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■ By LIBBY DEMP FORREST I JULY IS MOVING ON, a victim of the B season's passing. What is it about sumB mer that makes it seem here one moIB ment, gone the next? One of the thing's ■ we don't like about July's deepening is ■ the decline of bird song. Dawn comes a ■ half hour later than it was at the summer |B solstice, just a few weeks ago. The points !■ of sunrise and sunset are creeping slowly ■ but surely southward each day. H ■ As July declines, the bird songs will be ■ closing down. Less than half a dozen ■ songsters' will join in the morning chorus ■ and after next week there will be no mor- ■ ning chorus. On the other hand, there will ■ be constant music in the air both day and ■ night by the late July insect chorus. We'll ■ tell you more about that next week. I^H * ♦ ■ Trivia is one of our favorite subjects. ■ We can talk about nothing for hours. We ■ also love nostalgia. We like to remember ■ crazes of the past. The best places to ■ discuss trivia is on a beach or on a porch H or at an outdoor cookout. Under these cir- ■ cumstances, people are willing to listen ■ to almost anything, no matter how ■ boring. , , , H We have an old redwood table in the ■ backyard that has seen its share of ■ cookout meals, lounging children and M leapfrog contests. When parents buy out- ■ door furniture with one purpose in mind, ■ it seemrthe youngsters often convert it to ■ something else. fl * * * ■ When it comes to Dining Out, here are U some places we'd like to share with you : ■ LAYRE'S Layre's has one of the most i'B picturesque locations in the county, at B Delaware Parkway and the Beach in the ■ villas, and it has always been a reliable. ■ family-owned and operated restaurant ■ where customers enjoy outstanding ■ specials. ■ Open daily, Monday thru Saturday ■ from 4:30 and Sunday at 1:30, the ■ welcome mat is an honest tradition at ■ Layre's. We brought the whole family ■ there last weekend (the family gets ■ sizable during the summer) and ■ everybody found something to their likIBing. We always come for the famous Soft _„]■ Shell Crabs, served Fried or sauteed. ■ Hubby likes to choose from one of the {■Pennsylvania Dutch treats (he enjoyed ■ the Dutch. Stuffed Baked Chicken Breast ■with a- big pitcher of old-fashion gravy, ■dha lot more). IBtYuIv. one of the ereats of the County.

f YESTERDAY'S. Yesterday's sounds like an intriguing name for a restaurant — so we drove there the other day to investigate just what Yesterday's is all , about. Located'on Roosevelt Blvd., Mar- • mora (Exit 25 of the Garden State Parkway), it is open seven days a week for luncheon and dinner The menu offered plenty of choices and our only dilemna was to choose. After much deliberation, we asked for The Barnyard, a cutlet of white chicken breast deep fried and golden brown, topped with grilled ham and melted Cheddar

cheese, tomato and a deffcious sauce, B V served on a Kaiser roll. It was fantastic B u Next time we intend to try the B » Homemade Potato Skins, said to be in- B credible. Pleasant atmosprfere too t j i n DRAGON HOUSE CHlj&jE. It's been ■ a quarter anniversary s^Bthe Dragon B House Restaurant first «#ftd its doors B ... Located at the corner of BFific and Lin- B coin Avenues, Wildwood.^ks one of the B most famous Oriental reaBurants along B the Jersey shore — it's always been a B great favorite of ours tffiee we first B discovered it some years back. Wi The Dragoh House serves Cantonese, H Mandarin and Szechuan food — and B makes each with great individuality and B care. We consider the chef an pxpert at ■ pleasing the palate when we have a yen B for authentic Chinese foods [A popular B gathering place for locals as well as vaca- ■ tioners and conventioneers, the Dragon ■ House is an outstanding choice for lovers B of first rate Chinese food 13 * * * iEfff > BELLEVUE TAVERN. An old- ■ fashioned country tavern located on a I tnain thoroughfare, the Bellevue Tavern B at 7 South Main Street, Cape May Court ■ House makes those old-fashioned tavern B sandwiches that people used to come to B expect. H The Bellevue still makes them the way ■ the country places during the old days us- ■ ed to fix. with plenty of cold cuts, cheeses ■ and thick breads Open for lunch from 11 ■- to 3 and during the evening from 6 to 11. I the Bellevue makes a nice stopping off H place for a cool beverage on a hot after- B noon Even on a sizzling afternoon, the ■ Bellevue is a peaceful, pleasant place to H wile away an hour or so. * * * 5 THE BACK YARD. Doesn't the Back H Yard sound like a place you'd enjoy on a ■ hazy lazy day at the seashore? It is — I plus more so Located at 222 81st Street, ■ Stone Harbor, it's open daily from 11:30 H a.m. to 8:30 p.m to cover you during H quick snack times that come frequently H during the long days of summer i Enjoy cheese steaks, hoagies. ham- H burgers, hot dogs, delicious friend I chicken, French frie s, fried onion rings, I and homemade soups and salads made H daily The salads are a favorite of ours. B] Take out service is available — telephone ■ 368-2627 and save yourself the bother of I homemade meals on hot summer days* I

County Calendar Item far COUNTY CALENDAR MUST be RECEIVED THE THURSDAY PRIOR TO PUBLICATION Send thetn to Libby Demp Forrot. P.O. Box 00. Cope May Court Houae. N.J 0K10 WEDNESDAY, JULY 18 Lefty Ervin Basketball Clinic. 10th & Central Ave , Wildwood, thru July 20. Luncheon by Lower Township Rescue .Squad Auxiliary. , at Squad headquarters. Main St. & Georgia ave . Villas, 12 noon "The Colonial Garden at the New Jersey Shore." twilight tour Learning's Run Garden and Colonial Farm (info 465-5871 >, Rt 9, Swainton, 6 30 p.m Twilight lecture/tour to the East Coast's oldest heron rookery (info 368-1211), from Wetlands Institute to Stone Harbor Bird Sanctuary between 111th and 116th Sts and 3rd ave. Slide talk by Anne Galh on Great Blues and Other Wading Wonders" follows at Wetlands Institute. 7 p.m. Duplicate Bridge, every Wednesday, unfo 368-1421), firehouse, Stone Harbor. 7:30 p.m. "Diving for Treasure and Artifacts along the Coast and Rivers" talk by Giles Fox, Dennisville Historial Society, at Dennisville Methodist Church, 7:30 p.m Cape May Coast Guard Training Center Band, free con(Page 31 Please)