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dfalpi Jifi JcuunA. Help for the New Jersey farmer is the object of a bill introduced in the Legislature recently, providing for a law to permit employment of high school boys on farms during the planting and harvesting seasons. The bill is designed to alleviate as much as possible the alarming situation which is confronting farmers of this state, in the matter of obtaining farm workers this year. The bill would make it permissible for high school boys to miss part of their school terms in order to aid with farm work during the rush seasons, and would make possible reestablishment of a system used during the World War when high school boys helped on farms in New Jersey. The farm labor situation in New Jersey is serious this year. A large number of former farm workers have left their regular occupations and have obtained more lucrative jobs in defense industries. Some have been drafted. Some have enlisted. The result is that this year, when the nation needs every bit of food it can produce, and farmers have been urged to plant more crops than ever before, farm labor is definitely at a premium. , There is a plan to establish work camps in New Jersey near some of the major farming centers and to import farm workers from the south for the principal farming season, but that is not enough. The proposed law will open a new field of potential farm laborers who may volunteer to aid the xarmers in their own particular emergency this year. True, inexperienced laborers are not a very great help on a farm,, as many farmers point out, but there are certainly many jobs that could be handled adequately after the youths have been given some little instruction, so that more experienced hands could be freed for the more complicated tasks. Present school laws and child labor laws make this large source of farm labor unavailable; the bill would overcome those present obstacles and give more of our young people an opportunity to do something useful and extremely important for their country. Incidentally, a summer's expei4ence on farms would be a wholly good thing for the boys, physically and mentally. And we all ought to know more than we do about the good earth.

Old Bergen Church, Jersey City

Reminiscent of the early Dutch settlers in Jersey City is Old Bergen Church, located at Highland and Bergen Avenues, Jersey City. The dark brownstone and brick structure, flanked by a lawn, houses the oldest church organization in New Jersey. Founded in 1660, the congregation built its first church of logs in 1662. A larger one of fiel^ stones, was built in 1680 the first on the present site. A second stone, church was built in 1773.

The present structure, topped by a square tower, was dedicated in 1841. It is built in part, from the stones of the former buildings. Cemented in the front wail, between the two doorways, are the corner stone of the firrt church with the inscription "W.Day-1680’' and a stone from the second church inscribed “Kerk Gebout Het Yaer 1680. Bowt in Het Yaer 1773." A'etc Jersey Council, State Boute. Trenton

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Dl&ufi Tip Jh& ^jood CJoilc Cape May County made an excellent record during 1941 in the matter of reducing the number of fatal highway accidents. When the final official figures were computed by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Department recently, it was shown that Cape May County was the only one in the state with a reduction in highway fatalities. Compared with 1940, Cape May County had a reduction of 18 per cent in the number of traffic deaths. The figures in the statewide report are a tribute to the law enforcement officers who have been stressing the highway safety campaign in Cape May County so strenuously in recent years. Safety-consciousness has been one of the chief objectives of the Cape May County League of Municipalities during the last two years, and an extensive program of safety education has been cacried out among officials of the county. The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Department also has waged constant war on recklessess and carlAsness which are responsible for so many traffic accidents. All law enforcement officers in the county have been particularly concerned with the reduction of accidents and a real effort has been made to break up the practice of minor traffic law violations which so often result in accidents. Cape May County should be proud of the fact that it was the only county in the state to effect * reduction in the highway death toll last year. But it should not stop its efforts there. That excellent record last year should be but an impetus to continue during 1942 in the war against recklessness, and to increase the campaigns for safe driving and safe walking that are so necessary before any appreciable gain can be made in the traffic safety situation. Highway safety has always been of extreme importance, but itjs particularly so now with our country at war. One accident may mean removal of an important worker from an important job for months, possibly forever In materials, it may mean demolition of a car or truck that would play important nart in the war effort. The money spent for hospital bills, repair costs and the innumerable items attached to accidents might have bought defense bonds or paid taxes to help our country in its war effort. These are times when conservation of resources is a paramount consideration. Everything that can be used must be used. Nothing should be wasted. The price of traffic accidents is even, higher now ... We,should be proud of the record we made last year, -fiat we should double-our efforts to make an even more impressive record during 1942. Ml-Oui J-tft (Mom&jnaJuiAi Defense is more than guns and tanks and planes. Defense is strong, healthy bodies, happy well-fed children, bright, cheerful homes where Americans can rest and relax and prepare for the next day’s toil. Defense is avoiding waste, making the most out of the things at hand to liberate other articles for more important uses. And in this all-out war effort of ours, the homemakers— the ones not engaged in war work or war preparations—are taking the defense theme seriously and are trying to change their old-time methods to conform to the new pattern of conservation while-at the same time giving more attention to improved nutrition. An example of that trend is in progress at Cape May Court House today. There the annual spring Homemakers’ Institute is being held for women from all sections of the county. They are getting new ideas on meal planning, diet balancing, preparing clothing to last another season rather than replacing it with new garments, learning ways to cut costs in the very important business of managing a family without reducing any of the really important phases of the j*.

