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Dorothy McMonagle Kulisek, So They’ll Know, Inc. © 2016

Season 13

JULY - AUGUST 2016

YOUR PERSONAL GUIDE to the Happiest Summer Ever! Flip over to enjoy this “Endless Summer Sun”!

2 Locations! Under Same Ownership North Wildwood, NJ 1209 New Jersey Avenue corner of 13th & NJ Ave.

(609)522-1300

OPEN DAILY at 10am

Wildwood Crest, NJ 6105 New Jersey Avenue

Cardinal & Sweet Briar Rd.

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Call Ahead to Pick Up or We Deliver to the Beach starting at 11am EDITOR’S NOTE!!! THE PRINT ISSUE HAS 2 FRONT COVERS AND MEETS IN THE MIDDLE. THE ONLINE VERSION COMBINES THE 2, WHICH MAY CONFUSE READERS

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endless summer special edition

“Always be yourself... Unless you can be a mermaid.. Then always be a mermaid.” ~Anon.

shore living at its finest

404 W. Illinois Ave., North Wildwood NEW CONSTRUCTION WITH BAY VIEWS. ONLY ONE LEFT!! This townhome comes with a side-yard parcel of ground that measures approximately 41x100 and is dedicated to this unit only. Suitable for a pool or detached storage building….or simply use it as extra yard space for the family to enjoy!

Shore living at its finest! There are only two spacious units in this building. The unit boasts numerous upgrades throughout. The first level offers a tile foyer area, large walk-in closet in hall and junior master suite with a full bath. The second level has a living room with gas fireplace, upgraded kitchen with custom cabinetry and soft close feature, custom range hood, granite tops and stainless steel appliances. This level also has a powder room and large storage closet. The third level consists of three bedrooms, two full baths, laundry room and walk-in hall closet. One of the bedrooms on the top floor is a master suite with his/her closets. All the bedrooms on this level have cathedral ceilings. There are sliders that lead to private decks off of the living room, dining room, and three of the four bedrooms. Beautiful bay views and amazing sunsets can be enjoyed from each level. All of the sliders and windows are Andersen and there is and upgraded trim package throughout. All of the full baths have upgraded custom tile and granite tops. The unit has already been prepped for the installation of an elevator. This is an optional upgrade. There is a one car garage with a driveway for additional parking and a private outside shower. The exterior will be landscaped with sod and sprinkler system. This beauty is ready for occupancy. JUST $559,000. photography by timothy fleming

3300 Pacific Avenue Wildwood, NJ 609-523-1112

weichert.com

Colleen SOWERS

Broker Associate CELL: (609) 602-2008 ColleenSowers@outlook.com

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“My only worry in the world, is the tide gonna reach my chair.” ~Zak Brown

from the Editor

. . . The first sight of the marsh meadows, the sway of a gull and the scent of salt air wafting through the car windows, all made me feel alive and peaceful again, like being welcomed back home . . .It was a return to happiness.

There’s something very special about summertime at the beach; particularly here in Wildwood by-the-Sea. Whether we are locals or summer folk, we are all drawn here and something holds us here, to enjoy our own personalized rituals and customs on its sandy shores year after year!

Just as the sky is so much bluer at the beach, likewise people tend to be so much happier and life is just more wonderful.

When we have been away from the shore for a while, we have an urge to be here again. There is a sort of magic at the beach that allows us to congregate around one of the most profound of all natural phenomena: a line where the continent ends and a giant stretch of water begins. It’s where heaven seems to touch earth...

It’s as though we are standing on the shores of eternity, where only a thin veil separates us.

Perhaps this explains why we feel so at home here.

There’s something so reassuring, so comforting about this place.

With our bare feet sinking in the sand as waves ebb and flow, basically on the edge of the world, it’s hard not to feel a primitive connection to all the generations of seashore lovers who have been drawn to the same edge... the same waters that have been here ever since time began.

When we swim in the ocean, we do it, not just to cool off, as in a pool or the waterpark, but to commune for a while with its wild, eternal, mysterious vastness. The salt water and sunshine have a mood altering, transforming power. It’s like an altar (a baptism) at which being immersed is the most natural feeling of closeness to God’s creation there is.

This summer, as you sit happily facing out to sea, each in your own blissful beach chair, digging little holes with your feet, The SUN in hand, remember the gifts that come from the sea~ mainly the gratitude that bestows a reverence in us that changes our perspective on the world forever.

With another summer of The Sun officially upon us, my heart overflows with thanks to our readers, our friends, and especially our advertisers for their part in the creation of what some readers call ‘’a little piece of heaven’. I invite you to reminisce with us as we celebrate those sweet Wildwood days gone by, found in the stories and photos compiled especially for your reading pleasure by the sea.

See you on the beach,

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.

Dorothy

Artist, Editor, and Publisher The SUN by-the–sea, Wildwood, NJ

See what’s inside kids beach party SIDE: Five Miles of Smiles 11, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 27, 29, 30, 37, 40, 41 name the seawall P. 9 Churches on the island The blessing of the sea P. 10 poetry by the sea P. 11 getting my kicks

by Bob Ingram P.15 summertime santa P. 19 long ago and far away

by Bob Ingram P. 21 the meditation of surfing

by Paul Venesz P. 22 my wildwood happy place John Mason P. 24 boardwalk photo booths P. 26 Wildwood Historic Society Blast from the past!

by Anne Vinci P. 32 - 33 gloria’s family memories P. 34 this old hereford ave. house P. 38

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Artist, Editor & Publisher Dorothy McMonagle Kulisek 609.214.5608 The SUN by-the-sea ©2016 is the original nostalgic, bi-monthly paper published by So They’ll Know, inc.

Published, Edited & Designed

by Dorothy Kulisek with the help of those listed here:

Assistant Editor: Meg Corcoran Bob Friedenberg • Pamela Grimme • Marilyn Guidetti • Bob Ingram • Scott Jett • Rileigh Leighton • John Mason • Jessica W. Mumford • Gary Pizzuto • Joe Russo • Gary Sloan • Paul Venesz • Anne Vinci • Chris White • Virginia O. Wood es 2016 Publish Dates: Three com Sun! he

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Indian Summer August 31 Holiday Nov. 16 “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.

have on a blast on the boards P. 44-53

vintage postcard SIDE:

Words to Live by I Daily Sunshine

BATHING BEAUTIES & BEACH BUMS 16, 24, 28, 36, 33

May you do good and not evil.

May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others.

May you share freely, never taking more than you give.

fishing/tides by Capt. Sloan P. 10-11 she met her true love at the fish factory by Scott Jett P. 12 remembering dutch hoffman courtesy of Fred & Chris Grosse and Wildwood Beach Patrol Archives P. 14 growing up in the crest bob tales ii Bob Friedenberg P. 17 celebrating wildwood crest olympian joe maloy P. 18-19 treasured 100 yr old buildings

by Chris White P. 20

“As we have opportunity, let us do good to all.” ~Galatians 6:10

Honor Veterans.

Fly the Flag!

the strike of ‘81 by Joe Russo P. 23 Movie Buff Goes to Hollywood

by Meg Corcoran P. 25 getsinger apt. HOUSE P. 26 the crabber by Gary Pizzuto P. 27 featured instagrammers dylan & deeana P. 30-31

Disclaimer

Pamela & Donald Grimme Walk the Camino de Santiago P. 32

The Sun by-the-Sea Newspaper© and So They’ll Know Inc. cannot pledge the accurateness or comprehensiveness of all editorial content in all of its constituent parts.

lucia’s kitchen recipe

by Marilyn Guidetti P. 34 ST. SIMEON’S by-the-Sea

by Virginia O. Wood P.35 shop, dine, play downtown P. 38-51

“Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.” ~Erik Pepke

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“Try and live your life the way you wish other people would live theirs.” ~ Raymond Burr

“BEST EVENTS AT THE JERSEY SHORE” Here Are Some of the Exciting Events Happening This Season: July 1 Beach Bacon Fest ~ NEW!

July 16 NJ State Crab Festival

July 1-3 & Aug 26-28 Sports Card, Toys, Comics & Collectibles Show

July 21 & Aug 18 Anglesea Food Truck Festival & Night Market ~ NEW!

July 2 Foam ‘n Glow EDM Party July 2 Philly POPS Patriotic Concert July 4 ‘Celebrate America’ Beach Concert featuring Tim McGraw, Hunter Hayes, Maggie Rose & Shot of Southern followed by a Fireworks Spectacular ~ NEW! July 8-9 BeachGlow Music Festival July 8-10 NJ State BBQ Championship & Anglesea Blues Festival July 9 Sand Sculpting Festival July 9-10 Beach Lacrosse, Field Hockey, FootGolf & Track Weekend

July 23 WWE Live SummerSlam Heatwave Tour July 27-30 Harlem Globetrotters 4 great shows at 7 p.m. nightly Aug 3 Wildwoods Baby Parade Aug 6-7 Jus Nice Sneaker Convention Aug 12-14 Wildwood Tattoo Beach Bash Aug 19-21 Monster Truck Beach Races Aug 20-21 Baseball on the Beach ~ NEW! Aug 27 Triathlon, 5K & Kids Race

J.c2o0m16} N s d o o w d l i W ion at {Contest ends Sept. 2, t a c a V y l i m a F ods Win a Wildwo LOVE THOSE WILDWOOD DAYS!

July Events

J u ly Hath 31 Days.

Full Buck or Thunder Moon July 19th 18:57p.m.

Independence Day New Moon July 4th “And for the support of the Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.” ~ Declaration of Independence 7/3 Dog Days of Summer Begin. . . Always make sure your pet has a cool, shady place to go on a hot day and a fresh bowl of water!

7/1-3, 16-17, 23-24 Boardwalk SID July Craft Shows Wildwood Boardwalk. All hand-

made products. 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. Daily. Free.

609.522.0378 or 609.522.0198.

7/1-3 Sports Card, Comic Book, Toy Expo Wildwoods Convention Center, Friday, 3-9pm, Sat. 10am-9pm, Sun. 10am- 5 pm. www.rksportspromotions.com FREE. 732.422.9365 7/4 Independence Day “God Bless America.”

7/4 Family entertainment Night at Gazebo by-the-Sea Rambler Rd. & Ocean Ave. 7:30pm. Every Monday night thru Aug. 15

7/4 Independence Day Parade. Bike Decorating Contest 9th & Atlantic at 9am. Pooch Parade. Bill Henfey Park 8am 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. begins at the Wildwoods Sign 609.849.8887

7/8-10 Anglesea Blues Festival & NJ State BBQ Championship Old NJ Ave., Smokin’ hot blues on an outdoor stage. Free.

609.523.6565 7/9 Wildwood Crest Sand Sculpting Festival Heather Rd. beach, Wildwood Crest. 10am.

7/9 Sidewalk Chalk Competition 9am Prizes awarded. 8th St. Field, North Wildwood

7/17-19 Morey’s Piers Beach Sports Weekend at Cedar Ave. beach 522.3900 7/17 NJ State Crabfest “Crabby” fun for all ages! at the Ice House Restaurant, 4415 Park Blvd.,Wildwood. 11am-10pm. $5 RUBBER CRAB FUNDRAISER. Prizes! 6PM Race! 609.522.0033 7/17-22 Sophisticated Productions Dance Competition Wildwood Convention Center.

7/21 NEW! Anglesea Nightmarket & Mobile Food Night Olde NJ Ave. 4pm-9pm 609.318.4504 7/23 Christmas in July with Santa Claus On the Beach in North Wildwood.Candy canes and entertainment featuring the musical McGuigans

7/23 Antique Car Show FREE On the boardwalk between 16th & 26th Avenues in North Wildwood. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. 609.522.6442 7/23 WWE LIVE Wildwoods Convention Center. 609.729.9000 WildwoodsNJ.com 7/22-24 Notre Dame de la Mer’s Music Ministry presents it’s 1st ever Dinner Theater Cabaret Style at Cape Trinity Early Education Center, 2901 NJ Ave. Call Jude. 609-972-9051 or MaryJane, 609780-3764 for reservations.

7/25 - 8/4 Delia’s Warehouse Clothing Sale

Wildwoods Convention Center. 9 a.m. - 9 p.m.

Daily.609.729.9000 or www.WildwoodsNJ.com

7/9-10 Wildwood Cornhole Tournament On Beach between Wildwood and Oak Avenues, Wildwood.

Bags fly 11am. 609.729.8870

7/27-30 Harlem Globetrotters Wildwoods Convention Center. 7 p.m. 609.729.9000 or

7/11 Morey’s Piers Salute to Scouting Morey’s Piers. 609.522.3900 x1195

7/30-31 Annual Co-Ed Beach Ultimate Frisbee Tournament. On the Beach at Oak & Poplar Ave., Wildwood. 856.696.9705 7/31 NEW! Downtown Wildwood Marketplace

7/11-16 Dance Xplosion Wildwood Convention Center. 7am-11pm Daily FREE. 516.781.3400 7/14 Miss North Wildwood Crowning Ceremony 7pm at Lou Booth AmpiTheater. 609-374-0562.

609.780.5744

7/16-17 Cape Express “MORE” Beach Blast Soccer between Spencer & Poplar. Wildwood.

8am-6pm.Daily. www.CapeExpress.com.

Monday, July 11 , 2016 at 10:00 am th

Dr. Mace Babies & those born at

LONG’S Maternity & at Home Reunion & Group Photo

800.992.9732

7/16 Mid-Atlantic Police & Fire Survivors 5k Run/1 Mile Walk 7:30 - 8:45 a.m. at the Greater Elks Lodge, 1st & NJ Avenues, North Wildwood, NJ. Race 9a.m. 609.522.2955 or info@midatlanticsurvivors.org

Hereford Inlet Lighthouse 1st & Central, N. Wildwood Call (609) 522-2721

HarlemGlobetrotters.com

Schellenger & Pacific Ave. 609.523.1602 7/30/31 & the Cursed Child

Sat. Night @midnight!

Hooked on Books 3405 Pacific Ave.

Save the Date!

greg diantonio Reggae Fest

Sunday, SEPT 18th, 2016 3-8pm URIE’S RESTarant Notre Dame de la Mer Parish is selling chances on a White 2016 Ford Mustang California Special. $5 each or book of 5 for $20. Notre Dame de la Mer Parish, 1500 Central Ave., St.100, North Wildwood, NJ 08260 Attn: Car Raffle. Credit cards accepted 609-522-2709. Drawing is Sun., Oct. 16, 2016

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“‘Take your shoes off,’ purred the ocean waves.” ~Dr. SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

August Events

A WEEKEND OF FUN AT NORTH WILDWOOD’S NEWEST FESTIVAL

August H at h 31 Days.

Full Sturgeon Moon August 18th 5:27a.m.

“A proper amount of sunshine is very necessary to good health.

We need the sunshine from outside and the sunshine of love in our hearts and homes to make us happy.” ~The Old Farmer’s Almanac 8/2 National Night Out - Wildwood – FREE Fox Park, Wildwood. 5:30-8:30p.m. 609.522.2444 North Wildwood - Bill Henfey Park. North Wildwood. 5:30-8:30 p.m. 609.522.2030 Wildwood Crest - Crest Pier.

8/2 The Wildwoods Baby Waddle - FREE

Wildwoods Convention Center turnaround circle. 10 a.m. 609.729.4000 8/3 Wildwoods Baby Parade Wildwood tradition since 1909. on the boardwalk at WW Conv.

Center 5pm. Rain Date: 7/30 609.729.4000.

8/4-6 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”.

Summer Races

7/8 Cape May County Lifeguard Championships, Rambler Rd. Beach, 6pm 7/15 Beschen-Callahan Memorial Lifeguard Race 15th St. & Beach. 6pm 7/16 Boogie Board Races 15th Ave. 10am 7/21 Dutch Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Races Lincoln Ave. Beach, 6:30 pm 7/28 Yacht Race Jr. Regatta Sunset Lake 7/30 Wildwood Crest 5K Beach Race 8:30am 609.523.0202. 5K & a 1-mile fun run/walk 8/13 NAVY SEAL CHALLENGE

8/6-7, 20-21 Boardwalk SID August Craft Shows south of Wildwood Convention Center 8/6-7 CURE AT THE SHORE All South Jersey lifeguards wear pink to support the fight against breast cancer. CureattheShore.com

8/14 Rubber Ducky Regatta Raging Waters, Schellenger Ave. & Boardwalk, 7:30pm

8/7 Nat’l Lighthouse Day Hereford Light, 9am

8/27 Run Now for Autism Speaks 5k.

Wildwoods Boardwalk. 7:30 a.m. AutismSpeaks.org/wildwoods5k 8/27 Tri/Du the Wildwoods 15th & the Beach.

Try It! 6am. 609.849.8908 DelmoSports.com

8/6 Harvey Forsyth Life Saver Memorial Beach Party 15th Ave. Beach, NW. All proceeds benefit someone battling leukemia. astro6504@comcast.net

8/6-7 Mixed Martial Arts Tournament Wildwoods Convention Center 860.295.0403 NagaFighter.com 8/6 Philomena Monastero Boardwalk for the Cure Wildwoods Boardwalk in front of Wildwoods Convention Center.9 a.m. 267.496.6419 8/12-14 Wildwood Tattoo Beach Bash Wildwoods Convention Center. 609.889.2422

8/16 Around the Island Row 15th Ave. 7am

8/18 USA Summer Olympics Triathalon WATCH LOCAL JOE MALOY GO! 8/20-21 wildwood beach baseball tournament wildwoodbeachbaseball.com

September 22-25, 2016

8/13 Storm the Wildwood Surf Davis Ave. beach, Wildwood10am-2pm OpBeachHead.org

LOCATED INSIDE WILDWOODS OCEANFRONT ARENA 4501 Boardwalk, Wildwood NJ, 08260

8/13 Annual SOCS - Survivors of Cancer Lighthouse Pointe Wildwood. 2-6pm. 609 465-7655

SAVE by Registering

By August 19!

8/13 Free Elvis Concert 7pm, Summer Nites

22nd & Atlantic. Bring your own chair & enjoy!

8/18 NEW! Anglesea Nightmarket & Mobile Food Night Olde NJ Ave. 4pm-9pm 609.318.4504 8/21 NEW! Downtown Wildwood Marketplace Schellenger & Pacific Ave. DoWildwood.com 8/26-27 Sports Card, Comic Book, and Toy Expo Wildwoods Convention Center. FREE. 732.422.9365 www.rksportspromotions.com 8/27 Roller Derby Tournament Wildwoods Convention Center 1pm. coastalderbyexpo.com 8/21-26 Restaurant Week. Wine and dine in some of Wildwoods finest restaurants.

