4 Herald - Lantern - Dispatch 26 February '86

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HELP FOR IIOSPIC'E — A Check for SI. (KM) from the Wildwood Civic Club Evening Membership Department is presented to Holy Redeemer Hospice Program, a subsidiary of Holy Redeemer Visiting Nurse and Home Health Agency. Swainton. I-eft to right are: Wayne Whelan. hospice administrator: Sister Jacqueline Marie. C.R.S. executive director of visiting nurse agency: Mrs. Kenneth Calloway, chairman of the Evening Membership Department, and Mrs. Charles J. Versaggi. chairman of the Community Improvement Program of the evening membership department.

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The Middle School Chess Team missed placing first in ils division by only one half point at the United States Amateur Chess Team Championship, held at the Hilton Hotel in Somerset Feb. 15-17. Team members are eighth graders Cathy Wang. Ant} Brown, and John llsieh: and high school sophomore Dan Wunder. Wang led* the school with three win# out of six games Browniand llsieh had a four Ifoard sweep in one round. Wunder played well on the firsl board The school was in the running for three separate awards: Best Elementary School. * Under 1.400 (the school's team average was 1.368 points), and ScholasticMiddle participants were chosen from Ihe best players in Ihe Weekly Chess Club with advisors Steve DeStefano from the Middle School and .Mike Brown and Elementary School 3. THE MIDDLE Township Elementary PTA sponsored a "Family Night at the Movies" at ElementarySchool 3 Feb. 21. 'Children and adults enjoyed watching Walt Disney's "The Black Hole" Barbara Springer was the chairperson Dr. Lonnie Matlick spoke to Sandi Harris'. Pam Vaughan's. Mark Antunes'. and John Bacon's seventh grade classes at the Middle School on career education recently He informed the students in detail on what the educational requirements are to become an ear. nose, and facial plastic surgeon. Sheriff Jim Plousis was the guest speaker at the Court House Kiwanis meeting Feb. 13. He told the group that the sheriff's office has been in existence since 1692. For a number of years that office was in charge of practically all county governmental func-

tions including the courts and elections. The first county jail was located in Burleigh from 1692 to 1824 at the present location of the Wildwood Gold and Country Club. The sheriff was also the chief executor of the county until 1924 Ted Croitor, a Court House Kiwanian. was thanked by Plousis for his donation of a horse to the Sheriff's Department and also for donating dog food for the department's two bloodhounds We wish Marion Cant/ of Green Cnfek a very "Happy Birthday"! "Ft'N NIGHT" took place al Ihe Middle School Feb. 7. There were 50 students. 10 from each of Ihe five participating learns, who took part in 12 different competitive activities including twolegged races; running, jumping, etc through an obstacle course, foul shooting, and egg tossing Ann Somer's 6/7B team finished with the most points overall. The other teams taking part in the Student' Council-sponsored event were 6A. 7A. 8A and 8B. A. J. Baliiette. an eighth grader, was Ihe chairperson. • * * We wish Harry Cooper of Green Creek a belated "Happy Birthday"! ED ZEBEDIES. a high school history teacher and student council advisor, was inducted into the Court House Kiwanis Club by former Kiwanis District Governor Frank Ross at the club's weekly dinner meeting on Feb. 13. Zebedies is a resident of Avalon. We wish Beilevue bartender and Swainton resident Mac McConnrll a belated ''Happy Birthday"! The Middle Township Chamber of Commerce will

hold a combined board of directors and general membership meeting at the County Library Building in Court House 7:30 p.m. March 3 MARCH 3 is the deadline for Middle Township residents to have new address numbers displayed on houses and mailboxes The numbers must be at least three inches high. The township code enforecement official will* begin checking the houses. There is a Sio a day fine for noncompliance. So far over 80 percent of the houses in the township have the new addresses displaced THE MIDDLE Township Recreation Department will hold sign ups for the spring Season of the Cape May County Soccer League 10 a m.-l p.m March I in the Recreation Office. 209 S. Main Street. Court House Boys and girls born in 1971 through 1979 are elegi ble to play The registration fee is $6. Players signing up for the first time should bring copy of their birth certificates. DON'T FORGET to mail in the Change of Address cards recently received from Ihe County Board of Elections as officials need to know your new house number to insure the delivery of sample ballots and any other correspondence the board may send you. The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 198 will sponsor a chicken dinner at the Legion Hall. Dias Creek Road and Hand Avenue. Court House. 3-6 p.m. March 16. Live music will be provided by "The Browns" in honor of St. Patrick's Day. Reservations can be made by calling 465-5579 or 465-5255. We wish Kristi Meers of Court House a very "Happy Birthday"! She is 6 years old

