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Doris Ward Photo BOOST FOR READING — Conferring on new program to assist residents who cannot read offered by Cape May County Extension Service through Literacy Volunteers of America are: Andrew Martin of North Cape May. supervising librarian of Lower Township branch of County Library, right: Jim Walsh, of Clermont, director of Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP), center, and Sarah Woodruff. Townsends Inlet. LVA coordinator. To obtain tutroing in basic reading and conversational English, call Martin at X86-8999.

Cape Volunteers Honored by ACS

NORTH BRUNSWICK - Tribute was pain to nine Cape May County volunteers who have served the American Cancer Society 20 years or more at a commerative dinner pro gram in Princeton Sept 19 bv the Ner Jersey Division of the ACS. Honored on the occasion, which marked the 40th year for the state division, were : Mrs. E. Garretson. Mis M Jane Vance. Mr and Mrs Albert Menz Jr.. S. Henry C-A'ance. Dr Robert G. . fSalasin. M I) Mrs Helen / Petrusky. .Mrs Angela Pulvino. and Mrs. Helen M. Pulaski CHARTERED Dec. 26. 1945. the division incorporated the, efforts of the Women s Field Army, which had been operating in widely scattered units throughout the state since 1935. In its first year of statewide service, the New Jersey Division's 4.000 volunteers provided 330.000 dressings for cancer patients, the principal form of service aVthat time. In its first fund-raising crusade, the division received contibutions of $716,904. exceeding its goal of $471,000. Its Medical Committee promptly dispensed $324,630 for medical projects and equipment in 52 hospitals throughout the state. CRUSADE contributions to the New Jersey Division this year will exceed $4,700,000 Currently, the division's • services to cancer patients and their families include limited financial assistance for medications, radiation and certain other forms of treatment : free transportation to and from treatment.

Also, home care through the Visiting Nurse Association and Homemakers; counsel - 1 ing and rehabilitation programs for those who have 1 had surgery for cancer of the breast, larynx and colon 1 Support also is extended to 1 hospitals 'for the development of cancer registries. Approximately 30 cents of each dollar contributed to the ACS is devoted to research seeking the causes of cancer and improved methods of treating it. Currently. more than $1,750,000 in ACS research grants are in effect in New Jersey institutions. including Princeton and Rutgers Universities and the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

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TWIGS BEAR FRUIT — Check for $10,000, raised by Bayberry Twigs Unit of Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital Auxiliary from events this summer, is presented to Peggy Borkland. auxiliary president. Making presentation are, left. Nan McStravick. Avalon. art show chairperson, and right, Maryann Homsby, Stone Harbor. Twigs president. Funds were raised by antique show and art show and auction. Money goes toward auxiliary's five year. $300,000 pledge to hospital building fund.

SJRT Gets $45,000 SOMERS POINT - South Jersey Regional Theatre director Paul L. Aiken has announced that the theatre will receive a grant of $45,000 from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. This year's award is more than double the funding received by SJRT last year, and is the highest state award made to any of the southern New Jersey professional performance groups. "WE ARE. of course, very excited about the award." stated Aiken. "It is the strongest possible indicator of the artistic worth of what SJRT has been doing — quality is the chief criterion for council awards. "Now perhaps those who doubted that there could be a creditable professional theatre in South Jersey will finally come out to see what we're doing." SJRT. WHICH was founded in 1977 and is based at the former Gateway Playhouse in Somers Point, now has a season subscription audience of about 3,000 who come from 82 southern New Jersey communities and from all eight of the southern counties. According to Aiken, the theatre has gaining rapidly in subscribers from both Cape May and Cumberland counties. FOR THE 1985-86 season five major productions are planned beginning with "Pa jama Tops", a spoof of the French bedroom farce, in November followed by "Lion in Winter" in December. "Beyond Therapy" in April. "Master Harold... and the boys" in May, and the musical version of "The Rainmaker", entitled "110 In The Shade", in June.

V I , •> ' Mppg* . ■• Dons Ward Photo FEATHERED FRIENDS — Two gulls share a bit of watery space with Brienne Sowkas, 4, on Stone Harbor beach. Brienne is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Sowkas. Yorktown, Heights, N.Y.

Report Changes, Beneficiaries Told

By DEL BROOKS Social Security Manager in Wildwood If you receive Social Security checks, here's an important reminder: Promptly report any changes that may affect your benefits. In this way, you can avoid an overpayment and a possible penalty. The most common cause of overpayments is too much earnings from working. Let Social Security know if earnings will exceed the annual exempt amount — in 1985, it is $5,400 if you are under 65, or $7,320 if you are 65 to 70 — or if your earnings will be higher than previously estimated. YOU SHOULD report any work activity, regardless of earnings, if you get disability checks. However, there are special rules that may help you continue getting some benefits temporarily if you work while still disabled. Ask at any Social Security office for a free copy of Disability Benefits and Work. Following are some additional events youy may need to report : Change of address — report even if you have direct deposit, as important written notices are sent to you from time to time. MEDICAL improvement — report this if you get disability checks. Marriage — report this if you receive benefits as a dependent or survivor. Other benefits — report if

you receive or have applied for another benefit (such as workers' compensation, etc. ) . If you are a representative payee, you must report any of the above events on behalf of the beneficiary. Also let Social Security know if there is any change in custody or if the person dies. IN ADDITION, you may be asked periodically to complete a representative payee report to show how benefits have been used. Most events can be reported by phone. If you have any questions about your reporting responsibilities. call any Social Security office. The people there will be glad to help you. 937 BEST ' SELLERS TMISOmmH ^pnhng Office Soi pu» - AhM— owwcokitofl AtGB ilUlrfl National fori Quidaand

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