September Preview

9/2-3-4 Boardwalk SID Labor Day Weekend Craft Show - FREE

9/3 BEATLEMANIA 8pm. FREE Lou Booth Ampitheater, 2nd & Ocean, N. Wildwood 9/4 Wildwood Block Party & Music Festival Fox Park, Noon. 609.522.2444 9/9-10 NEW! Waves & Wheels Festival Olde NJ Ave. 4pm-9pm 609.770.8839

Nationally-Renowned Auctioneer Team

new, restructured Fees & commissions for 2016!

IF YOUR VEHICLE DOES NOT SELL, WE REFUND YOUR REGISTRATION FEE!

Whatever you’re looking for...

You’ll find it at the

North Wildwood Flea Market!

Two Events… One Awesome Weekend!

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“This is the place where summer stays.”

~Sandy Gingras

SAM’S pizza family the

Cover Shoot / After-School Beach Pizza Party

AT D I A M O N D B E A C H Eat in • Take Out • Catering

{ Open Daily

7am-10pm

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What is a trip to the beach without a pizza pie? Our cover photo was shot on September 18, 2015, just days after our awesome & adorable models went back to school. It happily showcases the children of the Sam’s Pizza Palace family. A special thank you to the parents and our young, beach-loving boys & bathing beauties for making The Sun a fun part of their “after-school” activities.

Happiness in a Cone.

{ Open Noon to 10pm daily } Proudly family-owned & operated Check for Daily specials!

9601 Atlantic Avenue, Wildwood Crest, NJ 609-600-2175 Full Menu at thecoffeehouseatthegrand.com

Seth A. Fuscellaro, Esquire Attorney at Law Specializing in

Divorce & Family Personal Injury Real Estate Wills, Estates & Trusts Phone: 609.522.6633 Fax: 609.522.5030

We welcome Stylists Patrick Mizzone, Lisa Rogers, & Jennifer Bussell, and Nail technician Maggie Mason!

seth@fuscellarolaw.com

100 E. Rio Grande Ave. Wildwood, NJ 08260

hair

A STYLING SALON

Names in order of families: Toni Fuscellaro with Ryder, Madden and Crew Lauren Zuccarello with Brody, Mason and Dylan Jimmy and Corinne Clarke with Evelyn, Ivy and James Christian, Chloe and Cooper Harkins Bridget McWade with Michael, and Adrienne Rennie with Lawson and Beau Our other cover creates a “Now & Then” scene of children playing in the sand, reminding us that the simple act of building sandcastles by the sea is as timeless as the sea itself. . . ~From the Vintage Postcard Collection of Chris White

Let us sun-kiss your hair this summer!

specializing in COLOR. CUTS. WEDDING DESIGNS.

609.522.HAIR (4247)

6401 New Jersey Avenue • Wildwood Crest, NJ www.hairwildwoodcrest.com

HAIR is sure to Exceed Your Expectations.

Richie, Melissa, Justin Brittany & Bryan on Wildwood beach, c. 1980s Photo courtesy of Peggy Wills (forthcoming story)

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“It amazes me how much exercise and extra fries sound alike.” ~Amber C.

BBQ & BLUES NJ STATE BBQ CHAMPIONSHIP

• Championship Barbeque Competitors • Live Cooking Demonstrations

Fun for the Entire Family!

• $10,000 in Prizes • Specialty Vendors

ANGLESEA BLUES FESTIVAL Blue Jay Slim & the Tone Blasters Fri. 4pm - 7pm

James Day & the Fish Fry Sat. 4pm - 7pm

STEVE CAL’ BAND Fri. 7:30pm - 10:30pm

Frank Bey Swing City Blues Sat. 7:30pm - 10:30pm

JEFF FETTERMAN BAND Sat. 11am - 1pm

BEV CONKLIN Sun. 11:00am - 1:00pm

BRIAN BRAZIL & THE HARD CASE BLUES BAND Sat. 1:30pm - 4pm

BC COMBO Sun. 1:00pm - 4:00pm

N E W J E R S E Y S TAT E B A R B E C U E C H A M P I O N S H I P AWA R D S S u n d a y 4 : 3 0 p m

FREE ON I S S I M AD

July 8th-10th , 2016

Friday 4pm-11pm Sat 10am-11pm Sun 10am-6pm Along Olde New Jersey Ave. in North Wildwood

Proceeds Benefit the Anglesea Volunteer Fire Co. Scholarships & More

NJBBQ.COM • ANGLESEABLUES.COM

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A.O.H. Golf Tournament - $90. before 9/10 and $100. after 9/10 Cape May National Golf Course, Rt. 9 & Fairway Dr. - 2 miles South of Rt. 47 Time: 1:00PM

Includes: Green Fee & Cart, Light Lunch, Beer, Soda,Water, and Buffet Dinner after Round of Golf

Friday, September 23rd

BUS SERVICE AVAILABLE • Anglesea Fire Hall 2nd & Olde NJ Ave. • Along Surf Ave. to 26th Ave. • Additional service to Wildwood and Wildwood Crest

Vendors - 8AM to 7PM Olde New Jersey Avenue Live Irish Entertainment 12NOON to 8:30PM Olde New Jersey Avenue Food Court Stage and Beer Garden 12PM to 8:30PM

Saturday, September 24th

For more info (609) 884-5230

gatrolley.com

5K RUN - 8AM SIGN-UP - $15. fee Olde New Jersey Ave. {advanced reg. at Owen’s Pub} VENDORS - 8AM to 7PM Olde New Jersey Avenue BRIAN RILEY PIPE EXHIBITION - 10AM Bill Henfey Park at 8th & Central Avenues IRISH DANCE LESSONS - FREE - 11AM to 1PM - Irish Music Tent and Beer Garden LIVE IRISH ENTERTAINMENT 12PM to 8:30 PM Olde New Jersey Avenue Food Court Stage and Beer Garden 12PM to 8:30PM

Sunday, September 25th

CATHOLIC 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 20th & Surf to Spruce & Olde New Jersey Avenues FOOD, VENDORS & REFRESHMENTS - 8AM to 7PM Olde New Jersey Avenue

1-800-IRISH-91 or www.cmcaoh.com

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“. . . A few of those days and you can become drunk with the belief that all’s right with the world.” ~Ada Louise Huxtable

WORLD FAMOUS BUCK YOU MONDAY w/DJ Dino $2 Domestics, $4 Imports (your choice) • 1/2 Price Apps

TUESDAY BOOZE DAY w/DJ Dino

APPS • WINGS • BURGERS • STEAKS

Dorothy Kulisek

celebrating 10 years on the wall 2006 - 2016

North W i l dwo o d

Name the

Seawall Contest

Food Specials ‘til 12am Drink Specials ‘til close

$4 Craft Beers $3.50 3 Olive Cocktails $5 Gourmet Burgers BUCKED AGAIN WEDNESDAY w/DJ Reedstreets $2 Domestics, $4 Imports (your choice) • $5 Cheesesteaks

TNT THURSDAY NIGHT THROWDOWN w/DJ Gibby Lip Sync Battle of Summer ‘16 starting June 23rd 9pm - 12am $3.50 for 3 Olive Cocktails • 1/2 Price Wings

FRIDAY ECSTATIC HOUR w/DJ Gibby 1/2 Price Apps • 1/2 Price Drinks 5pm - 9pm

SATURDAYS w/DJ Gibby working your party all weekend long!

“Best Bar/Night Club” jersey shore magazine “Best Dancefreetime Club”

Every Friday night

SUMMERTIME SUNDAYS

Come in off the beach! Acoustic Guitarist 4pm - 8pm $2 Bud Light • $4 Corona Lights

“SPACESHIP SUNDAYS” w/DJ Dino with the Sunday Squad

Doors open 3pm every day Walnut & Olde NJ Aves. North Wildwood Echosnorthwildwood.com 609-522-8570

Authentically Irish

{except for the fact that we’re in North Wildwood}

Rules and Regulations Celebrating 10 years on the Seawall Contest Instructions:

Simply write an essay using 50-100 words explaining what the seawall means to you and include what you would name the Seawall. Please include your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address.

www.angleseapubnj.com

Mail entries to: City of North Wildwood Attn: Clerk’s Office 901 Atlantic Ave. North Wildwood, NJ 08260 OR: You can e-mail your entry to: rsimone@northwildwood.com

Open Daily Kitchen open ‘til 1am

Prize Eligibility: Only persons residing in United States who are at least 21 years of age and older can enter.

Prize Details: The Grand Prize winner will receive a week’s stay for a family of 4 at the Acropolis Resort Motel. Located at 3rd and JFK North Wildwood, NJ, along with a family basket of things to do in the Wildwoods. *Exclusions- Week stay will be able to be used in 2017 upon availability and excludes holidays Contest Ends August 31st, 2016 A ceremony will take place at the seawall on Saturday, September 17th, 2016 at lOam. You do not have to be present to win.

irish pub & restaurant

Voted Best Irish Pub in NJ 2015!

20 CRAFT BEERS ON TAP INCLUDING

CAPE MAY BREWERY & TUCKAHOE BREWERY

HAPPY HOUR: MON-FRI 11am-6pm $1. DOMESTIC DRAFTS ON TAP

MON Prime Rib Night $12.99 Local Craft Beer Night $4 (16 oz. pints) with Local Musicians 9pm TUE Jumbo Wing Night .49¢ with Richie Bakers 9pm WED Meatloaf $10.99 / 1/2 pr. Apps at bar 11-6pm with DJ Ron E Dee & Quizzo 9pm

THURSDAYS Guinness Pint Night w/Live Irish Music 9pm FRI Shrimp Night $14.99 SAT Blackboard Specials Fresh Seafood & Prime Rib SUN Rst. Turkey w/ Stuff $9.99 FRI-SAT-SUN Live Music 9pm

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“If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there Your hand shall lead me. . .” ~psalm 139:9

The Feast of the Assumption

and the Blessing of the Sea Sunday, August 14th, 4:30 at St. Ann’s Church

The Parish of Notre Dame de la Mer (Our Lady of the Sea) will gather at Saint Ann’s Church to honor and celebrate Mary, the mother of the Church, on the Vigil of the Feast of her Assumption into Heaven.

It is a custom in many coastal regions in the USA and Europe to have special blessings of the seas on the Feast of the Assumption. The custom originated in 15th century Italy, when a bishop traveling from Venice during a storm at sea on the Feast of the Assumption prayed and threw his pastoral ring into the ocean from the ship - and the waters were calmed. Today a wreath is tossed into the sea to commermorate the ring of long ago.

Churches in the Wildwoods Printed with compliments of The SUN with blessings. To update your listing call 609-522-2721.

Anglesea Baptist Church 3rd & Atlantic Ave. 522-2951

Sunday 10:30am Eve. Prayer Meeting 6pm Weds Family Bible 7pm

Asbury A.M.E. Church

Eureka Baptist Church 142 W. Spencer Ave. 522-1028 Sunday School 9:45am Sunday Service 11am Wed Prayer 7-8pm

First Presbyterian Church 4511 Pacific Ave. 522-1244 Sunday Service 10am Wed. Bible Study 9:30am

First U. M. C. of Wildwood Crest 6700 Atlantic Ave. 729-4265 Sunday Service 9:30 Bible Study Mondays 7pm Men’s Prayer Breakfast Sat. 8am

Young & New Jersey Ave. 729-5584

Notre Dame de la Mer Parish

Assumption RC Church 7110 Seaview Ave. Wildwood Crest 522-4114

Sat. 4:30pm Sun 8:30 Mon-Fri 8:30am

5/29 thru 9/4 Sun. 8:30, 10:30am St. Ann’s RC Church 2900 Atlantic Ave. Wildwood 522-2709

Sat. 4:30pm Sun. 10:30

Holy Trinity Lutheran Church 2810 Atlantic Ave. 522-5000 8am Spoken Service w/Communion 10:30am Traditional Service w/Communion ~ Sunday School.

Third Sunday of each Month 10:30am Contemporary Blended Service w/ Communion

North Wildwood United Methodist Church 2nd & Central Ave. 522-2271 Sunday Service 9am

Weekday Masses Mon-Fri 7am, Sun 7pm, Spanish Mass

5/29 thru 9/4 Sun. 8:30, 10:30 High School Gym 15th & Central

Memorial Weekend, then 6/19 thru 9/4

St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox

Sat. 4:30pm, Sun, 8:30, 10:30

Wildwood Beach Patrol assist Bishop Dennis Sullivan out on the boat for the ceremonial wreath tossing

301 Anglesea Ave., 522-0152 Orthos 9am Divine Liturgy 10am

Beth Judah Temple

The blessed Mother basks in the glow of an August sunset

Pacific & Spencer Aves. 522-7541 Shabbat Services Saturday 9:30am

St. Simeon’s by-the-Sea Episcopal 26th & Central Ave. 522-8389

Central Bible Church 18th Ave. & Central Ave. 522-5917 Sunday 11am & 6pm

Sun. Holy Communion 9am Wed. Healing 6:30pm

West Wildwood Bible Church 9 Neptune Avenue 523-8863 Sunday 10am Eve. Prayer 6pm Wed. Prayer 7pm

Crest Community Church Crocus & Pacific Aves 522-1618

Joe, Dan, Joe and George had the honor of carrying the blessed Mother to the Sea...

The procession to the beach was led by large crowds singing ‘Ave Maria’.

FOOD PANTRY & Soup Kitchen: Mon 4:30-6:30

First Baptist Church Maple & Atlantic Ave. 522-2981 Sunday School 9:30am

Sunday Service 11am

The Carpenter Shop tcsministries.org

“We crown thee with blossoms today... Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May...”

4505 Park Blvd.

523-1444 Sunday 10am Weds & Thurs. 7pm Tues. Intensive Care Prayer 6:30pm

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Rio Grande 609-886-7022

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Boardwalk Chapel July-Aug 4312 Boardwalk 609-523-2307 Nightly Programs Mon-Sat 8PM SUN EVE Service 7PM Thursdays 6:30-8pm For Location Contact Rev. Bryce M. Woerner reviveww@gmail.com revivewildwood.com

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“I’d trade all my tomorrows for one single yesterday.” -Janis Joplin

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childhood neighbors came together for the first time in decades. jim mc. with the dacenzo’s & carberry’s

Full Course Dinners

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“old” friends take a long time to make ~ paul, pat-jack & kevin

joe dooley & his beautiful girls

Capt. Scrap’s ANTIQUES, COLLECTIBLES & MORE the awesome mcwade kids (minus Kevin who was away at college)

The Kelly McMonagle Sunshine Foundation Grants Livengrin $20,000 for Charity Care ~In June, The Kelly McMonagle Sunshine Foundation generously donated $20,000 to ensure that Livengrin patients can receive life-saving treatment for addiction, regardless of their ability to pay. The money will go towards supplementing outpatient care for those who cannot afford the full cost of treatment. The Kelly McMonagle Sunshine Foundation was established in memory of Kelly Ann McMonagle, who passed away March 10, 2015 at the age of 21 as a result of an overdose. The Foundation’s mission is to raise funds for treatment scholarships, so that other families may find the gift of recovery. (Follow on facebook at Kelly McMonagle Sunshine Foundation)

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“It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea.” ~Richard Bach, Jonathan Livingston Seagull

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(courtesy of Wildwood Historic Museum) Colors – a deep blue sky, even when seen through clouds, indicates fairweather. A growing whiteness indicates an approaching storm. A gray, overcast sunset, or one where sky is green or yellow-ish green, indicates approaching rain. A red sunrise with clouds lowering later in the morning, also precedes rain.

Corona – Coronas are small, colored circles seen around sun or moon. Growing smaller, a Corona indicates rain; growing larger, it indicates fair weather.

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Halo (Sun dogs) – Halos are large circles or parts of circles near sun or moon. A halo occurring after Fair-weather indicates a storm is approaching.

Fogs – fog indicates settled weather. A morning fog usually breaks up before noon.

Rainbows – A morning rainbow is regarded as a sign of rain; an evening rainbow is a sign of Fair-weather.

I lay my head in the warm, dewy grass Looking up at the night sky as hours pass On this night the sky is so clear it amazes me what is starting to appear My eyes see such beautiful and breathtaking sights The stars and moon make the sky so bright Oh how I wish I could be a star and fly I jump real high to try and take a ride on that shooting star But I am not able to ‘cause I am too far I close my eyes and dream of sitting up high on the moon I could probably get there if I could find a balloon I stare in the sky and what do I see Neptune and Venus are right there infront of me As the moon starts to go away and the sun begins to rise I’ll wait again until the next night sky to see such magnificent sights with my eyes

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“Sometimes I think all I really need in life is in my beach bag!” ~Dorothy

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Angel & Derick Marsh love riding their bikes to market! Visit them at their 2 Global Pursuit locations in Stone Harbor & Avalon

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6000 Aster & New Jersey Ave., Wildwood Crest • 609-522.5050 OPEN YEAR ROUND MON. 9AM-2PM, TUES. THRU FRI. 9AM-5PM SAT. 9AM-2PM Jim & Joanne shop the farmer’s market every Saturday all summer long

Cone Milk Shakes! Sundaes!

Ice Cream Treats! . . .synonymous with Summer

Sue & Stephen, summer homeowners who love the Farmer’s Market & The SUN!

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Stop by the Downtown Farmer’s Market every Saturday and Pick up your Doo WW Magnets!

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Located at the Waters Edge Ocean Resort Lavender & Ocean Aves., Wildwood Crest, NJ 609-522-9440

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“At the beach, life is different. Time doesn’t move hour to hour but mood to moment. We live by the currents, plan by the tides and follow the sun.”

-Sandy Gingras

Live Entertainment Sindi Raymond Band Saturdays all summer The Juliano Brothers Wednesdays & Fridays

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Sunset Dinners are complete with no substitutions, and includes your choice of soup or salad, 1 entree, house dessert & coffee or tea.

Fresh Fish of the Day Shrimp Scampi • Fried or Broiled Flounder • Fried Crab Cake Slow Roasted Prime Rib or Beef Chicken Parmesan Soy & Honey Glazed Salmon

indoor & outdoor dining • serving daily 11am-10pm • Happy Hour daily 11am-6pm

BRITTON’S GOURMET BAKERY

OPEN 6:30AM

dear I can’t wait to get to Wildwood and bury my nose in your beautifully crafted, lovingly composed and spiritually uplifting paper. Thank you for what you do for so many. ~J. Malloy

The Only Britton’s

location for 25 years!

