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Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 16 October '85

Middle Township (HI (BS) Hi _ Alan Morris \ ' I li-Lii Sia

TIIK MIDDLE Township High School Class of 1960 celebrated its 25-year reunion at the Two Mile Inn near Wildwood (.'rest Sept. 21 ( a rev I .aw son served as the evening's disc jockey He played music from the late aOs and early 60s to allow the graduates to "go back in time" for one evening. There were 55 graduates out of. 84 who attended this reunion, including Larry Watts, class president ; Joanne Reunion. vice president . I.inda Wood, secretary; and Edith •Moore, treasurer. Dorothy llagerty. Klla Doughty. Carl Baker. Fred \ Crosse. James Ferrara. and Bob I'enkethman were six of the class" teachers who were able to attend this event. The class advisors. Ituth W e h It and K I i / a h e I h I. u-d I a in . are both deceased THIS ( I. ASS was the Cape Atlantic league Football champions and the South Jersey Group One Track champs during its senior year. In addition to the dinner and dancing, the graduates were treated to a picnic the

following day at the Shellby Campgrounds in Court House hosted by Mr. and Mrs Bichard Ryder. The class reunion com mittee had each graduate till out an updated personal data sheet which was photocopied, organized into a booklet, and given to each member of the class. MANY PRIZES were given out for various accomplishments among the graduates such as Barbara Bevis (maiden name) traveling the greatest distance to attend the reunion She came from California Also, she received the prize for having the most children eight Mr and Mrs Gary Hunter received the prize for being married the longest All were given "('lass ol "60" T-shirts. The committee that organized this reunion consisted of MTHS 1960 1 graduates Ann Kydcr. F.ileen I'litnick. I.oretta Gaffnry. Carey Dawson. 1 Dee Dee Spaulding. Judy I .owe. Gary Hunter. Sam Itepici. Irene Nesbilt. Florence Schmidt, and Sylvia Supplee.

A GOOD CROWD attend ed the American Legion Post 198 "Beef and Beverage Night" at the Post Home in Court House _ Sept. 28. "The Browns" provided live music for the fund-raising event. The post's commander. Clara Foster of Court House, along with the senior vice commander. Milton Shepherd of Goshen, coordinated the event. We wish our friend Boh Hodges of Court House a very "Happy Birthday!" He is the president of the Court House Kiwanis Club. We wish our friend Dr. Ted Johnson of Court House a belated "Happy Birthday!" The Cape May Court House Kiwanis Installation Banquet will be held at the Wildwood Golf and Country Club in Burleigh Friday with a cash bar from 6 to 7 p.m. and dinner to be served at 7 p. m President Bob llodgcs and his officers will be installed by Governor John l.ucca and other district officers in Kiwanis. The weekly dinner/meeting scheduled for tomorrow evening at the VFW building in Court House has been canceled. The 12 Middle Township High School students who

are participating in this year's student-exchange program along with teacher Ruth Weimer departed for England Oct. 9. The students' families and friends along with Ruth's husband Ben said their goodbyes as the school bus was being packed with their luggage. They then traveled to Newark, where they boarded a flight which arrived in England at noon (7 a.m. our time) the following day. the students are Andree Long and Magda Durante of Court House; Elizabeth Schaeffer and Shanna Barone of Green Creek; Desiree Errickson of Dennisville; and Heidi Bischoff. Amy McCutcheon. Christin Dodd. Abby Fagan. Rachael Schulz, Angela DeH'Orefice. and Jennifer Kodgers of Avalon. THEY WILL be attending the Wing Secondary School in Wing Leighton Buzzard. Buckinghamshire. and staying at the homes of students who in turn will stay in the MTHS students' homes during their month in Middle Township next April. Weimer is staying with teacher Liz Stokes in England. She will reciprocate by having Stokes staying at her home during her visit next April. A four-day trip to Southwest England to visit some famous areas, a visit to Stonehenge, and a day's visit to London will be some of the highlights of their month long visit. They plan to return home Nov. 9 ANY STUDENT may sign up to become a part of the exchange program However, they are screened by the administration to see if they have a good academic and conduct record The students as well as the teacher pay their own way. This is the seventh year that MTHS is participating in the Student Exchange Program. MTHS chose this British school, which is located in a town 45 miles northwest of London, to participate in this program because of the many similarities between Wing Leighton Buzzard and Middle Township. We wish our friend Bob Hodges of Court House a belated "Happy Birthday!" He is the president of the Court House Kiwanis Club THE MIDDLE Township Ambulance Corps (Court House Rescue) is presently encouraging new members to volunteer their time for the betterment of our community and to help keep the corps strong and effective The rescue squad has depended on its volunteers

