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New Year's Eve Celebration J1 with Dr. Chico & the Bogie Band i' from 8:00 pm 'til 2 am * j' Balloons. Noise Makers. Party Favors. Champagne Toast \L x FREE CHAMPAGNE I SMenu ' A Bottle of Champagne Per Couple Included with Dinner With — \ Broiled Seafood Combination Cho>c Broiled Stuffed Shrimp £ ^ /-vf Broiled Lobster Tail ^ I 66 Lmi Surf & Turf ± Q ^ t? Prime Rib of Beef ^ *** Filet Mignon Veal Oscar Per Person Includes Chime ot sou/' s.iIhcI /wlolo veyeuble colter champagne jnd dessert Serving 4 to 10 pm ^ RESERVATIONS SUGGESTED Major credit cardc honored. WD RESTAURANT I Rio Grande Ave. (after bridge), Wildwood 522-776 1 a

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(From Page 22) I board's members. "Did anyone check on I how many meetings they atI tended?" Baxter asked. I She's complained in the past I that health board members I like Mayor Fothergill and I Councilman Brand miss too " many meetings. She called "common thievery" any acceptance by them of pay for missed health board meetings. Baxter said she wants all muni icipal employes, particularly councilmembers. off paid township boards. "Mary, in the past administration, all three (Committee members) were members of the Board of Health," Conroy recalled. That's a practice she doesn't want to see continued, Baxter said. EARL "JOE" KLINGER. president of the Lower Township Taxpayers' Association, complained last week about the lack of quorum that saw Council's regularly scheduled Dec. 2 meeting canceled. Mayor Fothergill. Councilmen Brand and Conroy were unavailable then which. Klinger said, made it seem that "hunting's more important." Buck season opened for rifle hunters Dec. 2 in Pennsylvania. Brand and Fothergill were hunting then: Conroy wasn't. Klinger last week also wanted Council to look into a possible "conflict of interest" on the zoning board because of its chairman. Robert J. Smeltzer. has reportedly switched jobs from banking to a position with developer Carl T. Mitnick. That's a possible violation of the township Ethics Code. Klinger said. Council didn't comment on his observations. STEW MILLARD, president of the township Chamber of Commerce, told Council last week that local businesses are "going to have to have some kind of relief" from proposed retrofit provisions of the new state fire code. As originally drafted.

those provisions would have required quarterly and annual inspections of all buildings in the state, except single-family homes and duplexes. at $75-$ 1,200 a year. Those provisions also would have required building owners to install such safety equipment as fire doors and stairwells, more exits, sprinkler systems. Millard estimated the cost at $2,000 for the average small business owner. "My question is, where do I get the money from?" he asked, having urged Council unsuccessfully last month to press the state for retrofit loans. Councilman Conroy, who's a principal in Villas Lumber Co. and the Pirate's Den restaurant-tavern on Bayshore Road, Villas, told Millard he's probably "un-

derestimating" the retrofit cost to the average small businessman by $18,000. "It's going to be a very, very expensive deal," Millard agreed, again urging Council to take an official stand on retrofit loans Millard. Conroy and other business people will probably be relieved to hear that the state Fire Safety Commission is considering amendments, some of them opposed by county firefighters, that will reduce substantially the retrofit's impact (see related news story). LOWER S "EMPLOYES' Christmas Party" offered a hot and cold hors d'oeuvres buffet Friday at Conroy's Pirate's Den. REMINDERS — Have a Merry Christmas and a healthy New Year.

'A Ferry Tale' Has Second Edition

NEW CASTLE. DE - A second printed edition of "A Ferry Tale - The Story of The Cape May-Lewes Ferry' has been updated for the 1985-86 holiday season. The book, first released in 1984, was written by William J. Miller Jr., executive director of the Delaware River & Bay Authority, which operates the ferry system as well as the Delaware memorial Bridge. THE BOOK IS available in paperback and hard cover at the Travel Office of the Delaware Memorial Bridge, New Castle, Del.; on all ferry vessels and at ferry terminals in Cape May and Lewes; and bookstores throughout Delaware and South Jersey. In addition to the ferry book, Miller also authored "Crossing The Delaware - The Story of the Delaware Memorial Bridge" The

book is available at the same locations and for the same price. m Q. I understand that Medicare also pays for hospice care. My mother has hospital insurance coverage under Medicare, but not the medical insurance coverage. Can she still get hospice care services? A. Yes. The hospice care is provided by hospital insurance coverage under Medicare.

VhOTEI t CONFERENCE CENTER WE WISH YOU ALL A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY _x NEW YEAR (CLOSINC JAN. ISt TO JAN. 3 1ST) , '( jM*1 0CEANFR0NT AT 78TH STREET, AVALON. NEW JERSEY, 368-5155