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• PAGE 16 — SECTION TWO OCEAN CITY (N.J.) SENTINEL-LEDGER FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 8.1978
350 special attractions
All Year Club of Southern New Jersey introduces 'Sightmap'
The first publication of the AU
Year Club of Southern New
Jersey is off the press and being
distributed.
Called a "Sightmap," the
colorful 22 by 25-inch
publication lists and describes
350 different things to do and
see in .Southern New Jersey
from Labor Day to Memorial
Day. It lists only those attractions
open all year.
"Now that the Sightmap is
out, we are accepting memberships,"
Jim Hurley,
executive director. All Year
.Club of Southern New Jersey,
said.
"We are also accepting orders
for copies of the Sightmap.
They will be sold and
distributed every place we can
— travel agencies, news
agencies, hotels, motels,
restaurants, and attractions,"
Hurley declared.
Walda, Hurley's wife, said
that the response since the club
was first announced last month
has been excellent. "We're
getting positive reaction to the
idea," she explained, noting
that "everyone is very excited
about it."
"Our goal is to increase
tourism during those 266 days
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of the year traditionally known
as the 'off season.' We want to
make it part of the 'on season',"
Jim Hurley emphasized.
Hie funds raised through the
membership dues and sales of
publications will be used to
advertise Southern New Jersey
in metropolitan newspapers
and magazines to draw visitors
into the area. A large scale
feature publicity effort is also
planned.
The non-profit corporation,
dedicated to promoting all year
tourism and appreciation of
Southern New Jersey's unique
environment was formed this
summer. It is the brainchild of
Ned Gerber and Hurley.
Mildred Fox, director of sales,
Sheraton Hotels, Atlantic City,
At Friday's performance
serves as president; Peter
Harp, owner of Tuckahoe Inn,
Beesleys Point, as vice
president; Hurley as secretary
and Dave Reiter, vice
president, National Bank and
Trust Company of Gloucester
County, Woodbury, as
treasurer.
A friendly Jersey Devil leads'
visitors to recreational,
historical, cultural, and
educational sights to see and
things to do.
A Lodging and Dining Guide
is being prepared now and will
soon be available.
The Sightmap was created by
Claire and Ned Gerber and
Walda and Jim Hurley with the
talented help of artists Frank
DiLeonardo and Bob Malmstrom..
"We have received favorable
comments on the map. We are
already looking for
suggestions, ways to improve it
for the second prints," Gerber
indicated.
"It was exciting and fun to
create and it's, the only compilation
of its type about
Southern New Jersey ever
pulled together for one
publication. There are 52 different
kinds of things to do."
Gerber is a retired vice
president, Atlantic Electric
Co., and the first promotion
director State of New Jersey
and executive director,
Southern Development Council.
Hurley operates an advertising
and public relations
agency in MUlville as well as
serving as New - Jersey
Assemblyman for District I.
The All Year Club is
headquartered in MUlville. .
Ruggieri to be honored for pier concert service
ByMARKSOIFER
Public Relations Director
A formidable accomplishment
will be
recognized on Friday evening
at the Music Pier when Mayor
Chester J. Wimberg steps to the
stage to-honor Frank Ruggieri
for his SO years with the Ocean
aty Pops Orchestra.
Ruggieri has served as
business manager and
bassoonist since 1929 and will
be completing a half century of
service on Friday. The
ceremony will be held 8 pjn.
prior to the popular orchestra's
final concert.
A famed classical bassoonist.
Ruggieri played with the New
York Philharmonic for 23 years
under such conductors as
Dimitri Mitropoulous, Leopold
StokowskJ and Leonard Bernstein.
During his summers, he
has helped guide the fortunes of
the Ocean City Orchestra with
conductors J. F. Leman,
George Frye, Fred Manne,
Joseph LaMonaca, Clarence
Fuhrman (who was here for 26
years) and now with John
Warrington, a nationally known
composer, arranger and
conductor.
