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PAGE 8 — SECTION TWO THE OCEAN CITY (N.J) SENTINEL-LEDGER
Music Pier
concert programs
John Warrington. Musical Director
Frsink Ruggieri. Manager •(••
Tom Perkins, Baritone
. : TUESDAY. AUGUST 16
West Side Story.. :.....:.......
Recndita Armonia -—
JohnRibecchi
Jalousie
UnBelDi. :..
: : .Louise Fuller
Comedian's Galop.. •.
. The Lost Chord..'..:!..; ..; ..,.
Tom Perkins •
National Emblem March...'
INTERMISSION
, Music Man. t —.......
. Mattinata.
Autumn Leaves...
Mdsetta's Waltz..
John Ribecchi
.Louise Fuller
Dinner 6 to 10.30
RESORTS INTERNATIONAL NOTE
Boardwalk at ttotnVcoroiiaa
For Reservations 344-6000
a ddightful way
to start die day
What better way to start your day than in a
beautiful atmosphere, overlooking the
Ocean, and with a delicious breakfast for the
true epicurean. Port-OCall presents a totally
new idea in breakfast cuisine... gourmet
_ _ > — And. they arc delightful! You can
. choose any of 12 perfectly prepared egg
dishes. They are a new and exciting treat that
will make you return again and again. .
IpORt-O-CAll
horci & MOTOR INN
liiih&. Ifciardwalk. OrtttiiCitv. N.J (MWl3'WHH\J
You saw us in the
Philadelphia Magazine
An Early American restaurant located on the site where
the Leni-Lenape Indians spent their summer Vacations.
An inn has stood here, overlooking Great Egg Harbor
Bay. since 1736. The menu is varied with emphasis on
GREATseafood. . ' »
In the summer, outdoor dining on . *
a screened porch, with a super
view. In the .winter, a huge .
fireplace.burns all day. Open
seven days a week from 12:00
noon. Serving lunch until 3:00 and
dinner all day. Sorry, but no
reservations or credit cards.
Shore Road (Route 9)
Beesley'i Point, N.J.
. Bernstein
...Puccini
.. :.Gadc
...Puccini
I.OUISK FULLER. Soprano
lil'KST SOLOISTS
Loin DM Bal.
The Heaven Train. ....•.....: —...—.
Tom Perkins
.....Kabalevsky My Fair Lady'. •••
Sullivan ' • .._...
JOHN RIBECCHI: Tenor
Brudenell
Loewe
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O.C. skateboarders dominate tilte meet
The Suiiiiuerbeat Skateboard skateboard Park in Vineland. • tfthe bowl much lite a surfer ft*****;
team, sponsred by the Wonder cave Lynch won first in slalom on a wave
Ocean City girls also
wrapped up>tfcre« ft*t plaee
Wave Skateboard park here, and first in bowl riding in the
dominated, the Heritage J - .. East boys'division for those up to 12 1
F
trophies. Marge and Ann
V Coast Skateboard . cham- years of age. • •'!.
ptonshlps at Vineland recently 4
fey capturing nine of 27 possible'; •. m bowl riding, the contestantSTio?^
& Z SSny
trophies. rides in a pooMike bowl for a Cullihane. a Wonder Wave-
The event was held August 8 minute and a half, employee, won third, in the
and 9 at the Super-Surf maneuvering around the sides" slalom run. Mark Miedama. ^^0JX?S8pBSf
manager of Wonderwwri. Most
of the team members have been
skating at Wonder Wave an
summer. On Thursday, August
an exhibition at the park at I
tt. and Wayne av., from 7 to 8
pjn. There win be a 29 cent
WILSON'S
LANDSCAPING
....... Bagley
. '• . WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 17
Wilson Hans Christian Anderson....."
.. Leoncavallo Lord's Prayer »• •
*. ...Loesser
....Malotte
JohnRibecchi
....... Mercer Jumping Bean.
.....— Puccini Summertime. •....:.."— • • '• • •)
. Farnon
.. Gershwin
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Louise Fuller
The Swan ••• '•••••
Joseph DiMaio. Cellist
Nuthin Like A Dame.
