Written by Stef Godfrey & Megan Antosy
That's Bob!
BOB HOLDEN GOT HOOKED ON HISTORY AS A CHILD. THAT LOVE TRANSLATED INTO A TEACHING CAREER AND ULTIMATELY, A BOOK ABOUT UPPER TOWNSHIP’S HISTORY. The book, “Upper Township and its Ten Villages”— Beesley’s Point, Marmora, Palermo, Seaville, Greenfield, Petersburg, Tuckahoe, Steelmantown, Marshallville, and Strathmere— tells stories of what once was in the mainland area across from Ocean City’s south end. “I’ve been a history buff since I was a kid. I remember my mom buying me all of these Golden Book history books,” said Bob. Bob turned his passion for history into a career, graduating from Kutztown University with a teaching degree. A job offer brought him to the Ocean City area. “I thought ‘I can work in the town that I used to visit’. I got the fourth-grade job and taught for 31 years. Great school board, great parents. I started
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MAY 2022
