Herald & Lantern 20 April '83 Lookin' and Listenin' On Child-Calling By DOROTHY D. FitKAS

42 Our Readers Write ‘Yes Man’ And ‘Odd Man Out’ To The Kditor This, for me. is a first After unending a town meeting in Sea Isle City recently. I feel I would Ik* remiss m not sharing with people m this community the grave in justices being meted out to taxpayers by our mayor. I)ominick Haffa Seemingly, he has decided that our community can be best served by just himself, an opinion not shared by all The two commissioners, he seems to feel, are strictly ap pendages. Commissioner .1 Alan Gansart, as his 'yes'' man and Commissioner William H VanArLsdalen Jr as "odd man out " Not content with recently switching departments with Commissioner VanArtsdaleny the mayor has now decided that more responsibility should be stripped from him. leaving him with virtually nothing Maybe, in place of an office, he should give him a card table and umbrella on the curbside As a voter and a taxpayer in this community, I feel 1 should have some say in the way affairs are conducted Obviously, our mayor does not agree Something must be done to put a stop to this bureaucracy ISABEL R GILLESPIE Sea Isle City

opmion Lawyers Win To The Editor: Canvas the population of Cape May County, working and retired Look for (he following: « Oil workers, including Service Station people. Chemical Workers, Dry^ Cleaners, Painters, Body Repair and Auto Painters. ^ What each of these people have in common is frequent and long term exposure to petroleum-chemical odors. Add to these the number of women who use spray net. nail polish and polish remover and you have added a significant exposure You will also find that all of these people pay the same amount for Health and Life Insurance as the workers in Cape May Court House. THAT THE COURT HOUSE people were exposed to fumes, and suffered discomfort I have no doubt. That they suffered long-term damage (except in their mind's eye), this I gravely doubt These people believe that their litigation will be against a contractor or insurance company. Nonsense! There is no free lunch! It ultimately comes down to litigation against the consumer and/or taxpayer The next time that contractor and all'other contractors bid upon the job, they will automatically add 10-2tt% for insurance and contingency, over and above what they now already do. It will be the lawyers who win. Yecht! RAYMOND J DILLIPLANE Stone Harbor

Police Have Rights To The Editor: In response to the letter published in your April 6 issue, entitled, "Remove Policeman," according to the laws set forth in this country, a man is "innocent until proven guilty " The citizen who composed this letter seems well aware of her rights, but these same rights apply to every citizen, mclufling police officers The captain to whom the writer refers is a respected member of our community, and I feel he is well deserved to his right of due process according to the law The Sea Isle City Police Department obeys all laws, contrary to the writer's accusation that the Sea Isle City Police department and others like it are "law breakers " My officers do a very good job in Sea Isle City, and I felt compelled to publicly respond to this woman's unwarranted request for the captain's removal CARL K GANSERT, JR Chief of Police Sea Isle City A 300 in Bridgeton To The Editor With a great deal hf interest 1 read the article on the honor recently bestdwed upon Ann Murray who holds the women's high sctfyr at the Wildwood Rowling Alley However, I take exception to the last sentence which stated, "In addition, her score is still the women's high game in the iri county area The reason I make this exception is that on April to. 1930. I bowled a "300" game in the Bridgeton Bowling Alleys the fifth woman in the United States to do so My bowling ball, sheet with score and witnesses names thereon, plus my shoes are in the Bridgeton Sports Hall of Fame building Throughout all of my life I have been interested in and participated in sports activities MARGARET N GRAY Villas

And Now For Some Realty Bad News

A Reason for Everything?

By JOE ZKLNIK

I knew from the moment I reached the hospitality table that the Cape May County Chapter of the American Red ( ross was in trouble They gave me a name tag that said.

"HELLO, I m Chicken "

They'd run out of the little cards that tell.the waitresses at the (.xxlge whether to serve beef burgendy or chicken Although the 80 guests agreed it was a lovely luncheon,

there was no doubt it had its problems

First, it was supposed to have been' held at the Whitebrier in Avalon There was some sort of scheduling mixup and the site had to be changed with less than two

weeks to go

One of the top awards was to go to Chaplain Carl Drake of the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May He

didn't show up

Finally, the program was to conclude with selections by a Stone Harbor pianist The l^odge sold its piano BUT NOTHING DAUNTS the Red Cross. It simply substituted by having Marie Dugan, chapter chairman, and Sophie Gambal. luncheon chairman, sing "You Are My Sunshine " Barbra Streidsand and Linda Ronstadt

have nothing to worry about

No one was surprised by any of these luncheon lapses It's been that kind of a year Mrs Dugan says they're