Ruggieri took on an additional
task this season filling
in for Warrington who has been
hospitalized for surgery. The
two will team again next year
Sentinel-Ledger still twice a week
For the second year the
Sentinel-Ledger will
continue publishing on
Tuesdays and Fridays
through the month of
September. Because of
numerous requests from
readers and advertisers it
was decided last year by
the publisher to continue
the summer schedule and
not revert to a once a week
publication after Labor
Day as in the past
In keeping with the
avowed policy of "September
is Super" in Ocean
aty, the Sentinel-Ledger
will continue its twice a
week coverage of local
news and events for the
convenience of our visitors
and year round subscribers.
Senior citizens converge
on Ocean City this week
Hundreds of senior citizens
from throughout the east wiO
visit Ocean City September 10
through ISon a special discount
vacation plan developed by the
Hotel, Motel and Restaurant
Association, Guest and
Apartment House Association
and city public relations
department.
Seniors will stay at local
motels and guest houses, enjoy
a dine-around plan at city
restaurants and have entertainment
nightly at either
the Music Pier or Tabernacle
Bus trips to Smithville and
Atlantic City are also planned.
The vacations have been
growing steadily for the past
two years, according to Mark
Soifer, city public relations
director. Onegroup of 40 visited
the resort in the spring of 1977,
which was the first time the
package was offered. This fall
dose to 1,000 persons from 11
groups will be attending.
Soifer predicts that the senior
citizen vacations win continue
to grow.
"Senior citizens like Ocean
aty because it is a dean,
relaxing, family resort. And
our business people go out of
their way to make them fed
welcome. The word is really
spreading. This plan has a
bright future," he said.
Entertainment for the week
includes the Cluj Conservatory
Choir from Rumania, September
10, Music Pier;
MUlville Operatic Ensemble,
September 11, Music Pier; USO
Variety Show,' September 12,
Tabernacle; Sweet Adelines,
September 13, Tabernacle;
dance, featuring J P 4 The
Skylarks, September 14, Music
Pier. Starting time is 8 pjn.
Seniors wul also take a
walking tour of the Ocean City
Historical Museum and
Cultural Arts Center. Walks
will begin 10 a.m. daily from 8th
St. and Atlantic Av. Discounts
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will also DO provided.
All area residents are
welcome to the entertainment
including other seniors who are
visiting the community at
hotels and motels not under the
plan.
Among the groups
vacationing in Ocean City are
"The60Chib,"Pittsburgh, Pa.;
Immaculate Heart of Mary
Golden Agers, Independence.
Ohio; Gloria Dei Evangelical
Lutheran Church, Huntingdon
Valley, Pa.; St. Winifred's
Fifty Plus dub, Pittsburgh,
Pa.; Bethesda Leisure Group,
Bethesda, Md; Tabor Leisure
Club, Philadelphia; Goodman
Tours, Middleburg Heights,
Ohio; Martineers Senior
Citizens, Garfldd Hta., Ohio;
Talmadge Tours, Philadelphia,
Pa.; Ridge way Tours, Lancaster,
Pa.; Nortfagate AARP,
Pittsburgh.
The plan wiO be offered again
in the spring and fall of 1979.
For information, contact the
public relations department,
P.O. Box 174, Ocean City. NJ.,
08228.
Classified ads bring results
Cheer Up
Let One off Our
Savings Plans Be
Your Umbrella
during the city's centennial
celebration.
Thanks to Frank's work and
the contributions of
Warrington, the city has an
orchestra library of 5,000
numbers, perhaps the largest
along the coast. Frank writes
schedules for five different
concerts per week and tries not
to repeat numbers unless
specially requested.
Ruggieri and his wife, Anne,
travel world wide during their
winters. She seldom misses a
performance at the pier and
will be present tonight when the
city recognizes her husband.
Anne has always taken part
in city activities and is a
member of the Baby Parade
Committee among other activities.
SENIORS ARRIVE —
September 10 through IS Is.
Senior Citizen Week in Ocean
aty with entertainment every
evening either at the Music
Pier, boardwalk and Moorlyn
Ter. or the Tabernacle, 6th St.
and Central Av.
