Dorothy McMonagle Kulisek, So They’ll Know, Inc. © 2012
JULY ~ AUGUST 2012
Where yesterday and today meet by-the-sea
Year 9, Vol. 3 IF IT’S
FREE IT’S FOR ME!
1912 - 2012
Commemorating
100 Years of Fun in the
Wildwood Sun!
Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano (far left) along with his family, pose ‘Centennial-style’ on the carousel at Morey’s Piers.
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Collaborative photo shoot by Dorothy Kulisek, Sissy Rutkowski & Staff of Shooters Old Time Photos on the Boardwalk, and Megan Rogers. See p. 3 for more about photo.
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3300 Pacific Avenue Wildwood, NJ 609-523-1112 304 SW 18th Ave., North Wildwood. WATERFRONT LOT WITH FLOOR PLANS. Located in North Wildwood on Otten’s Canal. The lot is suitable for the construction of a single family home and is being sold with a new set of floor plans. This property has two boat slips and the bulkhead and docks are approximately 5 years old. This parcel of land is nestled between two newly constructed waterfront homes. A great place to build for a family that loves being on the water. The land is also being sold with CAFRA approvals. JUST $299,000.
440 East 24th Ave., Unit A, North Wildwood. BEACH BLOCK CONDO located in North Wildwood just steps away from the beach and boards. It’s a first floor end unit that has been recently renovated inside and out. The condo consists of two BR, full BA, large eat-in kitchen and spacious living room. This year round condo is bright, cheery and delightfully decorated with seashore décor and is being sold furnished. Other amenities include a covered patio, private storage room, enclosed outside shower and two off-street parking spaces. JUST $225,500.
203 Neptune Ave., West Wildwood. BUILD IT YOUR WAY. This is a cleared 40x80 vacant lot located in West Wildwood that is suitable for the construction of a single family home. This is a great opportunity and an inexpensive way to have a home at the shore and have it the way you want it. JUST $74,900.
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716 West Shore Drive, Brigantine. WATERFRONT - BANK OWNED!! This spectacular bayfront single family home located in Brigantine can be your dream come true. This newly constructed home is situated on a double lot on the bay with amazing water views and a view of the Atlantic City skyline. There is approximately 7000 sq ft. of magnificent construction with incredible workmanship and with just about every room having a water view. Some of the features include two master suites with fireplaces, jacuzzi tubs and mini bars. Six of the bedrooms have glass doors or sliders that lead to waterfront decks. This three story home has a glass elevator for you to conveniently access each floor. The first floor waterfront deck is great for outside entertainment. The large area has cabinetry with granite countertops and a place for a built-in BBQ grill. Take a stroll along the long dock that is beautifully constructed with custom lighting. It can be enjoyed day or night. This home is a must see! CALL COLLEEN FOR MORE INFO.
225 East Wildwood Ave., Unit #301, Wildwood. SHORE GET-AWAY! This end unit situated on the third floor is a studio unit located in Wildwood at the Diplomat Condominiums. The condo is a short walking distance to beach, boards and restaurants. Amenities include elevator, off-street parking, on-site rental management, on-site laundry facilities, pool, spacious sundeck and game room. A Great and inexpensive opportunity to own at the Jersey Shore! JUST $49,900.
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“Sometimes I think all I really need in life is in my beach bag!”
from the editor
“Those who live at the beach {ends of the earth} stand in awe of your wonders. From where the sun rises to where it sets, you inspire shouts of joy!” ~Psalm 65:8 This quote reminds me how lucky I am to live at the beach, that just beyond my front door I’m literally surrounded by unlimited wonders. While I always gravitate toward the ocean no matter what time of year it may be, with my trusty camera as a constant companion, I’m forever in awe of the summer sun’s reflection bouncing off each breaking wave, creating an ethereal glow. I’m reminded why time spent by the sea is so special to so many of us. Among the surf and the sand, I’m convinced that we are all personally connected as a part of God’s creation. From sunrise to sunset, I know where to find inspiration, for at the ends of the earth untarnished beauty shines its brightest. And knowing that is pure joy. When I look out onto the ocean, I know everything in life has its purpose. Like footprints in the sand that eventually wash away, each season is brief, but leaves behind its impression, if only for a moment. As the city of Wildwood celebrates its Centennial, I remain grateful to be a part of sharing its rich history. I hope you enjoy reading about those sweet Wildwood days gone by, as well as our present day stories, as much as I enjoy sharing them with all of you. This issue is bursting with them! Who knows what tomorrow will bring once today fades into memory? May your tomorrows be filled with an endless summer in your heart, infinite ocean sunrises (and a copy of The Sun by-the-sea in your beach bag). . . Until next time. . . Shine on!
Dorothy
Artist / Editor / Publisher The SUN by-the–sea, Wildwood, NJ
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The seashore is our chosen home, where we are one with the dunes and the blown beach grass. While the waves may wash all our footprints away, we still keep a few grains of sand tucked between our toes.
Movie Buff Goes to Hollywood by Meg Corcoran Page 68
100 Years of Fun in the
Wildwood Sun! Determined to do something special to commemorate Wildwoods’ Centennial, we set out to recapture a memorable seashore moment, giving our readers a colorful look at days gone by. Including Wildwood’s Mayor, his wife and their extended family in the photograph seemed only fitting. The photo, which was shot by Sissy Rutkowski of Shooters Old Time Photos on the Wildwood Boardwalk, captured the family in vintage wear, which along with the Original Wildwood Blaker rolling chair, was supplied by Shooters. Demonstrating ‘what’s old is new again’, the 19-member Troiano family struck a serious pose on the vintage carousel on Morey’s Pier, a typical pose depicted in many old-fashioned photos, taking timeless Fun in the Sun to a whole other level! Thank you to Shooters Old Time Photos Wildwood Boardwalk: 3414 between Oak & Cedar, 4014 between Spencer & Youngs. Thank you Troiano Family: Ernie II, Donna, Joan, Kim, Ernie III, Domenic, Gianni, Ava, Erin, Chris, Ernie IV, Melissa, Jim, Adison, Liz, Ryan, Trevor, Ryan, Gary Thank you Morey’s Piers!
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The SUN by-the-sea©2012 is the original nostalgic bi-monthly magazine published by So They’ll Know, inc. Published, Edited & Designed by Dorothy & Rob Kulisek with the help of those listed here: Louann Catanoso • Meg Corcoran Marilyn Guidetti • Alison Heller • Anita Hirsch Bob Ingram • Josh Kinney • Al Love Steve Murray • Joe Russo • Kelly Salasin Gary Sloan • Anne Vinci • Jessica Westerland Doris Wade • Danielle Wilson
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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment or religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of people peaceably to assemble and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” – 1st Amendment to the Constitution of the U.S.A.
My Family Ted Taylor P. 72 Five Miles of Smiles Pages 17, 18, 26, 28, 36, 44, 45, 49, 70, 74, 78, 83, 88, 89 WHILE YOU WERE AWAY Pages 13-14 Hometown Memories Doris Wade P. 16 true love on the boards Toni Hill P.24
wildwood memories Woody G P. 75
wildwood days M. gallagher P. 80
Be Ready for the Beach. . . with new Sun Merch!
Lil’s dock Al Love P. 82
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life at the jersey shore by Marilyn Guidetti P. 77 hollywood ave wedding P. 79
Churches on the island P. 27
phillies report by Danielle Wilson Page 84
DiPeso’s 50th Anniversary P. 27
MOREYS memories Alison Heller P. 85
My Happy place John Mason P. 30
Blast from the past! by Anne Vinci Page 86
A lot of memories G. Amundsen P. 39 Bar Series: Bennies-Antlers-Owens by Josh Kinney Page 40
dad’s place Jason Love P. 87 timeless sea Kelly Salasin P. 88
This Old House by-the-sea by Dorothy Kulisek Page 42
Fish stories Capt. Gary Sloan P. 90
ephraim island Joe Russo P. 43 chuckie’s back Bob Ingram P. 44
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wildwood my home G. Anderson P. 45 dolphin restaurant Anita Hirsch P. 50 MISS WALLY’S Meg Corcoran P. 52 ft. apache memories S. Murray P. 54 davy crocketland L. Lillo P. 55 George Mesterhazy Jerry Boyle P. 56 Oh Those Wildwood Days by LouAnn Catanoso Page 56
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“Happiness is... the sand between my toes and the sunburn on my nose!”~A sign hanging in a beach house
The Greater Wildwood Hotel & Motel Association
July Events
J u ly Hath 31 Days.
Full Buck or Thunder Moon July 3rd 2:52p.m. Sirius, also called the Dog Star, is the brightest star in the night sky. –The Old Farmer’s Almanac
Presents: 2012 Calendar of Events! 7/3 Dog Days of Summer Begin. . .aka A/C apreciation Days Always make sure your pet has a cool, shady place to go on a hot day & plenty of water 7/4 Independence Day “God Bless America.” Knee-high by the 4th of July, is the Sweet Corn. An attentive gardener literally can hear it growing, just listen for a creaking sound. 7/4 Independence Day Parade. Bike Decorating Contest 15th & Atlantic at 9am. Pooch Parade. 8th St. Field 9a.m. 609-522-2955 7/4 Fourth of July Fireworks Display Wildwoods Boardwalk @ Pine 10pm. FREE. 609.523.1602 or www.dowildwood.com 7/4 Fourth of July Beach ‘n Boardwalk 5K Run & 1 Mile Family Walk 9am-11am. 5K Fun Run begins at the Wildwoods Sign 609.849.8887 or WildwoodsWall.com/5k.
August 19 Car Show at Cold Spring Village Open to all vehicles. August 31-September 1-2 All GM Car & Truck Show September 20-22 Wildwoods Boardwalk Classic Car Auction October 5-7 All Ford Car & Truck Show October 26 Halloween Parade & Fun Fair
Wildwoods Cruise Nights
NEW!
All Summer Long on Wednesday Nights at Fox Park 7pm-10pm d DJ, Foo e or th & Fun f ! Family e l o h w
July 11, 18, 25 August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Sept. 5
7/4 Morey’s Piers Curley Fry Festival Morey’s Surfside Pier. Noon 609-522-3900 7/4 ‘Adjust Your Attitude’ FREE Summer Concert “Changes in Latitudes”Jimmy Buffet tribute band at Fox Park, Wildwood 6pm. 609.729.9000 7/6-8 Sports Card, Comic Book, Beanie & Toy Expo Wildwoods Convention Center, Friday, 3-9pm, Sat. 10am-9pm, Sun. 10am- 5 pm. www.rksportspromotions.com FREE. 732.422.9365 7/7-8 Hereford Lighthouse Maritime Festival. 9-5 North Wildwood. 522-4520. 7/7-8 Fourth of July FREEdom Festival Gazebo, Rambler Rd. & Ocean Ave. 9am-5pm.Crafters of all kinds, food, live entertainment, children’s activities. FREE concerts at Centennial Park, Fern Rd & Ocean Ave., 7:30-9:30. 609.523.0202 7/7-8, 21-22 Boardwalk SID Craft Show Boardwalk at Rio Grande Avenue, Wildwood. All handmade products. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Daily. Free. 609.522.0378 or 609.522.0198. 7/10 Crime Watch Meetings are held every 2nd Tuesday of the month at the North Wildwood Rec Center on 9th & Central. 7/13-15 Anglesea Blues Festival & NJ State BBQ Championship Old NJ Ave., North Wildwood. Smokin’ hot blues on an outdoor stage. Free. 609.523.6565 7/14 Sidewalk Chalk Competition 9am Prizes awarded. 8th St. Field, North Wildwood
Come see us at the Doo Wop Museum
located at Fox Park on Ocean Ave. across from the Wildwoods Convention Center!
Save the Date!
Call GWHMA For more info: Sponsored by The Greater Wildwood Hotel & Motel Association
609-522-4546
Monday, July 16th, 2012 at 10:00 am
Dr. Mace Babies & those born at
LONG’S Maternity
Reunion & Group Photo Hereford Inlet Lighthouse 1st & Central, N. Wildwood Call (609) 522-2721
7/14-15 3rd Annual Wildwood Cornhole Tournament On the Wildwood Beach between Lincoln and Garfield Avenues, Wildwood. Bags fly 11am. 609.729.8870. See more on P. 11 7/9-14 Dance Xplosion Wildwood Convention Center. 7am-11pm Daily FREE. 516.781.3400 7/18 Miss North Wildwood Competition Location TBA. Teen competition and luncheon. Noon Free. 609-374-0562 7/14-15 Morey’s Piers Beach Lacrosse 522.3900 7/14-15 Cape Express “MORE” Beach Blast Soccer between Cedar & Poplar. Wildwood. 8am-6pm.Daily. www.CapeExpress.com. 7/14 Duke of Fluke Fishing Tournament Sterling Harbor Marina, Rio Grande Ave., Shawcrest. Wildwood. 7:30am 609.729.1425 7/15-20 Sophisticated Productions Dance Competition Wildwood Convention Center. 7/28 WWE Live The WWE returns to the Oceanfront Arena, Wildwood. Come see your favorite WWE SUPERSTARS in action! Show details and time TBD. 609.729.9000 or wwe.com 7/21-22 Handcraft Unlimited Christmas in July Craft Show Wildwood Convention Cr. Sat 9-5/ Sun 10-4. Quality crafters. 717.656.3208 or www.handcraft-unlimited.com Labor Day Craft Show is Sept. 1-2. 7/21 NJ State Crabfest “Crabby” fun for all ages! at the Ice House Restaurant, 4415 Park Blvd.,Wildwood. Entertainment, vendors, crabs cooked to order. Noon-10pm. 609.522.0033 www.icehouserestaurantwildwoodnj.com 7/23-8/2 Delia’s Warehouse Clothing Sale Wildwoods Convention Center. 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Daily.609.729.9000 or www.WildwoodsNJ.com 7/21 Christmas in July with Santa Claus On the Beach in North Wildwood.Candy canes and entertainment featuring the musical McGuigans with John O’Brien.1pm. 609.522.7500 7/28 Wildwood Crest Beach Baggo Tournament 10:30am Jefferson Ave. Beach 7/28-29 Annual Co-Ed Beach Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. On the Beach at Oak & Poplar Ave., Wildwood. 856.696.9705 Maher Brothers Soccer Presents July 28th KING OF THE COURT SOCCER TENNIS TOURNAMENT Wildwood Tennis Courts at Fox Park across from Convention Center kingofthecourt.net.
Save the Date! Aug. 23rd Bill Haley Jr and the remaining original Comets will be in town. The band that started it all in Wildwood,NJ. See them at 12 noon at the Doo Wop Museum at a press conference, then an autograph signing at Cool Scoops and at 7pm at the Lou Booth Amphitheater in North Wildwood. Mayor Henfey will give them a Key to the City before the scheduled concert.
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“O summer day, surpassing fair, with hints of heaven in earth and air.”
August Events
August H at h 31 Days.
Full Sturgeon Moon August 1st 11:27p.m.
“Then followed that beautiful season... Summer.... Filled was the air with a dreamy and magical light; and the landscape lay as if new created in all the freshness of childhood.”
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet (1807-1882)
8/1 Wildwoods Baby Parade Wildwood tradition since 1909 on the boardwalk at WW Conv. Center 5pm. Rain Date: 8/2 609.729.4000. 8/2-4 Morey’s Piers A Closer Walk Christian Youth Event, Schellenger Ave. Boardwalk. Youth groups & families weekend of camping on the beach, live Christian music & worship services, to help you take “a closer walk with Christ”. 8/4-5, 18-19 Boardwalk SID Craft Shows south of Wildwood Convention Center 8/3-5 Battle at the Beach Wildwoods Convention Center, 8 am. www.nagafighter.com. 8/4 Wildwood Crest Antique, Classic and Hot Rod Car Show First United Methodist Church, Fern Rd. & Atlantic Ave. 609.729.4265 8/7 Nat’l Lighthouse Day Hereford Light,10am 8/7 Nat’l Night Out. Visit city parks for great fun 8/8-11 Harlem Globetrotters “4 Times the Fun” Appearing at the Oceanfront Arena in the Wildwoods Convention Center. Featuring 4 fun-filled shows to entertain the whole family and 4 point shots to be scored....you’ll really want to see this! Ticket prices and show times TBA. 609.729.9000/ www.WildwoodsNJ.com 8/11 Wildwood Crest 5K Beach Run. See P. 8 8/11 10th Annual SOCS - Survivors of Cancer Lighthouse Pt Wildwood. 2-6pm.609.465-7655 8/12 North Wildwood Flea Market 38th Annual~ JFK Blvd from 2nd & 13th Aves. 8/14 Crime Watch Meetings are held every 2nd Tuesday of the month at the North Wildwood Rec Center on 9th & Central. 8/18 Philadelphia Soul Summer Slam 215.253.4900 x 162 or philadelphiasoul.com 8/19 UWCMC Rubber Ducky Regatta. Raging Waters Water Park, Morey’s Piers. Come see 10,000+ rubber ducks race in the endless river! 7p.m. 609.729.2002 www.uwcmc.com. 8/24-26 Sports Card, Comic Book, Beanie and Toy Expo Wildwoods Convention Center. FREE. 732.422.9365 www.rksportspromotions.com. 8/26-31 Restaurant Week. Wine and dine in some of Wildwoods finest restaurants. 609.522.2444 or www.wildwoodnj.org. 8/26 Wild Half Marathon-New! RUN WILD! CGI RACING, the premiere race management in the region, introduces the Wild Half presented by Morey’s Piers. One Wild Weekend...For the first time ever, a seaside half marathon that combines your love of running with the pure joy of the sights and sounds of a classic boardwalk, together with the rhythm of beach. Includes one FREE single weekend pass to Morey’s Piers. 856.468.0925 Register at www.cgiracing.com. 8/31 FULL Red Moon
Summer 2012 Races
7/6 Cape May County Lifeguard Championships, Rambler Rd. Beach, 6pm 7/7 Boogie Board Races 10am 15th Ave. 7/13 Beschen-Callahan Memorial Lifeguard Race 15th St. & Beach. 6pm 7/21 ESA SJ District Surf Contest 7am 12th St. Beach. Call 609.884.5277 7/28 Sand Blast Beach Run 6pm 15th Ave. 8/4 BoardWALK for the Cure. 8:30am www.boardwalk4cure.org. 8/11 Wildwood Crest 5K Beach Race 7pm 609.523.0202. 5K & a 1-mile fun run/walk. 8/14 73rd GWYC Regatta Sunset Lake, Wildwood Crest. 10am-2pm. 609.522.0969 8/15 Around the Island Row 15th Ave. 7am 8/18-19 Wildwoods Classic Hobie Cat Races Beach at Schellenger. Sat:10am -3pm Sun: 9am-1pm. 609.517.2357 8/18 Tri/Du the Wildwoods 15th & the Beach. Triathlon (swim, bike, run). Duathlon (run, bike, run) Try It! 7:30am. 609.374.6495 8/19 Rubber Ducky Regatta 7:30 Raging Waters, Schellenger Ave. & Boardwalk 8/26 NEW! Wild Half Marathon 856.468.0925 www.cgiracing.com
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“Best Events at the Jersey Shore” Here are just a few of the exciting events this season: July 4 Beach ‘n Boardwalk Patriotic Run/Walk
July 21-22 Handcraft Unlimited Craft Show
Independence Day Parade
July 28 Blackthorn FREE Beach Concert
Jimmy Buffett Tribute Band FREE Summer Concert! Fourth of July Fireworks Spectacular July 6-8 Sports Card, Toys, Comics and Collectibles Show July 7-8 Maritime Festival at Hereford Inlet Lighthouse July 9-14 Dance Xplosion National Finals Dance Competition July 13-15 NJ State BBQ Championship & Anglesea Blues Festival July 13-15 Cape Express Beach Blast Soccer July 14-15 Beach Lacrosse Tournament July 15-20 Sophisticated Productions National Dance Competition July 21 NJ State Crab Festival
July 28 Christmas in July Boat Parade July 28-29 Ultimate Beach Frisbee Tournament August 1 Wildwoods Baby Parade August 3-5 Mixed Martial Arts Tournament August 8-11 Harlem Globetrotters August 11 Wildwood Crest 5K Beach Race August 18 Philadelphia Soul Summer Slam August 18 Tri/Run the Wildwoods August 24-26 Jersey Shore Masters Basketball Tournament
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“After a long, cold winter there’s only one thing on our minds. . . Summer!” ~ Anon.
