Herald & Lantern 11 April '84

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Exciting news for Avalonians: The Rock n Chair, as such, has rocked its last rock. It was purchased by John Robertson, Ernie Yarborough. Allen Bergar and David Von Savage and is undergoing extensive alterations under the watchful eye of Richard Lavin. noted restaurateur and owner of Lavin's on 39th Street in New York. He has been put in •charge of everything: Acquiring an excellent chef , interior'decoration; menu; music and staff; and all innovations. All dining facilities will be on the first floor, in the former Little Chair, and will be called the Golden Marlin Cafe serving gourmet food; former Top of the Rock will be a super-posh lounge featuring top-named trios and sophisticated, subdued jazz combos Downstairs the original *\building will be converted to a cabaret offering among other innovations: a fine-wine bar. more bigname bands and on Mon day nights present a night of big-band sounds. The name of the new place to be

seen and enjoyed is Avalon Cabaret, Inc. at 2409 Dune Dr., Avalon. Bet we’ll see you there soon THE STORM OF ’M wreaked a lot of damage and sorrow in the area so the humor of the following true story may escape many people — it fractured us. A certain resident of the borough left town before the beautification of 96th Street started. She rushed down last weekend, to find oui how much, if any, damage her property had suffered. On her way to lunch she bumped into a local merchant and said. "This is frightful; 4 can’t believe what has happened to 96th Street!” The gent was quick to realize what had happened and said sorrowfully, "Yes. I know, but just wait ’til you see what happned to Hahn's." For those of our readers who are unaware of what's been going on in mid-town Stone Harbor. Hahn's historic restaurant has been sold and was deliberately demolished a few days before the storm.

Mews Notes from-

Seven Mile Beach MTIIpn Rowland 368-2294

AsoT March 31. Franklin McClure, president of the Hot Stove League, officially moved the League to Pidge McClure’s Gulf Station at Rle. 9 and Shellbay Road in Mayville, CMCH. •All former members are cordially invited to meet there, especially Doc Keen Smithgall. venerable parliamentarian, of the

group.

Alice and Scott Danielsof 95th Street and Gracine McMenamy of 100 Street recently teamed up to

that rivals a showroom at Bloomingdale's. At the urging of many friends he now has his own upholstery business with a long list of waiting customers already. AT THE INCEPTION of Keeping in Touch (KIT) in Stone Harbor under the guidance of Mr. John McMenamy. she and Ruthie Blair (who cochairs the Arts and Crafts Show Under the Tent with her husband Ernie) went to County Human Services Coalition to make their ser-

throw a cocktail bash at the vices known and offer Daniels' home. Scott is a ./assistance -to residents of

retired business executive from Bridgeton who. on moving down hert. took advantage of the county’s career-building courses at the Vo-Tech School at Crest Haven. Whatever Scott does, he does well. He practiced by turning their own living-room into a place

Prosecutor to Probe Hy-Land Sewer Link-

(From Page 1) we have a moral obligation to the public to check into this." The sewer line to Hy-Land reportedly runs from a line laid for Romney Associates which plans a 19-home subdivision called Romney East on portions of Crest Road and East Romney Place The motel is owned by Thomas J. Repici. Realtor with Avalon Real Estate's Court House office. REPICI ALSO IS a partner in Romney Associates He refused to talk to the Herald about Romney or the sewer line. His partners in Romney are not known, but minutes of the Middle Township Sewerage Commission link Court House attorney Frederick W. Schmidt Jr And Sewerage Commission member Michael Vistenzo said he understands that Avalon Real Els late Realtors William H. Touzour Jr. and David J. Kerr also were

partners

Repici. Schmidt. Tozour and Kerr make up the partners in Holly Associates, owner of aq eight-acre tract on Magnolia Drive. They have asked the Sewerage Commission fpr permission to run a sewage line to Magnolia that would facilitate a 147-bed

nursing home on the property

■ HOSPICOMM INC. of Philadelphia has agreed to purchase 24 acres of the land for a nursing home. Court House Convalescent Center, contingent upon availability of city sewage and all necessary permits. Repici, Schmidt, Tozour and Kerr have not returned phone calls from the Herald. Repici last week specifically declined to answer when asked if he had connected the motel to the sewer line. And the Sewerage Commission has refused-for the last week

to make its records available.

Sewerage Commission and Middle Township officials seem unclear about when apd how the commission was fonris__si | ed. when and how members are picked,

etc.