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If you are a bowling fan. you will be pleased to note that Cape May County will be the 1986 host county for the Tri-County Women's Bowling League Tournament March l and 2 and 8 and 9 at the Wildwood Bowl. The Wildwood Bowl s 32 lanes will be filled by 120 to 125 of the Tri-County area's best lady bowlers as they vie for team and individual trophies and cash prizes. According to Angie Calogero. lane representative for the county, the highlight of the tournament will occur 6 p.m. March 1 when Assemblyman Guy Muziani will "roll out the first ball" to being competition COMPETING FOR the sport s-minded individual's attention on the evening of Match 2 will be another wrestling card at Wildwood's Convention Hall. Promoted by area resident Maurice C'atarcio and Jack Cummings. the main attraction will again feature Sergeant Slaughter As the father of two who have been infected with "Hulkomania". I felt obliged to attend the last card at the Hall. To my amazement "everybody else" was there. The program seems to be a local success and the Hall can use the off-season rental. While mentioning Convention Hall sports, it should be noted that in the latest Wildwood vs. Wildwood Catholic rivalry. WCHS squeaked by with a one-point edge over WHS in the well-attended varsity clash. The tournament and playoffs are upon us and always attendance and support are welcome. Two locally hosted "hoop-hooplas" are in the offing so mark these dates on your "Events to Attend" calendar. Tuesday. March 4. the "St John Sizzlers" will pit their collective talents against the visiting team from Gloucester Catholic in the Parochial League B firstround eliminations This match will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the WCHS gymnasium. 'Bark to (iod' Program Held COURT HOUSE - A covered dish dinner followed by a "Back to God" program was held-recently by Thurston Elmer Wood Post 198. American Legion in the Post Home Post Commander Clara Foster read a poem in memory of the Four Chaplains who gave their lifejackets to four soldiers, then stood with arms linked, in prayer, as the U.S.S. Dorchester sank in the icy waters off Greenland Feb. 3. 1943 Auxiliary President Helen Watts read an article on the history and wars of this country

Two days later Dave Troiano and his girls' basketball team will host Clayton High, again in a firsi-round tournament The event is slated for 7:30 p.m at the Wildwood High School Gym. IF YOU HAVEN'T made reservations for the Wildwood Elementary Home and School Association's Spring Dance you'd better hurry: Slated for 9 p.m 1 . a.m. Saturday, the event promises to be a sellout. The American Legion Hall. Roberts and Atlantic, will be the site of the fundraiser. Call 522-3280 or 729-1245 for further information and reservations. THE WILDWOOD Crest Fire Department has announced its 1986-87 administration: Gus Olsen. fire chief; Ed Grass!, vice-pres-ident. John Taylor, treasurer, and Charles Bradley, secretary. LAST YEAR, it was my pleasure to report on the 69th anniversary of Anglesea Fire Department 1 . This year. I offer congratulations to them again on the celebration of its 70th anniversary of continuously serving the City of North Wildwood. LARGE BOLD print catches my attention. So. as I was recently perusing my morning paper I noticed the "banner" print on the editorial page. Low and behold, it was a letter pen ned by Wildwood Crest resi dent Alan Gould. In short. Gould was stating that we should be letting the worfd know that our Island communities are doing something about correcting last season's beach closings I found this interesting because only two days before the letter appeared. I had a call from an "out-of-towner" who has the Herald/Lantern mailed to him periodically by his daughter He stated that he is a frequent reader of the Wildwoods column and is pleased to read that remedial measures are being taken to

correct the situation and his fears about his month-long summer visit have been abated. PERHAPS GOULD is right. We have mentioned, frequently, that communities are bonding millions of dollars to upgrade treatment facilities. The MUA is progressing, visibly, along Rio Grande Boulevafd. Just this week, the City of Wildwood announced an emergency quarter million dollar bond ordinance to assist with the immediate installation of sewage lines to the dozens or so homes without them along the old Rio Grande Boulevard. This stuff is big bucks and it's news. I frequently read the city and suburban papers within our tourism marketing area and I have yet to see mention of the good we are doing to insure a safe and clean summer of 1986. Sure, we're interested as we live here, and as a reporter it is my responsibility. to print it. But. I hazard a guess, 99 percent of this paper's readership is not going to spend $2,000 to vacation in the Wildwoods this summer. The remaining 1 percent is the gentleman from Wilkes-Barre who happened upon an article stating the corrective efforts. KUDOS TO GOULD for publicly stating that perhaps we are missing the boat Maybe our mayors should be on the Tri-State TV stations as guests on the morning chit-chat talk shows. It would ease a lot of fears if a Fishtown resident picked up his weekly paper and read that the Wildwoods were spending large sums of money and that they have indeed solved the problem. Editors are responsible people and are acutely aware of what is of interest to their readership This was most apparent when they chose to run banner headlines when the beaches were fouled. They should be equally responsive on the positive side.

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NORTH WILDWOOD - The USDA Soil Conservation Service has announced the promotion of Noel Mur ray of this city as Soil Conservationist at the Cape May Plant Materials Center (PMC) in Swainton. Murray came on staff in August 1984 after receiving a degree in Agronomy at Delaware Valley College and working in Kansas. Pennsylvania and New Jersey on several farming operations Currently, he assists the PMC manager by testing, screening and selecting plant materials to be used on critical sites to stabilize eroding soil. THESE PLANTS are then released as a named variety and marketed through commercial growers. Don Hamer, manager of the PMC. has assigned Mur ray the responsibility of evaluating the performance of project plantings located in three states Murray is

also undergoing extensive training to qualify him for a manager's position at a plant materials center such as the one in New Jersev The Cape May PMC Staff serves the nine coastal states from Massachusetts to North Carolina by helping them find solutions to soil erosion problems that can be solved with plant materials The PMC's number one priority is to assist the states in reducing the erosion of valuable soil from cropland. Club Meeting SWAINTON - The Polish American Club of Cape May County will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday. March 4. in the clubhouse on Siegtown Road. There will be a social period at 7:30 p.m. and the meeting at 8. For further information, call 465-7519 or 886-4672