Taken from files j>f The Star and Wave for the years 1937, 1932 and 1922. Five Years Ago To decide whether Cape May shall continue under city manager form of government or whether the city government will be changed to the commission form, a special election will be held April 6, it was announced Monday night after a petition signed by 471 voters had been presented to the city clerk, requesting a special election to consider the change.

the Cape May Golf Club and house "was taken under consideration by city councilmen Monday morning when A. Gregory Ogden, an officer of the club, urged the city officials to purchase the property. Cape May County’s amended 1937 budget was adopted without protest at a special meeting of the board of freeholders Tuesday afternoon in Cape May Court House. Amendments made last week after the stringent provisions of the local budget act had been modified were passed by the

board.

Completion of field work in the survey of the intra-coastal waterway from Cape May to Manasquan has been announced by army engineers. M. H. Greaser, resident engineer of the Atlantic City sub-office, reported his findings to the War Department in Philadelphia early this week. Real estate signs throughout the city were removed from houses Monday afternoon in response to a petition circulated among real estate agents of Cape May. All for sale and for rent signs were removed from houses by the

real estate board. Ten Years Ago

Captain Donald Curtis, U.S. M.C., on board‘‘U-S-S. Houston, while in Manila, had a very pleasant meeting with Major S. W. Reeves, whom he had never

known before. Captain Curtis and - _ ,, , a friend were watching the army I Wave to me. I would also maneuvers at Fort McKinley, STeaUy apprecute a ling in the when he noticed a very distin-1 P a P er informing anyone m Cape guished looking officer. Later they Ma >' desiring to write to me that engaged in conversation and he address is Private E. Jay learned the officer's name was. Fisher, Detachment, Medical DeReeves from Cape May. | nartment, Daniel Field, Augusta,

In a communication from Washington last Friday, good news was contained for all interests about Cape May harbor. For years every possible effort has been made to have the government dredge

Leon Quidort, die same one who won in the Dutch Master’s World Series Contest, has been awarded a cash prize of $80 in a recent travel contest, held by the Curtis Publishing Company. Keedy was 1200th on the list the first of February, and finished No. 29 when the contest dosed

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Twenty Years Ago The Reliance Transportation Company which operated the big green and blue cars between Wildwood, Cape May and Ocean City and intermediate points last summer and discontinued with the advent of fall has secured licenses from the three principal resorts upon a promise to maintain a bus line the year around. The New Jersey State Highway Commission was the guest of the City of Cape May on Saturday night at a banquet given in honor of the passage of the Ferry bilL The affair was attended by the commissioners and prominent business men of Cape May. The Cape May county tax board gave out the tax rates for the dties, boroughs and townships in the county on Saturday, March 18. In nearly every instance there was an increase in the rate due to heavy state and county tax budgets and the increase in

local budgets.

The Cape May County Chamber of Commerce under the leadership of President L. C. Ogden held its monthly meeting in the High School as the guests of Cape May. An interesting program

was carried out.

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Louisville, Ky.

