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OPINION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
BUSINESS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
OUR TOWN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
FAITH FOCUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
CIVIC NEWS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
HAMMONTON’S HISTORY . . . . . . 53
ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT . . . . . . 65
HAMMONTON
FAMILY EYECARE
WHAT’S HOT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
MIND GAMES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
HOROSCOPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
CLASSIFIEDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
REAL ESTATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
SCORECARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
SPORTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
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Raymond A. Friedrich
Raymond A. friedrich, 83, of Hammonton died unexpectedly on Mon-
day, November 26, 2018 at Virtua Rehabilitation Center in Berlin.
Born in Philadelphia, he resided in Hammonton for 45 years. He was
a retired supervisor for AT&T in Philadelphia. Mr. friedrich was a Mason
with the Cherrydale Lodge No. 42 in Arlington, Va.. He was a longtime
faithful member of the first United Methodist Church where he currently
was serving as church treasurer.
Mr. friedrich was predeceased by his wife, elna Mae friedrich and
by his parents, Raymond T. and Jennie friedrich. He is survived by his
two daughters, Sherri Mattle of Hammonton, Kelly friedrich of Hamil-
ton; three grandchildren, Sean Mattle, evan Mattle and Alex friedrich; two sisters, evelyn
Reese of New Port Richey, fla., Jean Tomkow of Audubon and his cousin Lois Bauer of
Port Orange, fla.
funeral Services were held on Monday, December 3, 2018 at the Carnesale funeral
Home. Burial was held at the convenience of the family. in lieu of flowers the family would
greatly appreciate donations to the Hammonton first United Methodist Church 398 Bellevue
Ave., Hammonton, NJ 08037.
Arrangements made by the Carnesale funeral Home.
Florence M. Naegele
florence M. Naegele, (nee Demcher) 92, of Hammonton died peace-
fully on Sunday, November 25, 2018 in Vitas Hospice in Stratford.
Born in forrestville, PA she lived in folsom before moving to Ham-
monton. She retired as an assistant bank manager at first National Bank
in Williamstown. Mrs. Naegele was a member of the Red Hat Society in
Hammonton and a former member of the Catholic Daughters of America.
She loved to travel and enjoyed the outdoors, especially going camping.
She was predeceased by her husband, Paul f. Naegele, Sr. Mrs.
Naegele is survived by her son Paul f. Naegele, Jr. and his wife Karen of
Collings Lakes; her daughter, Carla Waltman and her husband John of
Scranton, PA; her sister, eleanor Haley of Tulso, OK; five grandchildren, Paul iii (Krissy);
Stephen (Mandy), John Paul, Michael, Alexa; three great grandchildren, Jake, Dylan, Logan
and many nieces and nephews.
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated friday, November 30, 2018 11:30 a.m. at Our
Lady of The Lakes RC Church, 19 Malaga Road, Collings Lakes, NJ. Burial followed in
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hammonton. in lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made
to St. Vincent de Paul Society at Our Lady of The Lakes Parish, 19 Malaga Road, Collings
Lakes, NJ 08094.
Arrangements made by the Carnesale funeral Home, Hammonton.
Matthew Paul Gillis
Matthew Paul Gillis, 88, of folsom, New Jersey died at home on No-
vember 28, 2018, after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease.
Born february 1, 1930, at home in Pittston, Pa. to Mike and Mary (née
Visgaitis) Gillis, Gillis grew up in Pittston and attended St Mary’s Gram-
mar School and Pittston HS (Class of 1947). He was a Boy Scout and a
lifelong aviation enthusiast, earning his pilot’s license before he was old
enough to get his driver’s license. Later his aviation hobby led him to be-
come a past president of the eAA Chapter 216 and to participate in start-
ing the now-annual air shows in Scranton, Pa. and Pomona/ Atlantic City,
N.J. Gillis worked as an engineer his entire career, retiring from what was
then called Jefferson Park Hospital in Pennsylvania at age 70. engineering was also one of
his hobbies, and he once designed a system to turn sewage into fuel. in the 1980s, he worked
with the government of Antigua and Barbuda on recycling/engineering projects. in his later
years, he was interested in clean energy and mining for natural and frequently wrote letters
to the newspaper often on those topics.
Gillis had many avocations and hobbies. He was an avid beekeeper, enjoyed tapping
maple trees and making syrup at the family farm in Pleasant Mount, Pennsylvania. He passed
along his lifelong love of hunting to his children and had a passion for the Great Books cur-
riculum. Gillis also enjoyed cooking special holiday meals for his family, especially the tra-
ditional Lithuanian Catholic “Seven fishes” dinner for Christmas eve. His limericks and
“trammafratz” stories delighted his young children and grandchildren. Gillis was proud of
his Lithuanian heritage.
