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County Library by Kathleen Duffy

While sitting on the beach of getting ready for a relaxed weekend on the "boat" bring along a book to while away the time. The "sea story" or nautical fiction is especially popular this time of year but its roots go all the way back to Homer. The sea has always been one of the wellsprings of fiction — it is unfathomable, limitless in all directions, thus mysterious. The sea has many moods, some fierce and foreign. It can rage acTot Parade Set Aug. 9 CAPE MAY - The city will sponsor its third Annual Baby Parade Friday, Aug. 9. The parade will march off 11 a.m. Friday at Broadway and Beach Drive and proceed down Beach Drive to Convention Hall. Rain date will be Saturday, Aug. 10. The judging will be done in five separate categories again this year - Pretty Baby, Decorated Baby Carriage, Children Walking in Fancy Dress, Children Walking in Comic Dress and Decorated on Wheels with prizes awarded to the top three entries in each category. Applications can be obtained at Cape May City Hall and Convention Hall or by calling the Civic Affairs Department at 884-8411, ext. 20 or 27.

lively, whereas, the land is passive. It leaves no mark, no trace and no tracks of those that have been before. What lies beyond the horizon? THERE ARE of course, sea classics such as Hervey Allen's Anthony Adverse, an 18th Century adventurer who travels the globe by land and by sea and Joseph Conrad's suspenseful Typhoon, Lord Jim or Nigger of the Narcissus with their memorable sea storms and shipwrecks. Not to mention the somewhat heavier in both theme and actual size of Melville's Moby Dick. If you like mysteries and boating John R. L. Anderson fits the bill. Called the "Dick Francis of boating", Anderson is a master of suspense and sailing skills with Death in the Channel. Death in the Thames andj Death on the Rocks as three excellent choices for , summer reading. 1 IF YOU LIKE your summer reading to be brief and you enjoy short stories, Edward Rowe Snow has edited three collections: Astounding Tales of the Sea. Great Atlantic Adventures, and Incredible Mysteries and Legends of the Sea. World War II sea stories by popular author Douglas Reeman (whose real name is Alexander Kent, and who writes revolutionary war period sea stories) numbers more than 28 titles. TWO OF these are highly recommended. The Deep Silence, subject of which is the British nuclear submarine Termeraire, is sent to find a damaged American SSN somewhere in the Far East. In the process, his skipper manages to run afoul of the Chinese Communists. The Destroyers tells how a "scrapyard flotilla" of recommissioned British World War I destroyers batters the defenses of Nazi-occupied Europe on the eve of D-Day. FAMILY SAGA fans will enjoy Ruth Moore, on? of my favorite fiction authors whose characters are real, prickly, salty with salty dialogue, expert knowledge of winds and weathers and humankind set in New England. The Gold and Silver Hooks, which follows Abby Randall Plummer through the Prohibition era and the stress of the Great Depression in a life that is both farcical and tragic, teuder and violent. Ruth Moore's books most memorable features are her characters, which she draws with warmth, irony, humor and deep insight. OF THE OTHER nine books she has written I highly recommended Lizzie and Caroline. The Lizzie Macomber is an aged, two masted schooner, the last of a long and illustrious line of ships. Jasper Brown had resurrected and refitted her as a dude boat to ply the Chesapeake waters; Jhen, at 60, he decided to remarry, and the bride-to-"be lived in Nova Scotia. The Lizzie therefore, set sail for Halifax, and the perils of the journey were thrice compounded by the sinisterly assorted crew aboard. While getting your tan, open a book and enjoy.

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All-Bach Concert

I CAPE MAY -The Chamber Music Concert of Philadelphia will present an allBach concert 8 p.m. this evening at the Episcopal Church of the Advent, Washington and Franklin Streets. The consort, under the di- • rection of Elizabeth Boggs. will perform the cantatas "It Is Enough", "Praise God in all Lands" and a portion of "Sleepers Wake" Also, the solos. "My Heart

Ever Faithful" and "You Are with Me" will be included in the program along with two hymns to be sung by the audience. Susan Tilton, soprano; Wilbert Boone, Baritone; Deborah Reeder, chellist, Elin Frazier. Trumpet, and Wade Cooper. Organist, will be featured with the Orchestra. An admission fee will be charged.

Avalon Sets Style Show

AVALON - The third Annual Island Fantasy Fashion Show and Dance Extravaganza is scheduled for 8 p.m. Friday, in the Avalon Community Hall, 30th and Avalon Avenue. The event is sponsored by the Avalon Garden Club and Borough Recreation aiiu vuiuugii (Kvivaiiuii vm.i

Department. Jane Kirwan, show coordinator, said "Right now we have three clothing sponsors; Sheila's, Solar Wind and Heritage, and I expect at least two more before the show." For ticket information call 967-3173.

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