Tom Perkins
Knightbridge March.
Rhapsody In Blue..........:
One- Alone :..."..-•
.SaenSaens
CHAMPION SKATEBOARDERS. Recent winners in the East Coak*chanv
-w... m» • «w i_i •- ~---^^
• ' - . '. . JohnRibecchi
a and
^^^m%^m^2mSskm^%kBa^'WA'
. coates man, Margie Brinkman and Dave Lynch. Back row includes Dan CuIIinane,
coach Skip Beitzel. and Dan Canova.
...Gershwin . .
...Romberg
OPEN ALL YEAR
American Patrol
DePluiLe Jour. T-.. :......-.
Meacham
Charpentier
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Louise Fuller
Poupee Valsante....... —
Little Jack Homer....'
•.',."' . Tom Perkins
Finian's Rainbow.......: .' ......
• THURSDAY. AUGUST 18
State Fair
Torna A Surriento :
JohnRibecchi
Clarinet Escapade —.:...:
Italian Street Song. ...'....!.....: ....
Louise Fuller
- Hungarian Dance No. S
Chloe.:... •..; ,
Tom Perkins
The Thunderer. "
- INTERMISSION
Gigi ...:
Una FurlivaLri
JohnRibecchi'
Sleighride...........
_ Italian Street Song..
Louise Fuiler
Yesterthoughts..-..
The World Is Mine...
TomPeridns
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.......Rodgers
.......DiCapua
.....Warrington
........Herbert
Brahms
......... Moret
.... Sousa
....j. Loewe
..../.Donizetti
.....Anderson
.......Herbert
.. i... Herbert
, .".Posford
...Rodgers
Ago^crowdof
"Wet Vette" lost its oil •?
pressure, "Tbor" is down with •?
, , to watch a leaking Jet drive, and >\
toe closing races of the "Tickled Pink," a water- 1
BeBwoar and Reran trophy flooded distributor.
•***•• Sunday. Speedboat racing will be
The Bettwoar race was a taking a couple of weeks off to
repeat of last week as Bob heal both the men and the
Wnton ran a picture wire to machines. All wifl be back for a
wire race in the-4S7 Corvette- gala Labor Day weekend
vnmtd"WttVW»."Steovd closing on Saturday, September
""•- the checkered flag was 3. Included with-the card of
in the racing will. be the speed
" Third marathon to Somers Point."
was a newcomer^Am Hobbs winners of the season's aeries
"S5? , a 8tufla ?.- at . -P «*D be announced and prtaea
ynfversity^of Maryland, and trophies will be awarded,
driving a red hot PtoeMver- The Labor Day weekend
engine job called '^Tickled activities get underway Sep-
27 CT~ -- - - —
supescharged pi
Dave McKay hi a huffing
Ptant
and
puffing "Gokffingcr" managed
a first in the Rexon. with Andy
Farrell second and Bob Winton
third, but the poindingand the
strain of a season's running Is
"• - gun goes off at 11:15 a.m.
~ George
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Somars Pointy R. «9.
Medical tech
course listed
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of Health 81 Hour D.O.T.
Em e r g e n c y—Me d 1 c a 1-
Technldan Course will be offered
at Middle Township High
School Monday and Wednesday
evenings from 7 to 10 pan.
September If. "
by Burdette Tomltn Memorial
Hospital and coordinated ed by
Robert T. Rfch and Frank
McDermott. The course wfll
offer extensive training in
management and tranthe
sick and in-
jured wpflnding many hours on
such topics as eardiopulmonary
resuscitation,
spuming and bandaging, lifting
and moving and use of life
saving equipment as wen as 10
hours of hospital emergency
. room orientation.
Further information may be
obtained by contactmg. Robert
Rich at P.O. Box 1, Stone
Harbor, New Jersey, 08*47, or
Frank McDermott at 73S-5S58.
.Applications are being accepted
from local rescue
squads with a til registration
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Sprinkler Systems
CompWa MrtonwUe .
tprirUm ty*ttm$ for ItoniM,
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doubles rojWng^^ ,
rowing, and tlje swfin. • ••xii.
