Everyday's a Holiday!

NOVEMBER

Year 3

DECEMBER 2014

Ho! Ho! Ho! If it’s Free it’s for me!

Where YESTERDAY and TODAY meet by-the-sea

your personal guide to all things ocean city. . .

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Dorothy McMonagle Kulisek, So They’ll Know, Inc. © 2014

Live by the tides. . . Love by the Moon

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Ho! Ho! Ho! Santa and his helpers are ready for an old-fashioned Ocean City Christmas!

Pictured at North St. beach are Danielle, Jacqueline & Brian Senour with their Uncle JT

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“One kind word can warm three winter months.” ~Japanese Proverb

It’s OK to say Merry Christmas!

the SUN by-the-Sea

“We don’t need more to be thankful for, we just need to be more thankful.” ~Daily Bread

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5505 Central Ave. Fantastic deep southend beachfront opportunity!! Enjoy everything beachfront living has to offer! Sand in your feet, the sound of waves, and beautiful sunrises! Features hardwood floors, kitchen w/ granite, highend cabinetry, stainless steel appliance, beautifully furnished, maintenance free exterior w/ vinyl cedar impression & trek decking. $1,039,900.

2823 Central Ave. 2nd fl. Just listed this gorgeous huge 2nd floor Goldcoast property. Granite kitchen, hardwood floors, this home is in mint condition. Beautifully furnished, private garages, fantastic Ocean Views! Priced to Sell! $724,000.

1300 Bay Ave. Centrally located. 3BR, 3 full BA, w/ playroom which could be a 4th bdrm, hardwood floors, charming kitchen w/granite, gas heat, central a/c, large game room above the garage, fenced in, in -ground pool. Too many amenities to mention. You must see this home to appreciate. $899,900.

2428 Wesley Ave. Magnificent 7BR Single. One of a kind, in the heart of the Goldcoast, steps from the beach. This custom home features 3 car garage, elevator, central vac, ABS shingle roof w/ 80 yr warranty, 3/4 inch teakwood, 3 fireplaces, much more! Priced to Sell! $2,739,000.

2814 Wesley Ave. Enjoy the privacy of this impeccably kept fantastic townhouse on a rare 50 x 120 features: 4 lg. BR, 4.5 BA, dual zone heating/cooling, spacious family room w/ocean views, kitchen w/pantry, vinyl siding, private garage w/full cabana bathroom, central vac system and private entrance. All this in the most exclusive neighborhood in Ocean City. $1,199,900.

520 First Ave. , Beesleys Point, NJ. Located in a beautiful, quiet neighborhood, this is the perfect home to raise a family! 3800 sq. ft. features 5 BR, 3 full BA, 2 powder rooms, 3 car garage, in ground pool, private backyard beach! Hot tub w/TV off of the screened in back deck!

Fully basement and a fantastic craft room! $699,000.

5326 Simpson Ave. Extremely rare opportunity!

This is the perfect combination of size 80 x 115 lot dimensions and location corner in Ocean City Homes neighborhood. Enjoy this classic Ocean City cottage with huge fenced in yard, large backyard patio, screened in porch and detached garage. Perfect for seasonal and yearly living. Only a short walk to one of the finest guarded beaches in OC at 53rd St. This property has it all. $699,900.

5055 Asbury Ave. 2 Location, condition, and PRICED TO SELL!!! Beautiful 2nd floor 3 bedroom beach block southend home! This property is in mint condition and fully furnished! Enjoy fantastic ocean breezes and fabulous sunsets on the bay! This home will not last!!! $469,900.

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“Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you.”

from the editor “All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them.” Walt Disney Launching the very first Ocean City edition of the Sun by-the-sea in May 2012 was a courageous leap of faith and an extension of a dream already realized thanks to my Wildwood edition, The Five Mile Beach Sun. In that short time, I’ve experienced Ocean City’s unique charm firsthand, met many wonderful new friends, worked with an amazing team and have had the very special privilege of publishing the most amazing stories.

Now, I have the honor of witnessing another’s dream come true, as Josh Kinney, The Ocean City Sun’s talented managing editor takes over the reins as editor in chief.

I know you’ll give him as warm a welcome as you gave me and I look forward to all that Josh will creatively bring to The Sun.

Dorothy

Writing is a calling, not a choice. Early on I knew no other vocation would suit my life and there was no going back when it came upon me; choice was irrelevant. Willingly I yielded because I knew I had found myself in it.

From drafting short stories in elementary school, sketching out the plots and prologues of novels in high school, and writing news articles in college, the crafting of words and becoming lost in where they’d take me was the fabric of my very soul, what wove together my inner being. An overactive imagination plagued me since childhood and the business of creating was an infinite and natural project for me.

Since I was a boy, the coast had always stolen my heart. There was something about the infinite expanse of ocean, the elixir of salt air rousing my senses like a natural high, the sandy beaches and the boardwalk history and culture that seduced me like none other.

I began writing for The Sun in Wildwood, quickly becoming close friends with the publisher, Dorothy. She went above and beyond to provide for me, building my creativity as we shared our artistic passion and deep love for the Jersey Shore. Dorothy was an incredible inspiration. Not only had she started her own unique publication from scratch, she had always been a self-starter; a driven artist who never settled with work she didn’t absolutely love. She was exactly the right person I needed in my life to help shape my character, rousing my own art, business sense and life’s direction.

Taking on the job as Managing Editor for The Ocean City Sun was more than a perfect fit for me and beat any journalism job I could have had in New York or D.C. It was in this spacious place of learning and growing that I felt welcomed and taken in by this coastal town.

And so my journey has led me to the start of a new expedition, moving from employee to employer and taking over as Editor-in-Chief of The Ocean City Sun. Everything worth doing starts with being scared. It’s both incredibly thrilling and extraordinarily terrifying to be reckless enough to gamble all or nothing to follow your dreams, but I couldn’t be happier doing what I’m doing. May I never forget that I am where I am today because of the kindness and generosity of others; that relationships are more important than ambition.

If you’re interested in something you have to go at it full speed ahead, embracing it with open arms, hugging and loving it with a fiery passion. You must spend your life doing what you love as fervently and as perfectly as your heart, mind and instincts allow because if we can only live once then it should be a daring adventure.

It’s an incredible privilege to manage a publication that exists to serve and uplift people and tell their stories. With a purpose to serve our seaside town, The Ocean City Sun will always be for the people and will remain the same, unique, nostalgic book it has been since its beginning with a challenge to me and my team to keep on improving upon this treasured work of art.

I’m excited to continue this journey not necessarily to find out where it will arrive, but for the adventure itself. I think you need to ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do it. Ocean City has been profoundly generous to me and it’s nothing short of an honor to serve as a writer for this matchless place. No matter what people say, words and ideas have the power to change the world. Here’s to both of them.

Josh Kinney

Forthcoming Editor / Publisher The Ocean City SUN by-the–sea {read Wildwood’s editor letter to learn more about the upcoming transition of The Sun}

See what’s inside

{Good Ol’ Fashioned Ocean City Cheer} AMERICA’S GREATEST SMILES Pages 6, 13, 19, 22, 25, 27, 30, 35 DOWNTOWN HOLIDAY P. 8-11 A CHANCE FOR REBIRTH

by C. Shore Page 12 DEAR SUN / DEAR DADDY

by Ted Waltersdorf Page14 SEA BREEZES Page 16 OCEAN CITY FIRSTS by Fred Miller P. 18 U.S. LIFESAVING STATION 30

by Fred Miller Page 20-21 A GLORIOUS SIGHT

by Josh Kinney Page 23 THE DELTA FORCE

by David Powell Page 24 OCEAN CITY HISTORICAL MUSEUM BLAST FROM THE PAST Page 25 FISHING WITH SHORE BIRDS with George Ingram Page 26 ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF OCEAN CITY

by Peaches Lukens Page 26 OCEAN CITY POETRY featuring Marki Lynn Page 28 CHURCHES ON THE ISLAND A DIVINE APPOINTMENT

by Josh Kinney Page 29

~Marsha Norman

gggggggggggggg Artist, Editor & Publisher Dorothy McMonagle Kulisek 609.214.5608

Sales & PR JT Williams 609.602.1155

Managing Editor Josh Kinney 484.557.1601

The SUN by-the-sea©2014 is the original nostalgic bi-monthly magazine published by So They’ll Know, inc.