North Wildwood
Recreation & Tourism
Presents the Summer of 2012 North Wildwood Recreation Center
900 Central Ave, North Wildwood, NJ 08260 (609) 522-2955 Fax: (609) 522-0402 North Wildwood Beach Patrol: 15th & Beach (609) 522-7500
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Independence Day Parade Wednesday, July 4th, 15th & Atlantic Aves. 9am Independence Day Pooch Parade Wednesday, July 4th, 8th St. Field 9am Independence Day Fireworks Wednesday, July 4th, Boardwalk 10pm Boogie Board Races Saturday, July 7th Reg. 9am Contest Begins at 10am on the beach at 15th Avenue, North Wildwood. Contest! Prizes! 609.522.2955
Buckets by the Beach Basketball Camp
Mon – Fri 9am – 2pm at the North Wildwood Recreation Center Week of July 9th 9am-2pm Boys & Girls ages 9-15 yrs. Week of July 23rd 9am-1pm Boys & Girls ages 6-9 yrs. Week of August 6th 9am-2pm Boys & Girls ages 9-15 yrs.
North Wildwood Soccer Camp
Full Day 9am-3pm, Half Day 9am-12noon Boys & Girls 5 to 16 yrs. July 16-20, July 30-Aug. 3 8th St. Field, N.Wildwood Go to www.northwildwood.com for application
Anglesea Blues Festival & NJ State BBQ Championship July 13th-15th, 2nd & Olde NJ Ave., N. Wildwood. Smokin’ hot blues
Summer in North Wildwood Concert Under the Stars
FREE Concerts All Summer Long! All ShowsThursdays & Saturdays 8pm
Lou Booth Amitheater & Park
2nd Ave. & the Beach. A park by-the-sea with natural vegetation and flower beds. Its Ampitheater hosts Free concerts July thru Septemeber, Thursday and Saturday Evenings. July 7 The Trammps July 12 No Show- BBQ Blues July 19 The Quailes July 21 Lights Out July 26 Mainstage Harmony July 28 Real Diamond Show August 2 Jimmy & the Parrots Band Tribute to Jimmy Buffet August 4 The Marvelettes August 9 The Cameos August 11 Joey Arminio & the Family August 16 Beach Bumz Beach Boys Tribute August 18 Sounds of Society Chicago Tribute August 23 Bronx Wanderers August 25 Fralinger String Band August 30 Serenity Motown Revue Sept. 1 Beatlemania
Hereford Inlet Lighthouse 3rd Annual Maritime Festival
Beschen-Callahan Memorial Lifeguard Races
July 7th & 8th 9am – 5pm. Free. Vendors. Food. Music. Tours. Children’s Activities. www.herefordlighthouse.org
Friday, July 13th, 6pm 15th Avenue Beach, North Wildwood. 609.522.7500.
609-522-6432
Sidewalk Chalk Competition
The Best #1 Free Beaches!
on an outdoor stage. Visit www.angleseablues.com or www.njbbq.com
Saturday, July 14th For All Ages. 8th Ave. Field at Central. Contest 9:45-10:45. Prizes 11.
Annual Miss North Wildwood Competition
Wednesday, July 18th, 12n at North End American Grill Thursday, July 19th, 7pm Crowning of Miss North Wildwood Winner of competition will be crowned at Lou Booth Amphitheater, 2nd Avenue
Christmas in July with Santa Claus
July 21st Begins at 1pm on the Beach at 15th Avenue, North Wildwood.
Sandblast Beach Run
Saturday, July 28th 6:15pm on the Beach at 15th Avenue, North Wildwood. Proceeds benefit WCHS Cross Country & Track programs. 609.536.0176
38th Annual Flea Market along JFK Blvd. Sunday, August 12th 9am-4pm. 100’s of Vendors! Call 522-2030 ext. 1430 for more info.
North Wildwood’s Beach is 1 1/2 Miles Long Beaches Covered are from 2nd to 25th Ave. The Surfing Beach is from 11th to 13th. 22 Lifeguard Chairs & 65 Lifeguards 10 Handicap Surf Chairs are Available
NWBP 15th Ave. & the Beach nwbp@northwildwood.com Chief Tony Cavalier (609) 522-7500
Save the Date! 43rd Annual North Wildwood Rec Surf Fishing Tournament Sept. 7-9 Fri: 7am-8pm, Sat: 7am-8pm, Sun: 7am-11:45am 609.522.2955 or northwildwood.com
37th Annual Around the Island Row
Wednesday, August 15th Begins on the beach 7:30am at 15th Avenue, North Wildwood.
Tri The Wildwoods Triathalon & 5k
Saturday, August 18th Triathlon (swim, bike, run). Duathlon (run, bike, run)
Begins 7am at 15th Ave. Beach, North Wildwood. Proceeds benefit youth activities. Fee for participants. 609.374.6495 or www.delmosports.com.
21st Annual Irish Fall Festival
Save the Date! September 20-23 {See Page 10 for Irish Weekend Schedule of Events}
North Wildwood Allen Park
22nd & Delaware Ave. Playground, Tennis Courts, Street Hockey, Basketball Court, Shuffleboard, Gazebos, and an observation boardwalk overlooking the beautiful back bay wetlands area. s! H ey Kid o u r et y g r o f ’t Do n e nt! E q u ip m S afet y
North Wildwood Skate Park 23rd & Delaware Ave. OPEN EVERY DAY 9am-8pm * Weather Permitting *
$5.00 Daily Pass $50.00 Season Pass
Must be obtained at the North Wildwood Recreation Center, 900 Central Ave., North Wildwood. Please call (609) 522-2955 If you are under 18, the forms MUST be signed by a parent or legal guardian. Helmets & pads required.
Kitchen Wizards New! Cooking Camp
July 23-26 5:30-7:30pm Beginning Cooking Ages 6-10 July 30-Aug 2 5:30-7:30pm Cooking Around the World Ages 11-15 Aug 27-30 5:30-7:30pm Cooking Around the USA Ages 9-13 Registration Forms available at NWW Rec
Summer Basketball League
Wednesday Nights Beginner Co-ed Grades K-2nd at Allen Park
Monday & Friday Nights Co-ed Grades 3rd - 5th and 6th - 8th at Allen Park 22nd & Delaware Ave. Tuesday & Thursday Nights High School Boys Competitive League Grades 9th-12th at NW Rec Center Wednesday & Sunday Nights College /Men’s–Competitive for Men 18yrs & up at NW Rec Center 900 Central Ave. All Leagues $25 Fee; Visit northwildwood.com or call (609) 522-2955 for more info.
New! Adult Kickball League Every Thursday July 5 - Sept. 13 6-8pm at 8th St. Field. Register online at southjerseysportsleague.com
2012 Exercise Class Schedule Monday: Pilates 8am Bootcamp 9am SUNSET ZUMBA 7pm Tuesday: ZUMBA 8am YOGA 9am
Wednesday: YOGA 8am CARDIO & CUT 9am SUNSET YOGA 7pm FREE Thursday: BOLLYWOOD BURN 8am YOGA 9am
Friday: CARDIO & CUT 8am YOGA 9am SUNSET ZUMBA 7pm Saturday: Sunday: YOGA 9am YOGA 9:30am
Lou Booth Amphitheater ~ 2nd & Ocean Ave. ~ $5. per class
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“The summer night is like a perfection of thought.”
~Wallace Stevens
Joe’s knows seafood! Joe’s knows brick oven pizza! Joe’s knows margaritas! Joe’s knows family dining!
Joe’s Fish Co. prepares Boardwalk fare with a Morey’s flare! Stop by for a casual meal overlooking the lights and action of Surfside Pier. Enjoy the freshest seafood dishes, burgers, wraps, salads and more. Pair your meal with one of the many craft beers on tap or indulge in one of Joe’s signature margaritas. Joe’s knows lobster. Joe’s knows seafood. Joe’s knows Summer! We take boardwalk dining to the next level with a menu crafted by Executive Chef Walter Jurusz and locally sourced produce and seafood.
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“Summer! A season that has all too short a date.” ~ William Shakespeare
Summer in the Crest www.wildwoodcrest.org
Beach Pier Fitness Classes July through August 25
Wildwood Crest Beach Pier at Heather Road, 8:30 a.m. daily. Various one-hour fitness classes, including Zumba, Yoga, Pilates and more, overlooking the ocean from the scenic beach pier. Cost: $5 per class, or 12 classes for $50. No pre-registration necessary. Sunday - Yoga Monday - Yogalates Tuesday - Cardio Pump Weds. - Aerobics/Cardio Workout Thursday - Kickbox Boot Camp Friday - Pilates Saturday - Pilates
OUTDOOR ZUMBA
8:30 a.m. Saturdays, thru Sept 29 8:30 a.m. Sundays, thru Sept 2 8:30 a.m. Mon & Weds., thru Sept 3 at Centennial Park, Fern Road & Ocean Ave.
Yoga on the Lake Tues & Thurs at 7:30pm July through Aug. 16 The Wildwood Crest Recreation Department offers free evening yoga classes on the beautiful Sunset Lake at Miami Road every Tuesday and Thursday from 7:30p.m. to dusk. Recreation leader Bobi Watson will direct an eclectic array of styles, calming the mind, focusing energy and enhancing the yogic journey, while simultaneously offering the opportunity to enjoy a twilight sunset on the beautiful Sunset Lake. Participants should wear comfortable clothing and should also bring a mat or a blanket.
Youth Swimming Lessons
The Wildwood Crest Recreation Department will host youth swim lessons this summer at the Joseph Von Savage Memorial Pool, located at 8800 New Jersey Avenue. These half-hour swim lessons will be held in two eight-class sessions on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Session I will run from Tuesday, July 3 through Thursday, July 26. Session II will be held Tuesday, July 31 through Thursday, Aug. 23. Available lesson times are 10:30 a.m., 11 a.m., 11:30 a.m. and noon. Cost is $80 per eight-class session for children ages 5 and older. A parent-toddler class for children age 6 months through age 4 is available for $50. Proof of age is required. Registration for swim lessons will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday beginning Monday, June 18. Payment is required at the time of registration. Limited space is available for each lesson time. Registration is taken on a first-come, first-served basis. Private swim lessons and lifeguard instruction are also available. Call (609) 522-0084 for further information.
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WILDWOOD CREST SUMMER LIVE MUSIC SERIES July through Sept. 1 Held at Centennial Park, Fern Road & Ocean Avenues. Every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Call 523-0202 for info. In the event of inclement weather, all shows will be held indoors at the Crest Pier Recreation Center, Heather Road and Ocean Avenue.
Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30p.m.
July 4~ Trisha Rapier and the Barry Levitt Trio July 11~ Cape Harmonies Barbershop Qt. July 18 ~ The Star Band July 25~ Trick Tenza Rock/Pop August 1~ Twelve:01 August 8~ The Star Band August 15 - Cape Harmonies Barbershop Qt. August 22 ~ Sweeter Than Honey August 29 ~ Star Band
Saturdays 7:30 to 9:30p.m.
July 7 ~ 2U July 14 ~ The Mango Men July 21 ~ B Street-Springsteen Tribute Band July 28 ~ Tequila Sunrise-Eagles Tribute Band August 4 ~ Storm Front-Billy Joel Tribute August 11 ~ Bennie & the Jets August 18 ~ Chico ’s Vibe August 25 ~ Chatterband - Motown hits Sept. 1 ~ Almost Journey- Journey Tribute
1st Annual Jersey Shore Masters Men’s Basketball Tournament Saturday, August 25th - Sunday, August 26th
40 and over Men’s Basketball Tournament hosted by the Wildwood Crest Recreation Department. Games played at the Crest Pier Recreation and North Wildwood Community Center . Entry fee for teams required. FREE admission for spectators. Info: 609-523-0202, www.visitwildwoodcrest.com
Wildwoods’ Wild Half Marathon Sunday, August 26
Seaside half marathon (13.1) running race featuring the boardwalk and ocean and bay views through the Wildwoods. Registration fee required. Info: 856-468-0925, 609-5230202, www.cgiracing.com, www.visitwildwoodcrest.com, www.wildwoodcrest.org.
WILDWOOD CREST 5K BEACH RUN Saturday, August 11th at 8:30am
Grab your running shoes! The Wildwood Crest Recreation Department will host a 5K Beach Run (and one-mile fun run/walk) Saturday, Aug. 11th at 8:30a.m. The run will begin and end at the edge of the Wildwood Crest Beach Pier on the beach at Heather Road. All registered participants receive a long-sleeved T-shirt. Call 523-0202 for info.
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5800 Ocean Ave. Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260 (609) 523-0202 fax: (609) 522-1669 Joseph Von Savage Memorial Pool (609) 522-0084 Wildwood Crest Tennis Courts (609) 729-2628
Cape May County Lifeguard Championships Friday, July 6th Rambler Rd. Beach, 6pm
2U Concert - U2 Tribute Band
Saturday, July 7th 7:30pm at Centennial Park, Fern Road & Ocean Aves.
Wildwood Crest Beach Baggo Tournament
Saturday July 28th 10:30am at Jefferson Avenue Beach
Horseshoes-type game involving teams of two persons tossing small bags filled with corn toward a small wooden board with holes. Registration fee required. 609-523-0202
3rd Annual Antique/Classic/Hot Rod Crest Car Show
Saturday Aug. 4th 10am - 2pm at UMC Fern Rd. & Atlantic Entry Fee for Car owners. 609-729-4265
Wildwood Crest 5K Beach Run Saturday, August 11th, 8:30AM
One Mile Fun Run/Walk beginning and ending at the edge of the Wildwood Crest Beach Pier on Heather Rd.
1st Annual Jersey Shore Masters Basketball Tournament Saturday Aug. 25th - Sunday Aug. 26th 10am - 2pm 40 and over men’s basketball tournament. Entry Fee for Teams.
Get Ready! Sunday August 26th
Wildwoods’ Half Marathon
Seaside half marathon (13.1) running race featuring the boardwalk and ocean and bay views throu the Wildwoods. More info TBA. Registration fee required. www.cgiracing.com
Save the Date! Saturday, September 22nd
Seafarer’s Festival on Sunset Lake
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“The more side roads you stop to explore, the less likely that life will pass you by.” ~Robert Brault
Boardwalk Special Improvement District
Craft Shows on the Wildwood Boardwalk just south of the Convention Center
Summer of 2012 July 7 & 8 August 4 & 5
July 21 & 22 August 18 & 19
www.boardwalkcrafts.com 9am - 5pm
FREE Admission
Parking Available
Rain or Shine
Call 522-0198 or 522-0378
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“Give us Lord, a bit o’ sun, a bit o’ work and a bit o’ fun; Give us all in the struggle and sputter our daily bread and a bit o’ butter.” ~Irish Saying
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Thursday, September 20th
A.O.H. Golf Tournament - 7:30AM $90. before 9/15 Avalon Golf Course - Rt. 9 - Swainton Live Amateur Boxing - $25. in advance • $30. at door The Tent at The Pointe at Moore’s Inlet
Friday, September 21st
Vendors - 8AM to 7PM Olde New Jersey Avenue Live Irish Entertainment 12NOON to 10:30PM Olde New Jersey Avenue
Saturday, September 22nd
5K RUN - 8AM SIGN-UP - $15. fee Olde New Jersey Ave. {prizes awarded} VENDORS - 8AM to 7PM Olde New Jersey Avenue LIVE IRISH ENTERTAINMENT 12PM to 10:30 PM Olde New Jersey Avenue BRIAN RILEY PIPE EXHIBITION - 10AM Sports Field 8th & Central Avenues IRISH DANCE LESSONS - FREE - 11AM to 1PM - Anglesea Firehouse CEILI - $15.00 - 7 PM to 11 PM Anglesea Firehouse - Olde New Jersey Avenue
BUS service available • Anglesea Fire Hall 2nd & Olde NJ Ave. • Along Surf Ave. to 26th Ave. • Additional service to Wildwood and Wildwood Crest
Sunday, September 23rd
MASS - 10:30 AM Saint Ann’s R.C. Church, Glenwood & Atlantic Avenues Protectors of the Faith Guards, the Emerald Society Color Guard and Bag Pipers including a liturgical bag pipe soloist
PARADE - 12:30 PM Starting at 24th & Surf to Spruce & Olde New Jersey Avenues VENDORS - 8AM to 7PM Olde New Jersey Avenue OFFICIAL IRISH MUSIC TENT CONTINUOUS IRISH ENTERTAINMENT ALL WEEKEND LONG
{Across from The Pointe at Moore’s Inlet} Featuring: Paddy’s Well with Paul Moore, Derek Warfield & the Young Wolftones, Jimmy Kelly Band, Bogside Rogues, Broken Shillelaghs, The Sean Fleming Band, Secret Service, Bare Knuckle Boxers, B-Street Band, Screaming Orphans {direct from Ireland}, and the Fitzpatrick School of Irish Dance, plus “Irish Pipers” & “Reilly Raiders”, Irish Dancers and more.
1-800-IRISH-91 or www.cmcaoh.com
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The Wildwoods will be hosting approximately 85 power boat racing teams and thousands of event visitors in the fall. Championship racing is again coming to the bay waters of Wildwood Crest the weekend of October 6 and 7, 2012. The American Power Boat Association, the sanctioning body for power boat racing, has granted the Wildwoods Hydrofest the right to host the 2012 Eastern Divisional Championships, one of the most prestigious title events of the year! In addition, the Hydrofest committee will also continue to award the NJ Governor’s Cup for power boat racing to one of the teams that gives an outstanding performance. Sam Horner of Baltimore, MD, the 2011 recipient, will be back to try to win it for a second time. But, his race team will face tough competition because hosting the Eastern Divisionals guarantees that the Wildwoods Hydrofest
will have the top teams and drivers from the entire country. Event Coordinator, Ann Fitzgerald, stated the Hydrofest Committee will face its biggest challenge in its 11 year history of coordinating the event; not only because there will be an increase of at least 20 teams over previous years, but also the challenge of meeting the extra expenses for the event due to hosting the Eastern Divisionals. If you love the event and want to ensure its success and future, please contact Ann at 609-8899181 to learn how you can participate as a sponsor---anything from an ad in the program book or the digital billboard to sponsoring a racing class. For more information, visit www.WildwoodsHydrofest.com or call the event coordinator at 609-889-9181.