Ocean City ran up a total of IS
paints forthe three first.place
finishes while, Atlantic. City
placed second with 8 and onehalf
points, awl Sea Isle City
Was a dose third with 8 points.
In the first event, the doubles
rowing'race, Tom Stephanik
and Dave LIU finished first in a
time of 15 minutes and 43
Atlantic City rowers Allan Moss
and Mark Brestle placed
second in 16 minutes flat..
Ocean City's Tom Jackson
took the singles rowing event in
a time of five minutes 1S.S
seconds while Doug Aitken of
Press run last
week was 26,100
The combined pressm
of the Tuesday and Friday
editions of the Sentinel-
Ledger last week totaled
M.lOOcoplesor an average
of 13,050 copies an Issue.
The Sentinel-Ledger, a
member of the Audit
Bureau of Circulation (an
Independent circulation
auditing organisation
based in Chicago), has a
sale of 10.464 paid audited
'circulation each Issue.
Proven by ABC figures,
the Sentinel-Ledger offers
the largest audience of
readers m the area.
^ ; Weather
Mostly sunny today with
a high in the upper 70s.
Fair - and pleasant
Saturday and Sunday.
Warmer Monday with a
chance of. showers.
Morning lows for the
period In the mid SOs to low
60s; daytime highs in the
^70s to low 80s. U.8.
WEATHER SERVICE.
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Officials for the Ocean City.
Community Center Association
announced yesterday that they
have cut back to a phase-one
construction plan In order .to
claim the ft million federal
Public Works Act grant.
• Under provisions for
receiving the grant, which was
pushed back up to ft million by
.the federal Economic
Development Administration
last week after bemg cut back
to $550,000 July 15. the group
has to begin construction by
mid-November and has to
guarantee funds are available
for allplarmed construction.
Original plans for the 60,000square
foot facility called for a
total cost of $3.2 million, which
Included both architectural and
engineering' fees and construction
costs. . '
"The first phase," an
association • spokesman said,
"which win cost $1 million, will
consist of the swimming pod
and mostpf the meeting rooms
that are planned for the
facility." •
The lot for-the Center was
locker faculties."
The second phase of con-
S
struction will result In the
completion of the central core
area with its locker faculties,
office space, seating space for
. the pod and multi-purpose area
and the Civil Defense unit, the
spokesman said. .
This portion will cost between
$750,000 and $800,000, be said,
and "the committee believes,
Final phase? .'
"'!• •">.»''
By Chuck Thompson meetirlfSminutes; financial
data v Including all payment
Seven Ocean CitsK Public drafts and paid vouchers; City
Vtorkaemploy«s.uiducungthe budgets^ aU bids received,
superintendent , of •; that•, awardiid ^ahd contracts let
department and painting a>»i . wtthout bid, and a copy of the
stock room workers, aie being q^'« bidding procedure.
iest(odea^by^uivestigatars4br * While- those records d ap- p
e Cape May County patently dealt with allegations
Prosecutor's Office, tbe,:Sefr " . fe*^
tinel-Ledger County has learned^ Proseeutor
Donald ft Charles, Jr^Sd,
not comment on the.t'fttw,
development, the request^tb
question city workers would
y."•/-.: ".- ' indicate/ his office 1* ap-
Davfe Ull anil Toni Stephanik savor the victory with Captain George Ldfferty proaching the final phase of a
"five-monuvlbhg g ictlgatlon gt
i into thlB hl . Cfty's Ct'financial
Still 'One
practices and allegations of
official Impropriety. r
Superintendent of public
Works Alvin Green told the
• •.>./?•.'•.
