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AGRICULTURE

EACH YEAR AT THE FRUIT COOPERATIVE ON WEST END AVENUE , THE FIRST TWO CRATES OF STRAWBERRIES WERE AUCTIONED OFF FOR CHARITY . PICTURED BEHIND THOSE TWO CRATES ARE , FROM LEFT TO RIGHT , THE FOLLOWING : ( FRONT ROW ): ANTHONY “ SPITZ ” TOMASELLO , JOHN “ SHOES ” DEMARCO , ( STANDING BEHIND AN UNIDENTIFIED BOY ), SAM CAPPUCCIO AND ANGELO “ SKIPPER ” LAMANNA ; ( BACK ROW ): MELVIN SICKLER AND HAROLD YEHL . ( COURTESY OF IMAGES OF AMERICA : HAMMONTON BY GABRIEL DONIO )