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OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
OUR TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
FAITH FOCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
CIVIC NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
HAMMONTON’S HISTORY . . . . . . 21
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT . . . . . . 47
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WHAT’S HOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
MIND GAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
HOROSCOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
REAL ESTATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SCORECARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
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Catherine Steele
Catherine (nee Bruno) Steele, 98, of Hammonton, died on Mon-
day, May 15, 2017, at Bishop McCarthy Center in Vineland.
Born in Hammonton, she was a lifelong resident there. Mrs. Steele
had worked at Crown Pants Company in Hammonton, then ancora
Psychiatric Hospital where she earned her GeD. after earning her
GeD, she was hired to work at Whitehall Laboratories in the Quality
Control Department. Mrs. Steele was a member of St. rita’s Society
at St. Joseph’s r.C. Church, and she was a volunteer at Kessler Me-
morial Hospital both in Hammonton.
She was predeceased by her husband, rexford Steele and her
granddaughter, Barbara Lynn Yakubovsky. She is survived by one
son, Warren Steele of Somers Point; one daughter, Barbara
Yakubovsky (Mike) of Hammonton; one sister, rose Storey of Ham-
monton; three grandchildren, Jeff Steele, Michael Yakubovsky (Lynn) and Deborah Basich
(Blaze); seven great-grandchildren, Cora Lynn Yakubovsky, Victoria, Joseph and Michael
Basich, ivy, abby and troy Steele; and her former daughter-in-law, Debby freeman.
relatives and friends attend funeral Services on thursday, May 18, 2017, at the Carne-
sale funeral Home, 202 S. third Street in Hammonton. Burial will be private at the con-
venience of the family.
arrangements made by the Carnesale funeral Home.
Leona M. Bucci
Leona M. (nee Domin) Bucci, 86, of Hammonton, died at home on Sunday, May 14,
2017.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., she lived in Hammonton for many years. Mrs. Bucci formerly
worked for Kessler Clothing Co. and Consolidated Pants as a cutter. She was a member of
the red Hat Society.
Mrs. Bucci was predeceased by her husband, Joseph Bucci. She is survived by her
brother, John Domin Jr. and his wife, anna of Philadelphia; her nephews, edward flynn
and Joseph flynn.
relatives and friends attended a Mass of Christian Burial on friday, May 19, 2017, in
St. Mary of Mt. Carmel Parish Church of St. Joseph’s 226 french St., Hammonton. Burial
followed in Greenmount Cemetery.
arrangements made by the Carnesale funeral Home.
Buddy R. Evans
Buddy r. evans, 84, of Collings Lakes, died on Sunday, May 14,
2017, in Kennedy University Hospital in Washington township.
Born in Clinton, Missouri, he lived in Collings Lakes for 10 years.
He was a member of the United States Naval reserves for four years.
Buddy was the lead sales representative for the allison Division of
General Motors in Philadelphia, where he was in charge of military
contracts for airplanes maintenance. Buddy was married to toni Sci-
oli evans, who passed away on tuesday, May 16, 2017.
He is survived by his sons, Michael evans, Scott evans; two
daughters, Jane Kearns and elaine Guarriello; his brother, CW
Brubaker; his sister, Shirley Brubaker; his grandchildren, Katie
Hayes, Laura, Whitney Davidson, Chuck, Josh, Gina Guarriello and
Nicole Guarriello.
a joint Memorial Mass for Bud and toni will be celebrated on Saturday, May 27, 2017,
11 a.m., in Our Lady of the Lakes rC Church, 19 Malaga road, Collings Lakes, where a
visitation with the family will begin at 10 a.m.
in lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
arrangements made by the Carnesale funeral Home.
Toni Scioli Evans
toni Scioli evans, 72, of Collings Lakes, died suddenly on tues-
day, May 16, 2017, in Kennedy University Hospital in Washington
township.
Born in Philadelphia, Pa., she lived in Collings Lakes for 10 years.
She formerly worked as a logistic specialist at the Naval Depot in
Philadelphia. toni was a writer, music teacher, church organist and
choir director at Our Lady of the Lakes rC Church.
She was predeceased by her husband, Buddy r. evans, who
passed away on May 14, 2017, and her parents, elaine rose fittipaldi
and John N. Scioli. She is survived by her two daughters, elaine
Guarriello, Jane Kearns; two sons, Michael evans, Scott evans; her
grandchildren, Katie Hayes, Laura, Whitney Davidson, Chuck, Josh,
Gina Guarriello and Nicole Guarriello.
a joint Memorial Mass for toni and Bud will be celebrated on Saturday, May 27, 2017,
11 a.m., in Our Lady of the Lakes rC Church, 19 Malaga road, Collings Lakes, where a
visitation with the family will begin at 10 a.m. Burial will be at the convenience of the
family.
in lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Society.
arrangements made by the Carnesale funeral Home.
