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Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 22 May '85

"News Notes from Seven Mile Beach M'Ellen Rowland 368-2294

r The summer season officially opens Saturday with the Memorial Day parade of Stephen C. Ludlam Post 331 of the American Legion leaving 96th Street and Ocean Drive at 11:45 a.m. It's always a stirring event with the Legionnaires, the Auxiliary, State Police, National Guard, S.H. Garden Club, borough officials and the Middle Township High School Marching Band stepping out smartly to the Women's Civic Club on the beach, where Freeholder Ralph Evans wHl give an address. It's an emotional scene when memorial wreaths made by women of the auxiliary are rowed to sea in a lifeboat with the sound of a rifle salute to fallen heroes and taps sounding in the background to conclude the ceremony. HOPE YOUR grand children are coming next weekend. The Stone Harbor Rescue Squad is holding a benefit fun night at Harbor Place Play Park, 96th and 3rd Avenue, Saturday evening between 5 and 9:30 There will be demonstrations for parents in their areas so you won't get bored - we personally get enough fun watching the kids enjoy challenges. Children from Stone Harbor Elementary and preschool kids from Happy D^y Nursery are helping the Rescue Squad make the posters you see in store windows. This is a contest and prizes aill be given winners at Awards Night in June Names of awardees will appear later in this column Remember this night benefits the Rescue Squad.

Suzanne Walters phoned us today to be sure we reminded you the Bayberry Twigs, women's auxiliary of Burdette Tomlin Hospital, will be holding their 10th annual Antiques and Collectibles Show Saturday, 10 til 6 at Avalon's Community Hall. The Twigs are prepared to serve both lunch and supper in the Garden Cafe from 11 a.m. on. There will also be food available to take home. Soups, meatball sandwiches, quiches etc. may be bought for supper at home. MARK YOUR calendar now for June 5 from 1 p.m. til 5. The Avalon Garden Club will be holding its Blooms of June Flower Show in Community Hall and you may sip fruit punch while you see creative arrangements, roses, annuals, herbs and houseplants. Themes are: A La Carte, using wine bottles. and'Seafood Melange, employing seashells. There will also be a Junior Division. Competitors must be children or grandchildren of Garden Club members. Bonnie and Peter Atkinson. owners of Avalon Flowere and Garden Shop on Rte. 9 will again create a special garden at the entrance — it may equal last 1 year's but it'll never surpass it. No admission fee is 1 charged and any donations i are used for borough i plantings. t Ernie Blair called to tell | us he has opened up shop i for the sale of '85 beach i tags. If you stop and see ] Ernie now at his window on < the east side of the Police j AdministratiorTBuilding on i

95th Street you can save both time and money. Tags for the entire season cost $5 until June 1 ; after that they'll be $7, Same savings are now in effect in Avalon., too, in the small booth directly behind the Police Administration Building on Dune Drive at 30th Street. If you'd rather fish than * fight beach crowds the tide tables for '85 are now available at Seashore Home Supply, 260 96th Street, Stone Harbor. Sgt. and Mrs. Arthur Anderson have left for a dreamy vacation in Darmstadt, Germany. While there they'll be staying with their daughter and son in-law, Lt. and Mrs. Brian K. Lewis. Most of you will remember Art and Catherine's daughter better as Sharon Anderson, the brightie who was always winning awards and scholarships. She's using her smarts in Darmstadt too — while there she is teaching English at Boston College and shorthand at University of Texas (overseas divisions). Their older daughter Audrey couldn't make the trip, she's boning for finals. She's a second-year law student at Seton Hall College. Catherine is really in orThey're not going to miss a thing while there — they plan to go on to Munich, Sweden, Holland, visit Frankenstein's Castle and wind up with a cruise viewing castles on the

Rhine. Our tongue hangeth out! MAY 17 MEETING of the Stone Harbor zoning board was a continuation of the April meeting when the board heard the request for the variance of a permit granted for a single-family residence at the southeast end of 96th Street Bridge. This meeting was postponed for 30 days at applicant's request. County planning director El wood Jarmer attended the April session at the board's request to gain further insight in the matter. His was one of two letters read at the May meeting recommending denial of the variance because of inherent danger springing from greater density and . intensity at that spot. Vice chairman John Kokonos told listeners that an ordinance has been passed ruling that professional offices be treated as commercial space and requiring that each unit have an entrance fronting on a public street. Since this was not true of 20 proposed offices shown on plans submitted for the site the "application should be denied". CHAIRMAN Robert Wilson said he seriously questioned the intent of the applicant and moved that the variance be denied. The motion was seconded and the vote unanimous for denial. Approval was granted for a miniature golf amusement spot at 218 96th St. over three or four stored Mrs. Donald Hutchinso* and Wilson voted against this but lost. We should really keep track of how our appointed officials vote. The meeting was well attended, quiet and orderly. Thtj/hrder was commendable. the quiet deplorable. Asf usual our P A. system was inoperable or unaudible. "While a "Joint Committee" suggests saunas for SenioW-we suggest an adequate audio system. WE HAVE ALWAYS been enthusiastic about Sea Lions' Benefits for the Diller because they aid this island's proudest achievement. Now we've got a selfish reason too. Their May luncheon was held at Brennan's new restaurant at 9800 3rd Ave. It's so new the second floor dining room had been papered only the day before. Decor is subdued elegance. Framed watercolors by artists John Cleaveland, William B. Ressler and William Welsh line the walls and lend airy ambiance. We were greeted by owner Tom Brennan. looking distinguished in his dinner jacket with red tie and cummerbund, and his wife Carole. Carole's brother Mike Woodward is the other owner. This will be the "in" place to dine this summer. Food is top drawer, surroundings inviting and service superior. Peg Schaffer had saved us a place at her table with Ginny McHugh, June Miller and Norma Wilhelm. They're all Lionesses and were sporting their mandated gold

