Nov 1979 - On-Line Newspaper Archives of Ocean City

PA6E 10 — SECTION ONE OCEAN CITY (N.J.) SENTINEL-LEDGER THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1.1979
Photo by Charles-Andrew
• Steve Gabriel, at the culmination of Friday's "What's Cooking" contest,
prepares to engage in one of his favorite activities — eating.
Charter question slated
for Sea Isle referendum
ByTIMFAHERTY mend a change in Sea Isle's
commission form of govern-
SEA ISLE CITY — When ment to be voted on in the
voters here close the curtain November 1980 election. If a
behind (hem on Tuesday, they change in government is then
will be deciding whether or approved, elections will be
not' their government should held in the spring of 1981 for
be studied for a possible the new government.
change in its form.
Nine citizens will be vying
The first question on the for positions on the five-
ballql asks "Should a charter member body, and voters are
Commission be elected to instructed to choose five of
study the charter of Sea Isle them whether they vote for or
(Sly and to consider a new against the study commission
charter or improvements iri itself.
the present charter and The candidates, as they will
io > make recommendations appear on the ballot, are:
thereon?"
James W. Fusco, John C.
,If it passes, this question Gibson, James B. Arsenault,
win: set up a study com- Eleanor C. McCullough,
mission which may. recom- Donnamaria Schirmuhly,
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Horace J: Haffert, Charles J.
Gillespie, John M. Ott, and
Lee Evans.
Five of these candidates,
Gibson, Gillespie, Evans,
Haffert and McCullough, are
supported by the Sea Isle
Gtizens for a Change in
Government, an organization
which tried unsuccessfully
this year to have a direct
change of government
question placed on the ballot.
The group supports a
council-manager form of
government for the city, in
which a five-member council
would perform legislative
chores and a professional
manager would administrate.
The other candidates,
Fusco, Arsenault, Schirmuhly,
and Ott, have been
backed by Mayor Dominic C.
Raffa who favors leaving the
government the way it is.
Mrs. Schirmuhly is Raffa's
daughter.
The three polling places in
Sea Isle, open from 7 a.m. to 8
p.m., are: First district VFW
Post, 301 JFK Blvd.,; second
district, Seadale Restaurant,
5000 Landis Av., and third
district, Townsends Inlet
Civic Center, 138 85th St.
Church concert slated
SEAVILLE — The Hope
Travelers will present a
concert at Seaville United
Methodist Church, Shore Rd.,
Seaville, Sunday at 7:30 p.m.
This is a new singing group
representing Ranch Hope for
Boys. It is composed of many
of ihe former Hopefuls and
presents music that is an
inspiration to both young and
old alike.
Refreshments will be
served in Fellowship Hall
following the concert. The
public is welcome.
Gabriel is in state of constant motion
(continued from page 1) of his job, since it allows him
Urban Area Transportation to "Jearn different aspects of
Study.
community development."-
He considers working in When he's
these other areas a "bonus"
GOPc
not "It's again because of thai there was no time to
mixing up a batch of granola.
economics — and the'pain in waste. When he got out, "it
you might find Gatoriel ser-
ihe neck a car is. I don't ride was almost like shifting
ving on' the committee
the bike to make a statement, gears. You almost go into
laying-snow which is organizing the
but it seems to me that we reverse.". • • . and Central Av.
meeting, that involvement
TO MONDAY
All this running around should extend to all areas of
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would certainly put a lot of the community.
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wear on Gabriel's car — if he People should not "wait foe
had a car. Perhaps be is most the government to solve the
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MONDAY
familiar to the city's residents
TO FRIDAY
problems," he said. They
as that slim, light-haired should "go out and do it
$
man with a knapsack on his themselves."
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back, pedaling a bicycle all For instance, with the
over the island.
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growth of Atlantic City,
This has led to a few Gabriel said, a lot of people
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TrcMuportoJioo »to
humorous confrontations are asking "what kind of town
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between Gabriel and people are we going to have?"
who don't expect to see a city "It's up to the people who
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employee pedaling up for an live here to decide," he said.
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appointment. On the whole,
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Right now he feels there is "a
and yosr Rot«l;
Joseph W. Chinnici
however, he feels bicycles good mix of different kinds of
Accommodations
have the advantage over cars
at Ik* ••aalllal
people in Ocean City and I
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in a town like this.
wouldn't want to see that
HoMl orriM Cm-
"You can do just about change."
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anything you want to do in He would like to see more
fatt dolly; Alt «••,
Ocean City" on a bicycle, he people attending council
said. He rides one not meetings. "If people have an
primarily for the exercise, or opinion, they ought to come
for the knowledge that he is out and be heard."
not paying ransom to Arab oil
Even if his neighbors take
magnates.
his advice and become more
involved, it seems unlikely WORLOWIDETMVELUENCy
that many of them will
Suicide become involved in as many SORE MOTOR CUB of SOUTH JERSEY
different things as Gabriel is.
(continued from page 1) When he was in graduate
school, Gabriel said, there
seemed to be so much to do
Jack Bittner Frank Murphy
Arts Center concert series set
The 1979-80 concert series
presented by the Friends at
Music of the Arts Center
opened October 20 with the
Mount Laurel Ballet Comjjany's
performance on the
Music Pier. The program was
well received and the artists'
efforts appreciated by an
enthusiastic audience.
The first bonus concert in
ihe series will take place
Sunday, November 11 at 4
p.m. on the Music Pier. Guest
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thru Saturday. November 10th
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Munich, Nuremberg and
Bonn and silver medalist of
the 1977 International
Festival in Bordeaux.
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