Sep 1978 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

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Center students improve
POMONA — Students participating
in the Educational
Opportunity Fund Summer
~* Program at Stockton State
College showed measurable
improvement in their basic
reading, writing and math
skills in just eight weeks, it was
announced by the college's
Skills Acquisition and
Development Center.
The skills center provided
tutorial instruction supplementing
classroom learning
for the -educationally disadvantaged
EOF students.
Eight skills center tutors
utilized a "link tutoring"
practice where they sat in on
actual classes to understand
assignments and each instructor's
expectations for
homework assignments.
The center hopes to experiment
with the "link
tutoring" system during
CHORALE AUDITIONS
POMONA — The Stockton
Chorale, directed by Lewis
Gordon, will resume its Monday
night rehearsals September
11 at 7:30 p.m. in H-120
at Stockton State College.
Several openings are still
available for tenors and basses.
Interested singers may
audition Monday, September 11
or September 18 at 7 p.m.
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regular classes this fall.
The skills center offers
services in reading, writing,
study skills, mathematics and
sciences for the entire student
body. Tutors are available free
of charge .Monday through
Friday, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
(and some evenings) in topics
ranging from reading speed,
preparing term papers, writing
critiques, math, algebra,
calculus, biology, statistics,
and FORTRAN. The skills
center is located in office J-105,
extension 440.
Completes training
Air National Guard (ANG)
Airman Barbara L. Ivins,
whose parents are Mr. and Mrs.
HarryF. Baker of 2121 Simpson
Av., has~Braduated at Keesler
AFB, Miss., from the U. S. Air
Force technical training course
for avionics communications
specialists.
Airman Ivins, trained to
install and repair airborne
communications equipment, is
is returning to her New Jersey
ANG unit at Atlantic City.
Completion of the course
earned the individual credits
towards an associate in applied
science degree through the
Community College of the Air
Force.
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A Promising Future for 'Housing With Help 9
by Cy Brickfield
Twelve years ago, when they
were in their early 60s, Ken and
Evelyn sold the
rambling old
house in which
they had lived
for nearly 20
years, and rented
half of a relatively
modest two-family bungalow
in the same general neighborhood.
Their three children
were married, and Ken was al- ..
ready partially retired, having
recently cut back sharply on his
commitments as an aviation economics
consultant.
While their half of the bungalow
was only about the size of a
modern two-bedroom apartment,
it was comfortable and gave its
occupants the feeling of living in
a single-family house rather than
an apartment dwelling. In many
ways, it was the perfect arrange-
- ment for a couple who regularly
took their house trailer south for
the winter months and on frequent
fishing trips to Yellowstone
National Park during the
summer.
Last summer, however, they
didn't travel their usual routes.
Evelyn's older sister was in failing
health, and had grown extremely
dependent upon her
daily visits. Shortly after her
husband's death nearly a decade
ago, Evelyn's sister had moved
into the Residence, a congregate
housing facility in the rnidwestern
city in which they lived, and
it was there that she died last
fall.
During the winter, as their
trailer sat in the Arizona sun.
Ken and Evelyn thought about
her sister and how well she had
been cared for during her final
days at the Residence. They
thought, too, about their own
personal situation and their own
health in the years ahead.
Finally, they decided that perhaps
the time had come for them
to move out of their bungalow
and into the Residence.
"When you get to be our age,"
explains Ken, "you have to face
up to the possibility that you or
your partner could become in-
capacitated and need some kind
of care for a pretty long stretch
of time. If you're living in 'the
kind of set-up in which this care
can be provided while keeping
the two of you together—or, at
least, in the same building and
not too far apart so you can see
each other regularly — then
there's a pretty good chance
you'll come through okay."
Instead of going fishing in
Yellowstone Park as usual, Ken
and Evelyn spent this summer
dividing much of their furniture
and other possessions among
their children, and giving leftovers
to local charities. It may
not have been easy for them to
part with some of their favorite
pieces, but it was the only way
they would be able to fit into
their new apartment which is
roughly half the size of their
side of the bungalow, and which
has a little more than twice as
much living space as their house
trailer.
What they are losing in space,
however, they will be gaining in
functional conveniences — some
of which may seem like luxuries
now, but may become essential
for survival later. It is the
presence of these necessary extras
that explains why congregate
housing facilities like the
Residence are frequently referred
to as "housing with help" for
that is exactly what it is.
As in most apartment buildings,
each apartment has a
kitchen, and most of the residents
routinely prepare most of
their meals. Should a resident
not want to cook—or perhaps
not feel up to the task—there is
also a central dining room where
meals can be purchased for a
nominal fee, and non-resident
friends can be entertained.
To people living by themselves,
eating in the dining room
offers an appetizing alternative
to eating alone (a not) always
pleasant prospect for many) and
an added opportunity to socialize
with their neighbors. There
are, of course, other occasions
for socializing since the building
contains facilities for recreational
and other group activities.