Contributing Writers: Meg Corcoran • Jennie Gesso Kirk Hastings • George Ingram Marki Lynn • Peaches Lukens Fred Miller • Ed Murch David Powell • Ted Waltersdorf no beach bag can be it! without

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“Time, like a snowflake, disappears while we’re trying to decide what to do with it.” ~Anon.

November

30 Days Hath November.

FULL Beaver Moon November 17th

December

December Hath 31 Days.

For Sale

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FULL Cold Moon December 6th, 7:27a.m.

“The moving Moon went up the sky, and no where did abide; Softly she was going up, and a star or two beside.” –Samuel Taylor Coleridge, (1772–1834)

“Change comes naturally to November, from the color of the leaf piles to the smell of the earth to the feel of a thick wool sweater ~ each transition that we take hold of adds another layer of texture to our lives. ” ~Country Living mag 11/22 “Earlier than the Bird” DOWNTOWN Shopping Extravaganza - 8amNoon. Get out earlier than the bird and jump start your holiday shopping the weekend before Thanksgiving. Shop in your pajama’s, free coffee and giveaways, early bird shopping specials!

Tuesday, November 25, 7pm Community Thanksgiving Service is being held at Coastal Christian 300 8th Street & West Ave. 11/27 Thanksgiving Day.

“Giving thanks to God is what ushers one into the very presence of God. And this is why He asks us to always give thanks.” ~Ann Voskamp, One Thousand Gifts

11/28 Christmas in the Downtown – “Our Miracle on Asbury Avenue” 2pm - 5pm. Join the merchants & Chamber in kicking off an old-fashioned Downtown Christmas.

11/29 Small Business Saturday.

Shop Local. Shop Small.

11/28-30 Breakfast with Santa 8:30am–11:30am every weekend at a different restaurant downtown. Photos with Santa, 12pm–3pm at the Music Pier.

““It’s a wrap!”

Look for the next issue of The SUN early May 2015

WEEKENDS IN DECEMBER ~ Breakfast with Santa 8:30am–11:30am every weekend at a different restaurant downtown. Photos with Santa, 12pm–3pm at the Music Pier.

–Robert Fulghum, American author (b. 1937)

For more info

609-214-5608 Call or Text

Weekends in December ~ FREE Horse & Carriage Rides – 12noon – 3pm, in front of City Hall, 9th & Asbury Ave. Friday Night Hospitality Nights In The Downtown 5pm –8pm, free horse & carriage rides, evening shopping specials, carolers, music, Santa and more.

12/6-7 Train Show Music Pier, Boardwalk & Moorlyn Terrace, Sat. 10am – 5pm., Sun. 11am-4pm 12/12 Christmas Trolley Tour & Carol Sing. 6pm & 7:30pm Enjoy an

evening soaking up Christmas cheer. Join in a boisterous carol sing led by Dick Stanislaw as you tour Ocean City’s historic Downtown.

Historic highlights provided by John Loeper.

Tours begin and end at the Museum. Before or after your tour, check out our Christmas exhibit, live music and holiday refreshments.

Tickets: $20 for OCHM Members, $30 for the public. More info at 609-399-1801

12/15 at 7pm. The Somers Point Jazz Society’s Christmas Special featuring Monty Alexander, world famous jazz pianist with the Ed Vezinho/ Jim Ward Big Band at Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro 609-927-6677 12/21 Winter Solstice. New Moon The seasonal significance is in the reversal of the gradual lengthening of nights and the shortening of days!

12/25 Happy Birthday Jesus!

“A child has been born...and he is named ...Prince of Peace.” ~Isaiah 9:6

12/31 – First Night New Years Eve Celebration

January

But Winter has yet brighter scenes—he boasts splendors beyond what gorgeous summer knows; or autumn with his many fruits, and woods all flushed with many hues. –William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)

1/1 5k Boardwalk Run, 1 pm.

“Think what a better world it would be if we all—the whole world—had cookies and milk about 3 o’clock every afternoon and then lay down with our blankies for a nap.”

Like new!

Garage kept!

1/1 First Day At The Beach – 2pm at the Music Pier, Boardwalk & Moorlyn Terrace. Featuring Ocean City’s first dip in the ocean for the New Year.

New Year’s Day Shopping Extravaganza – Tremendous Bargains All Day along Asbury Avenue.

O Holy Night, the stars are g, brightly shinin f it is the night o b r’s irth. our dear Savio

Since 1978

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Merry Christm

The Adelmanns

1228 Ocean Ave., Ocean City, NJ 08226 (609) 399-2786 theadelmanns@yahoo.com

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“Welcome, winter. Your late dawns and chilled breath make me lazy, but I love you nonetheless.” ~Terri Guillemets

Welcome

dear We can’t express our incredible gratitude enough to everyone who came up to our table at Welcome Night and shared how much they love our publication. From people telling us it’s their favorite magazine, to others saying they collect and save every issue; thanking us for telling untold personal Ocean City stories.We thank YOU for your encouragement and for sharing your stories with us.

Night

at Ocean City Music Pier

AMERICA’S GREATEST

Smiles!

Let your good thoughts shine out from your face like sunbeams!

Cody, Chuck, Regina & Brandon Baker of Shore Clean Express in Marmora

OCTOBER 29, 2014

~THE OCEAN CITY SUN TEAM

David Powell, contributor on page 24 :-)

“

It’s like homemade Chicken Soup for The Ocean City soul! ~ Tom Titlow

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Kaitlyn, Shawnda, Michele, & Barbara: The awesome Ocean City Chamber of Commerce girls who helped lay out the “welcome mat” for their annual Welcome Night to all Ocean City residents and beyond to come out and meet local and county organizations, churches, business and officials. It was held on October 29th, 2014 at the Music Pier. Be sure not to miss the tradition next year!

Vittorios Restaurant of Ocean City

ServPro’s Corey and David

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It’s our favorite paper! ~Angel & George Smith

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Chris from Ocean City’s Noreastern Soccer, & originally from Ireland

Miss Abby Brennan, the fabulous 3rd runner up Little Miss Junior Ocean City, and cutest cat!

Martha Petryszyn loves The SUN!

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“Sometimes I think the one thing I love most about being an adult is the right to buy candy whenever and wherever I’d like.” ~ Ryan Gosling

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Photo featured on our Christmas ‘12 cover.

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Vittorio’s Italian Restaurant Authentic fine italian cuisine Now Open Lunch ~ Dinner ~ Take-out

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Specialty Giftware for all Occasions

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Own Make Candies Celebrating 50 Sweet Years!

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AUGIE’S

Celebrate with us on Black Friday, Nov., 28 & Small Business Saturday, Nov., 29 storewide fun.

Festivus Friday on Dec., 5 - noon to 5pm.

We will be serving Hot Spiced Cider.

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OMELETTE & WAFFLE HOUSE

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Daily Hot Bagels & more Specials breakfast lunch

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“Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up.” ~Anon.

