's edition of the Herald and Lantern reported the Chrtstpias Dinner program and urged local residents to

.participate.

"It was a fantastic response," said Chaplain Carl Drake, program coor dinator. "I must have' received 25 calls above and beyond the number of recruits

available."

The Coast Guard, abolishing Christmas liberty for the first time in the interest of

whelming response on the part of the Cape

May community."

The Herald and Lantern had reported that the Coast Guard had limited Christmas day liberty to fifth- and sixthweek classes, permitted third and fourthweek classes to go Christmas caroling on base, and purposely downplayed Christmas celebrations for first and seednd-week recruits, thofce most likely to

bepomesick. r ( -

One factor in limiting liberty to weeks five through seven was Ihe fact that newer classes did not yet have their full-dress

uniforms, officials said

Chaplain Drake said more families that volunteered to host the recruits could have

members of been occepied if hi had liE&SfiZ

if to ^ recruits to a hnmn Rut >Kn

■ uom warn

MIXED — First District Assemblyman wIIa F . Mutta ". i * ■••o *»Pyor of liberty. A wiidwood. says he had mixed emotions in ' CHAPLAIN

voting to raise the state’s legal drinking •ge to 21. It takes effect Saturday. See

•tory. Page 3.

fifth- and sixth-week classes the day off iu attend Christmas dinner with community families. The eighth-week class had already graduated and departed and the seventh-week received normal weekend

DRAKE said he thought the

center would "give consideration next

K'v*.- consideration next

year to Expanding the program to an addiil week’s class because of the over-

tional <

■ rriIIJ iwu ) recruits to a home. But the center, not an ticipatmg the public response, initially accepted offers tosend as many as five or six

per home

"IT WENT VERY WELL." he said "The recruits were ecstatic They had a great time, even those who were a little uneasy about going ovit to the home of so(Page 24 Please)

BROKE — Cape May County Schools Supt. Robert G. Kongart says that, although statistically this Is "a verv rich county." threatened cuts in state alii to education could-be "the straw that broke the camel’s back." See story. Page6

CAPE MAY COUNTY

Happy New Vear

Vol.17No.62

‘First Call’ Gets Second Chaise By Bob Shiles RIO GRANDE — The county and United Way are expected to approve an agreement this week that will guarantee funding for United Way’s "First Call for Help” through 1983. Both Freeholder Gerry Thornton, who oversees the county social services system, and Cape May City Manager Fred Coldren, a United Way president David Von Savage said of the program created three and one-half years ago to link the county's needy with the social services they required. The agency, whose mottos are "Always an Answer" and "Never a Dead End," deals with everything from drug abuse to depression, from leaky roofs to teen-age pregnancies. WHILE SPECIFICS concerning the agency’s "new direction" are still under negotiation, the plan calls for "First Call" to receive $15,000 in federal money during the coming year. The United Way earlier this month allocated $7,500 for 1983. This year, "First Call" got $32,500 in federal money, $7,400 from the United Way and $12,500 worth of in-kind, non-cash support from the county. The latter is basically office space and supplies in The county Social Services building. While the funding avaifable will not be sufficient to employ three staff members, Coldren indicated that two people probably will be employed 1 to handle the restructured workload. He said the existing staff would be given first preference in hiring based on seniority. AS A MEANS OF better utilizing available staff and resources, both Coldren and Thornton said that "First Call" probably will be restructured to provide after-office-hours service. The plan calls, for any "First Call' requests received during the day to be handled through an exPage 24 Please) » NOTICE

December 29,1982

PlIHl l\MfO I VI HV VWI DM SO A v HY t„( 1 r <ippor A1 irih I n nn> n .

The Herald and Lantern offices will be closed Dec. 31 for the New Year’s holiday. Today, Dec. 29. is the news deadline for the Jan. 5 issue. Advertising deadline will be tomorrow, Dec. 30.

HAVE A HAPPY — This is Christopher Berry s first Now Year’s Eve and he’s planning to makejt an unforgettable one. Chris is the nine-month-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Berry of Cape May Court House who are resigned to staying up until midnight Friday.

NewsDigest

The

Weeks Top Stories

Sentimental Journey WASHINGTON - Rep William Hughes, D-2nd District, says Congressional approval of $30 million to-repair the Pennsylvania Reading Seashore Line between Philadelphia's 30th Street Station and Atlantic City also improved chances the spur to Ocean City and Cape May will be reopened Old Goal: l\etv Job WILDWOOD — City Commission has created the position of affirmative action officer - annual salary to $20,000 — to see to it that minorities are treated pro perly in dealing with the city., Brief Probe MIDDLE TOWNSHIP - County SPCA officials last week offered a $500 reward for information on three "brutally bludgeoned and skinned" dogs found along, Prerce’s Point Road. The reward was cancelled the next day when the car casses wore identified as legally trapped foxes Ranee Fever? MIDDLE TOWNSHIP Fou^Recrea lion Department Staff Members were fired Monday by Committee woman Patricia Peterson who charged they improperly held "Disco Parties; at the Whitesborp Recreation Center last weekend. She also closed the center pen ding a police investigation \ Mad" The List SWA INTON - The Williams Property is among 24 South Jersey sites included in the federal governqient's listing of the nation's 18 worst toxic dumps Already more than $100,000 has been spent on sut- ' (Page 24 Please)

Candlelight Tour Includes 11 Buildings CAPE MAY — Eleven buildings arc featured in this historic Victorian city's annual Candlelight House Tour from 6 to 10 . p.m. Saturday Tickets will go on sale at 3 p.m Saturday at the Emlen Pfrysick House, *1048 Washington St., pr anytime after 6 p in at any of the homes on the tour Tickets are $6 for adults; $3 for chiidren, and include maps locating the buildiflgal which also wilj be identified by bright orange banners The tour of private homes, guest houses. (Page 24 Please)