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“Never allow yourself to become one of those people who, when they are old, tell you how they missed their chances.” ~Claire Ortega
“While you were away. . “
{A bit of breezy chat about the island’s happenings from Labor Day 2011 through Memorial Day 2012} Continued from the previous issue of The Sun
Crest Shirt Shop closes up.
Andrew’s nephews helped with the demo
Andrew cooks payaya on his payaya grill on Memorial Day weekend
Meals to Go in your Oven, Microwave or Grill Wildwood Crest’s newest, most unique take-out eatery, Homestyle-to-Go, opened following six months of renovations at what was once the Crest Shirt Shop at 6107 New Jersey Ave. Owner and Chef Andrew Cyhan, who happily replaced his carpentry tools with kitchen utensils, is hard at work, along with his staff, perfecting his culinary skills and providing home-style cooking for a hungry summer crowd. Homestyle-toGo is a truly original take-out restaurant, featuring daily menu selections, everyday items, weekend specials, and... in honor of summer, a full grilling menu. Leave the prep work to Homestyle to-Go, and enjoy more time with your family and friends... because it’s summertime. And we would be remiss not to mention Mark Kalyta, whose craftmanship is behind the entire build out of the space. Above are a few before and after photos.
Reporting on 100 years worth of Wildwood stories, as well as a springtime filled with spectacular events, is the best job in the world! We lit up like the Giant Wheel during a visit to the action-packed boardwalk, which provided hours worth of fun, thanks to the many family-friendly (not to mention fearful) rides that have finally taken flight. The Celebration of Heroes Festival brought out the good in everyone while Restaurant Week in the Wildwoods kept us well fed. Coasting along thanks to Cabs at the Beach, we headed toward the best, sandiest places that had their own stories to tell, finally arriving in time for the Summer of 2012, where more tales were happily waiting to be told! Author William Law, who must have enjoyed many summer seaside visits, once advised, “Be intent upon the perfection of the present day.” Here at The Sun, we intend to enjoy each perfect summer day as we reflect on the springtime events that occurred at the beach, boardwalk and beyond… An Award-Winning Summer Leading real estate website, Homes.com, relied upon by over 10 million property seekers, named The Wildwoods “Best Beach Town for Classic Vacation Experience,” including the seashore town on its most-recent list of “America’s Top Ten Scenic Seasides for the Summer.” The list based their recognition of the Wildwoods on many factors including its two-mile boardwalk, Family Fun Nights, free Friday night Fireworks in the summer, piers, waterparks, attractions and mouthwatering boardwalk cuisine. The Accolades Continue For a second year in a row, The Wildwoods FREE beaches were voted “Best Beach in New Jersey” and were also named “Best Beach for Family Vacations,” “Best Beach for Day Trips” and “Best Beach for Ecotourism” during the 2012 Top Ten NJ Beaches survey conducted by the New Jersey Marine Sciences Consortium (NJMSC), New Jersey Sea Grant and the Richard Stockton College Coastal Research Center. The five-mile island entertains more than nine million visitors yearly. Downtown Takes a Big Step Up Restaurant Row Lines up the Fun In a collaborative effort to boost the downtown area, a group of restaurants on the 37003900 block of Wildwood, affectionately dubbed “Restaurant Row,” have played host to a group of crowd-pleasing block parties. First up was a successful St. Patrick’s Day Block Party held on March 17th followed by the “King of the Wing” Block Party Event on April 28th. The wing-eating, music-andfun filled festivities took center stage at the Wildwoods Annual Wildwoods Spring Bike Rally motorcycle event (occurring April 27th-29th). Continues on page 14
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“Chocolate is ground from the beans of happiness.” ~Terri Guillaamets
“ W ildwood - a new season“
Continued from prev. page
Also occurring on the action-packed block was the Inaugural Cinco de Mayo Block Party, held on May 5th. The family-friendly day featured local favorite Stellar Mojo, Animal House and Latin sensation Group Trovado. Also included was a Bounce for Autism Speaks and a chance to win a trip to Cancun Mexico.
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A Scenic Trip Downtown Also happening on the block was the second annual ‘Buy Wildwood’ Downtown Trolley Tour held May 3rd. The tour, designed to introduce investors, prospective realtors and media to a re-energized Downtown, featured ribbon cutting for new businesses while showcasing current establishments. Downtown Wildwood representatives came on board at designated spots to share success stories and discuss business opportunities. Contributing to the Wildwood Business Improvement District (WBID) business goal, the Spring of 2012 welcomed a variety of new Downtown Wildwood businesses, inviting visitors to dine, shop and “Do Wildwood!” Downtown Wildwood, which is located from Cresse Avenue to 26th Street, contains 26 blocks of eateries, one-of-a kind shops, hotels/ motels, and bars. The eye-catching new streetscape, which features original banners, neon signs, new curbs, as well as pleasing to the eye lighting and directional signs, continues to attract positive attention. Meanwhile, a warm welcome goes out to Pacific Avenue’s innovative new businesses: Cattle & Clover, the “Steakhouse with an Irish Soul,” Dee Dee’s Café (formerly Gia’s) and Zippy’s Bikes, which specializes in pre-owned sales. Businesses which recently re-opened or expanded (and proudly share scenic street space with other existing Pacific Avenue business including Dugout Ice Cream Parlor, Io E Tu Italian Restaurant, and Beach Whiskers Boutique) include: City Night Club, Gia Ristorante, Good Night Irene’s and MT Bottle. Celebrating 100-years Worth of Wildwood The Wildwoods 100 th Anniversary Celebration got off to a celebratory start on May 19 th with a Free Family Beach Party on Wildwood’s infamous beach at Rio Grande Avenue. The event was emceed by local radio personality Scott Wahl who provided the captive audience with 100 years-worth of fun Wildwood facts and trivia. Included in the days-worth of festivities were a Mayors’ Tram Car Race, culinary delights, games, educational activities, a bonfire with a DJ and dancing. The centennial celebration culminated with an extravagant fireworks display.
A Commemorative Weekend Memorial Day weekend ushered in sunny skies and soaring temperatures, treating locals and visitors to four consecutive beach days. In addition to the great beach and boardwalk weather, lower gas prices contributed to buyers’ confidence, as the crowds arrived for not just the beach but also the Boardwalk and local businesses, indicating a prosperous summer. The Summer of 2012 Officially Begins To officially jump start the 2012 Summer Season, Miss America Laura Kaeppeler and Harlem Globetrotter Blenda Rodriquez participated in the ceremonial Unlocking of the Ocean on May 25th. Also in attendance, and with key in hand, were local public figures, including mayors and other officials, along with students and the Wildwood High School Band. Veterans were honored, kicking off the first annual Celebration of Heroes Festival at the Wildwoods Convention Center. Decorative kites soared above, announcing the 27th Annual Wildwoods International Kite Festival. A Memorable Salute An open-to-thepublic ceremony, hosted by Wildwood Crest Mayor Carl Groon, was held on Memorial Day at Coleman-Callahan Veterans’ Park, located along the bay front at Rosemary Road and Park Boulevard in Wildwood Crest. The park was dedicated in memory of former Rosemary Road residents George Coleman and Michael Callahan, United States servicemen killed separately in the line of duty during the Vietnam War. The ceremony included the National Anthem, the Pledge of Allegiance, presentation of colors by Vietnam Veterans, the dedication of park signs and various guest speakers. Now with the (beach and boardwalk) business of summer at hand, we’ve cleared our calendars, determined to spend our time wisely. We’ve learned, as the French proverb states, that “A summer’s sun is worth the having,” and plan on having the best summer beneath the sunniest sky. We’re getting in shape for the Wild Half Marathon, while perfecting our unique skills in time for the Wildwood Talent Showcase. We plan on singing in tune at the Concerts Under the Stars, finding the most unique shore-inspired gifts at Boardwalk Craft Shows and proudly marching alongside our incomparable Boardwalk Parades. Finally, to officially commemorate Wildwood’s remarkable 100 years, we’ll be taking the ultimate sightseeing tour as we travel Around the Island (on a) Row toward an awesome autumn by the sea, where more amazing Wildwood events are just waiting to occur… Compiled by Dorothy Kulisek & Meg Corcoran.
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“One person can make a difference and everyone should try.” ~John F. Kennedy
Jewelry Studio Designer Shows 2012 250 96th Street in Stone Harbor 609-967-4653
summer of 2012 trunk shows The summer of 2012 will be filled with a series of Trunk Shows, special events and brilliantly designed works of art at Jewelry Studio, 250 96th Street in Stone Harbor. Owners Gregg and Irene Metzler extend a warm invitation to islanders, visitors & locals alike, to attend some of the hottest jewelry events in South Jersey this summer. Enjoy refreshments and meet some of the most remarkable jewelry designers in the business. Jewelry Studio will host a designer show featuring award-winning jewelry of Jennifer Chang from JYES International of San Francisco on Friday & Saturday July 13th & 14th. Chang’s wonderful use of platinum, 18-karat gold diamonds and other precious stones will quickly win you over. On Friday, Saturday & Sunday August 3rd & 4th & 5th, Jewelry Studio will feature award-winning designer, Denny Wong, who has been recognized for his fine work by the National Jewelers Association. The hallmark of all his pieces is workmanship, detail and quality. His innovative creations have won numerous awards and have been featured in newspaper and international jewelry magazines. Denny has made Hawaii his home since 1974 and through his passion of jewelry design and love for the islands, he has created many fine lines of jewelry associated with Hawaii. His Hawaiian jewelry has delighted & fascinated many patrons. Tropical flowers, whales, dolphins, marine life, Tahitian pearls and other gem stones come alive in his designs.
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What are YOU doing to support our veterans? Bill & Megan Metzler, (above) from Gems at the Beach in Stone Harbor invite you to join along in supporting our troops with “From Soldier To Soldier: Fashion Statement with a Conscience”, their American-made jewelry line of sterling silver, gold vermeil, and parachute cord, fashioned out of the parachute cord that troops use out on their tour of duty. With every ‘From Soldier To Soldier’ bracelet purchased, Gems at the Beach will donate $20 to Homes For Our Troops, a nationally acclaimed, non-profit organization devoted to building adaptive homes for returning troops who have served our country. There is no better give back to your community than supporting the brave men and women who protect it. Stop by Gems at the Beach in Stone Harbor, NJ or call (609)967-4367 for more information and to view the many styles of bracelets by From Soldier To Soldier.
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by Doris Russo Wade
“Wildwood to me is a lifetime of memories, a town where I was born and raised, a town I love and will never leave.” Whatever Wildwood represents to you is a memory. What Wildwood represents to me is a lifetime of memories of a small, friendly, intimate hometown in the winter, and a bustling tourist Mecca resembling a big city in the summer. In 1908, at the age of nine, my mother emigrated from Italy to Wildwood. Following a stint in the Italian Navy, Pop immigrated to Wildwood when he was 26 years old. He and Mom were married in Philadelphia in 1917, initially making their home on New Jersey Ave., in Wildwood, later on Roberts Avenue. A few years later, they built their home at 4111 Park Blvd., where they raised my three brothers, Anthony, (Butch), Rocco, Armand (Ott), and me. They built their first business, a grocery store, in the front of the house, raising and selling fresh chickens. Following Prohibition, they bought one of the first licenses in the City of Wildwood. Ever industrious, they built a restaurant and night club on the side of the living quarters to be named the Golden Dragon. We all pitched in. Times were tough, but when peace was declared, Mom and Pop had Howard Cattell, a local builder, build a beautiful mahogany circular bar with an island in the center where the first female musical group, “The Femmaires”, performed nightly. At the opposite end was an orchestra pit facing the dance floor where people danced all night. Eventually the format changed and a “floor show” type of entertainment developed. There was a singer doing a great rendition of Judy Garland songs, a “Flamenco Dance” Couple, a comic performer, and, of course, the ever present Master of Ceremonies, doing standup jokes (Horse-Collar Schwartz—he dressed in an old suit, tie hanging down to his knees, big, sloppy shoes, and an actual horse collar around his neck, clown face make up, cigar in his mouth, and an old floppy fedora on his head). My teenage job was to sit at the door collecting the cover charge of $1.00 during the week, and $2.00 on Saturday night. Park Blvd often flooded during a torrential rainstorm, sending Pop and my brothers out with a huge plank of wood they would place from the street to our door, so people could get into our
nightclub! A “Pizza Parlor” was another addition to the building, complete with a Pizza Man directly from Italy whose pizzas were the best (although his English was not). When the island became inundated with pizza places, we opened a Laundromat. After a long day’s work, my brothers and I would go to any one of our favorite places including Wildwood Italian Bakery at Oak and New Jersey Aves., Marsh’s bakery, or up to North Wildwood to “The Wee-Two Inn”. We often crossed paths with famous entertainers. In 1960, Mom and Pop and my husband, Allan and I built the Starfire Motel at Leaming and Ocean Aves, a 20 unit family operated motel. I ran the office while Allan operated his electrical business and took care of the maintenance calls. It was a labor of love, one we were able to share with our children. We trudged on following the loss of our daughter, Donna, in a horseback riding accident in 1962, ultimately selling the business in 1980. My parents provided us with a good life and a great lesson: a strong work ethic which came in handy as adults. Pop passed away in 1967. Mom eventually sold the building and moved to Wildwood Crest, where she passed away in 1983. In 1981, we continued on the family tradition, purchasing the old “High Steps” at First & New Jersey Avenues in North Wildwood with our son, Steven and his wife, Carol and christened it the “S.A.Wade Tavern.” We honored its long ago era by refinishing the bar, taking down all the trim and staining it, refinishing the stairs to the 3rd floor, rewired it, put in heat, etc. We sold in 1991, and it then became “The Anglesea Pub”. In 1992, Allan and I officially retired. We’re now making new memories. We spend priceless times with our grandkids, travel to soccer games, go camping and, of course, to the beach. We feel blessed to share my hometown memories with our children and our grandchildren.
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The Crab hat is worn by the person eating the most crabs The 3rd annual Kane & Mullane Crab Boil, held August 20, 2011, was a delicious success thanks in part to Rick’s Seafood for the bushels of crabs and to the good old roadside stands of NJ for the fresh-picked Jersey Corn served “buffet style.” The sea-inspired banquet also featured potatoes, sausage, corn and shrimp that kept the hungry crowd happy for hours. 50 sea lovers, including four generations of the Kane/Mullane family, were in attendance. Traveling in from out of town for the festive feast were Uncle Jack from Alabama and Aunt Margie & Uncle Bill from Florida. They are all looking forward to this year’s 4th Annual Crab Boil.
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“There is always a certain peace in being what one is, in being that completely.” ~Ugo Betti (1892-1953) Dramatist and poet
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1966 My husband and I celebrated our 43rd anniversary September 2011. We have two sons who have blessed us with four wonderful grandchildren. We started out as two kids (15 and 17) and a “per chance” meeting on the boardwalk in Wildwood. I remember it was a Monday, the first day of our second week of vacation in the summer of 1966. Strolling with my two sisters, I was whimsically thinking of what this new week would be like; what adventures were laying in wait. I was startled out of my thoughts by the sound of a gang of boys walking in the opposite direction. Being cool and a little intimidated by their howls, I ignored them, but my youngest sister, innocent as she was, giggled and waved. We were all mortified when they reversed course and started following us down the boardwalk. As we headed to the beach, they followed us and set up camp right next to our blankets! By now we were coyly checking them out – our shyness eventually gave way. They were actually pretty cute guys and made funny remarks as we tried to stifle our smiles. One boy caught my eye as we both walked to the edge of the water. He looked at me and smiled. His blue eyes twinkled in the sunlight and I melted. We spent the whole week together, meeting on the beach with the gang and then again on the boardwalk at night. He would hold my hand and I knew that this was something special. Our song has always been, jokingly, “Under the Boardwalk”. We stole one kiss, our first kiss, under the boardwalk the last night of that fateful vacation. We made a vow to see each other again once we realized that we lived just two towns apart. Over the next two years we saw each other weekly – him taking a public bus! Yes, we were way too young, but our love was growing and we could barely wait to get married. In 1968 we married,
1993 with blessings and the resignation of our parents. Vietnam was looming by now; I went with my love to his duty port when he joined the Navy. Our two sons were born within two years of each other during those four military years in Virginia. Our marriage survived good times and bad times over the years. To get thru the tough times, we would remember our early Wildwood romance, the place where our love blossomed. My husband even surprised me and asked me to marry him again. So on our 25th anniversary, with all the frills we didn’t have when we hurriedly married in our youth, we renewed our vows with our friends and family cheering us on. I even had my youngest sister stand in as a bridesmaid because, after all, she played a major part in all of this. Around this time, we also enjoyed boating and had a boat docked in West Wildwood, a sleep aboard type. It was here in this summer place that we found renewal in each other, and made up for some lost time we spent raising a family in our younger years. Watching the sun glistening on the bay or watching the moon on many beautiful starry nights, the peace was majestic. The world, we realized, is a universe that could only have been formed by the hand of God. Just twelve years ago, we both came to know our Lord in a deeper and more meaningful way. We found each other and we found God while enjoying our very special place, the Wildwoods. Now as the circle grows with time, we tag along with our children and grandchildren for their vacations to Wildwood. They’ve all heard our story again and again and they have grown to love this town the way we do. I sometimes wonder if, someday, one of our grandchildren will be strolling on the “boards”, carefree and eager, when for a moment that lasts a life time... You get the picture.
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“Almost everything in life is easier to get into than out of.”
~Agnes’ Law
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“Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make a mighty ocean and a pleasant land.” ~William Camden, 1623
100 YEARS
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“Time is free, but it’s priceless. You can’t own it, but you can use it. You can’t keep it, but you can spend it. Once you’ve lost it you can never get it back.” ~ Harvey MacKay
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Life at the Beach is Fun!! Mayor Bill Henfey of North Wildwood, Mayor Carl Groon of Wildwood Crest & Mayor Ernie Troiano of Wildwood raced the vintage tram cars along Ocean Ave. at the Centennial celebration held May 19th, 2012.
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“You are good, O Lord.” ~Psalm 25:7 Churches in the Wildwoods Printed with compliments of The SUN with blessings. To update your listing call 609-522-2721.
