ft Our Readers Write Infectious y Group to Fall To The Editor: After almost four months of remaining quiet and away from political activities, I agree totally with last week’s letter from Joseph Dorr in response to Joseph Davis’s con . slant letters and remarks The time to respond is long overdue. Dorr s statement that Davis is an infection to the Republican Party is more than accurate What should be added is lhat Davis is not-alone The ft arc many more in that infectious group that as usual hid behind someone else f ' WJiat tlify are confronted with hbw is the fact that they are knowp to the regular Republican Party members who are awfire of what took place during last year’s general election It was plain and simple The people who have sat behind'the scenes for too many years and pulled the str ings found themselves confronted with a candidate who was not to bow to Qieir threats, their lies, or their activities They then found a candidate who was easily convinced by their lies who they put their support behind They all knew well in advance that the independent candidate did not stand a chance at winning Their only ribjec tive was to have me defeated Their thought was that when I lost they would again regain total control of the Republican Party in Lower Township ■ WHAT THEY FOUND was that they were very wrong As to winning a seat on the township committee, I lost As to exposing to view the infection that had taken over the Republican Party in I^ower Township, I won a victory that far surpassed any election day results. Rest assured that for me to see this infection cut out of the party and credibility and honesty return under Gerald Thornton is more fhan satisfaction It is long overdue for those honest and hard working people who stuck with me through the battle and who are always there working and caring for the future of Ixiwer Township To those people who thought my loss on election day was their gain, I simply say. “surprize" What I tried to do in the general election is now happening I put you on a limb and the honest people who care about the Republican Par ty and l/>wer Township are cutting it off My greatest satisfaction and that of anyone else who is aware of your tactics is watching you fall, and fall you will SINCE THIS IS my first public statement since the election 1 would be remiss in not thanking all of those workers and poeple who supported me A special thanks to those who were aware of what we were fighting and the battle we put up Also. 1 would like to express my thanks to the people at l)emocratic headquarters on election night Their kindness, respect, and courtesy to me and those with me was without equal It demonstrated what can be accomplished when at least two honest candidates compete against each other and can walk away from an election as friends with their head held high My best wishes were extended to Bob Fothergill then and still are now His succes&meaas success for all of us * WILLIAM H HEVENER Lower Township Who's Joseph Dorr?

To The Editor I would like to answer Joseph Dorr's letter in your Feb 23 issue Who is Dorr 9 First of all he is a relative of Gerald Thorntori Secondly he was appointed by this same Gerald .Thorntdn to the Ixjwer Township Republican Executive Committee, an elective position Dorr has Joined the Villas Republican Club and the Cape May County Republican Club within the last six months I have attended Just about every meeting of the Lower Towaship Republican Club and the Cape May County Republican Club for the last 3-4-Vears Can cither Dorr, William Hevcner or Thornton say the same 9 DORR MENTIONED a healing process, but to heal anything you first have to get rid of the cause of the ail ment, in this case, one Gerald Thornton Joseph Link, a Republican, chose to run against Hevener in the general election because of Hevenef’s obvious lack of concern for the people of Lower Township Hevener never attended any of the many important meetings that arc so vital to the welfare of Ixiwer Township residents Hevener further alienated the solid Republicans by dismissing the leaders and supporters who worked so hard to win the primary election for him over the incumbent. Jack Moran Among these staunch Republicans were Mayor Clydesdale, Maurice Catarcio, Mrs Phyllis Genovese, Louis Dwyer and others too numerous to enumerate Dorr should talk to some Republicans who do not depend on county Jobs for a living to see who really supports Gerald Thorntqh f Joseph A Davis Villas Member of Lower Towaship Club

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In A Manner Of Speaking. The National Debt Is! Owed To Ourselves' However, It's Highly Irregular To Carry It On Your Personal Financial Statement As An Asset " - -

Ways to Mend? To the Editor: This writer was present at a meeting of the Cape May County Men’s Republican Gub last week and listened to two would-be members of the party, discuss ways to mend fences to unify the party. Under ordinary circumstances, this type of "Delhountis Kosatis’'*is easy enough to forget, provided they sit back down on their brains and go back to sleep, but they didn’t. On the front page of the Feb. 16 Herald and Lantern was an article entitled, “Taxpayers Rip Budget Increase,’’ and lo and behold, there were our two heroes, Joseph Davis and Joseph Link, once again trying to unite the par ty by tearing it apart The difference between criticism and constructive criticism in on a par with the difference between day and night and it would be a step in the right direction if our heroes would learn what it is. I LISTENED to them at the above-mentioned meeting and I read the article and it is my opinion that, to our heroes, William E. Sturm Jr and Gerald M Thornton can't do anything right. If our heroes were concerned about the party, they would truly try to mend the fences for the good of the party And if they were as concerned about the Cap,Jncrease in the budget as they would have us believe (anyone who didn't see the need coming hasn't been paying attention the last year or two), they would have put serious time and effort into finding ways and meaas, if any existed, to show the freeholders alternate ways to go without raising the Cap limit, but that wasn't really their aim, not at the L.T T A meeting nor at the freeholder meeting. I RECENTLY saw a witty card that said, "Why sit quietly by and have people think you an idiot, when you can open your mouth and remove all doubt “ I think our heroes must have seen it too and they were sitting at the time so they thought it good advice ■ Although I am not sure at this time what it is they are trying to do, I am sure it has nothing to do with the good of the Republican Party. CHARLES F HARLEY Wildwood