Fine Food & Spirits

A Chance for Rebirth

By C. Shore

This photo depicts the beginning stages and the groundwork being positioned for the new Ocean City Boardwalk in 1928. Photo courtesy of Ocean City Historical Museum

Open 7 Days Year Round for Lunch and Dinner Don’t Let Our Name Fool You!

We Serve More Than Award Winning Crab Dishes We Feature Lobster, Juicy Prime Rib, Steak, and Fresh Fish from Around the World

Best of All. . . We’re Right Next Door!

Voted “Best of” Press Reader’s Poll “Best Seafood Restaurant in NJ 2014” Music & Dancing Wednesday thru Saturday Nights

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Snow fell slowly like ashes over Ocean

The two continued their walk, stopping City, coating the still smoldering embers at the 9th Street Beach just before the that remained of the boardwalk. The great sun peaked its way up over the northeast October fire had ravaged the city’s oceanhorizon. Just across the massive expanse front, leaving behind a of sea, morning had dilapidated ghost town settled over Europe.

The new sun, which was that eerily fit the theme “That’s what you of the already brutal the same sun from must emphasize in the start to the winter season. press,” Emily said, patthe day before, A young man and his ting his back. “People wife of one year walked was a reminder that great need to know that the white dusted shorethis downfall has only line, sand and snow things lay ahead and a served to open the crunching beneath their door for a rising up.” boots as they clasped new, refreshed direction North of them, Atlanhands with trembling would birth an tic City shimmered lips. They bundled up the best they could for their Ocean City renaissance. on the sea. Indeed, a new, unexpected era morning stroll, anxiously had arrived for Ocean awaiting the December sunrise over their City; a chance to rebuild with fresh crebarrier island home. ative ideas.

The great fire had set the town back but The flakes fell harder and disappeared kept the young man busy. As a top writer into their coats leaving them damp and for The Atlantic City Daily Press, he was chilly. But the sun hadn’t quite yet risen asked to stay home in Ocean City instead yet. Looking down 9th Street from the seaof reporting to work in Atlantic City. From shore, they could see the city’s Christmas his community he covered the story of tree: a sign of resilience and redemption. the boardwalk from the night of the fire to the current clean up and the hopeful Despite the hindrance, the town went restoration. about helping each other pull through, leaning on one another in a time of “It’s so devastating what’s happened to struggle that left everyone with an extra our lovely home town,” said his wife, Emspecial Christmas hopefulness. And to ily, the morning sea breeze fluttering her the young writer, that was a story worthy black hair around her porcelain face. The of print. young man pulled her close and pointed at the derelict boards beside them.

Just then the sun exploded onto the horizontal plane, casting a blinding beam “It is, dear, but we have to see this as across the seashore and awakening a a grand opportunity. Now we have a chance for the boardwalk’s rebirth, a new dawn for Ocean City. The couple greater, more extravagant oceanfront stood in awe, as they did often, blessed that can draw new businesses and crowds to live beside the ocean and thankful to and visitors,” he said, an enthusiasm in his be sharing life with each other. The new voice. Emily smiled and delighted in his sun, which was the same sun from the day optimism and how he saw the other side before, was a reminder that great things of tragedies. lay ahead and a new, refreshed direction would birth an Ocean City renaissance.

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Chris Maloney was a major encouragement to the start of The Ocean City Sun. He not only praised our creative work, he provided assistance and never hesitated to go out of his way for us, as well as the people of Ocean City and the library that he proudly served as director. It was an honor to know and be a part of Chris’ life. Our barrier island town was blessed by him and his legacy lives on.

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OCEAN CITY, NJ HOLIDAY 2014

“We owe it to each other to tell stories.” ~Neil Gaiman

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July 24, 2014 Dear Ocean City Sun, Enclosed is a copy of a letter – circa 1962 or 1963 – I wrote to my dad, pleading to him to come to Ocean City.

We usually stayed a month or more at our family’s house on the eight-hundred block of North Street each year until 1971.

My father was at home in Hanover, Pa. working at our family’s furniture business.

In the letter, I mention the ride Devil’s Den. I think it was at Gillian’s Fun deck.

I forget what the ride consisted of.

On the back I printed the names of our family, including one of our four cats, Sinny. I even gave her the last name W – Waltersdorf.

Ocean City, thank you for all of my fond and cherished memories.

Thank you,

Ted Waltersdorf

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Ted W. “I was not on the beach yesterday or today Daddy, I miss you so much Daddy.

When you come over let’s ride on the Devil’s Den ride every night, Daddy, on the boardwalk, Daddy, oh please, Daddy, oh please. I will see you on the first day of July, Daddy.

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Around 3: 00 a.m. on September 8th, a fire inside a storage locker erupted, rapidly spreading throughout the ship. Just eight nautical miles off of Long Beach Island, the fire burned through the ship’s electrical cables cutting off all power and radio contact after just one single SOS transmission had been issued. The hydraulic lines were severed by the fire and the ship left to drift.

The burning ship killed 137 passengers and crew members, eventually beaching itself at Asbury Park. The massive fiery vessel appeared on the horizon and drifted into the sand of the New Jersey beach town. By midnight the following day, the wild winds, gigantic waves and lashing rain hurled against the smoldering Morro Castle as townspeople and journalists and photographers walked through the Asbury Park Casino to catch sight of the doomed passenger liner just feet from the boardwalk. The ruins of the SS Castle Morro remained on the Asbury Park beach for months before it was towed off and scrapped.

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“Memory is a child walking along a seashore. You never can tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things.” ~Pierce Harris

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1959—Garden State

1902—Simon Lake’s first warship, Protector, was completed 1880—First school

1904—OCHS’s first football game—DeHirsch Agricultural School 45; OCHS 0 1909—First Abraham Lincoln penny circulates in town 1912—Commissioners adopted an official seal—a sailboat inside a circle—

for the City of Ocean City 1918—First Armistice Day parade was held on November 11 led by the

men of the U. S. Coast Guard under the command of Master-at Arms Jack G. Jernee 1919—Ocean City teachers celebrated the state’s first minimum salary

law: $630 annual salary

1902—Protector

1926—The Ocean City Chamber of Commerce purchased a bus to promote

“America’s Greatest Family Resort” throughout the Northeast 1926—The Ocean City Rotary Club held its first meeting 1934—First summer the lifeguards used a surfboard for ocean rescues 1940—Ocean City’s first three-story department store opens—Stainton’s

at 804-814 Asbury Avenue 1959—First time UFO sighting was reported on the front page of the

Ocean City Sentinel-Ledger 1959—Ocean City residents noticed two new words on New Jersey’s

license plate, “GARDEN STATE” 2014—First time beach tag sales were over four million dollars

1904— Ocean City Sentinel article

1926—Chamber of Commerce bus 1909—New penny

1959—Flying Saucer report

1912—City’s official seal

1918—Jack G. Jernee

1940—Stainton’s three-story store

1934—First Lifeguard with surfboard

1926—Ocean City 2014—Beach tag Rotary Club

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“ The challenge of history is to recover the past and introduce it to the present.” ~David Thelen

U.S. Life Saving Station 30

by Fred Miller

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here were only four structures on the barrier island we now call Ocean City when, on September 10, 1879, Ezra B. Lake, S. Wesley Lake, James E. Lake and William H. Burrell sailed here from Pleasantville.

One house belonged to Parker and Louisa Miller and the other three were stations belonging to the U. S. Life Saving Service.

Beginning in 1871 federally paid lifeguards manned 41 stations along the New Jersey coast including three on what was then called Peck’s Beach. They were on duty from September 1st until May 1st.