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Historical society’s ‘Day in the Park’
PARK, from Page 1
Have Served and are Now Serv-
ing.”
the interior of the museum,
which used to be the town hall
building, was lined wall-to-wall
with poster boards full of vintage
veteran photos of all the Ham-
montonians who have served in
the military, dating back to the
Civil War. the museum also had
on display several military arti-
facts the belonged to local veter-
ans, such as uniforms, various
medals and more.
the exhibition is the brainchild
of HSH preside nt anne Marie De-
Cicco, who said she got the idea
from a previous “a Day in the
Park” display titled “faces of
Hammonton,” which chronicled
the lineage of several Hammonot-
nians through photographs. DeCi-
cco was aided in receiving and
assembling the photo display by
her husband and fellow HSH
member, Louis DeCicco, as well
as HSH secretary Denise Saia and
HSH member Barbara zinno. it
was a long and methodical process
to gather the 400-plus photos that
were presented in the museum—
and people are still submitting
them to DeCicco—but she said
the veterans deserve the recogni-
tion, and she fully intends to keep
the display going for the foresee-
able future, potentially through
Veterans Day.
“i just got more pictures last
night ... there was a knock at the
door and somebody brought in
pictures. So, it’s just ongoing and
it’ll continue; i’m still going to
collect them. if anybody has them,
i told them to bring them. this is
a living thing; it’s taking a life of
its own. i love it; it’s going to keep
going, and we’re going to add be-
cause everybody wants to be re-
Police make drug arrests
by Gabe Donio
G azette S taff W riter
HaMMONtON—Police made
several drug arrests recently in-
cluding the following, Hammon-
ton Police Chief robert Jones
said.
• On May 12 at 11:30 p.m., K-9
Officer Jonathan O’Neil and his
K-9 Partner Havoc made a car
stop at the intersection of Bellevue
avenue and tilton Street, Jones
said.
“the dog conducted a search of
the vehicle. around the driver’s
side front the dog made an indica-
tion. Green, leafy substance in a
sandwich bag was found inside a
compartment in the driver’s door,”
Jones said.
Joshuah troche, 19, of Ham-
monton, was charged with posses-
sion and released on his own
recognizance, Jones said.
• On May 13 at 9:48 p.m.,
Joseph Schiavo Jr., 19, of New-
field, was arrested at Bellevue av-
enue and Packard Street at a
motor vehicle stop and was
charged with possession of con-
trolled dangerous substance mari-
juana and released on his own
recognizance, Jones said.
Officer Kyle ambrozaitis was
the arresting officer, Jones said.
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membered,” DeCicco said.
DeCicco said anybody inter-
ested in submitting veteran photos
for the display can still do so, and
are advised to contact the HSH at
513-4068, or by visiting the mu-
seum on the first Saturday of the
month, or every tuesday from 10
a.m. to noon.
as expansive as the veterans
display is, DeCicco said it likely
only encompasses a minority of
the men and women from Ham-
monton who have answered the
call of duty to serve their country.
“Look at how many people we
have on those monuments [in Vet-
erans Memorial Park]. i probably
did a small fraction of all of the
people that died and gave up their
lives going overseas. they
rounded up in Hammonton; they
had lists of people—i saw on one
of the old newspapers. they had
lists of who they wanted; it was
unbelievable,” DeCicco said.
a large crowd showed up to the
HSH museum during the event to
view the display, including both
veterans and civilians of all ages.
Vietnam War veteran William
Oberempt, a former second-class
aviation Storekeeper (aK2) in the
U.S. Navy, attended “a Day in the
Park” and said that it offered a
great sense of pride to see his pho-
tos on display among Hammon-
ton’s many other veterans, and
that the HSH did a great job at rep-
resenting the town’s veteran pop-
ulation.
“i thought they did an excellent
job; there’s a lot of work involved
in what they did here … it makes
the veterans feel that they’re being
respected; it really does. i think
it’s a great, great effort that they
put into it, and it makes me feel
good and proud to be part of it,”
Oberempt said.
“a Day in the Park” also fea-
tured family tree Project presen-
tations
from
eighth-grade
students at Hammonton Middle
School (HMS) and St. Joseph
regional elementary School
(SJreS). More than 40 projects
were voluntarily submitted to the
HSH by students from the classes
of HMS teacher Jason Massara
and SJreS teacher Mimi Va-
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