The Press, Atlantic City, N.J.-Monday, November 23, 1992 C3 WEATHER REGION A.C. man nabbed by cops faces auto-theft charges By VICKI SMITH nearby. Melendez chased and Staff Writer captured Harris. didn't get know very how far. to He drive," told PLEASANTVILLE An Atlantic City man was arrested here Bell said.
Sunday morning after stealing a It took police almost two hours car he later told police he to identify Harris, who refused to couldn't drive. give his name and lied about his The suspect, 19-year-old Corey Harris, stole the vehicle from After a while, Bell said, a Harris' parents were called in to location on Wellington Avenue, according to Detective Steve But the idenidentify him. Bell. parents lied, too, tifying him as someone else, poOfficer Rocky Melendez spot- lice said. ted Harris a few minutes later, at Eventually, Harris was about 7:50 a.m., driving erratical- charged with theft of a motor ly on Wellington near New Road, vehicle, receiving stolen properBell said.
ty, resisting arrest and obstructMelendez saw Harris pull over, ing the a administration of law by get out of the car and start walk- giving false information. ing away, Bell said. The officer Police believe Harris also is pulled up next to the suspect, wanted on warrants in another who then fled into a wooded area state. OBITUARIES Paid death notices can be found in the Classified pages In the Atlantic County area GLORIA 'MOM' BRIGHT, 71 Atlantic City WILLIAM T. CRAWFORD, 70 Absecon HATTIE D.
GANDY, 92 Pleasantville LORETTA B. HENRY, 83. GEORGE R. KLINE, 58... Pleasantville LOUIS J.
NELL, 77 Atlantic City LAWRENCE SWAIN, 53. Mullica Township ANNA TESTA, 80 Hammonton In the Cape May County area EMILY WESSEL, 80. Middle Township GLORIA 'MOM' BRIGHT, 71, of Mediterranean Avenue, Atlantic City, died Thursday at Atlantic City Medical Center. Ms. Bright worked many years at the Sheraton-Deauville Motel, from which she retired.
She was a former member of Asbury United Methodist Church and Community Baptist Church, both in Atlantic City. She attended Atlantic City public schools and graduated from Atlantic City Vocational School. Born in Atlantic City, she lived there all her life. Surviving are four sons, Wayne of Atlantic City, Douglas of Camden, Lawrence of Virginia Beach, and Frank of Trenton; three daughters, Bonzella Vance, Patricia and Miriam, all of Atlantic City; a brother, Percy of Philadelphia; 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Services will be 11 a.m.
Wednesday at the Greenidge Funeral Home, 301 Absecon Atlantic City, where friends may call from 10 a.m. Burial will be in Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville. CARMELA ANGELO RODRI- GUEZ, 70, of Vineland, died Sunday in Cooper Hospital University Medical Center, Camden. She was a member of the Emanuel Pentecostal Church of Vineland. Born in Vineland, she was a lifelong resident.
Surviving are three sons, Ricardo Bermudez, David Bermudez and Edward Bermudez, all of Vineland; two daughters, Dacie Angelo and Miriam Flores, both of Vineland; four stepsons, Raymond Bermudez and Abraham Bermudez, both of Vineland, William Bermudez and Melvin Bermudez, both of Tampa, her mother, Julia Angelo of Vineland; one brother, Renard Angelo of Vineland; and 15 grandchildren. Services will be held Tuesday at 1 p.m. at the Pancoast Funeral Home, 676 S. Main Road, Vineland, where friends may call from 10 a.m. Burial will follow in Siloam Cemetery, Vineland.
WILLIAM T. CRAWFORD, 70, of Absecon, died suddenly Sunday at his home. Mr. Crawford worked as a bartender for the TropWorld Casino and Entertainment Resort in Atlantic City for the past 12 years. He had previously worked as a bartender for the Ram's Head Inn for five years and the Historic Inns at Smithville for more than 25 years.
A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he served during World War II in Australia. Mr. Crawford was a member of Local 54 of the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International union. Surviving are his wife, Josephine; four sons, William, Elvin, Robert and Douglas, all of Linwood; two stepdaughters, Patricia Orth of Absecon and Paula Boileau of Linwood; and eight grandchildren.