142 W. Spencer Ave. 522-1028 Sunday School 9:45am Sunday Service 11am Wed Prayer 7-8pm
Anglesea Baptist Church
3rd & Atlantic Ave. 522-2951 Sunday Worship 10:30am Eve. Prayer Meeting 6pm Wednesday Family Bible Classes 7pm
Asbury A.M.E. Church
First Presbyterian Church 4511 Pacific Ave. 522-1244 Sunday Service 11am Wed. Bible Study 10am Youth Program Fri. eve
St. Ann’s RC Church 2900 Pacific Ave. Wildwood 522-2709
Weekday Masses Mon-Fri 7am Sat. 4:30pm / Sun. 7:30, 9, 10:30, 12n Sun. 7pm, Spanish Mass High School Gym 15th & Central SAT. 5pm, SUN. 8, 9:30, 11
119 E. Rio Grande Ave. 522-8489
Sunday School 9:45 Sunday Service 11am Eve. Service 6pm Sunday 6pm 97.9fm radio
Central Bible Church 18th Ave. & Central Ave. 522-5917 Sunday Service 11am & 6pm
Third Sunday of each Month 10:30am Contemporary Blended Service w/ Communion
UKRAINIAN LITURGY EVERY SUNDAY 6:30PM JULY-AUGUST
First Baptist Church Maple & Atlantic Ave. 522-2981 Sunday School 9:30am Sunday Service 11am
The Carpenter Shop
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4505 Park Blvd. 523-1444 Sunday 10am Weds & Thurs. 7pm Tues. Intensive Care Prayer 6:30pm
A recent portrait of the happy couple
North Wildwood United Methodist Church 2nd & Central Ave. 522-2271 Sunday Service 9am
Bob & Marie DiPeso at their wedding reception which was held at Ed Zaberer’s
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox 301 Anglesea Ave., 522-0152 Orthos 9am Divine Liturgy 10am
St. Simeon’s by-the-Sea Episcopal 26th & Central Ave. 522-8389 Sun. Holy Communion 9am Wed. Healing 6:30pm
West Wildwood Bible Church 9 Neptune Avenue 523-8863 Sunday Service 10am Eve. Prayer 6pm Wed. Prayer 7pm
Crest Community Church
Crocus & Pacific Aves 522-1618 Sunday Services Casual Sunday Breakfast & Worship: 9:30isham Kind of Formal Worship: 11am clothing closet & FOOD PANTRY Soup Kitchen: Sun & Mon 4:30-6:30
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2810 Atlantic Ave. 522-5000 8am Spoken Service w/Communion 10:30am Traditional Service w/Communion ~ Sunday School.
Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Plenty of parking
Bobby Dee ’s
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church
Beth Judah Temple Pacific & Spencer Aves. 522-7541 Shabbat Services Saturday 9:30am
Wildwood Boardwalk at
6700 Atlantic Ave. 729-4265 Sunday Service 9:30 Women’s Bible Study Tues. 9:30am Pastor’s Bible Study Wed. 11am
Notre Dame de la Mer Parish Assumption RC Church Mon-Fri 8:30am Sat. 4pm Sun. 8:30, 10am
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Young & New Jersey Ave. 729-5584
7110 Seaview Ave. Wildwood Crest 522-4114
DiPeso’s Celebrate 50 Golden Years
Eureka Baptist Church
Boardwalk Chapel July-Aug 4312 Boardwalk 609-523-2307 SUN EVE Service 7PM Nightly Programs Mon-Sat 8PM
HOPE Pregnancy Center 3808 Rt. 9S Rio Grande 609-886-7022
321 West Ave. Ocean City 609-398-9449
Find Help and Healing DivorceCare is a 13-week program and support group that meets every week to help the recovery of those hurting from separation or divorce. Tues 7pm-9pm at Seaview Baptist Church, 2025 Shore Rd., Linwood, NJ. 609-927-5015 www.divorcecare.org
Bob with his grandsons Bobby & Steven at the Arcade
View of boardwalk as it was 50 years ago when Bob worked in the Kentucky Derby (far right)
Great love stories often have their start in
the simplest places. They can occur within a movie theater, from high atop the Ferris Wheel, during a carefree ride on the Merry Go Round or within a child’s classroom, as Bob and Marie DiPeso’s story lovingly demonstrates. Bob and Marie were married on June 9th 1962. Their love story, however, started approximately 10 years earlier when they attended St. Ann’s Grade School together. Both Bob and Marie are Wildwood Catholic High School graduates and are proof that sometimes first loves can last a lifetime. Their lifetime of love by-the-sea spans years of sacrifices, along with life’s share of struggles, yet always showing what an honest day’s work, family commitment and hometown pride can produce. A product of hardworking “Wildwood stock,” Bob started working at the age of 10 shining shoes, delivering papers and
then as a teen, giving out change in the Kentucky Derby Arcade on the Wildwood Boardwalk. 50 years later, Bob has become a fixture on his corner of Schellenger & the Boardwalk at his own Bobby Dee’s Casino Arcade. While growing up, Marie held a job at her parent’s Avalon store, Sam’s Market. With no sign of slowing down, Bob and Marie continue the longstanding tradition they instilled in their children that comes from a solid work ethic, as they work together at their boardwalk arcade, in their Avalon Restaurant “The Rocking Chair,” Dee Developers and Marie’s Clothing Store in Cape May. The DiPeso’s have made a good life for their family, while each making a positive impact within their seaside communities. They raised both of their children, Teresa and Bob in North Wildwood and are now enjoying watching their five grandchildren and great granddaughter grow up here as well. As the devoted couple celebrates their 50th wedding anniversary with their extended family in attendance, their memorable journey is far from over. Best wishes to the happy couple!
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“Sometimes I need only to stand wherever I am to be blessed.”~Mary Oliver
Bathing Beauties & Beach Bums
The Wydner family in 1999 in front of the Regency, N. Wildwood submitted by John Wydner Back Row: Dawn, Susan, Billy, Tim, Amber, Lauren, John, Allison and Jackie Front Row: Dan, Dan, jr., Tom, Bill, Cathy, and Chris
MaryAnn (Franz)Csahok (on floatie), with brother George and cousins on Glenwood Ave. in Wildwood by-the-sea 1963
(L-R) Lisa Lauriello, her Aunt Myrt, cousin Maria & brother Steve - c. 1960-61 on Taylor Ave beach, Wildwood by-the-sea
Little cuties Michael Millard & Kamryn Bartle on their favorite Wildwood Crest beach at Newark Ave. from the summer of 2011. sent in by Mary Millard
Bathing Beauties on Newark Ave. beach in summer of 1983: Lauren Rucci, Amanda-Kendra-Brianna Flynn. sent in by LouAnn Catanoso
Come on aboard , Matey !
Coconut Cove Pirates~ Ryan Hart, siblings Tory, Maecy & Luke Bischoff, Kyra Adams, Zack LaTorre, Jordan Montgomery, Jack, Weber, Matt Blum, Christopher Robinson, Andrew Zielinski, (Left) Paige Mikula & Joey Milillo The pirate shows are completely original with all music scores & lyrics written by Andrew Hink, while Ryan Hart, a pirate re-enactor, choreographed all of the sword fights.
Pirate legend has it that North Wildwood’s very own Caribbean Island, Coconut Cove, magically transports its visitors to buccaneer times with their very own Pirate Dinner Theater Shows on Tuesday evenings from 5-8, where participants and spectators are encouraged to get in touch with the “island pirate” within. Local students as well as South Jersey Drama Arts kids set the stage as the shows’ performers who creatively take their audience on a one-of-a-kind island adventure. Thanks to Mary Walsh, the art teacher at Wildwood Catholic High School who helps choreograph the shows as well as helps with the makeup and costumes, Treasure Island comes alive at Coconut Cove, where Captain Kidd and Blackbeard, among others, are on full display telling their very own swashbuckling tales (with a special “Arggghh!” to all who enter). Treasure Hunts and Sing-A-Longs, along with Pirate Shows and the obligatory Sword fights, are also featured daily. With Live Jamaican bands, Monday and Wednesday Hawaiian Luaus, Thursday Reggae Nights, Pirate feasts, Live Parrot Shows and Margaritaville Fridays, there’s something for every member of the family. Each unique, jaw-dropping show promises more entertainment than a treasure chest can fill. Of course, along with live entertainment and indoor and outdoor dining comes our infamous, breathtaking sunset view. The legendary fun starts daily at noon. Come on aboard, Matey!
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“Every now and then, when the world sits just right, a gentle breath of heaven fills my soul with delight. . .”~Mattie Elliott
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“Every now and then, when the world sits just right, a gentle breath of heaven fills my soul with delight...” ~Hazelmarie ‘Mattie’ Elliott,
Wildwood by~the~Sea MY HAPPY PLACE BY JOHN MASON
Me on the beach in 1961, my first trip.
With my sister on the Mini Hot Rods on Hunts Pier, 1970
On Hunts Pier with my sister, 1970
My first trip to the Wildwoods was in 1961. I stayed at the Hotel Cromwell on Atlantic and 26th Streets with my mom, dad and my Uncle Bob. Being three years old, I don’t remember much, but I do recall the great buttered toast they served for breakfast. I know we walked from the hotel to the beach and boardwalk, with the boardwalk trip being my first exposure to Hunt’s Pier. My parents have home movies showing me riding the train on that pier before it became the Ghost Town Train, which would in time become one of my favorites. There is also film of my parents and my uncle taking turns riding the Flyer. My family and I would stay at close to twenty different motels over the years. Places like the Fantasy, Blue Jay, Buccaneer, Singapore, Crusader, Cape Cod and many others. We ate at the Wildwood Diner quite often and would occasionally dine at Zaberer’s, Dino’s, Kelly’s Café or the Poplar Café. We would end up at the boardwalk just about every night, with Hunt’s Pier being the favorite stop. Beside the Ghost Town Train, both Jungleland and the Keystone Kops rides became favorites as well. I was too afraid to ride the Golden Nugget or the Skua then, but luckily I did years later before they closed. After getting married, I decided to stay at a place I had always admired from afar as a child, the Royal Hawaiian in Wildwood Crest. I was always intrigued by the island in the middle of the pool. I finally made it to that island and it was well worth the wait. We have been staying there ever since. My wife Coleen, my two daughters, Alexis and Johnna and I now go with friends and their families on our annual vacation. We now take the kids to Duffer’s, Scoop’s Ice Cream, Mariner’s Landing and Raging Waters to create new memories for them and us as well. My family has come to love Wildwood as much as I do. I guess you could say it’s my “happy place”. I love waking up in the morning and knowing I have the whole day in Wildwood ahead of me. To me Wildwood is like a little piece of Heaven.
On Marine Pier with family,1971.
Here we are waiting to get on the Sightseer, 1971.
Here I am with sis at the Singapore, 1972.
Here we are outside the Buccaneer, 1973.
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My wife, daughter, niece, nephew and me at Dinosaur Beach, 1996.
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“Even if happiness forgets you a little bit, never completely forget about it.”
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By-the-sea, By-the-sea, By the Beautiful Sea! Summer fun in Holly Beach, Wildwood, N.J. from the collection of Rita Colleluori DiBruno Enchanted Summer Sea breezes blow clean and tangy over unmeasured miles of blue. The sun is warm and the world is far away. And long, long afterwards, the sun, the wind and the surf will return in memory to flood your mind and lift your spirits.
Rita DiBruno, 1949
Old Road Sign, courtesy of the Wildwood Historical Society, c. 1905
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Gatherings of friends & family at the beach are timeless. These gatherings epitomize summer at the shore
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The Colleluori family on vacation, 1939
Frances, Vera & Dom, 1921 Louise Parratto, Eleanor Magrino & Eleanor Fascenda, showing off their modern swimsuits in 1929
Wildwood by-the-sea Colleluori Family Summer Vacation 1939
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Bathing Beauties & Beach Bums
These photos were graciously sent in by readers who love reminiscing with the SUN, a group of nostalgia buffs who enjoy the reflection back to an era, that in retrospect seemed innocent, and wholesome and everyone seemed happy. Many of the old photos that fill the pages of The SUN came from family albums where little black triangular holders on each corner held them in place; some lay in shoeboxes or in bureau drawers next to old chenille bedspreads for years, or in an envelope from the local film processing counter. We thank you for taking the time to dig them out and send them in, some with their ‘Wildwood story’, we cherish them and feel very honored to publish them. May you enjoy a sense of simple pleasure as you reflect back in time with each turn of the page. If you haven’t done so yet. . . Dig out your old photos! Mail to: SUN by-the-sea P.O. Box 2101, Wildwood, NJ 08260
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Al Love (3rd from left) and college buddies, Wildwood, 1958
McGinley brothers & sisters and Green cousins, summer of 1956 North Wildwood. Top (L-R) Jeanie, Jimmy & Danny, Bottom (L-R) Joey Green, Jack & Tom McGinley, & Debbie Green, Bottom, Butch Green sent in by Jack McGinley
Remember Capt. Cook’s Clam Bar on Rio Grande Ave.? Niki Gellura (above) shared the Mermaid job with her sister, as they waved to cars passing by. Her parents had apartments there and turned them into a Clam Bar then a full restaurant from 1980-85. It was located next door to where the new KONA Outlet is today. Niki began dressing up as mermaid at a very young age, pictured above in her Baby Parade costumefrom the mid1960s.
Had to post this picture of my sister and her husband (boyfriend at the time)! C. 1960-61. Loved the tandem bicycle riding on the boardwalk! This picture is on 20th street in North Wildwood. We use to stay at an apartment complex right across the street from the San Souci Motel from 1956 to around 1973 (every August for a week). Picture was taken there! Some of my fondest memories were those summers of my youth in Wildwood! Posted on Sun by-the-sea’s Facebook page by Margie Burns
George Amundsen, Kim and Erik in the 1980s
Bob Harkins and John Harkins still reside in North Wildwood, both are retired. Jim Harkins is also retired and lives in Gibbsboro, NJ. Bob Chatelain lives in Albany, New York and maintains a Summer home in Anglesea, NJ and comes back each year. Bob Chatelain was a North Wildwood lifeguard in the 50’s, Bob & John were North Wildwood Policemen, and Jim is retired from the State of New Jersey. We still wonder why Jim wore his shoes and socks to the beach!
Joan Yancer with her children Debbie & Billy with Matilda O’Donnell. The Yancers rented this apartment on Burke Ave. every summer for $55. a week. Wildwood Aug 1966 sent in by Deb Yancer Berckman
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“Those that say you can’t take it with you never saw a car packed for a vacation trip.”
A LOTof Memories By George Amundsen Jr.
Albert Friedrich handpainted the building’s signs George & Candy Amundsen, back in the day when parking was just $2 for the night
The parking lot as it appeared in earlier years
In 1962 a parking lot and bath house with private shower stalls, dressing rooms, and electricity to accommodate hair dryers and electric shavers were made available to the public, just feet away from the Wildwood boardwalk on 24th Avenue. It was purchased by my grandfather Albert Friedrich who was a retired stone mason and my grandmother Lina Friedrich. They emigrated from Germany in 1934 and moved to Garfield, New Jersey. When he retired they decided to move to North Wildwood and purchased a rooming house on 25th Ave. next to the boardwalk. It was later that he purchased the property on E. 24th Ave. and built the house on the property where the parking lot and showers are located and a new adventure began. There was no grass on the property so my grandmother decided to paint the concrete around the house green. During the following years after my grandfather passed away in 1969 the parking lot was run by my uncle and my grandmother. When my uncle passed away in 1979 my grandmother ran it by herself for one year. This got to be too much for her and my sisters Sandy and Debby took over the business and paid for their college education with the money they earned. My sister Sandy is now a Special Ed teacher at the Memorial School in Lower Township and Debby is a chiropractor with an office on Rio
The Amundsen family celebrates 50 years at their lot Candy, Debbie, George, Sandy, & George (Building was painted by Mike Gallo)
Grande Ave in Wildwood. They had many memorable times with my grandmother. When business was slow they would put the television in front of the side window and watched soap operas in the afternoon. After they left and went to start their professions, the business was taken over by my mother and father. Mom would run it during the day and Dad at night. My grandmother would help by collecting the money for the showers. She would have a wonderful time talking to all the people that came. After some years passed they decided to pass the running of the family business to me. I was a building contractor at the time and I felt it was a good time to make a change in my life. I have run it ever since. When visitors need a place to park, shower and change, they come to Daytrippers. With a steady stream of customers, it is a throwback to a simpler time when spending a day at the Shore was more commonplace than an overnight stay. I get to meet people of all backgrounds. Most hail from the Philadelphia and South Jersey area, but I also get New Yorkers, Canadians and some that have traveled a much farther distance. Parking is free for those who are just using the shower and a package deal that includes parking and tickets to Morey’s Pier is also available. Daytrippers is also the home of a 35 year old vending machine that dispenses Coca Cola and other soft drinks at 50¢ a piece. I love it here, next to the best beach in the world. The business has really been an asset to my whole family and the island. This year we celebrate the 50th anniversary of our family business. My grandmother and grandfather have passed away but their business continues and their dream remains in the life of the family which followed. Please visit our web site for further information wildwooddaytrippers.com or call 609-972-3791.
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“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life. It goes on.”
~Robert Frost
bennies. . .antlers. . .owens ~A Series of old Wildwood Bar Stories~ By Josh Kinney
From Left~ Charlie Versaggi - Bennie’s son, Charlie Peacock - cement salesman, Salvatore Versaggi-Bennie’s brother, Vincent Tabone - Bennie’s nephew, Dominic Versaggi-Bennie’s son
A brisk wind came off the ocean and swept down the coast of New Jersey, blowing sea grass and sand across the boardwalks. Midnight had come and the lights from Atlantic City flickered along the shoreline as the city’s corrupt treasurer Enoch “Nucky” Johnson made a sarcastic toast to the members of Congress in Washington. That evening in 1919, prohibition had been ratified, prohibiting the manufacture, sale and transportation of liquor inside the United States. Just over thirty miles down the same coastline, Bennie Versaggi stood on the stoop of his bar restaurant. The tough, old school Sicilian man who was loved, respected and feared by many in the Wildwood community, grumbled as he removed the bar sign from his establishment, replacing it with another sign that reflected the wintery weather: “Ice Cream.” Of course, it didn’t happen exactly in this order. The days and months aren’t exactly spot-on accurate, but what we do know is that Bennie Versaggi opened an ice cream store during the time of prohibition and rented the rest of his building out to the A&P groceries, making it two different stores. The building on 17th street in North Wildwood finds its origins in the late 1800’s when it was owned by the Five Mile Beach Improvement Company and sold to Mary C. Lafferty. During the 1920’s, the Versaggi’s purchased the building from Dr. Irvin W. Kirk , beginning a dynasty of family operated business. Bennie’s daughter Catherine worked at the ice cream parlor. She would grow up to marry Victor Di Sylvester who worked nightly as a bartender at Bennie’s when prohibition finally ended, and the two stores were consolidated into one again. Catherine worked in the kitchen with her sisters and her mother Jennie. The couple
had a son who they named Victor Jr. He would come to spend his summers during the 1940’s cherishing fun-loving memories at “Bennie’s Café.” For the bar and restaurant patrons, relatives and visitors, the island was experiencing an era that was thriving with fun; what we would call, and as the boardwalk jingle reminds us every summer: true “Wildwood Days.” “Everyone knew everyone,” said Di Sylvester, “You always recognized the faces.” At the time, the 17th street area in North Wildwood was a hub for business. Long lines swelled outside the restaurant all the way down to the end of the street as customers waited to enjoy Jennie’s special spaghetti and meatballs. The delicious homemade meal was only a $1 at the time. “Of course, this created a very busy bar business,” said Di Sylvester. In the 50’s brothers Charles and Ross Versaggi continued the great tradition of Bennie’s Café until they sold it to Antlers Cafe in 1975. In 1986, Michalene O’Flynn’s moved in the building and stayed until 2001. As the story goes, TJ Haldeman walked into Michalene O’Flynn’s in the fall of 2001 and overheard the owners talking to the real estate agent who was preparing the papers to put the bar up for sale that day. He saw this as a GOD WINK, especially given their family’s long history in town dating back to when their grandparents bought their first home on 14th Avenue in 1921. Thus Owen’s Pub was born, April 22, 2002 with brothers TJ & Michael Haldeman. “No doubt,” as TJ and Michael note, “we’re proud to add to the rich history of such an important landmark in town – a place that many tell us makes them feel at home. We know our grandparents would be proud.”