Thank you for such a wonderful paper! You guys and gals represent the Wildwood I love so much. I will read my saved copies of The Sun over and over again this winter. I will imagine the feel of warm sun and sweet aroma of salt air on each page! Looking forward to next season with you! ~ G. Catinella

! picked up my copy of The SUN at corner JFK and new pavillion, it’s the best mag anywhere! ~ B. Dructor

I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE The Sun! My trip to Wildwood is not complete until I get my copy of The Sun! ~D. Hollinger

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May 20, 2016 ~ Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce celebrated with Kate Trevelis on the Grand Opening of her Wild Fox CAfe at 7th & NJ Aves. in North Wildwood

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“A tiny change today brings a dramatically different tomorrow.” - Richard Bach

Why not?

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Bob getting his kick for the day

i

am a creature of routine and ritual.

Take last summer. Most days, I park on 26th Street and walk from there to Harry’s Corner for an outstanding breakfast.

One day, as I passed the soccer-kick stand, I asked the young man there if I could have a free kick because I had always wanted to try it but didn’t want to pay for three balls. Business was slow, so he nodded okay.

I missed, of course – badly. I thanked him and continued to Harry’s.

Every day after that, we went through our little ritual of me asking and him okaying. I limited myself to only one try even if he gave me the green light for another one. I sensed he got a kick out of my kicks, but I didn’t want to abuse what I now saw as a privilege.

I found myself thinking about my daily kick from the time I hit the Boardwalk, and kept on missing, mostly still badly.

Then one day, I blacked it out of my mind, deciding to just let my body take over. My kick was much closer to that elusive hole this time.

Hmmm.

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Two days later, I don’t remember much about the kick itself, but I can still see that black and white ball disappearing through the hole. Dang!

I high-fived everybody in sight. I think the kid was as happy as I was.

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But that old devil mind intruded again. My kicks were all over the place. I tried the blank mind approach again, and got a little closer.

Then one day I tried visualizing the ball going into the hole as I walked up the ramp to the Boardwalk and then put it out of my mind.

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Three days later, I scored left-footed.

I was amazed. By that time, the season was almost over, so I decided to quit while I was ahead.

I wonder how I’ll do this year?

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“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. . .

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Steve, Kate, Lois, Lisa, Gretchen, Marianne, Sue, Carol & Jack

Dennis, Mike, Ryan, Ashley & Anthony, Disney princesses Barbara & Lauren Emms Anglesea Pub’s Irish Sean McMullen with the Vikings at Keenan’s after plunge party

Santa Lopez

Lady Elks ~ Debbie, Joanne, Peggy, Ann, Kathy

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“I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” ~ Charles Dickens

5 Miles of Smiles!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year!

Christmas in July

July 25, 2015 Photos by Meghan Meehan for The Sun Hosted annually for 25 years by the North Wildwood Beach Patrol

SAVE THE DATE! July 23, 2016

NWBP Caitlyn & Vinny Gavin Rosenello and elves help Santa distribute the candy canes

The Kelly, Vogelman, Smith, Nelson & DeFruscil families go all out for the special holiday, with a turkey dinner complete with cranberry & stuffing NWBP very own band entertained beachgoers with Christmas music

Christmas in July is a great opportunity for snapping the perfect Christmas card photo

The O’Brien, Bellantoni, Dykan, O’Rourke & Rizzo families say “We love The Sun!” Renee, Bob & Vicky

Kai, Jill & Keoni

Mrs. Peg Claus in her Christmas in July beach cover

Santa loves the summer getaway to North Wildwood beach

Patti has the Christmas spirit!

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“Music is the divine way to tell beautiful, poetic things to the heart.” ~Cellist/conductor Pablo Casals

www.j ungle g ymj am.com This song is included on the album “Lollipop Motel” released this May 2016.

Summertime Santa

(c) 2015, Lyrics by Amy and Jason Didner; Music by Jason Didner What does Santa do in the summertime When there are waves to surf in the warm sunshine?

Does he kick off his tall black winter boots And put on a red and white bathing suit?

Does he play skee ball in the boardwalk arcade And go with Mrs. Claus for a walk in the shade?

Summertime Santa down the shore Serving up treats in the ice cream store Riding around on his bicycle Away from the arctic icicles Summertime Santa, Summertime Santa I’m glad you’re on vacation with me What does Santa do on a summer day?

Does he fly with a banner behind his sleigh To remind the kids to share their beach toys Does he play volleyball with nice girls and boys?

Does he hang up his big red winter coat And take time to unwind on his fishing boat The crashing waves sound wonderful When mixed with Santa’s bells And the merry sounds of laughter ‘round the carousel

Imagine traveling around your home state with your family and are just about to arrive at a vacation spot that your kids have only seen pictures of on the family iPad. That cheerfullooking place fills your sights in a way that pictures never could. For the Didner family, the moment they arrived at the historic Lollipop Motel in North Wildwood, an official Doo-wop motel, they knew they had entered a very different time and place. Their threeyear old daughter reveled in the vibrant sights. To them, colors never appeared brighter; the splashing of the pool never sounded more refreshing and the doo-wop tunes playing poolside were never more harmonious.

They felt as though they had walked onto the set of a 1960s Frankie Avalon movie, inspiring nostalgia for a doo-wop era that peaked nine years before Jason was born and effectively ended with the first notes of Woodstock a year before he arrived in this world!

Jason and his wife Amy were motivated to write a song that would do justice to great family moments. They wanted the song to carry a message about the benefits of family travel – how the current, living moment, the “here and now,” is heightened and we’re less carried away by everyday distractions like cell phones and social media. Instead, we’re content to be in the present moment by the sea...

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“Wherever you go, go with all your heart.” ~Confucious

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Happy girl with her happy paper at her happy place. Meg Beyer April loved reading her Sun poolside at the Biscayne Motel in Wildwood Crest Meg’s mom June Collier Beyer, Wildwood native, loved enjoying her copy of The Sun at her home in Virginia. The Sun is like a Wildwood love story... it’s like a Sunshine festival in your hands!

Bill & Peg Cieslinski traveled with their son Bill & his wife Joan to Wrigley Field on Memorial Weekend.

Ta k e n o t i c e of their jersey They made sure to take numbers on the thier favorite paper along! back.

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The Sun took it’s first trip to CABO to the original Hotel California with Wildwood girls Jane Purvis, Deb Yancer Berckman, & Kitty Miller. So cool!

While it was raining here thru the month of May, Lisa Russo escaped to Bermuda so she could catch some fish and a few Sunrises... she made sure to take The SUN

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Donna Jean Adams takes her sunshine wherever she goes! She also traveled with The SUN to California! Here she is w friend Marie Rogers in Disneyland

Barry Maisey originally from Swampoodle section of Phila., loves reading his SUN in the Wildwood sun after his boardwalk bike ride.

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“Stories are the currency of our past, present and future. Without them we are bankrupt.” ~Anon.

Long Ago and Far Away

By Bob Ingram

“Shandu came down from the mountains,” said Mama Gretel, “and he made White Bird.”

White Bird was the cottage community in Negril, Jamaica, where my now ex-wife Suze and I stayed on our honeymoon in 1979. Shandu was a Philadelphia exhippie we knew who had helped build White Bird. Mama Gretel, all five feet of her, was our no-nonsense hostess. We had brought gifts from Shandu, which made us very important guests.

Our cottage was as much lean-to as cottage; we had a kerosene lantern and pegs sticking out of the wall as hangers, a hardmattressed bed, and little else. Central bathrooms and showers.

Jamaica was a hot blue paradise, a slow decompression from the hurly-burly we had left behind. We had no radio or TV, there weren’t cell phones or the internet.

We were totally off the grid, as the phrase goes, spending the long, languid days, swimming, walking, biking, and enjoying

the tasty Jamaican food, goat excluded.

We found hidden beaches where we bathed and sunned nude, just two happy people together.

Almost every day we made the hot walk to Rick’s Café on the Negril cliffs to listen to and dance to the happy island music and sip fresh tropical drinks. I still regret not going off the 40-foot cliff there into the warm green water, a tourist ritual.

We found that the majority of the Jamaicans weren’t the dreadlocked, ganja-smoking rastas in the reggae songs, but instead rather conservative folks who would shush loud talkers in restaurants and wish you a bright good morning. Most were practicing Christians, striving to live according to the Ten Commandments.

Now Suze is in a condo in Minneapolis overlooking the winding Mississippi River and I have found my own island in the Wildwoods. I wonder if the palms still rustle at night at the White Bird.

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Bob and Suze under the Jamaican sun.

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~Maltbie D. Babcock

“Surfing, alone among sports, generates laughter at its very suggestion, and this is because it turns not a skill into an art, but an inexplicable and useless urge into a vital way of life.”

The Meditation of Surfing

By Paul Venesz rrrrrrrrrrr

Rob Kulisek

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’ve had anxiety and panic disorder off and on since high school. None of my prescriptions have been as effective at helping me deal as one of my longtime hobbies: surfing. It puts me completely at ease and allows me to escape whatever is on my mind for a few hours.

I’ve seen a number of counselors, therapists, and psychiatrists over the years when it gets particularly difficult to deal with, and most of them, at some point, suggest that meditation can be helpful for people with anxiety.

Conventional forms of meditation like Zazen have been hit-or-miss; attempting to not think about anxiety can be seriously counterproductive, and once you let the doubt get to you it snowballs from there.

But I find all the benefits of meditation in surfing. As soon as my feet hit the sand I can already feel the weight lifting from my shoulders. And walking into the water, all anxiety and tension are gone.

I don’t even need to get a good wave to feel relief. Just sitting on my old, waterlogged longboard bobbing up and down, forming a moving, wordless mantra, I can finally breathe freely. The motion itself relaxes you, like falling asleep on a subway car as it rocks back and forth on the tracks.

Paddling out, you’re literally fleeing the country. You leave the shore and all its stresses to throw your tiny self into the unfathomable immensity of the ocean, comparable only to the vastness of space. For Buddhists, part of the path to Nirvana is letting go of your ego and the idea that you are somehow separate from the universe. It’s easy for me to do this when I feel so relatively insignificant. Not a depressing, nothingmatters-anymore insignificance, but the kind that frees you from self-importance and the stress of living. Though one has only to go out at a crowded break to see that not every surfer can let go of their ego, it works for me.

On a wave I’m timeless, I exist entirely in that moment and context. I can’t worry about what happened at work last night while on the face of a peeling right.

And surfing is just plain fun, the kind of fun you haven’t had since you were a little kid. When I get a really good wave, I tend to give a bellowing laugh that I can’t control, an overflow valve for the boundless, childlike joy it brings me.

At the same time, surfing is a way of challenging yourself. Unlike most sports, your only opponent is yourself.

And it’s a challenge with a tangible yet fleeting reward. You can get someone to film your wave but once it’s over it’s gone, leaving you with only a memory of the feeling and an insistent desire to feel it again.

In Toaism, the universe flows in its own natural harmony. One can find peace of mind not by force of will, but by yielding to the harmony as it exists. I see this in practice in surfing. You paddle to bring yourself in line with the wave’s energy, so that it will then propel you as it propels the water; it’s not the water you’re riding but the wave of energy flowing through it.

Millions of people throughout history have found peace in meditation, myself included. For me, however, it comes not from sitting in the lotus position with eyes closed, but from the meditation of surfing. Next time work or other obligations make you want to leave the world for a while, do it- grab your board and go.

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“Summer gathers up her roses of glory, and like a dream, glides away.”

In loving memory of our friend Janet

who lived in the first house on the island

Young Janet, “The artist at work”, 1945

~Sarah Whitman

Brown

6/10/19 - 5/17/16

Janet & Larry Brown were the 3rd generation who lived in the first house on the island.

An abbreviated version of the story that originally appeared in our May-June 2005 issue ~ photos of Janet with roses by Rob Kulisek

Every time my husband, son and I would pass by this bright, three-story Victorian house with the picket fence, stars, daylilies and daffodils, I would say, “I love that house! It’s the oldest house on the island!” I grew to love the house even more after being given a tour by its owner, Janet Brown, who was even lovelier than the house. An incredible artist, she lived in that house for over 70 years, since marrying her husband, Larry in the 1940s. Initially, it was their summer home. They lived the rest of the year on a farm in York, PA with their five children.

Larry’s grandparents, Charles & Anna Drewes purchased the house for $500

from John Taylor, who built the house in 1874 and is believed to be the islands very first resident. Janet was a collector of everything, a doll maker as well as doll collector who belonged to the American Association of Doll Artists.

Several years ago she went to the Mediterranean in France for a doll making session. Her remarkable artwork also included a series of dolls that appeared to be marching towards the Nativity.

Janet, who sadly passed away this year, truly had an artist’s eye and a home by the sea that happily reflected her heart… I will miss stopping by to see her to give her the new issue of The Sun. ~Dorothy Kulisek

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“Admire as much as you can; most people do not admire enough.”

- Quote by Vincent van Gogh in a letter to his brother Theo van Gogh, 1873

H O M E is where the ART is

Janet the Artist

a house an artist & on 5 mile beach!

wedding cake topper

photos by Rob

Larry Brown

We pass by the address at least two or three times a week.The Victorian, 3 story house used to go unnoticed as it blended in with the other old houses along the street. Over the past few years however, the old houses have been disappearing one at a time.There it was one day, Janet’s house, it seemed to catch my eye. The bright,Americana colors, the picket fence, the stars-- of the fish kind, metal ones, Moravian ones -- hanging from the doors, the shutters and the porch... the daylilies and the daffodils, the old cedars, all screamed out at me, as if to say, “I’m the oldest house in North Wildwood!” When we ride down 1st Ave. my husband and

Charles & Liza Drewes and daughter Ella circa 1918

Liza Drewes

Janet’s creations

my son say it before it even comes out of my mouth, “we know, that’s the oldest house in North Wildwood.” I say it every time I see it. I’ve been in love with that house for years and now even more so after I was given the complete tour by its owner, Janet Brown.The saying “you can tell a person by the home they keep” is true, but Janet is a free spirited person much lovelier than a house! She’s an incredible artist and a wonderful woman.

She greeted us on a Sunday afternoon as we stopped by for a visit and an interview. Janet has been living in this old house for over 60 years, since she married Larry Brown back in the 1940’s. It was a summer home for them at first. Their permanent residence was in York, PA. where they lived on a farm with their 5 children, 4 boys and a girl.

Larry’s grandparents, Charles & Liza Drewes purchased the house from John Taylor. John is believed to be the island’s very first resident. He built the house in 1874 and later sold it to the Drewes for $500. The Drewes vacationed here at their new summer beach home at the turn of the century. Another bit of interesting history is that this was also the first Ice Cream Parlor on the island. Janet displays the large crocks (right) that Charles & Liza used to make their ice cream with. Sitting next to the crocks on the wide-plank, wooden floor is another work of art as well as a family heirloom.

When the Drewes sailed from England they had just about all they owned tucked into this beautiful handpainted chest.

Hanging on the walls just above the chest

are exquisite little paintings by Charles Drewes. He was quite an artist. (There’s something about this house that breathes art!)

The house overflows with charm as we walk through the old rooms which were once the barn, the chicken coop and the pantry. Janet’s passion for life and for art are evident in every nook and cranny of the old house. She is a collector of everything! She says, “I have no more room to put anything!” But she finds it! She collects things from cookie cutters to wedding cake tops, from books to plates, tea pots, cast iron door stops, bunnies, paintings, quilts and more. Her most favorite collection of all however is one that she created herself. Janet is a Dollmaker and she collects lots of dolls, as well. She belongs to the American Association of Doll Artists. Two years ago she went to the Mediterranean in France and stayed in a castle for a 10 day Dollmaking seminar. While there, she was given a lesson to make a doll which captured a particular mood and told a story. Pictured here is the face and the hands of a doll who Janet intended to be “one of those peddlars in the streets who sell their wares.”

She claims to be just a “Folk” Artist but her ability to sculpt such life-like figures might closer be labeled Fine Art, as if she had been trained by Michaelangelo himself!

The mood she captured in this tiny figure is remarkable. During our entire visit, we were so taken back by the collections and the artwork that filled the rooms, that we were left speechless. Janet led us to the last of her collections before we left from our visit to her North Wildwood home-slash-museum. They were a series of dolls that appeared to be marching. She made them marching towards the Nativity. Even though she has yet to create the Manger scene with her hands, she’s created it in her mind’s eye, her artist’s eye.

We are pleased to bring you the finest, local stories and to share with you those things which should no longer be our island’s best kept secrets.

Janet Brown, the Artist.

Dorothy Kulisek

Janet’s story originally appeared in The SUN in 2005

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“Those that say you can’t take it with you never saw a car packed for a vacation trip.”

d o o w b y ~ d t he~Sea l i W

~Anon.

MY HAPPY PLACE

BY JOHN MASON

On Hunt's Pier with sister,1970

Four years ago, in 2012, I submitted a short article and some pictures to the Sun in the hopes of seeing them in print. I love the Sun and look forward every summer to reading it while poolside, on the beach or in my motel room.

It truly is the best thing to read in the Wildwoods, always upbeat and positive, with articles that show I am not alone in my love of all things Wildwood. Well, the article was published and it was such a thrill seeing myself and my family, from the past to the present, in this great paper. A thought came to me that maybe it’s time for a follow up. I went back to our photo albums and dug out some pictures not included the first time around.

I have been vacationing in Wildwood since 1961 and have stayed at about 20 different hotels and motels through the years, some of which are long gone, such as the Hotel Cromwell, the Blue Jay,

the Buccaneer, the Grand and the Fantasy. We now stay at the Royal Hawaiian Motel in Wildwood Crest and have been since 1995. As a child I would dine out with my family just about every night at such places as Zaberer’s, Urie’s or the Wildwood Diner before hitting the boardwalk. I’m glad to see the Morey family has done such a great job of mixing tradition with modern innovation on the piers. I loved the old piers of my childhood and have such fond memories, but the boardwalk of today is just as good, if not better than ever. I’m sure I sometimes ramble on to my daughters about where I stayed and what I did as we ride through the Wildwoods or enjoy the boardwalk, but I’ll bet they’ll be doing the same with my grandchildren someday. It’s hard to convey the feeling I get from being in the Wildwoods, but since you are reading this in the Sun, I would bet that you get it!

On Hunt's Pier,1970

On Keystone Cops, Hunt's Pier ,1970

On Hunt's Pier with family,1971.

With KONG 1970

Scan the code for a short film clip of my first visit to Hunt’s Pier in 1961.

John Mason began sharing his love of the Wildwoods with his family... he hopes to one day be here with his grandchildren

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“My heart skips a beat when I dream of the beach. “ ~beach bum

dear To: The Wildwood Sun From: Canada with Love

Although she lives in Montreal, Quebec, Anne Marie Bessette has been a fan of Wildwood since she was five years old and spending her summer vacations in North Wildwood with her family. She has fond memories of her summer seaside days, and years later, still believes Wildwood to be the best place on Earth to take a vacation.

