52 Herald - Lantern • Dispatch 18 December '85

Doris Ward WALKING PRESENTS — Teitelman band members Joseph Palm, 6, and Stephanie Bailey. 9. both of North Cape May. came gift wrapped to the Lower Township Parade Saturday evening. Joseph is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Palm: Stephanie is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Bailey.

Old Courthouse

( From Page 1 ) department. We couldn't have done this without them." AMONG THE ITEMS on display at the ceremony were tools used to build the courthouse, antique bookshelves donated by County Clerk Angela F. Pulvino from her office, an antique court crier's chair donated by the freeholders, and an antique "partners" desk donated by Upper Township Mayor Daniel Beyel. Extensive work had to be done on the bookshelves and desk. Kehr said. County workers had to strip "20 or 30" coats of paint off the bookshelves, and the desk had to be reconstructed. The desk was in such disrepair that it fell apart when workers

tried to move it, Kehr said. Kehr said the old court house currently ' houses the county probation office and that court cases are still heard in it. Various i organizations use the building for night | meetings, and occasionally a wedding is held there , The old courthouse is part of an open i house tour given by the county Historical ! Society and is listed in the National ; Registry of Historical Buildings. I Freeholders Evans. Gerald M. Thornton | and James S. Kilpatrick. Jr. were on hand for the ribbon cutting ceremony. Judge | Gruccio, who recently was elevated to the i appellate division, was honored with a pla- < que presented by Kilpatrick "for years of | outstanding accomplishments."

Metz Is Promoted To Rear Admiral

NORFOLK, Va. - Captain Frederick J. Metz, 50, son of Fred and Marie Metz of Court House, was selected for promotion to rear admiral in the United States Navy recently, capping a 29-year naval career. Assigned here as the Chief of Staff for Naval Air Force Atlantic, a command which supervises nine aircraft carriers, 11 naval air stations, and over 100 aircraft squadrons, Capt. Metz becomes one of a rare breed of naval officers. ..rising through the ranks from enlisted to admiral. A FORMER student of Middle Township High School, Capt. Metz enlisted in the Navy in February. 1956. and was subsequently selected for the Naval Aviation Cadet Program. He was commissioned and received the gold wings of a naval aviator in 1957. He began his illustrious career in the attack community, flying the A-4 Skyhawk from Naval Air Station Cecil Field in norther Florida. Following transition to the Navy's A-6 Intruder, a medium-attack Capt. Metz moved to Naval Air Station Oceana, near Norfolk, Va. It was while flying the Intruder that Captain Metz

made his first deployment to Vietnam in 1964. HIS FLYING career was interrupted birefly for attendance at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monteri ey. CA, where he received a degree in International Relations in 1971 . He is also a graduate of the Naval I War College in Newport, R.I. Captain Metz continued to fly the A-6 Intruder through three more tours in Vietnam with over 300 combat missions and holds 10 Distinguished Flying Crosses, nine Air Medals with strike flight numeral "27" and four Navy Commendation Medals for his service in combat. He has over 5,000 hours of acci-dent-free flying over his long career. HOWEVER. FLYING is not the only side of Capt. Metz' career in the Navy. He is one of few aviators in the Navy to have commanded a major vessel three times. He was twice commanding officer of th6 East coast-based oiler, USS Caloosaha tehee, and commanded the USS Detroit. While serving in the Pentagon in 1984, Capt. Metz held a key position on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations. There he was deeply involved in the

. Navy's contingency planning for world crises such as Beirut, regularly briefing senior Defense Department officials and White House advisors. THIS ASSIGNMENT called upon his extensive experience in aviation and at sea as well as challenging his skill as an analyst and planner. Since arriving at the staff of Naval Air Force Atlantic, he has been guiding the Navy's East coast air arm through some substantive changes. He will continue in this position until his new assignment is announced. Captain Metz and his wife. Virginia, and daughter, Jean Anne, live in Virginia Beach, Va. Their son. Fred Jr., lives in Aspen, CO. His brother, Robert C. Metz, and his sister, Martha Jane Chambers, both make their home in Court House.

Kdicated t ■ ^ ^ ^ tfr' HaM 1 Friday. Clockwise from upper left: Sheriff James PIousls. . and Freeholder Ralph Evans inspect antique tools ^^B ^^^B type used courthouse Judge ^^B BqB^ the salvaged ^^B UOBHI from the Upper Township Town Hall: the bell tower and ^^B B | Bfl I dome of the renovated structure: Harry "Skip" Kehr in- " 1 m' troduces guest speakers to the crowd; County Clerk Angela F. Pulvina Judge John Callinan stand beside ^^E^B antique bookcases discovered in her office. ^^B