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To The Kdilor ordinarily you must move lo change your adress. Middle Township Officials did lhal for us without moving. Mayor Michael Voll. Committee Members Charles U'lisncr and .lames Alexis have done this for us. And I voted for them However. City Hall at #33 Mechanic Street Mysteriously survived this devastating turnabout Our address was changed from 207 Mechanic Street to 305. This notice stated that due to ' Public Safety" reasons pertaining to Fire and Rescue Squad calls, the address changes were necessitated. The notice further stated that we will be required to display 4 inch numerals outside our homes within 90 days of the notice Sounds a little threatening to me What gall for a government body to change adresses without consulting the public I did not think 1 had to be so paranoid as to "watch dog" the newspapers and attend " every meeting concerning township affairs How wrong I was. . 1 called Court House Postmaster Norman VanMeter to check on the postal legalities involved in this change VanMeter informed me that the only involvement on the post office's part was to supply postage-paid mailing envelopes and change of-address cards The rest was township's doing * ♦! then called Mayor Voll at his residence and proceeded to question him about the change Mayor Voll informed me that it was necessary due to the Rural Deliverynumbers ti e. 46A. 46B. ect I The mayor patiently listen ed to me steam-off at him about the change Mayor Voll informed me that the change was also necessary as part of a Master Plan for the township that was grow ing #► I informed the mayor that 201 and 203 Mechanic Street, as numbered were two i'2> separate addresses owned by one family This dwelling is actually a side by side two house structure I made this point to the Mayor since it contradicted his theory on the Rural Deliveries As things would have it the owner of that dwelling went to the building inspector's office and received 301 and 301 A as designations Much Confusion is being created not eliminated. The mayor finally told me there were numerous complaints 4 and that they would die dow n after everyone gets used to the new system Not this resident

I then put in a call to Committeeman Chuck Leusner We argued for some time about the justification and I made several requests of him. One was that 1 wanted to know how much it cost the township to have Al Herman do the survey What about the deeds, the lot and block numbers'" Do you think for one moment that insurance, mortgage and similar very important matters w in't be affected adversely by such a move? I do I want to hear from other similarly disturbed resident You have my addresses Write me! There may be Constitutional Issues here This move does not disturb me for insignificant reasons It disturbs me because the city fathers have disturbed history. . JOSEPH BUKOWSKl Cape May Court House

Our Readers Write Threatened By Day Care To The Editor: In response to Mrs. Cherri Olsen's July 24 letter regarding Lower Township's after-school day care program, it seems she is missing the point as to the "need" and is using this opportunity to tout her favorite topic once again No one disputes the advantages of "mothering" in its finest sense. Likewise her taken inference that "all children would be better off in day care" is decidedly erroneous. Furthermore, her quotes from her "handbook" so to speak, border on paranoia. Her ready reference to Hitler makes us all wonder Surely Mrs. Olsen is well-intentioned, but her views and expression thereof are clouded by her over-zealousness and a penchant for negativism. HER ATTACK on Maud Abrams Principal Oliver West was a poor reaction to the gentleman's obvious good manners and tact. Additionally, her ludicrous speculation as to the low cost of the program and its obvious benefits is tragic evidence of her need for introspection. Why is she feeling so threatened by a program that is endeavoring to alleviate the needs of a sector of our society? If Mrs. Olsen had checked enrollments later in the year, she would have seen the increase. Also, if Mrs Olsen would have checked the children enrolled, she would have found children whose parents welcomed the opportunity to provide low-cost quality care for their children for the few hours that elapsed from the end of the school day and their return from their jobs. Surely Mrs. Olsen sees the necessity and the advantages of such a program I AM CERTAIN I speak for many when I laud the after school day care program and the effects of the dedicated professionals associated with it. The board of education # should also be commended for its foresight in sponsoring such an excellent program. This letter in no way intends to malign Mrs. Olsen or her views, nor can I stand by and let obvious misinformation by published without comment. K.T. SULLIVAN North Cape May Do you have an opinion on this subject ? Write a letter to the editor. P.O. Box 430. Cope May Court House. N.J. 08210