Although the landscape has changed over the years (the Gaslite Hotel, located on 7th & Surf where her family stayed, is sadly no longer there), the memories she created by the sea have never faded. She now happily shares that time-honored tradition with her husband Eric and their two sons, Zachary and Guilaume, who have become proud 3rd generation Wildwood lovers.

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"When I was your age. . . It took a week to learn whether your photos came out okay."

~Neil deGrasse Tyson, 2014

The Boardwalk Photo Booth

The photograph is the most important document, and there is nothing more damning to go down to posterity then a silly, foolish smile caught and fixed forever. “~M ark T wain Still BFFs, Michelle Carty Sheeran & Karen Versaggi Casholi, 1960s.

Jim & Kellie Dunn, 2014 Boardwalk Photo Booth

Harriet Mae Reece

Kim, Kelly & Joe McMonagle 1996

Remember those “high

quality” tiny-squared strips of black and white photos you once took with your nearest and dearest on the boardwalk? Before cell phones and “selfies” were all the rage, the boardwalk photo booth was the place to capture Summertime by the sea. Behind that curtain, facing that tiny spinning chair, friends & family would cram together for their photo op, often arguing over ownership of the four photos that would eventually drop down outside the booth.

Sadly, the souvenir boardwalk photomatic photo booth is nowhere to be found. On our never-ending quest for all things Wildwood classic, we here at The Sun are betting many of our readers are in possession of those tiny, tattered memoirs. You already know how much we love to publish your photos. Please send your golden oldies to us at address on bottom of the front cover:-)

Al Brannen (R) & cousins

Bobby & Robert Kulisek 1993

Connor, Mikki & Kelly 2007

Michelle & Kevin Quinn, 1976

Girlfriends, Lucille Tresco & Carol Kukulski, 1967

How cool is this Vintage Photomatic Souvenir Frame?!

Karen Boehme & "Wise" guy from Wise Chips, 1960

Theresa Mary Burke Renzi and Joyce Eleanor 1960s

BFFs Kelsey Orr & Kelly McMonagle, 2011

Paul & Frankie Perrucci 1950 sent in by Gina Prickril

Cousins, Eileen Butler, Heather & Nicole McMonagle

Jim Getsinger, 1930s

Where are your boardwalk booth photos hiding?

Maybe in your wallet or on your refrigerator? It’s time to dig up those memories and preserve them! Let The Sun publish them!

Email thesunbythesea@gmail.com or snail mail The SUN P.O. Box 2101 Wildwood by-the-sea, NJ 08260

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Christine, Michael, Matthew & Nathan Gain 2007

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“Talent is a gift that brings with it an obligation to serve the world, and not ourselves, for it is not of our making.” ~ Jose Marti Since its inception, The Sun has rummaged through Wildwood Historical Museum’s files for inspiration. Here are some of our favorite designs.

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"Life is too short," she panicked, "I want more." He nodded slowly, "Wake up earlier." ~Dr. SunWolf

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You put the shine in sunshine!

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Cheer Tech cheerleading competition was held on March 12-13, 2016 at the Wildwoods Convention Center. Our Lady of Calvary ages 9-10 division took 1st Place.

Rah! Rah! Yay girls!

Here’s to the special 100th graduating class of Wildwood High! 1916-2016 Wildwood’s ambassador John Lynch is at it again on his annual Wildwood High School graduating class trip. Every year he treats them to a boardwalk tram car ride and lunch at Sam’s Pizza, with a stop at the WILDWOODS sign for some fun class pictures. Congratulations class of 2016!!

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Firefighting is a family affair in Wildwood by-the-sea, N.J. Retired Chief Floyd Speigel, left, presents a plaque to his son, Chief Daniel Speigel, right, after Dan’s swearing in. Proudly looking on is Floyd’s wife and Dan’s mother, Jackie.

Chief Speigel is the 11th chief in the city of Wildwood’s 104 year history to hold the office.

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“I am Summer, come to lure you away from your computer... come dance on my fresh grass, dig your toes into my beaches.”

~Oriana Green, @NatureSpirits

. . .By-the-sea, By-the-sea, By the Beautiful Sea! 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!

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Lou & Edna Selmi in West Wildwood 1949, photo Bill Selmo

Young Tony Trevelis who grew up spending his summers on the Wildwood boardwalk... operated Schellenger’s Restaurant for over 30 years and can now be found, together with his wife Valerie, helping out their daughter Kate in her WILD FOX CAFE on 7th & New Jersey Aves. ~ sent in by his neice, Alex Boulageris

“The faces of Danny Fitzgerald and Michael Billiris are lit with triumph as Linda D’Allesandro takes an icy plunge at The Sea Edge Motel “, photo and caption from Wildwood Catholic Yearbook, 1970

At 2nd St. beach before the concrete seawall was placed here... Peggy Wills & Helen Torres 1977 friends since 9th grade

More of this story to come next season... from when Peggy’s parents Dick & Rose Wills honeymooned in Wildwood on Aug 15, 1954 and stayed at the Beach View Apts. on the Boardwalk, beginning a legacy of love and summer Wildwood family vacations!

Cousins, Joyce, Steven & Kim on summer vacation in Wildwood at the Royal Canadian Hotel, 1975

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Joey Ebert, who turned 18 in April, is celebrating his third summer as a WBP guard. The postcard-worthy photo, taken by proud mom, Lynne Trottnow- Ebert, shows Joey sitting on the back of a wave runner driven by his Dad, Joe Ebert, with their favorite town and Morey’s Piers offering the perfect backdrop. It was also on this very board that he was videotaped by Mom and Dad for his college applications.

Joey, who graduated from MAST Community Charter School, plans on studying engineering in college.

Smart as well as seaworthy, he won a presidential scholarship for the Honors college at Temple University. No matter where Joey goes, we know his Wildwood days won’t be far from heart.

Congratulations to the beach-loving graduate!

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3907 Pacific Ave. Wildwood. 609-523-0277 www.WildwoodHistoricalMuseum.com Summer memories, everyone’s got ‘em! My earliest summer memories go back to my childhood in southwest Philadelphia. Most of us lived in row houses and if there were public swimming pools in the late 1940s, I was never made aware of such a thing. However, we did have fireplugs, and when someone turned on the corner plug, every kid on the street showed up. My mom broke out my blue bathing suit with the white stars, and I joined the neighborhood kids luxuriating in the cool water until the local constabulary showed up to turn off the fireplug. My joy was heightened when my parents bought an apartment house in Wildwood, and I discovered Utopia in the form of the beach and ocean. My sister and I had our chores to do, but almost every afternoon, we could be found on the Rio Grande Avenue beach. What joy! We also discovered the Boardwalk, and arcade games like “Skeeball” and “X-Ray Poker” After a summer of saving coupons, I might walk away with a pair of plastic, salt and pepper shakers for my mom or a hand shaver for my dad.

The rides were my favorite. I loved the “Caterpillar” located on Marine/Playland Pier, and while I was too timid to try anything challenging, I loved to watch and listen to the screams emanating from rides like the “Jack Rabbit” and something I thought was called the “Salt and Pepper Shakers”. I did go on the Jack Rabbit ONCE, but never had the courage to try the Shakers. In fact, on a night when the wind was blowing just right, you could hear the sounds from the hawkers, and the screams from the rides right into your bedroom. No central air conditioning in those days!

Many, many years went by and I made my home here and I found myself volunteering at the local museum.

I found I wasn’t alone in my precious summer memories. Everyday I was lucky enough to meet people who didn’t necessarily live here year around, but our island was their summer vacation destination. I would hear how they were now bringing their children here, as their parents did. I spent hours searching for photos of grandma and grandpa’s home where grandchildren and cousins slept on the floor, because there were so many of them, and a front porch that held more memories. We also searched our binders for photos of the rides that were popular when they were children. My own children grew up with Hunt’s Pier and the “Golden Nugget” ride. During my tenure at the museum I came to realize what a wonderful place I live in. This island has provided so many great sum-

mer memories for every generation. There is no end to the stories we have; the best pizza on the boardwalk, the best hot dogs on the boardwalk. Where do you go for the best cheese steak? Cinnamon Buns? One time I had done a piece on a local bakery. I asked if anyone remembered “Marsh’s Bakery” located at Poplar and New York Avenues. I received such an onslaught of comments! I found out they had “the best butter cake”, “the best cinnamon buns”, and every evening they had a 7:00 PM baking with an endless line. So many reached back in their memories and told me what made Marsh’s Bakery special to them.

The same with a sandwich shop called “Luigi’s” located on the corner of Davis and Pacific Avenues. A gentleman by the name of Jim Monaghan, a former resident, and Wildwood Catholic student, was more than forth-coming with information about Luigi’s. He said Mike Sedotti was the owner and the “artist” who made every sandwich perfect. He also mentioned “Sam Finocchairo” whose family owned the Marine Italian Bakery, and was told that Mike Sedotti ordered the same amount of rolls every day. When they were gone, that was it, and he sold out every day. Sam also told Jim that Mike was the only customer who ordered the bread slightly under-baked so that he could toast the rolls to perfection in his pizza oven just before making every sandwich. And, he never made more than one sandwich at a time. So many good things to recall, and the Wildwood Historical Society can help with their collection of binders on almost every subject on island history.

Under recent news, the museum hosted the League of Historical Societies of New Jersey, and it went exceptionally well according to Board Member Karen Bohme. Our Vice-president, Al Brannen has been busy all winter cleaning out the back room at the museum.

As a result, they had a yard sale of surplus and nonWildwood items. They made a bit of money and very importantly cleared up some space. (For those that don’t know our local history, the “back room” served as the embalming room for the local funeral parlor at one time.) You should be receiving our summer newsletter very shortly. President, Kathy Skouras, does a fine job of gathering information and sending it out to our members. She also reported that visitor numbers are increasing as summer starts. You really are doing yourself a disservice if you don’t at least come in for a look. You’ll be pleasantly surprised.

The staff of the museum would like to give a shout-out to our friend and long-time volunteer, Ron Griffith of North Wildwood. According to his brother-in-law, Bud Nelson, Ron is presently residing in an assisted-living facility, Victoria Commons, 610 Townbank Road, North Cape May, NJ 08204. He is in unit #115, and is very happy. If you get a chance, drop him a card. We all send good thoughts and best wishes to someone who faithfully gave back to his community. We miss you, Ron! Until next time . . . . . be happy and be well!

Anne Vinci

Fire Hydrant Summer Fun photo taken from FACEBOOK, Old Images of Philadelphia - Life in the city during the summertime - photo c. 1960 in South Philly.

Luigi’s, 4500 Pacific Av, Wildwood, c.1960

Marsh’s Bakery, 2711 New York Ave., Wildwood, c.1960 Photos of Luigi’s & Marsh’s courtesy of Wildwood Historical Museum

Wildwood native, ‘Dr. Mace baby’, RON GRIFFITH

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The Gloria’s Wildwood Memories Robert and Sara

Joe & Maria celebrating their Golden anniversary

Joseph & Maria Gloria were married Aug. 28, 1954 in Ardmore, PA. Together, they raised 13 children, spanning 25 years in age, including from oldest to youngest, Angela, Maria, Joe, Loretta, John, Anita, Regina, Jim, Vince, Dianna, Rebecca, Robert and Sara. In 1969, Joe was offered a job with the state of NJ as a tax auditor and their story by-the-sea happily began.

With the first 10 of those 13 kids in tow, they purchased the Lilac Court Motel, complete with a family home conveniently located on the premises at Cresse & NJ Avenues. In 1976, they sold the motel and moved into a large home located at 1904 Central Avenue in North Wildwood. Sadly, Maria passed away in 2010, followed two years later by her beloved Joseph.

Although their family home was sold in October 2015, the happy memories they created there will forever live on, a fitting tribute to the Wildwood couple who inspired a legacy of love carried on by their 13 children, 17 grandchildren and counting.

The Gloria’s at 6 children and counting in 1964

Many photos were taken on these steps over the years

The bride & groom in 1954

“Our fondest memories are made around the family dinner table.”

The entire Gloria family with baby Sara at their Central Ave. home in 1980

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“There are seven days in a week and Someday isn’t one of them.” ~Anon

Portraits 11x17 color pastel $100.

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Coloring the beach around you!

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“Wish You Were Here!” ~Wildwood vacationer

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Early 1970s - Sightseer Tram Car near Wildwood Avenue on the Boardwalk in Wildwood - David P. Willis Postcard 50008 - Photo by Carl V. Thulin, Jr.

Wildwood Boardwalk - Illustrated Postal Card Co. postcard - postmarked July 5, 1909.

Sportland Pier, early 1970s

BIG FLAMINGO II sightseeing cruiser, built as a replacement for the original BIG FLAMINGO in 1969, sailed from Sinn’s Dock in Wildwood Crest through the 1970s. In 1993 this same boat began a new life sailing out of Cape May as the CAPE MAY WHALE WATCHER! (Postcard by Fulginiti Photo Shop # 129186

Early 1970s - Ottens Harbor in Wildwood with Capt.

Stocker’s Big Blue SIGHTSEER moored at her dock - David P. Willis Postcard 50001 - Photo by Carl V. Thulin Jr.

The “New” Ocean Pier at Wildwood~by~the~Sea, N.J. - R.W. Ryan Post Card 9621 - early 1900s - postmarked July 6, 1906.

Early 1970s - Wildwood Boardwalk near Lincoln Avenue with the old Marine Pier (later Morey’s Mariner’s Landing Pier) seen on the right. Mack’s Pizza’s Lincoln Avenue Shop which burned down in an August 1983 fire can also be seen here in this photo. - David P. Willis Postcard 50007 - Photo by Carl V. Thulin, Jr.

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“You have the freedom to be yourself, your true self, here and now, and nothing can stand in your way” ~ Jonathan Livingston Seagull Restaurant Showcase 5 Miles of Smiles! 17th Annual Wildwoods May 11, 2016 What’s the longest word in the dictionary? SMILE! because there’s a mile between the two Ss

Held at the Bolero Resort by the Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce featured 25 local restaurants/candy shops presenting many of their signature dishes for all to enjoy

PARAMOUNT AIR SINCE 1945 T H E N AT I O N ’ S O L D E S T A E R I A L A D V E RT I S I N G F I R M

Still Flying High

6 0 9 -8 8 6 -9 0 9 0 2016 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS ~ Ten high school seniors were each awarded $1,000 in scholarships toward their upcoming college education. The World’s Best Auctioneer and local Wildwoodian John Lynch hosted the annual event.

Andre Tomalino, WWII Glider Pilot

One of Paramount Air’s first planes

Molly, Steve & MIchelle of FRESH on 5th

Kate & Erica representing Wild Fox Cafe

Founders, Andre Tomalino and Grover Kauffman with George Townsend and John Fare Sr. in front of a Paramount Air Service Autogyro in the late 1940s

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“Your story started long before you.” ~Anon.

This Old Hereford inlet House

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Charles with his daughter Geraldine on right and young bathing beauty Geraldine on left and with Geraldine & Marlene below in 1945

arlene Hee fondly recalls her childhood summers spent in Wildwood by the sea. Her dad, Charles Roach, served in the US Navy during WWII on the cruise ship Olympia (the same ship that transported the Unknown Soldier now interred in Arlington). Charles, who was stationed at Rio Grande Naval Base, and his wife, Louise purchased a house on scenic Hereford Avenue in 1939 for $1100, with a $20-a-month mortgage Louise was worried about meeting when her husband and son were called to duty.

Charles, who lived to be 94 years old, eventually moved in with Marlene, who recalls him asking her every spring if it was time to go to the shore and have Mr. Bradshaw turn the water on. He enjoyed his summers on the porch overlooking the Hereford Inlet, happily remembering when Anglesea Docks and a fleet of party boats were once there, with fishermen arriving in droves every day.

The years passed, the scenery changed and Marlene became the memory keeper, remembering the boatyard, Jesse’s pier next to their house, and the many storms their loved home endured.

Like many of our seaside dwellings, the Roach family home has stubbornly stood the test of time, surviving those countless coastal storms, including the Storm of 1945, while preserving all of its memories for the next generation of Wildwood lovers blessed to be a part of its happy history.

Now, Marlene and her sister, Geraldine share their family’s summer house while carrying on that wonderful tradition begun decades earlier by their parents.

Louise Roach loved her home by the sea

202 Hereford after the storm of 1962

200 & 202 Hereford after the storm of 1962 Photo from the collection of Dagmar Jelincic. Her grandfather Anton Fredricksen, a Norwegian immigrant and merchant Marine, purchased their house in 1946 for $5750. The story was featured in last Summer’s issue.

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Charles & Louise Roach 74 years and 5 generations later their family is still here

202 Hereford Ave. today

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“Live without pretending, love without depending, listen without defending, speak without offending.”

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A Family Tradition Since 1953

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“The more side roads you stop to explore, the less likely that life will pass you by.” ~Robert Brault

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“Dolly Cinque” was a woman who was loved by so many in North Wildwood for over 40 years. Here she is back in the 1960s. Dolly worked at Seafarer’s Restaurant at the foot of the ‘Rickety Old Bridge’ coming into North Wildwood. She lived on Walnut Ave. right next to Joe Ellis’ Restaurant (now Echo’s) courtesy of Chris Cinque

#tbt The Sun has been throwing it back since 2004!

Ione Wenrich Laffey with her mother and son (left) and on right with a classic log

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“As surely as the sun rises, He will appear.” ~Hosea 6:3

. . .By the Beautiful Sea!

4:30pm - ‘til

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Ralph H. Ellis (Charlotte’s father, Jon Stevenson’s grandfather) an elder at Covenant OPC, Vineland, was one of the men on the Boardwalk Gospel Committee, for the Presbytery of New Jersey. It founded the Gospel Pavilion on the Boardwalk in 1945, which later was named the Boardwalk Chapel.

The Chapel celebrates its 71st summer. There’s a service every night at 8PM with a Sunday evening worship service at 7PM. Located at 4312 Boardwalk. ~Photos of his mother and grandfather and the Boardwalk Chapel sent in by Jon Stevenson

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When ya’ got the munchies . . . Call us first!

Photos of Charlotte Alma Ellis on the Wildwood beach, summer of 1944

“My parents married in Feb 1946. During the summer mom played the piano at the Boardwalk Chapel which means that I was there too in the womb that second summer of the Chapel.” ~Jon Stevenson (Jon served as director of the Chapel for many summers)

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We are unsure about the tower in this photo. It does not match the circular ones normally pictured for coastal defense during the war. If you have any information, you can email thesunbythesea@gmail.com

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(2) XLarge Cheese Pizzas, (20) Buffalo Wings (any flavor) and 2 Ltr. of Soda $29.99

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OPEN 24 HOURS 7 DAYS A WEEK Memorial Weekend thru Labor Day

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“And God said, ‘Let there be light!!’” - Genesis 1:3

Celebrate Summer with a book of Sunshine!

