Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 18 December '85 59

Our Readers Write Thornton Owes Bielkowski And Others an Apology

To The Editor: I am replying to Freeholder Director Gerald M. Thornton's letter in your Dec. 4 issue. "Hiornton, like some other politically-oriented incumbents who have lost one little battle in a constant war of political survival, degraded himself and his office by resorting to name calling. This is standard procedure maintained only by purported leaders. I do not know Grace Bielkowski but I am sure she is entitled to her opinion. Thornton should remember that at all times, angry or not. IN HIS LETTER, Thornton states ( I do not know whether proudly or ruefully) that 33 percent of all county services are expended in Lower Township because the largest number of people who need these services live in Lower Township. Makes sense! Would he rather distribute these services to people who don't need them? I read his statistics on taxes and I reserve the right to discuss them now except to say that I think all tax rates are too high, one very strong reason being that most politicians are forever hopping around to "events" instead of "minding the store." THE DIRECTOR goes on to say: "The Chamber of Commerce has always been a viable and integral part of Lower Township. The men and women of the business community have donated untold hours and money to enhance the quality of life in Lower Township for its citizens". He could have added, "and also for personal gain." Sometime ago, as treasurer of the Delaware County (Pa. ) AFL/CIO Council, I was invited to attend a Chamber of Commerce luncheon meeting to discuss changes projected throughout the county and the effect these changes might have on citizens. Thanks for Support To The Editor: On behalf of the Joseph M. Norton Scholarship Committee. I wish to express my sincere thanks to your staff for the excellent coverage they gave our annual fundraiser held at the Green Creek Fire Hall Nov. 23. BECAUSE OF the help given by this newspaper and the support given by the Green Creek Fire Company, numerous community sponsors, and the people who attended, we were able to raise almost $2,500.00. This money will go a long way in providing scholarships for the students of Middle Township High School. Chairman The Joseph M. Norton Scholarship Committee Cape May Court House Higbee Beach — < (From Page 58) { cess to the beach. Presently there exists only one dirt road, and if you drive in to the beach and someone drives in behind you, it is impossible to get out. Don't get me wrong, I am not against the hunters and the > bird watchers. But, I feel that all of us should be afforded the opportunity to use the beach, including sun bathers, 4 swimmers and fishermen. i During this past summer when the Wildwood beaches were closed and the bacteria counts slightly high in Cape May Beach waters, the Higbee Beach and Cape May Point waters were the least polluted. Therefore, I would like to ask the Lower Township ■ Manager James R. Stump, Mayor Robert Fothergill and 4 our four Councilpersons to give this request "first priority" consideration and do everything in their power to get I this project started. HARRY O'DONNELL North Cape May , 4 Reclaim ' (From Page 58) of the citizens from the southern part of the township, he ' should be looking for a facility in that area. < As a person with over 20 years experience in govern- , ment service, I have always found that there is an ever- ' expanding need for office space. Therefore, it would probably be far more advantageous to the taxpayers for Lower Township to reclaim the building located on its property and put it to the use for which it was originally designed. EUGENE J. O'BRIEN , North Cape May \

Upon entering the Chamber of Commerce hall, I was handed a cold box lunch. As we talked, I found that these people, like so many Chamber of Commerce people I have encountered, were interested only in their own ideas and problems. I paid for the box lunch ($1.50), didn't eat it and left. WHILE AT LUNCH in a restaurant I recalled that at that time Delco was reputed to be the third most affluent county in the state. I do not blame the Chamber of Commerce for trying to get their ideas pushed through, neither there nor here in Lower Township; however, I have found that when a Chamber of Commerce makes a deal, someone else picks up the tab. It looks to me that this is the situation here, also. However, the information necessary for the citizenry of Lower Township to make a sound decision was projected neither by the Chamber of Commerce nor the Director of the Board. The Lower Township Chamber of Commerce apparently is in debt to the citizens of the township and they may have enlisted the aid of the director of the Board of Freeholders to speak in their behalf. THE CHAMBER of Commerce wants you and me to forgive them payment of the money they now owe us, then they will take over the public's Millman Center and run it for us, thereby giving them a nice cozy building to use for their business ventures virtually free. Gentlemen, if I am mistaken, please correct me. In his diatribe, Thornton verbally abuses Grace Bielkowski, stating that she doesn't know "the facts". If not, why doesn't she? Were "the facts" made public, in plain English language? Or, were they released only during election campaigns, when anything goes? Further, I can't believe that anyone can be opposed to taxpayer programs which help stabilize the lives of many of America's needy, unless it would be President Reagan's republican regime who are now preparing to cut Social Security. Bielkowski, according to "The director's" written "facts," is a babbling, myopic, ill-informed congenital malcontent. By his lumping of her with Councilman Joseph Lonergan and Deputy Mayor M M. "Peggie" Bid&erbach I assume that means they also are babbling, myopic, illinformed, congenital malcontents. Also, they're democrats. THE SEMANTIC content of the director's diatribe could fit his own letter very nicely. Perhaps he, too, is congenitally malcontent? I would like to remind readers of one very important fact: a gentleman named Thomas Jefferson, a friend of other known historical figures, carried the badge of "malcontent" very proudly. So much so that, as a result of his malcontent actions, all of us now can call our leaders names ; and our leaders can call us names? Thornton should immediately tender an apology to Grace Bielkowski, Deputy Mayor M.M. "Peggie" Bieberbach, Councilman Joseph Lonergan and the readers of this newspaper. EDWARD J. KAMMERER North Cape May

Joyride III Jjjr By Libby Demp Forrest \J JJ" j What comes around, goes around. If you don't believe me, take a minute and think about it. I'm not just talking about chicken pox or the flu. I keep reminding No. 1 and No. 2 that someday they are going to have kids of their own and those kids are going to crayon on the walls of a new house, they are going to eat all the cupcakes and then deny it, and they are going to slam the front door so hard the screws will fall out of the hinges. After all, what comes around, goes around. WHEN I TELL THIS to No. 2, he says. "Nah, Mom." "You just wait and see," I tell him. "You're going to have a kid who's going to aggravate you during homework time." "You're going to find out what it is to stay up all night Christmas eve wrapping presents and filling stockings." "You're going to have a kid come home in stitches from a school dance and refuse to tell you what's funny.'" What comes around, goes around. WHEN THE STUFFING came out of the couch, I tried to be philosophical. Oh, well, I said to myself, someday the stuffing will come out of No. l and No. 2's couches. When the dishes get left behind in the sink and everyone 4 in the household denies they had anything to eat all day. I have to be philosophical. When I have to beg and cajol and threaten to get No. 1 and No. 2 to write a thank you note, I think about a time when I'll get a crack at being a grandmother and send off a little present for the kiddies. What comes around, goes around. A FRIEND who now has grownup, married kids told me that while she never thought she'd live long enough to see her kids as adults, she observes her grandchildren doing all the rotten things her own kids used to do. And she has the thrill of seeing her own kids aggravated. Her kids never used to believe that babies will wet their diapers the minute after they had been changed. They never believed you could raise a kid in a kind, loving household, and the first thing that kid will do when you let him outside to play with the other kids is to run away with their toys. I look around my home at the jackets that don't get hung up, at the thumb tacks in places they shouldn't be, at the pile of dirty linen waiting for someone someday to carry it downstairs, and I have to smile a little to myself. What comes around, goes around. </Z ■ J Tr h ;.f Ttc5> -

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