— March 21, 1942

between the stone jetties at the, To the Editor:

harbor entrance. We have a son, Forrest, In the _ U. S. Naval air station at Cape Captain William H. Shea, for- May, and he has sent us a copy mer commandant of Base Nine, of your very nice little paper. Coast Guard base here, in a let- We feel as If we had really ter to the publisher of the Star ! been to visit him (as we hope to

and Wave this week, has high do) already, and feel as if we wouldnt know * bout 8Qci

P ra jse for the CG-21B and her already knew the town, so comgallant crew for their behavior pletely did your paper cover it. during the several days of tfhe I Thanks to him and you. storm of ten days ago when the MRS CARL PHELPS seventy-five foot patrol boat was Louisville, Ky.

&f>e S TARBOARD WATCH By C. Worthy AH, SPRING Tis spring. Yes, ’tis. That’i been official ever since 2:11 a.m Saturday when the season of romance, sulphur and molasses, poetry and house-cleaning arrived in all its glory. How could anything arrive in glory at 2:11 a.m., you ask 7 We wouldn’t know. We just report what we believe to be the true facts of the situation, and you can figure out all the dopey questions your-

self.

THINGS ARE MOVIN’ But if the official arrival of spring has done nothing else, it has started a lot of activities around here. F'r instance, high school boys have begun tossing the horsehide pill around and are getting ready for the 1942 baseball season . . . People who haven’t ridden ’em for years are trying out bicycles and making pretty much of a mess of it in some cases . . . The little women making plans for spring housecleaning . . . And the poets are getting in fine fettle . • . ANOTHER POEM Here's an example sent in by our friend Frank Rollins: Where the summer nights are always cool we are contented And we've never found a better place in all the years rented We do not have the brilliant lights of Coney Island gay Yet everyone seems satisfied DOWN CAPE MAY CITY WAY. We've never heard the rumbling of a subway underground Where subway trains may s day be, potatoes now are found. Here underneath our Harbor Lights, we have no traffic

jams

Where traffic jams will never be you'll find us rakin’ dams, ve never heard the discords of a real old German band But we've, often heard the rhythm of the waves along our strand. Yon can have your Coney Island and its brilliant lights galore Well remain IN CAPE MAY CITY on its well-protected

shore.

THESE YOUNGSTERS!

Seems as if we stuck our chin out a couple of weeks ago when we said we expected a good season in Cape May despite the many problems that face all seashore resorts this year. Our friend, the col-yumnist of the Ocean City Sentinel-Ledger, recently took a pot-shot at us and pointed out that the tire situation may spoil a lot of vacations. That’s very true, it may. But we in Cape May remember the good old days before there Were such thii^s as tires and automobiles End we had mighty good seasons here then. Of course, Ocean City,

to the Lordship and Leadership of the Master for life’a great adventure of faith. These men were so varied in their personalities, so diverse in their background and in their outlook, that the wonder is, from our human considerations, that our Lord could see in them the foundation material necessary for the building of the Kingdom of God on the earth. Their acceptance of Christ meant that they must give up personal desires and ambitions and enter wholeheartedly a new way of life. Who else but Christ could fire men with zeal and inner conviction to engage in a task hitherto practically untried? Which other leader could attract humble fishermen, a despised publican, a hot agitator, a zealot bent on revolt? Who else had a message that could answer the needs of the human soul? "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brok-en-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.’’ (Luke 4:18,19). Our Master understood men, and he had something to offer them to relieve the burdens which rest so heavily upon the heart His personality attracts all those who are willing to pay the price, and repels all those who decide to live within the limits of their self-centered interests. Christ says, “If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me”. Our Lord’s life may be called "The Divine Footsteps”, which every disciple must follow in order to accomplish the rich experience of fellowship with God and the ministry of reconciliation among our fellowmen. We are told that the need of the hour is effective leadership. Our modem civilization reflects all the moods from utter futility to overflowing optimism. Unfortunately Jesus Christ does not enter sufficiently into the appraisal of our times. He is called a sentimental idealist who cannot appreciate the currents of modem life. His challenge to self-denial and cross-bearing has enriched those who grasp and domineer. His program may be all right in an ideal world, but it does not meet the hard and real elements which continually buffet us. Quite true, if life is merely materialistic. If life is only the efforts to feed and clothe ourselves, to accumulate a share of the world’s goods, to have an easy existence without the .assuming of definite responsibilities, then materialism will issue out successfully. Life, however, does not consist n the abundance of things which a man possesses. We are involved In relationships toward God and man which ore spiritual. When we seek first the Kingdom of God and the things of righteousness, then all other needs will be supplied. The greatest joys come through unselfishness, burdenbearing, and sacrifice. Our lives must match the life-pattern of our Lord, who did not shun the cross. If “The Divine Footsteps - ' were given half a chance to enter livingly into our modem civilization, futility would be transformed into abounding hope, and confusion into ordered and sanctified experience with God and man. It depends upon us as Christian men and women and young people whether we choose to walk in the Master’s footsteps, j whether we are willing to endure the burdens of life he endured. and condemn sin in all its manifold and hideous forms as he