Dear Dorothy,

My copy of Hello Sun arrived in the mail. I was truly captivated by the beauty of the sunrise photos and the quotes that so perfectly matched them. The book is very inspirational and uplifting. It now has a home on my night table where I keep readings of a spiritual nature.

After reading Hello Sun, I decided to order additional copies for friends, as it makes a beautiful gift.

I also want to thank you for sending me a copy of The Sun magazine, I read it from cover to cover and back again and found it thoroughly enjoyable.

Sincerely, Elena

Favorite Sunrises & Quotes

from the collection of Dorothy McMonagle Kulisek

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“An early morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” ~Henry David Thoreau

Each book comes signed by the author and includes a keepsake sunrise bookmark

“I like to walk and take pictures of the sun coming up over the ocean at Hereford Inlet in North Wildwood, NJ. In HELLO SUN, I share these eternal moments with you.” ~Dorothy

summer SUNRISE Special! @ $15. each HELLO SUN is a wonderful Wildwood souvenir gift, as well as a book of comfort & healing, with over 100 pages of Sunrise Photos & Quotes inspired along the North Wildwood Seawall

available for wholesale!

Order with 1 easy click! www.Sunstore.bigcartel.com or Snail mail check to: Dorothy Kulisek P.O. Box 2101, Wildwood, NJ 08260

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“Love is to the heart what the summer is to the farmer’s year — it brings to harvest all the loveliest flowers of the soul.” ~Anon.

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Nino’s

The Affordable Family Italian Restaurant The Same great chefs! The Same friendly staff with a few new faces! New Menu for Wildwood, with all our traditional favorites Plus many more NEW Dishes to try!

Open Year Round The Original Family Restaurant

16 S. Main St., Cape May Courthouse

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Cape Atlantic Irish Pipe Brigade

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Harmony Performers, Original Hobo Band of Pitman, Hatboro Horsham & Absegami HS Marching Bands

WEDNESDAYNIGHTS Duffy String Band

THURSDAYNIGHTS

String Bands ~Fralinger, Duffy, Ferko & Woodland

FRIDAYNIGHTS 10pm Fireworks Spectacular

Rain date Sunday Nights10pm

COOL! State-of-the-art Boardwalk Sound System! Listen to your favorite songs and for “Wildwood Fun Facts!”

For more information please visit

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50 “Every day’s a holiday, and every night is Saturday night! Oh those Wildwood days!” ~Bobby Rydell

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51 “America’s Best Boardwalk!” ~FamilyVacationCritic.com

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Friday Nights with Benny Marsella “Sounds of Sinatra”

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Michael’s

Mike Sciarra, Owner & Founder of Kona Surf Co., showing his Kona Classic Retro Fish surfboard design in the Bike and Board House

FABRICARE

Delivering fresh, pressed articles of clothing to Cape May County’s best dressed since 1987 Full-Service Quality Dry Cleaning Pick-Up & Delivery Service Same Day Service • Alterations • Repairs 3209 NEW JERSEY AVE. WILDWOOD 609-522-6291 609-522-4499 Mon-Fri 7am - 5:30pm Sat 7am - 3pm Visit MichaelsFabricare.com for specials!

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When Mike Sciarra, started his journey he was fresh off the plane from college in Hawaii. His goal was to create a brand with a positive vibe that offers premium products at affordable price for people young and old.

The year is 1969,and Mike has begun his journey to learn the ins-andouts of surfboard and skateboard shaping best on the North Shore. Mike watched other surfers and shapers in the area and took in every detail of the experience. With this knowledge, he made his way back to his hometown of Wildwood NJ, where he would soon build the foundation for the Kona Surf Company.

1976 is the year that everything changed for Mike. After renting a tiny storefront next to the Apollo Diner for 6 years and using the stock room in the back to shape boards, Mike made the move to a bigger location.

He managed to save enough money to rent the old car dealership at the corner of Rio Grande Ave and New Jersey Ave. At the time he reached out to his lifetime friend Tony C. to help run his new digs. Also, Mike’s longtime sweetheart, Dee, came on to manage the books and also to cultivate some of the up and coming ladies brands in the surf world. With all of these pieces coming together, Kona began to grow. They now have an environment in which a grassroots east coast surf and skateboard brand could grow.

Fast forward to the Mid 80’s, and that tiny retail space is now a bustling surf shop, considered a staple point on the NJ surf scene. A home for surfers and action sports enthusiasts of all skill levels, Mike worked hard to cater to the eager novice all the way up to the seasoned surf veteran.

All of the best brands were represented here, and Mike stayed on the forefront of surf and street culture in NJ and on the east coast as a whole.

A keen eye for fashion and a strong sense of community pride brought him into the 90’s and eventually into the new millennium.

What was once a lazy Hawaiian afternoon conversation for Mike, has now become an east coast institution in surf, skate and athletic retail world. Kona is proud to offer their own premium line of apparel, accessories, surf, skate and SUP boards all of which stand for the quality and attention to detail that Mike is so keen on even to this day. The Kona Surf Company is a direct call back to Mike’s original days of hand-shaping boards for his buddies around the world, with their safety and satisfaction in mind. We have taken that same spirit of wanting to see a friend perform better at their sport, and ramped it up to become the Kona Surf Co. offering that you see today.

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Schellenger’s Restaurant

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Cell Phone: 609-675-0652 Email: dan@wrcoastal.com New Construction in North Wildwood

Outstanding opportunity to purchase this beautiful new construction on the east side. Single family home offers 4 lg Br, 3.5 Ba, kitchen w/granite counter tops, tiled back-splash, stainless steel appliances. 2nd Fl laundry area and outside shower for those sandy toes. Built by local and respected CMM builders, this is a great value with top quality construction. Close to North Wildwood entertainment district.

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Make Uncle Bill’s your First Stop!

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An extensive wine list including Local wines from Cape May Winery

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DINNERS served with COMPLETE SALAD & DESSERT BAR WESTERN OMELET • SCRAMBLED Served 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

TWO SOUPS DAILY • FRESH FRUIT (In Season) • BROILED STUFFED FLOUNDER EGGS • RED OAK OMELET • HOME WITH CRABMEAT or BROILED FLOUNDER • BROILED GROUPER • BROILED TILAPIA FRIES • BACON • HAM • SAUSAGE FRIED SHRIMP • CRAB CAKES • MUSSELS MARINARA • BBQ RIBS • CHICKEN SCRAPPLE • TURKEY SAUSAGE NUGGETS • MEATBALLS • CHICKEN TENDERS • BUFFALO WINGS • CHEESE RAVIOLI HOT TOPPINGS • CHERRY SPAGHETTI WITH BUTTER • ITALIAN HOT SAUSAGE • FETTUCCINI ALFREDO or BLUEBERRY • APPLE • STRAWBERRY LINGUINE WITH CLAMS • CHICKEN CORDON BLEU or CHICKEN FRANCAISE or HOMEMADE MUFFINS & DANISH CHICKEN ALFREDO or CHICKEN LEMON BUTTER • VEAL MARSALA or ROAST STUFFED TURKEY or VEAL & PEPPERS • HAND CARVED ROAST BEEF ADULTS $7.99 HAND CARVED HAM • MACARONI & CHEESE • RICE PILAF • FRENCH FRIES children 1-3 eat frEE MASHED POTATOES FRESH VEGETABLES • HOMEMADE CAKES 4-6 $3.99 • 7-10 $5.99 major credit VARIETY PUDDINGS and Much More beverage not included. cards accepted

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Friday & Saturday 5pm-11pm All Summer Long! $1.00 FARE

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Look Who’s in the Wildwoods! with our Executive Chef Les!!

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Happy Hour Every Night 4-6pm

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New American Cuisine Traditional dishes prepared in innovative ways

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watercolor by Dorothy Kulisek

Serving Dinner 5pm closed tuesdays 4801 Pacific Ave. Wildwood, NJ 609-523-2333

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“A happy memory never wears out.” ~Libbie Fudim

Summer Vacation Memories in Wildwood by- the-Sea

Sue’s youngest sister Jeanie and her son Carmen

Sue and her husband Sam at 5th Ave. beach with family

Sam & Sue and family at 5th St. beach in N. Wildwood Their children were Florine, Ann & Angie

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hotographer Ansel Adams once said, “A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.” True moments captured in coastal time take on a life of their own, often telling the tale better than mere words ever could. When Sue DeLapo and her husband, Sam bought their piece of seaside paradise on 5th Street in North Wildwood in 1955, they marked the start of the next chapter in the story of their lives spent happily by the sea. They shared their love for our beachside community with their children and future, Wildwood-loving generations, using the camera as the ultimate storyteller.

Sue, who celebrated her 100th birthday in November 2015, is instantly transformed back in sandy time with each frayed photograph, gloriously reliving each moment while relinquishing their memories to her captive audience.

Sixty one years later, Sue and her family continue to make picture-perfect memories in North Wildwood, doing their part to immortalize those Wildwood Days!

Submitted by Angel Lynn Burns

Sue’s daughter Florine with her husband Sante and children Sandy, Anthony, Robyn and Tina, c.1970s

Sue and her youngest sister Jeanie with Jeanie’s son Carmen

DeLapo cousins at the beach. Sue made a special note

on this photograph in 1955

Sue with grandaughter Sandy in baby carriage

The place where summer stays

The classic finger in photo picture.

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“If it could only be like this always — always summer, always easy, the fruit always ripe...” ~Evelyn Waugh

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“The summer wind, came blowin’ in from across the sea. It lingered there to touch your hair and walk with me...

Lucia’s Kitchen Blueberry Peach Pie

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Cell: 609.425.0177 Office: 609.884.1300 Email: KQuinn@deSatnickRealEstate.com

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A love story by the sea This photograph needs no words, it represents a love story and, as fate would have it, “Love stories never have endings.” They are as timeless as the eternal sea, where Jenny will be walking the shores of eternity with her beloved Alex forever in her heart.

Alex and Jenny lived in Manhattan, where Alex was a professional piano tuner (one of his clients was Leonard Bernstein!) However, they loved their Wildwood days. They would reserve a rental every summer from July 4th through Labor Day weekend. Their days & evenings, naturally, always included a few strolls by the sea, holding each other closely.

After five years of renting a condo at the Mali Kai, a condo came up for sale about a year ago, and they decided to buy. Alex & Jenny’s dream had come true, one that was sadly lost when Alex passed away on August 3rd, 2015; just three days shy of his 78th birthday.

Now, a photograph of them walking together on the beach speaks volumes of the undying love they shared and the memories they made happily by the sea…

Pastry: 3 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup shortening 1 1/2 teaspoon Salt about 2/3 cups of cold water

1001 Lafayette St., Cape May

“A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words.” ~ Ansel Adams

Alex & Jenny photo by Dorothy Kulisek, 2009

Cooking for my family is one of my favorite pastimes. My friends wonder why I bother when there are so many other options (fast food, take out, frozen and ready-made at the supermarkets). Besides creating recipes, I want my family to eat healthy and to always have fresh, clean ingredients. I basically cook recipes handed down from relatives, adapted to the season’s bounty from our region. The grandchildren share my love of good food, having been exposed to the creation of meals made from scratch since they were toddlers. My granddaughter once said, “Grandma, how come everything you cook, you make yourself? But I do love everything you make.” I involve them in baking during the holidays and am very happy they have become so creative.

Before retirement, we had to travel from North Jersey to South Jersey via the Garden State Parkway during rush hour traffic. So, we took the lesstraveled, scenic “back” roads instead, filled with farms, horses, little villages, etc. We discovered farms selling fresh blueberries and were quickly hooked.

I tried many recipes and because the locally grown made such a difference, we bought a few dozen baskets and froze them quickly to use the rest of the year. It is still a tradition, and as soon as blueberry season comes around, we buy enough to last until the next season and fill the freezer.

We are lucky to also have a delicious peach crop right here in New Jersey, with so many peach trees growing from North to South Jersey. Here is a favorite recipe using both fruits:

1. Combine flour and salt in bowl. Cut in shortening, mixture will resemble coarse meal.

2. Add water slowly, mix with fork until mixture begins to cling together. Turn into a ball 3. Flatten into 2 discs and and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for about 3 hours.

4. Preheat oven to 425 F. Remove one disc from refrigerator and roll into a 12" circle, place in a ten inch pie-pan, crimp the dough around the rim. Line the bottom of the dough with a circle of parchment paper and cover with pie weights. Bake for 10 minutes. Remove the weights and paper, cool on rack.

Filling: 2 cups fresh blueberries (washed and drained) 3/4 cups sugar 3 cups fresh peaches (peeled and sliced) 3 tbsp cornstarch 1/2 teas. Lemon zest.

1/2 teas. Cinnamon 1. Gently toss all ingredients together in a bowl. Pour into baked pie crust 2. Remove the other disc from refrigerator and on a floured board roll, into a thin circle. Using a pastry cutter, slice into 1" strips. Place strips on filling in a lattice pattern. Crimp the edges on to the rim.

3. Lightly beat 1 egg and brush the lattice. Sprinkle with 1 tablspoon of sugar 4. Bake on middle shelf of a 375° F. oven for about 45 mins or until crust is golden brown and the pie filling bubbles up. Cool. Serve at room temperature.

We usually brew a pot of coffee and sit on the front porch with the pie and coffee and discuss the happenings of our day at the beach. Bon Appetit!

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...All summer long, we sang a song and then strolled that golden sand. Two sweethearts and the summer wind...” ~Frank Sinatra

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Art, Music & History of ST. SIMEON’S by-the-Sea

by Virginia O. Wood, Researcher, St. Simeon’s by-the-Sea Parish History Committee

St. Simeon’s at Maple & Pacific Ave., 1901

TWildwood, here are 12 churches and 1 synagogue In NJ. These houses of worship have

artistic expressions in the form of stained glass windows. Our church, St. Simeon’s by-theSea, located at 2502 Central Avenue in North Wildwood, has one of the most unique sets of these beautiful and expressive displays.

Since 1898, Episcopal prayer book services were held in various locations until July 1901, when the first church building, located at Maple and Pacific Aves., was completed. The growth of the congregation and the need for expanded parking led the church governing body (vestry) to purchase the Kenney property located on Central Ave. between 25th and 26th streets. In June 1975, the congregation was able to attend services in the new building.

St. Simeon’s at 2502 Central Ave., today

Stained glass windows located in St. Simeon’s depicting the life of Christ.

(Left to right) The Annunciation, the Nativity and the Transfiguration The first of our stained glass windows was given and installed in 1917 in memory of the founding rector and is a depiction of the Holy Name Day of Jesus. During the decade that encompassed our 50th anniversary (1956), members of our parish gave a series of windows that depict the “Good News of Jesus Christ’, the Gospel. These windows were moved from the original church to the new church building. Our church doors are also stained glass and in memory of loved ones.

Of the 14 windows telling of the life of Jesus, 11 are signed by the Austrian born artist Valentine D’Ogries. St. Simeon’s was fortunate

to engage his talents to create our church’s series of windows. Other windows in our church were done by Willett Stained Glass Studio. The Baut Studio was engaged to do the doors of the new church.

Music became an integral part of the worship service. The present pipe organ may be the oldest pipe organ in Cape May County. The console was made by Klann Organ Co. of Virginia. This organ console and its pipes were moved from the former church. Time, a leaky roof and wear and tear have taken a toll, so we are working toward restoring this wonderful instrument.

A church committee has been approved to hold a series of tours and concerts to benefit the “Organ Restoration Fund.” Tours of our artistic stained glass windows will be held on Saturdays beginning July 16 and weekly thereafter through September 27th, followed by a brief piano concert. The program on Saturday will take place from 11 AM - 12 noon. A ‘free will’ offering for the benefit of the ‘Organ Restoration Fund’ will be taken.

St. Simeons’s will also be holding weekly piano concerts July 20th through September 14th from 7PM to 8PM with “world class” concert pianist Milla Smith.

We at St. Simeon’s are excited about these upcoming summer activities and hope that you will join us.

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“Life is too big to walk it alone.” ~follow The Way

Walking The Wildwood Way Pamela & Donald Grimme Walk the Camino de Santiago Submitted by Pamela Grimme, edited by Meg Corcoran

Adorable young Pamela with her mother on the Wildwood Boardwalk

Several years ago, Pamela Grimme

and her husband Donald saw the movie, The Way, starring Martin Sheen and written by his son, Emilio Estevez. The movie revolves around a walking pilgrimage to a Cathedral in Spain where the remains of St. James the Apostle are entombed.

It is a world-renowned journey known as El Camino de Santiago. The story inspired Pamela to take her own similar journey, despite physical challenges and the protests of her nay saying husband.

Fast forward three years later and after many prayers, half-hearted practicing and a pair of one hundred dollar sneakers (the most she ever spent), the couple joined a group of ten, including their pastor in Cinnaminson, NJ, on their very own walking pilgrimage in Spain, never letting their age deter their once-in-alifetime-adventure.

Happily, her practicing included a nostalgic walk through the seashore town she grew up in, inspiring endless memories along the sandy way.

Pamela recalled walking from Wildwood Crest to the edge of Anglesea and back (her less-determined husband quit halfway :-), which equaled a distance of about 12 miles, her longest achievement to date. It gave her the confidence to tackle those upcoming 14-mile days in Spain. She savored her long, seaside trek as she fondly reminisced, remem-

bering a Saturday matinee where once stood the Shore and Casino theaters, the Boardwalk, Kohr’s Custard stand and a Merry-Go-Round complete with brass ring!

A walk along Sunset Lake to Park Blvd. inspired fond thoughts of long-gone aunts and uncles, one on each of the four corners of Ottens Harbor. As an only child, Pamela was fortunate to have so many cousins condensed into a few beach blocks. Nostalgia flooded her senses when remembering her Uncle Sam’s barber shop and her fun times there. Across the street is where she enjoyed a slice of pizza and an orange soda at Victoria’s Restaurant (now Breuss Plumbing). Her Uncle Louie could be counted on for a nickel to buy a Tastykake at the American Store. On the next block, Russo’s Gingham Club proudly stood for 86 years. Pamela remembered visits with her Aunt Liz behind the restaurant, where handouts were frequently given to her and her widowed mother.

Among her many cousins was Liz’s son, Joseph, so well known and loved in town that the Ferris Wheel was lit and spinning on his birthday (in the middle of winter). Although Russo’s Restaurant is gone, those long-held memories remain.

