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Mexican President Invited to Attend Pilot’s Tribute
By Dominick Staff Writer
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New Nixon's Owners Ashwin and Jigna Patel
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Tradition Transition Nixon’s General Store Gets New Owners after Six Decades of Operation by One Family By Mark Hatoff
For the Pine Barrens Tribune
TABERNACLE—Last week marked the end of an era and a beginning of a new one for a much-loved Tabernacle landmark. After more than six decades of being run by one local family, the venerable Nixon’s General Store and Deli has come under new ownership. June 13 marked the final day that the popular establishment was under the proprietorship of Jack McGinnis, 55, and his wife Nancy, who ran it for the past 35 years. “Nixon’s is not only a part of our lives, but also a part of the lives of a lot of people in the community and surrounding areas,” Jack McGinnis said. The store’s new owners, Jigna Patel and her husband Ashwin, took over the
following day. Jack McGinnis said he and his wife would be on hand for a couple weeks to show the Patels the ropes, introduce them to the customers and suppliers of the business and help with the transition. “It is going to be their business and I want to see them succeed,” Jack McGinnis said. He shared with the Patels what his family’s business philosophy and plan has been over the past six decades. “You have to give people a reason to drive past twenty Wawas and five other cheesesteak places to come to a destination where we bake our own cookies, brownies and bread pudding” Jack McGinnis said. “So, we will be giving them our recipes.” Jack McGinnis expressed regret that the family will be leaving their customers behind.
“We love them,” he said. “I have had customers who watched me grow up since the day I was born. I have had customers, who I watched since they were born, and now they have kids of their own.” When reached by phone this week, Jigna Patel, 48, said she and her husband don’t plan on making any changes. “Ever yone on staff who stayed through the transition has been very friendly and helpful,” she said. Patel, who previously owned a mail supply business, said she was attracted to Nixon’s for the “country style” and location, but also admitted to another reason. “I used to work and help out at my sister-in-law’s deli in Eastampton and really enjoyed it,” she said. “So, I thought See TRANSITION/ Page 10
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SHAMONG—Will the president of Mexico actually accept an invitation from Shamong Township Mayor Michael DiCroce to attend a ceremony in July commemorating Capt. Emilio Carranza Rodriguez, the legendary Mexican pilot who died in a plane crash in the Pines nearly a century ago? In this era of hard feelings between the White House and the Office of Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto, an acceptance of the invitation would certainly be a most interesting development. But stranger things have happened, and the invitation—complete with a Spanish translation—requesting Nieto’s presence at the 90th Carranza Memorial celebration to take place on July 14, is one that the Republican mayor said he hopes will help promote “U.S.-Mexican friendship.” The mayor also invited Nieto and his party to stay at his home should he decide to come, and to join him in a tour of Philadelphia landmarks. “This year we have invited the President of Mexico, Enrique Peña Nieto, and we hope he will join us in remembering Emilio Carranza’s historic flight,” said DiCroce at the lastest Shamong Township Committee meeting, jokingly adding, “If that happens, then we’ll invite U.S. President Donald J. Trump and maybe we can get the wall issue resolved.” Carranza, a Mexican aviator considered the “Lindbergh of Mexico,” succeeded in flying from Mexico City to New York in 1928 as part of a historic goodwill flight, but was killed on a return flight when his plane went down in the Pinelands. The crash occurred between Tabernacle and Shamong townships during a thunderstorm. The pilot’s body, with a flashlight jammed by the force of the crash into his right palm according to the website for Roadside America, was discovered by area residents who were outside picking blueberries. A monument to Carranza has since been erected at the site, which on the anniversary of the ill-fated flight, is hosted by members of American Legion Post 11 of Mount Holly, who make the drive from Cherry Hill accompanied by representatives of the Mexican Consulates in New York City and Philadelphia. Consul Alicia Kerber of the Mexican See PILOT/ Page 13
INDEX Automotive.................... 23
Health............................ 14
Opinion...........................11
Business Directory........ 18
Hobbyist........................ 17
Worship Directory.......... 12
Community.................... 12
Local News...................... 4
Gardening Column........ 16
Marketplace................... 21
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