Each station had a captain and a crew of at least six well-trained men who were experienced at making ocean rescues in extremely rough surf. During the day they watched the sea from their station looking for ships in distress, and from sunset to sunrise they patrolled the beach on foot keeping an eye on the ocean.

The 1892 Ocean City Guide Book included a chapter titled, “Life-Saving Service.” It began, “The complications of the system of the Life-Saving Service are comparatively little known to those living inland.

It was imperfectly carried on for some years previous to 1872, but since that time means are taken every year for its greater perfection, and as it reaches out its strong arms to aid mariners in distress and to preserve property from destruction, the magnitude of its importance can only be estimated by the long marine official records of its work.”

The article continued to explain how the men trained for making ocean rescues under the heading, “Routine of Duty.”

The last paragraph stated, “Too much praise cannot be lavished on these brave men, who in times of extreme peril never falter. No means, however daring, are left untried for the rescue of life. The keepers of the three stations at Ocean City were all seafaring men years before entering the L. S. S. The valuable and interesting information given by them, the courtesy which ever marks the deportment of a life-guard, render the visits of our guests to the lifesaving stations delightfully entertaining.”

On September 17, 1885, the Ocean City Sentinel reported, “One of the finest lifesaving stations along the Atlantic Coast will be built on the corner of Fourth Street and Atlantic Avenue at a cost of $6000.”

A week earlier the newspaper reported Captain James S. Willetts had “entered upon his duties” and would supervise the building of a new station.

The new two-story Ocean City Life Saving Station 30 was ready for the winter of 1885-1886. This building served the lifeguards well for twenty years. In 1905 the station was remodeled, doubling its size, making more room for modern equipment.

The two other Ocean City stations, located at 36th Street and 58th Street, were rebuilt in 1899.

On January 28, 1915, an Act of Congress merged the shore-based Life Saving Service with the seagoing Revenue Cutter Service to create the U. S. Coast Guard.

The signs on the three Ocean City stations were changed to U. S. Coast Guard stations.

The 58th Street station was moved cross Corson’s Inlet to Strathmere where it still stands, while the 36th Street station was demolished in 1981.

Only the Fourth Street station remains in Ocean City as a reminder of an earlier time when rescues were made only by what men could see and hear. It was purchased by the City of Ocean City in 2010.

At that time the U. S. Life Saving Station 30 was formed to oversee the historic restoration of the 130-year-old building.

The mission statement of the U. S. Life Saving Station 30, a New Jersey non-profit 501 (c) (3), is to preserve, present and interpret the rich history and heritage of the Jersey Shore and the unique contribution of the U. S. Life Saving Service.

Today the 4th Street station is in the middle of the restoration project. The speed of the restoration depends on obtaining historic preservation grants.

While the work is being done, John Loeper, chairman of the committee, is collecting lifesaving equipment used by the men of the service to rescue shipwreck victims. So far he and his committee have collected: a beach apparatus cart, a Lyle gun, breeches buoy, a wrecking pole, Coston signals, a lifecar, block and tackle, and 1905 furniture. The collection will be used to interpret the history of the 4th Street station.

The station is listed on the New Jersey Register of Historic Places, and the National Register of Historic Places.

To donate to the 4th Street Life Saving Station Restoration Project go to www. uslifesavingstation30.org or mail to U. S. Life Saving Station 30, P. O. Box 604, Ocean City, NJ 08226.

This station, on 4th Street, was ready for the winter of 1885-1886

In 1885, Captain James S. Willetts supervised the building of the new station on 4th Street

Historian John Loeper is leading the restoration of the 4th Street station

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“We elves try to stick to the four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup.” ~Buddy the Elf

Fall Fashion: King & Queen of Plop Falling into Fall, with style, August 29th AN OCEAN CITY LABOR DAY WEEKEND TRADITION

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Mutiny! Air Circus pirates collapse in the sand.

Left: Mark Soifer, the creative genius behind the annual Ocean City event gets ready for his fall into the sand before throngs of beach-goers. Right: Ocean City’s official Santa Claus gears up for his plop to the sound of Jingle Bells performed by the world’s only Wind Chime Band.

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“The smell of the sea pulled her east. The Atlantic spread before her like a pool of diamonds, liquefied, tossing gently in the gleaming tips. . .She couldn’t wait to get in the water...” ~‘Close to Shore’ by Michael Capuzzo, modified

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ing her face, Jane Louise Welliver makes her way out onto the beach in front of the Ocean Front Motel. Slowly she treks through the sand, combing her feet through it until she finds a nice spot to settle into her beach chair. The roar and splash of the Atlantic waves becomes more boisterous as she gets closer to the shoreline, indicating that she’s exactly where she wants to be.

A spinning plastic flamingo is mounted to the top of her beach chair. As she unfolds it, the sea wind catches the wings, twirling it to a whistling sound. All is set up and ready to go. The whistle permeates loud throughout the beach, but only to Jane.

Using her hearing, smelling and feeling senses a bit more fully than the rest of us to make up for her blindness, this 64-year-old woman from Upper Darby, Pa, backs into the waves to be one with her beloved ocean.

“I go out here and have myself a good old time,” she said, standing in the motel parking lot with her favorite inner tube under her arm. “I ride the waves and dig around in the sand for all kinds of little treasures and shells and sea creatures.”

Born so small in the 1950’s, an extra dose of oxygen was needed to save Jane.

She considers herself one of the more fortunate ones having been born without sight whereas some of the oxygen babies suffered severe mental impairments and brain damage.

“People think of how awful it is to be born blind but they’re thinking about it from a perspective of suddenly not being able to see and how awful that would be,” she said, “But if you’ve never had

it any different, ah, a little inconvenient Sundays every now and then, but nothing that 9-4 drastically horrible. This is the only world I know.”

Taking advantage of her other sense, Jane knows whether or not she’s getting too close to someone’s beach chair or blanket because she can smell the sun screen and sense the presence. Although perfectly capable of doing most things on her own, she wishes she could thank everyone on the beaches and at the motel for going out of their way to help assist her, from navigating the parking lot, to being told she’s floating a little too close to the Fishing Pier.

A deep love for swimming and community prompted Jane to join her local YMCA. “I just absolutely love the water,” she said.

From taking buses, trolleys and airplanes all by herself, shopping, walking the boardwalk at night, swimming and beaching, Jane still doesn’t see her exceptional and incredible life as anything particularly newsworthy, but we at The OC Sun beg to differ. Though she gets around just fine on her own, she has no problem asking for help when she needs it, as its part of her friendly, life-loving character.

As Jane sifts her hands and feet through the sand under the waves, we can only imagine what those treasures mean and look like to her. Overlooking what she is so fascinated by, we often can’t see the treasures in front of us, but Jane can. She sees from a whole different perspective that we can never know, one in which we’re blind to. How beautiful, detailed, imaginative, extravagant and colorful life must be for her.

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It could be any day between 1973 and 1988. You’re walking down the boardwalk, lying on the beach, or strolling down Asbury Avenue when you hear something.

There is a roar like the ocean, but just a bit different, overhead. You look up and see the triangular shape of an airplane streaking through the sky. As the jet zips off towards the horizon, you wonder: What was that?

The F-106 Delta Dart was known within the U.S. Air Force as “The Ultimate Interceptor.” The Delta Dart name fit it well, both for the triangular, pointed shape of the plane and for a speed that blazed like the early August sun. With a Pratt & Whitney J75 turbojet driving it to a maximum speed of Mach 2.32 courtesy of a maximum of 24,500 pounds of thrust it was the fastest production single engine fighter in history. It had to be. This speed had a purpose. The F-106 had been designed to race out to intercept Soviet bombers before they could reach American cities, and speed was part of that job.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the Cold War’s drama played out just off of New Jersey’s beaches. While locals and tourists walked the boardwalk, hung out on the beach, and enjoyed the beauty of the shore, just a few miles off the coast, in international airspace, Soviet Tu-95 “Bear” bombers flying from bases in Cuba cruised up and down the east coast. The “Bears” tested American reactions and kept an eye on the United States. In 1973 the 119th Fighter Interceptor Squadron of the New Jersey Air National Guard’s 177th Fighter Interceptor Group, known as the “Jersey Devils,” were issued the speedy F-106 to keep an eye on the Bears. Operating from their base at Atlantic City International Airport, the Darts became a common sight in Ocean City’s skies.