On another walk through the same neighborhood of her youth, Pamela marveled at the beautiful homes and

Pamela & Donald have walked a lifetime of beautiful memories together.

May they continue to be blessed in their pilgrimage for years to come. condos now residing there with flourishing gardens where once stood tired shacks belonging to fishermen struggling to make a living during the winter. Her grandfather, who emigrated from Italy to Philadelphia and eventually settling in Wildwood, was one of those struggling fishermen. Two of his sons, Tony and Mike, her mother’s brothers, followed in his footsteps, living in this verdant valley of relatives. Yet another brother operated a nightclub, the Golden Dragon, featuring famous black entertainers of the times. He later became a tax collector, motel owner and well-known Wildwood High School Booster Association leader.

His son, Dom, aka Cappy, who was close in age to Pamela, was her favorite cousin. His mother, who made the best cookies, holds the honor of being the first non-Italian to marry into the family.

Cappy is still a fixture on Wildwood’s Boardwalk every summer, supervising the clean-up crew for the Boardwalk Special Improvement Association.

Walking the Boardwalk made those practice-miles fly by, as did seeing the crowded t-shirt shops. Another day and a change of itinerary (north to south) led to the magnificent Hereford Inlet Lighthouse & Gardens and the beautiful median strip flowers along Central Avenue, then past Wildwood Catholic High School, where Pamela first taught

after graduation.

Every August 14th on the Assumption, Pamela and her daughter walk to the water’s edge for the annual Blessing of the Sea. On August 14, 2015, nearly a year after Pamela’s life-altering pilgrimage, she and her daughter felt privileged to talk with the Bishop of Camden, at which time Pamela’s daughter asked the Bishop to bless her mother because, “she’s old and I’m afraid she won’t make it.” The Bishop laughingly obliged.

Lest we forget, this scenic, unforgettable Wildwood journey was all in preparation for that 72-mile-5-and-a-half-day walk, the last leg of El Camino, about 100 kilometers. Pamela and Don proudly accomplished their pilgrimage, finishing September 29, 2014. She referred to it as a fabulous, exhausting, inspirational, memorable, rewarding experience and a dream realized-an amazing feat at any age but for those two seniors, a gargantuan task. On that final day, walking those last two and a half miles into the courtyard of the cathedral with thousands of other pilgrims, the church bells were ringing, calling everyone to the noon Mass and finalizing a memory never to be forgotten, one proudly done for their four children and ten grandchildren (... all with a copy of The Sun tucked safely in their backpack).

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Dylan and Deanna love the ocean, and surfing has made them appreciate the Wildwood vibe even more.

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“You can’t buy happiness, but you can buy a surfboard and that’s pretty close.” ~surfer

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“Old family photos are like little clues about ourselves. Bit by bit they reveal pieces of us. “

Simple Seaside Fun!

Summer of 1960 on Champagne Island Mimi McMonagle Pond getting her tan on

It’s been wisely said that for everything there is a season. Summer, especially one spent seaside, epitomized everything good…it was a time for devouring fresh fruit and corn on the cob, for sitting on the porch and playing games…a time for sinking into powdery sand on Wildwood’s infamous beach…for playing in the surf until dusk…for losing track of time…for living in bathing suits and flip flops…a time for appreciating long sunlit days….for making time for beach & Boardwalk…for crabbing and fishing, surfing and bicycle riding…a time when hot dogs, pizza, popsicles and ice cream qualified for a meal….when a hard day’s work consisted of rounds of miniature golf and skee ball….a time when there was no bedtime! When cousins galore could be found sleeping in the attic or the screened-in porch in a cozy cottage in Wildwood... Seashore stories live in our memories forever; we pass them down, generation to generation, hoping that each new generation will one day have happy seashore memories of their own to look back on. Summer was our time…it was a season that personified life in its simplest form….

Bobby McMonagle after a day of fishing on his brother Joe’s boat

Aboard the Leprechaun 1960s ~ Diane McMonagle with friend Sue Brennan

Summer of 1960 on 14th St.~ Eileen Mc. Butler with Patty, Mimi & Colleen McMonagle Summer of 1967~ Marybeth McMonagle Shank (with her parents to the right)

Summer of 1959 on 14th St.~ Joe & Dorothy McMonagle A love story bathed in saltwater & sunshine

Ted Skadowski, Joe McMonagle & Fran Butler

Joe & Dorothy McMonagle Aboard their “Leprechaun”

Remembering a beautiful couple Diane & Bobby McMonagle Summer of 1967

Wildwood boardwalk, 1980s ~Cousins Helena McMonagle and Bonnie Garlick are now bringing their own children here in the summer! The Wildwood love all began with their grandparents (left) who built a summer home on 14th St.

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“There is no distance on this earth as far away as yesterday.” ~Robert Nathan

Getsinger Memories

WILDWOOD BY-THE-SEA, N.J. Although the picture-perfect Wildwood landscape has seen its share of changes throughout the years, it’s comforting to know that some things remain the same. Amidst the beautiful townhouses and condos finding their place in town year after year, the longrunning Getsinger Apartments, with 2nd generation owner Maryann Getsinger efficiently at the helm, has remained true to its deep-seated seaside roots.

In 1922, at the young age of 27, her wise father, Jim Getsinger, of Wildwood Lumber Company, had the foresight to bravely build a house that could weather the change in time, while welcoming generations of Wildwood lovers to a treasured haven so close to the sea.

The Getsinger Apartment House as it stands today

The Getsinger family in 1937

How amazing is this Getsinger vintage shoe collection?

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Mr. Getsinger with his daughter Maryann, who still operates the apartment house

A guest poses for a vacation memory

Mibsters participating in the Wildwood Marbles Tournament in the 1930s across the street from Getsingers at the Hotel Seville, which is also still there. (Maple & Ocean)

Maryann Getsinger in a kodak moment

The Getsinger’s heading to the beach

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“We had joy, we had fun, we had seasons in the sun...”~Seasons in the Sun

The Crabber

by Gary Pizzuto

The crabber was a dream. A bucket

list dream I had in June of this year. At least that’s what I thought when I woke up the morning I first sketched him.

The chainsaw carver Brian Ackley from Ackmonster Chainsaw Art was a man of vision. He had to be because I am no artist. He gave my simple sketch of The Crabber a life of his own. Honestly, I didn’t know the life he would take on. Over the weeks that I have gotten to know The Crabber, he has become more than a dream. He is a memory.

A streaming bucket full of memories. I remember as a kid my pop driving the family to Wildwood for a one or two week motel summer vacation. I can’t remember what motel or even if it was the same motel but every summer we went to The Wildwoods. Mom and my sister went to the beach with umbrellas, chairs and a cooler full of cold drinks and lunch. Pop and I went to the beach too. That’s where the memories begin.

Pop wadded into the surf with a conventional reel attached to his 12’ long surf rod. Pop never used a spinning reel and I never mastered his conventional reel.

He would drive his metal sand spike rod holder into the sand along the waters edge and drop down his bucket. Back then we didn’t have empty spackle buckets. It was just an old bucket with slots cut in the top to hold whatever hooks he was using with a rag tied to the handle. A handful of 4 ounce pyramid shaped weights in the bottom held the bucket to the sand. His bait was clam or squid and pop was real particular about how I cut the bait to fit the hook. Cutting up clam and squid for bait as a kid is the reason that today at 67 years old I still don’t eat clams casino or calamari. In my

mind it’s bait and you are not supposed to eat bait. Did pop catch anything fishing the Wildwood surf? In my memory he did, at least a sand shark.

I was 11 or 12 when pop got the 1959 black Chevy station-wagon. He would take me and the cousins crabbing, two locations stick out. The first was Rt 47 south just past the parkway overpass.

What fun we all had trying to walk in the muck along Rt 47 with two or three crab traps and a handful of crabbing hand lines. No, I don’t eat crabs either!

It was so much fun my own kids share the same memory today minus the 1959 Chevy wagon. The other location I remember is across the street from what is now Two Mile Landing. I am not sure but I think back then there was a set of pilings or a small pier we sat on so we could drop our crab lines into the water.

In 1977 dad was able to buy his retirement home in the Wildwood Villas and sadly he didn’t get to enjoy it long enough. When my dad died in the 1990’s surf fishing for me just wasn’t the same. After his death I took one last surf fishing adventure as a way to rekindle a bond and at the same time say goodby to my pop. Early one Saturday morning I parked at Cape May Point where you can still see the sunken concrete ship because the parking area at Higgbees Beach was closed. I walked up the beach to the jetties along the canal.

I spent four hours alone fishing and talking to my dad. On the walk back to the car I learned the rumors I had heard were true, Higgbees Beach is or was a nudist beach. What an awkward moment to be the only one who actually had clothes on walking through a crowd of naked people carrying fishing gear.

My mom in her mourning had a good laugh that day when I told her my fishing story. Soon after that fishing adventure I hung pop’s surf rod outside over the door to the fishing shed. Twenty-two years later what’s left of it still hangs from its rusty hooks. It’s a welcome reminder of the days I spent, just a kid and his dad, fishing the Wildwood and Cape May surf.

Four years ago I had to take down two oak trees on the Villas property. The one close to the street I left as an 8 foot stump. I didn’t know then what it would be. Like I said, in June I thought it was just a bucket list dream. Now I know the memory and who The Crabber is. It’s the kid whose “pop” took him crabbing in the black 1959 Chevy station-wagon.

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“Heaven’s a little closer in Wildwood by-the-Sea” ~ Dorothy

. . .By-the-sea, By-the-sea, By the Beautiful Sea!

WILDWOOD Boardwalk 1960 ~ Here are a couple of “Dr. Mace babies” (those born and raised here in Wildwood who were among the 6000 babies delivered at Dr. Mace Hospital located on Atlantic Ave between 24th & 25th) Frances & Anna Bierbrunner with little James and David and other family members.

Marie Fritz happily surrounded by her grandchildren. Standing next to her is Theresa Fritz Weiler, on her lap are Dianne Ciasca Eckert and Kim Gutter Wilson, and standing on her other side is Russel Gutter, c. 1970s ~via Instagram

Colleen & Katie Keller Sent in by Ed Keller Cousins, Pat & Catherine, 1943 sent in by Pat Hope Burns via facebook Wildwood Sun by the Sea

Pat, Richard, Robert & Doris 1943 sent in by Pat Hope Burns

Ed & Kate Keller at Sportland Pier where Ed worked in the 1970s Sent in by Ed Keller

Ed Keller with Uncle Charlie at their fun summer retirement jobs at the Bayview, 2011

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Jack playing in the sand with his sons Jackie & David, 1960s sent in by Pat Hope Burns

BEN ROSE & Friends ~ Atlantic City 1969 Ben Rose is Director of Marketing & Public Relations at Greater Wildwoods Tourism Authority

Glenn, Kevin, David, Patty Ann 1960s sent in by Pat Hope Burns

Jack Lavelle holding his daughter, Edith Sent in by Ed Keller

From the family seaside archives Sent in by Ed Keller

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“It’s the story that counts.” ~Vincente Minnelli

Meg the Movie Buff Goes to Hollywood

Chill at the Hottest Place in Wildwood Overlooking Historic Otten’s Harbor

2016 summer MOVIE GUIDE

by Meg Corcoran

Summer has finally made its way to town, and our summer stars, led by The

BFG, have promised a Big, Friendly Giant adventure, where the Ghostbusters vow to obliterate all foreign entities (and tan lines) in exchange for fun in the sun.

Multitasker Jason Bourne is always in hero mode, ready to surf and save beachgoers from unpredictable tides and uninspired tales. The Secret Life of Pets reveals a fierce Frisbee competition, where thick sand and constant paparazzi only slightly inhibit them. Pete’s Dragon, meanwhile, hovers above them all, enjoying the most scenic view and wishing summer would never end.

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The BFG (Mark Rylance, opened July 1st) becomes fast friends with 10-year-old Sophie (Ruby Barnhill), who introduces the gentle giant to the wonders of Christmas in July with Santa Claus.

Animals are running amok through the streets of New York, where The Secret Life of Pets (opens July 8th) exposes the clandestine actions of our furry friends (including the voices of Kevin Hart and Louis C.K.), who covertly enjoy the treats at the first Beach Bacon Festival.

The all-girls Ghostbusters (including Melissa McCarthy and Kristen Wiig, opens July 15 th) find former college friends turned scientists called into duty when an assortment of poltergeists invade New York City before heading seaside for a spin on the Ghost Ship.

When the USS Enterprise is destroyed by aliens, Captain Kirk, Spock (Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto) and crew are stranded and at war with a new enemy (Idris Elba), forcing our Star Trek Beyond (opens July 22nd) their previous limitations and far away from Concerts Under the Stars.

During the Ice Age: (a) Collision Course (opens July 22nd) is occurring as an asteroid heads toward Earth, leaving the herd (including the voices of Ray Romano and John Leguizamo) on a journey through exotic, animated lands where they savor exotic, colorful fare at the Downtown Wildwood Farmer’s Market.

Boogie Board Races are a welcomed breeze for Jason Bourne (Matt Damon, opens July 29th), as the superspy finds himself in the Canary Islands facing new threats. Also stars Tommy Lee Jones.

The Wildwood Tattoo Beach Bash offers a fun distraction for the supervillains who comprise The Suicide Squad (including Will Smith and Jared Leto, opens August 5th), as DC’s comic-book villains accept a suicidal government assignment.

A remake of the 1977 classic tells the tale of a woodcarver (Robert Redford) who, clearly motivated by FREE Movies at the Beach, entertains local kids with stories about 10-year-old orphan boy Pete (Oakes Fegley) and his best friend, a sweet dragon named Elliot. The merchant’s daughter (Bryce Dallas Howard) believes they are just tall tales until she meets Pete’s Dragon (opens August 12th).

It’s 1940s New York, and socialite Florence Foster Jenkins (Meryl Streep, opens August 12th) aspires to become an opera singer. Lacking talent, her paramour (Hugh Grant) uses money and status to stage grand performances unlikely to be found at the Wildwood Talent Showcase.

After being sentenced into slavery by his adopted brother (Toby Kebbell), falselyaccused Ben Hur (Jack Huston, opens August 19th) seeks revenge, culminating in a deadly chariot race, instead of a peaceful spin on the lively Merry Go Round.

Night ultimately falls and our Star Trek Beyond the sea leads to a boardwalk stroll that illuminates tranquil skies. Inspired by all that starry serenity, Ben Hur trades his chariot for a tram car ride and replaces revenge with family-friendly amusements.

The Suicide Squad, naturally, does not amuse easily but are happily intrigued

by Monster Truck Rides (and those ZombieCrushers). Far from the Ice Age: (a) Collision Course cannot compete with a warm night spent wandering through Starlux Mini Golf, where fun and adventure happily collide. Enjoying her seaside break, Florence Foster Jenkins loves all of the entertainment she’s discovered in our talented town and encourages our gifted characters to meet and greet each summer day they’re lucky enough to be by the big, beautiful sea…

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“The greatest gifts are not material — it’s the stories we share between us, stories that build bonds. . .

S s ’ u o i m r m a e r c n V o i i a t a c V e h T “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” ~Ansel Adams

When Mike and Freddy Vicario were kids, they were happily making memories by the sea, spending their summer days at their Aunt Dot and Uncle Gabe’s rental house located at Spencer and Pacific Aves. Wildwood days with their parents, Mike and Angela, naturally included many cousins such as Anthony, Monica and Patty Ann, also pictured here. Many of these cherished photographs were taken on the boardwalk at the gone-but-never-forgotten Hunt’s Pier in the 1960s and 1970s. The Vicario boys preferred form of transportation in those days clearly came in the form of “classic” boardwalk cars, which they drove with as much concentration as the real thing!

In 1971, the Vicario’s purchased their own piece of paradise in Wildwood Crest, where they continued to fill those photo albums with now-treasured memories. For Mike and Freddy, those memorable Wildwood days remain close at heart.

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. . .and make us feel connected, stories we can pass down to our children.” ~Anon.

The STriKe of 8 1!

by Joe Russo

Thirty five years ago this summer Ma-

jor League Baseball players went on strike for 50 days between June 12th and August 10th in a dispute over free agency compensation. Baseball fans nationwide were affected and here in Wildwood it felt like a gaping hole was carved into the middle of my summer. I had plenty of distractions- the beach, the boardwalk, the nightclubs, but I remember the summer of 1981 as being extremely boring. To begin with, the Philadelphia Phillies opened that season playing from a position unfamiliar to their fans – as defending World Champions. I was at Veteran’s Stadium on opening day when the championship banner was raised and I returned two months later on June 10th for a game against the Houston Astros.

The game held a lot of intrigue despite the impending strike, which loomed on the horizon like an approaching thunderstorm. History was about to be made: Going into the game Pete Rose needed one hit to tie Stan Musial as the all-time National League hits leader at 3,630.

As a bonus Steve Carlton was pitching against Nolan Ryan. In the bottom of the first, Rose laced a single to tie Musial and then proceeded to strike out in his next three at-bats. Going into the bottom of the eighth the Phillies were down 4-0 and Ryan was, as the saying goes, “dealing” until he sprained his back fielding a grounder and had to leave the game. The Phillies took advantage, scoring five runs in the inning, capped off by a two out, two run home run by Garry Maddox and won the game 5-4.

It was one of those victories that could ignite a hot streak, and I felt one coming with this team. But, alas, the thunderstorm moved in.

One month later I was down at Diamond

Beach hanging out with my friends and experiencing that lack of baseball boredom in a big way – it seemed like nobody had anything to talk about. With nothing else to do I hopped on my bike and rode up to my family’s restaurant to see if anything was going on. In the bar the regulars were watching a John Wayne movie where the Phillies game should have been. I headed out the door and around the corner and spotted Paul, a young neighborhood boy in front of his house tossing a whiffle ball in the air and swinging at it with a plastic bat.

“Hey, want to play a game?” I said.

We decided on a five inning match, with Paul as the home team. I quickly jumped out to a 6-0 lead, thanks to two basesloaded doubles, but Paul came back to score three runs. In the bottom of the fifth Paul lies off my knuckleball and draws 3 bases on balls with nobody out.

I decide to go with my heat. I envision myself as Tug McGraw coming in for the save and I get two quick outs. McGraw (me) peers in for the sign. Bob Boone (also me) calls for Tug’s famous “Peggy Lee fastball” (Is that all there is?). Paul swings for the fences. Strike one.