Services will be held Wednes- AREA WEATHER FORECAST 4 24 your horizontal black ink drawings of weather activity 4 low 40s and inches long inches high on white paper only to Forecast for The Press, Devins Lane, Pleasantville, N.J., 08232. Neatly print your name, hometown, age, and date on the back of each Pennsylvania drawing. Categories are sunny, partly sunny, rain, cloudy, sleet morning and snow. Highs in the Forecast for Atlantic City and vicinity Today partly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of morning showers. High in the low to mid-60s.
Tuesday fair and colder, with lows in the upper 30s to low 40s and highs in the low 50s. Lows in the low 40s and highs in the mid 50s. I Extended outlook Wednesday through Friday. Fair and cold Wednesday with lows in the mid to upper 30s and highs in the upper 40s. Outlook for Thanksgiving: a Send chance of rain.
Lows in the upper 30s to highs in the mid- to upper 40s. Philadelphia and Eastern A 30 percent chance of showers, then partial clearing. mid-60s. Southwest wind 10 to TIDES Atlantic City Tides: High 6:05 a.m., 6:27 p.m. Low 12:19 p.m.
Barnegat Inlet Tides: High 6:11 a.m., 6:33 p.m. Low 12:35 p.m. Wildwood Beach Tides: High 6:16 a.m., 6:38 p.m. Low 12:37 p.m. East Point Tides: High 8:08 a.m., 8:29 p.m.
Low 1:52 a.m., 2:46 p.m. Ocean Temperature: 50 20 mph. Tonight and Tuesday partly cloudy and cooler. Lows in the low 40s. Highs in the mid-50s.
Forecast for New York City and northern New Jersey metropolitan area A 50 percent chance of showers til midday today, otherwise mostly cloudy. High in the mid-60s. Winds southwest to west 10 to 15 mph. Partly cloudy tonight, with the low in the low to mid-4 Partly sunny Tuesday, high in the mid-50s. Forecast for Northeastern Pennsylvania including the Poconos Today a 50 percent chance of showers until midday, otherwise mostly cloudy.
High in the upper 50s to low 60s. Today's drawing is by Anthony D'Arrigo, Brigantine. Sunday, Nov. 22, 1992 Air Pressure (Inches) 1 a.m. 7 a.m.
1 p.m. ...29.96 7 p.m. Wind Velocity High 28mph Low 10 mph TEMPERATURES Highest (at 11 a.m.).. Lowest (at 1 a.m. 57 Average.
58 Normal this date. .46 Highest year ago today 62 Lowest year ago ........57 Highest this date (1953) ....69 Lowest this date (1964). .16 Variation since Jan. 1 -90 Degree days today. Total degree days since July Nrml.
degree days since July 630 Degree days since July 1, last year 587 (The degree day, a measure of fuel consumption, indicates how far the day's mean temperature deviated from 65 LOCAL REPORT PRECIPITATION (Inches) 24-hour total to 7 p.m.... 0.04 Total for month to 7 p.m.¼.53 Total since Jan. 1. 31.62 Greatest amt. this date 1.02 Normal for month.
3.54 Greatest this 7.57 Least this month (1965) 0.82 HOURLY TEMPERATURES Midnight 64 Noon. .59 1 58 1 p.m. 58 2 57 2 p.m. .57 3 57 3 p.m. .59 4 a.m..
.59 4 p.m. 59 5 a.m............... 57 5 p.m. 59 6 ....58 6 p.m. 59 7 a.m....
58 7 p.m. 58 8 57 8 p.m.. 58 9 57 9 p.m. 58 10 a.m............. 58 10 p.m.
57 11 .58 11 p.m, 57 TODAY'S ALMANAC 6:51 a.m. 4:38 p.m. 6:07 a.m. 4:00 p.m. Sunrise 6:53 a.m.
AROUND THE NATION Associated Press Thunderstorms and tornadoes battered the South on Sunday, causing deaths and widespread damage, and snow spread from the Pacific Northwest to the northern Rockies and onto the Plains. In the 24 hours up to 7 a.m. EST Sunday, 23 tornadoes had touched down in Texas, 15 in Louisiana, nine in Mississippi, and one in Alabama, the National Weather Service said. Also on Sunday, tornadoes were reported in parts of Alabama, Georgia and Indiana, and tornado watches were posted Sunday afternoon for much of the South and into the Ohio Valley. Hail almost 1 inch in diameter fell near Trenton, Ga.
