(Cable) TV or Not TV, Thai Is the Question

COURT HOUSE - Cable television has become an issue in Middle Township's committee race. Incumbent Patricia Peterson, a Republican seeking reelection, has charged her Democratic opponent, James E. Alexis, with “telling people they will have cable, if he is elected.” And she said that is “not even slightly true.” Alexis responded that Peterson was “completely inaccurate." There is an excellent possibility that Middle Township can succeed in obtaining cable for the entire township," he said. Group W. Cable Co. general manager Peter Berk^witz, quoted by both, could not be reached for comment. Peterson said Berkowitz said he doubted new work would be done before the company’s franchise with the township expires in 1988 “unless it is financially feasable to the company.” Alexis said Middle Township Mayor Michael

News Notes — (From Page 22) game with dread. We needn’t have, the verbosity of Cosell was stilled. In today’s Philadelphia Inquirer we learned why. Their Staff Writer, Gail Shis ter, revealed that I wasn’t the only one driven up the wall. She quotes A1 Meltzer, Channel 10 Sports director, for 30 years a newscaster, as saying: “ T’ve never seen a baseball game so good to watch and bad to listen to ... i never want to hear Howard Cosell again on a World Series broadcast.’ ” I cut the article out and put it on my husband's plate at lunch. We’ve decided to stay married. • • • While waiting for Dr. William F. Robinson to do some restoration work on our mouth (that’s the refined new term which means drilled and filled) we were chatting with his attractive secretary, Sharon Garner, who enlightened us to the fact that surfing is now big business in this area. After much hunting around we got in touch with Lisa RoeeQi of Wildwood, who is in charge of public relations for the Eastern Surfing Association locally. Boy, did she ever open our eyes in a hurry. The ESA holds many contests annually and completely unlike everything else down here, the season begins Oct. 1 and ends in late August. Points are accumulated during the frequent contests and those who place highly are sent to compete in the EISA championship at Cape Hat teras, N.C. in September. If they place high enough they go to the National Championship being held this year at Padre Island, Texas. Top finishers in the U.S. contest go to the World Amateur Championship in Los Angeles in the summer Of’84. Lisa told us the reason for the timing- “in summer our waves aren’t too good; in winter, particularly following storms, we get really good waves all

Voll and Committee member Charles M. Leusner, both Democrats, met with Berkowitz and were “assured that if full cable service for Middle Township is the price they have tp pay to obtain an extension of the Franchise Agreement, Group W. will see to it that everyone in Middle Township has cable." Peterson quoted Berkowitz as saying that the company installed 22 miles of service in the first 10 years of the franchise, negotiated in 1968, and that has tripled to 72 miles in the first five years of the newest franchise. . “But,’-’ Peterson said, “Berkowitz told- her, ‘no matter what anyone says, we have no intentiops of putting in one more mile until the new franchise is negotiated.’ ” Leusner, on the other hand, quoted Berkowitz as saying “We never said we were going to stop new construction. We are working to get Cable TV in all of Middle Township.

winter.” She gave us the names of some of this summer’s winners: finishing high from Avalon were Scott Garner, Tom Kirk, Jeff Lawson. Jeff Haenn and Jim Quinn; from Stone Harbor were Bill Deger and Mike Lmpstead. Next time you see what you consider real flakes in wet suits surfing when you are freezing in a fur coat, stop and watch them — you could be watching a potential world champion. George and Betty Tatem of CMCH have just returned from vacation. They went first to the Miss America Contest in Casinoland and spent the rest of their time touring Lancaster County. They are both gourmets, preferring excellence in cuisine to quantity every time. They both recommend Neptune Inn on Rte. 47 between Millville and Vineland for top-quality food at extremely moderate prices. We want to try it soon while these prices prevail. We have told you that we read everything in sight and while we were visiting in Maine this summer we went to the small church which can only be reached by boat on Lake Onowa. After the service we spied an old book containing the names of parishioners of the past. We read through them and found the name of Mrs. Fithian Tatem of Bridgeton, who owned (and her family still does) Camp Blackfoot on the lake. This was like finding a gold nugget to us. We are related to the Fithians of Bridgeton and George told us part of his family hailed from there. Since George also claims the Blackfoot Indians as part of his heritage we think this is too much of a coincidence. If we’re both related to Fithians we must, in some way, have had an ancestor in common, right? Since George is also a direct descendent of William Penn we have noticed a definite tinge of blue in the veins in our wrist.

BEAUTIFICATION AWARDS — Winners in County Chamber of Commerce Beautification Contest show off awards made at chamber’s annual meeting. Left u> right are John Armour. Sturdy Savings and Loan Association, firsts in Business New Construction Category; Bob and Linda Mullock, Business Renovation Category, for their Victorian Rose Guest House, Cape May; Herbert Hornsby, president. Cape May County Savings and Loan, for new headquarters

building in Court House.

Awards Presented For Beautification

WILDWOOD - Three Cape May County businesses and one municipality were named as winners in the 1983 Beautification Awards program sponsored by the County Chamber of Commerce. The nominees and winners were announced at the chamber’s annual meeting and installation banquet held Oct. 6 at the Beach Terrace Motor Inn

in Wildwood.

Richard Guiliano, first vice president of the chamber, presented the first place award in the Business New Construction Category to Sturdy Savings and Loan for its new office at Main St. and Hand Ave., Court House. Competition for this coveted award came from: Century 21, Stone Harbor Realty. 341 96th St., Stone Harbor; Cape May County Savings and Loan, North Main St., Court House; Edwin N. Howell and Associates, 909 West Ave., Ocean City; Something Fishey, Roosevelt Blvd., Marmora ; Eastern Grand Prix Racing and Arcade, Indian

Trail, Burleigh.

Patricia Nagel, second vice president, presented the award to the Victorian Rose Guest House, Cape May, winner in the Business Renovation Category. The owners, Bob and Linda Mullock,, restored, remodeled and landscaped an old Victorian house into an attractive Victorian Guest House. OTHER NOMINEES in this category were: Hyland Motel, Hereford Ave. and Garden State Parkway, Court House; Stereo 94, Route 9, Court House; Luigi’s, 9th St. and West Ave., Ocean City; The Flanders Hotel, 11th and Boardwalk, Ocean City; Stone Harbor Golf Club, Route 9, Court House; Seabreeze Condominium, 100th St. and Beach, Stone Harbor; The Manor House, 612 Hughes Ave., Cape May; The Pearl Restaurant, 755 As bury Ave., Ocean City; Union Trust Co., 32nd and Dune Dr., Avalon; All Season's Marina, Roosevelt Blvd., Marmora; Ambiance of

Beauty, 5201 Pacific Ave., Motel, 605 Madison Ave., cy. Pacific Ave., Wildwood Wildwood; Blue Amber Cape May; Hoffman Aen- Crest.

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