While the Berlin Wall and Checkpoint Charlie symbolized tensions between East and West in Berlin, there was another quiet face-off right off the beaches of

Ocean City. The Bears had been designed as nuclear bombers, but now they flew patrols up and down the coast. Meanwhile, the Delta Darts had been purpose built to stop the Bears, packing AIM-4 Falcon guided missiles and the AIR-2A Genie, a nuclear-tipped air to air rocket with a warhead equal to 1,500 tons of TNT. Yet the Darts would never fire a shot in anger. Through the 1970s and 1980s, as the Darts exchanged their Genies for 20mm Vulcan cannons, combining the new cannons with their conventional Falcon missiles, the Cold War began to thaw.

U.S.-Soviet talks reduced nuclear arsenals and tensions, and people behind the Iron Curtain struggled towards a change that would lead to freedom. The Air Force retired the last Genies in 1986. The Devils continued their duties, escorting Soviet bombers along our coast, keeping their vigil on our shore.

They did this until the closing days of the Cold War. In 1988 the 177th phased out the Darts, replacing them with the multi-role F-16s the Devils fly today. A few months later, in 1989, the Berlin Wall came down and the Cold War passed into history.

New Jersey’s diligent pilots and ground crews had quietly done a serious job, only a short distance from our shore.

Today, some things remain. The 177th Fighter Wing still serves on missions here at the shore and around the world, representing the best traditions of the State of New Jersey, their F-16s making regular appearances in local skies. These new jets and their fliers carry the same nickname, “Jersey Devils,” reflecting both local lore and a proud unit heritage. At the 177th’s base at the Atlantic City Airport, a Dart is preserved, keeping quiet watch at the gate, standing between an F-16 and an F-100. Finally, there is the Dart’s speed record as fastest production single engine fighter of all time. Decades after it was set, it still stands on the books. The Dart was so fast, it hasn’t been caught yet.

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OCEAN CITY, NJ BEACH 1945 (Center standing) Marie Dugan, with 3 girlfriends and her sister Martie Marks (bottom left). Both Marie & her sister became permanent OCNJ residents in the early 70s. Marie & her husband Chick Dugan bought their shore house at 1743 West Ave. in 1969. After winterizing it in 1975, they moved in yearround.

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OCEAN CITY, NJ HOLIDAY 2014

“God gives every bird its food, but He does not throw it into its nest.”

~J.G. Holland

An Illustrated History of

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OCEAN CITY, N.J. written & illustrated by Peaches Lukens

Shore Birds

by George Ingram

The bluefish’s tail flapped futilely on

top of an old telephone pole out in the marshes one recent morning. Unlucky critter! It was impaled on the talons of an osprey that had plucked it from the bay and flown it to that elevated dinner table across the street from my house.

Watching the raptor methodically peck at its helpless prey, beginning with the head, I thought of a complaint a fellow angler had made to me a few days before.

“Fishing is lousy,” he whined. “There’s no fish around!”

But if there were “no fish around,” how did that osprey find a snapper blue for breakfast?

Granted, compared to an osprey, you and I are disadvantaged. The piscivore’s eyesight is as much as five times greater than ours. It can hover over the water like a drone before diving in feet first for its prey. And that black band around its eyes helps cut down on sun glare when it’s on the winged prowl.

Even so, I suggest that we anglers can still glean a few pointers by studying the feathered friends that compete with us for fish.

All of us know what it means when a frenzied cloud of terns and sea gulls suddenly appears over the ocean: a bluefish blitz is under way, and the birds are trash picking bloody remnants of the ambush below them.

And we have our support groups. Most of the men and women involved in the sport of fishing are very generous with sharing their knowledge and even their equipment. They represent a font of outdoors wisdom. Other invaluable resources are boat captains and proprietors of local tackle shops.

So why pay attention to the birds?

For one thing, they focus on the task at hand better than we do.

It’s called concentration. Did you ever watch a Great Blue Heron work a salt creek? Looking like an oversized question mark with an enormous beak, it is motionless and fully involved in the business of getting something to eat.

The long-legged bird does not banter, or hold a rod in one hand and a frosty beer in the other, or think about which football game it will watch that evening, or mull over how to atone to its spouse for the idle time spent fishing.

Then there is the issue of mobility. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen a surf angler stroll down to the beach, stab a sand spike into the shoreline, bait up, cast out, and remain in the same spot for hours, even if the day is as unexciting as the Eagles offense against the Niners.

For sure, standing on a strand, listening to the intoxicating murmur of waves, is part of the enjoyment of the sport. But too much emphasis on aesthetics may lead inexorably to an unplanned visit at the local fish market.

(A very few charter captains, unfortunately, anchor up at a wreck site in the ocean and stay there for a long time, even when nothing is coming over the rails. They are reluctant to pull up anchor and move the boat to another spot because of laziness.)

By contrast, watch a snowy egret or white heron stalk the marshes. If one location fails to produce a meal in a reasonable amount of time, it will take wing and fly to another spot.

I don’t like cormorants, but I’ll give them their due—they hang in there, diving deep for their dinner.

On the other hand, sometimes birds can tell us when it’s time to run up the white flag.

A few years ago on a chilly mid-October afternoon, I saw a young osprey flying around its nest. Weeks before, this raptor’s parents and siblings had left for destinations as far south as Central America. Somehow, it failed to get the message.

Over and over again it circled the nest while keening with a high-pitched, plaintive cry that seemed to say, “Where did everybody go, and when are you coming back?”

Here is one more from the birds--when the fish aren’t biting and all else fails, admit defeat, pack it in, and head for the nearest watering hole or your home.

To learn more about the history of Ocean City, N.J. visit the Ocean City Historic Museum located at 17th & Simpson or visit www.

Long before the Lake Brothers developed Ocean City in 1879, there were others who lived on the island. The first houses to be built were those of the Kittles and Robinsons. It is believed that Hanna Kittles may have lived here in the late 1700s in the area where the Ocean City Tabernacle now resides. This area of the island was high and protected with trees and suitable for such a homestead as rough as it must have been. Though the island had plenty of wild fowl and animals to hunt and live on, it also had creeks full of crabs, clams and fish. Fresh water was collected from rainfall.

Joseph Robinson, a descendant of Hanna Kittles, moved to the island in 1840 from Bargaintown. Mr. Robinson later became the handyman for Parker Miller and his family who would move to the island in 1859 and live here along also for almost 20 years before Ocean City was founded and established by the Lakes.

While Thomas Budd first owned the island and parts of the mainland in the late 1600s, others used the island as well for their own operations. Budd used the island for grazing cattle and harvesting bayberry, sassafras and other herbs he sold to Holland and European markets. John Peck, on the other hand, used the island as a whaling lookout.

By the early 1700s the island was referred to as Peck’s Beach.

