/- 20 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 19 June '85

If Retiring Before 65, File Early Anyone who plans to retire before his or her 65th birthday should apply for monthly Social Security benefits no later than the fqst day of the month the benefits are to begin. Del Brooks. Social Security manager in WUdwood. said recently "Benefits payable for months before 65 can begin no earlier than the month the person applies." Brooks said. "In general, a person who applies for benefits after reaching 65 can get back payments for up to six months before the month he or she applies for retirement or survivor benefits; however. the person can apply up to three months before the month he or she wants benefits to start " This will help assure that the first payment will be received on time. Broods said More information about Social Security benefits can be obtained at the Wildwood .Social Security Office, located at 136 E SpicerAve The telephone number is 800-272-1111. Free applications are available which '111

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Thursday. June 20. sounds promising: We are going to 1 the County Chamber of r Commerce luncheon at Golden Inn from noon 'til 2 ' p.m. then we'll drive to the ' new Seaview Welcome and Information Center in the . service area on Garden State Parkway. Mile Post 18. From noon to 4 p.m. all chamber members are in1 vited to an open house 1 This center aids 100.000 | visitors annually, so local business persons should check it out early to find what advertising and promotion services are available to attract potential customers to their particular bailiwick. Cass Crawford of Ocean City is president of the Women's Auxiliary of the Holy Redeemer Visiting Nurse and Home and Health Agency on Rte. 9 in Swainton. The auxiliary is planning a humongous yard and bake sale June 22 to benefit Holy Redeemer at '76 House on the premises Anne Wise of SIC is publicity chairman of the benefit, which Marie Bowron of Ocean City is chairing This will be a super-super sale. Among the hundreds of items will be living room and bedroom furniture, organs, lamps, carpets, washers, dryers. TVs and stereos, flatware, many complete sets of china, cooking utensils, flatware. ovens and anything else you can think of but clothps. You can pick up

s something to spark your a own decor or furnish an enf tire rental property for I peanuts I Food will be available for : lunch breaks. Featured will 1 be Philadelphia pretzels, hot : dogs, home-baked cakes i and cookies and various t other nibblies. Hours for the I sale are 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Raindate for the event is June 29. i • • • I I.AST CHANCE to get I tickets for the L.C.W. Card I Party Wednesday. June 26. at noon in the splendid newParish Hall of Our Saviour Lutheran Church at 289 92nd St. If you didn't get to the open house the day the facility was dedicated, you'll be amazed by the change! When it comes to food, those Lutheran Church Women outdo themselves. They say •'refreshments"*, so count on five extra pounds at your next weighin. Prizes aplenty for winners and please bring your own cards. You can still make a reservation by calling Joann MacVaugh at 368-1226. GOT YOUR plans firmed up for a fabulous Fourth yet? If not, get with it! Pat and Jack Fitzpatrick have been running the show sponsored by Stone Harbor Chamber of Commerce for years with an enthusiastic and capable crew of volunteers. Practice makes perfect and they schedule one exciting event after another.

almost non-stop, all day long. Early events are mainly for those with the longest staying power, 'some are planned for those with an artistic bent and imagination i.e.. decorated bikes and sand sculpture; and others with athletic ability will be attracted by competitions calling for natural or developed skills. FOR THOSE who don't want to be in on the action just cheering a participant on to a win is a thrill. Particularly if the contestant is your child, your guest, your neighbor or your spouse. Watch for a listpf all events, with times given for registration, soon, and plan family meals around them. The safe, happy days always winds up with everyone taking their families and folding chairs to the 96th Street parking lot, where the Cape May County Park Commission erects a bandstand for the popular Serena ders to entertain us musically, each year. Listening to this orchestra beats any Broadway show, gets unwilling dancers performing in public and lends shy singers operatic voices for one great evening under the stars. WE'D JUST settled for a quiet evening at home Sunday. June 9, when a good buddy called to tell us about the excitement at Lou Bachman's Smuggler's Cove, 370 83rd St.. right around the corner from us. ■n Sunday was the day of Lou's ' annual shark-fishing tournaJ ment. boats had just come j in and fish were being officially weighed. Three formerly fierce denizens of the deep had been caught and were being weighed. AH three were Makos, the second most deadly species (worst are the Great Whites). Winner of the $500 first prize was Capt Craig Otton on the Bahama Mama, who boated a 153-pounder; second was Capt Robert DeBaisser on the Red Hots, who got a 143-pounder, and third prize went to Gregory Miller, also on Bahama Mama who boated an 89-lb biggie That's plenty big enough for i us — Makos can weigh as 1 much as 1,000 pounds! 1 Wouldn't you like to be a 1 winner too*' Everybody < down here says "There's not 1 enough for young people to I do". Lou Bachman does i something about it. On June 29 he sponsors his sixth Annual Take-a-Kid Fishing Contest. There are classes for two age groups: 5-10 years and 11-15 inclusive. Young anglers must sign in advance, so for more information call Lou at 368-1700. Both boys and young men will be thrilled by number and quality of the many prizes available. 1 including fine rods and reels. • • • ( WE MISSED out on one of ] Stone Harbor's biggest and ] most convivial parties of the ( season June 7 but an unim- | peachable source gave us a | glowing account "It was a < dilly! Everybody in town j was there but you two and t you were missed. Arlene i Sternbergh tried to phone f you but nobody answered " |