Antler’s Cafe, circa 1976
Sebastiano (Bennie) Versaggi
Ross & Charlie Versaggi –these Brothers took over 1950 to 1975)
Brothers, Michael & TJ Haldeman, of Owen’s Pub 2012
Sebastiano (Bennie) and his wife Giovanna (Jennie)
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“It is Home, the spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.” Robert Montgomery
This Old Home
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John & Angus on a restful summer afternoon.
By Dorothy Kulisek Kathryn Eagon’s first visit to the Wildwoods was in 1965. Every summer her family would visit her Godfather, Uncle Frank Schreiber, who had a home at 103 E. 22nd Ave. in North Wildwood. The first thing she remembers doing when she got here was go over to the 5 & 10¢ store on 17th St. for comic books and big super balls. They would then go to the boardwalk to see the newest attractions. Traditionally they would ride the Golden Nugget on Hunt’s Pier. After the sheer delight at Hunt’s Pier, they would venture across the boards to Hawaiin Tropical Drink Stand for a Pina Colada before heading to Douglass Fudge & Candies. Every summer when she walked up the street to the beach and boardwalk, she would pass the old house at 119 East 22nd and say to herself, “I am going to live there one day.” On May 20, 1978 Kathryn married John Eagon. They chose to honeymoon at her uncle’s house to spend Memorial Weekend in the Wildwoods, and to attend the opening of the casinos in Atlantic City. When the two of them strolled up the street, she let her husband know her life long dreams about someday owning ‘her’ old house. They moved south of Madison, Wisconsin where John makes his living as an architect. The Eagon’s share a passion for history. Kathryn’s Godfather’s house sold in 1982 and they did not return to Wildwood for many years. In1994, they noticed a For Sale sign on ‘her’ property at 119 E. 22nd, but John wasn’t sure about making a commitment at the time. Three years later in 1997, they decided to rent for the summer, and found a house on E.19th St.
Kathy & John Eagon in front of their lovely home.
The first thing Kathryn would want to do when she arrived in Wildwood was to drive by ‘her’ house. On their way to Piro’s for dinner one evening, they saw a For Sale sign on it again. It was Kathy’s birthday, June 21st, and she said to her husband, “Well, what do you think John?” And his reply was, “Call the Realtor!” Since the Eagon’s had to return back to Wisconsin in mid-August for their son’s schoolyear, the sale was negotiated rather quickly. They settled on Kathryn’s ‘birthday present’ ~ her dream home, on July 26th. At the time of purchase, the floors were covered in thick wool carpet hiding beautiful 1” thick tongue and groove oak flooring. John and Kathryn looked through their library of books and magazines on buildings from that time period and saw that interiors were of a Flemish style popular in 1905. The restoration began! The house had been built in 1905 for the first dentist on the island, Dr. Stephen Corley who had an office on Pacific Avenue. According to photos dated 1910 and 1916, the Eagons conclude that the Carriage House was built sometime in between those years. The home is “Prairie Seashore” style with its original hip cedar shake roof lined with copper and its four square design. Restoration work continued as they stripped the floors and countless ‘mullion’ windows with their decorative crank hardware. They searched local advertisements for a painter and felt they were blessed to have picked one who showed much concern for the history of the house. They hired Scott Heitzmann and his father, Poppy, of Hoppe Painting. After choosing their colors, Dartsmouth Green, Georgetown Red and Sandstone, they
serendipidously discovered all of the same colors below the surface colors as they scraped. The entire interior was painted Haint green. Interesting folklore about Haint green, typically used on seashore homes, is it was a “natural insecticide because flies and mosquitos would get sick from the color and leave or die.” Within its 107 year history, the home has been occupied by 5 different owners. Dr. Corley sold to a family who owned arcade machines and that is all that is known about them. They sold to the Berkowitz family, who later sold to Pat and Jim Mullins. The Eagons purchased the home from Pat (Mullins) & Ed Carty. John & Kathryn commute 950 miles door to door from Wisconsin on their 18 hour drive. Kathy and her 2 dogs live there from May through October while John commutes every couple of weeks to work. Their son Michael is in college and spends time vacationing at the family’s shore home also. During his high school years, he volunteered hundreds of community service hours for the City of North Wildwood’s Beautification program and was awarded a special certificate by Mayor Palumbo. Kathryn is living her dream come true with her dogs Douglass Dilbert Whitmore* the Scotty and Angus Young the Westie dog. She says that right about at the intersection of Rt. 9 and Rt. 83, the dogs get a whiff of salt air and start to go crazy with excitement. Once they settle in for the summer, their porch becomes a daily resting place. Kathryn just has to say “Does anyone want to sit on the porch?” and the dogs dart right for the front door. When it comes time to leave for the winter, even the dogs get anxiety. She is convinced
Circa 1990’s
they are happiest at 119 E. 22nd St. in North Wildwood. John & Kathryn hope to retire here year round soon. Occasionally throughout the off season, they have been known to celebrate the Christmas and Easter holidays here, as well as the unexpected ‘lets take a ride’ pop-in visits. The Eagons’ love for architectural beauty and preservation superceded the intentions of many developers during the building boom. Its old Wildwood charm naturally attracts tourists, who stop to admire the gorgeous hydrangeas that grace the wrap around porch most of the summer long, some bring their cameras and ask if they can pose in front of their lovely home. On the 4th of July they hang their red, white and blue buntings up and often foreign students will stop for their picture to send back home. Whether in Wildwood or Wisconsin, their hearts are always with their old seashore home.This summer, they plan to continue cultivating the gardens which are reminiscent of the time period of the house. If you stroll by, you may just hear the old familiar words, “by-the-Sea, by-the-Sea, oh how happy we’ll be!” *Sadly, Whitmore, the 14 yr. old Scottie, passed away three days before the Eagons came back out for the summer.
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The chunks of seaweed slid off of the worn, paint-chipped oars and hit the water with a loud splash, but not loud enough to overcome the volume of the command issued by the young helmsman, “KEEP BAILING!” “I am!” cried his companion, who sat crosslegged in the stern, immersed in water lapping around his waist and threatening his midsection. Brandishing a plastic milk carton with the top hacked off, he dipped frantically into the ever-increasing flood around his lap with great speed, dumping it overboard, and then watching in horror as it returned. “I can’t keep up,” he yelled. “We have to get to Otten’s Harbor,” said the helmsman. “We can work on it there.” “I’m telling you,” pleaded the bailer, “we’re not going to make it!” It was a desperate situation for the young seafarers, who had plunked down fifty dollars of their hard-earned money onto the counter at Dee’s Dock and purchased one of last year’s surplus rental rowboats. Mr. Delessio, the owner, had assured them that it was a fine craft worthy of their money and they took him at his word because they knew him as an old family friend. “But,” he warned, “She is going to need some work.” In their haste to take possession of their boat, the two cousins failed to heed the warning and said goodbye, pushed the boat off of the dock, and started rowing. Soon afterward, with
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Chuckie’s Back On Track Wildwood’s Chuck “The Professor” Mussachio sent Bill Bailey home to Bakersfield, California, on May 19 after punching up on the journeyman light heavyweight for eight rounds on his way to a unanimous decision at Bally’s in Atlantic City. In his first fight after suffering a last-round knockout in November at the hands of Philly’s Garrett Wilson in a cruiserweight championship bout that the Professor had all but won, he spent the evening tattooing Bailey with an educated left jab, aided and abetted by an array of left hooks – sometimes tripled – and sophisticated weaponry like a check hook. Although he had Bailey down briefly in the second round with a right hand, after the Californian had taken the first round on effective aggression, Mussachio read the handwriting on the casino wall and gave up trying to stop the durable Bailey, who reacted to Chuckie’s best shots with a grin of approbation. The human head – Bailey’s anyhow – can be a cement-like target, and the Professor didn’t want to risk any further injuries to his already tender mitts.
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Tanya & George at the Centennial Tram car Race
Coming back to the island that I moved from over 40 years ago has been quite enjoyable and wonderful, to say the least. I have had the pleasure of running into people that I knew when I lived here long ago. I’ve encountered some old friends at the Super markets, the Pharmacy, the Post Office, at high school basketball games, diners, on the street etc. Some have recognized me and others I have recognized. It is nice to stop and chat for a few minutes and recall and reminisce about the good old days. I have even run into a couple of old girl friends which caused a few embarrassing moments. I have also made some new friends. Much has changed since I moved from here years ago, some for the better, some for the worse. To me it doesn’t matter what happened here since I left, what matters now is that I am back to the place that I was born and spent my childhood and part of my adult life. I grew up in the right place at the right time. I had a great bunch of friends. I can go back to my old corner at P & O and just stand there for a few moments, and remember all of the great times I had there, just hanging out, laughing, joking, singing and just being a teenager, or young adult, and not having a care or a worry in the world. I am retired now and I can spend as much time as I want doing nothing. My wife Tanya and I enjoy walking the sea wall in North Wildwood, when the weather allows us, and then walking the beach. We sometimes just sit in our car at 3rd and the beach and watch the waves as they make their way to the shore. Staring out at the Atlantic Ocean and being amazed of God’s beauty and magnificence. We also have driven to Toledo and the beach on many occasions and parked, just to remind us of the summer days we spent there. It was a mild winter
for us, after spending thirty-four winters in Michigan. We spent a lot of time out of doors this winter and spring, something we didn’t do too much of when we lived in the Midwest. I tried to reacquaint myself with the island, sometimes driving from one end to the other and going up and down the different streets in North Wildwood, Wildwood and Wildwood Crest. We watched as the different construction projects were going on. We have watched as the different establishments across the island were readying their selves for the upcoming season and anticipating the openings of some of these places. I have attended most of the week end events and block parties that were held and I’m still eager to attend more. It was and still is a great experience watching this town go from a sleepy small town to a thriving resort as each week end more and more people come to spend time here. I haven’t spent Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years’ or Easter here in over 40 years. I did this year. Now I will get to spend Memorial Day, Independence Day and Labor Day here. During July we would spend our vacation, usually ten days at The Blue Marlin Motel in Wildwood Crest. Charlie and Linda Sangillo owners of the motel have been very kind and gracious to us. My friendship with Charlie goes back over 50 years. We have been staying there since 2006. We will miss our usual room and the friends we have made while staying there but we plan to stop by there from time to time just to say hello and perhaps invite ourselves to take a dip in the pool on very hot days. I love this town and I am more than happy that I am living here again. My wife Tanya is elated that we decided to make the move and reminds me of it every day. There are still a few old friends that I haven’t seen yet, but I know in due time our paths will cross. I can’t go to Starlight Ballroom anymore, or the Hilltop Diner or Jackson’s Drug Store, Kelly’s Pool Room, Cy’s, or Tex’s Charcoal Grill, or any of the other old haunts where I could have been found, but I can still go to Mack’s or Sam’s for Pizza or A&LP for a great sandwich, or the Acme for TastyKakes, or Laura’s or Douglass’ for fudge. I feel so blessed that I have returned to the place of my birth, and I plan to enjoy every single moment that I have left, enjoying what this little island on the South Jersey coast has to offer. George E. Anderson North Wildwood, N.J.
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“Wildwood-By-The-Sea: Nostalgia and Recipes” Entering or leaving North Wildwood onto route 147, you are on Spruce Avenue, and you can’t help noticing the Star Diner Café. It opened in June 2003, built on property that formerly was a parking lot for the famous Zaberer’s Restaurant. Before the Star Diner was built, the Halkias Family, who had moved to Wildwood from Greece, operated the Dolphin Restaurant which they opened in 1964 in North Wildwood at 10th and Ocean. The architecture was patterned after the Howard Johnson style restaurants of the day: a single story building with maroon covered chairs and wood lacquered tables. After 37 years at the Dolphin, the family decided that they wanted a restaurant that could be open all year round. They sold the restaurant in 2002 which has since been demolished and replaced with condos. The Halkias family built the Star Diner which is open all year round. From Memorial Day to Labor Day, they are open every day. In the remaining months, the hours are shorter and change accordingly. Eleni and her second husband Bill Stamatacos are usually at the diner. According to daughter Maria DeSantis, “they are the head honchos”. Maria or her brother Demetri Halkias are there if Eleni or Bill are not in house. Maria’s duty is the front of the house, while Demetri and Bill are responsible for the kitchen or back of the house. But of course they often take each others job as the need arises. Demetri is there at night and Maria is there during the day, but always someone from the family is at the restaurant. Uncle Tony does the baking, and so does Demetri. Mom Eleni makes the delicious Greek pastry Baklava. There are many other baked cakes and pies that are prepared on site.
The Dolphin Restaurant 1964-2002 The Star Diner is a family restaurant, open for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner with an extensive and varied menu. When it comes to changing an item on the menu, all the family members have input. Everything is cooked from scratch on site. Breakfast is served all day. There are Greek and Italian specialities. Maria and Demetri grew up in Wildwood and graduated from Wildwood Catholic. Maria has three children, and the oldest, Michael, a student at the Atlantic Cape Community College, is a waiter at the Star Diner in the summer and works part time during the school year. Other family members from their extended family work full or part-time. They like to have family members working. One employee who has been working for them for 20 years is Rie Caine. First at the Dolphin and now at the Star Diner she is a waitress and also helps out as a hostess. A former employee of the Dolphin was Grover Bradshaw who worked there for 14 years. He has wonderful memories about his first job at the Dolphin. All his family ate there often because the food was so good and inexpensive. You could get a full course seafood dinner with a salad bar for $5.99 in those days. “ Another employee at the Dolphin was Cathy Smith who now operates the Pacific Avenue store called Junke and Treasures. Cathy was a waitress at the Dolphin and enjoyed her time there. She said all the employees felt like a family. That family atmosphere still exists today the Star Diner Cafe.
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“There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.”
~Lady Blessington
Miss Wally’s and other Wildwood Beauties
& Mary’s sister Michelle Carty Sheeran
a wonderfull nostalgic story photos submitted by
Beauty Pageant ‘Check-Up” by “Dr. Johnnie Ray” Mary Carty as Miss Wally’s
Wally’s Cafe and other Wildwood establishments featured top performers including: Georgie Shaw, Patti Page and Tyrone and His Royal Romanians Mary Carty & Johnnie Ray
Mickey Shaugnessy was always the laugh of the party
M
ary Carty, oldest daughter of the late Wally Carty of North Wildwood’s Wally’s Café, has many warm memories of Wildwood during the rockin’ 1950’s. Back in the mid-fifties, the Anglesea bars hosted their own beauty pageants, complete with parades that ran along New Jersey Ave. in North Wildwood to Wildwood. Mary represented her father’s club as “Miss Wally’s.” Among her competitors were “Miss Moore’s Inlet,” “Miss Macomber” and “Miss Club Avalon,” to name a few. The job of each contestant, aside from being beautiful, was to sit on the back of a convertible and wave to the crowds. Mary remembers the parade ending at a park where the beauty winner received her trophy. Popular singer Johnnie Ray, a famous singer at the time who sang “The Little White Cloud That Cried,” would walk past the beauty hopefuls in a doctor’s uniform, complete with a doctor’s bag, and inspect each contestant. Once the beautiful winner was “crowned,” the local bar owners, their entertainers, employees and beauty participants would gather together for a game of softball. Mary distinctly remembers well known local North Wildwood/ Hollywood actor, Mickey Shaughnessy, playing catcher and getting hit in the face with a pie during one game.
Miss Macomber
Miss Club Avalon
During these musical times, Wildwood nightclubs often featured well-known performers. Wally’s Café was a part of the action, featuring Georgie Shaw, Johnnie Ray, and Patti Page, and Tyrone and His Royal Romanians among others. Johnnie Ray & Mickey Shaughnessy after the game (other names unknown)
Wildwood by-the-sea really was the town that rocked! ~Meg Corcoran
Final Beauty Pageant Trophy Ceremony
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“Memory is a way of holding onto the things you love, the things you are, the things you never want to lose.”
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Memories of Fort Apache by Steve Murray
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An autographed photo of Sally Star
Young Steve Murray at Fort Apache
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Willie Nelson declared in his song, “Cowboys have always been my heroes”. From the early 1950’s to the 60’s, westerns dominated television and popular culture. In the early years, most of those westerns had a strong moral theme – good must prevail over bad. I really believe those shows had as much of a good influence on my upbringing (and thousands of other kids) as my parents had. Although born and raised in Philadelphia and the suburbs, with summers spent in North Wildwood, many people thought my family was from Texas because of the western clothes I wore so much. Wild West towns started springing up all over, primarily in the western states. They had cowboy stunt men re-enacting gunfights, stage coach robberies, Indian attacks and everything else associated with that time period. Some on the East Coast tried, unsuccessfully, to make a go of these towns. One was built in 1962 in Rio Grande at Rt. 47 and Fulling Mill Road. Their grand opening was held July 20th, my 9th birthday. As a present, my parents took me and about 6 of my friends on a day trip there. It was a complete Wild West town, with a tall, log stockade fence, with a gate and lookout towers that enclosed the “town” and hid it from view. It looked like the old army outposts in Indian Territory. Above the gates a sign read “Fort Apache”. A wide dirt street was bordered on both sides by a variety of wood frame buildings including a café, barber shop, candy store, livery stable, sheriff’s office and jail, a saloon and more.
It was announced on a loudspeaker that a “shootout” would take place shortly. Soon two gunslingers came out onto the street and started arguing with each other. They eventually drew their guns and started firing. Several more hombres hidden from view soon got into the fight and shots rang out. The ones that died did so real dramatically like on the TV shows. They fell over hitching posts and into the house trough. One even fell off the roof of a building. Two of the other highlights were a stage coach ride where we were chased and held up by masked bandits and a train ride where we were chased by Indians on horseback. We all fired our cap guns during these adventures but we couldn’t understand why the robbers and Indians ignored us. Nearby the Village, a man was selling tickets for an organized trail ride. Another friend and I had ridden before so we went on this which took us on horseback across several undeveloped acres of the property. A very special part of this day was a special appearance by the children’s TV show host Sally Starr. If you are a baby boomer and lived within 100 miles of Philadelphia, you will remember her. Her show was hugely popular and probably on the air for about 20 years. Dozens of kids gathered around “Aunt Sally” to ask her questions and get autographs. Sadly, Fort Apache only lasted about two years before it went under. Eventually Menzs Restaurant opened up on the site followed by a campground called Fort Apache. The campground actually used the old Fort’s log gates as its entrance. This was all that was left of the town. The campground, too, eventually closed down. A housing development now sits where the Wild West town was located. Even though the “town” is long gone, I’ll remember that day forever.