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The Problem: Home Cooking Gazebo Gull Plot Revealed

By JOE /.El NIK I We all want luck and Clod on our side Yet in a mistake comparable to Hitler's decision to invade Russia, the borough of Avalon has rejected both Motorists departing Avalon via 30th Street used to see a large sign with the farewell "Good Bye. Good Luck. God Speed." Whether bound for the casinos or California, it was an encouraging thought But the paint was peeling and so the message was printed over and officials are soliciting a new slogan Avalon's department heads will pick the winning entry and award a $50 bond Deadline is Aug 28 and the contest is open to absolutely anyone, even the mayor of Stone Harbor SIGNS LEAVING town are okay, of course, but I've always felt it made more sense to have signs entering town It might be a good idea, for example, to have a "WELCOME" sign on every road into the county, signed, of course, by the five^member Board of Freeholders After all. the freeholders, clearly frustrated land barons, now either own or are negotiating to buy every vacant piece of land in the county Other logical municipal welcome signs come to mind: Wildwood: YOU MUST BE OVER 21 AND PROVE IT For Cape May. I am torn between CURB YOUR DOG. DON'T DRINK THE WATER, or WATCH YOUR WALLET . STONE HARBOR, of course, should go with NO TRESPASSING, and admit only select persons issued keys to a gate on the 96lh Street bridge. Middle Township, with different problems in different areas, might consider individual signs Anyone approaching the Crest Haven area where the MUA's new composting plant is composting away might appreciate GIVE ME YOUR TIRED. YOUR POOR. YOUR HUDDLED MASSES. YEARNING TO BREATHE FREE In the Court House area, however, where the sewage treatment plant is over capacity. TAKE SHORTER SHOWERS might be more appropriate And in Swainton. where the MUA solid waste transfer station operates, maybe DID YOU FORGET SOMETHING-" SOME MAY BE concerned that honest, but negative. ■

signs will discourage tourism. Not a chance Keep in mind that tourists are crazy. A guy with $12 million in the bank, a $450,000 condo. a Porsche and a Cadillac, will come to the shore and ride a $20 balloon-tired bike Tourists who wouldn't think of walking a tree-lined block at home will jog five miles under the sun at the shore They hate Philadelphia pigeons and feed Cape May County gulls until they burst. Lord, do they love gulls They 'll toss em stale pretzels from 5 to 6 p.m and then wonder why they can't eat out on their decks at 6: 15 without being pestered 41 HAPPEN TO KNOW that for months the county Prosecutor's organized crime task force was staking out decks where dark-skinned people were observed hunched over and apparently whispering secrets The Prosecutor thought they were Cosa Nostra gatherings, but it turned out they were just tourists trying to protect their dinners from gulls. The tourists brought these gulls upon themselves. There were absolutely none in Cape May County until 1977. Restauranteurs had been doing well simply by prohibiting cooking in $l00-a-nigbt motel rooms. But more and more visitors were staying in condos. cooking, and eating on their decks More and more restaurants were going into Chapter II At the close of the 1977 season, the five men who controlled the county's restaurant business paid their $10 fee and convened in the gazebo at the county park. So crucial was the problem, that an Italian, a Greek, an Irishman and a Jew were joined for the first and last time in the county's history by an entrepreneur whose ancestors had come over on the Mayflower. THEY QUICKLY agreed that home cooking was killing their profits, and decided birds could turn the tide. The Italian got the contract to bring in a few pleasant sound ("cotveoo") doves from North Jersey But he had a girlfriend in Fort Lauderdale, so he went to Florida instead and came back with 12 « 10 female. 2 male) herring gulls whose raucous laughter has been waking tourists ever since Unable to eat on their decks anymore, and unwilling to be cooped up at tiny tables in hot kitchens, the tourists obediently trooped to restaurants and the county prospered Good bye and good luck.