chrysanthemum ^pins. These benefits are' really the greatest! There was a geranium at each table for the gal whose birthday was closest, and each guest got a wrapped gift containing two vials of perfume and bath oil. We've never seen door prizes so enviable or plenteous. Four out of five of us won one. Mine was heavy Crane embossed notepaper, Peg got a bottle of Nina Ricci perfume and, seated behind us, Peg Johnson won a terrific shaded silk scarf. There must have been at least 140 prizes for 150 guests. Those odds we love. \ STYLES SHOWN by the Village Shop were fantabulous! Dramatic changes have come about. Hems are lower and so are waistlines. If you want to look like Krystal Carrington, Carol or Karen Diller. Carole Brennan or Bonnie Anzolone you've got — /to move up fashion-wise. Talented club prexy Marie Frappolli, who conceived and executed the annual program, told us the Diller Home hosts 20 blind children a week for 10 weeks in summer. Operating costs are $9500 a summer, a miracle in itself when one thinks of trained personnel, insurance costs etc. involved. The / home receives no state or federal funding. Expenses are paid by benefits and generous donations. No wonder these gals are so zealous! The v (ombola drawing climaxed the day. Last number drawn was for a $50 gift certificate at the Village Shop. Guess who had the winning ducat? | Moi, that's who. Just call me Krystal. FREEHOLDER William E. Sturm Jr. was principal speaker at Stone Harbor's C. of C. dinner meeting May 5 at Henny's. He delighted listeners, saying he had been reading minutes of '31 freeholders' meetings when the 96th Street Brid$£ was completed. The mayor, borough council and members of th& Realty Owners Assoc. and the Women's Civic Club attended the May Iheeting that year to ascertain when the bridge would open. They were told "We guarantee by Memorial Day. The day came and went ... the bridge opened July 17 and no one was lynched and no one will be this time." Nevertheless, Sturm said, "I'm going out on a limb and commit to you that the bridge will open Friday the 17tb of this month." This met with trills of relief and applause. Third Avenue will be resurfaced from 80th to 86th Street in 1985. Discussing effects of the casino industry, he said 3,000 people in the county have casino-related jobs and a $2 billion investment and 40,000 jobs are not going to go away. We just have to learn how to best live with it. His caveat was: $46 billion of your taxes are being used; you should keep a closer eye on how it's being spent. CIVIC responsibility chairman R. Jack Fitzpatrick reaffirmed Sturm's bridge report. He stated the 1185 tax rate would be

1.015 cents per $100 of assessed property value, an increase of cents over last year's rate, and in comments for the good of the chamber he responded for the chamber's executive committee to a charge made at a borough council meeting that "the chamber of commerce is nothing but a social organization." Fitzpatrick enumerated many ways in which the chamber promotes clean, attractive business areas, provides information for visitors through its office on 96th Street, helping more than 3,000 summer tourists find friends or family, goods for sale, medical assistance and • much more. THE CHAMBER prepares and distributes over 3,000 booklets listing shops, amusements and 1 available services. Merchants consider this an excellent way to advertise and use it extensively. The organization backs every philanthropic enterprise in the borough and constantly strives to involve the younger generation in projects to better the town. Lastly, the chamber assumes full responsibility, with the significant help of businesses and residents, for spending $4,500 to provide attractive events for all age groups and manysplendored, exciting and safe July 4 for residents and visitors. This was also the night for naming the chamber's choice for "Senior of the Year." Honored was an utterly astonished Peg Grimes of 95th Street. A resident of 60 summers and permanent resident for six years who belongs to many philanthropic organizations, Peg is a low-key limelight dodger who puts her expertise to work tirelessly for causes, organizations, enterprises and people she thinks need a helping hand. Helen Down of 7th Street Avalon, stopped by with Florence Coyle and Mike Wade on their way for a swim in Wildwood Crest. They wanted to show us a letter Helen had just received. In early May while gardening she found the remnants of a balloon with an attached tag bearing the name of its launcher. She immediately return- • ed the tag to its sender. Tiffany Ferry, with a long chatty note. An answer came this week from Tiffany's mother, Andrea. They live in Havertown, Pa., a suburb of Philadelphia. Tiffany is a 4th-grader at Annunciation BVM school, where the 300-balloon launching was held. An enclosed note frorfi Tiffany relates: hers traveled farthest so far as they know, was returned first and Helen's letter was read over the school's P A. system. Tiffany won a $15 prize with which she bought a Koosa (Cabbage Patch animal, not a kazoo). She also asked Helen to become her pen pal. Andrea Ferry is "an original South Jerseyite raised in Pleasantville" whose dad still lives in Mays Landing. She has one sister in Absecon, another in Linwood and has promised to bring Tiffany to meet the person who "certainly made.a little girl happy ."

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