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“O God, what a world of beauty hast Thou made for man! And yet how poorly does he requite Thee for it!” ~D. Crockett
Davy Crockett Frontierland
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Davy Crockett, an American frontiersman, was a boyhood hero to many who grew up in the 1950s. In 1955 Davy Crockett Frontierland was located on the Wildwood boardwalk inside the Arcade at Convention Hall on Youngs Ave. It was the creation of Tom Muratore (a Wildwood lifeguard.) Pictured in the photos below are his mother Concetta (Lillo) Muratore and his younger brother Mickey Muratore as Davy himself. (Mickey was a legendary Wildwood lifeguard and the Starlight Ballroom’s Head Bouncer.) Photos were submitted by Larry Lillo of Holly Beach Trains on Pacific Ave. He was 8 years old at the time, and can recall that included in the 15¢ cost of admission was a free membership to Frontierland. By becoming a member he received a coon skin hat, a Davy Crockett T-shirt and a set of pistols. This boardwalk attraction only lasted one season. S U M M E R
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Algie’s PlAce BicYcles
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“Remember this~ very little is needed to make a happy life.” ~Marcus Aurelius
A Friend Indeed, Sorely Missed at the Jersey Shore
“Oh Those Wildwood Days” by LouAnn Catanoso
by Jerry Boyle
George Mesterhazy, who died in his sleep on April 12th, 2012 at the young age of 59, gave everything, including his music, from his heart. He inspired other musicians to be better than they were. If he were a book, he would be “The Giving Tree” by Sydney Sheldon. George played piano nightly at the Merion Inn in Cape May, but was admired around the world. He toured in New York, San Francisco, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Berlin, Paris, and London. He played with Bernadette Peters, guitarist Les Paul, singers Mark Murphy, Paula West, and up until her death in 2005 his longtime mentor and Jazz singer Shirley Horn. The pair worked on two Grammy-nominated recordings, “Loving You” and “May the Music Never End”. George, a Steinway artist, was not only a performer, but a teacher. He headed the jazz piano program at Rowan University. Every year at the Survivors of Cancer Benefit, held on the second Saturday in August at the Lighthouse Pointe, George would set up his piano on stage at 2pm and not move until it’s conclusion at 6pm. At that time, George worked seven nights a week at the Merion Inn, usually starting at 5p.m. until closing at 2 a.m. The day of the SOC benefit he would pay someone out of his pocket to cover his gig until he returned. When I first met George in the early 80’s, he was playing songs that I recognized from my childhood in his inimitable style at the Claridge Hotel/Casino in Atlantic City. I introduced myself, using the name of a close mutual friend so he would know that I wasn’t a stalker. He invited me to his house in Ocean City to meet his wife, and son and to ‘dig some tunes’. In one afternoon we accomplished enough of a repertoire to actually audition for a gig. We got that gig at the ‘Top of the Trop’ in the Tropicana Casino. We ended up working together for the next several years.
Jerry, Jeannie, Allison & Evan Boyle with their good friend George.
70s Tradition, Dinner at URIE’S Summer of 1978 ~ Alice Read Russel, Louann Catanoso, Nina Verna Catanoso, Loretta Dole Frank, Eva Marie Leahy Perrotta, Jackie Bernstein Chambers
That’s when the life/singing lessons began. George taught me how to sing. After six years in The Tropicana, Atlantis (formerly Playboy), Bally’s and Harrah’s, we headed to Philadelphia’s Babe’s Steakhouse in Port Richmond. Having grown up in Kensington, I welcomed the opportunity to go ‘home’. Babe Kozlowski came to see us at Harrah’s and instantly fell in love with the idea of us playing at his upscale restaurant/ nightclub. That led to many wonderful things, including meeting Public Relations specialist, Sharla Feldscher. Sharla “adopted” George and me and became a lifelong friend, so enthralled with publicizing us that she ended up our manager and the executive producer of George’s first, and my only album, “A Little Romance, Now and Then.” George was a born musician. He learned to play a variety of instruments starting on guitar and violin. He wanted to play in the band at Mainland Regional High School in Somers Point, but naturally playing the piano made that impossible. So George did next to the impossible and learned to play the trumpet in two weeks. I wouldn’t believe that except for the fact that I saw him receive a Chromatic Harmonica as a gift, and with no previous experience on that instrument, perform a solo on it three weeks later. The only thing that rivaled music in George’s life was laughing. He had a wild and broad sense of humor. When you met him, you instantly wanted to be his friend, and he had many. I know that we are all rowing and God is steering. I have no idea what God’s plan was for George, but His Heavenly band just got decidedly better.
T hinking back on some of my favorite
The George Mesterhazy Foundation for Music Education, Performance, and Preservation will be established in his name, by long time love Vicki Watson of the Merion Inn. Please check the www. merioninn.com website for further information.
I will never forget turning 18 on the very night I graduated. After the backyard party at Patti Mullen’s house in North Wildwood, those of us that were 18 headed down to the ‘Shamrock Cafe’. Bobbi Joe Wilson and I
memories is a great past-time of mine. One of my favorite decades was the seventies. The music, the clothing, living in Wildwood, and simply being a teenager during these years was the greatest.
Above: Chalie, Helen & Kevin Quinn, 1979 Left: Dennis Flynn & Louann, 2003. Note: Dennis & Nancy Flynn are now the proud grandparents of 7 grandchildren!
Radio stations were playing music by Led Zepplin, Moody Blues, and Kool and the Gang. And who can ever forget the song ‘Na Na Hey Hey Goodbye’ by Steam? You have to think of Wildwood in the seventies when you hear the songs ‘Let’s Stay Together’ by Al Green, ‘Breezin’ by George Benson, and ‘Tie a Yellow Ribbon’ by Tony Orlando. I saw ‘Elvis’ at the Spectrum in 1971, and ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’ at the Wildwood Convention Hall in 1970. Date night was usually spent at the drive-in movie theatre. ‘Play Misty For Me’, ‘Summer of 42’, ‘The Fearless Vampire Killers’, and ‘The Sting’ were among the best.
sang ‘As Time Goes By’, ‘Baby Face’, and ‘Hello Dolly’, while Jim Bulger accompanied us on the piano. A night at the ‘Shamrock’ would not have been complete without one of their delicious shrimp salad sandwiches on rye.
Friday nights were all about driving up and down Pacific Ave in Dennis Flynn’s old gray Desoto. We usually would hit ‘John’s Pizza’, and ‘Luigis’ sandwich shop. Sunday afternoons always included a turkey and swiss cheese on a roll from ‘Hughes Market’, and ‘Mike John’s’ garage. My friends and I ate dinner at ‘Uries Restaurant’ at least once every summer during the seventies. School for me was all about playing sports. Our away games included a stop at ‘McDonalds’ afterwards, which was a big treat for us ‘small town kids’. Pep rallies were always fun because we knew a good rivalry game between the local high schools were upon us. And oh how I loved sporting my Wildwood Catholic blazer out to a party after we beat Wildwood High School (and even after they beat us). There were great parties at ‘Murfs’ garage in the early seventies. And I must admit those boys from Wildwood High were pretty cute; Frank Read, Phil Bond, and Stan DelCorio, just to mention a few.
And even though I am rather fond of my short gray hair, I do miss my long brown braids. I miss my green Chevy pickup truck, my Converse sneakers, and my Sweet Honesty perfume. (Perfume and pickup trucks-what a combination)! The only regret I have from those years is wasting too many hours trying to keep my naturally curly hair straight.
Among one of my fondest memories are the times Fitz and I would go to ‘Grandes Cafe’ during our lunch break our senior year in high school. I would be in my little blue school uniform, and Fitz would be in his suit and tie. We would always order toasted ham and cheese on rolls and split pea soup. Mrs Cuddhy, (Hilda) always waited on us, and her adorable smile and pleasant personality would get us through the rest of the school day.
I don’t think I will ever run out of memories or stop talking about them. I cherish the past, and all of the good times. ‘This small town was always plenty big enough for me’. Dedication: This story is dedicated to the memory of two of my favorite moms from the seventies; Mrs Flynn, who was always there with a camera to capture those ‘special moments’. And , Mrs Quinn, who introduced me to corned beef and cabbage. It was a St. Patty’s Day tradition that I looked forward to at the Quinn’s house every year.
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“Today, fill your cup of life with sunshine and laughter.”
38 yrs. of Homemade Ice Cream
and old-fashioned goodness!
Bill Hoeger has been making the ice cream at Duffer’s for 14 years. As seen on his clipboard above, his list is long as he churns out the wide variety of flavors ranging from peanut butter, oreo, and pistaccio, to butter brickle and cookie dough, just to name a few.
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at Duffer’s Ice Cream Parlor, Gift Shop, Game Room & Miniature Golf
~Dodinsky
FIVE MILES
of Smiles! Try to make at least three people smile each day.
Don & Dorothy Long opened Duffer’s 38 years ago and enjoy every day there working together. (Not in the picture) Marcella Sullivan can be found in the baking room every morning making pizelles, brownies, blondies, waffles and even the cookie dough that is used to make the ice cream. She is also the seamstress responsible for making the lovely old-fashioned waitress uniforms seen below.
2 of the 3 Stooges.. Moe and Guess Who? *see below Cora (94) and son Domenick Piro, lifetime North Wildwoodians payed a visit to their old neighborhood and Rick’s Market at 17th & New York Aves.
Don & Doug Long with their right hand man Bill Wotring
Making
Connie (21 yrs.) Sam (6 yrs.) & Tina (38 yrs) Long-time Duffer’s employees
Laura’s Fudge! since 1926
Since 1926, millions of people have enjoyed LAURA’S FUDGE, made fresh daily as seen here. Laura’s is another fine Wildwood establishment that takes great pride in their longstanding homemade traditions.
Three Corners Plaque You can stand here on this plaque and be in North Wildwood, Wildwood, and West Wildwood at the same time. It is located on 300 west block of 26th Avenue and was put there last year. Al & Jason Love stumbled upon it while out walking their dog and felt it was “Sun-worthy” news. (We do too!) Mary Ann and Karen Corazo Wildwood, 1966.
Dave Roach, Laura’s owner, whipping fudge. Frank’s been parking cars at Laura’s for 12 yrs.
Happy 55th Anniversary to these two love birds. Wildwood residents for 23 years, Mary Ann and Fred Corazo. Photo taken at their high school prom in 1956 Sent in by their daughter Karen Gagliardi
Brett & Chuck working back to back
Al “Butch” Love standing by the plaque.
(*former Senator Jimmy Cafiero)
Ryan is hard at work making the fudge
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Pulled Chicken or Beef 15 BBQ Pork Taco 14 Rock Shrimp or Fish 17
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Burritos
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Black Bean Soup 7 Lobster Bisque 9 Mexican Caesar Salad 10 Taco Salad 15 Mexican Chop Salad 12 Avocado Salad 14
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Heuvos Rancheros 12 Breakfast Burrito 12 Pork Tamale and Eggs 12 Skirt Steak & Eggs 15 Petite Filet Benedict 18 Two Eggs Any Style 5 Omelets 8 Pancakes 6 French Toast 6 Fajita Omelet 9
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Meg the Movie Buff Goes to Hollywood 2012 SUMMER MOVIE GUIDE
by Meg Corcoran
F ar from Hollywood Boulevard, the summer stars Sparkle brightly along Ocean
Avenue where The (welcoming Neighborhood) Watch witnesses the start of each spectacular seaside day. The Amazing Spider-Man, amazed at how good he looks rested and tan, is briefly called back into action to save the town from an innocentlooking Ted, who loves burying unsuspecting beach bums in the sand. From the deep blue sea, The Bourne Legacy springs to life, bequeathing sunny days and cool ocean breezes all summer long. Basking in the seaside warmth and their own starry glow, the beach-loving characters spring magically to life, following the awe-inspiring stars of Wildwood into the shimmering summer of 2012! Before following the stars leading you to the nearest movie theater, please check your local listings for release date changes… While investigating the disappearance of his parents’ during his childhood, The Amazing Spider-Man (Andrew Garfield, opens July 3rd) spins his thrill-seeking web from Sky Scraper to Sea Dragon, crosses paths with his father’s former partner, a.k.a. the Lizard (Rhys Ifans) and finds a new love interest (Emma Stone). Long after making a childhood wish for his teddy bear to come to life, a grown man (Mark Wahlberg) wishes Ted (voice of Seth MacFarlane, opens July 13th) would get permanently lost in the Adventure Maze before he ruins his relationship with his long-suffering girlfriend (Mila Kunis). During the Ice Age: Manny, Diego and Sid, (voices of Ray Romano, Denis Leary and John Leguizamo, must endure a) Continental Drift (opens July 13) forcing them to travel by iceberg and share the sea with a variety of Ghost Ship-inspired creatures. Eight years after taking the blame for crimes he didn’t commit, The Dark Knight Rises (Christian Bale, opens July 20th) to the bright light of a new seaside day to save the city of Gotham from a terrorist (Tom Hardy) while sharing beach space with Catwoman (Anne Hathaway) and his latest romantic interest (Marion Cotillard). With too much time on their hands following the Morey’s Piers Curley Fry Eating Contest, a group of harmless but unquali-
fied suburban dads (including Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn) form their own clumsy version of The (Neighborhood) Watch (opens July 27th). A factory worker (Colin Farrell) possesses Total Recall (opens August 3rd) of all things surf related but can’t seem to remember if he’s a spy or whose side he’s on as he battles an assortment of villains (including Kate Beckinsale). Hope Springs (opens August 10th) for a Midwestern couple (Tommy Lee Jones, Meryl Streep) who forgo letting out their aggressions at the Battle at the Beach Grappling Tournament in favor of a getaway weekend therapy session with an intense marriage counselor (Steve Carell). Sparkle (Jordan Sparks, opens August 17th) is a rising star with no time to shine during Concerts on the Beach as she and her devoted mother (Whitney Houston) travel the bumpy road to musical stardom. The Bourne Legacy (opens August 3rd) is alive and well with a new covert CIAtrained assassin (Jeremy Renner) who has inherited many adventures that send him on a life-altering Wild Half Marathon run out of town. The Odd Life of Timothy Green (CJ Adams, opens August 15th) is filled with Boogie Board Races and miniature golf moments and seemingly exists only in the minds of a childless couple (Joel Edgerton, Jennifer Garner). They bury a box in their backyard containing all of their hopes and dreams for that child then miraculously encounter a 10-year-old version of him the very next day. Following the perfect beach day, The Dark Knight Rises above the bright boardwalk lights, promising a night filled with thrill rides and movie adventures. With the heat of summer at full speed, the Ice Age: (takes a) Continental Drift far from our frost-free shores. Here, The Odd Life of Timothy Green contains everyday moments of surf, sand and enough arcade adventures sure to please the child within. Hope Springs for the entire cast, who possess Total Recall of every sun-drenched memory. Like a moment right out of the movies, the full-of-life stars soon find their happily-ever-after in our heavenly little hamlet by the sea. . .
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“I think the world really boils down to two types of people - those who see shapes in cloud formations, and those who just see clouds.” ~ Terri G.
Celebrate the SUMMER of 2012 at the Best in the Crest!
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“To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides.” ~David Viscott
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The Sun traveled to Green Bay WI. with Lorraine and Michael Celinski to visit their cousins Ben and Marilee. While there, Ben took them to The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help in New Franken, WI. To learn more about the shrine please visit www. shrineofourladyofgoodhelp.com
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Donna Jean of North Wildwood made sure she had The Sun with her in Florida for spring training Photos below of Jon & Marian Stevenson of North Wildwood traveled from Quebec to Costa Rica this year, making sure to take along The Sun.
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Amanda Murray of Wildwood took The Sun to Haiti on a missions trip
Island Art of Stone Harbor
Jon & Marian visited their oldest daughter and her family in Costa Rica, who are there as missionaries. March 2012
Visit us on the Corner of 96th & Third!
Gianna Gagliardi in Myrtle Beach, SC. “As always we take The Sun with us everywhere we go!” Jon holding The Sun on New Years Day outside St. Mark Reformed Church of Québec, otherwise known as “L’Église Réformée St-Marc du Québec” (ERQ) where they attended a worship service.
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Ken & Barbara Rodgers of North Wildwood & W. Deptford Twp., NJ celebrated their 40th Wedding Anniversary in Oahu & Maui, Hawaii and took The Sun along. They also visited San Francisco & Las Vegas.They were married on April 8, 1972 in Woodbury, NJ
Marian holding her Sun during fireworks in Quebec City, Dec 31, 2011-Jan. 1st, 2012
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“He leadeth me beside still waters, and restoreth my soul.” New!
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We feature local, fresh seafood and produce.
Dinner Menu Starters Roasted Corn & Crab Chowder New England Clam Chowder Coconut Shrimp Calamari “frito Misto” P.E.I. Mussels Seared Ahi Bacon Wrapped Scallops Lobster Mac n Cheese
Jersey Shore Classics Served with 2 sides Stuffed Flounder Broiled or Fried Combo Chicken Marsala Filet Mignon Steak Neptune NY Strip
Starters Wharf Bay Fries Seafood Specialties Chicken Fingers Voodoo Shrimp Buffalo Style Chicken Wings Cioppino (fisherman’s stew) Fried Calamari .95 Sauteed Crab Cakes Cheesesteak Spring Rolls Lobster & Marscapone Served from 4pm to 6pm Coconut Shrimp Ravioli (homemade ravioli) Sunset Dinners are complete with Spinach and Artichoke Dip no substitutions, and includes your Seafood Risotto Lobster Mac & Cheese choicee of soup or salad, 1 entree, Blackened Mahi Mahi Salads house dessert & coffee or tea. Grilled Swordfish The “Wharf Wedge” Salad (tax and gratutity not included.) Salmon Oscar Wharf Chopped Salad Fresh Fish of the Day Seared Sea Scallops Caesar Salad Shrimp Scampi • Fried or Broiled Flounder • Fried Crab Cake • Asian Infused Ahi Tuna Sandwiches Slow Roasted Prime Rib or Beef • Fried Crab Cake Chicken Parmesan • Chipotle BBQ Hot Roast Pork Kids Menu • Glazed Pacific Salmon Philly Cheese Steak Available Grilled Chicken Breast Chicken Cutlet “The Hideaway on the Waterway” Yellowfin Tuna Seared Burgers Come by boat or car! Good Fun, Delicious Food, All American Burger Great Entertainment and the Best Sunset and Bay Barbecue Burger Views in Cape May County! Live Music on the Taylor Pork Roll Burger Waterfront Deck & 16 HD TVs inside and out! Pizza Burger Barbecue Burger www.theWharfNJ.com Yucatan Burger
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~Psalm 23: 2-3
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Saturday, July 21, 2012 Jimmy Buffett tribute band “Parrotbeach” 7PM
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“Essentially, a story expresses how and why life changes.”
