The Story of Henny

“Walking is man’s best medicine.” ~Hippocrates

The Sun is the first thing I look for when in the Wildwoods. It’s the Andy Griffith and Waltons of newspapers. So clean, so humble , so peaceful and so GOOD !

~Joseph DeWan

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where yesterday & today meet by - the - sea “At the beach, we seem to be able to leave complications behind, slow down, breath deeper, remember what’s important. . .”

~Sandy Gingras I’ve been walking the beach for most of my life. It’s where I feel most at home. The beach makes me want to walk. Some of us walk to count steps, others because it’s magical and beautiful and mysterious. I especially love walking at sunrise. I began sharing my photos on social media over ten years ago because I wish for everyone to have a little beach in their heart, especially those who aren’t early risers or aren’t able to be here but yearn to be. People always tell me how lucky I am to live at the beach. (I couldn’t agree with them more!) I take not one step for granted. During my walks I like to stop and say a prayer of thanks. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve looked down to find a rare sanddollar or an angel-wing, as if they were an answer to a prayer at that very moment. The simple act of walking, of putting one foot in front of the other... every day, is the one spiritual discipline that is consistently associated with a life of faith. It has changed me, grown me and molded me over the years, and even overflowed onto the pages of The Sun. Author Mark Buchanan says this about walking in his wonderful book simply titled Godwalk, “It is so common, it’s almost pedestrian. We walk because we see things differently when we walk. We feel more deeply, think more clearly. We walk to figure things out. We walk to sort ourselves out. We walk to get in shape. We walk to get a sense of the scale of things—the real distance between places.” One of the most beautiful things I noticed during the pandemic was something I realized, had been missing from the landscape. The sight of whole families walking together was like a breath of fresh air. I noticed them because I too was walking ~ with my mother by my side, walking up and down the streets of North Wildwood, enjoying the extra time given to us so we could stop and smell the roses and say hi to our neighbors. Moreso than ever before, I think we walk because in many ways we are trying to make sense of this world. Experiencing land and sky and sea and light in a fresh new way has brought us closer to reality in the midst of uncertainty and fear. Walking slow to keep pace with God may just be the speed of our souls... Walking in rhythm to the speed of the rolling waves, may just be the way we find our true selves. So, my wish for you this summer is to follow your own easy path, hopefully touched by sand and surf, traveling at God’s steady, soulful speed toward your very own Heaven on Earth, enjoying the view and every step along the way...

Welcome Back to the beach! Dorothy

AS I WALK WITH BEAUTY As I walk, as I walk The universe is walking with me In beauty it walks before me In beauty it walks behind me In beauty it walks below me In beauty it walks above me Beauty is on every side As I walk, I walk with Beauty.

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All-Things-Wildwood Old & New

Veteran Tributes - 4

While You Were Away - 6-17 Compiled by Al Alven, Meg Corcoran & Dorothy Kulisek Our House ~ Joe Russo 16 The Four Eldoradians - 18 NJ Coastal Heritage Trail - 20 Holly Doran’s Summer Fun -23 Five Miles of Smiles Joe McNamee, Sam Spera 26

This Old House & a Medal from King George 217 E. 20th Ave. - 28-29

FUN in the SUN with Mr. LUNCH - 30 Ed Morton’s Wild About Wildwood - 32 Blast from the Past Yearbooks - 33

THE FLIP SIDE The Story of Henny - 3 McMichael’s Summers on the Sound - 4 History of Wildwood WaterWorks 6-7 Catch Ya Later Joe B. 7 Our Gal Tony ~ Catherine DeAngelis 8 Poppy’s Place in The Sun 10 Capt. Tom Stocker’s Sightseer Replica 12 Capt. Chuck Schumann Retires from the Sightseer 13 Rachel Rogish Fishing with Capt. Gary & Tides 14 John Primerano Wildwood Memories 15

Churches on the Island 17 Charles Cook’s Health Resort 18-19 Remembering Kathryn Filippo 22 1940s Charlie Neill’s Boardwalk 24 1964 in Wildwood Al Brannen 25 Hollywood Comes to Wildwood Meg the Movie Buff 27

United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 83 of Wildwood will be holding VESSEL SAFETY INSPECTIONS VESSEL SAFETY INSPECTIONS at the following marinas: Pier 47 on May 22. Schooner Island on May 29. Shawcrest on June 5. Stone Harbor on June 12. Avalon Manor on June 19. Times are 8am till 3pm. There is no fee for the inspection. Please contact Paul Will @ 215-884-9190 for further information.

Do you ever wonder why The Sun has 2 front covers?

So it never ends! Flip it over and over and read again and again! {Enjoy The Endless Summer Sun}

Take your time Don’t read too fast Soak in the sunsHine Make it last!

gggggggggggggg Artist, Editor & Publisher, Ad Sales Dorothy McMonagle Kulisek

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The SUN by-the-sea©2021 The Original, Nostalgic, Magazine published by So You’ll Know, inc. Published, Edited & Designed by Dorothy Kulisek with the help of those listed here: Assistant Editor, Meg Corcoran Contributors: Al Alven • Al Brannen • Holly Doran Jessica W. Mumford • John Primerano • Rachel Rogish • Joe Russo • Gary Sloan Next issue Out July 7, 2021

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