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Herald & Lantern 9 November '83

POLICE LT. Charles Thornton reports that the township force arrested 34 adults and 20 juveniles last month, investigated 365 criminal and 428 general complaints, checked 593 properties and logged 41.320 miles in the process Police recovered $18,969 in stolen property last month. $30,656 was reported stolen, the lietenant said Of the arrests, six were for dcunk driving but Lower is still experiencing a 27 percent drop in collisions since police began a crack down on drunk drivers, Thornton noted Last month, 36 collisions were recorded, he added Fifty-seven crashes were

investigated in September, including 13 where drunk driving was suspected. Fifty-five crashes were logged in August, eight linked to driving while intoxicated. TOWN BANK Fire Chief Ray Brown says company volunteers answered seven alarms last month. They answered nine in September and six in August. The firefighters answered two alarms on Oct. 7 — one for standby duty at West Cape May, while its firemen fought a fuel blaze at the magnasite plant. Sunset Beach, the second to Bayshore East for a grass fire.

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On Oct. 19, Town Bank firmen answered an accident call in Cold Spring. On Oct. 20, they fought a grass fire near the Maud Abrams School, Cold Spring. They answered a false alarm on Atlantic Avenue, North Cape May, Oct. 29. and then extinguished a chimney fire in Cold Spring. The firemen ended the month with a washdown in Town Bank. Four volunteers attended light rescue training, Oct. 14-16, at the State Police school, Hammonton, Brown noted, while another firefighter attended a training session on the Scott Air Pack in Crest Haven. ERMA FIRE CHIEF Jeff Van Mourik started the month off with a washdown, Oct. 4, at Route 109 and the Garden State Parkway. Eleven firefighters spent three and a half hours cleaning up and washing down the scene of a sludge spill. Last month, the chief reports, the company answered there other calls, held one drill and three work details in September Erma volunteers answered two alarms. * While Town Bank volunteers were standing by in West Cape May, Oct 7, the Erma firemen were transporting foam to theeemagnasite plant fire. On Oct. 17, the Erma company rsponded to a car fire, reported two miles north on the Garden State Parkway, but, Van Mourik said, it was out by the time firefighters arrived. On Oct. 31, the firemen washed down the scene of an auto accident in Cold Spring Firemen conducted a latter drill, Oct. 17, at Lower Cape May Regional High School, the chief continued. On Oct. 12, they held a joint fire prevention demonstration with Town Bank volunteers at Lower Township Consolidated School and on Oct. 24, the Erma firemen were fitted for new dress uniforms.

“It’D be the first time we’ve had uniforms in (eight) years,” Van Mourik concluded, noting that the new duds include caps, jackets and shoes. VILLAS. FIRE CHIEF George Costell reports three alarms answered in October, two less than September, six less than August. On Oct. 10, the firemen answered a call to Tampa Avenue for a propane beater fire. TTiey extracted an accident victim with The Jaws of Life, Oct. 19, on Seashore Road and responded that night to a smoke alarm report on Weber Avenue. • • • RECOUPERATING from a broken leg. Chief Kevin Hart of the Lower Township Rescue Squad expected a walking cast this week bft three more months of liitpted mobility. Squad reports for October will be released later this month, Hart said, while summarizing September's statistics: The squad answered 219 caUs in September including 129 emergenices. The emergencies included 12 heart attacks, 19 auto accidents, three strokes, two fires and 93 miscellaneous calls. Squad members also Tnade 88 transportation calls, and two nonemergency miscellaneous runs. Hart reported. Lt. Ben Church reported 248 calls in August. 272 in July and 261 in June. Emergencies accounted for 151 of the August calls. Of those, 11 were heart attacks, four were strokes and 21 were auto accident calls, he said. • • • The rescue squad Ladies Auxiliary will hold its monthly luncheon, Nov. 17, at the squad building, Main and Alabama avenues, Villas, Anne Lewandowski, auxiliary member, announced. ANNE LEWANDOWSKI also serves as president of the North Cape May Senior Citizens’ Club. The club, she reported will hold its Christmas luncheon, Dec. 5, at last year's confidential location. • • • THE LOWER Township Rotary Club plans a Christmas Parade Dec. 10 at 7 p.m. Hie parade will proceed from the Breakwater Shopping Plaza south on Bayshore Road to the North Cape May Shopping Centeer. Prizes of $100, $50 and $25 will be awarded with trophies for winners in seven categories: commercial floats, marching units religious, fire and rescue, comic, youth groups and special areas. A $200 grand prize will be awarded the best entry. Applications are available at Langon's Pharmacy, North Cape May, and Church’s Nursery, Erma, or by caUing 886-2716 or 884-3771. • • • “A NIGHT AT the Capers,’’ 8 p.m., Nov. 15, will support fund-raising for the Capers Marching Band of Lower Cape May Regional High School. Cold Spring The event will be held in the high school auditorium off Route 9.

BECAUSE OF the Thanksgiving holiday. Regional's Board of Educa tion will hold its monthly meeting on Nov. 17 at 8 p.m. in the high school library. LOWER TOWNSHIP’S Board of Education plans a discussion of state regulations and local procedures for implementing district goals and standards during the board’s 8 p.m. meeting, Nov 16, in the Lower Township Consolidated School library. Seashore and Ferry roads, Cold Spring. Annual reports and evaluations of the district schools, needs assessments and implementation plans will be aired along with talks on the basic skills test and other topics

ALVA CORSON, a former sixth grade teacher at Consolidated who died Sept 26, was remembered Sunday at the Lutheran Home in Ocean View with a -piano recital by one of her

students, Lanny Quidley. • • • STEPHEN K. SORRELS. a Trenton State grad from McKee City, joined the township recreation department staff Friday. Hired for $12,100 a year by the township committee Wednesday, Sorrels will replace Bob Lincoln as men and boy's supervisor. William Brown, recreation superintendent, recommended a $13,000 annual salary with a hike to $14,000 in January but Claudia Kammer. township clerk, confirmed the top salary for the position is $12,100. The committee, said Mayor Peggy Bieber bach, can reconsider Sorrels’ pay in January.

Betrothed AVALON - Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Gangloff Sr., of 168 10th St. and Maple Shade, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Kathleen Susan, to Mason G. Pope of Stone Harbor and North Carolina.

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