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Program
Bill Morrow Jr.
Violet Bader
Some of the crowd
Reception at Fire House

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      The Date September 10, 1999  will   live  in  my memory forever.       I am proud to be able to say, "I grew  up  in  a  town  where   people  cared for one another and still do".
    With out those who shared  their  love to do what  ever it took to insure  Somers  Point  was  a safe, fun  place to live, this feeling of   belonging   would  not  be deep   within  me.
    The old saying, "You can never go home" is not true.   I have that warm  welcome feeling  every time  I visit Somers Point either in my mind or person.
     We  must  not  forget  those  who's   names  have  fallen through  the  cracks  who contributed their time, love,  and money  to  make  this  feeling  of   security  we  all still share possible.
     Businesspeople  shared  not  only  their   wealth  but  their  time  with  a  town  trying   to   recover   from   a depression.   I   dare  not  mention  names.     There were   so   many  it's  impossible  to  mention  them   all.    We remember them in our own ways.    There   were  those  to  who  preferred anonymity I am sure.
     Those  less   fortunate  gave  of   their  time  and   sweat equity.  Like most kids in The Point say,  "We did not know we were poor because   Mom and Dad did not tell us".

   I  thank God for sending us "The Chief"
           to bring  all of this together.

William "Bill" Morrow- I often marveled how one man could do so much. Bill had no equal in those days. I saw a toughness with police work when he had to be, a gentleness with children that parents would drool over. Bill would drive kids to school, pick up and deliver voters that had no transportation, and be ever present in front of the city hall waving daily to all passers by. But his greatest asset in my opinion was his keen insight into what the city needed for present and future youth. He developed, oversaw, and personally ran a girls club, a boys club, basketball leagues for all ages and levels. Bill’s programs gave someone like me, an overweight kid, an opportunity to learn and compete. As I look back, the baseball scholarship I received from Temple University and the basketball scholarship from Southeastern University ( eventually I used the one from Southeastern University) all started with Bill Morrow.

                                              -------Skip Conover