~Robert McKee
Wildwood and My Family By Ted Taylor
The sun reflects a red glow across our Wildwood Crest living room as it penetrates the small, souvenir glass cup reading “Irma, Wildwood, 1905.” It has been in our possession since my Mom died 20-some years ago. Our family story began with Irma, not yet the wife of my grandfather Phillip E. Roth, who’d come to this country from her native Vienna, Austria in 1904. Three years later she married my grandfather and became mother to his six children (his first wife died shortly after delivering my Uncle George). In the early 1920’s my grandparents – John and Mary Ann Taylor – purchased a cottage in West Wildwood whose street address we were never able to find. It is unclear if the cottage perished along with so many others in the 1962 Nor’easter or was demolished. By the mid-40’s my father had enough of West Wildwood and of repairing the place so Nanny could rent it. By 1946, the Jack Taylor family was no longer vacationing in Wildwood, but rather in Ocean City. Many of my personal boyhood memories, however, are of the Wildwood boardwalk. Ocean City, NJ was where my summers happened from age six until I was ready for college – and even well beyond. The place where we stayed each summer was actually right next to Ocean City High School. It was a three-story white clapboard home, windows and trimming in ocean blue, called “The Longshore Guest House” and it was owned by the Snyder family. It was really a typical seashore rooming house and the family (Me, Mom and Dad) took a room – usually the same one - there for our vacation. As I recall we’d stay for two weeks. The elderly (at least to me) woman who owned the place was called “Grandma Snyder” by everyone. (I don’t think that I ever knew her first name.) She was an extra grandmother – the one I had at the shore. When Dad died in June, 1949, Mrs. Snyder invited Mom and me to come to the shore as her guests for a couple of weeks – and we did. We actually stayed with her in her apartment. I remember how kind everyone was to us with dad’s passing. The next summer Aunt Mads (Madeline) Jenkins, who always wanted to be a real estate mogul, rented an entire rooming house and then, in turn, rented the rooms to vacationers. My aunt invited Mom and me to stay for a week, giving us a very nice
Cindy & Ted Taylor, Summer of 2011 room. We were no sooner unpacked when she arrived at the door and said, “I’m sorry, I just rented this room.” Mom slept on the couch in Mads’ apartment, I slept on the floor, and we went home after two days. From 1950 until Mom married Ernie our seashore “vacations” were pretty much limited to day trips or a day or two bunking with one of her friends or some other relative. In the Summer of 1956 the four of us (Mom, Dad, Sister Pat and me) rented a nice first floor duplex at 16th and Asbury and spent two glorious weeks there. We repeated that vacation in 1957 and 1958. Meanwhile, my future wife Cindy was spending her childhood summers in Wildwood, frequenting the Starlight Ballroom, hanging out on the beach and, generally, doing what teenaged girls did in the 1950’s and early 60’s. Her grandfather, Donato Cianci, owned a home on Burke Avenue and a barber shop in the Merlin Manor shopping center in Rio Grande. Fast forward a bit to the 1980’s when Cindy and I owned a home in Ocean City where I spent my summers working for the city recreation department (Mike Allegretto was my boss), ran a summer camp and coached a kid’s baseball team. In 2000, real estate in the Wildwoods was more affordable and so back to our roots we happily came. Both towns, however, have been huge in our lives.
As a small boy I remembered a couple of neat amusements – one was an arcade where you threw a ball in a hole and a little pig came running down a shute, the other had monkeys driving race cars. Young Ted Taylor with his Granny and Dad, 1940s
My father Jack Taylor at his family summer home.
Young Ted Taylor with his Granny and Mom, 1940s
Jack Taylor courted Helen Roth in Wildwoo. The Taylor summer home in West Wildwood was always a mecca for them and their young friends, seen to the left.
Ted Taylor’s new book, “The Glenside Kid”, shares stories of summers spent in Ocean City and Wildwood. It is on sale for $24. at P. O. Box 273, Abington, PA 19001, edupublisher.com and amazon.com
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“There must be a tomorrow, because my life overflows today.” ~Lois Chartrand
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“Suntanned toes ticklin’ the sand, cold drink chillin’ in my right hand...” ~Kenny Chesney “When the Sun Goes Down”
Kenny Chesney rocked the beaches of Wildwood on June 20th officially welcoming in the Summer of 2012!
5 Miles of Smiles! Every smile makes you a day younger. ~Chinese Proverb
Angel, John McKay with his sisters Pat & Denise @ Alfe’s
Leanne Sant Anna from North Jersey loving her summer job as the official Hot Dog Girl @ Crabcake Hotline
Summer visitors to the Vegas Diner received extra special service from the staff, Toni, Patti, Edwin & Sandy! Photo of Kenny submitted by Joanne Rau, Wildwood, June 20, 2012
Happy 82nd Birthday Joan! (L-R) Francis,
Samantha & Joan McGovern, Phillip & Kathleen Carter
Holy Mackerel! Tyler Kane & Sophia enjoy one of Chef Joe’s breakfast specialties on the beachfront patio at Holy Mackerel Cafe in Wildwood Crest at Louisville & the Beach
New Kenny Chesney fans~ Locals from Wildwood Crest
Wildwood V.I.P.s~ John Lynch, Geoff Rogers & Mayor Ernie Troiano at the Kenny Chesney Concert
The Dugout Team~ Bill & Melissa Hagstotz & Kay Blaney. Come and get your Grand Slam! 9 scoops, 6 toppings, tons of whipped cream & 3 cherries on the top! Look for the Phillie Phanatic’s appearance this summer!
Cool Scoops just got even cooler! Paul Russo of Cool Scoops Ice Cream Parlor poses with Marilyn Monroe look-alike by his new 1951 Chevy Styleline Deluxe that was used in the film ‘Fun In Acapulco’ with Elvis Presley in 1963. Stop by Cool Scoops to see it in person and while you’re there, enjoy your ice cream while sitting in a nostalgic dining car booth or out on their new patio with picnic tables.
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“Goodness is beauty in the best estate.”
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Bathing Beauties & Beach Bums
On the tram car, 1959.
Life-long Bathing Beauties ~ Since 1952 (with a brief break during the summer of 1988), Richard Fehling and family would leave Reading, Pennsylvania behind for several weeks every summer for the beaches of Wildwood. In the 1990s, with an ever-growing family traveling from Florida, Chicago and Reading, the family would spend the long Thanksgiving weekend in Wildwood. In 2008, they purchased a condo at The Pointe at Moore’s Inlet. The photo from 1960 was taken at the beach at 20th Street, where the family stayed at Lee Apartments (the Leomporas). In the background is the Sans Souci, Lee Apartments and “the stand,” all long gone. Condos and Hassles Ice Cream Shop now occupy that space. Richard remembers body surfing when the tide came in with water reaching under the boardwalk and listening to families walking by on their way up to the boardwalk. Those were the days! Submitted by Richard Fehling
Lisa Graeff-Smith is the 4th generation of her family to fall in love with the Wildwoods. As the pictures here depict, her great-grandmother came during a sweeter, simpler time. But those uncomplicated days have become something to aspire to, as our little town by the sea continues to inspire its inhabitants to appreciate the little (salt-scented) things in life. Thankfully, those docile-days-gone-by live on, fondly reflected in the photos sent into us by our readers. ~Sent in by Lisa Graeff-Smith
Howard and Tommy Conway, David and Dennis Dool, and Mark Cullen, Mayfair kids having summer fun in Wildwood by-the-Sea, circa 1977. (Dennis Dool, owner of Beach Bums across from Moore’s, is front center:-)
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“Keep your face always toward the sunshine - and shadows will fall behind you.” ~ Walt Whitman
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By Marilyn Guidetti “You are so lucky to have a shore house”! How many times have you heard that statement, especially around this time of year? Yes, it’s a blessing to be able to live at the Jersey shore whether it’s year round or just for the summer. For that reason I made a promise to myself, not to complain (not out loud anyway). The magazines are forever running articles about how easy it is to entertain at a beach house. They offer “easy” recipes to get you out of a hot kitchen. Okay! I love to entertain in the summer, but I don’t know if it is easier then other seasons. At the shore I usually have overnight and over week guests so its not easy getting out of the kitchen with round the clock meal planning. I know my problem is that I have a thing about not buying ready-made meals, unless it is really a necessity. I make everything from scratch. My family and guests enjoy the food, which makes me happy, but of course that does not get me out of the kitchen fast. The “experts” suggest certain ingredients that should always be on hand, so that a meal can be quickly prepared if unexpected guests drop in. Well, I start off the season well supplied, but as the calendar moves forward it is another story. Living so close to the beach, I know that once I leave my on-street parking space I am out of luck, so I have to try to schedule shopping at times when tourists are not looking for spaces, but sometimes at those times I want to do something else besides pushing a cart around the super market. I have tried riding our tandem bike to the market with my husband but the groceries we purchase is limited because of the space to carry it back home. One of my pet peeves is that when people write articles about beach living they do not really know the South Jersey shore. The other day while walking through a big name department store there was a huge display of beachwear. The signs advertised that these were the latest fashions for the shore. What shore? Not South Jersey, the clothes were styled for either poolside at a posh resort or maybe a cruise. The huge brimmed hats were labeled as the thing to wear at the beach, I am a hat person and I know with our strong breezes blowing off the
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ocean, that type of hat will not last too long on my head unless its tied under my chin. Hi-heeled beach sandals? How long will they stay on your feet trying to walk on our fine sandy beaches (some a few football fields long) to get to the surf. Now this is a company with stores all over New Jersey, but for some reason it is not familiar with life in South Jersey. We laugh when we are sitting on the beach and it might be fairly empty, then a family comes along and decides to camp so close to us that we could almost reach out and touch them. Not that we are being unfriendly, but any long time South Jersey shore person knows that you try to leave space between you and the neighboring group when the beach is not too full, then the late comers can fill in. The reason I mention this is a South Jersey rule because the northern shore of the state always is more congested and you have to sit where ever you find room. My mom, who grew up in North Jersey before moving “south”, always talked about going to Coney Island, New York, as a child. She joked how the beach blankets were so close together that if you were sunning and decided to turn over you might land on another person’s blanket. That was one of the reasons, her mother (my grandmother) decided the South Jersey shore was the place to really relax and enjoy the beach. So our family became southerners, some are summersoutherners and winter-northerners. (Yes, they are all lucky and blessed to have a South Jersey Shore house.) Marilyn and her husband Bob enjoy their summers at the beach with their 3 sons and 3 daughter-in-laws, 5 granddaughters and 1 grandson. She writes from her home in North Jersey.
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June 9th, 2012 Heather & Tim COOPER lifelong Wildwood vacationers wed on the beach Tim Cooper and Heather Slowakiewicz, lifelong Wildwood lovers, were married on the beach June 9, 2012. In honor of the special seaside event, an airplane banner flew overhead during the ceremony, along with numerous seagulls, announcing the newlyweds. Pennsylvania native Heather, who loved her annual childhood summers at the shore, was devastated when her parents sold their Hollywood Ave. condo when she went off to college. She was thrilled when they purchased a house one block away on Topeka Avenue two years ago, bringing her officially back to her home away from home. It seemed only fitting that she spend the happiest day of her life, surrounded by her loved ones, at a place she loves so much. Congratulations to the happy (Wildwood loving) couple!
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“Summer breeze makes me feel fine, blowing through the jasmine in my mind.” -Seals & Crofts
dear I wanted to thank you for the beautiful words about Mike Guadagno. I knew Mike for over 20 years. I worked for him, Nancy and Joe in Atlantic City and then later in North Wildwood. Mike and his wife Nancy were like family to me. They had a way of treating everyone they met as if they were the most special person in the world. A man like him should not be forgotten. Although the Moore’s era has ended, memories of Mike will remain forever in our hearts. It is nice to have such a lovely reminder of the people who have touched our lives in the past. ~Liz McCracken
Love those Wildwood Days! By Mike Gallagher Perspective 40 years later. . . It was 1970 a 5 year old at the shore, Wildwood beaches, sand, and the boardwalk for sure. From North Wildwood to The Crest~ Lou Booth Hotel, Luigis Steaks, and Diamond Beach, this is the best! My family vacationed in Wildwood that meant all three, the Island was all the same to me.
My brothers Ricky (baby), and Jack, and my mother (right of Jack), on Wildwood Beach. I’m just a sparkle in my mother’s eye.
Dashing to the sea to fill my bucket with water, Hey your son threw sand on my daughter! Mom, I didnt mean to! It’s the beach, don’t these people have a clue?
I just finished reading the latest issue of The Sun...reading in my living room on the computer, nowhere near as fun and relaxing as reading in print on the beach is, but somehow the paper has a way of bringing the beach right to you. Thank you for the story on Mike Guadagno. On a day where work has really stressed me out, being reminded of how Mike accepted us, flaws and all, and saw only the good in us, was just what I needed. ~Lori Samsonyte Thank you for creating a paper that spreads this type of love, hope, and joy. It is what it is all about! ~Hope Antonelli
I played on the beach looking only to the sand at the end of my reach. I dug, piled, and sculpted castles, moats and walls. Never worried about other, but don’t think I broke any laws.
Dash to the water, I’ll fill my bucket, this will be stunning, Here comes an old guy running. He almost ran me over, watch where you’re going. The old guy looks at me, shakes his head, his anger showing. I could never understand that I was just playing, I’m not a brat. Summers came and went. We never had our own place, we would rent.
2004~ My wife Trish & I with our sons Ryan and Sean on the steps at our Wildwood Crest condo
Our family wanted for nothing from spring till fall. Time flew by, soon I was 18 and working at Convention Hall. Now I’m so cool I hardly go to the beach, Daylight hours are almost out of reach.
Thank you for all that you do for the community. Sun-by-the-Sea is a breath of fresh air among all the other publications out there. ~Jack Langston
Nights and mornings at the Martinique, we would stay out ‘till 5, My mother always calling to make sure I was alive.
Thank you for all your hard work on putting this paper together. We love reading it and can never wait for the new issue to come out. I know you must put a great deal of time and engery into it. Saying thank you just doesn’t seem like enough, because it is greatly appreciated. We come for long weekends in May & September and for 10 days in July every year and after of course checking into our motel and saying hello to the beach, setting out to find the paper is always the very next thing we do. ~Robin Stoner
I took my boys to show them what I loved. Two little boys, a pretty girl Sean shoved. I’m sorry I said, is she Ok? Dad she doesnt know how to play!
Thank you for all you do. Keep on doing the good work you are doing. It is such a pleasure to read a paper that is so uplifting and brings back so many wonderful memories. The very best to you. ~CandyAmundsen
Time went by and 20 years later my family got a place. It took me so long, glad it wasn’t a race.
Time kept flying by, My oldest is 6 feet 2..his friends call him RY. He and his brother love the shore, Waves, surfing, and girls galore. Circa 1986 at Morey’s Pier, Jerry front, then Scott, Frank, Me, and Roger
My boys Ryan left, Sean right, 2004 Wildwood Crest Beach
Now that I’m 45 the weight piles up, Sitting on the beach with beer in my cup. As I start to jog along, I think to myself, this is all wrong. Just yesterday it was me digging in the sand, I used to hold my sons in the palm of my hand.
{See Candy’s family story on P. 39 in this issue!}
Today I go out for a run, I have to finish, get home, pack lunches, then some sun.
Thanks to Dorothy and The Sun I can recall my memories to the readers and hope they enjoy them. Hopefully there are readers out there who remember Lil’s Dock or have good memories of their own of spending the summers at the shore when they were kids. We will never relive them but our memories can bring us back to those days. ~ Al Love {See Al’s story about Lil’s Dock on P. 82 in this issue!}
My wife loves the Crest sun. Friends at the beach make Wildwood life fun.
I listen to music and a boy runs into my side, Wow my life has been quite a ride. I have gone full circle, from the kid to the old man, This was never my plan. I would always be young, But the youth song has now been sung. The boys and their posse~ Ryan and Sean (center on either side of surf board), at Rambler Ave. Surf Beach
As my brain starts to clear the haze, I think to myself. . . Man I Love Those Wildwood Days!
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“The greatest poem ever known is one all poets have outgrown: The poetry, innate, untold, of being only 4 years old.” ~Christopher Morley
Wildwood Memories Lil’s Dock by Al Love
Lil’s Dock today
My father ( also Al ) standing beside our 1941 Plymouth which got us to the shore during that time
Every child growing up should have a special place to hang out with their friends and enjoy the passing of their youth. It is a time that you can not save or go back to but only recall again as you get older with those wonderful memories. I was fortunate to spend my early growing up years spending the summers at the shore in Wildwood. Just like the kids who called Ottens Canal their favorite spot to spend the summers, my gang hung out at our watering hole called Lil’s Dock. At the close of the school year we would start packing up the car and loaded it with all the things needed to spend our summers at the shore. My Dad and Mom in the front seat of the car and my older sister Ann, me, and my two younger brothers Bill and Jim in the back seat, along with our cat Rusty and dog Nipper we started out. In those days my Dad usually left Philadelphia over the Ben Franklin Bridge or took the ferry over to Camden. From there we headed south down the Black Horse Pike. There was no AC Expressway at the time. On Friday nights the traffic was bumper to bumper and inched through towns called Bellmawr, Runnemede, Glendora and Blackwood in Gloucester Twp. To us this was country living with farms and not a whole lot more. The main intersection in Blackwood had a cemetery, church, a movie house, and a drug store. My sister Ann and I would wonder what do these people do all day in this town. Well years later we found out. In the late 50’s my sister got married to Albert Mullen and bought a house in Blackwood. My family moved there a few years later. After years of civic service in town Ann was asked to run for Mayor of Gloucester Twp. and served 14 years until she died in office. Ironically my wife Sandi was placed on the next voting ballot and she served as Mayor for 12 years. We still live here. So now we know what they do in this town. As soon as we arrived in Wildwood we unpacked the car and opened up the house for another summer. When our chores were done we headed down to Lil’s Dock to see if any other kids had arrived so far. Now Lil’s Dock is just a block from our house on Glenwood Ave and sits at the base of the West Wildwood Bridge on the Wildwood side. The bridge was an old wooden structure at this time. Lil and her daughter Ruth rented out rowboats on the canal from their dock. You could get crabbing baskets, nets, and fish heads for bait for a small price. She had about eight rowboats
4 years old swimming back to Lil’s dock with a life jacket my mom made me wear untill I could swim better
with a number on the side and were tied to her dock. It was a popular place and crabs were plentiful in the bay area. Lil was a jovial person, always smiling and laughing, and to us kids she would make a great grandmother. She never seemed to mind us kids hanging around her and the dock. There were maybe six to ten kids hanging out on any giving day. It fluctuated when some of the gang who only rented for a few weeks had to go home. But most times he was the kids whose parents had summer homes who were there the most. We would help untie the boats, load the oars, and baskets when it got busy. We didn’t get paid but Lil would give us a free coke which cost a nickel from the old coke box she had on the deck. At the end of the day when the boats came in there seemed to be crabs running all over the deck. They would craw out of those wooden baskets. To us kids hanging out at the dock these were the best years and this would be the prelude before we became teenagers and started working full time summer jobs. I started going to the dock before I could swim but had to go with my sister and always wear a cork flotation jacket. This jacket I wore outweighed me and looked like it may have came from the Titanic. But soon I was able to swim and would jump off the bridge with the other kids and swim to the dock. This special place was heaven to us all. With ducks and seagulls swimming by, boats, warm days and cool water, and spending all day with best friends. At the end of the day we looked wrinkled from spending the whole day in the water. With our burr cuts and dark tans it didn’t get better than this. And school didn’t start again till after Labor Day. It was an innocent time when your parents took care of you, attending school and coming back to the shore each summer. One big annoyance then was the greenheads and black flies that were everywhere. We had an solution for that. Glenwood Ave was a county road and the Cape May County Mosquito Commission
had a truck with a large tank on back that came down the street and sprayed a big cloud of DDT behind it about once a week. Us kids would chase behind in the cloud and the bugs stayed away from us for a few days. Long term I don’t know how it affected us but the bites stopped that day. On the other side of the bridge on the Wildwood side were two charter fishing boats docked there. They were called the Dawn and the Nantucket. My father and my uncle Jim Roff worked weekends and vacations as first mates on these boats. They would leave at sunrise to fish in the Delaware Bay and return about 5 pm. We could see the boats returning on the 26 street canal with dozens of seagulls flying overhead as they cleaned the fish in the rear of the boats. We ate fish every weekend. As the kids started to become teenagers they soon found other places to go and hang out. My sister Ann and her friend Shirley Brown moved on and spent time at Shirley’s house near Shawcrest. From there they would walk to the middle of the Rio Grande Bridge (Redding)and cannonball off the bridge. Before long the State Police Marine Unit picked them out of the water and warned them in front of their parents. That was the end of that. But they soon got jobs working at Sportland Pool on the boardwalk swimming as Aquamaids in the shows. It made our parents happy and the girls got paid to swim, so it all worked out. My sister’s other best friend was Flossie Stengel and she got a job on the boardwalk for Ramagosa who owned the tram cars. I still hear her voice today with her recording of ‘Watch The Tram Car Please.’ We still own the house on Glenwood Avenue. In the evening I take a walk down to the bridge and spend a few minutes looking down at the dock. The canal does not look as deep or wide and the bridge not as high as I thought it was then. Just as I have lost that youthful energy, the dock has seen better times. It closed about 40 years ago and is in disarray. The boats are gone with one exception of a submerged boat with his cabin sticking out of the water. How many people cross that bridge today and never knew what was there. If I close my eyes I can still smell the salt air with a scent of fish heads and seaweed. In my mind I hear the voices of kids laughing, ducks quacking, and see my sister and her friends jumping off the bridge and yelling Geronimo! Also there goes little Butch Love at six years old swimming toward the dock with that dreaded life jacket.