At midday, showers and National Weather Service report of maximum temperatures for 12-hour period, minimum temperatures for 18-hour period and precipitation for 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m.; plus forecast for the next 24-hour period. CITY HI LO F'CAST 53 50 .16 Albuquerque 18 .04 cdy 48 .26 Amarillo 24 .18 cdy Anchorage 16 cdy Asheville .67 cay Atlanta 60 57 .19 cdy AtlanticCity 63 44 .01 cdy Austin 66 .11 cdy Baltimore 68 54 .05 Baton Rouge 58 .92 cdy Billings 31 sn Birmingham 65 .20 cdy Bismarck 37 32 sn Moon Calendar NEW FIRST FULL LAST Nov. 24 Dec. 2 Dec. 9 Dec.
16 7:12 a.m. 12:14 p.m. 4:24 p.m. (none) Times are for moonrise, Atlantic City, N.J. MARINE Marine forecast for coastal waters Manasquan to Cape Henlopen to 20 miles offshore Small craft advisory.
Southwest winds 20 to 30 knots this morning becoming west 15 to 20 knots this afternoon. Seas 3 to 6 feet. Tonight west winds decreasing to 10 to 15 knots. day at 11 a.m. at Jeffries Keates Funeral Home, Tilton Road and Infield Avenue, Northfield.
Burial will be in Laurel Memorial Park, Pomona. Friends may call Wednesday from 9 until 11 a.m. at the funeral home. HATTIE D. GANDY, 92, of Pleas- antville, died Sunday at home.
She worked as a volunteer for the Atlantic City Medical Center pharmacy more than 20 years. Mrs. Gandy also made cancer dressings for the American Cancer Society and was a volunteer sewing instructor for the home extension service. Born in Atlantic City, she lived in Pleasantville most her life. Surviving are a son, Leroy C.
of Greenwood, S.C.; two daughters, Delores Wieman of Racine, and Barbara, with whom she lived; nine grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. Services will be 2 p.m. Wednesday at Jeffries Keates Funeral Home, Tilton Road and Infield Avenue, Northfield. Burial will be in the Atlantic City Cemetery, Pleasantville. Friends may call 7 to 9 p.m.
Tuesday a at the funeral home. LORETTA B. HENRY, 83, of Ventnor, died Wednesday at her home. Mrs. Henry was a homemaker and worked briefly at Sears and St.
Matthew's R.C. Church rectory in Philadelphia. Born in Philadelphia, she lived in Ventnor for the past 10 years. Surviving are her daughter, Patricia Murray of Ventnor; her son, George of Brigantine; and nine grandchildren. Services will be held 10 a.m.
today at St. Matthew's Church, Cottman Avenue and Battersby Street, Philadelphia. Burial will be in New Cathedral Cemetery, Philadelphia. Arrangements are by the Fox Funeral Home, Philadelphia. GEORGE R.
KLINE, 58, of Pleas- antville, died Saturday in the Atlantic City Medical Center Mainland Division in Galloway Township. Mr. Kline was a slot attendant for the Sands Hotel Casino in Atlantic City for the past 12 years. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
Born in Blandon, he lived in Pleasantville since 1978. Surviving are his parents, Carl and Hannah, of Westlawn, six children and eight brothers and sisters, all of Pennsylvania. Services will be held Wednesday at 10 a.m. at Parsels Funeral Home, 324 New Jersey Absecon. Burial will follow in Laurel Memorial Park, Pomona.
Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday from 7 p.m. until 9 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. until the time of services. Contributions may be made to the South Jersey Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
LOUIS J. NELL, 77, of Atlantic City, died Sunday at his nephew's home in Absecon. Mr. Nell was manager of Captain Starn's Restaurant in Atlan- tic City for many years before his thunderstorms extended over the eastern Gulf of Mexico states, the southern Atlantic Coast states, the Tennessee Valley and the Ohio Valley. Heavier rainfall during the six hours up to 1 p.m.
EST included 2.07 inches at Charleston, S.C.; 1.36 at Birmingham, 1.27 at Chattanooga, 1.05 at Sedalia, and 1.01 at Dayton, Ohio. Snow extended from the the mountains of the Pacific Northwest into the mountains of Montana and Wyoming, with snow changing to rain at lower elevations. Snow advisories were posted into Monday for the mountains of northern, central and southwestern Colorado. Sunday morning's low for the Lower 48 states was 4 degrees at Laramie, Wyo. Boise Boston 59 33 Bridgeport 52 Brownsville 49 Buffalo 58 48 Burlington, Vt.