I bark at Paul in my finest Dallas Green fashion for crowding the plate (a city water sidewalk cover) and throw a brushback pitch that he swings at for strike two. Across the street a small crowd of patrons waiting for the restaurant to open has assembled along the sidewalk. They appear to be desperate for baseball of any kind as well (why else would they be watching us?). I stop and fill them in on the situation thus far.

Back on the mound I return to the knuckler but Paul is not fooled and works the count full. I toe the mound; Paul digs in and the crowd inches closer. I go into the stretch, rear back, and throw a fastball that locks Paul’s knees as it crosses the plate. Strike three, game over! I hear Harry Kalas say, “Swing and a miss, struck e-e-e-m out,” as Whitey Ashburn deadpans, “I can’t believe he took that pitch.” A smattering of applause ripples from across the street before the crowd disperses. Paul gathers up the bat and ball and retreats into his house in a huff.

I jump on my bike for the ride home.

The sidewalk cover remains in place in case someone else wants to play.

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“Lost time is never found.” ~Ben Franklin

These buildings are over 100 years old. They still exist. Can you find them on the island?

Treasured 100-Year Old Buildings by Chris White

Throughout the Wildwoods are many special buildings that are about 100 years old.

These postcards are from my collection of historic Wildwood postcards. They show how the buildings looked in the early 1900’s. You can also find these in the Wildwood Historical Museum on Pacific Avenue. How many of these buildings can you find, as you drive around the island?

HINTS: You’ll find two of View of the Sea and one in the North on the Surf.

Follow Pacific along the flowers to find the rest.

Publisher: Anglo-American Post Card

Co, New York.

Publisher: John C. Funck, Sr., Wildwoo

d, NJ.

Publisher: R.W. Ryan, Wildwood, NJ

Publisher: R.W. Ryan, Wildwood, NJ.

Publisher: R.W. Ryan, Wild wood, NJ. Cop

yright E. F. Sherman, 1911

Publisher: R.W. Ryan, Wildwood, NJ

Publisher: Lynn H. Boyer, Jr., Wildwood, NJ

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“There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.” ~Anon.

Celebrating wildwood crest’s hometown hero

A Welcome Home celebration for our hometown hero Joe Maloy was held May 20, 2016 at Centennial Park in Wildwood Crest, days after his return from Japan, where he qualified in his final race for the Olympic team. (Photos by Meghan Meehan for The SUN)

Joe entered the celebration on his bike in Olympic style to the tune of Chariots of Fire

Joe Maloy (center) with his mom, dad and brother, surrounded by his hometown fan club

Joe delivered an inspiring speech, prompting crowds to cheer “USA!”

John Lynch knows how to bring together a community

Wild Harbor Tri girls: Mary, Barbie, Val, Hope, Maggie, Michelle and Michelle.

Wildwood Catholic HS students: George, Darklan, Andy, Leeroy, and David

Richard Ramagosa displays the Team Maloy shirts that Wildwood Crest printed for the occasion.

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USA triathlete from Wildwood Crest, Joe Maloy, graduate of Wildwood Catholic High School 2004 and former member of the Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol, qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Join with us in cheering on our hometown hero. Go Joe!

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“Family memories make our lives richer, our roots deeper and our faces full of smiles.” - ~Anon.

. . .By-the-sea, By-the-sea, By the Beautiful Sea! WILDWOOD BY-THE-SEA, N.J.

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Like the beginning of so many great love stories, Joe and Mary Maloy met on the beaches of Wildwood more than 30 years ago. Mary graduated from college in 1981 and worked for the beach patrol that summer while studying for her nursing boards. As fate would have it, Joe, who was a tent crew member with administrative responsibilities, was one of Mary’s bosses. By August of that year, their work relationship turned into something more. They kept their love-at-first-sight connection quiet until the end of the summer. Mary began her job at CHOP in September and their romance blossomed. Years have passed since their life-altering season spent by the sea, and Joe can still be found every summer working on Wildwood’s beaches.

Now, they watch in eager anticipation as their young son Joe competes for his gold medal this summer on the US Olympic triathalon team. Go Joe!!!!!!

Wildwood Beach Patrol Aug. 28, 1950 Beach Wedding of Robert “Lucky” Moody, Jr. to Janice Reed, in which WBP Capt. Dutch Hoffman was Best Man. Wildwood Beach Patrol photos courtesy of Dutch HoffmanGrosse family.

A true Wildwood legend, our beloved Dave Snyder

Throwing it back to 1933 with Wildwood’s first girl guards, (with attitude and all) Mae Otty of Ardmore, Pa. and Florence Newton of Philadelphia were appointed by Mayor William Bright after passing a series of tests directed by Capt. Girard Livesey of the beach patrol.

The lovely Collier girls, (L-R) June, Jill & Jane Moore’s Inlet beach 1960s

Young Joe Maloy served on the Wildwood Crest Beach Patrol in his father’s footsteps. Here he is with his Mentor and friend Bic Murphy.

Turn the page to see more about Joe!

Wildwood Beach Patrol 1941 Wildwood Beach Patrol photos courtesy of Dutch Hoffman-Grosse family.

Jill & June Collier Wildwood Crest beach 1970s

After reading in The SUN Vol. 12, Issue 2, about the Corchiani family and their Venezia Motel, faithful SUN follower Mike DiMeo, recognized it as the place his family stayed in back in the 1940s on their visits to Wildwood.

He sent us these classic old photographs via The Wildwood Sun by the Sea Facebook page.

At the Venezia~ Norma, John, Carmella Semoni (Mike’s grandmom), Anna, Angie, Anna (owner of the Venezia) bottom row, Franny & Janet Semoni DiMeo (Mike’s mom) and Vita

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“Seashell, seashell, sing me a song. The song of ships, and sailor man… of fishes ...under the waves...” ~Amy Lowell

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Mickey Gentile and myself formed a partnership to clean fish on Blake’s Dock at Wildwood Crest, New Jersey.

We charged 3 cents per fish, 1 cent each for scaling, gutting and beheading. We were all 8 years old.

Blake’s dock was located at our corner, about 100 yards away from our house.

Jack Blake and his Dad Percy (don’t let his name fool you because he was a very tough guy) ran deep-sea fishing boats from their dock for fisherman who drove down from Philly.

We would meet “The Capt. Blake” and “Wildwood II” each day to hawk our 3¢ fish- cleaning service as the fishermen were leaving the boats. Our pitch was that it was a cheap deal to save all the mess and trouble of having to clean the fish after their 3-hour ride back to the city. On average, we spent an hour 1945 & 2003 cleaning about 200 fish a day from Jack Blake, Mickey Gentile & Bob Friedenberg which we each earned $2. On our biggest day we cleaned 1000 porgies for a the beach in the wet sand. His family total of $30, a small fortune for us kids. was 100% South Philly Italian and they We cleaned the fish on a floating dock could have played most of the roles in that floated up and down with the 12“Moonstruck.” foot tide, which meant that at low tide Crowds of people would come down to we had to carry the heavy containers meet the party boats to see what was of fish down a steep and narrow gangcaught and most of them would hang way. This would have been impossible around to watch us clean fish. With our for kids our age without the help of our sharp knives flashing in the sunlight partner, Mickey Gentile. while cutting and slashing the heads off Mickey lived two blocks away on Roseand gutting the fish, it was the first Benimary Rd. and came from a rough sechana show. I think they also enjoyed tion of South Philadelphia. South Philly watching us jump into the water to keep is the Italian section that’s famous for off the green head flies and mosquitoes Rocky Balboa. Mickey provided the that were attracted by the fish guts and muscle we needed to transport the slop blood to the bare parts of our bodies. cans of fish (as he called them) down to Over the years we developed a folthe floating dock and guaranteed that lowing of onlookers. For more than 20 our exclusive arrangement to clean fish years after we had terminated the parton Blake’s Dock continued by discournership, the picture of the three of us aging any other kids that might want to on our hands and knees cleaning fish on horn in on our deal.

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“Good, better, best. Never let it rest. ‘Til your good is better and your better is best.”

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~ St. Jerome

JULY 21 DUTCH HOFFMAN MEMORIAL LIFEGUARD RACES. Beach & Lincoln Ave. 6:30pm

Frank “Dutch” Hoffman was the much-loved

Captain of the Wildwood Beach Patrol and the beloved grandfather of Fred & Chris Gross, (who happily credit the Wildwoods as the perfect place to grow up). He began his lifeguard career in 1923, then moved into the role of Lieutenant, which he held for several years. In 1938, he was appointed to Captain/Director of the Wildwood Beach Patrol, serving in this role for the next 24 years.

Since 1969, Wildwood has sponsored the Dutch Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Championships in honor of a man who meant so much to the town he proudly served. The event, which typically takes place the last Friday in July, is a time-honored tradition and testament to a fondly-recalled member of Wildwood’s illustrious history.

WBP Capt. Frank “Dutch” Hoffman 1940s, 50s, 60s

Wildwood Beach Patrol 1927 Dutch Hoffman first joined the WBP in 1923.

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WBP & Mascots in the 1950s. If anyone recognizes anyone, please let us know. E: thesunbythesea@gmail.com

WBP 1937 Al, Jerry, Dutch & Smokie Dutch Hoffman Memorial Races, early days

Wildwood Beach Patrol photos courtesy of Dutch Hoffman-Grosse family.

Wildwood Beach Club complete with pool and palm trees, c. 1937

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“Riches take wings, comforts vanish, hope withers away, but love stays with us forever.” ~Lew Wallace

She met her True Love at the Fish Factory

Scott Jett learning to walk with grandmother Annette Jett and mother Ronnie Jett, at 107 E. Atlanta Avenue, 1965

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Patrolman Jett outside of North Wildwood City Hall, 1962

The Cravens had been in the Wildwoods since the early 1900’s, the Jetts didn’t arrive until 1953, when Haynie Products of Reedville, VA purchased the old Fish Factory on Route 47 (now the site of the MUA plant) and sent my grandfather, J. Frank Jett, to oversee operations. He and my grandmother Annette had a home built at 107 E. Atlanta Avenue in Wildwood Crest, which is now owned by Dr. Stone. My mother, Cheronne Craven (known to all as Ronnie), and her family lived at 104 W. 17th Avenue in North Wildwood, which I later purchased in 1987 after my mother’s parents had passed away.

The paths of the Jetts and Cravens crossed at the fish factory on a cold day in March 1955. My mother had gotten a job there as a secretary after graduating from Wildwood High School in 1954. My father, William F. Jett (Bill), had come to work there after graduating from Northumberland High School in Virginia. My mother says it was love at first sight; she went home that day after work and told her mother that she had seen the man that she would marry, even though she had to admit that she did not know his name yet. They were married on December 15, 1956 in the Methodist Church at Roberts & Pacific Avenues in Wildwood.

Dad joined the North Wildwood Police Department in 1960 and was promoted to Sergeant in 1970. My parents bought the house at 208 E. 14th Avenue in 1967, where I spent the rest of my childhood.

Mom and Dad were active at church and

Bill and Ronnie Jett in 1956

in the Boy Scouts. I still have people to this day tell me that they remember Mrs. Jett as their Den-Mother and Mr. Jett as their Explorer Troop leader.

Dad always had a second job, working in construction for Ernie Troiano Sr. and then Bob Scully. He was also a volunteer fireman. Our family spent a number of summers at Holly Shores Campground in Erma where Mom ran the office and Dad would come work there when his police shift was finished.

In the early 1970s Mom got a job at the Rio Motel, where she worked off and on for 25 years, also working for Marine National Bank and the North Wildwood Police Department until she retired in 2002.

Mom taught me what I call Life Lesson #1 in the fall of 1972. I was eight years old and had gone with her to Wildwood (“downtown” she would say) to do some shopping for Christmas. Back then Wildwood had everything you needed - Murphy’s, Woolworth’s, Lee’s, Halpern’s, the Martha Shop, Meyer’s Shoes, Allen’s Men’s Shop, Staller’s Hardware, Giddings, Tot Town, Taylor’s Photo Shop, etc. Mom and I were walking on the south side of Wildwood Avenue towards Pacific, and a man was coming towards us. As he passed by, Mom said hello and he said hello back.

I didn’t know who he was, but Mom had spoken to him so I figured she knew him. I asked her, “Who was that?” She replied, “I don’t know.” So I asked her, “Then why did you say hello to him?”

She said, “You have to be nice.” I remember it like it was yesterday and I

The Menhaden Plant also known as the Fish Factory, on Route 47 Rio Grande Blvd. Bill Jett’s family arrived in 1953 seeking work in the booming fishing industry. The ‘J. Scott Jett’ ship was dedicated to his father.

have tried to live my life that way. Mom was always helping and showing kindness to others. We often made cakes and pies to take to someone who was sick or had lost a loved one. When she heard a new family was moving into the area and they hadn’t found a home yet, they were invited to stay at our house.

When a young lady at our church had nowhere to go, Mom had her move in with us until she got back on her feet.

When a friend went through a divorce, he was told to stay in our spare bedroom until he got things settled down in his life. Being nice and helping others was the way she lived, and she expected her children to do the same. I have tried, but will never be able to live up to the standard that she set.

Our lives took a tragic turn on December 11, 1974 when Dad was killed in a deer hunting accident. True to form, Mom told us that it was an accident and that we should forgive the man who did it and never hold a grudge. She later met with the man personally and has always told me that she had no hard feelings towards him - it was an accident, pure and simple.

When Dad was alive we were always camping or fishing or playing baseball or doing something outdoors. We spent long weekends at Gettysburg and Lancaster and all parts of Virginia, usually stopping on the way home to see my grandparents, who had gone back after the fish factory in New Jersey had run its course. On all our family trips to Virginia, I don’t remember Dad ever

driving home via the Delaware Memorial Bridge - he loved to be outdoors, so we always took the Ferry. He loved being on the beach. We would fly kites, play baseball, and fish. Instead of having us hold the ball of kite string in our hands, Dad would hook up the kite to a fishing rod, making it easy to reel in. He wasn’t too happy chasing his brand-new rod down the beach one day after it had slipped out of my hands. If he was out on the sandbar trying for stripers and the tide was coming up, he would tell us not to wait for him, he would be home in a while. A couple hours later he would come walking up 14th Avenue, his waders full of water because the tide got too high for him to get back in. His waders would be hanging over the fence for a few days to dry out. I can still see him leaning over the picnic table in our yard, cleaning the first drum fish that I had ever seen. We always had plenty of fish in the summers and venison in the winters. We took a trip with friends to Cape Hatteras in the spring of 1975, but it wasn’t the same without Dad. How Mom raised our family alone and kept it together can only be attributed to her hard work and the goodness and mercy of God. She is over at Brookdale in Court House now. She would love to see you. Don’t be surprised if your conversation with her is more about you and the other residents there, than about her, as she still thinks of others before herself.

I don’t believe that anyone on earth has ever had better parents than I had.

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Dear Fellow Anglers: I welcome you all to the summer column to share in some truths and a few smiles. To catch you up to the start of the summer season the bulk of the Drum and Stripers have checked out of the area. Both fisheries did show in good numbers, however the persistent wind did keep a lot of boats tied to the dock.

The Drum were thick enough that I even landed one.

I believe Mother Nature owes us some decent stretches of calm for the summer season. The Flounder were slow to start but will steadily pick up in the back waters. If you plan on pursuing them in the Delaware Bay read up on the rules for 17 inch fish. The Marine Fisheries dissertation of rules precludes me from covering them in this limited article. Imagine that! One of the bigger surprises to me this year has been the quality and quantity of the Weakfish or as locals will call them Seatrout. The jetties have produced Seatrout with lures or floated crab.

They also hang around bridges at night in the fringe of the lights.

The old grounds and Delaware reef sight eleven have started to produce with some good Flounder catches.

The structure of the inshore reefs will carry both Seabass and Fluke most of this summer season. The backwaters seemed to be warming up and the small Blues and Stripers are biting in the evenings and early mornings. Some cut mackerel on

the hook besides minnows can help for flounder some days. Seabass season has a reduction of your catch limits changing just when they really get going in the last part of June. Clever those Marine Fisheries guys. I have noticed the spread of more southern species coming into our local waters.

Sheepshead and Trigger fish just to name a few. The smorgsboard just gets larger in the summer with Blues, Trout, Fluke, Seabass, Kingfish, Sharks, and Trigger fish. Take a day and enjoy the unique diversity of marine fisheries in our local waters.

The offshore sport fishing should explode during July thru September.

Not a cheap date but will be one of those experiences you will remember for life. Nature’s paint brush is most vivid on the fish from the offshore blue waters. The gallant effort of a White Marlin, the brute force of a Blue Marlin, and the tug of war with a Yellowfin Tuna will test your strength and endurance. Luck can provide a great Mahi on the grill at days end for a great end to a wonderful trip in nature’s playground.

Whatever adventure you choose on the water you will find yourself at the end of the day blessed, humbled, and twice blessed to have shared the experienced with someone special.

Hope to see you on the big blue soon, God bless,

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Local Cathy Miller Cancer Fund supporter Linda Seery-Ricci and granddaughter Kendall Larkin

Partnering with Coaches vs. Cancer

cathymillercancerfund.org • uries.net 588 W. Rio Grande Ave. Wildwood • 609-522-4189 Raffle winner Steve Mottershead

Committee members Kevin & Lisa Booth, Ree Dunphy and friends

For more info Jean Diamond 609-320-4572 tisherselfjd@verizon.net Jeanine.Grafe@moreyspiers.com or 609.729.3700 ext.1101

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North Wildwood Recreation & Tourism presents the Summer of 2016 North Wildwood, a place in the sun for family fun!

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900 Central Ave, North Wildwood, NJ 08260 (609) 522-2955 Fax: (609) 522-0402 @North Wildwood Recreation and Tourism northwildwood.com

Independence Day Family & Pooch Parade Bill Henfey Park - 9th & Atlantic Aves. 8:45am

Monday, Independence Day Fireworks 16 0 2 , th Boardwalk at Pine Ave. 10pm 4 July

NJ State BBQ Championship & Anglesea Blues Festival

Concerts Under the Stars

at Lou Booth Ampitheater 2nd & Ocean Aves.

FREE Concerts All Summer Long!

Sat., July 9th All ages. Bill Henfey Park. Contest 9am, Judging 10:45am, Prizes 11am

Miss North Wildwood Competition

Wednesday, July 13th, Interviews 10am at North End American Grill

Thurs., July 14th, 6:30pm Crowning of Miss North Wildwood at Lou Booth Amphitheater, 2nd Ave.

Beschen-Callahan Memorial Lifeguard Races

Friday, July 15th, 6pm 15th Avenue Beach, North Wildwood 609.522.7500

Boogie Board Races

Saturday, July 16th Reg. 9am Contest Begins at 10am on the beach at 15th Avenue, North Wildwood. Prizes!