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Walking through the doors at Douglass Fudge, visitors are treated to a sweet trip back in time to Wildwood’s homespun days. During our modern, “import-minded” era, it’s rare to find a business that creates its own tasty confections on the premises, featuring a factory containing rooms for all different aspects of candy making, from chocolate coaters, to taffy machines, candy sorters, molasses paddles, and, of course, fudge. Douglass Fudge, the family owned and operated business for 93 years, can easily be found on Wildwood Ave and the Boardwalk, the location where it all deliciously began!
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It’s Freddy’s world and we’re all just living in it. For a 22-year-old rookie who only played 33 games in Triple-AAA ball to join the big league team, getting a 50-game suspension for the usage of performance-enhancing drugs isn’t something you would expect from him. Freddy Galvis was unexpectedly added to the 25-man roster after spring training due to the unfortunate loss of Chase Utley and Michael Martinez. Utley missed all of spring training with condromalacia in both knees, and is expected to return before July 2nd. Martinez broke his right foot after fouling a ball off of it against the Orioles in spring training. There go two infielders that are much needed in the organization. Galvis, the young Venezuelan kid with a substantial amount of promise was really impressing the staff during spring training. His defense was especially eye-catching. This is the main reason why Manager Charlie Manuel wanted this kid on a team with aging veterans. Galvis was having a fantastic rookie season with 43 hits in 58 games, 16 of those for extra bases, and three home runs. As a tem-
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porary replacement for Chase Utley, Freddy was everything the team could have asked for, and his defense continued to be the most impressive out of all major league second basemen. This kid was just what the doctor ordered for a team whose infield showcased men whose average age was 33. He was the silver lining, the future of the Phillies. Until he injured his back on June 8th, landing him on the disabled list for an indefinite amount of time. On a play made in the shallow infield, Galvis awkwardly turned his body to make a fantastic grab. However, this resulted in fracturing his lower spine. He could be out for as many as two months. Michael Martinez has returned from his injury, but his defense is arguably not as great as Freddy’s. On June 19th, it was reported that Freddy Galvis’s urine sample had traces of metabolite of Clostebol, a performance-enhancing substance. Freddy was suspended for 50 games, which started immediately, and is included in his time on the disabled list. This is a huge blow to the team, and to baseball in general. However, Freddy is ready to move past it, and is looking forward to coming back to help this team reach another World Series. Chase Utley will soon be returning, but will most likely not be seeing as much time at second base as he normally would. The Phillies must be careful in handling Utley with his two bad knees. This still makes room for Freddy Galvis, who will step up for Chase when he needs to sit out. As bad as it seems right now, the future looks promising with the return of those on the disabled list.
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“Hmmm, how to ‘can a day?’ You know, those days that seem just perfect you want access to them whenever the need arises.” ~Jeb Dickerson
Morey Memories By Alison Heller
At Morey’s Piers, we are all about making memories. Whether it’s a child’s first roller coaster or a couple’s 50th anniversary, there’s nothing we love more than celebrating family, fun and building memories together. My mother always tells me the story of taking me on the Ferris Wheel when I was just a baby. The wheel had momentarily paused with us at the top and I somehow managed to toss my pacifier right out of the car. According to my mother’s story, my aunt, who was waiting for us on the boards below, caught my pacifier! Some of my earliest memories take place at Morey’s Piers. I vividly remember my first waterslide. I stood in line with my aunt at the top of the Serpentines at Raging Waters (we called it the Blue Slide). I felt like we were high enough off the ground to warrant being a little nervous; it was my first time out of the kiddie play area, after all. When the lifeguard motioned that it was safe for us to go, we sat on the slide together and my aunt pushed off. It felt like we were flying! As we careened through the twists and turns we laughed together and before I knew it… SPLASH! We’d landed in the splash pool and I was sputtering water through my giggles. I must have made her take me on the Serpentines 30 times that day! I remember my dad coaxing me into my first roller coaster ride on the Flitzer on Surfside Pier, which is still one of my favorite coasters in the world because of the memories it calls forward. As a teen, the memories only grew as I was finally tall enough to take my first ride on the Sea Serpent, The Great White and the Great Nor’Easter. Three years ago, I was on a first date with a man who told me he had grown up here and had never been on the Ferris Wheel. When the dinner check came, I whisked him right up to Mariner’s Landing and bought us enough tickets to take him on his first ride into the sky. Now we’re planning a wedding packed with elements of Morey’s Piers— I’ve always dreamed of riding into my reception on Go Karts! We’ll see! The best part is that it doesn’t end there. Now as an adult I get to relive my childhood memories with my soon-to-be stepdaughter! Someday I’ll get to ride the Serpentines and Flitzer with my own children. And hopefully, I’ll be around to take the photos when my kids start bringing their kids to experience Morey’s Piers. With our new website recently launched, we would love to hear your memories and possibly add them to our site! Email us your stories, adventures and memories to mystory@ moreyspiers.com. Be sure to include a photo or two and your memory could be part of our history!
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“Who can say where the road goes. . . Where the day flows? Only time...” ~Enya
Blast from the Past
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Photos Courtesy of Wildwood Historic Society
Wildwood Historical Society located at 3907 Pacific Ave. in Wildwood. 609-523-0277
Postcard of the Casino Arcade at the S/E corner of Oak & Atlantic Aves. prior to 1905.
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WOW! What a fantastic day we had on Saturday, June 16. The museum held their annual postcard show and open house, and added a new twist. We had a one-day exhibit of movie artifacts from the movie Titanic, courtesy of my son and daughter-in-law, Lew and Carolyn Vinci. We also featured a pictorial display of photos from the 1962 storm, courtesy of photographer, Tom Kinnemand. The weather cooperated beautifully, and there were wall-to-wall people under the tent with the postcard vendors and inside the museum enjoying the exhibits. As you know, this year we recognize the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic and the 50th anniversary of the ’62 storm. As for the entire event, we couldn’t have asked for a better day! As mentioned previously, another anniversary we are recognizing this year is the 100th birthday for the City of Wildwood. Did you know the first settlers came across the meadows to Five Mile Beach by boat and except for the railroad bridge at the north end of the island, the pioneer had no other choice of entry. An appeal was made to the County Freeholders to build a bridge across the inlet at Rio Grande Avenue. According to George Boyer’s book, Wildwood, Middle of the Island, county opposition was violent to this idea. The citizens of Five Mile Beach in turn objected to the erection of a new jail in Cape May Court House claiming that it was “especially ridiculous as there are about seven hundred citizens imprisoned on Fire Mile Beach (1894) for want of an outlet road to connect us with the rest of the county.” After considerable protesting, the bridge was built and opened for traffic on March 19, 1903. Did you know the first Boardwalk in the Borough of Wildwood was directly on the ground in the center of Atlantic Avenue? It was built in 1895. It was slightly elevated in 1900. By 1905, Atlantic Avenue was widened to seventy feet and the walk moved 180 feet east. By 1911, Rufus Hayes erected a new Boardwalk at the same location. Later it was moved again east. While there are little records of this last move, it is often referred to as “Oliver Bright’s Boardwalk Caper.” In the book “Wildwood by the Sea,” Robert Scully, Sr. and coauthors David and Diane Francis describe how a series of “complicated legal actions brought construction of a new boardwalk to a stand-still.” Apparently Oliver Bright had grown impatient with the gridlock. He had entered the island’s political scene as a councilman in Holly Beach, and later became commissioner of the city’s second ward when that city consolidated with Wildwood. He was known to be very “aggressive in boosting the community he was chosen to represent.” It was perhaps that aggressiveness that led to his slick maneuver on the boardwalk project in 1919. According to our former Curator, Bob Scully, “one night Oliver Bright and a group of hired hands tore up the boardwalk with only the pilings left as a silent reminder of where the walk had been.” The other city leaders had gone to Washington, DC to visit the local senator, and when the politicians left on one train, the workers came in on another and did the deed. This midnight caper was not popular with many boardwalk business owners, and angry protests ensued. When the dust settled, Bright was removed from office in a recall election. Oliver Bright may not have been popular with everyone, but he certainly knew how to get things done. Wildwood does have a colorful past with some very colorful characters. Maybe I can do some research on Prohibition next time. We do have on display some copper tanks that were embedded in a wall in a building that stood on Montgomery Avenue. Ben Lauriello gave them to us in 1982 when he was doing some remodeling. One of the tanks is marked with holes. No one knows for certain, but it is speculated that they are the result of law enforcements effort to locate the stills during a raid. But that’s another story.
Andrew Vaden WHS ‘67
Kathy Boyer Maher WHS ‘67
Karen Strothers Schmidt WHS ‘67
Joanne Weiss Perkins WHS ‘67
Henry Satt WHS ‘67
Janice Ireton Matison WHS ‘67
Deborah Taylor McAlarnen WHS ‘67
Kathy Peterson Hill WHS ‘67
Rosemarie DiMarino LeRoy WHS ‘67
Ross Versaggi WHS ‘67
Val Sharp Cox WHS ‘67
Michael Parsons WHS ‘72
Try to get your Buy-a-brick form filled in and to the museum so you can be part of the first installation this fall. Remember we are now on our summer schedule and open Monday through Saturday, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. One last thought - Happiness comes through doors you didn’t even know you left open. Summer hours 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Every Day except Sundays and National Holidays
Anne Vinci,
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“The waves of the sea help me get back to me.” ~Jill Davis
The Sun is Always Shining at Dad’s P lace
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After living in West Chester, Pa. for a few years, I felt it was time to move back to New Jersey. This was in April of 1998. Uncertain of what to do or where to go, I decided to move to Wildwood for the summer. Although I had a degree in history from West Chester University, I wasn’t ready to dive headfirst into the corporate world (To this day I am not certain what one can actually do with a degree in history?!). During summers past, I remember driving past Dad’s Place Boat Rentals while travelling Ocean Drive. It seemed like it would be a fun place to work. Working on the docks at Dad’s Place would turn out to be one of the best jobs I ever held. Mars and the Anagnou family were all really nice, and I enjoyed working for them that summer. My co-worker on the docks was Killian from County Cork, Ireland. We became friends that summer, and I really enjoyed listening to his stories as we assisted people heading out on their boats to go fishing and crabbing.
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Killian at Dad’s Place, Summer of 1998
The day started early, and I remember knocking up for Killian each morning telling him to hurry up or we would be late for work. We’d stumble onto the docks before 7 a.m. Sometimes it seemed a few seagulls were the only other ones up at that time in the morning. I have many fond memories from the summer I lived and worked in Wildwood. Seeing the sun rise up over the Atlantic, taking boats around the Grassy Sound Inlet, stopping at Green’s after work, and sitting on the dock while listening to the lonesome cry of a seagulls are a few moments I will never forget. By the following summer I had moved to Glendora, N.J. I was now a father, bought a small home, and worked in a cubicle for a mortgage company. The summer of 1999 was much different than the previous one when I worked at Dad’s Place. Life constantly changes, and I have learned just to go with it. Today, I’m married with three children, and we visit Wildwood numerous times throughout the year. Looking back I can honestly say that the “the sun is always shining at Dad’s Place.”
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“The beach is where we remember how to shine, how to shed our shells, how to reduce speed.” ~Sandy Gingras
fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff I’ll watch her mouth pucker, creating hol-
I plop right down in the ocean soaked sand, just far enough from the incoming tide, and begin digging. I use my hands, never a shovel, letting the fine wet grains stuff themselves behind my fingernails. I won’t go as far as China today. I’ll scoop just enough to make a castle. It all depends on how close I am to the surf. I dig and dig and dig until the underground flow suddenly appears and fills up the hole I created. Magic!
At 42, this is all mystery to me. How does the water come to fill the hole from below? If it’s always there, why don’t I see it until I dig? How does liquid hold its form beneath solid ground? I’m sure there are simple, widely-known answers to these questions, but I don’t want to know; I’ve enjoyed a lifetime of wonder. Once my pool fills, I set to work, letting the soupy sand trickle from my hand onto the pile of hard earth. Trickle, trickle, trickle- my castle grows, taller and taller, until it is time to fashion a tower- a careful drip, drip,
Timeless Sea by Kelly Salasin
drip, as the tiny drops of soup harden into chips, creating a delicate spire. I am reminded of a castle in France built ages ago upon craggy rock, the sea rushing to surround it with the tide. I too am creator, artist, architect, building a cathedral. I too have spent a lifetime at this holy task, like the children before me, and so too, the ones after me- after I myself am washed away from the shore of this world. Bridges, moats, and castle walls, all crafted by loving hands, until the tide retrieves them, and we begin again. It is the summer of ‘63, of ‘81, of 2012. Time is no matter. The salt still sprays in the air, coating the downy hairs of my face. The
gulls still swoop overhead, the pipers run to and fro in the surf. The sky is blue or gray or white; the water is warm, seaweed filled; or cold, bringing clamshells to the shore. My feet are sprinkled with sand-the tiniest specks of gray, black, and white. In the heat of noontime sun, my step quickensstaccato- as I dash through the soft dry mounds of the dunes before they scorch my soles. I am heading toward my car; or toward the music of the the Mr. Softee truck; or toward cousins just arrived to join us for the afternoon... My grandmother has packed peanut butter crackers and lemonade; and later, will treat us to rootbeer barrels or sour balls.
lows beneath her cheekbones as she studies the crossword puzzle- a sharpened pencil behind her ear.
When we return home, we will shower outside, and she will powder our bodies before feeding us a dinner of fried tomatoes and corn (shucked ourselves in the backyard.) Our hair, freshly combed, will be damp as we crawl into bed, and someone will protest that the sun is still shining. “It’s after eight,” she’ll answer, firmly tucking the covers beneath us. The hum of the air conditioner and the faint call of gulls will be our lullaby as we sink into sleep, burrowing our way back into the timeless sea- like the tiny purple clams uncovered in our digging. Kelly Salasin, an island native, now lives in Southern Vermont with her husband Casey Deane and their sons, Aidan and Lloyd. “Timeless Sea” originally appeared in Chicken Soup for the Beach Lover’s Soul. More of Kelly’s work can be found at kellysalasin.com
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“Roll out those lazy, hazy, crazy days of summer... Dust off the sun and moon and sing a song of cheer...” ~Nat King Cole
Bathing Beauties & Beach Bums
The 18th Street Canal Rats hit the Beach in North Wildwood. Back in 1956 & 57, it was swimming at the beach or bay by day, and the dancing by the jukebox at the 18th St. Canal soda fountain by night. This is where Eileen met her true love, Franny Butler. Today they celebrate 52 years of marriage.
Wayne Smart ~ Eileen recalls “Cassie had the hots for Wayne but him and his brother both liked me!”
Eileen with Mike Coogan & Bobby Ellis (whose father owned Joe Ellis’)
Wildwood Sweethearts, Fran & Eileen wed in 1959 and had 6 children.
Eileen with younger brother John and her father Joe McMonagle
Eileen McMonagle (white glasses) & Cassie Diegel (plaid suit) and girls hanging out at 19th St. beach
Eileen & Skeets Smart
Big & little Eileen, 14th St. beach 1972
Franny Butler in the late 1940s, spent his summers at the 18th St. Canal
Jim McMonagle and his 3 kids, Kimmy, Jimmy & Cheri
Cheri, Jimmy & Kimmy McMonagle on the boardwalk boats, 1972
Cheri & Kimmy McMonagle, 1973
Dorothy McMonagle with 2 of her 8 children, John & Jim.
Janet McMonagle with her son Jimmy and niece Eileen Butler, 1972
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Hello and Welcome. As the days last longer, we can slowly ease into the summer rhythm of life at the shore. Green lawns , budding flowers , and longer walks after dinner confirm the season. As for weather and fishing during the transition of spring to summer, one word comes to mind. “Inconsistency” I have had a hard time putting my finger on it, but something just seems slightly out of kilter. Summer weather in March. March weather in May. Warm water species arriving before the colder water species have left. Am I hearing the twilight zone theme? Its gotten a little weird this year for sure. Not to say that anglers haven’t caught fish. Some anglers are often called lucky. The truth is they bring luck by understanding their species and fishing hard. I have really noticed the specialization of tackle, baits, and technology used by these hard core fisherman. It seems to produce a better catch for their efforts. An early June wreck trip to the Cape May reef resulted in a catch of Sea Bass, Tautog, Bluefish, Flounder, Beagaul, Conger Eel, and a Striper. The combo of warm and colder water species seemed to make the point. I will also confess to being out fished by my 90 year old fishing buddy Hap. Wreck fishing can be a great day with lots of action, and a variety
of fish. Seabass had a slow start on the inshore reefs, but are in good numbers now. July and August bring a steady increase of Fluke on the inshore reefs. Delaware Bay had a slow start with few Drum fish on the Jersey side. The upper bay fishing for Stripers and Fluke, which usually is a hotbed of action in May and June was really slow. Weakfish numbers and their size has been encouraging as well. The early arrival of Triggerfish on the beachfront jetties was a pleasant surprise. Some early bright spots have been the surf fishing with some nice Stripers and a few Drum coming out of the suds. (surf) Unfortunately, the summer season makes you compete with swimmers for areas to fish. Quite a few anglers are using the back waters with good success. Kayak fishing and walking the sod banks can be an excellent way to catch fish. I will warn you on the sod banks fishing, the greenheads think bug repellant spray is really a pickling juice for their next meal. I am wondering how you fight off the green swarming horde of greenheads when you’re on the sod banks. Traditionally July and August bring forth all the species into play, which gives you the opportunity to pursue the fish of your fancy. The area’s fishing industry of Charter, Party, and Rentals boats provide lots of opportunity for you. Local Tackle stores can also provide information on the latest fishing action. The off shore fishing seems to be shaping up to a banner year. The Tuna bite has been excellent early, and hopefully it will continue for the remainder of the season. Fuel will be a tad cheaper than last year, which should bring a sigh of relief from boaters in general. The challenges today in fishing with fuel prices, fish regulations, weather, and overall cost can be defeating. Fortunately Fishermen are generally optimistic. We must reflect on what fishing is all about. A day’s experience on the water with Nature can ground you back to the real important parts of life. Whether it brings you back to a simpler time of life, or remembering a great day with someone special. Memories created today keep alive the good thoughts of fun and special people forever. These are days to enjoy now, not to be put in a bucket list never to be captured again. Seize the moment and Godbless,
tides roll in. . . tides roll out
Capt. Gary Sloan, North Wildwood, NJ
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“. . .and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we first started, and know the place for the first time.”~TS Eliot
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