It just had to be great. Scott and Alice Daniels. Charlie and Ethel Rudrauff and the Quentin Sternberghs teamed up to give a highflying fling in the Sandpiper Room of the Golden Inn. Lots of small tables decorated with beige linen and fresh flowers where guests sat to appreciate "the best crab-stuffed mushrooms and Rumaki you've ever tasted! Scott and Alice spent all winter organizing parties for Seniors; they didn't drop the ball when they were co-hosts either, it seems. BOARD MEMBERS of the Keeping in Touch group did themselves proud at the June 11 reception given for their friends at the Wetlands Institute. That breathless view of the wildlife preserve was almost outdone by indoor elegance. The pale lemon and lacecovered buffet was laden with gleaming silver and exotic foods, i.e., glazed walnuts by Mary Conwell. carved watermelon by Ruthie Blair, artichoke dip by Gracine McMenamy, brandied hot dogs by Marcelle deLaurentis, Grace Sheeran's baked ham carved with the KIT initials, Peg Grimes' crudites, Sara Brady's pim^heels and Alexandra Kokonis' stuffed pumpernickel, to name a few. Flowers were arranged by Jo Levison and Anne Townley and all ingredients for a successful party were donated by members or generous merchants. . Music was supplied by the S.H. Seniors' own orchestra Herman Siri, Harry Stohmelz and Ray deLaurentis. Transporta tion and muscle supplied by: deLaurentis, Rowland and Strohmetz Entertainment by: Anne Townley, Sara Brady. Alexandra Kokonis and a member of the transportation committee who did the jitterbug. We sat with Eliza Harbage. Bob Yeomans. our spouse and Alan Marlor, who admits to "pushing 97 pretty good" Alexandra Kokonis. KIT prexy, made a brief speech thanking contributors of energy and tangibles and then presented past president and founder of Keeping in Touch, Gracine McMenamy, with an- engraved gavel and thanks of all members for service to the organization. STONE HARBOR Realty Owners' Assoc. president William Van Ness insisted that the audio system be perfect for the general membership meeting June 9 at the school and it was flawless For this reason it was the most interesting meeting we've attended since becoming residents. On arrival each member was given a slip to fill out stating gripes or questions for the principal speaker. Arden Hand. Van opened the meeting by detailing steps taken over the past six months by ROA civic betterment, including helping students in grades 5 thru 7 implant five thousand dune grass plugs in a 3-hour effort to prevent further beach erosion. He remarks about the

ROA questionnaire mailed to members brief to avoid f redundancies with the i mayor's speech. USING ANSWERS to the aforementioned questionnaire Mayor Hand addressed himself to worries comi mon to most members. Condos the No. 1 gripe: with tighter building restrictions the borough hopes to control proliferation. Inadequate beach control: stricter enforcement of existing ordinances and payment incentives made to beach inspectors should help. Parking problem : the mayor admitted additional space was a top priority and suggested possibility of a bus shuttle service between a lot confined to employe parking and employe's place of work. What use has been made from money derived from the sale of lots at the island's south end? MOST OF IT has been invested in high-yield securities; about $1 million has been expended for capital improvements, i.e., new trash impactors and sweeper, repairs to borough hall and replacement of furnishings therein. In answer to a request from the floor that the library be kept open until noon on Saturdays in summer, another member replied that this would be so starting in June and the mayor promised to look into the situation if this were not the case. We called the S.H. Library this morning and were told by librarian Lucille Ruddy there are no plans for staying open on weekends. Hours will remain the same. ONE MEMBER deplored residents not controling their dogs and reported an officer ignoring a request to take action. Chief James Sweitzer said that if anyone would give hm the badge number of any officer failing to take action he would deal with the situation promptly Another member was most concerned about the bad press given the borough annually by printing a report listing Stone Harbor as a high-crime area. Chief Sweitzer explained that, as many of us know, this absurdity comes about by basing the crime rate on the total winter population, which is tiny, and using the number of infractions which are reported year round with the vast majority being reported in summer when population becomes astronomically high. The same report equates bicycle thefts with armed robbery, which is ridiculous! Everyone we knowconsiders this "The safest place to live anywhere! " Mayor Hand concluded by saying "In 1989 the borough will be celebrating its 75th Anniversary and given a four-year start we should be able to come up with something pretty special."