Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 22 January '86 19

/li^NEWS |p&7 DIGEST (^7 l/l / Wee^'s jj jj J J Top Stories (From page 1) treated and released at Burdette Tomlin Memorial Hospital. No charges were filed because of the road's condition. Meanwhile, the icy Avalon-Swainton overpass of the Garden State Parkway caused six vehicles, including an Avalon police car, to be damaged in five accidents less than 30 minutes apart. Three more people were treated and released at Burdette Tomlin. No charges were filed and the accidents are under investigation.

Arson Suspected BURLEIGH - A Harbor Furniture Outlet warehouse on Indian Trail Road was gutted Thursday morning by a blaze the County Prosecutor's office said looks like arson. Seventy firefighters, from Court House, Green Creek, Rio Grande and Villas, fought about 24 hours to bring the fire under control, according to Court House" Fire Chief Calvin Back. The property was assessed at $173,500 and thousands of dollars worth of mattresses, beds, chairs and furnishings were destroyed. Voll Honors Five COURT HOUSE - Mayor Michael J. Voll honored the following government employes and concerned citizens for outstanding community service at the Jan. 16 Middle Township Committee meeting: township high school guidance counselor Chris Gauvla and Elementary No. 3 nurse Kathy Bronn, for their efforts during the investigation of the John O'Neal sexual assault case; township police Cpl. Frederick Teasenfitz Township Police County Investigator and Marie Hayes for professionalism in handling that case; Robert Davis, owner of Davis Auto Body, Wildwood, for helping fire and rescue squads to raise the wreck off a pinned driver after an accident on the Garden State Parkway. Dishes Defined SEA ISLE CITY — A recently adopted ordinance here stipulates that satellite 'dish antennas must be ground-mounted in backyards and screened by landscaping. Also, it increased allowed antenna height 15-18 feet, and decreased the distance they must be placed from side and rear property lines from 10 to five feet. Antenna foundations must be built to withstand 100-mile-an-hour winds, certified by a licensed engineer, and dish diameter cannot exceed 10 feet. The ordinance was adopted Jan. 14 for aesthetic reasons, city officials said. 23<t per $100 Hile? WILDWOOD - Mayor Victor DiSylvester introduced a tentative 1986 budget of $10,565,973 last week, up ^$943,646 from last year's $9,622,327. That would translate into a 23-cent tax increase per $100 of assessed property value, or $230 for a home assessed at $100,000, according to Business Administrator Marc Pfeiffer. However. DiSylvester said that an unknown amount will be offset by state and federal revenue sharing plus any cuts Council approves. The biggest increases were: $400,000 for salary and wages, at least $105,000 for sludge removal, $115,000 for insurance and $105,000 for employe fringe benefit costs. Occupancy Ban WILDWOOD — Owners of more than 20 homes on Old Rio Grande Boulevard were told their houses — most of them summer cottages — cannot be occupied until they present proof of proper sewage disposal systems. The county Department of Health found that some of the houses had plumbing that deposited raw sewage directly into the backbay and four were found to have no holding tanks or septic provisions. Council last week instructed city engineer Ralph Petrella to

find the cost of running sewer lines to service the three-block area. None of the houses is known to be presently occupied, said Business Administrator Marc Pfeiffer. No Contract, No Control COURT HOUSE — Middle Township Animal Control Officer Dennis Kelly resigned last week, citing lack of a contract and criticism from Mayor Michael J. Voll. The mayor, who favors countywide animal control, said he would replace Kelly if he stays off the job. "There's always somebody else that needs a job," said Voll. Kelly said he would continue to handle emergency calls because his conscience dictates it. Dog Killer Fined COURT HOUSE — Herbert Jaudon, of 71 Goshen Rd., a state prison correctional officer, was fined $100, $25 court costs and $25 to the state Violent Crimes Compensation Board after he pleaded guilty to shooting a five-month-old stray puppy on his property last October. Jaudon said stray dogs often roam his neighborhood and sometimes find their way into his swimming pool. The puppy, Jaudon said, tore laundry off his wife's clothes line. Ranch House Gutted NORTH WILDWOOD — Ranch House Motor Inn, a 25-unit motel on 10th Avenue, was destroyed by fire Jan. 15. The 15-year-old motel was estimated to be worth $500,000. Fire Chief Gordon Mathis said wooden units on the second floor were gutted but steel support beams prevented it from collapsing. He said the structure would probably have to be razed. The blaze is being labeled suspicious, pending an arson investigation. Chief Suspects Arson J WOODBINE — A two-alarm fire, which destroyed the rear of a bungalow in the 200 block of Adams Avenue Thursday, was of suspicious origin, according to Woodbine Fire Chief Anthony Mayshura The house was unoccupied at the time. Mayshura notified the county prosecutor's Arson Squad about the fire, which was controlled in about an hour. Charged With Threat NORTH WILDWOOD - George R. Sherick, 31, of W. 9th Ave., was charged with making terroristic threats against a police officer last week after he allegedly barricaded himself in his bathroom and threatened to shoot anyone who entered. Detective George Greenland said the incident stemmed from a domestic dispute and that Shenck claimed to have a 356-caliber Magnum revolver. Sherick. who surrended unarmed after talking to police for about one hour, was being held in the county jail on $10,000 cash bail, police said. Stun Gunman Nabbed OCEAN CITY — Francis J. Conroy, 27, of Haven Avenue, was charged with weapons offenses, making terroristic threats and shoplifting in Somers Point after he allegedly threatened a.. Jamesway department store security guard with a stun gun. Police said Conroy was confronted by security persohnel when he allegedly attempted to shoplift at the Jamesway on Bethel Road and Route 9. Conroy is being held in Atlantic County jail in lieu of $10,000 bail. Police Probe Drowning SEA ISLE CITY — Police continued an investigation into the drowning death of John Darnell, 28, of 47th Place, who was found floating in the bay near where he ljves a week ago. Police said they want to question Lhf dead man's girlfriend whom they declined to identify. Darnell, who was paralyzed, apparently fell from a motorized wheelchair. -J