Gillis was predeceased by his brother, John. He is survived by his wife, Kathi Grace; his
brother, Al (Lois), of Levittown, New York; his sons, Matthew (Susan), Jeffrey (Gia), eric,
Christopher (Cathy), Peter and eddie (Joyce); his daughters, Karen (Gary), Laurel (Maura),
and Paula (Krishna); and many grandchildren, a great grandchild, nieces and nephews.
A memorial service will be held in Pennsylvania to honor Gillis at a later date. Close
friends and family are invited to a memorial luncheon at illiano’s Restaurant in Hammonton
on December 15 at noon. in lieu of flowers donations may be made to: Camphill Village
Kimberton Hills, PO BOX 1045, 1601 Pughtown Rd, Kimberton Hills, PA 19442 www.
camphillkimberton.org
Arrangements made by the Carnesale funeral Home.
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Parks & Rec. Comm. discusses water
by Michael Rizzotte
G AzeTTe S TAff W RiTeR
HAMMONTON—The order
of the day at the November 20
Hammonton Parks and Recre-
ation Commission meeting at
town hall was water: The excess
water that the town purifies and
stores in particular. Tino Catania
of the Hammonton Lake Water
Quality Advisory Committee ad-
dressed the meeting about an idea
he had recently while reading
about the water that’s dispersed
across the Moss Mill Road soccer
fields.
“There’s plenty of young entre-
preneurs that might have access to
a tanker truck that could move the
water from the town and bring it
to a residence. it helps the town
get rid of the water and helps the
resident who needs it for some-
thing like watering a field. it
would save some of our fresh
water reserve for drinking instead
of things like irrigation,” Catania
said.
Commission chairman Louis
Cappuccio and other members of
the committee were interested in
the idea considering the drastic
weather conditions we’ve re-
cently been seeing.
“The next few nights are going
to the coldest since 1908. We’ve
had the highest water table in 35
years. There is something going
on and these are things we are
definitely going to have to start
addressing,” Cappuccio said.
Commission member and
Councilman Sam Rodio echoed
his sentiments.
“if this rain doesn’t stop we are
going to be in some serious trou-
ble in the next month, So this is
an excellent topic, water is the
topic of the future,” Rodio said.
Hammonton Public Works
Manager / Business Administrator
Jerome Barberio and Rodio dis-
cussed the issues with moving the
water including the volume of
water that could be removed.
Lisa Margerun of Boy Scout
Troop 58 was in attendance to re-
quest the use of the Canoe Club
on December 9 for a Boy Scout
commissioners training program.
“it’s a six hour leadership train-
ing session just for adults on the
fundamentals of the Boy Scouts.
PowerPoint presentations and
basic stuff like that,” Margerun
said.
A motion to approve the use of
facility on December 9th was
made by John iacovelli, seconded
by commission member James
Borda and passed unanimously.
Two more use of facility re-
quests were introduced for the
Canoe Club including the Ham-
monton Bulldogs and the Preserv-
ing italian Heritage Club for their
monthly meeting on the second
Tuesday of every month.
The Parks and Recreation
Commission plans to meet again
at town hall on December 18.
Police: John Ring is missing
POLICE, from Page 1
the truck, it had arrived at the rest
stop on November 1, 2018 at 5:10
p.m. The truck was locked and
some of his personal belongings
were inside. The rest area was
checked by the Virginia State Po-
lice with negative findings,
Slimm’s release said.
Ring’s information is listed as
follows, according to Slimm’s re-
port: He is a 62-year-old male
with a gray mustache, gray hair,
brown eyes, height 6 feet, with a
weight approximated between 165
to 175 pounds.
Slimm said anyone with infor-
mation about Ring’s disappear-
ance
should
contact
the
Hammonton Police Department at
(609) 561-4000 extension 234
(Detective David Reustle).
in other police news, on No-
vember 27 at approximately 1:47
a.m., police responded to a resi-
dence in the 100 block of east Or-
chard Street in reference to a
burglary, according to a press re-
lease by Slimm.
Upon arrival, police learned
Inferrera’s
Market
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Missing local man John Ring
someone had gained entry
through an unlocked bathroom
window, Slimm’s report said.
Once inside, $200 in cash and a
set of keys were stolen by the per-
petrator, Slimm’s report said.
According to Slimm’s report,
K-9 Officer Robert zbikowski
was the initial investigating offi-
cer, and Slimm processed the
scene and is assisting with the in-
vestigation.