"jinxed "

For example, the Red Cross slated three fund raising activities First it tried a casino bus trip and got absolute ly no response Then it scheduled a "night at the 76 House for a performance of "West Side Story." Not enough tickets were sold for an all Red Cross night, so ticket holders went en masse instead It was a sell-out and they were turned away. Finally there wife a trip set to the Tropicana for a per formance of "Can Can It was cancelled the day they

were to go

THEN THERE'S the annual fund drive Mrs Dugan charitably calls it "a flop First the agency sent a special mail appeal in February to 500 members of the business community Nine responded Thev^mated $190

Listening to some young mothers in our neighborhood, we found a pattern to the child-calling plan. When it was near meal time, one single call, using one name, as in "Lunch, Johnny" or "Dinner. Betts" would bring the offspring skipping home, although casting glances over the shoulder at the other pals who had not as yet been summoned. As dusk deepended on summer evenings, the "end of the day call" would be "John" or "Betty,” followed by the choice of words of their mother, as to" 'time to come in" or "come in now." ONE CALL ALWAYS signalled that, although I might have missed hearing the first one (probably made in the middle of a game or special activity) this was apparently the second time that mother's voice was raised. When the entire baptismal name went out across the neighborhood backyanis — "John Robert Scott" or "Elizabeth Maryanne Wilson" — everyone knew, including the ones summoned, that mother had reached the end of her rope, and punishment was hovering in the back of her mind. That call was quickly obeyed! (ED. NOTE. "Lookin' and Listenin' " will be a regular Herald and Lantern feature. Mrs. Freas and husband, Allen, summered in Cape May County for 46 years, and have lived In Villa* since 1978. f

Beware Tax Credits To The Editor: President Reagan stated that he is in favor of granting tuition tax credits to parents who send their children to private and parochial schools. Beware of what you could be getting into if you accept tuition tax credits America has always had private and parochial schools as well as public schools Parents paid for tuition, text books, lab fees, etc. from their earnings because they wanted this for their children. RECENTLY an article appeared in the N.J.E.A. Journal written by a lay educator. The author explained tuition tax credits could be dangerous. It could mean that Washington would dictate all curriculum taught in private and parochial schools Private school boards and parochial school boards would not have a say about curriculum. Parents send their children to private and parochial schools because they want their children to have religious ed , prayer, and Bible reading included daily. If you accept tuition tax credits, Washington can take this away just as it did from the public schools Please consider carefully before you decide to accept tuition tax credit MRS MARJORIE GALAMORE Sea Isle city

That was a bit of a blow "Everything happens for a reason,” said Mrs Dugan, but at this point we don't know the reason " Then came the annual mail appeal to the community. In previous years, it was held in late spring to include the summer residents. Even then it didn't do so hot — $14,000 last year But Mrs Dugan felt the summer people probably hold allegiance to their year-round communities So she set this year's drive in March to coincide with the national Red Cross observance. BUT THE 50,000 envelopes purchased from an Illinoir. firm because they were "a good buy" also took eight weeks instead of three When they got to Philadelphia, they sat in a truck for a few days while the deliver^ com pany waited for a full load So, the local firm that was going to address the envelopes from Feb 15 »o March 1 didn't get them unitl March 15. Instead of being able to do the job in a few days, it has been doing 2,000 to 3,000 at a time Result 11.000 of about 48,000 - only 3 of 11 county ZIP codes - .lave been maileefand only at>out $3,000 has been raised It may take until summer to get them finished Cape May Cnuntians seem to be notoriously cheap when it comes to the Red Cross Philadelphia, .or example, collects an average of 80 cents a person Cape May County last year donated an average of 15 cents IT’S NOT LIKE the agency is rolling in dough Contrary to some impressions, it gets no money from the federal government or the United Way < maybe it should, but that's another story). It' has an $18,000 budget, one paid staff member, and gives the national headquarters 42 percent of its contributions When one hears "Red Cross," one thinks of an agency that responds to disasters This one is a disaster "If you couldn't laugh, you'd throw in the sponge and give up. said Mrs Dugan "but we're not going to give up If it kills us. we re going to sell this project " You've got to respect a lady like Mrs Dugan who, w ith her voice, will sing "You Are My Sunshine in front of 8» people I m going to send her a buck, at 10 N Mam St in Court House. 08210 Wish you'd do the same

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