Entertainment for the week
includes the Cluj Conservatory
Choir from Rumania, September
10, Music Pier;
MUlville Operatic Ensemble,
September 11, Music Pier;
Banjo Band, September 12,
Tabernacle; Sweet Adelines,
September 13, Tabernacle;
dance, featuring J P & The
Skylarks, September 14, Music
Pier. Strrting time is 8 pjn.
Thanks to the Hotel, Motel
and Rmtaurant Association for
providing an information
center host this past week.
Thanks to the beach fee
department for permitting its
center salesperson to double as
a host.
Thanks also to the Chamber
17 th STREET MARKET
for another successfijl
season. It is our pleasure^
to announce we will
remain OPEN to serve
you this winter. We
will be looking forward
to seeing you.
The Paskalis Family
of Commerce for sponsoring
the Laurie Berchtold reception
last Saturday. The Retail
Merchants' Association also
chipped in to help pay for
refreshments.
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98TH YE AR NO. 37 Telephone 399-5411 OCEAN CITY. NEW JERSEY 08226 TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 12,1978 Publication Otiic*
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10-point agreement reached
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City concedes south end site to MUA
By CHUCK THOMPSON
. Mayor Chester J. Wimberg
&> and City Administrator Paul T.
McCarthy this week agreed to
drop litigation against the Cape
May County Municipal Utilities
Authority regarding the
selection of the 46th St. and
West Av. wastewater treatment
l In return for the city's
clearing the way for construction
of the $36 million
project, though, the MUA has
granted 10 specific concessions
regarding building ground
rules, the Sentinel-Ledger has
v learned.
While a draft "memorandum
of understanding" was sent by
McCarthy to MUA Executive
Director Walter D. Taft Jr.
yesterday, city Solicitor
Michael R. Connor has not been
informed that the litigation was
dropped, nor did he know of or
rule on the provisoes of the
agreement.
"There has been no
agreement that I'm aware of,"
Connor said in an Interview
yesterday. "To my knowledge,
no such decision has been
made."
The draft memorandum is
dated Friday, September 8 and
. the Sentinel-Ledger received a
news release hailing the
agreement yesterday.
September in Qetawt City can He #4ime for quiet reflection.
One of the most significant
points of the memorandum
states that approximately
$63,000 in fees will be required
of the MUA to cover the cost of
hiring additional employees to
oversee the project.
Council was asked by the
MUA recently to revise its
ordinance requiring a $50 fee
for opening streets but was.
advised by McCarthy to hold off
until he could determine what it
would cost the city to regulate
the two-year project.
In his draft memorandum,
McCarthy specifies that the
licensing and permit fees "will
essentially (be) no more than
(to) cover municipal direct and
Police beef up patrols
By KATHLEEN BYRNES
*' UPPER TOWNSHIP —
Through public outcry over
insufficient policy coverage
here and the independent efforts
of state police Sgt. Henry
J. Budniak, head of the Port
. Norris station, there will be
41 more state troopers patroling
' the area soon.
The recent reported rash of
crime brought the issue of
limited state police coverage
and the lack of a municipal
police force to the forefront •
. On one hand residents and
** public officials were working
toward an increased force
while debating the need for
their own force. At the same
time Budniak was meeting with
Us-superior in Hammonton,
requesting an increased staff to
A replace troopers who had
v transferred or resigned.
Budniak was promised three
more troopers.
However, in separate
negotiations the same week
between officials of Upper and
Dennis townships and the state
i police, another three troopers
were approved, bringing the
roster up to six.
There will "definitely be two
patrol cars" in the township on
each shift, Budniak said, and
"hopefully there will be three."
,• . Even>while asking for more
I**Tmcn as replacements, Budniak
denied there has been an increase
in crime in the area. His
statistics did not bear out the
claims that there were from 15
to 18 breaking and enterings in
the last month.