A Taste of Bitterness Two Visitors; By JOE ZELNIK Two families stranded in Cape May Feb. 11-12 tell quite different stories. That was during what has come to be called “the great blizzard of 1983," although I personally refer to it as "the day my front door blew off.” Both were in town to visit the Coast Guard Training Ceriter. Both found themselves in a strange town with high winds and drifting snow reminiscent of the Antarctic. Both were desperately seeking shelter, and anyone who was out in the worst of that storm will know that the word “desperately" is no exaggeration. A FAMILY FROM Connecticut which came to see their nephew graduate from the center was directed to a Madison ^venue^motel whose owners welcomed them and even shared their dinner with the visitors. They would nevef have found a restaurant open even if they had been able to get to it. A father and son from Newark. Dala , in town so the latter could take the center’s physical exam, were in even worse shape because their car had a flat tire. They made their way to an Ocean Qrive motel with a lighted “Vacancy” sign Soaked and snow-covered, they did not look par ticularly appealing According the their letter to the motel manager, a copy of which they sent to this newspaper, the receptionist changed the sign to “no vacancy” before their eyes and turned them out into the storm They found food and shelter elsewhere on Ocean Drive THE MOTEL’S SPOKESMEN, who are about as upset with the Delaware letter writer as he is with them, report every one of its rooms was “sold out months ahead of time,” with paid deposits. They do not claim everyone showed up that snowy day. but they felt, and continue to feel, thqy could not take a chance and rent a room someone else had reserved As for the "vacancy" sign, they say the receptionist had forgotten to turn it off I talked with the Connecticut family shortly before they departed, after several men in a passing truck had helped push their stuck car from a drift Despite the storm, they liked what they saw, and how

To The Editor: Following the ridiculous tirade he launched at a council meeting against a public-spirited, intelligent citizen when she dared to question the city’s lack of snow removal, it's no wonder Commissioner Wilbur Ostrander has deemed himself unfit to seek public office again. He and Atlantic Gty's Mayor Matthews must have been in caucus for three days. Wildwood was the laughing stock of the entire county and even yesterday, 10 days after the snow fell, it was necessary to walk in the mud west of Staller’s Hardware to get around the snow pile on the sidewalk and to go into the street to get on the bus in front of MurphyV Last Tuesday, I had occasion to go from home in North Wildwood to dinner at a restaurant in the Villas and wore pumps that never got damp. However, to get to my office on Wildwood Avenue, I needed boots all week. Wildwood was an obstacle course between the melt-off having no place to go except almost to the crown of the streets and the numerous huge piles of snow on sidewalks. Why are city or private employes allotted to dump snow where it’s a hazardf^o pedestrian traffic or over catch basins at the comers? THE OVERTIME holiday plaint that the snow fell on the wrong day of the week could have been solved on Saturday by one day of efficiently clearing the empty streets. Monday, so many cars were forced to park several feet from the curb that no plow could do much Instead of taking advantage of the empty streets like nearby mqfUdjpalities, Wildwood wrung its hands and hearts all week-end. I really admire Mrs. Harden's spunk and ability to retort so beautifully, but with no attempt to identify her. the published reports of the meeting indicated her to be a trouble-making old harridan with nothing better to do than make a nuisance of herself and take up the valuable time of the Wildwood so Ions. I happen to know she's a registered nurse who is employed in caring for her patients with compassion, devotion, loyalty and humor She could probably see the North Wildwood efficiency at work from her back window and surely when the Sherman tank got her to the border enroute to work. Next time I’m hospitalized, if I don’t get in her wing, I’m changing my symptoms. MRS ROBERT W HORNSEY, JR. North Wildwood Liquor Industry Lies To The Editor We feel that the public has a right to know accurate information about Senate Bill 1863 and Assembly Bill 1969 These two companion bills will allow bonafide restaurants in New Jersey without liquor licenses to purchase a special permit for the purpose of serving beer and wine by the glass with meals. The opposition to this legislation (the liquor industry), such as the New Jersey Licensed Beverage Association and the Tavern Owners, have been fighting this legislation since its introduction — tooth and nail — with unwarranted and unjustified information. We, as professional lobbyists, find these tactics abhorently unprofessional and blatantly unethical. (Page 27 Please)

Two Views they were treated. They’re coming back to Cape May in the Spring, they said, when they can fully enjoy and appreciate it. The father from Newark, Dela., says he won’t be back. Right or wrong, he wrote to the motel manager: “Whenever in the future I think of Cape May, it will be a taste of bitterness because of your treatment of me and my son.”

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