Pirates are also a part of Ocean City’s past. Famous pirates such as Captain Kidd and Blackbeard operated along our coast in the classic era of 1650-1700. Kidd, who invested in property along the Jersey and New York coast, was paid by the governors of these states to protect the coastline from pirates. Kidd made some bad decisions and with this came a bad reputation. Though he hoped to clear his name with the governor of New York and get back in right standing, he decided to bury some treasure here on our very shores just in case the governor didn’t believe his innocence. The governor didn’t and Kidd was hanged in England in 1701. Legend has it also that Blackbeard may also have buried his treasure here. Pirates were wreaking havoc here along the coast and the governor of Virginia offered rewards for killing such notorious pirates.

In 1718 Blackbeard was killed during a battle off the North Carolina coast.

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Mark Ricci captures Charlie Bowman airborne at Waverly Surf Beach.

Newly crowned, the beautiful Kendall Coughlin is Miss Ocean City 2015.

Avid Sun reader, 95 year old Retta from Philadelphia celebrates her birthday.

Steve & Kathy Pedrick of Collingswood stand with their classic 1954 pick-up on Hot Rod Sunday.

Boats lined up at the Kirkpatrick - Bourgeois regatta.

Bob Ray and Larry Hopkins of Ocean City show off their catch of the day - Tog for dinner.

Richard “Dick” Grimes, photo by Don Kravitz Having the feild at Sixth Street named after him, Richard “Dick” Grimes was an active member of the community throughout his whole life. A WWII veteran who returned to the town he grew up in, Grimes was one of our towns finest citizens. In 2007 he was named Citizen of the Year by the Ocean City Chamber of Commerce and was a founder of the Ocean City Youth Athletic Association in 1956. Grimes will be missed but he left behind a special legacy.

Jean Simpson helping out Super Heroes at The Shore’s Grandparents day celebration.

Brayden and Brice catch a bushel of fresh crabs in Peck’s Bay.

Love that lasts forever: Al and Sylvia Erb at their longtime summer OCNJ cottage Dr Gary Raab celebrating at the annual Kirkpatrick Bourgeois regatta.

Matt Kemenosh with WAYV Dj celebrating health awareness day at his office.

Cooling off, the Mallon’s Sticky Bun’s team does the ALS cold Sally Hastings enjoys her water challenge together. The national campaign against last meal at Bongos before closing. amyotrophic lateral sclerosis raised over $100 million.

Jeff Sherman & Patty Gilmore of Henry’s jeweler’s.

Brayden from Chicago fishes with his grandpa Jerry in early Septmeber, catching a nice sea bass.

Our friends Todd & Megan DiCiurcio with Rythyms the Cat and their favorite Ocean City paper

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“Thank you, God, for this good life and forgive us if we do not love it enough.” ~Garrison Keillor

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Keep up the great work! ~Charlie Neill I just wanted to commend you on the concept of the double Sun magazine!

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Marki Lyn & Gianna Warlow Marki Lyn Warlow, is a writer and a poet who lives in Ocean City, NJ

On September 13, 2014 Bongos on 11th and Bay Said GOODBYE to O.C. The restaurants’ style Favored all sorts of cuisine Offering breakfast-lunch-dinner Even, ice cream The staff were always friendly Working together as a team Every visit to Bongos Felt peaceful,- serene An aquatic adventure Was their overall theme Fish bowl clocks, leis and seashells Covered all walls, ceilings and beams

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The Martin, Jalinski and Thoman families enjoyed their last Bongo meal together this past September.

Sensational seafood And savory meats Stuffed varieties of unlimited, Omelet filled treats

The closing of Bongos Has us all really upset But myself and O.C. Are at least thankful we’ve met

Their signature pizzas Were unlike anything else Endless choices of toppings And cheeses that made your mouth melt Wearing sweatpants- were encouraged Stretching better than any notch- on a belt

The corner of 11th and Bay Will never be the same For us- their departure Is truly a shame The inconvenient construction We know is the blame For the loss of having their business That lit our towns’ taste buds flame

Dining at Bongos Was always well worth the wait It was worth every penny For every meal- that you ate And for us that live on the Bayside Their location was great

In the future- We look for ward To you re-uniting with us again But best wishes- good luck And take care until then!!!!!

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Our Lady of Good Counsel 40th & Central Ave. Sat 4:00 Sun 8:30, 10:30 Mon-Fri 4pm

ST. James A.M.E. 200 E. 7th Street, Ocean City Sundays 11am & 3:30pm 609-399-3099

St. John Lutheran Church 10th & Central Avenue, Ocean City Spoken Service 8 AM Sung Service 10:30 AM Rejoicing Spirits 2nd Sundays at 2pm 609-399-0798 www.stjohnlutheranoc.org

St. Peter's United Methodist 501 E. 8th Street, Ocean City Sun Comm. ~ Chaplet 8am Praise Worship 9am Sunday School 10am Trad. Service 11am 609-399-2988 www.stpoc.org

Thurs. December 25, 11am~3pm 24th Annual Christmas Day Free All-you-can-Eat Buffet. Deliveries and transportation to and from dinner.

Tabernacle Baptist Church 8th Street & West Ocean City 609-399-6177

Union Chapel by-the-sea 55th Street & Asbury Ave, Sun 10am 398-1563 www.unionchapelbythesea.com

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Cornerstone Community Church 810 Asbury Ave., Ocean City Sunday 9am 609-399-7527 2nd Chance Thrift Shop www.cornerstoneoc.org

First Presbyterian Church of Ocean City 701 Wesley Avenue, Ocean City Praise Worship 8:45am Sunday School 9am Worship 10:30am & 6pm 609-399-1833 www.firstpresocnj.net

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Macedonia United Methodist 951 Simpson, Ocean City Sunday 11 am 609-399-9317

Ocean City Baptist Church 603 E. 10th Street, Ocean City Sun School 9:30am Worship 10:45am, 6pm 609-399-2261 www.oceancitybaptist.org

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John’s parents, Marie and Ed, walk together in a special embrace through the ocean moments after their baptism. Pastor Matt Stokes is on their right, and elders on their left.

by Josh Kinney On September 7th, 2014 I waded in the ocean up to my knees armed with my camera as Coastal Christian Church hosted its annual beach baptisms. About an hour earlier I sat alone in my beach chair, feet buried beneath the cool sand with a Book on my lap. I lifted a silent prayer, wanting to meet someone at the baptisms. The day and the week had been somewhat lonely and I hoped for a new friend or a good conversation. I didn’t just want to take a handful of pictures for the next edition of The Ocean City Sun, I was on the hunt for a Story. So I prayed exactly that, and began my trek down the beach into the fading sunlight toward the remains of the 59th Street Fishing Pier. The waves crashed against the twig-like pilings in a stunning display of gorgeous disrepair reminding me how lovely it is when the falling apart is just as beautiful as the building up.

I crossed the jetty and swung my camera strap around my shoulder. The crowd was forming and Pastor Matt Stokes began a prayer over the megaphone.

All heads were bowed as the mighty Atlantic rushed in around our feet, the foam swirling with a hiss before sucking back into the infinite expanse of blue.

The sea spray bounced up into my face as an incoming wave gushed against the back of my legs. I readied my camera and moved a little further into the sea, finding a good angle to shoot from.

A special day of renewal for John as he celebrates his faith with his friends and family.

Then, the second person to be baptized stepped into the water and headed for Pastor Matt. I couldn’t believe it, one of my best friends since second grade, John, accompanied by his parents huddled and prayed as the waves swirled around them. I dove closer and found a better angle, still amazed that it was John.

Friends since elementary school, John had become an adopted member of my extended family. Never held back by his Down Syndrome, John was a hard worker, talented athlete and treasured friend to not only me but my friends and family as well. I had no idea he was going to be in town that day to be baptized along with his parents who I also knew so well. As my good friend came up out of the water, he shook his head and rubbed his eyes, catching sight of me with my camera. He smiled big and lunged for me through the waves coming in for a big wet hug. He was just as thrilled and surprised to see me as I was to see him.