Crash Victim Dies OCEAN CITY — Resort resident Tony Watters, 23, who was left comatose after his car struck a telephone pole along the White Horse Pike in Mullica Township, died Friday in Kessler B. Memorial Hospital, Hammonton Watters had been declared brain-dead and was being kept breathing by life-sustaining machines. He died while still connected to the machines, according to hospital authorities. Police said the cir cumstances surrounding his accident remain a mystery. The accident occurred shortly after 1 a.m. Jan. 7. See Below COLD SPRING — "ifrhat we said was, we hope to keep it under six cents," a Lower Township elementary school board member said of the district's tentative $5-miilion budget and its effect on the

local tax rate. Jf the board's accurate, that impact will be less than six eents on each $100 of assessed property value. Unanimously approved by the school board last week ( see front page story > . the budget projects additional first, second, third and sixths grades plus eight more teachers, according to retiring Supt. Edward J. Campbell. See Above VILLAS — Lower Township Manager James R. Stump, in his 1986 budget message last week, repeated his earlier ) report that the proposed $6.7-milIion budget does not project a tax increase. Lower ended 1985 with a $361,000 surplus of which Stump plans to use $250,000 in this year's budget. It's $381,224 over last year's figure that included a 17 cent in- . crease on each $100 of assessed property value. That increase will cover anticipated cost hikes for 1986, Stump said.

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Bobbie Worthley. who owns and manages the shop Tinker's Damn, is moving from her Stone Harbor address to 3101 Dune Dr.. in Avalon, and her store will expand its horizons. Last year she carried women's apparel and accessories but this will be a year-round operation and she'll be selling casual furniture and accessories for the home. Griffin Sloan. Avalon's Emergency Management Coordinator, died Jan. 15 in Lankenau Hospital in Philadelphia following heart surgery. Services for him were conducted last Friday at First Methodist Church of Avalon by the Rev. Robert W. Scott Jr. Sloan was the husband of Mayor Rachel Sloan of Avalon. MADILYN McCLURE. who accomplishes so much for the unfortunates of our community, has asked us to thank all the many people who rushed clothes, blankets, food and money Fariss — Wheaton NORTH WILDWOOD - Mr. and Mrs. Don Fariss of Allisonia, VA. announce the engagement of their daughter, Johanna Louise, to Richard James Wheaton, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Wheaton of this community. Fariss will receive her B.S. degree in Hotel, Restaurant, and Institutional Management Virginia Tech in the spring. She is national secretary and chapter president of the honor society Eta Sigma Delta. WHEATON received hi^ B.S. degree, summa cum laude, in June. 1985, from Virginia Tech and is curn rently pursuing his Master's degree in computer science at Purdue University. He is employed by AT and T to information Systems, t An evening wedding is planned for June 21 at Blacksburg Presbyterian Church in Blacksburg, VA.

to the family who lost all its belongings when its home was destroyed by fire shortly before Christmas. Many Merchants also made generous donations to the cause. Madilyn is trying to write each donor personally but she has suffered a severe chemical reaction to a prescription drug she has been taking and it's slowed her down temporarily. Dotty (Mrs. Gerald) Stump gave an elegant dinner party for her sister Peg Wear Grimes' birthday Jan. 13. The Wear Gals had just returned from one of their junkets to New England. A couple of years ago we recommended that 'they stop at the Queensbury Hotel in Glens Fate. N Y. Tney did, loved it and returned this year. It's one of the last bastions of gracious living and they report that extensive remodeling, done this year, has only enhanced that quality. Also guests. Harry Strohmetz and Ray deLaurentis were driving to Key Largo next day Each year their wives

Jessie and Marceile fjy down to be with them two days later. Their trips are always fraught with com1 plications. Last year one confused policeman wound up accusing them of being "hayseeds". Their odysseys were so hilaripus our hoots of laughter must | have~been heard in Wildwood. - HAD LUNCH with ASCO . (Avalon's Seniors) last week at Community Hall. Mpre than 200 hardy souls turned out to beat winter's blahs. We sat with councilwoman Jeanette Glazier. Councilman Dick Light. Kate and Matthew , Romano, Florence and Jack Stabb, Mary and Ed Volk. Dorothy and Gunnar Adolfson, Frances Thatcher. Irene Wasniewski ' and Bob and Ruth Emberger. Most of the faces were new to us, which always makes for fun. Candlelight and Caviar catered a surf and turf lunch. Jack Warren tickled the ivories before and after the meal and Dr. Robert,Speer gave a brief talk on advances in the study of arthritis.

BETROTHAL ANNOUNCED — The engagement of Johnna Louise F ariss of Allisonia, Va., to Richard James Wheaton of North WLdwood has been announced. The couple plans to wed in June.