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Contest Scheduled

CAPE MAY - Gingerbread houses in “gingerbreaded” Victorian Cape May seem appropriate at Christmastime especially, and so the County Art League and the MidAtlantic Center for the Arts plan a fun “contest” to make gingerbread houses for display at the Art League during the month of December. The contest is open to anyone who would like to try a hand making a gingerbread house. Houses should be delivered to the Art League, 1050 Washington St., either Monday, Dec. 5, or'Friday through Monday, Dec. 9 through 12, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Entries must be on a firm base, preferably wooden, not larger than three feet square. The gingerbread house may be any height or shape, of course. The name, address, and telephone number of the maker of the house should be included on a card along with the entry. The gingerbread houses

Sale Slated For Parade W. CAPE MAY-A rummage sale for the benefit of the community Christmas parade will be held at Borough Hall Friday and Saturday. Donation of used items for the rummage sale is sought. The committee is also seeking someone to head up a bus trip to a casino. Anyone interested is asked to call 884-4748 or 884-2727. Also needed are children to deliver house to house information about the parade. Earlier, the committee raised $952 at the third annual spaghetti dinneer, held in September at McGlade’s Mansion House. The Christmas parade, a tradition in the borough, is scheduled for Dec. 3.

Yule Bazaar

VILLAS — The Women of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Bayshore Ed. and Washington Ave., will hold their Christmas bazaar 10 a.m. Dec. 3 in the Social Room. light lunch will be served.

Food Sale, Bazaar Set

CAPE MAY - The Annual Bazaar and Food Sale given by the Episcoal Church Women of the Church of the Advent will be held starting 9 a.m. Dec. 3, in the Parish Hall, 612 Franklin St. There will be all kinds of food, cakes, pies, salads, bread and cookies, as well as a special Christmas table, fancy table, and white elephant table.

will be on display at the Art League from Dec. 9 until Dec. 30, when those attending the annual Candlelight House Tour will “vote” for the prize-winning house. The prize will be a basket of cheer to help celebrate New Year’s Eve, donated by the merchants of Cape May. For more information on the contest, contact Joan Wells at 884-8702 or the MAC office at 884-5404.

OCEAN CITY - Santa will arrive in Ocean City Dec. 3 amid much fanfare but he will have to share the spotlight with Resort International’s “Rich the Robot”, who will be grand marshal of the city’s Christmas parade. The popular mechanical man will lead the march and converse with onlookers in a pleasant, computerized voice. The parade begins 2 p.m. at 6th and As bury Ave. and concludes at 10th and Asbury. Following the march, Santa will be hauled by a

team of Siberian Husky dogs back to City Hall, where he will greet youngsters and distribute stockings full of candy. Rich the Robot will accompany Santa and entertain those waiting in line to talk things over with the jolly old elf. THE PARADE will feature floats, the Ocean City High School Band, “Hobo Band" from Pitman, "Sunshine Boys Banjo Band” and “Bowink the Clown.” A contingent of antique autos will carry Kathy Adams, Miss Ocean

City, and members of local government. The city’s new trolley bus will also clang its way over the parade route along with a futuristic car, “The Litestar,” which is being marketed by Ocean City residents and was seen recently on Channel 3’s “Evening Magazine.” The Retail Merchants Association, sponsors of the parade with the city, announced that Santa Land will be located at Stainton’s Department Store, 8th and Asbury Ave. for the holiday season.^ Santa will be

available Monday through Thursday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.; Friday, 1 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8p.m.; Saturday, 10a.m. to noon and 1 to 4 p.m. A mailbox for letters to the North Pole will be set up outside of Stainton’s. Santa will do his best to answer all correspondence

St. Joseph PTA Bazaar

SEA ISLE CITY - St. Joseph's PTA will sponsor its annual Christmas bazaar Saturday, Dec. 3 at the school auditorium, 44th St. and Central Avenue There will be lots to see and do for all ages. Pictures with Santa, homemade table, Christmas items, plants, fruits, nuts, arcade games, hair cutting and lunch. It all starts at 10 a.m. The PTA will sponsor its third annual fall reunion with the fabulous Grease Band 9 p.m.-2 a.m., Satur day, Dec. 10, at the Wildwood Convention Hall. A Cash bar and kitchen will be available. Please, no BYOB allowed. Tickets can be obtained by calling 263-3202, 967-3067 or 967-3699. Must be 21 or older to attend.