I was so glad I just so happened to be there to catch such an intimate moment in my friend’s life. Then and there I thanked God for answering my prayer, always in a way I’d never expect and always more awesome than I could’ve imagined or hoped for. But I found the story I was looking for.

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“Clothes make a statement. Costumes tell a story.” ~Mason Cooley

Meg the Movie Buff Goes to Hollywood 2014 WINTER MOVIE GUIDE

by Meg Corcoran

Winter is a spectacular time to be vis-

iting America’s Happiest Place on Earth, where imaginary beings (and Santa Clause) magically roam. Our intellectual cast quickly discovers The Theory of Everything coastal, where sea breezes and sugar plums create the sweetest scent.

The Penguins of Madagascar are up for the Wild ride, as visions of icebergs (and boogie board races) dance through their frosty heads. Warm and fuzzy Paddington, however, prefers cozy nights by the fire, watching festive films to his heart’s desire. Our Big Hero (6) with the biggest heart is excited to see his life-size adventure on film, eager to share his holiday merriment with all of his Hollywood friends (both real and stuffed).

Before checking out the great adventures occurring on the big screen, please check your local listings for release date changes…

To salvage his son’s Christmas gifts, a frazzled man (Joel McHale) with no time for an Asbury Avenue shopping excursion, tolerates A Merry Friggin’ Christmas (opens November 7th) on a less-thancheerful road trip with his quirky dad (the late Robin Williams).

Following his ALS diagnosis, theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking (Eddie Redmayne) explores The Theory of Everything (opens November 7th), including what theoretically causes the stars to shine brighter over the ocean.

A Big Hero 6 (opens November 7th) times the size of the typical star is required when the animated city of San Fransokyo comes under attack, leaving it up to sweet robot Baymax (voiced by Scott Adsit), who’s more suited to Quiet Festival activities, to become the tough warrior who saves the town.

The Hunger Games Mockingjay-Part 1 (opens November 21st) finds Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) wishing for a safe and satisfying game of skee ball when she reluctantly becomes a rebellious representative against the oppressive Capitol.

The Penguins of Madagascar (opens November 26th) head to the “Earlier Than the Bird” Downtown Shopping Extravaganza before signing up with the covert animal rescue group, the North Wind and dealing with an envious, old enemy (voiced by John Malkovich).

A grief-stricken woman (Reese Witherspoon) takes a Wild (opens December

5th) life-altering journey through the Pacific Northwest, wishing her trek would provide Free Horse & Carriage Rides.

A Photo with Santa is definitely in order for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (opens December 17th) when Bilbo (Martin Freeman) and his dwarves battle the dastardly dragon (voiced by Benedict Cumberbatch) and retrieve Erebor and the treasure.

First Night New Year’s Eve Celebration coincides with a party taking place during a Night at the Museum: (where the) Secret of the Tomb (opens December 19th) is revealed by night security guard, Larry (Ben Stiller), who travels to London to repair the stone tablet that brings exhibits (including the late Robin Williams) to life.

Deep Into the Woods (opens December 25th) a wicked witch (Meryl Streep) lives, interacting with fairy tale characters like Cinderella (Anna Kendrick) and the Big Bad Wolf (Johnny Depp) while finding Christmas in the Downtown- “Our Miracle on Asbury Avenue” positively enchanting.

The animated but lovable bear, Paddington (voiced by Ben Whishaw, opens December 25th) wants nothing more than for Gillian’s Wonderland Pier to open for a day of fun as he dodges an evil taxidermist (Nicole Kidman) determined to have him stuffed.

Following a day of off-season activities, our holiday cast travels imaginatively Into the Woods, also known at the boardwalk, in search of the elusive Santa. The seaside stars lead the way toward a fairytale Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb, which rivals their clandestine day at the frosty beach. The Hobbit: (happily concludes) The Battle of Five Armies to participate in the all-star Santa-seeking celebration. Following the sound of reindeers and the sandy path left by the Jolly Guy in Red, they stop briefly for The Hunger Games: Mockingjay: Part 1 in an effort to satisfy their thirst for never-ending tales. After wishing everyone real and imagined A Merry Friggin’ Christmas, our cast knows they’re in for the ultimate coastal experience in America’s Greatest Family Resort, where the tales never truly end and make-believe characters come magically to life by the sea…

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This is Halloween!

Oct. 30th, 2014 Ocean City turned into Halloweentown for its annual parade on Asbury Avenue.

This year’s city-wide Halloween bash was boat-loads of fun, with perfect weather and a massive turn out!

Mayor of Halloweentown Jay Gillian and his lovely wife, Ocean City Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Michele.

An enchanted float of Disney characters, past to present made its way down Asbury Avenue in spectacular fashion.

Ashley Winkler, Ian Macmurray and Trinity Sterling ghoul-it-up for the annual Halloween parade.

An Ocean City classic - The orange Halloween Pumpkin Bug cruising Asbury.

(Above): member of Pitman, NJ’s original Hobo Band jams out on his saxophone.

The fun-loving kooks of 7th Street Surf Shop truck along the avenue with their shark mascot, tossing candy and treats to hundreds of kids.

The Legendary Suzanne Muldowney made her appearance at this year’s Halloween parade as her most famous character - Underdog!

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Passenger Rails of Ocean City, N.J.

By Ed Murch

Ocean City, NJ Thorofare

The Shore Line did not have exclu-

sive access to rail service for passengers in Ocean City. In fact, conventional locomotives and passengers coaches huffed and puffed through town from the 1890s. How did they get here and where did they go you may well inquire. Well, as you might logically conclude, given the narrowness of “Peck’s Beach” the tracks ran mostly north-south, and for quite a few years through sparsely populated neighborhoods (which was undoubtedly a blessing, given all the noise, soot and whistling they generated).

My research centered upon the train station at 10th and Haven, which now functions as a NJ Transit bus stop. It is now on the national and NJ registers of historic places. Stopping to gaze at it today one would never visualize what a busy place it was in its hay day. I learned that the tracks that passed by extended from 55th Street station up to the so-called Gardens Station on the north (just north of North Street, where the cars reversed direction). In-between there were station sheds at 14th and 34th Streets but believe it or not, 55th Street wasn’t the end of the line. How could it have been, for all that heavy rolling stock to have reached Ocean City in the first place? It seems that the tracks continued northwest, passed through Palermo, Cedar Springs, Petersburg and Middletown before joining another line at Tuckahoe, which came to be a bustling railroad junction town during the 19th century. From Tuckahoe the tracks continued generally north to Winslow Junction, where a link was made to the mainline Atlantic City to Camden Line. I remember riding in one of those Pennsylvania-Reading

Seashore Lines steam-driven trains when I was a child. When we arrived in Atlantic City, my clothing was covered with black soot (we’d mistakenly left the window of the coach open).

In Ocean City the tracks ran mostly alongside Haven Avenue and some of the right-of-way is now used as a bike path. Where the tracks crossed 34th Street there is now a Wawa and a multi-story motel. It must have been quite a challenge to lay and maintain tracks through the Middle Thoroughfare meadows (now referred to as wetlands). This work was completed in about 1918. But the ride was certainly quite lovely, especially if one was a bird watcher. (This connection to the mainland was removed in about 1996.

The last passenger train had used it in August, 1981).

To form the correct mental picture of how the old system evolved one must keep in mind that the rail lines which came to serve the town were not built from north to south – which would have been impractical. As previously stated, they were extended from the Winslow Junction branch of the mainline tracks leading from Camden to Atlantic City, gradually looped to the southeast, first to Tuckahoe, and thence over the meadows into south Ocean City. Once on the island it became feasible to gradually extend them north all the way to the Gardens Station. Just as the first transcontinental railroad was built from both the east and the west simultaneously and the joined at Promontory Point, Utah, all rail lines use the tracks already built to haul up the rails and other supplies needed to continue building forward.