Of even greater importance is
Dennis joins naval maneuvers
SOMERS POINT — Navy will be followed by an overland Europe.
Operations Specialist Third movement of the combined Planners for "Bold Guard"
Class Michael J. Dennis, son of allied forces for large scale and "Northern Wedding 78"
Joseph and Betty Forcella of maneuvers in Germany. include General Alexander M.
113 Bala Dr., is participating in Participants number ap- Haig Jr., USA, Supreme Allied
the major NATO exercises proximately 40,000 men, 170Commander,
Europe; Admiral
"Bold Guard 78" and "Nor- ships and submarines and 800Isaac
C. Kidd, Jr., USN,
thern Wedding 78" in northern aircraft from Belgium, Supreme Allied Commander,
Europe.
Canada, Denmark, the Federal Atlantic; and Royal Navy
He is assigned to the am- Republic of Germany, the Admiral Sir Henry Leach,
phibious assault ship USS Netherlands, Norway, the Allied Commander-ln-Chlef,
Guadalcanal, homeported in United Kingdom and the United Channel.
Norfolk. Va.
States. This represents the Dennis Joined the Navy in
"Bold Guard 78" andlargest
combined NATO May 1976.
"Northern Wedding 78" are exercises ever held in Northern
designed to refine coordination,
command and control
capabilities in the external
reinforcement of NATO's I RADI01400
northern flank and in conducting
combined land
operations. Taking place over
The
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Atlantic, North Sea and English
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the small; well-equipped clinic .
with its several beds and nurses
on duty around the clock. Unless
their condition is severe
enough to require the sophisticated
medical technology of a
hospital, residents don't necessarily
have to leave home to receive
medical attention when
and if illness strikes.
Except for a ten-day stay in a
local hospital's coronary care
unit, Evelyn's sister was cared
for entirely within the Residence's
walls during those long
months after her health began to
decline. Oil good days, she remained
in her own apartment
where she was visited by her
personal physician and the building's
nurses; on bad days, she
stayed in the clinic where she
could receive the closer supervision
she needed.
When the end finally came,
she was in familiar surroundings
close to her friends, neighbors
and loved ones who reflected
that her days at the Residence
had been among the happiest in
her life.
It would be nice to be able to
close this column by reporting
that congregate housing facilities
exist in plentiful numbers across
the country and are available to v
older people of all income levels,
but that is not the case. Most
facilities like the Residence are
built and operated by private,
non-profit organizations, and the
rents reflect the need for these
operations to break even "each
year.
Fortunately, Congress is on
the verge of passing legislation
that would make the vital services
of "housing with help"
available to residents of public
housing projects while financing
the development of pew congregate
housing facilities for lowand-middle-income
elderly. This
action is long overdue, but at
least it's a step in the right direction.
(Cyril F. "Cy" Brickfield Is
the executive director of the nonprofit,
non-partisan National Retired
Teachers Association and
American Association of Retired
• Persons in Washington, D.C.)
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FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8.1978
Rev. Greenleaf speaker
at Central Union Chapel
The Rev. John De*ter
Greenleaf of this city will be
guest preacher at the 11 o'clock
morning service Sunday in
Central Ocean City Union
Chapel, 32nd St. and Central
Av. This will be the final service
of the season.
Rev. Greenleaf served nine
years in the lulls of Kentucky
where he established the
Bethanna Baptist Church of
Cornersvllle, Ky. He also
served at Calvary Baptist
Church, Lansdale, Pa., and the
First Baptist Church of Essex,
'Harvest Classic'
race is slated
The regular racing season is
over at Atlantic City Speedway
in Pleasantvllle but race
director Ken Butler has announced
that he will run a
special Harvest Classic 100-lap
championship race far sportsman
stock cars on Sunday,
October 8 at 2 p.m.
With $1,000 being posted as
the winners share of the large
purse being offered by Butler, a
record field of entries is expected
for the 100-lap event on
New Jersey'sonly one half mile
paved speedway.
In addition to the 100-lapper
Car sportsman, with engines of
339 cubic inches or less, there
will be a full show of late model
20-lap main event and an added
attraction of VW sprint car
racing.
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In connection with his
ministry, Rev. Greenleaf
conducted the Gospel Voices
"presenting the unchangeable
Christ in a changing world" as ..£an
outreach for evangelistic \
endeavors and the establishment
of Baptist churches.
Special music for the morning
will- be provided by
Thomas Porch, saxophonist of
MUlvUle.
Sunday School with classes .ft
for all ages is held at 10 ajn.
Nursery care is provided in the
Beginners Room during services.
The chapel's Board of
Trustees has expressed appreciation
for the cooperation ,
of all who have made this ,A
summer a success and look
forward to greeting the
chapel's many friends next
year. Opening service for the
1979 season will be May 27.
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