36 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 4 September '85

WT Seven Mile Beach M'Ellen Rowland , _ 368-2294

For those of you who are concerned about water rates and the sewage problem (isn't everybody?), dont' forget that Councilman Harry Strohmetz and "nationally known munical consultant John Kussel" will address the Realty Owners Assoc. 10 a.m. Sat. at the elementary school, discussing "the facts we face." Membership in ROA has reached its highest figure to date: 1,233 households are now on its list, so this fall's audience (limited to members only) will be large. Once again they'll be using the F A. system they tried last spring at members' request. We are asked to fill out a card or paper with any question we have and present them at the door before the meeting. A portable and audible mike will be used to field questions from the floor after the member has identified him/herself. Two of ficers and five trustees will be elected Pres F. WM VanNess and V.P. Ted Reese are standing to continue their terms and chosen by the nominating committee for trusteeship are: Robert Voris. former ROA pres; Harry Strohmetz who retires from Borough Council in December; Lloyd Pain, local contractor; Don Sheneman. ownermanager of the S.H. Center; and Dr. Rosabel Koss. health educator T II K B K A If T I F U L blooming plants on Second Avenue islands are purchased and planted by members of Stone Harbor's Garden Club. This year's colorful blossoms came from Windy Acres on Rte. 9 south of Seaville Road in Ocean View. On Sept. 9 members will meet at the fire house promptly at 9 a.m., be divided into small groups and carpool it to the nursery owned by At Thomas for a greenhouse tour with Thomas answering all or

-e questiosn of gall ?r gardeners, ). FOLLOWING their Sept [i- 5th boat trip to Harrah's tz ( not the 25th as we reported n last week). Stone Harbor in Seniors will be holding le their first fun night at the 10 Women's Civic Club, 96th y Street and the beach, 7:30 e p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 11. r- The board of the Civic s Club thought the view of 3 the sea at sundown would s provide a pleasant change e for the group until the ) weather gets too cold. Seniors are already fixing their hopes on a hot Halloy ween so they can hold their t annual costume party e thej-e. e fllE WOMEN'S Civic t Club of Avalon is putting a p lot of eggs in one basket for a party Wednesday, Sept. 18. at Community Hall, 30th I Street and the beach. Time " will be 12:30 p.m. Among the attractions of the party are: A glitzy I fashion show put on by Betty Flynn. manager of the I Cross Country Shoppe of Stone Harbor; models Dot German. Bette Stattner. Gammy Graeff, Linda Scott. Evelyn Warren. Catherine MrMenamin. Stasia Estrada. June i Spielman. Helen Wentzel and Maryanne Busha will stride around to the strains of Jack Warren's music showing us what they are wearing this winter, while Elsie Kuhn delivers the commentary. Bring your own cards to play bridge or canasta with friends after the show. Betty Light is in charge of table prizes and will announce the winners. Reservations are a must, contact Co-chairpersons Reba Raeburn (368-1453) or Jayne Keddie (967-4305) soon. BIG DOINGS at Bud's market. 83rd Street and 3rd Avenue. The time-honored saying "Met you at Hah's" has given way to "See you at Bud's in Stone Harbor " Especially during the

I weeks preceding the drawing for a sleek 18' sailboat. Jeffrey R. Glenn, district sales manager for Coke. s drew the winning name 1 witnessed by Paul r Saunders of Cape May I County Savings and Loan, Bill Hand of H.H. Hand, ) Realtors, James Conlin. ) teacher of economics at Middle Township High and : manager of Bud's Market. F and Tom McElwee. also I with Coca-Cola. • The winning entry ; belonged to Ellen McNeill wife of Dr. Robert J. of 118 [ 92nd St. They and their children spend most of their time boating at Stone Harbor Yacht Club. They're all top-flight competitors in sailing races and Ellen told this reporter "I was determined to win this boat." Much excitement at the presentation ceremony. Ellen's nephew. George Gowen. was rushing around shooting tapes, somebody forgot to move the centerboard and it almost emptied the shelf containing cigarettes on checker Carolyn McGarvey's head. With lots of free advice the boat was finally loaded onto a truck amid cheers. Five minutes later it was launched at the Yacht Club and Rick Zuccatto says, "You never saw such excited kids in your life!" MERCHANT'S Day in Stone Harbor its critics. Councilman Lou Clelland thinks it diminishes the town's sedate ambiance; others complain about crowds and attrition of pedal extremities. We don't know about that fancy stuff, we have fun and get bargains and blisters. We also visit with chums we haven't seen since Memorial Day. On our walking tour we saw the entire Hafele family and Helen Ifill rushing around accommodating crowds at Harbor Bootery ; Audrey Hardy busy with customers in front of the Olive Tree; Marty Conlin dashing around Linens for Less; Herman Kapp fund raising fore the unsighted as usual. Alice Daniels aiding tourists at the C. of C. office; learned Susan Dambrauskas' committee voted Crazy Legs Tatem and Bird Legs Rowland 4 stars for owning the most glorious gams in the village; got a yummy bargain from Betty Flynn at Cross Country: stopped for refreshment and saw Ray Beck overseeing the fishpond and Wiley Christie hawking pretzels at St Mary's; said Hi to Ethel Radrauff and bought books at Our Saviour; and finally got a facelift from Gerry at Andres. Culture kick it wasn't, but that pair of shoes we got made up for the pair we wore out and we had a ball! EACH YEAR we've gone to the Garden Club Benefit given by the club at Gracie O'Brien's bayside paradise it has grown bigger and better. You can't top perfection and maybe that's why Gracie said of the Island Flair bash "This is the last year." , Skies went from lowering to downpour Aug. 25 and everyone blessed the