in the past to maintain its strength and needs new volunteers now to help the squad continue its services and community involvement. If you are over 18, live within a four-mile radius of the squad building and are willing to attend E.M.T. classes which are held locally and paid for by the corps, call 465-7803. Leave your name with a police dispatcher and a squad member will contact you. The Middle Township High School Key Club, home club of International Trustee Edmund Webb, is sponsoring a dinner meeting at the County Vocational School Career Center in Court House 7 p.m. Nov. 1. THIS IS the first attempt at such a combined meeting of the "big three" Kiwanis Clubs, Key Clubs, and Builders Clubs — of the three divisions. It will be a time for fellowship, sharing of ideas, getting to know one another, developing better communications and for the general wellbeing of their service organizations Deadline for reservations is Oct. 25. Cost of the dinner is $8 per person with checks made payable to the "MTHS Key Club." Mail checks payable in full with your reservation to: LeeAnn Mcllvaine. president ; 369 South Dennis Rd., Cape May Court House. NJ 08210. John Lucca will be one of the guests at the event. He is the district governor of Kiwanis. For further information call 465-7871. We wish our friend Barbara Kehr of Dias Creek a very "Happy Birthday!" She is the secretary to school superintendent Dr Ted Johnson. We also wish our friend Louise Hearon of Dias Creek a belated "Happy Birthday!" She celebrated her 102nd birthday Oct. 9 and received a card from President Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy. Mrs. Hearon lives with her daughter. Laura Embley. THE FIRST Annual Middle Township Employes' Picnic was a huge success as over 100 people, all township workers and members of their families, enjoyed hotdogs and hamburgers along with a large variety of salads, cooked dishes, and desserts. The Administration, under coach Norm "Buns" Lochten and pitcher Chuck Leusner, won the softball game over the Road Department and coach David Webb 10 to 2. The volleyball game was won by the team that had Walt Turnier and Carol Nicoletta as its captains

and Louise Masterson as one of its players. Tom Webb was the captain of the losing team. The score was 21 to 14. Police Sgt. Leo Collins volunteered his disc jockey services for the event. He played a variety of music from the 50s, 60s, and 70s which was enjoyed by everyone. Norm Lochten, Carol Nicoletta, Kathy Meers, and Pat Riley coordinated the event. Mike and Sue Voll, Chuck and Carla Leusner. Jim and Gerry Alexis, and George and Louise Simpkins also attended. THE HIGH School Band Boosters are sponsoring a car raffle to help finance the band's Dec. 19-23 trip to the Holiday Bowl at Jack Murphy Stadium in San Diego, Calif. The band will perform and compete with 10 other bands from various parts of the country during the Holiday Bowl's half-time festivities. The 1986 car will be raffled off at the 11th Annual Antique and Craft Show to be held at MTHS Dec. 7. There are less than 250 tickets left to be sold out of a total of 2,000. For tickets call 465-9411, Ext. 334. The total cost of the San Diego trip will be $85,000 and the money will be totally generated through the students and parents. SINCE THE first "gettogether" last spring of a newly formed juvenile diabetic group in the county. Inge Laine, school nurse at the Middle School, has applied for and received a Cape Education Fund Grant for $500 for the group. The "Get It Together" group held its first event last Friday with about 20 juvenile diabetics and their families attending. A film strip was shown, a band played, and refreshments were served to this support group, whose activities will be mainly social and educational. The meeting was held in the Middle School's cafeteria. The group is open to any juvenile diabetic student in the county. Ages of the current membership range from 9 up to seniors in high school. The group's next social event will be held Nov 18 at the Middle School. Anyone interested in joining is asked to call Mrs Laine at 465-9411. The Middle Township Democrat Club is sponsoring a bus trip to the Golden Nugget Casino Oct. 23. The bus will leave Garden Lake at 6 p.m. and Jamesway at 6: 10 p.m. There will be two buses. For reservations call 886-4804