Sentinel-Ledger that building
painter Robert Blevin, Jr., and
street-line painters Robert
Petnick and Kenneth Parker
went to Cape May Court House;
for questioning yesterday, t.•:.{ ',
Investigators will be meeting
with Green, stock room clerk
James Dunn, Janitor Edward
Johnson and equipment,
operator Joseph Gangi next
week. Green said. • '
"The Mayor (B. Thomas
Waldman) came over and
informed me that they (the
employees) had to go (to talk
Ocean City's-lifeguards once Sea Isle City finished at 5^
The sweep means Ocean City with the investigators in Cape
again proved they are the best minutes, 23 seconds; Mike retains the title they have held May Cqurt House)/' Green told
in South Jersey by capturing Holvick, Longport 5:23.5; and outright for ten of the past 16 the Sentinel-Ledger yesterday.
the Beach Patrol Championship John Frelhofer, Atlantic City, years. They have tied twice "He Just told us to stay calm
for the third consecutive year 5 : 2 3 . 7 . ••••• •• - - • • - . - • with Atlantic G4ty and lost only and teU the truth," he said.
and the l(to time in the past 16 '.' Steve Cassidy ran away with to Avalon and Ventnor. The Waldman was m Cape May
years. In, addition.they have the swim finishing with a time competittoh is open to beach Court House, and unavailable
tied for the title twice. of 13 minutes. 45 seconds. Gary Patrols "from Brigantine south for comment.
- The-local guards.
«f Avalon placed
_„ by the....... .....
Community Affairs after that
organization completed a yearlong
probe into the. City's
financial affairs. ' • li
The Investigation is being,
conducted jointly by the,
Prosecutor's Office, and the,:
state Division of .Criminal;,
Justice. " a
In March, Charles requested,
all City records from 1973
through 1976 of ordinances andresolutions;
Commission
About time
of bidding violations, .the
questioning of City workers this
week appears to be in connection
with allegations of
official impropriety.
The ACA has been tight-
the investigation, but
spokesmen have indicated that
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"Because of the limited fund*
available,'' the • spokesman
said, "some changes in the
structural design and interior
finish were made.' but no
decrease In the sue of -the :
In a surprise move Tuesday,
. (AugUBt 27) hour and half hour from 11 a.m. congestion results in the
the U.S; Coast Guard reversed and running through Sunday, until' 5 p.m. on weekends and narrow channel running under
based upon the feasibility study its earlier decision. and September 18.
holidays.
the Beach Thorofare Bridge
already completed, that this authorized scheduled bridge Announcing the decision, An opponent of scheduled because of the timed openings,"
portion of the moneys may be openings for the two spans Hughes said ''data compiled as bridge openings, local marina trouble could develop.
raised by public subscription." along the Somers Point - Ocean a result of this experiment will operator Daniel V. Hughes,
The spokesman reported that City Causeway. ' go a long way towards helping brother of the congressman,
the association already has U.S. Rep. William J. Hughes us develop a permanent said decision makers were
pledges In excess of $100,000. (D-2nd) said Tuesday the solution to the problem of "sensible to restrict the
He said that Gordon Guard decided to implement drawbridge openings." schedule to weekends and
Berkstresser, coordinator of the scheduled opening plan on Under
the Mayor's Office- for In- an experimental basis beginsions
of the plan, holidays."
hridoes lere will open on die Hughes said that if boat
formation and Direct Action,
said a portion of these funds
may also be obtained from a
grant for the Civil Defense
center.
According to the spokesman,
the association is now
organizing a 'steering committee
and other committees to
help mount' a public subscription
campaign as soon
after Labor Day as possible.
"The committee hopes that
the entire community will be
involved." he said. "It is
requested that anyone interested
in assisting in this
endeavor contact a member of
the association as soon as
possible.''
building, the pool or the
meeting rooms'was required"
' Hesaidthoseinterestedcould
contact association board
Original • plans -for the. members Richard Kabat,
building called for a 25-meter, Ronald Taht or Carol Hadtke,
six-lane swimming pool; a or any other association
three-stage. multli>urpose room member.
which can be used for athletics,
large meetings and theater
The multi-purpose room and
presentations;' combination
stage will be built during the
hahdball-racauet courts; Civil
third phase of the building
Defense and Senior Citizens'
program, the spokesman said,
centers, and several meeting
and will cost approximately $1
•million.