In July mere were four
breaking and enterings in the
township, Bodniak said and
eight larcenies. Larcenies, he
admitted, tend to be lumped
under breaking and enterings,
which is inaccurate. •
Crime statistics in Upper
Township for 1977 are not yet
available. But the uniform
crime report figures show" that
the incident of breaking and
enterings dropped in 1976 to 60,
compared to 1975's 83. Larceny
also dropped from 37 in 1975 to
34 in 1976. There were four
forcible rapes reported in 1975
and none in 1976. m 1975 there
were no reported atrocious
assaults but In 1976 there were
four.
Leo Culloo of the Police
Training Commission pointed
out that the statistics from the
Uniform Crime Report only
represents reported crimes. He
explained that many people do
not report crime because of the
low value of the goods lost or'
they do not want to "become
involved." The statistics do not
include the number of calls the
police make for non-criminal
activities like accidents, he
added.
Culloo's agency provides a
service for communities who
are interested in organizing
their own police department A
feasibility study will be conducted
free of charge in the
community, determining the
cost factor for a police force
and the need. Recommendations
are rrftdf* based on
the data acquired from police
reports and other sources.
Culloo stressed that his
agency's recommendations do
not have to be followed.
The request for the service
must come from the public
officials, not from the private
sector of the community, he
added. The time lapse between
the request for the service and
the completion of the study
depends on the availability of
people to carry out the study,
Curioosaid.
The New Jersey State Law
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Enforcement Planning Agency
(SLEPA) supports a regional
approach to a police force
rather than one force per
municipality. However, the
municipality must make the
first step by establishing a
force. Then, "depending on the
problem, the state (SLEPA)
helps," a representative of
SLEPA explained. "We'd be
butting the home rule concept"
if a move was made prior to a
municipalities' request for
help, he added.
Committeeman Frank Kruk,
who is in charge of the special
police in the township, said the
special police have been increased
on weekends. When
asked his view oh the need for a
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indirect costs."
To allay fears of homeowners
in the vicinity of the 46th St.
site, which includes an old
municipal landfill lot, Mc-
Carthy has specified that the
MUA take corrective action
"immediately upon discovery
to insure the elimination and-or
compensation for damages to
private property as a result of
hydrogen sulfide or other
noxious gases being emitted at
excavation or at well points."
The agreement also specifies
that other than at the plant site
there can be no construction
during summer months and
that there can be nor work
before 7 a.m. or after 6 pjn.
Additionally, the draft
memorandum callson the MUA
to: -Install and maintain four fire
hydrants on or near the 46th St.
plant site;
-provide for liability
coverage for municipal
vehicles traveling over the
areas of excavation during, the
period of construction;
-submit routing plans for the
sewer mains which will run
from 3rd St. to 46th St. to the
director of public works who
will inspect the roads' conditions
prior to excavation;
•erect emergency lighting
and barricades; -submit a
construction schedule to Ocean
aty Police Chief Dominick C.
Longo to determine traffic
routing, and
•discuss contractor bonding
provisions with the city prior to
the letting of bids.
Because of the .agreement.
r |
John Vinci,.the a.Mtnonty is "on 1
the verge of our first actual
construction."
The MUA has broken Cape
May County down into regions.
Ocean City, a region unto itself,
is the first slated for treatment
of a secondary wastewater
treatment plant.
Vinci reported that the
authority is prepared immediately
to advertise for bid
the construction of force mains
and site preparation work and
"within a few weeks the
pumping stations will be advertised."
"We are able to move now."
Vinci said, "because Ocean
aty has decided to drop its
plans to litigate against the
MUA regarding the site
selection process."
Vinci expressed appreciation
for the "cooperation of Ocean
aty Mayor Chester Wimberg
and other officials who, after
meeting with us, deefded to
withdraw the litigation."
According to Taft, the
agreement does not affect the
condemnation proceedings
instituted by the MUA and still
fat the courts.
However, Taft said that once
condemnation proceedings
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have been instituted, sit*
preparation workcan go ahead.
"Now that the site selection
has been cleared, we can go
ahead," Taft said yesterday.
"The condemnation
proceedings are only to decide,
upon a price (for the city-owned
property)."
After 26 hours in water
Two boaters are rescued
By TIM FAHERTY
Two Philadelphia area men were airlifted from their
overturned boat Friday afternoon after h