Commission Secretary- Helen Westcott directed questions to Commission Solicitor John L. Ludlam.'He did not return the Herald's phone calls. He also is solicitor

commission members serve without pay. . THE COMMISSION S third member, and the one with the most day-to-day contact with the sewage business, is Vistenzo. He was fully cooperative prior to last week’s edition of the Herald, but has been unavailable since then Vistenzo had denied any knowledge of a sewer hookup from. Romney East to the

Hy-Land Motel.

Palermo contractor F. Wayne Shawl, who laid the sewer'lines, told the Herald last week that his work included a six-inch sewer lirte to the motel A1 Herman, consulting engineer who designed the sewer system for Romney Elast. said the design did not include a line

to the Hy-Land

He said the line wasjiir tested about Jan. • 3 or 4 and tested properly, indicating there was no line to the motel at that time. His fee. paid by Romney Elast. but through the commission, was about $3,000.

he said.

MIDDLE TOWNSHIP officials have

stressed that they do no believe they have

responsibility for the commission "It’s a totally independent entity." said

township solicitor Bruce Gorman “It's under review, but we do not believe the

township has direct jurisdiction." ‘We have nothing to do with it." said Middle Township municipal clerk George

H. Simpkins.

He said the sewer district was "created" by Congress." but he added that the township in 1936 "passed a resolution to

allow sewer work."

ipkins said he believed the commjsjeld an election every February. YOlf VOLL distributed a news Monday saying "The Township littee has no jurisdiction whatever the Middle Township Sewer Commis-

DistricJiNo. 1.”

ie also called the commission members outstanding citizens of our township" and

urged, “I would hope that no one in Middle Township would prejudge this matter until

we have all the facts." \ He concluded^ "Additionally, the matter

for the city of Cape May and the Wildwood . will he placed btfore the Middle Township

Crest Planning Board. Mrs. Westcott’s husband, Leroy, a commission member, could not be reached for comment. COMMISSION PRESIDENT John >M. Ludlam, first cousin to solicitor John L. Ludlam, said he has been on the board since 1957. He said he was elected, but could not recall when . He said the commission was created by "a special act of the New Jersey Legislature" in the late 1930s. Mrs. Wescott said the commission was created by the WPA. a federal agency in the '30s. \ She said its members wert\elected by the people and- have been in office for

years.

"We don’t have an election for commission unless they drop dead," she said. “We don’t change commissioners. W^’re lucky we have them for free." John M. Ludlam also pointed out that

Board of Health V insure that the health and welfare of the people of Middle

Township are not jeopardized. ”

TTie Romney ELast Hy-Land issue surfaced as a part of a Herald investigation into the sewage treatment plant capacity. It has a 100.000-gallon-a-day capacity, according to the DEP and commission. Its February average flow was 73.000 gallons, according to plant operator Walt Turnier The Romney Associates subdivision would add 5,700 gallons a day, the Hy-Land Motor Inn 1,600 gallons, according to DEP estimates. That would come on top of a potential 13.800-gallon increase from the new- addition to Burdette Tomlin Memorial

Hospital.

The Court House Convalescent Center and Jamesway Plaza (one line would serve both) would add an estimated 22.000 gallons a day. That would total more than 116,000 gallons.

Stone Harbor who might need them. '

Since the group was new.

the board decided hot to over-extend its capabilities and confine activities to its own borough. The low pro file it decided to keep 'is

rapidly disappearing Ruthie Blair received a

phone call from New Ocleans from a woman who wanted someone in this area to look in on her mother in SIC. Ruth explained this was really beyond KIT s geographical boundaries, but promised to take it before the Board. In the meantime, she called a friend in SIC. asked her to look in on the caller 's mother and wrote the w oman a reassuring letter For a small group of women all we can say is

/’You've come a long way. ladies ". Michele Conklin of Avalon reports that the basketball varisty struggle between Avalon and Stone Harbor schools was a hairraiser The Stone Harbor Sharks were ahead but the Avalon Gems were persistent and with the help of star players Dave Wilson. David Gorelick and Ron Hudanich they won the. game 37-32 The closeness of the final score best explains the excitement which prevailed. Jason Campbell reported that, the "Celtics 10 And Under" beat the “Sea Isle Nets'' by 4 to 3 and this was the last game before the championship Two cliff hangers in a row — we wonder which were the more excited. parents or the players? ONE OF THE happiest portends of spring happened last week when a knock came at the door and it turned out to be Harriet. Rick and Ricky III Zuccato in his carriage It was the first time we'd met the newest member of the family who own our favorite store. Bud’s Market at 83rd-Street and 3rd / Aveflpe Ricky now 4oGlw1fltehis dad who is a handsome hunk if you ever saw one. 1 We were also thrilled to see Rick (Mario Jr. for real). For some time he has been plagued by constant back pain and nobody could diagnose the pro^ blem. This winter he went to Dr. Eugene Spitz's