cherry yellow awning George Feise erected on Gracie'sdeck. Her weather management staff prevailed and just in time for the biggest crowd somebody zipped up the clouds. Welcoming buckets of Gerber daisies, grown by Gracie. cordoned off the entrance. They were auctioned off at the affair's finist. Centerpiece of the event was the grand piano (what else at Grade's home?) Laden with exotic island-flair goodies. Avacado flavored were most authentic, cutest were carrot palm trees set in pineapple slices. COLORFULLY clad maidens passed intriguing trays of hors d'oevres arranged by Joseph Graeff. Gammy Graeff. and Stacie Feise, Jim Marshall's Hawaiian Guitars played gayly when Jack Warren took a break from making beautiful music and a 4-foot stuffed white monkey (later auctioned off) swung in the breeze and oversaw staffing. Dr. Joe McMenamin emceed the drawing of five buckets of cheer, door prizes, and presented the hostess with a thank-you gift from the garden club. A well-oiled (mechanically speaking, of course) crew of bartenders kept guests happy, among them: John Staab. Charles Curtis, Gerry Pesce. John llefti. Hal llall. Jack Dunlap, Ralph Brenner, Jim Hudanich. Joe Oakes. Ray Francis. Dick Light, Paul Murphy. Powell Channel, Jim German and Charles Krout. How's that for happiness? We saw oodles of pals among 250 nut-brown, garishly garbed guests Without question Bill Stratum in his FrederickofHollywood shorts was the sharpest dresser. Mayor Rachael Sloan was elegant rather than inslandy, Pauline and Paul Murphy still look like honeymooners and. as always we talked boating with Sally and Junie Miller. Talk about blasts — Bonnie Feise and Catherine McMenamin engineered this 50-megaton one and if it was the last, they certainly produced the best ! TWENTY-FOUR years ago we spent most of our summer in the cottage of a friend. Robbie (Mrs. Elliott) Curtiss. on Corinthian Drive. It was a neat time • Maggie and Johnny Williams owned the cottage to the north. Isabelle and Jay Auchenbarh (he was a post commodore of S.H Yacht Club) to the south and beyond them were Mary and Tommy O'Brien. Robbie was celebrated locally for stuffed 25-lb. lobster salads and brunches on the bay. This scribe was considered a freak because she wouldn't swim in what she privately called "that smelly bay." Since our children had learned to swim in the bayin Avalon five years before our decision was deemed parochial and was scorned. We have quibbled for years about he advisability of eating local clams. This summer the axe has finally fallen and we can't say (County Agricultural

Agent) Larry Newbold hasn't warned us! WE ARE SAD for those who planned a vacation around ocean bathing in Wildvfood — next year it could- be the 7-Mile Beach which gets the attention. We just spoke with Ernie Blair (he's in charge of beach tags for Stone Harbor) and he expected a $6,000 increase in our beach revenues over last year's because of Wildwood's misfortune. He hired 14 extra beach tag girls to patrol last weekend. Ernie speaks French fluently and has been coversing with Canadians using our beaches for the first time. They are so impressed with what they have found in Stone Harbor that Ernie predicts: "our rentals will increase 12 to 14 percent next year." This will unquestionably please local merchants, but long-time island residents and visitors are already protesting density and will take a dim view of sharing their space. Alzheimer's Unit to Meet RIO GRANDE - "Wise Planning for the Alzheimer Family" will be the topic of Jeffrey Gibbons, of the law firm of Gaver and Gaver. guest speaker at the meeting of the Ixiwer Cape MayAlzheimer's Support Group 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 10. The monthly meeting will be held at the Social Ser vices Building. Rfes 9 and 47 here. Avalon Meeds Rec Teacher AVALON — The borough recreation department is looking for a teacher to run the Tot Shop Pre-School Program For further infor mation contact Dave Haberle at 967-3066 Anyone interested in enrolling a 2!6 -5-year-old in the program is urged to call the same number

> f JOHN A. HARRIS National Honor WILDWOOD - John Andre Harris, son of Raymond and Sandra Harris of this city, has been named an Academic Ail-American by the National Secondary Education Council. Prospects for the honor * must earn a 3.3 or better grade point average. Harris was nominated for the national award by football coach A1 Burch of Wildwood High School. Harris will appear in the Academic All-American Scholar Directory, which is published nationally. These scholars are also eligible for other awards given bv the NSEC. Family Matter BELLE PLAIN - The . Beal and Simpkins Reunion ^ 1985 Family Day will be held Saturday at Lake Nummy State Park here. Festivities will last all day. Dinner will be at 1 p.m. Participants are urg-* ed to bring their own place settings and to contribute one covered dish each. The day will include fun, feasting and games, with biking, swimming and boating available A campfire and group singing will be enjoyed at night

Mf Dor ii Ward Photo HERE'S TO SAILING — Mrs. Robert McNeill of Kimberton. Pa., and Stone Harbor and Rick Zuccato. owner of Bud's Market in Stone Harbor, toast her winning ticket on -raft presented by Coca Cola Co. Number was drawn

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Doris Word ONE LAST LOOK AT SUMMER - Kvle Wanberg. 5 waves to his mother. Mrs. Michael Wanberg. of Avalon. as he enters kindergarten at Stone Harbor Elementary School.