‘Reserved* Courts* Land Goes to Nursing Home

By E. J. DUFFY COURT HOUSE — Cape May County's freeholders have decided to build a new public nursing borne at Crest Haven on land originally reserved for a future county court bouse. The new nursing home will be built on five of 12 acres just north of the present nursing home. That 31-year-old building will be converted to county offices, but courts will remain in an expanded version of the present court house complex here. During their caucus meeting last week, the freeholders voted unanimously to

select the 12-acre location, fronting on the Garden State Parkway, for a 180-bed nursing home they hope to build for $7 million in tbe near future. The location was selected from three possible Crest Haven sites. A smaller parcel toward the rear of tbe complex was considered the most pleasing, but too small for future expansion. Another tract situated behind the present nursing home building, was the poorest location since it overlooks the county jail. Freeholders agreed. “As an architect, would you be more comfortable with that piece of ground?”

Freeholder Gerald Thornton asked James MacDonald, referring to the 12-acre site ‘‘Sure," he replied, adding that he did not want to specify yet which five acres of tbe total parcel would be the best place to build the ooe-story facility. “Just don’t put it in the middle." said Freeholder James Kilpatrick. "WE’RE NOT GOING to take the 12 acres and plop it in the middle," MacDonald replied. (He receives a six-percent commission for the job.) Despite the fact that a number of nursing homes have recently opened in the (Page 20 Please)

Burdette Factions ‘Confer’ Thursday

COURT HOUSE — Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital’s opposing factions will face off before the public at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the basement meeting room of the Library Office Building on' Mechanic Street. But the session doesn't seem likely to produce the “improved communications" for which the meeting was intended. The meeting was called by the "Friends of Burdette," an organization formed this summer to challenge the hospital's board of governors at an election on Feb. 28. “Friends" chairman Frank Casey invited hospital board president Alan Gould, nine board members seeking reelection,

hospital administrator William H. Waldron, and hospital community relations director Joann Oxley. Only Oxley will attend. Casey said he’s satisfied. “I think it’s a move in the right direction that they're wiMing to talk to us,” he said, “and to answer some questions we might have." But Oxley, who’s been with the hospital since May 23, said she was going “as an observer and as a listener. I’m going to listen to what they have to say and, if they have constructive suggestions, I’ll certainly relay them back to the hospital.” CASEY SAID he wants to learn details of

the upcoming election and “how they’re dealing with patient care in the hospital." He said he was pleased that "Waldron took enough time to contact me at home; at least he’s showing some concern." Casey’s meeting announcement said it would be a "conference with hospital officials...to review Bylaw changes in voting procedure.. “This will present an excellent opportunity for the hospital to enhance its public image by giving candidates for the board of governors the opportunity to become acquainted will} many of the people eligible to vote in the Feb. 28 election," he wrote. * (Page 20 Please) «

photographer Doris Ward’s cat. Mlml, thinks it’s perfectly swell that she caa turn back the clock ooe boor Saturday night and gain another hour of the night life she loves. Miml’s a S-year-old Tiger, they say. News--.--— Digest Stuffed Salmon COURT HOUSE - SUtewide. Republican candidates were outspending their Democratic opponents last week four-one (12.26 million to $464,023) The county GOP raised $39,182 by then and spent $35,682 while county Democrats raised $9,654 and spent $6,222 State Assembly candidate Edward H Salmon is the big local spender, however At $55,000, he was outspending all three Assembly candidates put together. His Democratic running mate, Jeanne Gorman, raised $3,976 while incumbent Republicans'Guy F. Muziani and Joseph Chinnici raised $1,600 and $10,750. respectively. The job will pay $25,000 Job Pays $6,000 NORTH CAPE MAY - Republican township committee candidate Samuel M. Stubbs raised $7,680 and spent $5,635 on his campaign as of last week while his (Page 18 Please)

The Freeholder Race

lannone: ‘We Missed the Boat’

ED. NOTE: Four candidates are seeking two positions on the rive-member Cape May County Board of Freeholders, which manages county government. The part-time jobs pays 12,000 a year. The current board, elected atlarge, . is all-Republican. Last week, the Herald and Lantern profiled the incumbents seeking reeleiction. This week, their Democratic challengers.

Bond-Shirley: Government Too Costly

James R. lannone is pounding on a halfdozen issues in his second run for Cape May County freeholder, the MU A, taxes, health services, jobs, a community col-

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lege, and the need for another point of view on the board. They’re the same issues the Sea Isle City - Democrat hit last year, when he lost by a scant 1.530 votes (15,849 to 14,319) to Republican James S. Kilpatrick Jr. of Ocean City. lannone perceives the Municipal Utilities Authority as wasteful and scandalous, charges he expects to be seconded by an investigative grand jury now taking testimony. But, if be were elected freeholder, he’d replace no current MUA members.

' On paper, Georgette Bond-Shirley seems an ideal candidate for local political office. The Democratic candidate for freeholder has business experience, was secretary to the Ocean City Board of Education, treasurer of Upper Township for six years, and a staff assistant to U.S. Rep. William J. Hughes (D-2nd District) for 2 , /z years. In an interview, however, Bcral-Shirley revealed little familiarity wffl county government and neither specific complaints about its operation nor proposals about how to improve it. The news release announcing her can-

1 The Herald/Lantern Interview \ by Joseph R. ZeWk

Rather, lannooe disagrees with the incumbent freeholders’ position that they simply appoint MUA board members who are then “autonomous." ‘TPS IRRESPONSIBLE just to appoint and forget them,” he said. "I would appoint true, competent people and follow up on their work. If it wasn’t right, I’d ask for their resignation. “The freeholders have an obligation to follow up and watch what they’re spen ding" he said, volunteering for the job of “permanent liaison from the freeholders." lannone called the MUA "a money (Page 16Please)

didacy said she hoped “to bring Cape May County the beginning of a two-party system that will provide the badly needed system of checks and balances that has been absent for too many years.” In that announcement, Bond-Shirley said her fiscal experience could "provide financial direction to the county and help to decrease the expenditures while providing tbi necessary services to the residents." DURING THE INTERVIEW, however, she pointed to no programs she would cut and no services she would either cprtaU or expand.

"Government is too costly," she said, "but I can’t say how you would decrease it. I would look into each service and deter (Page 16 Please)