H ■ , a I m Middle Township High students with teacher Ruth Weimer.

Si§^NEWS INSf/ digest /jy // . / The Week's H H // Top Stores i From Page I " Clip, Clop, Click COURT HOUSE - There's some concern about Justice's health. He's the Sheriff Department's new horse, assigned to patrol the County park weekends, and Officer Harold Cooper, in charge of Justice, hears an occasional "click" in the horse's hip when he walks. No limp; no signs of discomfort. Veterinarians and the Philadelphia Police Department, which donated the horse, have checked him and found nothing wrong. Theory is the problem stems from "change of terrain" walking on soft Cape May County soil compared to the hard streets of Philadelphia ( her/urns Milestone COURT HOUSE — Garden State Parkway overpasses a county dream or years — have reached "a milestone." .ounty Planning Director Elwood Jarmer old his board of directors Oct. 8. The Planning section of the state Department >f Transportation, which controls that section of road in Middle Township, has ecommended to its design section that he consultant's contract include studying he feasibility of overpasses. "Of course here will be many milestones." observed larmer The county wants overpasses at rest Haven Road. Stone Harbor -ioulevard. and Shell Bay Avenue Better Than None STONE HARBOR — Motorists Monday ound one-lane traffic across the Great 'hannel (96th Street) Bridge as iaymond International of Houston. Tex . esumed work on a rehab job that was upposed to be completed last April. The 3.6-million project started in January of 984 and the bridge was totally closed for bout seven months in 1984 and five nonths this year Master Plan Ready COURT HOUSE - The county Manning Board is ready to unveil a new iroposed Comprehensive Plan, the last

one being 10 years old. It will be unveiled at the board's next meeting in the County Library Office Building at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Nov 19. 20°/t More ('.rime WEST TRENTON — Compared to the same period last year, crime in Cape May County increased a whopping 20 percent during the first half of 1985. according to the preliminary Uniform Crime Report released last week by the State Police. Violent crimes jumped from 93 to 138. Non-violent crimes rose from 2.282 to 2,711 and the overall number of county crimes increased from 2.375 to 2.855. There were two fewer rapes and arsons during the first half of this year, however, and 10 less incidents of domestic violence. Uniform Towing Costs WILDWOOD — A standard tow job will cost $40 under a uniform towing ordinance adopted by City Council last week. The measure, opposed by some local towing operators, requires them to get a $250 license and sets the rates for everything from vehicles stuck on the beach ($75) to disconnecting an automatic transmission ($10). There does the Judge SEA ISLE CITY — Mayor Michael McHale and Municipal Court Judge Samuel Serata have some problems. It started this summer when the judge dismissed an excessive noise charge and the mayor made a gesture toward the bench. The judge wrote McHale. chiding him for his behavior and suggesting he stop signing complaints which forced the local judge to disqualify himself McHale countered by suggesting he'd like to see the judge replaced But Serata has a three-year contract signed with the previous administration that runs through 1986 What About Costs'/ WILDWOOD - Fire Chief Ernest Troiano last week asked City Council for part of the parking lot adjacent to the (Page 57 Please)