Hospital in Morton. Pa. The CAT scanner at the clinic picked up umpteen things wrong with his spine, according to Harriet. and Dr Spitz corrected them with surgery Now Rick is walking tail again and has almost recovered totally We have been fans of Dr. Spitz ol Stone Harbor for some years since be owned a hospital on Broad Street in Philadelphia and cured a dear friend. George Lee Steward of Northeast River Yacht Club % Happy filfc for the gals Our hair looked so awful last week that .careful • mothers snatched their children indoors as we passed walking Long Louie. Once again our spouse was considering Reno and it was a Monday We tried Mary of Michael and Mary without success then let our fingers do the walking. We called Kathv’fc Hair Port at 3918 Landis Ave.. S I C Eureka! Barbara was the operator on duty and she does nice styling The place is immaculate and attractive, so no more blue Mondays for * us • • • In the March issue of American Legion Magazine we read a suggestion made by Henry E. I-eabt) which sounds so senible we can't unders land why some legislator hasn't tried to put in into practice. It is Uiis: “A simple but sure solution to the high school dropout pro blem would be to require a diploma of all automobile drivers.”'

Enrollment Lag Continues-

(From Page 1) compared to 127 last September. . KISLTER SAID the high school preregistration — ^figures supplied by home schools — should reach "about the same as last year." ( And he said the post secondary w-ill increase over next year because "we're going to get more involved in marketing and be more vigorous and more aggressive " However, because of a legislative requirement that teachers be informed byApril 30 if they'll have a job next year, the . vo-tech school board last week agreed that five teachers will have to be given notice THAT INCLUDES one of two instructois in carpentry-cabinet making, and instructors in dental assistant, electrical trades, electronic equipment repair and graphic arts. Programs in upholstery' and word processing/typing also are slated to be

Vo-Tech, College-

(From Page 1) college has been an issue since the freeholders optedfor a vo-tech school instead more than ZD years ago. It is a recurrent election' issue with Democratic challengers faul’ing incumbent Republicans for the lack of a college The GOP’s position has been that the county is too small to support a college, and it would be too-costly. "The expense of building and maintaining a campus is klways cited. Instead, the county reimburses local students an amount equivalent to the feethe colleges charge nonresident students That way., local students can attend com* munity colleges at the same cost as residents of those counties But the cost of that reimbursement has climbed from $420,000 in 1982 to $704,000 in 1183 to an estimated $940,000 this year. The county has said part of that burgeoning cost is due to abuse by noncounty residents who attend courses while vacationing in the county. To make that more difficult, the county has tightened eligibility requirements this year, requiring students to prove county residency with both a New Jersey driver's license and a voter registration card.

eliminated, but those two teachers were already planning to retire. Proposed programs that will not start unless enrollment climbs include propertymaintenance. hotel-motel management, buildftigs and grounds, and- small engines/manne mechanics Vo-Tech has about 50 teachers. Kisller said There are no plans to reduce the number of administrators or support personnel. he said. The district's staff has been reduced by more than 20 over the last several years, from about 108 to 83 THE DISTRICT-mingles high school and post-secondary students in the same classes and never knows until September how many pupils will be attending classes "We’re five months away from hard figures." said Kistler. pointing out that stale aid is based on Sept 30 enrollment He said his goal is to have post secondary students make up 30 percent of the enrollment. This year they make up about 16 percent. KISTLER SAID no programs have been definitely eliminated and enrollments will continue to be accepted until next fall “Some people only get excited when they think there isn’t room,'' he said. Vo-Tech's $2.76-million 1984-85 budget, approved by county freeholders Feb 14. had estimated a 34 percent enrollment increase in the next school year, from 468 FTEIs (full-timeequivalents) to628 The county pays 64 percent of that budget and the count's Superior Court judge appoints the/vo-tech board of education The school plans to offer the following programs next year: Adult beauty culture, high school beauty culture, heating, ventilating and air conditioning. auto body, auto mechanics, baking. building trades, plant and animal science, employment orientation programs Quality foods production, medical ass is -4anl, practical nursing, service station, welding, cooperative industrial education programs, communications and media occupations. skilled service occupations. Construction occupations, health and medical careers, nurse aide, mechanical - occupations, power mechanics, com mericial art, marine environmental occupations. child care assistant, environmental occupations and culinary arts/cooking.