49 Caribou 36 33 Casper 36 29 68 63 Charleston, W.Va. 61 55 64 62 Chattanooga 58 56 Cheyenne 38 14 Chicago 57 39 Cincinnati 54 Cleveland 59 49 34 14 65 Columbus, Ga. 68 Columbus, Ohio 56 56 38 CorpusChristi 82 46 Dallas-FtWorth 56 40 The forecast for noon, Monday, Nov. 23. Bands separate high temperature zones for the day.
30s 40s 40s 309 40s 50s 40s 60s 509 -60s 70s 70s FRONTS: 80s COLD WARM STATIONARY 1992 Accu-Weather, Inc. Pressure SN 03 22 HIGH LOW SHOWERS RAIN T-STORMS FLURRIES SNOW ICE SUNNY PT. CLOUDY CLOUDY Today's forecast calls for showers and thunderstorms along the Eastern Seaboard, followed by cooler temperatures. Snow will fall in the Rockies and the West Coast will be breezy and cool with some sunshine. TEMPERATURES .28 Dayton 60 .07 DaytonaBeach 82 .05 Denver 36 cdy DesMoines 38 .01 Detroit 64 .06 Duluth 34 .15 sn ElPaso 52 sn Elkins 61 .22 cdy Erie 59 ..36 Eugene 53 .34 cay Evansville 69 .32 cdy Fairbanks 18 sn Fargo 32 cdy cdy Flint 61 Flagstaff 44 :21 FortSmith 59 sn FortWayne 64 .61 cdy Fresno 58 cdy Goodland 32 .13 cdy Grand Junction 44 .06 GrandRapids 58 GreatFalls 41 .58 cir GreenBay 49 ADVERTIsem*nT ELSEWHERE .02 cdy .16 Harrisburg .04 sn Hartford cdy Helena rn Honolulu 26 cdy Houston 31 cay Huntsville, Ala.
49 .35 .05 cdy cdy Jackson, Indianapolis Miss. 45 1.19 Jacksonville 56 .41 cdy Juneau 13 ..38 cdy KansasCity 29 cdy Knoxville 21 sn LakeCharles .02 cdy Lansing 45 2.11 cdy LasVegas .06 cay Lexington cir Lincoln cdy LittleRock 27 cdy LosAngeles 40 .07 cdy Louisville 38 sn Lubbock 36 .04 cdy Macon 58 51 .13 cdy Madison 54 49 47 .60 Medford cay 42 82 MiamiBeach Midland-Odessa 52 80 cay 55 53 .13 Memphis 71 9888 cdy 73 .51 cdy Milwaukee 56 sn 60 .24 cdy Mpls-StPaul 36 cdy 57 .62 Montgomery 64 cdy Mobile cdy 70 .53 cdy Nashville 66 24 32 .05 NewOrleans NewYorkCity 62 79 58 60 .55 cdy 56 .31 Newark 61 59 .01 cdy 78 50 .08 cdy Norfolk, Va. 62 cdy 58 40 cdy North Platte. 15 62 56 .34 cdy Omaha cdy 54 39 OklahomaCity 34 1.09 36 30 cay Orlando .16 cdy 66 51 1.00 Paducah .66 69 Peoria cdy 63 59 .32 cdy Philadelphia .12 cay 30 .55 cdy Phoenix 50 67 56 cdy Pittsburgh 58 55 .90 rn Today's Weather Facts by: A jet stream is usually about 300 miles wide and SOUTH JERSEY GAS COMPANY 4 miles high. The number of jet streams and their paths vary from day to day and season to season.
retirement. He was a U.S. Marine veteran, having served in World War II. He was a charter member of the Inlet Social Club in Atlantic City. Mr.
Nell was born in Philadelphia and had lived most of his life in Atlantic County. Surviving are his wife, Mary of Philadelphia; one daughter, Mary Lou McDevitt of Florida; two grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be said Tuesday at 10 a.m. at St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Absecon.