rooms. . ' . •• "•• :
"The order in which the
The spokesman said building is being built is dic-
"flnanciakconstralnts" will tated by financial consideration
also mean tnava portion of the and not by the Importance
phase one construction will be .placed oh any one section of the
largely unfurnished and.that "facility," he said'The com-
there' will be a -nwiphnmn of mittee believes that all areas
B desigjbedliKothebuilding.are
"It falo alao be e necessary, y, •- equally Important^".'. •', '
he said; •'to 't temporarily t r i l y use
one of the handball eourta us for * . (contlnuedonpagel2)
:
boating public to rules «.,
courtesy." • V;;^-
"I still don't think it's a good
idea," Hughes said.
He claimed the "biggest
factor" in controlling both
traffic congestion on the
bridges and .boat congestion
under them is educating the
1
''We've got people signalling -
. an opening that don't have any;'
right." he said. . -;j
But, Hughes concluded, if the .
esqieriment shows there Isn't
any congestion resulting from
the schedule, "then fine." <
It was more than two years
. . (continuedon page 12)
Buy and swap
Three ordinances were in- covered lots if the City either A third ordinance involves ordinances will be held on tersections of 34th st. and.
troduced at Wednesday's City didn't buy the lots or condemn the transfer of $150,000 in cash Wednesday, August 31, at 11 Central, Asbury, and West ava#
Commission meeting that will. them.
to the owners of seven beach- a.m. in Commission Chambers, In other
If adopted, Increase the City's A separate ordinance was 'front
lots between 18th and 19th City Hall.
holdings' .of. beachfront introduced authorizing the City sts. and the beach. In'addition In other business, the
properties considerably.. . totrade three lots In the vicinity the City will give up deeds to a Commissioners approved , on
•The acquisition of these of 52nd st. and Haven av. for' total of 47 lots, most of which final reading an amended
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beachfront lands will not come two beachfront lots at 58th st. are not filled to grade, in ordinance that will make it
without considerable expense and the beach. There is no cash various areas of the south end. possible for the City to install no.
to the taxpayers, even though involved in this deal.
Public hearings on all three turn on red signs at the in-
part of the expense of acquiring
these properties Is to be born by
the State of New Jersey with
Green Acres funds. .
The Commissioners introduced
an ordinance which
authorizes the expenditure of
$145,000 of City funds and an
additional $10,000 to be donated
by the Ocean City Beach and
Bay- Preservation Association
foT'the purchase of. four lots in
tax block 4»-O along E. Atlantic
bjrvd., near Surf rd.
Several weeks, ago the City
agreed to purchase the lots
(ram Jay Dugan,, who- had
received permission' from the
. Appellate Division of Superior
Court to build on the sand dune
c business, • UHg;?;
Commissioners 'received bid*',;
for the purchase of a new police?
car. The contract was awardedto
Sayreville Chrysler^-
Plymouth of South Amboy fcnO
(continued on page 12>:
Mrs. Mark Whitman is a home at 201 25th St. in January water and drink for hours on in recent weeks/but the ucn:
stubborn woman of German of 1976 and in the past year have end.
are another story. Mrs*':.'
ancestry and when she says she made numerous Improvements And if the birds aren't bad Whitman claims the field ticks-
wants the weeds that surround to the property including the enough, the "Whitmans whose have already killed their pet-
her house cut down, she means installation of a swimming property is adjacent to lands rabbit and are making Ufft'«
it- pool. .
owned by Stoeco Homes, Inc., miserable for the family dog); ?
Mrs. Whitman showed up at One of the prob'orris is that are bothered by .ticks and Mrs. Whitman accused; the\.
Wednesday's City Commission the Whitmans aren't the only mosquitos. , , City of "foot dragging" with-
meeting to tell her problems to ones who enjoy the pool - they That may not seem like much regard to cutHng down the high t
city officials firsthand. It seems are constantly badgered by to most of^us who also -have
the Whitmans purchased their. flocks of birds that sit on the . been driven crazy by mosquitos
Birds and bugs drive family' %
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