Herald & lantern 23 March '83

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Business Briefs 360U.S. Beer Sales Flat; Imports on the Rise

County Gets $152,850 Aid

TRENTON — A grant in the amount of $152,850 has been awarded to the County of Cape May by the New Jersey' Department of Community Affairs, according to Governor Thomas H Kean

Kean said that the grant will enable the county to purchase three collection vehicles to be used in con junction with the county's recycling program and a beach lag machine to

create new permanent jobs for low income handicap pod people He said that the grant is offered by the Department of Community Affairs. Division of Housing

By JOSEPH R. ZEIMK You can't prove it by (’ape May County roadways. but consumption of U S. beers has flattened out after years of continuous growth. Average annual consumption grew at a 3.4 percent rate between 1975 and 1980 fell to 2.2 percent in 1981, and trickled to 0.2 percent last year Sale of imported beer, on the other hand, rose 22 percent on the average each year since 1975 It's not easy being poor One of the emergency food packets put together by the Cape May County \y el fa re Department is called "Big Bean Bonanza'" and includes lima [>cans. kidney lieans and butter beans And the tuna and macaroni casserole contains a tuna substitute because tuna is t(H> expensive Speaking of expensive, a Villas reader responded to our March 9 front page story about county doctors accepting Medicare assignments In it. Frank Atburgcr recollected doc tor fees of $2 a visit Our caller beat that His doctor charged 50 cents for a house call in the 1920s And the bill for the delivery of his 4ti year old son showed hospital charges of $8 a

There's an additional reason to get the Sears J summer catalog available at its Court House and Wi I d w o o d stores Customers picking up the catalogs also can get an en try blank for its largest sweepstakes ever w hich is featuring more than mmi.ikxi prizes, including five Dodges and 25 vacations to Cypress Gardens Sturdy Savings and Loan offices in Stone Harbor. Dennisville. Avalon. North Cape May and Cape May Court House are in full bloom with displays of flowering Easter plants Those plants will be given to customers on March 31 via a drawing from entry forms available in each office. Don't know the effect on summer in Wildwood, but Canadian bankruptcies rose II percent in F’ebruary. totaling 3.890 compared to 3.320 a year ago Year to date, the number is up 19 percent

On the other hand, there is not likely to be any effect in Wildwood from corporate bankruptcies in Japan They increased in February 6.5 percent over January and 4.7 percent over a year ago. The 1.334 cases were thd secondhighest ever recorded for February Wilfiam and Barbara Berry have opened a Seven Eleven store in what was the Hughes Market at New Jersey and Rio Grande avenues in Wildwood The Berrys, who moved here from Lindenwold. have three sons aged 6. 3. and 19 months The store will be open 24 hours a day. seven days a week

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"Problem Solver" seminar today at the Rams Head Inn in Absecon for municipal finance officers from Atlantic City. Cape May and Lower Ocean counties. Daytona Realty of Wildwood has videotaped walking tours of homes and properties it lists and also has a cooperative arrange

Renamed Sea (irant Service NEW BRUNSWICK The New Jersey Marine Advisory Service, a unit of the Cooperative Extension Service of Rutgers Univer sity's Cook College and the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium's Sen Grant Program, has changed its official name to the New Jersey Sea Grant F^xtcnsion Service (SGESi, iLs director. Robin Zim mer. has announced The major goal of the service is to act as liaison between the marine research community and coastal users such as com mercial fisheries, recreational groups, coastal municipalities, marina and boatyard owners, said Zimmer SGE8 IS STAFFED with a marine pollution specialist, two marine fisheries agents, a coastal law specialist and a com munications coordinator

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ment with RTR Associates of Ml Laurel Result, according to Darlene Macrina. vice president, is that people up Philadelphia way interested in seashore properties can get a look up there before heading down here Harbor P'urniture Outlet in Burleigh has come up with an answer for senior citizens who lack transpor tatron. It will give potential customers a- free ride to and from the store Just call Dot or Bill at 465-3208 In case you missed it Monday was Agriculture Day in New Jersey (and in the other 49 states) We ,may be the most densely populated state in the nation, but 60 products worth more than $500 million are grown on more than one million acres of farmland and generate $3 billion into the slate's economy Because of proximity to major markets, urban density and lack of available land, the stale leads the nation with average per-acre land value of $3.118

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This year, put more in your own pocket, less in Uncle Sam’s.

You still have tirr>e to give yourself a S2.000 tax deduction for 1302. Just open an Individual Retirement Account before you file your income tax return Even if you're already covered by a retirement plan, you can invest up to $2,000 of your 1302 wages Up to $A.OOO if you and your spouse both work And a total of $2,250 m separate accounts if your spouse isn’t employed Your investment is tax-*ree until you retire

So is the interest And it’s sizeable! You have a choice of a fixed rate. 10 month certificate or a floating rate certificate based on the weekly Money Market rate Best of all, your IRA investment is insured up to $100,000 by the FSLlC So before you pay your taxes this year, pay yourself Visit an IRA Specialist at Cape May County Savings and Loan today, and open an IRA Account It's deductible'

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