The Ocean City Automobile Company opened a highway causeway between Somers Point and Ocean City in April of 1914. It featured four bridges. The so-called World War Memorial Bridge (the old 9th Street Bridge) was dedicated on August 19, 1933. There are now four means of highway access to our lovely island. And so the trolleys and trains are just history now, as are the old steamboats which once chugged along the bay from Somers Point.

4th St. train station, Ocean City, NJ

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chrisTmas marblEizing Dec. 9th 6:30 – 8 pm with Nancy Leary Kids make a marbleized Christmas project.

Make a holiday tree using pictures from holiday cards. Cut, staple, and stack pictures to make your own personal tree for the holidays.

Kids create a unique work of art with wood, glass, mirror, and marbles. Sign up by Nov. 25

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WinTEr Programs monDays Book Surfers Book Club 2:30—3:30pm for 4th-6th grades TuEsDays Family Craft Time 6:30-7:30pm for ages 7-11 Rythym & Rhymes 11-11:20am for ages birth to 2 yrs.

WEDnEsDays Toddler Time 10:30—11am for ages 2-3 Stories, music, and puppets Story Train 1:30—2pm for ages 4-5 Stories, music, craft friDays Seashore Story Hour 10:30—11am for ages 3-5

cooKing ThE classy Way w/Chef Chelius

Sat., Dec. 6th, 10am-12, 1-3pm “cooKiE sTEnciling” Cookie stenciling is all the rage in the pastry world. You will learn how to turn store-bought cookies into unique gifts for your family and friends. You can have your cookie and eat it too!

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December 12, 2014 at oc historical museum @ 4pm An Afternoon of Appreciation @ 6pm & 7:30pm Christmas Trolley Tour & Carol Sing

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• NEW! Download Free E-Books to your Kindle via Website • NEW! Download over 500,000 MP3 songs for Free via website • Free Wireless Internet Access available inside entire Community Center • Extensive Entertainment and Educational Video Collection • Free Educational Lecture and Movie Series • Free Children & Teens Programs • Free Downloadable Audio and E-Books via Website • Remote Access to Full Text Research Databases via Website

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Come and explore the Ocean City Historical Museum by perusing our extensive collection of Ocean City artifacts and memorabilia. Take a trip back in time as you hear stories of a princess, a shipwreck filled with treasures from the Far Ea st , s a n d y b e a c h e s , m a rs h e s , wildlife and its famous boardwalk.

The Museum is a non-profit organization and is located in the Ocean City Community Center.

museum hours:

Tuesday - Saturday 10am-4pm Extended hours Thursday ‘til 7pm Admission is free.

1735 simpson ave., ocean For general information

The Ocean City Community Center is truly the g something for every age and interest. The newly common lobby area with wireless internet throu Aquatic & Fitness Center, Arts Center, Museum

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gathering place for the community and offers y renovated and expanded facility features a ughout the entire building and is home to the m, Library, Senior Center and Yianni’s Café.

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monDay through friDay 6:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. saTurDay from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. sunDay from 9:00a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 9th, 10:30am-12n Bay-Atlantic Symphony Lectures Presented by Paul Mack Somers “musical gifts & the stories behind Them”

The John Walter cape community band christmas concert November 25th 7pm - 8:30pm

The Somers Point Jazz Society’s Christmas Special featuring Monty Alexander, world famous jazz pianist with the Ed Vezinho/ Jim Ward Big Band will be held on December 15, 7 p.m. at Sandi Pointe Coastal Bistro

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Activities • Bingo • Black Jack • Bridge • Memoir Writing • Tai Chi (Arm Chair) • Poker Games • Crafts • Jewelry Making • Healthy Bones Exercise Program • Guest Speakers • Information & Referral assistance with PaaD and other Program applications Lunch Served Daily at 11:30am Reservations are required Please call the day before no later than 11:00am Fare Free Transportation is available with reservations 2 days in advance

All Concerts are Free at 2PM in Lecture Room N110

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The Ocean City Aquatic & Fitness Center is a newly renovated facility that encourages people of all ages and fitness levels to participate in programs that help to promote good health. The center has a 25 meter salt water pool; strength and cardiovascular equipment training space; an exercise studio for aerobics, yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi and martial arts; personal Visit www.ocnj.us/Recreation training; racquetball court; child Please go to our website for membership care; and youth programming rates and facility schedule spaces.

aquatic & fitness center hours: Monday - Friday 6 a.m. to 9 p.m.

Saturday 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday 9 a.m.to 6 p.m.

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Ocean City Arts Center arts center hours: 1735 Simpson Avenue Monday -Friday Ocean City, New Jersey 08226 www.oceancityartscenter.org 9a.m. to 9p.m.

609-399-7628 Saturday 9a.m. to 3p.m.

Bus Trips to New York December 4 and January 31 Our facility offers an inspiring setting that includes three large studios with northern light and a dance studio, music room, pottery studio, reference library and darkroom.

• free monthly artist Exhibits with second friday receptions • more than 50 children’s art camps each summer • visual and Performing arts classes for all ages • annual Juried art and Photography shows • southern new Jersey’s largest community arts center • low cost memberships

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OCEAN CITY, NJ HOLIDAY 2014

“Always maintain a kind of summer, even in the middle of winter.” ~Henry D. Thoreau

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The Gesso’s summer cottage (featured in the summer issue of The Sun) Tony Gesso, back in the day, with 3 of his children on the Ocean City boardwalk~ Tami, Mark & Gina (featured in the summer issue of The Sun)

Jennie Gesso on her happy porch (Photos and story submitted by Jennie.

She regrets not being able to fit all of her Ocean City friends on this page.)

Even though another wonderful summer is over, my husband Tony and I still enjoy time in Ocean City during September and October. It’s quieter here now and we already miss all of our old and new summer friends. At home on Central and 14th Street, our porch, with its two rocking chairs, is the highlight of our cottage and the place where we meet people going and coming back from the beach.

Tony and I celebrated our 58th wedding anniversary on August 26 th.

We’re in our 80s and don’t get to the beach much anymore, but our porch is still the stop over for laughing and sharing stories.

Here, I enjoy my morning coffee while Tony sits for hours and reads.

We proudly display two banners; one for the NY Yankees (we’re from New York) and the other for the Phillies.

They’re great conversation pieces.

We’ve made so many friends here!

I love taking pictures and have happily handed out about 35 copies of The Sun to show people our little story which you featured for us in the summer edition.

We’ve often been asked, “Is this the house that is in The Sun?” We are so gratified by that. We love The Sun; it’s like a hometown newspaper. We look forward to each edition.

Thank you again, Jennie Gesso

Tony Gesso in his favorite spot (with his Yankees & Phillies pennants)

Tony Gesso with his Ocean City porch friend and summer neighbor Jack Gentile

Children of friends who stop by each summer. We like to take their pictures and watch them grow.

Bottom step: twins Billy & Madeline Upper step: a friend, Larry & Chris Olympia & Frank DiPietrantonio of Cherry Hill & Ocean City, NJ Tony Gesso with his summer friends Kiernan & Brogan Reihart . . .

The Gesso’s next door neighbors, Larry & Billy McLaughlin Tony Gesso with his daughter Tami and family friend Lucille Kellman

. . . and with Kiernan Reihart

Tony with his daughter Tami at the beach

Friends and neighbors of the Gesso’s Ali, JoAnn Sola & Brianna Petneccelli

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