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August 14, 1985

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Doru Ward A HAPPY FAMILY — John Mountes of Mayville is shown with his family, from left: sons Carl. 6. and Matthew. 9; wife Debbie, and daughter Michelle. 10. Another daughter, Jackie, 12. was at camp when this picture was taken. Mountes. who has twice undergone kidney transplant operations, is working to help fellow kidney patients. See story, page 6.

News-J^! i-v* « Week's DlgeSt Top Stories Avalon Recall ? AVALON — Former Councilman James Busha has scheduled a press conference at 3 today at his home. 503 42nd St., to 'discuss the possibility of a recall of Mayor Rachel Sloan." Busha. 68. did not seek reelection this year and left office in July after two terms. He said he will not be a mayoral candidate. A recall election requires petitions signed by 25 percent of the registered voters in the prior general election. Good Relations COURT HOUSE — County freeholders were expected last night to ratify a threeyear contract with the union representing about 750 employes, according to a county news release. As reported in this paper July 31. the agreement with Local 1983. International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, includes 5 percent wage hikes this year, next year, and in 1987. a co-pay increase of $1.50 (from $1 to $2.50) for prescriptions; and the elimination of longevity pay for future employes. Freeholder-Director Gerald M. Thornton said the agreement "provides for a stable foundation upon which can be built good labormanagement relations which will allow the county to deliver to its residents the best possible public services in the most efficient manner." 2nd Reprimand TRENTON — New Jersey 's Supreme Court publically reprimanded lawyer Richard Weinroth for improperly arranging a $10,000 finder's fee for state ( Page 64 Please > Green Creek School: No By JOE ZELNIK COURT HOUSE — William Szathmary thinks she's a beauty. Freeholder William S. Sturm Jr. agrees "she's built." But Freeholder Herbert Frederick says she's too big. That's the 1840 Green Creek School they're talking about. Szathmary. owner of Szathmary Supply Co., wants to donate the school, plus * $10,000 toward its moving costs, to the county's Historic Cold Spring Village, a 15building 19th century farm village recreated on 35 acres. STURM'S INTIMATE knowledge comes from his earlier days with New Jersey Bell, where he's an executive, when he crawled underneath as a telephone installer. And Frederick's low regard, he hastened to point out. is nothing personal, just a reflection of the impression of the village's I

Developers Buy Club , Yard

JBBBpti jMp_ Ooris Ward Stone Harbor Lumber Co. Yard. Looking West

Unbearable Odors

CREST HAVEN - Citing "unbearable odors." Middle Township Mayor Michael J. Voll said Monday he'll try to close the Municipal Utilities Authority's month-old composting plant. The MUA's William Cathcart. conceding it still hasn't found "whatever it is that makes it stink." said "we should have everything under control within the next several weeks." And county Health Officer Louis J. Lamanna. whose department was slated Monday to start citing the MUA for air

pollution, said he was "not so sure it's practical" to try to close the plant VOLL SAID HIS phone hasn't stopped ringing with complaints from Route 9 residents west of the plant "They have to eat dinner and try to sleep when it literally smells like a—." he said. "I offered to put them up in motel rooms and send the bill to the MUA. but they're (the residents i trying to bear it Voll. who also is township Board of Health chairman, said he acted in that capacity in ( Page 77 Please :

High Bacteria Count

CREST HAVEN - The county Health Department is doing a special, five-day monitoring of ocean waters off the Wildwoods after high fecal coliform bacteria counts turned up in its Aug 6 sample. If the high counts continue, county Health Officer Louis J. Lamanna said, he'll close the beaches. The Health Department worked overtime last weekend on a five-day sample that began last Friday, as soon as the high counts were received, and will continue through today. It takes several days between sampling and lab results. THE STATE WATER quality standard

is 50 MPN (Most Probable Number » Readings far exceeded that from a 540 at Walnut and Central in North Wildwood all the way south to a 130 at Raleigh and Ocean in Diamond Beach The highest was "greater than 2.400." at 15th and Ocean in North Wildwood. In between were two 350s. two 926s . a nd five 1600s . The complete water quality chart appears exclusively in this newspaper on page 77 Lamanna speculated that there are "problems at the North Wildwood sewage treatment plant" whose outfall line flows into Hereford Inlet. "They're probably over capacity and an- ( Page 64 Please >

nine-member board, on which Frederick ' also serves. . If one were in the business of predics tions, this looks like it could be one of those rare splits on the Board of Freeholders ; Freeholder Ralph Evans, identifying himself as a longtime friend of Szathmary. > said "we'd be remiss if we didn't (accept the building). "But maybe the directors i feel differently, he cautioned, i And Freeholder James S. Kilpatrick Jr. asked how much renovation would be i needed "so as not to conflict with what we i have down there?" s THAT SOUNDED like Freeholder Di-

rector Gerald M. Thornton might have the swing vote. "We have an advisory board that has rejected it." he said. "Chuck Frederick has some reservations. We're not sure of the cost. Suppose we defer until we get some answers." The answers will include a clarification on just what it would cost to move the building. Szathmary said village director Joseph Montemurro had said he'd get two bids, but got only one. for $30,000 Szathmary said'he then got his own bid of $14,000. He (Page 20 Please)

Village Entrance With Grange Hall In Background

Sewage Service Called Key

By JOE ZELNIK CREST HAVEN — Four partners pur chased the Jersey Cape Racquet Club on Aug. 5. one week after the previous owners closed it without advance notice The new owners are Avalon builder developer Stephen R. NarVigan and three Philadelphia-area residents with summer homes in Stone Harbor: John Dougherty. John Fuchs and Jack Rittenhouse. according to Narrigan. Narrigan said that he and Fuchs also have made "partial settlement" on the Stone Harbor Lumber Co.'s yard on the south side of Stone Harbor Boulevard just west of the Great Channel Bridge into Stone Harbor. It's a little less than two bayfront acres. NARRIGAN LINKED the two projects as having potential for "future development" in Middle Township, but added that the availability of sewage service could be a key factor. George Thompson who. with ' Joseph Scott, mfns Stone Harbor Lumber. said,the sales agreement gives him "two. years to get out of the yard." suggesting Narrigan's plans are timed to the MUA's ( Page 77 Please ) r inside LOOKING for a hot spot? Lou Rodia, page 60. THE SUMMER'S last Seaside Goat. Page 39. DO NTT adopt baby wild animals. Pet Patrol, page 19. COURT HOUSE'S BeHevue TavenT marks 80 years Friday. Page 16. SATURDAY'S child, no matter what day she was bom. joyride, page 79. Fisherman's Memorial? COLD SPRING — Having secured a $250,000 state grant for a maritime museum at Historic Cold Spring Village, the county this week suggested maybe the proposed Fisherman's Memorial should go there too. Freeholder Herbert Frederick, who heads the village, told this newspaper Monday that he would be "totally in favor of dedicating a piece of ground to the peo^ pie in Cape May to put the monument in Cold Spring Village. "We would maintain it for them." he added. And Frederick said that, since the group working on Cape May's Fishermen s Memorial envisions a chapel, too, the county could offer "perhaps an out building that could be fixed into a chapel and blessed and located there ( the village > also " He said the county is "looking at an old whaler's home. " CAPE MAY MAYOR Arthur Blomkvest ( Page 20 Please)