Hrjfld & Lantern 26 October '83

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Sunday we went with the S H Seniors to m matinee dinner theater at the *76 House on Rte 9. juet north of the Avalon exit We saw Annie for the first time and were delighted with the performance. Nicole Newtek!, and 11-year-old student at Assumption Regional in Pomona, was a highly professional Annie. She made her first professional appearance in the Show makers Guild produc- , tion of the King and l and has made four national T V Commercial}. It's no wonder she is so poised and convincing ^Stephen Newport and his magnificent baritone voice do credit to the role of Oliver Warbucks. This is his fourth year at the '76 House He played a stair mg role opposite Alfred Drake in Gambler's Paradise, which gives you an idea of his talent He also received the New York Daily News Drama CYitics’ Award as “Best Actor in a

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It wouldn't be fair to antique the show without mentioning Sandy, who is desenbed in the play bill as “a precocious lb-year-old of underterminded paren tage" She is the adopted pet of Joe Bisrotli and has developed a loyal following from her regular appearance at Sea Isle City's Springfield Inn MONDAY. THE 17th was the date for the S.H Chamber of Commerce dinner meeting for October at Henny’s. Cindy O’Conner. co-chairwoman of the Wings 'n Water Festival, spoke on behalf of the Wetlands Institute thanking the chamber for its outstanding cooperation. She said the organisation had a member attend each meeting to lend support and helpful suggestions. Cindy and her committee used the Water Fowl Festival in Easton. Md as their inspiration In Easton, merchants all decorate their windows for the celebration and they were Righted when Stone Harbor merchants also contributed so much of their time and effort to do likewise C. of C. did its own judging here and the award for Best Decoration went to Klothes Kove on %th St Ms O'Conner said that the festival would mo*4 definitely take'place again this coming fall and the event would be extended to include exhibitions over both Saturday and

Sunday.

Principal speaker of the evening was Michael E. Nardi. an account executive of Merrill Lynch in Atlantic City. Mike was raised^ in Wildwood, graduated from the University of Vermont, where he majored in Hotel Management. He was assistant manager of a hotel in Atlantic City before joining Merrill Lynch s staff there. He gave us an overview of where Merrill Lynch analysts see our economy going in the next six months. He also brought two portfolios: one in Blue Chips and one for the more venturesome. He said interest rates are now so volatile it is a very sen sitive area but if the economy continues its pre sent rate of growth we could see another Bull Market within the next six months. Now they can foresee Federal Funds (interest rate charged to banks overnight) dropping to eight and three-quarters

by the end of the year. Currently they predict corporate profits for the next three months will be up X percent from last year. It is a very positive market but a lot still depends on inflation. Merrill Lynch covers over 1,200 companies They can see a possible 20-30 percent rise in corporate profits in the next six months . in the following five conservative stocks. Hershey Chocolate, Sterling Drugs, Colgate Palmolive, Con soli da ted Food and General Foods. He then listed five-' less conservative stocks: Gulf St Western Ltd., Aerospace, Products Research, Consolidated Edison and Data Computer

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WE HAD never been to Urie's Reef & Beef, located over the bridge on Rio Grande Blvd in Wildwood until we went as guests of Dick Itaggarty of 67th St., Avalon He was a little shaken up that evening because on his way to dock at Harvey's Harbor he lost the forward gear on his engine. Fortunately he had only to travel a few feet in reverse to tie up alongside tbe gas dock but the thought that it might have happened sooner and he might have had to make it through the inlet in that manner gave him plenty of food for thought. Glens and Anne Stltes of CMCH joined Joey and Jim Fisher on their U-day cruise on the Chesapeake. They all traveled on the Fisher’s 27-foot sail boot "Brittania II". Because of

"Americans are chronic compdainers about their expenses yet, never once, have I met anyone who felt that he didn’t get more

than his money’s worth from the telephone company ’■ We signed it "In-

jured Taxpayer".

Last week we received a letter from AT and T dated Oct. 6. IMS. A great

number of you must have gotten the same letter petitioning shareholders to write? their elected tep/eaentatives in Washington and urge them not to enact "needles* nth hour amendments to the Communications Act." The persons to whom we should write are: William Hughes, House of Representatives, Washington, D.C, 20515 and William Bradley and Frank Lautenberg, U.S.

Senate, Washii«ton, D.C. 20610. We have written our letters and hope you will do likewise. • • • WE HAVE decided the word fisherman is sexist and has to go. On Tuesday, Oct. 18, Matt Weelery strolled up to be with her husband Drew as he fished. Drew told her he hadn’t been very lucky and passed the rod over to her for a try. After short a but far from effortless struggle Matt landed as approximately 15-pound blue. The weighmaster must determine the length and weight but Matt had to fill in the rest of the official form. When it came to the age of the person catching the fish she broke into giggles and said, “They’ll never believe this." Drew took it over to the taxidermist today The Woolerys will be celebrating their 50th Wedding Anniversary this weekend and we guarantee no one will bring them a bigger present Learned from our representative to the New Jersey State Division on Aging, Sara Brady, that the Eastern Shore Nursing and Convalescent Center, located in CMCH on Rte. 9 just north of the Court House is in need of older and younger volunteers to assist with their arts and crafts, recreational, social and other programs. If you have any spare time this is a wonderfully rewarding way to spend it. Call Martha Barses at 465-2260 for further information.