condemned it.

whoae 1_ shallow. Selfish intereata, - 1 ambitions, shady schemes for saSaggrandisement, life on the level of self—all these receive a gradual jolting when a new lodger, called a "Stranger”, comes into their midst. The challenge to be their better selves is met, as the "Stranger” deals with the various lodgers, by his kind yet searching words, by his genial spirit at helpfulness,, fey his very presence • in tfife-betise. The “Stranger” may possibly have been Jesus. When we accept his leadership and follow his footsteps, we are well on the way toward the realization of our true selfhood. Have we ever considered Christ as living in our homes, walking along our streets, sitting at the council tables of government, preaching from our ' pulpits, ever leading men along ihe way of the divine footsteps T The divine footsteps lead us al- > into our full usefulness. It was never intended that men should seclude themselves from the currents of the world. The gospel has relevance for all the complexity of human wants. Our place is not on the bslcony, but in the arena. Opportunities to serve are on every hand, and those who have eyes to see and ears to hear are aware of these opportunities. Christ expects his followers to enter into the tragedies and trials of the hour, to lift up the common lot of humanity, to exemplify the spirit of giving instead of getting, and the spirit of serving instead of enslaving. We fed too often that we have little-to offer for God’s use. Like the servant with the one talent, we bury our gifts in the earth. Yet God depends upon one-talent people, for they bear the real burdens of life. If they fail, much is lost From the, mightiest to the lowliest, from the greatest to the least, there is some opportunity to be used of God in the fulfilling of lift’s enterprise and of Christ's cause. The demands at the Christian life are immediate and searching. There is no place for excuses in the effort to defer a wholehearted decision. Every period of life—youth, mature life, old age—must be given to the following of the trail of the divine footsteps of our day. From the dawn to the setting sun we can travel in pathways of consecrated service and achievement. We bear our crosses, we deny ourselves, we experience the heat of toil and the pressure of lift, we bear other people’s burdens. Yet, through it all, we have the knowledge and the comfort that we have not walked alone. Jesus not only walked the highways of his day, but he walks the avenues of modern life, the companion of all those who walk in his steps. He walks through the streets of our community, he sits at our tables, he stands beside us in the office, in the shop, in the school, in the church. Wherever men rise up and follow him, he is there, and his gospel is being fulfilled. He still issues his invitation to a most rewarding experience—“Follow me!” Shall we not walk in the divine footsteps? "If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me”—into true manli- . into full usefulness, for all

of life.

NAMES OMITTED FROM SCHOOL HONOR ROLL The following names were omitted from the list of honor students of Cape May High School for the fourth marking period, which was published in The Star and Wave last week: Jeanne Scott and Kathryn Smith. . The names were inadvertently omitted in the listing of honor

students.

IN HOSPITAL Miss Marion Sibble, of 11 Perry street, is convalescing at the Graduate Hospital, 19th and Lombard streets, Philadelphia, following a serious operation, perform-

ed recently.

The U. S. S. ARKANSAS, built in 1912, is the Navy’s oldest battle-

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