Burial will follow at Holy Cross Cemetery, Mays Landing. Friends may call Tuesday from 9 a.m. at Parsels Funeral Home, 324 New Jersey Absecon. Contributions may be made to the St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church Building Fund, 591 New Jersey Absecon, N.J.
08201. LAWRENCE SWAIN, 53, of El- wood, Mullica Township, died Saturday in the Atlantic City Medical Center Mainland Division in Galloway Township. Mr. Swain was a mechanics supervisor for Atlantic County. He was a former member of the New Jersey National Guard.
He was a member of the Church of St. Marks and All Saints in Galloway Township. He belonged to the Experimental Aircraft Association. Born in Absecon Highlands, he had lived in Galloway Township for most of his life until moving to Elwood several years ago. Surviving are his wife, Sandy; three daughters, Sharon Bryan of Chester, N.Y., Theresa Taunton of Congers, N.Y., and Tracy at home; one sister, Jacqueline Farkas of Galloway Township; and four grandchildren.
Services will be held Wednes- day at noon at the Church of St. Marks and All Saints, Pitney Road, Galloway Township. Burial will follow in Germania Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the Ruth Newman Shapiro Cancer Research Foundation, Atlantic City Medical Center Mainland Division, Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona. Arrangements are by Parsels Funeral home, Absecon.
ANNA TESTA, 80, of Hammonton, died Saturday at Cooper Hospital University Medical Center in Camden. She owned Four Lane Blueberry Farm in Hammonton from 1938 to 1975. Born in Hammonton, Mrs. Testa was a lifelong resident. Surviving are one son, Joseph Jr.
of Cherry Hill; three daughters, Genevieve Campione, Grace Benedetto and Shirley Coia, all of Hammonton; two brothers, Albert Saia of Ashboro, N.C., and Frank Saia of Hammonton; one sister, Frances Bertino of Hammonton; 15 grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren. A Mass of Christian Burial will be said 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at St. Martin de Porres Church, Egg Harbor Road. Hammonton.
Friends may call from 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Marinella Funeral Home, 102 N. Third Hammonton. Burial will be in Holy Sepulcher Cemetery in Hammonton. EMILY WESSEL, 80, of Cape May Court House, Middle Township, died Saturday at her daughter's home in Cape May Court House.
Mrs. Wessel was formerly the owner and operator of the Seashore Laundry, Sixth Street and Haven Avenue in Ocean City. Born in Manchester, England, she lived in Northfield and Pleasantville for most of her life. She lived with her daughter in Cape May Court House for the past two years. Surviving are her daughter, Joan Mounts, with whom she In Loving Memory of WILLIAM J.
LOFUNA who passed away November 23, 1986 I miss your smile, your cheery way. I miss the things you used to say And when old times I do recall, It is then I miss you most of all. Always Remembered And Loved WIFE ANN The Family of the Late EVELYN MARIE MURRAY JACKSON Would like to extend our sincere thanks and deepest gratitude for all acts of kindness bestowed upon us during our tim: of bereavement. To each one of you we say Thank You. Our special thanks to Second Baptist Chur1 Rev.
Sherman Mosley, Deacon and Trustee Boards, Ms. Roslind Poe it, Mr. Thomas Jennings, Atlantic City Police Department, Dr. David Becker and Associates, Dr. Constantini, Nurses at Atlantic City Medical Center, City and Mainland Division and Mrs.
Carolyn Greenidge and Staf'. May God Bless, Keep and Cradle each of you in the palms of His hands. The Jackson and Murray Families lived; one sister, Ada Boehly, of Bargaintown; two grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. Services will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the AdamsPerfect Funeral Home, New and Zion roads, Northfield, where friends may call from 10 a.m.
Burial will be in Laurel Memorial Park, Pomona. In Loving Memory of JOHN MESSINA who passed away July 21, 1991 on his birthday Nov. 23, 1925 A light is from our household gone, A voice we loved is stilled; A place is vacant in our home, Which never can be filled. We travel to your grave, With flowers placed with care; But no one knows the heartaches, As we turn and leave you there. Love You, Miss You, Wife Sue Sons Anthony, John Rick Granddaughters Kelly, Stacy, Gina Katie THANKSGIVING SPECIAL FALL CENTER PIECE WITH CATTAILS WHEAT AND OAK OPEN FOLIAGE DAILY 8-6 $850 TAX CASH AND CARRY coney, Newport off Atlantic Ave.
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