SHORE SCENE — Elaine Cathcart of Stone Harbor preseaU Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary with original painting she created for reproduction on front cover of cookbook developed to benefit hospital. Painting will hang in the auxiliary’s new Cheeri Corner Fountain and Gift Show when hospital's new building opens in January. With artist are Peggy Bourklin, center, and Mary Jane Lea, right, both of Avalon, co-author of “Seashore Seasonings”, which features local recipes and is on sale at hospital and local gift shops and book stores.

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the hurricane that was threatening the coast in the opening days of October we looked at the marine weather forecast daily. They were weathered in only one day in Annapolis and we can’t think of a more interesting place to spend the day. Among spots they visited were: Galesville (where our boat once nearly sank). St Michaels, Oxford which we feel is the most enchanting small town on the bay and many other stops that appealed to them all They ran one day in the fog and that's a pretty hairy feeling even for an experienced skipper like Jim. They came half way through the C and D Canal and stopped for the night at the Anchorage opposite the Canal House. They had a nifty time and Jim is already counting the days 'til he takes his annual trip next year. Approximately 15 years ago we wrote this letter to the editor of the Philadelpia Inquirer, who was good enough to print it along with other letters he had received on various

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“This is to express my disgust with the FCC investigation of telephone rates charged by the American Telephone and Telegraph Co. "With all the wrongs that desperately need righting in the U.S. why in the name of Heaven would the government waste the taxpayer's money investigating a public utility whic^, unfailingly, gives us prompt, efficient service

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7 Finalists In Model Pageant

OCEAN CITY - Seven Cape May County residents were among those chosen as finalists in the United States Model of 1983 Pageant, held at the Music Pier recently. Local winners in the contest, which drew 55 entries, were: Brittany Cates and Dani Laubert of Ocean City, Pee Wee Division (3 to 7); Nicole Reichard and Tiffany Torour, Avalon, Teen Division (girls 13-17); Lisa Luteri, Court House, Miss Division (18 amj over); Bill Taylor and Joseph Goch, Ocean City, Mr. Da vision (men 18 and up). The competition was organized by Miss GeorgeAnn of GeorgeAnn’s Finishing and Modeling Studio of Ocean City and Oaklyn. The program began with the posting of the colors by the Coast Guard, and a song ana dance routine was given by the Joanne Reagan Dance Studios.

‘Reserved’ Courts’Landr

(From Page 1) Crest Haven vicinity, and another 330 bedfc are planned in other private nursing homes, the state quickly approved the county’s certificate of need for 40 more beds in the new public facility because "we’re serving a different population and different income (group) than the private institutions," said Thornton. He told MacDonald that he wants the new nursing home built on a foundation to allow a second story if future expansion is needed, recalling a 40 percent projected population increase between 1970-1990, “and most of it’s elderly," Thornton added. Although the meeting was held yesterday afternoon after the Herald and Lantern deadline, Kilpatrick said Monday that the freeholders expected to review plans for expanding the 55-year-old court house then. "In essence, what is being recommended is, that there be extensive renovations and additions to the present facility," he said. The recommendation, Kilpatrick said, calls for a three-story M-shaped addition to the rear of the U-shaped court house. It's designed to include four court rooms, space for four more, expansion, and a connection between the court house and the adjacent Cape May County Savings and Loan building that the county purchased for 8540,000 this year. Kilpatrick could not recall the number of square-feet proposed for the addition nor the estimated cost, but Freeholder Ralph Evans said earlier this month that the pro ject would cost $5 million — compared to the estimated Ill-million price tag for constructing a new court house at Crest Haven. "...IT WOULD TAKE us into the year 2000," Kilpatrick predicted of the renovations and expansion of the present court house. During yesterday’s freeholders' meeting, the officials were also expected to rescind a resolution, setting aside the 12-acre Crest Haven tract as a future court house site. "1 can’t see any Board (of Freeholders) putting the courts over there," Thornton told his colleagues last week. He added that the current board has already decided against relocating the courts from Court House, and plans to use the old nursing home to house county offices which are currently rented. Arguing that plans to renovate the ex-

isting court house building would be wasteful and non-productive, the county bar association filed suit in July to block such a project. “It’s just hanging fire right now," lawyer Joseph Rodgers, chairman of the bar’s courthouse committee, said of the suit Monday. "We’ll see what the hell the study says," he added, referring to the feasibility study on court house renovation presented to the freeholders yesterday by Ocean City architect Edwin Howell. Regarding the freeholders' move to rescind the resolution designating the 12-acre Crest Haven parcel for a future court house, Rodgers said: “Our law suit was to get a better facility. “Our suit does not ask for a specific location," concluded Paul Dare, president of the bar association. Burdette Factions (From Page 1) "OUR BOARD MEMBERS will be introduced at a community meeting to be held at the hospital sometime in November," said Oxley. “There will be a forum for questions at that time.” Casey said the “Friends" should have selected their slate for the board of governors by mid-November. “This open meeting (tomorrow night)," he wrote, “will give the public at large the opportunity to become familiar with the conditions that will surround this important hospital election." "We agree an open meeting would be a positive thing, said Oxley. “The hospital has been planning to introduce its board members for quite some time. CASEY’S LETTER to Gould, released to the news media, said that "Though you have hired a public relations specialist to improve communications, we feel that face-to-face and two-way communications are imperative." The "Friends” call themselves a "nonpartisan. non-profit group concerned with improving the quality of affordable health care for the people of Cape May County." They were originally formed to protest the hospital's decision to dismiss cardiologist Dr. Suketu Nanavati. That issue is in the courts. With both factions waging a voter registration drive last summer for the February election, rolls climbed from 2,623 to more than 4,700.