POWER OF ATTORNEY
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     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned's hereby makes,
constitutes and appoints each of Mary H. Magee and Laura A. Camisa as the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact, with full power and authority as
hereinafter described on behalf of and in the name, place and stead of the
undersigned to:

1.   Prepare, execute, acknowledge, deliver and file Forms 3, 4 and 5 (including
     any amendments thereto) with respect to the securities of Calton, Inc., a
     New Jersey corporation (the "Company"), with the United States Securities
     and Exchange Commission, any national securities exchanges and the Company,
     as considered necessary or advisable under Section 16(a) of the Securities
     Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder,
     as amended from time to time (the "Exchange Act");

2.   Seek or obtain, as the undersigned's representative and on the
     undersigned's behalf, information on transactions in the Company's
     securities from any third party, including brokers, employee benefit plan
     administrators and trustees, and the undersigned hereby authorizes any such
     person to release any such information to the undersigned and approves and
     ratifies any such release of information; and

3.   Perform any and all other acts which in the discretion of such
     attorney-in-fact are necessary or desirable for and on behalf of the
     undersigned in connection with the foregoing.

     The undersigned acknowledges that:

1.   This Power of Attorney authorizes, but does not require, each such
     attorney-in-fact to act in her discretion on information provided to such
     attorney-in-fact without independent verification of such information;

2.   Any documents prepared and/or executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf
     of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney will be in such form
     and will contain such information and disclosure as such attorney-in-fact,
     in her discretion, deems necessary or desirable;

3.   Neither the Company nor such attorney-in-fact assumes (i) any liability for
     the undersigned's responsibility to comply with the requirement of the
     Exchange Act, (ii) any liability of the undersigned for any failure to
     comply with such requirements, or (iii) any obligation or liability of the
     undersigned for profit disgorgement under Section 16(b) of the Exchange
     Act; and

4.   This Power of Attorney does not relieve the undersigned from responsibility
     for compliance with the undersigned's obligations under the Exchange Act,
     including without limitation the reporting requirements under Section 16 of
     the Exchange Act.



     The undersigned hereby gives and grants the foregoing attorney-in-fact full
power and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary or appropriate to be done in and about the foregoing
matters as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if present, hereby ratifying all that such attorney-in-fact of, for and on
behalf of the undersigned, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
this Limited Power of Attorney.

     To effect the foregoing, I hereby execute this Power of Attorney and
acknowledge that I have received a copy of this Power of Attorney and that I
understand its terms.

WITNESS:

_______________________________         /s/ John G. Yates
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                                        John G. Yates


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