Puppets To Present ‘Wizard’

COURT HOUSE - Sponsored by the Middle Township Recreation Department, a musical adventure into the Land of Oz awaits the ypungsters when Nicolo Coppola's Puppetworks Co. appears Saturday, Dec. 3, at Elementary School 3. Technically, this is one of the Puppetworks’ most ambitious efforts in many years of producing for Children’,s Theatre. The marionettes are specially articulated to provide a human flexibility, and stylized to fit the fantastic elements in the story of the Wizard of Oz. f No advance tickets will be sold for this performance. Doors will open for tickets at 12:30 p.m. with curtain time scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Call the Recreation Office at 465-3520 for directions or additional information.

Theatre Trip By Auxiliary

AVALON - The Stone Harbor — Avalon Branch of the Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will hold a theatre party at the South Jersey Regional Theatre in Somers Point Dec. 15. The program will be a Christmas Carol" Reservations must be made by Dec 1. Call 967-4489 or 368-5415.

Helping Hand For The Holidays

u the thiT * - Tear - brt " M ' n ThinkAgiving and CSriatma*. that Tb, HeraM k The Lantern has compiled a list of the needs of various orcaniiatioas throughout the county, publishing it with the hope that people will res pood to a call form within - to help others This is not by any means a comprehensive list of all the organizations in Cape May County that work year round to assist people and animals who are hungry, sick, troubled or homeless. There are many people out of work, there are families with no place to live, there are overwhelming medical problems. There are people who are looelv and would enjoy a telephone call, a package, a simple letter. Money is always needed. But. even lacking monev. there are things manv of ns can do that cost little Things, yes. that may lake some Ume. A drive to deUver something. A walk to a home where there is trouble. An hour or two. or a day now k then to listen, to leach, to offer a Helping Hand. Included here are some worthwhile organizations, which can use help this holiday season. There are many others when one starts to think about them too. — The Herald k The-Lantern

Thanksgiving is a truly American holiday, adopted by families who come from many homelands to share the bounty of our land Ideally, there is a place/or everyone at the Thanksgiving table But. even in this land of plenty, there are many whose Thanksgiv ing will serve as a reminder o/their hunger -/or/ood. or family, or friends. There are many people In Cape May County who will be alone on Thanksgiving, not by choice, but circumstance Last year the doors of many county homes were opened to recruits om the Coast Guard base who joined at Thanksgiving dinners where they were made welcome This goes on The elderly, the young, the homeless ought not to suffer deprivation in our county of abundance Do you know someone who will be alone on Thanksgiving day? Is there something you can share or cook or bake for someone else? Some time you can give away? — Libby Demp Forrest

AMERICAN RED CROSS 10 Main Street Cape May Court House. N.J. 08210

465-7382

Ag^thu yew tbeAmehcan Red Groaa. Gape hiay County Chapter, with the cooperation of the U.S. Coast Guard recruit training center in Cape May, will conduct "OperaLon Fireside." Cape May County real dents who would like to host Coast Guard recruits for Christmas dinner are asked

to call the Red Cross office — ~ '

46S-73*2 or Mist Reiss at SM-lSff7 and leave a name and telephooe

Many of the young men and women in uniform are away from home for the first time in their hyet, and after six or seven weeks of training they enjoy the friendliness and leisure of a holiday

dinner with families who treat them as warmly as their own

The Red Cross continues to seek blood donors, and will conduct three Bioodmobiles during December - from J to 7 p.m. on the 21st at the Methodist Social Hall, in Cape May Court Howe < i&» donors are needed). 1 to € p.m. on December 29, at the Cape May Care Center, on Rt. 9. and 2 to 7 pjn. December 30 at the Tuckahoe Fire Hall According to Mrs. Gertrude D Yesgosh ExecuLve Director of the county chapter, both O negative k O positive Mood are in critical short supply The "gift of life" is one of the finest gifts one human being can give to another

CAPE MAY COUNTY OFFICE ON AGING

Social Services Bldg., P.O. Box 22

Rio Grande, N.J. 08242

886-2784

Readers gave "a bountiful repsonse" to last year s listing of the Office on Aging, according to Mrs. Ann Zahora, executive director Many people throughout the county found countless ways to bring some cheer into the lives of sick and lonely senior citizens Some people brought warm sweaters to the Office on Aging; others fixed Thanlogiving and Christmas meals for people too old to prepare a holiday meal for themselves Other people gave little gifts such as cooked food and personal items, warm socks and scarves All these things are needed this holiday season too Families who are able to take an old person into their home and share a holiday dinner are especially sought by the Office on Aging. Otherwise, many old people will spend this holiday alone without even someone nearby to wish them a merry Christmas Brought to you in the spirit of the season by the s^HeraU - “LAHTERNf