Christmas in July with Santa Claus

Saturday, July 23rd Begins at 1pm on the Beach, North Wildwood

41st Annual Around the Island Row

Monday, August 16th Begins at 7am on the Beach at 15 Avenue th

Summer Camps

July 14 July 16 July 21 July 23

July 28 July 30 Aug. 4 Aug. 6 Aug. 11 Aug. 13 Aug. 18

Aug. 20 Aug. 25 Aug. 27 Sept. 3

Elvis Tribute Jesse Garron Chicago 9 Tribute Band Jimmy & the Parrots Real Diamond Neil Diamond Tribute The Diamonds The Cameos Lights Out Frankie Valli Tribute Wallstreet Salute to Motown George Young & Friends Robert Eric’s Billy Joel Tribute B Street Band Bruce Springsteen Tribute The Dovell’s Bronx Wanderers Ladies of “Country” Beatlemania

The Best #1 Free Beaches!

July 4th - 8th 9am-2pm Ages 9-15 yrs. July 18th - 22nd 9am-1pm Ages 6-9 yrs.

North Wildwood’s Beach is 1.5 miles long and is guarded from the Inlet beach to 25th Ave.

North Wildwood Soccer Camp

The Surfing Beach is between 2nd & 3rd Ave.

Buckets Basketball Camp NW Rec. Boys and Girls August 1st - 5th 9am-2pm Ages 9-15 yrs.

Full Day 9am-3pm, Half Day 9am-12noon at Bill Henfey Park July 11th - 15th, July 25th - July 29th Boys & Girls 5 to 16 yrs.

Kitchen Wizards Cooking Camp

Beginning Cooking Ages 6 & up Mon. - Thurs. 5:30-7:30pm July 11th-14th Eat Like Olympians July 25th-28th Candy, Cookies & Cupcakes, oh my!

Aug. 8th-11th Eat Like the Presidents

Science Explorers

August 15th - 19th Junior Explorers Boys & Girls Ages 4 - 6, 9am - 12pm Take a Dive Boys & Girls Ages 7 - 11, 12:30pm - 3:30pm

Play-Well Teknologies

Lego Inspired Engineering Camp Ages 5-6 & 7-11 Aug. 8th - 12th

Lou Booth Amphitheater, 2nd & Ocean Ave. Monday:

Yoga 8am Boot Camp 9am

Tuesday: ZUMBA 8am

Wednesday:

23 Lifeguard Chairs & 70 Lifeguards 22 Handicap Surf Chairs are available NWBP Headquarters 15th Ave. & Beach nwbp@northwildwood.com (609) 522-7500

Save the Date!

September 9th-11th

47th Annual North Wildwood Rec Surf Fishing Tournament

Fri: 7am-5pm, Sat: 7am-5pm, Sun: 7am-11:45am

2016 Exercise Class Schedule

CARDIO & CUT 8am YOGA 9am

22nd & Delaware Ave. Playground, Tennis Courts, Hockey Rink, Basketball Court, Shuffleboard, Gazebos, and an observation pier overlooking the beautiful back bay wetlands area.

All ShowsThursdays & Saturdays 8pm

Fri., July 8th - Sun., July 11th Fri 4pm-11pm; Sat 10am-11pm, Sun 10am-6pm, July 2 Stan Wade’s “Trammps” July 7-9 No Show BBQ Blues Festival Olde New Jersey Ave., North Wildwood, njbbq.com

Sidewalk Chalk Competition

New

North Wildwood Allen Park Remodellyed!

Thursday: ZUMBA 8am

Friday:

YOGA 8am BOOT CAMP 9am

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North Wildwood Skate Park

23rd & Delaware Ave. OPEN EVERY DAY Free. * Weather Permitting * Helmets & pads required. No bikes or scooters.

Bill Henfey Park

8th & Central Ave. Playground, Basketball Court, Softball Field, Multi-Purpose Athletic Field

Playground on the Beach 16th & the Beach

5th Ave. Boat Ramp

5th & the Bay (609) 522-6266

Summer Basketball Leagues Please visit NorthWildwood.com for all league schedules NEW Event!

Fall Events

Waves & Wheels Festival Fri- Sat, Sept. 9th-10th 3pm-10pm, 10am-10pm Olde NJ Ave. Boots at the Beach Country Festival Fri- Sat, Sept. 16th-17th 3pm-10pm, 10am-10pm Olde NJ Ave.

Irish Fall Festival

Thurs., September 22nd- Sunday, 25th 8am-11pm daily

Halloween Trunk or Treat Block Party

Mon., Oct. 31st Olde New Jersey Ave. Vehicle check-in 5pm; Event 5:30pm-7pm Tot Time~ Parent supervised playgroup Tues-Thurs at NW Rec. begins 10/4/16

$5. per class Saturday: YOGA 9am

Sunday:

ZUMBA 9am

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“Being thankful makes ice cream taste better, butterflies look more beautiful, and weekend days seem longer...” ~Jon Gordon Sponsored by the Tourism & Development Commission

Presents the

Summer 2016 4400 New Jersey Ave., Wildwood, NJ 08260 tel: (609) 522-2444 fax: (609) 523-2444 www.WildwoodNJ.org

Summer Events

Rockin’ at the Doo Wop

Friday Night Fireworks

Ocean Ave. between Montgomery & Burk

in Wildwood by-the-Sea June 24 - Sept. 2

On the beach at Pine Ave., Wildwood 10pm FREE dowildwood.com

NJ State Crab Fest July 17

Dutch Hoffman Memorial Lifeguard Races

July 21 Lincoln Ave. Beach

Ultimate Frisbee Tournament July 30-31

Joe Stamile Amphitheater at Fox Park

*Every Sunday at 7:30pm FREE

2016 Schedule

wildwoodbeachconcerts.com

Celebrate America Concert JULY 4 Beach Concert featuring TIM McGRAW

The night ends with a fireworks show

July 10

The Trammps 70s Disco Group

July 17

National Night Out

First Ladies of Rock & Soul 60s Girl Group Hits

Wildwoods Baby Waddle

Blackthorn Celtic Music

August 2 at Fox Park August 2

Wildwoods Baby Parade August 3

A Wildwood tradition since 1909 on the boardwalk at 5pm. Free.

Navy Seal Challenge August 13

WILDWOOD BEACH BASEBALL TOURNAMENT

August 20-21

wildwoodbeachbaseball.com

Wildwoods Restaurant Week August 21 - 26

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall Ocean & Burk Aves., Wildwood. The only permanent replica in the Northeast. It is an exact, half size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.

July 24

July 31

Purple Reign Top 40 Band

August 7

Cintron Latin Band

August 14

The Infernos America’s #1 Show Band

August 21

Countdown to Ecstacy Steely Dan Tribute

August 28

The Philly Intruders R&B Vocal Group

Wildwood Block Party and Music Fest Sept. 4 at Fox Park

The Greater Wildwood Chamber of Commerce presents:

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BOBBY RYDELL, ALS, LITTLE ANTHONY & THE IMPERI & SHIRLEY ALSTON REEVES TICKETS 609-729-4000 OR www.ticketmaster.com

For a complete list of weekend events visit www.Wildwoods.com

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“My favorite thing about winter is when it’s over.” ~Anon

Summer in the Crest

www.wildwoodcrest.org Youth Swimming Lessons

The Wildwood Crest Recreation Department hosts youth swimming lessons at the Joseph Von Savage Memorial Pool at 8800 New Jersey Ave. Half-hour classes held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Session II will be held July 26 through Aug. 18. Cost is $80 for eight half-hour lessons for children ages 5 and older and $50 for the parent/toddler class for ages 6 months through 4. Call 522-0084 for further information.

pier playmates day camp

Session II : Weds, Aug 1 - Fri, August 19

Three-week program held 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Crest Pier Recreation Center. Camp open to children entering pre-K through grade 5. Arts and crafts, sports, field trips and other activities. Fee required.

OUTDOOR ZUMBA at Centennial Park, Fern Road & Ocean Ave. 8:30 a.m. Saturdays, thru Sept 24 8:30 a.m. Mon & Weds., thru Sept. 7 Fee required

sunset Yoga on the Lake Tues & Thurs 7:30pm July 5 through Aug. 18 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 with recreation leader Bobi Watson .

Wildwood crest 5K Beach Run Saturday, July 30th 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, July 30th 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.

Patriot’s day memorial service Sunday, September 11th, 5:30pm Miami & New Jersey Avenues

visitwildwoodcrest.com

SUMMER LIVE Music SERIES

June 25 through September 3 Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30p.m.

Centennial Park, Fern Rd. and Ocean Aves.

July 6 ~ Stellar Mojo (dance/party/rock hits) July 13 ~ Kick it Out (Heart tribute) July 20 ~ Big Bleu (Motown/dance/rock hits) July 27 ~ Up Next (dance/party hits) Aug. 3 ~ Fuse Box (classic/progressive rock) Aug. 10 ~ Star Band (oldies/Motown/dance) Aug. 17 ~ Twelve:01 (classic/progressive rock) Aug. 24 ~ Street Life Serenade (Billy Joel tribute) Aug. 31 ~ Sass Faction (pop/dance hits)

Saturdays 7:30 to 9:30p.m.

Centennial Park, Fern Rd. and Ocean Aves.

July 2 ~ Chatterband (dance/party hits) July 9 ~ Purple Reign (Motown/disco/dance hits) July 16 ~B Street (Bruce Springsteen tribute) July 23 ~ Don’t Call Me Francis (dance/party hits) July 30 ~ Glimmer Twins (Rolling Stones tribute) Aug. 6 ~Showtime Dance Band (Motown/oldies/dance) Aug. 13 ~ Benderz (dance/party/pop hits) Aug. 20 ~Jamison Celtic Rock (pop/rock w/Irish twist) Aug. 27 ~ Bennie & the Jets (Elton John tribute) Sept. 3 ~ 2U (U2 tribute)

FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT NIGHT

MONDAYS 7:30 to 9:30p.m.

July 4 through August 29

at the GAZEBO BY-THE-SEA on Rambler Rd. & Ocean Ave. Family entertainment that includes live music, magic show, comedy acts and more.

Wildwood crest sunset celebrations

thursDAYS 7:30 to 9:30p.m.

July 7 through August 18

Sunset Lake, Atlanta and New Jeresey Aves.

Family entertainment at sunset overlooking beautiful Sunset lake. Live music, children’s activities and more.

Beach Pier outdoor Fitness Classes

June 25 through August 20

Wildwood Crest Beach Pier at Heather Road, 8:30 a.m. daily. Various one-hour fitness classes, including Pilates, Aerobics, Kick Boxing, Yoga and more, overlooking the ocean from Service to honor and remember those who per- the scenic beach pier. Cost: $5 per class, or 12 ished in the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. classes for $50. No pre-registration necessary.

Recreation & Tourism

Presents the Summer of 2016

WILDWOOD CREST RECREATION DEPT. 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

Cape May County Lifeguard Championships

Friday, July 8th Rambler Rd. Beach, 6:30pm

3rd Annual Wildwood Crest Sand Sculpting Festival Heather Rd. Beach Sat. July 9th 9am-2pm

Wildwood Crest 5K Beach Run Saturday, July 30th, 8:30AM

One Mile Fun Run/Walk beginning and ending at the foot of the Wildwood Crest Beach Pier on Heather Rd.

Wildwood Crest Olympian

JOE MALOY will compete in the Olympic Triathalon August 18th, 2016

Save the Dates!

Firefighters’ Weekend Craft Show

Friday & Saturday, September 16th & 17th Sunrise Park at Rambler Road & Ocean Ave.

Seafarer’s Celebration on Sunset Lake

Friday, Sept. 23 - Centennial Park: Live music at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 24 - Sunset Lake: Street festival 9am.-5pm.

Pink Ribbon Classic Youth Soccer Saturday, Oct. 8- Sunday Oct. 9

Games played throughout Cape May County, inc. Wildwood Crest

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“Spread joy. Chase your wildest dreams.” ~Patch Adams

Hoffman. agency inc real estate

We know what matters 6301 Pacific Ave. Wildwood Crest, NJ 08260 609.522.8177 Fax: 609.523.0472 www.hoffmanwildwoodcrest.com

A New Season. . . Fresh Beginnings

EXCLUSIVE BAYFRONT. 2 BR, 2 Bath open floor plan home has spacious decks, boat slips and easy access to all waterways. N. Wildwood $649,000.

BEAUTIFUL END UNIT. 4 BR, 3 Baths, open concept gourmet kitchen, FP in Living Rm. Near beach/boards. Call for info on Seller credit. N. Wildwood $474,900.

RARE FIND. 2 BR, 1.5 Bath home with gas heat and central AC has large rear deck.

The most affordable vacation home ever! Wildwood $174,900.

Watch Joe Maloy’s Olympic Triathalon August 18th, 2016

OCEANFRONT CONDO. 2 BR, 2 Bath unit. Complex has all amenities: pool, exercise room, facilities for children. Furnished, just unpack!! Cape May $775,000.

typical beach cottage Great duplex, stone’s throw to beach and boards, 2 BR & Bath 2nd Fl rented yr round; Large 2 BR & Bath on 1st Fl. Wildwood $285,000.

DO YOU LOVE SUNSETS? 4 BR, 2 Bath single family has view from 2nd Fl Living Rm & deck. Lg rear yard, too many upgrades to list.

Wildwood $339,500.

BUSINESS AND RESIDENTIAL. Unlimited opportunity! Spacious professional suite and 2 BR, 2 Bath living quarters. Large parking lot. Wildwood Crest $370,000.

PALATIAL LIVING SPACE. 2 Lg BR suites & 2 other BR, 3 Baths; LR, DR, corian Kit w/woodstove. Attached 1 BR apt, 3 zone gas heat.

Amazing! N. Wildwood $639,900.

FIRST FLOOR TO PENTHOUSE. Oceanfront complex, all amenities. 1 BR Unit, 1 BR Units pkg deal, or Penthouse w/panoramic views of beach & bay. Wildwood Crest $105,900 to $999,000.

DRASTICALLY REDUCED! Golden opportunity for the savvy investor. Strategically located lot in high traffic area. Heart of business district. Rio Grande $899,000.

6 BEDROOMS - WOW !!

Spotless, gracious & welcoming home with 2.5 Baths is bright and airy, has virtually maintenance free exterior. Wildwood Crest $569,900.

LOCATION - LUXURY - LIFESTYLE. This 4 BR coastal home w/3 Baths, 2 Lavs has every art deco designer represented. Words don’t do it justice. Wildwood Crest $1,097,500.

Celebrating JOE MALOY and his road to Rio!

Wildwood Crest’s hometown Olympian goes for the gold!

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“I love nostalgia myself. I hope we never lose some of the things of the past.” ~Walt Disney

welcome back summer!

McMonagle kids at Moore’s beach, 1972 Joe, Dorothy, Jim. Mike, Sharon, Natalie

Our seaside days are never dull, as autumn gave us brilliant color, and awesome events, winter treated us to mild temperatures (and the occasional coastal storm) while our spring brought us even closer to long beach days and boardwalk nights.

Established businesses welcomed new neighbors (a happy hello, Starlux mini golf, the ultimate, beach-themed miniature golf course located across from that infamous WILDWOOD sign). Our beaches were damaged but never down for the count, as replenishment projects were diligently underway, while construction was occurring all over town. As each season brought its own sunshine and starlight, we pondered, is there truly a better place to spend the summer (or any season) than in Wildwood by the sea, where each scenic sunrise opens up endless possibilities? (Life really is better in flip flops) During these Endless Summer days, we here at The SUN promise not only to keep you current on all the seaside news fit to print, but also to reflect on all that occurred during those can’t-wait-for-summer-to-gethere days (we’ll take any excuse to revisit the past, nostalgic lovers that we are). We wholeheartedly agree with poet Emily Dickinson, who wrote, “To see the Summer Sky is poetry, though never in a Book it lie-True poems flee.”

Under our poetic skies, our local businesses spent the off season preparing for the Summer of 2016, promising unique and exciting services while our one-of-a-kind Boardwalk promised one-of-a-kind entertainment. After a stormy winter, our beaches cleaned up nicely and happily welcomed backed the crowds and our favorite restaurants and attractions sprung back to life

(A happy welcome back to the Farmers Market and FREE Movies at the Beach in Downtown Wildwood!)

After many off-season preparations, our very-own-award-winning Morey’s Piers began a brand new, fun-filled season on March 26, 2016, with expanded favorites, including Joe’s Fish Company and Raging Waters Water Park, a few sad good byes (so long, Sky Coaster and The Tornado) and a smoother ride on the Great White Roller Coaster and Great Nor’easter along with a speedy move for Formula One Raceway, the Go Karts on Surfside Pier, to Adventure Pier’s Grand Prix Go Kart track. Kanga Bounce made a big bouncy comeback, replacing the Sky Coaster while The Maze replaced the Tornado.

The Summer of 2016 is shaping up SUNsationally! There’s never a dull moment, especially weather-wise, in our coastal community, which experienced its share of highs and low (tide), resulting in a roller coaster ride of fluctuating temperatures, some mild winter days (Santa wore shades) and a soggy spring, all ushering in those long-anticipated summer beach days! The forecast is always bright, if sometimes only in our hearts, by the sea!

Now that summer is officially and blissfully here, with its own coastal tales to tell, you can count on us here at The SUN, pen in hand and beach chair nearby, to report on each fabulous but fleeting summer moment, and, of course, shine that spotlight on our SUN readers and friends, who are always our preferred topic. Like you, we wish time would slow down, the sun and stars would always shine, and our favorite season would never end.

While we capture each memory-inthe-making, we’re in perfect harmony with F. Scott Fitzgerald, who believed, “That familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.” We know our latest and, we think greatest, stories are just beginning and hope you’ll check back with us in September with your own Wildwood stories to tell. You know you can always find us, happily waiting, right here by the sea…

by Meg Corcoran and Dorothy Kulisek

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Putt-putt on over to the StarLux for 27 holes and three unique courses. Warm up on the practice green and grab a bite to eat at the Johnson’s Sweets & Treats food truck, then head to one or all three courses.

The beach themed course has the largest artificial sand dune and a giant sandcastle. The ocean themed course includes giant fountains and creatures of the sea.

The Doo-Wop is a second floor course with plastic palm trees and Wildwood memorabilia.

Celebrate your win with ice cream at Khor’s Brothers and s’mores around the fire pit.

AT THE CORNER OF RIO GRANDE & OCEAN AVENUES (4800 OCEAN AVE.) WILDWOOD DOG FRIENDLY 18 HOLES ARE HANDICAPPED ACCESSIBLE

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